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Evening star., 1944-09-17

And now that the JUNIOR partner, MIR. Charles,
had gone to war, Mr.. Thomas also dealt with
all the warning spouses. as we'll as the Late
Friends In the outer Office there was laugh
ter and chatter and cups of tea. No mirth
ever came from MIR Thomass Office.
Joanna had never seen Mr.. Charles. But
according to Christine. he was Sweetle Pie:
according to Maudie. he was the Answer to
Girls Prayer, and according TO both it was
No Use. because he Wasn't That Sort
When Christine came back. MIR Thomass
letters had to wait while the story went on:
And my dear. if hadn't merclfully seen a
policeman at the corner of the square. RELY
don't know what would have happenedl'
WHAT could happen in a crowded street,
in the broad daylight. Joanna could not lmag
Inc. Nor did it seem she would ever be en-
lghtened. Nothing Of the kind ever happened
to her Mrs. Dnks her landlady. would say.
''Seasonable weather. or Bad weather this
morning. as the case might be. No one spoke
to her on the pavement or jostled her in the
bus. Once. hurrying from the station, she
did collide with tall handsome young man
carrying brown paper parcel. 1t burst asun-
der but all that fell out was dirty collars
If it had been Maudie. diamonds or pearls
would have Uttered the pavement, romance
would have started at once
Joanna never saw the young man again
Indeed. the whole world. with the exception
OF Janet. seemed unaware of her. When she
let herself into her room that night, her heart
sank. Another letter from Janet And Janet
was one of those people who never wrote ex-
cept to report some disaster. Usually expen-
sive. Il had a terrible blow this morning the
letter began. Reading on. Joanna learned that
her sister, feeling off color for some time, had
visited the doctor. TO my horror" wrote
Janet, he tells me am In That Boat Again!
1t came as a fearful shock to me- and am
still feeling completely shattered
Considering Janet had been married for
ten years and had three other children.
Joanna wondered why she didn't recognize
that particular dinghy. or skiff, when she saw
it! Apparently not. Little Janet. little Remy,
and little Helen had all been rowed ashore,
so to speak, by their astounded Mamma.
quite at a loss to know how it had occurred.
Though hate to ask YOU" Janet wrote,
you will simply have to help me over this,
darling. How lucky you are. having no en-
cumbrances! If Id known what know now"
Good-by, red chiffon frock. -. Joanna
opened the window and leaned out into the
spring evening That was how it always was.
No sooner did she get something saved
towards frock than fresh disaster scuppered
Janet. Joanna hadn't yet quite finished pay
ing for little Remy's teeth being Strengthened.
Down below in the square. almond bios
SONS were in flower. Girls and boys were 60
ing off together, to dance halls and the pic
lures Just as Christine said - there was no
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-25
l.. A. PRODUCE

LOS ANGELES. Jan. 5 (Up)-FSMNS:
PUNCHED VEGETABLES: Steady. Per
crt: Beets 2ls 3 doz. 1922 0o, fair 1.50;
ImYerial Valley iced erts. doz , 75;
carrots local doz. 1852. 25, fair 1.5O.
small oo-1.25; iced crts. Salinas doz.
400. Imperial Valley 4.15-4.45. Santa
Barbara county 3.5o-3.75; chard 2l.- 3
doz. 1.25-1.5o; green onions S doz 90
7.D, fair GOO: Imperial Valley 10 doz.
s. 25-9 O0s kale 3 doz. /. T5; leeks doz.
=. 1890: mustard doz. 1852 %
parsley doz. 2. 2.75-3.oo; radishes. small
red 6 doz. 2. 2.25-2. IS, fair 1.50-2.00;
spinach 4 doz 2.o0-2.40; fair 1.50-l75,
ordinary lbs; turnips 2M- 3 dQz. 150-
1.65. fair 100-1. 25; Imperial Valley iced
cris q doz. 2.75-3.0o.
CABBAGE: Steady. Per CRIT: Local
Cannonball 2.oo-2. so. ibos and ordinary
l.o0-1 so. Santa Barbara county fair 2.25;
Imperial Valley $3.50 Id. SKIS. 16.5-l7o
red cabbage per crt. best 2.75-3.00.
LETTUCE: Steady: dry pack Imperial
Valley crts 3.50-4.0o fair 3.o0-3.25; 5s
3.25-3. rs, local doz. 2.50-2. IS; 5s zoo
.. so, 2la 3 doz. 75c-100. ordinary 35-5Oc
iced erts. Imperial Valley 4-5 doz. 400
SQUASH: Steady; white summer San
:. co.. 90: Imperial Valley crts. $50;
italian local and San Diego county lugs
5.OO-575, No. 2s 2.50-3.00: Imperial
Valley crts. 4.50-5.O0. best $50, fair 400
d Is: yellow crookneck Imperial Valley
crts. $50; No. IS 3.00-4.G0; Table Queen
10000; Banana per ID. &c, few 2iec;
TOMATOES: Steady; Imperial Valley
crts 9-l2 tops 4.50-4.75 fair 400; los
best 3. .5o-3 rs, fair 3. .25; Dos 2.5o-3.Oo; 6s
4.25-4.o0 loose lugs and crts. 1.75-2.25.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-25
AIE-Service loop
cose Play Begins

