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Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-28
Census TO List
Alien Farmers

A census of enemy alien
farmers in Imperial county
was undertaken Wednesday by
the county agricultural COM
missi0ner'S office on behalf of
W. J. Cecil. director of the
state department of agricui-
lure.
Armed with exhaustive ques-
tionaires, agricultural inspect
orS here were to tour farms
owned or operated by japanese,
Germans and Italians To obtain
data ranging from ownership
of the land to size and kind
of crows raised and materials
used OH the farms.
QuestionaireS are available
1T the agricultural commits
sioner's office for aliens wish
ing To report voluntarily for
the eheck-up.
The survey is part of u state
wide program.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-28

the credit available to them wisely,
and to take advantage of present
agricultural condition TO place
their houses in order"
Other speakers included Hugh T.
Csbornel county supervisor, and
Ross T. HickcoX.
Two new board members were
elected They were L. P. Barkley,
chosen to represent Somerton, Ariz.,
to succeed H. j. Woodhouse, and
A. L. Gieselmann of Brawley, sue
ceeding A. O. Dolson of Imperial.
The board, in addition to these new
members, is composed of j. r. Sny-
der, II. B. Stewart and Marvin
Gardner.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-28
Valley TireQuota
Under Last Month
Bad news from the tire front.

Bad news from The TIRE front.
Imperial county's February tire
quota dropped below that for Janu-
ary. There was only one ray of
sunshine in the whole quota list
The truck quota went up.
Available in February will be
ST tires and 48 tubes for passenger
cars. Last month the quota was
72 tires and 60 tubes Also avail
able will be 1874 truck tires and
230 truck tubes. January's quota
was 214 truck tires and l78 truck
tubes. County Clerk w. j. McClel-
land, secretary of the Imperial
County Defense council said We'd
neSday.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-28

rendered by this $l3.0OO00o organ
llation.
ImIOrtant as WAS the Wiplns out
of nearly half 4 Idillion dollars III
warrant and bond debts, an achleEc-
ment made possible through 4
court-a approved retunding plan, thas
potential saving 10 valley taxpayers
must fade into insignificanee IN
comparison with the thousand and
one things the irrigation district
did during the year to improve the
lot of our desert aIiStocracy-the
farmers.
The eXtClt Oh ,.le5e services, tc-
gether with a prospectus of long
range program of still greater ac-
complishments, IS told forcibly IL
the districts 1871 annual report
released Wednesday,
Forgetting for the moment that
the chief function of any such body
polite is to serve The public at
whatever cost, the district might
rightfully be classed among the sue
2esStul business concerns OF tht
valley.
PROFIT SHOWN
I'nc %anual report shows that
the total revenues trcm all actiNl-
ties water and power sales, rent
ais aad seleS Of tax title lends, cit
we're S3,309782, and that the dli-
ference between this figure and lhc
total expenses for the year wa
$533.273 II other words, the DIS
tr!ct, while carrying cut the great :
est improvement and expansion
program II is history. operated at
g very neat profit.
This fact assumes even greater
proportions when. perslling the -iG-
pert, it is discovered that Watel
collections for the year droppeG
S53 GOO below these for 1910. Boaro
President Evan T HeWeS noteo
that this was due t. the heavy
rains which caused curtaiIment
ICf irrigation water deliveries Tor =
fetal ot 81 days during the yeal,
DEBT REDUCED
The district began the year l9l
with debt Of $l5l28,s65 IN oui ,
| StandMg securities, and en- Decem-
: Der 81 this had been reduced Il
S14.802.323 In addition TO this re-
| ductiou Of $325G G42. made pcaSlDIl
by tie purchase of bonds and way
rants in that amount, there WAS :
reduction Of $7+,GG0 in the corpora
tons power bend indebtedness.
Noteworthy i'll transactions i'll
yolving retirement of the $325.94l
Gf general bends and warrants wa
+ the fact that these were purSaas8t
not at their face value, but At !,
! cost to the district oi only $500
] 939--a saving Of $35, 5,002
All operations were carried GU
on Il strict pay-aa- -you-go basls
many savings were effected DESPITE
rising material and supply prlce'
! and $4,000 per month increase IL
operating costs that resulted iron
a general wage and salary bo0S
put into effect in July.
The healthy financial coAditiol
of the district, and the success o.
district engineers in combating Tho
grave flood hazard that eXistee
throughout the valley pricr t
! lG41. were the prime factors II
e., forcing change in the ATTITUDE
CT capital toward valley lands,
The federal land bank, which tol
Continued On Page 6, Col. A
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-28
u 5. Meanest Man
FLa:tens Tires

