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Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-13
Motions Highest Honor
Goes to s. +. Commander

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 12.-
CUpD-Admiral Ernest j. King
cCmmandant Of the San Eiego de
fleet, today presented the Congress
Sional Medal of Honor to Com.
mander Bruce McCandlcSs, 81, Lonf
Beach. Calf, who led the heavy
cruiser San Francisco throu"h vic
Jrious bGsi action against q
japanese armada after his Su-
pcrior officers were killed.
In ceremonies held before the
assembled crew on the quarter
deck of the San Francisco, Kinp
lraiScd the superb initiative" Of
McCandlesS in assuming command
of the cruiser and boldly contin-
uing to engage the enemy after
Officers who Cutranked him had
either been killed, wounded or were
engaged in necessary duties.
Then, speaking directly to The
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-13
I roo %
Shii i
Sur X

WASHINGTON, Dec. II.
CUP)-The $4,000 ton U. S.
liner President Coolidge e
transporting approximately
1000 army troops. struck a
mine in the South Pacific ard sank
with a loss of only four men, the
Navy announced today
The vessel, owned by the Ameri-
can President lines Of San Fran
cisco, was chartered and operated
by the war shipping administration
for the army.
The vessel was full; loaded with
troops and equipment at the time,
the Navy said.
The Coolidge was the 10th Amer
lean transport sunk in this war.
Her skipper was Henry Nelson.
37l4 Irving St, San Franci 5co. He
was saved.
Through prompt and efficient
rescue efforts, casualties were lin
tied to four men" the Nays an
nounccment said. A naval officer
said these men were lost.
The sinking occurred in recent
weeks, but the Navy did not dis
close the exact date or the part of
tie South Pacific in which it oc-
Cured.
This was the sixth large trans
.ort whose sinking has been an
nounced by the Navy in the last
few weeks. The loss of five-the
Tasker H. Bliss, Hugh L. Scott Ed
ward Rutledge, Joseph Hewes and
LeedstoWn-was announced recent
". They were sunk off North Afri-
ca.
-Four tranSportS-Little. GREGORY.
Continued on Page g. Col. q
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-13

,cw. EinP said:
First, welcome hCme. Second
y, we'll done. 1t is men like lou
v ships like this who will do a me-
or part in winning this Wal his
hip. and ships like the Boi4c "nd
Tiers. have constributcd to the
ucccsses we have 50 far had.
Il am confident that when Nou
hip puts cut to sea a9ain you
ill be determined to do even
nore than you alrcad$ have Gone
we'll
McCandless' wife, Sue. and his
father, Capt. Byron McCardl"sS,
ommandant of the San Diego dc
stroyer base ans we9rcr OF the
Navy Cross from the last war, wit
neSSed the ceremony.
Young McCandleSS, a communi-
cations officer, was a lieutenant
commander when the flagship San
moved into battle against
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-13

late yesterday at the request of
HarI Lundeberg. secretary treas
urer of the Sailors Union of the
Pacific tAFLD, now in Washington
in connection with the order.
In Portland, officials of the SUP
said they would picket the ship
when it is delivered Monday unless
the order is reScinded A meeting
of So members of the Portland SUP
local also adopted resolution call
ing for strike vote.
Policies CONSIDERED
tRepres entativeS of the Interna-
tional LongShoremen'S & Ware
Eousemen'S union tCIOO said they
would hold an emergency meeting
Monday to decide whether to honor
the picket line. if one is posted.
There were indications that the
lon9Shore union. pledged to all-out
support Of the war effort, would
disregard jurisdictional picketsD
Business Agent Ed Coester of the
SUP said the VISA order provided
for manning of the ship John S.
CorleV with members of the Ma
tional Maritime union, an east coast
CIO affiliate.
CoaSyer said the order violated an
agreement with Pacific coast unions
insurinG cOntir uance for the dura-
ton of contracts with the L,lcken-
bach and Moore Mccormack Steam
Continued on Page 6, Col. q
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-13

