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Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-18
Allied Air Forces
Sink or Damage q
Japanese Vessels
Six Warships Sent Down
In Bombing Raids By
Americans, Aussies

WASHINGTON, March 18.
(UP)-The Navy announced
today that combined opera
tions Of American and Aus
tralian island based air fore
cS had sunk or damaged % Japa-
nese ships near Salamaua and Lac
in New Guinea.
A Navy communique listed six
japanese Warships and five other
ships as sunk and probably sunk"
Two Japanese destroyers were
possibly sunk"
Four WarShips and six other ships
were damaged
In addition, many small boats,
three seaplanes were shot down.
Only one of the American and
Australian force planes was lost.
The attack centered on both ships
and land installations, including
aircraft runWa%s and antiaircraft
batteries.
SUBMARINE LOST
The Navy also disclosed that the
U. S. submarine Shark was overdue
in the Far East and presumed lost,
that damage to the U. S. submarine
Sea Lion at Cavite was SO bad that
she was destroyed to prevent her
capture, and chat the damaged u. S.
destroyer Stewart was demolished
in dry dock at Soerabaja to prevent
her capture.
Text of Navy department COM
munique No. 81, based upon infor-
nation received up to noon EWT.,
today:
Far East-Combined operations
of American and Australian island
based forces were conducted recent
ly against japanese ships and land
installations in and near Salamaua
and Lac in New Guinea.
These operations are believed TO
have resulted in the sinking of two
enemy heavy cruisers; heavy dam
age to and the probable sinking Of
one light cruiser; damage to a fourth
cruiser the probable sinking of one
destroyer; the possible sinking Of
two destroyerS and damage to one
large destroyer.
Five transports or cargo ships
were either sunk or gutted by fire
and run aground. One heavy bomb
nit was secured on each of two
transports, one troop ship was dam
aged and left burning and three
other transports were damaged.
One aircraft tender was heavily
damaged and two gunboats were
damaged, one of which was left
burning and is believed to have
sunk. One mine sweeper was LEFT
in flames and probably sunk.
Three seaplanes we're shot down
and many small boats were demol-
ished Cort!j arable damage was
done to enemy shore installations,
aircraft runWays and antiaircraft
batteries.
The heavy losses inflicted on the
enemy by the combined American
and Australian forces were accom-
plished with the loss of but one
plane ="
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-18

Col. Stewart said the soldiers who
are acquainted in FL Centre and
surrounding communities made
dates for the dance as soon as the
foundations for the building were
poured The remainder OF the sold
iers will entcy the company OF
young ladies who have been per
Sonally invited to attend. The
dance is by invitation only.
The Red Cross camp and hos
pital service committee announced
Wednesday that the hall still needs
some occasional chairs, big Il.
brary table. a fire screen. and some
andirons. Anyone wishing too pre-
sent these articles 10 the hall may
telephone Mrs w c Reed at nj
Centre 226-J or Mrs. r. II. Maddux
at Fl Centro 1l76.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-18
I'll Be Working
For orMaCArthur. =

NEW YORK. March .18-(UP)
The only two men in New York
today to hold number 3485, the
first number drawn in the T.
draft, are Chin Fong Ho, FL,
Chinese waiter. and Steve
Dowis. 43, u chef of Greek de-
scent.
Chin Fong HO was balancing
a tray on his fingertips when he
heard the news. The dishes
shook, but he made a neat re-
cOvery, deposited the tray on a
rack and strode over to his boss,
Thomas KantOn.
Now I'm going to work for
Macarthur instead of you" he
said.
He drank on the house for
the rest of the evening.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-18
Camp SeeIey to Initiate
Recreation Hall Fridov

CAMP SEEL EY, March l8-Camp
Seeley's new recreation hall, the
80 by 40 foot structure built by
whole hearted cooperation and hard
work on the. part of the command
and the civilian population will be
dedicated by the c-mmaYd Friday
night.
The entire battalion will plav the
part Of hosts at the dance designed
to initiate the hall into camp ser
vice
This party VIII break all preced
entS as taps will sound at midnight
an hour later than it ever has
sounded under the present com
mand.
The recreation hall has am ex
cellent dance floor, stage Is feet
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-18

