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Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-20
HoItviIIe Scouts
Form Air Unit

Imperial Valleys first Air Scout
squadron has been activated at
Holtville.
A charter with the Boy Scouts
was filed Friday for the formation
of the new squadron with John
Madden. coach. as squadron leader
and Bill Sheppard as assistant,
Both men are Holtville high school
teachers. George c. Moore is
chairman of the American Legion
troop committee, sponsoring the
new group.
Air Scout Squadron NJ. $40 is
the title given this first unit in the
Imperial district of the Imperial
Yuma council. Air scouting similar
to other older boys phases of scout
ing will teach the rudiments and
ground course training of aviation
to the boys under 18 years of age.
At Holtyille it is hoped mat some
valuable assistance will be OBJ
tanned from the naval air station
personnel.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-20
Candidates Put
Out Petitions

candidates were circulated III I'LL
perial county Saturday.
Sponsors of George Buffers,
farmer of the Magnolia district
northeast of Brawley, had Demo-
cratic and Republican petitions for
state assemblyman being circulat-
ed for him. Buffers is a cattle
feeder who has made Imperial
county his home for many years.
He is a member of the Imperial
County Farm Bureau and president
of the Imperial Grain Growers as
Sociation.
1t was understood that Harvey
E. Hastain of Brawley would not
be a candidate for reelection.
A nomination petition for Hugh
T. Osborne, county supervisor from
the Ell Centre district for II years,
was being circulated in his dis
trict Saturday. He first was elected
supervisor in 1882 and took office
Jan. /, 1888 He is one of Imperial
county's best-knoWn residents and
has been identified with civic prof.
ectS throughout his long residence
in Imperial county.
A. Y. Prcble, candidate for re-
election to the county board of SUI
perviSOrS from the Imperial dis
trict, filed his nomination petition
Saturday.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-20

From Georgia comes the news
that Aviation Cadet William
Francis Davis recently was COM
missioned second lieutenant at the
army air force at Turner Field,
Alabany, Ga.
At Fort Knox, KY, Corporal
Chales H. Havens, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry j. Havens of West
moreland, is enrolled in the army
armored school for a course in tank
mechanics.
In a note received Friday it was
revealed that Captain Burdette
Kline, former sports editor of the
Post-Press newspapers. has gone
overseas. He is pilot in a fighter
bomber squadron and was at Wa
terboro, S. c., several months be-
fore he left the United States.
Ramire A. Uribe, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Luis l.. Uribe. of Calexico, re-
Gently received his silver wings at
PecoS, Texas, and was graduated
as a second lieutenant from the
army air force advanced two-en-
CINE pilot school. He was sent to
Pecos from Twenty-nine Palms. He
is former student of the Texas
A & M at College Station, Texas.
Lieutenant Alan MunSon, son of
Mrs. Arlene MunSon of Ell Centre,
army pilot, is having a great time
in north Africa in addition to his
regular duties. He rented a motor
cycle to do a little touring, but
had to push it 10 miles out of ev-
cry 20. He then rented an Arabian
horse, supposed to be well trained.
He and some other pilots were well
started in their ride when the
horses ran away. They had to bump
the horses into a concrete fence
to stop them. He decided to stick
to airplanes after those two ex-
perienceS.
Cadet Rudolph E. Furbass, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Furbass, COM
pleted the basic flying training
course at Mariana army air field at
Tucson, Ariz. He attended Central
Union High school and the Univer-
sity of Southern California, where
he was a member of the Phi Chi
fraternity.
Friends of Ralph Lloyd Pendley,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. J. l.. Pendley
of Holtville, will be glad to know
that he has been promoted to fire
man first class. The commanding
officer of the ship on which Pend
ley is serving as a crew member
commended this naval reserve
member for creditable perform
ance of duty as a member of the
engineers force of the United States
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-20
Meeting Slated
On US0 Plans

East El Centro citizens will at
tend mass meeting Monday night
in the community club house on
East State street, 7:30 o'clock, to
discuss the enlarged service pro-
gram to be inaugurated for Negro
troops.
Miss Margaret Bushard. USO
representative, and members of the
city war recreation committee. OF
which w. A. Tondro is chairman
will meet with the East El Centre
group.
Additional hosts and hostesses
are needed for the East Ell Centre
canteen and all residents of the
district have been asked to attend
A telegram from Harry Hall
USO desert area head, received
Friday night, stated that a Negro
director will be in the valley about
Feb % to take over operation OF
the present canteen on East State
street.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-20

