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Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-04
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Babbling Brooks has got new
name new
Brool;sie, otherwise Reporter Mar
guerite Brooks of the Post-PreSs
staff, won't live it down for a long
time. 1t happened t'other day at
the reception given by Gov. Rodolfo
Sanchez TabOada of Baja Califor-
MIA for Governor elect Earl War
rem of California in the PalaciO at
MeXicali.
In the executive offices of the
Palacio Il telephone shrilled. and
4 Mexican official answered it. It
was a long distance call. will you
please ask Marguerite Brooks to
come to the telephone" the Amer
lean caller asked. "Seguro," said
the Mexican, or something like
that. A few minutes later he pa
- led through the reception hall,
while governors and other officials
of state looked on, bearing a large
placard held firmly against his
tummy. On it was the summons: ::
Martini Brooks"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-04
Boys Held for
Typewriter Theft

Four El Centre boys between the
ages of nine and fourteen were ar
rested Thursday afternoon or
charges of stealing a typewriter
which they were going to use to set
ur a Cub Scout office"
They were said to have taken
several pieces of pottery in addi-
ton to the writing machine from
an abandoned restaurant at ATS
Broadway. The potter was owned
BY the former proprietor of the res
ts.urant, a Japanese. The typewrit-
Ell was the property of the L. II.
Grassland agency.
The boys, two HinduStanis,
Mexican and a white boy, told Of
flcers they were going to equip
their Cub office with the stolen
property.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-04
MRS. DIMAGGIO IN RENO:
REFUSES TO DISCUSS TRIP

RENO, New, Dec. 4.-U.PD-
Mrs. Joe DiMaggio. through her at
torney, Joseph p Haller, today con-
firmed she was establishing Nevada
residence to divorce the hard-h hit
ting New York Yankee outfielder
Mrs. DiMag2io, former Dorothy
Arnold, arrived in Reno Tuesday
noon by plane from San Francisco,
accompanied by the couples small
son. Joe DiMaggio. III
She took a suite in fashionable
Riverside hotel here. She declin-
ed today to see newspapermen or
to allCw pictures to be taken.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-04
Liquor Closing
Order Challenged

LOS ANGEL ES. Dee. 4-tUPl-
Hugh Burns. chairman of an as
semhlv committee on public morals
meeting here. today challenged q
beard of equalization ruling limiting
hours of liquor sales.
The board has no business arbi-
tiarily proposing to change hours,
Burns said The hours are set by
statute. If there are any proposed
changes, the legislature is compe-
tent to take care of such matters"
Burns said the board would be
at far better business if it would
seek to eliminate the Objectionable
features attendant upon the sale
of liquor, including grog shops and
other joints where liquor is being
sold to minors"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-04

by Rev. Alfred Randall and Mrs
Erlene Burnett, Glendale, of the
Free Methodist church.
Wells wrote a letter to Mrs
Burnett before he died. and carried
the letter over his heart as he went
into the chamber. The letter was
mailed to Mrs. Burnett.
Warden Clinton Duffy said Wells
in his last few days. was convince
that he was about to enter Il be, .,
life"
Last night Wells ate chicken.
dinner, topped Off with apple pie
and several cups of coffee. This
morning he had q breakfast Of q
ham sandwich and a glass of milk.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-04
Police Scan Stomach for
Sight Of Missing Ring

LOS ANGEL ES, Dec. 4-(UPD-
Police today were studying X-rays
to determine whether or not SOL
id object in the stomach of Ann
Stalland, 35, was a $4,000 diamond
ring she is accused of having stol-
en- from Mrs. Franklin Mcintosh,
wealthy widow.
Miss Stalland, maid in the NC
IntoSh home, was arrested on
charges of attempted theft of the
ring and $4,000 in jewelry and
clothing. Police said they found
the loot packed in six bags i'll the
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-04