DENVER, Jan. %. CUPl-Here'S
the 'meanest man"
The person WHO puntured more
than 300 auto tires in a downtown
area of 12 square blocks last night
Police Sgt. R. E. Dahlstrom SaiG
all the tires bore one mark, i'll
dicating the vandal flattened each
tire with a quick jab of a sharp
tool, apparently an ice, pick.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-28
Los Angeles Suspends 81 Japanese
Americans Employed on City PayroLIs

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 28-eUPo-.
Mayor Fletcher Bowron today an
nounced removal of 80 American
born Japanese from city payrolls
while a campaign continued to re-
move all Japanese from coastal
military areas.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-28

day revealed.
II. B. Stewart of BraWley, max
ing the general report on activities
for the year, declared that the
American farmer will play lead
ing role in the present emergency, ;"
and stressed the service that the
association is rendering to increase
the opportunities of farmers to
participate in the defense of the
nation.
Principal speaker at the associa-
tions annual meeting was S. P
Applewhitc, vice president of the
Production Credit Corp of Berkeley,
who elaborated the part such asso-
Citations are playing in the war ef-
fort. He advised the Ell Centre or
ganization's 243 members to use
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-28
A Close Shave?o =

A Close Shave?-
Barber Maupin finished the task
of haircutting a red-headed, free
kle-faced youngster of the age of
nine or 10 the other day, and ac-
cepted the dollar bill the chile
tended in payment. Not having
the single coin necessary for
change, Maupin counted out nickles
and dimes. The younster accepted
them with belligerent suspicion
He turned them over in his palm
more than once, examining them
closely all the while.
whats the matter asked Mall
pin, didn't I give you the right
change?'
Yeah" quoth the red-haired
ore aggrieyedly, you lust BARELY
did
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-28
CIVILIANS EvACUATE SINGAPORE AREf
Army Training
u. 5. 'Ski.Chuiists'

SALT LAKE CITY. jan. 81.
ufl--Ihe United States army
is drilling parachute troops To
double ON skis, il WAS revealed
today.
Details OF the program are Il
carefully guarded secret, but
an announcement of the army
air corps corps public relations
office said the parachutists are
being trained for alpine duty
"at home or Abroad
They arc 0eing trained in the
snow covered mountains near
Salt Lake City under corps
of prominent instructors.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-28
District Completes goth
Year With Half Million
o. Endebtedn ess Erased
Annual Report Reveals Sound Financial
Condition Of Valleys Biggest Business
With Pay-as-you 60 Plan in Effect

Imperial Irrigation district Wednesday Was "on the
threshold Of era having completed its hlreth year
December 81 with tire most impressive balance sheet
in its hsory-a balance sheet that showed not only {,
reduction in bonded Indebtedness, but mffoed
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-28
Coffee Weak But
Whiskey's Strong
- By C. r. CUNNINGHAM

UP)Troops of the American expeditionarv force re-
ported today that the coffee this side of the was
bad the beer indifferent and the whisky expensive and
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-28
$50 Perish When
Liner Goes Down
II Rescued by Puerto Rico Vessel After
U-Boat Torpedoes Steamer: Survivors
Tell Of Six Days at Sea in Lfeboa+s

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Jan. 28 (UP)-lhe ). D.
Coamo arrived today with II survivors of an Allied steam
er torpedoed in the Atlantic with 32l persons apoaro'
about 250 of whom were dead or missing
Some of the survivors picked up Friday night by
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-28
Production Credit
Status Reported

Imperial Valley and Yuma county farmers and live
stock received financial assistance toalng than
100000 in 1871 from the Ell Centro Production Credit
association report submitted to the annual meeting OF
the association by SecretaryTreasurer T. e. Xson Tues
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-28
British Prepare
FOR Lost Defense
O. kenoced Bose
Allied Reinforcements Going TO Aid Of
Emba+tIed Far Eastern Defenders Faced
With New. But Slower Enemy Advances
. BY UNITED PRESS :