A Round Robin Service Mems
basketball loop has been formed and
play Is already underway in the E
Centre gymnasium with 13 teams
entered of which 70 are all-seryice
quints. according to Clarence An
derson. coach of the El Centre
schools.
The teams play Tuesday and
Thursday nights in the school dur
ing night school hours and is part
of the local schools service recrea-
ton program.
Among those teams entered ere
two teams from Camp Seeley Army
Proving Grounds. seven from the
e Centro Marine Corps Air sta
ton. one from the Holtville Naval
Air Station. one from Yuma, one
from Sandy Beach, and one civilian
team "AndersonS Al-Stars
Three games will be played each
Tuesday and Thursday nights and
the loop season will last for seven
or eight weeks. Anderson said. Each
team will play the other teams
entered at least once.
At last Thursday nights play the
Marine Bombers. one of the E c.
base teams. tromped on the Holt
vile Flyers 81 10 81. As most of
the service teams have a lineup
consisting Of eX high school or
college cage stars. the scoring is
usually brisk and the court play
fast.
The Marine Bombers have been
rated one of the best teams appear
ing on the naples thus far this
season and another group known
as the Marine Corps Air Flyers are
rated second with the Holtyille
Navy team rated among those on
top.
There is no charge TO attend the
games and the support of Marines
from the local base. soldiers from
Seeley and sailors from Holtyille on
these two nights TO boost their
teams is invited.
With plenty of good talent ap-
pearing on the teams, some of the
best basketball in the valley is
being played each of the two
nights, Anderson said.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-25
". Y. STOCKS

NEW YORK. Jan. 25 UPl-Antieipa-
ton of an early break with the AXIS BY
Argentina Tuesday stimulated demand for
stocks with South American connections
in an irregular. quiet list.
International elephnne stood out in this
group from the opening when a block Of
s. 600 shares appeared. At the high this
stock and its foreign issue each showed
gains of more than a point. Issues of
the American and Foreign Power Com
pany which has Argentine interests, rose
from a fraction for the common TO more
than 4 points for the 81 preferred. Patino
Mines (tin-Bolival gained more than
point. Swift International. with Argen-
tine interests, was up more than point.
Leading industrial issues were irregu-
lar in a narrow range. Rails had few
features but did little on average. The
same was true Of the utilities. Each
group had strong spots and numerous
special issues were bid up substantially.
Real silk hosiery preferred shot up 10
points To a new high al 40 on one trans
action. New highs were made by New
York & Harlem. United Corporation pre-
ferred Homestake Mining, General Out
door Advertising A. and Budd Manu-
featuring. Distillers Corporation Sea-
grams preferred, and Engineers Public
Service equaled their highs.
Steels eased small amounts while motors
balanced off small gains and losses. Park
& Tilford rose nearly ? points in its sec
ton.
Preliminary closing Dow-Jones averages:
Industrial 13T 81. unchanged: rail 36.e2,
off 0.13: utility %. II, up 0.04 and 90
stocks 4s54. off 003.
Sales were 6Ss. 0S9 shares compared
with $50, 200 Monday. On the curb eX-
change turnover was PAS, 440 shares
against 31s. 115 Monday.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-25
Dates Set for AnnuoI Golf
Tourney CT Barbara Worth

