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Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-27
Robert E. Juvenal
Reported Missing
In Island Action
Valley Man Unheard
From Here Since War
Started With Japan

Missing in action in the
Philippines" was the official
word received from govern
mental officials this week by
relatives of Sgt. Rob bert
Bob E. Juvenal, former member
of the Brawley police department
and special deputy sheriff of I'M
perial county.
Relatives believe they will learn
if he is a prisoner of war when
the official list is issued through
Switzerland. They also have some
reason to believe he may be a men,
ber of guerilla bands in the interior
of the Philippines.
He was stationed at Nichols Field,
six miles from Manila, when the
Japanese attacked Dec. T. No word
has been received from him since
that time and every letter his rela-
tives wrote to him since NOV. 10 has
been returned with the official stamp
Service Suspendd." The last letter
his mother, Mrs. Jessie Juvenal Of
Brawley, received from her son
was dated Nov. 20 and was q
Thanksgiving letter. At that time
Juvenal told his mother that his
commanding officer had told him
the United States and Japan would
be at war in three weeks and there
were sufficient supplies on Corregi-
dor to last a year.
Juvenal was graduated from
Brawley High school six years ago
and then enlisted in the Eleventh
cavalry at Monterey. His brother,
Joe, will leave Monday for March
Field for the air corps.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-27
OPAto Establish
&c. Branch Office

The office of price administration
wednesday notified Mayer Bob
Hatton that two officials of the
OPA will come to FL Ce.ltro Tues
day to establish branch office
here.
The work of setting up a branch
in El Centro will be carried out by
j. A. Donnelly, chief attorney fer
the San Diego division, and Rich
ard Drukker, assistant attorney
from the Los Angeles division.
The office will be located n city
hall, in room to be occupied also
by the Ell Centro war ration board
The room is being remodeled for
the purpose now.
While Donnelly and Drukker are
here, they will attend the first oil
a series of town meetings sched-
uled to be held during the summer
The meeting has been called at the
municipal stadium at 7:3O p. m
Tuesday.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-27
Growers, Shippers
Consider Problems

Methods of marketing. handling,
and Inspecting Imperial Valleys S.
$50 acre watermelon crop will be
discussed at a meeting of growers
and shippers in the court house in
Ell Centro at p. m. Thursday.
The 1912 watermelon crop, con-
sisting mainly of Klondike var
ieties, is just getting started. Be-
tween six and seven tons of water
melons rolled from Ell Centre Tues
day but most of the early ship
ments went from the Brawley area,
County Agricultural Commissioner
B. A. Harrigan said Wednesday,.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-27
Attacker Wounds
German 'hangman'

BERLIN, May 81 - German
Broadcast Recorded BY UP at Lon
dom - Reinhard Heydrich, Relch
protector of Bohemia and MoraVla'
was wounded by an attacker at
Prague, the official news agency
said today.
Heydrich is now out of danger, the
DNB news agency said. A reward OF
10000 900 krCnas was offered 1or
capture of the persons who plotted
the attack.
Heydrich has long been the NO.
2 Gestapo chieftain and is known III
Axis occupied territories as ihe
Hangman,' due to his ruthless
measures in repressing oppositiono
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-27
De GauIIe Asks
For Recognition

LONDON, May 27. CUP)-Gen.
Charles De Gaulle appealed to the
United Nations today to recognize
his Free French organization as
a political administration as well
as a fighting force and criticized
Allied methods of dealing with the
Martinique situation.
De Gaulle urged the Allied nations
recognize the fact that "combatant
France" is a political as well as
military entity and should be treat
ed as such in the councils framing
Allied strategy and political moves.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-27
City
ests
Defense
Volunteers Here
Mobilize, Garry
Through Problems

