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The guardian., 1944-11-25

was poured by Miss Frances
Mendez. Refreshments were
served by the Jr HoStesSes. Mr.
Hopeton Johnson's Orchestra
furnished Orchestra music
during the afternoon and even
ing. Mrs Shavers Of Providence,
R I, sang with the orchestra
much to the delight of those
present.
MONDAY, NOV 13 - Hobby
Mite" was enjoyed. Mr. Hope
ton Johnson'S Orchestra fur-
nished music for dancing from
ell p m.
TUESDAY, NOV IA - Dance
Mite. Volunteer Orchestra -
Mr.. Tasker CroSson.
WEDNESDAY, NOV Is The
regular monthly Whist Toum-
ament sponsored by the VF'W
Auxiliary of cambridge, Mass.l
Isaac w Taylor Post was held
in the newly painted and dec
Grated Recreation Room. A
large number of servicemen
and hosteSses participated.
Prizes were awarded to the
winners by Mrs Grace Taylor,
chairman, as follows: First, Nj
Bryan; Second, Mr. L Robinson;
Third, Mr. Thomas Jones; Con-
ISOLATION, Pvt VIM Elder. Re-
freShmentS were served by
members of the Auxiliary: Presi-
dent, Hope Jarvis, Mrs M Law
renee, Mesdames F Skinner, A
Harvey, M Warwick, L Crom-
well, Misses G Fountaine, L
Wright, S Lawrence and Mes
danes Rhoda Jackson, Sara
Smith, Bertha Johnson and
Grace Taylor.
COMING EVENTS
COFFEE HOUR Nov 19. So
los: Miss Evelyn White, Miss
Leona Broadnax; Reader, Miss
Helen Dane.
FORMAL DANCE, Nov %.
SHOPPING BAG PARTY,
Nov %.
ARSENAL PLAYERS, Dec /.
The guardian., 1944-11-25
Stars and
Stripes

Benny White of Roxbury was
recently promoted to technician
fifth grade in the Amphibian
Truck Training Regiment at
Camp Gordon Johnston, Fla.
Isaac E. Ballard, South Nor
walk, Conn, was promoted to
private first class last week at
Montford Point Camp of the
Marine Training Center, Camp
Lejeune, N. c.
A total of 21,76O colored vet
Grams Of the present war were
receiving veterans pensions
from the Veterans Adminisrta-
tion on August 81, 1914, for
disability incurred in or aggra-
waited by service in the armed
forces, it was announced by
Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines, Ad-
of Veterans Affairs.
The guardian., 1944-11-25
SEEM STARS
with Delores Calvin

NEW YORK CITY (c) - 1t
took tall, lissom Lena Horne, a
Brooklyn girl to crash the
Aim world as a glamorous sing
er and it to okttat same gel
den-hued contralto to pave the
way in radio Her perform
ance as Lorna Dean in CHS
you Were Wonderful last
week proved that there is but
one Lena Horne Is. When we
heard that Roma Wines "Sus-
pense" program had chosen the
"ziegfeld Follies" star as their
guest, we thought of several
ways the script writers could
We sketched in her lines !.
They might've used a Har-
lem scene in which Lena
would be another Anna Lucasta
or a Carmen Jones Or theJ
might've decided to tin foil her
talents by changing her into a
Spanish siren with a South
American setting.
At any rate, we surely felt
the color question would be at :
tackled and would go suffering,
though we knew Miss Horne
would never consent to play
anything that insulted her
people To our surprise,
suspense" script writers neith-
er evaded the race problem,
nor toned it down nor blew it
Up +. And Lena wasn't just
Sketched in; she was THE star!
AS Lorna, the beautiful coll
ored American singer in a
Buenos Aires waterfront tav-
ern, she had international
fame behind her Stepping
into the shoes If Jackie, the
white singer whom the Ger
mans had killed, Lena Horne
is hired by Nazi Agents to sing
zone Dozen Roses" at a cer-
tain time on a certain night &.
They try to rope her in by re-
rlinding her hnw badly her
people are treated in the States
;. Johnny, an ofay friend,
warns her not to sing it but
Lena meanwhile does some de-
tective work Of her own (She
informs U S authorities) !.
At the appointed time, instead
of obeying the Nazi order
which would've sent American
The guardian., 1944-11-25

