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Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-21

Thompson, judge OF the juvenile
court, who accepted it and immed-
lately began working on plan to
fill the vacancy left by Nances
resignation as head of the depart
ment. Nance's resignation will be-
come effective July l.
THOMPSON LETTER
His letter to Judge Thompson
said:
Il hereby tender you my resigna-
ton as chief probation officer of
this county, the same to take effect
as of July /, 1943.
please accept my deep gratitude
for your many courteSies during the
time 1 have been employed under
you. Please also express to the pro-
baton committee M gratitude to
them for their past and present re-
lationS."
In explanation of his action,
Nance said:
The above action was taken be-
cause of my state of health. After
more than 10 years of active service,
Continued on Page s, Col. g.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-21
Tommy Disc|oses
9Th Choice Picked

NEW YORK, June 81. (UP)-
Right in the middle of the war and
the nationwide coal strike, Tommy
Manville announced today that he
will take his seventh bride in just
about the time it takes to establish
a Nevada residence.
The current favorite-just half
Tommy's age-is 24-year-old Jane
Weeks, honey-haired movie star
let.
There's only one hitch. Miss
Weeks California divoice from Ed
ward Come, Hollywood press agent,
is not final until February. Manville
said however, that he and Miss
Weeks might hit the trail to Reno
very soon and get married after her
six weeks of residence necessary for
a Nevada divorce.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-21

dollars and bonds of this issue like
wise bear interest at three and a
fourth per cent. All bonds are due
on Jan. l, 1888 but are callable as
early as Jan. l, 1948
Following the action of the board
the California securities was asked
to approve the deal and Evan
Hewes, district president, expressed
belief such action would be taken
by the commission at an early date.
The district board received au-
thirty to sell the bonds and with
funds derived from the sale pur-
chase all outstanding bonds and
warrants at a recent election. AS
outstanding certificates bear COM
bined interest rate considerably
higher than that provided for the
new bonds, district taxpayers will
save more than three and half
million dollars in interest savings.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-21

man war prOductlOn center OF fTled-
richshafen Sunday night.
Coastal observers said the planes
roared over in waves to strike new
blows at the continent. Tentative
indications were that the daylight
fleet included bombers.
Possibly foreshadowing an inten-
sification of the aerial campaign
against western Europe, Belgian
sources in London said America
md Britain had notified Belgium's
exiled government of an imminent
and systematic bombing drive
against Belgian war plants pro-
ucing for the Nazis.
SWISS DISPATCHES
Swiss and Nazi sources reported
attacks on the southwestern corner
of the Reich. The Swiss dispatches
aid billoWing fires were seen and
huge explosions heard in Switzer-
land in what appeared to be con-
centrated bombardment of Fried
richshafen, key Nazi war produc-
ton center.
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's
headquarters in North Africa an
nounced that medium bomberS had
smashed again at Axis airdromeS
IN the battered Italian outpost Ct
Sicily, shooting down 16 planes and
losing only five for a Sunday score
# better than 3 to l.
Marauder medium bombers es-
corted by Lightning fighters attack
ed the Castelvetrano, Borizzo, and
Milo airdromes in western Sicily,
carrying on the offensive which has
hit the big island off the tip Of
Italy regularly for more than
week.
The raiders scored bomb hits on
barracks, administration buildings
and grounded planes at Castelvetra-
no in southwestern Sicily, while at
BorizZo and Milo near Trapani, dis
persal areas were blasted.
The day assault followed a block
Continued on Page 8, Col -
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-21
House Passes and
Sends on War Bill

WASHINGTON, June 81. CUP)-
The House today passed and sent
to the Senate the largest appropria-
ton bill in congressional history
giving the Army $71,51O, ,438,873 with
which to wage an offensive war in
the coming II months.
Action on what the army termed
its decisive" war budget was TAX
EN- by unanimous roll call vote
345 to 0. Not single significant
item of the sum recommended by
the House appropriations commit
tee was deleted by the chamber.
Despite the huge total, there was
less controversy on the army's ap-
preparation than on any big meas
tire this session.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-21
100 Firms in |. Y.
Sian Under Plan

