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Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-03
CONGRESSMEN
REAP HARVEST

SPOKANE, Wash, Feb. 3 up
"A bundles for congress to
keep en- laughing" campaign
swept mcrrily along the west coas.
today bringing forth contributions
cf rats nests, wooden legs, glass
eyes. false teeth and moth balls
Residents rummagcd through at
tics and cellars for presents fol
their senators and representatives
at Washington, d. c., and articles
of every size, shape and description
doluged tie official bundle head
quarters" at the Spokane athletic
round table office, where the Stun
originated Friday to rib congress-
men who voted pensions fer them
selves.
A large corps Of women workers
were far behind in their wrapping
and packaging chores, but Saio
they hoped to catch up by Wednes-
day when a special truck Leaves
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-03

WASHINGTON. Feb. 3. up
Rep. Leland Ford, r., Calf, told
the House today he had noted that
man now going by the name Of
Mclvyn Douglas told name Mclyyr
Hesselbcre> is appointed publicity
chief in tie office of civilian de-
fenSe."
Ford making a onc-minutc ad-
dress at the beginning Of the day 5
session, commented on appointment
of the screen star as director OF
information for the OCD,
This is the man that public
sentiment in California kept from
taking a commission in tho nation
al guard " Ford said. "on account
of his pink and rcd activities anc
close association with SubvcralNc
COmmUniStic groups.
DO VIC always have to have me-.
who have changed their names anc
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-03
Dewey CareyM Made
Tire Coordinator

D,wey Carey, BraWlcy business
man. Tuesday became coordinato'
among the various tire raiionIn"
boards in Imperial county.
He accepted the position Meuddi
at the request of Supervisor HuHh
{ 'bornc, chairman of the Imperl"
County Council of Defense. III
appointment Immediately WAS i'S'
istcred with Paul Bark dale dO'l
state rationing administrators
The coordinator will work Will
the members CT the eight tire ra-
tioning boards on the county IL
aprortioning Imperial county ; al
lotment of tires aid other com
modities which aIc expected to p'
placed on the rationing list soon
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-03

NE Dldl WHEREBY FIcDIC uCcS
major portion OF the contact work
and is assisted by other Superyis-
Ors
The resolution passed by the
committee and in which the board
of trade concurred, gave Prcble ar
enthusiastic vote of thanks for the
work already accomplished and
commended him for his success
while holding the position tenn
rorarily. Prcb!e gets no Salary but
his expenses arc paid.
The aviation committee members
ot which asked the supervisors to
appoint a full-timc. salaried rep
rescntativc to dc the work incident
to inducing location of federal
agencies and projects in Imperial
county. praised the plan adopted
b. the supervisors and recommend
ID it become permanent. The board
Il trade concurred.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-03
The Big SiSsies-

The Big SissieS-
Monday night Wallace McClelland
and Lee Nuffer stood the deatL
watch at the Legion airplane list
ening post away out on the desert
The all night watch, you know.
Boys. that was very nice. But
where, may we ask, were you Tues
day?
RR could find neither hide nor
hair Of McClclland, who left word
that he could be reached at home
if absolutely necessary.
Lee was out and about for a
while bat a telephone call TO his
secretary about noon Tuesday was
NEST diScouraging.
MI. Nuffcr was out Just now,
She said in that tactful voice eoot
secretaries use at times. RR de-
mandcd to know where he was.
Il can't say at the moment,
she said in a still more tactfu,
voice. RR wanted TO know if he
would bc in later.
"Oh, yes. she said in a relieved
tone. "Ccrtarnlv Oh. yes, by all
means" RR left word for Lee to
call as soon as he returned.
He hasn't called yet
HO hum, !
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-03

