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Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-25
Boy Must Stand
Trial for Murder

Trial In superior court faced
Carlos Lopez, l5-year-old killer,
who late, Wednesday was ordered
to trial before a superior court jury
for stabbing Richard Guzman, Is,
to death in quarrel over a IA
year-old girl.
Lopez was ordered held without
bail in the Imperial county jail in
Ell Centre pending arraignment IL
court. He appeared wednesday for
preliminary hearing in Brawley
justice court
The boy stabbed young Guzman
to death in the presence of their
playmates in BrawleT the night OF
June 2. He fled from the death
scene and was arrested two days
later attempting to slip across the
international border into Mexico.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-25
Friends Pump Air
To Keep Man Alive

JAY, Okla, June Is (UP) - The
friends of Mason Williams who
have kept him alive for more than
five months with artificial respira-
ton were back to their almost
hopeless task of pumping air into
his withered lungs today after q
mechanical respira;or Jailed to do
the job.
The iron lung was flown he"e
yesterday from Los Angeles by
Comedians Bud Abbott and Lou
Costello. who had read of Williams
gallant fight to keep alive and the
loyalty of his 40 or more friends
who had alternated at the job OF
respiration by manpower. Williams
'uffered lung paralysis early this
year and Wher he apparently be-
gan to die of suffocaton his friends
took up the 24-hour- day vigil
usually working in relays of an hour
or so at a time Now it was hoped,
williams may gradually become ac-
customed to the iron lung.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-25

said. that the British have with
drawn to defensive positions that
lie across 400 miles of desert from
the SueZ Canal
Th Legislative leaders also dis
closed that the Prime Minister had
offered encouragement on the Rus
sian situation.
Another conferee said that
Churchill had been asked some
critical" questions regarding Brit
ans reasons for keeping the bulk
of its army al nome on the Brit
ish Isles. This conferee said that
the Prime Minister fenced with his
questioners on that point but had
assured them of Britiain's ability
to hold Egypt.
Rayburn said that the 25-minute
conversations had covered the gen.
eral situation in Russia. North Ar
rica and the Pacific.
United Nations shipping losses
and the prospects for keeping. the
sea lanes open We're also discussed,
Rayburn said.
The congressional leaders met
with Mr.. Roosevelt and Churchill
following war department an
nouncement that European the
ater for United States forces" had
been established in London, possibly
as an important step in the even
tual opening of second land front
in Europe.
Shortly after the congressional
conference, Mr.. Roosevelt and
Churchill convened an extraordi-
nary Pacific war council meeting
with Canadian Prime Minister w
L. Mackenzie King also attending
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-25
Draft Board Sets
Up Priorities On
Calls to Service
Men With Children on
Call Last Of All Under
Latest Regulations

WASHINGTON, June 25.
(UP)--NatiOnal selective SER
vice headquarters today es-
tablished a -four category
system of inducting men into
the armed services whereby all
eligible single registrants OF local
draft boards are to be called to duty
before men with dependents are
taken.
After single men, the next group
called will be those with depend
ents other than wives and children.
Men with wives only would be i'm
Quoted in the third group, and men
with both wives and children, OF
children iione, would be the last
called to duty.
The headquarters sent this direc-
tive to state boards in accordance
with policy written into the de.
pendents' pay uill by congress and
signed by President Roosevelt yes
Continued on Page 8, Col. So
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-25
CaIexican Hears
From Service Man

Joseph Mayfield, rancher of the
Calexico area, recently received a
cablegram from his brother. Her.
man Mayfield, who is chief phar-
macist's mate with the u S. Navy
at Midway island.
He said he was well but Of course
was permitted to give no details
of his recent activities. The cable
cram was dated June IL. The val
ley resident said his brother served
20 years in the Navy, left the SER
vice in 1887. and was called back to
duty in 1899.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-25
Druft
Si9nup,
Dated
1920 Year OIds
To Register Here
On Next tuesday

