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Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-21

if desired during the summer. A
stationary canteen has been estab-
lished in the nome economies labor
atory at the high school and equip
nent is stored for mobile cam
zen ready for use upon notice.
The board voted TO secure motion
pictures illustrating What To DO
Before the Doctor Comes" 10 be
shown for schools, first aid classes.
and civilian defense workers,
Directors adjourned 10 view the
civilian defense pictures IN the
school auditorium showing methods
of handling incendlary bombs and
the duties Of air raid wardena.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-21

at the camps" that three times as
much coffee is consumed by the
United States Marines as is con-
sumed by civilians" and that the
modern army horse has been stream
lined to keep pace with mechanical
ion"
OF the use of paid advertising
space by the government, Hoy said
1t lis the most economical way of
attaining the necessary results"
THE newspapers of the country
do not want any subsidy from their
government" he said. THE free
press is not for sale"
To help win the war, he contin-
ued, newspapers must be left free
to do their own independent report
ing and their own thinking"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-21

disaster preparedness work to re-
port first to Red Cross headquarters
in the event of a trial mobilization.
For the city defense council the
Red Cross handles that phase of the
work and chairmen have mapped out
complete program TO care for
citizens and evacuees in the event
of an emergency.
Mrs. Norman E. Dupont reported
that so women have completed the
canteen aid course and are prepared
to serve emergency meals for groups
numbering up to 800. and more, If
necessary, Courses will be given
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-21

Jdpd1 tDuJ IlO lleW dCJdCkS were
reported) shortly before Axis prop
uganda broadcasts suggested that
casualties and damage to transport
tation facilities might have been
considerable in last Weekend's air
bombing of Tokyo and three other
war centers.
The broadcasts told of immediate
enforcement in Japan of law pro-
viding aid for victims of air raids
and reported that the disruption OF
railroad and other transportation
facilities had been comparatively
brief last Saturday, presumably due
to bombing hits.
With the United Nations pressing
war of nerves as we'll as bombs
against the Japanese, Gen. Sir Ar
chibald Wavell told the world i'll a
radio broadcast from New Del
hi that the Allies were ready to
throw powerful land and air striking
forces presumably including Amer
lean flying fortresses) against Japa-
nese invaders If India is attacked
and that Allied sea power will soon
drive the enemy from the Bay of
Bengal.
Wavell's broadcast followed Pc
riod Of lull in the Indian ocean,
where strong JapaSe se fleet re-
Gently was reported in action and
where numerous attacks had been
made on Allied shipping and on
several Indian coastal cities.
On other world fronts:
BURMA = Chinese troops under
Lieut.. Gen. Joseph w. StilWell, USA,
were holding their lines in central
Burma after breaking japanese en-
trapment of possibly 1000 British
troops in the, Yenangyaung sector,
but renewed enemy attacks were ex-
pected.
PHILIPPINES - Heavy artillery
fire and renewed dive-bomber at
tacks fail to do much damage to
Corregidor and other American
forts holding out in Manila bay;
Japanese launch heavy attacks that
drive Americans back from two
positions in Antique on the island
of Panay.
RUSSIA-Soviets move masses of
fresh troops and materials to all
fighting fronts in move to crush
Hitler's anticipated spring offensive;
Red army men told it will be ''crime"
to yield yard OF ground.
MALTA-BritiSh fight steady axis
air bombardment after bringing
down IL planes on Saturday anG
Sunday.
LIBYA-Increased patrol fighting
reported in desert.
JAPS CONFUSED
The Axis reports on air alarms
in Japan continued to indicate that
the enemy had been unable to To-
cate the bases from which the bomb
erS took off.
The German radio reported the
new air raid alarms, which appar-
emily were sounded in the Osaka
Kobe industrial region and along
the west coast where Japan's big
secret naval bases are located, but
there was no indication that attacks
actually had occurred.
The Japanese air force was said
to be bombing eastern China in
fear that Allied planes based in
China may strike again at Tokyo
or other large cities at any moment.
Five formations of japanese
planes raided China's Kiangsi prov
ince, it was reported, and dropped
bombs on Yushan, Khan, Yukiang
and Yukan, the latter 1875 miles
Continued on Page s: Column q
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-21