ly three more enemy transports oft'
the east coast of Borneo and half
a dozen more Japanese planes were
destroyed during raids of a pre-
invasion character on the island of
Java. site of United Nations supreme
headquarters. The operations brought
the toll of japanese ships to 30 and
of planes to about 80 but the big
Dutch naval base of Soerabaya was
damaged by air attack.
In the Philippines, the men of
Gen. Douglas Macarthur broke up
two new japanese attempts to land
shock troops on Bataan peninsula
in a drive toward the island fortress
of Correidor. American planes aided
land and beach fighters in Wiping
out enemy landing parties and
pushing back thanking attacks
Macarthur reported that the jap
ancSe had lost a large number Sf
men and boats in their vain landing
attempts and that his men had
over-run three lines of enemy
trenches and captured much equip
ent in breaking up an attack on his
right flank.
LINES PUSHED BACK
The defense forces, however, had
! been pushed back to g line about Is
miles from the tip of the Bataan
peninsula and the enemy attacks
obviously we're becoming more in
/ tense.
On Singapore island, the Brit
iSh defenders Withstood heavy all
day Japanese air attacks including
dive bomber raids and Raj bons-
erS strongly attacked Japanese
| bases, communications lines and
enemy troops, including the emper-
! orS guard, that were massing across
lhe mile-Widc straits for direct
] Slault,
In Burma, the japanese forced
crossing Of the wide, SWlriin9 Sal
i WcCn river north of Moulmcin and
/ bout 92 air line miles from Ran
COON but we're strongly attacked
! and destroyed by the British defense
( iOrccS. Two enemy attempts TO cross
/ the river barrier were made but dis
paLcnCS frO... Ilang0On said no big
scale crossing had been successful.
+ NO OPTIMISM
i There was little or no optimism
in the dispatches from the south
! west Pacific fighting front
British forces at Singapore blast
cd back across the Johorc straits
at Japanese artillery and assembling
enemy troops which arc expected
TO laurch an invasion as soon as
Continued on Page 8. Col A.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-03

Spokane to carry the bundles" tc
Washington Round table members
dumbfounded by the reception ac-
corded their plan, said they haG
been sWamped with telephone calls
from cities along the line of march
Many asked permission to add &
truck to the caravan and Other
municipalities said they would have
the mayor and town band escort the
trucks through town.
Other round table "bundlequar-
ters" were set up in San Francisco
Les Angeles and other western cit
les and a coaStWiSe campaign was
opened in newspapers. One adj
vertiSemcnt read:
Bundles for Congress.
They need help back in Wash
ington. Forget Pearl Harbor anc
the war Mail a bundle to your
senator or the other fellows con-
gresham. Athletic Round Table
Keep EN- laughing"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-03
Labor
Siisnup
Slated
Work Experience
Registration TO
Be New Project

WASHINGTON, Feb 3.
(UP)-Donald II. Davenport
Of the bureau of labor statiS-
tics estimated today there
would be 4,200,000 men in
the armed forces, 100000 in war
industries and 2l,800,000 in non
defense industries by the end OF
this year.
Davenport presented his eSti-
mates to the house migratory labor
committee following disclosure that
employment service officials hope
to complete by the end of the
month a registration of the work
experience of men between the ages
of 20 and As who have not already
been inducted into the armed forces.
Davenport told the committee
that employment in non-defense in
duStrieS now has dropped back to
the point where it was before the
defense production effort--a drop
of about 100000 men.
EMPLOYMENT INCREASES
From June, 1910, to December
l94l, employment in non agricultur-
al industries increased by 100000
nearly all directly attributable tL
the defense program, he said.
Selectivc Service Director Brig
Gen. Lewis B. Hershey told the
committee of efforts to adjust mill
tary and industrial manpoWer re-
quircments. Asked about the pros
poets of a possible draft of labor
for war industries, Hershey said he
had no information on the subject.
Maj. Frank Keesling, selective
service aide, said informal arrange
mcnts' have been worked out with
Continued on Page 8. Col s.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-03
Tons Of Colon
Stolen on Coast

LOS ANGELES. Feb. UP
L 0St. str8YCd, or verE possibly
stolen, seven tom of baied cot
ton.
When last seen. the cotton WaH
occupying space in stcreroom Of
the Acme Felt company Today II
was gone and detectives believe
thieves carted the Stui away dur
ing the weekend In trucks
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-03
Aliens 10 Register
AtCourt House

