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Mr.. and Mrs. J. Kenneth Carpen-
ter, ST., of Spokane, Washington,
arrived in the city on Thursday,
January %, to spend several days
here visiting Mr.. and Mrs. o. A.
Gum, 638 st. Anthony avenue,
while enroute to Howard Univer-
sity. Complimentary to their house
guest, Mr.. and Mrs. Gum enter
tanned about thirty young people
at Dancing Party at their home
on Thursday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. O'SaviOus Beatrice
and daughter, Patsy, 1888 N. Dale
street, left Saturday, January "a,
for Cleveland, Ohio, to make their
home. Their older daughter, Miss
Audrey Beatrice, is now making
her home in New York City.
MIR. and Mrs. William Price, 675
Iglehart avenue, have selected Pa
mela Bell, as the name for their
baby daughter, born January 20, at
Bethesda Hospital. The baby
weighed seven pounds, ten and one
half ounces. DR.. w. D. Brown of
Minneapolis was the attending
physician. The baby's maternal
grandparents are Mr.. and Mrs,
Dudley Smith of 1920 Rondo ave-
nue.. Mrs. Price is the former Har-
riet Mae Smith.
The Cameo Social Club held its
bi-monthly business meeting on
Wednesday, January Fl, at the
Sterling Club.
Mrs. Lucy Rhodes Of Newark,
New Jersey, and Benjamin Ashkew
of New York City were guests dur
ing the past week at the R. F. Will
son home, 697 st. Anthony avenue.
Miss Fern Lee, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. George Lee, 1174 Sher-
burne avenue, is now employed as
office secretary to DR.. J. Walton
Crump.
The Two O'Clock Bridge Club
met on Saturday, January "a, at
the home of Mrs. George o. Berry,
Jr., 634 st. Anthony avenue. First
club prize was won by Mrs. Berry,
second by Mrs. C. H. Mobiley and
the third by Mrs. Leroy Lazen-
berry. First guest prize was won
by Mrs. Bert Davidson and the
second guest prize was won by
Mrs. Albert Mcclure. Other guests
of the hostess were Mrs. James
Griffin of Kalamazoo, Michigan,
and Mrs. Woodford Mills, Jr. The
next regular meeting will be Sat
urday, February IA, at the home of
Mrs. Richey Adams, 100 E. 25th
St., Minneapolis.
The Twin City Maids and Ma.
irons Bridge Club met on Tues.
day, January 20, at the home OF
Mrs. Frances Davenport, 841 St
Anthony avenue, at which time the
husbands of the members and one
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of Kindergartens.
At 4 p. m. the Sewing class will
have their annual Tea and Exhibit.
The girls of the cooking class will
be presented in a playlet, at 8 p.
m. in the Gymnasium at Ober.
A very special musical program
is being arranged by Edie Crump,
Director of Music. Selections by
outstanding groups of the Twin
Cities will be rendered during the
day.
The Cosmopolitan Girls were
the guests of the Young People of
the Simpson Memorial of GINA,
Sunday evening at $50 p. m.
Special parts in the devotional
service were taken by LaVerne
Benner, Barbra Blackburne and
Helen Benner. Several musical
selections were given by the group
led by Edie Crump. A short talk
was given by Mrs. ]. H. Hagan,
on the fullness of the word "Joy."
The letters of the word being used
to express its real meaning,
Jesus; O-Others; Your
self, last.
At the regular Sunday evening
service at the Swedish Baptist
Church, the Ladies Aeolean Chorus
rendered a group of Spirituals. A
brief resume of the work at Wei
come Hall and Girls and Women's
work at Ober Boys Club was given
by Mrs. ]. H. Hagan.
A council composed of three
members of each activity group at
Welcome Hall and those sponsored
by Welcome at Ober, met Wednes-
day, Jan. 81 for organization. The
following officers were elected;
Edith Camp, president; Mary
Harris, vice president; Edith Mas
sic, secretary; Janet Armstrong,
assistant secretary.
The appointed committees were:
program, publicity and finance.
You will be meeting the members
of these committees from time to
time. Club advisers are: Edie
Crump, Ethel Rome and Bertha L.
King. The entire council will be
divided in two groups: 8 to II
years, The Pet Club; IL years and
over, The Help the Soldier Club.
The next meeting of this group
will be Feb. 10, 6 p. m. at Ober.
The Oak Leaf Art Club met Mon
day, January 26, at the home of
Mrs. Lydia Brown, 500 st. An
thony Ave. Two visitors were pres
ent. Mrs. Minnie Archer, $40 w.
Central Ave., will be the hostess
for the next meeting on February
2 at 2:30 p. m. Members should
be present and visitors are well
come.
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dinner and chef, extraordinary.
LOUISE WHITE MARRIES

