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Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-21
IT'S GHOSTS
They, Too, Give Rubber

Ssssssssssssh! Can you beat this? ?
Evergreen cemetery Saturday
gave up hundreds of pounds of scrap
rubber to the national salvage
campaign.
The abode of the dead between
FL Centro and Holtyille has many
we'll curbings where the outside was
lined with old fashioned hard rub
ber tires.
Mrs. George Whitcher, wife of
the caretaker at the cemetery, look
cd the situation over and decided
there was no use to waste all that
valuable rubber. Whitcher called
Sheriff Robert w. Ware and he
sent a chain gang to get the rub
Der from the we'll curbings.
The Immediately struck 9, snag.
The tires were cemented to the
curbings. Now the chain gang mem
bers are using bloWtorches to melt
cff the rubber and salvage it for
the campaign.
16 YEARS OLD
Something else will be used to
replace the rubber which was ce-
mented to the curbngs approx
matnly Is years ago
The scrap rubber campaign, it
will be noted is nothing if not
thorough.
Pacific coast official tabulations
for the collections was $4,000 tons
as of Friday. Imperial Valley totals
we're unavailable Saturday but will
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-21

be announced Monday, the close
of the first week of the two weeks
campaign ordered by President
Roosevelt to stave off gasoline ra-
tioning as a means of preserving
the rubber tires now in use.
The scrap rubber quota for Cali
forna, Oregon, Washington, Neva-
Ga, Arizona, Hawaii and Alaska
was set at 100000 tons, a commit
tee from the petroleum industry
said. The petroleum industry is
bearing the expense of the cam
paign as its contribution to the
war effort
H. D. Collier. president of The
Standard Oil company of Califor-
MIA. said that if the national drive
yielded 1.500,000 tons of rubber,
there would be enough remaining
to keep 20,OO0,0O0 to 25,OO0O00 cars
running for the next two years
william F.. Humphrey, comm ttee
chairman and president of the Tide
water Associated Oil company, urg-
ed motorists to turn in all unneC-
esSary rubber accessories on their
cars, such as rubber floor mats.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-21
10Per Cent Tax
Deduction 0kayed
By Ways Committee
Treasury Proposal for
Payroll Slice Written
Into Income Levy Bill

WASHINGTON, June 20
UP)-The house ways and
means committee today for
mally killed the proposed
war sales tax for the present
and voted to adopt the treasury's
plan for partial pay as you earn
collection of individual income
taxes.
Chairman Robert L. Doughton
D. N. c., announced that the COM
mittee had approved the treasury's
proposal for individual income tax
withholding to start next Jan. l
as finally modified by Treasury Tax
Expert Randolph Paul late yester-
day.
I'VE also voted not to consider
a general sales or consumption tax
in this BILL Doughton added.
There has been some talk in con-
gresS of separate consideration OF
a sales tax later,
The plan for tax Withholding pro-
vides for payroll deductions start
ingin 1943 Of 10 per cent of each
individuals income over and above
his personal exemption.
Half of this withheld amount
will be credited to taxes on 194f
income; half to taxes on 1943 in
come.
The taxpayer will be required tc
pay the balance of his 1912 taxes
in four quarterly installments next
year and then on March Is, 1914
pay in a lump sum the five pei
cent of his taxable income which
had been credited to 1912 taxes
plus one quarter of what he still
owes on 1943 taxes after part OF
this taxes have been withheld.
The reason for the treasury's ex-
ceedingly complex Withholding plan
Paul explained to the committee
was to spread over two years, l94s
and 1914, the double tax burden
that would otherwise fall in ont
year, 1943 under the treasurys orig
inal Withholding plan.
The committee has virtually fin
ished work on the bill except fol
technicalities.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-21
Political DeadIine
Passes With Scant
Changes in County
Only Two Major |. Y.
OfficehOlders Face
August Competition

