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Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-23
THINGS WE'LL NEVER MISS

Santa Ana Register
There are lot of things we are missing
in these war times, such as many luXurleS
and even many necessities and no one OBJ
lects if they mean helping the war effort.
But we are also getting a lot OF things
which We'll never miss when the war is
over. Some of these things are the con-
slant warnings and reminders which are
seen every day in the newspapers, issued
by various government agencies.
The public is frequently, if not con-
stantly reminded before any event is held,
which entails large gatherings of people,
that government officials will be on hand
to check the auto license numbers of ma
chimes there Also before holidays, they
are told that inspectors of the govern
ment agencies will be patrolling the roads
to watch license numbers of automobiles,
in order to check on gasoline usage.
1t certainly doesn't sound American.
The average citizen is law abiding and
won't do anything to hurt the war effort.
But if he works all week and then has
saved up some extra gasoline coupons to
use in little recreational driving, it
hardly seems fair to brand him as po-
tential law violator.
All of which makes one wonder where
the many Investigators and inspectors of
the various governmental agencies get the
rubber and gas to do so much checking in
field that can hardly be termed danger
Gus.
These are Just some of the things we
will he glad to forget when the war is over
and the American way of life is resumed
if it is to be resumed.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-23
JUDGE WARMERS BOY
RedlandS Facts

Redlands Facts
1T isn't the machine alone-it's the
combination of the men and the machine
that makes the Flying Fortress.
That's what Benjamin Warmer, Jr., OF
Ontario said after he had shot down seven
axis planes from the waist gun of BIZ.
And he certainly knew whereof he spoke.
The manufacturer had put into the hands
of that crew one of the finest machines
that fly. Theoretically, it was match
for any attacker. But those men could
easily have funked out
They knew when they took off for
Sicily that they were going to red hot
spot That was enough to give timid
gunner buck fever. Upon arrival they ran
into terrible barrage of flax. Then they
saw more attacking airplanes than ever
before.
Those boys did not get the fidgets.
They shot with the cool eXpertness OF
marksman on the gunnery range. In 10
minutes they knocked down 15 enemy
planes.
81 think we are capable of handling
them in the same way on every mission if
it becomes necessary, but | don't think
they can stand it." Sgt. Ben exclaimed.
''ln fact, l doubt if they ever had worse
beating than they received today
Judge Benjamin Warmer of the San
Bernardino county superior court is a
mighty proud father. And he must be
very worried one. To get in line for such
good shooting his son also runs into high
danger of being hit himself
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-23
WERE FRANKLY JEALOUS
OF MEXlCALrS new HOUSES

Imperial Valley towns have ample rea-
son for being frankly jealous of Mexicai.
We refer specifically to the beautiful,
numerous, new houses being built in the
area east of the Palace, and the also
numerous, large, fine concrete structures
under construction in the business areas.
The new homes already completed COM
bine to make a residential district more
attractive than any boasted by a single
American-sde town, and tend to shame
the communities up on the northern side
of the line
We don't pretend to know where the
material for these beautiful houses comes
FROM and we presume that the sources
are all strictly Mexican. Labor we as
sumo is plentiful on the Mexican side, and
Judging by the results, money also must
be plentiful down there.
Whatever may be the forces combining
to produce such widespread expansion,
development, and Improvement, certainly
the results are a delight to the eye, a
pleasure to the occupants, and a mark for
Ell Centre, Rrawley and all other towns
to shoot at.
At present, Mexicali can boast the most
up-to-date residential district in the
whole area and we hope that some day.
our own fair city can present some
worthy competition.
Not only is this worthy hope because
of the added benefit to each respective
community 1t is doubly worthy because
such homes reflect pride of ownership
and a spirit of community permanency
which is inherent in all places where it
is pleasure for the inhabitants to reside.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-23
MiIlt! Your
Manners

