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Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-25
BY MRS. GAYNOR MADDOX
NEA Service Staff Writer

American Cheddar cheese is one
of our most important foods. 1t is
a complete protein, just as meat
fowl fish and eggs are 1t is rich
in calcium also and when meat
costs are too high for the family
budget, use main course cheese
dishes as the backbone of your
menus. Cheddar cheese will cost
less than usual because of abund-
ant supplies.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-25
WHOOPING IT UP

uldSIeTGu.
WHOOPING IT UP
A systematic canvass Of the en-
tire city is then to be made, pre-
cinct by precinct. Civilian Defense
Citizens Volunteer Corps workers
will make house to house calls to
line up the idle workers, pet them
to visit or actually take them to
the employment center, show them
the machine operations or bench
jobs, let them throw the switches
and pull the levers and sell them
right on the spot the idea of taking
a job with x factory or Y plant.
The community center will be work.
ed at night. Lodges, societies,
church groups any and every kind
of organization will be invited to
hold a meeting in the center and
spread the word as to what kinds
of jobs there are open.
WIN
personnel representatives handy
to sign up anyOne wanting a jObsI
Federally operated vocational
schools will be there TO sign peo-
pie up for training courses. The
press and the radio will be asked
to whOop il up for Il recruiting
campaign that will produce di-
rect results.
Maybe it's a goofy stunt Maybe
it won't work. AT least it has the
merit Of being an idea and it is
better than wringing the hands or
tearing out the hair and wonder
ing where, oh, where the labor is
coming from to man the machines
behind the men behind the guns.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-25
TWO PLANS

The new labor source which Is
locked to most hopefully to meet
these requirements IS among the
unemployed women. one Baltimore
nlant estimates it will be needing
500 additional women workers per
week for the rest OF the year. Ii
only 300 of these women can be
found locally, the remainder Will
of course have to be recruited from
! MARYLAND or Virginia or other near
by states.
Detroit has just completed a
! survey of 10000 unemployed wO-
men in its surrounding counties,
to meet problem similar to
Raltimore's. The Detroit system
! has been to register all these wO-
men and have them fill out cards
| indicating their dependents and
their willingness to work in fac
tory, store, clerical or other war
Jobs. Handling the paper work on
those three quarters of a million
cards is going to be no small
item and to avoid this mountain
of detail, Baltimore is tackiing
the job on a different plan.
The Baltimore idea for recruit
ing this noW-idle labor is to estab-
lish a community employment CEN
ter in the downtown area, which
will be war employment headquar-
ters. Simple machines, sample fac
tory operations will be set up there
and there will be women, Older
workers, handicapped workers or
the job showing how easy these
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-25
Board Must Pass
On Use Of Rubber

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25. up
Specific war production board au-
thorization will be necessary after
Sept. for use Of crude rubber,
latex, reclaimed or scrap rubber in
the manufacture of any article, the
WPB announced today.
Previously, manufacturers of sey-
eral classes OF products were per-
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-25
MODERN MENUS

DINNER: Veal stew with fresh
vegetables, brown rice, lettuce and
tomato salad, steWed fresh pears,
sponge cake, coffee milk.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-25
TOMORROW'S MENU

BREAKFAST: Grapes, corn meal
griddle cakes, honey, coffee, milk.
LUNCHEON: Green peppers with
Cheese Souffle, enriched hard rolls,
fruit bowl, peanut cookies, tea,
milk.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-25

In setting up a manpoWer COM
mittee in any production area,
the first job is to see what the over
all labor demand of the community
is going to be for the rest of the
year and the next year too. AS an
example, take the figures for Balti-
more. where the War Manpower
Commission has set up its first
area office to determine by actual
experiment and experience how
these offices should be organized
in other war production centers.
Figures corresponding to these
will tell the story of any industrial
area:
Manpower needs for next six
months:
For labor in war plants 5000
Quotas for draft ........................2 .26 900
$4,000
Visible labor supply in area:
Registered 7OOO
Displacement from plants
closed by material shortages 10000
$1,000
Apparent labor shortage:
$50 600 minus $1,000 ....................3 80 900
Reserve manpower available:
Unregistered unemployed l77O0
Women, l8-45. no dependents l3,4OO
Other women, willing to work 9,2O0
10000
Theoretical labor surplus:
(4O,OOO minus $4,000 ................ 8,3OO
If these figures from sample
survey are good, the Baltimore
industrial area, including the city
and surrounding towns, will not
have to import labor, but can meet
its manpOwer problems right with
in the community.
In the past year and half, the
general practice of the larger en-
blowers in the area has been to go
| out into neighboring states, as far
away as North Carolina and Ten
nessee, and recruit labor wholesale.
More than 70 thousand workers
have thus been brought into the
area. creating untold problems OF
housing and transportation, Today
Baltimore simply hasn't any more
living space available, and II Its
manpoWer problems are to be met
at all, they must be met by full
| use of the existing labor reserve,
The problem of the local manpower
commission is to get out that labor
reserve, train it in time to be ol
use when needed, up-grading the
semi-skilled workers all along the
line and replacing them with un-
skilled labor.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-25
Editorials and Comment

