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Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-15
Ceiling Price on
Alfalfa Is Not
Great Hardship
Dealers to Be Given
Allowances for Cost
OF Baling of Hay

Indication that the hay
ceiling price clamped down
on alfalfa growers in Wash
ington. Oregon and Califor-
MIA to become effective Feb
ruary l8 will not work too great
q hardship on Imperial Valley came
from Imperial Hay Growers aSso-
citation. through Manager M. E.
Ryan Monday
In communication with the Office
of Price Administration at Washing
ton and the state bureau of markets,
Ryan learned that the order covers
loose ha" at the ranch where the
ceiling is fixed at $40 ton to the
grower.
With $50 as a ceiling for cut hay,
the producer may add actual baling
costs not to exceed S4 a ton. There
was no mention Of stacking cost
or roadside delivery. The wholesale
dealer may add his actual cost plus
$1.50 handling charge. The retailer
is allowed a margin of S. ton and,
presumably, he will buy from the
wholesaler, as no mention was made
of any additional allowance if he
buys direct from the grower
This ceiling of prices with the
added charges for added services,
Continued on Page 6, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-15
Ration Traininu
Program in Sight

An intensive week of training was
in sight for public school teachers
and volunteer workers Of Imperial
county Monday as they prepared to
help in the distribution of war ra-
ton book No. 2.
The first meeting was scheduled
for 7:30 pm. Monday night at Ell
Centro Junior college for the I'M
rerial-El Contro area.
Other ration sc choClS" were
scheduled Ey E. L. Hiteman, coun-
ty superintendent, at wiley
High school at 7:30 Tuesday night,
including rural schools and those
at INLAND, Calipatria and Westmor-
land; Wednesday, February II, 4
pm, at Holtville High school for
rural schools OF the district; We'd
neSday at 8 pm. at Calexico High
school for CaleXico district schools:
Thursday, bruary 10. 4 pm,
Yuma time, at Winterhaven school
for Andrade, Ogilby, Fort Yuma,
Bard and Laguna Dam schools.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-15
Incentive Plan
Victim in House

WASHINGTON, Feb. l5.-(UP)-
The House agriculture appropria-
tions subcommittee by a vote of 6
to l. today rejected Presi d n
Roosevelt'S request for $l00,000,-
600 to finance incentive payments
to farmers raising Irish and sweet
potatoes beans, sorghum, flax and
certain vegetables,
Mr. Roosevelt's request was sub
mitted to Congress February 10 by
Harold D. Smith, director of the
budget bureau. 1t was recommend
ed by ecretary of Agriculture
Claude R. Wickard and Director
James F.. Byrnes of the office of
economic stabilization
BLOCK PAYMENTS
The subcommittee action was
interpreted as move by farm rep
resentativeS in the House to block
subsidy payments to increase food
production.
This group favors higher market
prices for farm products. It's mem
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-15

bers insist this could be done by
permitting the inclusion of farm
labor costs in computing the parity
formula. A bill TO accomplish this
has been approved by the House
agriculture committee.
Wickard requested the Sl00,000,-
COO to be distributed among farm
erS as an incentive to plant from
so to ITO per cent of their 1913
goal on the specified crop.
PAYMENTS PROMISED
The department already has OBJ
tanned pledges from thousands of
farmers to cooperate in the pro-
gram. The payments were prom
ised at up to $50 an acre for all
crops planted between 90 and ITO
per cent of the goal. The pay
ments were proposed to compensate
farmers for the cost of expanding
production, and were to be indie
pendent of all other farm pay
mentS.
Agriculture Department officials
declined to comment on the Sub
committees action.
Officials appeared hopeful, how
ever that some m a n may be
found to make the payments They
said final decision cannot be
made until a thorough study is
made of the committees report.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-15