Test YOUR knowledge OF cor
rect social usage by answering
the following questions, then
checking against the authorlta-
tive answers below:
/. If you move TO a new part OF
ne country where the social GUS
-ons are different from those hat
,ou have been used to should you
90 as the Romars" or sti~k 10 the
'ustoms vcu knew back home?
2. Should a newcomer II town
" city talk continually about how
;uperior things were back home?
3. If you visit in q city where
here is a charge made for all
'ocal telephone calls over a Ger
tain number, should you keep track
# your local calls and pay your
l9stess for them?
q. IF you attend a tea Tor
newcomer to town, should you feel
hat you must call on the new
conner?
S. If you meet person from a
own in which you have visited
5nOlilu you Keep dohiiiS iii''i -
you know so-anG-so?"-- II he
doesn't know the first two or three
persons you mention?
What would you do if
You have just moved to strange
town
ta) Fut yourself oct to make
friends b.: Joining organi2a-
tons, locking up people
whose names have been sug-
ees ed to you. etc?
tb, Sit down and wait for people
10 look you up?
Answers
l. Do a.; the Romans.
2. No.
3. Yes, if you make more thar
.Wo or three.
a. Yes.
5. No. He may think you are
trying to find out if he knows "tht
right people"
Better What Would You Do
Solution-(a).
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-23
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
IMPERIAL

I'm HE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
IMPERIAL.
No. 2O833
SU NJ MON IS
Harry w. Horton and George r.
ri k. Attorneys for Plaintiff.
IMPERIAL IRRIGATION DIS
TRICT, Plaintiff,
VS..
PIONEER TITLE INSURANCE
AND TRUST COMPANY, ct al.
Defendants.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA SEND GREET
INGS TO: PIONEER TITLE IN
SURANCE AND TRUST COMPA-
NY, a Corporation, PIONEER IT,
lie INSURANCE AND TRUST
COMPANY, a Corporation, as Trus-
tee, CORA B. FREEMAN, BIRNEY
DONNELL, ECON G.. MERZ, Ma
ME c. OMER, MCCALL BROS.
COMPANY, a Corporation, H. R.
RANKIN, also known as HAMIL-
TON r. RANKIN, MABEL C.
CHANDLER, JOHN DOE, JANE
DOE. FRANK DOE COMPANY,
JOHN DOE COMPANY, a Corpora
ton, RICHARD ROE COMPANY,
a Co-Partnership, J. DOE, as exec
utor of the Estate Of r. ROE, De-
ceased, and J. DOE, as Admins
traitor of the Estate of r. ROE, De-
ceased, Defendants.
You are hereby directed to ao-
pear and answer the Complaint in
an action entitled as above, brought
against you in the Superior Court
of the County of Imperial, State
of California, within ten days after
the service on you of this Sum
mons-if served within this County.
or within thirty days if served else
where.
And you are hereby notified that
unless you appear and answer as
above required, the said Plaintiff
will take judgment for any money
or damages demanded in the COM
rlaint as arising upon contract. or
Plaintiff will apply to the Court
for any other relief demanded in
the Complaint.
Given under my hand and the
seal of the Superior Court of
the County of Imperial, State
of California this 31st day of
March, .l943.
w. j. McCLELLAND,
County Clerk.
(SEAL)
BY G.. o. KENYON,
Deputy Clerk.
mo. 82) JIG, %, 30; A6 l3,
20, 81; So, 10, I'D
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-23
Clarifying
Yourself
BY ALICIA HART
NEA staff Writer

There are only few essential
rules for beauty, says screen ac-
tress Joan Bennett, who has just
written a book about How to Be
Attractive
And inasmuch ae beauty is ar
actresses business, and the busi-
ness of being an actress has been
most successful in the case of Miss
Bennett, I asked her to tell me
Just what she considered basic
beauty rules.
"Cleanline SS, to my way Of thin;-
ing, is he first rule of beauty, y
he actress said The combina-
ion Cf ou. er cleanliness and inner
cleanliness of true health, cannot
De bettered."
Many skin eruption5, Miss Ben
nett believes, are caused by i'm
proper diet However, in suCf
cases, she warns. don't devise volr
own diet, but ask your doctors
a6vice. Other than that, soap an
wafer and 2. pure face cream is the
basis Of her own skin care.
"Naturalneos in makeup is an
other basic beauty rule to remcm-
her," the actress suggests.
use just enough cosmetics 49,
powder base, powder, rouge, and
only at night, eye shadow--to en-.
hance your natural colorirg. Appl,
them deftly" she adds, "for hap.
hazard makeup is worse tha,
none"
Incidenta ly. she uses lipsticl
brush TO outline her lips, Joan tolc
me, and finds they keep thci
shape all day long.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-23
WHAT IS OUR RIGHT NAME?

