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Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-17

4FFABoys Here
Get Stock Awards

Four members of the Future
Farmers of America clubs in Impe-
rial Valley Thursday. were the
proud possessorS of purebred regis
tered Guernsey heiferS presented
them Wednesday by the Sears Roe
buck company.
George Bolt of the FL Centre
club, Bill Harper of the Imperial
club. Dorman Mayfield of the Holt
vile club. and Max Ruegger of the
Brawley club were selected to re-
ceive the hefers because of their
accomplishments in farming and
their prospects and plans for be-
coming dairymen in Imperial VAL
ley Members of each club selected
the boy to receive the heifers.
Each heifer owner at the end of
three years will present his club
with a hcifer equal in value and
grade to the one presented him bv
the company. These heiferS will
be presented OF other members,
making the award perpetual The
company will present the four FLA
Clubs in the valley a heifer each
for three years.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-17
Little Girl Paws
2O0-MiIe Visit

car and asked for directions to Un-
ion station. The motorman refused
TO accept her shining dime. which
was her entire cash outlay and
even gave her a transfer to a bus
At the station. she inquired about
a train for Poplar Bluff and Slip
ped through the gate unobServed.
She told the conductor she had
no ticket but insisted, Il Just have
to see grandma in Poplar Bluff like
I have every other Christmas"
The conductor permitted her 10
complete the trip but notified state
highway officers who met her at
the train and called her mother,
Mrs. George Hoffar.
Mrs. Hoffar said in St. Louis that
Carolines trip was "A little ahead
OF schedule
we we're going to grandma 5
anyway" she said. If Caroline
had only waited"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-17
Council livened
By Near Battle
Over Water Bills
Continued from Page

lNOllllIlut(l iOlll ooN -
chambers.
Irving was appearing on behalf
/ of his mother, Mrs. Marie Land.
who had become delinquent in her
water pa'ment and was assessed
33. She pays the bills on that num-
Der of meters. Under city ordinance
any meter which becomes delin-
,uent requires inc payment oil 81
or the water connection will be
severed.
! OFFERS COMPROMISE
Irving sing -songed his CO "plaint
interfering an 1t isn't fair now
and then and asked that COM
promise of $40 be accepted because
; of the large number OF meters in
. volved.
Before Fawcctt left the cham
,oers he declared:
I'm not gong to back down. II
resign my job if it isn't collected" ."
John Raymond, Imperial Valley
building and loan cmploye. came
to Irvings aid. He declared that he
nad raid his water bill after the
deadline one month and had not
peen assessed a penalty. He brand
lsned cancelled checks to prove
his point.
Thursday morning City Clerk
Neal Gavin found an entry on the
same date that Raymond said he
had paid without penalty which
Gavin said showed that Raymond
had paid dollar extra. The amount
had not been included in the check
used to pay the bill.
COUNCIL BACKS FAWCETT
The entire council backed up
FaWcctts declaration that discrimi-
nation in payment of penalties
should not be made among water
users.
The council voted that rubbish
should be included in the list OF
ids to be called for by the city
clerk. Decision OF whatever the city
will itself enter tho business of col
lcCting garbage, trash or rubbs''
,. an thiee Is cXpectd at council
.Cetng in 80 near future.
TECHNOLOGY
It was VIC ! that Mrs. Adams.
who intends to open shop to sci.
magazines and books on phrenOlogy
Ioes no. need 10 pay the Sl00 a day
phrenologist'S license fee. The rul-
ng was that since Mrs. Adam
would not receive pay for phrcnol-
Ogy readings. SIC need not pa. TIL
fec.
t.ank Birkhauscr. representing
Mrs. Adams, said she intends to
give free readings with the pur-
chase Of books dealing with the sub
ject.
Snc r1ust till post the $500 bond
and pay Sc quarterly occupational
tax, however.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-17

speculating on where Rommel
would try to make a stand between
FL Aghcila and Tripoli.
Today they were specializing on
whether Rommel would be able to
get any Sizable portion of his
troops out of Libya and join forces
with Colleen. Walther Neuhring
who commands an Axis force de-
Tending Northern TuniSia. There
no longer was talk of Rommel at
tempting stand anywhere east of
Tripoli.
Military experts. estimating Rom
mel'S prospects, said they were the
worst of any German army since
the Allies smashed the western
front in the World War They
pointed out that if the Eighth Army
keeps the trap clamped around the
position of the Afrika Korps near
Wadi Matratin. Rommel may be
reduced to $4,000 first line fighters
They will be under air attack and
land pursuit on the road to Tripoli
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-17
Prospector Found
Dead Under Tree
Continued from Page u

