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The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-09-09
Rev. Richard W. Searle, d. ID.
General Secretary, the Greater Neie
York Federation of Churches

REV. SEARLE OPENS: The focu
OF the question is on the word IRE
prlsal." Its occasion is the murder o
american aviators by Japan. Tht
point OF the question is whether re-
prlsal will discourage the japanese
from this practice.
The impulse of hot anger is to de.
mand reprisal. Sober thought, how.
ever, rivals the folly and futility OF
SUCH policy. Reprisal will not re-
store those aviators to life. Reprisal
VIII besmirch their glory with what
VIII come to be recognized as our
shame. Reprisal will endanger the
lives OF every American prisoner in
Japanese hands-and the japanese
hold many more prisoners than do
we.
Reprisal would as surely be cold
murder as was the original act. We
cannot t~errorize the Japanese because
we are not inhuman and because to
Japanese authorities captured Jap
soldiers are already written off. Re-
prisal would mean remuneration of
the ideals for which we are fighting.
Reprisal would mean acceptance of
the principles applied by the Nazis
to Lidice-the innocent for the guilty.
Democracy has its proper and its
certain way. Our victory is ~inevita-
BILE. Then shall come the retribution
of juStice-discovery and arrest, just
trial and condemnation of those re-
sponsible. We must seek swift vic
toryi
MIR REIUap
Whether the innocent suffer from
retaliation depends upon how mar
rowly one assigns the responsibility.
| contend there is a social RESPONSE
bility in Japan, making it the duty
OF each Japanese to restrain his gov
eminent. If the Japanese people fail
to do this, and applaud atrocities as
they did in the Tokyo Massacre, they
should be classed with the execu-
toner. 8
l am not convinced retaliation will
provoke new murders of Americans.
Assurances of immunity will ncour I
age Jap militarists. One recorded re- t
taliation case occurred in Brazil: the c
Jap ambassador was subjected to in
dignities because of disgraceful treat c
given the Brazilian ambassador
in Tokyo. Reprisal halted maltreat- e
nent of the Brazilian official! :
REV. SEARLE REPLIES: have no h
doubt, Mr.. Bellaire, that the people n
Lidice applauded the death of Hey a
trick. That did not justify Hitler's t;
iendish retaliation.
MOI Retaliation is an inhuman II
Weapon which America will never e
"All out war"-yesl but "all out Ii
var" to destroy forever the power of b,
hose who would themselves defy the ia
avs of humanity. We fight to pre-
erve decency in America and to give p;
ecency a chance to permeate the to
including Germany and Japan. ca
Retaliation is an aspect of VEN be
II does not belong to man. ia
is the %prerogative of God alone. fir
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-09-09
-Schudar

Serg. Norval M. Sather of the
Glasgow airbase and independence,
Wis. and Miss Miss Grace Schudar
of Great Falls were married at the
Methodist church Tuesday night at
1880. The Rev. w. L. Bennett offi-
ciated and Serg. and Mrs. Thomas
Price were attendants.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-09-09
Degree of Honor Plans
Picnic Sunday

A picnic to be held at Squaw
Crossing Sunday was planned by the
Degree of Honor lodge at a meeting
Thursday night at the odd Fellows
hall. The group will gather for a
picnic dinner at /. The lodge will
have its past presidents night at a
meeting Oct. 7. Mrs. Forrest Cole
presided at the meeting. The order
OF initiation was exemplified. A lun-
cheon was served by Mrs. Dean
ScanSon and Mrs. John Keller.
Whist was played and Mrs. Frank
Helm received a high o prize.
Mrs. Wilburn Nelson received a cut
prize.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-09-09
Miss Smith Speaks at
Legion Auxiliary Meeting

Legion AUXILIARY Meeting
Miss Wiletta Smith. child welfare
supervisor of the Valley county well
fare office, spoke on her work at a
meeting of the American Legion
Auxiliary at the Legion room in the
civic center riday night. She ex-
planned the ways in which the group
could help in supplying the needs
OF children in the county.
A musical program arranged by
Mrs. Gordon Vallandigham includ-
ed selections by a girls trio COM
posed of Miss Agnes Bayne. Miss
Mary Thomas and Miss Dorothy
Briggs, and piano selections by Miss
Ruth Mary Bundy.
Mrs. o. II. Bundy. president of
the unit, presided and announced
the following committee chairmen
for the coming year:
Mrs. o. r. McCleery. American
ism; Mrs. Andy C. Fadness. national
defense; Mrs. j. S. Bardell. legisla-
ton; Mrs. George Hallett and Mrs
Ned johnson, rehabilitation; Mes.
G. NJ. Lindberg and Mrs. Vallan-
digham. music and radio; Mrs. ].
A. Holland, poppy sale; Mrs. C. E.
Peterson, child welfare; Mrs. c. B.
Larson, war activities; Mrs. T. H.
Markle and Mrs. F. j.. Melsen. war
bond sale and Mrs. H. K. Near. pub
LEFTY.
1t was planned to have a social
evening each month, the first to be
Sept. is. After the meeting a lun-
cheon 80 served by Mrs. Mark
Watson and Mrs. A. A. Schellenger.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-09-09
IM41aE!l3aGE
Should We Allow - Without
Reprisals - Axis Murders
Of War Prisoners?
Mr.. Robert BeIlaire
As debated by

