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Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-05
Prison Escapes
Return to Cells

SAN QUENTIN, Cal, Jan. 5.
UP)-Convicts prefer prison camps
to Whiskyless, gasless and meatless
without ration books life of free
dom, it appeared Wednesday as a
second escaped San Quentin pris-
oner voluntarily surrender himself
to law enforcement officers.
The prisoner was Samuel j. Dun
kin, Los Angeles bad check artist,
who escaped a week ago from the
Wheatland, Cal, prison harvest
camp. He gave himself up late
yesterday to Sheriff Harold F.
Brook of Ormsby county, New,
Warden Clinton Duffy announced.
The day before, escaped prisoner
Austin Hodges had telephoned po-
lice in Sacramento to come and
get him. after leaving the Ryde
camp
Still unrepentant was John Flo
Rito, Los Angeles robber, missing
from the Escondido road camp.
Meanwhile, Contra Costa county
authorities reported the recapture
of Donald Ray McAlpine, Los An
Celes county forger and car thief
yesterday few hours after he had
walked away from the Ryde camp
in Sacramento county.
McAlpine was caught by state
highway patrolman Verne McClos-
key while he was driving a car re-
ported stolen from the Rev. James
Healey of Walnut Creek.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-05
HOME FRONT HEROES

christian Science MonitOr)
Among todays unsung undecOrated
heroes and heroines are those who quiet
ly but intrepidly are waging war against
juvenile delinquency on the home front.
They lack the manpower for quick,
decisive victory. They lack the ammuni-
ton for an all-out offensive against the
foe. Sometimes they even lack the CO.
operation of the communities in which
they serve.
Yet hundreds of fine men and women
are combating this wartime problem
without thought of reward or public
recognition. They seek results only.
Through the persistent uphill efforts
of these workers, hundreds of teen-age
clubs have been organized all over the
country to provide entertainment, music
or dancing, and bars where soft drinks,
ice cream, and candy are served. Law
enforcement agencies, churches, schools,
and settlement houses are cooperating
today in many enterprises to get the
teen-agers off the street and out of trou-
BILE. This progress is attributable not
only to the activities, but also to volun-
teers' help.
This is truly war work OF the most
urgent kind, and there are still opportun-
tiles for service in these ranks
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-05
AMERICA KNEW II
(San Francisco Chronicle)

Tokyo radio boasts that 20 years of
intensive preparations have given Japan
a complete defensive system in the Mar
shall islands. This is the first official
admission we recall, although one not
needed to disclose the fact that Japan
violated the Pacific mandate and plan
ned this war over the years.
There is no surprise in the admission,
but Americans looking backward may be
surprised at their own indifference to
something of which there was no lack of
evidence.
The secrecy that Japan clapped on
activities in the inundated islands was
enough by itself to warn us in spite OF
bland Japanese denials over the years.
In addition there were fairly we'll docu-
mented reports published by persons who
had penetrated the areas. But we listen
ed to fulsome talks about friendship and
peace. Congress argued about $4,000 900
to fortify Guam-whatever good that
might have done. Warnings were dis
missed as war-mongering.
We got the truth at Pearl Harbor.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-05

The shortage of spare parts and
the difficulty of obtaining repairs
on civilian passenger automobiles
are getting seriouser and seriouser,
but civilian auto transportation
isn't at the breakdown point yet.
This is the conclusion obtained
from a nationwide consumer re-
quirements survey just completed
by the Office of Civilian Require
ments division of the War Produc-
ton Board. 1t is the first definite
information on this subject to be
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-05
Officer Charges
Liquor Making
At Eyacuee Camp

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 5. tUP)-
Dewey Eagan, district liquor control
officer, charged Wednesday that
authorities at Tule Lake segrega-
ton center for Japanese attempted
to cover up circumstances sur
rounding the discovery of a still
and quantity of liquor at the GEN.
ter
In statement to Richard Collins,
equalization board member Eagan
said that he, George Stout, state
liquor administrator, Kenneth Blair
district chief of the federal alcohol
tax unit, and other liquor officers
went to Tule Lake Nov. 27 after
army authorities notified Blair of
the discovery.
Eagan implied that the still was
one of four he was informed earlier
were at the center. He said he had
notified war relocation authority
officials of their presence but that
no action apparently was taken.
On Nov. 81, Eagan said Blair
notified him of the confiscation of
#Ulle Olle SJlll anu lllVlGtu llllil W ~
to the center. He said the state Off
GERS were excluded from the build
ing where the still was held, but
that Blair was shown quantities
of whisky and saki. A gallon of
each was given to the state officers
However, when Blair asked for
the names of the japanese who
had been operating the still, author
tiles there didn't seem to know who
the Japs were, nor could they find
their names nor the names of any
of the civilians mixed with this,
and they couldn't find the officers
or soldiers who confiscated the
still, nor their names nor who they
were"
Also" Eagan added, they could
not find the report that the officers
had turned in, SO the whole deal
looked to me like somebody was
trying to cover up for somebody
else, or pass the buck"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-05
CHANGES HER TUNE

