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Nogales international., 1942-01-09

Against
Tire Thefts

Cooperation of automobile tire
dealers in a program to guard
against tire thefts was asked this
week by state officials.
With the rationing of new tires
and a shortage Of used tires rapidly
developing, = government officials
have warned against the danger of
an increasing number of tire thefts.
Police and sheriff officials
throughout the Nation have re-
quested all dealers to obtain names
and addresses of persons from whom
they buy used tires, and to record
serial numbers. Motorists, too,
have been asked to make record
of the serial numbers on their
tires as a means of identification in
case they are stolen.
Meanwhile plans were completed
here and elsewhere for setting up a
program to ration the tires allotted
each county. The organization Is
being set up under the Civilian De-
tense Council, as provided under the
federal program.
Nogales international., 1942-01-09
Registrant For
Draft Hurt
In Auto Wreck

Hurrying to Nogales where he
was to have boarded a stage for the
army's induction center at Fort
Bliss, Ell Paso, Joe Vargas Of Tubac
suffered a fractured finger and 9TH
er injuries when his car turned
over and burned up near the juno
ton of the Nogales-Tucson and
Nogales-Ruby roads about 4 pm.
Wednesday.
Vargas injuries were such that
he could not accompany the group
of about nine young men who left
here at SIS pm. Wednesday and
arrived at Fort Bliss yesterday
morning.
Richard Howard of Ray was lead
er of the new group of inductees.
Among the nine was John Lopez
Gonzalez.
Nogales international., 1942-01-09
Gordon Bond
Killed During
Jap Attack

Gordon Bond, of Los Angeles,
about 46, brother of U. S. Bond,
Nogales tomato man, was killed dur
ing the Jap attack on Wake Island
in December, it was announced in
a letter received this week by Clell
Schrader from Warren Bond of
North Hollywood.
Bond had gone to the island as a
carpenter for construction crew,
being one of 1000 laborers sent over
there some months ago by the gov
ernment.
A former member of the Califor-
mia National Guard for seven years
it is believed he picked up a gun
and met his death while joining in
the defense Of the island.
Nogales international., 1942-01-09
Nelson Brown
And Merriweather
Volunteer

Among recent volunteers FROM,
Santa Cruz County in the arnned
forces of the Nation were NeiEsnn
Brown, well known rancher residEms
northeast of the city, and Hubert
Merriweather of Tubac
Both enlisted at Phoenix as prx-
Yates in the infantry and are nOw
stationed at Fort Bliss, Ell PasD-
Texas.
Browns wife and two sons, DzaEe
IL and the other ID, are looking at
ter the ranch during his absence
Nogales international., 1942-01-09
EYE WITNESS
ACCOUNT OF
JAP ATTACK
Honolulu Man Describes
Nipponese Raid On
Pearl Harbor

An eye witness account of the
japanese bombing of Pearl Har-
bor is contained in letter re-
ceived by Ches Perry of Chicago,
secretary of Rotary Interna-
tional, from Thomas S. Abel of
Honolulu, Past District Cover
nor of Rotary District 100.
The letter, read at a meeting of
the Nogales Rotary Club by Presi-
dent Charles E. Bells, is as follows:
IT know you are anxious to re-
ceive sCTne first hand information of
what happened in Hawaii on Sun
day morning, December 7, 1941.
1.-The first bomb of the present
war dropped about one mile from
the meeting place of the Rotary
Club of Wahiawa- Waialua and about
mile from my home, at about
7:45 am.
PLANES OVERHEAD
II was dressing at the time and
could hear the planes overhead.
When the bombs commenced falling
the earth shook as during an earth
quake. Rushing out in the open in
back of the house with my eleven
year old son, we could see planes of
unfamiliar design with the red ris-
ing sun on the wings, circling and
diving. from overhead, toward
Wheeler Field half q mile away. We
could see the bombs falling from the
planes and huge masses of black
smoke rolling toward the mountains.
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Nogales international., 1942-01-09
$l,525,4N In Imports And Exports
Cross Border AT Nogales In December