THE ROWING REPORTER !.
Dorothy Norman. N Y Post col
umnist. talks on Economic
Problems OF Minorities and the
FEPC in Brooklyn Mabel
Fairbanks, the modest ice
skater of 10, has a satin Skat-
ing dress made for her by a
white ballet skater who is old
in the business and who adores
Mabel And, Mabels mana
ger, Wally Hunter, is running
into difficulty with the OPA's
travelling laws He wants to
feature Mabel at the exclusive
New Haven Arena during
Christmas Week but the OPA
has a definite restriction on
travelling from New York to
Connecticut and around that
arena until after the New
Year -.
Pleasant Regina Andrews,
wife of Assemblyman William
T, is preparing an interracial
library for SydenLam Hospital.
:. Frank A Young, Jr, city ed
itor and sports too Of the
Cleveland Gazette spent a few
days in New York with his pub
Usher, Frank Handy :. Young's
dad has been sports editor Of
the Chicago Defender for Al
years Hazel Scott, reports
Earl IN Y Post) Wilson, broke
racial barriers at the Astor in
a white satin evening gown,
turban to match and mink
cape plus escort when she
marched in dramatically = i.
Manager hesitated, then recog-
nizing her, showed them a ia
bic That's fine, but we all
aren't Hazel SCOTS!
Abe Hill, director of the ANT
Theatre which is now putting
on walk Hard" at the Liberty
Theatre, makes l IA percent
Of "Anna Lucasta's" gross for
lis theatre movement
Most of the current Broadway
The guardian., 1944-11-25
Army & Navy

FRIDAY, NOV 10 - Leather
craft class convenes every Fri
day at 8 p m in the Hobby
room. Servicemen and Host
esSeS are invited to attend and
enjoy the evening in making a
leathercraft article. The class
is well provided with able in
structors. Dancing was enjoyed
as BroadnaX'S Orchestra fur
niShed the music.
SATURDAY, NOV II Ar
miStice Day dance music was
furnished by CroSson's Orches-
ira. The ballroom was filed to
capacity and everyone reported
having had a delightful even
ing.
SUNDAY, NOV 12 - Coffee
nour = one OF our most Ell
tertaining hours is the Coffee
Hour. On Sunday afternoon,
Mr. Ray Guild, Jr who has CIV
en- Army Service Overseas" in
France, entertained the Serv-
icemen with a half hour of de-
lightful interpretations If
nluSic-recitations from movie
and radio celebrities. Mr. Guild
received a big hand. A delight
full vocal solo was rendered by
Mrs Coral Alexander, one of
our talented young hosteSses,
accompanied by Miss Hender-
son. A Community Sing" was
led by Miss Henderson. Coffee
The guardian., 1944-11-25
0'Banyoun's
Observations

The writer has been the re-
cipient of many pats on the back
for his performance at People 6
Baptist Church Nov. 16, all of
them deeply appreciated. On
such occasions, sometimes wish
that I could be somewhere, un-
seen, listening to the real re-
actions of those who praise me
to my face, or do I? I want to
The guardian., 1944-11-25

Naval boys to their deaths in
the far-away ocean. Lena sings
"a favorite back home =, my
country It's Of thee, sweet land
Of liberty, of thee / sing
Lena Horne showed white ard
black alike that Jim Crow is
losing his feathers and slowly
but surely, tolerance is taking
over +. Yes, Lena, YOU were
wonderful!
The guardian., 1944-11-25

C5 coupons good for five GAL
Ions each until further notice.
SHOES
GOOD INDEFINITELY - Air
plane Stamps No. l, No. 2 and
No. 3 in War Book Three good
for ore pair Of shoes each.
The guardian., 1944-11-25

Mrs Julia Baldwin thanks
Mrs josephine ] Taylor for the
reading she gave at the Moore
AME Tabernacle, Rev N R
Eday, pastor.
The guardian., 1944-11-25

Cast is ANT The Peters
Sisters swinging it at the Apol-
10 Theatre.
The guardian., 1944-11-25