If an old friend from out OF town
calls an hour before dinner time
she suggests having dinner out
whereas once she would have told
her maid to whip up some hot bis
cults and bake a pie and get OUT
the best dishes because there would
be a guest for dinner,
And yet with all the short cuts
and help from other members OF
the family, she is terribly proud OF
doing "all her own work. And she
has convinced her husband she is 4
wonder.
Yet if she gets a maid tomorrow.
what do you want to bet she doesn't
decide within a month that the
maid is leading the life of Riley and
doesn't appreciate her luck in
having such an easy job in such a
convenient home?
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-05
capitoI Talk
-by-
Peter Edison

obtained, everything previous hav-
ing been based on guessWork or
spottr local checks. This OCR sur
vey was a scientific sampling OF
4937 families in 68 communities OF
100 counties, conducted during the
second week of November by the
U. S. Census Bureau in the most
advanced poll taking technique,
making it as accurate as any such
survey can be. The information 1t
contains will be used in figuring
what to do about civilian shortages
in the coming year.
The survey showed the parts and
repair situation to be worst in the
far west, easiest in the east.
On the average civilians expert
ence in trying to obtain services,
difficulty III obtaining auto repair
work was the sixth most frequently
reported, being exceeded only by
difficulty in obtaining shoe repair,
dry cleaning, laundry service, radio
repair and watch and clock repair.
Trouble in obtaining tire recapping
service was reported tenth on the
list and difficulty in obtaining tube
repair was thirteenth.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-05
WOMEN LAUNCH SHIP

PORTLAND, Ore, Jan. D. tUP)-
Women have been helping to build
ships for a long time, but Wednes-
day they launched one. Not SIN
gle man, from sponsor to plate
burner, participated in the launch
ing of Kaiser Co. Swan Island ship
Yards first tanker of 1914, the Ne
halem. The first all-woman launch
ing was a tribute TO Swan Islands
5000 women shipbuilders. The only
men involved were within the hull
Of the vessel, and only because of
m ritime commission regulations.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-05
GOES FDR ONE

Mrs. Roosevelt is not modest as her
husband, the president, in attaching IT,
ties. Recently the president declared ne az,
Nos shedding the title of "Dr New Deal
and taking on the title "Dr. Win,the;
War" incidentally the war goes ahead
Being won just as it was before that an,
nouncement with the cooperation OF l3o
NOT happv about the matter and declares
that M the OR. Win-the-War' doesn't 60
far far enough. lou She insists that it should be {,
1Dr. Northumberland Win-the-peace;0
In other words, as we'll make it whole
hog or none" If there were those VINO
had had the temerity to see fourth term
move @ in the CDR. Win-the-War" declara- a;
ton. M they will see it even more plainly
in m Mrs. Roosevelt's adding "win-the-
peace" to the slogan. In the meantime me
people are going aneao aa neip'Pe Pearl WI" Har- m
bor M slogan or no slogan. Slogans. won't
Win wars even if they do win elections,
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-05
BIDE DUDLEY BURIED

NEW YORK, Jan. 5. (UP)-Fun-
eral services for Walter Bronson
(Bide) Dudley, sc, radio commen-
tator, playwright, drama critic and
theatrical columnist, and father Of
film actress Doris Dudley, were
held Wednesday. Dudley, who died
Tuesday after a long illness, will be
buried in Leavenworth, Kan, where
he spent most of his childhood.
Dudley created the Maxine-Dudley
radio hour. His plays included oh,
Henryl'' Come Along AL" and
Borrowed Love-"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-05
SOLDIERS FACE CHARGES