Imperial county's political
picture was almost unchang-
ed Saturday after passing of
the noon deadline for filing
nomination petitions and res
idents looked toward the primary
election Aug. 25 without much hope
of excitement to enliven the sum-
mer.
Mark Rose of Imperial county,
John G. Phillips, Delbert Crane, and
S. D. Arner had petitions filed in
Imperial county announcing they
will be candidates for congressman
from the Imperial-Riverside- Orange
congressional district
Harvey Hastain of BraWley will
run for reelection as assemblyman
from Imperial county. Republican
and Democratic petitions were filed
for him. He will run unoppoSed.
Sheriff Robert w. Ware and
Mrs. Evalyn Westerfield, county re-
corder, are the only major county
officials with opposition. The sheriff
is opposed by A. H. Hens and Mrs.
Westerfield by Joseph F.. Mayfield
The only new township office pc
tition filed Saturday was filed by
Thomas j. Murphy, who will oppose
Constable William O'Brien of BraW-
ley.
Those who filed for Republican
Central committee in Ell Centre
were Frank Birkhauser, r. C. Glenn
ons, John L. Dubois, Laurence E.
Hartzog, John C. Raymond, G. E.
Sones, and Robert Rayburn.
Brawley filings for Democratic
committeeman included j. Lon
Cromer, Fletcher w. Greer, Lever
cite d. House, James C. SimonS,
Roland G.. Skipper. The Republican
committee filings included 3. F.
Grubel Joseph G.. Writ. James r.
Thompson, Alfred l.. Gieselmann,
Louis G. Hausman, and George Gut
shaw
Calexico's Democratic committee
filings were c. C. Rambo, Naseeb
J. Sleem, Doris Carroll, and Herbert
w. Going. The Republican includ-
ed Fern l.. Young, Dr.. T. E. Bar
tholomeW, T. E. Anderson, andIoyd
Loudon.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-21
Collector. Maybe

NOTTINGHAM, Eng, June 20
UP)--A strange man called on
Mrs. Mabel Foulkes yesterday, said
he had come at the request of a
friend of hers to examine her
teeth, then pushed her into chair,
extracted one of her teeth and ran
out of the house, shouting.
What a beauty!"
Police said the man had men,
toned the name of the friend. He
said he found one of her teeth in
fected, produced forceps from his
pocket and showed 1t into her
mouth before she could protest
Mrs. Foulkes' sister, who was a
witness, ran for help but it was too
late. Mrs. Foulkes tainted.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-21

L. Stimson announced in February
that such permission no longer was
necessary.
Dispatches from Ireland and Aus
tralia have revealed marriages of a
few U. S. Army men stationed in
those countries. Authorities have
warned prospective brides of Amer
ican soldiers in foreign lands, how
ever, that they would not acquire
American citizenship automatically
with their marriage and that they
must go through the regular immi-
grafton channels to follow their
husbands be back to this country.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-21
Bridges Says He
Cant Be Deported

SYRACUSE, N. Y, June 90 tUP)
An appeal in behalf of Harry
Bridges was on its way to President
Roosevelt today after the West Coast
CIO leader declared "Biddle will
never deport me, 1t can't be done.
J The appeal was in the form of
resolution adopted by the New
York State Industrial union coun-
Gil of the CIO, in convention here
before which Bridges made a sur
Nprise visit. President Roosevelt was
asked to intervene to prevent a
miscarriage of Justice.
Bridges recently ordered deport-
cd by Attorney General Biddle, said,
MY fight against Nazism and
Fascism knows no geographical
boundaries. Even If the decision is
upheld, l will find place to fight
among the working classes of the
world"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-21


