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Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-16
Navy Enlistment
Rush Continuing

The rush to enlist in the navy
continued at E Centre recruiting
Headquarters this week with II men
accepted for enlistment, said NJ H.
Lindberg, recruiting officer, FRIDAY,
Willie T. Lyons. Herman A. Nor
ris. Winfred T. Reed, John w. Nc
Laughlin. and A M. Laucesta were
accepted from FL Centre; Alfred j,
Darnen and Enrico A. Asenas from
Brawley; George c. Wheeler from
Calexico: S. F. Palado from West
morland David Hayhurst from
SeeIey: and Elmer c. Knight from
Holtville
Two e. Centre men, Lloyd E.
Haskell and Taylor E Moe were
enlisted in a naval reserve con-
struction unit and 1t is expected
they will be called to active duty
soon.
The navy opened enlistments re-
Gently in rigger battalions in the
reserve for qualified men with con-
struction or longshoreman eX2er-
fence in ratings which parallel
trades and technical qualifications
of their civilian occupations.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-16
JAPS IN FULL FORCE
Draft Bill Out
0fComnittee
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the present school lear and no later
than next July /. 'teen-age youths
who have been attending high school
and college will be called Excep-
tions to an extent not yet deter
mined will be made for medical
and pre-medical students. engineer
and other prospective scientists.
MARRIED MEN
WITHOUT CHILDREN
They, and single men with col
lateral dependents, will start receiy-
ing calls Immediately. In November,
100000 of them will be inducted
Then during December, January and
part of February the induction of
married men and single men with
dependents will be suspended while
the teen-age youths are taken up
In February this draft will be re-
sumed until the army'S requirements
for 100000 man force are met.
MARRIED MEN WITH
CHILDREN
They will not be called before late
in 1943 and probably not until 1914.
The only move that can change the
status of married men with chill
dren would be revision of the Sc
lective service law by congress to
remove dependency as the principal
grounds for deferment and substi-
tute essentially of occupation.
ABLE-BODIED SINGLE MEN
IN WAR INDUSTRIES
They can expect to be called in
increasing numbers until virtually
all have been replaced The same
men on farms who are already de-
ferred will not be called in general
because of the farm labor shortage
The house committee amended its
l8 and l9-year- -old bill so that all
men within a state of the same cate
CORY must be called before any
board in that state starts working
on a new category. That amend
ment was designed to meet the OBJ
lection that some draft boards al
ready are drafting married men,
while other boards in the same city
have not yet exhausted their sup
ply of single men.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-16
Gold Towns Change
To Ghost Towns in
General Shutdown

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down" and maintenance men took
the cages down Friday morning. The
jobs of the latter were good for
go days or less. at the end of which
time only skeleton crews will re-
main in the diggings which began
in 1876
The same scenes occurred at
Cripple Creek, Fairplay, Alma, and
Victor. Colo, and in some gold
camps and towns of northern Cali
fornia and the communities of Ne
vada. An estimated 10000 miners,
according to department of COM
merce figures, were released for
work in copper, chrome and other
non-ferrous metals mines where
serious labor shortages have devel-
oped. Not all of these men will
seek work in other communities
but the VINO hopes that at least
1000 will do so.
Entire communities may be forced
to move, for like Lead. S. D., many
of them are one industry towns,
The Homestake dominates Lead
The employees have their own PEN
sion system, their own hospital and
/ recreation facilities. The company
operates a modern sawmill at
Spearfish, S. D., and some of the
released miners may find part-time
employment in the company's tim
Der department, its shops, found
ries and the firms Wyoming coal
mine which will continue to oper-
ate. Many local stockholders r"-N
no other income than from the
mine and will be affected bv loss
of dividends. South Dakota officials
predict that the state will lose moro
than Sl,300,000 in taxes.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-16
Blanchard Death
Reported Here