Mexico exports and imports val
ued at nearly three million dollars
crossed the international boundary
line at Arizona ports CT entry during
December, according tc information
released yesterday by F. J. Duffy,
collector of customs for the Arizona
district.
Imports valued at $1,986,O19 we're
shipped ipto the us. from Mexico
while exports amounted to $811 083.
The pert of Nogales led the dis
trict with total valuation of ST.
525 ,42o, of which amount s876, ,645
was for imports and $648, ,775 was
for exports.
Naco's crossings were worth $846,-
100, the report showed. Imports at
Nogales international., 1942-01-09
CUAYULE PLANT MAY BE
USED TO INCREASE us.
SUPPLY SYNTHETIC RUBBER
Rubber 90 Percent AS Effective AS Natural Rubber
When Made Into Tires Can Be Milled From
Desert Plant, Says DEM

DENVER, Jan. 8-UPJ-
Experiments that the govern
ment and private interests have
been conducting for 30 years
soon may be pressed into use to
increase the nations limited
supply of synthetic rubbers, the
Office of Emergency Manage
ment indicated today.
It's officials here released figures
regarding possible production of
rubber from guayule shrubs, desert
plants that westerners have con-
sidered a worthless weed but from
which can be milled rubber 80 per
cent as effective as natural rubber
when made into automobile tires.
Domestic production from guayule
normally is uneconomic but with the
East Indies, from which the United
States secured SO per cent of its
1910 consumption of $4,000 tons
cut off, it may become a vital factor
in maintaining operation of emer-
gency vehicles.
PRODUCTION EASIER
Additionally, production Of quay
ule does not require, as do other
synthetic rubbers, large quantities OF
steel, chemicals, oil and other de-
fense materials.
The tough desert shrub takes five
years to mature although it may be
processed into rubber at any stage
after a year. Instead Of being tap
ped, the shrub is uprooted and the
fiberous root and stalk pulverized.
After the nesin is removed the
ground fibre is processed into crude
rubber.
Guayule grows wild in Colorado,
New Mexico, Arizona and parts Of
Texas, California and Mexico, but
to be of use to industry it would
necessitate cultivation, and Inter-
continental Rubber company, pion-
eer developer of guayule rubber, es-
ti1nated that only enough seed was
available to plant As 1000 acres.
This would yield-if planted inn
mediately-a harvest in 1943 of only
1,5o0 tons of rubber. However, by
rotation and diversion of seed, the
yield would increase annually.
FARMS LISTED
Intercontinental already owns
three guayule mills in Mexico which
produced 1000 tons of rubber in
1910 and which reached peak pro-
duction of 10000 tons only once-in
1912. It has developed at it's Salin-
as, Cal, farms high-yield disease
Nogales international., 1942-01-09
Holden Dies At
Elk Home
In Virginia

E. j. Holden, about 30 years of
age died Sunday at the Elks Ma.
tional Hcme in Bedford, Va, it was
e1gnounced in a communication re-
ceiyed by Herman Medlen, secretary
of the Nogales Lodge of Elks.
Holden, known here for many
years as ''The Nogales Shoe Doc
tor" lived at the Elks home in Vir-
ginia about IL years. He was an
Elk long before the Nogales lodge
was founded in 1920, and prior to
going to Virginia was very active in
the affairs of the local lodge.
Nogales international., 1942-01-09

Naco were valued at $777,078 and
exports at $69,712.
Next on the customs list was the
port of Douglas where imports were
valued at $3O5, 1896 and exports at
$79, ,138, for a total of 1894, ,534.,
Sonoyta crossed merchandise val
ued at $17,981. Of this amount $12,-
O57 was for imports and S5,924 was
for exports.
Crossings at San Luis were worth
$4,000 with $3.50 for imports and
SIS, ,339 for exports.
Last on the list was Sasabe where
imports amounted to $8,113 and ex-
ports at 81, 1876, for total valuation
of s1O,308.
Nogales international., 1942-01-09
Thad Moore
Visitor Here

