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Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-09
Cossack Heroisnl
Saved Moscow in
lis Gravest Hour
Your Order Obeyed; The
Positions in Our Hands
Officer Tells Stain,

LONDON, Jan. 8. (UP)-
The daring and courage of
Russia's Cossacks stemmed
the German drive on Moscow
at a critical moment and
turned the Soviet retreat into a
general offensive, Radio Moscow
revealed today.
The Soviet announced told this
story:
Moscow seemed practically in
bony Fascist hand" on Dec. 5 when
the field telephone rang in the
headquarters of certain CoSSack
division on the central front
From the Russian general head
quarters, >the CoSsack commander
heard a familiar voice presumably
Premier Josef V. Stalin).
The fate Of Moscow can be de-
cided by your Cossack regiments. y
the voice declared It's up to you
and the Cossacks-we count on
you"
HISTORIC ANSWER
1T shall be done the Cossack
commander replied. Then he turned
to his men with this order:
"CossaCkS, forward! Follow me.
Seven times the CoSsacks hurled
against the German forces without
successes. On their eighth assault,
the COssacks drove the Germans
from their advance positions.
The Germans couldn't stand up
against that forest of steel in the
hands OF these gallant horsemen,
the announcer said. They created
havoc in the German ranks with
their SabreS. The Germans were
broken by this great attack and il
wasn't long before they were in
retreat with the Cossacks on their
heels
AN HISTORIC REPORT
All strategic positions were recap
| tured. but the CoSSack leader Way
wounded gravely. He was rushec
to field telephone to make hi,
final report TO general headquar
Continued on Page 2; Column 5
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-09
It's An Ill Wind

r. E. Couch is OF the opinion
that food rationing, if and when ii
GENES, will cause title unhappi-
ness in the United States.
"All the women have diets to
keep them thin anyway" he sale
Food rationing would do the job
lot better"
He's right, at thai. And it vii.
be popular with the female diet
ers, too. Goodybe bay windows.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-09
Ask The Government

In a letter Miss Estella Falla re-
ceived Friday from ner siSter-ln-
law, Mrs Kathleen Falla of Oak
land. were theSe sentences.
"SOmeCne asked me if false teeth
would keep men out of the service
Why should it? They don't BITE
the enemy. They shoot them"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-09
Officials Urge
Seizure of Farms
HeIdby Japanese
Plan Offered Here Would 60 Farther
Than State Propose! for Cus+odianship
OfProper+y Under Federal Supervision

Outright seizure of all Imperial Valley lands owned o
operated by japanese aliens and administration Of tn
aliens affairs by the federal government, being ad
vocated Friday by local agricultural officials.
The proposal goes far beyond plan offered in Sacra
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-09
Air Hero Ranked
Greatest Youth
Colin Kelly Foremost Young American
AsResu|t Of Exploit in Sinking Jap
Ba++|eship; Other Greats Selected

CHICAGO Jan 9. (UP)-Capt. Colin P. Kelly, jr, the
26year-od army fer who lost his life in DESTROYING
Japanese battleship off today named foremost
among Americas 10 outstanding young men of 1941.
Fixture the Official magazine Of the u S. Junior Cham
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-09
The Impossible

Another killer diller of a letter
was received at the California
Highway Patrol headquarters in E.
Centric. 1t came from Durant
Okla. .,and was addressed to the
Vehicle company. The letter said
will you send me my car pepper
it is 1881 Durant of you have seno
thin we haycr reccy thin from
John Doe"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-09
Heavy Tanks Hit
British on Road
ToKeyNovy Base
Allies Strike Back on Far Eastern Sea
Front But ImperiaIs Admit Serious
ASPECT as Foe Smashes Thru Lines
= By UNITED PRESS

The united nations struck at the Axis from Japanese
waters to Russia and North Africa Friday but Japans
fu-scae general offensive pounded with relentless fury
against the outer defenses of Singapore.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-09
AN HISTORIC REPORT
School Machine
Facilities Poor

FL Centric said to be the only city in Imperial Valley
with two full time public school agricultural instructors
Friday was revealed being of the most poorly
equipped for participating in statewide campaign to
train farmers in the maintenance and repair of their
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-09
Pair Convicted
In Poker Murder
Young Hitchhikers Sentenced to Prison
For Five Years TO Life for Beating
EI Cen+ran TO Death Last November

