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Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-01
PROMOTIONS
ON MERIT

The War Department this week an
nounced the temporary promotion OF 90
lieutenant-colonels to full colonels, IN
line with the wartime system OF promo
ton according to merit, rather than &C
cording to seniority.
There was no announcement 10 tildI
effect. but the implication was that When
the. war is over the U. S. Army will go
back to the old system of promoting
man because of the length of his service
and the rating of his graduation from
West Point. rather than because OF merit
displayed on the job.
In our humble layman's way, we don't
like the implication.
The stronger the nucleus we nave IN
peacetime, the quicker we can build to
maximum strength in wartime. And we
cannot have maximum strength IN our
peacetime nucleus unless 1t Is founded
upon a theory that the best man should
have the biggest job.
We do not believe it is wise forever to
follow the theory that we can wait until
war breaks out to put our best men IN
responsible positions. We need those
men in peacetime, to lay plans, to keep
abreast of developments, to perfect the
machinery which would be used in war
time.
For the regulars, the Army is full time
lob. 1t should be done by the best men
we can get for it.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-01
14.Tilne Loser
Makes 18th Race

SACRAMENTO, Jan, l. CUP)--
A perennial candidate for public
office blcomcd again here today
when Theodore W. Dave, who was
defeated bad. for governor in 1893
on a Write-in campaign, filed no
tice that he will be candidate for
aSSemblyman from Santa Barbara
county in 1912.
In a letter to Secretary of State
Paul Peek, Dave said that he had
been a candidate for office IA
times-a!l with the Same result: not
enough votes.
Dave has cast his bread upon the
waters of public opinion and had
it come back to him stale while Che
said) running for mayor of Santa
Barbara twice, Santa Barbara city
council twice, state senator, board
of equalization, board of education,
city assessor, lieutenant governor,
sheriff, state controller and attor =.
ncy general. Y
He admitted this cheerfully to
Feek and added L was defeated
bad in a Writc-in effort for the
goVernorShip four years ago.
Dave listed his qualifications for
assemblyman thusly: traffic safety
consultant, fire prevention expert,
conservation expert. harbor erosion
expert, stamp collector, outdoor
Christmas tree lighting authority,
wild life expert and social recrea-
ton expert.
Also, said Dave, II have sold
magazines, newspapers, been q
football player and boxer, and a
special policeman at football games.
am a tap dancer of popular fame,
singer, and band leader"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-01
CURRENT QUOTATIONS.

We are proud of the glorious struggle
YOU are waging against the enemies not
only Of our country but the enemies OF
our Christian civilization. God give you
victory ,-Message from the house ol
Representatives to General Macarthur ID
the Philippines.
The very heart of the evil we are
fighting is the Nazi belief in the inherent
superiority of the German race and the
japanese belief in the inherent superior,
itv Of the Japanese race: -EplScopal
Committee for European Refugees.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-01

facing you being getting to and
from shows. If blackouts become
permanent. producers figure you'll
learn to handle them in stride
c"just like climbing over six people
in the middle of the first act" as
one wit put it,
If you're in a service camp you'll
have plenty of entertainment. To
its II shows already touring 65
army and navy camps, U. S. O.
Camp Shows, Inc, is adding 10
new vaudeville reVues to play q
Star Spangled circuit of l41 camps.
Producers Will push road shows
in 1912, so you'll see plenty of
comedies and musicals even if you
live off the main stem. AS for
summer theaters: They made
money last year, and that's what
talks to a producer.
NIGHT SPOTS:-Lf girl shows
bore you, 1912 IS gong to be a
good year for you to stay home.
Night club impreSarios are going
all out for wine. women and song
with one reservation. They arc
keeping a weather eye peeled lest
bluencses sniff o. d Snootful to
prcpagandize effectively for Pro-
hibitiOn'S return.
RADIO When you twist your
dials in 1919, you can expect to
hear more or less the same sounds
you heard this year. With official
war communicates issued only at
specified intervals, news bulletins
will be less frequent. News pro
grams will therefore subside to
their normal relationship wit II
other programs.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-01
California Sends
Word TO Islands

SACRAMENTO, Jan. l. (UPD--
A shoulder to shoulder pledge Of
support from California t o the
Philippines was offered today by
Gov. Culbert Olson in a special
broadcast to President Manuel Que
zon and the courageous people of
the Philippine islands.
ClSOnS New Years greeting was
carried by GKEI, San Francisco's
short wave radio station, and other
government faculties. He said:
"On behalf of the people of
California I send greetings To you
and the courageous people Of the
Pilippine islands who, as we face
the dawn of a new year, are fight
ing heroically against invasion by
a treacherous and brutal enemy.
The state of California and every
one of its citizens is thrilled with
pride over the determination Of the
Filipino people to resist to the ut
most this attack upon their iSlAnd
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-01
"FROTHY STUFF
ON THE UPPFAT"