Thad Moore of Phoenix, chair
man of the Arizona Tax Commis-
sion. and bride, were visitors here
yesterday enroute to Bisbee and
Douglas.
The Moores were married on
November 18. Mrs. Moore before
her marriage was Miss Mabel Full
ton of Phoenix. Her father was
school superintendent of Maricopa
county in the early days.
Nogales international., 1942-01-09
Roosevelts
Visit Near
Sonoita

Mrs. Laura Roosevelt and twu
sons and daughter and nurse and
Miss Eleanor Kissel left Saturday
for their home in New York after
spending the holidays at j. Prentice
Ssngers' Sonoita Valley Ranch near
Sonoita.
The husband of Mrs. Roosevelt.
who died recently in the East, waS
a close relative of the Teddy Rooste-
velt family and distant relative OF
President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Nogales international., 1942-01-09
Car Turns Over
Twice-No One
Injured

Sgt. Hershel Jernigan of Fort
Huachuca escaped without a scratch
when his car turned over twice
about 1890 am. yesterday short
distance north of Banks Bridge on
Grand avenue.
Too much speed is said to have
caused the sergeant to lose control
of the car as it rounded a curve.
Nogales international., 1942-01-09

resistant guayule strain which it has
kept out of circulation because large
scale foreign production of natural
rubber with cheap labor has made
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Nogales international., 1942-01-09
Champion Shot Of
Military School

After spending the holidays with
his parents, Undersheriff and Mrs.
Bert DeVaughn, Jimmy DeVaughn
returned Sunday to the Palomar
School For Boys, a military acade-
my, located just north of San Diego.
Young DeVaughn is the champion
rifle shot of the school and has three
NRA medals, including the gold one.
Nogales international., 1942-01-09
Frazier Loses
.2I Pounds
During Illness

Recovering from a severe attack
Of stomach trouble, Supervisor R..
T. Frazier left the hospital Tuesday
and is again about town greeting
his host of friends.
Frazier became i'll on Christmas
day and his condition was such that
he had to spend five days in the
hospital.
During his illness he lost 81
pounds.
Nogales international., 1942-01-09
DIR. A. L. GUSTETTER, PIONEER
PHYSICIAN, DIES AT TUCSON

to Tucson for what proved fare
well visit. There he told them he
didn't anticipate living much longer
and that in expectation of death it
was just like preparing for a
Journey
One CT his last requests was to his
old friend, E. K. Cumming of Mo-
gales, that he be buried in Nogales.
Burial will be in the Nogales ceme-
terry next to the grave of Mrs. E. K.
Cumming who died recently.
Among the doctors surviving
relatives are his wife, a son, Bobby,
Of Bakersfield; brother, F. G. Gus
letter, Hartford, Conn.,, and a sis
ter, Mrs. Addie L. Meier of Nor
wood, Ohio.
BORN IN CINCINNATI
DR.. Gustetter was born in Gin
cirnati, Ohio, where he got his
preliminary education and pre-
medical education and graduated
from Ohio Medical College in 1900.
He served general internship in
the Cincinnati Hospital and was Ii
censed to practice in Ohio, 'Califor-
MIA and Arizona.
He practiced medicine in Hermo-
sillc, Sonora, in 1902, about SO years
at Nogales and the last three years
in South Tucson, moving from here
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Nogales international., 1942-01-09

The prominent physician was re-
moved from his home in Tucson to
his hospital in South Tucson two or
three days ago and he was practical
ly unconscious for several days be-
fore the end came. Death was due
to cancer.
The doctor had an arm amputated
in Los Angeles about two months
ago but that apparently brought
him just temporary relief. His con-
dition continued to grow worse.
Realizing that the end was ap-
preaching, DR.. Gustetter a week ago
last Sunday, sent word to a host of
his Nogales friends to come down
Nogales international., 1942-01-09

