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Evening star., 1942-11-12
Pope Gives Audience
To Group Of Scholars

~ the Associated Press.
VATICAN CITY from Italian
broadcasts), Nov. 12.-Pope Plus re-
ceived in audience today a number
Of scholars attending an Interna-
tional Congress of Mathematician,
In Rome.
He called on the savants to con-
tribute to a future in which all
peoples may realize their just aspira-
tons.
Evening star., 1942-11-12

He declared that the double -fea-
ture had become actually burden"
ON the theater business. one which
many theater owners would be glad
to unload"
Evening star., 1942-11-12

the serious Job Of dealing with real
nfe," he said.
Another reason. he added. was the
scarcity OF materials In the Aim
industry.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-27
u. :. Won tSend
Workers Away
Times stan Correspondent,

WASHINGTON. March 27-
Detroit need not fear any general
shift of federal workers TO other
areas. a survey in official circles
disclosed today.
Decision 10 close the Hole
state office there was said to have
been motivated by curtailment of
this agency's operations and the
general good condition Of its
accounts. making it possible to
handle all Michigan business from
the Chicago regional office. Only
two state offices are to remain in
operation. in Pennsylvania and
Massachusetts
Budget Director Harold d.
Smith. moving spirit in the gov
ernment's decentralization pro-
gram and also the highest federal
authority on grouping and shifting
of federal agencies for other pur-
poses, said today there will be no
general exodus from Detroit. So
far as he knew, the Hole move
is the only one in sight affecting
the Detroit area.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-27
No HOarder
20 Pounds Of Sugar O. K,
Says Ration Board Aide
Tlme. star Correspondent

LANSING. March 27-lf you
I'VE 100 pounds Of sugar IN your
asement. you still aren't hoard
ag in the opinion Of Clarence A.
Doyle. secretary Of the state ra'
ioning board.
Nobody IL going TO be called
hoarder who makes a legal
purchase of something that is
;egitimateIy offered for sale"
he said.
~When 10 comes time for
sugar rationing, and a person
then has a lot Of sugar stored
nm. ne may then be called
hoarder.'
DOYLE said too many persons
Vho regularly stocked up large
mounts of foodstuffs compliance
u being accused ss hoarders.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-27
THEORY OF PAYMENT

The theory is that you can di-
vert 10 taxes the funds that might
otherwise 60 for the purchase of
an automobile. tires, a typewriter
or various other appliances that
are not interdicted.
Leon Henderson. price admins
traitor recently compiled the sub
joined list Of things already known
10 be scarce: aluminium. nickel,
copper. zinc and some types of
steel These materials affect auto
mobiles. refrigeratorS. washing ma
chimes. irons. electric fans, toast
erS. percolators. aluminium pots
and pans. roller skates, bicycles
metal furniture. stainless steel
knives. zinc tops for jars and
vacuum cleaners
He also listed the subioined
items which come from faraway
places and whose import is limited
~ cargo space and by eXigencies
f the war: rubber. cork, spices
nen, tapioca, tea, etc
He also mentioned wool as an
ample of domestic products sup
ements by imports.
Further he revealed that the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-27

You can win too. II you hurry
down 10 FRANKLIN'S during their
daring spring sale. Here Is very
special offer made in a drive for
500 new customers. \ smart new
$500 spring Hat or a pair of $500
spring Shoes absolutely FREE, yes
We mean II. hat or shoes FREE
with your purchase oi a stunning,
clever brand new 1912 model luxury
Fur jacket Priced az only S29.95.
They're better. finer Fut Jackets
beautifully lined and tailored.
They're real luxury Jackets. styled
10 the minute All you need 10 pay
is Just 800 down, arrange he bal.
ance in small payments 20 suit
your convenience Take your fur
jacket home with you no red tape.
no delay Hurry. get your FREE
hat or shoes during this drive for
500 new customers. a. FRANK
LIS'S DEPARTMENT STORE
80 MICHIGAN AVE. shop any
evening tin . O'Clock.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-27
BY MERRLYE :. RUKEYSER
Mated Writer an Economics
Copy right. 1912 international News Service

following domestic items arc in
scarce supply for civilians on ac-
count Of war demand. wool blan-
ketS mems shoes. upholstery pork,
TIN and tin caps.
Not spending is the approach TO
having tax dollars and thrift dol
lars available. The alternative of
improving your position through
increasing gross earnings Is al
fected by tax deductions.
For example, if you are in the
p per cent tax bracket, you must
take N St.3333 I 10 be as we'll off
after paying your tax on this addi-
tiOnal income as yea would have
been by saving 81. Here is the
arithmetic of this new tax order
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-27
ABSTINENCE BETTER

