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Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-10
Wartime Changes
Troffic Problem

And by the way. bicyclist may
be arrested for drunk or reckless
driving as well as a motcrist may.
Which leads up to Sgt. Reeds S
order that highway patrolmen in
Imperial county arrest all bicyclists
caught violating the vehicle code.
He issued special instructions order
ing his men to be especially alert
for bicyclists riding their wheels af-
ter dark without lights or reflectors.
p. S.-Perhaps Mama and Papa
had better take a few pointers frcm
the kids.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-10
Three Candidates
File Petitions

Three candidates filed their NOM
nation petitions with County Clerk
w. j. McClelland Wednesday, bring
ing to 10 the total number filed thus
far.
Milton Zinn filed for public ad-
ministrator, T. E. Anderson for JUS
tice of the peace in CaleXico, and
Hugh Heating for constable in Ell
Centre. All are incumbentS.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-10


ton school, in charge at that instl-
tuition, these programs are expected
to be started next week.
Supervised play programs will be
arranged at the two recreation CEN
ters from 7 pm. to 10 pm. every
night in the week except Sunday,
1t is hoped TO tie In these programs
with the regular Town Meetings at
least once each month.
I'VE feel that the residents OF Ell
Centre need entertainment more
than ever before" Mrs. McNeece
said Wednesday. Lack of tires and
possibly of gasoline will keep many
of US at home more this summer.
Since we have many tragic things
to worry about, it is well for us to
play as much as we have time. Mrs.
Kendall was playground director in
Oklahoma for three years and has
been director in Holtville for sew
eral years. She will take the place
of Leo DeCelles, principal of Will
son school who resigned as play
ground director TO accept other en-
eloyment this summer. Professor
Prince IS we'll known in Ell Centre
as a teacher and has had experience
in playground directing"
She declared the committee Is
open to suggestions as to the var
ious projects and she will be GLAD
to talk to anyone with IDEAS.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-10

Flag Day will be celebrated In Ell
Centro on Monday, Bob Hatton de-
creed Wednesday.
Official ceremony is slated TO get
underway in the city stadium at 8
p. m. with the Ell Centro Elks club,
the American Legion posts of the
valley. the Boy Scouts, the Cali
fornia state guard and contingent
of the army from Camp Seeley par
ticipating. It will take the place
of the town meeting for the week.
District Attorney Elmer Heald is
scheduled to deliver the evenings
main speech.
All details of the meeting are
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-10
next MONDAY
IS FLAG DAY

being handled by the Elks club,
Mayor Hatton said before leaving
for a convention of city officials at
Los Angeles He was accompanied
by Fire Chief Corn Reed.
Norman c. Deaton, secretary OF
the Elks, will read the history OF
the flag, describing the different
banners that flew over Americas S
soil from the time of John Cabot
in 1897 to the present model of Old
Glory. Thes public has been in
vited to view the spectacle in the
stadium, which will include a dis
play of the nine different flags by
the Boy Scouts
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-10
Valley Ships 1st
Canning tomatoes
First AGAIN!

First again.
Imperial Valley shipped Califor-
MAS first load of canning tomatoes
this year.
A truckload of canning tomatoes
left the valley Tuesday night, ar
rived at the Val Vita Cannery in
Fullerton in good condition, passed
all Standardization requirements, and
now is in the process of canning.
Another truck load was to be ship
ped Wednesday night.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-10
B|ackolIt Lights
To Be Decided

At last the correct driving lights
for blackouts will be settled.
Charles Bratton of the Imperial
County Council of Defense, received
word Wednesday that state council
of defense technicians will make a
comprehensive study of the prob
lem in cooperation with the state
department of motor vehicles, the
western defense command, and the
ninth regional office of civilian de-
fense.
Bratton said he will inform the
public as soon as the decision Is
made.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-10

