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The Nome nugget., 1942-09-28
Some Price Rises Are Gut Down

The first violations of the price control act in Fairbanks were re- Vealed by Edgar Russell, member of the local price-control and ra- tioning board-they involved in creased prices on candy bars and beer
 Russell said that after receiv- ing the complaints, he visited the merchants and some of them fol lowed his suggestion to modify their prices.
 Nickel candy bars being sold for a dime were put on a four fora quarter or two-for-15-cents basis" he said, and added:
 T informed bars and liquor stores that they could justify rais ing beer prices from 25 cents a bottle to 30 and 36 cents only by posting ceiling prices based on increased costs to themselves.
The Nome nugget., 1942-09-28
Kaiser in Drive
 For New Labor

NEW YORK, Sept. - This east ern metropolis was given its first taste of West Coast ship-builder Henry Kaiser's speed and direct action methods when in a few hours his agents hired the first 400 men out of the 10000 he wants to work at Portland, Ore.
 Lining up outside a vacant Storeroom, New York City work CTS, many of whom have been through a long period of unem- pigment, passed through the Kai- ser employment assembly line.' Kaiser, the shipbuilder, also wants the government to let him have crack at building giant cargo airplanes.
 In the first few hours, 50 men were rejected, either because they are already employed in vital war industries, because they carried IA Selective Ser vice classifications or were be- ween the ages of 18 and 19 and facing possible military training soon.
 Thomas Murphy, in charge of the hiring, said 50,000 men are being sought on New York, h. diana, Illinois and Texas.
 If he know one end of mon- key wrench from the other, we'll take them as helpers" he said. 'If they don't, we'll label each end of the wrench for them.'
 Free Trip West
 The workers will be transport ed to the Pacific coast aboard 50 special trains, with each man provided with transportation and meals and permitted to pay for it out of his earnings later.
 A representative of Kaiser said that he might return to the East later to seek 50,O00 women weld
The Nome nugget., 1942-09-28
Rubber Director Directs OPA Set
 Up Nation Wide Gas RatiOning

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 (4) - Rubber director William Jeffers tonight issued directive that the Off, flee of Price Administration start nationwide gaso- line rationng on the basis the coupon ration ing system enforced in IT Atlantic seaboard states He left up to Price Administrator Henderson the deci- sion whether the ratons will be based four gallons weekly provided in the east or whether some value be set on the coupons.
 Pending inauguration of the rationing program, whose date not set Jeffers appealed to motorists to ration their driving and cut speeds to 35 miles an hour
The Nome nugget., 1942-09-28

Now is the time to look over your job printing needs for the spring and summer. The Mug get Office will be glad to consul, with you as to your wants and prices on same.
The Nome nugget., 1942-09-28
Expect Enforcement

But enforcement Is expected when a branch OPA office Ls opened. All citizens with com plaints should write them out and submit them.
 "There are four types of pen alties faced by violating mer- chants an injunction paddock ing their business, suspension of license, criminal prosecution, or civil suit.
 Tn the latter case, a person who has been overcharged can sue either $50 or three times the amount of overcharge - plus court costs
The Nome nugget., 1942-09-28

All cases of complaint have been remedjed so far merely by pointing out their duties to the merchants At present, the local office has only an advisory and international capacity enforce ment is vested in the head Ju- neau office.
The Nome nugget., 1942-09-28

CTS and other skilled workers.
 Kaiser will start construction shortly on three gigantic trans port planes, built on an experi- mental basis.
The Nome nugget., 1942-09-28
Mixed Drinks Unaffected

While straight shots of liquor and bottles of beer are not in the list of Cost-of- Living commod- ities, nevertheless, they are un- der price control. This does not apply to mixed drinks.
The Nome nugget., 1942-09-28

SEATTLE, Sept. 26 (F) - State rationing director Fors Nagevort said it may be 50 days before gas ratoning system can be set up
The Nome nugget., 1942-09-28

G 5 Q U R D o U G H !" $ I A T I o W E R Y
 At Nugget Office
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-03
Mays Bond Quota
Believed Reached
Among E| Centrans
June Goal to Be Same
As Preceding Month,
HickcOx Reveals