that the Germans had won a ten- :
porarv advantage in the desperate
race for air superiority and also had
succeeded in placing powerful. well
armed forces ashore in TuniSia.
Against the Axis air advantage
and stubborn fighting by German
tank artillery, and infantry forces,
the Allied spearhead near TuniS-
Bi2erte obviously had been blunted.
Bitter fighting was going forwar5
in the Tebourda area. about Is
miles from TuniS, and around Ma
teur, about 20 miles south of Bizerte.
II was not yet clear whether the
Allies would be able to hold their
lines in this area until sufficient
planes and reinforcementS had beer
brought up to make possible az
all-out drive to force the Axis out
of Africa.
POOR SUPPLY LINES
Military observers in London
blamed poor communications and
lengthy suppl" lines across Algeria
and into Tunisia as contrasted with
the short Axis route from Sicily
| to Tunisia for the slowing of the
Allied push.
However, Chey regarded the long
term advantage as lying clearly
with the Allies.
A dispatch filed under German
fire at the Iebourda front by Unit
ed Press Staff Correspondent Nee
Russell said flatly that the German
planes were ranging the African
sky virtually without challenge from
the Allied air forces
ALLIES BOMBED
His dispatch made plain that AL
lied troops in the advanced areas
and along roads leading up to the
front are under heavy and repeat
ed bombing and machine cunning
He also reported that the Germans
were using mortar fire with great
accuracy.
On the Russian front the pace of
operations was slowed by cold and
fog which hampered the Russian
air force and stiffened German re-
Sistance.
However, force of Russian Co.'S
! sacks were reported making a wide
/ sweep around the German positions
southwest of Stalingrad to the
deep rear where they forced the
Ge snanS to abandon several
stretches of the railroad which links
! Stalingrad with the Caucasus.
REPORT ON TOULON
A Grench submarine captain who
escaped to AlgierS from Toulon
reported that the principal reason
+ the French fleet was Scuttled was
! that it lacked fuel oil with which
to make the run to join the Allies
Naval sources in London said
flatly that the French fleet had
been put completely out of COM
mission at Toulon. They said that
observation planes had taken re-
connaiSsance photographs showing
the battered and scuttled fleet ly-
ing twisted and broken in the har-
Dor
Reports from Madrid said it had
been announced in Paris that Paul
Reynaud and Georges Mandel, pre-
mier and interior minister in the
French government which fell with
the collapse of France, had been
taken to Germany by the Nazis.
NAZIS GAINING
Battle reports made evident that
the trend of fighting had turned
slightly against the British Ameri-
can columns driving on Tunis and
must precede the custer of the
Axis from TuniSia.
The largest tank battle of the
campaign, it was revealed. was
fought along a triangular front be-
tween Tebourba and Djedeida
Continued on Page 8, Col A.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-04

IN a 'prO9rcSS report 70 War
Production Chief Donald M. Nelson,
Jefrers said 1.-The construction pro-
gram is behind that envisaged by
the Baruch committee" and that
any further delay" will make 1t
impossible to keep the combined
crude and synthetic rubber stock
pile from dropping below 10000
tons.
present indications are that, be-
cause of other programs, there will
be such delay" he declared.
Jeffers said that in attempting
to put synthetic rubber plants into
production the chief shortage has
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-04

m;.d'S room.
One Seven-carat diamond ring
was still missing and the maid is
believed to have swallowed it.
Mrs. Mcintosh said her suSpic-
ions were aroused when Miss Stall
land failed to return a S25 refund
from a clothing store. The maid
denied having received the money.
Then Mrs. Mcintosh told police,
she noticed the ring was missing.
Detectives who searched the
maids room said they found many
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-04

pieces of silverware, Scottish anti
ques, linens and laces, including
museum piece valued at $1,000.
packed in bags, but no trace OF the
ring.
The woman was then taken 10
Georgia police hospital for flour
escape test and TO California hos
pital for X-rays.
Police said If the object seen In
her stomach proved TO be the ring,
they would take immediate meas
ures for its recovery.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-04
RAF Carries Out
Sweep Of France

LONDON. Ce". h--dUP)-Th" air
ministry announced that Royal Air
FORCE fieI.er rlanes carried out eX-
tensive offensive sweeps over north
ern France and BELGIUM this after
noon
A communique said one enemy
fighter was destroyed and others
were damaged. -Four British planes
were missing.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-04
MO BILE LABOR
OFFICE DUE

One of the two mobile offices of
the United States Employment Ser
vice in California arrived in Ell
Centro Friday and will open up in
3ne of Imperial Valleys communi-
ties next week.
II. M. Riley. who has charge of the
office on wheels, said he will begin
tc operate as Il regular USES sta
ton in one of the valley cities. He
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-04

will be assigned to his post as soon
as Tom Finney. county USES di-
rector, returns from San Diego.
The portable station will recruit
farm la5orers, find jobs for them
and see that they are on the jobs.
Before Riley came here he spent
five weeks in the San Fernando
area.
There are six similar vehicles in
North Carolina and II in Kansas.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-04
Scientist Held

