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Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-21
From Eye-Sore to
Beauty Spot Plan
For Park in &c.
Chamber of Commerce
Starts Movement to Make
Park More Beautiful

Ell Centro's weed-grown
park between Main street
and Broadway, and Ninth
and Eleventh streets, and
which has come to be famil-
iarlY known as "no-man's land,
may finally become a flower-cover-
eel garden spot if the chamber of
commerce has its way.
At a meeting of the board of
directors Wednesday night, Milton
Zinn was appointed to make an
investigation to determine if a city
plan can be executed to beautify
the place. ..
The chamber, according to Secre-
tary Ben Herring, hopes to have
the property, which belongs to the
county, turned over to the city for
the purpose of improving it for
public use.
THE place has been an eyesore
long enough and we believe that
we can get the necessary cooper
alton to make it. a place that the
city can look to with pride, Her.
ring stated.
BURNS UNDERGROUND
Thursday morning the Ell Centre
city fire department began burning
the underground, but found it too
green. Chief Corn Reed said that
the work would be completed after
the weeds have another week to
dry out.
William Outlook, chairman of the
chambers publicity committee, was
assigned to investigate the advisa-
bility of having a brochure, or some
other type of literature printed to
be placed 1.-the servicemen's can
teen, SO that it may be mailed to
their home towns as a boost of
this district.
At Wednesday nights meeting AL
MisSildine was elected to the cham
ber's board of directors.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-21
OPA Reverses
On Ration Books

A change in ruling received
Thursday from the district OPA
office in San Diego informed Of
ficials of the local board that
service men will be able to- obtain
their No. 4 ration books at Ell
Centre elementary schools, where
they are now being issued.
A previous order has stated that
men in the armed forces would
have to await the end of civilian
registration and then obtain books
at their own local boards.
Members of the OPA office here
pointed out that all registrants
must possess their No. 3 book be-
fore the new one will be issued.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-21

city officials don't like, it is for
people to go around shooting at
their perfectly good, and expensive,
too, street lamps. Because the city
has to dig down in not over-stuffed
city pockets and buy new ones,
much to the discomfort of taxpay-
iers, and they don't feel like doing
that just so an r-exuberant
youth may try his craftsmanship
At least that was the viewpoint as
expressed by Police Judge Lee
Nuffer who Thursday taxed young
Shear $50 or 20 days in the city's
cooler, for his short evenings fun.
Shear paid. Now even duck hunt
ers figure $3.50 a shot is fairly
expensive shooting.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-21

big things from their tiniest WACs:
Chinese girls have exceptionally
high I. Q.'s; are accustomed to
obeying instructions to the letter
and are considered physically
sound-"as strong as the average
American farm girl"
I'VE want 100 for the Madame
Chang Kai-shek air unit. so please
tell them they now only have to
be 81 inches tall and weigh 95
pounds by special order of the war
department" officers reported.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-21
Australia Begins
Rationinq Of Meat

CANBERRA, Oct. 81 (UP)-Meat
rationing for civilians will begin
Jan. l. 1914 to insure equitable dis
tribution, Prime Minister John
Curtin announced today.
The ration is expected to be ga
pounds per person over nine years
of age and 18 ounces per person
under that age.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-21

Z0f6 IIlISSIIlS.
Stimson called attention to the
fact the figure for wounded was
lower than the figure of 5428
wounded which he had reported
Oct. 7, Subsequent reports from
Allied headquarters in North Africa
had corrected the earlier figure, he
said. He warned that casualty re-
ports on current operations were
only approximate.
He said he understood that cas-
ualties suffered by British units in
the Fifth army we're somewhat
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-21

greater by now. AS of Oct. 7 they
had been smaller than the Ameri-
can.
The Fifth army, after crossing
the Volturno river against stiff re-
sistance and difficult obstacles, now
is making substantial progress In
the march toward Rome" he said.
"The indications are that Ger
man reinforcements from northern
Italy have been brought into the
battle and that additional German
troops have arrived In Italy"
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-21
81 Areas in US.
Get 40.kour Week
Under VINO Rule
Longer Working Hours
Means 80 Per Cent
Increase for Wages

