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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-29

y an d Mrs.
n,c.ra'o fight it out.
"N" A lot OF
these pitched battles finally end
up in the OPA office on Girls
void street, and the OPA attor-
neys weep in their boards just
thinking about II.
Ben Jayne, son Of Judge Ira
Jayne, IN one OF the enforce
ment attorneys.
zone time" he said, n huS-
band came I'm and swOre up and
down that his wife had refused
TO give him his book. She said
she did. Finally, We had to get
them both In.
"She said, What did you do
with those letters I wrote YOU o.
He said, Il tore them all up
without reading them
She said, well, you tore up
your ration book, too. I put IL
In one Of the letters.
-
~t first. those cases used 10
be assigned 10 whatever OPA
attorney was handy, but so
many cases came in that finally
they picked one attorney who
now specializes in them.
She is Mrs. Elizabeth Gal
lagher who is blond and looks
quiet and gentle. but she evi-
IDENTIFY knows how 10 protect
herself. = She has to, with an
average OF about 10 new fights
a day.
THE worst part Of IL il" said
Mrs Gallaghe. that they're not
satisfied just to tell you about
the books. They insist on telling
you their whole history. and
what heel the husband or the
wife was
4 good many cases seem 10
boil down 10 matter Of spite
The ownership Of the book Is
clear enough and the OPA has
the legal authority and power
10 make the guilty one surren-
der the book. But the rows still
crop up.
Some are pretty silly-lIke
the case Of a fellow who showed
UP with an extra gasoline book
which. he admitted, ne had won
IN dice game IN an alley.
4 lot Of cases come from
boarding houses. 4 man moves
10 another place and his new
landlady asks for his ration
book. He has forgotten IL and
left IL at the other house. Pretty
soon, the two Iandladies are
yanking each others hair. IL
timately, Of course, the man
gets his book and gives II Ia
the new landlady.
4 few Snarls develop because
APPLE still don't know what
are supposed IN do. 4 man
wno lives at hotel for seven
days and has eight meals there
u obliged To turn his hook In
20 the hotel. Its the same for
hospitals.
When man goes into the
army. he il supposed 10 surren-
der his book To the ration board.
Some forget. Quite often, a
neighbor tattles.
Once, book was being held
as security for an accordion
case that nobody ever quite I'M
derstood. Another time, Mrs.
Gallagher had 10 straighten out
nine ration books in a family
of nine. People sometimes try
10 hang onto childrens books
when families split up.
The current teaser involves
the pending divorce Of couple
who jointly own an automobile.
He has the car: she has the
gasoline book. Neither will COM
promise, 10 the car Is standing
idle.
Eventually, ownership 81 the
car will he decided In a prop
erty settlement In court but.
until then. the husband will have
car and no gas. and his wife
will have the gas hut no car.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-29
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-29

". y. q. H--vAlid 20 May 81.
J-Vaiid 10 june 30
SUGAR
stamp Is--Five pounds 10 May ~.
stamp l3--5 lbs, June 1-Aug. IS.
CANNING SUGAR
stamps is, l6--5 lbs. each 20 Oct. 81.
COFFEE
stamp 23--One pound - Nay ~.
stamp 2t-Ous H.. May 81 20 June ~.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-29
CLIMAXED BY PARADE

The services will he held in the
Old Mariners Church, Woodward
and Woodbridge Al II o'clock.
At noon the Old Mariners will 90
10 the river docks for the addi-
tional rites.
Virtually every organization in
the city, patriotic. civic and mill
tary, Will be represented in Sun
days ceremonies, starting with
veterans services at various ceme-
terieS and monuments and cli-
NAKED with the great mass parade
Sunday afternoon.
Under q mounted police guard
OF honor and paced by military
escort Of soldiers. sailors and ma
rines the parade will form at
Woodward and Peterboro and
march 10 the Veterans Building
on r, jefferson
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-29
Parade Features
Memorial Day
0bservdn(eHere

Veterans. fresh from the city's
most triumphant Poppy Day,
turned full force into plans for
the greatest memorial tribute ever
staged in Detroit Sunday when a
grateful populace bows in rever-
ence 10 its hero dead.
Added 10 the impressive list OF
announced events is that of the
Old Mariners, veterans Of the
merchant marine. who will con-
duct church services and later a
riverside ceremony at the foot of
First street. under sponsorship of
the Propeller Club of Detroit.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-29

