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Evening star., 1943-01-04
Flood Conditions Cut
Steel Production
Sharply in Week
81 Per Cent Operations
Indicated by Doto
From Institute
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, Jan. 4.-Flood con-
ditionS in some steel-producing
areas cut sharply into production
schedules this week, the American
Iron and Steel Institute said today
in estimating the steel output rate
would be 81 per cent of capacity,
against 982 last week.
Such rate would indicate an
output of 1,659, 400 net tons of in
gots, against last weeks 1879 900.
A month ago operations were at
98.6 per cent of capacity for 1885,
TOO tons and year ago at 93.8 per
cent for l,592,700 tons.
Evening star., 1943-01-04
New York Cotton
By the Associated Press.

~ VIC AsoOSldLtu fTeSS,
NEW YORK, Jan. 4.-After re-
cording gains of as much as 80 cents
a bale. cotton prices reacted today
under profit taking, which carried
the market to within a few points
of the previous closing levels.
The decline was attributed to
technical considerations. Early de-
mand was based on expectations of
higher farm prices and continuing
large textile demand.
Principal buyers on the early
rally included commission houses.
Late prices were 20 to IS cents
bale higher, March, 1949; May,
1899; July, 1884.
Cotton closed around the best
levels of the day on renewed COM
mission house buying and moderate
demand from the trade in the final
hour.
Futures closed so to rs cents a
bale higher
Evening star., 1943-01-04
Pacific
Continued From First Page

were writing the final chapter of the
Papuan campaign, Gen. MacArthur's
airmen carried the attack to the
enemy on a broad front.
Heavy bombers stabbed again yes
terday at the Japanese bases on
New Britain, blasting shipping and
harbor installations at Rabaul and
straf1ng the Gasmata airfield. Cloud
cover prevented observation of the
results of the Rabaul attack, but re-
turning airmen said they saw flames
rising from 1O,000-ton ship which
apparently had received two direct
hits.
Other Allied planes bombed the
japanese airdrome at Madang, New
Guinea, and the airdrome at Lac
where medium bomber and two
fighters were reported destroyed on
the ground.
Nine enemy divebombers attacked
the government station at Tufi,
Papua, but caused no damage, the
communique said.
Evening star., 1943-01-04
D. {. Bank Deposits
Soar S88,S97,33S
In Six Months
$604.8l6,072 TotoI
On Last Day of Yeor
Revealed by Call
By EDWARD C. STONE.

Washington's % active banks
registered a sensational gain of
$88 ,897 1882 in the last six months
of 1912.
Deposits on December 81 ag-
gregated s604,816, ,072.11, against
$515 918, 1889 on June 80. -
The startling advance was brought
to light today following a condition
call issued by the Controller of the
Currency asking for statement
covering all banks in the District of
Columbia and all national banks in
the United States, as of December
81, 1912.
Every bank in the Capital showed
gain. Riggs National reported an
upturn of about $30,000,0 900 and
many other banks revealed propor-
tionately large upswings.
Some of the smaller banks gained
as much in the six months as they
had in the last six years.
Deposits of the various banks.
with interbank balances reported
net, follow:
Evening star., 1943-01-04
GuuduIcunuI
Continued From First Page }

said there were evidences that some
Of the Japs had died Of emaciation
and disease.
Point to Technique.
Naval observers explained that the
technique was to send fast destrcyers
in at high speed to points close to
the shore from which rapid landings
could be made by small boats.
In weekend action elsewhere in
the Solomons area, American flyers
attacked the enemy airfield at
Evening star., 1943-01-04
Visible Grain Supply

NEW YORK, Jan. 4 P.-Visible
supply of American grain showed
the following changes from a week
ago (in bushels: Wheat decreased
1,043,000, corn increased 1851 900,
oats decreased 700, 900, rye increased
zoe, 900, barley decreased 125, 900.
Evening star., 1943-01-04
Bond Buying Vital Factor.