A complete report on I'M
perial county's contribution
to the War Bond drive dur
ing May could not be made
Wednesday because all chair
men had not turned in totals but
officials were confident that the
quota of $88.6O0 set up was easily
reached.
The quota for June will be the
same as that of May. Ell Centre
drive chairman, Ross Hickcox said.
At meeting of committee men,
bers Tuesday afternoon six new
firms were lined up for voluntary
payroll deductions for bonds, SWELL
ing the total in Ell Centre to 54.
Latest to come in we're: California
Electric, which includes the offices
in Holtville and Brawley also, Inter-
national Harvester, Pioneer Trans
fer, Pure Ice, Shell oil. with divisions
in Holtville, Calexico and Jacumba
in addition to the Ell Centre branch,
and the American Federation of La
Dor employees in the Ell Centre Of
flee of the Labor temple.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-03

lasted approximately Is minutes.
~. Nc further details are avail
able at this time.
"3. There is nothing to report
from other areas"
Dutch Harbor is located on Un-
alaska. one of the Aleutian islands,
and lies about 1000 miles north
west of San Francisco. 1t is $500
miles northeast of Tokyo.
Secretary of War Henry L. Stim-
sen gave advance warning only
last week that attacks such as that
made on Dutch Harbor must be ex-
pected in retaliation for the Ameri-
can raid on Tokyo.
WARNING RECALLED
Stimscn said he knew the orient
al mind we'll, and it was only logical
that the Japanese would seek to
avenge what was singing, hu-
initiating surprise blow" on Tokyo.
He said everything was being done
to meet such an attack but re-
minded the naticn that with such
a long coastline perfect defense was
impossible. He indicated that some
part of the west coast was the
logical place to expect such an at
tack, but did not mention Dutch
Harbor specifically.
He emphasized that no such raids,
or the defensive measures against
them, would be permitted to swerve
this country from its basic pur-
pose of developing overwhelming
offensive operations.
The attack on Dutch Harbor
marked the first attack on u. S.
territory in North America proper
since submarine fired few shells
ashore near Santa Barbara, Calf
None of them caused any serious
damage.
DEFENSES PREPARED
An attack on this countrys Alas
kan outposts long had been expect
ed here.
In recent years. and especially
since Dec. 7, the defenses of Alaska
and the Aleutians have been great
ly strengthened
Military experts doubted that a
Japanese attack on Alaska would
provide them with great strategic
advantage. Alaska, however, is i'm
portant to this country as an ad-
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-03
Daughter Born to
japanese Woman

Imperial counW's scanty Japa-
nese population wednesday was
increased by a birth and decreased
by the evacuation Of 10 to Poston,
Ariz., assembly center.
Mrs. Masaru Tajii. Ell Centre
resident, gave birth to a six-pound
daughter in El Centre hospital
Baby and mother will be evacuated
to Poston In two weeks, where the
father is already established.
A total of 10 persons, including
four children. left the valley by
bus at II am. Wednesday and will
be with their families at 1886 a m.
Thursday. They were forced to re-
main behind because of illness.
The population Wednesday in
cluded Mrs. Tajii and her baby
and Nisaburo Kawashima, aged
sufferer from tuberculosis, who is
confined to the county hospital. He
was said to be near death and un-
able to make the trip to Poston.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-03
Committee Votes
Abolish CCC

WASHINGTON, June sup =
The house appropriations commit
tee today voted to abolish the Civil
liam Conservation Corps.
The committee, reporting a ST.
158, ,45l ,66O bill for the federal Sc
curity agency and the labor depart
ment, struck out an item of $75.-
$4,000 to continue the CCC in OPP
Grafton on a curtailed basis during
the l943 fiscal year starting July /.
The administration had proposed
to operate $50 CCC camps.
The labor federal security appro-
priations subcommittee had divided
three to three on a motion to strike
the Voc funds from the bill. the
tie vote permitting its retention in
the measure by the subcommittee.
The CCC has been one OF the
major targets of the congressional
economy bloc ever since start OF
the war.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-03


The survey, prepared by Maj
Gen. N. Zhuravlev, said Soviet
strength attained such proportions
in the Kharkov struggle and in the
Izyum- -Barvenkova sector to the
south that the enemy was forced to
alter the tactics responsible for SO
many German victories in the past.
Zhuravlev's survey indicated that,
with Soviet strength steadily in
creasing, the war on the eastern
front is settling down to toe-to-
toe slugging match with victory
going to the side possessing the
greatest staying power.
His survey followed numerous Of
ficial accounts of the showing of
United States and British tanks and
planes on the Russian fronts, but
he did not indicate that these An
o-American weapons were pri-
marily responsible for overcoming
the gap between Nazi and Russian
strength and power.
Red army dispatches have told of
the remarkable performance of
American made Tomahawk planes
on the Leningrad front where five
Russian pilots flying these craft
were said to have shot down so
German planes.
British and American tanks have
been in the bitter battle of Khar-
kcv
From the beginning of the Izyum-
Barvenkova offensive the Germans
attempted to operate concentrated
masses of tanks in about the same
manner as last summer" Zhurav-
levs survey said.
But the powerful blows struck
by the Soviet air force, artillery,
tanks and other antitank arms soon
forced them TO break up their tanks
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Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-03
Crisis ImPeriIs
School System