Great Brtans fighting forces braced for the battle of
Singapore Wednesday and reinforcements rushed the
aid of the United Nations key naval base in the Far East
Although Allied fronts generally stffened against
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-28
Add Good Descriptions

An imperial Valley visitor, a very
charming woman. described Red
Harriean this way:
He isn't a bit older she said.
and it is easy to see he kissed
the Barney stone"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-28
Garden leadership

c. b LamSon of BraWley OBJ
jects to Paul Marsh of Ell Centre
claiming to have planted the first
Victory garden IamSon has had
a Victory garden since last fall.
Anyone else beat Marsh?
As Others See u
An Imperial Valley resident
wrote a letter in which he set
forth another residents lack OF
qualifications for position he
wanted.
The feller," he wrote, had not
much edgecaution."
Tragic. isn't it?
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-28
TEMPERATURE

7 E44FHN HsFtIh 4 = AAA-
Max Tues. 80, minimum Wed.
as; 5 p. m. Tues. 73, humidity 70;
5 a. m. Wed. so, humidity So; noon
Wed. 72, humidity 10.
LOS ANGELES HAY
u. S. No. 1 S22.5O-23.5O; L. S. No.
2 Leafy l. V. S21-22 L. S. No. 2
S18-19 Mpl May flax S220.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-28

El Cenfro Business Barometer
Evening star., 1942-10-06
Manners
of the
Moment

II you're a volunteer entertainer
for the armed forces, you'll have
to learn to keep your line and your
dance steps harmoniously adjusted
to your partners You shouldn't
for example, try to lead boy who
has danced nothing but square
dances all his life into a new Latin
American step. And you shouldn't t
hand out your most sophisticated
line to some young lad whose social
life all has been in the Sunday
school.
They tell me that at the U. S. O.
spots, where young women are most
needed to cheer up the boys, the
boys are very likely to be the quiet,
retiring type. They are still a little
too timid to venture out for them
selves. And even at the U. S. o.
center they'll probably be scared of
the hostesses. They're the type who
aren't used to being fused over.
So girl has to tone her be-
havior down to the point where
she won't frighten timid soldier
or sailor. She must simplify her
dance step until her partner himself
wants to try something new. And
she must keep her conversation on
a home-like, straightforward basis
until her partner starts making
Quips.
At least. I'm sure that the more
timid members of the armed forces
would prefer it that way. And
after all. they have morale to be
kept up, too. JEAN.
Evening star., 1942-10-06
Home FrOck Has Charm
AS Well as Comfort
By BarbarrBeH

You'll get such practical service
and everyday comfort from this
frock that you'll bless the day you
first saw Pattern No. 1923. An
easy, graceful fit is assured by the
fullness through the bodice, and the
soft sashes which tie at the waist
Prettiness is gained by the deer
neckline, smartly framed by the in
teresting shoulder yokes.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1923 is
designed for sizes 80, "a, 36, 80, 40
AZ, A, As. Size "a, long or short
sleeves, requires Az yards 35-inct
material, 13s yards rickrack.
Find the new styles you can use
in your home sewing program in the
Fall Fashion Book, our catalogue OF
latest patterns. Send Is cents for 9
copy, or order it with 15-cent pat.
tern for IS cents plus l cent fol
postage.
For this attractive pattern send Il
cents, plus l cent for postage, in
coins with your name, address, pat
tern number and size wanted to
Barbara Bell, The Washington Star
Post Once Box IS, Station o, New
York, N. Y. ...-
Evening star., 1942-10-06