News of the death of T. B. Blan-
chard, who operated one of the
first lumber yards in Ell Centre. ar
rived in Ell Centre Friday.
He died in Carmel last SUNDAY
from heart attack. Mrs. Blanch-
ard wrote Jasper Travers of El
entrc.
Blanchard came to Imperial VAL
ley in October of 1905. and operated
the Blinn Lumber company near
the railway tracks in the new town
OF Ell Centre. He was one of the
first directors of the Ell Centre
Chamber of Commerce, organized in
1906, and will be particularly re-
membered for his part in the fight
to make Ell Centre the county seat
He sold most of the lumber used
in building FL Centro's first homes
and business buildings.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-16
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siege.
The Nazi attack apparently was
directed against narrow sector
of the front but great numbers of
armored units and divebombing air.
craft were being employed to blast
the Russians from their positions
in ruined factory buildings and
houses.
The Russian army's organ, Red
Star, regarded the battle as the
decisive" encounter of the 53-day
siege. Moscow reports said the
Germans opened the attack We'd
nesday with an air bombardment
which exceeded in force that di-
rected by the Luftwaffe against
Rotterdam.
LULL BEFORE STORM
Nazi reports indicated that the
Germans had employed the lull on
the Stalingrad front of the last
week or so to reorganize the forces
and concentrate them for the i'm
portant break through effort.
Attention centered on the Solo,
mons where the U. S. marines and
army forces were battling the big
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-16

WASHINGTON. Oct. 16.-CUP0
Nationwide rationing of scarce
commodities will be expanded as
wartime shortages increase but it
will not be "as soon or as sweeping
as some people predict" a reSpon-
sible official of the Office of Price
Administration said today.
His statement was not directed
at-but was in sharp contrast to
the declaration of other OPA Off
cials last night that additional ra-
tioning programs will be initiated
almost as rapidly as the current
price and raioning boards can alb
serb the increased administrative
load
He declined to forecast or even
discuss when rationing of coffee,
and other commodities
word be undertaken. Previous
speculation emanating from official
and unofficial quarters, it was eX-
planned. has led to boarding and
unnecessary confusion.
ORA TO REORGANIZE
OPA field officials gathered here
for two days of discussions about
policy and overall operations. Au-
thorities said OPA would be decen-
tralzed and would establish eight
regional. 48 state and 80 district
offices and empower field officials
10 make decisions affecting prob
lens in their areas.
Nine commodities now are ration
ed: sugar. typewriters. automobiles,
fuel oil. gasoline. tires. rubber boots,
farm machinery and bicycles.
Meats are expected to be ration
ed next. Supplies to wholesalers
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-16
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1912
Snubs to Farmers FIayed

workers to the industrial centers.
They have not hesitated to cooper
ate with labor solicitors who have
gone out on the farm to entice away
the workers"
The farmers. the report continued
must have ample trained help q.
ample tools to work with and prices
sufficient to at least cover the cost
of production and living expenses.
ALL COSTS UP
To-day they face 1943 with none
of the three it said.
Every item entering into the cost
of farm production has increased
by leaps and bounds. yet it seems
that our urban population expects
the farmer to continue to produce
at pre-war prices"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-16
Italians Awake TO
End Front Danger,
Seek Easyway0ut

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erals because they dared to chal-
lenge his inner voice, he was also
paying attention now to the North
African front.
Informants here attributed the
visit to Berlin o. Field Marshal Err
win Rommel just back in his Afri-
can command. to Emergencies be-
tween what they called the African
and Russian schools of thought.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-16

The committee noted that heroic
featS in the armed forces are ap-
propriately recognized, that indus
trial management and labor are
publicly commended for increased
production, but, it added, there is
no clamor on the farm
1T would seem the farmer is ex-
pected as a matter of course to toll
on from dawn till dark to provide
the food and fiber to feed and
clothe our armed forces, our civilian
population and our allies the COM
mittee said.
Maybe a few million hungry
Stomachs will awaken the people
and programmes to better under
standing and appreciation of those
who till the SOIL
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-16
BY RICHARD A. BLACKBURN

