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Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-20
Legislature Goes
Into Ninth Day Of
State Guard Row
Assembly in Quitting
Mood but Senators
Force Consideration

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 20.
(UP)-The state senate to-
day passed 81 to 3 and sent
to the assembly an $8,0O0,-
900 state guard bill with a
few slight changes from similar
bill defeated three times in the
lower house.
Senators from opposing factions
joined in supporting the bill as
the best compromise available to
break a deadlock which has dragged
the special session into its ninth
day.
The bill was similar in most res
poets to an amended measure de-
feated three times in the state as
sembly. It's chief points were an
appropriation of $7,934O0 and an
active force of nearly 10000. OF
whom only 5000 could be on duty
at one time.
The major change provided that
enlisted men in the guard should
receive So per day on active duty,
instead of for only 30 days and
thereafter $2l per month. The as
sembly deadlock simmered down to
that one minor point, with Gov
Culbert Olson's forces refusing to
cut the So and the anti-administra~
ton coalition refusing to bulge.
Olson forces said they would vote
for the straight 50 clause and pre-
dicted the governor would sign it.
The special wartime session en-
tered its ninth day witt the senate
grousing at the stubborness of the
assembly and the lower house men,
Continued on Page 2; Column 81
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-20
Daylight Saving
Becomes US. Law

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -
OUP-Prcs.dent Roosevelt to-
day signed legislation placing
the entire nation on daylight
saving time, effective at Il. m.,
Monday, Feb. 9.
The statute. which placed
clocks one hour ahead, will con-
tinue in effect for the duration
of the war and for not more
than six months thereafter. II
can be nullified in the mean
time by congress, however.
The bill provided for daylight
saving time to become opera
tive 20 days after formal en-
actment of the bill, and with
the Presidents signature today,
the effective hour and date was
thus made 2 a. M, Feb. Q, ac-
cording to the White House.
The purpose is to achieve
greater efficiency in this cOun-
try'S Industrial war effort.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-20
Straight Splitting
May Be NewU.S.
Defense Measure

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20-UP)-
Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg, R.
Mich, found it Somewhat discon-
certing' today that the army quar-
termaster corps is advertising for
bids on 1000 rubber cuspidor mats
while the nation faces a rubber
shortage.
This is a whimsical and rela-
lively insignificant matter but it
suggests the larger inquiry as to
whether rubber economy may not
be pursued inside as we'll as out
side the defense program" Vanden-
berg said
Following his brief senate state
ment. Vandenberg turned over tc
the Truman committee a letter
from Frank c. Morse, of the Brown
Morse Co., Muskegon, Mich. The
letter said the 1000 cuSpidor mats
would require one and One-halt
tons of rubber.
Perhaps a little drilling of the
officers in straight splitting might
be good suggestion" Morse wrote.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-20
Give Us Land Law
We Can Enforce Is
Supervisors Plea
Board Asks Senate for
Revision of Statute
Banning Alien Owners

Imperial county superVis-
ors took the lead Tuesday in
urging the state and federal
governments to pass an alien
land law which can be en-
forced.
The took this action Monday
after they were informed the Cali
fornia senate passed bill request
ing the attorney general and othe:
law enforcement officers to inveS
tigate evasions of the alien land
law and prosecute violatorS to the
utmost.
First action the Imperial county
supervisors planned to take was to
place the alien land law problem
before the members of the Califor-
MIA State Supervisors association
and ask for a statewide appeal
from the supervisors of the So
counties.
LAW EMASCULATED
District Attorney Elmer Heald
explained that the present alien
land law in California had been
emaSculated and was almost impoS
5ible to make function effectively.
state and county prosecutors in
California cannot introduce federal
immigration records in trying alien
land law cases" Heald said. The
present state law is drawn in a
peculiar way. 1t says that a per-
son ineligible for citizenship can
not Own, lease, or control agrieul-
tural lands"
Hcald expressed the opinion that
the matter of aliens owning oper-
ating and controlling land in the
United States is a matter of such
Importance that it should be han
died by the federal government.
Supervisors also planned to COM
Continued Oh. Page 2, Col. a.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-20
LowIy Rabbit Plant New
Synthetic Ru bier Source