4 lot Of cases come from
boarding houses. 4 man moves
10 another place and his new
landlady asks for his ration
book. He has forgotten IL and
left IL at the other house. Pretty
soon. the two IandladieS are
yanking each Others hair. IL
timately, Of course. the man
gets his book and gives II To
the new landlady
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-12
D AMBl|Ne
IMPORTER

Garlic Department. :.
Garlic is too good for the nail
dozen women who telephoned Ell
Centre city hall during the civillan
dcferse test mobilization W"dne5-
day night to complain bitterly be-
cause their little, inconsequential
affairs were delayed b., the various
incidents being staged in different
parts of the city.
Possibly that half dozen women
re 50 isnorant that they do not
know the United States is at war
and that the test mobilization was
STAGED SO that the residents OF Ell
Contro will have some sort OF care
in the event Of invasion. That's
r,ighty Ignorant but it could be.
They said it was a silly thing to
co.
Dozens of men, women and chill
drcn unSolfiShly gave their time
10 make the test a success 1t wasn't
game and it was staged under the
StlpervieiOn of the army and fed
cral and state officials OF civilian
defense.
And another thing, ladies, you
.ad no business complicating mat
VarS by using the telephone lines to
Continued on Page 6, Col. A.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-12
President, Aides
Honor Emancipator
In Two Ceremonies
Knox Lays Wreath on
LincOln'S Grave in
Springfield, Illinois

" WASHINGTON, Feb. II.
CUP) - President Roosevelt
took time out from a busy
schedule today to pay hon.
age to another wartime pres
ident, Abraham Lincoln.
Accompanied by Mrs. Roosevelt,
the President drove the few blocks
from the White House to the Lin
coin Memorial where he stood ST.
lently as on aide, Col. Chester Ham
mend, solemnly marched up the
Memorials lone marble steps and
placed a wreath at the statue of the
Civil war president.
a guard of soldiers, sailors
and malineg-flanked the steps and
the marine corps band PLAYED the
Star Spangled @anner. Standing
with Mr.. Roosevelt were Maj. Gen.
Edwin Vi. Watson, his military aide,
and Rear Admiral Wilson Brown.
Continued on Page 6, Col. 4
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-12
Sweater Girls
Back at Work

STR AFFORD, Conn. Feb.l2-
(UP)-Fifty-thrce girls. still un-
convinced that their bosses
meant safety first when they
forbade them to wear sweaters
for their own "prOtcctiOn." re-
turned to their jobs at the
SikOrsky aircraft plant today,
in Jackets.
The sweater girls were sent
home yesterday until they could
make up their minds TO wear
regulation uniforms, slacks. anu
jackets over blOuses. Twenty
two girls who were wear'n"
jackets walked out with them
in sympathy.
1--WE feel that this reguia-
ton. which was designed to
protect the women, is reason
able and must be enforced. Il
company representative said.
A spokesman for the girls
said the ban on sweaters
couldn't have been instituted
because of safety factors, be-
cause men were allowed TO
wear them.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-12

ioOoC lidy. SuI DUC iiot poiCo. w ocii-
ington did not elaborate on the
basic statement.
Growers have been getting $2375
to $24 for unbaled hay, fob. the
ranch said M. E. Ryan, manager
of Imperial Haygrowers association.
1T is true. Imperial Valley hay
has been selling for $38 to $40 de-
livered in Los Angeles, but that
price includes baling, hauling and
marketing charges.
LITTLE ENCOURAGEMENT
The ceiling price for alfalfa hay,
Ryan elaborated, will not offer
puch encouragement to alfalfa
growers to increase paintings. At
$50 ton. the ceiling on alfalfa will
DC about even with the flax price
floor. Flax is a one crop commodity
s against four or five crops a year
'0r alfalfa with the consequent adj
ditional labor manpower difficulties.
1t is Ryan's belief that the CELL
ing on hay will tend to divert the
already shrinking alfalfa acreage
of the county. In spite of the in
creased retail price of hay. alfalfa
acreage IS down to 10000 acres from
10000 acres two years ago. Ryan
pointed out.
3. A. Harriean, county agricultural
Continued on Page 6, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-12