Qualifying dates for the annual
Imperia Valley championship golf
tourney have been set. according to
Jack McLaren, Barbara Worth
pro.
The dates set for qualifying have
been set for February through
the 18th, thus giving golfers two
weekends on which to play and
turn in scores.
CHAMP FLIGHT DATE
However, Jack McLaren said
players wanting to be matched in
the championship flight must
qualify on February 13 only
Match play has been scheduled to
start Saturday, February 19 and
20 and from those oates on any
matches may be played through
the 9th.
LADIES FLIGHT, TOO
A ladies flight is being arranged
this year The flight will be play
ed using handicaps. Any lady de-
string to enter must turn in five
18-hole scores and on the basis of
those scores they will be handi-
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-25
Hoppe Picks up
Points in Series

NEW YORK, Jan. 25. CUP) =
Willie Hoppe Picked up Il points
in his match play three cushion
billiard series with Welker Cochran
of San Francisco as a result of
their first DAYS competition in
New York Monday in which each
won a match.
Hoppe won the afternoon match
so to Is in % innings, the most
decisive victory of the tour. Coch-
ran won the night session 10 TO so
in 50 innings. The match actually
ended with Cochran ahead so to
81 at 81 innings, but they contin-
ued to play on pre-arranged basis
whereby one player must reach a
total on each day of the series.
Yesterdays count gave Hoppe a
margin of 100 to Sc for the day and
an advantage of 1850 to 1,743 in
the series.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-25
Prison Reform
Plan Opposed

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 25. eUP)
Proposed prison reforms recon-
mended by Julian Alec, California
state prison board member, would
turn the clock back 65 years and
throw the prison system once again
into politics" the four other board
members charged in a report Tues
day.
Alco submitted his proposals as
head of special prison investigat-
ing committee appointed by Coz
Earl Warren, who has called
special session of the legislature TO
consider prison reforms.
1T is the consensus of penolo-
gists that the (Alco) proposals will
not achieve the purposes of better
prison management but, instead.
will result in pure political control
of the prisons of California and
the thousands of human lives de-
pendent upon prison executives"
the four prison board members
said.
They said recent increase in
number of prison escapes was due
to loss of experienced guards TO
the armed forces and war indus
tries.
The statement, 16 pages, did not
commend the Alec report in any
instance. Chairman Isaac Pacht,
Henry S. Cramer, George A. Briggs
and Dr. E. Earle Smith issued the
statement.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-25
U. S. to Ignore
Bolivia Rebels

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 CUP) =
The state department was expected
Tuesday to back up its non-recog-
nitin of the Bolivian government
with drastic new measures display
ing United States concern over the
activities cI Axis agents in both
Argentina and Bolivia.
The department accompanied its
decision to withhold recognition
from the month-old Bolivian regime
with the announcement that Pierre
Boal, u. s. ambassador in the
Bolivian capital since March 5,
1842, had been requested to return
home.
Diplomatic observers said the new
measures that might be under
taken by the United States included ::
l. A refusal to supply both Bolivia
and Argentina with normal civilian
supplies which have been made
available in the past and have
proved a great help to their
economy.
2. Refusal to buy goods which
they have been supplying to this
country, some of which had been
needed for the war effort but
which can now be dispensed with.
3. Restrictions on the activities
of Argentine and Bolivian repre-
sentatives here, particularly if such
restraints should first be placed on
United States Representatives there
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-25
Commodity Units
Study Exchange

