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Evening star., 1943-05-02
New Jersey Girl Crowned
Sweet Briar May Queen

BY the Associated Press.
SWEET BRIAR, Va, May AL
though wartime economies effected
a simplifled schedule and ceremonies,
May Day was observed here with
the crowning today of the 36th May
queen at Sweet Briar College. A
dance was held tonight.
Muriel Grymes of East Orange.
N. j., reigned over the festivities.
About 10 girls took part in the
May pageant, directed by Annabelle
Forsch, New York, which bore the
theme of an English country fair.
The 18th annual May Day horse
show, in which 81 girls took part,
was held yesterday. Supper was
served on the lawns of the resi-
dental quadrangle this afternoon,
informal open house gatherings at
the boat house tomorrow will COM
plete the schedule of social events.
Evening star., 1943-05-02
Monroe
From First Page.

turn me upside Gown today not even
nickel would drop out of my
pockets"
Another source said yesterday,
however, that Mr.. Monroe was a
student at West Point in 1918 and
1919, receiving an honorable dis
charge in 1919 following scholastic
difficulties. He later was reappointed
to the Military Academy, but re-
signed in 1920 According to the
same source, he was commissioned
a captain in the Army Specialist Re-
serve in 1929, remaining in the re-
serve until 1887.
Questioned about this Mr.. Monroe
admitted he had at one time been
a cadet at the United States Military
Academy. He refused, however, to
comment further on the subject.
Mr.. Monroe was identified before
the SUBJ committee by Albert Ben
nett Fey, contract representative of
a Rhode Island firm manufacturing
war materials for the Government
as man who had political influence.
Mr.. Fey said he met Mr.. Monroe
at dinner party at 2101 r street
about six months ago and also was
introduced to Army and Navy Off
GERS and Government officials whose
names he did not recall. The sub
committees efforts to find out what
happened at that dinner party were
futile-Mr Monroe and the other
recalcitrant witness before the sub
committee that day = Mrs. Eula
Smith steadfastly refused on the
advice of counsel, they said, to
answer any questions.
Meeting Called Serious.
Instead of gay parties as had been
pictured, Mr.. Monroe said yester-
day, the people who gathered at
2l01 R street did so for the sole
purpose of discussing national prob
lens, such as the food situation,
with view to offering helpful sug-
1eStlOnS TO the Government agencies
concerned.
He admitted the meetings at 2101
r street were attended by "promi-
nent people but he wouldn't name
them.
You wouldn't embarrass a
! friend?" he said Il can't do it
either. And I'm not going to single
out now few of the people who
were there and let the others CO."
When further amplification of
the gathering at 21o1 R street, Mr..
Monroe said:
They were not parties. All we
did was to talk over the general
situation with respect to national
problems and exchange ideas as to
Evening star., 1943-05-02
Giraud Asks Worker,
To Put Everything
Into War Effort
Promises Restoration
Of Labor Liberties
And EARLY Victory
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ALGIERS, May 1.-Gen. Henri
Giraud called On French workers in
a May Day address tonight to put
everything into the war effort and
he promised them restoration of la
Dor liberties and an early and total
victory over the Axis.
AS the general spoke, notices were
published forbidding parades or
demonstrations tomorrow. The De
Gaullist North African Committee
had called on workers - proceed
to the Algiers war monument to-
morrow afternoon to show their re-
spect for fallen comrades and also
their support of the principles of
liberty as enunciated by Gen
Charles de Gaulle.
At last reports, the committee was
planning to overcome the ban by
having workers walk to the monu-
ment individually with their families
Confident of Victory.
After paying tribute to French
troops in battle, Gen. Giraud said
the workers also were at war.
And workers labor for us in
America, England, Russia and
China" he said. The sum of their
work assures US that victory will be
early and total"
The sombre days of 1910 are still
in our memory" Gen. Giraud con-
tinued. The defeat we suffered
had multiple causes but it's certain
bad organization of work put us in
situation of such inferiority that
the courage of our soldiers was not
sufficient for victory.
The coalitions of interests lack
ing the necessary generosity and un-
selflshness robbed the nation of
possibility of controlling its values
or directing its line of conduct in
cohesive fashion"
Gen. Giraud said France would
have to be reconstructed after the
war and that this would require
leaders from the masses, accepted
for their quality, initiative and sense
of responsibility.
Promises Labor Liberties.
"We must find in ourselves the
real significance of grandeur he
continued. by sound knowledge of
our jobs, by l-conducted training
and by certain social transforma-
tions in accord with French tradi-
tion, employers, engineers, crafts
men and laborers will work for one
another to get a maximum output"
Gen. Giraud said that faithful
to the position I have taken, legis-
lative commissions will shortly re-
establish labor liberties and respect
for their fundamental principles"
He said he hoped his words would
reach workers in France and those
who have been sent to Germany to
work.
This slavery is opposed to our
profound sense of liberty, but your
resistance of many months has been
one of the essential elements in the
revival of our country" he told these
workers.
Evening star., 1943-05-02
WpB Limits Luggage
To Seven Types Of
Fabric and Wood
An-Leother Cuses
Banned Under Order
Effective July !
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
All-leather luggage is out for the
duration and only seven types of
fabric and wood luggage may be
made after July l, under a War
Production Board order issues yes
terday.
At the same time, the WPB or
dered manufacturers to cut produc-
ton approximately 40 per cent of
1941 output, measured in dollar VOL
ume, and restricted use of critical
materials to functional purposes
only.
The seven types that the Nation
may have are:
Overnight bags, furlough bags,
non-fitted Pullman cases, tray
Pullman cases, mems wardrobe bags,
mems weekend cases and foot
lockers.
Maximum lengths on these types
range from 20 inches to 81 inches.
The permitted types, tie War
Production Board explained are in
tended to meet essential needs OF
servicemen as we'll as civilians.
Banned completely for the dura
Evening star., 1943-05-02
ton of the war are:

ton of the war are:
Cosmetic cases, fitted cases, Glad
stone cases, hat boxes, hat and
shoe boxes, secretary cases, jack
knife cases, vanity cases, women's
wardrobe cases. wardrobe trunks of
all types, bottle cases, knit bags, Vic
toria cases and animal carriers.
= Styles Of luggage also are limited
No manufacturer is permitted to
make more than two styles of each
OF the seven types of luggage and
must restrict himself to a single
price line for each type.
Evening star., 1943-05-02
RemorsefuI Burglar
Repents, Returns $50

BY the Associated Press.
FRANKFORT, Ind.-T thought
I wanted to be a thief, but I guess
I DON'T" said a note to a proprietor
whose drug store was burglarized
of $50.
Accompanying the note was the
$50 and an extra dollar to repair
the front door lock, which the
conscience-stricken burglar had
broken to gain entrance.
Evening star., 1943-05-02
Shades Are Left Up: {
Hidden Gosh Disappears
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press. =
ST. LOUIS. - Treasurer Walter
Reynolds kept his church's fundT
hidden in tin can behind the piano
at his home--in order not to use
tires and gasoline in frequent bank
trips.
Mr.. Reynolds counted the money
1t totaled about $100-after he had
turned out the lights. The next day
when he again went to count 1t he
found no cash but this note:
Next time put down the shades
when you count it, y
Mr.. Reynolds plans to do just that,
Evening star., 1943-05-02
Boby Apparel Scarce

To overcome the shortage of ma
terlals for baby clothing, New Zea-
land has started the manufacture
Of special woods and flannels.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-23
Ice Co. Err'pIoyes
Hold Election

Employees of the Imperial Ice
and Development company in I'M
perial and Coachella Valleys Tues
day voted to have their own en-
ployers' association represent them
as a bargaining agent.
The election was conducted by the
National Labor Relation Board at
the request of the American FEEDER
alton of Labor union for warehouse
men. A total of SO employees were
eligible to vote, So voted, 81 voted
for the association to represent
them, two voted to have no union
representation. and 20 voted to
have the A.F. of L. represent
them.
In a similar election held at the
Shippers Ice company in Ell Gen.
tro last Saturday, the employees
voted to have no representation at
all. A total of 10 employees were
eligible to vote, nine voted, one bal
lot was void, and eight voted to
have no union representation.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-23