TUCSON, Ariz.. Jan. 5. CUP) -
Two Negro military police have
been charged with first degree
murder in the death of Virgil Will
liams, Negro, who died of injuries
suffered in a fight in his cafe Dec.
q. County attorney j. Mercer
johnson indicated that he would
deman dthe soldiers be released
from military authorities for state
prosecution. The two Negroes,
Sergeant Elgin Burleson and Pri-
vate Smithy Sutton, were injured
in the fight and required hospitali-
ZatiOn.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-05
WE
the Women
By RUTH MILLETT
The housewife as an employer is

The housewife as an employer is
a peculiar person. .
When she had maid, she used
to tell her friends what an easy
job her maid had-and how she
didn't appreciate her luck
Now that she is doing her own
work, with considerable help and
cooperation from the other men,
bers of the family, she has changed
her tune.
The kitchen, she suddenly has
decided, is a torture chamber, with
the sink too low, the shelves too
high, the stove too far from the
sink, and the light poor.
Furthermore, she has made all
kinds of substitutions and taken
all kinds of short cuts to make the
work easier.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-05
SANDBAG GOVERNMENT
(Denver POSt)

(DenVer POStD
Government seizure of coal mines or
railroads or steel plants or any other
industrial facility doesn't punish labor
racketeers who promote strike sabotage
of war production.
That's exactly what they want. They
figure they can put political pressure
upon government management and make
it Weld to their demands. They know
it is easier to sandbag government man.
agement than private management.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-05
DIRECTOR CONVICTED

PHOENIX, Ariz., Jan. S. (UP)-
Erfie Anderson Walters, %, a Je-
hovah's Witnesses preacher, was
found guilty Tuesday in U. S. dis
trict court of failure to report for
induction under the national Sc
lective service act. Walters was
classified IA by his Florence board
but asked to be classed as 4-D as
a preacher for the sect. He will
be sentenced Monday before super
ior court judge David w. Ling. John
r. Franks, assistant U. S. district
attorney, handled the case for the
government.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-05
ONE GOOD STRIKE

PITTSBURGH, Jan. S. CUP)-
There have been no squaWks from
the public because Of the strike at
the Philadelphia Co.. Pittsburgh
utility concern. The $50 sit-downers
involved prepare and mail gas and
electric bills, half million OF
which have been delayed.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-05
BESTS HOLD-UPS

CHICAGO, Jan. 5. UP)-Two
gunner entered a store Tuesday
night and ordered John Heyduk to
put up his hands. Heyduk knocked
the gun from the hand of one, and
broke baseball bat over his head.
The second gunman picked up his
companion and left. Heyduk was
proud of his accomplishment. He
is 80 years old.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-05
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
SAN DIEGO

SAN DIEGO.
No. 32,165
Wright, Thomas & Dorman, attor-
neys for Executor.
In the Matter of the Estate OF
AIDA ROSE GRAHAM, also known
as AIDA r. GRAHAM and A. r.
GRAHAM, Deceased.
NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL
PROPERTY AT PRIVATE
SALE BY EXECUTOR
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
that L. N. TURPENTINE, Executor
of the Last Will and Testament OF
Aida Rose Graham, who was dur
ing her lifetime also known as Aida
r. Graham and A. r. Graham, Will
sell at private sale to the highest
bidder, upon such terms and condi-
tions as may be approved by the
Court and subject to confirmation
by the Court on or within one ID
year after the Goth day of January.
1914, all the right, title, interest
and estate of the above-named de-
cedent at the time of her death in
and to the real property herein
after described, and all the right,
title and interest that the said
estate has b. operation of law, or
otherwise, acquired other than or
in addition to that of said deced-
ent at the time of her death in and
to. the following described property,
to-Wit;
Lot TWenty-seven CD in Block
Thirty-four (34 of El Centro,
Imperial County, California,
according to map thereof No.
953 filed in the office of the
County Recorder of San Diego
County, California July 5, 1905,
as improved with five-unit
court.
Terms and conditions of sale:
Cash, or such cash and credit, as
may be approved by the Court; Ten
Percent 10%) of the purchase
price to be paid at the time of
sale, balance on confirmation of
sale.
All bids or offers must be in
writing and may be left at the Of
fices of the Executor in his Court
Room in Department Five of The
Superior Court, in and for said
San Diego County, in the County
Court House, or at the offices of
MeSsrs. Wright, Thomas & Dorman,
attorneys for said Executor, on the
Sixth Floor of the Southern Title
Building at 948 Third Avenue, or
at the office of the County Clerk
in the County Court House, all Of
the foregoing being in the City of
San Diego, County of San Diego
and State of California, at any time
after the first publication of this
notice and before the making of
the sale; said bid may be for the
real property described in this no.
tice, together with the furniture
and furnishings therein, as de-
scribed in a notice of sale thereof
duly posted as of this date.
DATED: at San Diego, California,
January 1st, 1944.
L. N. TURPENTINE,
Executor of the Last Will and
Testament of AIDA ROSE
GRAHAM, Deceased
WRIGHT, THOMAS
e. DORMAN,
BY G.. C. THOMAS
Attorneys for Executor.
(No. 32) (J3-19 Inc)
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-05
Editorials and Comment

