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Draft Redistribution
Ordered; 3-B Eliminated
Continued from Page One.)

of selection" rule: however. as had
been the rule, dependents acquired
on or after December 8. 1871. will
not be considered as Il basis for de-
ferment and any child born on or
after September Is, 1912. will be
considered as having been conceived
on or after December 8. l94l, and
thus will not be considered as cause
for deferment unless there is affirm
alive evidence OF medical charac-
ter which clearly establishes that
birth was delayed.
5. Sterilization in class 3-A. for
any registrant with child or chill
dren with whom he maintains a bona
tide family relationship in their
home, so that rcgistrantS. placed i'm
this class, shall not he considered for
Redistribution into a class available
for military service or, if conSci-
entiouS objector. for work of national
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k 60 lie B LIND MANS SECRET:
ia by RICHARD .HOUGHToN a.
fL AsrMt rums,sc
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
~HORRORS!" exclaimed Agatha,
pretending she was seeing the radio
lube for the first time. We've got
10 get that back where it bclongs-''
III never trust anyone again,
TO think II was the blind boy WHO
mad II :"
Agatha felt a twingc Of con-
sSence. She had to defend him.
Don't be too quick to accuse Will
lard Of part in the plot" she ad-
Hsed. II believe he's honest"
Il don't! How did he happen to
be so handy when you needed res
culng? He wasn't around that
building in the middle of the night
for any good purpose. And he didn't
come by this honestly. or he
wouldn't get rid Of it in such a
sneaky way" She picked up the
tube gingerly and turned IL in her
hands.
Don't drop it," Agatha tremblcd
at the possibility.
1T doesn't look very delicate
Look at all the metal gadgcts on IL
and in it,"
Put it down"
Clemantine took the advice.
Both women stared at il. Agatha
couldn't help thinking there was
something very professional look
ing about it--not at all the kind of
JOB one would expect Otto to have
turned out in his laboratory. Still.
ne was very clever with his hands.
It's about n foot long" observed
Ciemantine. but somehow that
doesn't seem large enough to con-
troll an aerial torpedo"
Maybe it's miniature of the
nnai model. Or perhaps 1t fits inside
the torpedo"
I'm sure we won't get anywhere
by arguing about 1t. What are we
going to do with it?"
We've got to get rid OF It. If
It's found here the police will be
more certain than ever that Won
mad some connection with Otto's-
l mean, with Professor Haldcr's
DEATH"
Clcmantine shuddercd. If the
spies get to us before the police do,
we may be murdered ourselves"
wen have to try to return 1t to
where 1t belongs. without anyone
knowing we've had II. But. no-o.
ihat won't do. 1t wouldn't be any
SAFER In Ottos laboratory than 1t
was IN his room. We must place IL
m the hands OF federal officers.
Iheyll know what to do"
How can we. without revealing
ourselves? Would they believe US
u We told than Willard leSt 1t
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"KETFFN FOR AND RlElSlN rs CENrEAL iqsS ASSOClArDV

here? He'd probably deny It.
I'VE can't involve Willard" Aga
tina told her. He just saved nv
life He may not have come bv thi.;
honestly. hui at least he wasn't go
ing 10 turn II over To any OF the
! foreign spies"
How can We be sure there aren't
foreign agents; among the police"
How can We tie sure OF any
thing
Agatha remembered what her
kidnapcr had told her !hIt lie was;
man of many di$gui;"#. size sud
denly was fearful herself. Il sup
pose DR. Hill is safe enough. II wc
could get il To- him :"
Agatha Ga2cd down ai the glass
and metal instrument. supposedly
so full Of wOrld-IIpsrttIu" power.
We'll have to hid" II again /
mean, hide il until We can deliver
it in person to DIR. IIill.: Office
without his seeing us"
How can We"
II don't know. /. will be- difficult
Perhaps Willard had a similar
idea" She was iinprOlisiEC rapidly.
a solution had come To- Ecri "IIc
must have obtained the tube by aC-
cidcnt. and like - was afraid of
questions. Bcing blind he knew nc
was more than usual in danger of
being caught If he tried To- take il
to DR.. Hill
"Thosc are just wild SUPPOSE
tons"
"Wcll. that's the best I can think
Of now"
Where will we hide it >"
How about the closet in your
room?
That's tho first place anyone
would look for it,"
"Thc bed. then? We might cut n
hole in the mattress"
Suppose someone sat on the bed
and broke ii? No. l think I've got
a better idea. I bought u new hat
last week. II has one of those funny
high peaks. I believe I could sin il
up in there by taking out some of
the lining. And that would be n way
to carry ii right into DR.. HIS Of
fee"
Good! Let's hide il now. IL
makes me nervous just to see it
ying there"
Clemcntinc picked up the tube
again, carefully holding IL with
both hands. Agatha snapped of the
ight and they started mp the stairs
II can't imagine what's the mat
or with that fat girl" Clcmantinc
whispered. Most anything wakes
Ter. She ought to be out in the hall
'sking us questions"
I'm very glad she isnt!-
Once safely back inside her room
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Stocks Record
Modest Gains