MubO sector, up the northeast New
Guinea coast, and a spokesman said
it was considerable more than pa
troll skirmishing."
1t followed a series of aerial blows
by both sides in support of the
ground troops. After the ground
battle, in which the Allied forces
suffered only light losses, Allied
attack planes bombed and strafed
the enemy positions in 20 attacks.
The spokesman said the japanese
ground force, largest seen in the
Mubo area in recent months, moved
down from the north on the Allied
troops on Lababia ridge, a mile
east of the enemy base at Mubo.
Repulsed by fire of the Allied
troops-probably Australians who
have been threatening the japanese
supply lines in the Mubo-Lae-Sala-
maua area for weekS-the Japanese
fell back toward Pimple hill, a mile
northeast of Lababia.
MARS EFFORT
1t marked the first effort by the
japanese to take the initiative in
New Guinea since their major drive
almost year ago that reached
across New Guinea to within 80
miles of Port Moresby. There they
were stopped and Gen. Douglas
MacArthur's troops later drove them
back across the Owen Stanley
mountains.
The enemy attempt was not un-
expected For weeks Allied planes
had battered barge shipments from
enemy bases up the coast trying to
cut off reinforcements for the Lac
Salamaua area.
The enemy had been forced by
slow but steady Allied ground gains
to act to relieve a threat to its jun
gle supply trails and to guard its
New Guinea holdings.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-23


Workers policy committee. 1t met
with UNIV President John L. Lewis
last night and instructed the $4,000
striking miners to call off tneir two
day strike.
EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY
The order was effective immed-
lately, but reports from the coal
fields indicated the mines could not
be returned to full production fer
two or three days. Only few of
the small mines were expected to
resume production today.
The miners were instructed to
work until Oct. 81 under the direc-
ton of Solid Fuels Administrator
Harold l.. IckeS, cSutodian of the
mines since they were seized by the
government May l. No explanation
was given for the Oct. 81 limit.
The miners will work under the
terms of the 194l-43 coal Wage con-
tract as modified by the War Labor
Board to give the miners wage
gains totaling about 20 cents daily.
Union officials were authorized
to continue pressing CLAIMS for
underground travel pay, the major
issue in the dispute in which the
miners, the coal operators and the
WLB have been involved f1r three
months.
ONLY HITCH
The only apparent hitch to gen.
eral acceptance of Lewis terms lay
in the effectiveness of protests chat
the miners should not be permitted
to insist that the government oper-
ate the mines. The unions refusal TO
accept last weeks WLB order rep
resented continued defiance of the
board.
There was also speculation on
what effect the agreement to end
the strike may have on presiden-
tial action on the Connally- -Har-
ness-Smith anti-strike bill. 1t be-
comes law automatically at 1901
Saturday unless the President We
toes or signs it before then. Some
Continued on Page 6, Col. ~
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-23
Farm Red Tape
Cut as Quotas on
Machinery Lifted
Items Still RatiOned
But equipment. Easier
To Get Under plan

Another step toward eli
mination Of "red tape" en-
countered by farmers in the
purchase of farm equipment
was taken Wednesday when
the state u. S. Department of Agri-
culture war board suspended coun-
ty quotas on items of agricultural
machinery.
Rudolph Miller, Imperial county
war board secretary, said the ac-
ticn would relieve farmers of much
! trouble and worry and would make
it much easier for them to buy
machinery. Farm equipment will
still be rationed, he said, but the
hands of war board officials will
no longer be bound by monthly
quotas that in many instances prov
ed inadequate to meet the needs of
district farmers.
Among items on which quotas
have been listed are disc harrows,
garden tractors, some types of farm
rakes, plows, farm wagons, grinders,
some types of cutters, binders, hay
PreSSerS, SprayerS, etc.
Some pieces of equipment such
as large harvesters, hay leaders, hay
press combines, engines, etc. will
continue to be rationed under the
quota plan, Miller said.
Action in slicing quota regula-
tions followed other recent war
board movements designed to SIM
rlify work for farmers which would
tend to speed up the production of
war crops.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-23
Mexican Nationals
Leave Valley for
North Part Of Cal
300 Already Gone from
Nv. Farms; Many Will
Return, Finney States

More tnan 800 Mexican,
nationals, brought to lmpe-
rial Valley to work in the
fields under an agreement
with the Mexican govern
ment, have left during the last sew
eral days for points in northern
California where they will engage
in similar employment, Tom Finney,
U. S. Employment Service director
for Imperial county, said WedneS-
day.
Finney said many of them would
return to this district in the fai!
and would again be used on farms.
TO SAN MATEO
A group of 215 MeXicans left last
Friday for San Mateo, Stockton and
Anaheim and on June 9, 60 such
workers went to Bakersfield. An
additional group of 81 left Tuesday
night for Bakersfield and San Die
go.
While some of the workers have
been in Imperial Valley only a
short time many of them spent the
entire winter in the district, having
renewed a contract that expired
after a six-months period of work.
ome of the original group returned
to Mexico at the expiration of their
contract but others were brought
in to replace them.
Some of those now working in
northern fields will probably return
to Mexico in the fall, Fnney said,
but large number will likely re-
new their working contracts again
and return to Imperial Valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-23
Gas Petition IL,
Washington Now