BERKELEY, Calf, Jan. 20-CUP)
II the government, tcarfully,
tells you there went be any more
girdleS this time next year, madame.
trot out to the desert and pick
your own rubber
Never mind the loss OF Malayaa
rubber. even though there are no
tires for the family automobile.
just go shopping for the anemic
looking rabbit brush, have your
haul procesSed, and turn it over to
Uncle Sam who needs it too.
DR.. T. Harper GoodSpeed, pro-
feSSor of botany at the University
of California. declared today there
is perhaps 5O0,O0O.0OO pounds OF
natural rubber in the desert country
of the west.
He has submitted a report on the
desert shrub to the federal wal
council through the univerSity'a
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-20
y AMBLING
X EPORTER
Another Title

Another Title
That man of many titles, COun
ty Clerk w. j. McClelland, has ac
quired another. The federal gov
ernment just appointed him EX-
plosives Licensing Agent under the
federal explosive act.
Not that he gets any money for
the various titles. All he gets out
of them is lot of hard work.
RR hastens to add, for McClel-
lands sake. that he has no explo-
sives to sell He just issues per-
mits. Please. for RR's sake, don't
90 around asking him for INT.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-20

The plants. they found. contained
rubber bearing sections weighing
from five to so pounds, but aver
aging about u pounds. They esti-
mate it would cost about As cents a
pound TO cut and process the bush
Malayan rubber-Whcn obtainable
cost about "a cents; synthetic
rubber runs as high as so cents
under present production methods.
while Guayule rubber costs between
10 and 30 cents.
Guayule, which must be culti-
waited for four years, contains about
l8 per cent rubber; the wild rabbit
bush runs only three to seven per
cent.
BY harvesting the bush at the
surface of the soil. new crops can
be secured from the intact roots.
DR.. Goodspeed said.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-20

war council.
1t thrives in the alkaline deserts
OF California. Nevada, Colorado.
Utah, New Mexico and Idaho and
needs only harvesting and pro-
ceSSing.
The rabbit plant-known to bot
anistS as chrysothamnus-is wild
and 1t is found from sea level up
10 5000 feet, reaches as much as
IS feet in height, and averages from
four to five feet.
Scientists first discovered the
qualities of rabbit bush nearly so
years ago.
During World War I California
researchers dug up early reports
when another rubber shortage
threatened. Dr. GoodSpeed, work.
ing with the late DR.. H. M. Hall,
carried on a two year survey
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-20
Govt Urged 10
Commander Wool

SALT LAKE CITY. Utah, Jan.
20. CUP)-C. B. Wardlaw, of Del
Rio, Texas. president of the Ma
tional Wool Growers association,
today proposed that the federal
government take over the entire
1912 wool clip as it did in the
World War year 1918.
WsrdlaW said he was speaking
for himself only, but added that
the question undoubtedly would
come before the wool growers an
nual convention opening tomorrow.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-20

were quick to explain that this
condition probably will not last
more than 80 days, as efforts are
being made now to obtain an In
crease in the 1912 government pro-
CeSSing and distribution quota for
southern California.
The quota, which was set long
before the war, was based on con-
sumption and demand for the year
1910. The allotment did not take
into consideration the tremendous
increase in southern California S
population as a result of giant de-
fcnse industries on the coast.
Wholesalers said they we're con-
fident this will be revised shortly,
thus enabling professors to increase
their production sufficiently to take
care of the increased demand.
They said the present hyoteria
Is not justified by the facts and
the public should refrain from
boarding sugar, as the future supply
doubtless will be ample.
Up until Tuesda", individual
sales of sugar had been limited to
10 pounds per customer, but this
was lowered to five pounds when
stores had sold out their supply
of 10 pound bags. The limit is eX-
pected TO be lifted entirely as soon
as the production allotment is mod
lied by the government
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-20

The revelation made it plain
that the recent drop in lettuce prices
from $4 to $1.50 over a three-WeekS
period was merely contributing
factor in Fastening participation
of Imperial and Yuma valley ship
pers in industrial stabilization re-
quested recently by the federal
government.
The new program, Harrigan said
will:
/. Level off the seasons peak
keeping shipments stronger for a
longer time.
@ Prolong the entire season by
an as yet undetermined length OF
time.
g. Conserve electrical energy by
making all shed work daytime work
4. Provide Steadier employment
for shed workers, who heretofore
have worked extremely long hours
one day and possibly the next day
had no work at all.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-20

or house, or any other branch OF
the government, however, may retire
voluntarily at the age of go afte,
30 years of services at 65 after l.
years of service, and at SIS after 35
years of service. Voluntary retire
ment under the 55-year-old provi-
sion carries a somewhat rcduccl
annuity.
The measure, labelled the Ram
speck- Mead bill, was passed by the
senate yesterday on a roll call vote
CT AZ to "a. The house still must
act on minor senate amendments
but little opposition is expected
there.
The bill increases employees con-
tributions from 81. to 5 per cent.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-20