Weldon Keeling and Joseph Sanders, young htchhkers
were sentenced to San Quentin penentiary for tern
of five to life for beating George H. Orahood to deatl
in FL Ccntro last November
Sunewior count inrN late ThurSdaN might found th.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-09
TEMPERATURE

Maximum Thurs. 81. Minimum
Fri. 40. 5 pm. Thurs. So, humidity
81. 5 am. Fri. Al, humidity II
Noon Fri. "a, humidity 35.
LOS ANGELES HAY
u. S. No. l S22.-23; U. s. No. 2
Leafy 1. v. S20-22. U. s. No. 2
S165O-17.5O. Mpls. May flax S2.06l..
Evening star., 1942-05-17
| Cash PriseS Are
| offered for Best
| Contributions

Five prizes of 81 each are awarded
in every issue of The Junior Star
for the best original stories, articles
poems and cartoons by boys and
girls of high school age or under
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prize winners or not, are eligible
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Der and school of the author
Written contributions must be on
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publication of their contributions
No contributions will be returned.
Writers of stories and articles
which, in the opinion of the editor,
are of sufficient merit will be given
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revoke those already issued, when
ever such action appears advisable.
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Evening star., 1942-05-17
Wings for
Youth
BY /. r. HEGEL.

What can private pilots expect in
the way of training and duties now
that America is in the war?
r. Paul Weesner of the Federal
Flying Club of Washington answers
this question clearly and concisely.
Says he: Pleasure flying, in my
opinion, is on the way out. All fly
ing should now be done for a pur-
pose-training, patrol, courier serv-
ice. ETC.
"As I see it, the Government is
giving private flying an opportunity
to prove its worth. Certainly, it has
place in the war effort, and it is
up to us to see that the opportunity
is not muffed Through the efforts
Of the National Aeronautics ASso-
citation and other flying organiza-
tions, the establishment of a civil
air patrol has been authorized. It's
success will depend largely upon the
manner and extent of cooperation
by private flying itself.
II predict that If civilian flyers
cooperate and take the matter
SeIIOuSly, Ile ueleIlSe program Will
benefit"
Mr.. Weesner assures us that the
civil air patrol is not limited to
holders of licenses. Any person in
terested in aviation can find a place
in the organization. Units will be
trained in first aid, airport protec-
ton. aerial navigation, map and air
photograph reading, meteorology,
aviation, communications, aircraft
maintenance and service operations.
Already. thousands of applications
from all over the country are pour
ing in. 1t may be that you have
had the special training that will
At you in. OF you may secure
training for the position you hope
to hold some day.
Evening star., 1942-05-17

first lunch period every Wednesday.
All ninth-graders, the boys are
not ashamed to practice cooking.
School emphasis on nutrition has
convinced them food ranks in i'm
portance with exercise. When plans
for drill and physical exercise after
school were temporarily held up,
they turned to study of food.
After ALL said Richard Garner,
club president, IAN army marches
on its stomach"
During the first semester the
hoy5 learned to make salads, buns
end gingerbread. At Christmas
time, they made apple dumplings
and fruit-cake oranges to take home
to their mothers. Halfway through
the course. they began TO wear huge
white chefs caps and aprons made
for them in the girls sewing classes.
Voting to continue the club the
second semester, the boys concen-
trated the first few weeks on break
fast. They tried a new course each
Wednesday, from fruit to cereal and
eggs. Most popular lesson was max
ing golden brown waffles.
Now they have gone back to lunch
dishes again. They have learned to
make soups, more salads, simple
hot dishes, such as macaroni and
cheese, and desserts. The picture
above shows the boys in the midst
of preparing a fruit salad. Fresh
pineapple, strawberries, oranges,
grapefruit, bananas and pears later
were served on lettuce with honey
French dressing.
The boys prepare the food and
clean up afterwards as ably as the
girls do. Mrs. Cook declared. Their
taste Of domestic work in school,
she reported, has set some of them
to helping their mothers more at
home, particularly with the dishes.
According to Richard. the club is
set up like this: Secretary Bill
Peake calls the roll. The boys are
divided into four groups, with a
table manager for each group to
assign every member a duty. Mrs.
Cook directs the cooking end, and
the table managers the systematic
cleanup job.
Bill sometimes sneaks outside to
Evening star., 1942-05-17