drove on Kharkov in Seml-en-
circlement while other Ru S S
forces were squeezing the Germans
into a small and dangerous trian-
gle northeast of Rostov.
British broadcastS said Soviet
long-range guns alre9dv were She'll
ing the outskirts of Kharkov and
Rostov was taking an artillery
pounding from guns situated 10 the
south in the Caucasu5.
The military situation was rela-
lively quiet in Africa and the Pa
cific. Rain and snow hampered op-
crations in Tunisia. The Navy De-
partment announced that American
pcmbers raided japanese positions
at Munda, and Kolombangara.
CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY
Brig. Gen. Clayton l.. Bissel's
Tenth United States Air Forces
based in India. celebrated the first
anniversary of their activation with
four smashing missions against the
Japanese in Burma. They made
double attacks on the railway yards
at Rangoon and the strategic
Myitnge bridge below Mandalay or
the Irrawaddy river.
While Allied strategists reported
" selected the points for the I'M
pending invasion OF Europe. still
another conference of high Unitet
| Nations leaders was disclosed. Lieut.
Gen. Henry H. Arnold. chief of tht
/ United States Army Air Forces
( Lieut.. Gen. Brehon B Sommervell
head of the American Services o.
| Supply, and Maj. Gen. Carl A
Spaatz. commander of Allied force!
/ in North Africa, were in Cairo witt
Prime Minister Winston Churchill
during his recent visit it was an
/ rounced.
TWO MAIN AREAS
Military observers believed the
European invasion would include
two main areas Of attack with sew
eral diversionary areas.
Almost everyone agreed that the
attempt would be made in tht
nine month period mentioned yes
terday by Prime Minister Winston
Churchill in his report to the EN-
pire en- the Casablanca conference
Observers listed seven possible
points of attack on Europe-Nor
way. Denmark, Holland Northern
France. Northwestern France. Ital.
and Greece. Northern and North
Continued on Page 6, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-12
Only Temporary
Relief Seen for
Non.War Business
Expanding Armed Force
EXuected to Cancel Out
LOr.rer-HOurs Benefit

WASHINGTON. Feb. y.
UP)-There were more and
more indications today that
t'>o AZ how work week order
viii do little more than ease
temporarily the manpower situa-
ton in non-war Businesses.
The manp0wer gains under it are
cxpocted to be cancelled out quick
" bv the rapidlv expanding armed
forces and bv the continuing up
ward trend of production.
II was pointed out that the army
will be taking men from civilian
life much more rapidly than even
the most optimistic estimates of the
total number Of man that will be
released bv the 48-hour work week.
Thus, observers warned against
expecting the new order to be the
answer to manGCWer problems.
They said it would ease the situa-
ton, but that it could do little in
helping one that will continue to
get worse as the war progresses.
MAINTAIN SCHEDULES
All major war industries already
have attained schedules approx
mating the 48-hoCr level, so the
full impact of the order will be felt
only by non-war businesses.
The War Manpower Commission
Continued on Page 6, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-12
WestmorIand Man
Critically Injured

Joseph Marion Self, "a, West
morland, was in a critical condition
in the Imperial county hospital Fri
day from injuries suffered Thurs
day night when his car went out
of control on highway No. Ill
southeast of Ell Centre and over
turned.
A passenger in the car, Jack R.
Grubbs, 80, Brawley, awoke just as
the car began to swerve, highway
patrolmen said. Grubbs was only
slightly injured.
Self told patrolmen that as he
was driving north on highway Ill.
he noticed he was on the wrong
side of the road. He cut back sharp
ly to the right, lost control of the
car, and it overturned.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-12
RED BIG GUNS POUND kHARk0v, R0S10v
Lady Astor Enters
Lipstick Battle

Luce" Then she opened up. as
she has done when the occasion
came during the "a years she has
represented Plymouth in the House
of Commons.
HORRIFIED
II was Mortified appalled,
shocked-when l read Mrs. Luce's
statement" Lady AStor said.
You can't tell me she repre-
sents the feelings of the mothers
of America who are sending their
children to Britain to fight"
Lady Astor paused again and
said, parenthetically:
She hasn't any children, has
she?'
tMrs. Luce has one daughter
Ann Clare, II, from previous mar
riage to George Brokaw in 1921
HAS SIX CHILDREN
ViScountesS AStor herself has
had one son by her first husband
and four sons and daughter by
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-12
Business Clinic
To Be Held Here

Dean Glenn Kieffer of Ell Centre
Junior college will have charge of
local ARRANGEMENTS for wartime
business clinic to be held at the
Junior college February 25 under
the direction of the bureau of busi-
ness education of the state depart
ment of education, it was an
nounced Friday.
Willis N. Kenealey, regional
supervisor of the bureau. has ar
ranged program of two meet
ings to cover such subjects as
inventory control and prospects
for civill... soo4s, Victory tax, cur
failing custo ner services, point ra-
tioning and ration banking.
There will be no charge for at
tendance, and there will be ample
time for questions and discussion
II at each meeting
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-12
All Schools Will
Help in Sign-Up
For Ration Books
Citizens to Retain
Ration BOOl1 No. |,
But Must Present 1t

