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Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-21
Wednesday Bridge
Club Hostess

Wedn sday bridge club members
%ere entertained this week by Mrs.
George B. Willouehby, meeting at
ler home for luncheon and game
of contract, the high score prize
going to Mrs. Howard Farnsworth,
md the travelling, TO Mrs. c. A. 1rV-
ing.
Mrs. John Bum of Phoenix, Ari-
zCna, was guest of the club, the
other members present including
Mrs. Reginald L. Knox Jr, Mrs
Richard II. Moore, Mrs. J. M. j
Lob ucherie, Mrs. John Z. Jack
son.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-21
Society
Clubs
CALENDAR
THURSDAY

Evening Division, G:30, 10000
club.
Alamo Verde, 1880, Verde schOo'.
Alpha Mu Omega, 1880, 1853 liolt.
Troop IL, I, Scout hut.
Gypsum workers, 1880, Labor
temple.
W0men's chorus, 8, Mckinley
school.
Motor corps, 1880, Veterans hall.
20-30 club, 1880, California hotel.
Building trades, 1880, Labor tenn
pie.
B.P.O.E. No. 1925, 8, Elks hall.
Night school, 10, high school.
FRIDAY
Kiwanis club, 12. Barbara Worth.
Girl Scout box supper, 1880 Scout
hut.
Painters, 1870, Labor temple.
Signal chapter No. ZIG, O.E.S., 8.
Masonic temple.
Wilson P.-T.A., school.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-21
ON THE FRONT
IN THE VALLEY
NOTE OF THANKS

We're all of US human enough
TO enjoy a little appreciation and
consequently the women of Ell Cen
tro will be pleased with the note
sent to Mrs. j. w. DonOhue, dance
chairman and to the canteen by
Lieut. Col. Fred Dixon, command
ing officer. of a unit stationed oh
the desert:
Il wish to express my apprecia-
ton and that of all the men and
officers of this organization for
the splendid reception and courtesy
extended TO our men by you and
the other ladies of Ell Centre who
participated in handling the dance
on last Saturday night, and who
operate the canteen.
Il have hcaru only high praise
fer the consideration extended to
Us in your town. Please accept on
behalf of this organization for your
self and the other ladies our sin
cere thanks
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-21
Sol DER GETS
PROMOTION

j. f. Huntley, who was stationed
At Camp Seeley with the eleventh
oavalry for more than year, re-
Gently was made a sergeant at FIT.
Bcnning, Georgia, where he is a
member Of a paratroop band. Sgt.
IJuntley AMI Miss Jeanie Bennett,
DAUGHTER of Mr.. and Mrs E. L.
Bennett. $40 Olive +! Centro, were
married last June. Mrs. Bennett
recently retutncl ftcr visit with
her daughter and son-in-laW in
Columbus, Georgia. ..........4
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-21
Bridge Party at
.Holtyile

HOLTVILLE, Jan. 2l.-Holtville
Women's club is sponsoring a des-
sert bridge party for Saturday, l
o'clock, in the Civic Center, an af-
fair open to all women who enjoy
bridge.
Mis-. Frank Walton is general
chairman for Saturdays party.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-21
Entire Nos Club
Dance Saturday

Entire Nos club members will have
their first dance in 1913, Saturday
night. 8 O'Clock, in the Ten Thou
sand clubhouse, with winter har-
vest" as the theme. MI. and Mrs.
Richard Ii. moore are the chair
man OF the committee in charge,
composed of MI and MIS-. John r.
Hartzog and Dg. and Mrs. j w.
Cobb
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-21
TO GIVE COOKIT

Presbyterian guild members will
help supply the Ell Centre service
mems canteen with cookies this
weekend, both the guild and the
Eastern Star aiding this week TO
take care of the hundreds of serv-
lcemen expected in the city.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-21
News HENS About
Valley Residents

Mrs. Henry kruSe and her son,
Kenneth, Ecth of Gardena were
expected to arrive in El Cent o
Thursday TO visit MI. and Mrs.
Harvey A. Ken. Cn. Mrs. Kenyon
and Mrs. Kruse ;rc sisters.
A.ron L. MunSic, son Of M95.
ViCh M.:2.e Of FL Ccnt.o. ana
nephew Gf M and Mrs. y. {.
otnston, arrived in e Centre
Thu sdHy morning from Camp
Roberts to enjoy brief visit witt
is mother.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-21
SOME CAN SEW AND SOME CAN NOT

