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Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-20
Work on Fourth 81.
May Get Underway
Soon, Council Told
State Sends Contract
Outlining Proposed
Expenditures to Board

Months OF negotiation to
widen Fourth stheet south
of Orange avenue to 80 feet
had ended successfully on
Thursday, and the city of Ell
Centro was preparing to call for
bids to furnish the first materials
going into the highway reconstruc-
ton project.
Ell Centro's city council Wednes-
day night approved a contract form
submitted by the office of State
Highway Engineer E. E. Wallace,
under which: f.
MONEY SET ASIDE
The state highway department
agrees to allocate $22615.82 out of
the state share of the quarter-cent
gas tax set aside for work in this
area, to be used in construction.
The city agrees to add S2,465.19
from its share of the quarter-cent
gas tax, using money now accrued
and still to accrue to the city's cred
it. ALREADY accrued is $l,99744, with
the balance expected by next
April)
The city agrees, additionally, to
expend up to $4,000 to obtain nee
essary rights-of- to widen the
street.
simultaneously, the state arranged
to spend $4,000 on maintenance of
other state highway routes within
the city limits
CALLS FOR BIDS
With their longtime negotiations
at an end, the city's councilmen
moved rapidly to bring actual con-
struction into being. Public Works
Director Walter Heinecke was auth
Continued on Page 6, Col. 81
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City Valuation Up
S500,000, Figures
Of State Reveal
Total Assessed Value
Of Property in City
Over $13,OOO,OOO

Ell Centro's assessed valu-
alton showed a net gain
Thursday of $557,3O2 over
last year, City Clerk Neal
Gavin announced.
The final figure for the 1912 -43
fiscal year became available when
the state board of equalization sub
mitted its assessed valuation on
public utility property within the
city-property upon which the city
is not allowed to place a valuation,
but which pays tax revenue upon
basis fixed by the state board.
Public utility assessed valuation
for the current fiscal year was fixed
by the board of equalization at ST.
916,350, as against S1,636,5l0 last
year.
Added to valuations already fixed
by the city upon other property
the utility valuations brought the
total to $l3,327 ,3O5 this year, COM
pared to $l2,770003 last year.
The gain in assessed valuation of
public utility property was $277,840
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-20


He was asked by Sen. D. Worth
Clark, D., Ida, what efforts hi.
| firm had made to prevent Japanes,
seizure of valuable oil wells ane
equipment. Clark conceded thai
such scorched earth policy woulc
involve destruction of the company.
own property.
Parish said he was advised by
the Standard manager at Palem-
bang that parachute troops had at
tackled Standard refinery there
as well as some Royal Dutch Shell
refinerieS across river.
Parish said, however, tn I
through no fault of Shell or the
defending Dutch soldiers the re-
fineries across the river had been
seized by Japanese paratroops be-
fore destruction could be effectively
carried out.
During the German invasion OF
France, Parish said, Standard pro-
perties we're destroyed before they
fell into the hands of the Nazi
army.
Clark said his question was in
spired by radio address by Secre-
tary of Agriculture Claude r. Wick
ard in which Wickard said the wal
could not be won by keeping one
eye on the flag and another on
the pocketbook.
His question was an interlude in
series of verbal clashes between
committee counsel Creekmore Faith
Parish, and Frank Howard, presi-
dent of the Standard Development
company, over Standards relations
with I. G.. Farben, German chemical
trust.
Faith charged that the company
officials had given unclear teSti-
mony yesterday to the effect that
Standard had closed out all its re-
lations with I. G.. Farben in Sep
tember, 1899
Faith brought out that four of
the basic agreements between Stand
ard and I. G.. Farben continued
down to issuance of an antitrust
consent decree in March. 1942.
Invited to qualify his testimony
of yesterday, Howard said that in
1889 all the joint operations under
the Joint American Study Co., form
Continued on Page 6, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-20
Wi||kie TO Visit
Russia, Near East

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20-CUP)-
Wendell L. Willkie announced today
that he will leave shortly on a trip
to the Near East and Russia, during
which he will perform certain SER
vices for the government"
The 1910 Republican presidential
candidate announced his plans af-
ter a luncheon conference with
President Roosevelt.
"Some time ago I requested per-
mission from the President to visit
the Near East and Russia Willkie
told newspapermep. He granted
the permission.
HE requested me, in connection
with the trip, TO perform certain
services for the government, the
nature of which it is appropriate
only for him to say"
Willkie said he hoped to confer
with such leaders as Premier josef
Stain of the Soviet Union and
see the actual battlefronts In ac-
ton.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-20
Navy Ends Control
Of Struck Plant

