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Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-12

have fallen and hurt himself while
playing.
Jimmy was accustomed to walk
across the canal on a plank bridge
and officers directing the search
said the high wind blowing Monday
afternoon may have blown the boy
into the water. The Dahlia is be-
tween six and seven feet deep near
the Scott home.
Irrigation district crews and
neighbors Joined officers in search
Ing the bottom of the canal and
hunting along the canal banks.
Many hours of search, however,
failed TO reveal any sign of the boy.
The district sent pumps to drain
off the water but still no sign Of
the body was found.
He had been alone but a few
moments when he was missed by
his mother He had been playing
with neighbor children only short
time before the mother began hunt
ing for him.
Lonely and grief stricken, Jimmy's
pet dog ran along the canal bank
Tuesday and shifted at the plank
bridge, whining pitifully.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-12
Nephew ofLocaI
Man Decorated

The nephew of a prominent I'm
perial Valley citizen has been
awarded high honors for the part
he is playing in helping to beat the
axis in the far east, it was revealed
here Tuesday.
He is 1t. Col Samuel S. Lamb,
nephew of Maj. John F. Lamb. of
the Imperial Irrigation district.
Lieutenant Colonel Lamb. it was
announced officially, was decorated
February % at Bandoeng, Java
with the Purple Heart for meritor-
ious performance of duty as men,
Der Of the far east air force of the
United States army
He is a graduate of West Point.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-12

attack occurred south oil crete
where Axis dispatches have reported
two recent British attempts TO make
landings on small island.
The British have not confirmed
the attempted landings and there
vas no indication in the admiralty's
announcement today that the de-
stroyers were engaged in such oper-
atoms when the German dive-bomb-
crs swept upon them.
The admiralty said that more
than 500 officers and men had been
rescued from the three destroyers-
which had normal compliments to-
falling less than 600-and therefore
~the total number of casualties can
not be heavy"
The three destroyers sunk by
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-12
Battery Suspect
Fined as Drunk

John Allen, wafer tower tender,
Tuesday was found guilty in Ell
Centre police court of drunk and
disturbance, a charge levied against
him after Betty Daniels, magazine
crew worker, complained that AL
len and two soldiers tried TO assault
her in Aliens shack at Main street
and the railroad tracks
Allen had been held in city jail
in default of $500 cash bail, on a
technical charge of suspicion OF
battery. Miss Daniels had SAID
that he beat the Stuffings" out
of her, but when she failed to pre-
sent the soldiers as witnesses, Judge
Lee Nuffer dismissed the battery
complaint and fined Alien $40 on
his plea of guilty tC the drunk
charge.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-12
Red Cross Sets Up
Prisoner Contact

Red Cross headquarters in El
Centre was established Tuesday as
a clearing house for Imperial Valley
residents wishing to communicate
with relatives who are military pris-
oners of War-men in the armed
forces who have been taken pris-
oner
Mrs. w. j. Meagher, executive
secretary for the Ell Centre chapter
of the American Red Cross, received
official instructions Tuesday as to
the methods to be used in COM
municating with these prisoners
through the International Red
Cross committee at Geneva. Switz-
erland
This applies only, warned Mrs.
Meagher, to men in the armed
forces who are known officially
to be prisoners as announced by the
war department, and does not APP
ply to civilians.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-12
War. Bond Drive in
High Gear as New
Deductions 0kayed
% Business Concerns
Report 100 Per Cent
Purchase Agreements

Imperial Valleys $88,6OO
war bond drive was going
like a house attire Tuesday,
Just one week after it had
been launched, County Chair
man Gordon Scriven said.
Typical of the success Of the cam
paign throughout the county was
the latest report on the progress
in the county seat of the salary de-
duction committees. Employees OF 10
more FL Centric firms had signed
up 100 per cent to authorize their
employers to divert part of their
earnings toward purchase of bonds
and stamps.
This brought to % the number of
business concerns whose employees
had pledged cooperation in the
drive to sell everyone a share in
Americas fight for democracy. The
10 firms reported Tuesday:
earS-RoebuCk a. company; I'M
perial Valley Publishing company
(the Post-Press newspapers), w. A.
Scnenlnlan taper company, DSltd
Mercantile company, Coca Cola
Bottling works, Imperial Valley
Building and Loan association, Au-
tomobile Club of Southern Califor-
mia, Clements Drug store, johnson
Dry Goods company, and Grassland
Typewriter company.
No specific information on the
campaign in other valley commune
ties was available. but Scrivcn said
that drive leaders in every town
were confident that the May quota
would be exceeded.
Scriven announced the appoint
ment of three new chairmcn. They
are:
Calipatria-E E. GrosvenOr; I'M
perial-W. l.. Townsend; Westmor-
land-O. G.. KillingSWorth.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-12