Enemy bombs reduced the
city of Ell Centre to a sham
bles Tuesday evening, axis
parachute troops took over
the municipal stadium and,
in the words of General StilWeli,
civilian defense took beating.
Not really, of course. 1t was
test mobilization to determine now
we'll preparations had been mace
here to repulSe an attack, preserve
order care for the wounded and
dispose of the dead.
The volunteers-auXiliary police,
block wardens, fire wardens, Red
Cross, Womens motor corps ana
all the rest-answered the mobiliza-
ton blast in double-quick order.
Finest cooperation shown thru
out the raid" came from the mo-
toring public. Motorists, having been
previously requested to keep the
main thoroughfares clear, summed
the main thoroughfares and OBJ
served every traffic regulation.
Chief of Police Ronnie Voyles
and Fire Chief Corn Reed were
elaborate in their praise OF this
cooperation.
Soon after the siren shrieked, the
volunteers got down to business.
When they finally began to cllck,
there was genuine mobilization IN
Ell Centre.
There was total of Is problems,
and about 10 of these were handled
correctly, Reed said
Another test mobilization may be
called with in the next two weeks,
he indicated.
THE organization can stand
lot improvement" he said.
MISTAKES NOTED
When the Barbara Worth hotel
suffered -four direct bomb hits
the word was flashed to the police
department. 1t should have been
flashed to the fire department, be-
cause the problem involved was a
Continued on Page 8; Column ~
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-27

A maximum rent date Of Jan. !,
l94i was set for San Diego. with
John A. Arvin, as director
Henderson also released the rent
regulations for housing accommo-
dations other than hotels ana
rooming houses. with regulations
covering those 10 be issued before
June /. In addition. the order
called for registration by landlords
of all rental dwelling units wheth-
er occupied or not. The registration
will start sometime In June.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-27

cheap revolver was sent crashing
clear through her body by her sister
Helen Tuesday night at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Voris Butler, $50
Woodward.
The girls had gone with their
mother. Mrs. May Lewis, 3l7 South
Eighth street, to visit at the Butler
home, and just as they were leav-
ing, Helen took the gun from a
chest, and, thinking it was only a
toy, aimed it at Evelyn and pulled
the trigger.
The bullet entered her back just
above the kidney, pierced her liver
and lodged just beneath the outer
skin of the abdomen.
The girls physician said he be-
lieved he could pull her through >
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-27
s. y. Rents Must Go Back
To Level Of Jan. l, 1q41

WASHINGTON, May 27-CUP)-
Price Administrator Leon Hender-
sen today told tenants in 20 war
production and military training
areas, including San Diego, to re-
duce their rent payments on June
l to. levels prevailing as far back
as January, April and July of ls4l.
The landlords approval is not
necessary, Henderson said.
The 20 areas, having a total popu-
lation of more than 100000 are
located in l3 states and include
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-27
Westmor|and Has
IMAM Police Dept.

WESTMORLAND, May 27-West-
morland is functioning with a one
man police department since the
city council made Night Officer
Dan LESLEY chief of police and
placed former Chief Ed Dickerson
ca a 60-day leave of absence.
The shift took place at council
meeting this week, leaving West
morland with only one man to po-
lice the town day and night. A
political hangover frcm the mu-
nicipal elections last April was be-
lieved to be at the bottom of the
councils action.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-27

DOaru.
The farm labor committee will
meet at 1880 am. in the office
of County Farm Advisor Frank
BeySchlag, and at 1870 pm. the
USDA war board will meet to con-
slider whatever action the commit
tee may take.
Manager Tom Finney of the
United States employment office
in Ell Centro said Wednesday that
the problem of supplying workers
to harvest crops is growing more
serious "by the hour" hence the
decision of county and government
authorities to act now.
1t is believed that action of both
groups may take the form of a re-
quest to ease existing immigration
regulations to permit the importa-
tion of agricultural workers from
Mexico.
Such a request apparently may not
be necessary, however, because
word was received here from Wash
ington Wednesday that United
States Attorney General Francis
Biddle was "favorably inclined" to-
ward bringing Mexican laborers
across the border to work Califor-
MIA crops.
1t has been proposed that 5000
Mexicans be permitted to come into
California and remain under special
permits for the duration of the
war
The valley alone can use 800 work
ers Immediately, and must have that
number if the beet, tomato and car
rot crops are to be harvested, Fin
ney said.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-27
sol. v. MEN ENLIST IN
STATE MILITIA

Imperial county's State Militia
has an enrolment of 80 men be-
tween the ages Of 16 and 65 years.
County Farm Advisor Frank Bey-
schlag said Wednesday.
A majority of the enlistments are
in the eastern section of the irri-
gated area of the county, he said.
This far the enlistments are in
the Verde, Mulberry. Rose, Holtville,
Jasper. and McCabe districts.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-27
TORPEDOES SINK
REFERENCE WORKS