Ever since the other countries of the
Western Hemisphere joined us in war
against the Axis, we have been especially
solicitous of their friendship.
In stimulating this friendship, there
have been many difficulties which the
emissaries of our department of state
have had to surmount, and not the least
of such problems has been the habit of
United States citizens calling themselves
Americans.
1t is argued by the citizens Of other
countries that they, too, are Americans,
their homelands lying in either North.
South or Central America. With all OF
this we must agree, and obedlently our
country starts searching for some other
name which will apply specifically and
exclusively to US.
i But we find some difficulty in this.
The name United States Citizen" is long
and clumsy 1t isn't as pat as saying
"Britisher' or English" or Irish" or
French" or Dutch" or Russian or
anything else In fact we have heard
nothing suggested which might fit.
After all, usage has almost confined
the connotation of american" to people
of this country despite the technical in
accuracy, and there is every reason to be-
lieve that most Of the other Western
Hemisphere countries won't object II we
continue to filch the handle for ourselves.
Canadians are still Canadians, MeXicans
the same, and so on down the line of just
about all the rest of our neighbors. We
hope that those few who obi ject will have
the matter carefully explained to them so
we won't have to change the habits Of orr
$50 million people in order to placate the
feelings of only few million new friends
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-23
Capital Talk
-by--
Peter on

One of the restrictions which the
recent runaway session of the
House proposed for OPA was that
only men from the industry con-
cerned should be permitted to work
on its staff and make its decisions.
The performance of the Food In
dustry War Committee outlined
above would seem to indicate this
might be, to put it politely, some
what questionable.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-23
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
TIE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
VNpERIAI

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
TIE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
IMPERIAL.
No. 2O798
SU M M O N
Harry w. Horton and George r.
ki k, Attorneys for Plaintiff.
IMPERIAL IRRIGATION DIS
TRICT, Plaintiff,
VS..
CALIPATRIA PROPERTIES, Inc,
ct at, Defendants.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA SEND GREET
INGS TO CALIPATRIA PROPER
TIES, INC, Corporation, JEROME
STEIN, ROBERT L. SPERRY,
JOHN DOE, JANE DOE, RICHARD
ROE, JOHN DOE COMPANY, a
Corporation, RICHARD ROE CON-
oANY, a Co-Partnership, j. DOE,
as Executor of the Estate of r.
ROE, Deceased, and j. DOE, as
Administrator of the Estate of r.
ROE, Deceased Defendants.
You are hereby directed to ap-
pear and answer the Complaint in
an action entitled as above, brought
against you in the Superior Court
of the County Of Imperial, State of
California, within ten days after
the service on you of this Summons
if served within this county; or
within thirty days if served else
where.
And you are hereby notified that
unless you appear and answer as
above required, the said plaintiff
will take judgment for any money
Or damages demanded in the com-
0laint, as arising upon contract, or
plaintiff will apply to the Court
for any other relief demanded in
the Complaint.
Given under my hand and the
seal of the Superior Court Of
the County Of Imperial, State
of California, this 17th day ,f
March, l943.
w. j. McCLELLAND,
County Clerk.
(SEAD
b. CITHA LAMSON,
Deputy Clerk.
'No. 33D (Jl6, %. 30 A6, 13
20, 27; So, 10. 10
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-23

The civilian supply is not just what
happens to be left over after the military
and lend lease have taken theirs. Civilians
are not eating at the last table. The civil
ian supply is calculated in advance and
is nutritionallv adequate to maintain
health and efficient production.-Wa
Food Administrator Chester Davis.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-23
RATION STAMPS AND
MAN HOURS