You'll hear plenty Of morale
building shows, but program di-
rcctors hCpa thCy will be sufficient
ly subtle SO that you won't be able
to recognize them as such. Otheri1
wise added emphasis will, as in>
other fields. be on straight "eS-
cape entertainment.
MUSIC:-"Frothy stuff on the
upbeat Iongharcd stuff to slump. a
Or. to put a music veterans prey
diction into plain English, listen
for lots of swing, little classical
music The sweet VS.. hot battle
should not change much from its
present $3.50 ratio. Keep an ear
open for Stan Kenton's sensational
hot music and Claude Thornhill's
sweet.
President Gene Buck has re-
queStcd that ASCAP members write
fighting songs" And there's cur
rcntly a rash of would be war songs
when Those Little Yellow Bel
lies Meet the Cohens and the Kel-
leys;" Goodbye Mama, I'm off to
Yokohama;9 Wen Always re-
member Pearl Harbor," etc. But
British experience has shown that
sentimental nostalgia pieces are 10
| choices over war songs. American
publishers are accordingly busting
off old favorites until a new over
There comes along.
L the music mems prophesies
Cand that recurrent Look at Lon
dcnD mean anything, you'll be
using your gramaphone in 1912.
more than ever before.
All in all, there1l be plenty for
you to see and do when you want
entertainment in 1912.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-01
BY TOM WOLF
NFA A,nusementS Editor

NEW YORK, Jan. l. Look at
London
That's the answer Of every show
man to your natural question:
While I'm putting my best energy
INTO my war job in in 1912, will
I be able to relax now and then
and renew my energy through en-
tertainment?"
A look at bomb tested London
writes an answering Yes" in letters
hat stand cut like spotlights in
blackout
Bigger and Better will be pasted
across every American entertain
ment billboard-theater, movie,
'adio, night club-to help you
tighten the load of a sombre year
ahead And dcn't be fooled into
linking otherwise if the New Year
is quietly ushered in under wraps.
In all likelihood, it will be.
Since the New Year to be well
coined holds no particularly pleas
ant prospects, last minute signs
indicate that most Americans are
preparing to greet it in a subdued
manner Wine sales, heavier than
Usual, seem to point to more toaSts
o victory this New Years Eve and
'cwer bouts with hard liquor Many
clubs have cancelled elaborate gai-
ties in favor of quieter entertain
ment more in keeping with the
Jear to be greeted.
But without exception, show
world veterans expect to follow
Londcners' example and to come
bouncing out of your temporary
depression feeling more than ever
ike an occasional night out.
And they're planning entertain
ment for you accordingly.
PASTE THESE UNDER
YOUR TOP HAT
Hell, nre some tips to paste
under your top hat for 1912:
MOVIES: Heaviest emphasis will
be on escape" pictures. A new cy-
Gle of musicals is just starting, with
at least 80 scheduled, most of them
on the esuper-spectacle order Don't
look for amy wartime relaxation
Of moral censorship for quite a
while. Recent crackdowns by the
Legion of Decency have the pro-
ducers covering up. (Since black
outs started on the coast, studios
have gone Ga daytime production
schedules so. expect less realism in
your under the stars romance -
and less of it,.
You can count on a flock of
heroic war pictures. One studio, for
example is already preparing a
Wake Island epic based on U, S.
Marine gallantry there. (Since, in
cidentally, the Army has comman-
deered all studio firearms, watch
for ingenuity in all shooting Sc
quences1. It's dollars TO doughnutS
that your 1912 villains will be Japs
or Nazis and that you'll see the
return of the ridiculous, futile, It
''alian-type comedian.
You'll sec fewer stars in 1912.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-01
MIND YOUR
MANNERS

Test your knowledge of correct
social usage by answering the fol-
lowing questions, then checking
against the authoritative answers
below:
/. How might a girl graciously
accept a mans invitation to dance?
2. Should a girl attend public
dance unoscorted?
3. Is it all right for a young
man to sit outside in his car until
the girl with whom he has a date
is ready to accompany him?
I. Should a girl introduce the
young men she dates to her par
ents. if she lives at home?
5. When a girl who lives alone
comes home from a date at a late
hour should she invite the young
man in Or say Good night to him
at her door?
What would you dc if
You arc at a dinner party and
have just finished your dessert
CA Wait until the hostess rises
before you rise?
tB) Stand up, if all the other
guests seem TO have finished cat
ing?
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-01
RESOLUTIONS FOR
THE INFANT YEAR