EDITORS NOTE: The fOIloIotn0 edit
Orials are presented as interesting OPin.
ions UOiced by editors eiselohere: They
do not necessarily reflect the opinion ~
this paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-25
GLORIFYING
YOURSELF
BY ALICIA HART
NEA Service Staff Writer

II work in a war industry plant.
I love the work, and I don't really
mind getting pretty grimy, but,
will you please tell me how to
keep my skin free of blackheads ="
That's the gist of numbers and
numbers of women have entered
war factories.
Naturally, the answer is be more
and more particular about cleans
ing. Especially SO, if the skin is
unusually oily and the thousands
of tiny oil glands secrete more
fluid than is really needed to lub-
ricate the skin.
If carelessiy cieanseo, some of
this excess oil remains in the pores,
gathers dust and CRIME, hardenS
and thus forms the dark, unat-
| tractive blemiSh that is the black
| head.
Women with extra oily skins
should cleanse their faces with soap
| anu "dItI dJ lCdob I'LL &C JLIlSo -
day, avoid greasy creams and To-
| tionS, check with their doctor about
cutting down on fatty foods i'll the
diet.
! If blackheads have already form
ed and you know they are simply
plugged pores, not blemishes from
some other cause, getting rid of
them is a fairly simple matter and
you can pretty well do it yourself.
I. YOU have a whole flock OF them,
of course don't tr" to do the entire
| lob at one time, else your SKIN
after the treatment will become
pretty irritated and blotchy.
USE MILD BORIC
ACID SOLUTION
Wash the face first with hot
water and a good soap, taking par
ticular care about the nose and
chin. those areas which seem most
susceptible to blackheadS. Mix a
mild. hot boric acid solution, satu-
rate a towel with it, and apply to
the face for ten to fifteen min
utes Afterward remove blackheads
very gently with blackhead re-
mover, apply a cold towel and lol-
low with an antiseptic lotion
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-25
MIND YOUR
MANNERS

Test your knowledge of correct
social usage by answering the fol-
lowing questions, then checking
against the authoritative answers
below:
l. In complimenting the owner
of house should you say, IT'S
such a pretty little house?
2. In complimenting a Yoman
on dress should you add, Mary
Smith has one almost like it,?
3, IN complimenting a woman
on the dress she is wearing is it
better to say what a pretty dress
| it is, or how becoming it is to her?
d. Should you tell a mother how
cute her child is, in front of the
child, if he is old enough to under
stand?
5. Should a guest take q childs
part against his mother if the mo-
ther is trying to get the child to go
! to bed?
What would you do if
You drop in to see friends and
they are listening, with obvious
enjoyment, to a radio program you
think is terrible
(A) Ask them how they can
listen to it?
(B) Keep your opinion to your
self?
ANSWERS
l. No. The owner might not
like the little thinking you are
being condescending.
2. No.
3. Say how becoming it is.
q. No.
5. No.
Better What Would You Do"
solution-(B).
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-25
USE MILD BORIC
ACID SOLUTION
new BOOKS
At The Ell Centre Public Library
FICTION

FICTION
Assignment in Guiana, George
Harmon Coke: Seventeenth Sum
mer. Maureen DAILY; River George,
George w. Lee; Gunfighter Breed,
Clem Colt; Center OF the Web,
katherine Roberts; The Imposter,
Kurt Steel.
NON-FICTION
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3ert, Edward A. Bunyard; Poems
for Life, Thomas Curtis Clark; The
Cattle on a Thousand Hills, Rob-
ert Flass Cleland; Beauty Treat
nents for the Home, Kay Hardy;
Animals Are My Hobby, Gertrude
Davies Lintz; Science Yearbook
1912; Primer of Sculpture, Suzanne
Silyercruys.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-25
Capital elk