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 OUP)-
President Roosevelt today termi-
mated Navy possession and opera
tion of the Bayonne, Nj, plant of
the General Gable Co., returning
the plant to COMPANY management.
The President ordered the plant
taken over Aug ID after war pro-
duction there was stopped by an
unauthorized strike called by work.
ers when the national war labor
board declined to grant their plea
for a 10 cents an hour wage in
crease.
Since the plant was taken over
the employees have voted to have n
further work stoppages, whether
the plant remained under Navy or
private management.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-20
JUDGE RIGHTS
12-yEAR ERROR

the fact that when her mother in
law, Mrs. Martha Louise Chaplin
filed suit in 1880 to annul her sons
marriage because he was too
young" the court clerk erroneous
ly made the decree read that the
marriage between plaintiff and de-
fendant"-I. e. Mrs. chaplin and
Miss Doyle-was annuled.
BY simple legal order, Judge
Paonessa today corrected the 12-
year-old mistake. Miss Doyle was
finally divorced from her husband
and free to marry again.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-20

LOS ANGELES. Aug. 20-CUP)-
Leonore Doyle, pretty young Phila-
delphia matron who thought for IL
years that she had been legally di-
vorced from Norman George Han
lin, revealed in court today that
she had accidentally been divorced
from her mother-in- law instead of
her husband.
Miss Doyle told Superior Judge
Alfred E. Paonessa that she discov-
cred the legal mistake recently
when she decided to re-marry.
Shs said the mistake arose from
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-20
Farley, New Deal
Candidates Named

NEW YORK, Aug. 2O-CUP) =
U. S. Sen, James NJ Mead carry
ing the New Deal banner, and At
torney General John j. Ber-att.
sponsored by former National
Chairman James A. Farley, we're
placed in nomination today at the
Democratic convention for the
gubernatorial nomination in New
York state.
The nominations assured a show
down rollcall later in the day be-
tween the forces of Farley and
President Roosevelt.
Mead was placed in nomination
by U. S. Senator Robert F. Wagner
as the man best fitted to cooperate
with the President in the peace
and in war.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-20
D AMBL|Ne
NEpoR1ER
The Last Lesson

The Last Lesson
A frequent visitor to Imperial
Valley is Del Shuman, field man
for the state veterans board. He
also is frequent visitor at the
Cha McKim ranch where he is
most popular with Joan and Joe
Paul McKim. the younger set in
the household.
About 2h months ago Shuman
was in the valley and as usual
called at the McKim ranch. The
place was somewhat saddened be-
cause of the untimely death of a
calf belonging to joan The calf had
died the night before after being
kept alive on milk from Joe Pauls
COW furnished at the rate of 25
cents a day. Joan owed Joe Paul
S..
your collateral in the dead calf
is S." Shuman said to Joe Paul in
studious tone. "Ill buy it from
vou for two bits" Joe Paul agreed.
Now. I'd like receipt and a bill
of SALE Shuman said. Joe Paul
handed them over.
Now. just to show you there is
legal way of doing such things"
said Shuman going on with his les
son, that calf didn't belong to you.
1t was Joans calf and you should
RI nrdn haf
you went through with the trans
action. So, I'll sell 1t back to you
for four bits.
mo" declared Joe Paul, "I'll take
my chances with the law" IT,
concluded the lesson. Shuman be-
gan talking 20 adults. While the
conversation went on. Joe Paul slip
ped out of the house, dumped the
deceased calf into the trunk on
the back of Shuman's car and said
nothing to anyone.
After while Shuman drove away
without realizing his Car was a dead
wagon for a calf. He collected
crowd of friends that night and
they toured various valley cities.
Then Shuman parked his car, calf
and all, in a garage, went to
hotel and turned in for the night.
Next morning Joe Paul chortled
when he told his parents about the
joke he played on Business Execu-
tive Shuman.
well, it was his calf. He bought
it said Joe Paul.
Mr.. and Mrs. McKim started
telephoning for Shuman tc warn
him that he had a defunct calf
in his car. He had left the hotel.
Continued on Page s: Column d
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-20
Wickard Asks Change in
Farm Price Ceilings

