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Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-04-28
Scores Die When
Tornado Strikes
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screaming and called to pedestrians
Get in your easements"
But many looked at him in be-
wilderment.
Seme of the residential areas
escaped damage. but buildings in
the business district collapsed in
mounds of brick and wood.
Housing facilities in the town al
of the influx of construction work
erS employed at the ordnance plant
and damage to residences aggra-
waited the shortage. The population
of Pryor, now about 5000, has al
most doubled since construction Of
the plant began.
A shuttle train operating between
the plant and the nearby town of
Vinita had just pulled Into town.
The locomotive and u cars were
brushed off the track, and dozens
of passengers were killed or in
jured.
Telegraph and telephone lines
were broken. cutting communication
between Pryor and nearby cities.
Injured were taken to two Pryor
hospitals where overworked doctors
handled emergency cases under the
light of flashlights and oil lanterns.
Their power supplies had been cut
off
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-04-28
Senate Puts Off
Debate on L.obor

WASHINGTON, April CUP)-
Sen. Tom Connally. D., Tex, told
the senate today he wished to with
draw his motion to take up i'm
mediately his plant seizure bill =
focus of a potential debate on the
whole labor issue.
Connally's bill would authorize the
government to seize any plant where
production of war materials has
been halted for any reason. Other
senators had planned to offer
amendments dealing with extension
of the 40-hour week, the closed
shop and ether labor questions.
Connally obtained the floor under
an agreement reached a week ago
when consideration of his bill was
postponed uatil today to await the
message President Roosevelt sent
congress yesterday.
He Immediately gave formal no.
tice of withdrawal of the motion.
"A week ago." Connally explained.
Il withheld the motion at the spe-
cific request of the President of
the United States. Meantime he
has sent a message to congress. |
understand he is making an adj
dress to the country tonight.
Il still adhere to the view that
my bill is desirable and ought to
be enacted. However, it is not my
disposition to press for immediate
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-04-28
Valley Harvesting
First Sugar Crop

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ton still is not sufficient to supply
the local demand.
The acreage cannot be profitably
increased because of lack of pro-
cessing facilities. However. there
is still some hope of adding to these
facilities by constructing a plant
in Ell Centre, where the Holly Sugar
company already has purchased a
site and a considerable block of
land for growing beets
Such a plant would serve a two
fold purpose. It would enable the
valley TO make a larger contribution
toward building up the nations
sugar stocks. and enhance the op-
portunities for greater profits to
valley growers. The return on sugar
beets is said to be the highest of
any crop grown here.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-04-28
Raj OFFENSIVE

On the European air front the
British continued their day and
night offensive which has hardly
been interrupted in the last six
days. During the night a big scale
attack was made on the Na2i in
duStrial center of Cologne and
another raid was directed against
the Norwegian port of Trondheim,
where the Germans had concen-
trated their main naval strength in
Guiding the battleship Tirpitz and
the heavy cruiser Prime Eugen.
A British submarine sank a large
enemy supply ship off the Norweg-
ian coast. the admiralty reported,
while British planes attacked Eu-
ropean coastal points during the
night and renewed heavy daylight
raids on Nazi targets in France
Tuesday.
These Help Russia raids have
included some of the biggest aerial
attacks of the war against German
targets, such as Rostock, and the
Raj dropped leaflets on Stralsund
10 miles east of that Baltic port,
warning that they would socn visit
that city.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-04-28
FIJI Resumes Raids
On Potential Foes

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central California, were known
members OF japanese nationalistie
organizations and aliens known to
have had military training in Japan
Buddhist priests, members of the
military virtue society. collectors and
consultantS for the Heimusha Kai
and japanese language school direc-
tors were likewise among those be-
ing questioned and searched.
The raids covered the entire bay
area, including San Francisco. Oak
land, Berkeley and peninsula COM
munities.
The FBI is acting on information
developed through Investigations in
dicating that those persons being
taken into custody are potentially
dangerous enemy aliens" Pieper
said.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-04-28
Congress BoIks
At FIR Proposals
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only what he needs to live on
Overall price ceilings and extern
sion of rent control were announc-
ed today by Price Administrator
Leon Henderson. No legislation is
required for this and there was no
opposition TO the plan for prevent
ing further price increases.
Strongest congressional criticism
came on the Presidents farm price
and tax proposals and on his fail
ure TO ask for specific ceilings on
wages
Mr.. Roosevelt proposal to leave
with the war labor board the job
of stabilizing wages at existing lev
els except in cases of Sub-standard
cases. The war labor board meets
today and may have some comment
TO make on the new policy. It has
several important cases pending in
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-04-28