II you want 10 augment your
net income after taxes by extra
eXertlon tovertime work and add
a 81 net tafter taXeS), you must
take in $685. additional and then
pay income taxes at the rate
assumed of 20 per cent of this
additional income, making the tax
33is cents and leaving 81 net addi-
tional income after taxes.
On The other hand. if YOU stand
pat after receiving your regular
net income. and don't exert your
self 10 earn more, you can achieve
similar financial results by saving
81 out of regular income on which
the tax deduction has already
been earmarked. Thus. under the
present fiscal setup abstinence can
generate savings more readily than
extra effort.
OF course. by combining alb
stinence with extra effort you can
save So.
This is the eleventh of a
series of II articles on the
war and your life. The next
and concluding article in the
series will deal with infleXible
family expenses
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-27
Strict Budgeting Is Necessary
To Meet Next Year S Income Tax
Banks Help by Establishing
Clubs Similar TO Christmas Savings

The most painless pay the inevitably higher
tax everybody faces discussed herewith by Meryc
RueyScr. noted economics. the eleventh
article problems confronting
the average American a result OF the war;
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-27

Unless Congress adopts Score
tary Morgenthau'S proposal o
withholding al the source 10 PEI
cent of Your wages. salaries, divi
dendS and interest. IL behoOVeS You
as an individual 10 become NOR,
systematic In separating youi
Spendable income from the dollar,
you are holding from the govern
ment
You Will Get into trouble if yoL
carelessly commlngle your owl
non-earmarked income with IN,
funds which YOU are in cffec
merely collecting for repayment
10 the government in income taxes
Under the existing law the gov
eminent collects taxes for the pre-
vious year 14i2 months after In,
income started 10 come in.
Unless you are ready 10 rur
the risk of defaulting on your ta>
bill. YOU ought 10 estimate far If
advance what portion of your
years income will GO for taxes
and start putting away out of each
weeks pay envelope enough 10 PAY
the taxes on your income earned
during that period.
60 PER CENT MORE
If the treasury plan is adopted.
you can add 90 per cent 10 last
years tax bill in computing what
you will owe for 1912. provided
your income is unchanged.
In order 10 help the taxpayer
systematic this work. banks and
trust companies have begun 10
form tax clubs-modeled after the
Christmas savings clubs. One
bank. IL its announcement. says:
To make il easier for taxpayers
10 meet the increased taxes re-
quired next year by the national
defense program, or TO meet other
axes, the company has inaugu-
rated a tax club.
1.-THE tax club operates on ex-
actly the same plan as our
Christmas club-regular weekly
deposits TO accumulate the re-
quired amount at the required
time.
There are seven classes, call
ing for weekly deposits of so
cents, 81. So, s., SIS, $40 and $50
respectively.
"The tax club may be ar
ranged to mature i'm March or
may he continued on the full
50-week plan"
TREASURY TAX NOTES
Likewise. since last August. |
the treasury has been seeking TO
help the taxpayer plan TO meet his
payments through the sale of in
terest bearing treasury tax notes.
The series A notes, which are
available in denominations rum
ming from SIS TO 500. earn 1872
per cent interest. and the series B. /
in denominations of 500 10 $780,
900 bear GAS per cent interest,
provided they are used TO meet.
tax liabilities
The limit on the sale of series
A TO any one taxpayer is 81, 200
year. whereas series b are sold in
amounts limited only by the size
Of the tax liability.
In wondering how you are going
10 pay skyrocketing income taxes
in addition 10 excise taxes and
taxes hidden in the price of goods
while maintaining your standard
of living. the answer lies in the
fact that in war time you are eX-
pected 10 pull in your belt and
give up some things.
THEORY OF PAYMENT
The theory is that you can di-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-27
WINS EVERY TIM {

ADVERTISEMENTS
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-20
Make Applications
For Extra Petrol
Soon, Says Cusick

"M0toriStS making applica-
tions for supplemental gaso-
line should have them fillcG
out and in to their local price
and rationing board rs $ooG
as possible to avoid doing without
the extra fuel for a period OF time
Lee Cusick, Office of Price Admins
tration representative here, said
Friday.
CuSick said the job Of determin-
ing eligibility for extra allotments
will begin Monday morning. with
volunteer groups assisting the board
members in the process.
B.. getting in applications as soon
as poSs bic any delay may be avoid
ed, CuSick said.
Anyone who did not register a
schoolhouSes for "a" books Weines
day, Thu. day or Friday may do so
at their local boards but not unti
after December 5, Cusick said. II
may be considerable time after that
before the applications for the basic
rationing books can be approved
by the board the OPA representa-
tive declared
Up to pm. Th sday night only
2200 of FL Centres est \ led GOO
vehicle owners had applied for basic
books at schools.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-20
Heald Announces
Warren Schedule
For Valley Visit
Residents Get Chance
To Meet States New
Governor, Nov. 30th