MAN
The flattery fell flat, and from
then on the party was one Of those
strange bustS which can happen
only III Washington when press
agented press conference goes sour
and turns into a rout. Every state
ment made was challenged and in
the end the spokesman had to ad-
nit he had no idea when the COM
mittee's plan would be forthcom-
ing.
Out of the bedlam, however, it
was possible 10 piece a few ideas
on some of the things that were
bothering these leaders of the food
industry.
When Mr.. Francis complained
about the 260 million man hours of
labor required 10 handle ration
stamps. he was asked if he were
against rationing. Oh, no! The
committee was for ratiOning and
for price control and against in
slatiOn BUT-a new balance
should be struck to bring prices
in line with increased labor costs.
Just try to figure out the logic
of that.
The committee was unanimous in
its opinion that OPA was being run
inefficiently and not in the public
inrerest-BUT - they had to be
charitable to OPA because the law
said it must observe parity, apply
ceiling as Of Sept. IS, and allow for
reasonable profits. The committee
didn't believe the dictates of the
law could be carried out unless
subsidies were used-BUT-they
Wcre opposed to subsidies. Where
c,t that leave you?
SEA- NC THE CEILING
They opposed CPA's plan of hav-
ing several price ceilings for stores
doing differenC volume of business
-BUT-they favored a single price
ceiling which would force the
smaller, LESS efficient" stores out
of business. Then they complained
about the large number of stores
being forced out of business by
OPA.
The food industry was not inter-
ested solely in profits-BUT-pres-
ent OPA policies had resulted in
squeezing profits, resulting in
losses by wholesalers and retailers.
The financial statements of the
industry for the first six months
would show good prOfits-BUT-
the industry hadn't been making
any money since May 10, when
the OPA local dollars and cents
ceilings on specific food items
went into effect.
They favored the placing of food
production, distribution and price
control under the administration of
a single agency "in a matter of
hours, not Of days"-BUT-after a
two-day session of their own they
were unable to write report ex-
pressing their ideas.
And so on.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-23

The ingredients to farm production
are farm labor. farm machinery and
equipment, weather, and encouragement
in the form of price support and credit.
If the American farmer has these, his
genius will do the rest.-Former War
Food Administrator Chester Davis.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-23

We shall be mighty force at the peace
table. Men everywhere are looking to us
to give them good peace. We dare not
fail-Most Rev. Samuel A. Stritch, arch
bishop of Chicago.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-23
MILK ON THE HOOP

CLEVELAND, July % CUP) -
William Burch found his milk on
The hoos at the doorstep this
morning. Instead Of a bottle, it
was a goat. The milk company
couldn't explain the transforma-
ton.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-23
Editorials and Comment

EDITORS NOTE: The fOllowing edit
oriais are presented as interesting Opin-
ions Uoiced by editors eiseIchere. They
do not necessarily reflect the opinion OF
this paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-23
LUCE BOOSTED

NEW DELHI, July 23.-(UP)-An
editorial in the Obi roundup, Am
erican army newspaper in the far
east, suggested today that it would
be a good idea to elect congress-
woman Glare Booth Luce of Con-
nccticut vice president because I'VE
want a blonde with a neat pair of
cams presiding over the senate"
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-23
5. Burton
Heath
Wrifes:

The news from the European
front looks very. very good. Day
after day and night after night
British ard American bombeIs are
devastating Germany, italy, and
their occupied sources of military
supply We ore destroying fac
+ories, diSrupting communications.
damaging nerves and morale. We
have given Hitler and Mussolini a
lad case Ct jitterS.
Often our bombers destroy more
Axis planes than we lose With
this nations tremendous resources,
it would appear that IN such n war
of attrition we can not possibly fail
to win.
But we are sacrificing big planes
for small ones, large crews for
single pilots. We are losing them
in increasing quantities as the
into defense.
We can replace the planes. So
far as machines go, the swap would
be advantageous to us even though
our losses became even heavier than
they are likely to become.
1t is the pilots, the navigators,
the bombardiers we can't afford to
lose. Upon the reserve of such per-
sonnel now existing, and upon our
ability to maintain the level of the
POOL for at least the remainder of
l943, may depend whether we can
substantially bomb Germany out OF
the war.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-23

Hitler is sitting on the fence. wonder
ing what to do and when, hoping some
body will give him lead.-OWI Director
Elmer Davis.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-23

A delicate balance Of power may
have discouraged some wars in the
past, but it has always broken
down in the end. Today the de-
velopmentS Of science and tech
nology are such that any balance
that might be achieved after this
war would be too unstable to de-
serve the name President Harold
w. DoddS OF Princeton University
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-23
So They Say :-:-

Very probably there will be heavy
fighting in the Mediterranean and
elsewhere before the leaves of
autumn fall.-Winston Churchill.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-23

The Germans believe We cant
:cep up our round-the-c clock bomb
ug. They have to believe that, CT
.apitulate. because if We can keep
= up they are licked right now.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-23

