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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-21
CHAPTER THREE

ChA L II N NM n
"Doe Willoughby said II was
heart failure. But that's not what
the town said. The town said II was
the house. First Jim ran away, then
a buyer dropped dead. And to make
It worse. some smart-aleck reporter
on Frank Lloyd's Record wrote up
Hunters death and Re called the
house Calamity House in his yarn.
Frank fred him. Franks friendly
with the Wrights."
"Of all the nonsense!" snapped
Mr.. Queen.
Just the same, nobody'd buy"
ruttered &c. John offered TO rent.
Nobody'd rent. Too unlucky, peo-
pie said. Still want to rent, Nr.
Smith,
Eyes. indeed"
So &c. started his car again.
Family seems Inflated" OBJ
served Ellery. zone daughter run
ming off and another's life blasted
by love affair. Is the youngest
daughter normal"
Patricia" &c. beamed. "Pret-
tiest, smartest FLY in town next to
my Carmel! Pats going steady
with Carter Bradford. Carts our
new County Prosecutor -. Here We
arc"
The real-estate man steered his
coupe into the driveway of Colo
nial-style house sunk into the hill
side far off the road. There was a
small white frame house close by
the large one, its windows shut
tered. As they neared the wide
Wright porch, Mr.. Queen kept look
ing at the blind and empty little
house he intended TO rent.
Then &c. rang the bell and old
Ludie opened the front door.
I'll tell Mr.. John you're CALM"
shifted Ludie. and she stalked away,
her apron standing to each side of
her like a Dutch cap.
Guess Ludie knows we're here TO
rent Calamity House" grinned Mr..
Pettigrew.
"Why should that make her look
at me as if / were a Nazi Gduiei-
TER" asked Mr.. Queen.
81 expect Ludie doesn't think II
proper for folks like the John F.
Wrights TO be renting their house.
Sometimes | don't know WHO'S got
more pride in the family name, Lu-
die or Hermyl"
Mr.. Queen took inventory: Lived
IN. There were a few aged ma
hogany pieces Of distinction, and a
beautiful fireplace Of Italian mar
bic. And at least two of the oil
paintings had merit.
&c. noticed his interest. "Her-
mione picked out all the pictures
hetseK kRevs q los about arr.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-21

Mrs. Ronald Lyke attended the
piano recital given by the pupils OF
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-21

MfTH1 BEACH, Ffa.-AP-Mrs.
Violet d. Cruger. a member OF one
Of the Oldest New York families
and the former wife OF ROdman
WanAmaker. department store exc
outlvs. died Monday after an Illness
OF several months
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-21

and Mrs. Blanch Bork. Grand HAV-
en-, historian,
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-21

Lansing Mich, June FLAP -
Mussel dredging. at one time 4
booming business IN southern
Michigan lakes, will be forbidden
for a hve-year period starting July
/. the State Conservation Depart
ment said Monday. The department
said the step was taken because
the supply OF mussels, shells OF
which are used for making buttons.
was seriously depleted and needs
an extensive period in which to be.
come re-establIshed The depart.
ment said that Al one time 2 500
licenses were issued annually but
last year fewer than 100 we're
granted.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-21

Lewis. Ernestins and Virginia
Lewis.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-21
SYNOPSIS

Ellery Queen, author-detective,
arrived incognito in Wrightsville,
which 10 humming with war in
dustries. Under the name. "Ellery
Smith," he tried to rent a fur
nished house through ]. c. Petit
grew, real estate man. &c" says
that wartime housing makes that
almost impossible, but he does
mention one possibility, "if you're
not superstitious." En- route to
what local gossip calls Calamity
House." Pettigrew describes its
history: How John F. Wright,
local banker, and his wife, Hermit
one. built il for the honeymoon
home of their daughter. Nora,
whose hance James Haight, dis
appeared the day before the we'd
ding. Her sister, Lola, had eloped
with an actor but soon returned, di-
vorced. The youngest Wright girl,
Patricia. is going steady" with
Carter Bradford, County Prose-
eutor. &c" eonhdes that the sud
den death of a potential buyer of
that honeymoon house adds to its
jinx legend.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-13
kiwanians Hear
Pastors View
On Postwar Plan