The Imperial county agricultural
commissioners office Tuesday noti-
fled all enemy aliens in Imperial
Valley to register Thursday and
Friday az the agricultural com
m'ssioncr's cflicn in the basement
OF the court house.
Tho registration is altogether diff
Gcrgnt from The national Signup OF
Japanese. German and Italian
alicaS being held at the postoffic"
and registering 70. one does not
release them from registering for
the ether
A representative of the state de-
partmcnt of a2riCulturC will super
vi5r tho census. which is a part OF
the departments survey of land
controlled by aliens in the state.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-03

OF TNC Val pTOduCIION DOaTu. UllItoS
a settlement is reached shortly
OPA officials agree that reclaimed
stocks as we'll as crude rubber must
be conserved for essential war uses,
but they disagree on the classitica-
ton of essential users.
One group Of officials, for exam
pie. wants to permit taXicab COM
Nanics To rctrcad their worn out
tires. Another contends that this
does not represent an essential civ
ilidn effort.
Department of agriculture officials
have prepared special pleas that
rationing Of rubber will do little
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-03
Two Sentenced 10
State Penitentiary

Two men were sentenced to San
Quentin penitentiary in Imperial
county superior court Tuesday. one
for a morals Cffense and the other
for forgery.
Francisco Palma's request for
probation was denied Tuesday and
he was ordered delivered to the
pcnitentiary to serve the sentence
imposed for committing a morals
offcnsc against a small girl. George
Stcrling's probation request also
was denied. He previously pleaded
guilty to forging checks.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-03

The I am" members we're be-
licycd to have come hero under the
leadership of Mrs. Dona Lucas
who operates a private school for
Il am" children.
Mrs. Lucas said She moved the
school here from Los Angeles for
protection of the children" and
that she expects a great many more
members to come to Sante Fe at
later date
Furniture consigned in the name
of Mrs. Ballard now is in storage
i'll Sante Fe. it was learned.
All members who recently came
to Sante Fe we're believed to poss.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-03
Y Am CuItists Believed
Leaving Calf. For n. M.

SANTE FE, N. NJ Feb 3. up
Possibility that the L am" relig
lous sect is deserving its Califor-
MIA headquarters was noted here
today when it was learned that IA
HroXimatcly so members have NOV
ed to Sante Fc during the last TWO
weeks
The moves we're made during the
trial and conviction of Mrs. Edna
w Ballard white-robed Los An
gceS leader of the Il am cult on
charges of using the mails to de-
fraud followers Of an estimated
$1,000 900.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-03

css slzcable incomes and arc oc-
.rpying dwellings in thc higher
priced rent districts q Tho "ity
The migration to Santc tc was
believed generated by the members
association with Mrs David Chavez
Jr. wife OF one OF New Mexlco'a
most widely known district judges.
Mrs. Chavez whose husband h
a brother of u. s. Sen. Dennis
Chavez, D.. N. M. was injured re-
Gently in an automobile accident
in California and repeatedly. Is re-
covering satisfactorily In a Los An
geles hospital. Mrs. Chavez reput-
edly Is high In Il am" circles.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-03
We,,ders Strike
ALI Washed Up

SEATTLE, Feb. 3. IUPl-A lWriS-
dctional strike of independent
wclderS in Puget Sound shipyards
was pronounced all washed up" by
employer spokesman today, with
only handful of strikers left in
Seattle and union members report
ed struggling back" to their jobs
in Tacoma
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-03
Cop Bags Jap
As Drunk Driver

I'll Centre Motor PaWo.nam Wyaa
Briggs Tuesday 1aagod III al
Jap, Wien he a~.e7tcd O rol. g
iarm"Y, Ior GrH;l& drirme ullcl
Tojii alleecdl. ram s'np sian Al
Imperial and Adam2 avenue. crash,
ing into motorcycle hidden b. !
*. Kcarn, a sailor.
Kearn was uuhWt but motor
cycle was wrecked. KcaYm i, visit
ing his sister and brothcr-m-la
here, Mr.. and MIS-. Marshall Jones
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-03