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LOUISE WHITE MARRIES
Louise Edmonia White, STA St.
Anthony avenue, was married on
Saturday, January "a, to Joseph
Steve Young, 557 St. Anthony ave-
nue..
Mrs. Dorothy Green Seymour of
Chicago, former st. Paulite, writes
to say that the expected arrival ar
rived on the 18th of January and
is boy and weighed seven pounds
at birth.
Mrs. Dorothy Compton and Mrs.
Rose Vassar were pleasantly sur
prised, Thursday, January %, when
their co-workers at the st. Paul
Athletic Club gathered to pay them
tribute for the years they had
worked together. Both had former
ly worked at the Club for over
twenty years. The group, met at
the home of Mrs. Margery Hop
kins, 600 w. Central avenue, then
progressed to the home Of Mrs.
Vassar where she joined the party,
continuing on to the home of Mrs.
Compton. The evening was spent
in reminiscing and the two honor
ees were each presented gifts. A
midnight snack was served. Those
present included Mesdames Mar
gerry Hopkins, Marie Sykes, Mag
gle Jenkins, Vergelee Washington,
Irene Jackman, Catherine Davis,
Mae Washington and those who
contributed but couldn't attend
were Mesdames Leila Boyd, Gussie
Reed, Dorothea Mason, Shirlee
Thomason and Mae Sisson.
afternoons from 800 to 500 p. m.
Buy Defense Bonds-
WELCOME HALL NOTES
After having volunteered to do
defense work with the Red Cross,
and because of previous medical
training, Valarie S. Boldt has been
called in for the instructors course
in "Red Cross First Aid" This
course was completed Friday,
January %, and as soon as teach
er's credentials are received from
Washington we will be registering
applicants in "First Aid" classes.
Although the Cosmopolitan Girls
had planned a closed meeting with
DIR. J. w. Crump as speaker, they
had as their guest the Boys of the
Aeolean Male chorus. Both groups
registered a great deal of interest
in the talk and responded with
some very interesting questions.
Saturday, Jan. "a, Miss Davis and
friends from Central Presbyterian
Church entertained the girls with
a movie, "The Rise of a Nation"
which was indeed very educational.
On Jan. 81 the little Sisters"
will entertain their "Big Sisters"
at a supper meeting; the "Big and
Little Sisters" will also learn who
their "Big Sister" has been. Sup
per will be served at $50 p. m.
In order that all might be able to
see the Carnival parade, we did
not have our regular Junior
Church meeting on the oath but
will resume our services on Jan.
81, with the Art classes of Miss
Ethelwyn Baily, in charge.
During the week of the celebra-
ton Of the list year anniversary
of the Ober Boys Club, ''The Home
Makers" group will also celebrate
their first anniversary on the 4th
of February, with Symposium
Luncheon" at 1870 a. m. Miss
Elizabeth M. Newton, Supervisor
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Several Hundreds