some odd broken pieces Of pottery.
I picked some pieces up and took
them home. later found out that
they had belonged to Indians who
lived there about 300 years ago. MY
brother George and I often made
visits there to hunt arrow heads,
pottery and bones.
George and I had many exciting
moments hunting for rabbits and
prairie dogs. We hiked, flshed, rode
on the mesa lands and climbed to
the tops Of mountains.
We also made roundup trips with
the cowboys, which proved very ex-
citing. We learned several ways to
round up the horses and cattle. The
best method for catching horses Is
to corner the leader Of the herd.
The others will follow.
Jose, one of the Spanish cowboys.
used to make trips with us. He was
a stunt rider and taught us many
OF his tricks.
Roping wasn't meant for me at all.
but George took a fancy tc it. The
cowboys always liked to show off
with roping. and most of them were
very good at it.
One day. after I had dinner, I
went out to get Blackie and found
he was gone My heart nearly
dropped to the ground. I spent the
rest of the day looking for him. I
searched everywhere, and had every
one helping me, but we couldn't find
him. When it got late, I went to
bed planning to get up early and
continue the search. When I was
nearly asleep, I heard Blackie's
neigh. ran out and put him in
the corral. After that, I watched
him very closely.
George and I got wood every
morning for cooking. This daily
chore was not bad because the
mornings were pleasant. 1t was al
ways cool in the morning and eve
ming, but hot during the rest of the
day.
We often made trips to Santa Fe.
This old Spanish city had narrow
streets and old buildings and
churches. One of the houses there
is said to be the oldest in the United
States.
Blackie seemed to come first with
me, and everything else next. espe-
cially wish I had him now that our
tires are wearing thin. Some day I
plan to 60 back to the ranch and
Blackie.
Evening star., 1942-05-17


war effort.
OF course, you're already saving
War stamps. But how are you
getting the money to buy them? If
you're just letting some adult give
it to you, you're not making the
contribution you can. You're just
taking money that the other person
could use to buy his own stamps and
bonds.
The answer, of course, is to make
some money on your own. With
summer vacation coming up, you
can't contend that you don't have
the time or the opportunity. You
obviously have the time, and there
are twice as many ways for boys
and girls to make money in the sum-
mer as there are in the colder
seasons.
Get q Job.
If you can get a job, your problem
is solved. If you can't, it's up to you
to figure out your own way of turn
ing a few dollars. But don't give up
on the job until you've investigated
the possibilities of selling news
papers, delivering kilograms or groc-
cries, or working in a store. A lot Of
stamps can be bought with the
money made by hard-working boys
and girls in those Jobs.
But maybe you've looked into
every possible job and you can't find
one. Well, why not make your own
job?
First, consider your hobbies. Do
you ever make anything for fun,
like artificial flowers or model air
planes2 Take q couple of your best
products and be sure your friends
see them. In q surprising number
OF cases, hobbies have been turned
into money-makers because pros
pective customers themselves got
the idea of buying something with
out any selling whatsoever by the
maker.
Are you capable with a camera?
Or do you have your own develop
Evening star., 1942-05-17

Perry Walters. uS-again as the
guests of DR.. Mann-at the Shriners'
circus about three months later!
The children with whom I visited
both the Zoo and the circus are
members of a "homebound" class
taught by Miss Mary Alice Ankers.
We cannot go to school, SO Miss
Ankers teaches us in our homes. I
am in the fourth grade.
Naturally, we were delighted
when we learned that we were to
go to the Zoo with our mothers
and the teacher Some of us had
never seen the Zoo, and all agreed
that the visit would help our nature
studies. I love to study nature
especially birds.
While we ate lunch on the lawn
In front of the duck and swan lake,
DR.. Mann told us about some Of
the animals under his care. There
are 2.400 animals in the Zoo-1 900
different kinds.
DR.. Mann also told us of some
CT his hunting expeditions in Africa
and other distant places. Somehow,
the talk got around to circuses,
and some of US said we never had
seen cne. It was then that DR..
Mann invited us to go to the Shrine
ci-cHs with him.
kt the circus we had seats from
which We could see everything
and, believe me, there was plenty to
see. We saw lions, seals, dogs, horses,
bears, elephants, a crocodile, mon
key, snake, rabbit, alligator and
pony named Kitty. The two bears
rode on bicycles, the elephant act
ed drunk and danced, the lion
turned over and over and around
and around. The four seals played
ball on stools; they also played
"The Star-Spangled Banner" on
drums and bugle There was a
clown named Bumsy-in fact, there
were so many interesting and ex-
citing things that a few words
cannot describe them all.
Perhaps the most exciting thing
WIS the intrCductionS to scme of
the performers. DR.. Mann kent in
Producing them. enc after another
Cl~de Beatty. the wild animal train
er: Milt Taylor, a funny clown, and
a l0t of Others.
1t was the most fun I've had since
had infantile paralysis, more than
four years ago. Ever since I came
home, after year in the Richmond
(Va0 hospital, have made it rule
to let no day 60 by without smiling.
The day of the circus I did enough
smiling for at least a week!
Evening star., 1942-05-17