LOS ANGEL ES, Dec. 4.-U.Pl-
Frederick Walter Bergman, so, of
Long Beach, Calf, German-born
scientist whose citizenship was cam
celled last week by federal court
order, today was booked at county
Jail as Il dangerous enemy alien.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-04

not been in raw materials but in
fabricated components" such as
instruments, forgings, and valves
Our studies have emphasized
that unless these components for
synthetic rubber manufacturing
plants reach the plants as rapidly
as they can be installed the result
ant della" will cause such drain
on the crude rubber stocks that there
may be no crude left for heavy-duty
tires, self-sealing gasoline tanks,
and those other military uses which
demand crude rubber" Jeffers re-
ported
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-04
Perfectly True

The whole place was in an l,o-
roar at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
C. D. Allen in Holtville recently
while Billy. 4. hunted high and low
for his shoes.
you are locking with your little
hoy eyes" his mother told him.
No" said Billy, I'm looking for
them with my black eyes, And he
pointed to beautiful sinner he
had suffered the day before.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-04
Zooter Suspect
N0bbed in Valley

Frank Ponce 49, arrested in the Sandia district
Friday morning suspicion Of being the zoot suited PA
chuco who stabbed and critically wounded United States
soldier in CaleXico last Weekend
Joe Perez 10 arrested four miles south Of Holt
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-04
WPB. oDT Send
Experts to Y.
Wartime Needs Here Get Recognition
With Regular Schedule Of Visits by
Federal Agents TO Settle Problems

Muddled transportation and priority systems due
to be cleared for Imperial Valley little at least an
cment of b-weekly visits Of WIPE and ODT experts
to El Centro disclosed Friday.
Rudolph Miller secretary of the agricultural conserv:
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-04
Delay in Rubber
Work Dangerous

WASHINGTON Dec. H. (UP)-Rubb2r Director Will
liam NJ Jeffers warned today that probable delav in the
construction of synth etic rubber plants reduce the
nations rubber stockpe below the 100000 ton dsaster
deadline" set by the Baruch report.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-04
NuziS Advance
In North Africa
AS Allies Pause
Poor c Communications, Supply Lines Put
AnsIo-Americans in Temporary Eclipse
As Enemy Lines S+iffen Everywhere
BY UNITED PRESS

Axis positions both in Africa and Russia appeared to
sfenng Friday after nearly month of steady Allied
gains.
In North Africa dispatches from the front made clear
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-04
WEATHER

Maximum Thursday 76, minimum
Friday So; am. Friday 62, humid
ity So; noon Friday ~, humidity
SO; pm. Thurs. GO, humidity "a.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1942-10-08
C=1E|
Edith

(NOTE: To insure getting in
to the paper articles should be
short and to the point. If a
non-d plume is used the real
name must accompany the ar
ticle for the editors informa-
ton. Views expressed in this
column are those of the writer
who submitted the article and
do not necessarily agree with
the policy of this paper.)
----V
Hello hello operator,
gimme Hardin, willya please,
and put Lodge Grass and Toluca
and all the rest of the budding
metropolitan centers of Big
Horn county on the line.
How's that? Oh, just gimme
the mayor or the sheriff or
Holly johnson or Ole Anderson
or Fred Lipp or the Lions Den
or the Go-wanists or the Cham
Der of - oh hell, Just gimme
about 200 of any of those babies
for the duration - of the beet
harvest - and reverse the char
ges to the Holly Sugar corpora
ton - they don't mind - the
grower pays it anyway.
How about it, Hardin? Do we
or don't we? A lot of fuss was
made this spring, the schools
were worked overtime and so
forth and so forth, to get the
beet crop in the ground and
thinned and the grower out on
a limb. Right now it's the zero
hour. There are approximately
100000 tons of beets in the
ground here in BigHorn county,
with most of the growers not
even started to pull yet. That's
close to a million dollars in val
uation slowly movin' towards a
freeze-up, AND NO ADDITION
AL LABOR IN SIGHT, in spite
of the assurances made this
spring.
Some of our prominent people
jumped off the deep end this
spring and told the growers to
plant your beets, boys, we'll
see that labor will be provided"
We could name names if it
would do any good, but we all
should know that political
promises don't pull or top beets-
so what's tn use. If we lose
this crop of beets, the Holly
factory will quite likely be turn
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1942-10-08
Aviation Accidents
Sholu Marked Decrease