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 CUP) =
Secretary of Agriculture Claude r.
Wickard's proposal for repeal of
the prohibition against farm price
ceilings below ITO percent of parity
almost certainly will precipitate a
major congressional battle, it was
believed today.
The congressional farm bloc and
farm organization leaders vowed to
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-20

sented a major victory for price
Administrator Leon Hen d erson
who. for nearly a year, has argued
against the policy of allowing farm
prices to rise to ITO percent of
parity. Wickard admitted that he
had changed his mind because
conditions have changed" and said
he felt the step now is necessary
to help win the battle against
initiation"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-20

ican and Canadian officers assemb-
led to study first operations reports
to commando headquarters.
Later, it was said, the preliminary
reports will be augmented with more
detailed informa ton including that
cleaned from German prisoners
taken-a bag that included mariy
NaZi officers.
There was growing belief in Brit
ain that Dieppe forecast the pat
tern of bigger and better commando
attacks in the future, eventually
blossoming into full scale invasion.
But there was no indication of the
time that revolutionary process
would require.
The Germa1 radio set Nazi cas-
ualties at 400 men killed and wound
ed but reports from returning COM
mandos and from Vichy indicated
this probably was gross underesti-
mate.
NAZ1S CLAIM INVASION
The Nazi radio was churning the
airwaves wildly in an effort to es-
tablish a propaganda line On Dieppe
which would stick. The principal
Nazi effort in this direction was an
attempt to present the Dieppe at
tack as full-scale invasion which
was repulsed.
1t was believed in London that
the Germans. alarmed by the ap-
parent ability of the Allies to land
a strong, hard-hitting band OF
troops on the French coast, would
be forced to place their garrisons
from Narvik to the Spanish from
tier on a 24-hour alert basis in
fear of future similar raids.
Estimates of Allied losses in the
operation still were lacking but were
known to be heavy. Sharp losses
however we're anticipated as the
normal price to pay for an attack
on beach positions of such strength
as these az Dieppe.
There was only restrained reaction
on Dieppe from Russia where al
Soviet hopes appear to be pinned
on the opening of full-scale Sec
ond front.
The Germans still were advancine
both in the Caucasus and on the
Stalingrad front. The Nazi high
command also claimed to have in
flicted severe losses on the Russians
in past weeks of bitter fighting or
the Orel front.
MAY TRANSFER PLANES
1t was believed the Germans may
be forced to transfer planes from
the eastern front to make up the
losses inflicted by the Royal Air
Force and American planes in the
last "a hours
1t was thought that as much as
one-third of the Nazi fighter
strength in western Europe had
oeen smashed In these attacks
which brought on the heaviest SER
les OF air battles since the days
OF October, 1910, when the RAF
and Luftwaffe dueled for control
OF Britain's skies.
1t was agreed that the ferocity
OF the battle clearly showed that
any attempt to open second front
before sufficient forces are avail
able for an all-out attack would be
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Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-20
2ND FRONT LOOMS after DIEPPE ATTACK
Two.Pound Baby
Is Doing Well

BERKELEY, Cal, Aug. 20 -
(UP) - A baby weighing one
pound Is ounces at birth was
reported "dOing well' in an In
cubatOr at Berkeley hospital to-
day.
The infant is Barbara Lillian
Noack, born Tuesday, Aug. Is TO
Mrs. Jeanne Marie Noack, "A,
wife Of Pvt. Stanley Noack, n,
air corps mechanic at March
Field.
The baby was placed in an in
cubator Immediately upon birth
and physicians believed she had
an excellent chance for survival.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-20

Fresno county chamber of com :
merce, the group asked for emerg-
ency action to prevent further crop
losses threatened by the farm labor
shortage, which has already result
ed in the loss Of early harvests.
The telegram sent to the Presi-
dent said "in our opinion the i'm
portation of Mexican labor is the
only solution of our problem. We
appeal to you. as the highest author
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-20

that the office could be turned over
before he leaves Friday to take a
position in Long Beach. Soper will
become assistant controller of the
California Shipbuilding corporation
The council did not act on Sop
er's request to Immediately name
his successor because City Attorney
Dorsey Whitelaw was not present
to help iron out certain legal mat
ters that might arise Whitelaw
was in San Diego and could not
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-20

be reached by phone.
1t was understood that two mel
are being considered TO fiji Soper'
job. Action was also probably dc
layed until a meeting next Wed
nesday because Councilman II. ".
Fawcett was not present 10 cast a
ballot should the -four members OF
the board there deadlock on The
choice of a new treasurer.
This is the third year that Soper
has been In office.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-20
BY ALAN HUMPHREYS