Jessup's move left Attorney Cen
eral Earl Warren the outstanding
candidate in the COP race. 1ndi-
cations were that his only oppo-
nent would be Father William Riker
of the Holy City religious settlement,
a perennial candidate.
The Democrats also had narrowed
down the field to one candidate,
Gov. Culbert Olson. However, he
faced competition from Warren, who
cross-filed.
Also in the race for governor we're
Nathan T. Porter, veteran Los An
geles pension advocate, on the Re-
publican, Democratic and Town
send party tickets, and Roy Owens,
Ham and Eggs promoter, who filed
on the Democratic ticket.
Fred Oyster of Los Angeles, is
a candidate for the prohibition par
tvs gubernatorial nomination.
John II. Carter, Oakland attorney,
on whose behalf Democratic nomi-
mating petition bearing % names
was filed with the Secretary of
states office, announced his with
drawal from the race for governor.
Although today was the deadline
for filing candidates., county Of
ficials will have an additional five
days to certify the various papers
to the secretary of states office for
final qualification. The deadline
Continued on Page g. Column p
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-21
FL Centran Held
Prisoner By Japs

Thomas B. Armitage of Ell Cen
tro, structural steel worker, is held
prisoner by the Japanese at Shang-
hal, the United States war depart
ment announced Saturday.
He was among the 230 American
civilians, former Navy contractors
employees from Wake island
The war department gave no adj
ditional information or details
merely listing the names of the
prisoners and giving the names of
their next of kin.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-21
Mine Pioneer Dies
In Yuma Hospita!

YUMA, June 20. fUP) - Felix
Mayhew, 70, pioneer Yuma county
mining man who made a fortune
from his discovery CT the North
Star mine 70 miles northeast of
Yuma, died in Yuma hospital
yesterday.
Mayhem had suffered cuts and
bruises when his car overturned a
week ago but his death was believ-
ed due to complications of advanced
age.
MayheW received a fortune in
1906 from sale of the North Star
claims and subsequently millions of
dollars in gold were recovered from
the mine.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Carmelita Mayhem
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-21

sponsibility to manage the camps
Conflicting jurisdiction resulted
from the fact that the Army, the
work progress administration, war;
ton civilian control administration.
treasury procurement agency and
the U. S. engineering department
all have participated at times in
construction or management of the
project.
Savage said that since the war
relocation authority took control
few weeks ago there has been too
much effort to bring in friends to
manage the Japanese camps. ir-
respective of ability or efficiency"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-21
TripIet TripIets
Die in Wyoming

RAWLINS, Wyo., June 20-cuPl
The triplet Triplets arc dead.
The three tiny boys born pre-
maturely last Thursday to Mr.. and
Mrs. Reuel Triplett cf RaWlins dice
in an incubator at the RaWlinS hos
pital despite efforts of physicians
to save them.
The mother. 30 year old wife OF
RaWlins railroad brakeman. will
recover
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-21
Monzonor Morale Low as
AGENCIES Divide Control

PALO ALTO. June 20 CUP) -
Japanese at Manzanar, Calf. evac-
uation center, are faced with low
morale because of conflicting jur-
isdiction according to George w
Savage, Jr., Inyo county publisher.
He told results of his investigation
to the fifth annual Editors confer
ence of the California Newspaper
Publishers Association yesterday.
THE morale at Manzanar," Sa-
wage said, SIS at the lowest ebb
since the Japanese left their homes
and will be the cause of trouble
unless it is remedied. I feel that
the Army should be given full re-
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-21
Graham Voted Head
OF Civic Group

B NJ. Graham OF Brawley. CHAIR
man of the Imperial county board
Of supervisors, recently was elected
vice president of the Roads to Ro-
nance association and Supervisor
A. y, Preble and Tom Allen of
CaleXico were elected directors.
The association is dedicated to
attracting tourists and visitors to
southern California.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-21

No explanation was available at
the war department regarding the
reasons for issuance Of the order
J The brief announcement said
"rhe war department announced
today that no military personnel
on duty In any foreign country or
possession may marry without the
approval of the commanding officer
of the United States Army forces
stationed in such foreign country
or possession"
Prewar regulations required SOL
diers to obtain permission of their
commanding officer before marry
ing. But Secretary of War Henry
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-21
State Authorized
To Give Up Rubber