service THURSDAY i'll getting the body
out to a desert trail beyond which
ordinary cars Canuot traveI through
the sand. Deputy Sheriff Herbert
Hughes and A T. Lyons were or
ganizinC the forces to bring the
body TO civilization.
Last July Hevrin, who with his
twin brother, Frank. had pros
pected for ore in eastern Imperial
county for years. appeared at Mid
way Wells with two men i'll car.
A man by the name of j. E. Green
owned the car. He and Hevrin were
accompanied by man they called
Tom. The three men left i'll the car
for HeVrin'S claim to get ore SAM
as his mine was believed to con-
tain orc valuable to the war cf-
fort.
Green said later that they went
as far as they could in the car and
then walked. Green and Tom soon
tired. Heyrin sent them back to
the car. they said later. and told
tlem to wait for him until Q pm.
They said he told them to leave if
he did not appear by that time.
They reported Hevrin missing and
the search began.
The two Hevrin men were known
as the twin prcSpectors by the Colo
RADIO river district for many years.
Frank Hevrin said the body was
found about two miles from the
manganese claim and that Forrest
Hevriu was familiar with the whole
area and know about the water hole.
The dead man was a World war
veteran and was said to be in i'll
health. Over cXertion in getting the
] ore samples on a hot summer day
may have been the contributing
cause of death. Sheriff Ware said.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-17

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.-U.Pl
The 77th Congress, which adjourn
ed its two-year session yesterday. is
still working. Several continuing
committees scheduled meetings
through the holidays to clear the
way for the new Congress, which
conveneS January 6.
Rubber, manpoWer and war ma
terials--all problems that plagued
the outgoing Congress-are high on
the list of matters which will hold
the attention of handful Of House
and Senate members who remained
at the Capitol
The 77th Congress adjourned sine
die yesterday in a blaze of ora
torical fareWellS. The Senate quit
at PIG pm. and the House at 5:l3
pm.
one of the departing members
was Senator George w. Norris, In
dependent. Nebraska. who prepared
to spend his few remaining days in
Washington reading delugc of
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-17

fighter.
NAZIS OUTFLANKED
The British Eighth Army. exec
uting brilliant flanking move
ment. has cut the retreating Afri-
ka Korus in half about 60 miles west
of El ASheila.
The blow tell on the weary. re-
trating Germans and Italians We'd
neSday at the little town of Wadi
Matratin on the Gulf of Sirte. Ad-
vanced units of Gen. Sir Bernard
L. Montgomery's Eighth Army,
swinging around the German flank.
reached the town and then raced
south to CIT off the path of the
enemy retreat.
Part of the Afrika Korps strag-
Gled on toward Tripoli. The other
part, including armored units. was
trapped in a 20-mile area just east
of Wadi Matratin and was fighting
to break through the British lines.
Enemy troops already have Suf-
fered heavy casualties and continue
to be severely mauled." said Mid
die Eastern command commmiqGe
in describing the action.
PICTURE CHANGED
The German high command COM
munique did not concede that part
of the Afrika Korps was trapped.
but did admit that Rommel's forces
. continued their retreat westward.
Montgomery thrust changed the
entire picture. in the opinion of
British military experts. Before the
nankirg movement thev were rec
/ onciled to slow. Slogging advance
by the Eighth Army and were
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-17
Phoenix Revises
City Government

FHCENIX. Dec. III UPI-De-
'ormincd and organized citizens of
Phoenix Yesterday placed a new
administrative staff at the head of
heir city government, in a nom
political move TO have the cit de-
Jared lin bounds" by military au-
thoritieS.
Roy J. Heync. Phoenix business
man, is the ncT cit manager. re-
.lacing Richard II. Smith. who re-
signed. Don G. Steward. forme
police chief, was removed from of
fIcc, being replaced by James I.
Duane. "A II ~. county u,1c.
sheriff. John II. Udall was rcmoY-
ed from the office Of city clerk an,
magistrate by action of tho cit.
commission. being replaced by
Carey B. Wilson. These three mon
form the nucleus Of "A new citt
government, chosen under unpre-
ccdcnted circumstances.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-17
One Admits Guilt
In Flynn Case