There is no question what should be
the first resolution today on the New
Years list Of every American. 1t is:
ITO do everything l humanity can to
bring victory to America at the earliest
possible moment.
That is the greatest necessity, the one
universal goal, motivating the citizens Of
this country as 1912 comes into being. 1t
is the resolution against which no Amer
can will complain; it Is the resolution
every American will strive to keep. re-
gardless of how many others are broken.
Strange though it may seem, part of
the lob of keeping that resolution intact
at the very beginning is the making OF
other resolutions The nations wartime
leaders have asked that the people con-
tinue their normal pursuits, insofar as
possible consistent with the war effort.
during this crisis. 1t is normal at the
dawn of a new year to survey the faults
of the old. and resolve that they shall
be overcome in the twelvemonth ahead.
So we offer for the people Of Imperial
Valley a set of resolutions, the achieve
ment of which would advance our COM
munitv many miles along the road OF
progress it travels in wartime as we'll as
in peacetlme.
Let us all resolve:
|. To unity the community effort of
Imperial Valley toward building a bigger
better community by (a) attracting more
small owner-farmers. (b) working toward
the establishment here of the kind Of y
resorts which will attract tourists ana
winter residents, and (c) outlining our
geographic strategic and climatic i'm
portance to the proper officials whose
duty it is to choose sites for defense and
military establishments.
2 To educate ourselves for coopera-
ton. stunning the kind Of petty bicker-
inc between smaller communities which
has in the past. done more harm than
good to the greater community OF all
Imperial Valley.
3. To inform ourselves of the good
points of Imperial Valley, SO that we
may tell them to others.
d To bear in mind always that it is
privilege to live in Imperial Valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-01
GL0RIFYING
YOURSELF
BY ALICIA HART
NEA Service Slaff Writer

How Is the woman who CLIMBS
into a uniform going to look well
in spic. sleek tailoring when her
new defense duties leave even less
time for glorifying herself?
It's not impossible.
First, if you find the official garb
pinches at the hips or Waist-take
warning. You've been sitting too
much and walking too little.
There are several simple ways
to reduce the hips Walking a mile
day-walking to your post 1or
instance-would do it. or you
could roll on the floor for just live
minutes a day.
Those new duties may help trim
vou down. If they involve stand
ing, stretching, pushing, they IL
condition your lines as well as your
general health. However, one thing
to remember is this. II your WORK
keeps you at a desk, you may have
a tendency to put on flesh.
GET HONEST
TAPE MEASURE
So you'd really better get your =
self an honest tape-measure and
a good pair of bath scales. For
sitting does spread hips. And she
who thinks she has gained weight
may procrastinate about exercises
and diet. She who knows Is almost
certain to take setps Immediately
TO lose the extra pound.
Ark she cain do it at work-even
at o ce work. The trick is, do at
least part OF your work while
stan 2g. Naturally. you sit to take
dictS bn. But couldn't you file let
ters Fhile standing or STOPPING
And Ike teri minute walk during
| Inn hour? ut will make you
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-01
Two CaIexico Men
In Naval Service

Two Calexico men we're among
373 sailors graduated from the Unit
ed States Naval air station at Ala
media this week and assigned to ac-
tive duty.
Lloyd Miller, son of Mrs. Mae
Hudson, 1876 Imperial avenue, and
Horace MILAN Pima, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. r. j. Pima, 923 Fifth street,
were the men. They completed a
16-week course of study to prepare
them for duty as aviation machin-
lists mates. They are graduates OF
Calexico Union high school in The
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-01
Romance Flowers
kfter53 Years

CROWN POINT Ind, Jan. l -
CUPt-Thc !ast lJ1l marriage llc-
Cuse issued il this county went to
John Golding. Is, and Mary Smith,
10, who we're mar!ieo cA New Years
eve
Fifty three years ago Golding,
then %, proposed to l7-year-old
Mary. She said she could not get
married while she still had to take
care of her widowed mother.
III wait John said.
Mar,,'c pItlihpr dipd recently ut
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-01
Editorials and Comment