These stamps. which must be af-
fixed TO the Windshields of all cars,
! went on sale in every post office
In every municipality in Imperial
county. The period for buying them
expires July l. Those who fail to buy
them before the deadline will be
subject TO u heavy fine.
Postmaster Frank Richmond OF
El Centro said the government sent
5000 stamps to his office and mo-
torists may purchase them any time
during regular office hours. Every
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-10
laps CLAIM LANDING IN ALEuT|AN |SLE'
Strike May Close
Whole Steel Mill

ROEBLlNG, N. j., June 10
tUP) - An official of the Roe
bling Wire Products corpora
ton, heavily engaged in war
production, said today that a
sit-dOwn strike for higher wag-
es by 600 workers in the Open
Hearth Steel Mill would force
the closure of all Roebling fac
tories within a week or 10 days.
The strike began Saturday,
John A. Roebling, president of
the corporation, said, when the
workers. members of the Steel
Workers Organizing committee
tCIO) reported for their shifts,
but wouldn't work.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-10

rubber.
Smith told the committee thai
20 cents pound would be IA very
fair price" for the butadiene rubber
produced by the Goodrich process
I'VE will operate three separate
synthetic rubber plants In the gov
ernment program. with total ca
pacity of approximately 10000 tons
per year" he said.
He added that Goodrich hoped TO
have the three plants IN operation
by June i943.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-10

threw the ball to the floor and it
bounced six feet.
well, I'll be darned." comment
ed Senate Republican Leader Char
les l.. McNary of oregon. That's
pretty good
Smith, assistant to the vice-pres-
ident in charge of Goodrich factory
operations, told a senate agriculture
subcommittee headed by Sen. Guy
M. Gillette d., Ia. that his COM
pany is investigating the production
of industrial alcohol and synthetic
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-10

driver of every automobile, truck,
and motorcycle must have stamp
properly displayed ON the wind
shield.
There will be no postcards to fill
out this time and the internal reve-
nue. department promised that these
stamps will have mucilage on their
faces instead OF ON the back as was
the case with the stamps motorists
purchased for the first time last
spring.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-10


At Pearl Harbor, American naval
officials withheld all comment re-
garding japanese claims of an occu-
patton of western islands of the
Aleutians, but in Washington, a
Navy spokesman said that none of
our inhabited areas, islands or
rocks are troubled with unlimited
visitors up to this time"
The spokesman added that the
Navy had mo information about any
Japanese on Alaskan SOIL
Naval observers here doubted that
occupation of some of the Aleutians
by the Japanese would present any
important threat to the North
American mainland.
HAVE LITTLE VALUE
On maps, the Aleutians look like
a series of stepping stones linking
North America and Asia. Actually
they have no value as stepping
stones. Even the excellent anchor
age at Dutch Harbor would have no
facilities for docking or repairing
any Japanese naval vessels of any
size.
The communique issued by Japa-
nese Imperial headquarters acknowl-
edged loss of an aircraft carrier and
35 planes and damage to two other
warships while claiming that two
American carriers and 134 planes
were destroyed. Later, even this enc
my claim was confused by propa-
ganda broadcast claiming that two
American carriers of the 19,900-ton
Enterprise Hornet class and third
of the same type had been sunk.
as compared to one carrier damaged
announced in Washington.
Despite the Week-late efforts of
the Japanese to exaggerate Ameri-
can losses and claim that their at
tack had frustrated United States
plans to bomb Tokyo from Dutch
Harbor, the enemy statements serv-
ed chiefly to emphasize the Ameri-
can success off Midway.
MAY HAVE FOOTHOLD
That would not necessarily mean
that the Japanese had failed to get
a foothold on some of the many
small islands in the Aleutian chain
as claimed by Tokyo.
The japanese newspaper Nichi
Nichi, as quoted in a German broad
cast, said that as result OF the
Aleutian operations Japan is now
threatening the United States. These
attacks prove that American forces
have been driven from the western
Pacific and Japanese armed forces
have now launched large scale oper-
ationS against the American CONT
nent." The newspaper Asahi also
published an article by naval ex-
pert saying that the japanese can
now conduct massive operations
against the American continent
without regard to the East Asia
front. Other newspapers said that
the Aleutian island operations
must be considered preliminary" to
an attack on the U.S.A.
SECONDARY THRUST
But the Aleutian thrust by the
Japanese obviously was secondary
to the battle of Midway island,
where big scale attempt was made
by the japanese navy to break
through the American defenses. This
attempt was repulsed with the sink
ing or damaging of up to Is Japa-
nese ships and heavy loss OF air.
planes.
This enemy failure, regardless OF
the losses suffered by either side or
of the possibility that the attempt
may be renewed. constituted the
most severe beating the Japanese
navy has even taken.
The Axis also was taking hard
blows on other fronts, although oper-
ations in China, Libya and the RUS
sian Crimea were less decisive.
Dispatches from the world fronts
Continued on Page 6, Column ~
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-10
y AMBL!Ne
X EpoR7ER