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 17.-fU.PJ
Joseph Gerald, 20-year-Old song
writer charged with Film Star Err
rol Flynn of statutory rape upon
Betty H?nsen, H. ar-old movie
struck waitress, pleaded guilty to-
day.
He was given a one-year suspend
ed sentence and placed on three
years probation.
Gerald was one Of three young
studio accused of improper relations
were accused OF Improper relations
with the Nebraska High school girl
who came TO Hollywood seeking a
screen career.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-17

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. Dec III
dUP9-Christmas is a time to go
see grandma and it is up to a g.
year-old girl to take care Of that
even when 1t means a train trip
Ct nearly 200 miles alone.
That may have been the reason
ing little Caroline Hoffar of ST.
Louis employed today in the home
Of her grandmother, who lives here,
while police and her mother in St
Louis marveled at her resourceful-
ness.
Caroline. a third grader. started
for school in ST. Louis yesterday.
hut instead she boarded a street
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-17
Huns Face Worst
Defeat Since '18
AASAAANis
NAZIS OUTFLANKED

Continued from Page II
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-17
Scanning !. Y.
News Horizon
NAGE-HOIR OFFICIAL
Is IN Ell CENTRIC

Ben Herring, secretary of the e.
Contro Chamber CT Commerce an
no. lced Thursday that lyman L.
Dixon. official representative Of
the wage and hor- division of the
United States Department of La
Dor in Imperial and San Diego
counties. is spending two days ir
FL Centro this week. Dixon will
be at the United States Employ
ment office on State street all day
Friday to explain the law to en-
plovers. answer questions and help
with wage and hour Stabilizatior
problems. If there is enough buSi-
ness to Warrent it. Dixon will spend
three days every month in Impe-
rial Valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-17
Congress Poves
Way for Session

letters calling upon him to con-
tinue as leader of Americas lib
erals.
Norris, defeated after 40 years in
Congress, said he had no plans, was
not considering any federal posi-
ton. and was undecided whether to
write the story of his life.
From every corner of America
have come messages of hope and
consolation over his defeat. thou
sands of them expressing the belief
that Norris can now take a new
role as a liberal leader
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-17
5I.V. Men Join
U.S.. Naval Reserve

Five IMPERIAL Valley men were
accented last week for enlistment
in the United States naval reserve
recruiting officers at the El Cen
t"o recruiting stations said Thurs
dav.
JameS L. Cannon was accepted
from El Centre. Jackson KelliS. Jr.
and lanes L. Lindley from Impe-
rial. EulesS s. Hnffines from West
morland. and Melvin R. Salmon
from Brawley. The recruiting of.
ficers said men between the ages
Cf II and 80 years may get informa-
ton at the Substation in the E
Centre post office in regard to en-
liStment in the Navy.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-17

More new satin Robes have
arrived for Gifts rich
quilted styles flowered
and plain pas stcls A nice
rnnge cf st.los arc here at
1896 and 1875.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-17

-Ra"On Shorts. trunnS
and briefs by Van
Raaltc at 79c and 9TH
crS up to l.25. 4 nice
Gift.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-17
DEBT TO DeGAULLE

But this country is deeply indebt-
ed to DeGaulle for the use of areas
controlled by him. Americans are ir
New Caledonia and possibly in other
Fighting French areas. American
bomberS are being ferried across
Equatorial Africa TO the Near East
and to Africa.
At the moment Darlan is in a
position to deliver more immediate
" needed help than the Fighting
French. The establishment of a
provisional government in North
Africa would serve several usefu.
purpCSes-once the Axis is driven
out, trade. economic. political anG
military arrangements could be more
readily discussed; an authority to
handle French assets outside Of
France could be established; France
could have a voice in discussing
postwar planning. There has been
no official hint how far the United
Nations would be willing to go in
such an arrangement.
Evening star., 1942-01-30
7rimbIe Recalls Role He Played
In Kentucky's GoebeI Case
House Clerk Was
Then Speaker Of
Legislature

