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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-10-27
CHAPTER THIRTEEN

1ARY WAS not kidding herself.
ne knew her peace of mind and
pntentment was based on her see
pg Bruce Martin. Their casual,
happenchance meetings at the
lunch room in the evening had be-
rome an established routine. For
Ave nights now he had taken the
trouble to make the date definite.
Mine tomorrow night?"
And Mary would answer lightly,
her heart singing. "Okay. Bye"
The evenings Of work few by. 1t
was lust a matter Of few short
hours till the 9 o'clock lunch Pc
riod. and the glow from seeing him
carried her through the remaining
hours Of work. Her happiness shone
from her, changed her from the
stiff, unfriendly girl she had been
when she first entered the per-
sonnet department into an eager,
cooperative worker.
Connie, the lead girl began to
depend on her NOR acre. She
knew she would 40 pains 10
help new girls iel.h the routine,
give them assurance and skill in
the new work. And this was i'm
portant to Connie-because she
knew how much efficiency depend
ed on confidence, how much time
could be lost because an inexperi-
enced helper had been afraid to ask
. question.
And, as the terrific production
program Of Nordex moved slowly
into high gear, Comics spirits
SCARED. To her, every streamlined
plane that moved off the assembly
line was an answer to the promise
abe made to her Marine husband In
Iceland every night in the darkness
OF her bedroom. Were sending
help-we're sending help-just
little longer, honey. and We'll send
you plenty Of help :"
One evening Mary paused at
Comics desk to ask II she might
GildHke HtI luiiNi nun tiioL ih6iAN
to ten. Comics martinez attitude
toward any variation in schedule
reasserted itself automatically.
AN imperative reason p she
snapped.
Mary faltered. then said with
quiet honesty. "No-iust a date"
She wanted to add that she was
sorry she had brought up the sub
feet and was turning back to her
desk when the lead girls voice
stopped her. Startled, she looked at
Connie.
Connie was smiling at her. IF
It's that-important. she said
quietly, take your lunch hour at
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-10-27
Industrial School Trains.
Workers For Defense Jobs

PITTSBURGH. Pa.-UP - The
oldest industrial school IN the State
OF Pennsylvania is operating on an
around the clock schedule to turn
out skilled workers required 10 meet
the occupational needs o. one OF
the busiest defense centers in the
country.
The venerable Schwab vocational
high school. situated in nearby
Homestead. is humming with high
speed war machinery day and night
training workers as planers, milling
machine operators, lathe and drill
press operators, flame cutters,
scarfers, heat treaters, layer-outs,
welders and power saw operators
under a program sponsored by the
Federal Securities Agency and SUI
pervised by the Office of Education.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-10-27

darlingest pair OF socks with just
the right echoing tone"
Can't Vie with Uniform
Man, the clothing congress
agreed, will not be able to resist
and women. with their sense OF
color and passion for ensembliny.
will gradually improve masculine
taste.
Increase the number OF service
men and the civilian male, Schoen.
Ter prophesied. will be forced N
spruce up his WARDROBE to an al
armIng degree to gain a speck Of
attention.
But no matter how hard the
hOme-front man tries TO compete
with the uniforms for the lady's
eye. the congress allowed that the
service man will win hands down
the title OF America best dress.
ed man OF 1912"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-10-27