One Easy Lesson
Hup, hup, hup-and all that sort
of thing
Carrying wooden guns and cast
off firearms, group of youngsters
were getting military drill from
Bill Livingston, State guard mem
Der and a World War Marine.
Delos Pinkney, Phil Livingston,
and Ray Womack, between six and
eight years of age, stuck out their
chests and stepped smartly for
about Is minutes.
During a lull in the drill, Delos
sighed and sat down on the grass.
He said in a satisfied tone.
Nov we know all about it
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-10
Got q Car? You
Owe Govt. $500

Due-$5--for the privilege of driving your car
The United States government Wednesday legan col
ecng SIS from every the United States under
the terms the vehicles tax These stamps
mir JD
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-10

The Meat Expert
There are great prospects that
Imperial Valley will have the high
flautinest of the highfalutin' meat
inspectors some day soon. You see,
Milton Zinn agreed to take over
this important job if the govern
ment would agree not to separate
him from his family.
The government, SO rumor has
1t. then countered with the stipula-
tion that Milt must get the consent
of Judge Lee Nuffer and Postmast-
er Frank Richmond before the posi-
tion would be open to zinn.
Thus far, Zinn has been unable
to jar them loose from their stand
that he is fundamentally an auc-
tioneer.
The truth is Nuffer and Rich
mond don't want to have to worry
every time they bite into piece Of
meat.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-10

Explanation In Order
Rance Baker has been going
around for some time in a peculiar
manner. He keeps turning his face
to the wall or keeping his head
shyly tucked down.
Now why do that, may we ask?
If you ran into door-knob,
Rance, why not be man and say
SO? Not that anyone will believe
you, of course.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-10

Not A Fish Story
Mrs. Betty Ware Zinn went to
the meat market with her father,
Sheriff Robert w Ware.
They wandered along the cases,
looking at the meat OF all kinds.
Betty, you know, is a bride, and
is no great shakes as meat picker
outer.
whats that" she asked, point
ing at what she thought was Pc
culiar looking stuff
That's tripe," said the sheriff,
You know that's made out OF the
stomach of an animal"
What" Betty calculated in an
astounded voice. Il always thought
tripe were little trout
The Early Bird
Ell Centro has an EARL bird. One
of the earliest of the early birds
is Charles H. Jeffress. He appears
at a downtown drug store at $50
every morning.
No, darlings, he is not after the
worm. He's after soft drink.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-10
Playground Plan
Includes Adults
Leo DeCeI|es Resigns as Director to
Take Another Position; Program Will
Be jnHands of Two Persons Here

Supervised play for men, women, and children Will DE
provided in Ell Centre this summer under the direction OF
the city recreation council headed by Mrs Angela McNeece
With Mrs Mary Bashore Kendall of Hotville as director
of the programs to be ARRANGED Wilson school and Ar
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-10
Navy Spokesman
Denies Reports
Of Enemy Threat
Washington Naval Observers Have No
Informa+aon of japanese on Alaskan
Soil: Point Out Islands of Little Use
: BY UNITED PRESS :

