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go on the air late at night after
Mr.. Hoover had spoken for As
minutes and received the customary
half hours ovation. Members of
the Connecticut convention delega-
ton report that Luce said-nothing
doing-she would speak before Mr..
Hoover or not speak at all.
That is where it lies as of now.
Chairman Harrison E. Spangler ot
the national committee evidently
is upcertain how to handle the
problem. The Hoover-Luce or Luce
Hoover appearance is scheduled for
the evening of June q. Spangler
told questioners Tuesday he did not
know which one would speak first
WILLKIE IN SPOTLIGHT
WILKES frienC are kicking up a
minor row because he has not been
invited to address the convention
in his capacity as a former Republi-
can presidential nominee. Spanglel
shrugs that one off. explaining that
the state Of New York failed to
include Willkie among its conven-
ton delegation and that none bu'
delegates can address the gather.
ing except by unanimous consent
Willkie has been invited to attenC
as a distinguished visitor and K
sit on the platform to watch. i
he likes.
All NJ. Landon of Kansas. the 1885,
COP. candidate, will be here too
but Landon is a political power il
his home state and comes to Chi
cago as chairman of the Kansas
delegation.
Barring those little disputes thing:
are going smoothly and Spanglel
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Volunteers laq
In Bond Drive

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alarmingly below the goal. 1t would
seem that if the boys in the fox
holes of the worlds battlefronts do
not find it too hot TO face the
whitening rain of steel and shells,
we in this valley should not take a
siesta on this our biggest and most
important Job" he declared.
Sales in the county crept up 10
S8ll,l97 by Tuesday flight With
ALLEGATIONS by the Imperial Hard
ware of $4,000 and Woolworth of
$1,000. representing the main in
creases. Individual sales must be
maintain approximately $4,000
daily pace to keep the county on its
quota, Fawcett said.
Fawcett joined city chairmen over
the county in calling for volunteer
statesmen to make the necessary
contacts in the special subscribers
lists drive.
He called attention to the fact
that Yuma already has sold S545 Sal
or more than half their million dol
lar quota.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-21
Council Awaits
Plunge Study

Civic Representatives and citizens
plan to meet Wednesday night with
the Ell Centre city council to dis
cuss the failure to obtain personnel
necessary for the reopening of the
plunge. Efforts to put the plunge
in service this year have failed to
materialize. The USO recently re-
fused to consider taking over the
pool but agreed to take charge of
the plunge at Holtville which will
be operated under the direction
of Dean Richmond.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-21

conversion into an American troop
ship.
The Lafayette remains at the
Todd shipyards in Brooklyn for
preservation an officer of the
third naval district said.
The Lafayette burned and cap
sized at her Hudson river pier in
February, 1912, as she was under
going conversion from passenger
liner to navy uses. She was raised
at a cost of $3,750000.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-21
Uniform Makes Man

I
When Ted Kluck, mechanics mate
first class, was home on leave MS
dog, Fritz, was so happy he almost
tore his master to pieces.
Fritz made a dive for that spic
and span dark blue uniform and
painted it with a nice coating OF
white hairs. In fact, Ted was shag-
gv as Fritz when the dog finished
telling his master that he mao
missed rim no end while he was
away at war. Ted had TO change
his clothes for fear he would oe-
come known as Ted, the Dod-Haired
Boy.
But that isn't all.
Every time Fritz sees blue uni
form it reminds him of Ted and
he begins painting it with white hairs
as a sort of gesture in honor OF
Ted, nc doubt.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-21
SIMMER ARRIVES ON WINGS
ar COOLING WEST WIND

Summer is here, riding on a pleas
antlv cool westerly breeze for I'm
perial Valleyites. AT noon Wed
nesday at official temperature
stood at 80. AS usual and is the
custom. summer made its advent in
company with the longest day OF
the year. Wednesday the sun got
I'm at SAP for a scheduled reign
NJ Ia hours and 26 minutes.
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Yankees Push
To Cherbourq

