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Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-05
Body Reconsiders
Resolution Made
To Limit Office
Move to Ask Congress
To Set Tw0-Term Limit
On Presidents Seen

SACRAMENTO, April 5.
/ (UP)-The resolution ask
ing congress to prohibit more
than two terms for future
presidents was reconSidered
by the California assembly today
and shunted back to the rules COM
mittee.
The lower house defeated the con-
troverSial resolution Friday after
noon when some of the Republican
majority were away for the week
end by a 38 to 81 vote, three short
Of a majority. Sam L. Collins, R.,
Fullerton, gave notice of reconsider
alton and brought it up again today
in an attempt to have it placed on
the inactive file.
PROTECT ISSUE
Democrats who protested the is
sue as Politics" opposed the mac
tive file move and urged instead
it go back to committee. The vote
to reconsider the previous defeat
Was AZ TO 90 and Collins then had
it referred to rules without fur
ther argument.
John Pelletier, d., Los Angeles,
deplored wasting time on an issue
outside the score of the legislature
and urged emphasis on war prob
lens. Minority Leader A. w. Rob-
ertSOn, Santa Barbara, led the Dem
ocratlc revolt against the resolution
Friday and opposed the inactive file
mancuVer today,
There was much corridor grum-
bling tlat the harmOnE of the war
time session to date had been up
set by the Collins resolution, with
Republicans additionally feeling it
was ill-timed to seek a vote in a
weekend session with 10 members
alb ent or this morning with Is not
voting.
COMMITTEE HEAD
Collins is chairman of the rules
committee and the resolution prCb
ably will 60 back to the floor near
the end of the session. Collins is
majority floor leader and a former
congressman. His resolution was
similar to those introduced or pass
ed by various other states.
The assembly approved senate
amendments and approved by the
ballot a constitutional amendment
Continued on page 6, Col. u
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-05
Rope Charge May
Face Servicemdn

glary and officers said it was pos
sible a rape charge would be lodged
against him later.
Policemen said Lillian Hughes,
Colored occupant of the room, was
badly beaten and bruised as a re-
suit of an attack by an intruder
who they stated pried open a win
dow screen in order to gain en-
trance to the room.
The victim rested in the county
hospital Monday and her condition
was not believed to be serious.
Local authorities planned to con-
fer with her soon and after OBJ
tanning a statement would decide
what charges would be pressed
against the suspect.
Officers said the soldier wore
shoes heavy with mud and left
tracks in the room.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-05
Accident Victim
Succumbs in L.V.

Imperial countys traffic death
toll for Imperial county reached
seven thus far this year when Mrs
Anne Hacker, %, Ell Centre, died
Sunday from injuries suffered in an
accident on the McCabe road
southwest of Ell Centre March 28
Mervin Carroll, 23, BraWley
driver of the speeding car which
went out of control and overturned
three times, was blamed for the
accident by a coroners jury which
heard the evidence in the case.
Carroll died a short time after the
crash.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-05
Border Fire Loss
Set at $4,000

MEXICALI, April S. - Non-rc-
placeable stock valued at approx
mately $4,000 was lost in a fire
that destroyed La Eserella AzUl, -
general merchandise store, here
Friday night, it was estimated Mon
day.
The store, located at 384 Guer-
rero street, had been operated for
number of years by Mario Her
nandez, who said he had insurance
on only a portion of the merchan-
disc. Hernandez did not own the
building.
A meat market next to the store
was partially destroyed by the blaze,
origin of which was undetermined.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-05