Bond Buying Vital Factor.
Bank officials said today that the
purchases of Government bonds by
the banks were very important
factor in the huge gains of the last
six months.
They also cited the growth in
population, booming business con-
ditions and the unprecedented war
activity as other important reasons
for the all-time high in deposits
and the gains since June. They
added that deposits will go still
higher.
The Federal Reserve System and
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
sent out similar calls for bank re-
ports, making this year-end survey
of bank condition extend to total
of l3,416 banks of all kinds-nearly
every bank in the country.
Calls went to 5,086 national banks,
1892 State banks belonging to the
Federal Reserve System and 6,738
other State banks.
The calls were split up so that
no bank had to make more than
one report, although it might have
to furnish copies of the same report
to the other agencies.
d. c. Exchange Sales OFF.
Trading in both stocks and bonds
on the Washington Stock Exchange
during 1912 was lighter than in 1941.
although prices held very well, a
survey shows. Trading in both the
senior and junior issues has been
in competition with heavy War bond
buying, which naturally was a strong
factor in reducing the buying volume
on the exchange.
The total volume of bond trans
actions on the exchange amounted
to $306 500, against 1858, 500 in 194l.
Capital Traction SIS led the volume
with turnover of $199,000 far
ahead of any other issue. WASH
ington Gas Light 5s stood second in
leadership, with a $4,000 turnover.
Next came Railway & Electric As,
transactions totaling $4,000, and
Georgetown Gas Light IS, with a
turnover of $12,500
Activity in the stock division was
led by very low-priced stock, Ma
tional Mortgage g. Investment pre-
ferred, which witnessed sales total
ing 11,246 shares. Capital Transit
registered the sale of 4,769 shares.
Washington Gas Light common
registered the sale of 6,614 shares
and Capital Transit saw a 4,769-
share turnover. Mergenthaler Limo
type topped the miscellaneous list
with sales totaling 2,455 shares.
while more than 1000 shares of
Peoples Drug Stores common stock
also changed ownership, the survey
discloSeS
Fulton Insurance Speaker.
James A. Fulton, president of the
Home Life Insurance Co. of New
York and one of the outstanding
Evening star., 1943-01-04

leaders In the
business, will ad-
dress the first
monthly meeting
of 1943 of the
District of Co.
lunbia Life Un-
derwriters' As
sociation, it was
announced to-
day.
He will speak
at the January
luncheon n e x t
T h u r S d ~ at
1890 o'clock at
the Willard Ho-
tel and he will
Evening star., 1943-01-04
Slight Coins Scored
By Municipal Bonds
~ the Associated Press

~ VIC hScUClAteU FIe6S
NEW YORK, Jan. 4.-Municipal
bond prices averaged slightly higher
In December the Daily Bond Buyer
announced today. The publications
index Of January 2 stood at 2.l7,
compared with 2.16 at the start OF
December.
Evening star., 1943-01-04

as inflicting damage on other vessels.
The battle report of Capt. Catch
concluded: Not one of the ships
company flinched from his post or
showed the least disaffection."
Evening star., 1943-01-04
Raids
Continued From First Page)

proxlmately 1000 miles and the
flyers were favored by good weather.
Other Areas Attacked.
While the American bombers were
busy at st. Nazaire, Raj bombers
and fighters sped over Northern
France, Holland and Belgium in at
tacks on railways, docks and air.
fields. The docks at Bruges and an
airfield in Holland were attacked
while other planes bombed railway
targets in Northern France.
German planes struck back at
England last night after two day.
light raids. Several places in
Northeast England were bombed, it
was said, but there were no reports
of casualties.
The targets of the Germans were
not disclosed, but the German radio
said the chief objective was the city
of Hull.
Evening star., 1943-01-04