: Gordon Williams, deputy alien
property custodian, will be in charge
of that phase of the situation, and
A. V. Schenck, field agent for the
wartime farm adjustment program,
will deal with the farm property
held and operated by the Japanese
soon to be evacuated.
Japanese were urged to visit
Schenck Immediately at his office
at $40 state street so he may be-
come familiar with their problems.
The primary service office set up
at $40 State street is manned by
representatives of government agen-
cies and is one of "a offices opened
in washington, oregon, California,
and Arizona by the government.
Gen. j. L. Dewitt of the Fourth
Army was placed in charge of evac-
uating the aliens and restricting
their movements. He established
a new general staff division of the
Fourth Army and western defense
command and called it the civil
affairs division The civil affairs
division will handle the alien re-
moVal program as rapidly as possible
and with consideration of the people
concerned.
Chief of the civilian staff of the
wartime civil control administra-
ton is Tom Clark, special assistant
to the U. S. attorney general. They
are working on plans to facilitate
voluntary movement of aliens by
providing advice and assistance in
sub-leasing crop land selling prop
erty, clearing permits to move, and
other vital factors.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-18
CaIipatria Sees
Gambling Raid

CALIPATRIA, March l8: A truck
load of gambling equipment was
confiScated by Imperial county
deputy sheriffs Tuesday night in
raid on The Club operated by
Tommy Jones
Among the equipment confiscated
were poker, crap. chuck luck,
and 81 tables, between six and
eight dozen decks of cards, and
approximately 5000 chips. The con-
fiscated property was loaded on a
truck after the raid and taken to
the sheriff's office in E. Centre.
Jones was charged with operat-
ing an establishment for illegal
gambling.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-18
YANKEE SPEED
Aussies See What 1t Means

THEY LEAVE CASH
Once, when the Yankees needed
tool parts they found the supply
store closed and locked for the
day. They removed the hinges from
the door. took what they needed
left good American cash to pay for
It, replaced the door and finished
the tooling job.
One Australian supply dealer has
his money for goods sold the Ameri-
cans, but he was worried for a few
days after the deal was made Here
is how it happened:
The goods were loaded on a truck
Continued on Page 6; Column -
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aCARTHUR'S MEN PLAN VAST OFFENSIVE
Dollar Good Enuf
For Australians

MELBOURNE, March 18. tUP)
The American dollar is legal
tender in Australia so far as
shop keepers are concerned, and
they are getting lot of them.
When a soldier hands over his
dollar for a package of cigarets
he gets four shi!lings and nine
pence charge and discovers he
is better off under the rate ex-
change here than his fellow
troops in London.
On the social side the Ameri-
cans seem to have the situation
well in hand. The smart uni
forms of the men attract the
women and the trim outfits of
the women nurses are the envy OF
the AnZac women auXiliarieS.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-18

are long overdue" and presumably
were victims of the crashes:
Second Lieut.. Edward H. Saund-
ers, IS, flight leader, from Lake
Village, Ark.
Second Lieut. Eugene H. Ander.
son, %, of Kewaunee, Ill.
Second Lieut.. Earl A HouSer, o.,
PeSotum, Ill.
Second Lieut.. Armel Kennedy,
26, Oklahoma City, Okla.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-18

