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Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-02

addresses plainly placed on all
packages and cards." urges Post
master Frank Richmond.
1T is an old story. AS oft repeated
as Christmas comes" he said, but
we still keep on telling the story"
The appeal for early and proper
mailing of Yule gifts to servicemen
overseas was needed, Postmaster
Richmond declared, and senders
and recipients as we'll as the post
office benefited.
USE OF STAMPS
In addition TO the advice to mail
EARL, M. Richmond suggests that
senders of costly cards would do
well to place three cent stamps on
them to issure forwarding, and re-
turn addresses so that the cards
may not be dead-lettered in case of
non-delivery.
Everything humanity possible will
be done to keep ,ne Christmas mail
Cn the move, Mr.. Richmond prom
ises, but help shortage in the post
office prevails as elsewhere and
full cooperation oy the public will
go Tar to obtaining a hundred per
cent performance.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-02
Final Year for
Christmas Clubs

Although the Christmas Savings
clubs funds in Imperial county this
year are the smallest in years, nev-
ertheless there will be $30522 in
Christmas money available for the
purchase of those Yule gifts ac-
cording to the three banks sponsor
ing the clubs.
The Banks of America in Ell
Centre, Brawley and Calexico re-
port that they are mailing checks
this week to club members. El
Centro members will receive Sl3,-
500, CaleXico $500 and Brawley
$4,000 This amount is almost half.
of what it has been in previous
years due to the fact that the banks
did not encourage nor solicit Christ
mas club deposits this year. =
Clubs will not be renewed next
year according to Arno Yaeckel
OF the Ell Centro bank.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-02
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ing boxes so that she can make
fetching frocks for her doiIS.
The Christmas tree is another
thing this year-those who have
ornaments LETT over from other
Christmases are lucky for there is
a definite shortage in the line Of
Christmas lights and trimmings. Ii
viii be a case Of the early shopper
getting what stock IS available this
assuming also that trees are
available
Local merchants have put i'm their
orders for trees and expect TO have
them. along with Christmas plants
and flowers. but for q nation aS a
whole. a shortage Is predicted in
this line
STORES WE'LL STOCKED
For every member Of the family
there IS nothing airy mere appre-
ciated than clothing and here the
shops are well stocked. From COM
plete outfits down to accessories,
there IS no shortage and all sorts
Of attractive garments are in store.
Bathrokes, negligees, lingeries, are
always welcome gifts for women
along with hosiery. hand bags.
handkerehiefs, gloves, and these
can be had in variety. although
pure silk Of course IS out for the
duration.
While handsome leather hand
bags still are shcwn, leather short
ages have caused the manufacture
of bags Of wool. felt, and other ma
terials which are as smart and
practical as can be desired by the
most fastidious.
Women love cosmetics and today
American perfumes, powders, bath
salts rival those of France in the
heyday Of the great French par
fumeurs - IN fact some of the
French manufacturers have their
establishments in this country.
If a luxury gil IS in order, in the
line a complete new en-
semble or furs are always welcomed.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-02

taking some Of the burden from
him by offering all sorts of intrigu-
ing Possibilities in the line of gift
selectione~
First~and foremost Christmas is
the children's day and for them
there are still hundreds of tops
dolls. games, guns, wagons, auto
mobileSs' which vary from those Of
pre-war Gays only in the materials
from which they are made.
METAI,fS OUT
Metal Is strictly cut as it is need
ed for the war, but manufacturers
have duplicated former toys in
woods and plastics and they have d
wide variety to please the children
Christmas morning.
Fer boys. war games still are
favorites and while the tin soldier
may be only a creature of memory
now, there are plenty Of substitutes
in the line Of guns. games, war
equipment that will delight the
fiercest young warrior.
For Fhe young housewife. there
are dolls galore, and all sorts of
domestic equipment for her doll
house. games for her also, and sew
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-02
Longest Flight in
East Disclosed
HEADQUARTERS,