Japs Crack Under Fire

which Japanese Shippers had a great
advantage over the offensive units.
They were hidden in trees and
protected by inter-locking trenches
and otherwise in strong defense po-
sitions
Failure of the Japanese to make
a better showing under such adj
vantageous circumstances was re-
garded in military circles as al en-
couraging sign for the day when
counteroffensives will be launched
on a big scale.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-21

two to four times greater than the
attacking American forces in the
battle, whereas the normal rate OF
casualties is about three lost by the
offensive forces for one by the de-
tenders. In this case it might have
seemed that the Japanese suffered
unusual losses because they were
trapped, but actually they had the
advantage of strong concealment
and defensive positions in the
jungle.
American and Filipino troops
were forced literally TO dig the
enemy out of jungle positions from
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-21
County Will Buy
$4,000 in Bonds

Imperial county supervisors Mon
day instructed County Treasurer
George Varney to buy $4,000 worth
of series G war bonds with county
funds now held in reserve.
These bonds will draw 2b per
cent interest and may be redeemed
If desired after six months.
Varney said other counties in
California had been purchasing
bonds and survey revealed that
the series G. bonds were considered
one OF the best types for counties
to purchase.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-21
E. e. Draws Plans
For School Work

lass High school April q. On We'd
nesday night, the 28th, the high
school and elementary schools will
give a diversified musical program
st Washington school. The high
,chool group will have a panel
discussion and the elementary
group a playette. Games in which
parents MAJ participate will be ar
ranged, AID the homemaking de-
partment will serve refreshments
in the cafeteria. Washinel on
school will have its annual May
day program April 30.
Schools will welcome visitors all
week so the parents and anyone
interested may become familiar
with the regular work done by the
pupils.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-21

the fatalistic readiness to die of
the Japanese soldiers or their mass
military power, but the record of
battles such as the Tual river en-
trapment showed that hard-hitting
offensive blows broke the enemy
lines with unusually high casual
ties.
In the Tual river action the jap
anese were caught in pocket and
put on the defensive, although at
that time American and Filipino
troops already were suffering from
short rations and malaria.
The japanese suffered casualties
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-21

the job"
Hoy's address,, as chairman of
the small dailies" session, opened
the seth annual convention of the
American Newspaper Publishers as
ISOLATION at the Waldorf Astoria
hotel.
Our newspaper offices are flood
ed with wasteful and silly publicity
stories emanating from army and
naval services, and from innumer-
able government bureaus" he said.
The waste of time, money and of
materials is positively shocking to
those of us who are being forced
to save paper to save labor and
to reduce costs wherever possible"
He cited publicity announcements
from the armed services "that ping
pong is the most widely played game
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-21
RAFin Libya Sees
Renewed Action

CAIRO, April 81, (UP) = Activ-
ity of the Royal Air Force against
German and Italian positions in
the Libyan desert increased yes
terday when troops, encampments
and motor transports were attacked,
the Raj command announced to-
day.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-21
Budget Time Comes
County Again

History repeats itself.
The county board of supervisors
Monday instructed all county de-
partment heads to have their pre-
liminary budgets ready by May Is
and, as usual, informed them they
were to plan no increases in coun-
ty expenses.
Supervisors will study the pre-
liminary budgets submitted by de-
partment heads, set the county bud
get. and fix the tax rate for next
year.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-21
BY FRANK HEWLETT

Mtl[ BOURNE, Australia, April II
-CUP)-The battle of Bataan pro-
Vided invaluable lessons for future
united nations offensive operations
and convinced military experts OF
the vulnerability of Japanese troops
on the defensive.
In many instances the savage
struggle for Bataan illustrated that
the Japanese were comparatively
poor defensive fighters-a conclu-
sion that surprised some military
experts because they usually fight
To the last man.
That is not intended TO discount
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-21
COTTON TEXTILES
LIMITED FOR WAR

WASHINGTON. April 81 UP)-
The war production board today
ordered the cotton textile industry
to convert many of its looms to
production of cloth needed in the
war effort, instead of making tex
tiles for clothing and household
goods.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-21
VESSEL TORPEDOED

WASHINGTON, April 81. (UP)-
The Navy announced today that
medium sized Panamanian mer-
chant ship has been torpedoed off
the Atlantic coast and that sur
vivors have been landed at east
coast ports.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-21
MQcArthur'S Air
Warriors Attack