VUIVUTHIIUII UI WCNICHIT OUIIoIIVu
ton day at the CaleXlco Union
high school Thursday night.
Everyone interested in the Caval-
cadc is invited to attend the general
meeting" C. F.. Reynolds, secretary
of the CaleXico Chamber of Com
mercc, said Tuesday. We want all
interested persons in all parts OF
Imperial Valley to feel free to at
tend and take part in discussions
and arrangements.
The CavalCade this year will take
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-03

good for the general public If farm
crs are not permitted to replace
worn tires on trucks with which
they deliver produce to market. The
departments representative on OPh
argued especially the case of dairy
product producers whose mIlk might
sour unless they were able to dis.
pose of it reasonably soon
1t was understood that the OPA
originally intended TO ISSUE the re-
tread tire order 50 that It would
become effective next week Nov
the order probably viii not becomc
effective until Feb l6
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-03
MeIvyn Douglas
Given OCD Post

whose past activities arc question
&c, in high places IN Govcrnmcntz'
Rep. Jerry Voorhis, d, Calf,
said Douglas is not and never has
been a Communist.
And know Of no one who COult
do the oOCDl job better" he adj
dcd.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-03

place April 8. 10. and II, Reynolds
said, and as usual will be prcScntcC
in the great natural amphithcatcr
west of CalcXiCo.
Friday nights meeting will bc
the first general meeting and is
declared to be one of the most im-
portant in connection with the show
which has become one of Imperial
Valleys greatest and most popular
institutions.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-03

ca.
Federal and local authorities who
detained nearl" 500 japanese or
Terminal Island, adjoining Los An
gcles harbOr's army and navy eS-
adjustments, were rounding UP
scores of other nationals they re-
gardcd as dangerous" at every
point in the state.
Eishty-Six forbidden" zones al
ready have been established in Cali
fornia by authority of Attorney
General Francis BiGdlc. Thus far
they have been designated by tnc
army'S western defense command
additional zones are expected to b,
named by the navy.
Biddlc is expected to reveal Othcl
restricted zones in the states COM
priSing The defense command-Orc
gon, Washington, idaho, Montana,
Utah. Nevada and Arizona
Within these areas aliens may
not reside, work nor visit. Penalty
for violations of tho order is in
tCrnmCnt.
lNDUS IhlES Hi
The order particularly strikes al
the fishing and vegetable industries
of California.
Fishermen on San Francisco and
Monterey bayS-tWo affected areas
arc prcdomin9ntly Italian. anO
more than so per cent are aliens,
although long time residents OF tht
United States.
In the Los Angeles harbor area,
japanese fishermen predominant
The Sprinkling of JugoSlavs, Greeks
and ScandinavianS will be left to
carry on the huge industry.
The bulk of CALIFORNIA; S truck gar
dCnS are operated by japanese ano
a large part of them adjoin Vita
areas fields, airportS and air
plane factories. refincrieS, SmcltcrS,
steel mills and powder works.
And because agriculture is SO Vita
TO the state, w. J. Cecil, state dircc-
tor of agriculture. was called into
protracted conference yesterday
between Gov. Culbert Olson, Lieut.
Gen. John l.. Dewitt commanding
the western defense command, anc
Thomas j. Clark, CoordinatOr OF
alien enemy control for the depart
mcnt of justice.
For moro than a month Cccl.
has been at work on a survey o.
aliens occupying farming lands anc
the diSrupturc that would result
Continued Cl Page 6, Col -
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-03
Girl. ! B,
Murder
Victim
StrangIed d Body
Found in Shallow
Grave at S. Berdu