Russia had KharkoV in their grip
and the fall of the Ukrainisn bas-
ton appeared imminent. British
bombers in tWo-pronged thrust at
the Axis pounded Cologne, first city
to feel the weight of a l000-plane
raid last year, and the Italian ar
senal of Milan and Spezia naval base
to the south.
President Risto Ryti of Finland
was reelected overwhelmingly for a
second term in an election that
gave little sign of having a bearing
on the course of the Finnish war
effort
SHIPS REFITTED
An announcement in New York
revealed that the French battleship
Richelieu and three other warships
the cruisers Montcalm, Fantasuue,
and Terrible-Were being refitted in
United States waters preparatory
to action against the Axis
Indications mounted that the Ger
man withdrawal in Russia might
not halt before it reaches the Dnie-
per river line. The question was
arising in the minds of military OBJ
servers whether the Nazis may even
ull back farther across the vast
Russian spaces in all e1Iort to dis
engage from the Red army and
establish positions which can be
defended by minimum forces to free
crack units to face the coming
Allied threat from the west.
THREE-WAY ATTACK
Reports from Stockholm suggested
that three-way assault on Khar-
kov, German bastion of the Ukraine,
may already be under way. The
Nazis are reported to be moving
trainload after trainload of troops
westward from the apparently DOOM
ed city, focal point of the whole
supply and defense system in south
Russia for year and half.
The Russians apparently are with
in few miles Of cutting off Khar-
koy's last communications to the
west, and there was a possibility
that a considerable German garri-
son might be trapped by the clos
ing pincers.
Reports that the Kharkov garri-
son is fleeing to Kiev may reflect
German intentions to utilize the
latter city as the fulcrum of a new
defense line, possibl" running rough
ly from Riga along the Dvina, the
upper Dnieper, through Smolensk
Continued on Page 6, Col. II
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-15
Induct Strikers, Is
Co|oneI's Demand

WASHINGTON, Feb. l5.--(UP)-
Lieut.. Col. Francis " Keesling, leg
is!ative officer of the Selective
Service Burear, told the House mil
itary affairs committee today that
consideration should be given to in
duction of strikers.
Keesling spoke in opposition to a
bill by Representative Paul j. Kill
day, Democrat, Texas, which pro-
vides that all single men and child
less married men in state shall
be called to the colors before any
married men with children are in
Quoted. He based his objection on
potential administrative difficult
ties" of the measure,
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-15

disclosed also that the Allies now
have practically every other French
warShip, either under command of
Gen. Henri Honore Giraud. North
African chief, or under TIE fight
| ing French forces of Gen. Charles
De Gaulle. Some Of these went
Immediately into action against the
NaziS as soon as North African
affairs we're settled.
The warships in United States
waters. he said, are under General
Giraud's command. Giraud thus
has a total of three battleships,
ti:ree heavy cruisers. six lighk
cruisers, one aircraft carrier, four
big destroyers, five destroyers, 10
to II sloops, IA submarines and
some accessory ships.
These, he hoped would collabor-
ate very intimately" with the De
Gaulle warships soon.
PLANES USELESS
The planes aboard the French
aircraft carrier Bearn, now at Mar
Unique and soon to join the Allies,
now are useless. he said, and the
ship itself is "old and slow" but he
hoped it would prove useful in the
fight against the common enemy,
Germany"
For the first time since 1885,"
Admiral Fenard said, there ar
rived a few days ago in certain
east coast ports a most impressive
contingent of French vessels.
under the orders of General Giraud
including a batt!eship, cruisers, and
deStroyers, which are to undergo
necessary repairs in certain navy
yards. where they will be received
and treated just like other United
Nations ships.
"Thny are of the most modern
types and constitute a valuable
addition to the forces of the United
Nations.
The crews are very glad, l am
Continued on Page 6, Col. u
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-15
Sermon Costly to
NEGRO in &c.

Reverend Homer Gray, Negro,
was taken in charge by officers Sun
day afternoon when he mounted a
baggage truck at the railroad sta
ton and began to preach sermon
to the waiting passengers. He was
given 60 days in the county Jail.
Another Negro, Major Terry, is
spending a 6-day stretch in the city
Jail for being drunk and disturbing
he peace.
Fined S75 for reckless driving,
Tommy Townsend paid the fine in
full
Terry MURPHY, drunk and disturb
ing, paid $40 in cash and is serving
a 5-day Jail sentence. For the same
offense, Clyde o. Johnson paid a
$40 fine and received a 30-day sus-
pended sentence. 4,
O. j. Pelky. drunk, paid a $40
fine.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-15

ceedingS in indianapolis federal
court whereby the leader of the pro-
Fascist and anti-Semitic organiza-
ton was found guilty of having in
terferred with the operations and
success of the armed forces and
promoting the success of the Axis.
The ruling means that Pelley must
now start serving the Is year sem
tence imposed on him.
The courts action applied also to
Lawrence A. Brown. an associate of
PelleyS who was sentenced to five
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-15
LaGuardia Offers
New Word forIt

NEW YORK. Feb. l5 up
Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia offers
"iSolhash" as an antonvm of the
"globaloney" of Rep. Clare Booth
Luce, r.. Conn.
He said yesterday in his weekly
radio broadcast that the recipe for
''isolhash' was:
stale and discarded bigotry, mar
row -mindedness, prejudice, hatred
greed, and selfishness, all leftovers
from the last war and now smelly
from nauseating serving prior to
Pearl Harbor. Spice this with witty
phrases and catchwords and season
with plenty of petty partisan poll
4 les and you have isolhash, an un-
savory, unpalatable dish, repulsive
to people who love freedom, security
and democracy"
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-15
lightning Doesn't
But Fire Does