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21.
(UP) Longer working
hours and more pay were in
store today for hundreds of
thousands more Americans
this winter as the war manpower
commission extended the 48-hour
work week to all remaining labor
shortage areas.
The order, announced by VINO
chairman Paul V, McNutt, will
bring 81 more regions from New
Bedford, Mass, to Spokane, Wash,
Under the mandatory 48-hour week
by Nov. 15. All II shortage areas
will then be included.
Most workers whose hours are
boosted from 40 to 48 under the
ruling will get 30 per cent in
crease in income under the wage
and hour law, which provides for
time-anda-half payments for all
hours worked over 40 week.
FEWER DEMANDS
McNutt said reports from the 40
areas now on the heightened sched-
ule show a material reduction in
demands for new workers and re-
placements.
He ordered the 48-hour week ap-
piled in the. future to any area
which might come under the acute
shortage category as a result of
regular monthly classifications, and
suggested that regional VINO direc-
tors consider the question of put
ting areas where shortages are pos
sible on the longer week as we'll.
Areas where shortages may de-
velop are listed as group II. Nine
teen out of 112 regions in this
group already have the 48-hour
week. 1t is also in force on an
industry wide basis in the nom
ferrous mining and smelling, log
gong, and iron and steel industries.
McNutts bureau of manpower
utilization asked regional directors
Continued on Page 8, Col. g.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-21
5&h's Casualties
Remarkably Low

WASHINGTON, Oct. 81. (UP)-Amercan elements
of the Fifth army in Italy suffered 6774 casualties up to
the start of the battle of the Vourno Secretary of War
Henry l.. Stimson announced today.
These casualties included 879 killed. BOAT wounded and
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-21
Vegetable Firms
Under VINO Plan
80 Packing Plants Can Only Hire Men
With Availability Certificates. Tom
Finney, USES Head, Announces in &c

Thirty-nine Imperial Valley vegetable packing firms
notified Thursday by Tom Fney county represen-
ative of the manpOwer commission that they must
strictly abide by the stablizaton employment plan
or face penalties set up for violations
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-21
Poor Deprived Of
vitdmin, Is Charge

WASHINGTON Oct. 81 (UP)-Assistant Attorney
General Wendell Berge charged today that the Wisconsin
Alumni Rsearch Foundation has fixed prices for vtamin
products levels (which only be regarded extor
tomato in view of the economic status of those with the
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-21
Gen. Clark Gets
His Troops Ready
For Frontal Blow
Germans Report Sea. Air-Born Allied
Troops TO Strike at Holy City Itself;
Airforce Delivers Several New Blows

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Algiers Oct. 21. (UP)-
Lieut. Gen. Mark Clark massed his Fifth army the Vol
turno plain today for frontal assault on the German
defense line guarding Rome and the British Eighth army
pushed two miles through the rugged mountains of central
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-21
III dzis Hint N eW
Retreutin Edst
Grand Scale Red Assault Knocks Big
Gap in German Lines; Evacuation
OF Dnepropetrovsk Seems to Be on

LONDON Oct. 21. (UP)-Berin indicated today that
the Germans evacuatng DnepropetrOvsk industrial
and military stronghold the Dnieper bend and acknow
edged that grand scale" Russian assault 100 miles
north of Xiv had knocked two and half mile wide gap
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-21
y AMBllNe
\Ep0RTER
Help Wanted

Marines at the Ell Centro marine
air station are eagerly awaiting
contributions of current magazines
books, phonograph records, and
musical instruments.
Contributions may be left at the
chamber of commerce in any city
in Imperial county. They must be
left there within the next two weeks
in order to fill the need
Let's see, now, how many can you
contribute?
The Meanest Man Again
Don't be surprised if you see
signs plastered all over Mrs. Roy
CARROTS yard at 73O Commercial
street one of these days.
She has to have some protec-
ton against the persons who stole
all her clothes pins from the line
in her backyard. They not only
used her private yard for a public
thoroughfare but helped themselves
to her clothes pins while going to
and fro.
Mrs. Garrett should put up mo
HUNTING CLOTHES PINS" signs.
Or better still, keep her clothes
pins in. the house.
The Chubby Clubbers-
Of course we already have an
over supply of clubs but Tom Fin
ney and Don Robertson have start
ed still another one. They found
ed the NecktielesS club. It's men,
bership is open to all men who
defy their wives and convention to
such an extent that they refuse to
wear necktieS. come what may.
Finney and Robertson bet each
other $40 that they wouldn't don
neckties even If it is winter. The
first of the two to wear necktie
must hand the other $40 American.
IF people don't want to see me
unless I wear a necktie," Finney
boasted, "Ill just stay home"
We feel sorry for Mrs. Finney.
She undoubtedly will get mighty
tired of looking at Tom without
the helpful disguise of necktie.
Think of the man-power we will
release when we get all the men in
this country to refuse to wear neck
ties" Finney declared. "The neck
tie factories can begin making
something for the war effort. The
necktie makers can work in defense
plants. Our club soon will be
joined by all the men in America" :"
Maybe so, Tom, but we still think
that neckties improve the elegance
of the masculine appearance. Some
way nature gave men funny look
ing necks that should be covered
up.
RetributiOn-
Red Mitchell and a friend were
Continued on page 8, col. a.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-21

