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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-24
Questions and Answers

YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED
 The Waterbury Democrats serv- Ice Bureau win answer for you free, any question of fact or information not involving exteFl- slye research. Write your ques- ten clearly, sign name and address, enclose three cent postage stamp. Medical or legal advice cannot be given. Address Waterbury Democrats Washing ton Service Bureau, 1913 Thlr- teenth Street, Washington, D. (.
 a. What is the total of Federal expenditures for war purposes since July 1, io402
 A. From July 1, l940 to the end of August ie42, inclusive, expendi- lures amounted to S44, TAI, ,O00, 900, of which $2S ,S72, ,o00, 900 went to the War Department; $lS,27i 100000 to the Navy; $1 1,S70,Oo0 900 to the Mari- time Commission; and $6,72S, ,O00, 900 to other war agencies.
 e. At what age dces a person become eligible to apply for a social security account cardp
 A. Persons of any age are eltg- ible to apply for a card. However. there are State laws that regulate the employment of minors.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-24

country has ever produced, yield Ing ei billion more farm in c 0 m 0 than ever before,
 The weather this year has been perfect from the farm c [ g standpoint, There have been no : floods, no rlrouths, no dust stors, no insect plagues. It is doubtful if this country will ever ave Q better
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-24

With strife everywhere, with rep. resentatiye government assalled as Of our Congress is unremitting vigi- republic was, founded, the juss duty it has not been assailed since the lance against theological sabotage. Judge Hamilton Hicks. New York iurist.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-24
Daily Almanac

Moon rises 0:42 D. m. twar timel. Sun rises 7:i2 a. m.; sets 0:00 D. n. war timel.
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-24
What's Your I. O.?

Can you answer seven Of these
 test auesslOnsg Turn to back
 page for the answers,
 1. Tn which country is the Qat- tara depression?
 2. Are Army parachute troops members Of the Army Air FoFces9 3. Name the nine conquered oouIls tries whose governments are an exile.
 (, Tn which city of The Neither. lands were the first international conferences for peace held2
 s. Col. William c, 0ekeF, wne recently died in Washington, p. q, was known as the '- --gs Of pllno flying"
 6. Are DobeFman PinseheF dogs chased a sporting or working dogsy '. What do the initials V. 2, s' h' stand for?
 0. John James Audubon was fa~ nous as R painter of birds, eaFs pet designer eF inventor Of g heaFs lEg aid2
 O The Elkhs Of India are M0hanls medans or Hindus9
 10. stallngrad ls on the Don, Vels ga or Dnieper riper7
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-24
. NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
Farm Problem: Wartime Gains How To Hold
BY PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington
 CorregnOndensl

U. 8. Department of Agriculture economists are now working out their detailed estimates of farm crop requirements for ioA2 while American farmers, handicapped by shortage of labor, are still har- vesting the biggest crops this
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-24

TODAY's COMMON ERROR The words either and neither are correctly used to desig. nate one of two persons or things, not one of three or more. Wrong: ''I asked Jones, Smith, Brown and Johnson to attend the block wardens' meeting, but neither of them could come" Instead says "but none of them could cOme."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-24

WASHINGTON October A In the summer lsSs an Aeca pd eng pd been constructing the Hermann GCeng Works big steel mill using new process than the left job unSneo fol t A.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-24
A Thought for Today

Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that eeeketh my life seeketh thy life: but with me thou shall be in safeguard.-I Samuel @;25
 
 Yet argue not again Heavens band or will, nor bate jot or right or hope; but still bear up and steer right onward--Milton.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-24

more, the phrase Is deuhlesedgea; 1; It not only hits the target, but lt implies that the user Is a daring, unconventional apd advanced thlnks CT, It's disappeafane might make public debate more orderly and more productive,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-24

I vas asleep in my hammock when a sudden jolt tossed me out Of it. I rushed np topsides to see what had happened and discover Ing that we had been torpadoed l dashed below to get my pants. Leonard B. Monti. fireman. sur-
 yiyoF og U. 8. S. Hammann. sunk
 [ Midway.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-24
Current Comment

am now convinced that we can best help Russia by establishing . real second front in Europe with Great Britain at the earliest pos sible moment our military leaders will approve.
 Wendell Willkie. in Moscow.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-24

If We do not win this war. there will be no such thing as bona fide labor organizations after it is over. Sherman +. Dalrymple, presl- dent United Rubber Workers Of America.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-24
Washington Merry-Go-Round DREW Pz PEARSON