SACRAMENTO. June 20--CUP)-
State Director of Finance George
Killion today authorized all state
agencies and institutions to sell all
scrap rubber articles to aid in the
nationwide drive for rubber.
Schools, boards and commissions
we're urged to turn in all rubber
possible at the current price of one
cent per pound. The agencies will
be asked to report on the amount
of rubber collected.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-21

Ht1lutTSOn UOIu press COHltT-
ence that subsidies-a plan which
congress has rejected once but is
reconsidering-are necessary to sup
port ceilings at March levels and
to prevent suffering among con-
sumers and retailers.
He said he believes so strongly
in the idea of subsidies that he
would quit if necessary to see that
idea put into effect. He gave no
indication, however, that he did not
expect to win the battle for SUBJ
sides.
He said major threats" to price
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-21
George A. Taylor
Succumbs Here

Funeral services for George A,
Taylor, 81, farmer of the Heber
area who died in Ell Centre Friday
night, will be held in Ell Centro at
2:30 p. m. Sunday.
He was born in Warrensburg, Ma,
and had lived in Imperial Valley
for four years. His survivors in
clude his wife and seven children
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-21

Citizens of Tnyi county, Savage
said, are not satisfied with The
WRA's policies. Original promises
made by federal officials TO Inyo
county, he said. have not been full
filled. These include the promise
to retain complete federal legal
Jurisdiction to avoid expense TO the
thinly populated county
The publisher said II was hts be-
lief that about 30 per cent OF the
Japanese are quietly disloyal'. that
another 80 per cent are opportuns
lists without definite loyalities and
that 40 per cent are just az loyal
as any American citizens,
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-21
FiIipinos Pledge
Fight to Death

HONOLULU, June 20. CUP)-The
Filipinos, both men and women,
will continue their guerilla activities
until the invaders have been driven
from the islands, Lit Col. Carlos P,
Romulo, a former Manila publisher
and now an aide to Gen. Douglas
Macarthur, predicted today.
"Although of a sporadic guerilla
nature" the visiting publisher saio,
fighting still continues in the Phil
ippines. The Filipinos will never
give up to the Japanese.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-21

stabilization, besides the lack of
subsidies, remain in the yet un-
effectuated parts of President Roose-
velts anti-inflation program. These
include holding down agricultural
prices, sterilization of wages and
failure to reduce the inflationary
gap through any tax action to date,
Henderson said he had predicted
that as price administration he
would become the most unpopular
man in the country and he ad-
mitted that he was making prog
reSS."
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-21

Lost His Shirt
Of course, a man doesn't get
married every DAY We know that.
Walter Lancaster, Camp Seeley SOL
dier. was to be married Saturday
night to Melba Henry.
Friday night he appeared at the
FL Centre canteen for service men
and asked the women in charge if
they would take care of his best
uniform cap and a. brand new shirt
he intended to wear at the we'd
ding.
BE careful of those things the
prospective bri aegroom cautioned
the ladies. Don't let anything
happen to them. I'll be right back"
The hands went around the clock.
Minutes passed Hours passed. And
still no Lancaster after his we'd
ding shirt and best cap.
The ladies went into huddle. New
er let it be said they wouldn't do
everything possible to make the
wedding a success.
= They took the. shirt and cap to a
Dplace downtown that is open every
hour of the day and night. They
telephoned or left notes everywhere
they thought a soldier might go.
If he appeared for the ceremony
without a shirt and cap, it GER
tainly is no fault of the canteen
staff
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-21
Subsidies Urged
To Curb Prices

WASHINGTON, June 20. OJP)-Prce Administrators
Leon Henderson said today he would be willing to resign
if that necessary to obtain congressional enactment
of subsidies which he contends necessary to assist
certain industries in observing price ceilings.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-21
Alien Marriages
Under Army Curb