Blue Nefoork Neps analyst; U. p.
Manager in Japan; A Jap prisoner
for sir months
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-09-09
Laura Rebekah Lodge
Has First Autumn Meeting

The first meeting of Laura Re-
bekah lodge for the autumn season
was held at the Odd Fellows hall
Monday night. Mrs. Martin Miller
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-29
Auxiliary Sells
$4,000 in Bonds

Members of the war activities
committee of the El Centro Amer
lean Legion Auxiliary sold war
bonds valued at $10,850 Wednesday
afternoon, bringing their sales for
the last three days to $l8,85O, 1t
was revealed Thursday by Ben
Herring, secretary of the county
war bond committee.
Herring said the large sale was
made from the Victory Booth" In
front of the United Artist thea
tire where two bond motion pic
lures were shown Wednesday night.
Tickets to the shows could be OBJ
tanned only with the purchase of
bonds.
Herring said the bond picture
show program proved highly sue
cessful and was viewed by q ca
pacity audience. Between the two
shows a program of entertainment
was staged by Ell Centre youths.
William Duflock acted as master
of ceremonies.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-29

collective bargaining demands. They
are strikes against the United States
government itself"
ORDERS INVESTIGATION
He announced also that since
the UNIV has charged that Office
of Price Administration regulations
have been disregarded and the cost
of living gone up disproportion-
ately in the mining area, he had
directed OPA Immediately to in
vestigate the facts and wherever
a violation of law is disclosed to
prosecute the violators.
The strikes and stoppages in the
coal industry that have occurred
and are threatened are clear viola
tionS of the 'no-strike pledge" he
asserted.
President Roosevelt dispatched his
telegram Immediately after return
ing from a 17-day war inspection
tour. He addressed it not only to
Continued on Page 8, Col. ~
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Carrot Growers
Aeree on S23 as
Price for Crop

Imperial and Yuma Valley car
rot growers in Ell Centre Thursday
agreed to sell their carrots for de-
hydration for $23 a ton, roadside,
and a representative of the Food
Production Administration is at
tempting to oct the administration
to approve this price.
w. Rosenberg, representative of
the FPA, said he was instructed
to offer the growers $22 a ton,
but declared he would attempt to
get the higher price because the
federal government was anxious to
assist in salvaging the carrot crop.
Dehydrators will be asked to pay
$23 a ton roadside for the carrots
with 80 per cent to be one inch or
larger. If this is done, the grow
ers said, they will set aside so per
cent of the total acreage to be de-
hydrated There are approximate
ly $500 acres left in Imperial VAL
ley and 1040 acres in Yuma VAL
ley.
A trust agreement for so per cent
of the total acreage will be signed
by a committee from the two val
leys and RosenbergS office.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-29
PRIORITY BLUES
Contractor Has 'em Bad

H. H. Cole, Ell Centre harvester
contractor, was singing the priority
blues so low and so sorrowfully
Thursday that Mood Indigo"
sounded like a tinny jazz song in
comparison.
His troubles started two weeks
ago, although he didn't know it at
the time.
Cole brought the magnetic from
one of his big harvesters into town
to be repaired. He went home to
prepare for the busiest season of
many in Imperial Valley.
Two weeks later the magnetic was
still on a repair bench, in a bad
state of repair, when he called at
the shop to pick up the completed
job.
We've been trying to get in
touch with you for two weeks" he
was told.
Cole doesn't have a telephone
I'VE need your signature on a
priority slip to get a part to finish
the work." the repairman said.
So Cole hustled off to the coun-
ty war board to see what could be
done about obtaining priority
ratings and such.
The contractor said it was sew
eral hours before the officials could
even figure out in which category
the small part was listed
Rut Datipnca was rewarded and
hours later Cole got his part - a
small metal spring costing less
than a dollar.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-29
Navy Task Force
Shells Attu Isle
In Daring Attack
Jap Gilbert Base Also
Comes in for Pounding
AS Army BOmbers Active