GENERAL MACARTHUR'S HEADQUARTERS Aus
trala April 81 (UP)Gen Douglas Macarthur announc-
ed in his first communque today that United States
and Australian planes had damaged hangars headquar
tiers building and fuel dump in raid on the Japanese
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-21
Red Cross Plans
For Emergency

Preparations for disaster reported by the various
charmen occupied the directors of the Ell Centre chapter
OF the American Red Cross at their monthly meeting Mon
day night in Wilson school,
r. p Moore, chairman instructed all chairmen con-
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-21
Burmese Defense
Lines Stiffened
AQuinSt Invaders
United Nations Increase War of Nerves
Against Nippon as WaveI| Declares
Indian Ocean Will Be Swept Clear
: BY UNITED PRESS -

New air raid alarms in Japan renewed enemy attacks
in the Philippines and stffening Allied defenses in India
and Burma reported Tuesday from the far
front Air raid alarms sounded in central and
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-21
Govt Publicity
Practice FIuved

NEW YORK, April e. (UP)--Frank S. Hoy publisher
OF the Lewiston (Me) Sun and Journal today attacked
the conceved and silly publicity" of government press
agents and urged that the federal undertake
pad advertising prepared by the advertising agencies
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-21
NeWorder Moves
1890 Japanese
Army Speeds Up Evacuation Program
By Directing Removal ofPo+en+ially
DANGEROUS Population from Is Areas

SAN FRANCISCO, April q. (UP)-The army in a
tremendous upsurge of its japanese evacuation program
today ordered 1890 Japanese removed from portions of
California and Washington within the next two weeks.
Lieut. Gen. John L. Dewitt heading the western de-
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-21
ScroD
Drii We
Gain $
Civic Group Here
Lends Support to
Patriotic Effort

Secretary Ben Herring of
the Ell Centre chamber of
commerce Tuesday pledged
the chambers support in the
drive to start hundreds of
tons of scrap iron now lying idle
on Imperial Valley farms to the
smelters for processing into disable
metal with which to build more
tanks and ships and guns
Herring's office staff already was
busy contracting valley farmers to
determine the approximate amount
of scrap available, and urging that
the metal be released the earli-
est possible date for transportation
to coast defense plants.
The chamber was working in
conjunction with a number of El
Centre firms, notably the Edgar
Implement store, which have
appealed to owners of scrap piles
for cooperation in the drive. This
firm has agreed to serve as a clear
ing house through which farmers
can report the amount of metal
on hand, following which Ii
censed scrap dealer will be in
structed to pick 1t up.
DEALERS KEY MEN
Herring said he had been in
formed that, since the government
has no facilities for receiving the
scrap direct from owners, licensed
dealers in the various valley COM
munities have been charged with
the responsibility of gathering up
the metal and delivering it to the
Continued on Page 6; Column a.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-21
y AMBL|Ne
u EpoR7ER

The Sissies--
Those De ANA Trail caballeros
are supposed to be a bunch OF he
men who live to rough it, to live in
the open, to take the worst that
nature IN the raw can dish out.
Dick Clevenger's name was lett
out of the list of the men who made
the long ride across the dessert,
camping out at night And no Won
der. He was asleep in hotel when
the roll was called.
He PARTED around San Jacinto
until he was sleepy and then de-
to the best hotel in town, selected
a room with inner spring mattress
ses and eiderdown quilts, put on
his rose colored silk pajamas, and
went to sleep.
LON Thompson wasn't quite SO
bad. He did stay at the camp with
the rest of the Caballeros. But when
LON wrapped his manly form in a
suit of blue pajamas trimmed in
pink roses =. 1t killed them.
A Cheap Price
There is one Ell Centran who is
willing to make any sacrifice for
the privilege of going fishing. That
man is Jerry Robertson. His wife
makes him NOV the lawn before he
can go fishing
Notice how neat the Robertson
lawns always is?
A Good Suggestion
1t was F. p Temple, you know.
who sneezed and broke his ankle.
Don't ask us how he did it. Ask
Temple. It's his story, not ours.
With his foot all sWathed in a
cast, Temple was looking at mag
azine. There in the magazine was
the picture of a man with his foot
in a cast, too. But what a differ
ence in casts. The man in the pic
ture had his cast nodded into a
statute of the most beautiful woman
Temple ever saw. He was green
with envy.
The next time DR.. L. C. House
called en- Temple, the patient point
ed to the man in the picture and
said
Nov l don't want to complain,
Doctor, l just want to show you
what others are doing
Horses. Horses, Horses
Dorothy Dobel's friends thought
they had arranged things so the
inspector at Camp Seeley never
would notice that she was taking
her first horseback ride last Sum
day. They selected q nice, gentle
horse and told Dorothy just what
TO do as she rode past the inspec-
tor at the gate.
I'm afraid you can't ride" the
inspector said the moment he saw
Dorothy perched in terror atop the
nag.
YOU'RE not telling me anything I
don't already know" Dorothy
murmered as she obeyed orders and
dismounted.
Then they put Dorothy in buck
Continued on Page g.; Column A.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-21
Baseba II
NATIONAL,