Daring com
mander of a COM
pany Of the 92nd
Infantry Division
now fighting with
the Fifth Army in
Italy who was re-
ported missing in
action by the War
Department o n
November 8, Cap
tain Candy, the
first officer of the
division to
be promoted in
the field by Lieu
tenant G e n eral
Mark W. Clark,
won the admira-
zion of his men be-
cause he wouldn't
ask a soldier to do
anything that he
wouldn't do" he
made his home in
Washington, D. c.
~. S. Signal
Corps Photo from
BPR.l
The guardian., 1944-11-25

Mrs Reed, chairman of tnc
committee, thanks Mrs ] J
Taylor for the splendid read
ings the latter rendered at
Charles st Church, Rev o W
Childers, pastor.
The guardian., 1944-11-25
the Volunteer Unit.

Hurry up, Mother CaCie
Thompson, and come back. We
miss you.
The guardian., 1944-11-25

Best regards to Sonny Dor-
aldSon, son Of Mrs. Pauline
Donaldson, vice-president of
The guardian., 1944-11-25
PROGRESSED FOODS

GOOD NDEFINTTELY-Blue
Stamps A8 through Z8 and AS
through W5 in Book Four, worth
10 points each. Under the pre-
sent system, five blue stamps
are validated on tn first of each
calendar month.
The guardian., 1944-11-25

The Unit is glad to hear that
little Barbara Butler is much
better. She Is the daughter of
Mrs Alice Butler.
The guardian., 1944-11-25
SUGAR

GOOD NDEFINITELY Sugar
Stamps 80, 81, 80, 33 and "a
in Book Four, each good for five
pounds. Sugar Stamp 40 in Book
Four, good for five pounds for
home canning through Feb. %,
1915.
The guardian., 1944-11-25
GASOLINE

DECEMBER 21-Last day for
Alb coupons, good for four
gallons each. B4, CA, B5 and
The guardian., 1944-11-25

hand good sized boost to my
partner on the program, Ethel
Dunno Wragg, who seems to be
quite few steps up the ladder
and still climbing. I was much
gratified to note the size of the
audience in spite of the ex-
tremely inclemen weather. /
also wish to hand an unsolicited
boost to Lester Benn, the print
er, who put out as pretty pro-
gram as have ever seen. One
more big boost to Clara B.
Christian, who was chairman of
the affair, and certainly de-
sreves great credit for it. I
can't say all I would like to
about the affair, as I was a par
ticipant, but the whole COM
mittee worked faithfully, Ethel
went to town" and I did my
best.
On Wednesday, Nov. Is, the
Young Women's Bible Class, Of
Columbus ave, A. M. E. Zion
Church, gave Pop Concert
which was we'll attended. An
interesting program was pre-
Sented by Mrs. Ella Hayes,
Zionette Chorus, Mrs. Cora Ar
mold at the piano, Leola Wilay,
Brown sisters from Kentucky,
Mrs. M. Audrey piano solo, Mrs.
Vivian H. Leonard, Mrs. Hattie
Barber, Mr.. Buckner Candy,
piano solo. Mrs. Zita Williams
is President of the class and
Mr.. Otis Skinner teacher.
I wish to remind you Of the
splendid program which the S
Coleridye-Ta Musical ASso-
citation is Offering at its regI'
lar meeting tomorrow, Sunday,
Nov. 25, $50 p. m. at $50 Mass.
ave. Rev. r. M. Owens, pastor of
Peoples Baptist Church, is the
speaker and a galaxy Of soloists
and readers will participate.
There is no admission. Come
promptly at $50 p. I.
There is no doubt but that
the Coleman Players will be
greeted by an immense audi
ence next Thursday and Friday
evenings at Mutual Hall when
they present their second an
nual production, "Let Us Be
Gay. We remember their first
presentation, "To Her Husband,
and this next one promises to
be even more mirthful. Then
Esther Wilson is making her de-
but as an actress and there will
be several added players includ-
ing Irene OBJ. Robinson.
The guardian., 1944-11-25
Ration Timetable
MEATS AND FATS