LONDON, Aug. 20. CUP
For eight hours l watched
our forces battling against
the concentrated opposition
of the enemy. The sky was filled
with British aircraft throughout the
whole operation.
BY a thousand to -one chance the
raiding craft carrying some of the
commandos was intercepted just be-
fore it was due to land.
An enemy patrol was the cause
and the result was not only that
the commando craft was severely
damaged by German (anti -aircrafD
ships and E-boats which held their
fire until the landing craft was
within about 200 yards, but that a
much more important warning was
given to the Germans coastal bat
teries. which were the commands
detectives.
CURTAIN OF FIRE
When the commandos did sue
ceed in landing at their assigned
place on the beach they walked into
a curtain of fire which came from
every small arm the enemy could
muster.
The defenders even trained their
anti-aircraft guns on the beach.
Against this rain of death the
commandos, who had needed some
measure of surprise, spent them
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Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-20

stage a last-ditch fight against
such a move. charging that 1t would
"strangle production" and simply
ruin many farmers"
Wickards reversal of his previous
stand was revealed in a radio ad-
dress last night in which he also
proposed maximum prices for live
stock If practical marketing plans
can be evolved.
Wickard's change of mind repre-
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-20

ity in government. to cut the red
tape among the departments and
speed the arrival of the necessary
labor to prevent the loss of crops
which have been produced to aid
in the war effort"
Similar appeals we're fired to Sec
retary of Agriculture Claude r.
Wickard: War Manpower Commits
sion Chief Paul v. McNutt and the
California representatives on con-
gress.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-20
SoPer Resigns as
City Treasurer

I'll Cenro councimen had accepted the resignation of
howard Soper city treasurer Thursday but had not ap
pointed anyone to fill his office.
Soper rendered his resignation the council meeting
wednesday night and requested that new treasurer be
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-20
Allied Commands S
Confer on Raid
Results Learned
RAF Planes Continue to Dominate
Skies Over Channel as Last Of
Commandos Return from France

The Allied military command today appeared to be
moving at record speed to apply the lessons of the Deppe
attack to plans for eventual second front in Europe
With the last battecarred of the fierce battle
still struggling back to Brains shores high British Amer
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-20
p-Seized Oil
Worthless

WASHINGTON, Aug 20. (UP)-W S. Parish, pres
cent of the Standard Oil Co.. (N J) told the Senate Pat
cnts committee today his firms wells and refineres thu
Netherlands indies effectively destroyed be-
fore the japanese invasion that they will be good
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-20
Farmers Plead
For Labor Import

FRESNO Cal. Aug. 2O-(UP)-Appeas directed to
President Roosevelt and other government officials to
speed importation of Mexican agricultural aborers were
approved last night by group of about 1000 persons rep
resenting the California farming industry.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-20
Union Committee Rejects
WLB Decision; Calls for
Strike Vote i'm J Plants

= aluminium Workers Refuse to ABIDE
BY Findings Of Government Board
AsL Leaders Prepare for Action
EDITORS NOTE: AMERICAN MARINES WERE DYING ON
SOLOMON ISLANDS Thursday
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 2O-(UP)-A committee of CIO
Aluminium Workers of America today rejected labor
board decision which refused increase to $1,000
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-20
British Newsman
Describes Attack
On French Coast
Enemy Patrol Gives
Warning of Approach
Of Commando Forces

EDITORS NOTl: 'Ghc follow
ing eye witness account Os the
Allied attack on Dieppe was writ
ten by a British correspondent
who watched the action from a
tank landing craft off the Dieppe
shore.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-20

WEATHER
Maximum Wednesday 107. ,-ini-
mum Thursday 78. SPIN. Wednesday
103. humidity 80. am. Thursday
81, humidity 81. Noon Thursday 100
humidity so.
BANK EZBt1S
Ell Centre Business Barometer
wednesday ....................... 562,340.50
Last Year ........................ S267,913.67
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-22