Chicago 100 ITO 600 6 2
Pittsburgh -. COZ OIL 00x-5 /
Bithorn, Schmitz and Mccullough;
Sewell and Phelps.
Boston 100 200 0
Bcc0klyn ....631 600 3
Javery. Erickson, Hutchings and
Kluttz; Head and Sullivan.
Philadelphia at New York post
poned, weather
Cincinnati 49,. 600 600
st. Louis 100 OBI
Walters and Hemsley; M. Cooper
and w. Cooper.
AMERICAN
Detroit ..-..... 02O 600
Chicago 900 900
Rowe and Tebbetts; HUMPHREYS
and fresh
st. Louis 900 0l0
Cleveland 900 $50
Harris, Hcllingsworth and Fer
rell; Milnar and DesautelS.
New York ..4 400 $40 000-10 10 0
Philadelphia 120 00l 600 4 10 l
Ruffing and Roscar; Wolff,
Christopher and Wagner.
Washington at Boston, postponed,
weather.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-21
WEATHER

Maximum Monday 81. Minimum
Tuesday 81. s PIN. Monday rs, hui
mildly %. am. Tuesday 62, hui
nudity SO. Noon Tuesday n, hui
mildly SO.
LOS ANGELES HAY
u. S. No. $24.-$25, u. S. No. 2
leafy 1. v. $23S24; u. S. No. 2 $20.5O
-21.5O. Mpls. Sept. flax $2.55 3-4.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-07-02

crowd Of formally-dressed guests
and New York's debutante group
held forth as hostesses. At one table
/ noticed a former husband of Gloria
Swanson. Some one told he his
French name but l have forgotten
t. At another table and the center
Of interest for the young masculine
element we're Theodore Bartlett, at
tractive Texas girl and sister-in-law
Of Ned Depinet, the movie executive T;
Muriel Mutcheson, the actress, and
Sonia Stokowski, the daughter of the
orchestra conductor. The last-named
who seemed quite sophisticated for
all Of her 10 years, told me that she
would like to join the Women's Army
Auxiliary Corps but that she felt
the arduous training would not be
exactly to her tastes. Playing for the
dancing in the ballroom was Meyer
Davis and his orchestra and Of in
terest to me was the fact that Davis
himself was leading his band on this
occasion. He is a millionaire and has
several orchestras which play for
society dances all over the country.
He merely takes part when he wants
n
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-07-02

