Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-26

ZOna, received an interesting lelter
from his brother, 1t. Howard w.
Rhodes, who was graduated there
last September in class 43-J. He
paints a graphic picture of how
closely associated with the war is
every man, woman, and child in
England.
Describing his first experience in
British rail station, he writes,
:" feeling mellow about
being served doughnuts, coffee and
cigarets by the Red Cross we
moved out of the station to be
greeted by the damndest sight I've
ever seen. Before dark, an hour
or so, we passed hundreds of homes
and apartments. Out of window
in almost every house. women and
children were shouting and cheer
ing, waving and making the W
sign with their fingers. Little chill
dren, stood by the tracks, WaV-
ing and cheering too. The obvious
gratitude of these people who had
been through as much as they had
was touching indeed
He goes on to state that :.
YOU have to see it to believe
and realize how much the whole
of England is at war the KID
walking down the path may have
endured more Il E (high explosives
than you'll ever see A sort OF
different spirit . as if the rankeSt
civilian were helping to shoulder
the burden =.
1t. Rhodes touches on the physl-
cal differences between life in the
states and in England Comment
ing on the blackCut, he calls 1t
absolute" Taxi and bus service
is almost non-eXistent and bicycles
are popular. Imagine pedallng
home after the bike gets tipsy ON
this warm English ale which tastes
like warm beer that has been lett
open for day or SOL he WnlmSl-
cally adds. ,n..
English women are quite friendly
and appreciate tremendously a gllC
of chocolate, gum or oranges. ia
tioning is strictly carried out lor
both soldiers and civilians, ne
states. -.
At present, 1t Rhodes is pilot
in a P-38 Lightning fighter squad
ron. He won his wings at WilllafnG
Field after taking various phases OF
his flight training at santa Ana
Tucson and Bakersfield, Cam. he
entered the AAF cadet training
program after year at the ohl-
versitv of California at Los All
peles where he was in the Rolo'
He was previously graduated lfoih
the Central Union High school III
Ell Centre, California. -, :,
His parents, Mr.. and MRS. w. n
Rhodes, reside at 492 SandalWooo'
Ell CentrO.
Tn northern Ireland, SGT. EDWARD
! Alvarez of CaleXlco was WIN
in as a citizen of the United otaIeS
of America at ceremonies preSldeo
over nv Quincy S. Roberts, Amerl-
can consul at Belfast. He Is a son
of Mrs G.. Alvarez OF olS oiail
ovenue. CaleXico, and entered tne
limited States from Mexico IN l9z1'
before his induction in November
1912 he was a produce manager lor
the Safeway Store in CaleXlco. ne
is a graduate of CaleXico Union
High school. At present he Is the
administrative assistant 10 the SCI
geant-major at his statlon. MS
rosition is one CT great trust, IN
Guiding the classification ana as
tribution of military publications.
and documents. He has three
brothers serving in the armed
forces of the United States. ogV'
Luis Alvarez of the signal corps
Ffc. Henry Alvarez OF the services
of supply, and George f. Aware
seaman second class in the navy
I'VE L. Quinn. aviation macflln-
lists mate third class with lile
United States naval reserve, mas
been awarded the Air Medal, ms
mother, Mrs. H. H. Quinn ol az
Broadway, Ell Centro, was informed
this week. The medal was aWaioeu
him for "meritorious achleVeiiisi'
while participating in aerial hight
AS flight engineer and air eliiiiel'
by careful and skillful preparation
of his plane and engines, IN man
ming his guns and strallng enemy
positions, he rendered Indispensable
services to the success OF the aV-
tacks upon Wake Island, January
30 to February II, 1914, and TO tne
safe return of his aircraft. His
conduct under fire was in keeping
with the highest traditions CT tne
naval service" He has been IN
the service for two years ana AT
present is in Hawaii He was grau-
uated from Central Union Hlsh
school in 1888.
Sgt. Julian S. Danenberg, son OF
Sam Danenberg of Ell Centro, II
with an army engineer topographic
battalion in New Guinea. He wrote
O friend that the boat roe over
was pretty rugged and New Guinea
a welcome sight. Il nave eaten
quite a few cocoanuts since arrlV-
ing here" he wrote, "and beth Iom
Ed Brents and I have done small
amount of trading with the natives.
They go in for razor blades, pipes
and tobacco in big way They say
me no like when we offer them
candy as that is one of the things
they do not like. They call lash
light a 'shootlight' and you can
Just about have their entire village
for a 'shootlight.' On the whole
they are pretty crafty traders ana
seldom get the worst of any deal