A fatal shot which launched one
Of the bitterest political feuds in the
history Of Kentucky was recalled to-
day by Clerk Of the House South
Trimble on the 42d anniversary of
the assassination Of Gov-elect Will
liam Goebel Of Kentucky.
Mr.. Trimble, who will be 78 next
April, was then SO years old and
speaker Of the Kentucky Legisla-
ture. He heard the rifle shot which
felied the Democratic Governor
elect Is he was about to enter the
State Capitol in Frankfort to take
the oath of office.
The victim of the sharpshooter
lived for three days, and Mr.. Trimble
led the legislators In repeated
dashes through the streets Of
Frankfort In an effort to meet and
declare Mr.. Goebel Governor before
he died. These efforts were re-
peatedly baked by the bayonets of
the militia and success came just
before the Governor -elect expired.
States Bitterest Fight.
Mr.. Goebel, of humble German
parentage, was one of the most bril-
liant lawyers of his day in Ken
tucky. He led perhaps the bitterest
contest in Kentucky's stormy po-
litical history against the Republi-
can nominee, William S. Taylor,
who had been attorney general.
Taylor received a plurality of g.
3S3 votes, but Goebel contested the
election before the Legislature,
which was strongly Democratic.
The contest committee Of the
Legislature announced it would de-
clare its decision on January 80.
Taylor Immediately called the State
militia to Frankfort, proclaimed an
insurrection and ordered the Legis-
lature adjourned to London, Re-
publican stronghold in the noun
tains.
Mr.. Trimble counted noses,
learned there were enough Demo-
cratic votes to make Goebel Gov
ernor and led the legislators to the
Capitol, where they were met by
the militia with drawn bayonets.
The lawmakers rushed to the
Frankfort Opera House, also filled
with troops, and then to the Capitol
Hotel, where Goebel lay on his death
bed. This meeting also was pre-
vented, and Mr.. Trimble announced
he could lead the legislators to the
State prison. The troops were sent
to the prison, but Mr.. Trimble had
secretly summoned the legislators to
return, to the Capitol Hotel.
They finally held a session there
and in five minutes decided the con-
test in favor of Goebel, who was
Evening star., 1942-01-30
Text of Price Bill MESSAGE
President Reviews Purposes Of Act
Called Big Weapon Against Axis

, sional leaders, that there Is nothing
contained therein which can be con-
strued as limitation upon the ex-
isting powers of governmental agen-
cies, such as the Commodity Credit
Corp. to make sales Of agricultural
commodities In the normal conduct
of their operations. In my message
to the Congress on August Is, H41,
disapproving the bill H. r. $500, I
pointed out the extreme diSad-
vantages of any action designed to
peg prices through the arbitrary
Withholding of Government-owned
stocks from the normal channels Of
trade and commerce.
I further pointed out that the
Commodity Credit Corp. she aid be
free to dispose Of commodities &C
quired under its programs in an
orderly manner. for otherwise it will
be impossible to maintain an ever
normal granary, to protect farmers
against surpluses and consumers
against scarcity; and that to restrict
the authority Of this corporation
would greatly increase its losses,
nullify the effectiveness of existing
programs, and by breaking faith with
the consumers be inconsistent with
our present price control efforts.
also should like to call attention
to the fact that am requesting the
departments of the Government
possessing commodities to make
e,,ch coy,,r, oJitioc avo i1a h1o fn othar
departments in order to aid our war
effort. This request, primarily, will
affect the cotton stocks of the Com
modify Credit Corp. and will per-
NIT such stocks to be utilized, di-
rectly or by exchange, in the pro-
duction of war goods. Such trans
fers will be in addition to the guam
titles which are nov available for
sale. The request will also include
grain and other commodities which
may be needed by the departments
concerned.
The enactment of price-control
legislation does not mean that the
battle against imitation has been
won. I have doubts as to the wis
dom and adequacy OF certain Sec
tions of the act, and amendments
to it may become necessary as we
move ahead. Moreover, price-con-
troll legislation alone cannot Sue
cessfully combat imitation. To do
that an adequate tax and fiscal pro-
gram, a broad savings program, q
sound production program and an
effective priorities and rationing pro-
gram, are all needed.
Finally, all bulwarks against in
f1ation must fail, unless all of us
the businessman, the worker, the
farmer and the consumer-are de-
terr1ined to make those bulwarks
hold fast. In the last analysis, as
Woodrow Wilson said,
The best form of efficiency is the
spontaneous cooperation of a free
people"
Evening star., 1942-01-30