numbers, as the lists compiled by
Ell Centro'S Local Board No. 1853
were made up in numerical order,
and it is necessary to wade through
2576 names in search of your own.
The numbers are opposite the
names.
Local Board No. 1873 in BraWley
listed 13 men whose numbers were
drawn in the first so capsules taken
from the historic goldfish bowl.
Ell Centro's board kept tab only
on the first II numbers called, and
out of these there was but one man
registered by the board. The mum
Der was AL, and the registrant was
Frank Morlet, of CaleXico.
NUMBER ONE MAN
The El Centro board said that
Morlet's actual call number is T
10,0O1, which means that he will
be No. | of the second 10000 men
in the United States to receive their
questionnaires.
Brawley's registrant holding No.
AL was Harold c. Wenner of Cali
patria. The other IL in the first
group of SO numbers are:
Robert Jones, Joaquin R. Romero,
Fred w. Bonham, Joaquin o. O5-
tonal, Reinaldo Ruiz, Walter c.
Lewis, Willie House, NellemS L.
Alexander, James Steinaker, Guy E.
Henry, Marcellano Corpoz and Da-
vid NJ Thomas.
FIRST SINCE WAR
The lottery was the third under
the present selective service Law,
but the first since Japan attacke4
Pearl Harbor. Three similar lotter
les were held during World War I.
1t affected 100000 men.
The drawing of all the capsules
from the goldfish bowl took l3 hours
"a half hour earlier than we eX-
pected to finish" according to Selec-
tive Service Director Lewis B. Her
shey.
There were a couple of bitches.
There were supposed to have been
900 capsules in the bowl. But when
the last one was drawn only 6,998
had been accounted for. Earlier
there had been a duplication of No.
1886.
Hershey and his aides conferred
and discovered that Nos. 2,069 and
/, ,342 were missing. They also de-
eided that one of the 2,885s should
have been 2,385.
CORRECTED
To Straighten out these errors,
they cancelled the first 1885 which
was drawn as the 742nd number and
let the second one stand Then they
placed the three numberS-2,069,
i,342 and 2385-in the bowl and
drew them out in this order:
6999th-6,342
7,000th-2,069
7001st-2,385.
Actually, the list will be revised
md all numbers after the 74lst,
Will be advanced one number and
he corrected list will end with 1000
instead of 7,001.
The drawing determined for hun
lreds of thousands of youths and
-elatively old men without defer
nent grounds how soon they will be
,alled TO the colorS.
FIRST NUMBER
The first number - 3,485 - was
irawn by Secretary of War Henry
Stimson at Cos pm, last night.
The last number came out of the
historic goldfish bowl shortly after
sunrise today as thousands of gov
,rnment Wol kerS hurried to work.
The lottery was similar to tn"
asst two under the 1910 selectiVe |
service act except for noticeably |
more serious atmosphere. There was
ess showmanship, almost no drama
md color and more determination
Continued on page 6 column g.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-18

Byron Hefner. He was identified
tentatively from a billfold lying
near his body. No address was
available. The three other pilots
were believed to have burned to
death in their ships.
The planes were reported en- route
from Detroit, to Bowman Field, KY
when they encountered a snow
storm.
The Army ferry command at De-
troit said that the following pilots
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-18

lie w eSISlue ulSJTlCI me
and chose w. A. Cobleigh as area
fireman. E. S. Small was chosen as
assistant. The committee for OBJ
tanning equipment includes Evan
Derrick, L. r. Adams and Eugene
S. BeeSon.
The Westmorland district organ
lied at a meeting Tuesday after
noon at the Clarence Walker home.
G T. Randolph was appointed fire
man and Walker, assistant. Ran
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-18
p AMBLINe
X EPORTER

The SQUIRREL
Jersey Birchfield does not have
golf ball slowed in each side OF
his mouth
And he is not u squirrel carrying
around a winters supply of food
He let his beard grow, thinking
no one would notice he is out of
shape.
Jersey has the mumpS!
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-18

Monday night at the school
dolph, Walker and Walter Collins
make up the equipment committee.
The Mt. Signal meeting. originally
scheduled for Wednesday night, will
be held instead at 7:30 pm. Friday
at the school, BeySchlag said.
Units will be organized at farm
center meetings Of Alamo Verde
Thursday night and Jasper on Fri
day.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-18
Custodian Here
For Alien Lands
Two in Valley to Arrange Details Of
Handling Japanese Property, Caring for
Goods Affected by Evacuation Order

Arrangements for handling evacuation of Japanese
from Imperial county progressed rapidly Wednesday when
deputy alien property custodian arrived in Ell Centro and
office to handle japanese property and personal
problems was opened at $40 State street. El Centre
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-18
Best Of Planes,
Materials Flow
Into Australia
Censorship Lif+ed to Reveal Gigantic
Preparations TO Defend Continent, Turn
It Into Base for Eventual Attack on Foe
BY BRYDON TAVES