Managers of more than 100 es-
sential business firms in Imperial
Valley have signed up for partici-
patton in the federal governments
new availability plan since details
concerning the operation of the pro-
gram were explained at meeting
in Ell Centre Thursday night, it
was revealed Monday.
Tom Finney, county director of
the us. Employment Service, said
in addition to signed cards scores
of others have been taken out by
employers indicating that the num-
ber of participants will soon swell
greatly.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-21
Thousands Die in
Turkish Tremb!or

LONDON, June 81 (UP)-An esti-
mated 1000 persons were killed and
another 1000 injured last night
when two sharp earth shocks rocked
northwestern Anatolia, Turkey, the
German DNB news agency reported
in Berlin broadcast today.
Adapazari, a town of $4,000 some
rs miles east of Istanbul, was said
to have been almost wiped out and
communications between Istanbul
and Ankara were severed. Geyve, a
town of $4,000, suffered severe
damage.
The Ankara express, which left
Istanbul last night, was held up en-
route and rescue trains were dis
patched from both cities.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-21


for permanent operations of the
mines'-seized by the government
last May was started "in the
event it should be needed" The
discussion was started even before
today's general strike of $4,000
hard and soft coal operators-th
third coal strike in two months.
NO DECISION
The spokesman indicated no de-
ciSion has yet been reached. 1t had
been hoped that Stttlement could
be reached which would permit the
government to turn the mines back
to the operators. This now seems
unlikely.
The spokesman also indicated
that Ickes. in his role of govern
ment manager of the mines, is
awaiting signal from the White
House or the War Labor Board
before he acts in the present crisis.
In the past the WLB. which on
Friday rejected United Mine Work.
ers' debands for pay increases, has
referred Stalemated labor disputes
directly to President Roosevelt. The
spokesman said there was nothing
to indicate the board would vary
its procedure this time.
UNIV President John L. Lewis
and the unions international policy
committee said, in rejecting a WLB
settlement of the months-old wage
controversy between miners and op-
orators, that the UNIV membership
would work and continue the pro-
duction of coal for the govern
ment."
CONFERS WITH AIDES
Ickes, meanwhile, conferred with
his coal administration aides. Un-
derSecretary of Interior Abe For
tas and Assistant Secretary Mich
ael Strauss was closeted for some
Continued on Page 6, Col. q
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-21

authorizing the sale OF the DOndS
to the ,Blyth and company, Inc. and
the Kaiser and company, San Fran
cisco bond firms.
OF such proportion was the sale
that SIS separate bond firms Joined
in the purchase. The entire deal,
however, was negotiated by the
Blyth and Kaiser firms, members of
which spent more than year work.
ing out details.
Present at the directors session
were Leland Kaiser, head of the
Kaiser firm, John Inglis of the Blyth
concern and Francis McComb, also
an employe of the Blyth company.
Largest block of bonds involved
in the deal amounted to $8,555,00
Bonds of this issue bear interest
at the rate of three and a half
per cent. Another block was for
$4,260,000 with an interest rate of
three and a fourth per cent. The
third block amounted to one million
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-21
IN BRIEF
By UNITED PRESS =

EUROPE-Swiss sources report heavy bombing attack
on Fredrchshafen German zeppelin base and center,
while Nazis acknowledge raids on southwest and north
Germany.
AFRICA-Aes bomb three Sicilian airdromes after
heavy raids by American and British bombers key lal
ian targets in Sicily and on the mainland
RUSSIA-Russians report destruction of 276 German
planes last week. raising sevenweek bag than 5000
Nazs they repulsed Soviet attacks in strength
northwest of KharkOv north Ore on central front and
in northwest Caucasus
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC-Strongest Spitfire fighter
force ever thrown into defense of Australia destroys
damages 22 OF 48 Japanese planes trying to raid Darwin
only two Spitfires lost.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-21
GOVT CONSIDERS DURATION Mine CONTROL
Warren Warns Of
Cal Pearl Harbor

be placed under the jurisdiction of
the army or the Federal Bureau of
Investigation. He emphasized his
was not IAN appeal to race hatred,
but an appeal for safety"
we are now producing approxi-
mately half of the ships and air.
planes of the country on the Pacific
coast" Warren said. ITO cripple
these industries would be a body
blow to the war effort. We don't
want a second Pearl Harbor in
California"
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-21
=. AMBL'Ne
n EpoR1ER