! ship Buchanan during the period
from May 6, 1943 to September Is,
1943. During this period while
steaming continuously in a combat
zone under difficult and dangerous
conditions, the Buchanan success
fully engaged the enemy on four
occasions. BY so ably performing
his duties in No. engineroom,
Fireman Pendley aided materially
in maintaining high efficiency
of operation and unsurpassed de-
gree of reliability of the engineering
plant"
James Hand, son of Mr., and Mrs.
f. H. Hand of Imperial, has joined
the navy. He hopes 20 cook for
the boys. His brother, David Hand,
is a radar man on the west coast
of Australia and likes the place
fine. He has been there about six
months and will soon be first
class radio technician. The Hand
brothers attended Imperial Union
High school, James would have fin
ished this year if he had not en-
tered the service.
A poSthumouS award of the sill
yer star medal was accorded Clar-
ence Holcomb, boatswains mate
second class, for heroism in saving
two shipmates and diverting a
Japanese Eombing attack on his
ship. He saw Japanese plane
flying low while he was manning
30-caliber gun on his ship. Hol-
comb pushed two Shipmates out of
danger and poured fire into the
plane. He diverted its bombing but
lost his own life. His wife is the
former Mary Harding of Calipatria,
who, with her baby, is with Hol-
combs relatives in Louisiana.
Fred Haflinger, seaman second
class, has been transferred from
the naval training station at Nor
man, Okla.
In a V-mail letter Captain L. D.
Hartzell said: Just received
months supply of the Press. That
gives lots of good reading over
here" He is somewhere outside of
the United States but didn't say
where.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-20
oPA Act Revises
Citrus Prices

WASHINGTON. Feb. 10 up
The Office of Price Administration
opened the way for an early lover
ing of consumer prices for oranges
lemons and grapefruit by revising
Major changes in pre-retail sales
prior to retail.
OPA S7id the lowered retail prices
will be announced soon. They will
set a nationwide, Seacon-long av-
erage CT 9.5 cents pound for
oranges, 8 cents a pound for grape
fruit and l3 5 cents for lemons.
Major oranges in retail sales
as contained in today's order in
clude:
/. Reduction of the number of
fob. shipping point ceilings through
elimination of differences in con-
tainer types, varieties, areas and
seasons.
2. Reduction of excessive dis
tributive msrk-ups.
3. Establishment of flat dollars
and-cents prices at wholesale re-
ceiving points.
Fiat cents-per-po retail prices
will be set locally by OPA regional
and district offices, after the is
suance of the retail regulation
Basic fob. shipping point maxi
mum prices contained in the new
regulation.
Basic fob. shipping point maxi
mum prices contained in the new
regulation: 9.
Oranges: CalifOrnia-ArizOna dis.
trict, reason of Nov. l6-April 81
$3.S5 fer ] 2/5 bushel box, which
amounts to five cents pound .
May 1-Nov. Is, s4.30, or 5.6 cents a
pound. Indain river F1orida dis
trict. Sept. l-Feb. 20. $3.50 for /
3/5 bushel box, 43 cents pound ;
March l-Aug. 81, $4.01. or A cents
pound. All other districts, Sept.
l-Feb. %. s345, or 3.8 cents a
pound; March 1-Aug. 81, $3.75. or
Grapefruit: California Arizona,
Nov 1-April 30, s2.79 for l 2/5
buShel box of white, or Al cents a
pound: May Loot. 81, $3.48 for
white, or 81 cents pound; all year,
S3.02 for pink, or As cents a pound.
Indian River, Sept. l-Feb. 20, 1901
for 3/5 bushel box CT whites, or
3.8 cents a pound; March l-Aug.
81. 1927 for white or Al cents a
pound; all other districts, Sept. l.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-20
BrawIey Child, z,
browns in Canal

Leland Claborn Hewett. 2-year-
old son of Oscar L. Hewett of
Brawley. drowned late Friday in
an irrigation canal near the Braw-
ley city limits.
A group of children, playing near
the canal saw the baby fall into
the water and gave the alarm i'm
mediately. Boys in the neighbor-
hood assisted in the search, even
going through the fumes under
the highways in an effort to find
the body.
The baby fell into the water at
the west end of c street at the
city limits. The body Travelled
through the fumes under the high
way and was found a mile away
where it has washed into a smaller
canal, Deputy County Coroner A
T. Lyons said.
The accident happened between
3 and p. m. Friday and the body
was found at 7:30 o'clock that night,
Funeral services will be held in
Brawley at ? p. m. Monday, with
the Rev. Mr.. Edwin r. Cowan,
pastor of the First Presbyterian
church of Brawley, officiating.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-20
MARRIAGE LICENSES
ARE GRANTED