Chicaso Cash Market.
Wheat, No. l hard .43Ia; No. hard,
tough, LAO; sample grade hard, tough.
80. Corn. new: No. . yellow, a6 No.
3. 921a-95s4: No. 4, s9-92I2: Sample grade,
so; No. white, O2 i2-1 O6l2. Old corn:
No. mixed. 97la; No / yellow, 97a4;
No. ?. 96a4 -97'4: No. 3. 96-96l4; sam
pie grade; 93R-96: Oats, No, 9 mixed.
sample grade. 53i4: sample grade feed.
53 Barley, mailing; S5-l ;04 nom; feed.
weight nominal; timothy. 475-5 90; aIsike,
1S.0O-22 80; fancy rt" top, 10000: red
clover, Is .00-22 SO: sweet clover, 1908. 90.
Evening star., 1943-01-04
Washington Exchange

SALES.
Capital Transit Co.'S at 26A; 20
at 26A; Is at 26A.
Washington Gas Light $500 pre-
ferred-30 at 10034.
Evening star., 1943-01-04
Baltimore Stocks
Special Dispatch to The Star.
Steel Quotations

NEW YORK. Jan. 4 R.-steei prices
per 100 pounds fob. PITTSBURGH Hot
rolled sheets, base price. 210; galvaniled
sheets, $50; steel bars. els.
Evening star., 1943-01-04

Bleachable cottonseed oil futures closed
14.45b.
New Orleans Prices.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. OP.-New sea-
lures here again today on trade and
speculative buying. The market closed
very steady 80 to 95 cents a bale higher.
Open. High. Low. Close.
Evening star., 1943-01-04

The Japs have . yen for world
domination. Your dollar, in War
Bonds, win defeat that yen.
Evening star., 1943-01-04

=, Spot cotton closed STEADY 81 a bale
hiRkher. Sales. 4,124. Low middling.
1898; middlinE, 20.20; good middlins,
20:65, Receipts. T21. Stock, 326,SS4.
Bid. Nominal.
Evening star., 1943-01-04

same period were 136,245 1897 dozen
pairs, a decline Of % per cent from
the 1941 period.
Evening star., 1943-01-04
NEW YORK BOND MARKET
Bonds
BY Privote Wire Direct to
The Stor.

TODAY'S SALES.
I'd ponortaI IL D1tr
Evening star., 1943-01-04


safe from detection, and launched
torpedo attack on the American
destroyers.
-Four searchlights from a Japa-
nese cruiser lighted the battleship,
and fire was opened by cruisers
and japanese battleship which
joined the fight at that time.
Searchlights Go Out. =
within second after the
searchlights were on us, our sec
ondary. batteries opened up and
their searchlights went out; then,
80 seconds later, our main bat
teries fired. We were fighting the
cruisers. One of our own battle
ships ahead of us was pouring
shells into the Jap battleship, but
now and again the big enemy ship
would turn one our way, until the
United States battleship ahead
silenced it,"
An enemy cruiser had scored hit
on the coming tower of Capt.
Gatch's ship, starting fire.
II was on the catwalk," the cap
tain said. I'D been dying for a
cigarette, and now I thought
could have one, so drew my lighter.
One of the men shouted, Captain,
sir! You'll give away our position! 7
I just looked up at the flames near
the top of our mast and finished
the cigarette"
The battle ended and flames
aboard Capt. Gatch's ship were
quickly extinguished.
The United States battleships and
destroyers had sunk one Japanese
battleship (or heavy cruiser, three
cruisers and one destroyer, as well
Evening star., 1943-01-04
BONDS
PUBLIC UTILITY.
STOCKS

Ter Rf&W Cp 1st 4As 1948 1O3h
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-01
Notice INVITING BIDS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that bids will be
received by tFc City of FL Centro at the office of the
City Clcrk, up to and until 200 pm, Wednesday
July 2, fo13 for the purchase Of that certain small
green house situated the 9th Street side of Hard
ing Park, across from the City Water Works. Such
bid must be for the removal of said house, and the
cleaning up Of all debris resulting therefrom The
City Of Ell Centre will sell and convey to the success
fu bidder, all its right title and interest in and to
SAID house. but reserves the right to reject any and
all bids.
By order Of the City Council
NEAL II. GAVIN.
City Clerk
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-01
Assembly Speaker
May Enter Race