In Reserve
Mrs. Marie jenkins was driving
toward Ell Centro Sunday night aft
er trip to San Diego. She was
enjoying the trip through the
mountains and wished she had some
one along to enjoy it with her.
AS she passed Mountain Springs,
she noticed something was wrong
with the car. The car kept going
faster and faster down the grade
no matter how she jammed on the
brakes.
MY goodness" she thought at
last, my brakes are gone. What
in the world shall l do?" The car
kept going faster and faster. She
sped down the grade for 10 miles
before she had a happy thought.
"Oh, l know she said to herself,
"I'l use the emergency brake"
Shes Gull
While home on leave, 1t. Ken
meth GrumbleS remarked to Felix
Lehman:
"Homogenized milk doesn't have
any cream on IL.
Say" said Lehman, my Holstein
cow must be homogenized. Her milk
NEVER has any cream on it.
Anyway II Worked
Don't touch that" Nickie Hell
necke said to his playmates in the
yard at the Heinecke home, be
cause it belongs to my brother"
His parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Heinecke, heard him make the same
remark several times.
why did you tell those children
not to touch your playthings be-
cause they belong to your broth
er?" Heinecke asked his son later
II told them that becarSe I don't
Continued on Page 8, Col d
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-21
New Meat CeiIinq
Prices in Effect

New OpA ceiling prices for beef,
veal, lamb and mutton went tinto
effect in the Ell Centro area Mon
day, ration board officials an
nounced.
The new prices replace ceilings
announced several weeks ago by the
OPA.
Copies OF the price list, which es-
tablished ceilings on such meats as
steaks, roasts, ground beef, lamb
and cutton cuts, were mailed to
dealers by the Ell Centro board
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-21

Recently we have read of the
social experiments in these reloca-
ton centers and the movement
within our government to release
the most of them as harmless to the
security of our home 'front.' Warren
said. But please don't be deceived.
Nc more dangerous step could be
taken"
The vital necessity of civilian de-
fense requires that these Japanese
be kept in the relocation centers,
Warren continued, and they should
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-21

COLUMBUS, O.. June 81 tUP)-
The release of 10000 japanese now
held in relocation centers may lead
to widespread sabotage and a sec
ond Pearl Harbor in California" }"
Gov. Earl Warren of California said
today.
Speaking before the 35th annual
governors conference, Warren said
their release would lead to situa-
ton whereby no one will be able
to tell a saboteur from any other
Jap"
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-21
3rd Coal Strike
Now in Progress
As Workers Quit
Ickes Awaiting Go-Ahead from FDR
Before Acting in Coal Crisis; Little
Fuel for War Furnaces Now Available
BULLETIN

WASHINGTON June 2I. (UP)-Coal Administrator
Harold L. Ickes met today ith John l.. Le0s regarding
the neU strike. The nature of the discussions not
disclosed but said that LeIUis and Ickes COuld
meet again TOMORROW.
WASHINGTON, June 81. (UP)-Coal Administrator
Harold L. ckes and other officials consd
erng establishment of permanent" federal organization
to operate the nations coal mines for the duration of the
it disclosed today spokesman for Ickes said
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-21
District ctAccePts
Bond Sale Bid

The Imperial Irrigation district accepted bid Monday
for the sale of refunding bonds amounting to $13850O0
deal described the Largest single irrigation district
bond sale in the history of the United States"
District directors passed series of five resolutions
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-21
Raid on GiIberts
BY US. Reported

WASHINGTON, June 81 (UP)-Amercan armen
revealed today to have carried out attack
japanese srongholds in the Gilbert Island group last
Friday night hitting Tarawa at the time that another
bomber formation struck Nauru
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-21
Raj Bombs Reich
Near Switzerland
Waves of Planes Return to Continent
After Distant War Production City
Given Blasting; Sicily Hit Again
= BY UNITED PRESS

An unbroken procession Of British planes streamed to-
ward Europe the southeast coast of England for half
hour Monday, carrying by daylight the resumed
air offensive which announced have hit the Ger
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-21
Nance Resigns as
? Probdtion Chief

E. A Nance chief probation officer for Imperial county
than 10 years. Monday resigned head of the
office and accepted proposal that he remain with the de-
partnent as a deputy probation officer.
He handed his formal resignation to Judge Vaughn n
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-21
Major R. Thacker
Gets DIE for His
Pacific Exploits
1t. Gen. George kenney
Writes Wife of &c. Man
Now in Texas About Acts