RetributiOn-
Red Mitchell and a friend were
Continued on page 8, col. a.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-21
WEATHER

Maximum Wednesday 81, minimum
Thurs. 81; am. Thurs. 54, humid
ity Sd; noon Thurs. 78, humidity Al;
pm. Wednesday 80, humidity al.
Evening star., 1943-11-01

/ duct. military courtesy and per-
sonal appearance of United States
forces in this area.
Maj. Graham Dougherty, Berry
vile, Va, provost marshal. said the
aim was to make the soldiers Con
sclous of regulations which must be
observed under any conditions"
Violations sure to bring repri-
mand or more, he said, were drunk
enness, association with girls of
questionable character, failure to
Evening star., 1943-11-01
Necking in Doorways Taboo
For u. 5. Soldiers in London
b. the Associated Press.

LONDON, Nov. 1-Necking in
London doorways-even in the
blackout-will bring arrest on the
spot, American soldiers have been
warned in campaign launched by
military police to improve the con-
Evening star., 1943-11-01
Wood Export Curbed

French Equitorial Africa has
placed the production and export
of woods of Gabon under govern
ment control
Evening star., 1943-11-01

observe rules on proper uniforms,
failure to salute, unauthorized use
and misuse of Government vehicles
and the wearing of wings" or
other insignia or decorations by
those not entitled to them.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-05-20
Sikh's Quot

The Sikh soldiers in the native
British-Indian army wear QUOT,
either in full size or in miniature,
around their regimental badge.
The QUOT is the traditional
weapon of the Sikhs. It is a steel
hoop (much the same size as the
rope QUOT with which people play
on board ship sharpened to a
razor-like keenness on the outer
edge. 1t can be a terrible weapon
in the hands of a skilled thrower.
But the QUOT is never used now
adays in actual warfare, and any
quoits displayed in the headdress
of Sikh soldiers are unsharpened.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-05-20
PI0w Sods

Good sods plowed down will sup
ply sufficient organic matter so that
good vegetables can be grown. Many
commercial gardeners sow rye after
vegetables have been harvested, and
pillow down the rye the following
spring. Sand and screened ashes
will loosen heavy soils but they add
no plant food and do not help the
water holding capacity of the soil
as much as organic matter does.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-05-20

THE unit in the upper sketch
l. is the handiwork of two anna
tours; one using hammer and saw,
and the other doing plain sewing.
The size of your radio, your tall
books and short books, as well as
the things to be stored behind the
doors will govern the proportions
of the end units. Make rough
plan on paper first with all dimen-
sions indicated. If you do not have
the tools for making grooves the
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-05-20
Lynn Says:

A Heart of Gold: That's q dam
dy description of the egg which Is
good to eat, plus a first class pro-
tein. If you like 'em stuffed
here's grand parade Of sugges-
tons:
Cut hard cooked eggs into
halves. mash them, season &C.
cording to taste and refill the
whites. Garnish with paprika and
sprig Of parsley.
Chopped celery with the
mashed yolks is good filing If
you like crispiness. Or, mix the
yolk with Thousand Island dress
ing for variety and serve around
a salad.
Yolks deluxe include mixing
with cup cooked peas, pureed,
2 slices bacon, chopped and fried
crisp. 11k tablespoons cream, /
teaspoon vinegar, " teaspoon on
ion juice, l tablespoon minced pi-
mento, n teaspoon salt and
enough mayonnaise to moisten.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-05-20

pickles and add
enough mayon-
naise to moisten.
Remove crusts
from loaf of
bread. Cut a H.
inch slice of bread
the length Of the
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-05-20
Destructive Pests