which workers are demanding wage
increases.
Congressman who have been urg-
ing restrictive labor legislation in
Dictated they would continue their
campaigns to place ceilings over
wages. extend the 40-hour basic
work week and place controls over
unions The senate labor committee
considers labor legislation today
Mr.. Roosevelts plan to lower the
basis for farm price control from
ITO per cent of parity 10 100 per
cent parity met vigorous criticism
among farm senators. They claim
that the silver bloc will support
their fight against what is deScrib-
ed as the administration attempt
to "depreSs' farm prices. The farm
bloc has beaten the administrator
in two legislative fights since the
war started.
Congressional leaders believed it
might be impossible TO get the par
ity revision TO the floor either of
the senate or house. since they
have TO clear through the banking
committees which originally handled
the price control law
And equally formidable was the
ways and means committee which
has made il a practice 10 reject the
tax recommendations of the treasury
and of the President when such rec
concentrations were not supported
by powerful popular feeling.
Chairman Robert L. Doughton
D, n. c.. made the flat assertion
that the Presidents message would
have little effect on the 1912 war
revenue bill which the committee
is now writing to conform with the
Presidents January goal of $780,
100000.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-04-28

consideration today
Sen. Robert A. Taft. R, O., pro-
tested that it was vitality neces-
sary that some labor legislation be
enacted by the senate
II think it would be unfortunate
he said, Ito send out word to the
effect that The senate has post
poned the issue Indefinitely"
Mr.. Roosevelt said in his mes
sage yesterday that no labor legis-
lation was necessary, and proposed
that settlement of disputes and
sterilization of wages be left to
the war labor board.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-04-28
Rambling Reporte,

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from loss of sleep. The Scouts
were all fresh as daisies and giving
every indication of having had a
good nights sleep.
How those imps could sleep in
all that wind is a mystery to me-
he grumbled. Then he looked
around.
The little Scouters all had their
tents facing east away from the
wind.
Now who is teaching whom how
TO live in the open?
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-04-28
Scanning L.v.
News Horizon
SEEKS ANNULIMENT
OF HIS MARRIAGE

Virgil Lee asked the court Mon
day to annul his marriage to Marg-
aret Lee in Yuma June Is. 1884 and
grant him the custody of at least
one of their two minor children.
They separated Dec. 5. 1910. He al
legged that she had a former huS-
band living at the time of the
marriage in Yuma.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-04-28
MEETING DATE
Is ARRANGED

The Roads to Romance ASsocia-
ton, organization devoted TO laud-
ing the attractions of southern Cali
fornia, will meet at the Mission Inn
in Riverside at p. m. May T. This
will be the annual meeting of the
group.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-04-28
SUE FOR DAMAGES

Ester G. Rodriguez and Juan
+. Gotta Monday Sued the
Pure Ice company and Everett
Milton Reynolds for $6l9 damages
they said their cafe in Heber SUI
Tered when Reynolds drove an ice
loaded truck into the place last
March 3 No one was injured but
the cafe was badly damaged by the
trucks plunge inside
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-04-28
Navy Asks More
BIimps for Patrol

WASHINGTON. April -CUP)-
The Navy department today urg-
emily requested legislation author
izing acquisition or construction of
"a additional rigid lighter
than-air craft for protection CT
coastal shipping and antisubmarine
warfare.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-04-28
SUES FOR DIVORCE

Mandey Margaret Andres Monday
sued Harry Andres fer divorce and
asked the court to prohibit him from
diSposing of community property
pending settlement of the case. She
said she feared he and his brother
N. D. Andres, were conspiring TO
dispose of a restaurant at 459 Main
street e Centre. She said they
married March 7. 1925, and after
several partings and recCnciliations,
separated finally last Wednesday.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-04-28
SUES FOR DIVORCE