Peter Edison

Jobs are, how quickly they can be
mastered
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-29

Katie demanded. Dent keep me
in suspense"
broadway" said the girl. 81
want TO get back on the stage;
it's still I'm my blood. I wired the
agent: 1 lost 40 pounds, wear
lipstick and grownup clothes.
What's more, I've got hacker"
"a backerw gaSped Katie Kill
feather. you mean your mother,
or maybe some rich relation,
can stake you here -"
I'VE A BACKER"
"The Pynes have no rich re-
lations," the girl laughed, but
I've got a hacker who'll stake
me for a year with singing and
dancing lessons thrown in IL I
stretch the money. Is that
thrill?"
ut is an IL amt" the woman
murmured, "accordin' 10 who
this hacker is. Is IL some
man."
DEFINITELY! Guess who."
you mean I know the crea-
ture?" /.
Katie caught her breath. Som
of those prep school sprouts tina
used to ru 5 h Cherry were nov
sowing their oats around towr
They weren't even draft age YET
but already their names were j
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-29

Katie sighed heavily as she put
her glasses back on.
Dear Cherry Pie" she read,
81 want you Ia go up to the San
Pedro like 1 said, at my expense.
1 know you can land on Broad
way again-big. I'm making
good pay at this aircraft plant,
and since 1 lost Mother there's
no one to spend II on. IL will
he year before 1 can get I'm
the Air COrps-gee, hope 1 get
n plane To fly like they make
here! Until then I'll send you
money each week. You'll be my
investment. When 1 get I'm train
ing you can come and sing for
the fellows and I'll be mighty
proud. Tell Katie 1 said TO look
after you. Love. SKINNY"
Katie Kilfeather blinked. What
was that She read lately about the
changing, human nature facing a
New Age? 1t was the truth! A
Broadway hacker meant a girl no
harm!
THE END.
TOmorrOw's short story: "Su-
sizes War Effort by Roberta
lNtss.
For the Inside News" Of
Washington, follow Paul NAL
Ions Column I'm the Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-29

the Broadway columns, squirting
this chorus girl, that night clul
beauty. Such lads didn't bach
for nothing!
Katie faced the girl Squarely.
Listen 90 me, Cherry Pie
maybe it's presumptuOus for n
chambermaid to be tellin' you
your business, but know Broad
way like you don't. You must
give this hacker up"
"Then Id have tn go home"
"Then go! Lord knows I'd
give my eyes to have you here,
and with your looks bet you
could land yourself a job in no
time after the season opens"
you mean that" the girl
glowed.
II do. But this Is June,
there's no jobs in sight, and
hackers in show business mean
n girl no good" M
OUT OF THE DOOR
"This hacker dOesw Cherry
was smiling as she pulled a let
ter from her handbag. There's
n message I'm here for you. Read
IL while I go downstairs 90 send
wire"
Tell that man you're goin'
home!'
But Cherry was out the doc
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-29

the whirl, showing preference al
ways for her stage partner
"Skinny's realw she would tell
! Katie. "These society boys seem
like the show-just DREAM
1t was well that she could take
Broadway in her stride as make.
believe, the maid thought after
ward, for when the show CLOSED
the big rush stopped. So, alas, die
ICherry's career. Her agent gave
her the usual line about new shows
being written for her, radio jobs
movie tests. Skinny, born of stage
parents, warned her:
"Make 'em show you a con-
tract or 20 on back home while
the going's good! I'm heading
back to school myself till 1 can
land regular job. I'm fed up
with show business"
But Cherry hung on at the San
Pedro hopefully until her savings
were gone.
Everything people used TO
seem to like about me-" she told
Katie >wretchedly, "the agent
says managers want changed
now. 1 should go on a diet,
dress more grown up, take dane
ing lessons, singing lessons,
study acting at some academy"
AN bleach yer hair, an make
up yer face to look like every
other little painted thing in
town" said the maid bitterly.
IL said I'D no money for all
that" Cherry went on, "and he
said must get hacker. Young
actresses have to get hackers to
pay their bills, he said, unless
they're born rich. So / asked
how L could get one"
what did the scalliOn say to
that" Katie's wrath was rising.
''He said IL took off 80
pounds, made up my face, and
got clothes to make me look
older, maybe he could get me
one"
The maid clinched her fists.
"A man should be locked up
for such talk to a child. You
should "a took Skinny's advice
and gone home, Cherry Pie"
I've wired mother already
for my bus fare" The girls
voice suddenly choked. "Sure,
Skinny was right; he always
was. It's been lonesome here
since he went hOmew
ONLY YULE MESSAGES
Five seasons passed and Katie
heard nothing from the girl OK.
Icept brief messages on Christmas
cards. Shed gone back 10 high
school and graduated: Skinny
Imother had died and he came dowr
for a visit; she was helping hel
mother run the farm. And now
she was back at the San Pedro
In June!
Excitedly, the maid raped or
the door As it opened she wa.
swept into the arms of a radiant
young creature who cried:
you haven't changed n Bit"
! But yourself has. Let me look
at you"
She held the girl at, arm,
Length, marveling at how tall sh,
had grown, how slim, how beauti
Itul. Sandy curls shining in tn,
sun replaced her pigtails; he
lfreckles left only a provocativ,
trace; she wore her tasteful sum
'ner suit with style. But her blu,
eyes were childish as ever as sh,
lgrinned:
Same old Cherry Pie"
What are you here for?"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-29
DniIy Short Story
Broadway Backer
Nv HOLLIS sTARNEs