There is a parallel WORTH con-
sidering in Hitler's U-boatS. We do
not know exactly why, just at the
moment whon they should have be-
come most effective, The sub
marines failed. Our protective
measures are more efficient, oil
course, and there has been effective
bombing of U-bOat bases. Yet
many suspect that the collapse OF
The submarine menace is due at
least as much 10 Hitlers inability
to supply capable crews as to any
shortage of available unGCrsea
.aiders themcelves.
Ten thousand Fortres5es and Lib
arato.s are useless without skilled
)ilo.s, navigators ard bcmbardiers
just as hundreds Of U-bOa's are
lseless without trained crews with
;tomachs FOR playing tag with
lcrth charges and shells.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-23
BY PETER EDISON

A further ringing note of confu-
sion on the food situation has just
been contributed by a Self-appoint-
ed Food Industry War Committee,
made up of 20 leading representa-
tives of national food retailers, pro-
cesSers, millerS. packers and restaur-
ateues. who met in Washington to
solve all the nations eating prob
lens. They couldn't find the an
swer either and thereby probably
gave the governments War Food
Administration and Office of Price
Administration people good,
hearty laugh up their ravelled
sleeve of care.
This Food Industry War Com
mittee was formed about six
months ago. 1t held its first
meeting in Ci.-eagO, but has been
meeting two days month in
Washington, where it maintains
an office which tries to keep up
with things. Tie committee ad-
mits that it is entirely unOf-
ficiaI, but, nevertheless, it called
a press conference in q Washing
ton hotel, with all the trimmin's,
at which, it baliyhoOed, a plan
for solving the national food
crisis would be announced.
When time came for the unveil-
ing, however, Clarence A. Francis
OF General Foods. acting as spokes-
man for the group, had to admit
that the committee was not yet
ready to give it out. Things are
changing so rapidly" Mr.. Francis
confessed. that We have not been
able to adjust our ideas unani-
mously. We haven't the facility of
self-expression with which you re-
porters are gifted"
Evening star., 1943-08-18
Alexandria Flyer
Nazi Captive
Seret. Mason Was Gunner
On Bomber Lost in Raid

Sergt. Earl Mason, jr., 20, of
Alexandria, who was thought by
his family to be dead after his
bomber crashed in Germany June
13, is being held a prisoner of war
by the Germans, the War Depart
ment announced today.
Mr.. Mason, who lives at 400 Cam
eron street, said he had little hope
that his son escaped alive when he
first heard of the crash. He said
his son was a tail gunner on Fly
ing Fortress and he had heard that
no parachutes were given these crew
members.
I'VE received good news after the
crash, Mr.. Mason said, from Earrs
commanding officer, who told us
eight parachutes had been observed
when the bomber went down. That
meant all but two Of the crew got
out of the ship and we couldn't
help believing Earl was among
them"
Later, Mr.. Mason said, letters from
friends who had heard short-wave
broadcasts from Berlin reported
that Sergt. Mason's name had been
broadcast as having been captured
and these reports were confirmed by
the War Department, which re-
ported that Sergt Mason is Ger
man prisoner in Camp Stalag
Sergt. Mason volunteered in the
Army Air Forces in September, 1942,
and after seven months training in
gunnery schools was sent overseas.
A native of Lynchburg, Va, he
came to Alexandria two years ago.
Prior to entering the Army he was
employed in the Navy Yard.
Evening star., 1943-08-18
Alexandra Recreation Director
Maps Party Planning Service
Expanded Wartime Program to Include
Advice on How to Have Fun at Home

Adults will be able to participate
in the junior and senior basket ball
league, as we'll as in badminton and
bowling, which are to be all-year
programs In addition, when work
on the George Washington High
School grounds is completed an out
door roller skating rink and dance
platform will be constructed.
HIRING of full-time handicraft
instructor also is planned. Glasses
will be held throughout the city,
so that children and adults may par
ticipate without going far from
home. Cooperation of civic clubs
will be sought in staging a hobby
show In the early fall.
To help Alexandrians with the
parties, Mr.. He'll Is starting a party
planning service, and any resident
may call the Office for help in plan
ming a social affair for either chill
dren or adults.
Stressing the need for real home
recreation, Mr. He'll said his Office
will circulate the ideas for fun at
home" through pamphlets and
newspaper articles.
A recreation institute for teach
ers, churcn workers and any per-
sons planning to lead groups in
recreational activities is planned for
the week of october 20. 1t will be
conducted by Miss Ethel Bowers,
women's and girls secretary OF the
National Recreation Association,
who has given similar courses
throughout the country.