Residents throughout I'M
perial Valley will be given
vppo. tunity to meet Gov.
elect Earl Warren when he
visits Imr 2rial Valley Nov.
80 and Dee. to attend a conven-
ticn of the southern unit of the
California District Attorneys asso-
citation, District. Attorney Elmer
Held announced Frida".
The schedule arranged for his
visit will be as follows:
Warren will arrive at the Bar
bara Worth hotel in Ell Centre Nov
So He will have breakfast at the
hotel at 6:30 am. the next day and
at alA. leave for the De ANA
hotel in CaleXico for the convention
session which will begin at 10 am.
At the convention Warren ana Gov.
Rodolfo Sanchez Taboada of Baja
California and other Mexican Cffi-
Gals and dignitaries will meet.
At neon Dec. l Warren will speak
at luncheon given ut the Palacio
in MeXicali by Gov. Taboada for
convention members and guest.
Warren will arrive in FL Centre
at pm. for an informal reception
to be given by Ell CentranS He is
Continued on Page s, Col. Il
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-20

IN the valley IN 1900.
The Holtville Masonic lodge will
have charge Of funeral services at
the HoltVille Masonic Temple at 2
Pm. Saturday. Burial will be at
Evergreen cemetery under B. f.
Lemons, Ell mortician, officiating.
Since early settlement days Ed
wards played a pro rinen. part in
activities dedicated to the develop
ment of this desert farming area.
He helped level the land, build roads
and start the water companies He
helped build the famous old Plank
road to Yuma and was road fore
man of the HoltVillc district when
Ed Boyd was supervisor. Edwards
helped organize the Imperial Irriga-
tion district and never los, interest
in this great development.
CIVIC ACTIVITIES
Edwards was a thirty second de-
gree Mason, a Shriner, past master
of the Holtville Masonic lodge. and
4 member of the Holtville e ElStern
Star chapter. He was a native son
of California.
He was best known. however. as
a farmer particularly interested in
the improvement of agriculture. He
was director of the Flax c. overs
association, and was identi led with
the Imperial County Farm Bureau
the Hay Growers association. the
Grapefruit Growers association. and
various groups studying agricultural
Improvements. Edwards was preSi-
Gent-elect of the Holtville Rotary
club when he became i'll six months
ago. At the time of his death he was
a trustee of the Holtville Union High
school district. Two years ago he
served as foreman of the Imperial
county grand jury.
BARBECUE KING
Every Old timer in the valley al
ways will remember Edwards as the
genial Barbecue King" of pioaee
days. AT pioneer gatherin of all
kinds it was Edwards who presided
at the barbecue pit Even in later
Tears Edwards retained his fame and
was the Barbecue King" at many
Continued on Page 8, Col n
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-20
Hoober Appointed
Delegate to Farm
Bureau Convention
Nv. Farmer Named to
Attend National Meet
OF Bureau This Year

c. O. Hoober of Calipatria,
prominent member of the
Imperial County Farm Bu-
reau and vice-president of the
California Farm Bureau Fed
Grafton, and Ray Wiser of Gridlay.
president of the federation. Friday
were named delegates to the Amer
ican Farm Bureau Federation con-
vention this year.
The action was taken at the state
Farm Bureau Federation in CON-
vention in Fresno this week.
At the convention the delegates
went en- record with resolutions fa-
voring importation of Mexican ag-
ricultural workers and elimination
of the 40-hour Work-week for farm
laborers as means of overcoming
critical manpower shortages.
The resolutions highli9hted the
annual convention Thursday. Dele
gates also recommended recogni-
ton of agriculture as a basic war
industry and suggested draft de-
fermentS for farm workers and al
location of sufficient manpoWer to
farms and ranches by the selec-
tive service system and the war
manpower commission.
Other general resolutions adopted
by the federation recommended:
Coordination of war production
and elimination OF excess war prof.
its: immediate release of tires, gas
oline and automobile repair parts
for farmers; giving workers on any
job the privilege of not being fore
ed to pay tribute to any person or
lCOntinnad Gn Page & Col. %
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-20