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16. (UP)-
The house agriculture committee, in
stronger language than is custom
airy in congressional reports, today
denounced the administrations farm
labor policies and concluded that
maybe a few million hungry Stom-
achs" would awaken the people to
better appreciation of those who
till the soil.
The committees statement was
made in a report addressed to Pres
ident Roosevelt, his chief war aides
and to congress. 1t was a summary
of its findings during recent hear
ings on manpower problems.
The committee warned that un-
less farmers get plentiful labor,
enough tools and better prices. the
nation in another year probably
will be without many necessities of
life"
NO GOOD PROGRAM
The report complained that there
is no we'll developed manpower pro-
gram, recommended that all men
essentially engaged in production
of vital food and fiber supplies" be
deferred from the draft and accused
U. S. employment offices of aggrav-
ating the farm labor shortage by
acting as recruiting agencies for
war industries"
Utter confusion" it said. exists
toda- on every farm, every ranch,
every dairy. We appeal to the Presi-
dent and the several administrative
agencies to act and act now, so
the farmers may know whether to
plan and how to plan"
The committee said it was AS
toniShed' at the lack of a survey
of the national manpower and rec
commended: definite determination
of the potential size of the armed
forces and consideration of the
strength of civilian manpower to
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-16
R0tarians Hear
Talk on Football

Football in wartime was discussed
fol- the El Centre Rotary club
Thursday noon by Coach Louis
Birnbaum of Central high school.
Stan D. Atkin, vice principal of
Central, discussed the coming foot
ball season. the school yell lead
ers, Martha Jeanne Jenkins, Mar
jorie Watson. Gene House, leading
the Rotarians in songs and yells.
S S. Campbell was chairman of
the day.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-16
ArmyFu||U In
Quota of Doctors

ST. LOUIS, Mo, Oct. 16.-tUPD
Chairman Paul V. McNutt of the
War Manpowei commission, told
the American Hospital association
war conference last night that re-
cruiting of physicians for the arm
ed forces was ahead of schedule
and the needs for 1912 already were
90 per cent filled.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-16
Scanning |. Y.
News Horizon
TROMBONIST SENT
TO iPENITENTIARY

Carl J. Ussery will spend one to
10 years in San Quentin peniten-
tiary for stealing two trombones
from the Novak Music company in
Ell Centre. He pleaded guilty to
the charge in superior court Thurs
day.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-16
Germans Launch
Biggest Attack

gest Japanese ATTEMPT yet to drive
them from their Guadalcanal
stronghold. A Nazi radio report
quoted Tokyo IS claiming the Jap
aneSe had recaptured two air.
fields" There is only one airfield
in the southern Solomons. Hender-
son field, which is the chief objec-
tive of the present battle.
SUBS TAKE TOLL
A Tokyo report claimed that af-
ter four weeks of hard fighting"
the japanese had mopDed up Brit
lSh, Dutch and American forces
which were still holding out in the
interior of Borneo.
Capt. Pierre Bouyade, a French
airman who escaped from Indo
China to join the fighting French
in China, reported that American
and British submarines have taken
a heavy toll of japanese Warships
and transports in the south China
sea.
He said Allied submarines were
so active they haG forced the Japa-
neSe to abandon use of Camranh
Bay in southwest Indo China.
AMERICANS READY
A dispatch from Honolulu by
Robert c. Miller, United Press staff
correspondent who landed with the
marines in the Solomons and cov-
cred the first six weeks fighting
there, made evident that the big
scale japanese operation came as
no surprise to U. S. troops.
The main japanese attack was
directed against Guadalcanal island
which with its vital airfield is the
key to the American position in
the southern SolomonS.
JAPS IN FULL FORCE
The American forces hold the
field and a small surrounding area.
The japanese landed in force at
Cape Esperance, 30 miles west of
Henderson FlC: :, Miller reported
they had two principal directions
of attack against the American po-
sition. One route was along the
low-lying coast. The other was in
land through hilly, difficult jungle
terrain.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-16