cooks from the regular army. They
are clearly not being called upon
TO do houSework."
Army officials have testified that
the women will be used I'm airplane
spotting work for one thing.
Maloney's amendment TO restrict
the auxiliary TO service within the
boundaries of the United States
was defeated, 81 TO rs. Sen. Hattie
Caraway, d.. Ark. the only woman
member OF the senate, voted a re-
sounding mo" ON the provision.
Women enlisted In the auxiliary
would not receive military titles al
though they would be under army
discipline. There would be various
grades. The lowest would get S2l
month for the first four months
of service and $50 a month there
after-the same as soldiers under
present law.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-12

scented which could enable the count
try to make synthetic rubber from
alcohol much cheaper than 1T is
now being made Norris said, 1.-The
war production board refuses to
consider these processes.
They won't even look at them
because they are new. and because
they haven't been tried out in
plants, and then they refuse to
grant priorities for the construc-
ton of plants in which to test these
new ways of making this badly need
ed product
when somebody offers the WPB
new process, they turn it down
because it hasn't been tried. Then
they refuse to let the inventor prove
its value" he said. Its a damned
if you you do and damned if you
don't propositicl."
SHORTAGE MYTHICAL?
Norris made the charges before
senate agriculture subcommittee
headed by Sen. Guy M. Gillette, D.,
Ia, which is studying methods of
increasing the nations output of
industrial alcohol and synthetic
rubber.
Another charge, that the rubber
shortage is mythical, was made by
Elliott E. Simpson, New York rubber
dealer. before the house coinage
committee. He argued that the
country's scrap rubber supplies are
sufficient to meet civilian and mill
tary needs.
Americas scrap pile is more than
sufficient for defense and civilian
requirements unless someone is
throwing herring in the path" he
said. Our conservation heads are
going at this scrap collection plan
with a spoon where a derrick is
needed"
Simpson also commended that am
pie facilities existed for retaining
scrap rubber and making il disable
product, but charged that anyone
trying TO go into the reclaiming
business is discouraged because it
would be catastrophe to the few
now controlling this, if after the
war they would have competition
Their manufacturing would be
ruined and that would be an injus-
ticc to few companies even though
it would be helpful to 135,000,000
people," he said.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-12
Fall Restores Eyesight

DETROIT. May l2-CUP)-Frank
j. Kubiak. "a, father of nine child
rem, credited an accidental fall
against a street curbing today for
partial restoration of his sight at
ter eight years of blindness.
The phenomencn occurred May 8
when Kubiak was crossing an in
tersection with his l5-year-old son,
John. A motorist, unaware that
Kubiak was blind. blew his horn.
John jerked his father toward the
curb to avoid the car. Kubiak trip
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-12

bombs were the l.600-ton Kipling
and Jackal, both of the Javelin class,
and the l,920-ton Lively, one OF the
largest vessels of her class IN the
world.
Built since the start OF the war
the Lively was one OF light force
which wiped out two conveys oil
Axis supply ships in the Mediter-
ranean last November. Ten ships
of the convoy we're sunk as well
as two escorting Italian destroyerS
The Kipling participated In The
sinking of two German U-boats IN
the Mediterranean last December
when 1870 Axis soldiers we're rescued
from the water.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-12
Boy Feared Lost
In DohIid Canal

The Dahlia canal from Ross ave-
nue. to the San Diego highway west
of FL Centre was searched Tues
day for the body of four-year-o
Jimmy Scott, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Scott, who has been missing
since p. m. Monday.
Crowds of searchers also hunted
through grapefruit orchards and
fields I'm the vicinity of the Scott
home, thinking possibly he may
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-12