Japan officially admitted part of its heavy losses in
the battle of Midway island Wednesday but sought to off
its first big naval defeat in history by reporting that
Aeutan island footholds had been seized the Amer
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-10
Women Enlist to
fIv for British

MONTREAL, June 10. (UP)-Six veteran American
pilots prepared today to leave for Britain to join
Jacquene Cochranes United States unit of the British
Air Transport Auxiliary.
"Thev won't let us y in the States, we're going
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-10
Baseball

AMERICAN
Chicago -. OO2 020 000-4-l0-0
Philadelphia -. 600 600 l00-l- 81
Humphries, Haynes q turner
Knott. Shirley & Swift, Castiglia.
Detroit .... 900 0l0 900 O3-4- D.
New York -. 900 600 0lO 00-l- lo-o
Benton & Tebbetts; Brener, Muir
phy &c Rosar
ST Louis .......... OO3 900 000-3-8-l
Boston =. 100 215 01X-l0-lO-0
Niggeling, Hanning, Ferens q
Ferrell; Hughson & Conroy'
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-10

Maximum Tuesday 80. Minimum
Wednesday 63. pm. Tuesday ",
humidity 10. s am. Wednesday 66,
humidity 81. Noon Wednesday "a,
humidity 38.
Evening star., 1942-10-16
LETTERS |nspects Akron
Synthetic Rubber Plant
Nv the Associated press

BY the Associated Press.
AKRON, Ohio, Oct. 16.-Gasoline
rationing and rigid observance OF
the 35-mile speed limit may bring
tires for all essential needs, Rub
ber Administrator William j. Jeffers
who arrived here yesterday for a
personal inspection of Akron S
growing synthetic rubber industry,
indicated.
IF people respond to our requests
to go easy on their tires, there will
be some rubber left over after mill
tary needs and essential workers
are supplied" he told newsmen. my
concern is to keep the Nation on
rubber, not off it." Mr.. Jeffers ex-
planned, and advised persons who are
denied tires by rationing boards ito
join our tire conservation program
for the duration"
Me. Jeffers described as "a tempest
in asteapot" his recent appearance
before the Senate Agriculture Com
mittee, in which : ne asserted nc
pressure group wa. going to stop
him from substituting rayon fol-
cotton in tires If the Army wanted
rayon.
But I sure got a lot Of congrat-
ulations," he added, laughing.
The rubber boss visited Goodyear's
Government-financed synthetic rub
ber plant and planned to visit the
Goodrich, Firestone, Seiberling ano
General plants.
Evening star., 1942-10-16
0PA Move 10 Stay
Gas Rate Increase
Is Expected Today
Byrnes' Letter Seeks .
To Have Case Reopened
For Further Consideration

Direct response from the OPA
was expected today against the
threatened increase in rates of the
washington Gas Light Co., granted
Tuesday night by the District Pub
lie Utilities Commission, as a result
OF actions yesterday by James F.
Byrnes, the newly named director
of economic stabilization.
Mr.. ByrneS, the former United
States Supreme Court justice and
former Senator, late yesterday wrote
Leon Henderson, OPA administra-
tor, asking him to take such action
as is within your power" to stay the
5000, 900 increase in the gas concern
consumer rates and to have the
case reopened for more adequate
consideration" of its alleged infla-
tionary effects. :
D 1t already had been indicated
that the: OPA, which had partici-
pated in the gas company case as
an lntervenor, was weighing whether
to file a petition for reconsideration
as provided for in the regular Dis
trict statute. Normally, such a pc
tltlon would be regarded as the first
step toward a court test, but up to
yesterdays revelation of the Byrnes
letter there was no determination
that the .OPA planned to take the
case to court.
Last night, James H. Flanagan,
PUG chairman, had nothing to say.
AS exclusively revealed in The
Evening star., 1942-10-16
-Four Pick Out Suspect
As Soldiers Slayer Here