WIPE Yields Despite Objections of It's DOoroYeOr Experts Secret Method Opposed Here Was Welcomed by GOernss Mill
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-24

growing season. Next year there may be less farm labor, less farm tractors and less farm machinery. Yet the national goals for farm crops in 1943 will probably be set higher than they were in i042 for all crops except wheat and short staple cotton.
 This bumper crop of i042 and the demand for bigger crops in 194S constitute a major rural revolution that is perhaps not fully appreciated outside the offices of agricultural economists. Two short years ago many of these Brain Trusters would not have believed 1t possible for today's conditions to exist.
 In 1940, the 12--page yearbook of the Department of Agriculture bore the title, Farmers in a Changing World" It was a com- prehensive survey of what was hap pening to American agriculture. It reviewed the decade of depression gloom. Hopefully 1t tried to see Q way out of the darkness.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-24

prehensive survey of what was hap pening to American agriculture. It reviewed the decade of depression gloom. Hopefully 1t tried to see Q way out of the darkness.
 MECHANICAL WORKERS
 Tractors were displacing farm labor. The work required to pro- duce an acre of wheat was half what it had been 6 generation be- fore. Better seed gave larger yields. There were nearly a million people unemployed on the farms, and two million more rural families were merely subsistence farmers, con- suming everything they produced, having no surpluses to sell and hav- ing no market in which to sell them if they did. Export markets were gone, never to reappear. By 1850 it was feared that mechanic zation would force up to half 6 million workers of the farms.
 This era of l930 to l940 was the big era of the economic planners. They couldn't always agree on anything more than the basic prin- ciple that something should be done. They could agree on what was wrong-there were too many people on the farms and too many of them were raising the wrong crops. But in trying to correct these situations they expertmented with triple A, stamp plan, reset clement projects, parity, crop loans ever normal grnaary and everything they could think of up to peach twig magic.
 Then along came the war to supply the magic. Instead of there being too many people on the farms, there are now too few. Instead of no export market, there is this tremendous iend-lease pro- gram. Instead of the tractor be- ing an evil, there is a shortage of farm machinery.
 PROBLEM UNS0LVED
 This change in the picture has by nC-aaeans.--lS lSslged--t the farm. problem nor has it put the farm planners out of work. Their prob- lem now is to find ways to hold the gains that have been made and to take advantage of the op- portunity offered by the war to make now some of the changes which it had been hoped could be made within the next generation.
 Secretary of Agriculture Claude lR. Wickard points to one of these in the desire to move two million er-employed farm families from the marginal land Appalachian area, stretching from the Blue Ridge to the Ozarks. to good land where there is a shortage of labor
 Another of these problems Is to reduce cotton acreage. For a cen tury, farm experts have been try- ing to get the south away from overproducing on cotton. They have had no luck, and the chances are they nal have small luck in the future, for the reason that there ls no crop which will yield so much cash income per acre. Also, Con- gress has a law that cotton acre. age shall be apportioned by states
 Similarly, though. there Is sur lplus of Wheat. Congress has a law that wheat acreage shall not bt below 55 million acres.
 The stranglehold of the cotton and wheat blocs are just a sample of the prejudices which must De overcome if there Is to be no repeti- ton of the farm depression after this war Is over.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-24

o. How much mileage does the Office of Price Administration al' low monthly for family" driving ir the gasoline rationel area9
 A, Ninety miles.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-15
Mediterranean
Fleets in Bottle

plies and relnfOrcementS for the
south, during the night The at
tack was one of the heaviest yet
and Rome admitted it caused severe
damage
The British 9th army continued
its relentless pressure on Marshal
Erwin ROmmel from the east. driv-
inc past GaZala. SO miles beyond
Tobruk. and sending its plares fam
ming out in q wide are-deep into
Libya and Tripolitania and ranging
over the Mediterranean-to hamper
every effort of Rommel to reorgan-
ize and regroup his forces for
another strong stand.
There seemed to be no indication
that ROmmel was even contemplate
ing a stand at any point this side
OF El Aghelia on the gulf of Sirte
and he might well withdraw all the
way into Tripolitania before max
ING a halt
The British command at Cairo
estimated the Axis losses in the
western desert thus far as no less
than y practically the
whole of Rommels Afrika Korps
assumed that he is picking up some
As hc retreats, however, it was
reinfOroementS from the rear garri-
sons which before the start of the
offensive were estimated at about
100000 trJOpS-many OF them sec
ond-string fighting units
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-15
Department Orders
A.Hour Week