Fifth registration of the
nations man-poWer under
the selective service act will
take place throughout the
United States next Tuesday
when men in the 1920 year group
will sign up.
In Imperel county there will he
l3 registration centers to handle
the work of registering the men.
1t is estimated that apnrovimatel9
100000 men in the 1920 year age
group will register TUESDAY The
fifth registration includes all r'ale
residents, citizens and aliens alike,
born on or after Jan. l. 1922 ard
on or before June 80, 1924. Only
those with an address within the
United States, its territories or pos
sessions will be registered next Tues
, day. Men who have registered In
previous registrations need not reg
ister again.
Registration centers for men in
the area handled by selective serv-
ice board No. l59 at Ell Centro will
be as follows:
Veterans Memorial hall, l4l South
Eleventh street, Ell Centre. Civic
center in the Holtville city hall.
Calexico city hall basement. Store
room next to the Winterhaven sery-4
ice station in Winterhaven. With
Indian Agent Norwood Cox at the
Ft. Yuma Indian reservation in
California. Heber hotel lobby in
Heber.
Registration centers in the area
handled by board No. 1853 in BraW-
ley are: room Ill in the Bank of
America in Brawley. Community
Center Baptist church in Seeley.
Westmorland city hall. Calipatria
city hall Montgomery store in Nj
land. Brawley city hall Imperial
city hall
All registration centers will be
open from 7 am. until 9 pm.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-25
GERMANS DRIVE so MILES into EGYPT
EDUCTION CUT

conference that he had asked the
committee to give taxpayers the
opticn of paying their 1912 income
tax in monthly installments next
year instead Of in quarterly in
stallments due on March Is, June
Is. Sept. Is and Dec. Is.
1t was understood that the new
five per cent Withholding tax plan
had been proposed to the commit
tee by one of its members. The
plan also calls fer increasing the
Withholding tax to 10 per cent in
1914.
Treasury officials would not COM
ment on the advisability of the
plan or indicate whether the treas
ury would make a formal recon-
mendaticn on its advisability.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-25

Members of the Imperial County
Farm Bureau and the Associated
Farmers of Imperial county entered
the fight with vigor and were in
Strumental in starting n series OF
mass meetings here designed to
force the government to recognize
the plan and avoid the delay said
to result from permitting the petrol
cum industry to have priority on
materials for its synthetic rubber
process while refusing materials for
the alcohol processing of rubber.
C. o. Hoober, vice-president of
the California Farm Bureau FEEDER
alton, telegraphed valley farmers
that those attending a conference
of Farm Bureau members from II
western states had passed a resolu-
ton urging farmers all over the
nation to get behind the alcohol
rubber plan and urging the govern
ment to assist whether the petrol
cum industry liked it or not
Scott B. Foulds, secretary of the
Imperial county Farm Bureau, tele-
graphed Senators Hiram johnson
and Sheridan DoWney and Congress
man Ed v. Izac to support the plan
to use surplus grains for rubber
making as means of saving time
in the war emergency. DoWney i'm
mediately telegraphed his willingness
to do so.
Hugh T. Osborne, secretary-man-
ager of the Associated Farmers,
launched series of meetings of
members in California to demand
action in the alcohol-rubber pro-
cessing program. The first of these
meetings was scheduled in Los An
geles Friday.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-25
Melon Growers
I'm Best Season

Of cantaloupe have rolled from I'M
perial Valley to the markets of the
nation in addition to the shipments
made by truck. Last year on a
similar date the carload shipments
totaled 4,007. The season this year
was later than ever before.
Valley Watermelons grow ers
wednesday asked $40 a ton for
their melons which are of eXcep-
tionally fine quality. This market
County Agricultural Commission B.
A. Harrigan said was the best
valley growers ever had experienced
Grape shipments, two weeks late
this year because of cool weather,
were expected to begin Friday or
Saturday of this week.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-25
Move TO Palestine