submitted 70 Tic CaIIlOTnla war
board of the U. S. department Of
agriculture. The FSA said its con-
clusion was based on a joint study
with the bureau of agricultural
economics.
None of the reports indicated
the movement of farm labor was in
any way connected with the rumor-
ed war scare" the report said
: The families said they were leav-
ing either to re-enter farming in
their home states, to report to draft
boards or visit relatives entering
the armed forces, or to return to
homes for the holiday season."
FSA officials said that during
each of the three weeks following
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-20
klRB Hearing on
Sheds Postponed

The National Labor Relations
Board hearing, originally scheduled
In Ell Centre Wednesday, was post,
pcn9d Tuesday until Jan. 26.
NLRB officials will hear a Team
StcrS union petition for permissic..
to hold elections in all Imperial
valley packing sheds as unit in
stead of in eac:i Sned separately
The union claimed the majority
membership in all the sheds. Ship
pers denied that the Teamster,
had the majority.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-20
It's Legal

Reminder when r. C. Anton OBJ
jected-because RR said MeXi-
can was talking Mexican and an
American was talking English?
And, remember, RR publicly prom
ised to say that Americans speak
AmericaneSe?
It's legal.
In a recent E. V. Durling col
umn, Durling said that in a legal
decision in Illinois in 1923, the
language spoken in the United
States is not English but Ameri-
can.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-20

Dec. 7 fewer families left Calior-
MAS II government migrant camps
than during the two weeks preced-
ing start of the war.
The net camp population declined
by only 63 families during Dcccm-
ber the report disclosed.
A border check by the bureau of
agricultural economies revealed that
1878 persons entered Arizona from
California during December, 194l,
compared with 2,943 in December
1910.
A larger exodus of cotton pickers
to Arizona was attributed to early
rains and poor picking conditions
in the San Joaquin valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-20
Funeral Arranged
For Mrs. Edgar

Funeral services for Mrs. Molly
Edgar 50, former Imperial Valley
pioneer who died at Laguna Beach
last Saturday, were scheduled at
Forest l,awn Memorial park il
Glendale at 10 Il. m. Thursday.
Mrs. Edgar was among the first
women to arrive in the valley with
their families during early settle
ment days. She reached the valley
in 1912.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-20

by his nephew, Sir Charles John
son Brooke, and the latter In turn
was succeeded by Sir Charles, his
son.
The Brookes exercised a virtual
absolute rule over the 100000 in
habitants until last year when an
administrative council of British
officials was set up to assist the
government. The state had been
under British protection for man.
years. 1t is on the northwest side
OF the island of British Borneo
in the East Indies.
Sir Charles left Sarawak at the
time of the Japanese invasion last
month.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-20

OF the independent state.
The dispatch said the sale was
revealed in documents found in
safe of the Sarawak Royal treasury.
The documents indicated the sale
was negotiated by Alfred Duff
Cooper, British statesman.
The Brooke family ruled over Sar-
awak, a state of $4,000 square miles
OF jungle and oil fields. for 100
years. The first rajah was James
Brooke, a British seaman and ad-
venturer who aided a Malayan
prince in subduing a rebellion ano
who received the principality as a
reward. Rajah James was succeeded
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-20
TwA Buys 1000
Movable Homes

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2O-UPp-
The Federal Works Agency an
nounced today it had purchased the
first 1000 of $4,000 demountable
homes to be made available for de-
fenSe workers.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-20
Sissies, Eh?

Not that RR is trying to make
something of it CmuchD but most
of the citizens who volunteered
to have their blood typed were
women.
Perhaps members of the stall
wart sex wouldn't mind having
their blood typed. They may object
to the possibility of being asked %
give some blood
Oh, well, let the little women do
it.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-20
SENSIBLE PROGRAM