No answer for them comes out Of
the confusion of voices raised in
their behalf. Only the promise OF
war.
For some time, perhaps, war activ-
:ties will solve the problem OF work.
A part of our youth will have to
go to the camps to train; part will
20 into the industries that feed war.
The shifting of workers will make
places for others. Youth will filter
into the webs of activity war weaves.
And is that our answer to our chill
dren? OF course not.
War or no war, employment or
none, we, the people of the United
States, must overhaul our way OF
life and see to 1t that our youth
shall find places that will satisfy
their need for work, service and
self-support with feeling OF self
respect thrown into the bargain.
Telling our young people that
they live in a democracy for which
they are to thank God, isn't an
answer. Telling them hsw lucky
they are to be in land where there
are no bombs falling on their heads
isn't the answer either. Bombs will
not always fall on heads, wars will
not last forever. Our democracy, as
it is today, is certainly no answer fol
our youth. 1t must be overhauled
the wrongs set right. the errors cor
rected, so that democracy func-
tions in the lives of all citizens
young and old and rich and poor.
I do not know what ought to be
done. I feel about as confused as
| the young people are. Something is
wrong and should be made right
We look to our leaders for the wore
of wisdom, for the act of intelli-
gence, for the hint Of understanding
Else why leaders?
We should proceed now, to cleal
the road for the coming generation
and do what needs doing, in prep.
aration for the economic and socia
conditions that will come in tht
wake of this World War. There i.
no prophet who can foretel the
exact needs, but there are response.
BILE men and women who might bt
setting the framework for construc.
tive administration Of these prob.
lens that concern youth. Let's heal
from them.
Evening star., 1942-10-06
WOMEN'S FEATURES.
Let Us Clear the Road Now
For the Next Generation
Youths Place in Postwar
World Should Be Prepared
By Those Who Are Able
By Angelo Pafri

the responsibilities
Of maturity find they cannot cannot hnd they
with feeling of IN any field
appealed industry appealed
held meetings and published
relief sight, They don't want
subsidies they don't want charity They
their fathers did, families to perform
duties citizenship and live healthy active useful lives but they
a doing
solutions We
life skill
while would bring the
generation Of such
and still opportunity is offered
Evening star., 1942-10-06
Enter Weskits

You'll be in style if you have a
waistcoat or dress with the waist
coat effect. It's sure solution to
making Government approved
short jacket both smart and new
looking. Some of them shown in
New York are in contrasting ma
terials, either as separate jacket
in two-piece costume, or as q con-
trasting plastron for the blouse front
in q one-piece dress.
Evening star., 1942-10-06

1AoiAA IllC 1ldG ) ucSlSilcI CIlc QUIET
day. my dear Miss Blank" it said
In effect, II know you are anxious
to have the hat in which you look so
beautiful, and we are just as anxious
for you to wear it. However, New
York is having serious labor prob
lens at the moment, and the people
who make the bird can't fill all their
orders. The hat is ready and wait
Ing for you and as soon as the bird
flies in the window, we will pin it on
and send you the hat" Our friend
was so impressed that she has shown
the letter to everybody, adding that
anything not delivered from New
York at this point is likely to be suf-
fering from employment trouble. So
don't give up hope if you're in the
same boat.
Speaking of flossy letters from New
York firms, the priced possession of
another girl we know is from one
of Manhattan's swankiest and most
expensive shirt and tie shops. Seems
this girl wanted to order tie for a
man she knows, so she sent what
seemed to be a sizeable check and
asked that tie be selected for her
Pretty soon came the package and
flowery letter announcing that
the tie had been priced at so cents
less than her check and that when
postage was deducted the rest would
be credited to her in the hope
that they might serve her again"
She looked at the package and dis
covered that she has Al cents credit
with the firm. Now she can't sleep
nights wondering what to do about
it. Should she send them more
money and buy something else, hop
ing it will come out even, or just
consider the Al cents as lost? Moth
ing, she declares, is available in that
shop at that price. Heck" says
she, they won't even let you in the
front door for Al cents!"
Sitting around table the other
evening a group of people we know
were commenting on the amazing
Evening star., 1942-10-06
Middle Age Can
Be Inspiring
And Happy
Lefhargy Greatest
Enemy of W0men
In Later Years
BY Patricia LINDSAY