= L Vi tlto dGldCkeu AllGWeII, Del
| GUM.
The raiders concentrated their
attack on factories along the Schelde
river, including the big Daimler
Benz motor works from which the
German air force gets engines.
GOOD RESULTS
A United States army air force
communiquo said: Good results
were reported"
A big fleet of Allied bombers and
fighters swept eastward through
B Billiant sunshine high over the
English channel for another smash
ing blow at Europe, rocked by bombs
over the weekend from the German
coast to Italy, with concentrated
attacks on the Kiel naval base, the
Essen arsenal, the Paris industrial
suburbs and Italy's second port,
Naples.
A weak German effort to hit
back was broken up. British fight
ers drove raiders from two towns
on the south coast of England be-
fore they got in lick, chasing them
out to sea.
Flying FortresseS in record or
nearrecord numbers struck from
Afica at the key Italian port of
Naples and from Britain at vital
Nazi war plants outside Paris to
Spearhead the broadside onslaught
across Europe
BLASTS KEEL
The Royal air force. it's night
campaign against Europe in high
gear again, blasted heavily at the
Kiel naval base last night after a
pul.erizing bombardment "a hours
earlier of Essen, the keystone of
the Nazi arms industry with its
krurp Works.
Supplementary raids by lighter
10. .ces of smaller planes filled in
the gaps between the major targets
and hammered the Axis positions
in Tunisia as the Allied land armies
inched deeper into the African
bridgehead.
The fighting in Tunisia still was
III the preparatory stage. Axis and
Allied forces were massing strength
and deploying for the showdown.
Lieut.. Gen. George S. Patton jrs
american armored forces driving
eastward from the Ell Guettar area
Tor a junction with the British
Eighth army captured two strategic
Mills in the range comprising the
last natural barrier before the
coastal plain.
EDGE ON
In north TuniSia the British First
army edged toward the Bizerte naval
base after French Moroccan troops
had driven the Germans from Cap
Serrat, 36 miles west of it.
Operations on the Russian front
Continued on Page s, Col. A.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-05

years. He also owns small ranch
in the Bonds Corner area.
The Balfour- Guthrie firm oper-
ates extensively in this district and
possesses holdings in many sec
tions of the nation. The concern
deals chiefly in hay and grain.
Sale of the firms Calipatria ranch
marked one of the largest real es-
tate deals to be made here re-
Gently.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-05
Court Will Test
0PA Rent Control

WASHINGTON, April Sup
The supreme court announced to-
day that it will entertain a test of
the validity of rent controls estab-
iished by the Office of Price Ad-
uinistration in a case arising in
South Bend, Ind.
The test involves a ruling by the
federal district court for Northern
Indiana, holding the OPA rent con-
trolls unconstitutional.
The high court accepted the case
with certain restrictions, however,
so that a clear ruling on validity of
the regulations was by no means
assured. 1t agreed to hear argu-
ment in the case, but postponed
until the case is heard a ruling on
whether it has jurisdiction to de-
eide the merits of the case.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-05
Meat Ceilings
ri oW Uniform
List of meat ceilings for Cali
fOrnia on Page g..

WASHINGTON, April 5 (UPI-
The Office of Frice Administration
today set uniform retail ceilings on
meat which it said will reduce the
prices now being charged in many
cities and will help drive the black
markets out of business.
When the prices go into effect
April Is, retailers will be forbidden
TO sell any meat that has not been
graded in accordance with govern
nent standards.
The new ceilings apply to all
varieties of beef, veal, lamb and
mutton. Pork already is under
uniform price ceilings.
HIT BLACK MARKET
The new prices and the grading
requirements are expected by OPA
officials to go far toward stamping
out the black market. They felt
that black market operators no
longer would find it possible to pose
as legitimate retailers.
In most cases, OPA said, con-
sumers will find the new ceilings
less than the price which they
have been paying recently. For
example, the ceiling price on ham,
burger in the northeastern zone
will be 33 cents a pound, compared
with previous prices ranging up to
so cents.
FIRST SUCH RULE
This regulation is the first re-
quiring retailers to mark their
products so that housewives will
know positively that they are get
ting the quality of meat they are
paying for. A similar OPA plan
for grade labelling of canned goods
has met stiff opposition and Price
Continued on page 6, Col. u
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-05

: The amount of money involved
The amount of money involved
! is relatively small" the organiza-
tions said in joint statement. THE
principle involved is fundamental
SIGN STATEMENT
The statement was signed by the
National Grange, American Farm
Bureau Federation, the National
Council of Farmer CooperativeS and
! the National Cooperative Milk Pro-
/ ducers' Federation.
! The senate is in recess today but
/ is expected to vote on an overrid-
ing motion tomorrow. In vetoeing
/ the bill last week, Mr.. Roosevelt
said that it would "set loose a tor
nado of initiation The bill would
exclude from the computation of
parity all government benefit pay
ments to farmers.
SENATOR'S WARN
Administration senators, in a last
minute campaign to try to prevent
a tWo-thirds vote to override the
President, are warning that enact
ment of the Bankhcad bill will be
followed by abandonment of the
Little Steel" wage ceiling formula.
Sen. Carl A. Hatch. D.. N. M, said
that to PASS the bill over the veto
sis to play right into the hands of
John L. Lewis"
Sen. George D. Aiken, r., VT,
predicted that the -Bankhead
forces may be able tc rluster 30
votes against overriding the veto.
A minimum of 33 votes is needed
to prevent senate passage of the
bill over the veto.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-05
Morgenthau Asks
Return to Gold
Basis After War
Secretary of Treasury
Reveals Plan Designed
To Stabilize Money