SACRAMENTO, Nov. l4-CUP)-
The state department of institutions
today ordered a wartime a hour
work week for all its employees. in
contrast to the 80 hour week most
state agencies have been obsery-
ing
At a conference of all institution
superintendents, the observation
WAS made that the legislature would
be asked in January TO lengthen
tht work TO combat dwindling civil
service rolls. O. II. Close. super
intendent OF the Preston school of
industry, declared: Il am IN favor
OF beating the Legislature TO il
and establishing a A hour week
for our department"
The suggestion was approved un-
animously and will go into effect
at once Chief change will be that
al employees will work a half day
Saturday Only skeleton crew has
kept offices open Saturdays in the
PAST
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-15
Teen Age Droft
Goes Into Effect

President said, when the successful
prosecution of the war requires that
We call to the colors the men of l8
and 10. Many have already volun-
teered. Others have been eagerly
awaiting the call All are ready and
anxious to serve.
Tile civilian careers of these
men will be interrupted. as have
the careers of most of their seniors.
Large numbers about to enter the
armed services will come from school
and colleges. The vocational and
educational training which the arm
ed services now offer to many will
stand them in good stead
Mr Roosevelt said a program
would be announced shortly to pro-
vide for using facilities of certain
colleges and universities for the
training of a limited number of
men of the armed forces for highly
specialized duties The plan, nc
said will be for men selected solely
ON their abilities and without re-
gard to whether or not they are now
in college
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-15
Brother of Local
Man Wins Honor

Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Lowder-
milk of Ell Centre received word
Saturday that Lowdermilk's brother,
DR.. Walter c. Lowdermilk of Wash
ington, d. c., is EN- route to China
to serve as honorary advisor to the
executive Yuan of China.
He was appointed by the United
States government to assist China
in establishing a soil conservation
service for 450,0C0000 people, he
wrote his brother in FL Centre.
DR.. LoWdermilk is vice-chief of
the soil conservation service of the
United States and has travelled all
over the world studying erosion
methods of soil conservation. He
planned to 60 by boat to south
Africa and thence by plane to
China. He has visited his brother
in Ell Centro several times and has
lectured to audiences in Imperial
Valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-15
Farmers Choose
AGA Committees

COMMUNITY { - d. F. Halves.
delegate to county convention; J.
w. Roberts. alternate delegate D.
r Hawes. chairman community
committee: J. W. Roberts, vice
chairman community committee.
Albert F. Lehman. regular member
community committee: Harold
Hunt, first alternate community
committee; Harry c. James. second
alternate community committee. In
cluded in community c is the Melo-
land, Acacia and Rose area.
COMMUNITY G = H. A. Hastain.
delegate to county convention /.
Charles Smith. alternate delegate:
Charles Smith. chairman commun-
ity committee; Mrs. Ruby L.
Dreasher vice-chairman community
committee; H. A. Hastain. regular
member communitr committee.
Max Phegley. first alternate COM
nunity committee. G. Roy Farr.
second alternate community COM
mittee. This includes the Magnolia
COMMUNITY VI - Lulu B. Mid
Mulberry area.
dleton, delegate 10 county conven-
ton; Leon Kennedy. alternate dele
cate: Lulu B. Middleton. chairman
community committee; Leon Ken
ned. vice chairman community
committee; w J. Hildebrand, reeu-
lar member community committee.
E. s. Shields. first alternate COM
munity committee: Othelia AShurst
second alternate community com
mittee. This takes in the Westmor-
land area.
Yet to hold elections are: COM
munity D, 7:30 p. m. November lf
at the McCabe school: communits
K, 2:30 p. m. November II at the
county fair grounds; community F
7:30 p. m, November 10 at EaStside
school; community j. 2:30 p. m.
November % at the Calipatria city
hall; community K, 2:30 p. m. No.
vember "a at the university farm
at Bard.
The county convention of COM
nlitteemen is scheduled for 7:30 p
NJ, December 5 in the AAA office
al $50 State street, El Centre
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-15
Coffee Rationinq
Rule Changed for
Cafes, Restaurants