GOOD INDEFINITELY - Red
Stamps A8 through Z8 and AS
through P5 in Book Four worth
10 points each. Red tokens,
worth one point each, used as
change. 1t is expected that the
next red stamps will not be
validated until December 3.
The guardian., 1944-11-25

Watch for our Chicken Sup
per to be served at the head
quarters. The date will be an
nounced later.
The guardian., 1944-11-25
FUEL OIL

AUGUSGT 81, 1945-Last day
for period Four and period Five
coupons of 1894 issue. Period
I coupons of 1944-45 issue now
valid. All coupons worth 10
gallons a unit.
The guardian., 1944-11-25

The Food Sale was a success.
We thank our many friends.
Mrs Minnie Mewett was the
efficient chairman.
The guardian., 1944-11-25
VOLUNTEER UNIT
81 GREENWICH ST.
By Edna G. Taylor)


Our Young Peoples Group
rendered volunteer service on
Wednesday at the USO Club
under the craftsmanship of Mrs
Martha Davis
The guardian., 1944-11-25

Mrs Rachel Thomas has lust
returned from hsr vacation.
The guardian., 1944-11-25

Tht Unit is pleased to hear
that Mrs Lucille Jones is up
and out.
The guardian., 1944-11-25

W, M. TROTTER
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-06
State Unit Sets
Budget for
Guard ACTIVITY

SACRAMENTO Dec s. CUPj-
The state adjutant generals office
has di.clored that 15-day summer
encampments are planned for the
10000 members Of the state guard
in 1945 and 1916 in submitting
SO 099,C02 biennial budget.
The proposed budget represents
an incrt ase of about S1OCO.O90 over
the amount being spent in the pres
ent two years. and officers raid
about 100000 of the amount would
be needed fer maintenance Of the
camp and for pay Of mon while in
camp.
Nearly s3GOO0O0 Of the 1s43-45
appropriation for the state guard
will 3e turnfd back 70 the state gen.
cral fund, it was Disclosed Plans
for the part-time guard which even
tually was organized were not COM
pleted et the time the l943 legisla-
ture approved the appropriation.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-06
SUPPORT FOR ONE
WORTHY CAUSE

This season presents the FOrtieth an
niversary of the beginning of an organ
ization that has gone far to aid in allevi-
alton of human suffering, and of greater
moment, the beginning of battle against
disease which has counted its millions,
but which today has met defeat in
large measure.
And so into every home in Imperial
Valley have gone sheafs of Red Seals to
be used as usual during the Christmas
season in raising funds for the battle
against tuberculosis. 1t is all the more
important that there be no let-up in this
battle for the very reason that here is
progress. The job is not finished. May
never be 100 per cent finished but
knowledge Of statistics will convince any
one that the dread disease definitely is
on the run.
1t was in 1904 that a Danish mail
clerk conceived the idea of stamps sales
to help the many victims of tuberculosis
in his own town and country. 1t caught
on and spread. BY coincident, that same
year the National tuberculosis AssOcia
ton came into being in America and the
two activities have marched together
since
When that envelope arrives, if it al
ready has not made its appearance, don't
delay Send your contribution in and
have a part in this so worthy crusade.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-06
WHY THREE PLANES AND
VITAL GAS FOR WEDDING?

"The King can 90 no wrong and by
the same token this bit of protest will
do no good" but we shall protest just
the same, and we feel we will have quite
a lot of company in saying our little
piece.
With the usual Rooseveltian blare of
trumpets, Colonel Elliott Roosevelt, sec
ond eldest son of President Roosevelt,
assembled wedding party and settled
the chosen guests in three private planes
for trip from Los Angeles to the south
rim of the Grand Canyon for the cere-
mony-his third. Maybe that is why he
used three planes.
Ii matters not that the planes were
privately owned. Nor that they were
the property of the head of one of the big
commercial lines in the country. Any
plane uses gasoline. precious gasoline.
To our way of thinking Cupid is just as
satisfied with the old horse-and-bugg
transport. Said Cupid has done some
powerful and successful work in buggies
as well as automobiles.
We have no information as to how Jack
Frye owner of the planes, got around
the Office of Defense Transportation on
the gasoline, or how he expects to square
himself with the ODT if he Just "went
and done it." But certainly, it seems.
the head of an aviation concern should
appreciate the need to conserve the fuel
on which our victories in the Pacific
largely now depend.
We can ask for an explanation from
Col. Roosevelt but we don't expect an
answer any more than has come from
the White House concerning the many
air trips Mrs Roosevelt has made in
army planes under special escort of
other planes. The country still is wait
ing for an explanation of the First Lady's
most pretentious venture, the trip across
the Pacific and back.
Perhaps we just as we'll let it go and
wish the Colonel all the JOY in the world
all the same as if it had been just a quiet
parlor ceremony.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-06