WASHINGTON, April 5.
UP)-S ecre t airy of the
Treasury Henry Morgenthau
jr., today outlined to a
group of senator's q tanta-
tive administration proposal that
the United States participate to the
extent OF s. O0J0O0,O00 in stabiliz-
ing international currency on the
gold standard after the war.
Morgenthau presented adminis-
t"ation monetarT proposals to an
extraordinary secret session of the
senate committees on foreign rela-
tions, banking and currency, and
postwar economic policy and plan
ming.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-05
4,2OO-Acre Ranch i'm |, Y.
Sells for HuIf-MiIIion

One of the largest ranches in I'M
perial Valley, a 32OO-acre tract To-
Gated near Calipatria, was sold
Monday by the Balfour- Guthrie
company to Adolph Weinberg of
Norwalk, Calf, for approximately
half a million dollars.
The deal was consummated Mon
day morning after several days of
negotiations. The new owner will
take possession of the land, crops
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-05

her q comparatively soft touch for
an Allied invasion from the west.
The estimate did not come en-
tirely from the bombardment en-
thusiasts who have never quite given
up the theorT that a nation can be
beaten by air power alone provided
. sufficient concentration of high
explosives can be achieved.
BACK UP THEORY
The theory "aS sacked up by
economic and manufacturing tech
nical experts who have analyzed
whole chains of Nazi production
systems on which the Germans de-
pend for their war materials.
Their calculations have been sup
Ported by the closest study of the
results of the Nazi blitz on Britain
which provided a laboratory to
find out what weight of bombs ac-
tuall; are needed to knock out fac
tory assembly systems and to wreck
equally vital factors = transporta-
ton of parts and raw materials to
the plants and facilities which en-
able workers to keep up production,
such as living necessities, street
cars, trains, and utilities.
SPOT FACTORIES
Data compiled by these experts
actually determines points at which
Anglo American bomber assaults
are directed. For example, the ex-
Continued on page 6, Col. q
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-05
Actor Undergoes
Brain Operation

HOLLYWOOD, April S CUPD -
Van Johnson, 26-year-old stage and
screen actor, today underwent an
operation to relieve pressure on his
brain resulting from an automobile
crash nearly a week ago.
Hollywood hospital attaches said
his condition was as we'll as could
be expected. Physicians waited for
Improvement before undertaking
the surgery.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-05

pIUOIUUIIIBo III IIIt CttSt,
Stephan was convicted of treason
in the federal district court for
Michigan for aiding Peter Krug in
the latter's vain effort to get back
to Germany after escaping from
the Canadian camp. Krug later was
apprehended by Federal Bureau of
Investigation agents before he was
able to get out of the United States
Stephan's case was the first fed
eral conviction for treason since
the whiskey rebellion of 1871.
In his petition to the high court,
Stephan contended that he had
not acted in behalf of the German
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-05

long" she said.
Crane recently was treated at a
hospital for an overdose of Sleep
ing 1ills after lengthy conference
with his then-estranged wife.
We drove to Tijuana one Sun
day afternoon and were married by
Judge she said I'VE had a
marriage certificate then, and we
got another from Chihuahua a
week later, confirming it."
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-05

government or against the welfare
of the United States. Sheltering the
German flyer involved only the
shielding of an individual, he con-
tended.
He charged that he was denied
a fair and just trial and that public
opinion and press notices had In
fluenced his conviction. Further, he
told the court. the appearance OF
Krug in the courtroom-where he
appeared in the full dress OF an
officer of the German airforce-had
greatly hampered his receiving
just and fair verdict.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-05

and livestock in the near future.
Chiefly an alfalfa producer, the
ranch has been operated for a
number of years by it's former own
ers. In addition to alfalfa, ap-
proximately 1900 acres of flax is
under cultivation on the land.
Weinberg, owner of the Coast
Grain company of Norwalk, has
done business in Imperial Valley as
a hay buyer for number of
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-05
County 4-H Picks
Representatives to
Attend State Meet