Some women have Z knack for sewing and think
nothing of running up batch of new clothes
Those who lack this skill can learn-home dress
ones duty to be thrifty these days. And oneSof
the most delightful forms of thrift is to plan and
make ones own clothes. Try it-Sew and Save.
Evening star., 1943-12-02
Uncle Roy's Corner

On a summer day hawk saw
some kittens with their mother in
"a barnyard. Quickly the bird swoop-
ed down and seized one Of the kit.
tens in its talons.
The mother cat saw the enemy.
and sprang at it just As it was
rising from the ground Dropping
the kitten, the hawk clawed ths
cat about the head, but the bird,
itself, was hurt, one Of its wings
being broken.
Thanks largely to the broken wing
of it's enemy. the cat was able to
finish the fight with success. In q
few moments, the hawk lay dead
on the ground. The farmer was
too far away to take hand In the
fight, but when he came close he
found that the cat had been blind
ed in one eye. The kitten had
suffered cuts from the talons OF
the hawk, but was not mortally
wounded.
That is one of many cases where
animals have been known to fight
back against enemies. Hawks get
most of their food by killing cer-
tain kinds Of animals. but those
animals do their best to escape by
hiding, running away or fighting.
Exciting contests have taken place
between sparrow hawks and king
fishers. The kingfisher usually falls
a victim. no matter how cleverly he
may dodge, but he is likely to lead
the other bird an exciting chase.
Oliver G. Pike tells OF a time when
he stood on a bridge with another
boy while he watched a sparrow
Evening star., 1943-12-02

most every small animal they can
put their claws into. Thus, the
number Of snakes. ground squirrels,
lizards and grasshoppers these
voracious hunters catch must be
astonishing.
There is nothing slow or delib-
crate about these owls. They are
very active and somewhat odd in
their movements. They are marked
in pale brown or buff to dull buffy-
white spots of various sizes. The
largest spots are found on the back,
shoulders and wing coverts; these
mingle with streaks of the same
shade. The color pattern is planned
to blend perfectly with vegetation
and permit the bird to move about
without creating too much atten-
tior. The underparts are white
barred with brown. The eyes are
clear slemon-color. The toes and
legs are horn colored.
Often one finds the hunter stand
ing on guard in his doorway. This
homestead is always a hole in the
ground, with hallway four to seven
feet in length. The living room at
the end of this hall is oven-shaped.
The mattress is a sketchy affair of
dry bits of turf.
Sometimes. large numbers of bur-
rowing owls form a colony In the
loose sand it is not difficult for the
hunters to make their own nesting
retreats. In the west. their cousins
must appropriate the homes of
badgers. foxes or prairie dogs. since
they are not prepared for handling
such hard ground. The original
owners have been captured and
eaten before the home has been
taken over.
In Florida. the burrowing owls
at one time caused considerable
trouble. Their burrows ran SO close
ito the grass roots. grazing animals
often stepped through the shallow
Railways, fell and were badly in
jured.
OF late years. so much of the
ground once occupied by the owls
has been taken over for cultivation,
they have had to be quite clever in
holding their own.
Evening star., 1943-12-02
1N~eA A4
Father Proposes to Bar
Rental Bon on Children

BY the Associated Press
JEFFERSON CITY. Mo.-Joseph
Slay of st. Louis, delegate to the
State Constitutional Convention,
proposes that Missouri's new consti-
tuition include provision that no
landlord in St. Louis be permitted
to refuse tenants because they have
children.
Mr. Slay has 10 of his oVn
Evening star., 1943-12-02

VSHeT from capture Oy h1Uk.
hawk go after a kingfsher. Just as
the stronger bird was about to
strike, the kingfsher dived into the
river.
The hawk hovered over the water,
and when the kingfisher came to
the surface, it swept down to strike
again. Once more the kingfsher
saved itself with a dive.
In the end the kingfsher prob
ably would have fallen a victim if
the boys had not picked up good
sized stones and dropped them in
the water. The splashing caused by
the stones alarmed the sparrow
hawk for a moment, taking its eyes
away from its prey-and the king
fisher used that moment to escape!
Sparrow hawks, are the smallest
members Of the hawk family. Usu-
ally they are no more than IL or
IL inches long. but they have some
of the fierce striking power of larger
bou-kS
Evening star., 1943-12-02
Natures Children
BY LILLIAN cox ATHEY.

