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Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-22
Lowmoker Says Farmers
Are Forced Into AAA

obtained a certified copy of your
1914 production"
1T is very important that you
obtain this certificate as directed
since in it's absence you may be
placed in class IA and held for
military service" the notice said.
rs PLAIN THREAT"
This can be construed only to
mean that unless the registrant
signs up with the Triple A, he will
not be considered for deferment
as an agricultural worker" Harness
said.
He also made public letter of
the Jay county, Ind, Agricultural
Conservation committee on the 1914
AAA program telling farmers that
information required by the Selec-
tive Service board in making farm
deferments will be secured from this
source"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-22
Old Type Gas
Stamps Called

Old type gasoline ration stamps,
of which only a limited few re-
main in the hands cf motorists, will
become invalid March 81.
Affected by the OPA ruling are
the original B and G coupons, the
B-l and C-l coupons, the original
E and r coupons and the T strip
coupons which do not have stamped
across their face the words sec
ond quarter
'All of these will be honored only
until midnight March 81" the Ell
Centre ration clerks said, as far
as the consumer goes Service
stations will have until April 10 to
pass these stamps on to their sup
pliers, and the latter group until
April 20 TO deposit them with their
ration banks
Stamps B-2 and B-3, CO and
ca. Ell and RI and T strips
marked second quarter continue
valid.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-22
Higher Postage
Rates Start
In Next Sunday

Clyde Chambers, geniai stamp
dispenser at the Ell Centre post
office. was in an eXpectant mood
Tuesday morning.
II expect that there'll be people
who will be coming in this week
and buying up n flock of six-cent
airnlail stamps" he surmised.
II expect, too, that there II be
lot of people who will throw away
two-cent stamps and sCme siX-cent
air mails" he continued in re-
signed sort of way.
Yes sir, knowing the public I
can expect anything after woman
came to the window last week and
asked for three three-cent stamps
and then said, How much will
that be?'-oh. we'll he sighed.
Seriously, though he cCnfided,
those siX-cent air mails we are
now selling will still be worth six
cents after March 26 when the g.
cent rate goes into effect. The
present siX-centers will be suff-
icient air mail postage to and from
all Army Post Office APO or
overseas servicemen air mailings."
"YCu see those two-centers that
people now hold for local first
class mailings can go on the other
continental air mail letters to make
the eight cents air mail the new
law requires" Chambers assured
the reporter.
The new postage revenue act
will become effective next Sunday
and it is designed tc bring the
government additional revenue OF
about $96,000.000 a year; besides.
he said, it will increase the FL
Centro postal receipts, too
The act increases the cost of
local first class letter mailing from
two cents to three cents and of
air mail letters within the United
States from six to eioht cents
The boost also affects the the cost
of money orders, parcel post and
registered mail, while c. o. D. and
insured mail fees will re do"r''d
$50 don't throw those stamps
aWav." Chamber nd r,sh
public. stick that two center on
your air mail letters ana ,ney II
travel okay. We hope to have a
supply of the new airmails on hand
by Saturday.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-22
Canning Sugar
Soon Ready

Extra home canning sugar will
be available TO Imperial county
consumers on application to War
Price and Rationing Boards after
Saturday.
The El Centro board announced
Tuesday that sugar stamp 40 in
War Ration Book can be used
to get five pounds for canning any
time up to February %, l945, but
additional amounts must be OBJ
tained by application and attaching
Spare Stamp 81.
This year, with the military and
lend-leaSe demands exceeding any
previous year, the continuance of
heavy home canning is essential,
local clerks said.
Procedure for securing sugar
needed for canning, over and above
the five pounds assured from Stamp
40, is as follows:
Application is made TO the local
board on new and very simple
form (OPA R-323j and the entire
transaction can be handled by mail.
A single application can be filed
for all persons living at the same
address.
This should supply the names of
the persons for whom the sugar
is requested, including that OF the
person who is making the applica-
ton and the number of pounds OF
sugar lin units of 5 pounds) the
family needs for making spreads
and for canning. In order TO make
it unnecessary TO send ration books
through the mail, Spare Stamp 81
from War Ration Book is used
for the purpose Of Identification.
This stamp must be attached TO the
application form for each person
applying for sugar.
A family of four, for example,
may estimate that it needs 40 addi-
tional pounds of sugar to put up a
years supply Of canned fruits and
fruit spreads. One member will fill
out single copy of Form R-323,
which the ration board will mail
upon request. The person filling
out the application must give tne
name Of each person for whom ap-
plication is made, as well as his
own name and must attach spare
stamp IT from each of the four
ration books of members OF the
family
If the ration board approves the
application in full, 1t VIII mail
coupons or certificates for 40 pounds
Of sugar, and file the application.
II more sugar is needed later, a
second application can be made,
but it must be filed with the board
where the first applicatin is on file.
No restriction is placed on the
amount of sugar that may be used
for each finished quart OF fruit, as
in previous years, nor is the per-
centage of the 25 pounds which are
that can go into fruit
spreads controlled.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-22

whether our government intends to
silently acquiesce in such conduct.
Rep. Hugh Scoott, tRo, Pa, call
ed for an announcement OF discus
sions at Teheran, especially as .
what, if any, had been decided or
the future status of France.
SEES PRO-RUSS EUROPE
Scoott said Russia's unilateral re-
cognition of the Badoglio regime
in italy and of the French COM
mittee of Gen. Charles De Gaulle
had brought reason to anticipate
a pro-Russian Europe after the war,
one over which RuSsia's sphere
of influence stands more than an
even chance of prevailing over the
British balance OF power which we
seem neplty seeking to further. :
He urged outright U. S. recognition
OF De Gaulle.
Hulls statement, however, reitec-
ated this governments belief that
each nation should be free to de-
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-22
Youth Loses Use
OF Car, Permit