BERLIN, June 25 = (German
Broadcast Recorded BY United
Press in New York)-Eleven thou
sand American troops. comprising
an entire motorized division, were
transported last weekend from
Baghdad, Iraq, to Palestine and
will be employed in the Egyptian
war theater. a Transocean news
agency dispatch from Ankara said
today. These troops, l said, were
about half the American forces
landed three weeks ago at Basra,
Iraq.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-25
Suspect Jailed
For 0ne.Man Riot

w. H. Wemberly was behind jail
bars Thursday after running amok
in Brawley Wednesday and telling
police they would have to kill him
70 get him.
He hid for a while and then help
ed himself to car and disappear
ed. At 10 pm. Wednesday he was
arrested near the West store with
the car packed for a getaway, Of
ficerS said.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-25

chairman; T. B. Edgar, Evan T.
HeweS, w. E. Hancock, John F.. Wa
terman, Otto j. Bradshaw, James
H Marshall, w. j. Gregg, John L..
Dubois, Rudolph Miller, William
G.. Duflock and j. d. Adams.
Aviation and air mail-Paul A..
jenkins, chairman; Roy II. Womack
George F. Kennedy. Sherman Eld-
ridge, Neal II. Gavin, p c. Thacker
ANA desert state park and I'M
perial high - Randall Henderson,
chairman; Hugh t. Osborne. Fl. r.
Anderson, w. L. Townsend and p.
G. OSwalt.
Associated chambers OF commerce
delegates and ternates-Jasper l..
Travers, c. r. Hayden, A. c. Yae-
excl and j. ID. Nesbitt.
Better housing-Arno G. Yaeckel
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-25

chairman; NJ. o. King. Fred C.
Smith, Charles f. Sones. w. w.
McEuen II. Gallagher, A. A. Kaiser,
A. Russell Tagg and Fl. c, Latham.
Broadway of America--Leo Hetzei.
chairman; John Drummer. F. A.
Waehler and X. S. Carr.
California state chamber of COM
merce representative Arno @.
Yaeckel, chairman: Leo Hetzel. @.
Ben Herring and w. II. Tyler jr.
Cantaloupe mildew control-Fred
r. Bright, chairman; Charles Freed
man, Harold w. Hunt. j. W. Asher.
b. A. Harrigan. Dee w Percival and
Frank Beyschlag.
City beautiflcation-P T.. Ryerson,
chairman: Mrs. Alice Y. Kenyon.
r. B. Dessert. James r. Marshall,
Corn S. Reed, Mrs. Don G., Paulus.
Continued on Page 8. Column 81
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-25

placed with wooden ones. Then
there are copper ash trays and
bronze doors.
There Is a lot OF copper. There
are at least 100000 tons in the civ
ilian economy But we do not want
to take it right away because it
is there and must be replaced.
He explained that thiokol has
only 33 per cent of the efficiency
of crude rubber. But it may keep
essential civilian tires on the roads,
he said.
"Thiokol in three-fourths inch
strips can be used to keen essential
tires going" he said. 'It may be
just the factor We need to prevent
a crisis in our civilian economy"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-25

WASHINGTON, June 25-tUP)-
Secretary of the Treasury Henry
Morgenthau, Jr., said today the
house ways and means committee
is considering a last-minute plan
whereby deductions of income taxes
at source next year would be linn
tied to five per cent instead of 10
per cent
Under the new plan being stud
led, the five per cent "pay y-as-you-
earn" tax would be applied entirely
to taxes due on l943 income. Un-
der the plan already adopted by
the committee at the treaSury's
suggestion, a 10 per cent withheld
ing levy would have been applied
half to taxes on 1912 income and
half TO taxes on 1943 income.
Morgenthau disclosed at a press
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-25
Man Injured When
Trucks Sideswipe