Of your white fellow Americans
read this paper every week. They
range from bankers to transfers,
from governors to members of the
city council. School teachers, So
cial workers, college deans and col
lege presidents are numbered
among the names on our subscrip-
ton lists.
Practically all of these people
buy the paper to learn better the
hopes, aspirations and opinions of
Americas Black One-Tenth. Many
of them are deeply interested in the
solving of one of Americas chief
problems, the so-called race prob
lem.
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sweetheart were guests Of honor.
1t was an evening meeting. First
club prize was won by Mrs. Harold
Combs, second by Mrs. Alice Mar
shall Morgan, third by Mrs. Clar-
ence H. Wigington, first guest by
Mrs. Clarence H. Roper, second by
Mrs. Frank Wigington, and mems
guest prize by Mr.. Russell Sage
Underwood. Other guests of the
hostess included Mr.. A. V. Hall,
Mrs. S. Edward Hall, Messrs. and
Mesdames ]. E. johnson, C. H.
Roper, Frank B. Wigington, W. A.
Young, and Mrs. Charles P. Tyler.
The next meeting will be Wednes-
day, February a, at the home of
Mrs. Fred D. McCracken, 852 AL
bemarle st.
Michael Wayne was the name
chosen by Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Mcfarland, 1915 Rondo Ave-, for
their third edition to the family.
Miss Myrrhene Allen, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Allen,
996 Iglehart avenue, is in Asbury
Hospital, Minneapolis, where an
appendectomy was performed on
Wednesday morning of this week.
Eta Chapter, Alpha Kappa AL
pha sorority, will hold its Founders
Day Banquet today (Friday) at the
Coffman Memorial Union on the
"U" campus. Also from three
to five this afternoon, the Ivy Leaf
Club, pledge club of the Alpha
Kappa Alpha sorority, will enter
tain with Sunlight Dancing Party
at the Coffman Memorial Union.
Mr.. S. Edward Hall, 996 lyle
hart avenue, who has been quite i'll
is considerably improved and able
to sit up for a short time each day.
His little granddaughter, Marcheta,
is helping him to get we'll by tim
ing the visitors, etc.
At the Y.W.C.A. annual banquet
on Monday of this week, John M.
Whitaker of the Halle @. Brown
Music Staff, played incidental mu-
sic for the program. On the "Y"
Board our group numbers two
members, Miss Constance Fisher
and Mrs. C. H. Roper.
Bowling out at the Y.M.C.A. in
Midway is going over big on Sat-
urday nights. If you're not there
early, you almost can't play at all.
Mrs. Eva J. HargrOve of Helena,
Arkansas, sister of Mr.. and Mrs.
Benjamin Taylor, 687 Rondo ave-
nue., arrived in the city on Tuesday
of this week for a three-weeks'
visit.
The Gospel Chorus of Pilgrim
Baptist Church, were entertained
at dinner party, Thursday, Jan.
%, at Fellowship Hall. Thirty-one
members were present.
The honored guests, at the speak
ers table, were: Rev. and Mrs.
S. E. Ware, Mr.. and Mrs. S. Vim
cent Owens, of the Urban League,
Mrs. Effie Larkin and Mrs. Alberta
Pleasant.
Love, loyalty, service and coop
Grafton were extolled as Christian
qualities of the Gospel Chorus. At
the suggestion of Rev. S. E. Ware,
the name of the chorus will be the
L. w. Harris Gospel Chorus.
An excellent turkey dinner was
enjoyed by all. We wish to thank
all who served so well in planning
and making the dinner a success.
Mrs. Roxy Anderson is chairman
of the social committee. Mr.. S. D.
Hallowell was co-chairman of the
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activities for the past year by the
m. c., a duet by Lillian Hickman,
the secretary, and Harriet Byrd, a
guest, and three three-minute talks
by o. C. Hall, Mrs. Archie Ander-
son and Rev. B. N. Moore, pastor
of st. James A.M.E. Church. Mrs.
B. N. Moore was called on to give
a short talk. She was very gracious
in a black evening skirt with a rose
and gold print bodice and a gold
bow in her smartly styled hair. The
guests were introduced and each
called on to give short talk. The
cake with one candle was cut by
Rev. Moore. Guests attending in
cluded Messrs. and Mesdames John
L. Banks, Jr., Lee Gwynne, Jr.,
Mesdames Naomi Thomas, Philip
Payne, Harriet Byrd, Cora Parker,
Eli Hickman, William Smalls, Miss
Estyr Bradley, Messrs. o. C. Hall
and Rufus Payne. Members at
tending included Rev. and Mrs. B.
N. Moore, Messrs. and Mesdames
Emmett Galloway, Woodford Mills,
George Brooks, Jr., Mesdames Ar
chic Anderson, Lillian Hickman,
Rufus Boyd and Mr.. Arthur Hill.
A bouquet of flowers and a slice of
birthday cake was sent to Mrs.
Arthur Hill, who is i'll at Ancker
Hospital, and a telegram was sent
to the president, Mrs. Nelson
Balenger, and also a slice of cake
mailed to her. The most applauded
short talk was the one given by
o. C. Hall, we'll known in the COM
munity for his work with civic and
various youth groups at st. James
Church. The evening was closed
with the singing of Aud Lang
Syne. The members and guests
were in formal evening dress and
the ladies wore shoulder corsages.
Mrs. Matte Smith, 479 Thomas
street, who has been a shut-in for
a number of years, was pleasantly
surprised on Sunday of last week
when her niece, Mrs. Christina
Johnson, and her husband came for
a visit with a complete cooked
turkey dinner, a beautiful bouquet
of Gala lilies and other cut flow
ers. Other guests were Mr.. and
Mrs. L. Ewing of Minneapolis and
Mrs. Alberta Robinson and her son
of st. Paul. Mrs. Smith has been
trying to locate her niece, Mrs.
Johnson, since 1906 and was I'M
successful until about a month ago
when she found her living in Min
neapolis where she has resided
since 1888.
Miss Helen 1. MCGEE, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. G. o. MCGEE of
Rondo street, left Wednesday, jan
uary Fl, for st. Louis, Mo-, where
she will attend Teachers College
During her stay in st. Louis, she
will reside at the home of her aunt
Miss Alice E. MCGEE and hel
brother, Earl.
Kenneth Carpenter, Jr., son Of
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Social and Personal
By Estyr L. Bradley
693 Carroll Avenue Dale SO