Alleging extreme cruelty. Fran
eeS Mars Tuesday sued Eugene
Mars for divorce. They married
in Casa Grande, Ariz.. Aug g. 1887
and separated April /. last year.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-04-28
BEER DRIVER FINED
FOR DRUNK DIVING

Eugene HeiSS. 80, Tuesday was
fined SIS by Fl Centre Police Judge
Lee Nuffer for drunk driving. Hess
is a beer truck driver.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-04-28
ASKS COURT
FOR DIVORCE

Suit Tor divorce was filed IN M
perial county superior court Monday
by Emma Lee Miner, who accused
Walter Randall Miner, truck driver.
cf Wilful neglect. They have -four
children.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-04-28
DIVORCE GRANTED

Agnes Hippo Tuesday was grant
ed a final divorce from Edward H.
Flippo.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-04-28
Also Navy Sheers

See the new Navy sheers in tailored
and pleat effects with white collars of
pique and lingerie :. just the all pur-
pose dress that Mother will like for
a gift.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-04-28

Dainty VIII tie Swiss
embroidered and drawn
work hankies for gifts
as well as new flower
print sport hankies Mt
25c = SOC 100.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-04-28
New Gift Purses

What finer gift for
Mothers Day than a
handsome purse The
new Carry :. All shapes
n patent, calf and ALI
gator. The new plastic
bags in white and COM
binations. See the new
shades in other bags of
navy, red, beige, black
and turf tan.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-04-28

Treat Mother to "some-
thing new to wear. Find
what she likes most here.
priced TO please your budget.
Charming, youthfully styled
fashions and accessories that
Mothers prize and wear so
proudly.
Evening star., 1942-09-24
Army ofD.C. Youngsters Stages
commando Raids for Scrap

District OCD officials today cited
the activity of "a small army of
boys and girls" in the Connecticut
avenue civilian defense area as an
effective way by which scrap metal
can be found and collected.
No less than 26,160 pounds of
scrap metal, enough to make thirty
three 2,000-pound bombs" has been
rounded up in the Connecticut ave-
nue. area by an organization of boys
and girls who call themselves the
Connecticut Avenue Junior War
Workers Club.
OCD officials said club members
were refusing to take mo" for an
answer when householders say they
have no scrap, but are asking please
look again" or "let us look for it"
The Uptown Theater gave the club
space in its building for headquar-
ters and E. P. Meyer, manager of a
filing station at Connecticut avenue
and Porter street NV, granted use
of portion of the property as a
salvage base, the OCD said. When
heavy salvage material is located,
trucks are dispatched to the scene
by Mr.. Meyer.
The campaign plans of the Junior
War Workers is set up in the nature
Evening star., 1942-09-24
Randolph Calls Stor War Maps
Distinct and Timely Service
Declares Chart Will Give Public
New Type Of Understanding

Representative Randolph of West
Virginia, chairman of the House
District Committee, today called the
global map supplement. issued with
Mondays edition OF The Star, "a
distinct and timely service" and a
forward looking contribution" to
help understand the problems Of the
war and coming peace
8 THE progress of this war" Mr..
Randolph declared, "can be visual
lied and understood by the Ameri-
can people through these global
maps which show the relative posi-
tions of the fighting forces on the
various war fronts. After victory
has been won," he continued, "it
will be necessary to keep the peace.
A new type of understanding which
can come from a knowledge of the
world in which we live will not only
be necessary but Indispensable"
Mr.. Randolph said that "for years
we have been thinking in terms Of
maps in the days of Greece and 1892.
Today we are fighting global war;
The service rendered by The Star
brings Americans face to face with
the realization that our fighting
forces must be flung over the oceans,
the continents and in the Arctic Cir
Gle. The progress of this war can
be visualized and understood by the
Evening star., 1942-09-24
Patriotic Son
Alters Fathers
Heating Plans
Star Stan Photos.