FLORIDA BURROWING OWL.
(Speotyto cunicularia foridand).
Burrowing owls choose to be diff
ferent. They hunt during the day
and sleep while their cousins work
on the nightshift. The bright sun
is no more annoying to them than
it is to us.
On the vast palmetto prairies of
southern Florida. as well as on
many of the islands along the coast,
Florida burrowing owls, close cousins
to the western birds of the same
name, are busy all day seeking al
Evening star., 1943-12-02
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The Ely miner., 1943-08-19
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC:
At Mundd

The American attack on Munda
in the Solomons stands out as
classic of military strategy.
In the final stages of the battle
against fanatical enemy resisting
to the death, American forces drew
tight moose around the Japs, with
one column moving to the west of
the defenders line while two other
columns hammered in from two ends
on the east.
When American planes failed to
sufficiently reduce the Japs' hidden
pill-boxes hewed in the jungle brush,
13-ton tanks were called into the
fray, and these cracked through the
dense foliage to advance on the en-
emy's well-concealed positions and
draw their fire. Their gun-fire guild
ed the tanks to their entertainments
and these were quickly subdued
with point-blank barrages.
With strong Jap points overrun on
the east, American warships and
airplanes then moved in along the
coast to the west and laid down
thunderous volley into the enemy's
positions. AS this combined barrage
shook up the Japs in their pillboxes
and caves, American troops picked
their way northward, to ring the en-
emy from the west.
The Ely miner., 1943-08-19
SICILY:
Last Stand

Forty thousand Axis troops were
all that were left to stand between
the Allies and complete conquest of
Sicily as the last phase of the battle
developed. Of the 10000, it was
estimated that $4,000 were German
and the rest Italian.
Although heavily outnumbered by
the 10 Allied divisions reported in
action, the Axis relied on strong
natural entertainments hewed into
the rugged mountains to hold up the
British-American drive. The ad-
vance against these positions was
difficult, with the infantry slowly
picking its way up the craggy but
barren slopes in the face of stiff
mortar and machine gun nests
which had held their ground even
after fierce Allied artillery barrage.
After being stalled for two weeks
in front of Catania, the British 9th
army spilled into the city after over
coming strong Axis positions set up
along the several rivers winding
through the country and in the tall
fields of grain. Aided by the navy's
bombardment of the enemy's coast
al positions along the Tyrrhenian
sea, the U. S. 7th arny's drive point
ed eastward to Messina, the Axis
last communication link with the
Italian mainland.
The Ely miner., 1943-08-19
FARM LAND:
TaLue Rising

With the value of all farm land
now above World War I level, gov
ernment officials were becoming
anxious over the possibility of an
other realty boom which would col
lapse with a disastrous drop In
prices as in the twenties.
Between March and July of this
year, farm real estate rose another
3 per cent. The increase occurred
throughout all of the geographical
regions and in two-thirds of the
states. In Indiana, farm property
sold 40 per cent above the 1859
average.
With commodity prices up one
fourth within the last II months and
farm income for 1943 expected to
exceed 1925 record levels, farmers
were said to be active buyers in the
market. What with high commodity
prices prevailing, spectators also
were supposed to be purchasing
property for resale.
The Ely miner., 1943-08-19
MISCELLANY:

WAR PRISONERS: One out of
every ten American soldiers in jap
anese prison camps has died of dis
ease since the Philippines fell, the
war department reveals.
WOUNDED: Seventy per cent of
wounded Russian soldiers recover
and return to the battlefield, report
British army surgeons who have
been on a mission to the Soviet
Union.
REVOLT: An anti-fascist revolt
has convulsed the tiny republic of
San Marino. The pro-fascist gov
ernment is reported to have been
replaced following demonstrations.
ECONOMICS: DR.. John Boving-
don, former principal economic
analyst of the Office of Economic
Warfare, has been dismissed. Con-
gresham Dies has charged that he
had "Communistic leanings."
SHIPS: During the first seven
months of 1943, 1,O46 new merchant
vessels have been put into serv-
ice, according to report by the
Maritime commission.
The Ely miner., 1943-08-19
Self Is Something You
Are Creating Day by Day