EDITORS NOTE: The foilowlng edit
OriaiS are presented as interesting Opin'
ions rOiced by editors elsewhere. They
do not necessarily reflect the opinion of
this paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-01
BY MRS. GAYNOR MADDOX
NEA Service Staff Writer

Quantity, stick to the ribness,
and hearty flavor are what skaters,
skiers and other winter sports lovers
demand in food. Here are answers to
wolf appetites' from Mabel Slade
of Jackson, New Hampshire, who
loves to feed crowds of skiers during
the White Mountain snow season.
HEARTY BEEF AND POTATO
PIE
Two pounds of beef (chuck or any
piece of inexpensive beef with lots
of flavor; must be clear meat, one
medium large onion, sliced, l quart
of raw potatoes diced small, salt
and pepper, pie crust prepared with
vegetable shortening.
Cut meat into small cubes
place in sauce pan and just cover
meat with cold water. Simmer for
l hour. Add onion-cook until meat
is tender q to hourS. Add salt
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-01
OLD-FASHIONED FILLED
Makes sc large ones

Cookie dough: 2 cups sugar |
cup shortening N2 butter, Il vege-
table shortening. Cream this mix
ture. Beat in 2 eggs add l cup sour
cream to which has been added
teaspoon soda. Take IL cups en-
riched bread flour and sift through
it 2 level teaspoons of baking poWd-
er Z teaspoon of salt. Add tea
spoon vanilla to mixture. Stir in
flour mixture, Add more flour to
mix dough stiff enough to handle
Filling: Mix filling, cook and have
cooling while you prepare cookie
dough. Put Z cup each of chopped
nuts, raisins and sugar in sauce
pan. Add 2 tablespoons flour and ! :
cup boiling water Bring to boiling
roint and all tablespoons lemon
juice. Cool.
Roll out dough quite thin; cut
with round cookie cutter. Put table
spoon Of filling in center of one
cookie, place another cookie layer
on top and press edges together.
Bake on buttered tin sheet in quick
over (425 F..
TOMORROW'S MENU
BREAKFAST: Orange juice, crisp
bacon, cornbread, syrup, coffee,
milk.
LUNCHEON: Creamcd eggs on
toast, mixed green's salad, old fash
ioned filled cookies, tea, milk.
DINNER: Beef and potato pie
baked potatoes, spinach, stewed
fruit, chocolate cake, coffee, milk.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-01
MODERN MENUS

and pepper to taste when meat is
partly done. just before it is done
add potatoes and when they have
cooked through, remove from stove
and place in individual pie dishes
or in one baking dish. Cover with
pie crust /, inch III thickness.
Brown in hot oven and serve.
Aunt May says tons of filled
cookies disappear during the ski
season. Here's her favorite recipe:
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-01
ANSWERS

/. Thank you. I'd like TO-"
2. No.
3. No. He should wait in her
living room.
4. Yes.
5. She should say Good night
to him at the door.
Better What Would You Do
Solution-(A).
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-01
1912 Will Bring Bigger
Better Entertainment

One important aspect of any
Americans life In 1912 is going
TO be entertainment-tO tighten
his load during the sombre
coming year. The article below
outlines what's ahead for you
when you feel the need for
relaxation from your war job
in 1872.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-11
DECISIVE STAGE
 IN JAP BATTLE

Gen. MacArthur's Headquarters, Somewhere in Australia, Nov. H. (UP)-Australian troops today were entering the decisive stage" of bat tie with c Japanese force in the oivi-donar area, which has held up the allied drive on the important Buna-d -dona bases 45 miles to the northwest for . week.
 The wording of Q communique from Gen. Douglas MaoArthur's headquarters was c disclosure by q spokesman that an Australian en. circlement maneuver on the south ern enemy flank had made further progress indicated that allied com- mand was confident of winning. Tn the Buna sector, American fiy- CTS made three coordinated attacks on Japanese rear installations. Twin- engine Douglas Boston and Martin B-28 bombers blasted the Saputa area about eight miles in- land from Buna with bombs and machine guns. Saputa, mentioned In Q communique for the first time, forms a junction of vital jungle trails leading to Buna and sananda,
 Fighter planes strafed trails lead- ing from Buna to Propendetta, about i2 miles inland, and to the extensive Sangara plantations, Q short distance inland from Propon- dotta,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-11
- 7l71171711a l11l
 POLES


