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Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-24
u. S. Planes Hit
At Rocket Area

channel shelling. A recheck indicat-
ed that starshells or flareshells was
meant
The British war office announced
that British long range guns on the
southeast coast fired approximately
80 rounds in a "a minute lombard
ment of enemy shipping in the Dov-
er straits during the night, but did
not mention any retaliatory fire.
Results of the action were not
available, the war office said.
The cross-channel bombardment
came on the heels of a 96 hour
Anglo aerial offensive
against the French rocket coast"
opposite England in what many air
experts believed was an attempt
to smash German rocket gun en-
placements.
British bombers rounded out the
series of attacks with a raid late
yesterday on a camp of huts near
Merlimont, just south of EtapleS
on the rocket coast" and two near
by railway functions.
German propaganda authorities
have been putting out reports
through neutral sources for some
time threatening to deyastate Eng
land and particularly London with
a barrage of rocket shells or bombs
from the French coast.
The RAF predawn raid on Ber-
lin put the offensive against the
German capital back in high gear.
The Nazi Paris radio described
the attack as particularly violent" !"
while the controlled Oslo station
called it a terror raid" in which
small residential areas and work.
ing class districts were hit hard,
the usual German propaganda
claim.
The Paris announcer indicated
that the Germans intended to use
the raid, coming less than "a hours
before Christmas, as further
excuse to try and perhaps execute
British and American airmen for
what the Nazis called violation of
international law in bombing resi-
Dental areas.
mo words can describe the feel
ings in the hearts of men at this
new crime, which calls for punish
ment," the broadcaster said.
The raid thus served notice to
Germany that neither the threat
of reprisals nor the approach of
Christmas will delay attacks that
will help shorten the war.
1t was the 9th raid of the war
on Berlin and boosted to approxi-
mately 1000 tons the weight of
explosives dropped on the German
capital since the start of the cur
rent offensive Nov. 18.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-24

Continued from page II
he asked the un;onS to let him
arbitrate because "the war cannot
wait" His offer was accepted by
the Brotherhood of Railway Train
men and the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers, with an aggregate
membership of about 100000 of the
$4,000 in the operating group. But
the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen and Enginemen, the Order
of Railway Conductors and the
Switchmen'S union rejected it.
1t was understood that the hold
outs objected to the presidents
arbitration proposal because they
already had rejected a carriers Of
fer based on formula suggested
by Mr.. Roosevelt. That formula
held that the unions could receive
no more in straight-time raises than
the four four cents an hour award
ed by an emergency board and pro-
posed an additional four cents an
hour as overtime compensation and
away-from-home expenses. The un-
ions had asked eight cents an hour
plus time and half after 40 hours
for yardmen and full payment of
away-from-home expenses for en-
ployeS paid on a mileage basis.
After he was notified of the oper-
ating brotherhoods' decisions, the
president summoned the non-oper-
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-24
RAMBLING REPORTER
(Continued from page II

Continued from page II
c. Pinell home lang and rang.
Pinnell fumbled his way to the
telephone.
Hello he yawned. A woman
began to sob..
You're a good man." said the
woman with tears and sobs choking
her voice, please give my poor
baby home. You're tender
hearted. Bless you. Take care of
my baby. I left my baby on your
front porch" Still sobbing she
hung up.
Pinnell found big box on his
front step. Trembling like leaf
and his. heart aching for the aban-
doned child, he tore open the box.
Inside was little white bantam
rooster. The bantam speared Pin
nell with a beady eye and crowed
Justify.
In the box along with the midget
barnyard bird was a tear stained
note. The note was signed "A
Hearth broken Mother"
THAT old hens baby is going to
get et,' Pinnell said Friday, "if it
crows again at a. m"
Don't worry. That old hens baby
is safe. In less than two days the
runty rooster will be cock of the
walk at the Pinnell home. Pinnell
didn't get his nickname Uncle
Brother" for nothing. Uncle Brother
will be manicuring the ROSTERS
spurs and teaching it to crow "The
Beer Barrel Polka"
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-24
Two RdiI Units
To Void Strike