ten tonight"
Color famed into Mary's face,
as she smiled back at Connie.
Thanks" she said softly. and fed
to her desk.
Comics eyes followed her with
new understanding. Because
she, herself, was so personally in
volved in this work, she understood
suddenly why Mary's attitude had
changed-she had her heart in her
work. l should NEEDLE with an in
fuence as useful as that, Connie
thought with fond amusement.
At ten Mary was in the wash
room, patting her shining cap of
hair into place. brushing fastidi-
ously at her brown sweater and
green, brown and gold plaid skirt
that made her look like an ex-
quisite schoolgirl.
One Of the girls at the mirror
winked at another. Test pilots
must have bird eyes" she cracked,
"if they can see a speck Of dust on
suit as immaculate as that one. "
She laughed as Mary's green eyes
opened in startled surprise.
Never mind, Mary the second
girl comforted. IT'S bad case of
sour grapes II certain test pilot
ever looked her way, she'd spend all
evening getting ready to go to
lunch"
AS the three walked TO the lunch
room together. Mary was filled
with a fresh wave Of happiness
Everyone was so good to her, even
Connie-Connie, the martinez, had
understood. And when they en-
tered the lunchroom and Bruce
moved from a couple Of fellows to
Join her at the counter, her heart
swelled to the point of pain with
its Joy. She didn't notice the scowl
on his face; she saw only his tall,
careless grace as he lounged over
toward the line at the cafeteria
counter, the fash Of his quick
smile, not the turbulent, angry fires
in his dark eyes. In the line Of Office
workers and mechanics, Bruce
stood out in bold rellef-the
bronzed skin Of an outdoor man,
the arrogance of his carriage, the
poise and magnetism Of a person
atty sure Of its worth, independent
Of others about him.
But when she heard his voice,
she knew he was in one Of his
black moods. He slammed the tray
along the counter viciouslS. PAN
tywaists!" he muttered.
whats the matter?" Mary
asked. The question had been auto
matte, but in another minute she
was regretting bitterly that she
had asked II. She hadn't really ex-
pected an answer, but Bruce was
talking-and not making any at
tempt to keep others from hearing.
Cant make up their minds
when a jobs ready to test. The
way they keep checking and re-
checking. you'd think it were a
county fair"
ITS more than that, Martin. IT'S
a war" The short answer was
weighted with rebuke. 1t was given
by the overalled mechanic just be-
hind Martin in the line.
Bruce whirled around 10 glare at
the man belligerently. 80 what"
he demanded,
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-10-27

An outright gift to the people Of
Homestead by the late Charles NJ.
Schwab, former Bethlehem Steel
Corporation president, presented in
1908, the school has but one object
to provide boys and girls with a
working chance in life and 70
teach that work IS ennobling, that
to be able TO DO nothing IS disgrace
full"
Among those studying at the
school have been 100 trainees who
were selected from relief rolls and
placed in mill jobs, thereby reduc-
ing relief costs. A supplementary
course at the school also has pro
vided over 200 skilled workers to
the local labor supply.
The Schyab school was one o: the
earliest In the country TO introduce
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-10-27
SEES GERMAN COLLAPSE

Detroit. Oct 27-lNS-Antonas
Smetona, head OF the Lithuanian
government in exile. was Detroit
visitor today and he declared hat
Germany will collapse and never
regain the power it Yields now.
Lithuania is now in Nazi hands.
I'm 1907 Smetona said. "Lithuan-
Ia was a prosperous and peaceful
country. Then they grew warlike.
and expanded until they were the
largest and strongest nation in Eu-
rope. But their growth had weak
ened them, and never since have
they even returned 10 their orig
inal strength The same thing will
happen TO the Germans, in their
attempt to rule over Europe"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-10-27

VICHY-UP-Frauce, once one
Of the worlds leaders in science
is five years behind the United
Opsical grinders have turned
States in scientific progress be
cause Of the war
from the manufacture OF micro
scopes TO range-finders; GLACIERS
have little time to make test tubes
and high grade steel is require
for less humane instruments thai
surgical tools
"As a result OF the war" DR.
Pierre Lecomte du Nouy, directc
at L'Ecole de H2utes Etudes OF tn
Paris Sorbonne. said, and OF tn
/ impossibility OF maintaining com
munications between bodies of re
search throughout the world, Euro
pean-and specifically French
science is five years behind what
is being done in the United States
DR.. du Nouy. a director of the
Pasteur Institute and former
member OF the Rockefeller Foun.
/ dation declared It is almost impos-
sible to do constructive re7oarch
under existing European condi.
/ tions.
Lack Glassware
Laboratory work has become
unbelievably difficult" he said
'Irf a general way, glassware, with
out which We can do nothing. is
almost unobtainable. Why. we
were recently unable to ATTAIN de
livery Of some anti-typhus serum
from our laboratory in Algiers be
cause we could not get the special
bottles needed for its transport"
Specialized Instruments are
scarce because Of metal shortages.
| Optical precision instruments no
longer can be manufactured in
France and orders to German man
ufacturers-on the worlds best
are delayed two years with no
| guarantee Of delivery.
Small electric motors and re
| frigerators, necessary to labora.
tories, cannot be found. Machine
tools can be obtained in the oc-
cupied zone only by metal
voucher" which must be counter.
signed by the German authorities.
Chemicals are rare and all pre-
clous metal salts are delivered
only in return for their equivalent
weight In metal forms. Essential
dissolve. peanut, cocoanut and
linseed lacking and mineral
oils such as paraffin are almost
priceless.
Lack Fuel And Supplies
Physicians are hampered by n
shortage Of vaseline for dressing
wounds. a crude oil synthetic sub
stitute has been developed but sew
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-10-27
French Science Claimed to
be Five Years Behind L. S.