WASHINGTON, April 20.
(UP)-The navy today re-
ported an American naval
task force bombardment of
Japanese positions on .Attu
island in the Aleutians and a de-
structive air attack on Tarawa, enc
my air base in the Gilbert island
group in the South Pacific.
EnemT installations at Holtz bay
and Chichagof harbor at Attu,
Westernmost of the Aleutians, we're
pounded by the naval guns and sew
eral fires were started. There was
no reply from any enemy guns
ashore.
SECOND RAID
The attack, made last Saturday
was the second surface raid on
those Aleutian positions. The first
was made on Feb 18.
Army bombers participated in
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MIS-. olga costello, the DOard S
public information director said
that beginning Ma" the office
would open to the public at $50
am. and close at 4:30 pm. each
weekday except Saturday when
the office will close at 1890 pm.
In order to serve persons unable
to reach the office during those
hours workers will be on duty each
Thursday night from pm. to 10
pm.
Additions to the panels include
w w. Tison, Russell Hoy, Edgar
Moore, Charles Knights, Leo Rauen-
zahn, George Kirk, Charles Bran
kamp and I. S. McElvany.
At their meeting Wednesday af-
ternoon the ration officials named
Mrs. A. B. Hanson, vice-chairman
of the board, to assist A. H. Keller,
chairman.
The changes were made at the
suggestion of the western divisional
office of the OPA.
The following now comprise the
boards various groups:
Gas panel: w. S. FaWcett, Allen
Nuffer, Russell Hoy, w. w. Tison
and Mildred Rinehart, clerk.
TIRE PANEL
Tire panel: j. E. Brock, Henry
Worthington, 1. S. McElvany, Char
les Knights, Margaret Foster, clerk.
Food panel: Mrs. w. c. Costello,
Mrs. j. A Holmes, C. G. Bram-
kamp, George Kirk, Mrs. Gladys
Martin, clerk.
Price ceiling panel: Leo Rauen-
zahn, Harold Hunt, John Kepley,
Edgar Moore.
Office efficiency panel; Mrs. A.
B. Hanson, Mark Washburn, A. H.
Keller.
Another decision of the board
placed Mrs Fredes Jordon in charge
of the information desk at the Of
flee.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-29
Shed Worker Vows Not 70
Fulfill Probation Rules

In a letter addressed jointly tC
the Post-PreSs and the district at
torney's office, Ivan Miller Thurs
day declared that he planned to
ignore the rules of probation under
which he was placed after he
pleaded guilty this week to failure
to support his child and said
whenever see fit to take q drink
I'm going to do So
He was arrested in Phoenix on a
non-support charge brought by his
wife and returned to Imperial
county for trial. He pleaded guilty
to the charge and was ordered to
provide $50 month for the childs
support and live up to the proba-
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-29
President Ponders
Training Of Youth
During Peace-Time
Nations Executive Back
In Washington Following
Tour, Journey TO Mexico

WASHINGTON, April 20.
(UP) = President Roosevelt
returned today from a IT.
day war inspection trip pre-
pared to explore the possibil-
ity of having every young American
contribute a year of service to the
government in peace, as we'll as in
war.
The chief executive was greatly
impressed by the physical and men
tai Improvement of the country he
saw during his 7652-mile trip and
he attributed this to the war train
ing programs in industry and the
armed services. So he now intends
to examine the question of whether
this training should be continued
after the emergency.
INTO 20 STATES
The President went into 20 states
as far west as Colorado, and into
Mexico for a meeting with Presi-
dent Avila Camacho during his
journey which began on April 13
and ended this morning. He visited
IL army posts, marine training
base, a naval air station, and four
war plants. He met and talked
Continued on Page 8, Col. A.
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Fire Chief Asks
For Trash CIean.zp

In an effort to hold spring fires
to a minimum C. S. Reed, fire chief
CT Ell Centro, Thursday issued an
appeal to residents of that city to
clean up attics and storage places
and eliminate trash piles which he
described as dangerous fire haz-
ards"
Reed warned against storing gaso-
line in homes and suggested that
oil-soaked rags be disposed of i'm
mediately following their use. He
said electric cords and appliances
should he inspected regularly.
The chief said it was against
city regulations for anyone to burn
trash without first obtaining
written license from his depart
ment
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-29

Mrs John McMann, tenant in
the Coates Apartments on Adams
street before that structure was
destroyed by fire last Saturday,
Thursday said looters were ran
sacking the ashes and wreckage of
the building and stealing articles
belonging to numerous families who
lost many of their personal affects
in the blaze.
Although Mrs. Lena Naples, who
managed the apartments, has TAX
en- Up residence in a house next
door, she has been unsuccessful in
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-29
Fire Destroys
newas' TooIsE,ed