Of the 625, 900 known species of
insects, only about 10000, or 81 in
1000, spread disease or damage
crops and other property. Of the
10000 United States species, only
900, or less than in 1000, are de-
structive pests.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-05-20
Modern Couch End Units Create
Parlor Transformation at Little Cost

shelves may rest on metal. angles
screwed to the sides of the unit.
These angles are useful also for
strengthening the corners.
The construction of the bedding
compartment is shown in the low
err sketch. The padding is cotton
batting and the covering is tackled
in place through lath strip.
NOTE-Complete directions for various
types of slipcovers will be found in SEW
ING Book l. To get a copy send name
and address with is cents direct to-:
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-05-20

loaf. Remove center from remain
ing loaf so there is box IL to "a
inch thick on sides and bottom.
Spread inside of loaf and one side
Of slice generously with butter or
margarine. Put sandwich filling in
side loaf and top with slice on but
ter side down. Soften cream cheese
with a small amount Of cream until
it is Of spreading consistency. Cover
loaf with cream cheese. Cut small
tulips and leaves from pimento and
green pepper and decorate sides Of
loaf. Chill for / hour and when
ready to serve, cut in 1-inch slices.
Walnut-Stuffed Tomatoes.
(Serves 4 to 81
to whole tomatoes
pound cottage cheese
tablespoon minced onion
tablespoon minced green pepper
"a cup broken walnut kernels
Salt to taste
Wash and remove stem end from
tomatoes. Cut out portion of center
from tomatoes. Cut this fine and
add to above ingredients, combine
and fill tomatoes. Serve well-chilled,
garnished with salad green's and
whole walnut kernels. Serve with
french dressing or salad oil and
vinegar.
Hot Tomato Cottage Cheese
Sandwich Serves g..
/ cup cottage cheese
6 slices buttered toast
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons -four
/ teaspoon salt
21a cups cooked or canned tomatoes
Spread cottage cheese between
slices Of buttered toast. Cut sand
witches in half and arrange in but
tered baking dish. Melt butter over
low fame, blend in flour, then add
tomatoes gradually, stirring con-
stantly until thickened. Pour over
sandwiches and bake for IS to 20
minutes in q moderate oven.
Are you having difficulties planning
meals Nth points? Stretching your
meats? Lynn Chambers can give you
help if you sOrite her, enclosing
stamped, selt-addressed envelope for
your reply, in care of her at Western
Newspaper Union, 2lO South Des.
PLANES Street, Chicago, Illinois.
Released by Western Newspaper Union.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-05-20


ahead of time? This is one of the
very nice things about summer
menu planning for foods lend them
selves to this kind Of serving.
Recently saw very attractive
platter that was cool, complete and
colorful-that any one Of you could
whip up at short notice. An individ-
ual tomato aspic filed with creamed
cottage cheese served on a large
green glass salad plate was banked
by several tiny finger sandwiches, a
slice of tongue with horseradish
sauce, deviled eggs, small mound
of potato salad and sprig Of water
cress. Serve this with coffee or tea
and dish Of sherbet or ice cream.
Bread with filling forms an inter-
esting base for this salad-sandwich
loaf and looks very pretty enclosed
in rosy aspic. The filings. ham
and cheese, classic flavor combina-
tons, won't cut into your points
heavily, nor will the tomato juice:
*Tomato Aspic Surprise.
(Serves 81
I small loaf white bread
Ham Salad
5-ounce glass Old English cheese
31a cups tomato juice
2 tablespoons onion juice
stalk celery
tablespoons gelatin
" cup cold water
"a teaspoon salt
rs teaspoon pepper )
Watercress
Remove crusts from loaf Of bread.
Cut whole loaf into three length
wise slices. Spread one slice with
ham salad, cover with second slice
spread with cheese spread. Cover
with third slice of bread and wrap
in wax paper.
Cook tomato juice, onion juice and
celery for minutes. Remove cell
cry and add gelatin which has been
softened in cold water. Stir until
dissolved. Season with salt and pep
per. Pour k-inch layer into a
buttered loaf pan which is a little
larger than the loaf Of bread. Chill
until firm. Place prepared sand
witch loaf in this layer of aspic and
pour the remaining cooled and some
what thickened aspic around it and
over the top. Chill again until the
aspic is firm. Unmold on a platter,
garnish with watercress and slice
crosswise to serve.
You can still do entertaining even
on your ration points! II your best
beau or son Is coming home from
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-05-20
Meals on a Dish

We've heard lot about hot meals
in a casserole that take care of the
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-05-20
MEAT PATTIES WITH
ALL make
MEAT GO FURTHER