A petition signed by a number
of Imperial county residents asking
Office of Price Administration Of
ficials to allow citizens supplement-
al gasoline for summer health trips
has been forwarded by regional OPA
authorities to Washington and ac-
ton is expected to be forthcoming
from there soon, it was learned
Wednesday.
The petition was formulated after
district OPA chiefs from San Diego
had endorsed the plan and men,
bers of numerous ration boards
throughout the valley agreed to
work for its approval. The region
al office did not take action on the
petition but forwarded it, it was
said.
Additional support has been Civ
en- movement by congressman Sher-
idan Downey and John Phillips
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-23
Amendment Cuts
Off Employees Pay

WASHINGTON, June 90. UP)-
A Senate conference committee to-
day agreed to accept a House
amendment to a deficiency appro-
priation bill removing from the fed
eral payroll three officials accused
of american activities.
The Senate, in passing the $140,-
100000 appropriation bill, had re-
jected the House amendment by a
vote of SO to 0. The conference
committee agreement now goes to
both houses for approval.
The House amendment provided
that no funds could be used to pay
the salaries of Robert Morss Lo-
vett, secretary of the Virgin islands,
and William E. Dodd, Jr., and Good
win B. Watson, employees of the
Federal Communications Commis-
sion.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-23

The Royal air force sent hundreds
of big bombers with perhaps 1000
tons of explosives which rocked and
scared the Ruhr industrial city of
Mulheim. Raj night raiders alone
delivered more than 1,50O tons of
bombs to Nazi Europe, aside from
the American and British day at
tacks.
MAY BOMB ROME
A Raj commentator hinted
broadly that the Allies were about
ready to bomb Rome, the eternal
city" which became the capital of
Fascism. Noting that it was packed
with military targets, he made a
sharp distinction between them and
the Vatican area.
Renewed warnings were broadcast
to the people in occupied territory
to beware of German war plants
which will be brought under shat
tering bombardment. The warnings S
conceded with request from North
Africa to occupied France to be
ready for whatever you will be call
ed upon to do," and a German radio
assertion that there are increasing
signs that the lull in the Mediter-
ranean region will soon come 70 ar
end"
The day and night air offensive
went on unremittingly," with strong
formations of RAF planes streak
ing over northern France this eve
ming.
A British and American offensive
which had delivered some 3,7OO tons
OF bombs to the Ruhr in about "a
hours was turned on the steel GEN.
ter of Mulheim east of Duisburg
and left it a blazing mass" visible
100 miles.
FOLLOWS YANK RAID
The Royal air force raid on Null
helm last night followed on the
heels of the first smash at the Ruhr
by American bombers, who in turn
were onl? few hours behind Brit
ish raiders lashing Krefeld in one
of the heaviest attacks of the war.
How much bombing of such scope
and intensity the Ruhr could take
was matter the RAF and Eighth
United States air force were bent
on finding out. The effort shaped
up as a cross section of the avowed
determination of the Allies to find
out whether Germany can be bomb
ed into submission.
simultaneously the air strength
OF America and Britain chipped
away at the frayed southern end OF
the European Axis. British Yelling
tons blasted the Salerno railway
yards southeast of Naples, kindling
many fires, soon after American
Mitchells had hit the same target
The northwest African air force
sank an Axis merchantmen Mon
Continued on Page 6, Col. A.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-23
Gold Mines Stav
Closed, WPB Order

WASHINGTON, June 90, CUP)-
The War Production Board TODAY
rejected western demands that it
rescind or modify it's order closing
non-essential gold mines.
The board issued q Qualification
of regulations unde<> which gold
mine operators could seek exemp-
ton from the order.
Operators may appeal for per-
mission to continue operations if
the critical material output of the
individual mine makes an equal or
larger contribution to the war effort
than the materials and labor used.
An appeal may also be taken if the
necessary labor can be obtained
without drawing upon any essen
tial was activities.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-23
p AMBllNe
l\EpORTER
T. ID. Rides Again