The the Mr. and Mrs. Club held Mon
day. January D. with Woodford Mills, president,
the absence of the president
Baenger who Sparta Illinois, account of the serious
mother turkey dinner served The
sisted piano the clubs
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-14
Romance Blooms
rom Evacuation

Cupid had his hand forced by
plans to evacuate Japanese and Jap
anese- e-American families from I'M
perial county, and the result as dis
closed Tuesday was as many mar
riages in four days this month
among couples of Japanese ancestry
as occurred during the whole IL
months of last year.
Fear of being separated and sent
to separate evacuation centers was
believed to have hurried some of
the engagd couples into marriage
earlier than they had planned.
Cupid still had another handi-
cap to overcome even after the cou-
Piles obtained their marriage Ii
censeS. A majority of the Japanese
Buddhist priests and ministers of
japanese Christian churches were
arrested by the federal bureau Of
investigation and whisked away to
concentration centers for the dura-
ton. That left the young people
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-14
9FIiers Win DSC
For I Taking Photos
Of Big Jap Base
Important Achievement
Still Partly Secret,
Declares Citation

HONOLULU, April ID.
UP) = Nine United States
Army fliers have been award
ed the distinguished FLYING
Cross at President Roose-
velt's own direction for making
OF the most remarkable flights of
the war in order to take a com.
plete Photographic record of a jap
anese base, 1t was revealed today.
The high award was made for
heroism and extraordinary achieve
ment while participating in an aer-
ial flight in which they executed
"a hazardous and important achieve-
ment." s.a4e~. sze.-.,
1t was disclosed that the aviators
completely" photographed their
objective and thereby permitted
later and successful action" The
army said the mission was highly
secret and its nature and circum-
stances could not yet be divulged.
Lieut.. Gen. Delos c. Emmons,
commanding United States Army
forces in Hawaii, presented the DFC
yesterday to the men, who are:
First Lieut.. Cecil L. Faulkner,
Bellevue, Tex. whose wife Fay,
living at Wellfleet, Mass, bore a
daughter March 81; Second Lieut..
Walter K. Heitzman, Lodi, Calf;
Second Lieut.. William b. Compton,
Compton, Calf; Second Lieut..
Thomas c. Mustain, Omaha, Neb.;
Master Sergt. Simpson L. Jennings,
Montgomery, Ala. Sergt. Benjamin
Cliefton, Fort Worth, Tex; Corpor-
al Jerome @. Parsons. Johnstown,
Pa. Private Joseph H. Capute, Hart
ford, Conn.,, and rivate Robert
Johns, 'Fortyport, a.
FLIGHT DESCRIBED
Faulkner told the story of the
flight over enemy territory" and
how Japanese installations were
completely" photographed.
I'VE got all the information nec-
essary," he said. I'VE approached
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Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-14
Guard Grain Sacks,
Sheriff Advises