WHEN Katie Kilfeather, veteran
w chsmbermaid at the san Pc,
dro actors hotel in the heart oil
the forties. checked in for her day
work. she found an Arrival Notice
posted in her linen room
Now June is the deadeSt month
of tho wear in the Broadway dis
trict. as any one knows VINO mas
tho faintest notion of show buSl-
ness. Half of Katie's regular guests
had already departed for The
Straw-hats. as they called the barn
theaters in the summer spots OF
were playing the army circuit Tor
the USO.
syyho I'm the name a Broad
NAV would be comm here now -
the maid marveled, and without
waiting 10 button her uniform
she nut her glasses on TO read
the copy of the registration.
"MISS CHERR IS PlNE,
HORSE SHOE, n. C."
"GIory BETS Cherry Pc
With a whoop the buXom' figure
started down the corridor, ADJUST
ing uniform, cap and apron as she
puffed along.
TOAST OF THE TOWN
Tn all her years of serving the
theater's ascendant and descendant
stars-somehow they were seldom
attracted to the shabby San Pedro
when shining in the Broadway
midheaven - no guest had ever
come closer 10 Katie kllfeather S
heart than the chunky 12-year-
old known as Cherry Pie"
She was christened this delect-
able nickname at her first rehear-
sal by Skinny Bement, the lanky
urchin who played opposite her IN
their first - and last = Broadway
hit. Cherry Pie soon became a
trademark, and for a brief but
glorious season, the toast oil the
town.
No one had ever heard of Cher
ris Pyne of Horse Shoe. n. C., on
the opening night. when she
stepped out before the footlights
and sang a southern mountain song
that stopped the show. That was
the Broadway year Of the slim.
seductive, super-sophisticated stage
and screen girl. Cherry Pie wedged
her way to success by the rule OF
opposites. She was short and
chubby, with dimpled knees, sandy
pigtails, splashy freckles and guile
less blue eyes. She was supremacy
simple, liked boys and ice cream
cones, hated diets and beauty par
lors, called her elders Sir" or
Ma am" including Katie Kill
feather.
Even when her show had run a
year and she was a Broadway rage,
this mountain lass loved TO repeat
the story of her "discovery"-with
no credit to herself. Some of us
school kids sang for the radio sta
ton down home. and won a prize
trip to New York. A man picked
me out of grab bag for this show
reckon cause ] was latest and
plainest!"
Soon after the opening. her
mother left her at the San Pedro.
There was a dairy farm to be run
back home; younger children to be
cared for. Skinny Dement'S mother
and Katie agreed to look after
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-29

the girl. Soon the maid found her.
self in job of fine and fancy
chaperoning that took her to par
ties at the swankiest houses in
town. AS Cherry's duenna, she re-
ceived candy, corsages. rare per-
fumes. from rich young sprouts
who sought the girls favor.
Cherry kept her head through
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-29

For the Inside News" Of
Washington, follow Paul NAL
Ions Column I'm the Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-14
Retail Buying
Here S|d(kens