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS,
Southwest Pacific, Dec. 2. tUP)-
The wars longest flight from Aus
tralia-2. 500 miles and lasting Is
hcurs-waS revealed today by the
award of silver stars to crew men,
bers CT a Liberator bomber on pho
tographic reconnaissance afte" the
first American air attack on the
Japanese oil-producing center at
Balkipapan. Borneo.
The flight occurred on Aug. Is
and Is, during which the plane
passed over heavily fortified Japa-
nese bases and intense antiaircraft
fire to destroy refining and storage
installations. With three bombs left,
the plane scored two near-misses on
a 60O0-ton vessel, which photo
graphed later showed to be sinking.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-02

materials, bar sets from decanters
to complete outfits for the cocktail
party are included in The displays
for men.
For both men and women books,
stationery, pen and pencil sets,
candy are always appreciated, par
ticularly the latter. IN fact food.
in these days of rationg is eSpe-
cially popular and what would be
nicer than Imperial Valleys fine
citrus fruits or dates? II the ra-
ton points permit, homemade
cookies. candies, cakes would be
welcomed by anyone and most of
all by the man or woman in service.
GIFTS LIMITED
For these special ones away from
home, Christmas gifts must be
somewhat limited in variety since
they can not have many personal
possessions. Men have found mir
rors, flashlights, toilet cases, pic.
ture holders, compact game sets,
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-02
Rocket Fighters or Nazis Fail

LONDON, Dec. 2 (UP) = The
German "rocket-firing fighter" has
turned out to be one of the luft-
waffe's biggest busts, American air
officers said today
Like the fire-streaming rockets
they lobbed into Flying Fortress
formations, the rocket fighters have
made a brief, terrible appearace
and then plummeted to obscurity.
American long range fighters
quickly nullified any edge the luf-
waite might have gained in the
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-02
Sanfa's Coming as UsuaI

Christmas is stin Christmas and
Santa Claus viii make his rounds
as always, war or no war, although
the contents Of his heavily laden
pack may be somewhat different
this year. due to wartime short
ages rationings priorties which
have reached even the North Pole
Once again Ell Centre stores stand
ready to help the good saint out.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-02

luck-pieces, pen and pencil sets,
sturdy clothes brush, sewing and
shoe shine kits most useful aleng
with extra c.. I. shirts, only don't
pick an Officers lhirt for a private.
Women in the service love some
thing gay and feminine-their favo-
rite perfumes or makeup kits
feminine nighties, but lingrie that
is practical, many prefering jersey
which saves pressing.
But no matter what you send the
servicemen or women, they'll love
it, knowing that they haven't been
forgotten.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-02
More Necessary
To MoiI EorIy

More than ever it is necessary
and important to mail Christmas
parcels and to wrap them we'll. OF
equal Importance is to have return
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-06-11

The scientist teams up with the
farmer in ushering in new era Of
agricultural production.
preston are: sauer kraut, 80 per
cent; cabbage, 80 per cent; pota-
toes, rs per cent; onion, beets and
carrots, IS per cent; egg powder,
so per cent; hamburger, so per cent;
dehydrated soups, so per cent. One
pound Of potato bricks yields "a
helpings. A five-gallon container of
dried tomatoes swells to a quarter
of ton when water is added.
Dehydrated Foods Flavorful.
AS contrasted with their crude
predecessors of World War 1, to-
days dehydrated foods are flavor
full. Dunked and cooked in water,
these foods emerge with almost no
sacrifice of flavor and with practi-
cally no loss of proteins, carbohy-
drates, and minerals. They suffer
no greater loss of vitamins than
when occurs when fresh vegetables
stand for a time in a store.
Hence it is no surprise that Amer
lean soldiers can relish scrambled
eggs made from a dehydrated pow
der. Or that Englishmen eat and
like meat loaves and stews that
crossed the Atlantic as tiny shreds
of dried meat. Thus milk, butter,
citrus juices, as well as potatoes,
peas, spinach and host of other
food products are being successfully
dehydrated.
The extent to which dehydration
has already caught hold with the ci-
william population here in America
is indicated by the fact that house.
wives are buying dehydrated soups
at the rate of 100 million packages
year.
If dehydration offers challenging
possibilities for future farm markets,
then chemurgy, its industrial coun-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-06-11
W.N.u.F EKTuReS'