metal heap,
Coghlan was freed on q $4,000
bond and his preliminary hearing
ct for Tuesday, Dec. %. The two
other ST. LouiSanS wanted in the
conn llaint- Sidne" w. StearnS and
K. w. Riley made $500 bonds and
were released Their hearing will
be held TIE same day rs Coghlan'S.
Stearns and Riley, who comprised
the tWo-man taxpayers eXpedi-
tionary force which tried to settle
finally the doubtful title to the
ancient gun by carting it away early
Friday morning, were charged also
with carrying a concealed weapon.
The added $500 on their bonds was
TO cover that charge.
Coghlan, who Riley and Stearns
SaT instigated the ill-fortuned Ven-
turc and paid them their expenses
voluntarily surrendered to Cole
County Sheriff Harry Mackey to-
day. He made no statement.
Bond for the three was posted
by Fred Tanner, jefferson City
business man
The incident aroused and an
9ered the states Republican COVER
nor who pinned the blame for the
entire affair on the metropolitan
Post-DiSpa tch.
The governor. Forrest C. Donnell
said that the law is going to be
enforced IN this state, the Post
Dispatch Notwithstanding"
We are going to the limit on
this thing" he said. 1t is simply
outrageous
The outrageous act was the
plot of Stearns and Riley, couple
of tree surgeons, to move the can
non to a national junk pile for the
scrap metal drive. According to their
own story. they drove from ST
Louis in a truck Thursday night
and attempted to remove the cam
non.
The complaint against CoGhlan
Was based on his editorial, entitled
On Some Dalk Night. which crit
ici2ed Donnell for his failure to
urn the old cannOnS over to a junk
dealer as a contribution to the scrap
metal drive.
The editorial said it would not be
surprising il e, a group of patri-
otic citizens would seize the
old guns and deposit them on the
nations scrap pile,
Besides the Mexican war cannon,
a 1000 pound Civil War muzzle
loader and brass siX-pounder gun,
Gated 1869 and taken from a Span
iSh fort in the Spanish American
war, were involved.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-13

Button, button, who owns
the railroad track?
The United States govern
mcnt, via the War Produc-
tion Board. wants to know
who owns 1.675 feet of spur track
which for many years has been ly-
ing half buried in the sand at the
old Imperial count" gravel plant
at Frink, isolated spot on the deS-
ert northwest Of inland.
Practically every railroad line ii
the nation has listed a shortage in
this type of track which is used
on SidingS Henry B. Hickey, jr.,
WIPE representative, wants to know
who owns the track so 1t NAV be
S. p. DOESN'T
The Southern Pacific company
knows it doesn't own the track.
Imperial county thinks perhaps it
does own it. Hickey reached thl
point in his attempt 10 run down
he title when he bumped up against
Il 20-ycar lease the county had with
he Orange County Gravel COM
pan; This lease will expire next
year. But that didn't help much
as several years ago officials of the
Orange County Gravel company ap-
peared at a meeting of the Impe-
rial county board of supervisors
and said they were through with
the plant and wanted nothing more
to do with it or the lease. So, where
is the title?
The gravel plant at Ffink was
built and equipped away back in
1921, when a highway commission
started the paved road program 70"
the county with the million and a
half dollar bond issue voted b.
residents. When the road Drogram
Continued on Page 6, Col. g.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-13
Burglar Takes
Only Lingerie

PACIFIC GROVE, Cal, Dec. -.
-U.PD-A burglar with a zen for
silk lingerie today had female res
idents of the Monterey peninsula up
IN arms.
Already faced with the problem
CT finding substitute materials for
undergarments because of the silk
shortage. women here were urg-
ing police to make a special eff
fort to apprehend the burglar who
has ranSacked at least II homes
IN two weeks, taking only lingerie.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-13

British planes struck at italy from
the north, attacking Turin for the
third time within a week, while
American lcng range bombers from
the Middle East dealt another shat
teling blow at Naples
- The coordinated air thruStS were
believed to be only q foretaste of
tEH attack which will strike Italy
with growing strength as the Allie;
drive the Axis out of Africa. Rich
ard Casey, British minister of state
at Cairo, was quoted as saying that
by early 1943 Italy would be under
going a full scale attack.
PRESSURE ON ROMMEL
In Africa there were strong signs
that the Eighth Army has finally
begun its move against the Nazi
lines at Ell Agheila. British observ-
erS doubted that Rommel actually
would up up an all-out stand there
unless required to do SO by Adolf
Hitler as matter Of prestige. They
pointed out Rommel could make
much better use of his limited fore
eS if he falls back to MiSurata or
some other point close to his supply
base.
Russian troops were reported de-
veloping a powerful new attack in
the Rzhev area which broke through
n German fortified line. The Nazis
admitted the Soviet attack was in
great strength but claimed they
had stopped it by knocking out
Russian tanks.
In the Stalingrad region the Rus
slams were reported drawing their
ling around the NaZi siege army
even tighter and lhance5 OF the
Germans escape were believed grow
mailer.
ITALY HARD HIT
Italy was being struck both in
the north and south and Rome ad-
mitted that notable" damage and
many casualties were caused by
the attacks.
Chief targets were Turin, big
northern industrial center which
was raided for the third time this
week by force of long range Royal
air force bombers, and Naples, ma
jor Italian port of supply in the
south for the Axis troops in Africa
Naples was attacked for the Sec
ond time in a week in a dusk bomb
ardment by long-range aircraft
from Africa. The raid may have
been carried out by the same Amer
lean B24 Liberator bomberS which
made the first raid.
Rome reported that 81 persons
were killed and 1873 wounded in the
Naples attack and that severe dam
age was caused to the harbor area
and the center of the cit.
WEATHER BAD
Cairo reported that the raiders
hit moles. ships, and installations
starting Eig fires and causing large
/ explosions.
The Turin raid was carried out
in the face Of adverse weather con
ditiOns and considerable anti air.
craft opposition from German guns
mounted along the bomb Italy
route across France. British losses
were reported as three planes and
it was indicated the attack was not
Continued on Page 6, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-13