SAN BERNARDINO, Feb.
3. (UP)-The strangled body
Of little Shirley Bell, tow
headed six year old girl miss
ing since yesterday, was
found in a shallow grave on the
outskirts of the city today with her
brightly colored jumping rope tight
II wound about her neck.
SearcherS who had secured the
deSolate Muscoy section four miles
north west of San Bernardino, founo
the shallow grave in dry wash
by following bicycle tracks leading
from a nearby road.
A short distance from the grave
imprints on the sandy soil gave
indication of a struggle and broken
sage and Cacti showed that tiny,
blue-eyed Shirley had fought her
attacker before being overcome and
Strangled.
The body was fully clothed in the
print dress and coat which Shirley
wore when she left her San Ber-
nardino home yesterday morning
for school. Authorities said it was
impossible to determine Immediate
ly if the little girl had been at
tackled.
Policeman Lee l, RObb reached.
the freshly dug grave simultan-
couslr with Roy Brooks, fireman
who was led to the scene by his dog,
halfbreed bloodhound.
Brooks dog Immediately began to
dig into the fresh earth and soon
uncovered a portion of Shirley's
! dress. Other members of the search
ing party soon arrived and the body
was cXhumcd and brought here tol
an immediate autopsy.
NO CLUES FOUND
Police said they had no clue as
to the murderer except a report
by a Schoolmatc Of ShirleyS who
aid She saW the child riding the
handlcbars of a bicycle with man
not her father.
Another man reported seeing the
child with a mysterious stranger
shortly afterwards and tho pain
then disappeared from sight.
Tho body was found at a spot
nearly five miles from where the
child was last seen.
Detectives. in reconstructin2 thc
crime from the prints in the Sann
said the killer cvidcntl% Whcclrt
the bicycle off tho road and up
the sandy dry wash. The tracks
of the tires, and two pairs of foot
prints, enc set tiny and spaced close
together and the other belonging
to man, could be seen clearly
About 300 yards up the d"Solatc
wash the prints stopped and the
brush and SaGcbruSh was broken an0
Continued on Page 9. Col. p
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-03
laps BEGIN S0FTEN|NC UP SINGAPORE
p AMBL!Ne
X EPORTER
Chapter No. 5

Chapter No. s.
Here We 20 again on what not
to do during air raids.
No. 5-Always get excited anG
holler bloody murder. 1t will ado
to tho fl.h and confusion and scare
the little kiddiCS.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-03
Thcm's Fightin Words

In one of those play-to- the death
games INDUCED in at the Elks cluE
recently, Harry Horton, Jim Cox.
Homer Taylor, and Lee Nuffcr were
playing for blood and Whatnot.
1t ended up by Harry winning
So from Cox CcX handed Horton
stack of chips. Horton, chort-
ling with glcc, cashcd them in ant
went back 10 his office.
He RECALLED the office force witt
an account of his winnings. Thcr
suddenly his smiles faded and hi:
face dropped into a taxpayers
ScoWl
THAT so and so paid me witt
my own chips and l didn't notice
it
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-03
PrebIe GUIDED
BV Civic Group
Associated &C. Unit and Board Of Trad e
Recommend Continuation Of Plan For
Promoting Defense Projects in Valley

Members Of the aviation committee Of the Associated
Chambers Of Commerce ana the county board of trade
Monday conrurrcd in prasg Supervisor A y Prcblc for
his work inducing federal officials to locate in Imperial
county and asked the board of supervisors to continue
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-03
Row Delays Tire
Recap Rationing

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3. UP)-Regulations governing
the raonng Of rercad tires being delayed by differ
of opinion within the Office of Price Administrations
it learned today.
The matter may be taken to Donald NJ. Nelson head
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-03
Hes skinned

flf y NkihI'h-
Tho Rev Mr.. r.. G. Rogers. pao-
tor Of The Nazarcnc church, holds
first honors to date for being the
worlds best absent minded preach
CT.
He has been shaving recently
with a certain very mild toilet soap.
It's necessary because he has d
very tender skin.
When he went into the bathroom
to shave the other day, he saw a
nice white bar Of soap and got
busy with shaving
He emerged from the lathcr with
most Of the skin missing from his
face.
The Rev. Mr.. Rogers had uscc
laundry soap.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-03
Alien Evacuation
Plans Completed
Roundup Of Japanese, Germans, Other
Axis Nationals Continues as State Lays
Plans TO Fores+aI Possible Sabotage