A 22-year- -old colored man was
pointed out by four witnesses at a
special police lineup last night as
the man who snot and killed Pvt.
Robert Hammer of Fort Myer in a
street fight in the 1400 block of
Rhode Island avenue NV. Septem-
ber 20.
Another witness could not posi-
lively identify the suspect.
The suspect, VINO was brought to
Washington after being arrested in
New York Monday by Detective
Sergts. E. E. Scott and Walter d.
Perry OF the homicide squad, now
faces the action of the District
Attorneys office. A coroner's jury
already has. exonerated the person
who fired the fatal shot on the
grounds of self defense.
Police said the suspect had been
on parole for eight months in an
assault with a dangerous weapon
case.
Evening star., 1942-10-16
EVENING STAR WASHINGTON c. FRIDAY OCTOBER 1e 1912
|0DIs Allows Fred Snife
10 Charter Special Car
By the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
/ A special permit has been issued
to enable Frederick B. Snite, the
ron-lung patient, to journey from
his Chicago home to Miami In q
chartered car.
Issuance Of the permit was an
nounced yesterday by the Office of
Defense Transportation, which has
frozen passenger train schedules and
services.
ODT authorized the Chicago Il
Eastern Illinois Railroad and other
carriers to haul Mr.. Snite's car be-
tween October 20 and October %.
Another permit will allow Mrs.
Robert H. Morse, invalid wife of the
president Of .Fairbanks-M Morse Co.,
to move In a chartered car from
Chicago to West Palm Beach, Fla.
ODT also said it had authorized
the Central Railroad of New Jersey
to provide special trains between
New York and Bayonne, N. j.. to
handle employees Of the Navy depot
there. s
Evening star., 1942-10-16
Methodist Pastoral
Appointments Made
For Virginia
A. P. Williams Is Named
Superintendent for
Alexandra District
By the Associated Press,

bS the Associated PRESS.
RICHMOND, Va, Oct. 16.-Pas-
toral appointments read by Bishop
w. w. Peele at the annual Virginia
Methodist Conference today follow:
Alexandria district-District su-
perintendent, A. P. Williams.
Annandale, John Wesley Inge.
Alexandria-Del Ray, E. B Joyner;
Trinity, j. H. Blakemore; Washing
ton Street, H. P. Clarke; Seminary
Heights, to be supplied; Andrew
Chapel.-Langley, Esdras Gruver.
Arlington-Arlington, P. Lee Pal
more; Arlington Forest, H. P. Baker;
BrockWood, S. r. Bauer, supply;
Calvary, T. G. Betschler; Central,
J. H. Carroll; Cherrydale, H. E.
Hudgins; Clarendon, H. P. Myers
Community, w. M. Lockett, jr.;; Mt.
Olivet, c. L. Delong: Walkers -Ches-
terbrook, o. D. Lambert; Wesley, to
be supplied; Dumfries, A. H. Shu-
mate: East Fairfax, S.. M. Iglehart;
Fairfax, F. M. Lucas.
Falls Church-Crossman, ]. R.
Hendricks; Dulin Chapel, w. S.
Courtney; Fair Haven, to be sup
piled; Fauquier, w. H Gray; Fred
ericksburg, H. H. Hughes; Hamilton
Purcellville, j. c. Murphy; Herndon,
M. w. Mann; Hillsboro, Stanley
Enrich, supply; Hillsboro- Blue
mont, E. r. Thayer: Leesburg, r. H.
Forester; Manassas, w. o. Luttrell;
Middleburg, w. D. King; Nokesville
j. A. G.. Shipley; Occoquan, w. Body
Brant; Potomac, Forrest Reynolds,
supply; Providence, c. G.. Scannell,
supply; Remington, J. D. Russell;
Stafford, G. l.. Fickel; Sterling, Ho-
mer Welsh; Sudley, Clark H. Wood;
fremont Garden, to be supplied;
Vienna a-Oakton, H. G. Balthis; War
renton, J. S. Johnston; chaplain
United States Army, E. A. Swami
chaplain United States Army, j. S
Schwartz; district director Colder
Cross, DR.. j. E. w. Timberman: dis.
trict director, temperance, j. R
Hendricks; district missionary sec.
retary, w. M. Lockett, jr.
Evening star., 1942-10-16
President Asks Fullest Use
OF Land, Wafer Resources
BY the Associated P -ess.