mans and Italians into n small
coastal triangle around Bizerte and
Tunis and appeared rapidly to be
bringing virtually all the rest of
Trlisia under control.
A mobile American column after
defeating the Germans in their ini-
tial engagement about 80 miles
southeast of Tunis was believed
to have snapped the thin commu-
nications line between Tunisia and
Tripolitania.
A spokesman for Lieut.. Gen
Dwight d. Eisenhower said the stage
was being set for a desert Dun
kirk" of the Axis troops in Bizerte,
Tunis. He indicated that events
were moving rapidly toward a cli-
max which may be reached this
weekend.
BFNGHAZI TAKEN
With the British on the coastal
road west Of Benghazi, with the
Germans admitting the evacuation
Of Benghazi and with the Eighth
Army eXerting every effort to reach
the Gulf of Serte and h'ing the
Axis to battle in the Ell Agheilia re-
gion, it appeared that the days
of an Axis foothcld in Africa de-
finitely were numbered.
The Allied attack on Tunisia was
PROGRESSING with the same dash and
drive as the American offensive in
to ALGERIA and Morocco.
1t was revealed that the French
earrisCns and commanders in Tu-
nisia had Joined the Allied side anC
were fighting the Germans at sew
eral points.
AXIS PLANS FIGHT
The Axis. however. gave evidence
that it would not quit Tunisia with
out a struggle. The Germans had
ferried across some of their best
Mark-4 tanfs hut in an initial en-
counter with British forces eight
of a detachment of "a Nazi ma
chimes were destroyed
The Germans were also employ
ing dive bomberS against advanc-
ing Allied troop columns. However,
the few airfields which they con-
trolled in the Bizerte-Tunis area
were under constant and heavy at
tack both by American Flying Fort
resses based in Algeria and by long
range British bombers from Libya,
tCcntinued on Page 8, Col. Il
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-20
3rd Gang Member
Dies at Quentin

CAN QUENTIN, Calf, Nov 90
CU.PD-Arthur Frazier, "a, third
member of a San Francisco gang
convicted of Staying a grocer in an
ATTEMPTED hcldup, was executed in
the San quentin gas chamber to-
day.
Frazier entered the chamber at
1904 am He was pronounced dead
IL minutes later at l0:15.
Frazier and Barren Hovt and
Delmar Arnold were convicted of
bludgeoning David Ferrari. So
vear-old grocer TO death with ii
blackjack in October, 1941
HoVt and Arnold were executed
together last Friday. Frazier had
been granted a weeks reprieve by
Gcv. Culbert Olson because the gas
chamber was not large enough for
all three men at once.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-20
Southern Pacific
chanues Schedule

The Southern Pacific company
Friday announced new train scred-
ules effective Sunday which will
mean q chance in the evening train
from FL Centre to INLAND, w. d.
Keller, district freight and passen-
ger agent, said.
At the present time this train
leoves FL Centre at 1920 pm, but
effective SUNDAY the train will leave
FL Ccntro at 1890 a m.
Transcontinental PASSENGER trains
to and from Les Angeles were
chaneed, Keller said, because of
wartime conditions. Connecting
scheduled tc and from San Diego
will be maintained at Yuma with
the Californian and other trains.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-20

, tho countrYS history.
On midnight Saturday the sale
OF coffee to the individual consum-
er will be stopped and will not
resume again until November 30,
local price and rationing officials
announced Friday.
Industrial users of coffee, cafes.
restaurants, etc, will be required
to register at their local price end
rationing headquarters on Monda'.
Tuesday and Wednesday of next
week For the first period of cof
fec rationing all industrial users
will be granted the same amount
lhat they used in September and
October
After November 28. consumers
over Is years of age who have been
issued war ration book No. one
now used for sugar rationing-may
obtain one pound of coffee by sur
rendering one of the stamps in
the book. The first coffee stamp.
80. 37, will entitlc residents to a
single pound of coffee until January
:, l943, when the second stamp will
become valid Periods of validity
ior the stamps will be announced
BY the Office of Price Adminlstra
ton.
Coffee stamps will be removed in
this order for convenience: No. 27,
IS, 25, 26, %.
NO green coffee will be sold to
consumers, the rationing order
which controls coffee, states:
Mixtures of ground coffee and
other substances such as chicory,
cereal and chick-peas, will be ra-
toned on the same basis as pure
coffee, it was disclosed. A ration
stamp will be good for only one
pound of the mixtures.
Substitutes entirely free of cof-
fee will not be rationed at present,
however.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-20
letters Opposes
Putting Off Gas
Rationing Program
C0neressmen Pressure
0PA for POstpOnement
If Nationwide Plan