support it; IAN appropriate priority
system" for the ALLEGATION of man
power; and the rating of all needs
according to their respective I'M
portance for the winning of the
war"
LABOR RECRUITING
1T is our definite conclusion,
the report said, that hundreds of
U. S. employment offices spread
across the nation have contributed
a great deal toward the present crit
ical farm labor shortage. They have
acted as labor recruiting offices for
industrial plants and defense prof.
ects. They have advertised the scale
of high wages as an inducement for
recruits and have drawn hundreds
of thousands of farmers and farm
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-16
ASKS FOR PROBATION

r. M. Morrow Friday pleaded
guilty in superior court to bad
check charge and asked the court
for probation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-11
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Junior Women s
 Buffet Supper

The Junior Women's program for the 1942-43 season was announced last night by its president, Miss Ivy Needham at buffet supper held at the Copper Kettle.
 Emphasis will be placed on War Service Work. Miss Arlette Lynch will open the program on September g with her discussion of "How Chemistry Is Meeting Our Needs Today. She will be followed on October IA by Oswald c. Willard, on current events.
 Among the other speakers will be Florence Linden of the Phillip Nor ris Company; Margaret Porter, "Nu- triton and War; John K. M. Me- Caffrey, Firth of a Book; Caro- line Hood of Rockefeller Center, Behind the Scenes; and Mrs, Thomas Hartley, Why Not Do It the Right Way?"
 Among those who were present last evening were Mrs. Raymond o. Mills, Margaret E. Rogers, Elizabeth Mallette, Esther Ledel, F. Villa Bristol, Ivy Needham, Mrs. John Woodruff, Mrs. Louis Wassong, Pauline White, Rosalie Mckee, Betty Harrison, Mrs. Roland Malia, Mrs Domenic Mecca, Mrs Lawrence Pierpont, Barbara Doherty, Sally Barnutn, Mrs. 0. Chester Cole;
 Ernestine Piercey, Marion John- son, Kathleen Dillman, Mrs. Eugene Mallette, Mrs. David Thompson, Mrs Richard Miller, Mrs. John Casey Elizabeth Rich, Ruth Worden, June Cables and Mrs. Wellington French
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-11
Miss Polly DdLy
 Weeds Tonorrow

The wedding of Miss Polly Daly, daughter of MT. and Mrs. M. J. Daly of Columbia Boulevard to Dr. Roger V. Ostrander of Ray street. so n of MT. and Mrs. Harry c. Ostrander of Salt Point, N. Y., will be an event of tomorrow morning.
 The ceremony will be performed at ten o'clock at St. Margaret's church.
 Miss Gertrude Heazel of Asheville, N. C., classmate of Miss Daly at Trinity College, Washington, D. C., will attend as maid of honor, with the Misses Peggy Darcey of Cheshire, Lorraine McElligott of this city, Evangelyn Ostrander of Salt Point, sister of Dr. Ostrander, and Mar tha Sloan of Woodnont as atten- dantS
 pr. Sumner Shaw of Millbrook, N. Y. will serve as best man and the ushers will include Roland Marshall, Gordon Schick, Joseph E. Daly and M. J. Daly, III.
 A reception will follow at the Wa terbury Country Club.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-11
MRS. J. I. BUTLER
 BOOTH CHAIRMAN

Mrs. Joel I. Butler of Waterbury is chairman of the refreshment booth committee for the County Fair being given for the benefit of the Children's Center of New Haven. She is also chairman of the Water bury committee to raise funds.
 The program starts at noon with a luncheon. The Orange Symphony Orchestra will give concert in the afternoon.
 Other members of the refreshment booth committee are Mrs. Horace Baldwin, Mrs. John A. Coe, Jr., Mary Boardman, Virginia Bevans, Nancy Olcott, Miriam Camp, Walter Torrance, Jr., Robert Purinton, Spencer Hart and Charles Arnold.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-11
Pre-Nuptial Party
 For Pauline Fulton