WASHINGTON, June 90. (UP)-Army personnel serv-
ing in foreign countries possessions may not marry
without the approval of the commanding officers of the
Dnted States Army forces stationed in the involved
the war department announced today.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-21
Governors Race NurroWs
sDoWn to Warren, Olson
As Filing Period Ends
Withdrawal Leaves Attorney General
Outstanding Candidate on Republican
Ticket; Other Contests Shaping Up

SACRAMENTO, June 20. (UP)-Withdrawa from the
gubenatoria of Roger W essup Los Angeles county
supervisor, highlighted political developments regis
and county clerks through the state closed their
books today to candidates seeking nomination IN
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-21
New Sub Attacks
Make Totu! 288
Ten Lives Lost as Axis U-Boats Keep
Up Hit-Run Offensive in West Atlantic:
Four More Ships Added to Big Toll
- BY UNITED PRESS

The sinking of four more United Nations ships-all
in the Caribbean searasod total of 288 the Allied
merchant vessels Axis submarines have the bottom
in western Atlantic waters since the middle January.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-21

News From The Front
A visitor from San Gabriel told
this one.
UP in San Gabriel they have two
piles of scrap rubber. One pile
towers toward the sky and is label
cd Donated The other is only
a sad, stingy looking little pile.
II is labeled "Chiseled."
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-21
InnperioIs Throw
Back 7St Thrust
On Desert Front
Germans Bat+erins Allied Defenders on
Libyan and Russian Fronts Despite
Losses Of 30, ,000in I5-Day Period
. By UNITED PRESS

The first Axis thrust to within 80 miles of the Egyptian
border turned back by British mechanical forces
Libya Saturday. but the Russian front the Red
hard pressed to withstand greater German
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-21

)Not So Hot
1t looks from here as though the
political campaigns in Imperial
county this summer will not be up
to their usual upper brackets as
10 heat. Only few skirmishes are
anticipated.
Which is just as well, maybe, con-
Sidering the war and all,
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-21
= AMBlINe
" EpoR1ER

Another Type
Eddie, have you any scrap rub
ber here?" John Fl. HaWley asked
Eddie Moore of a downtown pool
hall while out helping get grist
for the rubber salvage campaign.
"Yeh, lots of it," Moore said.
Fine" HaWley beamed, shall
send q truck? How much do you
have?'
oh" Moore squinted up one eye
and calculated swiftly, about $780,
600 worth of rubber checks"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-21

BUTTER-Los Angeles extra 38c; grade
sic; manufacturing milk f9c; route gathered cream
i0c.
L. A. HAY-U. S. No l $23-2350; u. s. No. 2
Ieafy l. v. S22-225O; No. 2 $2O5O-21; September
Flax $2.51A.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-21
WEATHER

Taximum Friday LOG, minimum Saturday SO; 5 pm.
riday 30, humidity 81; am. Saturday 72, humid
y 65; noon Saturday 9S humidity 20.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-21

Total Cash, Checks and Drafts Sent
Through The Two FL Centre Banks1
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-02
Case Of Bob Burns

Odds and Ends in the Enter
tainment World: The up and
downs of movie stardom are
perfectly illustrated by the case
of Bob Burns. He's still a
favorite radio personality. but
he was also one of the biggest
names in pictures only a couple
of years back
A succession Of poor films
hurt Burns tremendously. how
ever. and the going has been
uneven for him in movieland
ever since. But he's just as good
as he ever was. and tomorrow
the right part will undoubtedly
come along again Then what
happens
Every studio in Hollywood
will fight for that great Sensa-
tion--Bob Burns 80 Record !
liked best this week was Bra
zil' and "Anitras Dance" as
played by Fred Warning and
his orchestra With the
scarcity Of gasoline these days,
Fred Allen assures me that
hitch-hikers are coming down in
their demands. They are now
willing TO 60 either way!
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-02
New Ones COMING