Major Robert E. Thacker,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Percie
Thacker of Ell Centre, was
awarded the Distinguished
FLYING Cross. the United
States war department announced
Monday.
The award was made in recogni-
ton of his courageous, fearless
service to his combat organization,
his fellow American airmen, his
country, his home, and to you," 1t.
Gen. George c. Kenney, wrote Ma
jor Thacker's wife in announcing
the award.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-21
EXTRAORDINARY
ACHIEVEMENT

Your husband was decorated for
extraordinary achievement while
participating in aerial flights in the
southwest Pacific area from Dec.
8, 194l to Nov. 6, 1912. He took part
in more than 200 hours of recon-
naissance missions over territory
that was continually patroled by
enemy fighter aircraft. These flights
included long-range, single plane re-
connaissance missions over enemy
Continued on Page g. Col. ~
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-21
WEATHER

Maximum Sunday 40, minimum
Monday 72, 5 am. Monday 78, hu-
midity l8; noon Monday lO5, hu-
midity ia; pm. Sun. 104, humid. 13.
BANk DEBTS
Evening star., 1943-05-01
To the People

It should be the business OF every
American to give careful attention
to the speech made last night by
Price Administrator Prentiss Brown.
For unless there is understanding of
the facts that he sets forth and
broad response to the appeal which
he makes, the people of this country
are going to suffer as they have not
suffered in many long year.
Your Government" Mr.. Brown
said, needs your support in this crit
ical hour" That Is both an, appeal
and simple statement of fact. In
our fight against ruinous imitation
we have exhausted the possibilities
of compromise and retreat. Our
backs are to the wall and we must
hold now or accept the disastrous
consequences of failure.
At this particular time the great
pressure against the Governments
stabilization program is coming from
leaders Of organized labor. their basic
Evening star., 1943-05-01

claim being that wages have not kept
pace with living costs. Mr.. Brown
denied that this was true, citing sta
tistics to show that the rise in the
cost Of living had been substantially
exceeded by the average increase in
wages. Averages, as every one knows,
are apt to be misleading. Some
workers have received a great deal;
others have had little if any in
crease. But, taking the country as
a whole, as we must, there is no
evidence to support the charge that
incomes are insufficient to protect
the people against extreme hardship.
There are, and always will be, rela-
tive injustices, but it may be doubted
that any American, working in this
country, is being called upon for any
thing approaching the sacrifices de-
manded of the men we are sending
to the battle fronts.
Conditions at home can be i'm
proved, and Mr.. Brown promised
that his organization now has the
equipment and the experience to do
a better job. The people will expect
that pledge to be kept. In return,
they must do their share. Black
markets cannot survive without the
support Of Mr.. and Mrs. America.
In this matter the question is: Are
you going to support the black
market or your Government? It is
the Government that needs the
SUPPORT.
Evening star., 1943-05-01

the presidency of the Catholic Edu-
cational Press since 1882. He pub
ished history of education in 1914
and has contributed to the Catholic
Encyclopaedia, the Cyclopaedia of
Education and the Encyclopaedia of
Sunday Schools.
Msgr. Mccormick obviously was a
logical choice for the position he
already had demonstrated his capa-
city to fill with distinction. He is the
seventh rector of the university in
the fifty-six years of its existence
and the first of its alumnae to be so
honored. His neighbors in the Dis
trict of Columbia felicitate him and
cordially wish him we'll in the dis
charge of his exacting but congenial
duties.
Evening star., 1943-05-01
THIS AND. THAT.
By Charles E. TraceweH.