Damage estimated at $4,000 was
caused in a fire that broke out in
machinery shed at a ranch be-
longing to Evan T. HeWes five
miles northwest Of Imperial Thurs
Gay. Ell Centro's rural fire fight
ing equipment was called to the
scene and firemen prevented the
blaze from reaching a flax field
nearby.
The equipment answered another
call Thursday afternoon when a
hay field belonging to Roy West
morland northwest of Seeley caught
fire. The blaze had been eXtin-
guiShed, however, when firemen
arrived.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-29

An Allied communique credited
the United States second corps with
import.,nt gains in bloody fighting
againS' stiff German opposition on
the north Tunisian front. The Brit :
ish First army, fighting for the
last big hill in front of the Tunis
plain, reached its crest, only to be
beaten back b. the second of two
cOunterattackS.
Except for the British setback,
however, Allied gains were general
if slight, in all main sectors of
Tunisia, and the offensive to wipe
out the last Axis foothold in Africa
was developing favorably.
The German radio, often the first
source of information on momentouS
Russian operations, said the Soviets
struck in force at the Axis lines
enclosing the Kuban pocket east of
the Crimea. For days there have
been gathering signs of some big
scale attack in Russia, and only
last week the Red army announced
it had broken up repeated Axis
thruStS in the Caucasus.
Gen. Dwight D. EisenhoWers
headquarters announced that Amer
lean troops won important ground
southwest of Bizerte and the Brit
ish First army edged forward ON
the Medjez-El- Bah front a little
more than 20 miles west of Tunis,
though suffering a Slight setback
III one sector.
The Americans in the north and
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ton terms which were to continue
Tor the next three years.
Miller, 41-year-old vegetable shed
employe, asked that his letter be
published. Here it is:
I'm response to write-up. 1, Ivan
Miller plead guilty. I plead guilty
on the provision. That l were to
give my wife $4,000 a month.
THE judge-& I mean Judge Nc
Pherrin said. 85 My wife & another.
Heard his statement that all / had
tC do was to guarantee $4,000 a
month & l would be released
When I went to the probation
office ! found that ! were to re-
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-29

its Willingness to sell under certain
terms.
Sale of the properties has been
discussed by officials of both con-
Germs for several years and negoti-
ationS have now reached a stage
where members of the districts le-
gal department and its engineers
have been ordered to compile a pro-
position to be presented to directors
of the two companies.
NEED APPROVAL
In the event the price and terms
are agreed upon it would still be
necessary to obtain approval of dis
trict voters and various govern
mental agencies.
HeWeS simultaneously announced
that a possibility existed for per-
manent reduction of interest on the
company'S general obligation bonds
and warrants under a refunding
plan he had submitted to the board
Of directors He said that with the
improvement made in the districts
financial standing during the last
several years it would be possible
for the company to issue bonds at
a smaller rate of interest and with
none. received from their sale pay
off obligations that bear higher
interest rates. The matter would
also require approval by district
voters.
Providing the refinancing plan
is effected it would mean a con-
siderable saving to the company
Continued on Page 8, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-29

What if my harvester had
broken down in the middle of a
busy harvesting day." queried Cole.
1T would have meant that my
men would have been out of work
for at least day and that much
time would have been wasted in
harvesting"
Cole doesn't want to complain
but he thinks something should be
done to hurry these little things up
q bit.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-29
Defense Drill Set
For Sector 4

Ell Centro's weekly defense test
will take place at pm. Friday in
Sector No. 4, the area between
Holt and Ross avenues and between
Fourth and Eighth streets, it was
announced Thursday.
The test will begin at 7 pm.
without an alarm being sounded.
1t will automatically end at 8 pm.
Dorsey Whitelaw. defense per-
sonnel officer, will register all de-
fense workers in the city and
through him will qualify for The
us. Citizens Defense corps.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-29
Prisoner Dies in
County Jail

William Neal. Ga, prisoner in the
Imperial county Jail, died in his
bunk Wednesday night.
He suffered an attack early IN
the evening and a physician was
summoned Neal was dead When
the physician arrived. An autopsy
was to be performed to determine
the cause of death. He was COM
mitted to the county Jail from Cal
ipatria on vagrancy charge and
was a trusty on the chain gang
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-29

frain from taking a drink or being
III an establishment where they
served drinks.
II wish to inform you & the
court that whenever l see it fit to
take a drink. I am going to do SO,
Il will send my 5000 a mo. to
MY wife & baby.
But 1 am going to be frank. I'll
t9ke a drink and l may be in bar
room.
IF I am in Jail I'll make applica-
ton that the county take care of
my wife and child until I may be
released to take care of them my
self. I remain, Yours truly, Ivan
Miller"
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-29
1 -ooters RunSuck
Buildings S Ashes

keeping looters away from the re-
mains, Mrs. McMann said.
COOLER STOLEN
During the last several days an
air cooler and numerous other val
liable articles have been removed
from the scene, Mrs. McMann said,
Continued on Page 8, Col q
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-29