EDITORS NOTE: The follocing edit
oriais are presented as interesting 0pin-
ions UOiced by editors eiseohere. Ihey
do not necessarily reflect the opinion OF
this paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-05
REDISTRIBUTION LAW

Henry H. Heimann, executive
manager of the National Associa-
ton of Credit Men, charges flatly
that the new tax bill now before
Congress is rediStribution-of-
wealth measure.
He does not say that it is in
tended to be such. He volunteers
no opinion as to motive. He mere
" points out its effect. And his
Interpretation is supported by
studies made by the Chamber of
Commerce of the United States,
which appear to show that al
ready the tax structure has achiev-
ed indirectly and covertly what
Congress Indignantly refused to do
openly at President Roosevelt's re-
quest: 1t has placed less-than-
S25 1000 ceiling upon individual in
comes.
The tax structure, says the
chamber, permits a slowly rising
net income after taxes until, at
100000 of gross income. the IN
dividual is permitted to retain
S23 400.
At that point the net income re-
naming after taxes begins to de-
crease again until the fortunate
recipient of an annual income OF
$5,000,000 actually has to pay So
O45, $50 in taxes!
The proposed bill continues all
the vicious practices of the exist
ing system, and adds to their bur-
den. Says Mr.. Heimann:
"It, continues to place most OF
the burden on the middle class,
largely liquidates incentive for
business through an added corpo-
rate tax and avoids all reference
to a general sales tax.
Those who argue for a redis-
tribution of wealth will find such
plan much to their liking Ihere
is still plenty of wealth in the ma
ton, but its redistribution is being
speedily accomplished in a thou
sand and one invisible, indefensiple
and inSidious ways.
IF VIC want to stop that, then let
us at least try to insist that those
who favor redistribution shall eX-
tend it to include an equitable dis
tribution of the tax load OF the
American people. Here is some
thing that needs just and eqult-
able redistribution, but the new tax
bill accomplisheS nothing OF the
sort"
The Chamber of Commerce ana
Mr.. Heimann are, of course, speclai
pleaders. They plead for retention
of the capitalist system, for pre-
servation of the profit motive, Tor
the right OF a man or a woman TO
be rewarded for energy, initiative,
imagination, daring, the character
TO save and the courage to invest
They strike a responsive chord.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-05
CURRENT QUOTATIONS.

Our men are not afraid to die, but when
we 90 to war we expect to come home
again. From my observation, the one
idea in the mind of the Jap soldier is
that he's going to die anyway, and he
wants to kill as many white men as pos
sible before he dies-Brig. Gen. Lewis E.
Woods. Guadalcanal campaign chief.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-05
s. Burton Heath
Writes:

as of Dec. 81. and it has spent only
about $3,000,000.
What do you thing of that?
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-05
STILL SEE VISIONS

. The Japanese soon will be accorded
tie title of the worlds best, or worst,
dreamers. In the face of rapidly
approaching all-out defeat, the nippon
ese leaders still have visions of the future
.rreatness of the empire and broadcast
t5eir high aims" in the victory that is to
he theirs. A recent outburst proclaimed
a:preater Orient when Japan has pinned
victory to her arms. Now another dream
has it all planned to construct railroad
cennecting Toxic with Berlin by way OF
Ragdad. A glimpse of the map discloses
tAat this indeed is a dream-a long one
IL measured by the extent Of the propos-
ed line. A further glimpse OF the map
inst now reveals that most OF the survey
fer the railroad would have to pass
through countries either held by the al
lied nations or through areas that are
nro-ally. This latest spasm smacks OF
4 Berlin-origin inasmuch as the blue
syints. which Toxic says already are
drawn. call for the locomotive to be drlv-
an by airplane propellers and rockets
Well, so far the nazi hasn't rocketeo very
far. Maybe the airplane propellers are
to-be reconditioned from the once power
full Goering air Foremost OF his pro
nellars are in the Junk heap. 1t could be
that Hitler has called on Hirohito to FUR
inish the comedy relief in the fast wan
ING axis show. If so, he is responding
right we'll.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-05