NEW YORK. Jan. 25 (UP) = A
nationwide organization OF COM
modify futures exchanges is under
discussion, it was disclosed here
Tuesday.
Representative of local COM
modify exchanges met here last
week to explore the possibilities OF
such an association and its pos
sible scope, but no organizational
steps were taken.
Discussion of the association OF
commodity futures exchanges" was
initiated by the New York coffee
and sugar exchange. Last weeks
meeting also was attended by rep
resentatives of the New York Cot
ton Exchange, Inc, New York Pro-
duce Exchange, Commodity Ex-
change, Inc, and the New YORK
Cocoa Exchange.
TIL purpose of the proposed
association is not to press for an
immediate removal of present COM
modify trading curbs, but to
strengthen position of the eX-
changes in the postwar readjust-
ment period.
The principal postwar problem OF
the exchanges is to prevent current
restrictions from being made perma-
nent through such developments
as Joint British American buying
plans, raw material cartels, inter-
national buffer pools for the pur-
pose of stabilizing commodity
prices, or the imposition of price
floors.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-25
One Filler Dies
In Plane Crash

BLYTHE, Cal, Jan. 25. 1UP)-.
All 10 creWmembers of a B-24
bomber from the army air base
here which crashed late Monday
in remote northeastern Arizona
have been accounted for, officials
reported Tuesday.
One man was fatally hurt, and
eight suffered injuries. Two men
parachuted before the four-motored
plane crashed and burned near
Chinle in the Navajo Indian reser-
Yation.
Brought to the Navajo Indian
service hospital, one crewman died
The two who parachuted into fan
shaped Chiefly Canyon turned up
several hours later after a search
ing party had begun a hunt.
The plane was on routine train :
ing flight. Details of the crash and
names of those involved were not
released at once.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-25
NJ lark
POHLTRY & EGGS

This schedule on Wholesale Retail Egg
prices is the maximum and the most that
may be charged and IS copied from oPA
Order No. 333. An additional y may b
charged for cartoned eggs. properly marx.
ed as 10 size and grade, and earioned
EGGS. Effective Jan. 81. Large A Eggs
Loose dc. cartoned a6c. Medium \
Eegs-Loose doc. eartoned i2c. Small \
Fegs-loose 30c, cartoned 32c.
Large eggs of Grade "A quality. when
certified as such by the USDA, may sell
&c above the price for Large Grade 4.
Extra Large &c above. Jumbo = above.
Assorted eggs of Med. A, or eggs 4c
less than large Assorted eggs OF Small
A. B. or Sc less than large Of same
POULTRY PRICES: tA1l points Imperial
Valley OPA Maximum set Oct. u 1943. ,
First price-At Ranch 10 Wholesaler or
Retailer. Second price = Delivered 10
Wholesaler or Retailer. Third priee-At
ranch to consumer:
Broilers, Leghorns, under ~ lbs, soc,
2A TO lbs, 2ec: fryers Sd lbs. 29c.
roasters all weights, 29c; fowl Leghnrn,
all weights 25'sc; colored. all weights
25kc; ducks. all sizes 25ci rabbits, under
3 lbs, 22-24e.
Los ANGELES. Jan. % up EGGS:
Wholesale prices. consumer grade: Large
grade A 42c Grade SIC; medium,
Grade A 33c: small. Grade A 25c.
Retail prices to consumers: Large.
Grade "A 53-54c: Grade a $3.50: Grade
B 45-47c: medium. Grade "A 46-5oc
Grade A 41-14c: small. Grade \ 1880.
Butter unchanged at OPA ceilings
Grade AA 43c. Grade A 42lsc: Grade 3
42lAc; Grade c 41a,c.
Turkeys at ceilings: Dressed box
packed under Is lbs. 43lec. 1920 lbs.
41lsc. over 70 lbs. doc; loose birds one
cent lower,
Poultry and game at ceilings: Leghorn
broilers under 2A lbs. 30-32c, 81 } lbs.
2e-3lc. fryers 81 lbs. 29-31e. roasters all
weights 29-31c. colored and Leghorn fowl
-27lsc; ducks 25-27c: domestic rab-
bits fob. Los Angeles. under five lbs.
o2-24c.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-25
Ritchie vii! Pen
Bout Complaints