1T is the common sense way OF
doing things" Harrigan said in COM
menting on the plan approval by
shippers last weekend. The plan,
he said calls for working hours
from 800 am. to 500 pm. every
day, a blanket increase of Is cents
per hour for truck drivers, and
six day week for all workers.
Harrigan said that the season
will be prolonged a little, providing
a more even return both to growers
and workers. I'VE won't have the
situation of 300 cars going out of
the valley one day and 10 leaving
the next" he said.
No dozen crates will be packct
for ice shipment this season, Har-
rigan said, but buyers did not want
them anyway. When asked if pro-
gram is contemplated to plow up
any of this seasons crop, he re-
piled with an emphatic no For
several years the shippers have
had to plow up a part of their
lettuce to prevent a large surplus
which would knock the bottom out
of the market.
The problem of obtaining enough
cars for this years crop, which
has been acute, will be aided i'm
meaSurably, Harrigan added. BY
working only 48 hours a week, only
a certain number of cars will be
used daily, giving railroad officials
L
more regularity. Harrigan said sheds
closed down Monday because no cars
were available and were still cloScc
Tuesday morning. He said South
1rn Pacific authorities expected a
large supply of icers Tuesday after
noon.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-20
Sugar Pro-rdted
To Valley Buyers
Precaution Taken Against Hystenia in
Minds Of Housewives; Minor Shortage
Not Serious. viii Disappear Soon

Imperial Valley grocers Tuesday restricting sales
of to five pounds per customer not because of
acute shortage but to alleviate anticipated temporary
shortage and to curb mounting hystera housewives
That there is a present minor sugar shortage adj
.Lnittod L,1L E-nd. .tcrn nrnrat tnr
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-20
Mi grant Exodus
NoWdr Movement

BERKELEY, Cal, Jan. 90 OUP)-The movement Of
migrant agricultural workers from California increased
immediately following outbreak of the war but the farm
security administration today denied it was due to fear
of bombngs. The FSA issued this denial in a Statement
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-20
The Mighty Mites

Two little boys, with their per-
spring little hands clutched into
fists. stopped at the Red Cross
table in a downtown bank.
Each opened fist and dropped
penny into the collection box.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-20
Lines Stiffen in
Face Of Intense
Japanese Assault
Macarthur Reports Fierce New Attack
As Americans Shoot Down Three Enemy
Planes; Two Columns Near Singapore
= BY UNITED PRESS

Japanese held the offensive against the United Nations
in the Far East Tuesday but took stiff counterpunches
From the Philippines, Gen. Douglas Macarthur report
ed that the enemy again driving behind aerial attacks
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-20
JoPs Say Rojoh
SoIdHis Stute

IOkYO Jan. 20 (Offcia broadcast recorded by Unit
ed Press IN San Francisco)A dispatch from Kuhng cap
Charles Vyer Brooke white raah of Sarawak had sold
ms prlncipaty to Great Britain for 100000 last March
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-20
Six-Day Week Stobi|izes
Lettuce Industry. Levels
Off Peak. Horrison Soys
Price Drop Merely Factor fastening
Participation Unde Federal Request.
Agricultural Commissioner Reveals Here

Not pressure on markets. but effort to prolong the
seasons peak and stabilize the lettuce industry be-
hind the decision of Imperial Valley shippers to operate
on six-day week. County Agricultural Commissioner
IIarripan revealed Tuesday.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-20
No Wonder

The state board of equalization not
long ago refused two applications
for beer license because the appli-
CantS could Mt read, write, or und-
crStand Americanese.
Maybe they uSed the sign Ian
guage or smoke signals in getting
their customers orders.
Practically anyone can under
stand a bent elbow.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-20
TEMPERATURE

TEMPERATURE
Maximum Mon. Is. Minimum
Tues. Al p. m. Mon. "a humidity
80. 5 a. m. Tues. as, humidity As;
Noon Tues. TO- humidity 20.
LOS ANGELES HAY
u. S. No. S22.-23; u. S. No. 2
Leafy l. V. S2O-22. U. S. No. 2
$16.5O-17.5O. Mpl. May flax S2.15Ia.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-20
Bank Debts

El Centro Business Barometer
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-13

STILL BANK PRESIDENT AT 80
Haven Hill, Kas. up N. B.
Sawyer, SO, believes he is the oldest
active bank president in the coun-
try. Sawyer recently was reelected
president of the bank which he has
headed since 1896.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-13
BY THE OUT EASTER


