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Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-15
Postwar Plan
Figures in
'M-45 Tax Lew

Imperial county's $21214 tax rate
for general purposes for l944-1945,
the highest in six years, was estab-
lished because of the necessity of
providing money to finance the
county construction and improve
ment program designed to provide
employment after the war.
County Auditor Irene MattoX ex-
planned that the rate would have
gone down IA cents this year if
the POSTWAR building and con-
struction program had not been
necessary.
A. the time the rate was set last
summer, county supervisors saio the
let-up building and repairs during
the war would make it necessary
to do considerable building and re-
pairing over a period of years in
order to bring county property and
roads up to par and keep pace with
community development and growth.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-15
Hos spitaI Costs
Set by Board

director. said the estimate. which
was submitted to the State Finance
department. exceeded actual and
estimated expenses for the present
two year period by $6,908.249. In
creased funds were being asked for
all Of the state institutions as well
as for administrative work, she said.
Amounts asked f2r specific insti-
tutionS included:
AgnewS hospital $3,339 127, a
S676,449 increase; Camarillo hospi-
tai. $3.989,491, a S1,216877 increase;
Mendocino hospital, S2,742,5S
s475.44t increase: Napa hospital,
sS.526.O73. a S582,029 increase; Nor
walk hospital. S2,431 SOB, a $424, $3.50
increase: Patton hospital, S3,509,775.
{ S628, 1877 increase; Stockton hos
pital. S3.G08,O24 a S842 ,957 increase:
Pacific Colony, $1,799,602, a S353,o45
increase; Sonoma Home. 1921 ,295,
S595. .485 increase; Oakland Blind
Home S343717, a S44,580 increase:
Los Angeles Blind Shop, Sl01 ,996, q
S27.74t increase; San Diego Blind
Shop S44110, a S6,247 increase, anc
Langley Porter Clinic. San Fran
cisco, $877,567, a S462,277 increase.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-15
Fl Centre EIks
Steam up for
War Bond Drive

Eight hundred members of the Ell
ACentro ElkS Ledge have pledged to
buy an average of. S400 each in
bonds during the Sixth War Loan
from November 20 TO December 16.
Under the guidance Of H. l.. Bush
as general chairman and Jack
Tackett, chairman of the lodge re-
habilitation and war committee, the
El Centro ElkS assumed a local
quota Of $400,000 as part of the Cal
ifornia E,ks Associations state
wide drive to sell S30,000,CO0 in war
bonds under the slogan, Finish the
job and bring the boys back home"
Bonds sold or purchased by men,
bers Of the FL Centro lodge will help
to make up the county's overall
quota of $2,750,O00, and will be cred
tied as we'll TO the local community
designated by the bond purchaser.
Bush announced that applications
for war bonds are available at the
lodge, and that instructions and ap-
plication5 will be mailed to all
members. The applications will be
for Series f bonds only, but any
type of 3ond sold or purchased by a
lodge member will count toward
the quota. Bush said
The general chairman anticipated
that keen rivalry will result within
the lodge as the war loan drive
progresses, possibly resulting in the
formation of teams such as finished
the last lodge bond selling effort
successfully.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-15
OutfoI! Sewer
Work Speeded

agreed that the necessity for the
present operation is due to the fact
that the present sewer was con-
structed improperly. that the adopt
ed plan was contrary to the thought
of the city engineer in office at the
time the sewer was constructed, and
that the adopted plan was persisted
in even after it was discovered that
it would not work. That was in 1897.
What happened was that between
Eighth and Imperial the contractors
encountered ground d water and
Quicksand which the plan as drawn
had not anticipated. and there was
no provision in the appropriation
tpart of the money was from PWA)
to drain the ground SO that a con-
crete cradle could be constructed
Neither was there any provision for
encasing the pipes in concrete
which at least would have protected
them from the infiltration OF salt
water. To secure these added funds,
it would have been necessary to
have recourse TO Washington, which
would have involved the usual de-
lays in dealing with the federal gov
eminent. and it was decided to so
ahead.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-15
USO Announces
New Class for
Junior Hostesses