SACRAMENTO. July l. CUP)-
Charles Lyon of Los Angeles, speak
er of the State Assembly, appeared
today as third possible Republican
candidate for the Senate seat of
Sheridan Downey. Democrat whose
term expires next year.
Lieut.. Gov. Frederick Houser and
DIR. Welter Dexter, state superin-
tendent of public instruction, both
have indicated they also may seek
the position.
Lyon, in the capital on legislative
business, said he was seriously
considering" entering the race. He
said he had made a tour of the
state.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-01
ALARM INVESTIGATED

SAN FRANCISCO, July l CUP)-
The western defense command and
fourth armg today ordered an Of
ficial investigation Of a false air
raid alarm in Oakland which touch
cd off San Francisco east bay
sirens, caused commuter tie-up,
and awakened most of the districts
100000 residents early today.
The army issued this statement
three hours after an all clear"
halted civilian defense operations
which started automatically with is
suance of the erroneous red" alert:
An official investigation was
ordered today into the source of an
air raid alarm sounded in the Oak
land region by the civilian air raid
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-01

Ernest Stauch, who has been q
civilian emplOye in a government
store in Panama for two and half
years, flew back 10 Ell Centro to
visit his family before joining the
navy. He formerly was a Sears
Roebuck store employe
w. r. (BilD Livingston, chief
carpenters mate with the Seabees,
has landed in Algeria. He said he
is swimming in the Mediterranean
sea every night The weather is
like Imperial Valley weather in the
daytime but he has to have two
blankets at night.
Ell Centre was represented by two
men at the enrolment of tech
nicians from armored divisions at
Ft. Knox. Ky. Cpl. Stanley r.
Conkey. son Of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
j. Conkey. and Cpl. Otviey A. Ash
brook will take special courses in
tank mechanics there.
Private Ted Kenny. son OF Mr.
and Mrs. E. L. Kenny, has arrived
safely in Iran, according to word
received by his parents. In the
service since last November he had
been stationed at Camp Claibourne,
La, before leaving for special serv-
ice overseas in March.
Pvt. Edward G Atkins has re
turned to Camp Howe, Texas, after
spending leave with his sisters, Mrs.
Bert Adkins and Mrs Joe Aduddeji
of Ell Centre and with his brother,
Horace Atkins, of HoltVille.
Aviation Machinist Mate, third
class, John Hafliger is spending a
29-day leave with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. John Hafliger. Sr. Haflig-
er. who was at Pearl Harbor at the
time of the Japanese attack, is nov
stationed at 0uonSet. r. l. This j.
his first visit home since October
1941.
Aviation Cadet Bill ThacEer, who
has finished his naval pre-flight
training at Del Monte. left Sunday
for Hutchinson. Kansas. where he
will begin the second phase of his
training.
Pvt. Jack G. CARRIER recently
finished his schooling at Ft. Man
mouth, N. j., and is now in the
signal corps in Washington, D. c.
He is taking advanced training.
Warren David Rogers. son of Mrs.
Jewell A. Rogers Of Los Angeles and
graduate of Brawley Union High
school and Junior college, was
graduated this week from the basic
flying school at Strother Field,
near Winfield. Kans. He was
scheduled to be moved to an ad~
vanced training school.
Second Glass Seaman Marian
Kneit2 is stationed at North Island
at San Diego. He has been in the
service since September of 1912.
Adrian r. Ricmann, who lived al
Imperial before he was inducted
into the army at El Centro in DeC.
1912, has been promoted from
corporal to sergeant at the cavalry
replacement training center at Ft.
Riley, KanS. He was bookkeeper
for the Imperial Irrigation district
before he entered the army. He IS
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-01
Imperial Valley Press