by Ine ASSOClHttu T coo.
DENVER. Oct. 16. - President
Roosevelt yesterday asked the Ma
tons reclamation leaders to keep
UP the good fight and use the coun-
trv's land and water resources to
the fullest to help win the war.
In a letter to the National Recla-
nation Associations convention the
President said, For 10 years your
organization has been fighting for
the development Of the arid third of
our country by wise utilization OF
the Vests precious water resources.
You have had remarkable success in
that fight in which I am proud to
have been allied with you.
Now with the needs of the war
program uppermost in mind, my
message to you is to keep up the
good fight. Never before have the
Vests land and water resources
meant so much to the Nation. ."
A message from Secretary Of IN
terror Ickes also stressed the impor-
tance of developing power and irri-
CATION for war purposes. He dis
closed that reclamation projects are
being planned to provide employ
ment and settlement opportunities
in the West for demobilized service
men and war industry workers after
the war.
Secretary of Agriculture Wickard
reported crop production this year
is expected to be 13 per cent above
the record year, 1887, but he said
the Nation must concentrate on
production, processing and distribu-
ton of essential foods.
Evening star., 1942-10-16
Response Of Drivers \
10 1ire-Buying Offer
Exceeds Expectations
More Than 50 Turned Ii
During First Day in
Spite Of Bod Weother

"A much better response than was
expected greeted the opening in
Washington yesterday OF the Gov
ernment's drive to buy in all tires in,
excess Of five owned by q single
automobile operator.
ca Williamssagent for the Rail-
way Express Agency, which is in
charge Of collections, said more than
50 tires had been taken up by last
night and that this total was q good,
deal in excess Of estimates fixed in
advance for the first day.
Calls Increase.
More calls we're coming in today,
he reported, leading him to predict
that collections by tonight might be.
in excess of those for yesterday.
Mr.. williams repeated a plea to
the public to bring tires either to
the agepcy's central office at 1903
H street NV. or to its receiving sta
ton at Second and I streets NE.
Much quicker service can be OBJ
tained if they are brought to these
points by the owners themselves,
he said, but he stressed the point
that trucks of the agency will make
collections without charge at any
point in the city.
Flood Delays Collection.
AS quickly as the tires are COL
lected they will be shipped to a
Government tire warehouse at
Fredericksburg, Va. Several ship
ments went out yesterday, but some
delay in the plan was caused by
flood conditions today, which cut off
train communications south of the
District.
When collections are made, the
owner is given a receipt and will
receive payment from the Govern
ment as soon as appraisal can be
made. Later this month, accord
ing to OPA officials, automobile
owners will be required to f1ll out
new gas-rationing forms on which
they will list the number of tires
in their possession. The maximum
penalty for false certification Is g
$4,000 fine and a 10-year prison
term.
Evening star., 1942-10-16
Italian Economy Faces
Change, Nuzis Assert

BY the Associated Press.
BERN, Switzerland, Oct. 16.-The
Nazi press-perhaps to show the
German people that their italian
allies also are having tough time
is stressing the present difficulties
in the Italian economy.
The Koelnische Zeitung, for ex-
ample, said in an article received
here yesterday that nobody in Italy
is deluded about the severity of the
coming winter"
The economic setup in Italy must
be changed, the paper added, since
rich Italians still can buy what they
like while 80 per cent of the people
cannot.
Prague's Neue Tag also pointed
out that italian coal and electricity
rations have been reduced the sec
ond time within a year. sssa