New York. April l2-(AP)-The
STOCK market put on Il modest re-
c"rcry performance today
Forward tendencies prevailed from
The start Bonds improved. Com
mUd!tieS were steady.
Among !avoriteS were American
Telephone. L. s. Steel. Bethlehem.
ChrySlcr. U. S. Rubber, Mun,gom.
cry Ward. Douglas Arcra!, and
Standard Oil IN. j.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-04-12

The cotton crop furnishes Int.
iIntc"S. oil and meal. all " which arc
important in the fight for freedom.
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Accent on Father
In Capital News
Continued from Page One }

program. hc aid, neither did he
veto II.
IN" bond drive itself swung into
action with all Americas forces OF
nun!ic appeal thrown into the effort
"a an unprecedented scale. News
papers. radio and other media car
red The message to the people. aad
Volunteer workers by the thou .ands
got busy.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-04-12
Cotton Market
Trend Higher

New York. April l2-(AP)-Cot-
ION futures opened 30 cents Il bale
."W"' IL % cents higher.
, N""a prices were J cents 4 bale
,'N"E l" III cents higher. May 20. 10.
July 1919 and October 1871.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-21
|. V.Fi!ipinos Buy
$4,000 in Bonds;
To Purchase More
Organization Pledges
$4,000 Worth of Vital
US. War Certificates

Enthusiasm ran high at
the opening of the Imperial
Valley Filipino Community
associations war bond drive
Friday night and bonds val
ued at more than $4,000 were sold
at the initial rally while pledges for
the future purchase of $4,000 worth
were taken by leaders of the cam
paign.
Meeting with more than 100 Fill
pinos from all parts of Imperial
Valley, Gordon Scriven, C. B. Her.
ring and William Outlook, directors
of the county bond campaign, out
Lined the purposes of bond sales
and offered many sales suggestions
AT HEADQUARTERS
The session, which was held in the
organizations headquarters, 47f
Broadway, was opened by F. L. Mos
tago, president of the association
Master of ceremonies was Rufinc
Gazmen, director of the county
wide Filipino drive.
Following talks by the bond sale
leaders the group discussed plans
for staging rallies and other pro-
Continued on Page 6, Col u
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-21
OLLAND CHIEF
WARNS OF JAPS
Australia Danger
Still High. Dutch
Commander SAYS

MELBOURNE, Marcn 20.
(Australian broadcast re-
corded by United Press in
San Francisco = Vice Ad-
miral Sir Conrad Helfrisch,
commander-in chief of the Neither
land forces in the Far East said
today that Allied forces in the
South Pacific were not strong en-
ough to prevent further japanese
expansion.
In an interview at an Australian
port, Adm. Helfrisch warned against
a too-close application of the beat
Hitler first" policy.
ENOUGH WARNINGS
I'VE have had enough warnings
already against Understanding
the japanese" Adm. Helfrisch said.
AT present, the Allies in the south
ern part of the Pacific are lacking
in all forces necessary to start an
offensive; yet the Japanese are
strengthening their great outer arc
of defenses from Rangoon right
through the Indies, New Guinea
and Rabaul to Truk in the Carol
ines"
He added that no matter what
the policy was toward the war in
Europe, My own opinion is that
we must have sufficient forces here
to smash that arc before it is made
SO strong that a future Allied drive
to the north becomes almost i'm
possible"
JAPS AGGRESSIVE
Declaring that the japanese were
thoroughly aggressive" Adm Hell
frisch continued
Make no mistake. When their
(the Japanese outer defenses are
strong enough they will advance
again, probably against Australia
Time is on the side of the japanese
and we cannot afford to wait a
moment"
A Sydney broadcast, also record
Continued on Page 6, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-21
Officials Inspect
Warning Set-up