James Dalton Sheek, q, Pett,
Texas, was in a Brawley hospital
Thursday with a crushed elbow a4loi
ether injuries suffered when his
pickup truck and a hay loaded
truck and trailer sideswiped late
"Wednesday four miles west of
Westmorland
Joe L. Aguiar, %, Artesia, driver
of the truck and trailer, and Mrs
Luke Fl. Sheek Of Los Angeles, pas
senger in the pickup, escaped in
juries, Highway Patrolman Lewis
Mitchell said. Sheek's arm was
resting on the window ledge ana
was crushed between the two We
hicleS.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-25


units.
Three enemy columns under Nazi
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel crash
ed across the Libyan frontier. throw
ing their main strength into the
Sidi Omar sector some 35 miles from
the Mediterranean coast, and forced
the British to fall back from their
forts at Sollum TO avoid encircle-
ment.
British mobile units opposed the
enemy and inflicted heavy" losses
in the desert, but Rommel smashed
through to point southeast of Sidi
Barrani, which lies SIS airline miles
inside the frontier although the
Axis units probably had penetrated
Egypt as much as IS or 10 miles
by road.
SUPPLY LINES HIT
American air corps B-24 bombers
joined with the Raj in one of the
heaviest attacks of the war on the
Libyan base of Benghazi in an ef-
fort to break up Rommels supply
lines and other Allied planes bat
tered the German transports and
tanks in the forward battle zone.
But Rommel obviously had been
able to strike before, the crippled
9Th army could get set and dispatch
es from Cairo and London indi-
Gated that 1t. Gen. Neil M. Ritchie
might not be able to make strong
stand short of Mersa Matruh, which
is lao miles inside Egypt. The pres
ent Axis penetration to Sidi Barrani
has already edged past the high
water mark of the Italian invasion
of 1910.
REDS FALL BACK
The Axis gains provided q threat
to the Alexandria naval base some
/ $50 miles eastward at time when
Axis armies on the Russian front
were hammering at great cost into
the Crimean naval base of Sevas-
topol and driving tank wedges into
the Soviet lines on the Kharkov
front.
There was no decisive change on
either the Sevastopol or Kharkoy
front, but Moscow dispatches con-
! tinued to speak of growing enemy
offensive operations near Kharkov
and told OF tie almost complete
destruction OF Sevastopol-once
beauty spot of the Crimea.
In the Far East, fighting center
ed in China, where a Chungking
communique told of successes in
counter blows against the Japa-
nese. At least 400 Japanese were
killed in a Chinese attack outside
the enemy base of Fuchow in
Kiangsi province, and besieged jap
aneSe at Nancheng repeatedly fall
ed in bloody attempts to break out
of the Chinese enlightenment there.
Chinese troops still were clinging
to part of the Nanchang- Hangchow
railroad despite renewed enemy at
tacks.
The Chinese Central news agency
i reported an American volunteer
group attack on Japanese ships on
the river south of Hankow, but AVG
headquarters denied knowledge of
the reported attack.
ROMNlEL STRIKES
The Axis victory on the Egyptian
border was attributed to Rommers
ability to strike quickly.
The blow to the eighth army un-
der Lieut.. Gen. Neil NJ Ritchie
was one OF the most severe OF the
North African war, although by no
means decisive in the battle for
Egypt. Rommels transportation
problems are now tremendous and
his land and sea supply routs open
.(Continued on Page 8; Column A.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-25

AT the same time, ne told the Sen-'
ate committee investigating the war
program that thiokol-which has a
chlorine base-may fill the gap as
a retread material for essential civ
ilian tires until synthetic rubber gets
into full production. He emphasized,
however, that production of the
material is only in the planning
stage.
Nelson did not reveal whether the
copper would be taken as part OF
a scrap drive or whether 1t would
be confiscated. But he stressed that
the plans are progressive" and will
not be put into effect until the
need for copper becomes acute.
Name plates can be Immediately
taken" he said. They can be re-
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-25
Churchill Says Imperial
Troops Will Hold Egypt