Selective Service has resulted in some
curious phenomena. 1t has made boys
think If parents long forgotten. 1t has
caused husbands to hunt for wives for
years ignored.-Maj Gen. Lewis B. Her.
shey.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-05
SCIENTIFIC SAMPLING

Numerically, of the 1897 families
checked by the poll-takers, $50 re-
ported having tried to get service
within the previous two months
OF these, 351 reported no trouble,
SIT. reported trouble in obtaining
sevice and 81 reported trouble III
obtaining spare parts. So scientific
sampling is this survey that the
poll-takers believe it will give an
accurate national picture of the
auto repair situation if each of
these numbers is multiplied by a
factor of 7400, since one family
out of approximately every 74O0
families in the entire nation was
interviewed for this survey.
Carrying out this calculation, the
Office of Civilian Requirements
comes up with the finding that in
the survey period, 6.8 million auto
owners tried to get service, 2.5 mil
lion got it all right, and 4.3 million
had trouble.
Project those figures on the total
number of passenger cars supposed
to be still running and maybe it
will give an idea of how serious this
is.
At the beginning of the war there
We're % million cars on the road
Today, 24.5 million cars are sup
posed to be in service, 2.5 million
having been Scrapped and a million
| cars having been stored. And if 43
million of the car owners are having
difficulty in getting repairs, that's
| more than one car out of every
six. Degree of trouble is of course
/ not indicated. 1t may be a forced
wait to get grease job, and there
| fore unimportant.
But these delays can easily be-
come important, later. OF the 24.s
million cars on the Ioar, Is millior
are now over seven years old, which
is a. good long life for any jallopy
Office of Defense Tram cortatior
estimates there will be Q millior
fewer cars on the road this time
next year than there are today D
STOCKPILE DOWN
They could be replaced by forcing
the million cars out of storage
The stockpile of new autos, being
held for rational to essential user
such as doctors and police, is nov
down to between 10000 and 10000
When they're gone, the only hop
for replacement would be to fore
sales by the estimated 4.5 millioi
non-essential drivers still operat
ing cars. The minimum number o
autos needed for essential transpor
tation Of war workers is estimate
at 20 million.
American Automobile Association
reports it had 81 million road ser
vice calls in 1941 and 38 million
calls in 1912. For 1913 it estimate
the calls will number 40 million AM
will be up in 1914.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-05
VOLUNTARY RETIREMENT

This is a twice-told-tale. 1t hap
pened once before, so long ago that
we can not remember the agency
concerned. Another government
agency actually is going out Oh
business OF rs own volition, releas-
ing it's personnel, closing its offices,
ceasing to exist with the finallty OF
a private corporation whose WORK
is completed.
The agency concerned is the
Steel Recovery Corporation. Ihere
was a time when it had Sag en-
ploves. 1t was expected that II
might expenG as much as $3oo,-
moo 600. Now It's doors are closeo'
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-05
MOVE MERITS WIDE
BACKING IN STATE

Announcement is made by the Califor
MIA department of agriculture of eXten-
sive experimental plans under way for
the production of plants in drug indus
try and of spices, all formerly imported
from Japan. In making the announce
ment it was set forth that annual I'M
portations of these items reached the
sum of fifty millions. These include
common eondiment plants used in phar-
maceuticals and meat processing. When
the war started this country was caught
short in these things, hence the wide
spread move to produce them and get
away from sending the money to Japan
and other Asiatic countries.
The announcement discloses that 5000
acres already have been devoted to these
experiments and the paintings included
such plants as lcorice, used in process
ing tobacco pyrethrum, 50 per cent OF
which used to come from Japan and
which is used in fly spray manufacture;
carawav and coriander, vital preserva-
fives in processing sauSages and other
meat products for shipment to soldiers
overseas.
= Some of these condiments are familiar
te the average householder, but little
Thought ever was given as to where
thev came from or that they might be
nroduced at home if they were coming
from other countries Likewise 1t re-
auired war, shutting off supplies to
arouse this country to the point OF under
taking experiments to ascertain II they
Night become a home industry