SACRAMENTO, May 27-(UP)-
The state of California was noti-
fled today by the American Express
Agency that a shipment of printed
matter from San Juan, Porto Rico,
could not be delivered because OF
enemy action.
The missing shipment turned out
to be a copy of the Porto Rican
fiscal budget and other documents
sent each year to the state depart
ment of finance for reference.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-27

their organization has been sub
iected by the CIO'to a deliberate
campaign of abuse, insult, injury
intimidation and slander."
They also affirmed their COM
pldte and profound loyalty to
Lewis" who served notice yesterday
on CIO President Philip Murray
that their friendship was at an end.
The circumstances in the open
break between Lewis and Murray
and District SOS subsequent ac-
ton, appeared to be bringing about
an early showdown in the entire
matter of UMW-CIO relations.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-27

A resolution condemning the CIO
was adopted unanimously at spe-
cial meeting of the directors presid-
ed over by UNIV President John
l.. Lewis. The resolution called on
the UNIV policy committee to deter
mine the course Of procedure to be
followed as a result of Outrageous"
attacks upon District so.
District so of the UNIV was form
ed by Lewis to organize workers in
coal by-products and chemical in
dustries. Recently 1t extended its
field and launched a campaign to
organize dairy farmers.
The district so directors charged
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-27

Detroit and Cleveland. Today's ac-
tion establishes the first federal
control of rents for every type OF
housing accommodation in the
areas-houses, apartments, hotels,
rooming houses and trailers,
Henderson also announced the
appointments of 10 area rent di-
rectors charged with administra-
ton of the regulations.
The areas. directors and dates at
which the ceilings are to be i'm
posed included:
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-27

Memorial day will be observed IN
Imperial Valley Saturday by an al
most universal closing of all bus
mess establishments in every city
and by appropriate programs hon.
oring the war dead.
The services this year will be more
poignant than ever because the list
of American war dead has new
names since the observance a year
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-27
HAY CRISIS
AVERTED HERE

county.
THE hay will not be moved off
the ranches in 60 days as has been
the custom in the past" Bennett
said, but will be hauled out over a
12-month period or as needed by
the dairymen. The farmer will not
have to wait for his money and the
dairymen will be assured OF their
feed"
Some hay growers became alarm
ed when their hay crop piled up
and INSCRIPTIONS dealers persuaded
them to sell below the market when
there was no need of it.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-27
Two.Year-Old Boy
Found in Forest

YOUNG, Ariz., May 27 CUP)-
Searchers today found 2i2-year-old
Edwin Webb alive and well after
he had been reported missing fol
more than 10 hours in the forest
=. miles northwest of here.
The child the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Burr Webb. was found about
five miles west of Miller's sawmili
of which his father is foreman.
Sheriff William H Richardson
said the boy had endured near
freezing" weather during the night
and was clad only in a thin play
suit.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-27

Imperial Valley hay, piled up in
vast quantities because of the war
caused transportation shortage, will
be bought and paid for by coast
dairymen, insured, and held on val
ley ranches until it can be moved.
This solution of the bottleneck
caused by the transportation tie-up
was worked out by agricultural as
sociations, reputable dealers, and
farmers. Already several such
deals have been consummated, said
Ct. G.. Bennett, president of the
Associated Farmers of Imperial
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-27
Two Ships Sunk
By Axis Torpedoes

WASHINGTON, May 27-UP)-
The navy announced today that a
medium sized British merchant YES
sci and a small Greek merchant
vessel have been torpedoed in the
Atlantic.
A United States trawler has been
sunk in the same area by Shell fire
from an enemy submarine.
Survivors from all three ships
have been landed at an east coast
port.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-27
CHINA INCLUDED IN
ECONOMIC PLANNING

WASHINGTON, May 27-(UP)-
The United States today presented
to China formal proposals for eco
nomic collaboration similar to the
ones offered to the Soviet Union
yesterday and already accepted by
Great Britain.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-27

into consideration.
Major causes of the increase In
California were said to be increased
expenditures for relief. OF the $l053
statewide increase in l935-36 and
194O-4l a total of $974 was for
charities and corrections, the Tax
payers association said.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-27

generaI expenses, ranking StVenCN'
from the lowest.
Expenditures by county govern
ments throughout the state, the
association said, averaged $2923 in
1940-4l compared with a statewide
average of $3.50 for 1886, an
increase of $l0.53 per capita. The
use of the per capita figures, it was
explained, takes population changes
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-27
Perfect Cooperation
No Cooperation