marines empty tubes we stuffed
food, and I kept thinking, as we
showed it in--there's another square
meal for Peggy back there on the
Rock.
"But that wasn't half Of it. Be-
cause in addition to the subs--the
last one showed off on April 5-there
were seven fat interisland steamers
being secretly loaded with food down
near Dad Cleland's dock-medical
supplies, quinine the boys were dy-
ing without, everything they needed
to hold on. But how could they
hope to get these fat little tubs
up through the islands to Bataan?
Bulkeley was to find out three days
later"
"The General in command at
Cebu called me in and verified the
hints we'd heard of the big Ameri-
can offensive" said Bulkeley. "He
assured me everything was set. 1t
was to start at dawn the very next
morning. That very night, twelve
fortresses and heavy bombers were
coming up from Australia. A swarm
of PISS were on their way up
from Mindanao to Iloilo, where they
were to gas up and go into action.
"The bombers were to land at
Mindanao, gas up, take off, and blow
the be-Jesus out of every Jap war
ship in the region, and meanwhile
the CONVOY of interiSland steamers
would start for Bataan, bringing
food enough for weeks. Bataan was
to be saved after all.
''The General showed me mes
sages from all the other generals
who commanded in different islands,
CO ordinating the offensive. But
there was one minor hitch, he ex-
planned.
"Aerial reconnaissance had spot
ted a couple of Jap destroyers
steaming down the coast of Negros
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-06-11

Island. Somewhat to the eastward
there was a cruiser which carried
four seaplanes, but they weren't wor-
ried about it. But that afternoon
reports had come in giving the prog
ress of the Jap destroyers. Obvi-
ously they were heading toward
Cebu. Maybe they had broken down
our American codes and knew
about the interisland steamers, and
were coming in either to blockade
them or to shell them at the dock.
s'Why couldn't we have part in
this great offensive which tomor-
row was to sweep up and blast Jap
shipping and warships between Min
danao, Cebu, and Bataan?" Lieuten-
ant Kelly thought, eve could be
helpful by going out tonight and
knocking off one or both of those
Jap destroyers, which by midnight
should be approaching the narrow
channel between Cebu and Negros
Islands. The cruiser-never mind
her, American bombers would pol
ish her off in the morning"
"Bulkeley came in at eight o'clock
that night and told me about it,
said Kelly. my boat had been in
the water just four hours-she was
supposed to soak for twenty-four
before she should be exposed to any
pounding, but I asked him if we
couldn't 60 out with him. 4 was
hoping you'd like to- the skipper
told me. Think you can make it?'
4 don't know I said, but well
soon find out This'll be as good
a dock trial for her as any,"
"To man the boats I called for
volunteers" said Bulkeley. 81 had
no trouble about that. I guess they
understood by now that any man
who doesn't volunteer won't be in
the squadron long If can get rid
of him."
''They were all tickled to be in on
the big offensive" said Kelly. 1T
was apparently so well prepared
that the army had given us the radio
frequency Of the co-ordinating
planes-that big American air UNI
brella which would be spread over
US at dawn-in case we needed to
talk with them" ~. s,sjs
1--WE got out TO the island passage
about 1880 that night and sneai<ed
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-06-11
Volcanic of Pressure Originate Deep the Earth

In most cases the mighty forces
that start and continue volcanic
eruption-the squeezing force Of
gravity and the explosive forces Of
steam and other gases-originate
deep in the earth, probably many
miles down. The melted rock or
lava that is an essential part of
most eruptions, also starts from
these great depths. It is pushed up
the pipe Of the volcano to the crater,
where it flows out or Is exploded out.
When an eruption has run its
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-06-11