The Out Easter was sorry when
he read the other day of the
death of John j. Mccarthy OF Is
Adams st.
There was always something
about Macs makeup that appeal
ed to us; we had known him for
years, or ever since the early days
of the present century when he
was young ard spry soda water
attendant at the Apothecaries
Hall establishment in the heart of
the city. Yes, we had so-called
soda water clerks in other drug
stores at the city, but it was really
Macs idea, patent, which brought
about the decoration of each soda
water and ice cream connection
served with a banana. or chocolate
syrup. He was the first to start
it, if our memory is right, and we
think it is. Why, say, hundreds
of young people discarded other
favorite meeting places in the
center Just to go over to the
Apothecaries Hall fountain to
be served by Mr.. Mccarthy.
Names, we forget, but Mac had
one for each and every drink
handed over the favorite counter.
No, no breadstuffs were served in
those days; they came afterwards.
Drug stores around town now
serve lunches during the day, but
Mac never believed in this prac-
tice. But he did feel that when
soda pop and ice cream were call
ed for, something else ought to be
provided, along with these delica-
cies. So when you asked for a
plate of ice cream, you might find
it decorated with tasty pineapple,
or orange, and never without a
syrup of some kird. Innocent
drinks they were to the public,
but mind this was day when
young women about the city never
even knew the taste of beer, not
to mention liquor. Nova days we
think it all right, and no doubt
1t is, when we see yourg ladies
slipping a highball or a good sized
mug of beer in any of our down
town restaurants. Beer, why in the
old days, now and then, the old
folks might have a can for their
own consumption, but never for
any of the young people OF the
house.
Happy, COntented
John Mccarthy was a consider
ate fellow; he always wanted to
please. He was happy and con-
tented, quick as a flash ard had
your favorite drink poured out
and in front of you in jig time.
The crowds of yesterday, as We
used to observe them at the Apo
thecaries Hall fountain.
Where are they?
Many of them are probably in
the same plot Of ground where
Macs remains are buried.
1t has been years since John
Mccarthy was back of the soda
bar of the famed Apothecaries
Hall. The old Apothecaries Hall
Company. Little attention was CIV
en- to the soda bar during the
Munson reign over there years
back. or until there was realiza-
ton that some of the competing
firms were getting most of this
business, and naturally some pre-
scriptions which ordinarily might
go to The Hall. And then it was
that the idea OF making something
out of the bar was conceived.
John Mccarthy was well-knowl,
liked, popular ard friendly, and
so the Hall officials hired him.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-13
John J. McCarthy's
Death Widely Mourned
"Out Easter" Recalls Days When Deceased Was
City's Most Popular Soda Mixologist--
Happy, Contented Disposition
Envable Asset.

He was given full sway, and what
he did or arranged for was never
questioned Ard soon it was APP
parent that the move was a good
financial one for this old and
historic combination. People by
the hundreds appeared, day time
and night time, and often, home
people left their places to go
down town, to get one of Macs
favorite drinks. And when this
was Gone, naturally business at
the prescription counter increased,
and Mac was congratulated. John
Mccarthy was a hustler; he ran
up and down the old stairs so
often that he almost wore them
out in his first few years at the
bar.
ScOvill Employe
And then afterwards, Mac as
ISOLATED himself with the Scovill
Mfg. Company in a clerical capac-
ity. He was the kind of person
who made friends quickly. Pleas
ant, gracious, reserved in speech
and careful in what he said, he
endeared himself among his asso-
ciates, and made friends by the
score. The public, they say, is
hard to please, but John Mccarthy
surely satisfied a thirsty lot of
young people in his day, and was
the better for it all
Now he leaves us, and all we
can do, is to recall our happy
days as young man, with Miss
Innocence at our side, drinking
one of the best ice cream sodas
ever prepared, the idea and brain
of Mr.. Mccarthy
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-13
CY0 CHAPTER IN
VALENTINE DANCE
St. Thomas Unit Invited as
Guests of St. Francis;
Earbenders Play
Washington Hill

st. Francis c. Y. o. will hold their
Valentine Dance tonight at the
Parish Hall st. Thomas 9. Y. O.
have been invited to attend.
Committee in charge of the dance
Chairman Ralph Phalen, Rita, Nc
Carthy, Joe Brick and Lorraine
Ayotte.
Refreshments will be served dur
ing the evening.
The basketball league for Junior
League at Washington Park Com
munity House tonight-When the
Gents. Jrs. were to meet the TrojanS
has been postponed until next week.
The c. Y. O. game between I'M
maculate Conception and ST. Lucy's
will be played at o'clock as per
schedule.
Edmund ODea, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. William ODea of Laval street
has returned to his studies at st.
Mary's Seminary, Baltimore, Md.
after spending the mid-year vaca-
ton at his home.
The Earbenders will play their
weekly card game this evening at
Washington Park Community House.
After winning first prize at Father
Cronin's card party Wednesday eve
ming the teams should be in good
form.