Ligh thing doesn't strike
twice in the same place, they
say. Not so with fire.
On Saturday a small fire did
little damage to the property of
Mr.. and Mrs. +. S. Strickler at
$40 South Sixth street. AT
$3.50 p.m., Sunday they were
startled to learn that it was
their property for which the
fire horn blew again.
Four naval ensigns discovered
the blaze. summoned the fire
Department and heipe- control
the situation until firemen ar
rived.
Considerable da mage was
done i'm the kitchen around the
sink, where the fire had ap-
parently started in box of
matches.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ken Thornton.
residents of the house, were at
the StricklerS' when the fire
occurred. They showed disbe-
lief at the boy who told them
of the fire.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-15
GERMANS FLEEING; FRENCH SHIPS IN u.
JAPS LOSE 18
TO OUR ONE

WASHINGTON, Feb. Is. up
Americans on Guadalcanal extract
ed a toll of l8 Japanese lives for
that OF every American slain during
the four-week campaign which fl
nally drove the enem" from the
Island.
A Navy communique reported yes
terday that 6,066 japanese troops
were killed as two American columns
one advancing through the jungle
and the other by boat-encircled the
japanese at Cape Esperance and
backed them up against the sea.
A previous announcement reported
that only BAT Americans were killed
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-15

from tne DarTaCKS anu lltdl Vic
runways used in landing and TAX
ing off with planes. The plane ex-
ploded and burst into flames.
Officers with correct information
as to the details of the crash and
the names of the two marines who
perished could not be reached Mon
day. 1t was understood that officials
were making an intensive investiga-
ton to find out what caused the
crash
Reliable sources said the names
of the victims will be released by
the public relations office of the
navy in San Diego.
A total of seven lives were lost
several weeks ago when plane
and glider fell into Salton sea.
Search for the bodies Of the victims
went on for some time after the
accident and the Investigations OF
the causes also occupied consider
able time This equipment also was
based at the Ell Centro station
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-15
Timoshenko In
Washington d. e.?

MOSCOW, Feb. Is. tUP)-Soviet
sources today described as doubt
fur a report published in London
that Marshal Semyon Timoshenko,
four Russian generals and an al
,uiral have left for Washington to
confer with President Roosevelt and
Mrs. Chang Kai-shek.
The report. which appeared in a
Stockholm dispatch to the London
Sunday Dispatch, said that the So
Wet party was travelling to the
United States via the Middle East,
Dakar and Brazil.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-15

during the same period
Added to past communiques, yes
terday's announcement brought to
nearly $4,000 the number of Japa-
nese ground troops killed since the
Marines landed on Guadalcanal last
August. The great ma iority of these
are known dead, counted by the
advancing American forces. Other
dispatches from the Solomons plac-
ed the figure as high as 10000
Indicative of the savagery of the
fighting on the island since Jan. IS
is the fact that the communique re-
ported onl: l27 prisoners taken.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-15
Two Injured In
Traffic Accident

Mrs. Inez Christie, 81, Ell Centre,
and Luther Benjamin Weeks, 81,
Holtville farmer, suffered minor in
juries in a traffic accident on
Highway No. 80 two miles north of
El Centre early Monday.
A car driven by James Merrill
Christie, 25, railway company en-
ployee, crashed into the back of a
car driven by Weeks, highway pa
trolman said.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-15
French WorshiPs Arrive in
u. S. to Join Ally Fleet

NEW YORK, Feb l5-UPl-Vice
Admiral Raymond Fenard, head of
the French Naval Mission to the
United States. disclosed today that
the French Battleship Richelieu
and three other French Warships
are in United States waters to
undergo repairs while virtually all
the rest of the fleet which was not
scuttled at Toulon is in Allied
hands.
The Richelieu. which arrived in
New York a few days ago., was
accompanied across the storm-toss-
ed Atlantic by two small cruisers,
the Fatasque and the Terrible, and
the cruiser Montcalm, he revealed.
The Montcalm now is at Phila-
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-15

years in prison, and to Fellowship
Press" which was fined $1,000.
Pelley and his associates contend
ed that their constitutional rights
had been invaded because no women
were on the panel OF jurors invoked
to try them. and because special
assistants TO the attorney general
were in the grand jury room when
their case was being considered.
They also asserted that the evidences
did not sustain their convictions,
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-15
Court Indicates
Opinion Reversal