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invasion forces, the Germans were
believed blowing up harbor install
lations and trying to sink whatever
ships were available to block the
mouth of the harbor.
A spokesman at Gen. Dwight D.
Fisenhower's headquarters said the
fighting on the Cherbourg penin-
sula was comparatively light be-
cause the speed of the American
advance kept the Germans reellng
back constantly.
The area held by the enemy IS
steadily diminishing" the spokes-
man said.
Henry T. Gorrell, United Press
war correspondent. reported from
the vicinity of Cherbourg that Ger
man demolition squads were blow
ing up the harbor installations and
quays Wednesday afternoon. As
further evidence that the Nazls
were preparing to yield the prize
port, he said some sources reported
that they already had started pull
ing out northwestward on the Cape
de Ia Hague.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-21
WILL SIT AS BOARD
OF EQUALIZATION

The Imperial county board of
supervisors will sit as a board of
equalization from July 3 to july
II as is required by law, it was an
nounced Wednesday. During that
period the members will listen To
complaints.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-21
DIVORCES GRANTED

Two final divorces have been
granted in Imperial county superior
court. one to Dolores Ryan in the
suit against Arthur B. Ryan and
the other to Della E. Warren III
the suit against Walter L. Warren.
The interlocutory decree in the last
named suit was granted in 1913.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-21
GRABS VISITORS PURSE

Juan Jose Cazares, National Sta
ton, Mexicali, doesn't think much
of American hospitality. When he
stepped off the bus Tuesday night
a Negro grabbed his purse from his
shirt pocket and fled, according
to a report made to the police. He
had mostly Mexican money
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-21
Pure Americanese

Pure Americanese
One evening Carol Ann, 3 daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Bud Parker
was having a meal in her highchair
in the kitchen. A swinging door
between the kitchen and dining
room kept waving back and forth
in the wind. Carol Ann thought
the motion spooky and became
frightened.
What is that, Mama?" she whis-
pered. pointing at the door whlch
moved without human touch.
oh, that's just old Mr. West
Wind pushing the door" Mrs. Par
ker told her. Its just the breeze.
Later on Mrs. Parker took Carol
Ann to call on Mrs. Dick Barter.
Come over some time" Mrs. Par
ker said to Mrs. Barter as she
prepared to return home, well
drink scme lemonade and shoot the
breeze" Carol Ann looked wor-
ried.
What did you tell her?" Carol
Ann asked on the way home.
Il told her to come over, hel
mother replied.
What else did you tell her?'
persisted the child.
II told her we'd have some lemon
ade." her mother was becoming inn
patient.
What else did you tell herr the
child said accusingly, Didn't you
tell her to come over and shoot
Mr.. West Wind?"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-21
Famed Big Shi p
Repairs

NEW YORK, June 81. CUP)-The
former French luxury liner, Nor
mandie. now the u. S. S. Lafayette,
is lying idle at the Todd shipyards,
and no repair work is being Gone
on the ship once scheduled for
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-21
TO BLOCK NAZIS

An American spearhead driving
northward toward the path OF any
such evacuation attempt seized
Teurtheville Hague. four miles
southwest of Cherbourg and five
miles from the sea.
Another column driving in against
Cherbourg from the southeast
reached a point well north of VAL
ognes, known as La Rougen.
The flank approaches 10 Cher
bourg were Uttered with mine fields
and antitank bitches. Latest re-
ports made it evident that the Nazis
die not prepare the defenses OF the
city for an attack from the south.
Reports to supreme headquarters
still were running we'll behind the
actual fighting, but on the basis OF
positions held last midnight and
indications that the port was being
destroyed methocically today, II
seemed possible that the spearhead
striking directly at Cherbourg from
the south might take the city to-
night or early Thursday.
SHOWDOWN NEARS
Either il must fall within 48 hours
in the opinion of well informed al
lied observers, or it must be taken
in a coordinated assault from all
sides against stubborn opposition.
The Germans probably had en-
ough food and ammunition for a
week or 20 days Of siege, but then
danger was that the allies would
break in through the ring Of out
living hills before the defenses We're
organized properly.
In the Caen-Tilly sector at the
opposite end of the allied beach
head. violent battles swayed back
and forth with no marked advant-
age for either side.
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Kills Wife, Self