One, George Hjelte, director of
The Los Angeles defense council,
said Mrs Roosevelt told us sub
stantiallv what we learned recent
" tin the Navy reporD about the
damage at Pearl Harbor."
The other, Bowen Mccoy, man.
ager of the Los Angeles chapter of
the American Red Cross, said he
would have to refrain from COM
ment.' Bowron reported both men
present in the automobile when the
conversation took place.
Mis-. Roosevelt denied confiding
any information on Pearl Harbor
to the mayor, sa"ing she couldn't
have because she didn't know what
the damage was.
The mayor had told the Los An
geleS Lawyers club that Mrs. RoOse-
welt told him six battleShipS were
lost, that the Japs controlled the
Pacific, and that civilian defense
must be strengthened ut once.
A council resolution framed by
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-13
Habitual Criminal
Sent TO Folsom

Frank johnson. FL Cer.ro Negro
who was declared an habi,ual Grim
inal in Imperial county superior
court Friday, was en- route to Fol-
som penitentiary Saturday in Gus
ted CT deputy sheriffS.
He was convicted of attempting
to murder Leverett Hickman, Negro,
in an east FL Centre resort last
fall Johnson's fingerprint contain
ed nine entries and listed offensee
ranging from perjury and burglary
to petty theft
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-13
Prize Awarded to
ho!tviIle FLA Bow

Louis Rubin, Future Farmer of
America from the Holtville High
school chapter, has been awarded
the revolving prize for outstanding
work this year, it was announced
Saturday.
The prize consists Of register
ed Guernsey dairy COW which was
presented to the FFA chapter by
a Holtville bank, Each year the
outstanding boy will be allowed to
keep the offspring of the animal,
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-13
Dogs Pass Exams,
Join u. 5. Army

SAN DIEGO, Dec. pup -
The army's K-Nine Corps had elev-
en- new dog-soldiers today after the
group passed preliminary tests to
show characteristics and aptitudes
OF the animals.
The dogs were taken by their
owners to Balboa Stadium yesterday
tol the first of a series of tests
conducted by Dogs for Defense.
Inc, in answer to an army request
1or watchdogs.
Many breeds were represented in
Guiding collies, German sheperds.
pit bulls, airdales. great danes and
even a bull mastiff.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-13
Army Closes Down
Biquest Show

WASHINGTON, Dec. lG.-'U.Po
Major Charles S. Hart and Col
w. T. Bals-the Army's Barnum
and Bailey-are gCing to close
down the biggest chow of its kind
on earth. tn e ArmE war show, so
that tha 20J0 par, .eipantS can start
fighting.
The War Department announced
today that the show will be dis
banded December 20 after complel-
ING run at Atlanta.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-13

The none depository had been
opened, police said, but none of
the cash WIGS taken. The thief cvi-
IDENTIFY had not found the money
IN the other room.
Entrance to the cafe was gained
by a broken window Though which
the thief climbed. He left by the
same passage, police said
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-13
Christmas MuiI
Burns on Coast

LOS ANGELES, Dec. l
Christmas mail, totaling thr'
carloads Of packages, burne
yard of the Union station, G
Of the station announced.
been processed through the post
office and was awaiting delivery by
train to the east.
The mail was stacked in huge
pile. 80 feet long. 40 feet wide and
eight feet high and housed under
canvas tent.
Donnatin estimated at least so
per cent Of The mail was completely
DESTROYED
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-13
Victory Maids Top
$4,000 in Bonds

The Victory Maids. FL Centre
jGnior college girls who sell wal
bonds and stamps on Main street
topped $4,000 in sales Saturday
The girls sell stamps and bonds
Cn week davs and Saturdays in
tho red, white and blue booth IT
Sixth and Main A number OF
$1,000 bonds have been sold there
since the booth was put up six
weeks ago.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-13
Order Eases s. D.
Meat Shortage