First meeting Of the second ses-
sion Of the USO Junior hostess
training course is announced for
Thursday at 7:3O pm. in the wom-
ems lounge at the clubhouse.
Opening the session will be a talk
by Director Reba Noah on The
Making Of a Junior Hostess" This
talk will be followed by a round
table discussion Of the junior hos
tess handbook Participants TO be
introduced by Mrs. T. j. McQuade,
adviser of the units council. are
Mis- Mary Lou Morales, chairman;
Miss Mary Lou Sariego, Mrs. Rosa
Carrozza. Miss Johnny johnson and
Miss Elizabeth Nesbitt.
Charm School,, to be directed
by Mrs. Noah and Miss Barbara
Bowen will be presented by Miss
Betty HenC ersOn, Mrs. Eva Morgan,
Mrs. Ruth Mabry. Miss Johnson.
&c Max Davis, NAAS, and Sgt.
Paul Mandella, Meas.
Those in charge urge all girls
holding temporary membership cards
TO attend the course and also an
nounce that all girls 19 and over
are eligible and wanted. Regular
junior hosteSseS with permanent
membership cards are welcome.
Only those who attend three of
the scheduled four meetings will be
entitled 10 permanent membership
cards, leaders point out.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-15
Treasury Reveals
Bond HOLDINGS

WASHINGTON, Nov. Is. lUP)-
Ted r. Gamble, director of the
Treasury's War Finance division,
reports that total war bonds out
standing November l amounted to
s34 COZ 100000 as against total sales
of S38, ,299 100000 since May l, 1941--
representing an overall redemption
Of 11.21 per cent.
Gamble, who heads the Sixth War
Loan drive starting next Monday,
sale that at the beginning OF this
month 85,0C00O0 individuals owned
more than 7OO.O0000O series E bonds
with a cost value of $27 1900 5000.
He said the overall picture on
bond redemptions was very good
and that it indicated a trend to-
ward holding the bonds for matur-
ity redemption.
During the coming drive individ-
uals will be asked tC contribute an
other S5,000.000O00 TOWARD a goal
of ,000.000.000. The overall goal
Is S200OOo0 below the goal of the
fifth drive.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-15
Juvenile Book
Week Marked
At E. T.. Library

Juvenile readers of Ell Centre
keenly are alert in observance of
National Book Week" at the public
library. There a comprehensive ex-
hibit is being shown to delight the
young clients. OF special interest
III the exhibit, according to Mrs.
Agnes Bigelow. librarian, is facsi-
mile of the first book published for
children. 1t is "A Little Pretty
Pocket Book" and was published in
England in l744.
Thus is being observed the 2OOth
anniversary of this event. This book
week was started in 1919 and has
continued to grow in interest and
accomplishments among youthful
readers.
Grammar school teachers are ac-
cepting the invitation of the library
to take their classes to study the
exhibit.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-15
President Plans
For Inaugural
In White House

WASHINGTON, Nov. Is. (UP)-
President Roosevelt will be inaugur-
ated for his fourth term at the
White House instead of in tradition
al ceremonies on the Capitol steps,
it was disclosed Tuesday.
The decision to conduct the cer-
emonieS on the south portico of the
White House was revealed by Sem
ator Harry F. BYRD, CD, Virginia,
chairman of a joint senate and
house committee responsible for
making Inauguration arrangements.
Byrd said the choice was made by
the President in view of the short
age of critical materials and the
economies that could be made by
foregoing the usual elaborate show
al the Capitol on January 20.
Efforts will pe made to restrict
attendance at the inaugural in view
of the transportation and hotel
congestion.
Senator Harry S. Truman also
will be inaugurated as vice preSi-
dent at the White House.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-15
LETTERS BEING MAILED
WITH STAMP SHORTAGE

Total cost Of sending a special de-
livery letter today is a minimum Of
l6 cents.
Postmaster Frank Richmond said
that he wifhes to remind the public
of this fact since many people are
still mailing special delivery letters
with Cnly 13 cents postage on them
4 special delivery stamp now costs
Is cents and 3 cents must be added
for normal postage.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-15
Imperial Valley Press

rsraprsnco ArrlI 70, 1901.
Published evenings eA2eDt Saturday
and SUNDAY. in combination with the
Sunday POST-PRESS, by the Imperial
Valley Publishing Company, 625 Stnte
St, FL Centro, Calf.
Paul Jenkins. Publisher
and President
A. c. Johnston. vice-President ana
Advertising Manager; Mrs. Logan H.
Jenkins. Secretary.
Member United Press. California News
paper Publishers Assn. West HOLIDAY
Co, Inc, national representatives..
Rates. Including Sunday Post-Press,
Single copy Sc; carrier paid-ln-ad-
vance: | month. S1.00; months
S2.75: months. s5.25 year, $1,000.
BY Mail: / month, S1.C0; 3 months
So. 50: 6 months $3.50: ! year, SS.oo'
Outside of California, Sl0o per month
flat. , -,
Entered at FL Centro. Calf, post
office as 2nd class mail.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-15
NOTES ON A GAGMAN's PAST