Funeral services for DIR. A. L.
Gustetter will be held in Nogales
at 2, pm. Sunday. the Nogales
international was advised yes
terday afternoon in a phone
call to DR.. v. A. Smoker Of
Tucson, formerly Of this city.
Following an illness of several
years which became critical a
few weeks ago, DR.. Albert Louis
Gustetter, IS, pioneer Nogales
physician, and one OF the most
popular men this community
ever had, died at $3.50 am. yes
terday at the Gustetter Emer-
gency Hospital in South Tucson.
Nogales international., 1942-01-09

HONORED Cited for
her work by National
Association of Manufac-
turers at Congress of
American Industry in
New York, DR.. Hertha
r. Freche, scientist for
aluminium Co. of Amer
lea, as well as a wife and
mother, gets as near as
anyone could to heart
of vital defense mater
ial. She conducts i'm
portant research into
a tom ic structure Of
aluminium alloys.
Nogales international., 1942-01-09

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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-13
EMPTY TIN CANS
MAY Be SALVACED

Hartford, Conn, March 10. Cup
Estimating that nearly 1000 tons
Of empty tin cans were discarded
monthly in Connecticut, Director
Bice Clemow Of the state salvage
committee today proposed an ex-
perimental monthly collection In
Hartford TO determine whether 1t
would be worth the time and eff
fort to get up statewide collection
system.
In Hartford alone, Clemfow said,
between 80 and 90 tons Of can were
thrown away monthly. Property
prepared for collection; by removing
the tops and bottoms and flatten-
ing the cylinders--this would mean
from four to FIVE carloads. The price
delivered to storage yards would
range from SO to IS ton.
Collections in other states, he said,
Indicates that the plan will sue.
coed only II every householder saves
his tin cans and prepared them
properly" -
The Hartford experiment will
start about May 4
IN extended statewide, Ciemow
estimates that the cars would pro-
tsice 1900 pounds Of gaiyagcd pure
tin. and $50 tons q steel screp.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-13
MAY TRAIN HIGH
SCHOOL STUDENTS

Hartford, Conn.,, aMrch 10. (UP)
Alderman Alfred F. Wechsler,
who enters army service in April,
said today he would urge the board
of aldermen at its next meeting to
institute compulsory military train
ing for high school pupils.
Wechsler said the war probably
would last a long time. IF our boys
are given basic military instruction
during their high school course" he
said, they will be much better pre-
pared to enter the service, and the
transition from normal civil life to
army life vii be considerably easier.
He said his resolution would SIG
gest that the council confer with
the army on a program Of high
school training.
Wechsler said he also would in
troduce a resolution asking public
utilities here to give service men In
Uniform free rides. He also will urge
the board to petition the state public
utilities commission to make the
free ride" system statewide on al
bus and train tines.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-13

This story didn't come from Joe.
for that fantastic fellow, a legend
among musicians, is somewhere
about the country with his own
band. Matty Ma1neck, himself a
fine composer, violinist and orches-
ira leader, told 1t during rare mo-
ment of Renaissance.
Malneck, rated one Of the great
swing violinists, has a refreshing
admiration for Venuti, the artist,
and an affectionate awe for Venuti,
the naIl-hero of hundred of the
stories that musicians like to relate
over friendly dinner table.
Jumped in the Lake
"When we were both with Paul
Whiteman's band making 1.-THE
King of Jazz movie" Malneck said,
"Venuti got himself involved in a
pinochle game. Now pinochle to Joe
is the most important thing in the
world. So when the director called
us to the bandstand, Joe said he
would not go until the hand was
played.
HE is a stubborn fellow when he
wants to be. Thus the band had to
be set up around the pinochle game
and the scene was shot--it was a
Bing Crosby song = with Joe and
his cronies plainly playing pinochle
in the background.
"On another occasion Joe was
working for Vincent Rose at one Of
those 1akefront hotels in Chicago
Joe showed up for work wearing
tails. I told you to wear tuxedo,
Vincent reminded him. You don't
like this2' Joan moaned. Goodbye.
And he hoped into the lake fully
dressed.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-13
MORE FUNDS FOR
| RED CROSS DRIVE
Total Now Close to $685.
600; City Well Beyond
Quota