The trend away from hysteria
inspired purchases in local stores
at an accelerated pace
this week. Dun G. Bradstrcct, Inc,
stated today.
Comparison with the same week
a year ago indicates gains of 16
per cent but volume was Is per
cent below the preceding week.
Speciality stores are about break
ing even with the same week a
year ago and the objective for the
month seems to be a volume equal
to February. 1871.
Wholesalers have not yet en-
countered this sharp decline and
they are still running about 50
per cent ahead OF the same week a
year ago and more than 50 per
cent ahead for the month 10 date
Collections are maintaining the
same accelerated pace. The high
level of collections indicates that
distributors are also get
ting a good share of activity and
that inventories are being kept 10
a reasonable level By consumer
demand.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-14
Better Job Seen

The president Of leading
automobile manufacturing cor
poration supplies this column
with the following information
and observation:
"The executives Of the auto
motive industry have been very
much occupied In the last few
weeks in developing the me-
chanics OF the new automOtive
council for war production. We
believe we are far enough along
now 30 that We are confident
well he able 10 demonstrate to
the American public that
through the cooperation OF free
arrangements a much better job
can be done for war production
than would he the case II regi-
mentation prevailed"
Have not events since Cand
includingl December 7 demon
strated that Washington isn't
manned by super-geniuses, that
the hieherups in the navy and
army have not proved superla-
tive managerial administrators.
that various leading bureaus and
other bodies have not scored
spectacular success
Isn't the reasoning OF the
automotive xccutiVe here
quoted likely to receive wide
spread support in face of what
has been happening?
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-14
Civilian Defense
Setup Expanded
In Battle Greek
-
Community Activities
Separated From Citys
Protective Services
Times star Correspondents

BATTLE CREEK. Feb. IA
Separation of community activi-
ties from the protective services
OF the Civilian Defense Council
will cause leaders OF both groups
10 reSurvey their fields 10 de-
termine what activities are TO be
allotted 10 each and the manner in
which both programs can be re-
organized.
Mayor Floyd Barry head of de-
Tense council. yesterday placed
Rudolph Haberman. Chamber OF
Commerce secretary. in charge OF
community activities and asked
him 10 begin analysis OF his field
so that persons now unable TO aid
protective services may be utl-
liZed.
1t was pointed out by civilian
defense leaders that separation
gives Haberman n wide range OF
activities 70 include in his depart
ment but indicated that only such
activities as were needed and
could he adopted practically
would be instituted.
When the program is completed,
organizations now performing
would naturally fall under COM
munity activity. The community
angle would be expanded under
the new plan.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-14
Fact and Comment
FACT and comment in brief.

y
What would happen to any
executive in a large plant who,
as in the case of the Normandle.
ordered bloWtorches 10 be used
in any spot surrounded with
highly inflammable materials?
Somebody rneXcuSably bungled,
with intellectually tragic conse-
quences.
Many employers report mar
red women employees resigninG.
hoping 10 save their husbands
from the draft General Her
shey estimates their number at
some 100000 annually He in
dicates no soap
Is II not encouraging 10 learn
from Surgeon General W. Lee
Hart Of the eighth corps area
that draftees today are health
Ter. stronger and tougher than
those who enrolled for the world
war?
With a few ScandalouS excep-
lions labor Is az last buckllnG
down 20 about war production.
What has become Of two erSt-
while braggardS. Mussolini and
John l.. Lewis?
Time and mass production are
on the side Of The demoCraCIeS
Copyrgh, 1912. by r. c. Forbes
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-14
Registration On.
In Battle Creek =
Times star Correspondent

BATTLE CREEK. Feb. a.
The third selective service regis
tration of men in the Battle Creek
area got under way this morning
when draft board offices were
opened for those who will be I'M
able 10 report on the regular reg
istration day Monday. The Offices
also will be open tomorrow.
A number OF persons who ap-
peared before the board were re-
jected and ordered 10 report Mon
day. since the pre-registration was
set-up for those who cannot pos
Slbly report Monday. This in
cludes persons who Will be out of
the city. farmers who work their
farms from dawn 10 dusk. and
Others Of similar categories.
Since registration places al city
schools will be open all day Mon
day men working all shifts Will
have sufficient time 10 report.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-14
MARKETS
DETR0l1szssashdsss2 ssTMES
Lewis Haney
Lewis Haney
Commodity Prices
Reflect Bad News

Commodity have reacted little hit. At the
they under the influence the following list factors
Ul which probably
Unfavorable
FAX fears including in buying
March when paid
3-Fna change a complete marked by
the OF Nelson the final
shutdown of automobile production.
4-Ceneral uncertainty
5A following the buying For
several weeks there has been eta trade and
wholesale business. caused Of buying
shortages higher things WOODEN
rubber goods This will naturally followed slump when
the buying ends.