lMedgre reports OF severe IlRIlClIl
on the Kerch front indicated that
the Germans and Rumanians had
suffered heavy losses in a drive
started with strong air support and
new weapons" on May 8, and that
they had been hurled back to their
original positions by the Red army,
except for small gains on the north
ern wing.
This version came from British
military sources but was supported
by a German radio explanation
that the Russians were numerically
superior on the Kerch front and
had extraordinarily strong fortifi-
cations and good air bases. The Rus
slams after issuing communicate
disclosing that our troops waged
stubborn battle against German
troops that had taken the offensive"
permitted nothing further to leak
out and Tuesdays communique said
only that there had been no i'm
portant developments
An unconfirmed report circulat-
ing in Sweden said the new weapons
used by the Germans included
nerve gas" which is poisonous
but designed to paralyze enemy
troops for a short period. 1t ap-
peared likely, however, that this
report arose from recent specula-
ton on possible use of gas on the
eastern front and information that
the German had new gas masks in
the Crimea.
GERMANS FLANKED
The circumstances of the Kerch
battle, including Moscow's refusal to
provide any information or to claim
any success, left the whole question
of a new German offensive in doubt.
But it appeared likely that Hitler
had started an attempt to drive
seize the most advanced jumping
off place toward the Caucasus. He
also may be trying to achieve the
very important objective of remov-
ing Red army threat to his flank.
Any offensive the Germans may
start later into the Ukraine will be
in danger of flank attack until the
Axis has complete control of the
Crimea.
Thus it appeared that the Kerch
offensive was more in the nature
of a preliminary to the long herald-
ed summer onslaught, which has
been predicted for June when
weather and terrain conditions are
more suitable to German tactics.
There was mounting action on
Continued on Page 6, Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-12

now goes to the White House for'
President Roosevelt's signature.
1t would permit the army to en-
roll maximum Of 100000 women In
the auxiliary for non combatant
service with the regular army.
Sen. Francis T. Maloney, D.,
Conn.,, led the unsuccessful fight
first to restrict and later to defeat
the measure. He contended that it
"casts a shadow on the sanctity of
the home
"Those patriotic women who wish
TO serve their country can render
excellent service--as they did In
The last warm civil service posi-
tions," Maloney said. mo one has
stated very clearly--at least to me-
lust what duties they would per-
form
"They are clearly not being called
upon to serve as cooks, but instead
they will be furnished with male
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-12

ped and fell on his, hands and
knees. He didn't hurt himself but
he dimly saw light through his left
eye.
The man was so amazed that he
said nothing of it to anyone-tor
three days. His sight improved
daily and when he did tell his
wife, Clara, she became hysterical
with joy.
She cried for three days. Kubiak
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-12
THREATS CHARGED

Physicians at Harper hospital
plan TO examine Kubiak Thursday
TO determine how much of his sight
he can expect TO regain.
Kubiak lost the sight of his right
eye in 1913 when a shotgun wa
discharged IN ms face. In 1850
steel splinters pierced the left eye
Despite five operations, his sight
faded until he became blind Ia
July, 1894.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-12
Govt TO Draft
Radio Programs

CLEVELAND, May PUP
William b. Lewis, assis'rnt
director of the office of facts
and figures, said today the gov
eminent has instituted a plan
for drafting" some time on all
of the nations radio programs,
commercial and sustaining, for
the duration.
Lewis told the national assO-
citation of broadcasters' conven-
ton that a draft radio" plan is
being established which will al
feet every program on the air.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-12
Axis Sinks Three
British Warships

LONDON, May II. tUP)-Three
British destroyers were sunk yes
terday in the eastern Mediterranean
during a series of attacks by Ger
man warplanes, the admiralty an
nounced today
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-12

AREA shall not be put 10 any use
beneficial TO the Axis. But. since
the areas arc not considered IN any
immediate danger OF being used a.
bases for Axis operations. this
country seeks 10 avoid a show Of
armed force against admittedly
weak military forces II a settle
ment can be reached otherwise.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-12

said. 1T was as great a shock 70
her as it was to me-
Kubiaks second greatest thrill
was seeing his Seven-year-old
daughter, Jeanette, for the first
time last Thursday.
Her face and her form were still
pretty hazy to me then" he said
But things are getting clearer al!
the time. Thank God for that. II
makes man feel good TO be alive,
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-12