Reports Of additional contribu-
tons to the War Relief Fund Of the
Waterbury Chapter, American Red
Cross, today swelled the total to
$92,925.35. The latest contributions
listed amount to almost $500.
The regular drive ended some
weeks ago, with Waterbury going far
beyond Its quota of $4,000.
The newest contributors are as
follows:
Kraft Cheese co. of Waterbury,
$40; Eighth Grade, st. Margaret's
school, $25; Thomaston branch, ad-
ditional, $l1.78; Prospect Branch,
additional, $l3; Waterbury Tele-
phone Foremen's Club, $40; Karol
Deutsch, 50: Mrs. Roy Cook, 81;
Florence and Frances Cassidy, 3d.;
Mrs. Moskovitz, 81; Defend America
Lithuanian Committee, 500; Mid
dlebury Branch, Miss Rose Fer
rante, War Relief Fund Chairman,
additional, $457; Prospect Branch
Mrs. Carl Spellman, chairman, adj
ditionaly, 500; Waterbury Buckle
Company, additional, $3.75; Water
bury Steele Ball Company, $5l.60;
Mrs. F. B. e., 81; Mr.. and Mrs.
Peter Molinari, SO; Waterbury Mfg.
Company Employees, additional, 81;
Woodbury. branch, additional
$27.75. Total for the day, $766.88
Previously reported, $92, l5s.47. To-
tai to date, $92,925.S5.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-13
AMPLIF|ER IS
PUT IN CHURCH
New System at First Meth
Odist; Weekly Services
Announced

Installation of sound simplifying
system is underway at the First
Methodist church, it was announced
this morning by Rev. DR.. John j.
Snavely, pastor. Pensioners are
urged to maze subscription or con-
tribution through Joseph E. Nelly,
chairman of the project.
The weekly Learning for Life pro-
gram next Thursday evening will
feature an address by Rev. John
T. D. Frazen, pastor of the West
Side Hill Methodist church on THE
Foundations of Peace" another by
Rev. Louis Higgins, pastor of st.
Pauls Methodist church on THE
Meaning Of Jesus for the Kingdom
of God" and another by DR.. Snave-
ly entitled Children and Parents" "
The junior and lower classes Of
the First Methodist church school
will meet at 11:05 next Sunday.
Intermediate, high school, young
people and adult classes will con-
vene at 1875. The woodruff assem-
bly, will gather at 11:45.
The Methodist Youth Fellowship
will meet at o'clock next Sunday.
The fellowship is constituted by the
organization of the high school and
young peoples departments of the
parish. Thomas Powell is president,
Claude Graham, vice president,
Barbara Nelson secretary, and Betty
Burns, treasurer.
The calendar of events next week
at the First Methodist church fol-
lows:
Tuesday, March 17th-2:30, w. G.
T. u. meeting; 800 p. m, the Off
GERS Of the M. Y. F. will meet at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. George Bel
chg, 563 Frost road.
wednesday, March 18th-8:00 p
m, Married Couples club will be ad-
dressed by Wayne w. Womer. He
win give an illustrated lecture or
Making Democracy Work"
Thursday, March 19th-4:15 p. m.
preparatory church membership
class; 500 p. m, rehearsal for OPP
eretta; $3.50 p. M, church supper
and Learning to Life program.
Friday, March 20th-7:00 p. m.
senior choir rehearsal.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-13

thority on American history the
author Of several scholarly tones
and the possessor Of more degrees
than thermometer, he would
rather 60 down to the sea In ship
than lecture 10 a classroom Of tops
drawer graduate students.
HIS SAILING VESSELS
HAVE MODERN EQUIPMENT
For his expedition, PROT. Morrison
had two boats, q 147-foot schooner,
called the Capitaro, and 47-foot
ketch, the Mary Otis, similar re-
spectively to Columbus flagship
Santa Maria, and his ship Nina.
The Morrison boats were equipped
with diesel engines, two-way radios
and modern scientific apparatus,
and were manned by a crew Of col
lege students and researchers. 9th
wise the trips were made under the
same conditions and over the same
routes that Columbus took.
In 1887 Prof. Morrison cruised the
Caribbean, followed the course Of
Columbus second voyage. He traced
Columbus first voyages along the
coast Of Santo Domingo in January,
1899. The third trip, in l9S9-40,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-13
Salty Professor Trails Columbus Finds Great Discovers Was Good Reporter