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 6. CUP)-
General Manager Samuel B. Morris
has submitted to the board of water
and power commissioners SPA
344,500 postwar program for inn
provement and additions that would
provide work for 1000 to 5000 men.
Cost of the proposed power SyS-
tenn program over a seven-year pc
riod ic estimated at $101, 100000
Water system improvements over
an eight-year period would cost $23,-
344,500.
An engineering progress report
said $51 100000 of projects can be
started within one to IL months
after final approval and completed
in four years. The program could
be started at completion of the Eu-
ropean war.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-06
Lack Of Shells
Adds TO Men
Dying on Fronts

LONDON, Dec 6. tUP1-NCel
Monks, London Daily Mail CORE
Spondent with the American Ninth
Army in Germany, declared that
American coldiers were paying with
their lives for shortages of shells.
Monks reported that American in
fantry on the outskirts of a town in
Germany put in hurry call for ar
tillery support when German tanks
counterattacked.
Il was in a command post when
a colonel passed on the call for
artillery support" Monks said. Il
could hear the reply conf n s
through the phone and l was so
embarrassed that / moved over to
the corner of the cellar.
The voice said, 'Too bad, but we
fired our quota in the opening
stages of the attack
The young colonel replaced the
phone and slumped in chair with
his hands shaking with emotion
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-06
SERVICE OF FOUR
DECADES ENDED

Riverside Daily PreSs)
Twice within the year death has taken
from the ranks of the Press and Enter
prise, workers who gave many years OF
devoted service in the editorial and news
departments.
Sorrowing fellow workers attended
rites held today for Miss Nellie May
Downs. who is believed to have been the
dean of newspaper prOof-readers in Cal
iforna Commencing her duties with the
Daily Press in 1901, she filled the posi-
tion of principal proof-reader for an un-
broken period of forty-three years.
Numbered among the city'S pioneer
residents. a graduate of its schools and
active in religious and altruistic circles,
she became well-nigh indispensable, as
the years passed. for her intimate knoWl-
edge of people and her familiarity with
early-day happenings in the community.
Faithful and loyal to a degree, Miss
Downs will be sorely missed by her fel-
low workers who esteemed her for rare
qualities of character, as evidenced In
her devotion to duty, the pride she took
in performing to the best of her ability
the painstaking details of an eXacting
post, her answering adherence to Chris
tian principles. her quiet, unassuming
nature and her readiness to lend help
ing hand to all within her sphere of ac-
tivity.
There will be few so richly to merit
the commentator that must surely have
come to her, well done, thou good and
faithful servant.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-06
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
PROPOSAL FOR BIDS FOR THE
PURCHASE OF TAX DECIDED
PROPERTY

Notice is hereby given that bids
FOR the purchase from the City of
Ell Centre of the tax decided prop
erty hereinafter described will be
received at the office of the City
Clerk of the City of FL Centre al
the City Hall in said City up to
and until 500 o'clock pm. of the
18th day of December, 1914, and
said bids will be opened and con-
sidered by the City Council of the
City of El Centro at the next sue
ceec ing. meeting, or at such sub
Sequent meeting to which such
consideration may be continued.
The City reserves the right to re-
ject any and all bids.
Said property is described as fol-
lows:
Lot g. Block 5, Third Addition,
City of Ell Centre.
Lots 20. q & %, Block As.
ToWnsite, City of El Centro.
IRWIN MAUPIN,
City Clerk of the City of
Ell Centro.
DATED: December 5, 1914.
mo. 96) D5)
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-06
AGRICULTURAL LEADERS
GATHER IN SACRAMENTO