The number Of crashes of mill
tary planes in this country reported
recently in the newspapers has
served to disturb some people. Of
ficials in Washington have received
many letters on the subject.
One which I received recently
from an obviously intelligent wom-
an, may be typical. In it, she
reticulously listed the number Of
accidents. reports Of which had been
published, all Of which involved
fatalities to military personnel.
There were II deaths within a COM
paratively short period. The writer
was shocked and asked if the cause
might not be an organized campaign
Of sabotage.
Because I felt that there should
be some official comment on the
subject, I talked at length with an
officer in the air force.
The rate Of accidents In flying in
this country today, he told. me, Is
6S per cent lower than It was in 1880.
I think the adjective remark
able" is justified when you think Of
the number Of planes that are in the
air now as compared with the num-
Der IL years ago. We are not al
lowed to reveal the number Of
planes now flying but General
Marshall recently stated that the
goal Of the air force was two million
men and one hundred eighty-fv
thousand planes by the end of this
year. We know that we are well on
u way toward that goal. With
these facts in mind the number Of
accidents seems incredibly low. One
reason for the reduction in the num-
Der Of accidents is the Air Force
Safety program. This program is
in charge Of a colonel who has the
authority to give orders to a three
star general if he violates any of the
safety regulations. The air force
goes on the principle that it is Just
as important to prevent the loss Of
planes and men. from accidents as
it is to prevent their loss at the
hands Of the enemy.
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Cost of Ingredients

Cost OF ingredients
And when we come to the content
Of the bread, of which wheat. the
commodity which most concerns my
listener, is the most important, we
find it almost negligible in figuring
the cost Of the finished product. Ex-
perts studying the question. state
that there are few food commodities
in which the chief raw material pro-
vides so small a fraction Of the
final cost as in bread.
According to current statistics it
would take an increase Of 60 cents
q bushel in wheat to cause an
increase Of one cent in a loaf of
bread.
Compare this with potatoes for
instance. When a housewife buys
potatoes, she pays only for the spuds
themselves plus the cost of handling.
Now all of these factors are men
toned merely to justify an increase
in the price of bread since 1914.
Officials concerned with food costs
were careful to war; me that they
do not all justify the amount Of the
increase. There is not complete
agreement on that subject by any
means. Some members in the de.
partment Of agriculture say that
bread could be sold much cheaper
and still yield a profit to the baker.
Probably n of the most impor.
tant factors in the price Of bread is
the fact that the public just prefers
to pay more for it than to bake it
themselves.
As one official said to me: I'm the
last war when I lived on a Kansas
farm the women in the small towns
in the vicinity as well as the farm
ers' wives baked their own bread.
Today you'll see the bakery wagon
making deliveries right out in the
country. Perhaps if the women who
still bake their own bread charged
for their W time, they would find
it cheaper to 60 to the bakery.
Meanwhile, it is another case Of
charging what the traffic will bear
and in this cas- most Of the traffic
is willing to bear it."
There is n comforting thought
for the farmer. When Price Admin
istrator Henderson puts into effect
the measures to stabilize all prices.
he will still have to let wheat 60 up
quite a ways before it hits its own
ceiling-parity. But bread, for all
its yeast. won't be allowed to rise
much more.
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A Berlin correspondent Of a
Swedish newspaper has stated that
the total number Of foreign workers
in Germany is now 1900. 900 includ-
ing l,500, 600 prisoners Of war.
Economists estimate that we will
have about 3 per cent more cows in
the dairy herds Of the country this
year than we had last and about 3
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1942-10-08
B RIEFS 80. by Baukhage

Americas bombing planes are the
lethal successors Of the weaponless
planes which were used exclusively
for observation purposes In World
War I, says the Aviation News
committee.
The Rockefeller foundation is pro-
viding yellow fever vaccine free to
the government for the use Of the
armed forces.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1942-10-08

ed into a cheese factory or a
livery stable next year, and we
don't mean maybe!
If Hardin will bow it's neck,
we can get these beets out. If
not, well, the answer is clear.
We have exhausted every avenue
of labor supply, and there just
amt any more.
We could say a lot more, but
we haven't the time.
Rhode Island Red
ADDING MACHINE paper FOR
sale at the Tribune Herald Of
flee.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1942-10-08

GEMS FOR YOUR Sc2APRCOK
Get away from the crowd
when you can. Keep yourself =
yourself, if only for a few hours
daily.-Arthur Brisbane
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1942-10-08

Study to shew thySeif approx
ed unto God, a workman that
needeth not to be ashamed.
rghtly dividing the w,rd ct
truth. II Timothy 2:iS
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1942-10-08