Mrs. Emily Fulton of Shefield Terrace entertained last evening with a miscellaneous and greenback shower at her home in compliment to Miss Pauline Fulton.
 Among her guests were Mrs. M. Sorbi, Mrs. Mary Barquero, Mrs. Mary Shadowrey, Mrs. Ann Ill., hickey, Frances Perriello, Mary Bouncore, Norma Shanley, Mrs. J. Bouncore, Mrs. Viola Turcotte, Dorothy Turcotte, Mrs. Helen Pe- trillo, Mrs. A. Larrow, Mrs. Blanche Dubay, Mrs. Minnie Fulton, Mrs. Lucy Corangelo, Connie Willette, Mrs. Kay Paffney, Mrs. Salvatore Blasie, Esther Petronio;
 Mrs. Mary Petronio, Mrs. Ann Greatorex, Sally Ostroff, Mrs. Louise Ritysero, Mrs. Antonio Cor tahara, Mrs. Elliott Gordi and Mar tha Ganem.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-11
Personal
Methodist Women
 Announce Social

The Women's Society of the First Methodist church will hold tea Wednesday, September 30.
 Sunday, September 20, the church will hold a rally day service and fall flower festik Mrs. Mallette is chairman of tho flower committee.
 The calendar of events at the church next week, announced this morning by Rev. Dr. John J. Snave- ly, pastor, follows:
 Monday, September 14t-
 6:30-- Meeting of the auxiliary of the w. s. 0. s.
 8:O0-O Official Board meeting. A number of important matters are to come before this meeting.
 Tuesday, Sept. 15--2:30, w. c. T. U. meeting.
 Wednesday, Sept. l6th-s:OO, A meeting of the Married Couples club.
 Thursday, Sept. 17:-- 10-4 ladies of the church will meet for sewing. They would like 9 donation of sewing machines and floor or bridge lamps for use in this work.
 5:OO-Junior Choir rehearsal.
 7:3O-Church Bible class led by the pastor. Subject will be "The Book of Ruth"
 Friday, Sept. 18th:-
 7:OO-Senior Choir rehearsal.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-11

More American babies are born in July, August and September than in any other three months of the year, according to the sta- tisticians of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. They add that, in contrast with these bar- ner months, are May and De- cember, when the baby crop is the smallest of the year.
 The most extreme contrasts in the number of newborn infants, according to a study based on the years 1887 to 1939-a normal pe- riod undisturbed by war-occur in Texas and the states adjoining it on the north and east. Tn these states, it is explained, the study showed a variation of 27 per cent between the peak number of mid- summer and the low of May.
 'The seasonal fluctuations of births are in 8 slight degree par alllel to the seasonal fluctuations in marriages" the statisticians comment, "but the relation Is not close, as might be expected since marriages would affect only first births which are only about one third of all births.
 'In times of war the usual sea. sonal pattern of births may be completely upset This was noted in the first World War in the countries most heavily engaged,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-11
Zindah Auxiliary
 Renanaes Officers

The zindah Grotto Auxiliary re- sumed its fall program on Wednes- day evening with an annual meeting at Masonic Temple.
 It was preceded by @ dinner at the Copper Room of the Hotel Elton.
 Among the officers reelected were president, Mrs. Richard Bensen; vice-president, Mrs. Edward Her. monat; secretary-treasurer, Mrs. Alex Collins.
 The members attending were Mrs. Elmer Main, Mrs. Charles Winters, Mrs. Louis Wenzel, Mrs. Charles E. Hobbs, Mrs. Peter German, Mrs. E. Harold Coley, Mrs. Harold Manville, Mrs. Clarance Slater, Mrs. Thom w. Corby, Mrs. George Erk, Mrs. Richard Bensen, Mrs. Alex Collins, Mrs. Edward Hermonat and Mrs. George Manville.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-11
FOUR CLAMBAKES
 PLANNED SUNDAY
Gun Club, Tribunes, Elks, and Washington Hill Old-
 Timers Sponsors