County Clerk w. j. McClelland
Saturday issued three marriage Ii
censes. One was issued to William
Henry Wendt, %. ice plant en-
ploye of Brawley, and Violet Marie
Benson. 20, also of Brawley: and
the. other was issued to Noble Earl
Cummings, 40, and Zelma Pearl
Norton, 81, FL Centre lettuce pack
ers, and the third to William EZe-
kial Kelly. 81, navy pharmacist,
and Cleda Vivian Crawford, 81,
1outhgate.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-20
Leaders Hopeful
of Bond Goal

!. One hundred twenty-eight FL
Centre Boy Scouts and Cubs led
off Saturday in a finish-the-drive
IN the Fourth War Bond call. In
other parts of the county extra
efforts went into the weekend
drive and leaders saw the goal in
sight.
= At the start Saturday of the
wind-up drive the county was short
of its goal by sl42,l20.
While County Chairman Herb
Fawsett was highly hopeful of
reaching the top in Saturdays ef-
forts, he urged that purchases con-
tinue inaSmIch as all sales will
count against the quota up to and
Including FoS. &c.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-20
ATTACK OF PNEUMONIA -
SUMMONS r?OMONAN

George H. Proctor, 80, died OF
pneumonia in Ell Centro Friday
night while en- route from Brawley
to Somerton, Ariz., Deputy Coroner
A. T. Lyons said.
He was stricken while passing
through El Centre and was unable
to continue his journey. Funeral
arrangements were pending Satur-
day.
Proctor was repairman for the
Brogdex company of Pomona and
worked in the territory from Braw-
ley to Somcrton.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-20
kiwanians See
War Films

Report of the Nation" govern
ment war films. were shown to XII
wants club members Friday by Ken
Thornton. with Everett Shaw as
chairma nof the day for the lunch
con meeting at the Barbara Worth
hotel. 4"
The pictures included films cap
tured from the Ge'.1ans, showing
events as viewed behind the Nazi
battle fronts. showing American
troops being killed and American
ships exploding and sinking.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-20

Feb. 20, S25l for whites. CT 81
cents pound; March 1-Aug. 81,
s2.77 white. or 35 cents a pound
Sept. 1-Feb. 90. s296, pink, or 81
cents a pound; March 1-April 30,
S3.l7. pink, or cents a pound
Lemons: All districts, Nov. l.
April 30, $500 for 2/5 bushel box;
May Loot. 81, $5 81.
Tangerines:' California Arizona,
all seasons, S5.13, 2/5 bushel box;
all other district, all seasons. $446.
The regulation is effective Feb. %
at shipping points and March 9 at
other points in the trade prior to
retail.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-20
VIA Establishes
CABBAGE Price

Representatives of the War Food
Administration Friday agreed to a
price of SIS a ton roadside for I'M
perial Valley cabbage destined for
dehydration.
Valley cabbage growers were
! h'aiting word from delt t1dration
plants With arrangements for con-
tracts to take the cabbage
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-20
APPRECIATES SUPPORT
BERLINERS MOVE OUT

STOCKHOLM, Feb. 10 (UPp -
Travellers from Germany estimated
that less than half of Berlin's
normal 100000 residents still are
living in the boInb-shattered Nazi
capital. the others having been
evacuated or killed in the terrific
Allied air raids. the Morgon It'd
ningen reported. The temporary
district was described as nearly 100
per cent destroyed and travellers re-
ported that huge camp for Polish
workers, with nc shelters, was hit
directly by Allied bombs.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-20
Sen. Luckey Says
He WiIINo Run

State Senator E. George Luckey
Of Brawley announced Saturday
that he will not be a candidate for
reelection.
He declared that it is impossible
FOR him to run again because of
the~demands of his business. Sena-
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-20
BLOC CONTINUES
SUBSIDY FIGHT