Are you looking for ways to Stretch
the meat supply? Then try this Won
derful recipe for An-Bran Meat Pat
ties! They are made with famous
KELLoGG's ALL-BRAN-which adds de-
licious crunchy texture to the dish
with all the valuable vitamins, min
erals, proteins and carbohydrates Or
dinarily found in ALL-BRAN.
KeIIogg's MI-Bran Meat Patties
I egg tablespoon
teaspoons salt chopped parsley
"A teaspoon pepper cup milk
3 tablespoons II cup catsup
minced onion cup Kellogg's
All-Bran
pound ground beef
Beat egg slightly, add salt, pepper,
onion, parsley, milk, catsup and
All-Bran. Let soak until most of mois-
ture is taken up. Add beef and mix
thoroughly. Shape into IL patties.
Bake in hot oven (4500F.) about 30
minutes or broil about 20 minutes.
Yield: s servings (12 21a inch patties).
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-05-20
Lynn Chambers Point-Saving
Menus
sTomato Aspic Surprise
Apricot Pie Beverage
'Recipe Given

camp, there's no need to worry about
stretching those ration points out OF
place when you serve this loaf serv-
ing II to IS people:
Tulip Sandwich Loaf.
(Serves IL to 15)
" pound cold ham
u pound American cheese
6 sweet pickles
Mayonnaise
3 packages cream cheese
Cream
small jar piment0
i green pepper
loaf unsliced sandwich bread
Grind ham and crate cheese. Com
bine ham, cheese and chopped
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-05-20

main course OF a
m e al. But how
about cool meals
served on a sim
gle attractiv
platter that are
most of the time,
at least, made up
, 1943-02-03
L-ocoI 1853
Legislative
Committee
In Action

Clyde Miller, chairman Of the
Legislative Committee of Local
1853, held the first meeting of the
Legislative Committee on Janu-
airy 18th and approved a Legisla-
tive program for the Local Union.
A plan was approved to carry out
an intensive campaign to defeat
the appropriation of funds for the
Dies Committee.
The Legislative Committee set
forth in their letters to stewards
and officers of the Union the
statement of Vice President WAL
lace that the Dies Committee,
would be less damaging If Mr..
Dies were on Hitler's payroll"
and Vice President Wallace fur
Their stated that Dies statements
might as well come from Goeb-
bells himself so far as their prac-
teal effect is concerned"
The Legislative Committee of
Local 1853 has also issued a state
ment to all members of the Local
Union IF you don't want Martin
Dies to get any more money,
write to your Congressman today,
let Hitler pay for his own propa-
ganda."
, 1943-02-03

The record of Harry Bridges,
elected leader of thousands Of
American workers, long ago en-
titled him to relief from the per-
secution that he has been sub
jected to over the past seven
years.
Today that record stands out
with even greater clarity as we
review the work of the Inter-
national Longshoremen's and
Warehousemen's Union, under
his leadership, for the rapid and
efficient shipment of supplies to
the fighting fronts of the United
Nations. This record, as known
, 1943-02-03

to workers throughout the nation
and as shown in this pamphlet,
has been attested by leading Of
ficials of our governments war
agencies.
Yet despite the record of Bird
ges in speeding shipment of war
supplies, despite the record of his
union in cooperating with industry
and government, Bridges has a
deportation order signed by the
Attorney General of the United
States hanging over him and his
union like a sword. This order, it
should be noted, was issued in the
face of two acquittals on all char
ges brought against him.
The C1O has vigorously sup
, 1943-02-03
Go GROWING
At koisers
Steel Plant
BY JACK ORR

Fontana, Ca1if.-Henry j. Kaiser,
the highly publicized industrialist,
presided over ceremonies here last
week at which the first blast fur
mace of a new Kaiser steel plant
was blown in as newsreel camera
men ground away and newsmen
wrote reams about the significance
of the event.
At the same time-over at Unit
ed Steelworkers of America head
quarters-USA Organizer William
J. Brunton signed up another
Kaiser worker - bringing USA
membership in the first west
coast steel producing plant to
more than 80 per cent.
In less than four weeks, USA
Local 200 has brought into the
union nine out of every 10 work
ers In the new plant.
Before the first worker was
hired, the local had established
headquarters and was ready to or
ganize al the first worker came on
the job. And it was surprisingly
easy. Kaiser had imported many
workers from the highly-organ-
lied sections of the east, New
York, Detroit, Chicago, Gary, Ind,
and Pittsburgh, Calf, and these
Go workers merely transferred
their books from their home To-
Gals to the new one IN Fontana.
, 1943-02-03

ported Harry Bridges right to re-
main In this country and become
in every sense q citizen of the
United States. Now, in view of our
nations war of survival and in
view of the urgent need for ma
tional unity and maximum war
production, the CIO seeks this
right more urgently than eve be-
fore.
The President of the United
States should recognize this
situation and should act to re-
move all barriers to full citizen
ship for Bridges.
PHILIP MURRAY,
President Congress Of
Industrial Organizations.