number, tne unlOneeTS III SOIllc III
stances asked the proprietorS to
display a card which said:
"ABC beer unfair. We deem 1T
necessary to ask all branches OF
organized labor to cooperate by not
patronizing ABC beer. Signed, Beer
Drivers division OF Transfers local
No 893"
Arthur l.. HerZog, Imperial Val
ley distributor of ABC beer. declared
tn sday that nc has no labor dis
puteS. no wage disputes. and no
hours disputes among his employees.
He said he was approached many
months ago by union representa-
tives who asked that he sign a closed
shop agreement and employ moth
inc but union labor. Herzog said he
refused and heard nothing from
the union or its representatives until
the night of April 20 when Mike
Henry. business agent for the oper-
ating engineers working on federal
construction at the airport west
Of RI Centre and at inland, asked
him what his trouble was with the
union.
CONFERENCE HELD
Herzog quoted Henry as saying
he would like 10 get the things
straiehtened out and wanted 10 see
a CODY OF the contract the beer
drivers division had left with him
several months ago.
Henry and HerzOg conferred for
five hours and finally worked out
a contract both men could agree on.
Henry agreed 10 take Il TO the higher
ups in the union. have It typed, get
Il signed and bring Il back TO Her
zog for his signature. Henry Tele-
phoned the next day and said he
could not come as the Transfers
union business agent said the con-
tract must be presented to the mem
bCrShip. Herzcg said he had receiv-
ed no further communication from
either Henry. the TcamStrcs. or the
feamsters agent. until he saw one
of the Unfair cards m the estab-
lishment of one Of ms customers.
THREATS CHARGED
The union men m several in
stances agreed 10 let the retailer
sell the ABC beer IN ms reirigera-
tor but ordered him not 10 put any
more 70 cool. They threatened 10
put a picket line n their orders
were not obeyed. Hcrzog said
u was sitting IN one establish
Continued on Page 6 Column s.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-12
Bombers Blast ;
British Worships

LONDON, May IL. (UP)-The British admiralty today
announced the loss of three desroyers, among the
largest i'm Tire world in battle with German dve-bomberS
i'm the eastern Mediterranean yesterday -
The German radio in it's version of the battle SAID the
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-12
Union PreSSures
Beer Distributor
Hot Cargo Tactics Applied to Valley
In Asserte d Effort TO Force Company
Into Closed Shop Agreement with AFL

Agents from the beer drivers division of Transfers
union No 1913 ordered many retail establishments in Inn
peria Valley to stop selling ABC beer the union would
that the dealer got beer from any other distributor
il was revealed Tuesday Totaling approximately Is IN
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-12
Senate Approves
Army for Women

WASHINGTON, May r. (UP)-Thc senate, by vote
of SO to 81 today passed bill to set up womens auxi
larry army corps 1t rejected attempts to restrict the
to service in the United States.
The measure which has been approved by the house,
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-12
'Nuzis AIibi for
Failure to Gain
On kerch Front
Germans Hurled Back After Launching
Biggest Drive Of year; Berlin Says
Reds Too Numerous, Forts Too Strong
. BY UNITED PRESS

Adolf Hers first effort to start Axis offensive
in Russia appeared to have backfired Tuesday the
bood-sained Kerch peninsula guarding the German Grim
Short cut to the oil fields of the Caucasus.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-12
D AMBL!Ne
X EpoR1ER

Hi, Corp
RR received a late news flash
Tuesday which said one of his best
secret operatives had been honored
by the Army air corps.
Al DeVore, former advertising
man on the Post-Press staff, now
is a corporal. Don't tell us that
working for RR isn't good train
ing.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-12
Favoritism Delaying U. S.
Synthetic Rubber Output.
Senate Committee Told
'WPB Charged with Refusing to Consider
New Formulas. Protecting Oil Trust; :.
Witness Contends Shortage is Mythica

WASHINGTON May IL. (UP)-Sen. George w. Norris,
Ind Neb charged today that "favoritsm in awarding
contracts to the big oil trusts is delaying the nations
synthetic rubber program
Given though formulas and processes have been pre-
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-12

UnprOnOunceable-
A Filipino appeared before Jerry
Caplinger, motor vehicle license ex-
aminer in Ell Centre and asked for
a drivers license.
While putting the islander through
the usual tests as to vision, Cap
linger pointed to one of the eye
charts hanging on the wall. The
chart contained lines of letters in
various sizes of type.
See that fifth line from the
top Caplinger said to the Filipino
as he pointed to the letters
CPEFD. Read that
The Filipino squinted and con-
centrated. Drawing a deep breath
he came forth with sound that
was a cross between a cat sneeze
and a pup cough. He thought he
had tc pronounce it.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-12

At Last
The women have come into the
business picture with a bang. Ben
Hooker just hired a woman to work
in his service STATEN.
oh, well, he promised he wouldn't
let her monkey with the mechanics
of the automobiles and trucks she
fills with oil and gas.
Wonder if she'll change tires?
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-12
Baseball