Lois Martin and John Kub-
Ter, jr., 17-year-old All club
members, are the All club
All Stars from Imperial
county.
These young people were selected
by committee which met in Ell
Centro Saturday afternoon and
carefully considered the achieve
ments and accomplishments of the
candidates for the honor of repre-
senting Imperial county at the state
contest for the diamond All Stars
of California.
TO SACRAMENTO
They will go to Sacramento April
10, 90, 81, and % and compete with
candidates from all counties in
California for the honor of being
the outstanding All club members
in the state.
Lois Martin is taking her first
year of college at Central Junior
college in Ell Centro and is men,
ber of the Eucalyptus All club. Her
mother is Mrs. Mayme Martin, prin-
cipal of the Eucalyptus school.
Young Kubler is a senior at Cal
exico Union High school, is a men,
ber of the Mt. Signal All club, and
a son of Mr.. and Mrs. John Kubler,
ST., farmers of the Mt. Signal dis
trict
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-05
H|TLER'S FORTRESS ROCKS FROM BOMBS
Secretary Asks
Boys Forgiveness

SAN FRANCISCO, April
tUP)-When the U. S. Treasury
Department distributed a war
bond advertisement putting
Hitler's face on bed-raggled
Dachshund dog, it didn't reckon
with six-year- John Seller
Anson, a lover of dogs and
Dachshunds i'm particular.
John Indignantly informed
Secretary of the Treasury Henry
MOrgenthau, Jr., that he
should be ashamed of himself"
for permitting the desecration
of : Dachshund.
Secretary MOrgenthau has
apOlOgized - to John, dogs i'm
general and Dachshunds speci-
fically.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-05

quest was unknown, but some sourc-
es believed it might be due to Cir
aud's preoccupation with the Tuni-
sian campaign.
1t was understood DeGaulle's trip
to Algiers would be put off indefi-
nitely in keeping with the request.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-05

Following his alleged forced en-
trance into an Ell Centre hotel
room occupied by a 62-year-old
woman early Sunday morning,
Negro army corporal was held in
Jail Monday charged with bur-
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-05
GIomorous Lone
Re-Mdrries Mote

HOLLYWOOD, April Sup
Actress Lana Turner today said she
and Stephen Crane, her army pri-
vate husband, were Remarked
March IA in Tijuana, Mexico.
They had been seen together re-
Gently at night spots and rumorS
of their reconciliation were many.
Both, however, continued to deny
that they had settled their differ
enceS.
Miss Turner is expecting a child
about July 20.
I'VE want our child to have a
happy, normal life" she said.
we had been keeping it a secret, "
the curvaceous star said because
we had had so much publicity, and
we wanted so much to be happy"
MARRIAGE ANNULLED
Their marriage was annulled at
the honey-haired beauty's request
when she discovered Cranes divorce
from his first wife was not final
I'VE love each other and we have
our baby to think of.
"SteVe wanted to go into the
army as a good soldier, without
publicity, and without any unpleas-
antness. So we tried to keep our
marriage a secret.
Crane is stationed at nearby
Fort Macarthur, but expects to be
shipped abroad soon, Miss Turner
said.
DON'T STAY LONG"
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-05
PLAN TENTATIVE

Democratic Leader Alben w.
"kley of Kentucky said after
wards that Morgenthau and the
senators engaged in "a general dis
cussion' but that the program is SO
tentative that he could not discuss
it in detail
Other senator's, however, said that
Morgenthau haG discussed a pro-
poSal to have the U. S. contribute
Continued on page 6, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-05

The national committee, the gov
erning body OF the fighting French
which DeGaulle heads, said it and
DeGaulle regret the delay, which
could not be prolonged without
serious disadvantage"
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-05
Court UphoIds
Treason Penalty

WASHINGTON, April 5. UP)-The supreme court
today in effect upheld the death sentence ordered for Max
Stephan Detroit restaueur convicted of treason for har
boring Naz flyer who escaped from Canadian prison
camp The high tribunal refused to review lower court
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-05
b0-Day Bombing
hen lnvusi on?
Experts Predict Germany Would Be
Soft Touch for Western Attack if
Week. Ends Raids Keep on 2 Months

LONDON, April 5. (UP)-Experts who have studied
the Nazl and the needs of the German
macht believed today that 60 days and 60 nights of con-
tinuous bombing scale not much heavier than this
weekends would knock Germany of the war and leave
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-05