A group of officials of the de-
fense wing of the fourth fighter
command on the Pacific coast left
Imperial county Saturday after in
vestigating the air raid warning
service in the valley.
Capt. Evan s. Pillsbury, head of
the air raid warning service in I'M
perial, Yuma, and San Diego coun-
ties, Earl V. c. Northrop, director
OF the service in the county, con-
Quoted the visitors on the tour of
inspection.
The visitors included Major R, z.
Smith of Los Angeles and Capt. E.
G.. Morrison of the Portland air de-
fense wing. They were accom-
panied by Robert Redd, radio
writer in search of local color for
Eyes Aloft" air programs.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-21
AFRICAN ITCH
Stars Have Wool Agony

SEES BULGES
I'D look and I'd see bulgeS in
the wrong places and Jumps and
creases and it was frightening
F"en before I began to itch. This
locking at myself in the mirror got
so bad that finally I left off my
woolens one morning. Then l went
out and nearly sneezed my fool
head Off"
Thereafter the ladies wore their
wool union suits religiouSly, with
their glamour gal clothes on top.
They tried to keep their skirts down
in the African breezes so that no
soldier would get glimpse of the
ridges where the wool left off at
the knees.
This would have been very dis
illusioning," Miss Lands said.
PUT UP WITH ITCHING
The best dressed screen star said
that she and her compatriots put
Up with the itching ION warm days.
for weeks.
Until we finally got an inspira-
tl0n, she SAID. we put OH our
silk panties first and our wool
panties over them and that got rid
of the itching. But it added to
the bulges And to think that
while l was suffering like that,
mentally mean, the fashion eX-
pertS were voting me prize. Gives
me the Shudders.
Hollywood's new fashion arbiter
looked especially slick. She was
about to make a speech at a Red
Cross rally and she had on a blue
hat and a black wool suit with
spangleS across the chest.
Real WOOL" she said. But only
on the outside. Underneath is silk,
ONLY"
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-21

iauQQfy WORKERS union, an Ar Oh Il
affiliate, said the plant employees
had been trying to get Stevenson
to raise their wages since early last
fall but he had not done so. Pyle
and Gibbons said they had gotten
together with the other employees
several times and a strike had been
averted.
AGREES AND DISAGREES
Stevenson Friday had agreed to
raise the wages of those in the low
est salary bracket from SIG and S18
a week to $2160 week but had not
agreed to raise the salaries of those
receiving more than SIG and $18
Pyle and Gibbons said.
Last fall Stevenson and his en-
ployees had reached an agreement
as to wages and the employees
signed the contract. Stevenson,
however. refused to sign it. A labor
Continued on Page 6, Col 81
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-21

more than a three per cent maxi.
num-"
But the crying need is for pro.
duction, whatever the cost" he said.
Farm production must be stimu-
lated or America will go hungry
Farm labor costs today are 232 per
cent of what they were during the
base period upon which parity Is
calculated"
The Pace bill would include all
labor costs-including those OF the
farmer and his family-in the COM
putation OF parity.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-21
City Gets Tourney
OF Roses Award

City officials and chamber of
commerce leaders were the proud
owners Saturday of an ornate plaque
sent to them by the Pasadena Tour
nament of Roses committee for their
efforts in a December war bond sale
that was staged throughout Califor-
mia as part of the annual rose
festival.
The trophy, which is on display
at the chamber of commerce, was
awarded for Ell Centro bond sales
men reaching their December quota
set by the Pasadena committee. De-
cember sales were considerably high
er than previous fall months.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-21
De GauIIe Names
Guiana Governor

LONDON, March 20. CUP)-Gen.
Charles De Gaulle has appointed
Maurice Bertaut governor of French
Guiana en- the South American
mainland, Fighting French head
quarters announced today.
Bertaut at present is chief ad-
ministrator Of colonies for the Fight
ing French organization.
The Fighting French had an
Pnounced earlier that French Guiana
had aligned itself with DeGaulle S
forces. The colony revealed two days
ago that it also had joined forces
with Gen. Henri Honore Giraud,
lcivil and military chief of French
North Africa.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-21
Civilians Take 1st
Ride in P.38; See
How Plane Works
Lightnings Faster With
One Motor Than Zero;
Has Low Accident Rate