ating union leaders and presented
them the same arbitration PROPOSE
ton. The union chiefs neither ac-
cepted nor rejected it and asked
that they talk about a wage settle
ment instead.
They told the president they
would accept the sliding scale of
increases, ranging from four to
10 cents, which VinSon had pro-
posed, if they would be granted
overtime pay as a straight wage in
crease of six cents an hour instead
of time and a half for hours in
excess of 40.
The unions had rejected the slid
ing scale and had long insisted on
straight time increases of eight
cents an hour awarded last May
by an emergency board Vinson ve-
toed that award and a second board
recommended the graduated scale in
conformance with his views.
The unions proposed the over
time formula to safeguard them
against reduced earnings resulting
from a possible reduction in work.
ing hours. If they should surrender
their proposal in exchange for the
standard practice in other indus
tries-premium pay for hours in
excess of 40-they presumably
would ask guaranteed 48 hour
week.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-24
EI Cenfran Named
On Date Board

Mrs, S. NJ. Harris of Ell Centro
Friday was named as one of the
alternates on a program committee
for date proration in zone No. l.
The committee and alternates
were appointed by State Agricul-
tural Director w. j. Cecil in order
to allow formulation of a date pro-
rate program if desired by the in
dustry.
Zone No. l includes Imperial and
Inyo counties and portions of San
Bernardino, Riverside, and San
Diego counties.
Members of the committee are T.
R. Brown, Thermal; w. w. Cook,
Indio, Kenneth Peck, Coachella;
Robbins Russell, Thermal; H. L.
Cavanagh, Indio; D. B. Alexander,
Mecca, and R. S. Dillman, Bard.
Alternates are Ted Carlson. Indio:
Henry H. Middleton, Thermal; D
H. Mitchell, Indio D. E. Jayne,
Mecca; Joseph Bedwell, Indio; Geo.
Gonzales. Jr., Indio; and Mrs. S. M.
Harris, El Centro.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-24
Executive Tells
Of Rocket Gun

SEATTLE, Dec. "a (UP)-One of
the most complete reports on Ger
many's latest desperate attempt TO
develop a counter weapon to the
Flying Fortress was made in Seattle
Friday by Wellwood Beall, vice.
president in charge of engineering
at the Boeing Aircraft Company
plant.
Beall, returning to his Seattle
office after a trip across the At
lantic six weeks ago to study his
company's vital product in action,
said Germany's rocket carrying
planes were duck soup" for Ameri-
can gunnerS.
He said the rocket packs the wal
lop of l5-inch shell, spreads into
flying pieces of shrapnel like a
banana peelings" when it explodes
-"and those hurtling pieces of
metal are murder for any bomber
they hit"
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-24
R'.ATl!o'!f,| ! ! | J! ]
|sALE!|NDAlKS {: !

SHOES
Ration Book l, Stamp 18, good
indefinitely for one pair rationed
shoes; Ration Book 3, airplane
stamp /, good indefinitely for one
pair of shoes.
MEAT, BUTTER, CHEESE, OILS
Ration book 3, brown stamps, L.,
M, N, o, P, @, good t. rough Jan. l.,
1914.
SUGAR
Ration Book q, stamp %, good
for five pounds of sugar through
Jan. Is, 1914.
CANNED GOODS
Book 4, green stamps ID, E. F,
good through Jan. 20.
MEAT, BUTTER, CHEESE, OILS
Ration book 3, brown stamps,
l., NJ, n, P, @, good through
Jan. l, 1914.
GASOLINE
Coupon 9, A book, good for three
gallons through Jan. 81, 1914.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-24
SUES FOR DIVORCE

Dorothy Alice Peacock Thursday
sued Fred Peacock for divorce, al
leging extreme cruelty.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-24