Postwar planning for Imperial
Valley and the part the church
should have in it, was set forth by
the Reverend Hayden Sears when
he spoke at the KiWanis club lunch
con on Friday at the Barbara
Worth hotel. He also was chairman
of the day.
He said that church organiza-
lions in the valley as whole are
unable to conduct a real conStruc-
tive religious program because they
lack financial support, real leader
ship, and community interest
Henry Pepper, field representa-
tive of the KiWanis International
in Chicago attended and gave
short talk.
He stressed in his talk that thirty
five clubs have been opened with
in the last year and that KiWanis
now has a total membership of
$4,000.
After the regular meeting board
members met with Pepper and
to discuss methods to maintain high
attendance.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-13
Churches
SCHOOL,
ON THE HOME
FRONT
Ry ANN STEyICK

WASHINGTON, Aug. II. CUP)-
Whether your next months rent
will take a bigger chunk OF the
monthly budget. due to special pro-
visions of the new price control act,
will depend mostly on the Office of
Price Administration rent office in
your area, if you're in a rent-con-
trolled section.
New price control act rent clauses
we're added by Congress, apparently
after hearing a good deal from
aggrieved property folks
back home. These clauses, however
do no more than order OPA to fix
definite pigeon-holes for complaints
that must get attention. OPA has
defined some of these, and an
nounced that special forms will be
on hand in OPA area rent offices
for landlords who want price ad-
iustments, either higher or lower,
you guess which.
But given special new clauses
and handy form for applying for
| rent rise, the landlords case will
still have to be settled by the folks
in your area rent office, so the real
decision on how much more U. S.
renters will pay will be made at
the grasS-roots.
RENT PRICES LIMITED
OPA rules say that property own
ers must show that rents set for
their property are so low as to
cause substantial hardship be-
cause of increased costs and taxes,
or that the rental figure was frozen
at an outlandish level due to "pe-
culiar circumstances OPA has de-
fined peculiar circumstances to
mean that some crisis or emergency
was involved in setting the original
rent. That should prevent a free
for-all rent rise race.
Examples of peculiar circum-
stances which will make the owner
eligible for more rent are: the case
of an apartment owner who was
renting his property to relatives for
a small sum to cover expenses at
the time the rent was frozen; or
the case of an army wife who haSti-
ly rented her house for $50 when
she learned her husband was home
from overseas and stationed at a
distant post. In such unusual cases,
if the owner can show that his rent
is below the general average for the
area an increase will be given.
Substantial hardship" from in
creases in costs and taxes hasn't
been defined yet, but it will prob
ably be limited OPA'S consumer
advisory committee is urging that
decreased services and upkeep be
taken into account before rent
increase is gwen.
You won't necessarily be called
in to help decide the question OF
whether your landlord can charge
you more. He must have Ger
tificate of OPA's approval, how
ever. If you feel the raise is unfair
or that your present rate is toe
high, you can appeal to the area
rent office.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-13
BY ALICIA HART
NEA Staff Writer

High school graduates, already
plotting college triumphs, can use
some tips from a girl who has Just
left the campus with a bagful. Voted
the most likely girl to succeed, dy-
manic Jane Ackerman, who grad
uated with honorS this June frcm
Our Lady of Good Counsel College,
White Plains, New York, was vale
dictorian, president of the senior
class, winner of debating medals
and member of the student coun-
Gil
BE a mixer" urges Jane. Join
whatever societies offer extensions
of your interests Keep your mind
as open as swinging door to new
ideas that bump against it. But if
you stick to yOurrelf or carry to
college hard and fast set of tastes
and ideas, you'll be lonesome, miss
a lot of fun, and inhibit your per-
sonality."
Have a goal-it can be a hus-
band, a business career or a public
or social scrvicc-iS James next tip.
She thinks Jack of direction is apt
to show you up as negative I,,r-
sonality and trickling through COL
iege with no set purpose is apt to
get you exactly nowhere.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-13
Society
Clubs
WE
the Women
SOLDIERS NEVER TOO BUSY
TO WRITE, EVEN IN BATTLE
By RUTH MILLETT