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wife, but heard the shots before
getting a connection
Two other policemen saw Mrs.
WeStrick fall as Coleman rushed tC
her aid. Then the janitor .hot
Coleman in the leg and himself in
the head He died instantly.
Their two sons are jerry, Il
high school student, and Thomas.
Jr.. l7-year- old naval apprentice
seaman.
FRESNO. Cal, June 2l CUP)
A 2G-ycar-old Filipino farm Ia
borer Tuesday shct and killed his
l5-year-oid white wife aud hr'
mCtEer and then committed sui
eide following jealous quarrel j.
their cabin in labor camp about
45 miles west of here
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was bland, affable, and smiling.
Suspecting foul play the chairman
asked what they could do for him.
oh. nothing" said Hiteman
beaming upon all and sundry, Il
lust wanted to come in TO thank
you and tell you the cuts you made
in my budget were o. K"
If ever a group of men nearly
tainted from surprise they
practically went down for the
count. A shock like that is tough
after all these years.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-21
GOES TO JAIL

James WEIGH, 49, FL Centre, was
committed to the county jail Tues
day afternoon when he pleaded
guilty to charges Of intoxication. He
will serve GO days
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-21
nFCREE GRANTED

Iris Mae Hall Tuesday has OBJ
tanned an interlocutory divorce
from Thurman Hall. ........ ........ ........
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-21
SEES SCHEDULE KEPT

SEES SCHEDULE KEPT
Il don't look for a deadlock. =
Spangler said. we should have the
platform adopted by Wednesday
morning and be through by Thurs
day night
The credentials Subcommittee
will determine contests in eight
states where two or more delega-
tionS have been sent to the conven-
ton with conflicting credentials
They are Georgia, Maryland, North
Dakota. Mississippi Oklahoma
South Carolina, Tennessee and Vir-
ginia.
Wilkes shadow falls somewhat
over the resolutions committee since
he has broadcast through the press
a series of platform recommended
tions under circumstances suggest :
ing that he may challenge the party
program unless il conforms in some
degree TO his ideas.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-21
COP Convention
Dispute Looms

expects the convention will nomin-
ate its presidential candidate We'd
neSday evening. June IS, and that
his running mate will be named
the next day. The keynote speech
of Gov Earl Warren of California.
is scheduled for 7 pm. CPWT), June
26.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-21
BRIEF REPOET

|
Nimitz' account CT the attack was
Enthusiastically brief. He told OF
| the reconnaissance planes finding
the japanese fleet, then reported:
Aircraft of our fast carrier task
force Immediately ordered attack
! and made contact with the enemy
| fleet before dusk. Enemy Losses and
! our own losses have not yet been
assessed Additional details will be
made kncwn as they become avail
able"
A communique said that U. S.
carrier-based reconnaissance planes
of Admiral Raymond A Spruance S
fifth fleet sighted the japanese
fleet during the afternoon Mon
day.
The Japanese armada which in
cludeS carriers and battleships was
steaming approximately midway
between the Marianas and Luzon
northernmost island of the Philip
pines.
That would place the naval ac-
ton about $50 miles west Of the
American beachhead on Saipan in
the MarianaS.
Nimitz said: Aircraft CT our vast
carrier task force were Immediately
ordered to attack and made con-
tact with tie enemy fleet before
dusk. Enemy losses and our own
losses have not yet been assessed
nj
known as they become available
The action is the same engage
ment Nimitz referred to myster-
iously at his press conference Tues
day. It was carried cut at long
range by our aircraft and now
apparently has been broken off, al
least temporarily.
There was no indication japanese
aircraft were able to hit the Amer
lean fleet in this curtain-r raising
battle. It was most likely the Mon
day battle was one wherein the
Americans cid the chasing, but
broke off the action at nightfall.
The air-sea acticn recalled the
battle of Midway. in which tie
japanese fleet made its greatest
bid for an all-or-nothing victory
American aircraft. attacking from
Midway, Hawaii. carriers and other
bases. sank moIe ;ilan 20 Japanese
warships, including four flattops
and sent the shattered enemy fleet
scurrying back to home waters.
The Nimitz communique said as
sault troops on Saipan advanced
northward along the western shore
of Magicienne bay, making prog
ress against an. enemy strongpoint
at Nafutan on the eastern side OF
the island. Severe fighting contin-
ues there.
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(COntlnueQ from fdSc II
available" Acmiral NimitZ said.
LOCATION GIVEN
II was indicated that the Mon
day evening action occurred about
$50 miles west OF the American
beachhead on Saipan. in great
eXpanSe of NO Mans ocean"
"a japanese radio home broad
cast was quoted as saying that a
"fiercest naval battle was in prog
reSS west of the MarianaS. and il
admitted some japanese losses al
ready had been suffered
The aeria: atiacH against the
japanese fleet was the first an.
nounced action OF what Nimits
hoped Tuesday may pos Sibly de-
velop into a major, decisive en-.
gangement between the two granC
fleets.
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Big Jap Fleet