WASHINGTON, Feb. -UP)-
The supreme court indicated today
that it might reverse a series of
past opinions which restricted the
distribution of pamphlets by men,
berS of the Jehovahs Witnesses re-
ligious sect.
The court granted a rehearing in
the original case - known as the
Cpelika caSe-and two cases from
Arkansas and Arizona, all of which
were decided at the past term of
court. 1t also agreed to review
two cases in which Pennsylvania
courts ruled against the Witnesses.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-15
Car Situation
LetsUp Here

The freight car shortage was re-
lieved somewhat in Imperial coun-
ty Monday since carrot growers de-
layed harvest so that the lettuce
may be shipped without delay.
Growers d clared the situation
was greatly improved Monday over
the conditions Saturday and Sun
day, and hoped to ride out the
shortage without critical injury to
either the lettuce or carrot harvest.
1t is possible to delay the carrot
harvest without injurying the crop,
but the lettuce must be harvested
when it reaches its prime or the
quality suffers.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-15

delphia to undergo repairs there.
the admiral said. and the two
smaller cruisers left New York last
night for another port.
AS soon as they have been re-
fitted, principally with anti air
craft guns, the ships will take to
SEE again to Join the Allies in
thwarting Adolf Hitler's last des-
perate effort to win the war with
submarines.
TELLS BELIEF
The admiral. in asserting belief
that every French ship at Tou-
Ion had been scuttled when the
Nazis took over the French Medit-
erranean naval base after the
American invasion of North Africa,
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-15
NavyPBY Boat
Falls Into Bay

SAN FIR SEQ, Feb. Is
tUP)-A Catalina Ply Flying Boat
crashed into San Francisco Bay
near the San Mateo bridge yester-
day, the 18th Naval District an
nounced today. Three of the nine
crewmen were missing.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-15
y AMBl|Ne
EpoR7ER
lIe1rt-ache Bureau

lIeort -ache Bureau
The war is full of heart-aches for
many people The latest one to
come to RRS attention was this:
Yvonne Van Der Linden enlisted
in the WAVES and left last week
for Oklahoma to begin training.
Four days after she left, Juan
KirkDatrick. the man whose pic
ture is in the locket Yvonne wears
Ell centre from San
Francisco to say that he would be
home after being away for two
years with the united states
NaVV
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-15
PeIIey Loses in
Supreme Court

WASHINGTON, Feb. Is. (UP)-Wam Dudley Pelley
founder of the Silver Shirt organization today lost his APP
peal to the supreme court from his conviction charges
of violating the sedon act through publications of his
FeOWshp Press The court declined review the pro-
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-15

erick A. Willard and Laurel Fergu-
son of Holtville; Clarence J. Parks,
r. P. Moore, Mrs. Jessie Currier,
Men Christian, r. J. Burleigh, Ward
'McCirew, John Drummer an d
Charles Bramkamp, all of El Gen.
tro: Frank S. Hewitt of Cali patria:
George r. Buffers and Charles F..
MAYNARD of Brawley; Clara M.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-15
Second Crash in
z Weeks Kills 7
Marine AVi QtorS
Death Toll Of Fliers Mounts at EI
1Ien+ro Air Training Station as
Plane Crashes Near Camp Barracks

Two marines lost their lives in plane crash block
DrCm the barracks the E Centro Marine Training sta
ton Saturday afternoon, bringing the total plane casual
ties the station to four within month
The plane crashed to the earth approximately block
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-15
Fall Of khurkov
Now Imminent as
Russ Advance
Italian. German Cities Devastated by
Crushing Blows of fRAF as Allies Keep
Up Pace Designed TO Smother Enemy

LONDON, Feb. Is CUP)-Bone-crusher blows were
raned on the Axis by land and air today as it revealed
that four French Warsps have reached American
to Join the Allied battle against German U-boats
Red army forces shredding the German line in south
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-15
Stab
Brin 9s
Death
Airport Worker
Murdered After
Picnic, Dance