Established April 20. 1901.
Published evenings except Saturday
and Sunday. Iu combination with the
Sunday POST-?RESS. by the Imperial
Valley Publishing Company, 625 State
ST., FL Centre, Calf.
Paul jenkins, Publisher
and President.
~. c. Johnston, Vicc-President ant Nd
vertising Manager; Catherine M. Ien-
kins. Secretary.
Member United Press. California News
paper Publishers Assn. West Holiday
c Inc, national representatives.
Rates. (ncluding Sunday Post-Press) I:
Single. copy, Sc; carrier paid-n-ad-
vance: / month. $1.0o; 3 months.
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BY Mail: l month. S1.00. months
$3.50; 6 r1onths. $3.50; year, SS. 90.
Outside OF Colltotnia. ST 90 per Mouth
fiat
Entered al El Centro. Call. post
office as end class mRS.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-01

ago by the Will Hays censorship Of
flee. Walter Huston is the
latest to screen test for the film
biography of Will Rogers. But it
still looks like Stuart Erwin will
get the role.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-01

warning.
The alarm was repeatedly re-
ceived by Oakland civilian air reid
warning service at 6:22 a. m. The
all-clear was ordered By the con-
troller at the San Francisco air de-
fense wing at ITO a. m in order
to suspend the effect of the false
air raid alarm.
mo official air raid alert or
alarm had been ordered by the San
Francisco air defense wing"
Sirens routed thousands of sleepy
citizens from bed just before the
peak of early morning commuter
traffic.
Oakland, Berkeley and Alameda
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-01
Soldier Awarded
Medal for Rescue

WHITEHORSE. vt. July l. CUP)
For the dramatic rescue of two sol
diers whose boat was foundering ii
the icy seas of Lake Kluane, Sgt
Vernon A. Pierce of Pasadena, Calf.
today was awarded the Soldiers
Medal by Brig. Gen. James A
C'Ccnnor, commander of the North
west Service command
Pierce saw two of his fellow SOL
diers nearly swamped in a small
boat far out on The lake during a
high windstorm. He launched a
rowboat and got the two men safe
ly ashore.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-01

4 a supply sergeant. His wife Is living
in junction City near Ft. RILEY.
Cpl. Leland S. Rodermund, I'm
pcrial Valley rancher, recently was
graduated from the Chanute Field
army air force technical training
school in Illinois. He is training to
help maintain the nations fighting
| planes.
At Wichita. Kans., James S. Car
son, 13, son of MI and Mrs. James
Carson. is training in the army air
force. lte is taking iive-monthS
course prior 10 his appointment as
az aviation cadet in the army air
| force
Kearns, Utah, Is the present adj
dress of SylVanuS G. HaSkesS OF El
Centro He is taking his basic
training in the army air force
technical training school.
Aviation Cadet Alan Mun5on, son
of Mrs. Arlene Mun6on OF Eel
Centro, recently was graduated from
the army air force basic flying
school at Minter Field, Calf. He
was sent 10 an advanced training
school.
Glenn KramaT, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ray Kramar of FL Centre, is
Ell route to Madison, Wis, to take
his navy VIZ training at the uni
velsity there. He was graduated
from Central Union High school
this spring.
Cadet John S. OSWalt, jr., of FL
Centre is included in the group Oh
aviation cadets who reported re-
Gently at the navy pre-fhght school
at Del Monte for three months of
rigorous physical training.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-01
HOLLYWOOD
ny ERSKINE JOUNSON

Not only will Charles Baughton
be a ghost in his next picture, The
Canterville Ghost" but i'll one
scene he will be a headless one.
Script calls for Laughton to lift off
his head and carry it. Introduced
70 his. head, as built by the M-G-
NJ makeup department, Laughton
cracked: We'll, movie fans have
seen the Laughton mug in some
awful forms, but this tops any
thing" =. There will be no capital
izing by Hollywood on the Los An
geles zoot suit riots. The wearing
of neat pleats and stuffed cuffs on
the screen was banned two months
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-01

were affected principally as white
helmeted auxiliary police and air
raid warnings famed through the
metropolitan area to stop auto
mobiles and street cars.
There was no alarm Of any kind
in San francisco on the west side
Of the bay
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-01
Earthquake Shakes
Tokyo and Area
BY UNITED PRESS