NOTES ON A GAGMAN'S PAST
After World War 1, Jack Benny
was playing the yiolin and doing a
comic monolog on vaudeville cir
cults. One day he was playing the
Orpheum Theater in Vancouver
The Marx Brothers were on the same
bill and zeppo invited Benny to a
| friends house for dinner.
After dinner the family'S pig
tailed daughter insisted on playing
the violin. She's progeny" her
proud parents announced. Benny
had to listen. The girls playing was
terrible and he all but told her so.
Next day the girl brought a group
of neighborhood kids to Jacks
matinee and warned them, When
this feller Jack Benny comes on
the stage I don't want to hear one
laugh. Dent even smile. The first
one that laughs I'm gonna punch
straight in the nose"
The kids, sitting in the first two
rows, didn't laugh. Neither did they
smile. They just stared at Benny.
No matter what he did he couldn' t
even get a giggle out of them. 1t
blew him higher than a kite and
he muffed every gag.
Years later in Los Angeles Jack
met the pig-tailed little girl working
in department store and married
her!
But not until she mentioned it did
he recognize her as the brat who
had sabctaged his act in Vancouver.
Says Mary Livingstone, who is
still heckling him. THAT night
when I played the violin and Jack
held his nose I said I'd get even
with him. l didn't do badly next
day when I louSed up his gags, But
I didn't dream then that I'd marry
him to really complete the job
You'll be seeing Jack in new
movie soon. THE Horn Blows at
Midnight" AS usual, he takes rib
bing in the script for his penny
pinching. Offstage, this Benny
characteristic. dreamed up by his
writer's, has cost him small for
tune. Just to be sure no one takes
it seriously, he goes out of his way
to grab the check and tip double.
Jack works with his writer's in his
bedroom at home. It's spacious with
lots of desk and table room, all lit
tered with papers, scripts, maga-
zines, books, photographs of friends.
The place may look like cyclone
lust passed through. but Jack is GER
tain that if anybody cleaned it up
he couldn't find blessed thing
Next to his bed is radio, a tele-
phone. He can practically do days
work in bed.
The writer's gather around three
days a week. Everyone PAGES the
floor.
Jack likes to remember how he
landed in show business because ne
was such a poor salesman in his
fathers store.
Pappy owned a clothing store in
Waukegan, Illinois. Benny went to
work there after school but his
heart wasn't in it. One day his ia
ther was up front when man came
in. walked to the rear of the store
and handed Benny some money
which he promptly rang up in the
cash register. Later his father
asked What did you Sell?"
"I didn't sell anything, said
Benny. 1.-The man just gave me
some money on his account"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-15
NEW METHOD

The method that is being used is
relatively new in the west. 1t has
been employed in these parts for
not more than five years, and there
is one element in the method being
used here which has never been
used in the west before. although
it has been used successfully in
points as far east as Chicago and
Pittsburgh.
What is being done is this. A six
inch pipe is being sunk to the re-
quired depth, and then inside this
pipe, an adaptation Of the we'll
point that went with the old pitcher
pump is inserted. AT the base Of the
well-point is the screened intake,
to admit the water, exclude the
sand. The space between the we'll
/ roint is then filled with graded
sand and peanut gravel. The six
inch pipe is then extracted, and the
well-point goes into action. These
well-points are being put down, ev-
cry four feet, and a total of $50
will be put down before the opera
ton is over.
! The contrast between the soil
from which the water has been
pumped and from which the water
still is to be pumped. is shocking.
The former now is as dry as the
proverbial bone. The latter is a
muck in which man would sink
to his knees under his own weight.
Both Tondro and Ford are eager for
the taxpayers of Ell Centre to visit
the site while the operation still is
in progress, so they may see what
the condition was, and what it is
going to be after the operation is
completed.
To be sure. as soon as the bed is
filled. the ground water will return,
but it no longer will be menace,
they said, because of the concrete
cradle and the concrete casing.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-15
Gl3;!lGlI1z
Do you have poor digestion?
Do you feel headachy after eating?
Do you get sour or upset easily?
Do you feel tired-IistIess?