MACARTHUR'S HEADQUARTERS Australia March
18. (UP)-The Allied armies of Australia led by Gen
Douglas Macarthur and sparked by growing numbers of
American fighting and machines maximum
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-18
Prospective Droftees Jam
SeIective Service Office
TO Learn Fate i'm Drawing
BrawIey Reports I3 Among First50
Numbers Drawn at Washington;
Sou+h-end Counts One Among First |

Imperial Valleys two selective service boards Wednes-
day taxed to the limit to questions OF hundreds
men seeking information their status in the draft
the lottery for which ended at 08 in Washington.
It is no easy matter the regstranS ascertain their
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-18
LORD HAW-H.AW
4 Planes Crash
In Big SnoWstorm

LIMA, O., March Is. (UP)-Four P-39 army pursuit
planes lost in binding snoWsorm, crashed six miles east
of Lima today, killing the four pilots.
The body of one fer, believed to be Lieut. A. Kennedy
found with parachute attached 40 feet from his
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-18

! OIL IhlIlB power dSdliloO Cllc Odpd
neSe today to defend this embattled
continent and eventually turn it in
to a Springboard for a smashing
counteroffenSive.
The newest and fastest American
fighter and bomber planes were
taking leading role in the battle
for air control over the island ap-
proaches to Australia including a
new allied bombing attack on the
Japanese held base of Koepa.lg on
Timor Island.
Apparently renewing their thruSts
toward the American supply line
TO Australia japanese flying boats
in groups of three and IA, bombed
Tulagi and Florida, in the Solomon
islands, without causing important
material damage, but killing three
natives at Florida.
JAPS PREPARE
Developments emphasized that
the japanese were preparing as
fast as they could for an all-out
attack on Port Moresby and the
north Australian coast, before rap
idly mounting American fighting
power can turn the tide.
The extent of that American
striking power-heretofore hidden
by military censorship-waS indicat-
ed today when correspondents were
permitted to say that:
Macarthur, safely in Australia
after a perilous z,vO0-mile flight
over Clemy-held areas, has assum-
ed command of aggressive allied
forces that include the best types
of American war planes, as we'll as
flying fortresSes operating from
secret bases on the ncrth coast.
A mighty river" of supplies from
America is rolling into this con-
tinent.
MORE AMERICANS
American soldiers in uniform out
number Australian soldiers as much
as three to one in some cities
The battle for Australia, when it
gets into full swing, will be largely
an American show.
Train loads of reinforcements
have moved up to the potential
battlefields and tremendous work
has been done in Transforming desc
late Australian wastes into fort
resseS from which the most de-
vastating military offensive Of this
or any other war may be launched
American forces have spread over
one defense sector of 100 square
miles. bolstered by Ship!oads of
American airmen and tecl.nicians
Continued on Page 6: Column 81
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-18
Speaking OF Dogs

Speaking OF Dogs
The woman who advertised in the
PoSt-PreSs for a home for a bull
terrier now has another problem
on her hands She received nine Of
ferS.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-18
!. v. Rural Fire
Fighters Set Up

Organization of rural fire fighting units is progressing
rapidly, said Farm Advisor Frank Beyschag Wednesday,
with two set up this week and due to be
organized by Friday.
The Westside district met Monday night at the school
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-18

For Shame
Sheriff Robert w. Ware was try
ing to exp'l why he wanted the
county pigeon control ordinance
changed SO that all pigeons instead
CT Just carrier pigeons would be
included.
IT'S this way" he told Deputy
District Attorney c. Halliday. the
ordinance was drawn so that we
could confiScate carrier pigeon
only. We haven't any pigeon ex-
perts in the sheriff's department.
Pigeons are just pigeons to us. If
we try to differentiate, we may
miss a carrier pigeon used to de-
liver messages to the enemy
why not confiscate the lofts of
Carrier pigeons and let others
alone?" Halliday suggested
That isn't any help" Ware in
sisted. Those carrier pigeons move
in and live with the ordinary ones
without benefit of Clergy"
Perfect Description
A new phase "ning the rounds f.
bidding around"
Tire Conservation
There is one El Centro family
that has gone all out for tire con-
Servation.
Papa does the pedalling and guild
ing. He carries daughter on the
handle bars Mama rides on the
back, holding baby in her arms,
In Honor Of
Pat Patton has a new nameSake
Because his nameSake is feminine,
the pup was named Patty.
Tuesday Pat Patton and Jerry
Cravey took a drive on the desert
northwest of El Centre. They found
four puppies in nest far back out
of sight under a ditch bank
Cravey adopted one of the puDs
and named her Patty, partly in
honor of Patton and as a sort of
gesture to st. Patricks day.
The pup didn't mind being adopt
ed but Cravey's midget dog, Nancy
is mad as anything. She glanced
up and saw Cravey carrying to i
tcrloper into the house and retired
into her dog house. She hasn't come
out yet. Patty to her is just a pain
in the neck.
Speaking OF Dogs
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-18