eral deaths have been reported
from its use.
French drug firms may no long
er manufacture tincture OF iodine
because German medical authori-
ties oppose its use. Instead they
use mercurochrome. The ingred-
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-10-27

Physicians are hampered by a
shortage Of vaseline for dressing
wounds. a crude oil synthetic sub
stitute has been developed but sew
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-10-27
Champion Roper Of
Texas Not Native

AUSTIN. Tex -UP-Texas is the
famed land o. cowboys but the
champion rope twirler at the Uni
yersity o. Texas comes from Ber~
kelley. Cal
He is Rob Rogers studying sculp.
ture and painting in the unlver-
sitys School OF Fine Arts. 4 for
mer rodeo star. Rogers with his
rope tricks has been the subject
OF several movie shorts. Before
transferring 10 the University OF
Texas he was az Hardin Simmons
University at Abilene. Tex. heart
OF what vas once the "cow coun.
try OF Texas.
He is giving exhibitions with the
Texas Donghorn band between
halves Of football games this sea
son.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-10-27

tents OF aspirin are exhausted in
France-only that marketed by the
German l. G. Farbenindustrie can
be obtained. Even the favored
French eau de cologne Is missing
from shop windows.
The rationing Of fuel and gas
and electrical supplies have handi-
capped laboratories which must be
kept fairly warm for bacteriologi.
cal work
And the peasants no longer sell
their rabbits and guinea pigs TO
the researchers If they have
them. they eat them
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-10-27
SYNOPSIS

Following her mothers death, red
haired. slim
MARY DEXTER leaves Omaha 10 take
Job in the Nordex Aircraft plant
in California She shares an apart
ment with
FRAN BOND. night club singer and
dancer Friendship develops between
Mary and
KEN GRANT, young mechanical en-
gineer. also newly employed at Nor
dex. Mary has been attracted TO
BRUCE MARTIN. Nordex test pilot,
over whom a dark cloud seems Do
hover
YESTERDAY: Mary realizes that Fran
in love.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-04

sively in the Maryland there are
important flying fields here and in
Arizona.
We are pleased to be able to
serve these and other industries and
fields here and in other parts of our
System where there are industries
that are producing such essential
materials as tungsten, magnesium,
soda ash, borax cement, clay pro
ducts, tale, lead, zinc, and other
minerals vital to national welfare
In addition, on our System we
have approximately 10000 connect
ed horsepower serving agricultural
industries.
We are also serving a number
of important Army camps, fields,
and other establishments.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-04

out ice is that they are destined
for markets close enough to the
valley to be out Of danger of Wint-
ing until they reach their deStina-
ton.
Massera ships more dry pack"
produce than all the other valley
packers combined, he says.
But back to the international and
more romantic aspects of the Mas
sera enterprise.
CABBAGE TO SINGAPORE
On January 10 of this year, the
Massera shed at Holtville shipped
650000 pounds of cabbage to tho
beleaguered Singapore defenders.
And they arrived IN time to be
eaten by the right oecple," Massera
said.
On January 20, the Massera shed
consigned a Shipload of Imperial
Valley lettuce to General MacAr-
thurs forces in the Philippines.
And I know the general and his
men felt a lot better after eating
Continued on Page 8, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-04
w. J. Thornbur9
Aids Employees