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available" Acmiral Nimitz said.
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Reports
On Invasion

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off the barge. I had waterproofed
my typewriter by tapping it up in
a gas cape. But the water came
only to the floor of the jeep. We
didn't even get our feet wet but
the waves did Slosh in and get
the seats of our pants wet.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-05-19
HIGHWAY FIRE PRECAUTIONS

Provisions in the regulations es-
tablished by the Commission of State
Forests and Parks that call for the
removal of all numbering slash for a
distance of fifty feet from public
highways, do not apply, says State
Forester Joseph F. Kaylor, to such
roads as are used primarily for access
to one or more private properties.
Roads of this class are also exempted
under another provision which re-
quires that tree belts fifty feet in
width be left along public highways
after numbering operations. These
several provisions, Mr.. Kaylor ex-
plains, are meant to apply only to
main-traveled roads, where the dan
ger that fire may start from lighted
cigarettes and matches thrown away
by passing motorists or pedestrians is
greatest.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-05-19
"ALLOYs" OF WOOD

News of the "transmutation" of
wood by chemical treatment, an
nounced by a commercial company,
was gratifying to research workers Of
the Forest Service, U. S. Department
of Agriculture. The reports indicated
that this was practical application
and development of the research on
plasticizing of wood that the Forest
Products Laboratory at Madison,
Wis, first announced in 1871, and
on which it holds the basic public
service patent. This field of research,
promising as it seemed, has been sus-
pended for the most part in favor of
more urgent war work.
The Laboratory coined the word
''uralloy' to describe these products
The "alloy" suggests changes in
wood that compare with alloy effects
IN metals. (Iron plus carbon makes
;teel.) The first syllable, eur" con-
meets with urea, the chemical basic
in the treatments.
The basic research at Madison es-
.ablished that soaking wood in urea
solution caused striking changes.
When heated the treated wood could
De bent easily to relatively sharp
curves. For example, half-inch
board could be bent into a half circle
with radius of y of an inch. A 11a
inch plank could be bent on a 5-inch
radius. When it cooled, the wood
became rigid again, retaining it's new
shape. But if reheated, it became
plastic again.
This Elasticity suggested further
experiments that showed that urea
treated wood could be made to be-
have very much like some of the
commercial plastics. Formaldehyde
is one of the chemicals used to ''set"
some commercial plastics, and it act
ed similarly with wood. The investi-
gators found that by adding formal
dehyde-and certain other chemi-
cals-to the urea solution, they could
make the wood "thermosetting,"
that is, when the treated wood was
heated it would set permanently and
relocating would not make its plastic
again. This treatment also made the
wood sitter, harder, and more water
resistant. 1t is one of these "thermo-
setting formulas that has been de-
veloped commercially. The company
reports the cost of this treatment is
in the range of three to five cents a
board foot.
The Forest Service now has other
public service patents protecting the
"uralloys."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-05-19
FIRE FACTS