rots or green vegetable. (2) Chop
per crisp bacon; chopped ripe or
green pepper, or both; one-half cup
chopped lettuce, or tomatoes, or
both. (3) Peas or beans (cooked(,
chopped pickle, chopped parched
peanuts or cheese, lettuce or green
foundation. a. Chopped onion,
sliced radishes, cucumbers; celery
or green peppers. (5) Grated cheese
or cottage cheese, ripe or green
peppers (6) String beans (raw or
cooked, sliced radishes, green on
ions. (7) Chopped beets and string
beans cooked), onions, green pep
pers.
Use eggs where possible, and rem
'ember that young tender raw vege-
tables are more nourishing and Of
ten nor easily digested than cooked
vegetables, especially when cooked
zoo long or in large quantities Of
water.
Ant Control
BY DR.. Clay Lyle
The 1876 kinds Of ants in Missis-
sippi are grouped in two general
classes on the basis of their food
preferences. Some prefer sweets and
may be controlled with a strip like
the regular Argentine ant poison
which has been used successfully
for many years. If it is not sold To-
cally, a sweetened poison may be
made at home by dissolving 4 ounces
Of sugar in a quart of water and
stirring in one-half of tartar
emetic. The poison is placed in con-
tanners accessible to the ants. The
ants which prefer meats or greasy
foods may be poisoned by rubbing
small quantities of tartar emetic on
greasy bones or bacon rinds, or
strips Of bacon may be dipped into
Argentine ant poison.
Ant nests on lawns and in gar
dens may be destroyed by making
holes down into them with a stick
or broom handle and pouring 2 or
3 tablespoons Of carbon bisulphide
into each hole, then closing them
with wet soil. A solution Of ! ounce
sodium cyanide in a gallon Of water
may also be used in ant burrows,
but should be handled with great
care Is it is deadly poisonous. For
large numbers Of small ant hills in
lawns or gardens, scatter a fine
mixture Of ! ounce paris green and
] pound brown sugar over the soil
at the rate Of l pound to 10000
square feet.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-07-02
IS GETTING
INCREASED INCOME!
BY GEORGE PECK

Real weekly earnings of workers
in manufacturing plants throughout
the United States in March, 1912
were N per cent higher than in
March, 1941 ard 39.1 per cent high
er than the average for 1929. BY
real wages we mean the dollar ear
nings adjusted for changes in the
cost of living.
Payrolls for March, 1912 were
1873 per cent higher than for the
corresponding month last year, and
~ per cent above those Of 1929.
The number of unemployed per-
sons fell from slightly over ten mil
lions in March, 1910 to slightly un-
der 3k millions in March, 1912.
These statistics take into account
employment of all kinds including
the armed forces.
This data would serve to prove
co~nclusively that the biggest portion
Of the increased national income is
going to the workers. not only in
dollars themselves but in dollars that
represent purchasing power. But
where is this increased purchasing
power to expand itself?
With each passing day, additional
commodities, services, etc. r either
being entirely eliminated from the
list of purchasables or their pur-
chase is being curtailed and restrict
ed.
This combination of increased
purchasing power on the part Of q
| large segment of our population, and
the elimination of many purchasables
and the curtailment of others n
titute a vicious circle. Increased com-
retitive buying in a market Of a
| city can only end in initiation unless
steps are taken to ~counteract it.
The intensive effort of the United
| States Government to sell War Bonds
and Stamps to the workers will syp-
hon off a part Of this increased in
come. This in itself win not be en-
cugh. We are perfectly in accord
with the Government in its intent to
further lower the income tax ex-
! emptions and to increase he rates OF
taxation in tte owl ne brack-
cts. This action is absolutely essen
tial if as a nation "" are. avoid
initiation and its no." and inevi-
able aftermath, deflation.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-07-02
BY ALLENE MCCORMICK,
Home Demonstration Agent

Vegetable Salad Combinations
! Salads made from fresh vegetables
from your Victory Garden afford
one Of the best opportunities for
including more Of these foods in
your family's diet. They give variety
freshness, a pleasing acid flavor and
offer means of attractive color CON-
binations. Many homemakers, in
planning menus, leave out the salad,
having in mind a fancy dish with
dressing which requires too much
time, effort and material. Another
fallacy is that simple salad, such
as a dish of shredded cabbage, \
dish of young green onions, lettuce
leaves, radishes, or a dish of fresh
or canned tomatoes served at the
table, is too plain or common for
company salad. Salads were original
lv made of young, fresh, raw vege-
tables, with a dressing or vinegar.
Serve some kind of raw or can
ned vegetable, or fruit, for dinne'
every day the more elaborate or
fancy type may be used for expert
ment, for company, or for special
occasion, if they must be used, bat
give the home folks the genuine ar
ticle in plain undressed vegetables.
Why not try one Of these comhina-
tions? ~ Raw shredded carrots;
finely chopped onions and white cab
bage; chopped spinach or young
tender mustard, or any young tender
green's. Mix or arrange in groups with
green alternating between the col
cred and white: sprikle over with
dressing. one-half cup grated cheese
of finely chopped hard-cooked egg
may be added or substituted for car