was performing in New York, where
We then lived
I began to collect various magic
tricks when I was about 7. Now l
have about 20 tricks. including a
disappearing coin. a floating wand
and a rising match. I also have a
high silk hat, just like a real
magician uses.
So far. have performed my tricks
only for my family and friends.
Later, I hope to give magic shows
for the entertainment Of all the
children in my neighborhood who
care to come. That will be real
fun
Right now, I am saving up to
buy a rising card trick. In this
trick, a spectator chooses a card
from a deck, shows 1t to the audience
and then replaces it without the
magician seeing it. Then. at the
command of the magician, the card
Evening star., 1942-05-17

rises from the pack and floats into
the magician's hand.
OF course, I realize there Is no
such thing as magic-real magic,
I mean. It's all make believe. But,
just the same, it is a fascinating
hobby, and I love it.
After sending the above story to
The Junior Star, was invited by the
editor to go to his Office and
demonstrate few of my tricks.
asked him to write his initials on
a piece of paper. He burned the
paper in his ash tray. Then, with
a few magic words and a wave of
my wand, made his initials appear
on a small slate that I held in my
hand. He certainly looked bafhed!
Editors Note: He iodsU
Evening star., 1942-05-17
Riddles

/. What can you throw in pond
without it getting wet?-Elnora M
Burch.
2. What has every one seen but
will never see again?-Carolyn
Wagner.
8. Why do carpenters believe
there is no such thing as stone?-
Elizabeth Anne Clark.
4. What is it that belongs to
you. but is used by every one else
more than by you?-Elnora M.
Burch.
5. Why should you never put a
clock at the head of the stairs?-
Harold R. Manning.
Evening star., 1942-05-17

and taken back on his cruises what
he learned at the Taft stoves.
Members of the club, besides
Richard and Bill, are Paul Haughos,
Gene and Jack Hoffmaster, Clyde
Hopkins. Arthur Robson. Jimmy
Smith, Warren Walker, Henry Haag,
Charles Chuck Hegstrum, Stanley
Hinson, Harry Jones, Paul Miller,
Robert Jeffery, Jack Wright, Tom
Peyton, Morrison McCurdy, Gordon
Wright and Wayne Peterson.
Evening star., 1942-05-17
Land of the Free
Prize Contribution
By VIRGINIA THOMAS. II,
Washington-Lee High School.

WaSnlneton-bee hlgH SCHOOL.
Arlington. Va.
Poelns are read, songs are sung,
But none at the point Of gun.
Americans all can shout with glee-
They live in America, the land of
the free!
There is no leader we have TO fear.
Nor are We forced to salute and
cheer
We learn in church, and in the
school,
This is the land where the people
rule
Freedom of speech, freedom Of press,
Free to have love, JOY and rest;
The reason is plain for all to see
This is the land, the land of the
free!
We should give thanks to God above,
Thanks for America, the land we
love.
Where is this land where we love
to be?
America-yes, America, the land Of
the free!
Evening star., 1942-05-17
Victory
Bx HELENE SCHER. Ii.

BY HELENE SCHER, Is,
Stuart Junior High School.
V-is for the valiant way we're
fighting;
lis for those islands that were
crossed:
C-means that the caissons still are
rolling;
It's for the thousands we have
lost;
O-is for the ocean where they're
fighting;
R-mesns right. and right we'll
always be;
Y-is that we're young, and youth
won't perish
Nor will the land that means so
much TO me!
Evening star., 1942-05-17

give a tidbit to his tan-and-white
dog Toby. Toby accompanies him
to all his other classes. even get
ting a report card in one. But. Bill
declared gravely, Toby doesn't take
cooking"
Besides the home application of
what they have learned in school,
the boys use their cooking lessons
in scouting hikes. One member, a
Sea Scout, has brought a couple
of nautical specialties to the class
Evening star., 1942-05-17