WASHINGTON, Feb. l9 tUP)-
President Roosevelt won battle
in his fight with Congress to con-
tinue food subsidies, but the vic
tory was neither decisive nor per-
manent. the anti-subsidy bloc de-
clared Saturday.
The war will be renewed, spokes-
men for the bloc announced, when
The price control bill comes before
Congress in month or two for ex-
tension
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-20
PARTISANS TAKE
TOWN BACK

LONDON, Feb. 10 CUP)-Jugoslav
partisans recaptured the fortified
town of BoSansko Grahovo. 80
miles east of Dubrovnik, and Cain,
u miles north of Bihac, a COM
munique said Saturday. The an
nouncement disclosed, however,
that German forces had retaken
Bugajno, so miles northwest of
Sara jevo.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-20
ARMY LISTS SERGEANT
AMONG WAR SLAIN

Sergeant Wesley B. Dildine Sat-
urday was listed among tie army
dead III the Mediterranean area.
His widow, Mrs. Virgie B. Dill
dine, lives near Brawley.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-20
Baruch Program
Sfirs Protest

Continued from page II
ing in job placement ana counsei
for veterans and demooilized war
workers.
Appointment of a surplus prop
erty administrator, also in Byrnes'
office. to direct disposition of war
time surpluses. A surplus property
policy board composed OF repre-
Sentatives of government agencies
concerned would be created.
Withdrawal of government from
business at the earliest possible mo-
ment after the syar ends. The report
recommended that this be done
through quick and full payment OF
war contracts, removal of Federal
materials from plants to make
room for equipment and materials
needed for civilian production, ana
centralization of control and dis
posal of surpluses to bring them
into ready and effective use and
insure orderly markets.
POSTWAR TAG BILL
Drafting of a postwar tax bill
calling for sharply reduced business
taxes to stimulate business and
employment.
Unification of government forces
on two fronts-the executive and
notwithstanding with the hu-
man problems of demobilization.
Care to avoid use of contract set
tlement for punishment or reward.
Reports by the armed services on
their inventories, stocks. and stores
of most critical civilian items to
determine what can safely be re-
leased for civilians without hurt
ing the war.
Termination of war contracts by
the procurement agencies which
negotiated them in consultation
with the armed services and the
War Production Board.
Prompt extension of the price
control law, the prioritieS, and allo-
cations powers on which the func-
tioning of WPB rests, and the requi-
sitioning power of the president. All
expire this year.
EARLY r. VIEW
Early review of programs for
production of raw materials, and
for stockpiling. imports, subsidies,
and premiums to marginal pro-
ducerS.
The report also said that:
Basic wartime controls must be
retained as long as necessary. But
all controls and the war agencies
administering them should be
liquidated when no longer neces-
sary.
There should be no excessive
profits and no strikes in wartime
Preferential treatment in the re-
conversion program should be
given to small business whichever
possible. The smaller war plants
corporation should be permitted to
make "changeover" loans to little
enterprises.
The report emphasized what
many consider one of the most
vital of all postwar problems-dis-
position Of surpluses. It warned
that 1.-The national interest must
govern" and that heavy losses will
have to be taken on some kinds OF
property because inflated wartime
costs will have little relation to
peacetime values.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-20

tor Luckey said he had neglected
/ his business affairs during the last
/ four years he served Imperial
county as state senator and now
! feels that he cannot afford to do sc
any longer
OWN INTERESTS CALL
II cwn 5000 acres of land and
am feeding 5000 head of cattle,
Luckey said Saturday. 1T is almost
impossible for me 10 get any more
competent help because of the
labor shortage. I have checked over
my affairs and I believe il will be
impossible for ne TO run for re-
election.
Since the shortage of gasoline
and tires it has been particularly
difficult for me to take care of my
business while the legislature is in
session. Sacramento is 800 miles
from my home and when I go up
there on state business. I have to
stay until it is finished even
though it sometimes results in a
loss to me because I cannot return
to Imperial county.
1T is necessary to devote great
deal OF time to the duties of his
office even while the legislature is
not in session. A state senator
must confer with residents of the
county and must be familiar with
what they want. That takes time.
Then there are many meetings to
attend. 1t is important and in
teresting but I do not have the
time"
APPRECIATES SUPPORT
Senator Luckey said he had been
happy to represent Imperial county
as its state senator and had ap-
preciated the opportunity to play a
part in state legislation during his
four-year term in office.
I am grateful for the support
given me-" he said. "and hope I
have helped in the advancement
and development of Imperial coun-
ty while serving as Its representa-
tive in the state legislature"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-20
Hold Your Breath