Continued from page u
unofficial reports that the Germans
had mounted their secret weap-
on a rocket gun for bombing Lon
don and other detectives in Britain.
The Royal air force, catcing the
Germans off guard by a late night
start, broke weeks lull in the
bombardment of Berlin with an
attack in force which sent smoke
towering 10000 feet over the heart
of Nazidom.
London newspapers seized on a
Nazi broadcast misinterpreted to
mean that German rocket guns on
the French coast, long heralded as
a secret weapon" had fired across
the channel for the first time.
The British Broadcasting corpor-
alton translated a German use of
the word "lichtgranaten" as mean
ing that rockets were used in trans
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-24
ShopIifting Mars
Holiday Trade

With the Christmas season and
the rush of shopping customers
and harried clerks, shop lifting
ranging from petty theftS to larger
items of merchandise caused the
retail stores and police considerable
trouble the past week in Ell Centro
Friday morning two women ap-
peared in Judge Lee Nuffer's police
court and were found guilty of shop
lifting over 500 in merchandising
from the M. o. King store and the
j. c. Penney co. store.
The two women, Rosa Viveras
Roa, 26, and Alicia Badilla, 26, were
arrested after being identified by
M. o. King as having attempted
to take a fur coat valued at $149.
Two otner coats were missing and
they were located when A. Ivory
Dudley, Negro, operator of shoe
shine parlor on Main ST., turned
over to police two packages that
were left by the women at his place
Wednesday, The contents were
left by the women at his place
wednesday. Inc COIlUeIlUS were
identified as belonging to the King
and Penny stores and in box with
false hinged lid was found one
of the missing coats.
The women, whose sentence will
be pronounced Monday, had a
false box, Christmas wrapped, that
had a hinged lid that permitted
deftly stuffing of stolen merchan-
disc.
The manager at Newberry's store
reported that he had chased and
caught man who had lifted sew
eral rings from tie counters in his
store. The man gave up the rings
but also handed the manager the
slip as he was towing him to the
police station.
Also appearing before the court
were Geo. v. Waltrip, 35. and Ed
gar D. Oliver, so, charged with
drunkenness and mooching. They
were meted out an 18-day sentence
after they pied guilty.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-24
DRAWS FINE

Curt Effler of the CaleXico Cot
ton Products Co, recently was fined
1925 and ordered to serve 25 days in
Jail after he pleaded guilty to five
counts of violating the state furni-
ture and bedding act.
The Jail sentence was suspended
and Effler was placed on probation
for two years, records in Judge
Thomas Anderson's court in CAL
eXico show.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-24
CREDITS CHEWING TOBACCO

STEUBENVILLE, O., Dec "a CUP
Chewing tobacco for fertilizer is
the recommendation of w. G. Cole
man. Coleman grew forget-me-nots
six feet high and cosmos seven feet
high, attributing their size to the
used guilds of tobacco propelled into
the flower pots.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-24
CITY DRIVES ON RATS

SILVERTON, Ore, Dec. "a (UP)
The city of Silverton has begun
campaign to rid itself of rats. Free
poison will be furnished citizens and
town officials are placing the bait
themselves.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-24
HOME BURGLARIZED

The home cf Bob Durdan. Cal
exico barber. was burglarized OF
81 900 in bonds, jewelry and large
quantity of clothing and househoio
furnishings, Sheriff Robert w. ware
was told Friday. -
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-24
PEANUT YIELD DOWN

SAN SABA, Tex, Dec. "a tUP)-
Fewer peanuts will bring more
money to gre WerS in San Saba
county this year According to w.
T Vogel, local buyer for the Pea
nut Growers Association, the pea
nut yield is only 76 per cent of last
year, but it will bring growers some
25 per cent more return.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-24

mot bad," said Col. Paul E.
Howe, above, as he sampled
meat and vegetable stew from
cold &C" rations at Coli, Italy.
Nutrition chief of surgeon gen.
erals office, he's on inspection
tour of Army messes.
Evening star., 1943-12-09
Try