ABOUT o UllleS
out Of Santa Fe
There I had a
horse named
B | a C kie, on
which I took a
long ride every
day. Bl a C k / e
was one of the
best ors s I
have ever rid
den. We h a d
perfect times to-
gether.
I still remem-
Der the day I
was out riding
and dicnnuered
Evening star., 1942-05-17

welding mixing
spoons ins t e a d
of rifles.
Twenty W er e
not enough, they
found, to form a
cadet company.
They decided to
S tudy cooking
instead. forming
a club under
Mrs. Laurel D.
4 o o K, domestic
science teacher
Now the boys
cook, eat and
clean up their
Evening star., 1942-05-17
Uncle Rays
Corner

In most parts of Canada, flrefies
are not to be seen, but they are q
common sight on warm summer
evenings in many sections of the
United States. In Mexico and in
South America, they appear in great
number and many forms.
Fireflies are beetles which give
forth flashing lights. Usually, they
are seen in and around marshes
but sometimes they are to be seen
in woods and fields.
If you touch the chimney Of an
oil lamp, or a glowing electric bulb,
you will find it warm. In lights
made by man, much heat is given
forth, but nature has supplied the
firefy with a cold light. The light
Is located in the insects abdomen.
The firefiy's abdomen has tiny
air tubes which carry air to places
where it touches fat tissue. The
oxygen in the air combines in some
manner with the fat, and this has
been given as the reason light Is
produced.
About 80 kinds Of f1ref1ies are
known. Some of them are found
on certain Pacific islands.
The railway beetle" of Paraguay
is a close relative of the FREELY
family. 1t has red light at each
end of its body, and green lights
on the sides. Such beetle might
be used as stop-and-go sign for
toy automobiles!
Glow worms give the same kind
of light as firef1ies. Some Of them
are the young, or larvae, Of fire.
flies. Others are full-grown female
firef1ies.
In South America, flreflies and
glow worms have been placed in
small bottles or other containers
and have served to provide light,
for people travelling through the
jungles. In some Latin American
countries, Indian women use fire.
flies or glow worms to decorate
their hair, and to make their BRACE
lets and anklets shine at night.
Weekly Quiz.
l. What kind of dry grass has
been used in South America to
make boats?
2. What does the plant called
sguayule" produce?
3. Which country produces the
most rice?
4. What Is the worlds nghtest
wood?
u~eA eaa
Evening star., 1942-05-17

visit. You see, l
was one of a
group of Grip
pl e d children
from Fairfax
c ou n t y, Va,
who toured the
Zoo as t h e
guests of its di-
rector, DR.. Will
liam M. Mann.
And the best
part of the
whole thing was
that it resulted
in front -row W
seats for all Of
Evening star., 1942-05-17
What Are You Doing 10
Help Pay for Victory?
BY FRED w. HE!SCK.

When the first person make the remark about Nothing
death and that wisdom he forgot
equally That huge quantities
armed afraid
other grownup capacities make their most mpo
Evening star., 1942-05-17
Prize Contribution
BY BOBBY STEVENS, 13,

Twenty boys at Taft Junior High
School who enlisted in cadet drill
club last fall have ended up wearing
chefs caps instead of uniforms and
Evening star., 1942-05-17
Prize Contribu ton
By MARION T. FINN, 8,

Magic which my hobbies began India At that many
used for evil for entertainment Is
the
Of Christianity,
interested hobby after watching father
Evening star., 1942-05-17
Wilson Pupil
Recalls Fun
On Ranch
Wishes for Horse
Now That Tires
Are Worn Thin
Prize Contribution
BY BARBARA HAUTER, Is

A little over a year ago lived for
while on small cattle ranch in
New Mexico. This ranch, named La
Iona, was in the mountains and
Evening star., 1942-05-17
'HOnebOund'
Class Enjoys
Visit to Zoo
Crippled Children
Also See Circus
With DR.. Mann
Prize Contribution
BY PEGGY WALTERS, 10,
Oakton, Va.

Thousands Of people in Washing
ton go to the Zoo every year, but
doubt that any of them have as
much fun as I had on my first
Evening star., 1942-05-17
Internal Trouble

II hear the generals sick. What's
wrong with him?"
"Oh, things in general"
Evening star., 1942-05-17

Riddle AnsWers
/. Your shadow. 2. Yesterday
3. They never saw 1t. 1. Your name
s. Il might run down.
Evening star., 1942-05-17

Uncle Rays Qniz AnSWers
/. Straw. 2. Rubber. 8. China
4. Balsa.