Do you feel headachy and upset due to
poorly digested food? To feel cheerful
and happy again your food must be
digested properly.
Each day, Nature must produce about
two pints of vital digestive juice 70
help digest your food. If Nature fails.
your food may remain undigested-
leaving you headachy and irritable.
Therefore, you must increase the flow
of this digestive juice. Carter's Little
Liver Pills increase this flow quickly -
often in as little as 80 minutes. And.
you're on the road to feeling better.
Don't depend on artificial aids TO
counteract indigestion-when Carter's
Little Liver Pills aid digestion after Ma
ture's own order. Take Carter's Little
Liver Pills as directed. Get them at any
drugstore. Only I0t and 25f.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-15
l.. A. SEEKS LARGER FUND
FOR POSTWAR PROJECTS

LOS ANGELES. Nov. 70. IUFI-
The city of Los Angeles has set into
motion the legal machinery design
ed to assure validity Of the project
ed S10,00O000 state appropriation in
aid Of city and county postwar con-
struction projects.
City Attorney Ray Chesebro has
filed a petition with the state Su-
preme court for a writ Of mandate
asking that the state postwar public
works review board set forth tef-
mite rules and regulations for ad-
ministering the fund.
Los Angeles has allocated $4,000
600 in post war funds. and is seek
ing an additional $1,l971OO from the
state pool.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-15
Death Sentence
Faces Soldier

CAMP BEALE, Nov. Is. CUP)-
Clinton Stevenson, 30 year old
Camp Beale private, has been SEN
fenced to death by an army court
martial which found him guilty of
the murder of Private King D.
BlanshaW at Isleton, California, on
October II.
The sentence is to be reviewed by
officials at Camp Beale and at
Washington, D. C.
Stevenson and Blanshaw were
members of a crew released from
army duty to help in canning oper-
ations at Isleton. The killing fol-
lowed a quarrel during a gambling
game, according to court-martial
evidence.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-15
NOTED ACTRESS SPENDS
RESTLESS NIGHT

NEW YORK, Nov. 15 CUPJ-
Ethel Barrymore. 65-year-old first
lady of the American theater, spent
restless night at Fowler hospital
where she has been suffering from
influenza and a lung congestion,
but was more comfortable" We'd
neSday morning, her physician, DR.
Louis Rene Kaufman said.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-15
{. {. Soldier
Is Wounded

Word was received in El Centro
Wednesday that Private Angelo Cas-
tillo CT FL Centro was wounded III
action in the European area.
The war department included his
name in the list Of 1854 United
States soldiers wounded in Europe
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-15

SACRAMENTO. Nov. Is. up
The State Department of 1nstitu-
tions has estimated at $30,839, las, its
expenses for operating state hospi-
tails anG homes during the two year
period beginning next July l.
Dora Shaw Heffner, institutions
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-15
{ CHURCHILL ENDS PARIS TRIP

LONDON, Nov. Is. cUP)-P Prime
Minister Winston Churchill re-
turned late Tuesday from Paris,
where he conferred with General
Charles De Gaulle and took part in
the Armistice Day celebration.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-15
BUS OPERATOR FINED

SAN DIEGO. Cal, Nov. IS. (UP)
Legal breakdown on wildcat" bus
operators, cost Lyman l.. Logsdon,
81, $40 fine. Logsdon, third person
convicted recently of violating state
railroad commission regulations, was
accused of charging servicemen $50
for a one-way trip from San Diego
to Los Angeles.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-15
CKlA IRRITATIoNs OF
0NuN EXTERNAL CAUSE

Eczema, acne pimples, simple ringworm,
letter, salt rheum, bumps (blackheads),
and ugly broken-out skin. Millions re-
lieve itching, burning and soreness of
these miseries with this issimple home treat
ment. Black and White Ointment goes
to work at once. Aids healing. works the
antiseptic way. rs years success. 10c,
25c, Soc sizes. Purchase price refunded
if you're not satisfied. Use only us di-
Tected. Vital in cleansing is good soap.
Enjoy Black and White Skin Soap daily
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-15
FREEZES TO DEATH

ELKO, New, Nov. Is. (UP)-Louis
SweetWood, 18, U. S. forest service
emrloye, was found frozen to death
near the Warm Greek ranch in
Clover Valley, east of here, Tues
day. He was a victim of the week.
end storm which swept this section
Of the state.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-15
HOLLYWOOD
SY ERSKINE JOHNSON

What was his name?' asked his
father.
Gee" Benny said, Il forgot TO
ask him."
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-15
BREAKS FOLLOWED

The result was that there were
numerous breaks in the sewer line
in this Eighth street-Imperial ave-
nue. section. ddue to the groun
water washing the quicksand from
under the pipe line at various
points. Besides interrupting and i'm
pairing service this had several 9TH
er effects.
The first, and most obvious. was
the fact that at a point near the
Imperial avenue end, the sewage
had to be pumped to a level from
which it could be carried off by
gravity to New River. Breakages in
the line admitted silt into the sewer,
which also had to be pumped with
the result that there was repeated
damage to the pumping unit. and at
all times the wear and tear on the
pumping unit was needlessly severe
Combined with the necessity of re-
! peated excavations to repair break
ages. this raised the maintenance
costs.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-15