No Cooperation
In the midst of the mobilization
test, one of the incidents was sup
posed TO be an unconscious man
at the stadium. The women in ali
ambulance dashed up and looked
around. Several men were standing
and sitting around.
(which one is it?" she shouted.
THAT man. said u bystander
pointing to a man lounging against
fence. lis unconscious" The wom-
an was indignant.
well, at least" she stormed, you
might cooperate enough to lie down.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-27
Imperial County
Govt Costs Low

Imperial county, with per capita expenditure of
2202 for general county government purposes in 94O
ranked third from the lowest among the California counties
the California Taxpayers association announced Wednes-
day In 1895 the county spent $1604 per capita for
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-27
Way Out Sought
For Farm Labor

Plans designated to hundreds of thousands of dol
lars worth of Imperial Valley crops now threatened by
the acute farm labor shortage here, will be formulated
Thursday meetings Of the county farm labor committee
and the United States department of agriculture war
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-27
Mine Workers to
Break With CIO

WASHINGTON, May 27. (UP)-Regiona directors of
district the United Mine Workers union today charg
ed the Congress of Industrial Organizations with deiber
ate sabotage of the UNIV and asked that action be taken
which would lead to a break in CIO-UMW relations.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-27
'ToyCun' Bullet
Girl, II
II-year-OId Child Shoots Sister in
Belief Weaponis is P|aythins; Lite
Is Stake Of Struggle at Hospital

A 14-year-od girl fighting game battle for he1
life Ell Cenro hospital Wednesday, and her llyearolo
sister was praying ferventy all because the younger CIR
mistook a real gun for toy. =,
EVELYN Lewis is the patient. bullet from small
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-27
NAZ|S LAUNCH P|NCERS drive in L|BYl
Z 1Sst!HS 4yse9E;

Deep Stuff
The inventive spirit may be said
to have Jimmy Bailey and Bill Tiger
Reed in its grasp.
Just why they wanted to make
diving helmet is something RR can
not understand because RR can
neither invent nor dive.
They took a five-gallon gasoline
can, put some glass in the front
arranged straps to fasten 1t over
their shoulders, put hose gadget
in the top SO they could pump air
in, and were ready for a demonstra-
ton. They selected the Ten Foot
drop as the scene of their demon
stration.
Jimmy adjusted the homemade
diving helmet, grasped 20 pounds OF
cement in each hand, and plunged
in. He stayed under quite spell
with Bill Tiger pumping like mad
to keep the air coming in. He came
to the top and Bill Tiger went
down, cement and all.
All went well with the second
phase of the experiment until the
hose gadget on top of the helmet
Wor...CG loose. Jimmy was still man
ming the pumps but Bill Tiger was
Mt getting the good of it. Every
time he took breath, the water
sucked into the helmet. He dropped
the cement weights when the wa
ter was over his chin
Bill Tiger rose to the surface
l.
ed out. He then complicated mat
ters by getting stuck in the shoulder
straps. Jimmy had Mysteries until
Bill Tiger extricated himself and
then Jim went down again. This
time he put the end of the hose in
his mouth All went we'll until he
happened to think about Bill Tiger
getting stuck in the shoulder straps.
He laughed, blew the hose out OF
his mouth, and he, too, was forced
TO rise to the surface. ..s-ss .s...
Thus ended phase three OF I'M
perial Valleys craziest experiment.
A Great Day Coming
Roy .Johnstone has had great
deal to do with the tire rationing
business in Ell Centre. His duties
were difficult and not at all ex-
citing. A bit of bore in fact.
The boredom fled when he was
informed he was to have charge OF
the rationing of ladies girdles.
"Oh, boy gurgled Roy, when
do we start measuring"
Perfect Cooperation
The most perfect and thorough
cooperator in Tuesday nights test
mobilization in Ell Centre was John
r. Rogers. He leaned over back
wards to make the thing genuine.
During the hour-long demonstra-
ton, Rogers personally met all
would-be customers at his refresh
ment stand and informed them that
this was a "blackout' and his place
was closed.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-27
Tank Column on
March in Desert
AQQinSt British
Dive Bombers cad Attack Intended to
Disrupt Allied Strategy. Drive Thru
To Near East; Kharkov Battle Rases
= BY UNITED PRESS :