This country has been prodigally
careless with fire. Too few realize
that fires can start without the ap
plication of flame. Spontaneous ig
milton is a phenomenon that occurs
in oily cloths. mops or waste and
paint-stained rags or clothing. Chem
ical reaction causes the material to
heat up until actual fire bursts forth.
Common household dusts, both from
waste material and food, may explode
with terrific force. When either flour
or dust from vacuum cleaners is
thrown loosely into an incinerator
or furnace, so that a cloud forms, a
violent explosion may take place as
soon as the dust cluod reaches fire.
Another prime cause of fire is the
ordinary match. Smokers str k c
5000 matches every second. Too
many toss them away carelessly, not
realizing that fire kills more persons
in the United States each year than
our country lost KILLED in action
during the first year of the war. The
annual death toll from fire approx
mates 10000 lives annually
These are few of the facts about
fire that everyone should know
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-05-19
TWO WAYS NOT TO CAN

Although the U. S. Department of
Agriculture is urging everybody who
can do so to preserve surplus Vic
tory Garden products, two methods
of home canning aren't advocated by
canning specialists. The warning is
out against the open kettle" meth
cd and the "oven" method.
Many housewives have tried the
oven canning, believing the jars were
processed at temperatures higher
than boiling. because the oven Their
mometer recorded high tempera-
ture. But the Gaming specialists say
that the food in the jars stays at boil
ing point, so that harmful bacteria in
vegetables are not killed. Even for
fruits and tomatoes which can be
adequately processed at 212 degrees
Fahrenheit, oven canning is not a
good method. Oven canning has caus-
ed serious accidents to persons and
property. When jars seal during pro-
cessing, steam builds up inside the
jars and they may explode. The oven
door may fly off-glass may fly out.
the worker may be seriously hurt
the stove and kitchen wrecked-and
food and effort wasted.
Open kettle canning is wasteful
for fruits and tomatoes. When can
ned this way, food is cooked in an
ordinary kettle, then packed into hot
jars and sealed. Bacteria can get in
to jars when food is transferred from
kettle to jar and may cause the food
to spoil. Open kettle canning is dan
gerous for vegetables because they
may contain types of bacteria de-
stroyed only by far more thorough
and intense heating.
The canning specialists recommend
preheating food and packing into hot
jars, then processing fruits, tomatoes
and picked vegetables in a water
bath Gamer, and vegetables other
than tomatoes in a steam pressure
Gamer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-05-19
HEALTH-WELFARE OF YOUNG
FARM WORKERS MUST BE
SAEEGUARDED

The health and welfare of nom
farm boys and girls in agricultural
work this year must be safeguarded
at all times and not left to chance,
the Children's Bureau of the U. S.
Department of Labor said. Programs
for working and living conditions,
recruitment, training and supervision
should be set UP and maintained by
schools. farmers, parents, churches,
Boy and Girl Scouts, and other COM
munity groups.
A large number of young nom
farm workers live at home and are
transported to nearby farms; some
live on the farms as part of the farm
family; and others live in groups at
work camps. But whatever the meth
cd of employment, satisfactory con-
ditions must come first in planning
for the young worker, the Childrens
Bureau stresses.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-05-19
ORCHARDISTS DEMAND FOR
BEES HELD GREATER THAN
SUPPLY

Honey bees for work in the or
chards of Maryland, Delaware and
nearby states, are in such demand
the supply cannot. be met according
to George Abrams, specialist in agri-
culture for the University of Mary
land extension service
During the last five years, he states
has been in operation. Under this
plan a number of orchardists have
permanent arrangements with bee
keepers for renting colonies of bees
during the pollination season each
year. This year, he says, many or
chardists who never used bees before
are trying to rent colonies
Mr.. Abrams estimates that approx
imately 1900 colonies of bees are
rented and at work in the orchards
of Maryland. AT this season, he says,
these colonies will average about
10000 bees each, which means that
some 80 millions of such workers
are carrying pollen to apple blossoms.
He emphasizes that quite a number
Of orchardists own thier colonies of
bees. SO that the total number of
workers is well over the 80 millions
in rented colonies.
The prevailing rate for rental is
from 81 to SIS colony, Mr.. Abrams
states, depending upon who does the
hauling