 Sonny Durham and his popular orchestra opened 6 two-day personal appearance engagement today on the stage Of tho Loew Poli Theater where they are being seen for four performances each day. Durham, rated aS Americas Trumpet and Trombone Stylist" in tho brief space of tho past year or SO, has had n very interesting career, With hi8 orchestra. Every dance and music lover knows Sonny Durham as tho chap whose work on Memories or You" put that song on every record collectors must list, Just two yearS ago, he was in Hollywood resting after leaving the Casa Lona Band. He grouped . bunch of young musl- clans together, played some one- nighters In California, and then headed East where their first stop was New York city where they were booked to play at the famous Rose- land ballroom, from there going to famous Meadowbrook for tho entire summer of io4i, this incidentally, being one of the longest band en. agreements on record at this spot.
 The Dunham band has become famous on radio where 1t was heard for 0 long time over CDS and Mu- tual, and today Sonny and his boys are positively rated as one of tho outstanding bands in popular music circles, Their appearance here in person today and tomorrow is c dist. met treat for everyone, 50 plan now to attend one of their shows. (
 In addition to tho Band there ar0 many other big acts, all Of them tops today in the world Of enters tainment and fun. Among the head- liners are charles kempor with George Haggerty and Robert Rogers, tho three of them presenting . hil- arious satire on new Army recruits; then there arc Bob EASton and Coiii- pany with tiny ondee odette, dane. Ing wonder Of 6 famous midget troupe, and As q special added ets traction to the hill Polls brings yo0 none other than that HarmonicA HumoriSt of radio and stage, Herb shriner.
 There Is c fine surrounding screen program headed by "That Other Woman" with Virginia 0llmoro and James Ellison. Rounding out the screen fare are selected shorts and tho latest news happenings from all over the world. Tho doors of tho theater open at ii:4b with the screen show starting promptly ct i2:00 noon, enabling tho eity's thousands of defense workers to see C complete stage and screen bill and Do out Of the theater by 2:30 ?. n. The stage performances 60 on at the regular times of i:2o, 400, e;3o and e:0O ,. m,
 opening . five day engagemsnt en the Loow Poll screen Friday @g @m week is VI. Somerset Maughasn's "The Moon and elxpence" the most taiked-about picture ever snhde na Hollywood. Another smash feature, "Joeil Of the 0Earks" featuring Judy Canova Is the seeeud hAlf 0s tllls big double feature bill.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-11
Catholic Women Plan
 Yuletide Silver Tea
Diocesan Bureau Scene of Event December l3; Earl
 Swan Shows Sound Motion Picture at Meeting

crossing one. It is a full length
 picture and not only describes the
 liturgical sequence of the Mass as
 read by the oficiatine priest, but
 tells the story behind the Mass. For
 the purpose of complete under
 standing the Mass is read, and the
 responses are made in English.
 The narrator in the picture is
 Sister Therese who is explaining to
 her class the meaning of the sacri-
 flee of the Mass. As she proceeds
 the story unfolds, from the early days in the Old Testament with the
 sacrifices of Abel, the murder of
 Abel by his brother Cain, and the sacrifices of Abraham and Mel.
 chisedek, to the New Testament,
 with the story of the life of Christ,
 his passion and death. All this with the story of the first conse- cration of bread and wine at the last supper and their application in
 the Mass as 1t Is offered today, formed an engrossing picture which lasted about one hour and 6 half.
 Previous to the open meeting, Miss Agnes Fitzpatrick, chairman, presided at Q meeting of the execu- tive board at 7:3o. Reports were made on defense work activities of the. council by Miss Lucy Bowes who announced that classes In hospital bandaging were held Mondays at the bureau, in charge of Miss Mary Kinnane; nu- triton classes Tuesday evenings, and sewing classes Wednesday aft- ernoons in charge of Mrs. Mary and Mrs. George White. Anyone interested in signing up for these classes may contact Miss Bowes or call the Bureau. It was also announced that council mem- bers are registered in the home nursing, the nurses aid. and staff corps of the Red Cross.
 It was decided to hold q Christi mas silver tea at the Diocesan Bu- reau Sunday, December 13. A pro. yrane will be planned, the Misses Dorothy zibell, Mary Devereaux and Dezinno in charge of deco rations, and Miss Helen Shanahan h charge of the tea arrangements.
 Miss Bowes reported on the par of the Waterbury Coun- cil of Catholic Women In the recent Community Chest drive and the re- Sponse of the church groups.
 Tentative plans were discussed for the annual meeting in January. The open meeting last night was in charge of the women Of the Sacred Heart parish who acted as hoStesses. Mrs. Frank Kenny, program chair. man, arranged for the presentation of "The Perpetual Sacrifice"