T. ID. Rides Again
#. d. Mccall has taken to star
gazing. He is responsible for this
business about htars that is about
to be Launched on the public. Well,
the public can take it. 1t has to.
;, This V for Victory business sure
gets around. At IL o'clock any
night you can see bold star, AL
tair, just clearing the horizon due
east. That's the bottom star of
the great " Above and to the
north, Vega, brightest star north of
the equator, makes the left top of
Our giant V. Over south another
big fellow, and his name is a mill
tary secret, completes the V. Just
EeloW Vega is Deneb, the head of
the north cross. That lies on its
side, with Affair at the bottom.
That makes another great v that
leans northWard, probably Russian.
Then again the south end of the
northern cross makes another even
ly space v that seems to have fall
len in the larger v composed of the
three first great magnitude stars,
Deneb, Vega and Affair. Day proWl-
ers never see these wonder sights,
poor things. Why do people live in
towns, anyway"
Now we're all going to see stars.
Lifes Darkest Moment
John CulbersOn, the Negro fisher
man of parts, found a wonderful
place in the All-American canal
where the fish were as hungry as
Continued on Page 6, col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-23
Capt. Rickenbacker
Now in Moscow on
War Dept Mission
Famous Ace Who Beat
Death on Pacific Goes
To Capital of Russia

MOSCOW, June %. (UP)
Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker,
famous American flier, ar
rived in Moscow several days
ago on an undisclosed mis-
sion, it was revealed today.
The Russian news agency Tass
said Rickenbacker was in the Soviet
capital as representative of the
war department."
Tass disclosed Rickenbacker's
presence by including his name
among those who attended a pre-
sentation ceremony yesterday in the
office of Foreign Minister v. M.
Molotov when 60 American medals
were awarded to Russian army and
navy men.
The last official mission in which
Rickenbacker was reported engaged
was the South Pacific inspection
tour conducted for Secretary of
War Henry L. Stimson in october,
1942. Rickenbacker's plane was
forced down and the World war I
ace, together with all but one men,
ber of his crew, was rescued after
81 days adrift on life RATS.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-23
Queen WiIhe|mina
Roosevelt Guest

WASHINGTON, June 90 (UP)-
The White House announced today
that Queen Wilhelmina of the
Netherlands was the guest of
President and Mrs. Roosevelt at
Hyde Park, N. Y, last Sunday.
The White House made this brief
announcement:
1.-The President and Mrs. Roose-
welt spent last Sunday at Hyde
Park. They had as their guest her
majesty the Queen of the Neither
lands, who has returned to Ottawa.
The queen was accompanied by DR..
Eelco Van Kleffens, foreign minis
ter of the Netherlands; and George
Van Tets, her majeSty's principal
secretary.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-23
Dead!ine Set on
Plan Siqn.up

Tom Finney, county director OF
the us. Employment Service, said
Wednesday that July 10 had been
set as the deadline for Imperial
Valley employers to sign up under
the new federal availability plan.
The employment chief said he
planned at least one other meeting
with employers at which time op-
Grafton of the plan will be explain
ed in detail. The meeting will be
held in BraWley next week, he said.
A similar meeting was conducted
last week in FL Centro.
Finney said that employers who
do not participate in the program
would be forced to operate under
regulations of a more stringent plan
that will forbid them to hire work.
ers out Of essential positions.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-23
RAF HINTS ROME BOMBING IS PLANNED
no LuxurieS for
Japs> Says Buyer

season and they are sent to the
armed forces throughout the nation
and some of them are going to the
men in the South Pacific area and
some to Europe.
"One big camp we supply uses
two carloads of cantaloupes for one
breakfast" Smith said. I'VE fig
ure that one carload makes $4,000
servings, giving each man half a
cantaloupe. Present menus call for
cantaloupeS six days a month"
Camp menus are planned in
Washington after those in charge
have been informed of what foods
will be plentiful. The menus are
planned month in advance. Cop
les of the menus are sent to the va
rious camps and buying centers.
The camps order the amounts they
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-23

will need and the marketing spec
ialists do the buying.
The office in Ell Centro is under
the Los Angeles marketing center
which buys in seven western states.
The Los Angeles center buys
$5,000,000 worth of carlot supplies
a month.
This army buying is a great fac
tor in stabilizing the markets, y
Smith said. "At the peak of the
various seasons the army takes
large amounts and cuts down the
supply available to civilians. That
keeps the price on a high level
and prevents an over-supply being
dumped on the local markets.
The menus are planned so the
centers buy foods in season when
they are plentiful, Smith said.