cause of the effect of the war ef-
fort there is grave danger of SER
GUS impairment of the underlying
financial structure of the states and
communities by which the public
schools are supported and there
fore to the schools themselves
The major difficulties were out
lined by Studebaker as follows:
l. Reduction of state aids for
the financial support of public ed
ucation.
2. Withdrawal of many qualified
teachers to enter the armed forces.
3. Withdrawal OF many qualified
teachers because they can earn
higher salaries in war industries.
4. Reduction of budgets for
teachers pay, instructional mater
ials and supplies. and for heat,
lighting and other items of MAIN
.enance and operation.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-03

WASHINGTON, June 8 UP) -
The public school system is in grave
danger of collapse because of the
tremendous financial and personnel
demands caused by the war effort,
it was revealed today.
John w. Studebaker, commission
er of education, proposed to an ap-
preparations subcommittee conduct
ing hearings on the labor depart
ment appropriations bill that his
office undertake an investigation.
He filed a report with the sub
committee which said
In terms of available reports
it is increasingly evident that be-
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-03
Hopper Menace
Report Denied

Contrary to a report issued by
the state bureau of entomology and
plant quarantine Wednesday, I'M
perial county crops are not being
damaged by grasshoppers.
From Sacramento, the United
Press quoted the state bureau of
entomology and plant quarantine as
saying the grasshopper damage was
becoming severe in seven counties,
including Imperial county.
B. A. Harrigan, county agricul-
tural commissioner, said his de-
partment had purchased the usual
spring supply of poisoned bait but
as yet there had been no damage
to crops. He said, however, that
there might be an infestation later.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-03
New Truck Tire
Stolen Here

Almost more valuable than gold,
a 80 X 6 new truck tire was taken
from Hatton's service station some
time Tuesday.
Bob Hatton, owner of the station,
said he did not know how thieves
gained entrance but the tire had
disappeared Wednesday morning.
Hatton estimated the worth of the
tire in dollars at nearly forty, but
getting new tires at any price is
the problem
Hatton will have to make up the
loss himself as no requirements can
be obtained on stolen tires.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-03
Girl Delinquency
Increase Worries
frisco Officials
Juvenile Court Calls
Conference to Curb
Growing Tendency
SAN FRANCISCO, June 8.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 3.
(UP) = The juvenile court
called a special conference
for tomorrow to discuss meth
DDS of combating increasing
delinquency among San Francisco
girls of high school age.
Forty representatives of child
care organizations were summoned
to work out, with the court, some
means of meeting the growing de-
linquency and preventing its spread
The court said it planned a cam
paign of public education aimed at
stricter parental regulation and law
enforcement to protect the citys
young girls.
Stringent enforcement of curfew
law, the promise of hotels to keep
unaccompanied minors out of its
taverns and rooms, and the prom
Use of bartenderS not to serve liquor
were matters which were to be con-
sidered at the meeting.
San Francisco statutes provide
a curfew of 10 O'Clock for girls under
16 and midnight for those under ls
may be invoked.
The juvenile court said disease
and pregnancy cases among San
Francisco school girls have more
than doubled in the past six months
The army, navy and marine NOR
ale departments, the district attor-
ney's office, chief OF police, tavern
owners, hotel owners, bartenders
soda fountain dispensers, child wei
fare agencies, Parent Teachers as
ISOLATION, newspapers, board OF
equalization and Warden Clinton
Duffy of San quentin prison will
be represented at the meeting.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-03
Bridges Goes East
For Clio Par|ey

SAN FRANCISCO, June 3-(UP)
Harry Bridges, under $4,000 bond
pending his legal fight against a
department of justice order for de-
portation to his native Australia,
was enroute to Washington, D. c.,
today where he will attend meet
ing CT the CIO executive council
and confer with government war
production officials.
Bridges, west coast CIO LongShore
leader. was arrested yesterday ON
deportation warrant. His attor-
neys Immediately filed a petition
for a writ of habeas corpus, con-
tending Attorney General Francis
Biddle's ruling was based on illegal
and insufficient evidence.
This foreshadowed a long legal
controversy which probably will be
carried to the United States su-
preme court. Bridges deportation
was ordered on grounds OF his al
legged communist party affiliation.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-03