Avocado Chicken Casserole"
helps your rationed canned soup
do double duty by making it
supply the f1avoring for cooked
spaghetti. Add cubed chicken
remnants and cubed avocado to
give your casserole plenty of ap-
petite appeal for a wartime sup
per for friend. avocado entrees
of this type should never be sub
jected to high cooking tempera-
ture) They are merely warmed
instead, and used to stretch meat,
poultry, or sea food into more
generous servings.
AVOCADO CHICKEN
CASSEROLE.
cup avocado cubes.
ia cups concentrated celery
soup.
3 cups cooked spaghetti
u cup finely cut pimiento or
chopped green sweet pepper.
2 tablespoons butter or sub
stitute.
y teaspoon salt.
IL cups diced cooked chicken.
"a cup grated cheese.
Paprika.
To prepare avocado, cut into
halves lengthWise and remove
seed and skin. Cut fruit into
cubes. Heat soup over hot water;
, add cooked spaghetti, pimiento
or green pepper, butter or substi-
tute, salt, and chicken and stir
lightly. Allow to heat to desired
point. then add fruit cubes,
stirring only sufficiently to dis
tribute the avocado. Pour into
a buttered casserole. sprinkle
with cheese and paprika, and
place beneath broiler heat for
not longer than 3 minutes to
allow cheese to melt. Serve i'm
mediately.
Cervec
Evening star., 1943-12-09
Christmas
Pudding

Christmas pudding with a smooth,
melting sauce using Tokay wine
/. this is delightful combination
to climax the most festive Of all
holiday menus. And for the ration
point hostess this robust
dessert proves popular and eco
nomical choice.
Holiday pudding not only has full
bodied flavor to recommend it but
also shortening economy. For in
stead of butter its recipe calls for
suet which costs only three points a
pound And during these busy holi-
days OF entertaining every hostess
knows what a blessing a butter
saving recipe can be. Sugar
power, too, is an added attraction to
Christmas pudding. SWeetened with
molasses and the natural sugar of
raisins, the pudding also contains
the richness of native Tokay wine.
Such use of dessert wine is a boon
to the carefully watched sugar bowl
and key to some of the best Of
f1avoring secrets.
CHRISTMAS PUDDING.
Series 10 or ~
! cup chopped suet.
/ cup molasses.
! cup sweet milk.
l cup sour cream.
! egg, beaten.
2la cups all-purpose -four.
l teaspoon soda.
p teaspoon salt
l teaspoon cinnamon.
y teaspoon ground cloves.
l cup raisins.
l cup nutmeats.
4 cup Tokay, Port or Muscatel.
Combine suet, molasses, sweet
milk, sour cream and beaten egg.
Sift together 2 cups -four with soda
salt, cinnamon and ground cloves.
Combine the two mixtures Stir in
raisins and nutmeats which have
been mixed with remaining II cup
flour. Turn into pudding mold or
tightly closed pan which has been
creased and Toured Place on a
rack in a large pan partly filled with
water and steam 2 hours. Unmold
the pudding and pour the wine over
it. Serve at once or wrap in a cloth
and store in cool place until served
Tokay Sause:
4 cup butter or butter substitute
q cup confectioner's sugar.
a cup Tokay, Port or Muscitel.
Il teaspoon ground nutmeg.
Salt.
Cream butter until light and fluffy
Blend in the sugar gradually. Add
the wine and stir until smooth. Add
nutmeg and salt to taste. Serve
with Christmas pudding.
Evening star., 1943-12-09
Economy Crown Roast