A self is not something you are
endowed with at birth. 1t is some
thing you are continually creating
as you live your day-by-day life.
eye must be born anew is as
true in modern psychology as in
traditional theology. Every resent
ment that you encourage, levery
grudge, every dependency, every
SNUG conceit-and on the other
hand every self-mastery, every
high fortitude, every facing of
naked truth-makes either for
breaking down the self or for
building it up.
For mental self-command-the
habit of constructive thought
direction-is more important for a
wholesome life than physical
soundness.-Winfred Rhoades.
The Ely miner., 1943-08-19
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UMlzzgzga 80 l95

A piece of pipe is good to splice
any spade or shovel handle when
it cracks or breaks in two. Holes
can be bored and countersunk to
put rivets or screws in, if neces-
sary.
Vinegar eliminates odors. Don't
put away frying pan that smells
of onions, fish or some other
strong-f1avored food. Put some
vinegar in the pan and bring to a
boil. Then wash as usual.
To serve plain cake at it's best,
make only one layer at a baking.
Instead of icing the entire top of
the cake, put an inch wide band of
icing around the edge. Sprinkle
the top with chopped nuts.
A common clothespin, split in
half, makes two useful pan scrap
erS which do not rust or scratch
aluminium or enamelware.
Paint will keep indefinitely in
good condition if the lid of can is
replaced tightly and the can
turned upside down. The paint
seals it, excluding the air.
Coal oil will remove adhesive
from painted surfaces.
To save yourself these busy
days, cut small mats from old felt
hats and use them under vases,
ornaments, flowers and book ends.
They prevent scratching of pol
iShed furniture.
The Ely miner., 1943-08-19
Blast That Brought Down
100000 Tons of Granite

One of the biggest man-made ex-
plosions on record was set off in
the Bonawe quarries in Argyll
shire, Scotland, on May 81, 1885,
says Golfers. Eighteen months
of preparation were required for
this blast, which brought down
$780, 900 tons of granite, enough to
provide five years work.
Before the explosion, household
ers in the nearby towns of Tay-
multi removed their pictures, mir
rors and crockery to a place of
safety.
The Ely miner., 1943-08-19
Production Lays

Production of armaments and 9TH
er goods needed by the army is lag
ging seriously, Lieut.. Gen. Brehon
B. Somervell, chief of army supply
services, warned. He said that 300
million dollars worth of supplies
have not been delivered according
to schedule in the last three months.
Output of factories has been going
down steadily, he continued, with
July figures decidedly worse" than
those of June.
At the same time the treasury re-
ported that actual war spending dur
ing July was half billion dollars
less than in June, this being the
first month in which war costs have
turned downward Commentators
say this decline is another indica-
ton of lower production, rather than
smaller needs.
Urging all contractors to fulfill
their contracts, General Somervell
said: eff as manufacturer, you
are scheduled to produce certain
quantity of war material by spe-
cific date, you have undertaken a
specific military obligation"
The Ely miner., 1943-08-19

mary Stats tics S
show that 500, ,062
corporations filed
returns for 1941.
Except for 40, 160
which were in
active with no in
come data, these
corporations paid
over seven billion
dollars in normal,
surtaxes and eX-
cess profit taxes.
The government
collected nearly
Is billion dollars
in revenue y for
1941, which would
snlinnAo 4hn4
The Ely miner., 1943-08-19
Army of Photographers

There are $4,000 officers and
men in the army and 1900 in the
navy assigned exclusively to pho
tographic duty. They not only
take still and motion pictures on
reconnaissance and observation
trips, but also film bombings and
battles.
The Ely miner., 1943-08-19
Faster Than Sound