If there is one line that parents
whose children are away from home
know all too well, it is, Sorry that
you haven't heard from me in so
long, but I've just been too busy to
write"
That alibi starts coming when
kid goes to camp for the first time
He uses it all through four years
OF college (though never, of course,
being too busy to write when he
needs money!
longer and longer periods of sill
ence. Too busy TO write
But it's an alibi that shouldn't
stand up very we'll in the future.
In fact, it will take lot of nerve
for anybody to ever use it again.
For the boys fighting this war
have proved that there is almost
always time to write.
THEY FIND TIME
They find time for letters home
during the hard months of train
ing. They find time for them in
between bombing missions. They
find time to write in foxholes.
A letter to his parents written
by young lieutenant from a Nor
mandy foxhole and published in
his home town paper says: Il cid
ut think we would find time in
combat to write, but you wait until
you have couple of minutes and
then scribble a few lines. Rain or
shine, tired or dirty, amid shelling
and work, someone is always writ
ing to someone"
1t might not be bad idea for
parents to clip that battle-wearv
soldiers observation and mail it
without comment to the son or
daughter who explains a long ST.
lence with, Il just haven't had time
to write"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-13
Usheret Ayerts
Panic in |. 4.
Theater Blaze

LOS ANGELES, Aug. IL. UP)-
Goodness cf spectators and an
usheret was credited Saturday with
averting panic when fire broke
out in the downtown Olympic the
ater Friday night.
Gordon Collett heard a cracking,
saw sparks and a small flame break
out in the dome of the theater. He
informed USheret Carol Flynn, who
moved quietly down the aisles whis-
pering a few words to each person
at the end of row.
The word was passed quickly but
quietly down each row and the 600
moviegoers filed quietly out.
Damage was estimated at $4,000,
mostly from water and smoke.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-13

body hacked the end of actor Jon
Halls nose.
Her husband, Tommy Dorsey of
tho trombone, said he tried to
throw Hall off tie balcony when
the movie Tahitian began admiring
Miss Danes contours Braille sys-
tem-but he saw no knife.
The d. A. said he planned to get
to Miss Dane and her curves some
time today.
Admitting he was no match for
the musclcd Hall, Dorsey pointed to
his own broken nose and glasses
and said he might have gone over
the balcony himself but for inter-
ventiCn on the part of neighbor.
HE was beating the he'll out of
me- Dorsey said
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-13
BY RICHARD w. JOHNSTON
UNITED Press War Correspondent
Representing the Combined
Allied PreSSl

Allied Press
ABOARD ADM. TURNER'S >
FLAGSHIP IN THE MARIANAS,
Aug. IL. UP)-Vice Admiral Rich
mond Kelly Turner announced the
establishment of his Pacific fleet
amphibious headquarters on Saipan
island-at the doorstep to Japan.
In an advance of more than 5000
miles from Pearl Harbor, the head
quarters we're established on the
newly conquered island, less than
1900 miles from Tokyo, and, Tur-
ner said, will be maintained there
until can move farther forward" !"
With the Pacific amphibious
force command on Saipan, the A
merican springboard is closer to
Japan than Miami is to Boston, and
the Admiral was elated over pros
poets in the offing.
We've got their number and we
know how to co it," Turner said.
Gen. Macarthur knows how, the
navy knows how, the soldiers and
air forces know how. We're going
to walk down the Gina before too
long, because we've got their num-
ber!"
The completion of the conquest
of Guam erased two years of sorrow
for Turner, who was in the war
plans office in Washington when
the island fell to the japanese.
He sent a message of congratula-
tons to Adm. Raymond A. Spru-
ance. commander of the U. S. Paci-
fic Fifth fleet, tcrming the Mar
ianas campaign "the greatest naval
victory the United States has ever
Won"
Turner has been at the front lines
ever since the United States open
ed its Pacific offensive. He took
the marines into Guadalcanal two
years ago and commanded the am
phibious forces which captured the
Gilberts, the Marshalls and the
Marianas. Now he is ready to sail
westward again.
Turner disclosed that with the
completion of the amphibious mis-
sion of the MarianaS, Vice Admiral
John Henry Newton assumes COM
mand of the Marianas as part Of
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-13
VALLEY ALFALFA GROWERS
OBTAIN AN EXTRA CUT

Alfalfa harvest in Imperial Valley
is approximately one month late,
according to G.. w. Garrigues, man
ager of the farm labor board
He says that due to the excep-
tionally cool weather during July,
many growers have continued to
irrigate their fields and are making
an extra cutting.
Harvest of other seasonal crops,
reports Garrigues, has been COM
pleted and preparation of ground
for fall planting has started.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-13
GL0RIFYING
YOURSELF
By ALICIA HART
NEA Staff Writer