What Stumbling, blowing, dig
giAg, and narrowing is to tire
laro, that thinking, affecting,
examining is to the mind -
George Berkeley.
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SATURDAY. OCTOBER. 10
when you come to Hdrdin Sat-
urddY to do your buying do not come in your
cor. Load up your truck with scrap iron omd
bring in q load Of bad news for Hitler ond Hir-
Onto. Get behind the mon at the front and ui-
We him the wor implements thut will defeat
the Axis and insure our freedom.
Evening star., 1942-02-13
Fort Myers Famed Sd Cavalry
Transferred to Georgia Post
Regiment Needs Larger Troining Area;
Riding Exhibitions Thrilled Thousands

mails. Prominent on its roster are the
names Of Gen. John G. Fremont
and Gen. ]. E. B. Stuart, famous
Confederate cavalry commander,
who fought against the Indians soon
after his graduation from West
Point. Another old Confederate,
Gen. Joe Wheeler. who wore the
blue as a major general Of United
States volunteers in Cuba, once rode
with the Sd Cavalry.
Once Led by Gen. Hugh Scott.
The troops best known command
er in later years was Gen. Hugh L.
Scott, former Army Chief of Staff,
skilled in the ways of the Indians
and the compiler Of the first Indian
alphabet. Gen. Scott was Chief of
Staff just before the United States
entered the World War.
After the Sd Cavalry returned to
the United States from the World
War. where it added to its former
record Of hard fighting, 1t was
posted at Fort Myer. During the
years that followed the regiment
formed a conspicuous part Of every
inaugural parade and frequently
had the duty of escorting visiting
royalty and other distinguished
foreigners.
Years ago It's dashing horsemen
began staging riding exhibitions
which brought 1t into touch with
thousands of civilians.
In 1853 the regiment was named
officially the 1st Regiment of
Mounted Riflemen. In the midst
of battle in the Civil War, on Au-
gust 3, 1868, 1t was changed to the
Sd Cavalry.
The shield Of the regiment, worn
on the shoulder straps by its officers
and enlisted men, contain the words
Brave Rifles" These are taken
drom the regimental motto: Brave
Rifles Veterans, you have been
baptised in fire and blood and come
out steel"
Evening star., 1942-02-13
Miss ingalls, Proved
Pro-Nazi Attitude,
Prosecutor Asserts
Contacts With Embassy
Followed Her Statements,
BoIch Tells Jury

Laura ingalls, proved her pro-
German attitude long before she
admittedly made secret contacts
with the German Embassy and
received pay for services, Spe-
cial Prosecutor Dewey T. Balch
asserted today in the Govern
ment's opening argument as the
trial of the aviatrX for allegedly
serving as an unregistered for
eign agent drew to a close.
Mr.. Balch, an assistant to the At
torney General, pointed out that
several Government witnesses from
various cities had testified to Miss
ingalls, expressed admiration for
Hitler and the German cause in
1910. According to the Govern
ment's evidence and her own story,
the prosecutor went on. Miss ingalls,
did not launch her intrigue at the
German Embassy until early in 1941.
She contended she did so as q self
appointed secret agent of the United
States.
Mr.. Balch contended that Miss
ingalls, asserted statements to the
witnesses in 1910 represented "her
true viewpoint" He added:
"Is that consistent with purpose
Of counter-espionage, with true 10y
atty to her country?"
The prosecutor also directed the
jury's attention to the undisputed
fact that Miss ingalls, had not men
toned her alleged role as a secret
agent for this country until after
she had been taken to the Federal
Bureau of Investigation and learned
that all her recent activities were
known.
The prosecutor argued that the
evidence proved Miss ingalls, had
been carrying on propaganda for the
German government under the guise
of a speaking tour for the America
First Committee and had refused to
register with the State Department
as German agent, 80 that the
citizens could know who she was
working for and who was paying
her"
The case was expected to go to the
District Court jury early this after
noon, following the charge Of JUS
tice James w. Morris.
"Preconceived Defense" Hit.
Mr.. Balch saw as significant Miss
ingalls, asserted statement to Miss
Julia Kraus, admitted intermediary
between the flyer and the German
Embassy, of what they were to say
if the F. B. I. questioned them.
"If the F. B. I. questions me-" the
prosecutor quoted Miss ingalls,, I'VE
will say and stick to it that was
conducting an investigation for my
Government"
Mr.. Balch called this a "precon-
ceived Defense" adding that If Miss
ingalls, really had been engaged in