SAN DIEGO, Zee. l2.-tU. San
Diegos meat shortage will be eased
today by the diversion of the en-
tire output of a large packing
rouse here to the loeal market.
The Cudahy Packing Co.'S San
Diego plant has been authorized
by the Office Cf Fricc Admins
tYation to kill to capacity and di-
vert all its meat to this city, ac-
cordine to Ross Jenkins, General
manager of the plant.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-13
D AMBL'Nc
EpoR1ER
Draft Him Now

Draft Him Now
An FL Centre Negro laundrees
;nd her husband were having the
argument of the century.
rs glad lou is drafted" said the
woman coldly
You amt gonna have no good
time while Is gone snapped the
man. rs gonna sell the cah and
t!ke the money SO you CANT ride
around with no ether man"
You is II mean man." mourned
thc wone@..
And I'Se gonna sell thc washin'
II rrchine." he Wen, on, 80 you
CANT make no none to spend
on no other man.
Boy 1 hopes dcy sept you ovah
SECS Quick" said the woman bit
tCrly, "bccarsc if OF treats Hitler
Ealf rs bad as YOU treats me dis
Wah am gonna be oyah quick"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-13

opponents of the mayor. said
The mayor of Les Angeles has
consciously or unconsciously placed
Mrs. Roosevelt and the city of Los
Angeles in a very embarrassing and
uncomfortable position
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-13

}. (UP) "A huge stack of
e carloads of letters and two
| this morning in the court
E. Connatin, superintendent
Donnatin said the mail had
Smoke from the fire completely
darkened downtown Los Angeles.
Officials said origin of the fire had
not yet been determined.
Donnatin said the fire was too
big for the station fire equipment
to handle and that fire engine COM
panieS were called to eXtinguish the
blaze
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-13
'I+oIy Hit From
North and South
BV Air Offensive
Russian Troops Develop Powerful New
Attack in Rzhev Area, Break German
Defense Lines, Close Trap Tighter
BY UNITED PRESS

The Allied campaign to subject Italy to the full might
Of British and American air power gathered Roadway Sat
urday with signs that the Imperial Eighth Army moving
into action against Marshal Erwin Rommel
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-13
Council Sorry;
BoWron Adumunt

LOS ANGELES, Dee. II. (UP)-While the city council
was considering an apology to Mrs. Franklin d. Roosevelt
tor Mayor Fletcher BOWrons allegation that she told him
two days after Pearl Habor that the Japs are in control
of the Pacific the mayor named other officials whom
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-13
NeWsn1un jailed
In Cannon Scrup

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Dec. II. (UP)-Ralph Cogh.
an chief of the st. Louis PosDspatch editorial staff,
arragned today complaint charging him and two
others with grand larceny in attempt to d MeXi-
cannon from the state capitol lawn a scrap
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-13
AL Seumen viii Strike
Aquinst VISA Order for
CIO TO Mun CouSt ShipS
Unionists Charge Federal Agency With
Violating Wartime Agreement TO Favor
Rival Organization From East Coast

SEATTLE, Dec. T. tUP)-Nearly 1000 Seattle seamen
today favored strike vote in protest against ship
ping administration order assigning east coast crew to
Liberty ship to be delivered in Portland next week
The members of maritime unions voted strike auhoriza-
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-13
The Mind Changers

There wore cutie Il few FL Cen
tro teachers who had no idea OF
driving their own cars to the in
stitute in BraWlCr Saturday. They
thought they wouldn't go and
thereby save tires and gasoline.
They felt patriotic about it.
That is. until notice was put
on the bulletin boards in several
schools. 1t was announced that a
school bus would leave Ell Centro
at 8 am. for BraWley and remain
there all daI in order to bring the
teachers home at night.
Patriotism melted. Who wants to
stay at an institute until late at
night? A great many of them hus-
tied up to BraWley in their own
cars. Ditching patriotism in the
interest of getting home early
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-13
Occupation Change


Time was whCn Robert E. Lee of
Diyielrnd made fireworks
Since the war, he had had TO stop
this work which, in RR's opinion,
was mighty dangerous anyway
He has a peaceful occupation
now The other day he presented
Hugh c Sborne with a miniature
prairie schooner hitched to n team
schooner mas a brake that works
and wheels that turn, Squcakiag
realistically
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-13
HoIfviiIe School
Aids Farm Workers
In Night Classes