WASHINGTON, June 25 CUP)-'
Prime Minister Winston Churchill
told congressional leaders today
that Britain feels confident she
can hold Egypt against the me-
chanized drive of Germany's des-
ert LEGION
House Republican Leader Joseph
w Martin, Mass, told neWSmen IN
q joint press conference with
Speaker Sam Rayburn that Churc-
hill had given the conferecs con-
siderable encouragement on the At
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-25

rican situation despite the serious
reverSeS this week.
Rayburn, House Majority Leade.
John w. Mccormick, D, Mass, and
other conferees agreed That they
too were greately encouraged by
the presentation of the situation on
the war fronts made by President
Roosevelt and Prime Minister
Churchill in a White House con-
ference.
Churchill explained, Ray burn
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-25

With the cantaloupe growers Of
Imperial Valley continuing to put
out the highest quality melons il
10 years, the market and the de-
mand Thursday remained on the
high levels, which have prevailed
in recent weeks.
To date a total of 2,498 carloads
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-25
Two U.S.. Anti.Sub
Vessels Lost

WASHINGTON, June 25 (UP) -
The Navv todaT anno,Tnced the
sinking OF two small anti-subma-
rine patrol vessels In the Atlantic
by Axis submarines, with loss of
20 lives.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-25
Govt May Take
Civilian Copper

WASHINGTON June 25. (UP)-War Production Board
Chairman Donald NJ Nelson revealed today that the WPB
has developed plans for progressively taking 100000
of civilian copper-begnnng with brass plates
if the metal is needed for the armaments program.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-25
War Bond Sales
BIitz Scheduled

in the sale of stamps and bends,
with the one making the most sales
given bonds and stamps for awards
or similar rewards.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-25
Farmers Demand Federal
Backing for Production
Of Cruin Ale ohoI Rubber
Valley Groups Enter Fight to Make Use
Of Surplus Agricultural Products in
Synthetic Output TO Solve Problems

Imperial Valley farmers took hand Thursday in back
ing the plan to make synthetic rubber from alcohol distilled
from surplus grains and started barrage of kilograms
to governmental officials in which they demanded thor
urh nunS of the nau
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-25
Knew What To Do

Knew What To Do
Remember the old nursery rhyme
about the woman in the shoe who
had SO many children she didn't
knew what to do?
RR can't help thinking about
that old rhyme every time Mrs
Paul Conroe unloads her car in
frCnt of the PRESBYTERIAN church
some morning in time for Bible
school.
AS soon as she opens the door
out bounce ii babies all laughing
and shouting. She collects them
for school. They aren't all hers.
Last Chapter
Now we know all about the air
conditionerS sc gloWingly describ
ed i'm letters to the Ell Centre city
council. Read this last chapter from
the Denver man.
1--WE read with very great in
tereSt the very great heatwave that
visited your place recently. Happily
I am able through science and in
Vention. to offer you a remedy
there for, and not cnly you, but
the entire world aid from excessive
heat, cold. fog. snow. over DAMP
ness in winter, too much humidity
i'm summer. 1t would take a book
to describe all
And while ycur limited inven-
tions relates largely now to Local
conditions and such as in air ports
and vet we believe that in pro-
cess of time we will be able to meet
and combat heat waves over large
area of space. but as for Geld waves
we are more local
Briefly stated and for you. we
would recommend our Weather
laundrieS, and which laundries will
be many and to be situated all over
the city.
Since that you have no winter
problem we will say little about
winter and that will be for your
edification that you may enjoy
whats in store for your elder broth
ers. and less fortunate brothers.
I'VE will be able bv these la'nd-
rieS to wash your weather, taking
cut all foreign objectional matter
and such as smoke, dust carbon
Continued on Page g. Column S.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-25
'ImperiuIS Face
740-MiIe Retreat
On Desert Front
Reds Fall Back at Kharkov. Sevastopol
AS Gigantic Hitler Offensive Gains
Headway; American Planes in Battle
. BY UNITED PRESS