WASHINGTON, Nov l4.-tU P0
Restaurants. hotels, hospitals and
kindred establishments today were
given a 60-day reprieve from the
Office of Price Administration ON
nation wide cup-a- a-day-coffee ra-
tioning scheduled for 1901 Sunday,
November 20.
Institutional users" the OPA
said. will be entitled to as much
coffee during the first two months
of rationing as they used in Sep
tember and October of this year.
Such establishments not operat-
ing in those months will be per-
mitted one pound for each 60 meals
to be served during the allotment
period. Brs the OPA warned that
cup of coffee will not constitute
a meal unless served with a food
item other than milk, cream or
sugar
Under the rationing plan, each
consumer who was Is years of age
or older when registration for sug-
ar rationing took place last May
will be entitled to one pound of
coffee between November % and
January 8, 1943, inclusive.
Retail sales will be suspended
November 81 to midnight November
28 to permit dealers to stock up.
Only certain government agencies,
including the Army, Navy Marine
Corps and Coast Guard, and insti-
tutional users who have obtained
their allotments will be permitted
to make purchases during the pc
riOd.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-15

Imperial county farmers are TAX
ing more interest in conservation
this year than ever before, Rudolph
Miller, Agricultural Conservation
Association secretary said Saturday
as he reviewed recent association
elections and anticipated those soon
10 be held.
OF the 10 communities" into
which Imperial county is divided
on the association maps. five have
held their elections of committee
men for the association.
Here are those elected:
p. COMMUNITY A - L. C. Hawk,
delegate to county convention; J.
c. Hammond, alternate delegate
L. c. Hawk, chairman community
committee; John Fiala. vice-chair-
man community committee; Vernon
K Rood, regular member commun-
ity committee; Frank j. Claverie,
first alternate community commit
tee: Joe Fornasero, second alter
pate community committee This
includes the CaleXico-B Bonds Corner
area.
COMMUNITY Il - s. E. Robin
son. delegate to county convention;
Joe Enz, alternate delegate: S. f.
Robinson. chairman community
committee; Joe EnZ, vice-chairman
community committee: Charles C
Hill, regular member community
committee; Hans Meuberger, first
alternate community committee
Fred Pluess. second alternate COM
munity committee. Community B
includes the Holtville- East Highline
district,
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-15

II to so. 1t tells the grades you may win,
the insignia you will wear, your pay, your
duties, the related civil jobs for which
Navy training will fit you and the prac-
tical knowledge that will help you to quick
promotion and pay.
1t tells you about the expert training
Navy men are given in radio, aviation,
electricity, photography, metal work, ma
chine shop work-49 trades in all.
1t tells how you may qualify for Petty
Officers rating at once, if you have spe
cial skill or experience. And in case you do
not have special qualifications, it tells
how you may qualify for training at one
of the great Navy trade schools. Over 500
of Navy men become Petty Officers. You
can be one of them!
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-15
owl BIames Axis
For Custom Rumors

WASHINGTON. Nov l4-CUPb-
The office of war information today
described as "a typical Axis rumor
report that American troops
abroad must pay exorbitant Gus
tom duties on parcels sent TO them
from the United States
Owl said that it has received re-
ports of widespread circulation OF
the "Nazi lie" timed TO coincide
with the Christmas mailing season
ana designed 10 worry relatives of
American soldiers and sailors
abroad.
Pure rot was the answer OF
the U. S. army postoffice, Owl
said. All such duties have been
waived as a contribution to good
will. with two minor exceptions
affecting fewer than 200 men. The
location of these men is a military
secret. owl said
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-15

Finally, it lists all the requirements -.
the physical examination you will take
-. the papers you will want when you
apply for enlistment.
Remember, this is your war .. and
you'll soon be in it. So if you want to serve
in position where you can do the most
for your country and for yourself, don't
wait till it's too late. Ask today for What
Kind of Job Can ! Get in the Navy?"
Your copy is waiting .or you right now
at the nearest Navy Recruiting Station.
Call, write or phone for it, There's no OBJ
Ggation-except to yourself.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-15
EDUCATIONAL STUDY

President Roosevelt, in signing the
bill last night. released a corollary
statement ON postwar education
plans.
Il am causing study to be made
by a committee of educators. unde4.
the auspices OF the war and navy
departments. for the taking of steps
to enable the young men whose
education has been interrupted to
resume their schooling and afford
equal opportunity for the training
and education of other young men
of ability after their service in the
armed forces has come to an end. '
the statement said
The law affects some 2,500,0l0
youth in the 1919 year old bracket.
and thousands who will soon attain
the minimum age. 1t contains Il
provision requiring that yutohS call
ed up curing the last half of the
high school academic year may be
deferred, upon their own request.
until the end OF the school rear. No
provision vas made for college stu
dents
CAREERS INTERRUPTED
The time has now come the
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-15
(Continned from Pa ne