tree to tree, until within half an hour
there Is a perfect bedlam of sound.
I. Often enough this Is worrying, indeed,
here will never forget how much it
annoyed him, when first he moved to the
suburbs 13 years ago.
That was in his pre- historic era, before
he was interested in birds!
All the windows would be put down, to
blot out the noise of birds. y
Now they are raised, in order that no
missed
There is nothing more sure in this
world than that the musical taste of
the individual changes, year from year.
This Is true not only of person, but
also of people.
Think how Bizet's Carmen" was re-
garded as failure, or how "Parsifal"
other noise makers, brought into the
audience for the purpose.
Yet today these operas are cherished
the world around.
Listening to the amazingly tunetul
score of Carmen" one wonders how on
earth anybody with ears managed to
think it otherwise than fine, whether
heard for the first time or not. 1t in
corporates the Spanish idiom with the
true flavor (and no wonder, for much
of it was taken from Spanish music
books.
The bird chorus in the morning does
not last long.
Half an hour, at the most. Then it
begins to die down. But while it is
going, it is a merry mingling of all the
bird songs, as the singers wake up and
begin to take their parts in the life of
the day..
A wholesome life it is, too, of eating,
singing, and tending to the age-old duties
of all bird life.
Politics and war are refreshingly alb
sent, in the life of the birds.
Their morning music, followed by
music all day long, is but reflection Of
the natural and decent lives they live.
In man-world of war every 25 years,
the songs Of the birds right in our own
small backyards come as solace and a
warning to us, helping us at the time,
but warning us that unless we can find
a way to end this perennial nonsense, we
will find ourselves come to the same end
as the passenger pigeons, and through
the same means, guns.
After all, nature cannot be as bad as
man has made it,
The morning songs of the birds assure
us of this, and give us the immemorial
hope that if we stop trying to be so
clever, and try more to be decent, we
will end by being true to the best we
know, rather than to our worst.
Evening star., 1943-05-01

All persons who like music should pay
particular attention to the birds, from
now on, for they are the first musicians,
and spring is their time.
Great composers have been lured by
their songs. Musicians not SO great have,
nevertheless, found inspiration in the
songbirds.
Some of our popular song writer's and
singers attribute their first love of music
to listening to the birds, especially in the
springtime.
One of these composers Is Will Handy.
whose "St Louis Blues" is regarded as a
popular classic.
In his amazingly interesting book,
Father of the Blues" published in 194l
by Macmillan, Mr.. Handy has a chapter
entitled "Songbirds and School Days" )"
In this he tells how he listened to the
birds, and could place their notes on the
scale. River steamboat whistles also
taught him something.
Robins, blue jays and many others
sang notes which he kept in his mind.
Even the mooing of COWS meant some
thing to him.
kkk ~
All OF us can get this good musical
education, If we listen to the birds.
Music is, after all, something more
than symphony and concert.
Sometimes "city folk" acquire the idea
that for musical work to be truly
musical, it must be nothing less than a
symphony, concerto or choral work
on the grand scale.
Nothing could be further from the
truth. True music may be as little as
two notes. Many of the themes used in
great symphonies are at bottom, no
more than two notes.
The marvellous opening of Bruckner's
symphony No. 4, or Romantic" is built
entirely on two notes, and B.
With the horn playing these notes, in
front of background Of shimmering
strings, we have one of the most poignant
Of all symphonic introductions Yet many
music lover who rather prides himself
on his knowledge has never heard this
masterpiece.
Now is the appointed time Of the real
bird chorus.
1t begins very early, so one either has
to get up to hear it, or be a light sleeper.
If you live in the suburbs, and want to
be sure of hearing it, set the alarm clock
for dawn, and be certain it is the real
and genuine aurora. The birds know
nothing about daylight saving time. They
have never heard Of clocks, and have
never heard of any changes in time.
They are the true realists.
Beginning very early, with one or two
robin notes, perhaps, or a wood thrush
Gin few days. or maybe sleepy car
dinals cheer" the sounds will swell from
Evening star., 1943-05-01
A Tradition Survives
FROM the Los Angeles Times.

FROM the Los Angeles Times
An estimated $50 Axis submarines have
been sunk or damaged since the wars
start, not few of them by Americans.
On their own account, British submarines
have sunk or damaged 81 Axis warships,
sunk 300 supply vessels and damaged SO
more. Perhaps the most spectacular feat
of the whole war to date was the navy
covered evacuation of Dunkerque, where
335,0O0 British and French troops were
rescued under heavy German ground and
air fire by boats operating under the
protection Of the navy's guns. At Crete,
the English Mediterranean fleet similarly
rescued 16,500 soldiers. From the days
when fighting galleys were rowed into
action by hand, 1t has been war axiom
that the side controlling the sea always
wins. This Is one Of the few traditions
that bids fair to survive In World War II.