writing specific complaints that he
SAYS are about to force him to sell
newspapers instead of remaining at
his job.
PROOF Is TOUGH
Even then, we doubt if Ritchie
can come up with any dastardly
deeds as bad as his shouts would
indicate. Not that there haven't
been a few weird maneuVerings
now and then around the Califor-
MIA rings. But as in all suspicious
goings on those things are very
difficult to back up with undeni-
able proof.
NOT ROSY IN BLACK
When Willie takes his pen and
ink or typewriter and starts listing
his complaints he may find out
they don't add up like he thought
they would.
And keep this in mind Willie
hasn't resigned from his job.
He just threatened to-and asked
Gov Warren TO re-asSign him to
some other post. 1t would seem
Willie is ON the right track but
getting TO the right station is going
TO be tough shedding, especially
without any snow as the wise guys
at the Main street gym are inclined
to add
MAY CADDY THO
Raised eyebrow dept.-How did
the navy ever let this guy get away
from EN-? The leading basketball
player on the San Diego marine
team is a gent named Kenny
Sailors, last years crack hooper on
the Wyoming U. squad
B. Hone and b. Crosby, those two
guys who are always on the road
to somewhere excepting bank
ruptcyD have argued Bing's Groom
ing rival Frank Sinatra into ap-
pearing at their pro-amateur show
this weekend at Lakeside. Frank
won't compete but may caddy for
Bing, he said.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-25
By JACK CUDDY

NEW ROCHELLE, n. Y. Jan. 25
UP)-Frog-voiced frankie Frisch,
just back from six-weeks tour of
the Alaskan and Aleutian service
camps, croakingly reports that
there's regular hot league
interest in baseball up there,
despite the climate.
The Pirates fiery manager said
he found the north Pacific service
men such eager listeners and so
full of questions that Il practically
lost my voice, talking to them"
We located the former Fordham
flash in a drugstore near his Feni-
more road home. He was purchas-
ing some lozenges for his larynX.
when the other fellows get home, >
he said, III bet they won't be able
to whisper
BY the "other fellows" he meant
Stan Musial and Danny Litwhiler
of the Cardinals, Hank BoroWy OF
the Yankees, and Dixie Walker OF
the Dodgers-the players who bad
accompanied nm Oil biit lOul. 1ilcy
will be back in a week or SO, he
explained.
I'VE showed the boys movies Of
the last World Series" the Pitts
burgh pilot rasped. And they
really enjoyed those pictures; they
were that baseball hungry. We
talk edto them about the series and
about baseball in general. Then
they came at us with questions.
They really went to work ON
Musial, asking him what happened
to the Cards in the series. Dixie
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-25

capped, he said
Prizes covering the whole tourney
have been arranged. A gold medal
will go to the medalist. The WIN
ner of each flight, and six flights
are anticipated, as well as winner
of the ladies' flight, will receive a
$50 war bond The runners up in
each flight will get $25 war bond
The winners Of the consolation
rounds in each flight will be given
$40 in war stamps and the consola-
ton runners-up will get So in
stamps
SERNICEMEN INVITED
All servicemen in the county are
invited to this tournament, Me
Laren said. He believed that there
were probably many excellent
golfers among the service men and
1t was the desire of the Barbara
Worth club to make this event open
to am who would like to participate.
The Calcutta will be held We'd
nesday, February 16, at the Bar
bara Worth Hotel. The drawing
was held there last year and was
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-25
Marion lnducted

COLUMBIA, S. c., Jan. 25. up
Martin (Slats) Marion, number
one shortstop of the major leagues,
was accepted for army induction
at Fort Jackson, S. c.. today, leav-
ingthe ST. Louis Cardinals without
the keystone combination with
which they won the national league
pennant last season Lou Klein,
Cardinal second baseman, went
into military service shortly after
the world series.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-25
MPLS. FLAX FUTURES
LOCAL BUTTERFAT
L. A. LIVESTOCK

LOS ANGELES. Jan. y CUP1-FSMNs:
CATTLE: Salable 900, very slow, stock
er buyers taking some plain cattle that
has been going TO packers, few sales
barely steady; few Gamers and cutters
6-so5; few bulls TO 1l.25; common TO
medium stockers 10-1150; load good
steers late Monday $40.
CALVES: Salable $50, stock calves
steady; good load 1925; little done on
killers.
HOGS: Salable $50. holdovers 1861,
none active. steady; good TO choice 2oo-
$50 lbs mostly 14.75 support price most
10000 lb. cutouts 13; medium truck-ins
l4.25; 305-35O lbs 10.50-12: good TO
choice sows 1o-1o.5o. odd light sows II.
SHEEP: Salable none; good TO choice
wooled lambs quoted 14.50-15.25.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-25
MEET CHEERS MEN