Dehydration is not new. In fact,
it is as ancient as the sun that has
been drying the water out of things
for ages. But to the old dehydra-
ton processes have been added new
techniques that have so revolution
lied it's future possibilities, that
some economists predict that food
dehydration plants may become as
common in agricultural areas as
canneries and condenseries are to-
day. An idle dream, you say? Not
so idle, perhaps, when it is consid-
cred that there are more than 200
dehydration plants in the United
States today, compared with only
Eve in 1910.
J. B. Wyckoff, Of the Agricultural
Marketing administration recently
estimated that the United States will
dehydrate vegetables at the rate Of
$50 to 400 million pounds in 1943 as
compared with 100 million pounds in
1912. Yet last years totals were
seven times the 1910 volume.
''To meet the 1884 dehydrated
food requirements as presently
KNOWN" he added, twill require ev-
cry third egg, and one out of every
IL pounds of whole milk produced.
Requirements for dehydrated meat,
practically nonresident year ago,
will be approximately go million
pounds in 1943."
Dehydration Saves Shipping.
The remarkable impetus given de-
hydration grew out of a shortage of
shipping space, cans and containers,
to meet lend-lease demands and the
food requirements Of our fighting
Allies. One ship loaded 9TH de-
hydrated food can carry vi ward of
10 times as much food as ship
loaded with bulk food.
Improvements in dehydration
technique have followed two major
trends. One has been to compress
the food into an incredibly small
space. The other has been to pre-
serve the foods palatability and nu-
tritional value.
Many foods normally average 80
per cent water. Dehydration as
originally practiced meant remov-
ing most of the water. Now the
food is not only dehydrated but ode
bulked' as well, by having the air
pressed out of it. The result is food
compressed into blocks or bri-
quotes. Thus it is possible to have
a vest-pocket serving of meat, car
rots, cabbage, milk and eggs that
would provide all the elements of a
hearty meal and yet take up no
more, shipping room than a package
of cigarettes.
Typical food volume reductions
as a result of dehydration and COM
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-06-11
l. THEY WERE l.
J, 81 IDA
@ WHITE

THE STORY so FAR: The story Of
their part in the battle for the Philip
pines Is being told by four Of the ave
naval officers who are all that Is left
of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 3. They
are Lieut.. John Buckley (now Lieuten-
ant Commander), squadron commander;
Lieut.. n. ID. Kelly, second-in-command;
and Ensigns Anthony Akers and George
e. Coz Jr. March II Lieut.. Buckley
showed the squadron their secret orders.
They were to take General MacArthur's
party and some additional personnel to
the southern islands. When they ar
rived safely at Cebu, General Mac
Arthur promised Bulkeley he would try
to get him and his key men out Of the
Philippines.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-06-11

course, the lava in the pipe cools
and solidifies. If it completely seals
up the pipe with plug of rock,
the volcano becomes dormant or ex-
tinct. If the pipe Is choked down
to very small proportions, so that
a trickle Of lava and hot gases rise
to keep a little cauldron Of molten
rock bubbling in the crater. the
volcano remains slightly active.
All the bombs in existence
dropped on the top Of the cold. solid
plug Of dormant volcano could not
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-06-11

wake the sleeping forces far below.
In the case of slightly active vol
cano, even the explosion of the big
gest bombs would do little more
than splash lava about the crater
Bombs have been used advan-
tageously in controlling one kind Of
volcanic phenomena. On the slopes
Of Mauna Loa on the island Of Ha-
wall, lava streams that threatenedI
to flow into villages and even into
the city of Hi1o, have been turned
aside By bomb explosions.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-06-11

American agriculture will emerge from the with
pattern crop production that will only give everything
eat and but provide much of the materials used in
industry.
During World War l. the emphasis the production of
cereal Today although cereals essentially
heavier emphasis being placed dairy products meats
tables and oils the present trend continues American milk
goals the reconstruction period will be double
put Of 22 billion pounds The nations farms will be
neny producing meat and eggs vegetables
oilyielding crops such as soybeans
Two developments credited with adding impetus the
farm production trend Both have been spured by scientific
search and the necessity of meeting wartime problems One
dehyraon the dry preservation of food The other is che
the science of Transforming farm into industrial
The sub., 1943-11-25

them. You know" he added. appar- ently as an after-thought. "It's Q funny thing-a lot of guys say they think about home and their child hood during a time like that, but all could think about was the cooks back in camp making pam cakes. I sure have developed a love for pancakeS!"
The sub., 1943-11-25

'Tthings were pretty quiet after the third night. We made about two miles through the jungle on the third day and didn't see any Japanese. There wasn't any shelling that night, either. Anyway, none that hit near us.
 'The fourth day we made good time, Wading straight down 8 river
The sub., 1943-11-25

my iron rations and led uS back in."
 Asked if any of them felt like being evacuated to a hospital base to get back in shape, Hollinger re- piled:
 Heck, no. All we want is some thing to eat and a little rest and then we want to go back after
The sub., 1943-11-25

and sleeping on the river beach that night.
 This morning we started wad- ing again. Along about ten o'clock we heard some people moving in front of us and thought at first 1t was more Japanese. We sure were glad when we saw it was an Army patrol. They treated us to some Ar
The sub., 1943-11-25
A Jungle Ordeal
(contInued from Page Fifteen,