Hoitville high school Sat
urday had embarked upon
an educational program to
help Mexican nationals who
have been imported into I'M
pCrial Valley, and to aid local dairy
men.
Three classes are being held on
week nights. On Mondays between
8 and 10 pm. class for dairymen
to lend aid in increasing production
during the war is being taught by
Henry ScAaffner.
Schaftner was an outstanding F'u
ture Farmer of America when he
was attending Holtville high school
several years ago. He has since
attended the University of Califor-
MIA farming college at Davis and
has been awarded a degree.
GENERAL COURSE
Ills course will cover dairy dis
eases, feeds and feeding, breeding,
Judging, calf raising, selection by
records, factors of milk production,
dairT COW physiology, milk testing
and other general problems.
1t IS the only class of its kind
being taught by any school in the
valley and is open to all dairymen
wishing to attend.
AID FOR MEXICANS
Phillip Griffin. a2ricul,ural and
science teacher at the high school,
and a. L. Eaton. language instruc-
tor, vii teach the Mexican laborers.
Two classes will be held on every
night except Monday between I and
9 p m.
In addition to giving the laborers
instruction in English, they will be
taught methods of increasing veget-
able production. All of the TOO Mex
leans brought in from the interior
of Mexico work in vegetable fields
Enrolment of the dairy class.
which was held for the first time
,his week, was 10 There were 10
MeXicanS enrolled in one oriental
tion class and 16 in the other.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-13
WEATHER

IL aximum Friday IS, minimum Saturday AZ; 5 am
,turday AZ, humidity 60; noon Saturday g. hu
idity 50; ) pm. Friday 6,. humidity 38
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-13

BuTIER-LOs Angeles extra i9c; grade A cream
zoe: manufacturing milk Csc route gathered cream
53lsc.
I. v S27-28; No S2i50-26; July flax S2.G6i..
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-13
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Button, button, who owns
The railroad track?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-29
HEATHER TIES WORLD GOLF MARK

0lFaFd, O., June 29-lUpl VI bTawHy Cleyten gEeafneT 0f puFs ham, N. e. ranked witb the worlds best gelfeTg today after compiling an aIlstilne world record -eQNRillne tofal Of 2es in the eS001 Mall0ps lag Valley Open g0lf tournament
 HeaflleT wound up four sellsati0pS a TopEAs of eolf yesterday and won the teuFnalnent for the second Yeag IFl e rev, Suspended last Aprtl by the P0A, Heafner turned 9e,ebsee' AS-ae1, q card that eauelled the mark fer T2 helas bn 6 lllal0g t0llTn. RDgent, established by Craig Wood ln the AsesF0El0litall Open il les0,
 The North CaF0llnall's pace, heEF ever. RAs not actually TagREded as q record since par Tor tllN MRh0nlNg a0llTse is ae and W0Ad made Alf score oll 2 course Wltb . blag 9t ",
 Trailing BSeafneF, were HQrt0D Smith, SApliT, No, and DNif9 BaTF Fla0n, EaagElshuFg, Pa, who tied fog second Wlsb aeT, BsRB HfNbh, ktfFs slley, paD pFeg egtohIlley fAN0r1tei MS lahAd ihlEa wlth Lloyd ManeTpDl, Monterey, ealIk Beth had aee
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-29
|IANOTn, COCKFIELD AT ARENA TONIGHT
Feathers to Go 8 Rounds !; Vasquez, Roach In Re.
 turn Go

New Haven. June ao-goe Tan. nUat. local italian feathcrwelght better. wall stack up against Jofn- ng cockfield. New York. in one of two elght-Foimad star bouts on to. nights pro fight card at the Arena. presented hg George Sheppard. Ae. ten wail start at s:so.
 1annosti, Srsah from a sixth.rcnnd kayo win yer csaElev Nlchoss, will enter the ring a Co 8 fagurile over the hard hitting C0ektleld. However, there are those ln tho fight game around these parts wllo believe the uothamise will upset the apple eart. Ccekfleld has e fine record against the best featherweights in the country. having trOunced John. ny Aaarcelllne and Tcmmy Forte. the latter having beaten Lou 6allca.
 Return co
 Henry WasqmeG. Epanlzla feather. weight. wilso lost Q very close de. cislon to WIllis Pep. win battle whlstlin' willie Roach. wilmington, Del. in the eiglst.round Co-feature. This pair staged a sensational tus. sle on the last card at the Arena. with vasauee winning a very close decision.
 HaFold Greene, Orange, ". J., Hebrew, win take on Jeff Hallway, Indian Weibegwelght. tn a special siw.rDunder. This pair fought a sen- sational draw recently.
 Eodie Durbin. Bridgeport ilght- weight. is paired with Irish 0eorgie Maher, local fAvorlte, in one os two sours.
 Irish Bobby Logan. Westerly, R. [. wiil meet willis Johnson, New York featheFweight, in the other eour-round preiim.