Hold Your Breath
AS usual everyone is standing
around suffering while Jersey
Birchfield plays golf at the Bar
bara Worth Country club.
Jersey is the greatest suspense
whipper upper we ever knew in our
lives.
The Tip Off
Watch the politicians. There's a
hen on.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-20
RAMBLING REPORTER

Continued From Page One
stored in her mind after these years
as a superior court reporter.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-20

Like The Swallows
1t was cold the other day so the
courthouse oil furnace was on the
fritz.
The ground hog and the swallows
at San Juan Capistrano have
nothing on that furnace. The
minute it gets an ache or a pain,
it is a sure sign that it will be cold
incide as we'll as outside.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1944-06-15
SACO
Mrs. I h A. Vagg

Mrs. Grant Mitchell arrived Wed
nesday to spend some time with hel
mother and son Gene. Her husband
has gone to work in the Aleutian
islands.
Mrs. Margaret Bell and Mrs. Anna
Armstrong received word that their
brother had died in Canada.
Corp. Willard Jones arrived on
Thursday to spend a short furlough
with his mother and friends.
Ed Marshall left Wednesday for
induction in the navy.
Shirley Doty left Wednesday for
Kansas City to visit her aunt.
Mrs. Fielding Thomson of Har-
lowton is in st. Peters hospital in
Helena. where a baby daughter was
born June g.. Mrs Thomson is the
former Bonnie Noble.
Miss Frances Vagg arrived Thurs
day from oregon to spend the sum-
mer with her mother, Mrs. E. A.
Vagg.
Mrs. Ted Roberts and baby ar
rived Sunday morning from Boze-
nan for a short vacation with her
father and other relatives at Cole.
Mrs. Martin Hanson left Monday
morning for Alabama to be with
her daughter, Mrs. Robert Powell.
Mrs. Irwin Larson and daughter
Dorothy left Monday morning for
Everett, Wash.
Mrs. Charles McChesney and c.
P. Martin and daughter Betty took
a trip to the hospital in Glasgow
Monday.
Mrs. w. E. Woods entertained the
E. o. S. Auxiliary Monday afternoon.
-Four tables of contract were played.
Mrs. C. P. Martin won high prize
and Mrs. E. Vagg low.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. SOLVE and
arrived Saturday night after
a short visit in Minnesota and
North Dakota.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Birum went
to Great Falls for a few days visit
and rest.
Billy Dale Claussen left for Cut
Bank after spending a few weeks
visiting his aunt, Mrs. Robert Bry-
son, and uncle, Robert Taylor.
Erna Mae Marks is home for a
visit. Her brother Everest Marks. is
home on leave from the navy.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1944-06-15
Community
Calendar

TONIGHT
8 - Degree of Honor executive
meeting at the home of Mrs. I. w.
Humphries.
FRIDAY
2 = Deaconess Hospital guild at
hospital.
6:15-GlaSgow Business and Pro-
fessional Woman's club at Dunn's
lounge.
8-Laura Rebekah lodge at Odd
Fellows hall.
WEDNESDAY
2:30@Sunflower Art club at home
of Mrs. H. o. Morgan. Mrs. Chester
w. Lawson will speak.
THURSDAY
12:30-St. Matthews guild lunch
con at church with Fort Peck aux
iliary as guests, introducing Stu
dent Pastor and Mrs. w. Davidson
United thank offering boxes will be
opened.
2-Helping Hand society at the
farm home of Mrs. Fred Rusher.
Meet at church for transportation.
2-Altar society meets at st. Ra-
phael'S church for prayer service.
followed by meeting at club house at
2:30.
2.3O-Methodist Circle C with
Mrs. j. ]. Hines at her apartment.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1944-06-15
VANDALIA
Sadie Mulfinger

H. P. Rohde hauled in several
hundred bushels of wheat to the
Vandalia elevator last week.
Thomas McKeague loaded out a
car of wheat the first of this week.
Mrs. Georgia Cain and Fred
spent Sunday visiting the George
Reid family.
Mrs. Edith Wagner and Julia
Sowa were Vandalia callers Satur-
day.
Alex Watson was a Glasgow caller
Monday.
Dennis Wright has been summer
following since he came home after
school closed in Glasgow.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Harshaw and
Melvin spent Saturday evening in
Hinsdale.
George Reid was busy selling war
bonds the first of the week.