Sticking hair back from center
part, SO as to look like a Madonna
In a floating halo, is all right for
the war-bride-to-be whose features
are that good To be that good
a hair-line should be nearly per-
feet, brow ditto and a face should
be more oval than anything else.
II you haven't features that oblige,
you'll hear more envious sighs from
the pews. if you'll revamp the Ma
donna hair-do to suit the needs
OF your face; will wear a bang, even
II It's only a whisper of a fringe:
or will soften a slicked-back Golf
with waves that undulate from a
center part, if your face needs it.
But forget about this current STYLE
entirely, and be a rugged little in
dividualist who piles curls on top
OF her head, if you have fullish
face that needs build-up.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-13

SHOES
Ration book 3, airplane stamps
and 2, good i-.definitely for one
pair rationed shoes each.
CANNED GOODS
Book 4-Blue A8 to rs inclusive
and AS, B5, C5, DIS, Els, F'5 (each
good for 10 points valid indefi-
nitely.
MEAT, BUTTER. CHEESE
Book 4-Red stamps A8 to z8, AS,
B5, C5, inclusive (each good for ~
points, valid indefinitely.
tGrease Bonus Butchers will
give 2 red tokens and d cents for
every pound of salvaged kitchen
fats received)
SUGAR
Book 4, stamps 80. 81, 80 Cmarked
sugar., good indefinitely for five
pounds each. Special stamp No 40
marked sugar. coed through Feb.
%. ,945. for five pounds.
Send spare stamp No. 81 with
application tor additional canning
sugar certificate to your local ra-
tioning board.
GASOLINE
"A" coupon l3 good through Sep.
81.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-13
THE POST-PRESS

Established 1896.
Published Sundays as combined issue
of Imperial Valley Press and The
Morning Post. by the Imperial Valley
Publishing Company, 625 State St, FL
Centre, California.
Paul Jenkins, Publisher
and President
A. c. Johnston. Vice President and Ad-
vertising Manager; Mrs. Logan H.
jenkins. Secretary.
Member United Press, California News
paper Publishers Assn, West Holiday
Co, Inc, national representatives.
Rates. in combination with either The
Morning Post or Imperial Valley Press;
Single copy Sc; carrier paid i'm adj
vance. month. S100 3 months.
So rs: months. So 25: ! year, $1,000.
BY Mail: | month. S1.0O; 3 months,
$3.50; months, $d so; I year. SS 90.
outside of California $1.00 per month
flat.
Entered at Ell Centre. Calf, post
office as 2nd class mail
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-13
SEEKS DAMAGES

Julian Bernales, Filipino, seeks
$4,000 damages from Fred Robert
son, proprietor of a inland reStau-
rant and bar, and his agent. Frank
Murphy Bernales in a suit filed in
Imperial county superior court Fri
day said they assaulted him with
a beer bottle and their fists while
he was III the cafe at 7:30 p. m.
last July II.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-13
MILLING COMPANY
is BURGLARIZED

Sheriff Robert w. Ware was in
formed Saturday that the West
morland Milling company office in
WeStmorland was burglarized Fri
day night. Deputy sheriffs were sent
to make an investigation.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-13
SUES FOR DIVORCE

Stella Springer, mother of three
minor children, Friday sued Clar-
ence Springer for divorce. alleging
extreme mental and physical cruel
ty. She also said her husband had
been sentenced to Jail for 45 days
and placed on probation for two
years fer receiving stolen property.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-13
Lady Of Curves Who Set Off
Hollywood BrawI Testifies

HOLLYWOOD, Aug. -. UP-
The district attorney Saturday
called on Pat Dane, the lady whose
curves set eff Hollywood's biggest
brawl in years, to tell whether she
saw any knives the night some
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-13
CALENDAR

SATURDAY
c. l.. Party, 1880. Imperial church.
SUNDAY
Sunday services churches.
MONDAY
ToastmlSters club, 6:15, California
hotel.
Carpenters, 1880, Labor Temple.
FL Centre Lodge 3S4 +. & A. NJ.
1880, Masonic Temple.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-13
GETS BUILDING PERMIT