The United Artists has a pic
ture which gives you a double
dose in the same groove. Ship
Alloy" which is sailing serenely
into its second week. has both
"eScapist" comedy with music
and laughter and also sinister
Nazi agents trying to rob our
government of a magnetic mine
If you scrape off the sugar
coating, which includes Tommy
Dorsey, Eleanor Powell and
Red Shelton. you'll find that
underneath lies plenty of melo-
drama.
With such varied tastes it
must be hard to try TO suit
every appetite. Part of the
public wants blood and thunder
and part of the public wants TO
laugh its cares away so Holly
wood is plenty puzzled.
OF the pictures to look for
ward to, apart from what your
particular taste is, are Mrs.
Miniver," due here shortly, and
Yankee Doodle Dandy" a lit
tier farther on.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-02
Two Champs in Action

Here and There in the World
of Sports. Two fistic champs 60
into action this week. In the
first bout. a non-title affair.
featherweight champion Chalky
Wright meets Allie Stolz al
Madison Square Garden next
Thursday
II should be a swell contest.
and our choice Is Wright
And in the second bout. for the
bantamweight title. Lou Salica
meets Manuel Ortiz i'm the
Hollywood Legion Stadium, at
Los Angeles. next Friday. Ortiz.
young and eager, hits a little too
hard for the veteran Salca and
figures 10 be the now bantam
weight king via the Knockout
route along about the eighth
round Dont say We didn't
tell YOU
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-02
Possibly Solution

Perhaps the solution lies in
giving us double features in two
different flavors, the way both
the Michigan and the Fox are
currently doing.
At the Michigan you have
Leslie Howard as an agent
provocateur, Mister "" operat-
ing right under the very noses
of the NaZis, with plenty of war
thrills. and if you Just sit there
long enough you find yourself
transported TO some remote
technicolor spot. Beyond the
Blue Horizon" where all you
have TO worry about is whether
Dorothy Lamour is letting her
sarong show,
At the Fox to offset the
grimly emotional pull of This
Above All. the fine film veT-
sion of the Eric Knight story
which is being held for a second
week. you have Flying With
Music" a musical with a Carib-
bean background and pretty
Marjorie Woodwork in the
foreground.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-02
Concert Toniqh+
At Belle Isle

Albert Mancini. well known De-
troit musician, will direct the De-
troit Federation of Musicians
municipal band concerts in Belle
Isle this week, starting tonight at
s O'clock.
The program.
Star Spsngled Banner
March "Invincible Eagle" Sousa
Overture, Student Prince Romberg
Novelty, Turkey In Straw Denmark
baritone solo. Tramp Tramp.
Tramp" Goldman
Clement Wallace, soloist
60 Clusters Last Charge" a de-
scriptive fantasy. Johnson
INTERMISSION
Selections from SHOW Boat Kern
H-WaltZ Medley Berlin
ta1Always Oh All Alone (cl Remember
9-Ht Parade OF 1912
tat Don't SIT Under the Apple Tree"
Lew Brown
(bl Sleepy Lagoon Eric Coates
tci "Breathless" Jacques Press
10 American Fantasia" Herbert
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-02
John Myers
7 ellis 7 ale Of
Adventure
By MARK HELLINGER

DANDOM Notes About Pie
II lures You're Seeing: Heart
warming and inspiring are the
words for The Pied Piper,
Nunnally Johnson's latest pro-
duction for Twentieth Century.
story Of a crotchcty Englishman
who unwillngly picks up chill
dren as he goes from the French
Alps 10 safety in his own land,
The Pied Piper is a most un-
usual war yarn; tender and
warm and often humorous.
Monty Woollcy, Roddy MacDow-
all. and Anne Baxter are fea-
turcd IN the piece - but it is
Woolley who walks of with
practically all honors.
The Pied Piper" is definitely
recommended.