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.
CUP)-A spokesman for rub
ber Director William M. JEFF
fe'S sid tOd'v that JcfferS
is "una lto"ohlv Gnnocnd TO
recommendations of western con-
gressmen that nationwide oasoline
rationino. scheduled for C,cem-
ber l, be postponed 80 days
The Spokesman said Gasoline ra-
'ioning on a national scale was wi
tal" to the success of the rubber
conservation program.
. The attitude of Jeffers' office
w9S made known as pro,ln of 100
congreSSmen were considering an
attempt tc curb the gasohne ra-
tioning powers of the Office of
Price administration unless OPA
qgroSS tn the proposed noStnone-
ment. The congressional group
coed nretDonement CT the pro-
ram until on Investigation could
Ne made tn dete"r'ine whether il is
necessary in certain areas where
rationino is rot now in effect.
ANY investigation of the Situa-
tion will arrive at the same con-
oluSicn as the Baruch report-that
gasoline raticning is vital to the
prcGram" .Jeffors' Spokesman said.
ConpreSSionol opposition TO no
ion vide rationine was cryStalized
ut a caucus yesterday.
,,VNaRERS ORGANIZE
A l5-man cor"n,itten h"odea b"
'oepreSentativr Hattnn w. Summers.
Democrat Teas. will seek TO per
sua6e CPA officials to grant the
noetpcnement. FAILING in that. il
viii draft LEGISLATION that would
mandatorily postpone the December
deadline for at least 90 davS.
Summers grol'0 waS named aft
er a meeting of about lC0 CONGRESS-
men who went on record as faVcr-
ing the poStponement. RepreSen-
tative Jed johnson, De"oocr' t, Ok
lahoma. chairman of the meeting.
predicted that Summers commit
tee would produce concrete results
before December l.
Meanwhile, it was learned That
Speaker Sam Rayburn has request
ed Price Administrator Lecn Hen
derSon to delay the rationing dead
line until January |, and to hold
hearings next month to determine
whether rationing is necessary.
PRESSURE FELT
OPA officials would not comment,
but pointed out that the naticn-
wide rationino program was a rub
ber-saving plan, and added that
thev would be guided by Jeffers'
decisions in the matter 1t APP
peared, however, that both OPA
and Jeffers we're feeling the pres
Continued on Page 8, Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-20
FDR Orders Deferment Of
Essential u. S. Employees

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20-UPD
Plans to keep essential war workers
and essential federal employees out
of uniform we're made public today
by President Roosevelt
Mr.. Roosevelt sent a letter to
the secretaries of War and Navy
ordering that no government en-
ployees should be enlisted or COM
missioned in the armed services
until their essential status can be
determined.
The President said he hoped "a
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-20
Freak Fire Burns
Paint Truck Here

A trailer load of paint and re-
flector crystals designed for Ari-
zona highway strips burned near
the railroad tracks on highway 90
north of FL Centro early Friday
after a tire blew out and started
fire by rubbing against the other
tire in the dual arrangement.
w. o. White of Bellflcwer, the
driver did not know anything was
wrong until he saw flames shining
in the rear-vision mirror, he eX-
planned to Highway Patrolman w.
L. Tackett Wilhite couldn't get
any fire fighting equipment to fight
the flames so the vehicle, eight new
tires, so sacks of reflector crystals,
and 500 gallons of paint were de
Stroyed.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-20
I'pkeep of Tracks
Worries Railroads

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.-CUP1
Defense Transportation Director
Joseph B. Eastman today urged the
War Manpower Commission to take
immediate steps to obtain suffi-
cient track workers for safe MAIN
tenance of track and roadway on
certain western railroads.
If an adequate supply of domestic
labor is not now available. steps
should be taken to arrange for inn
porting labor from Mexico, East
man said
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-20

The women FASTENED with their
plans when they were informed
that IT'S more MeXicans were ex-
rected to arrive in the valley Mon
day and an additional $50 approx
matelY five days later, This will
bring the total to 1926 with still more
scheduled to arrive after the first
of the year.
Many of these men are known
to have come to the United States
in order to familiarize themselves
with American ideals and standards
Of living" said Mrs. George w.
Thomas in announcing the meeting.
They have come with feeling of
friendship and we received them in
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-20

he same manner. We want to help
foster and maintain this feeling. We
want to get acquainted with them
md have them get acquainted with
us. We are neighbors of theirs and
we want to behave as good neighbors
should"
The women invited Col. Jose Gu
tierrez, Mexican consul at CaleXico
to attend the meeting and bring
men he believes will help with the
program. They also have invited
Capt. William Speares, in charge
of the Mexicans while they are in
the United States. to help them
make plans.