An earthquake shook Tokyo and
adjacent areas in Japan Thursday,
the Tokyo radio reported, but Caus-
cd little damage.
Tokyo said the temblor was CEN
tered near ShimotSuma, in Ibar-
aki prefecture, approximately so
miles northeast of Tokyo, but that
the only damage was broken bot
ties and utensils shaken from
shelves.
The broadcast was recorded by
the United Press in New York
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-01
QUAKE FELT

LIMA, Peru July |. CUP) - An
earthquake at Jaqui in the province
of Caraveli Notrc, 80 miles south
of Lima caused some damage and
a temporary panic but no casual
ties yesterday, a dispatch from the
town said last night.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-01
welder Guilty of
Transport Charge

WASHINGTON, July l. CUP)-
Eldon r. Powell, 30-year-old for
mer New York welder, was found
guilty today on write slave charge
of transporting Miss Sunny Gray,
III, blonde Hollywood extra girl
from New York to Washington to
work in the Hopkins Institute, elab-
crate house of prostitution, which
posed as q massage parlor."
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-01

I ago by the Will Hays censorship Of
flee. Walter Huston is the
latest to screen test for the film
biography of Will Rogers. But it
still looks like Stuart Erwin will
get the role.
Bing Crosby probably won't turn
green with envy. but Pat OBrien is
going to sing on the screen for the
first time in "The Iron Major" at
RKO Pat Marbles, and darn good,
too, an Irish ballad, Dear Old
Donegal" which his father used to
sing to him when he was boy.
Madeleine Carroll is worried about
poundage and is consulting Holly
wood beauty expert Gloria Bristol
via long distance phone from the
cast. . For the first time, the
voice of film cartoon character
will receive screen credit. All future
Bugs Bunny cartoons will credit his
voice to Mel Blanc. who helped
originate the character.
MCCARTHY STARS
Edgar Bergen's 16-mm. color film
which he'll take on his Army camp
tours this summer already boasts
the greatest array of film star
names ever packed into one pic
ture. The film shows Charlie Nc
Carthy popping out from behind
shower curtains and boudoir drapes
in the homes of Dorothy Lamour,
lana Turner. Rita Hayworth. Hedy
Lamar. Betty Cradle. Irene Dunno.
Greer Carson. Barbara Stanwyck
and scores of other stars.
Eddie Cantor is paging Cary
Grant for a George Jessel type role
in his RKO film. "Show Business.
Joan Leslie graduates from high
school late this month. She has
been attending school on the set for
the last two years-making screen
love to Warmers male stars during
recess. When asked for his
autograph, Jimmy McHugh never
signs his name. He rapidly draws
the musical notes of the first four
bars of his hit song. Il Can't Give
You Anything but Love, Baby"
DINAH DEMURS
Diuah Shore invited a sailor to
the stage after the Paul Whiteman
show the other night and got more
than she bargajned for. The sailor
grabbed her and planted Hays Of
flee taboo smack on her lipstick
. Paramount has called off plans
for Erich Won Stroheim to make
series Of personal appearances with
Five Graves to Cairo" He wanted
too much money.
For a scene in Red Skeletons new
picture, "Whistling in Brooklyn" 4"
Comedian Rags Ragland had to
wear a harness for trick shot
showing him swinging through the
air. Observed Ragland as prop
man helped him into the leather
and metal contraption: THE last
time I was in harness / ran second
and paid $440."
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-01
ROAD OPEN

ROAD OPEN
CARSON CITY, July | CUP -
The Mt. Rose highway over the
Sierra Summit to Lake Tahoe wes
officially oened today for the first
time since November 1912.