Lock up grain sacks or put a
guard over them, Sheriff Robert w
Ware advised farmers Tuesday af-
ter a farmer reported the theft OF
LOO grain sacks from his ranch
sometime Monday night.
Grain sacks are so valuable and
SO scarce that farmers should lock
them UP in a safe place or arrange
to guard them" Ware said
Paul Whitsett Tuesday morning
said his ranch on the Malva No.
canal northeast of Brawley had been
looted of three 300 sacks bales and
200 loose SACKS, making a total loss
of 1,100 sacks.
John Zenos of Holtville told Ware
his shed had been looted Of $50
sacks of barley.
1t is impossible to obtain new
sacks because of the war and it
is becoming increasingly difficult to
get used ones
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-14
Thousands Witness
Attack on Vessel

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, April IA
(UP) - An axis submarine attack
on a medium size American mer
cllantman, in which 10 of the 48
crew members apparently lost their
lives, was witnessed by thousands
along the shore of small east
coast community Friday night.
Some civilian commandeered row.
boats to help in rescue work.
The torredoing of the vessel and
Of o smaller American merchant
man were announced by the Navy
today The smaller ship was torpe-
doed before dawn Thursday. Thirty
nine of the crew of 40 were saved
and brought to Jacksonville.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-14
Suspected Gang
Lookout Man Held

ST. PAUL, MINI. April 14-(UP)
"A Los Angeles roofing contractor
was arraigned in U S. District court
today on a charge that he was the
machine gunner and lookout man
for the Tommy Carroll gang which
burglarized SO post offices in Mime
sofa, Wisconsin, and Iowa during
1888.
Richard S. Pyes, "a, who was re-
turned here from Los An ngeles yes
terday pleaded innocent to a
charge of burglarizing the Lakeville,
Mirn., post office before Judge Rob
ert c. Bell, who ordered trial next
Monday.
Federal authorities described Pyes
as the last suspected member OF
the gang led by Carroll, a John Dill
linger henchman, who was shot in
1884 while resisting arrest at Water
loc. Iowa.
Assistant U S. District Attorney
Linus Hammond said Pyes operated
the best roofing company success
fully in Los Angeles for nine years
before postal inspectors found him.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-14
Seizure Of vichy
Territory byu.S.
Urged in Congress
Laval Victory Stirs
Renewed Demands for
Aggressive Action

WASHINGTON, April IA
(UP)-Pierre LavaPs reap
portionment to the Vichy cab
met today brought renewed
demands in congress for Am
erican seizure of all French terri
tory considered necessary for the
U. S. war effort.
History will prove" Rep. Charles
I. Faddis, D., Pa, told the house,
"that our present position with re-
gard to France has netted us moth
ing. If that position is maintained
it will result in disaster.
1T has been definitely established
in the past few years that no policy
of appeasement can be successful
Therefore I call on the government
to take possession by force of all
French territory necessary to the
prosecution of the war.
Faddis, an influential member of
the military affairs committee,
spoke after Reps. w. R. Poage and
Ed Gossett, Texas Democrats, dis
cuSsed the French situation.
GcsSett called Marshal Henri
Philippe Petain's moves to reinstate
Pierre Laval in the Vichy govern
ment "treachery" that will place
the blood of American soldiers who
died in the first World war on the
head of France"
On several previous occasions
when Vichy appeared on the verge
of full collaboration with Germany
influential members of congress
have demanded the seizure CT such
French possessions as Martinique in
the Caribbean and st. Pierre and
Miquelon in the North Atlantic.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-14