Unusual enthusiasm to aid the
Arlington County scrap metal drive
has proved to be = stumbling block
in the fuel oil conservation plans
of Leon Manwarren, 1138 North
Harrison street, Arlington.
Following pep talk on the scrap
drive 1t Claude Swanson Junior
High School, Mr.. Manwarrens IA
year-old son. Bruce, hurried home
to dig out all. the family scrap.
Among the items which he collected
were the furnace doors which his
father had planned to use in con-
verting his heating plant from Oil to
coal.
Leo G. Lloyd, salvage committee
chairman. said he would be glad to
cooperate with Mr.. Manwarren's
request for aid in recovering the
doors, but added. There's more
than 400 tons OF metal in 4 pile 80
feet wide, 10 feet long and 10 feet
deep and I don't know exactly how
one could find a pair Of furnace
doors in that"
Evening star., 1942-09-24
Virginia 10 Donate Fence
Il White House Does, Too
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, Sept. A.-The
iron fence around virginia's Capitol
grounds will 60 for scrap, Gov. Dar-
den said yesterday, only when the
national need for metal is deemed
critical enough for the fence around
the White House at Washington to
be donated.
"The capitol fence and the White
House fence will 60 into the furnace
together" he said in stating his re-
action to = proposal that the fence,
more than 4 century old, be torn
down and utilized for war.
THE fence" the Governor added,
us close to the hearts OF the people,
and I think this would be q test
when the Nation believes the need
critical enough for the White House
to 60, then we can give our capitol
fence"
In previous discussions, Gov. Dar-
den had said that donating OF the
fence would require legislative ac-
ton and that he did not contem-
plate bringing the proposal before
the special session Of the General
Assembly next week.
Evening star., 1942-09-24
Bullets Dug Up
| At Army Ranges
For Scrap Drive
Nv IN. Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Army has hit pay dirt Tor
the scrap salvage campaign in the
form Of expended bullets on rifle
ranges.
Secretary of War Stimson re-
ported today that at Fort Knox
KY, ground beneath targets pro.
duced approximately 10 pounds OF
rec,aimable copper, nickel, lead and
steel q cubic foot. A yield OF 80
pounds would justify salvage. he
said.
Now the Army is to start large
scale digging with bulldozers and
other machinery, and If the yield
holds up. other camps will under
take similar reclamation.
The War Department could not
estimate how much metal from bull
lets lies buried around Army camps
but estimated 500 900 900 rounds
of small arms ammunition would be
fired this year in training.
Evening star., 1942-09-24
Scrap Drive May Get
Havre de Grace Bridge
py the Associated Press.

4y the Assoclated Press.
ANNAPOLIS, Sept. 24-Gov.
O'Conor said today he had asked
Sd Service Command officers wheth-
er the old double bridge at
Havre de Grace was important mill
tarily, or could be torn down to
aid the scrap metal drive.
War Production Board officials
estimated the bridge would yield
3,495 tons of scrap steel. The dou-
BILE decker has been used only for
pedestrian traffic since completion
Of the new bridge three-quarters Of
mile upstream.
Six months ago the military rec
commended retention of the old
bridge because of its possible emer-
gency use in case of damage to the
new span.
Gov. OConor said if the Army
officers decide the bridge has no
strategic value now, he would call
meeting of the Department OF
Public Works to approve scrapping
the bridge.
The attorney general would be
asked for a ruling to determine the
legal procedure by which the State
could give, away the bridge, If the
Department of Public Works ap-
proved the proposal" Gov. O'Conor
said.
Evening star., 1942-09-24
Four Gettysburg Cannon
To Be Stored in CAPITAL

Four historic bronze and iron can
non from Gettysburg arrived in
Washington by freight this morning
to be stored in the basement of the
Lincoln Museum, 511 Tenth street
NV, for the duration.
"These are not for the scrap COL
lection" said T. S. Jett, custodian
of the museum. "These 12-pounders
are valuable unduplicated types Of
cannon used in the Civil War"
The cannon, one of which was
made in 1872, have been at Gettys-
. burg since they were used in that
famous battle. Mr.. Jett explained.
After the war, when metal is avail
able, carriages will be built and the
cannon will be placed on view at
some Of the Civil War forts in this
area.
Evening star., 1942-09-24