To 1t. Col. Cass S. Hough Of Plymouth,
Mich, fell the rare distinction OF travelling
faster than sound, or more than 780 miles
per hour, ,ohile undertaking too expert.
mental flights for the U. S. army air force.
Last September. Col Hough's P-38 Light
ming climbed up to $4,000 feet. Then, ne
cody nosed the plane into po,oerdipe
and she zoomed dOtontoard at the record
speed before being Ieveled off at $1,000
feet. Last February, Col. Hough took a
PAT Thunderbolt to $4,000 feet, and re.
peated the previous performance.
According to the 36-year-old daredevil,
he made his first flight on impulse. rs his
plane ,oent screaming do,Vn,Card, he said.
il felt as though ton of bricks lay on his
back, and he could barely lift his arms to
,orite dopn the recordings OF his instra-
n1ents. When he lepeled of at $1,000, every.
thing toent gray, he declared, but he never
lost consciousness.
The Ely miner., 1943-08-19

war plant facili-
ties, approximate
ly IL billion dol
lars has been
completed, Chair
man Donald Mel
son of the War
Production board
announced. That
represents a COM
pletion of 80 per
cent of the pro-
gram compared
with 81 per cent
at the start of the
The Ely miner., 1943-08-19
Photography Time

theoretically perfect daylight
for photography, according to pro-
fessionals, is the light received
from a uniform north sky at As
degrees north latitude, one thou
sand feet above sea level, after a
heavy rainfall at midday on June
81.
The Ely miner., 1943-08-19

fall OF Orel. After
a month of hard
fighting, Marshal
Timos h e n k O. S
forces swept into
the city, even as
the bulk of $50, 900
Germans was be-
ing withdrawn to
new positions to
the west.
H e Id by tn e
The Ely miner., 1943-08-19

was MS interest
in drawing under
ground pay for
his 100000 United
Mine Workers
that accounted for
his appearance
before the w ar
L a b or b o a r d
which he had so
often berated in
the past.
Occasion w a.
the WLB's hear
ing on the Illinois
Coal Operators
andUMW's agree
The Ely miner., 1943-08-19

The sudden morale shattering
attacks of glider borne troops
which dropped out of the night
sky so disrupted enemy defenses
in Sicily that General Sir Ber-
nard L. Montgomery said:
'They advanced our operations
by a week."
Aboue: Trainees file into trans
port glider. Inset: The pilot. Right:
Loading a jeep into the glider.
The Ely miner., 1943-08-19

October, 1941, Orel stood in ruin as
the Russians moved in, with Nazi
rear-guards tackling the Reds in
hand-to-hand fighting in delaying &C
ton in the streets of the city.
In taking Orel, the Reds threw
the full weight of their artillery,
planes, tanks and infantry into the
battle. Slowly, they ground down
German resistance on the north,
south and east sides of the city.
On the other end of the central
front, the Reds announced capture
of Belgorod.
The Ely miner., 1943-08-19

porations accounted for almost 60
per cent of receipts.
Morgenthau reported that of the
corporations reporting for 1941, 1884,
625 showed profits, with net income
of 18 billion dollars. Approximately
43,648 more corporations made
money during the year than in 1910.
The Ely miner., 1943-08-19


ment of SIPS a day to the miners
for the time spent in travelling un-
derground from the mines entrance
to the diggings. Lewis told the WLB
that American coal miners are the
only miners in any civilized country
who receive no compensation for un-
derground travel.
The agreement also calls for an
eight instead of seven hour day
and six-day work week, which,
with the underground travel pay,
would increase miners daily checks
by So. Stating that 1882 miners
died from risks in the pits last year
and $4,000 were seriously injured,
Lewis said the extra working hours
would increase the mems exposure
to such accidents. Furthermore, he
declared, the miners received just
$37 more year than the lowest
classification of government clerical
workers.
The Ely miner., 1943-08-19

year and "a per cent at this time
last summer.
Greatest gains in the program
were in the construction of plants
for guns, combat vehicles, aircraft
and ammunition. Facilities for pro-
ducing ammunition are 95 per cent
complete.
According to Nelson, the records
for other programs showed synthetic
rubber, 81 per cent finished; 100 oc-
tame gas, 80 per cent; iron and steel,
rs per cent, and chemical products,
80 per cent.