NATIONAL
Chicago OH al 90
Boston 900 300 0j
Schmitz. Hanyzewski and McCul-
Tough: lost. Sain. johnson and Lom-
bardi.
Cincinnati 900 oil CSC -5-l0-O
Brooklyn 900 00i 000-l- 10
Thompson and LamannO. Allen
Casey. Kimball and Sullivan.
st. Louis O20 900 OOO-2-b-l
Philadelphia l02 600 O0X 3-I-l
Lamer. krist. Dickson and W
Cooper. HoerSt and Warren.
Pittsburgh - 200 00l 000-3- I'll
New York O0i 600 03X-7-ll-l
Heint2elman, Lanning and Lopez
Melton and Dammit.
AMERICAN
Philadelphia .......## 600 %
st. Louis .........#...... l0l 90
Marchildon and Wagner; Harris
and Swift.
Boston at Chicago. Washington
at Detroit: New York at Cleveland
all postponed.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-12

Thank You, Sir
Mrs. r. H. Maddux recently re-
ceiyed a letter from soldier form
erly stationed al Camp Seeley. The
letter said in part:
"If all the cities we're the same
as Fl Centre. there would be no
need for the draft as all the men
would fight to join the Army In
the many months l have spent in
the Army. I have never been treat
ed as 1 have been by the people of
Ell Centric
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-12
WEATHER

Maximum Monday 10. Minimum
Tuesday 5. 5 PM. Monday ", hu-
mildly 80. 5 am. Tuesday Sc, hu-
mildly A. Noon Tuesday IS, hu-
nudity 81.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-12

Los ANTILLES HAY
u. s. No. 1 S24.-S25; u. S. No. 2
leafy Nv. S22.5O-23.5O; US. No. 2
s18.-S19. Mpls. Sept. flax S2.58.
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AND LEAVE 1T DOWN

Continue the the end of
turn down Pointer for EVERY office that you for
LEAVE THE POINTERS DOWN.
Move the Red Handle the left CO. This will register
your vote and return the Pointers their unyoed position after which
will open the Gurtan)
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How To Vote 0
A FEW WORDS OF EXPLANATION

FEW WORDS OF EXPLANATION
No registered until you the Curtain Lever to the
the Curtain You therefore as many changes in YOUR a
wish while the Curtain Lever the right Curtain closed Ed
dldates voting Pointer is directly ABOVE his name.
The machine is arranged that you CANNOT TURN DOWN
THAN THE PROPER NUMBER of Pointers for an office.
There danger of knowing how YOU vote as the
the Curtain Lever the voted Pointers to their nvoted po
FORE the Curtain begins to Open SO LEAVE THE POINTERS
Inns sample ballot shows the machine ballot General Eecd
Il you Will read and remember these directions you will you'll
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l. Move the Red Handle from the Left the Right
(Ihis will close the curtain around you.)
Turn DOWN POINTER the name of each candidate YOU
wish vote for (for each office thus
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-10-29
YES Question / NO

Amendment 10 Section Is.
Article III Of the State COnsii.
tuition, title Legislative De.
partment." providing the pay
ment OF $1,000 per annum TO
members Of the General As.
sembly, with n deduction Of
SIS per diem for each day
Of unexeused absence: and for
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Judgment of the Commission
IS necessary for highway pur-
poses upon payment therefor
10 the owners in such amount
as said Commission estimates
to be the fair value of the
property. providing that such
legislation also requires the
paymcai of any further sum
that may be subsequently a.
warded by a jury.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-10-29
YES Question 4 NO

Amendment to Section as Of
Article Ill of the State Consti-
tuition, title Legislative De.
partment," requiring the Gen
eral Assembly TO provide a
simple and uniform system Of
charges in the Offices Of Clerks
Of the Court and Re- .sters of
Wills in the Counties Of the
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-10-29

lEO question NJ
Amendment to Article III OF
tire State Constitution, title
Legislative Department" which
adds new Section TO said
Article, TO be known as Section
lob, and which empowers the
General Assembly Of Maryland
to authorize the state Roads
Commission TO take immediate.
y such property as in the
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-10-29
YES Question 2 NO

Amendment TO Article IS o.
the Declaration of Higats OF
the State Constitution, provid.
ing that the Legislature may,
by law, regulate. restrict or
require its sanction for gifts
C@N' IT other transfer Of
m or for the benefit
OF lister. public teacher
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the payment Of $3.50 in add.
ton to the above sum TO the
presiding officer Of each Esasc.
with no payment other than
the above sums TO members or
presiding officers, except mile.
age for services during any
Special Session.