CHICAGO, Jan. 25 up - TWO
pants suits are still thing of "
past, but prospects for the relaxa-
ton of some restrictions on male
attire were bright Tuesday as the
annual mems and boys wear mar
ket show opened. Exhibitor dis
played fancy ties, gaudy shirts, fine
woolens and good cotton materials,
but although cuffs have returned,
suits still showed the effects of the
war on the clothing industry. But
buyers believed the return to peace
time standards is near "Woolen
goods are easier to buy" one buyer
said. Stocks of goods in the ma
ton are approaching an all time
high.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-25
II me
Sought

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 25. CUP)
Bob Carpenter, Jr.. new president
Of the Philadelphia Phillies. an
nounced today that he was seeking
an additional nickname for the
team-one which would reflect the
clubs new spirit"
Carpenter said he had no inten-
ton of dropping the name Phillies
but wanted something to use on
uniforms and letterheads like
Braves of Boston or Cubs" of
Chicago. He said three season
passes will be given for the best
three suggestions and that, in adj
dition, $l00 war bond will be sent
to the final winner.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-25
Kirby Leads

MIAMI, Fla, Jan. 25. CUPD -
Dorothy Kirby Of Atlanta, Ga, set
ting fast pace as medalist with
a one under par -, led field of
IS women golfers Tuesday into
match play competition at the an
nual Helen Lee Doherty golf tour
nament.
Miss Kirby finished six strokes
under Jane Crum, Orangeburg, S.
c.. to win the qualifying round
Georgia trainer, Fargo, NJ D., win
ner of the 1892 tournament, failed
TO bear out her faVorite's rating
with an 81 after several strong
practice rounds.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-25

very successful. The main intent
is to save considerable driving on
the part of those interested in at
tending.
ANTICIPATES G FLIGHTS
Jack McLaren said he expected
at least six flights of 16 golfers
each to participate in the tourna-
ment.
Jersey Birchfield tourney cham
pion of the last two years and Nc
Laren are going to play in the
Phoenix open championship early
in February, according to the Bar
bara Worth pro
Last year Birchfield defeated Mel
Ferguson winner of the Del Rio
| club championship.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-25
SPORTS PARADE

Walker was hard-pressed, too. eX-
planning the Dodgers situation.
Borowy had easier sailing with the
Yanks. They asked me all about
Rip Sewell's 'ephus ball and about
the Cards old gas house gang
Then they wanted to know things
like: Was Joe DiMaggio or Ted
Williams the better batter?
we got as big a kick out of it
as they did, I guess. We were SO
surprised at their eagerness. We
moved fast from one place to an
other up there, giving five or six
show day. Sometimes we'd walk
the real short jumps; other times
we'd go by plane. 1t was fun; but
it was work, too. I discovered I
wasn't as young as I used to be. 3"
Frisch is 45.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-25
l.. A. STOCK

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 25 (UP) - Prices
were steady on the Los Angeles Stock
Exchange uesday in mid-morning sales of
26OO shares Five issues were up. seven
down. and four unchanged
The list: Sontag Drug 100 at 9A. un-
changed Transamerica 100 at SA down
II Pacific Gas Com 100 at 81, up i !:
Edison 5lz, 200 at 30l3, unchanged;
Southern Pacific 100 at % unchanged;
Union Oil 10 0at 10, down !; Creameries
of America 200 at "a. up II Emsco 100
at So. down Il Langendorf 100 at 13,
down i.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-25
MAKES ADJUSTMENTS

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 CUP) =
The Office of Price Administra-
ton announced today that to as
sure continued production of tele-
type paper rolls and tapes, pro-
ducers' ceiling prices could be adj
justed when three specified condi-
tions were shown to exist.