American people through these
globa1 maps, which show the relative
positions of the fighting forces on
the various war fronts.
Again." he said, II congratulate
The Star for its forward looking
contribution" III
Extra copies Of the supplement,
which was distributed with Nom
days editions of The Star, are avail
able at the business counter of The
Star, Eleventh street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue NV. These de luxe
copies are printed on heavy white
paper and may be purchased for 10
cents or by mail order for Is cents.
A total of 1904 copies were sold
by The Star yesterday, 235 by mail
and the rest in -the-comter
sales.
Mail orders received included re-
quests for five copies from Harry T.
Murphy. principal of the Elkridge
(Md) High School near Balti-
more; IA copies for Mrs. Henry S.
Pitts of the Whitehall Country
School at Bethesda, Md, and seven
copies for the West Virginia Schools
for the Deaf and the Blind, ROM
ney, w. Va.
The Star today received an. order
for three of the maps from Battle
Creek, Mich.
Evening star., 1942-09-24

cial Salvage Scrap Committee, an
nounced today that virtually all
the So emergency depots in North
west and Southwest Washington
had been selected by area scrap
chairmen and had met the ap-
proval of William A. Xanten, super
visor of city refuse, who will direct
Sundays collections.
Mr.. Xanten said 220 trucks, half
of them District Government We
hicles, would start on their rounds
promptly at 8 am, and he urged
householders to have their scrap
on sidewalks as early as possible.
Previously Mr.. Xanten has warned
that no more than two trips will
be made through any neighborhood
Last Sunday number of trucks
were forced to make three trips be-
cause citizens did not place their
donations out until afternoon.
Willard Clock Donated.
A 72-year-old landmark, the old
Willard Hotel street clock in front
of 1416 F street NV, was carted
away this morning by scrap dealer
as a 1,000-pound contribution tc
the salvage drive.
The clock was donated by the
Willard estate. The venerable
timepiece has not been in operation
for several years and it's hands hae
been removed.
Approximately 1000 pounds o
valuable cast iron railing and post
which formerly inclosed the roof O
the Court of Claims Building wer,
turned over to the Navy Yard lat
yesterday, according to Chief Clerl
Willard l.. Hart.
Chief Justice Richard S. Whale,
has instructed Mr.. Hart to gathe
all such metal. Another 500 pound
have been collected from variou
parts of the building and from EN-
ployes. Chief Justice Whaley i
adding to this collection a Ger
man helmet, several German bay
onets and brass shells which h.
picked up from a dugout at Ypre
during the last war. The helme
and bayonets were taken from deaf
| German soldiers.
Mr.. Block said junk dealers ha.
recruited 20 trucks to add to tn,
40 used last Sunday, which will
transfer scrap from emergency de
pots to dealers yards as quickly a
city trucks unload their sidewall
collections.
Evening star., 1942-09-24

American churchgoers heard the
pastor read circular letter from
the Ministry of the Interior saying
that congregations throughout the
Reich were being asked to sacrifice
bells for war purposes. We were
told that the metal was needed for
the manufacture of bushings in air.
plane-engine bearings.
Metal fences, many of them
artistic products of wrought iron,
razed by hacksaw and blowtorch,
had suffered the same fate. Hun
dreds of statues from public parks
and squares throughout Germany,
as well as in Paris and other oc-
cupied cities, went into the furnaces.
Busts of Bismarck, the Iron Chan
cellor, escaped the Fuehrer's salvage
crews
Evening star., 1942-09-24
Scrap
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tCOntlnue0 from F1TSC, rage
expected to be cleared of before
tomorrow night.
Garages Will Be Visited.
All agreed that work involved in
sorting the scrap at yards would
be accelerated if home owners did
not place tin. wood, paper, rubber
or rags in front of their. homes Sun
day morning. These materials are
not desired at this time, they said.
Samuel B. Block. secretary and
legal counsel of the Washington
Waste Dealers Association who called
the meeting, disclosed that junk
dealers, soon after Sundays scrap
is handled, would make the rounds
of garages to pick up many thou
sands of pounds of metal lying un-
used by garage owners. The scrap
includes old engine blocks. auto
frames and other valuable metals,
he said 81 /.
Meanwhile, Horace Walker, sec.
retary Of the Commissioner Spe-