(ContInued from Page FIfteen) 50 we could drink the rain water out of those big jungle plants. There was about one swallow to Q plant. He tied a little piece of gauge over the end of the tube for Q filter.
The sub., 1943-11-25
GIVE JEWELRY, THE ENDURING GIFT

when ROYAL know it is backed reputation of years merchandising know gift "a cherished gift and O. easiest possible credit terms.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-07-16
FOOD SUBSIDIES:
Banned BY Congress

The administration plans for the
use Of subsidies to roll back" retail
food prices were strongly jolted by
congressional action in passing the
Commodity Credit corporation bill
outlawing such payment except as
incentives to producers. AS a re-
suit, the s'rollbacks' recently in
stituted on meat and butter would
be wiped out, with payments only
being made on previous commit
nnentS. :Hr rio
( In passing the bill, congress acted
in opposition to administration sup
port OF, the subsidy program. Prior
to passage, the War Labor board
came out for 'rollbacksp- to Offset
the increasing cost of living, which
threaten its policy of limiting wage
boosts to Is per cent over January,
1941. ~. i, ~
In passing the bill which extends
the life Of the CCC for two. more
years and adds ESQ million dollars
to its lending authority, congress
permitted payment Of $50 million
dollars for substituting Increased
Transportation costs and the produc-
tion Of critical minerals and food.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-07-16
MACARTHUR ATTACKS:
AdUdnce In Pacific

Under cover of bursting shells and
strong. aerial formations, American
forces in the South Pacific strength
enedl their hold on the Solomon is
lands and opened up another front
against the japanese in New Guinea.
Protected by big guns of the navy
and "a protective canopy thrown
across the skies by fighter planes,
u. S: troops scored surprise land
ing on Rendova and New Georgia
islands in the Solomons, and soon
were, Smelling the big Jap air base
on Munda. ~ 9..sJ
To- the west, American units
swarmed ashore on the Huon gulf
of New Guinea, and soon were adj
vancing toward the important Japa-
nese position at Salamaua, already
menaced by an Allied force which
had hacked its way through the jun
gle to within IL miles of the outpost.
Between these two theaters of OPP
Grafton, American forces occupied
the Woodlark and Trobriand islands
without opposition.
More than 100 Japanese planes
were shot down resisting the Amer
lean landings. Our own losses were
II, along with 1000 ton transport
and several other ships damaged in
the dangerous reedy waters of the
SolomOnS. -.,4,-s ..-fs
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-07-16
WALLACE VS.. JONES:
Rene,U Feud

War Mobilization Director James
F. Byrnes' efforts to patch up the
feud between Vice President Henry
Wallace and Secretary of Commerce
Jesse Jones apparently had come
to naught as the two ripped into
each other once more.
Cause of the controversy was Wal
lace's charge that Jones, as Recon
struction Finance chairman, had
been niggardly and slow in advanc-
ing funds to Wallace's Board of Eco
nomic Warfare for the purchase and
development of strategic material
abroad. Jones struck back by stat
ing that the BEW initiated only s
per cent of the governments pur-
chases.
Wallace started the ball rolling
again by stating that the two dis
putants had agreed to have the BEW
warfare ask congress for separate
funds to continue operations. Then
he repeated his charges that Jones'
agency had been slow to act on
BEW projects.
Flaring up, Jones called Wal
lace's statement "dastardly," and
repeated his demands for a congress
SIGNAL investigation of the BEW.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-07-16
CHINA. : g,
Press aps.,BacE

See-saw warfare in China contin-
ued, with Chinese forces recapturing
"a large section Of Owchihkow on the
IYangtze river, thus driving the Japa-
nese- further out of the great rice
bowl which they had threatened to
ioverrun.
Assisting the Chinese in their sue
lcessful counterattack was the Amer
lean air force, which has been estab-
1ished in the southeast of China. I'm
Observation-Disclosures Gen. Claire Chen
nault,athe Yanks have been concen-
Itrating on ~ Japanese locomotives,
freighttrains and other heavy equip
Ement which1the enemy finds most
|difacult ito replace, ..Isl i ~ . -
Ia Japanesel attacks NEAR Shanghai
and Swntow were also checked. with
Chinese troops regaining several inn
Iportant points at Swallow, once IA
1nous treaty port on the Kwangtung
coast.