Reminiscent of the Three Kings.
crown roasts are appropriate for
christmas time. If meat points are
low but a specially festive dinner is
desired during the holidays, lamb
breast crown may be planned by the
homemaker who has desire to
serve something new and different.
The crown is fashioned from meat
which is usually among the cuts
lowest in point value and econom-
lcal in price. 1t may be made by the
homemaker herself If her market
man hasn't time to make it for her.
Filled with zestful rice and pork
stuff1ng. it is extremely tasty and
satisfying fare. The whole dish is
surprisingly easy to prepare.
STUFFED GROWN OF LAMB.
2 lamb breasts.
Salt and pepper.
Water.
Have meat retailer remove breast
bones from lamb breasts. Trim
edges to make rectangular pieces.
Fold lean sides of both breasts at
right angles to rib section to make
bottom in the crown. Sew Sec
tons together with the ribs on the
outside. Season with salt and pep
per. Fill with rice stuffing. Place
on rack in roasting pan over hot
water to cover bottom of pan.
Cover and cook in a moderate oven
600 degrees F) about Ia hours.
Remove cover and continue cooking
for one hour until meat is tender and
Drowned.
Remove crown to hot platter.
Add enough water to the LIQUID in
pan to make 2 cups. Mix table
spoons Of flour with one-half cup
cold water. Add to hot LIQUID, sea-
son with l tablespoon of worcester
shire sauce and additional salt and
pepper, if necessary. Cook gravy,
stirring constantly, until thick and
smooth. Garnish with cranberry
Jelly Christmas trees. Serves 6 to 8.
RICE STUFFING.
! cup uncooked rice.
p pound bulk pork sausage.
2 tablespoons grated onion.
2 tablespoons chopped parsley.
Evening star., 1943-12-09

small onions, ! cup celery, I green
pepper cup mushrooms (6-ounce
cam, or fresh.
Chop above fine saute in 6 table
spoons butter tor part vegetable
shortening) until tender. Use liquid
from canned mushrooms or enough
water to keep from sticking to pan
Sprinkle tablespoons flour over
and mix. Add 2 cups milk and
bring to a boil. Cook until thick,
and add one four-ounce package
of dried beef chopped fine Serve
on chow mein noodles, toast or hot
biscuits. (Serves 6. Grand for a
luncheon or even a light dinner
Has a most tantalizing favor
Mrs. V. T. B., The Plains, Va.
tonight asks for date recipes with
out shortening. The following has
! tablespoon fat and is very good
Date Cake: Il pound or cup dates
cut fine li7 PACKAGE. l teaspoon
soda sprinkled on dates, 1ls cup
boiling water over dates and soda
Mix above with the following:
egg, beaten; l cup sugar pinch Of
salt, l tablespoon melted butter
Ia cups flour, l teaspoon baking
powder, Il cup choppNl nut meats
Bake in one layer shallow pan, In
moderate 1925 degrees oven. Bat
ter very thin.
Filling: y pound dates cut fine
l cup sugar, a cup boiling water
Boil until thick, careful not to burn
Take from fire and add Il cup
chopped nuts. When slightly cool
spread on cake. Serve plain or with
whipped cream. Very rich, but
good.
Evening star., 1943-12-09
FRUIT CAKE,
ARTICHOKE PICKLES;
PORK CHOPS
fThdnkS to Mrs. T. L. W, Jr.,
Arlington.)