sworn in on his death bed and ex-
pired the next day. The Lieutenant
Governor, j. c. w. Beckham, was
then sworn in as Governor.
Mr.. Trimble later learned the true
story of who shot Goebel from a
State employe who said he had
volunteered to do the job.
Caleb Powers. who later was to be
elected to Congress, was described as
the brains of the conspiracy. He was
sentenced to be hanged twice and at
third trial was given life
sentence. He served seven years in
Jail and was pardoned by a Re-
publican Governor, Augustus E.
Wilson. He was elected to Congress
in 1911 at the same time that Mr..
Trimble became clerk of the House.
James Howard, a well-known
mountain gunman, was brought to
Frankfort to do the shooting, Mr..
Trimble said. The employe secured
several rifles and conducted the
mountaineer to State Office, 1t was
said, where he was given $1,000 re-
naming in the Republican campaign
fund and two pardpns-one for
killing Goebel and the other for q
previous murder of which he was
accused.
The gunman was sentenced to life
imprisonment and later was also
pardoned by Gov. Wilson.
Evening star., 1942-01-30

The teri of q statement by the
President on signing the emer-
eency price-control bill today fol-
loUs:
The Emergency Price Control Act
Of 1912 is an important weapon in
our armory against the onslaught OF
the Axis powers.
Nothing could better serve the
purposes of our enemies than that
we should become the victims Of in
dation. The total effort needed for
victory means, of course. increasing
sacrifices from each Of us, as an
ever larger portion Of our goods and
our labor is devoted to the produc-
ton of ships, tanks, planes and guns.
Effective price control will insure
that these sacrifices are equitably
distributed.
The act. taken all in all. is a
workable one. 1t accomplishes the
fundamental objectives of setting up
. single administrator, and empow-
ering him to establish maximum
prices and rents over a broad field,
to prohibit related speculative and
manipulative practices, and to buy
and sell commodities in order to OBJ
tain the maximum production. To
make price and rent control effec-
tive, the administrator is given ade-
quate powers to license persons sub
ject to the act, to investigate and
enjoin attempted violations, and to
bring about the commencement of
criminal proceedings against VIOLA
tors. Civil suits for treble damages
by private persons provide an addi-
tional enforcement tool.
But 8 price control measure must
fall far short Of being a democratic
instrument if it fails to surround
the individual with safeguards
against ill-considered or arbitrary
action. This act, while granting the
administrator broad powers, imposes
upon him a responsibility of equal
breadth for fair play. He must, so
far as is practicable, consult with
industry members before issuing
price regulations. and must accom-
pany each such regulation by a
statement of the considerations
upon which it is based. The pro-
visions for adjustment assure f1exi-
bihty In administration. Persons
adversely affected by an order have
. speedy and effective remedy in the
Emergency Court of Appeals. The
administrator may proceed for the
revocation of license only through
the courts. Finally, the admins
traitor is required to transmit quar-
terly progress reports to the Con-
gress.
The farm program, which has been
developed since 1888. has set parity
prices and income as a goal. There
is nothing in this act to prevent
farmers receiving parity or fair
return. But I feel that most farmers
realize that when farm prices go
much above parity, danger Is ahead
One Of the best ways Of avoiding
excessive price rises, OF course, is
abundant production. And I hope
agricultural prices can be main
tanned at such level as to give farm
ers a fair return for increasing pro-
duction.
In giving my approval to this leg
islation, I am acting with the un-
derstanding, confirmed by congress
Evening star., 1942-01-30
]. Budget plan %.

7. Budget plan.
OUR so-DAY CHARGE ACCOUNT. Bill,
mailed monthly.
OUR 80, 50, 20 CHARGE ACCOUNT. Pay
in 5 payments.
OUR CONVENIENT BUDGET PLAN is avail.
able to all -. terms ranging from 4 months
to I6 months.
Yes. our greatest sole in 81 yeors Of value.
This year We mode a specio effort to bring
you furniture sole worthy Of the name House
and Hermonn. We wonted to surposs all other
yeors particularly last year, which was the
ersotsst in our history. And we hove! Here
you will find voIues the like Of which you moy
never see osoin. Suites, oeeosionol pieces. rugs,
Iomps d.. oil the some high quality furniture
Of Merit" thot have mode House and Hermann
Woshinston's fovorits Furniture Store.
Evening star., 1942-01-30
E. Decoration 80.

E. Decoration
Our model rooms highlight new ideas, adaptable
to your home, for individuality and interest
See them in our modern rooms. See them in
our 18th Century rooms. See them in our
Colonial rooms Of mahogany.
Evening star., 1942-01-30
8. Voriety...
5. Craftsmonship

We make certain that every piece Of furniture
conforms to rigid standards Of quality backed
by furniture Of Merit shield.