'ItItIlCt WICH pTOSeCuClOn OF the war.
AS the President acted, more than
$4,000 soft coal miners were on
strike in the Middle West, East and
South. A walkout of the entire 45O,-
900 bituminous miners is threaten
ed for Friday midnight.
Lewis, president of the United
Mine Workers, refused to comment
on President Rooseyelts directive,
asserted he had not yet seen the
White House message.
The President declared that "these
are not mere strikes against en-
ployers of this industry to enforce
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-29
D AJMBl|Ne
~ EpoR1ER
Pass The Birthstone

A marine flyer had a bit of diff
ficulty the other day. Something
was the matter with a plane he
was plotting around in the Choco-
late mountain area. He maneu-
vered around and finally tore up
a lot of this and that in making
crash landing right in a mill
tary camp.
Where in the h is the mess
hall?" he shouted as he crawled
out of the damaged plane, I'm
hungry
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-29
SENATE TO CONSIDER
GOVT MINE SEIZURE
INA cVUUNr~nnNr a.s IN

WASHINGTON, April 30 (UP)
The senate today by voice
vote agreed to take up Monday
the COnnally bill which would
authorize government seizure Of
any mine, plant, or other in
dustrial activity essential to the
war effort which is closed by a
labor dispute.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-29
FDR ORDERS COAL MINERS
TO BE AT WORK SATURDAY
War Hero Doesn't
Waste Any Time

SCARSDALE, NY, April 30.
Mrs. Charles Crumm said to-
day she thought she know her
son, Captain William J. Crumm,
24-year-Old hero pilot of the
Flying Fortress, Jack the Rip
per, pretty WELL" but she new
er suspected he would meet,
court and marry girl all in
four hours and 10 minutes.
Mrs. Crumm said she could
still hardly believe it," after
hearing of dispatches from Tue
son, Arizona, telling how Cap
tain Crumm met 19-year-OId
Ella Jean Penney in a hotel
lobby and married her.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-29
Neck and Neck

Things have come to a pretty
pass when father and baby are
cutting teeth at the same time.
It's a fact.
Willie Gentry is cutting his wis
dom teeth at the same time his
son, Bobby, is cutting the kind of
teeth a baby is supposed to cut.
And that baby's Daddy better
stop using the baby's teething To-
tion," the baby's mother warned.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-29

ing mdntuVtTS III ImperlaI valley.
There was only one man in each
plane. One OF the other pilots saw
1t. Ackerman's plane drop out of
sight. When it failed to reappear,
he reported the crash.
Deputy Sheriff Robert Parrish
was sent from the Imperial county
sheriffs office to find the crashed
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-29

plane and stand guard until army
officers arrived He found the plane
about a mile from the Mexican
border. An ambulance and a doctor,
from the Ell Centre marine base air
training station were sent.
1t. Ackerman was a son OF Will
liam Prescott Alderman OF Sidney,
Neb.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-29
BASEBALL.
BY UNITED PRESS
AMERICAN

BY UNITED PRESS
AMERICAN
New York 900 2
Boston 900 0
Chandler and Dickey; Terry and
Peacock.
Philadelphia 900 0
Washington ....-00l 0
Black and Swift; Haefner and
Early.
st. Louis ........00l 100 000-2
Detroit 100 021 00X-3 3
Hollingsworth, Caster and Hayes;
Trucks and Parsons.
Cleveland at Chicago, postponed.
NATIONAL
Cincinnati ...........00l 0
Pittsburgh ...........--..O0O w
Van Dermeer and Mueller; Cor
nicki and Lopez.
Brooklyn .-..........-ll
Philadelphia $1,000 80
Higbee, Kimball and owen;
Kraus and Livingston.
Boston ..-.-.,.--....--OU2 |
New York ..... 00l 0
Barrett and Kluttz: Mungo and
MancuSo.
Chicago ..........
st. Louis ........
Hanyzweski and Hernandez; La
nier and Odea.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-29
New RutioneTs
7 dke Positions

In designed to 'strem line its operations and
render efficient service the Ell Centre ration board
added several members and re-arranged its panels
Thursday and changed it's office hours schedule
lieved to be convenient for the public