American vessel sunk May 9, and
of the large British merchantmen.
which went down May 6, both with
out a single casualty, was announc-
ed by the Navy today.
Little Robert S. Bobby Davis,
jr, of Jacksonville, Fla, who was
passenger on the American ship
with his mother, Mrs. Barbara w.
Davis. laughed and played while
the 38-man crew and six other pas
scngers took to the lifeboats and
crewmen said the calmness thus
brought about-and the good spirits
probably prevented loss of life.
They said that little Bobby, who
was landed at a West Indian port
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-03

with his mother and other passen-
gers, showed no fear, either at the
time the ship was being abandoned
or during the l6 hours in the life
boat before u. S, Navy vessel came
to the rescue. His idle chatter
tended to quiet any fears they had
the crewmen said.
The entire crew of AZ was saved
after drifting four days IN life
boats. Twenty-Five were landed in
Cuba and later brought TO Miami
The remainder were reported safe
after landing on the Yucatan PEN
insula.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-03
Chester AIIison's
Widow SuCcunlbs to
Accident Injuries
Woman Prominent in |. Y.
During Early Days
Dies at San Diego

Mrs. Chester Allison, 46,
widow of the man who was
engineer for the Imperial Ir-
rigation district receiver from
1912 to 1916, died in San Die
go early Wednesday from injuries
suffered when her car and an Army
truck collided, in Pacific Beach
Tuesday.
She suffered a skull fracture, Sc
we're scalp cuts, and other injuries.
Leaving Imperial Valley about
1925, Allison was active in develop
ment work in the Mexican Delta
for Harry Chandler. They moved
to La Jolla several years ago where
Allison died.
The Allisons were married In Cal
eXico and lived there several years.
During their years of residence
there, the Allisons were prominent
in Calexico social and civic life.
Funeral arrangements were not
complete Wednesday.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-03

!. The British sent several hundred
planes, roaring over single target
at the rate of about one every four
seconds for two hours.
The previously expressed belief
that the Raj, aided by American
units, could put 1000 planes night
or 10000 a month over Germany
was said to have proved feasible
as a result of big attacks on Col
ogne and Essen.
The Moscow Red Star said the
Germans had lost 1866 airplanes
compared to 479 Soviet planes de-
stroyed on the eastern front in
May.
The luftwaffe again made a re-
prisal raid on an English town,
which Berlin identified as Canter-
bury, dropping many incendiary
and high explosive bombs around
the famous cathedral.
In Llbya, where 28-ton American
built tanks were again proving high
ly effective, the British struck boldly
on the south flank of the Axis mech
anized offensive and captured the
advance base of Segnali, in 30
mile thrust.
But Nazi Col. Gen. Erwin Rommel,
whose attack forces have suffered
heavy losses in the last week has
succeeded in keeping open chan
mel through the British defense line
south of Tobruk and has moved up
new alderman tank force to
bolster the defeated units, which
included italian columns.
The battle, now in its eighth day,
still appeared to be going in Brit
aims favor but it was by no means
decided and may yet depend ON
which side can muster the strong
est reinforcements soonest.
On other fronts:
CHINA - Three reinforced Japa-
neSe columns make new drive on
Chuhsien, in Chekiang province, be-
hind heavy artillery and aerial at
tacks on Chinese positions; fight
ing continues in Nanchang and
Canton areas, with japanese claim
ing advances north of Canton.
AUSTRALIA-Allied planes bomb
Japanese bases at Atamboea, on Ti-
NOR island; Rabaul, on New Britain;
and Tulgai in the Solomon islands.
where enemy is reported landing
strong new forces.
RUSSIA - Russians report 1000
Germans killed in local battles. Rus
slams push forward in one sector.
attacking important locality.
REDS PRAISE N,RITlSH
Tho Dncciay, ,,racc y,roicad tho cur
cess of the British air force in its
new and big-scale attacks on the
German industrial war centers.
The third big aerial onslaught in
four nights. although not on the
grand scale of the earlier Cologne
and Essen raids, heaped incendiary
and explosive bomb loads upon
Adolf Hitler's biggest war factor
les, which they found still blazing
and smoking.
Again attacked were the famous
Krupp ornaments works at Essen.
the Rhine port of Duisburg with
its great steel ovens, the Essen sub
urb of Oberhausen, Gelsenkirchen,
railroad yards at Wanne, and foun-
dries at Bochum and Dortmund,
site of Germany's biggest electrical
works.
IA PLANES LOST
The British air ministry said that
large fires" were started at Essen
in the latest attack on the heart
of Germany's war production, and
that vast pail OF smoke over the
city hindered Nazi anti-aircraft
gunners.
Fourteen British planes failed to
return from the attack, compared
with 35 lost in Monday nights all
out assault and "A lost in Saturday
nights assault on Cologne. This raid
launched the massive attacks which
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Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-03
Deuth Claims Well Known
Pioneer Resident Here