knob-nke engagements Of nerve fibers widely
distributed through the skin covering the pit
membrane.
Similar knob-ike engagements of nerve
rbers had been found distributed on the lips
Il certain other snakes. such as the boas and
pythons Here the series OF sensory pits were
on the scales Of the upper and lower jaw. and
were called "labial,' lip pits.
No similar structure to the facial or labial
pits is known in vertebrate animals
With this knowledge i'm hand. Nobe and
Schmidt attacked the mystery OF tho use OF
the pits much as a detective would work on a
crime. First eliminate all known factors,
then explore the unknown
They began with u0n-uoisonous boas.
snakes with labal pits
what is the primal need Of the snake o"
they asked themselves. Prey for food was
the ready answer How does the snake
find it's prey o." Ply sight and smell, since
no snake can hear IN the accepted sense
Let US therefore eliminate the senses Of
sight and smell and see what happens
they said.
This was comparatively simple thing
70 do. Small pieces Of cotton We're placed over
the boa's eyes and these fastened in place
with adhesive tape Cotton soaked in coll
Iodion v stuffed into the snakes nostrils.
A freshly killed mouse still warm. was
held before tho hlnQtolded ana nOSc-sluiled
boa.
The snake struc, directly at the mouse, al
though il could neither see nor smell
Another mouse was killed but immediately
chilled SO that it had no warmth, and the eX-
pertinent repeated.
The blinded snake paid no attention Co the
cold mouse Ituoycr knew it was there.
Labial pits must have something TO do
with temperature, they reasoned
Undoubtedly there must be an easier way
10 perform this experiment
Why not wrap an electric light bulb in
tape so that heat, but not light could escape? ?"
suggested one Of the men. Thus there would
be no animal odor attached 10 the bulb and il
would then be unnecessary 90 hhudfod the
snakes and stuff their nostrils
The apparatus was set up and a boa was
placed beside a 25-watt bulb closely tapcd.
The snake paid no attention to the bulb,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-22

h FEVER refer 10 Hitler and his Nazis or
nj Hirohtto and his yellow men. as rat
tlcsuakcs" for when y0u DO you gross
~ libel the serpent The d.Cta'ars might take
a lesson from the "rat'Icr" Though. ardIt they
had the qualities az tbs particular snake the
world would not be torn by war.
Anyone who describes the agEyos-ors as
mathematics" simply displays vas, lgnor-
ance When You study the ra't,s,uake you
find that il is not an accrcssar that t does
not sock trouble and that IL lives ~ peace
with its own kind Even other snake, II
harmless species may be placed "iih them
without INJURY
In it's natural habitat the ratuesuaFc only
kills for food and then because OF IFS deadly
venom. it kills pa.ulossly. But once aroused
or attacked thus rtttiesruke is formidable
foe indeed
He never seeks a quarrel bat will give a
good account OF himself II his rights arc
cncroached upon
The patriots Of the Revolution were wise
men They realized tho worthy qualities
Of the rattlcsnakc and selected him as a
symbol Of freedom together with his slogan
Don't Tread on Ne" before the eagle be-
came the National Emblem. After closely
studvr~ The rattesnakes character one can
see that their choice was a good one.
As long ago as 1115. the Marines had the
Taftc~rdEc painted upon th'lr drums.
A writer who signed himself AN Amcri-
can Gucsser' wrote "A long letter explaining
Why the rattesnakc ard the motto Don't
Tread ON Ne" should be the National Device.
and this appeared in the pennsylvania Jour
nal and Weekly Advertiser for psCeuber p,
1--J
You must remember that the ra'tlcsnake
is 100 per cent American. as American as the
Indian and far more so than the bison or buff
falo 80 similar snake is found anywhere
else In the world. 1t is found in every state
in the Union with the possible exception Of
Delaware and Maine.
The most distinctive feature Of the snake
u.s. Of course, its rafting tail. This deeply
impressed the early settlers. Many legends
have grown up regarding these rattles, some
pure fiction and some with basis Of scientific
fact.
No snakes can hear, in the accepted sense
of hearing hence the rattlcs can have little or
nothing TO do with mating, as some erroneous
~ have thought.
The king snake is the rattlcr's most deadly
snake foe, although man is its real enemy
In the presence of the king snake and when
fighting with IL after an attack the rattle
snake does not rattle" II seems
that it realizes il would be futile 10
do so in the presence of an enemy
that could not hear.
It must be admitted that the rat 4
lie has some value 10 the snake as
warning device. Some have main Il
tanned that the rattlcs had their I
origin when huge numbers Of bison
roamed the continent and warning OF
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-22

trils This feature Is shared with the mecca
sins and coppcrhcads and they together with
the rattlesHakos. are therefore classcd as pit
vipers.'
No other snakes possess these facial pits
although it Will later be seen that certain boas
and pythons have lip pits which function
similarly
More than a century ago scientists OBJ
served these facial pits i'm the rattesnake.
They We're enormously described as auditory
or hearing organs tear sacs, ducts giving air
access 70 the po.s0Us. as glands, and even as
organs Of a mysterious sixth sense. They were
also described as chenlcal sense organs al