BURBANK. Cal, March
20. (UP) = Lightning P-38
fighter planes carried their
first civilian passengers to-
day in demonstration of the
new army air force training tech
nique that has reduced flying acci-
dents among combat pilots from an
index of 6.5 to is within two
months.
Test pilots, using piggyback" ver-
sions of the deadly Lockheed fight
er, have toured bases of the first
second, third and fourth air forces
in the past few weeks to demon
strate maneuverS, flight character
isticS and single-engine perform
ance of the high-Speed, twin BOOM
ed ship.
TWO MEN RIDE
For these flights two men crowd
into the single place airplane, with
the army trainee pilot riding piggy
back" and receiving firSt-hand in
Struction in flight from the veteran.
Certain radio equipment is remov-
ed from behind the pilots seat to
permit the second man to sit on
the main center beam of the ship.
Other types of single-seat fight
ers are being similarly modified for
this purpose.
Today Jimmy Mattern, crack
Lockheed test pilot and round-the-
world solo flyer, took newspaper
men and radio commentators aloft
and in turn showed them for the
first time the performance of the
in-engined fighter, heretofore an
army secret.
Hang on" Mattern shouted. A
moment later the plane seemed to
leap, then suddenly drop.
CAUSED TROUBLE
That's an accelerated stall" Mat
Continued on Page g. Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-21

&C it would boost the nations food
bill for 1943 by about 100000 900
Dirksen insisted that the increase
would be much higher" and that
food prices would probably be
boosted Is per cent above present
levels.
DirkSen said he believed Presi-
dent Roosevelt will most certain
ly" veto the measure if it passes
the senate in its present form.
Rep. Stephen Pace. D., Ga, in
sisted that the measure would not
cause a living cost increase OF
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-21
Heavy Bombers Hit
jap Kiska Base

WASHINGTON, March 20. (UP)
American heavy and medium
bombers struck at Kiska in the
Aleutians in two raids on Thursday
the navy announced today.
This raised to 10 the total num-
ber of attacks made on that enemy
base so far this month. Results OF
the latest raids were not observed
None of our planes was lost.
Fighter planes strafed the enemy s
air base at Munda in the Solomons
1t was the Goth air attack on Mum
ola since late November.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-21

HOLLYWOOD, March 20 (UP)-
It was a good thing, said Miss
Carole Lands today, that the fash
ion academy didn't see her in
Africa in her long underwear be-
fore it named her Americas best
dressed screen star for l943.
Il itched all the time the svelte
Miss Landies continued, land when
nobody was looking, I scratched, and
| was a mess"
Kay Francis, Martha Raye and
the beSt-dreSSed screen star were
in Tunisia entertaining soldiers
about the time the members Of the
academy were casting their ballots
in New York.
HOT AND COLD
Sometimes it was cold and some
times it was hot" Miss Lands said,
and we never knew how it was
going to be- so we started wearing
that long WOODEN underwear as a
matter of course.
"On cold day it was fine, but
lllmpy. On hot day it still was
Mmpy, but like hair shirt"
Miss Landies said she wouldn't
like the fashion academy to know,
but that she wore a woolen under
shirt and a pair of ribbed y,oolen
panties.
Chopped off at the knee" she
said Perfectly awful. l think
they would have looked better if
they'd gone all the way down to
the ankle.
80 every morning I'd get up and
put on my woolen shirt and my
woolen panties and I'd look at my
self in the mirror. I couldn't help
looking. 1t was terrible, sort of
fascination. Almost horrible hyp-
nosis.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-21

out holding to the belief that the
man is either in the city already
or heading this way. Some officers
expressed belief he would make for
Calexico and the Mexican border
and possibly attempt to cross the
line. Border city officers are on
the lookout too, however.
With a large group of Los An
geles Mexicans already in this area,
police said he might be hiding in
the home of one of them. Officers
here did not know the identity of
the murder victim.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-21
Yank Position in
Solomons Safe

SAN FRANCISCO, March 20
CUPD-Mai. Gen. Alexander Archer
Vandergrift, commander of the
Marine task force in the southern
Solomons said today the American
hold on Guadalcanal was quite
safe"
Vandergrift doubted that the
japanese would dare run the risk of
another military or naval disaster
by attempting to retake Guadal-
canal, now securely in the control
of the U, S. army and navy.
Conquest of Guadalcanal mot only
upset the Jap timetable, but COM
pletely stopped it," Vandergrift said.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-21