AS everybody who has ever VIII
messed the cultiVating, harvesting,
packing and shipping of Imperial
Valley produce knows, vegetables
in this Towering desert wonderland
are big business.
And yet in this hurly-burly OF
actiVit:', there is one man who
typifies kindness and humanitar-
ianism, along with outstanding eX-
ecutive ability He is W. J. Thorn
burg, head Of the great Tlcr Pack
ing company with sheds ara offices
in HoltVille.
With vast business interests call
ing for his attention, Thornburg
has found time to work out an en-
plCyer- employee relationship which
stands as q model of its kind. There
are many examples Of its success
full operation, but perhaps the most
noticeable (because the most eX-
posed to casual glances) are repre-
sented by the Thornburg umbrellas.
SHADE PROVIDED
Driving past the Thor company'2
broad acres, the notorist or traveller
often sees, during the warmer
months, a spattering of big beach
umbrellas under which Thornburg $
employees are busy sorting and ty-
ing vegetables which soon will be
on the nations tables from Call
fornia TO Maine.
The system is tWO-edged--it gives
greater comfort to the laborer and
increases efficiency in the handling
of Thor products, which supply
mllady'S tables with delicacies she
could obtain no place else but
from Imperial Valley.
But back to Thornburgs S umbrel-
las.
Each field laborer is provided
with one Cf these umbrellas, which
he sticks into the ground when he
stops to sort pile Of vegetables
When he moves onto another pile,
he pulls up his umbrella and moves
it on with him.
You'd think this would slow up
operations, wouldn't yc Well, it
actually has resulted. IN greater
Speeu III harvesting the Thor Pack
ing company crops.
CAME HERE IN 'l3
Thornourg ce....- 20 the valley in
1918, and launched his farming car
eer the following year by planting
240 acres of cantaloupes. In those
early days, packers sent out their
produce on consignment, and hoped
for the best. Today, Thornburg
said, everything is sold fob. I'm
perial Valley-cash on the line.
Thornburg started to L%anch out
into vegetable growing an, packing
in 1915, and shipped some of the
very first lettuce produced n the
valley. He grew and shipped about
80 carloads that year.
The present Thor Packing COM
pany was organized in 1886. The
firms three leading brands of pro-
ilce-"Thor'' vulcan" and Rose
IRE world famous TnOrnburg grows
and packs 200 acres of lettuce, 800
acres of carrots. $50 carloads of
cantaloupes, 60 acres of sugar beets
and a great deal of alfalfa and div
ersified crops.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-04
AveriII Tries
Crop Experiment

George c.. Averill, Holtville pack
er whose famous DE Anza" and
Lady in Red" Imperial Valley let
tuce and carrots are known and en-
joyed by millions round the world
as an experiment.
The Averill lands have produced
25 acres of cabbage and 30 acres of
endive, and both crops were about
all that could be expected in the
matter of yield and fair price on
the markets, Shed Manager c. L.
Searcy said
For the information of those who
might have come to the valley late,
endive is a highly flaVorful veget-
able that you might safely describe
as an Italian lettuce.
HALF-CAR TO ACRE
The Averill shed at Holtville this
year will harvest, pack and ship
382 acres of lettuce, which the rich
Ayeril lands produced at an aver
age yield of one-half carload to
the acre. A carload is 3l2 crates.
The Averill carrot and lettuce
fields alone give employment to be-
tween SO and go persons, and the
shed employees will range between
35 and 30, depending, of course, on
the size of the crops and the activ-
ity of the market.
Both the field and shed workers
receive standard wages established
by the Imperial Valley produce in
dustry, working eight hours per day
but receiving weekly pay envelopes
based on a nine hour day.
FIELDS SCATTERED
The AveTill fields, which produce
the highly favored DE ANA" and
Lady in Red" brands of fresh,
various sections of the valley, from
southeast of Heber to near BraWley
to the community of Sandia.
Averill this year planted 200 acres
of carrots, which yielded an esti-
matted one railroad carload, or $50
crates, to the acre.
MODERN PACKING
These tons upon tons CT fine veg
etables are packed under the most
modern conditions in a great plant
200 feet long by co feet wide, and
loaded into refrigerator cars that
rush them to the tables of house
holders in every part of the United
States and several foreign lands.
All sales of Averill-packed produce
ere handled through single agen-
cy, the L. Gillarde Co. of Chicago.
Searcv. who serves as shed man
ager during the packing season, be-
comes technical expert in the pre-
harvest months of summer, study.
ing fertilizer and 3oil problems in
order to produce better crops in
the fall growing season.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-04