See The Birdie
RR never did know much about
tirls, but it seems, Glenn willing
ham does.
There was fire at an obServa-
ton post maintained by the air
raid warning service. No one could
figure out how the fire started.
Il think the birds did it, said
W.llingham.
"Birds?' piped RR. Are you
crazy?"
There was row of bird nests
under the caves" Willingham went
on.
mo one could throw match or
a cigarette into those nests" R.R
objected. They were almost out
of sight"
This is the way I figure it."
Willingham said Someone threw
a lighted cigarette on the ground
bird picked it up, carried it to
the bird nest, and set the place
afire."
Maybe so, but this is the first
time we ever heard of birds being
Continued on page 6, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-05
Flying Forts Fit
BeIqi0n Factories
I'm Daylight Raid
Ground Fighting in Tunisia Still in
Quiet Stage as Allied Forces Make
Ready for Final Drive Against Nazis
. BY UNITED PRESS

Powerful Allied air forces believed include Flying
Forresses capped weekend of the wars extensive
bombing of Europe with daylight sally the continent
Monday. In a arge-scale raid, American-made Flying
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-05
French Leaders
To DeIoy Visit

LONDON, April 5. (U1T-The French national COM
mttee announced today that Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
had asked Gen Charles De Gaue DELAY his scheduled
visit to North Africa for unity conference with Gen.
Henri Honore Graud. The for Eisenhowers re-
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-05
Farm Organizations Mass
Votes TO Override Veto
OF FDR on Parity Bill
Administration, Critics Muster All
Forces for AII-ou+ Fight Brewing on
Controversial Bankhead Proposal

WASHINGTON, April 5. (UP)-The four major farm
organizations urged congress today to pass the Bankhead
bill President Roosevelts veo arguing that the basic
issue at stake whether there should be
by law by executive decree.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-05
d AMBLlNe
~ EpORTER

The Marked Marvel
; There are Victory gardens and
Victory gardens hither and yon in
Ell Centro, but Jack Mattox is rails
ing Mystery garden.
Things are coming up. but the
mystery is . whatinheck are they?
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-05
REMEMBER THESE DATEsi


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No.5-Valid March 22-May -
Shoes
Stamp No. III pair til June Is.
Coffee
Stamp No. 26-1 ID. 10 April -.
Sugar
Stamp No l. Good for , pounds untll
May 81
Canned Goods
Blue Stamps ID, e" and p in Book
No. 2 good till May /.
Meet
Red Stamp "a" B. good TIL April 30
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-05
DON'T STAY LONG"

I'VE don't know where he will go
but they don't stay there very
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-05

Patriotism Plus
Several pupils at a rural school
in Imperial county were AWOL
from school.
Investigation revealed that they
were playing hockey to work so
they could get money to buy war
stamps.
Our school can't get a Minute
Man flag and the school can't buy
a jeep,' the youngsters told the
truant officer, unless we all buy
war stamps. That's why we had
to stay out of school to work"
This logic left the truant officer
with a problem we are glad we
do not have to tackle.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-05
WEATHER

Maximum Sunday 81, minimum
Monday SO; 5 am. Monday 65, hu-
midity 48; noon Monday 6S, humid
ity Sd; pm. Sun. SO, humidity 81.
BANE DEBTS
Smyrna times., 1943-08-05

the Scriptures. You may recall, Of
course, some verses from the Twen-
ty-third Psalm or from the Lords
Prayer or Beatitudes, but can you
write from memory three verses
not included in these sections?
This lack of knowledge of the
contents of the Holy Scriptures is
the reason for the poverty of the
inner life of the members of our
Churches. We can not live radiant
lives unless we possess radiant
truth. Just when we need the
help of the light of spiritual truth
we find ourselves in a spiritual
blackout.
Yet the Holy Bible lies before
you. 1t is the one book that can
give you the most help. Read it
until it discloses to you the secret
of radiant joy in living.
Declared Jesus: eye shall know
the truth and the truth shall make
you Free"
Smyrna times., 1943-08-05
Radiant Living
DIAMONDS
WITHOUT SPARKLE
BY
Rev. Charles Milton Griffith

Church members are ignorant.
This is terribly blunt statement,
not altogether true. But I make it
to challenge you to face the serious
fact that most members of the
Christian Church could not pass an
examination containing only ten
most elemental questions concern
ing the contents of the Holy Bible.
In fact, there are some who have
not seen their own personal Bible
for so long that they would have to
think twice to remember just
where they had put it.
Of course most members know
that the Bible speaks of prophets,
but for thin to give you any of
their namesLwell, it would be
quite difficult.
Everybody knows that Jesus had
disciples. There was Peter, for in
stance, and Judas. But the names
of the other ten, can you recall
them?
Just to prove that am not al
together wrong in my sweeping
statement, reach for your pencil
and see if you can write down from
memory merely three verses from