SACRAMENTO, DC. 6. tUP)-
The agricultural commissioners Of
40 counties were arriving for their
state associations fall conference
which opens Wednesday.
Charles Dick. Watsonville, cCm-
said similar meetings are held semi
annually to study procedures for
uniform enforcement of marketing
and other state agricultural laws.
A. A. Brock, director of agricul-
ture, is to address the commissioners
tomorrow. Speakers Thursday in
clude r. L. Adams. director of the
farm production council.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-06
SENATE COMMITTEES OPPOSES
OPA RENT CONTROL PLAN

WASHINGTON, Dec. G. up
The Senate banking committee has
rejected, 10 to z, bill to give the
Office of Price Administration con-
trcl over commercial rentals. OPP
ponents held that it was a local
question and Congress should take
no action until state legislatures,
many of which meet again in Janu-
ary, have had an opportunity to act.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-06
CURRENT QUOTATIONS

The Luftwaffe has been crippled, but
it is not dead. They are fighting like
fanatics to save the facilities they need
to continue their very existence. For our
part. we have no intention of letting them
save those things.-AAF Gen. Henry H.
Arnold.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-06
ENDS OWN LEE

los ANGELES, Dec. 6. fUP)-
Burton Gates 35. game warden with
tie California fish and game com
mission. fashioned a hcmo- made gas
mask Of a pair cl surgeons rubber
gloves and killed himself late Tues
day. One end of hore was connect
ed TO gas jet and the other 10 the
gloves, police said No notesswere
found
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-06

Things are going none too well
with our nearest allies to the Japa-
II Sc empire. China is badly split up
internally: and while we have some
great talent over there on the
ground, we could do with more. Of
course, TIN re is n note of cheer i'm
the going of Patrick J. Hurley to
represent us with the Chinese, but
one man can't do il all alone.
They have their quislings and
traitors Ov r there just as they have
had them in France and Norway
and all the invaded countries. For
that matter. just as we have had
them in our Falls and DOhcnyS. The
Chinese quisiing, Wang Ching wei,
df d natural death recently at 81,
considerably earlier than Fall. The
following paragraphs appeared on
the editorial page Of the Kansas
City Times, Thursday, November Is:
DIR. BurriS Jenkins visit Il China
i'm 1880 and interviewed Wang
Ching-wei at Shanghai. AT that
time Wan" was leader in the
KuOmintang and the japanese were
alr ady planning their initial in
vitatiOn into China. which began
six months later. Wang's concern
about his country then dealtk-with
other than the Japanese threat.
however. 80, =
Wang con iders that two agreat
M Daccs exist in China" DIR. Jenkins
wrote to The Star. "Militarism and
communism. and that the greater of
these is communism. He spoke con-
stantly of the necessity for stamp
ing out cOmmuni m. 'Annihila &c, was
the word h constantly used. :.
Not that there are many i'm China
who are thoroughgOing followers of
Marx or Lenin, but there are some
thousands of young men trained i'm
the Sun Yat-s-n university atsMOs-
COW. established for the teaching of
communism, who have come back
home with the sloran-. Down With
the Rich and Up With the Work
ers.' The peasantry and cooli have
adopted these cries and form. the
Communist armies in the ssouth
which loot and burn and kin 3rich
Chinese. s#
&. Wang has the meditativ,
cOuntenance of refined Budda
without the placid brow. His chin
prOtrudeS. You would not say, that
his forehead actually carries
! fr0wn of anxious thought. for il was
unwrinkIed; but the large musct
over his ewes showed nervous ten
SIGN. He spoke in very soft, low
tones. with a few It'll gestures of
beautiful hands"
Such are the men who may be
developed in any nation in war
times. Let's be careful about our
own.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-06
|. A. Mans Postwar Program

This is in nc sense n made-work
program. but normal schedule oil.
extensions and betterments acceler-
ated because of delays caused by
the war" Morris said.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-06
Editorials and Comment

EDITORS NOTE: The fOIlouing edit
oridlS are presented as interesting opin-
ions UOiced by editors elsewhere. They
do not necessarily reflect the opinion OF
this paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-06

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