How widely known is Imperial
Valley produce-lettuce, cabbage and
the like? MM MtuA0
Well, certain brands kept body
and soul together for the Inflated
defenders Of Singapore, just before
Singapore iell.
And those certain brands are still
feeding Gen. Douglas Macarthur!
and his Stout-hearted heroes of
the Philippines.
The brands?
They know them in the far cor
ners of the globe ds Swiss Miss,
Lucky strike" and the "Yodel-e.'
They're all packed at Holtville by
Al Massera, who insists there is no
"& Co on the end of the firm
name.
LEADS DEFY PACKERS
Massera IS the leader of "diy
pack shippers in Imperial Valley.
BY dry pack" is meant crates of
lettuce, carrots and other perish
ables that are shipped without ice
he reason they are shipped with
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-04
We Can All Help Win the Wa

The greatest task faced by the
country, by this Company, and by
all the people of the nation is to do
EVERYTHING IN THEIR POW
Err, ALL TOGETHER, TO WIN
THIS WAR.
Many industries in the Imper-
ial Valley and Arizona are of great
Importance in helping to accom-
plish this essential result. There is
nothing more necessary for nation
al civilian and military morale
than the raising of ample gricultur-
al food crops, such as those produc-
ed in the Imperial Valley.
There are also important in
dustries, such as those which pro-
duce dry ice-a product used exten-
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-04
Mussero Produce
Feeds Defenders
MlIHI1n

How widely known is Imperial that they are
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-09
State Plans New
Milk Diversion 10
Relieve Shortage

SACRAMENTO, Aug. Sup -
State Agriculture Director w. j.
Cecil today announced a milk diver
sion program in California to pre-
vent a shortage of fluid milk and
cream in various markets where
shortages might occur otherwise.
Milk distributes reported that
extraordinary demands from the
civilian population, the armed forces
and increasing numbers of war
workers and their families had re-
suited in a situation in which the
supply of milk was insufficient to
meet all needs. There is also in
sufficient cream in some markets.
Cecil said he believed the pro-
gram will be approved by the prin-
cipal producing and distributing
groups and become effective not
later than Sept /. The principal
provision of the diversion program
will set up a statewide milk diver
sion committee TO shift available
supplies of fluid milk and fluid
cream frcm the areas of supply to
the markets where needed.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-09
; Boxcars Burn
On Valley Siding

Continued from Page One)
rushed to the scene. The crews
also worked to prevent burning Of
ties on the mainline tracks.
Fire fighting equipment was re-
queSted from Ell Centro, BraWley
and Imperial but the firemen in
the three ciL-ss were unable to send
equipment because of their orders
never to send the equipment out
side the limits of the cities. A call
for county fire fighting equipment
was sent to the county Sheriffs
office. Since there is no county
fire fighting equipment, equipment
was obtained from the Imperial
Irrigation district and sent to the
scene. District fire fighting crews
had planned to obtain water from
a nearby ditch but the ditch was
found to be dry. Train crews OBJ
tanned an engine carrying a large
tank CT water and the district
crew pumped water from the tank
10 use in fighting the fire.
Deputy Sheriff Dee Keesee was
one of the first officers TO reach
the fire scene. He established
guards TO prevent the destruction
OF evidence and made a prelimin-
airy investigation pending arrival
Of the FBI agents.
FBI agents were not available
Saturday for questioning about re-
suits of their investigation.
The whole nation was startled
last spring when two main line
railroad bridges, four branch line
bridges, and two abandoned sheds
and stock corrals on Imperial VAL
ley railroads were burned myster-
iously in the period OF a month.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-09

isfied" that the WPB chief was
anxious to get started, adding that
the attention and speed Nelson
gave to his projected plan was
worthy of the attention of the
nation" he declared.
He expressed confidence that he
could turn out the flying boats,
patterned after the Glenn Martin
Mars" without running afoul of
fighter plane production. He eX-
planned that he would go outside
WPB's ALLEGATION system to get ma
terialS.
I've had men working on that
for months" he said And I've been
up to the department of interior
where they assured me of an all
out effort to help me find the nee
essary materials around the coun-
try"
He said he will return here Mon
day to start work" on lining up
the organization to do the job.
More work-and more and more
of it. That's the only thing re-
manning to be done and its got to
become the American slogan" he
said.