Death came suddenly Wednesday
morning to Walter Maurice Paine,
IA, taking one Of Imperial Valleys
most widely known pioneer resi-
dents.
While preparing to go to San Di-
ego for the summer, Paine suffered
heart attack. The attack occurred
while he was standing in the yard
at his ranch home near Ell Centre
and only few moments before be
was scheduled to start for the coast,
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-03

Der of Ell Centre Masonic lodge
No. 1884.
Among his survivors are q
daughter, Miss Theresa Paine OF
San Diego; two sons. Frank and
william, both living in San Diego.
four sisters, Mrs. Lottie Mason OF
Ell Centro, Mrs. Ethel Williams OF
Bell. Mrs. Jennie Moretti OF san
Diego, and Polly Paine, living In
canada; ana granddaughter, susan
Paine and other relatives.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-03

The body was taken to the Lem
ons mortuary pending funeral ar
rangements.
Paine was born in Maine July %,
1867 and first came to Imperial VAL
ley in 1910 He lived on ranch
northwest of Ell Centre almost all
of the time since his arrival. Paine
was member of the FL Centre
high school board for many years,
holding the record for the longest
term as a trustee. He was a men,
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-03
Auto Club Suggests
Dealer Backlog

LOS ANGELES, June 3. UP)--
The Southern California Automobile
club suggested today that l,750,000
new and used cars now in dealers
hands be employed by the govern
ment as a backlog of uSable auto
mobiles and tires,
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-03

vance base for possible U. S. naval
and air attacks on Japan proper
In 1888, the navy picked Dutch
Harbor as the only practical loca-
tion in the island chain to serve
as base for the operations of sur
face craft and submarines without
Continued on Page 6, Col. A.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-03

the Ell Centro Town meeting COM
mittee, of which he is chairman,
will meet early next week to make
arrangements for the next program
at the stadium in two weeks. Off
Gals of the chamber of commerce
and the city council declared they
will assist the committee, composed
of Hatton, George Kennedy, Cliff
ford Hayden ana Massey Horton,
in making the summer programs
| a success.
1--WE want suggestions from the
public" Hatton said. Send sugges-
tions. to the chamber of commerce
and we will make arrangements TO
use the suggestions in getting this
community program started. II Ell
Centrans want public entertainment
provided instead of being left to
entertain themselves, they should
help us get the kind of entertain
ment they want"
ATTENTIVE AUDIENCE
Tuesday nights audience was an
attentive as well as an enthusiastic
one. Children and adults watched
fascinated as Fire Chief c. S. Reed.
| city firemen, and block Wardens
showed how to handle an incen-
diary bomb. Probably no person in
the audience ever will forget that
it is unwise to shoot heavy stream
of water on an inCendiary bomb.
Shrieks of alarm came from the
crowd when a sheet of flame burst
skyward while Fireman r. @. Ben
nett played heavy stream OF water
on blazing bomb during demon
stration of what not to do.
A motion picture provided by the
state council of defense was tried
out on the Ell Centro audience by
officials who attended the meeting
to survey the crowds reaction. This
was the first time this picture ever
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Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-03
HARb0R ATTACKED
JAP PLANES RAID
BIG ALASKAN BASE

WASHINGTON japanese bomtrs and about Is fighters
said the attack lasted approximately Is EWT
-toog ia sta for fighter plan 0
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-03

Text Of Navy department. COM
munique No. SO, as OF p. m., EWT:
North Pacific area.
Il. Information has been re-
ceived that Dutch Harbor, Alaska,
was attacked by four Japanese
bombers and about Is fighters at
approximately 6 a. m. local time to-
day I2 noon EWT). The attack
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-03
Infant Cheers u .
Torpedo Victims

MIAMI, Fla June g. (UP)-Survvors of torpedoed
American merchantmen told today how the laughter of
three boy kept up their spirits they prepared
to abandon ship revealed that sinking has its humor
Gus side Loss in the Caribbean of the medum-szed