tar were pusy Consolidating their
positions, but there appeared little
doubt that the Allies were ready
to strike again as soon as the wealth
Ell clears.
The German nervousness did not
seem to be confined to worry about
any single front. Instead, it was
generally trepiIation over the en-
tire outcome OF the war.
ADMITS INFERIORITY
1t was typiIied by the signally
significant declaration of DR.. JOS
eph Goebbels in Das Reich, where
in for the first time since some
years before the outbreak of the
war the No. Nazi propagandist
conceded that Germans no longer
hold first place in air power and
admitted Allied superiority in that
vital factor of modern warfare.
Indications that the Nazis-prob-
ablT at Hitler's personal bidding
now place the chief reliance for
defending themselves from the AL
lied offensive upon submarines also
was implied by Goebbels, who at
tempted to assert that Nazi domi-
nance in submarine warfare balanc-
ed Allied air superiority.
FORGET TUNISIA
The strain of Nazi nervousness is
cropping out constantly in German
propaganda. 1t is notable that the
Nazis never have indicated to the
home folk any hopes of permanent
ly defending Tunisia.
1t also is noteworthy that they
have not beaten the drums, as on
former occasions, in connection with
their recapture of Kharkov. They
also have betrayed lack of conf
dence in holding off the Allied in
vasion of western Europe with re-
reated inspections of their western
sea forts and warnings to the popu-
lations of occupied countries of
what they will do to them when, as,
and if the Allies land.
The threat of U-boatS to the AL
lied sea lanes was emphasized by
a special German communique
claiming the sinking of 80 ships
totalling 100000 tons, and an es-
corting destroyer out of fully
laden, east-bound Allied convoy in
the North Atlantic.
The air war has virtually died
cut temporarily, presumably be-
cause of inclement weather.
On the Russian front, spring
thaws and mud generally were SLOW
ing down operations on all fronts
The Nazis were still trying vigor-
ouSly to cross the Upper Donets
river below Kharkov, but the Rus
slams claimed to be holding them
off. In the Smolensk area, the Rus
slams apparently were making a
little progress, but it looked as
though the campaign may flicker
out.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-21

later today to permit adjournment
OF the special session. A temporary
measure also was planned to permit
the unified setup to get underway
Immediately through the state de-
partment of agriculture.
VOTES 1910
Following questioning on the as
Sembly floor, the lower house voted
73 to 0.
The assembly agriculture and fin
ance committees gave quick and
unanimous approval of the measure
and argument began on the assem-
bly, floor at noon. There was over
whelming support for the measure
among legislators, although minor
details caused discussion.
Gov. Earl Warren called the spe-
cial session to enact the California
food and fiber production act" He
promised his signature on the bill
SPONSORS BILL
Assemblyman Harvey Hastain, I'M
perial county, and members of the
a SIS e m bly agriculture committee.
sponsored the bill, although it was
introduced in the senate as we'll
by group of senators headed by
George Hatfield, jr., Me.ced- MADEIRA
counties. ..-. ss-.,..4
Hastain declared the bill "is not
designed for the particular advance
ment of the farmer, but rather it is
a request from farming interests to
help in this period of emergency
The bill is designed to produce more
food"
WILL FEED MORE PEOPLE
III we produce more food by CO.
ordination and the best use of our
labor, we will succeed in feeding
our people," he said
Hastain explained the act would
empower the governor to appoint
seven men from varied agricultural
interests, with a farm production
director also named by the governor
and receiving not more than $4,000
per year.
Augustus Hawkins, D., Los An
geles, objected to the council being
all farmers, to which HaStain re-
piled they were the most familiar
with farm labor and production.
Hawkins declared labor organiza-
tionS should be represented and that
the bill should offer some incentive
for workers to leave industry and go
back to the farm.
SUFFER HUGE LOSS
1t was brought out that Califor-
mia farmers suffered a S25 900 10000
crop loss last year through shortage
of labor, wastage, inadequate trans
portation and other factors.
When it appeared the assembly
argument would continue through
/ Continued on Page 6, Col -
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-21
Bill to Include Labor
Cost in Parity Passes

WASHINGTON, March 20 (UP)-
Jubilant congressional farm bloc
leaders today predicted that only a
presidential veto could block their
first major objective-inclusion of
labor costs in parity computations.
Farm senators predicted speedy
senate approval of the Pace bill,
passed by an overwhelming voice
vote in the house yesterday.
A small group of farm congress-
men, headed by Rep. Everett Dirk
sen, r., ILL.,, warned that enactment
of the Pace bill would start an un-
stoppable inflationary spiral" While
supporters of the measure contend.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-21
LEGISLATORS HURRY FARM LABOR ACT
Nazis Lose 10000
Planes in Year

LONDON, March 20 CUP) -
Russian dispatches reported to-
day that the German air force
lost 10000 planes during the
first year of the Russian war
and declared that the quality
of German airmen has de-
Perforated.
Describing staggering" Ger
man air losses, the Moscow
publication Soviet War News"
said the Luftwaf."e lost 5000
aircraft between May Is and
July Is, 1912, and 1000 i'm the
three months Gf the present
Russian offensive.