An Axis tank column striking rs miles the Lbyan
desert mechanical warfare the North African
front Wednesday in operations apparently synchronzed
with the still raging battle of Kharkov in the Russian
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-27
Baseball
NATIONAL

NATIONAL
Brooklyn ..........., 100 600 003-4-7-0
Boston ............. O0l 900 000-1-5-l
Wyatt & Owen; Tobin Il Lom-
bardi.
ST. Louis ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. VII oao y
Pittsburgh ............................ olu oo| v
Dickson & w Cooper; SeWell'
Krist, BeaZley & Phelps.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-27

El Centre Business Barometer
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-27
WEATHER

Maximum Tuesday 81. Minimum
Wednesday So. pm. Tuesday 95,
humidity 8. S am. Wednesday 62,
humidity GA. Noon Wednesday 95,
humidity 8.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-27
LOS ANGELES HAY

u. S. No. 1 $24.-S25, u. S. No. 2
leafy Nv. S22.50-23.50; US. No. 2
$l8-SI9. Mpls. Sept. Flax S2.52R.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-27

:. A bullet from a small,
Greenbelt cooperator., 1942-11-20
Trees for Christmas

Greenbeters used to be able to buy Christmas trees
cut right here around the edge of town for Is cents apiece
Then S. A. lawyer administrator discovered that
not legal for Christmas trees anything else to be
taken from Government property and sold without the
formaly and red tape of bidding, etc. So paid from
35 cents to 81 so for imported trees in 1910 and 1941
This year there is shortage of labor and transporta
tion Fewer will be available for Christmas and
these will be high priced To relieve the shortage and
help keep prices in line surely appeal be made to
the business management division of the Federal Public
Housing Authority for revised ruling the cutting of
trees the Greenbelt property.
The pines here need thinning anyhow. The temptation
for residents to illegally cut trees themselves will be high
If local labor is not available the Administration
staff the cutting be done by volunteers under the drec
ton of Mr. MacGregor Trees could be made available ree
sold for small fee which could be paid the cutters
go to organization in town-our Civilian Defense
Corps, for instance
We have the trees and want the trees cut for
All the lawyers have to do is to devise way for
to do it without landing in Jail.
Greenbelt cooperator., 1942-11-20
Five Years Ago
(From the Cooperator of
November "a, 1887

R. M. Templeman, first store
manager, announced that the gro
Gerry store would open within a few
days.-The Coop gas station be-
gan operating. : The Greenbelt
Journalistic Club held its first
meeting at the home of Robert
Hayes; plans were discussed for
the distribution of authentic news
in Greenbelt; the principle adopted
that any bulletin or newspaper in
the community shall be non-parti-
san in politics, and comparatively
designed; as it's first venture the
club planned to sponsor the Green
belt Cooperator with the assistance
of Cooperative Distribution Corp.
Inc; the club elected officers, with
Louis Bessemer as editor, and as
signed certain duties to voluntary
reporters s.-Greenbelt's "First New
Baby" was Sonya Fulmer.-Green-
belt residents held their first
Thanksgiving Dance at the Ele-
mentary School.-Greenbelt veter-
ans, under the direction of Allen
Morrison, organized Legion Post;
signed a petition for a charter
IL candidates for council presented
their views at a meeting of the
Greenbelt Citizens Association
Student Council organized at
Greenbelt School.
Greenbelt cooperator., 1942-11-20
\ Cooperator Of Nov
nr 81 1QA2l

The new #. S. A. income llml-
tations for residents caused heated
discussion, and the Citizens Asso-
citation explored ways of obtaining
housing for the over-income fam
lilies, while statements were made
that houses might stay vacant
after the over-income families were
moved out.-Students of the Ele-
mentary School gave a Thanks
giving Day party for their parents.
DIR. Silagy was appointed medi-
cal director of the Health Associ-
alton, and DR.. Mary and DR.. Cles-
son Richardson resigned from the
organizations medical staff.-The
Greenbelt Band made it's first
debut outside of the home town, at
the Washington City Church of the
Brethern.-Nursery School moth
ers were selling new Town Di-
rectories to raise funds.