Strong Axis mechanical columns drove deeply into
Egypt Thursday and threatened to drive the British 9Th
back 40 miles to the Marsa Matruh defense despite
hammerng counter-bows by American and British air.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-08
Hose-Sizes, Shapes Of

WHY'S. the Hollywood stocking
man, is really good copy for
Us ScrIbeS remember We had
a feature story on HIM last Sun
day?D Now. along comes Willis
with a few moro details about
stellar underpInnings: Jane Wy
man keeps her stockings UP with
adhesive tape cut IN tho shape
Of lips Nancy CaBoll twists a
silver dollar in tho welt of her
stocking 10 keep them up: Greta
Carlo, who has taken much
kidding on the size Of her feet.
actually wears only a size 9ig
hose. Jean Arthur wears stock
lnCS only once when shes work
me on a picture. buys them. and
gives them away. Sonia Henie
insists that her stockings match
tho exact color Of her skin civ.
ing a nude effect and Char
lotte Greenwood has her hosiery
made special on account of her
extra long legs
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-08

The ChantiIly lace stockings
In Flame of New Orleans" ran
to $3.50 a pair.
And when Dietrich and Una
Merkel staged their famous hair
pulling contest in "Destry Rides
Again" the girls went through
$500 worth of stockings.
Willy, himself, a genial look
ing business man, has an amaz-
ing story.
His real name is Willy De
Mond and stockings are to him
what a paint brush is to an
artist.
Through his genius he has
Willy started out in the
stocking game in 1923 in New
York when he was II years old.
He designed most of the CLAM
orous leg wear for the Ziegfeld.
Shubert and Carroll shows. He
also did a couple OF shows for
David BelaSco-for even dra-
matte stars are conscious OF
their legs.
When tho crash came in 1929.
Willy not only lost most of his
business because show angels"
were thin-but most of his
money.
SO he came TO Hollywood 10
get a new start.
BY working closely with the
wardrobe departments he has.
over a period of y years, built
up a sensational stocking BUSH
ness.
And now is il suddenly going
to be pulled from under him as
the shortage of silk and govern
ment priorities threaten Not
II Willy can help it-and Willy
can.
I'm putting $780, 900 in a silk
farm In EscOndido (Calif.)," he
told me Just recently and that
ain I grubs--if you Il pardon the
pun.
ALREADY acres Of mulberry
trees are planted. the lncubatOrs
are Installed and we will soon
have silk worms.
The government Il allowing
us silk for experimental pur-
poses-and " this thing goes
over think what II will mean 20
the country"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-08
MeIvyn Her Hero

Right in the midst Of our con-
vcrsatIon she grabbed my arm
and said.
"No! Yes! Oh. 1t is he, II
il :"
I looked around and saw
Melvyn Douglas.
Hes my hero" she sad
Isn't ne wonderful
Lots of fans apparently
think So" l told her. "for he is
very popular. Would YOU like
TO meet him?"
would L." she said HE
knows my mother
l called MELVIN over and in
PRODUCED him 10 Diana Then
she spotted a chic woman in the
distance.
"Who is IL? Shes the smart
est girl ! ever saw"
looked closely and il was
Sally Blanc and | introduced her
10 SALLY and They talked NlcNico.
Sally l. luSt back from Mexico
CIV
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-08
Taxes OK.
But Blood Is
Too Much
BY LOUELLA O. PARSONS

HOLLYWOOD, Feb. z.
RANDOM Thoughts of the
~ Week; It isn't fair to men
ton names, but two actors who
work as a screen team were
working on their income taxes,
the other day, when they were
interrupted from a call from the
blood bank asking for donations.
What do you know" said one
pal to the other, nov they want
our blood"
Al the sneak preview Of Reap
the Wild Wind a woman fan
rushed up 10 Cecil De Mile.
"Oh, Mr.. De Mile" she
gasped II want you to know you