Four local groups are planning clambakes for this Sunday. They are the Waterbury Elks at Lake Quassapaug, the Rod and Gun club on Pearl Lake road, the Old Timers club of Washington Hill at Schild- gems grove, Naugatuck, and the Tribune Athletic club at Paradise inn, Meriden road.
 Lieut.. Patrick Foley and James Sheehan are arranging the clam bake for the Tribune A. C., while John Shea and Maurice Ryan are doing the same for the Old Timers. The committee for the Elks' bake is Harry x. Cashin, chairman of the entertainment group, Frank J. Monaghan and Harold Brennan.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-11
Baby Crop Smallest
 In May, December
July, August and September Banner Months; Birth
 Patterns in War Times Generally Upset

In Paris, for instance, in the pre- war conditions of 1914, January births were 107 per cent of the average. In 1915, this jumped to 145 per cent, and in 1919, after the war, it fell to 7l per cent.
 Because of the relatively short period of our participation in the first World War, our seasonal pattern of births was not as pro- foundly affected as that of Euro pean countries. Even so, the years 1918 and 1919 showed quite marked changes in the usual course of our birth rate, reflect ing the withdrawal of men of marriageable age from the civilian population and their sudden re- turn in the months after the ar miStice.
 "In the present war, even be- fore we became definitely involv- ed, the general expectation of that eventuality was in itself enough to stimulate an increase both in marriages and births, par ticularly when it became appar- ent that there was to be . draft for military service. As 8 result of this births in 1940 and 1941 for New York state = where the data are available - showed defl- nite departures for the usual sea- sonal trend, with very strongly accentuated midsummer peak.
 Tn England, which now for three years has felt the full force of the war, the usual seasonal ups and downs of the birth rate have been so modified as to pro- duce the unusual result of a prac- tically uniform rate in the four quarters of the year 194l."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-11
Miss ODonneH
 Guest At Party

Afrs. Michael oDonnell of Wash- tngton street entertained last eve utng with miscellaneous shower In compliment to her daughter, Miss Marion O'Donnell.
 Among her guests were Mrs. Clar- ence Lavrn, Mrs. Joseph Campbell of Plymouth, Mrs. George Brown, Mrs. William Duggan, Rita Dugga1, Mrs. John w. Terry, Mrs. Paul Many, Mrs. Russell Gee of Water town, Mrs. Edward Hes, Margaret German, Rita Began, Rosemary Sul- ivan, Rita O'Donnell, Mrs. Gerald osDonnell, Anna O'Donnell, Kay Canvan, Ruth Callahan and Alma Pelletier.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-11
Personal

MT. and Mrs Charles Connell of Hendricken Place announce the birth of their first child, 8 son, Charles Jeffrey, 4th, on September 8, at the Waterbury Hospital. Mrs. Connell is the former Muriel Bauer of Ansonia.
 Corporal David Stango, son of MT. and Mrs. Marciano Stango of Mar tone street, has returned to his dut- ies with the U. s. Army in New Or leans, after spending ten days with his parents.
 MT. and Mrs. Patrick Flaherty of Fairview street have been entertain ing their son, Thomas F1aherty of Baltimore, Md.
 Mrs. Mary Quinlan, an executive at the Waterbury Hospital, will be- gin new duties as a Meriden City Health Nurse on October l.
 MT. and Mrs. Thomas Calvin are now residing in Indianapolis, Indi- ana. Prior to her marriage on Aug ust 9, Mrs. Calvin was the former Margaret Leary, daughter of MT and Mrs. Frank Leary of Fourth street.
 Daniel J. Noonan of Crescent street is registered at the Hotel New Weston, New York.