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 3. tUP)-Plans for the cvacu-
alton of enemy aliens from vital defense in California
to nip possibility of sabotage or fifth column actv
ty being completed today with the assurance whole
sale removal to the midwest Of japanese, Italian and Ger
nnatnna lsL.aSI Cnntn
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-03
HONOR SERVICE MEN

CUBA, N. Y, Feb. 3 CUP1-Ring-
M of village church bells each dcS'
1t 5:30 pm, bcckonS all hearers
10 nda.c III two minutes of prayer
10Y Tie nation anG the men il
service.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-03
Allied Planes in
Desperate Attack
TO Check Thrusts
Enemy Sacrifices Two More Transports
In Preparing for Invasion Of Java;
ImperiaIs Beat Back Burma Road Drive
BY UNITED PRESS

American and British bombers struck Tuesday at Japa
thrusts toward the Burma Road Singapore and vita.
A HE'D bases in the Dutch East Indies.
United battle planes sank and prODab
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-03
CdIexico to Law
CuvuIcude Plans

Plans for the 1912 presentation of the Cavalcad2 OF
Imperial Valley will be launched in CacXco Friday a
a general meeting in the De Anza hotel.
This meeting, originally scheduled for Thursday night
changed to Friday night in order not to conflict witt
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-03
Success At Last

Success At Last
Curt Kcating couldn't hold out
any longer. He admits that RR
smoked him out. He was married
q week ago last Sunday in Yuma
to Berthe, a nurse of Brawley. They
will live in FL Centro.
Thank you Curt. And congratu-
lationS. of course.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-03
TEMPERATURE

7 IIMTEKNI VNE
Maximum Monday "a, minimum
Tuesday 40; 5 p. m. Monday 81,
humidity So; a. m.Tuesday 43,
humidity 10; noon Tuesday II, hu-
midity sc.
LOS ANGELES HAY
u. S. No. S23-S24; U. S. No.
2 Leafy 1. V. S21.5O- -S22.5O U. S. No.
2 SI9-S195O MpI May flax $2.22.
Evening star., 1942-10-15
Rickenbocker Cheered by Study
Of y. S. Flyers in Britain

Air Force personnel and equipment
under actual combat conditions and
in comparison with British and Ger
man planes and personnel.
The captain concluded that Amer
lean conceptions of Army aircraft
and their tactical employment are
proving sound in combat and that
"the British look upon the practical
application of our air war theories
with increasing approval"
Capt. Rickenbacker estimated that
the total German air force docs not
exceed 4,700 operational combat
planes of every type, q very small
percentage of these being bombers. 4"
1T would be a mistake, however,
to draw the conclusion that German
air power is on the decrease" he
continued, and explained:
While we may hope that British
and American bombers have crippled
German aircraft production and
maintenance In Germany and
France, the case may well be that
the Germans are working feverishly
on new design planes to Offset the
aerial superiority, which, at the
present writing, is definitely on the
Allies side.
Evening star., 1942-10-15
laura ingalls, Is Denied
Application for Parole

Laura ingalls,, well-known woman
flyer, sentenced to prison for failure
to register as foreign agent, has
been denied parole on the ground
that the Nation is at war, Frank r.
Jelleff, chairman of the District
Board of Indeterminate Sentence
and Parale, announced today.
Mr.. Jelleff said the nature of
Miss ingalls, crime" and the fact
that she had made "a poor adjust
ment" in prison made it inadvisable
to act on her application for parole.
She was given a sentence of from
eight months to two years. The
eight months will be up Monday.
Miss ingalls,. whose foreign princi-
pal was German, appeared before
the board yesterday. Mr.. Jelleff
said that because of the war the
board considered it must exercise
due caution"