was across tho Atlantic from Paios,
Portugal, duplicating Columbus
third voyage In 50 days. The anal
cruise combed the Cuban and pa
hannah coasts.
II came To the conclusion Prof,
Morrison says, "that Columbus was
q very great seaman. he had q
maximum Of faith and q minimum
OF equipment, and like the tradi-
tional Yankee skipper, he proceeded
by guess, and by God. But he was
a darned good navigator and re-
porter"
Prof, Morrison found that many
Of Columbus claims, disrupted by
modern scientists, were true. No
one would believe, for instance, the
Genosese navigator's assertion that
q turtle dove had flown over his
ship in mid -ocean. But Prof. Mori-
son says that a dove lit on the
Capitano when they were in the
same area.
The Morrison expedition also
found a harbor In the Bahamas
noted by Columbus, that doesn't
even appear on modern maps and
charts. EEl
The expedition used Columbus
diary as a "guidebook" but one
thing Columbus didn't account for
was the present war. Prof. Mori-
son was unreported for week dur
ing his 1910 voyage. It was feared
that the Capitano and Mary Otis
were submarine victims. When
word finally came through 1t devel-
oped that the ships radios were 81
lent because The expedition was in
the vicinity Of belligerent islands.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-13

Joe was the guy responsible for
Sally Rand once walking out Of the
Fort Worth exposition. He hid be-
hind q scene every time she APP
peared and used to make weird
noises in falsetto."
Malneck is here for an extended
rest while his eight-piece speciality
band is playing at the Detroit Ath-
letic Club. Still comparatively
young man, he has been playing
with top-flight orchestras for some
20 years and started his own OUTFIT
In 1887.
Crosby Worked Curtain
After he had rehearsed the band
in Swing Low Sweet Chariot" he
had $3.50 recording made mainly
for his own pleasure. But Boris
Morros, the film mogul, heard 1t
and signed the band to film con-
tract forthwith. They have been
sensation ever since.
Matty Is the author Of such hits
as I'm Through With Love
"Goody Goody," Stairway to the
Stars" Pardon My Southern Ac-
cent" and III Never Be the Same.
He likes to recall that he was one
Of the few remarkable as 1t may
seem now, who predicted fame for
the great Crosby.
"Why, in the Club Whiteman,'
Malneck said, they thought 80 little
Of Bings voice that they gave him
the Job Of rolling back the curtain
at the start Of the show"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-13
DEMP SEY VISIT
STILL POSSIBLE
Defense Bond Chairman
Seeks TO Rearrange Ex-
Champs Trip

Chairman j. Francis Smith Of
the defense bond committee was
today seeking to make arrangements
for q Waterbury visit within the
next few weeks by Jack Dempsey
former worlds champion, whose
scheduled talk here yesterday was
postponed because Of Illness. Dernp-
sey was to have spoken at p. m.
from the Carrie Welton fountain in
Exchange Place.
The ex-champ's Illness caused the
cancellation Of a statewide tour
that he was to have made yester.
day. He was to have spoken III
behalf Of defense bonds and stamps
at several cities about the state.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-13
STUART CRAWFORD SPY

Stuart Crawford is the latest
member to be added to the cast OF
M-G-M's wartime spy story now in
production. Crawford will portray
the head Of Nazi spy ring il
washington. He Joins a cast head
ed by Lee Bowman and Jear
Rogers and which includes Mons
Maris, Carl Esmond, Henry O'Neill
and Paul Cavanaugh. Crawford
was last seen in "a Yank on the
Burma Road" with LARAMIE Day and
Barry Nelson. George Sidney is di-
recting. B. F. zeidman is producing,