Let's tackle the fallacy that mid
Ole life brings nothing but dullness
dull hair, dull beauty, misshapen
figures, dull living. 1t is fallacy-
and no woman should surrender
to it.
During these days when there
are SO many important jobs to dc
to help the war effort, many women
OF middle age find their lives grow
ing useful and exciting. Defense
jobs, volunteer work, community Or
ganizing and aid for service men
and families, all challenge the wom-
an of middle life and older. They
give ner chance to be 10 years
younger.
Suppose your hair has turned gray
and you do not want to tint it
or your husband or children prefer
that you do not tint it. What OF
it? Should that make you look
and feel and act old? Gray hail
can be beautifully cared for, smartly
coiffed and very provocative-espe-
SAeNlAy IL VIC AoSC ~ lldlOS lS ACpl
fresh and young and pretty.
A skilled hairdresser can give
you a new hair-do and a new lease
on lifa-so invest in his advice
Keep your hair exquisitely condi-
toned even if it does require tonics
and pomades and special treat
ments. Daily brushing and careful
shampoolng are essential and you
can do both at home.
Then play up your eyes. Why
shouldn't you use brow pencil, lash
coloring to enhance their beauty?
Simply learn to use them discreetly
And invest in new perfume-a
stimulating, mischievous, extrava
CANT fragrance One which gives
you a needed lift-and gives your
friends thrill. You deserve that
luxury at your age.
Then your figure. Why should it
be dumpy instead of trim? A little
exercise and thoughtful eating will
restore youthful curves and bring
you new energy. I always contend
that the woman of middle age lets
her lethargy spoil her beauty. She
is so prone to sit back and let age
do its damage! An inactive life
is a robber of all physical lowell
ness. If your life is without an
interest see that you pick one uI
very soon!
Environment (Which includes the
home you live in and the clothes
you Wear) should never be dull
Put color into your surroundings
and in your wardrobe.
Evening star., 1942-10-06
STAR WASHINGTON c., TUESDAY
Here AreCauses
OF Unhappiness
In Marriage
Both C0ngeni0lity
And Background
Are ImbOrtant
By Dorothy Dir

ny DVJ OtHV LIZ
Dear Miss Dix: Will you please
give me the chief causes of marital
unhappiness? A MAN.
Answer-There are just about as
many causes for marital unhappi-
ness as there are imperfections in
human nature, and only the record
ing angel keeps an account of them.
Anyway, they run into astronomical
figures, and If men and women stop
ped to figure out what their chances
were Of making happy marriage,
the odds would be so much against
them that there would never be an
other wedding.
Still, hope springs eternal in the
human breast" and boys and girls
fall in love and kid themselves into
believing that no matter how many
other people have failed to be happy
though married, they are going to be
an exception. Many of them do
guess right and marriage continues
to be grand old institution.
But to return to our mutton, as
the French say, I think the chief
cause Of marital unhappiness is that
men and women bring less intel
ligence, less thought, less care, less
prudence to their marriages than
they do to any other transaction in
life. They don't even take the
trouble to look over what they are
taking home with them, or to find
out If they are getting a clear title
to the thing in which they are in
vesting their lives.
The chief cause, then, of marital
unhappiness Is being careless pick
er to start with. and the second is
lack of cOngeniality. Husbands and
wives are purely matter of taste.
1t doesn't matter what they are; If
they suit you, they are all right. If
they don't suit you, they are all
wrong no matter whether they pos
sess every virtue under the sun.
The third cause of marital unhap-
pienss is getting married before you
can afford the price of a wedding
ring. In novels it is very romantic
tor a young couple to marry without
a dollar in their pockets and expect
to live blissfully on bread and cheese
and kisses. But experience proves
that love is a pretty thin diet and
that it doesn't take long for even the
most enamoured couple to get fed up
on it.
The next cause of marital unhap-
piness is selfishness. Both the hus-
band and the wife are determined to
rule the roost and in the fight over
1t both love and peace are slain.
Another cause for marital unhap-
pinesS is that so many husbands and
wives think they can be both mar
ried and single. When they marry
they are not willing to settle down
and build home. They want tc
keep on running with their crowd
going to parties and having little af-
fairs with other men and women
The thing can't be done. You CAM
be both bound and free.
Evening star., 1942-10-06
Leftover Lipstick

English girls would give almost
anything to have as many lipsticks
as we do. We are not limited now
but we should begin conserving. One
way of getting the most out of your
lipstick is to use a makeup brush
to dig out and apply the rouge left
In the container, says Elspeth Crime
Doctor Eric.
Evening star., 1942-10-06

assortment of feminine headgear in
evidence. There were huge bonnets
and tiny wisps of fluff whirling about
the dance floor, every color of the
rainbow was in evidence, every
shape and fabric represented. 1t
was interesting to see how women
are using striking accessories to
pep up" simple dresses and suits
and how much more fashion news
there is in hats today. The men
like 'em, too. AS a masculine men,
Der OF the group SO aptly put it, I'm
the last two years women's hats
have become an adventure" And as
AL Jolson used to say, You amt
seen nothin' yeti"