i since March " WHEN TWO IldlIl lllle
Southern Pacific railway bridges
were burned south of inland.
Tuesdays fire was believed tC
have been set by the same persons
as the methods were much the same
as in the other fires. The shed ano
corrals were in an isolated spot
and were in smoking ruins when
discovered by railroad men about
80 am. The buildings were stu
ated at Verdant siding and were
private property.
Work of the destructive individ-
uals is beginning to resemble that
of a firebug instead of a saboteul
intent on destruction of objectives
vital to the war effort.
Agents of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation Immediately went to
the scene of the last fire and
searched the ruins and the sur
rounding area for clues which might
help in solving the four mysterious
fires which created great interest
throughout the nation.
The first fire south of inland &C.
Cured March % when two main line
railroad bridges burned. They were
discovered before a tragedy oc-
CURED. Two days later two bridges
were burned on a branch line about
five miles from the scene of the
first fire. Still later two other
bridges were burned on a spur be-
tween BraWley and Holtville.
The fifth act of violence attrib
uted to saboteurs was the plugging
of an extension of the Trifolium
canal II miles west of Westmorland
shortly after the first two bridges
were burned
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-14
Voters Stay Away
From E.C.PoIIsin in
Large Numbers
Lack of Issues During
Campaign Believed
Reason for Lethargy

Ell Centre voters went to
the polls Tuesday in scatter
ed handfuls to elect two city
councilmen.
At l 80 pm. only SIT votes
had been cast out of possible
1856.
This apparent lack of interest in
the first seven hours of the ballot
ing testified to the truth of the Oft
repeated statement during the cam
paign that there were, no real issues
at stake, observers said.
Throughout the city, cars provided
by each of the four candidates for
transportation of voters could be
seen scurrying about with the driver
the only occupant. And at each Of
the five precincts which were
consolidation OF the many voting
places that are used in county and
state elections, clerks, judges and
examiners sat idle most of the fore
noon.
NO NOON RUSH
Even the noon hour failed to bring
out the rush of voters that had
been anticipated.
The four candidates es-incumbents
H. w. Fawcett and P. l.. Moore,
and their opponents, Chester Irving
and P. E. RyerSCl-Wore common
look of chagrin on their faces.
Backers of FaWcett and Moore had
said that there was no doubt as to
the outcome and that the margin
Of their predicted victory would de-
pend largely on the number voters
to turn out.
Ryerson and Irving, who had been
hopeful of victory based on their
team platform Of lower taxes, were
in evidence at the polling places
Irving, seen at the court house
where 1l42 voters had been regist
cred, and where only 1873 had cast
ballots. appeared equally surprised
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) Cne COUNCIL tne SO, ,UUO WILL be USED
to pay off the debt still remaining
on the swimming pool donated to
Camp Seeley year ago, to provide
$3.50 a month for the basic needs
at the canteen, and to provide a
backlog for starting the program
at the beginning of next year.
No debts will be incurred by the
council, it was decided at a confer
ence held Monday night, and it
was made mandatory for the work
to progress on a pay-as-you-gc
plan.
Howard P. Meyer, chairman of
the council executive committee,
said it is difficult to estimate what
the community may have to handle
in the way of recreation and enter
tainment for service men by next
fall but everything is being care
fully budgeted and strict account
ing of all funds will be made at
the close of the year.
Similar organizations have been
set up in Brawley and Holtville
Ell Centro will be expected to pro-
vide for the men at Camp Seeley
and, of course. those who come to
town to visit. The government will
build recreation facilities at Camp
Dunlap near inland but Camp See
ley is not claSsed as a major camp
and therefore no recreational facil-
tiles will be provided there by the
government.
NO USO DRIVE
The Ell Centro council will work
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