A permit to build a 10x28 addition
to his lunch stand at 1103 Main
street was issued to Troy Hamilton
by the Ell Centre Public Works de-
partment Friday. The structure will
cost $3.50.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-13

Prices of toilet articles in India
have risen greatly over the 1941
levels. soap up as high as 1873 per
cent and toothpaste 2l4 per cent.
according to the department of
commerce.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-13

from Joan as one cf the three CO.
stars of Mob HILL
Those two bosom buddies, Charles
Butterworth and Robert Benchley,
were discussing the shortage of
m, le film players ITS a break for
us, all light" observed Benchley.
ITO think that we should live tc
sec the day that ham was rationed
in Hollywood" Or" said Butter
worth, Butter worth Is points a
pound"
Tallulah Bankhead, back in Hol-
lywood for "Czarin,," is lining up
a cast for Hollywood stage version
of Private Lives"
wallace Ford's 17-year-old
daughtey., Patty, is up for n screen
test.
Sign on THE Great John L."
set: This bench reserved for girls
with buStles.''
Ann Dvorak becomes a feminine
Bogart in her new film, Flame of
the Barbary Coast" She has a fist
fight with Jcf.' Wayne and breaks
up q gun fight between a group of
desperadoes.
Double billing for Johnny Mack
Brown in the future. They'll call
him John Mack Brown for those
Monogram feature pictures and
Johnny for his westerns.
Susanna Fosters next for Uni
versal will be Frisco Kate" l.,
San Francisco"
MENU: DITTO
One of Charley Foys pals has
opened a branch of his supper club
on Saip.n. A sign over the door
reads: Every night the same
thing"
Producer Hunt Stromberg is plan
ming a movie based on the life of
Arnold Reuben. the famous New
York restaurateur.
Edgar Kennedys famous "slow
burn finally makes its debut in
teChnicolor in M-G-M's Anchors
Aweigh." Now we'll see if he's only
been kidding all these years.
Asa schizophrenic in 1.-The House
of DR.. EdWardes." Gregory Peck
says he's natural. my personality
is split between David o. Selznick
and RKO" They share his contract.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-13
LICENSE ISSUED

A marriage license was issued by
County Clerk w. j. McClelland Fri
day to Joseph Zimmerman Sack,
"a. marine, and zella M. Osborne
28 Ell Centre.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-13
BoshfuI Pinup

Publication of her picture in Chicago
newspaper brough, hundreds of re-
quests from servicemen for the name of
this 19-year- stenographer But she
prefers to remain anonymous and re-
fuses to let them know who she is.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-13
USO camp show.

Martha Rye is about to invest
$50Oo0 in a new Hollywood restau-
,.ant.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-13

Add Cinderella -in-H ly W o d
stories: Two years ago Vivi a n
Blaine played a one-line bit in Joan
Benefits picturN Girl Trouble." ="
Now she wins George Raft away
from Joan as one cf the three CO.
stars of Mob HILL
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-13

Three studios are bidding for the
film rights to Information Please"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-13

IA Remember the Slate Brothers of
Vaudeville fame? We saw two OF
them the other night. J~ ok and
Henry are army corpoy yals, sta
toned for the last two years with
the First Motion Picture Unit AT
Culver City, California. The third
brother, Sid. who was 4-F, is now
dodging bullets in Italy with a
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-13

THREE-PLY COMEBACK
Pinky Tomlin is due to return to
the SCREEN soon. He's up for an
acting composing deal at three STU
dioS.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-13

Comedian Danny Kaye will get a
romantic buildup in his next "WCn-
der Man" Even wins the girl, Vir-
ginia Mayo.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-13
HOLLYWOOD
BY ERSkINE JOHNSON
By ERSKINE JOHNSON
NEA Staff CnrrcSnnnhenI

Exclusively yours: AT least one
Hollywood producer, Lester Cowan,
is so convinced of an ear.ly victory
in Europe that he has ordered a
'rewrite of the finish of the Ernie
Pyle movie &c. I. Joe" The last
scene now has the Allies defeating
Hitler, and Pyle leaving American
occupied Europe for the Pacific
war zones.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-13

KAY Kyser checks into Johns
Hopkins hospital this month for
treatment of the arth.. tits which
has had him walking on n cane for
months.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-13
-
Soipon Becomes
New Navy Bose

mis- forward area command /
Pacific.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-13

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Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-13
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