Registration for war ration
book No. 2, which will be is
sued in the near future, will
take place through the I'M
perial county schools, both
rural and city, it was announced
Friday by Superintendent E. L.
Hiteman.
The decentralization method was
decided upon in a conference IN
which Lee Cusick, representative OF
the San Diego Office of Price Ad-
ministration headquarters, took part.
1t will be a convenience to rural
residents, especially, who will sign
up for books at neighborhood school,
houses.
SPECIAL SCHOOLS
In the last OPA ration book
sign-up for gasoline, special schools
were designated and rural residents
were often obliged to drive many
niles to register.
The new books will be presented
only after war ration book No. l is
displayed. The old books will be re-
JulleQ Dy ClIlleIlS VIII Will SOiieAiuo
to use them to obtain coffee. sugar
and shoes. The second book will
be good for new items soon to be
rationed, including: canned fruits
and juices, vegetables and others.
Although the date for registra-
ton was not announced, Hiteman
has called a meeting of all school
principals and district superintend-
ents at his office Monday afternoon,
FebruarT Is. On Monday evening
at El Centre Junior college auditor
ium Cusick will meet all teachers
and principals of rural and city
schools in Central Union and I'M
perial Union high school districts
at a school of instruction for the
/ Continued cn page = Col. g.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-12
Court Holiday
After Busy Night

Lincolns birthday was holi-
day in FL Centre pCIih court
Friday although night birds fitted
from dusk to dawn and police had
made l3 arrests in "a hours.
Charges ranged from drunkenness
to automobile theft.
At 2:30 am, after an active
evening, officers rounded up three
Negro boys who had been amusing
themselves by throwing rocks at
the Southern Pacific freight depot.
Later in the morning Officers
were called to a local cafe -
quell H. Bennett, 81, very drunk
and determined not to pay for his
meal they said. He was one OF
six arrested during the night, who
await a police court hearing Sat-
urday.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-12
MAN ON NHORSE
He May Be Happy Soon

The fellow who has been forced
to put up his car and ride horse
while waiting for recapS will be eS-
recially thankful for the Office of
Price Administration decision to
take reclaimed rubber for tire use
off the list of rationed articles, a
survey in Ell Centro disclosed Fri
day.
It's the best thing the OPA ever
the so garages and service stations
in the Ell Centro area, where in
spection service is given, agreed.
The consensus is that endless
hours of labor and confusion will
be saved both for the inspectors and
the general public in the elimina-
ton of recap and retread rationing
VERY ENTHUSIASTIC
Mort Willingham at Firestone was
enthusiastic over the new ruling and
wished it could take effect at once
instead Of on the tentative date
announced from Washington Sum
day as April l.
IL Will lllAAN bNiA'tAH -
Little John" McNeece. When 4
man has his tires inspected and
the work." commented John B.
they need recappuins, we know hes
going to get them, so what's the OBJ
ject of going through all that long
procedure and all the paper work.
John Smell thinks the public will
be better served and quicker when
rationing of recaps is lifted.
MUCH RED TAPE
See that car out in my parking
lot?" geSticulated Robert Hatton.
Been there for five weeks waiting
for red tape of recapping rationing
to unwind. Meantime he rides an
old horse miles to work He'll ap-
preciate getting his recaps un-ra-
toned"
Friedley brothers said that time
is money and that the saving in
time alone and in trips to the ra-
tioning office will be a wonderful
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-12
Willard Testifies
In NlRB Hearinq

I'VE discussed wages, hours, sick
leave and vacations" said F. A.
willard, president of the Holtville
Ice and Cold Storage company, in
testifying at a National Labor Re-
lations Board hearing Friday, about
his dealings with an independent
union formed by his employees in
l94l.
He described how he discussed the
contract and how he eventually
signed it.
Willard was accused by the Team
sters' union of unfair labor practices
by encouraging the formation of the
independent union to keep the
ukeamsters from organizing his en-
Yloyees. Willard denied the charge
1t was expected that the NLRB
hearing will be completed late Sat-
urday.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-12

her second ViScount AStor
She said again that she didn't
want to be involved in any personal
argument with Mrs. Luce because
I'm already battling with the left
wing But she took a deep breath
and continued:
."Anybody in a position of re-
sponsibility who talks like that
her voice trailed off into a
succession of splutterS.
Mrs. Luce does not know what
the war is about. She does not
understand that it is being fought
on moral and spiritual basis.
Some people can't understand
such things. There are some peo-
pie who want to begin competi-
ton the minute the war is over
But it is only by cooperation that
we can help both ourselves and
millions of other people-coopera-
ton for the sake of bleeding hu-
manity'
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-12
E.C.Farrner Dies
After Illness