DO you recall the old pitcher
pump that stood in your back yard
years ago. Sometimes you had to
prime it TO make the water como
up? In winter, often you had to
pour hot water into it to thaW the
pipes. Sometimes. when the wind
mill was broken. you had to pump
water into the trough for the live
stock: and that was a back-break-
ing job.
Well, that same pitcher pump
today is seeing FL Centro through
a crisis in the condition of its sew
age system, and is aiding in a re-
construction that will save the city
thousands of dollars every year. be-
sides preventing a recurrence OF the
present situation which city Off
cials unhesitatingly state holds a
very grave threat. The threat will
continue to exist until the recon-
struction is successfully completed.
is REAL THREAT
The threat is simply this, as
stated with the most engaging can
dor by City Engineer f. Paul Ford
and City Commissioner w. A. Ton
dro:
While the present reconstruction
is going forward, all of El Centro'S
sewage is being carried away by a
temporary. slender pipe line, into
which the sewage has to be forced
by Several pumps along the line.
If one of these pumps should break
down, the sewage would back up
into the city. If this should occur
its possible meaning for health in
El Centro is obvious.
The reconstruction is being car
ried en- over a distance of 1892 feet
along the north limits of FL Centre
between Eighth street and Imperial
avenue. The WORK is being done by
the J. S. Barrett company of New
port Beach. California. and the en-
gineer in charge is c. S. Gormaly.
The work consists Of eXcavatlng
this section of the present sewer,
introducing the temporary line to
care for city sewage while the re-
construction is in process, drying
out the ground, detouring the pres
ent sewer in this section, placing 1t
on a cradle of concrete blocks, and
eneasing it in cement.
COST UP TO $4,000
The operation is costing the city
between $4,000 and $4,000 for the
alteration, Ford and Tondro eSti-
mated, plus 5000 a month for oper-
ational expenses. The contract was
nue. section due to the ground
ably will be completed by December
I6, so that the total cost to the city
probably will be f.om $4,000 to
S41,OOO. Ford and Tondro said
Ford. TondrO and Gormaly are
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-15
(NEA TeIephpio)

(NEA TeIephpfo)
One of the nations few centernar-
ians to cast a ballot in 1914 elections.
Mrs. Elizabeth Allen Wood. l01,
Eagle Rock. Calf. signs the register
at her polling place. A descendant
Of Ethan Allen, Revolutionary War
hero, Mrs. Wood cast her vote for
Dewey.
Evening star., 1944-01-30
Lyre-Bock
CHAIRS
Mahogany Finished

Graceful 18th Cen
tury style. All hard
wood frames finished
in mahogany with
padded seats uphol-
stored with white
i'm u ! ated leather
(may be removed for
recoyering). Suitable
for living room. din
ing room, at desk.
Fourth Floor.
Evening star., 1944-01-30


February is Furniture
Month-An excellent oppor-
tunity to replace worn or
outmoded pieces at substan-
tial savings. If you need a
new bedroom suite, an easy
chair or a few other import
ant pieces, visit our Furni-
ture Departments for furni-
ture you need at LOW
prices. Everything to fur
nish your home comfortably
and inexpensively.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-26

There is more than one-haf mile
of silk in single cocoon OF the
Polyphemus moth.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-26
SALE OF REAL ESTATE

BY virtue of the power and authority
contained in a certain Deed of Trust
executed by W. J. Spicer and wife to
the undersigned, which said Deed Of
Trust is duly recorded in the office of
the Register Of Deeds Of New Hanover
County in Book 306. at page 81, default
having been made in the payment of
the debt secured thereby and request
having been made upon the undersigned
to sell the property hereinafter des-
cribed as in said Deed of Trust set
out, the undersigned will on Wednes-
day, December 20, 1914, at twelve o'clock
M, at the Court House door of the
County of New Hanover aforesaid, sell,
at public auction, for cash, to the
tract, piece or parcel of land lying
being and situate in the City of viii
mington, County of New Hanover, State
of North Carolina, bounded and des-
cribed as follows:
BEGINNING at the intersection of the
Southern line of Queen Street with the
Western line, of Ninth Street; runs
thence Westwardly along said Southern
line Of Queen Street Al feet and 6
inches; thence Southwardly and parallel
with Ninth Street Sc feet; thence East
wardly and parallel with Queen Street
AZ feet and 6 inches to the Western
line of Ninth Street; thence Northward4y
along said Western line Of Ninth Street
66 feet to the Beginning; same being
part of Lot l in Block 66, according to
the official plan of the City of Will
mington, North Carolina.
This the 18th day of November, 1914
MARSDEN BELLAMY
TRUSTEE