Perfect Description
A new phase ooing the rounds f.
bidding around"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-18
Bank Debts

El csntro Business Barometer
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-18

Maximum Tuesday II, Minimum
Wednesday Al; pm. Tuesday 73.
humidity 80; c.m. Wednesday 81,
humidity IS; Noon Wednesday 73,
humidity %.
LOS ANGELES HAY
U. S. No. / S24.5O-25.5O: US. No. 2
leafy Nv. S24-24.5O; u S No 2 $2I-
$3.50. Mpls flax S2.6512.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-11-09
Home Economics Groups
Stress Good Attitudes

Ypsilantl High Schools many
phases of home economics are pre-
sented with the idea that desirable
attitudes toward homemaking, as
well as good work habits. will be
formed. With this in mind, four
year course is offered
All seventh and eighth grade girls
take a semester each of foods and
clothing. All other work is cleo
tive, consisting OF semester OF
foods and a semester OF clothing
in the ninth grade followed by a
full year of one or the other with
the ninth grade course as a prer-
quisite. Some girls take both OF
the advanced courses, which means
that they really have five years Of
home economics training.
The foods courses are planned &C
cording to meals. All classes stu
DIV the reasons for needing food,
the classes OF foods needed and
the sources of each. The seventh
grade studies the preparation and
serving of breakfast. Eighth grade
work is planned around the prepare
ton OF luncheons, while dinners
and food for special occasions occu-
by the ninth grade. Pupils serve
at teas. luncheon and various otheer
activities in which the foods de-
The advanced class has more tech
nical subject matter, hudgeting,
partment takes ap romisent part.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-11-09

marketing. quantity cookery (pro-
viding actual experience in menu
making and preparation of food
for the school cafeteria) and ca
reers, a study OF opportunities upen
to persons interested in working
with food.
In the seventh and eighth grade
clothing classes. much of the time
is spent in learning to use sewing
equipment and in learning simple
construction processes. In the
ninth grade there are more difficult
construction problems suchr as
making pajamas, dresses and "A
child's garment, as well as groom
ing and etiquet studies. The adj
vanced class gives an opportunity
for many types of problems, among
which are clothing budgeting, plan
ming and making wool and silk gar
ments, making over or renovating
old clothing. making child's gar
ment, a comparison OF garments
made at home with ready to wear
garments, studying home decora-
ton, and designing a simple gar
ment on a dress form.
In all clothing classes the selec-
ton of becoming clothing, as well
as proper care of clothes on hand,
is stressed.
Although there are no boys
classes, two or three have enrolled
in the food courses.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-11-09

During the past year the people
Of this area were asked TO turn
their clocks ahead one hour. The
idea was TO make the greatest pos.
sible use OF the day light hours.
The schools followed in this pro
gram, believing It would be NOR
convenient for its patrons TO have
only one schedule to keep for both
work and school.
As the days shortened. many pu-
pills we're leaving their homes In
seml-darkness to reach school in
time for classes This created
safety hazard for students. To
help correct this situation a new
time schedule was adopted for
1929.
The Elementary Schools are
operating on the following SEIZED.
ule.
Kindergarten. morning. gil %;
afternoon 1:15-3:20
First grade, morning 9.11:30; az.
ternoon l:1b-3:25.
Second grade. morning, 9-1l:35;
afternoon. i:l5-3:30.