Otto Lange. &C, farmer who
lives three ana halt miles south
of El Centre cn Eighth street died
at his home Thursday after q
long illness.
Funeral services were scheduled
a the Lemons chapel in Ell Centre
OF 2:3O pm. Saturday with the
Rev. Dr.. H. D. Hclwig pastor of
the First Baptist church of El
Centro officiating at the rites.
Burial will be at Evergreen ceme-
terry.
Lange had made his home in
Imperial valley for l3 years. He is
survived by his wife, Mrs. Lydia
Lange.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-12


available on THURSDAY and Frid"v
The shortage Thursday was esti-
mated at more tlan 200, but it
was impossible to obtain an official
figure On the shortage. No one
would estimate the shortage Fri
day.
This shortage will hamper the let
tuce deal because growers fertilized
the crop heavily during the recent
Geld weather and lettuce is develop
ing rapidly. Growers said it must
be cut and shipped Immediately or
it would be past its prime condi-
ton. It was understood that car
rot shipments can wait time with
out damage.
The war was blamed for the
shortage which forced growers to
use trucks as much as possible and
to slow up cutting lettuce.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-12

Two peddlerS and porter were
killed when a bomb exploded on q
railroad station platform at Gavin
pore. Students at Lahore college
went on strike in protest against
Gandhi's continued detention, the
reason for his fast. Eleven persons
were arrested in Delhi, the old part
of the capital, for taking part in
demonstrations in violation of an
official ban. Students at various
colleges adopted resolutions urging
intensification of Gandhis CAM
paign for mass civil disobedience,
without violence or sabotage.
Several shops and some principal
markets remained closed in Delhi
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-12

LONDON, Feb. l2.-CUP)-Amer-
ican-born Viscountess Astor, MP,
stepped into a lipstick legislators
war today, saying of Representative
Glare Boothe Luce's reference to
Vice-President Henry A. Wallace's
global thinking as globaloney:
Glare Luce's 'globaloney is too
smart for me. It's like very Sty-
iish and ridiculous hat"
She paused, then added:
For Lords sake don't involve me
in an international fight with Mrs.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-12

relief.
Chairman A. H. Keller of FL
Centre price and rationing office is
glad to see some prospect of relief
from the vast accumulation of
work that the ration clerks have be-
fore them. 1t will help to clear their
desks, he said, for the big assign
ment of point rationing which is
expected during the latter part of
Februar".
Asked if there had been much
destruction of rubber on cars driven
after recapping had been ordered
and before ration permits could be
secured, no inspector cared to COM
nit himself.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-12
Officers Seize
Snugg|er at Line

Baudelio H. Luna. 22-year-old
Mexican was arraigned before Unit
ed States Commissioner Dorsey
Whitelaw in Ell Centre Friday on
a charge of smuggling marihuana
into the United States.
Customs officers arrested him at
the international border Thursday
with an undisclosed quantity OF
marihuana in cigarettes and in
E,;lk. Luna, who lives on the Unit
ed States side of the border, also
had $40 in American money
and $3.50 in Mexican money in his
possession at the time of his ar
rest.
He was taken to the Imperial
county Jail in FL Centro to await
action by federal authorities.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-12
Cops Help Auto
Thieves Escape

Kind hearted COPS officers Lloyd
EDWARDS, E. H. Kirt and Roy
Cillet, drawing up behind a car
occupied by two marines and seeing
the lads were having trouble in
starting the car, gave the vehicle
a push and sent the boys or their
way Thursday night.
Back at the station the officers
learned that this was a stolen cal
they had assisted, belonging to
]. c. Mealey of Imperial
The car was soon discovered and
the marines rounded up. They h" 4
the key in their possession.
They gave their names as PFC
Hares Mcdowell, Ell Centro and
Cpl. Lester N. Hafer, Ell Centro.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-12
All toGet Same
Ration Of Meat

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.-CUP)--
Infants, childre.:, ana adults all
will be entitled to the same amount
Of meat when the meat rationing
program starts probably about
March 28, an Office of Price Ad-
ministration spokesman said today
He explained that it would be
impossible to differentiate be-
tween age groups because there
are no special ration books for
children, and said that it is a
matter of giving babies and child
ren full rations or giving them none
at all