One man was stabbed to
death in a knife battle at a
ClO picnic 10 miles north of
Holtville and a Mexican was
slightly wounded in a grudge
fight at a Mexican dance in Braw-
ley during the weekend
Joseph Frank HaWkey, 47-year-
old welder emplo"ed at the Holt
vile airport construction project,
died in a Brawley hospital at 7 am.
Sunday from stab wounds inflicted
in a fight over money in a crap
game in the last hours of the picnic
and dance staged by the members
of the Congress of Industrial Or
ganizations at Kendall's plunge.
Deputy Sheriff Frank Raney said.
Alex and James West were held on
suspicion of numbering Hawkey.
SLIGHTLY WOUNDED
Paul Romero, "a, employed in the
lettuce harvest in the Brawley area,
stabbed and slightly wounded Felix
Hernandez %. in what Brawley po-
lice declare was the second incident
in a continuous grudge in which
the two men are engaged. About two
weeks ago Hernandez stabbed and
slightly wounded Romero. Herman
dez was up and about Monday
paying slight attention to the
shoulder wound inflicted by Romero
at Mexican dance.
TWenty-Seven minutes after Dep
uty Sheriff Raney saw Hawkey in
BraWley hospital, he caught and
arrested Alex Steve West, SO, miner
and lumberman. and James Monroe
West, "a, carpenter, as they walked
along a country road in the Sandia
district. The West brothers were
held in the Imperial county Jail in
Ell Centre Monday on suspicion of
murder.
WITH POCKETKNIFE
Hawkey was stabbed, supposedly
with pocketknife, in the left side
and arm. Witnesses said the argu-
ment started over how much money
was in the crap game which wound
up the picnic celebration.
Hawkey lived at 9l6 East Nine
teenth street, Long Beach and had
worked at the Holtville airport pro-
ject for a week
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Nola Hawkey; a daughter, Cleta,
and a son. Paul, who is in the army
and was wounded last month in the
battle of the Pacific.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-15
1q43 Grand jury
Selected Here

Roy Breedlove of Ell Centre appointed foreman
of the 943 grand jury after the grand urymen
in by Judge Vaughn N. Thompson in Imperial county
perior court Monday morning
The other 1S members of the grand Jury include Fred
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-15
Practice Bombing

Practice Bombing
Everyone in the Firestone build
ing knows how he will behave in
case of bombing.
They had an unexpected try-out
. Monday.
Everything was going along as
usual when something raced from
the street into the building with
the swiftness of an arrow, and
crashed with a terrific tum u 1t
through a glass door. There was
hysteria. no less, in the place.
Investigation showed that huge
tire had fallen off a truck and
was hunting a place to light.
OleanderS and Garlic
RR has nothing but oleanders
for Lewis Hall, 14-year-old Ell Cen
tro schoolboy, who filled two shifts
on a desert post for the Ground
Observation corps Sunday because
adults supposed to do so had
gone out of town without informing
those in charge that there would
be no one to take their places.
Oleanders also go to Bud Park
or, chief observer at a desert post
who needed someone to help him
hausted from acting as observer
,pimself that he had to have Red
Gross Motor corps driver telephone
him Sunday morning to go on duty
Continued on Page 6, Col q
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-15

York, of Bard; Joseph L. McKim
of Imperial; Leroy Little and
Maude Glasby of CaleXico, and Ed
win N. Cosand of Imperial
The members went into secret
session Immediately and were to
elect a secretary and plan their
business for coming weeks.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-15

REMEMBER THESE DATES!
Gasoline
"A" book coupons
No 4-Valid Jan. 22-March 81.
Shoes
Stamp No. III pair til June 16
COFFEE
Stamp No. 25--1 ID to March %
Sugar
Stamp No. 11-Good for 3 pounds
until March l6
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-15
WEATHER

Maximum Sunday IS, minimum
Monday "A; 5 am. Monday SO, hu-
midity AZ; noon Monday IS, humid
ity 27; pm. Sun. 76, humidity 5S.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-15

One man was stabbed to
death in a knife battle at a
ClO picnic 10 miles north of
Holtville and a Mexican was
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Evening star., 1943-07-18
THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, JULY 49, 1s4s

characteristics similar to currency
paper which make it difficult to
counterfeit. Printing Office chem
lists developed all the papers now
used for ration books, Mr.. Giegen-
gack said, and have turned the
process over to four paper mills
which manufacture all ration paper.
Paper used for gasoline ration
books is made from white sheets,
tinted blue-gray and processed with
design very sensitive to chemicals.
Identifiable parts of the background
appear on every stamp. This paper,
used for fuel oil stamps and for Ra-
ton Book as well, has a pattern
of eagles superimposed on a back
ground of horizontal lines.
In producing War Ration Book 3,
Evening star., 1943-07-18

new process of including cellulose
fibers has been used in the manufac-
ture of the paper.
Because OF the fiber in its paper
inspectors can check it's validity with
simple acid test. The fibers serve
as permanent means of identifica-
ton, for they do not fade out under
wear and tear.
Mr.. Giegengack said the process
ing of this paper has been limited to
four converting mills to maintain
uniformity of product as we'll as to
keep the process secret. The, Govern
ment furnishes the converters with
base paper and chemicals, but not
chemical formulas. The devices used
to put the designs in the paper must