Continued from Page II
TuniSia was raised by the British
communique from Cairo. This re-
ported that a flight of 60 Axis
planes heading north, apparently
from Tunisia and bound for Sicily.
was intercepted by Royal Air Force
fighters. Seven of the planes were
destroyed and others damaged.
This following Fridays report
that half a dozen big Italian plane
transports filled with Germans were
shot down flying north from Tuni-
Sia.
The air movements led scme OBJ
servers in London to believe the
Germans planned only a temporary
stand in Tunisia, long enough to
destroy important defense installa-
tons and delay the advance of the
British and Americans TO the Tri-
politania line.
The Royal Air Force made anoth-
er of its sweeping assaults on
Genoa. the Italian port through
which flows most of the Axis sup
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-15
Senate Group Will
Hear VaIIeyFarm
Problems atL. 4.
lContinued from Pace !

iCOlilulucu lICiH rage =
the price of lumber. Therefore. lum-
bermen are now reluctant TO pro-
duce shook" for which they get
a lower price.
If the cut lumber is rot obtained
by shippers it may be necessary TO
send produce to market in sacks,
Harrigan said. II is also difficult
10 obtain sacks.
Martin Wahl president of the
Imperial valley farmers association
said that DOwney has already been
contacted by hiclSen and has shown
decided interest in the valleys prob
lens. DOwney is staying at Palm
Springs and has agreed TO meet
groups of local farmers wishing tC
discuss their problems with him.
Wahl said.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-15
Orders of Arrest
Out for Senators
Preventing Quorum
CONTINUED from PAGE

Continued from Page i
ate issued the arrest order. two
absent Senators Berkeley
L. Bunker, Democrat, Nevada. anG
Clyde L. Herring, Democrat. Iowa
Bunker had been on the sergeant
alarms list of members whc were
in the city. Herring had been re-
ported as out of the city.
Business renamed at a StandStili
while more members were awaited
Senators whiled away the time
-eading and chatting
The most recent previous occa-
sion on which the Sergeant-at-arms
was ordered to arrest Senators ana
compel them tc attend a session
vas on May %. 1873. during ex-
tended debate on legislation to au-
thOrize construction Of Boulder
dam.
If a quorum cannot be obtained
the Senate would have TO adjourn
The days first quorum calls
brought the number up to 44-still
five short of the needed 40.
The Senators disclosed by Jur-
neys report TO be in Washington
were Bunker. Wall DoXev. Demo-
crat. Mississippi; Lister Hill. Demo-
crat. Alabama: Burnet R Maybank,
Democrat. South Carolina; Ken
meth McKellar, Democrat Tennes-
see; w Lee ODaniel, Democrat,
Texas: John II. OyertOn, Democrat.
Louisiana. and Richards B. Russell,
Democrat, Georgia.
Proponents OF the anti-poll tax
bill pointed out that seven Of the
eight missing senator come from
states which have poll-tax voting
requirements. and are known 10
be opposed TO the repeal measure.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-15
DRAWS SENIENCE

John Hamrick, 81. was given a
90-day suspended sentence provid-
ing that he leaves FL Centre when
he appeared in police court on a
drunkenness charge Saturday
morning. Hambrick tried TO force
entrance into the Salvation Army
headquarters on State street Fri
dav afternoon, believing it was his
home
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-15
Kiwanians View
Scouiinu Movie

The Scout Road to Citizenship"
a film on Scouting, was shown to
KiWauis club members at the lunch
con meeting Frida" noon in the
Barbara Worth hotel
Hugh Wilcox, Scout executive and
chairman of the day, presented the
Tim. also introducing June Miles,
}iolinist, who played a group Of
solos with piano accompaniments by
George Burt.
The Rev l.. hayden S. Sears
talked on the community chest drive.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-15
Big Navy Battle
RACES in Pacific

Continued from Page y
ships since oct. 26 when severe
losses were inflicted upon the Japa-
ncse off the Stewart islands.
Possibility that a Japanese carrier
force might be in the vicinity of
the southeastern Solomons was sug-
gasted by the fact that enemy tor
pedo planes were sent against the
American Warships Thursda" after
noon