fThdnkS to Mrs. T. L. W., Jr.,
Arlington.)
have gotten SO many delicious
recipes from the Readers Clearing
House that l want to contribute
two which I think are special" The
first is for fruit cake of an old
fashioned kind. used by an old
Charleston, S. C. family for years
1t is very rich and keeps beauti-
fully. Here is the recipe:
One and one-half pounds seedless
ralsins, IL pounds currents, q
pound citron, IL pounds seeded
ralslns, = pound butter, y pound
sugar, 6 eggs, l nutmeg, l. pound
flour, plus l pint for Touring fruit,
10 ounces grape juice
The raisins must be separated, cit
ron cut fine, and currents washed
and dried thoroughly in sun or
nearly cold oven Of course, the fruit
must be Toured we'll.
Cream butter and sugar together.
Add eggs one at a time, beating
we'll after each addition. Add flour
and Toured fruit alternately, putting
IN grape juice as mixture gets stiff
Nutmeg (Whole) is grated into mix
ture. Line large round pan with or
without tube, with two thicknesses
OF brown wrapping paper on sides
and four thicknesses on the bot
tom. Have oven at $50 degrees. put
cake in and let stay 10 or Is
minutes, then reduce heat to $50 de-
grees. Bake for two hours, then in
crease heat to 275 degrees and bake
half an hour longer. Turn off heat.
Let cake stay in oven till oven is
cold. This is important. Ice with
boiled icing if desired. We usually
like to pour brandy through the
cake a week or so after it is baked.
Here is another recipe which
got out Of the Boston Cook Book
and which my family likes ever so
much. 1t is just a different way to
fix pork chops and is almost a meal
in itself:
Grease a baking dish and for each
serving desired put in one pork
chop, salted and peppered. On the
top of each chop, put l tablespoon
of raw rice and sliced onions. Repeat
in layers if necessary and over the
whole pour can of tomatoes. Bake
at $50 degrees for one hour.
Do any of your readers have a
recipe for artichoke pickles whole?
If so, I'd appreciate one, as I have
tried to find for long time.
CHINESE RECIPE;
SALMON DISH.
requested By Mrs. w. F. NJ,
Washington
First let me say how much have
enjoyed your column, l think it is
grand
have been wondering if anyone
could give me a Chinese recipe call
ed "one tun" or "Wun tun" with
Chinese roast pork; also how the
Chinese cook +heir roast pork. 1t
is simply delicious.
Then would like to submit a re-
Evening star., 1943-12-09
Report to the Housewife

OF the trunk diagonally an inch
above the original cut end. Keep
the water in the container above the
cut surface during the entire time
the tree Is in the house. Food
experts predict that in the future
mince pie, ripe olives baby food,
sugar beet greens and packaged
eggs will be some of the foods COM
ing out Of freezer lockers or selling
from the grocer's frozen cabinets.
Better Homes and Gardens
magazine recommends dipping slip
covers, when washing them, in a
very thin starch to restore that
new" look and finish. They'll shed
dirt better, too. Using a special
window cleaning fluid on glass
topped tables, mirrors and lucite ar
ticles leaves them sparkling-with
no elbow grease needed.
Evening star., 1943-12-09
Apple Coffee
Cake

A 4-star dish for the holidays
is this apple coffee cake la Mary
land. For breakfast, for lunch or
as dinner dessert 1t is equally
delicious. 1t has the added war
time virtue Of reheating beauti-
fully, If not entirely consumed at
one meal. 1t should be served warm
or hot to be at It's luscious best.
Ia cups water.
n cup shortening.
u cup sugar.
teaspoon salt.
2 eggs, well-beaten.
yeast cake.
u cup lukeWarm water.
6-6iz cups sifted -four.
Tart apples.
y cup margarine, melted.
q cup sugar.
l teaspoon cinnamon.
y cup finely chopped nut meats.
u cup raisins.
4 tablespoons molasses.
Boil water and shortening to-
gether 10 minutes. Cool. Soften
yeast in y cup lukewarm water and
add to shortening mixture. Add
sugar, salt and well-beaten eggs.
Add flour, beating at first with
spoon, then working it in by hand.
Mix well. Turn dough into WELL
creased bowl and let rise until it
has doubled its bulk Cut down,
then cut dough into pieces the size
OF walnut, fatten out and cover
with small pieces of apple. making
a ball. Roll each in butter, then
in sugar, cinnamon and nut mix.
Place one layer of balls in a WE'LL
creased deep 9-inch tube pan so
that they barely touch. Sprinkle
with raisins. Add another layer of
the apple balls. Sprinkle with more
raisins. Cover and let rise until
light about so minutes. Bake As
so minutes at 375 F. Loosen in pan
with spatula, and invert pan so
sugar runs down over it. If you
like nice glaze. place tablespoons
of molasses in the bottom of pan,
before placing first row of apple
balls. Serve warm, with coffee.