Wiley Edmond Corn. l6-year- old
Calipatria schoolboy, Tuesday had
his drivers license and his car
taken from him because he allegedly
was responsible for a traffic acci-
dent in INLAND which resulted in
injuries TO two persons, highway
patrol records showed.
The accident occurred on Inter-
national avenue in INLAND.
Highway Patrolman Walter Walsh
said young Corn made turn while
driving at too high speed. The car,
the offncer said, skidded 200 feet
and rolled over Corn and Gerald
Webb. l6, Of Milan, suffered minor
injuries.
Walsh reported the accident TO
the boys father, w M. Corn of
Calipatria and the father took away
his sons temporary drivers license
and ca as ecommende dby Walsh.
1T was only miacle." Walsh
said. that both the boys wern't
killed"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-22

WASHINGTON, Mar. %.
CUP)-One congressional in
vestigation was ordered to-
day and another was under con-
sideration into charges that farm
ers have been forced to join the
Agricultural Ac justment Agency
program under threat of being
drafted or refused gasoline and ra-
toned equipment.
Representatives Forest A. Har-
ness, oR0, Ind. and Ross Ridley,
tRD, Okla, made the accusations,
and Chairman Andrew J. May, CD,
KY, of the house military affairs
committee, said he would order an
immediate investigation into use
of the Selective Service act to pro-
mote the AAA program.
SPEEDS INQUIRY
Chairman Howard w. Smith, D.,
va, OF the special house committee
on government agencies, said he
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-22
Board to Repair
Court House

Reinforcing the court house
against earthquake damage, paint
ing it, and putting it in good re-
pair will be provided for in the
l944-l945 budget, the Imperial
county board of supervisors has
decided.
The board contended there is a
large financial investment in the
court house and it is only good
business TO protect the investment
by keeping it in good repair. Con-
sidered was the report made after
the quake of May l8, 1910, which
estimated that it would take ap-
proximately S20.GO0 TO make the
building earthquake resistant.
II were going TO do the job
and it should be done" the board
agreed, lets do it right.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-22
Knox Reports
Sub Sunk

WASHINGTON, March % CUP)
The navy today announced loss
of the 1925 ton submarine Scorpion,
presumably in the Pacific where
the greatly expanded U. S. under
seas fleet is blasting serious gaps in
Japan's communication and supply
system.
The Scorpion, which was COM
manded by Commander MaXimilian
G.. Schmidt, of Annapolis, Md,
carried a normal complement of
about IS men.
The Scorpion was the seventh U.
S. submarine reported lost since
the first of this year. A tctal of l48
U. S. naval vessels of all types have
been lost since the beginning of the
war.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-22
Nozi Pordtroops
Hold Casino

Front reports said German resis-
tance inside the devastated town
and in the surrounding hills had
strengthened measurably as the
Nazis shuttled reinforcementS
through a maze Of tunnels and
ravines connecting their various
StrCngpointS.
Throughout Tuesday night Ger
man cannon and screaming NEE
mics es"-trench mortarS - pounded
the New ZealandeIs in Casino
while the paratrooperS entrenched
in the southwes tern corner of the
ruined town kept up steady
stream of machine gun and rifle
fire.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-22
Bitter Battles
Rage in Balkans

Continued from page l.
curfew and carried out mass ar
rests among the Jews and anti
Nazi Hungarians.
AID TO NAZIS
Occupation of the Balkans also
would protect Hungarian and Ru-
manian railroads on which Ger
man forces on the southern front
in Russia must depend for sup
plies, reinforcements and escape
since the Soviets cut their Odessa
Lwow line.
U. S. government monitors said
the Nazi-controlled Budapest radio
went off the air twice during the
night After the first suspension,
the station reported that nuisance
raider were over various Hungar-
ian localities.
Reports reaching supposedly WELL
informed quarters in Ankara said
one German infantry and four
panzer divisions had arrived in
Rumania from Hungary. probably
foreshadowing complete German
occupation of Rumania.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-22

would confer with office of Price
Administration officials and would
go into it thoroughly" if it were
found that rationed goods were
being used to force farmer coopera-
ton in the AAA.
Harness made public a notice
sent by Selective Service Board No.
2 of Grant county, Ind, to draft
age farmers, asking them to report
to the county war board within
five days after you have signed up
at your township AAA meeting and
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-22

Speed Demon
Kenny Bowles, driver of No. 3
truck at the El Centre fire station,
sped out of the station en- route
to fire.
He cut the mustard for short
distance and then the truck began
to give him trouble. The big red
wagon jiggled and jagglec and
bumped along at about five miles
an hour. This was an embarrass-
ing situation for fire truck driver.
The next morning a sign was
leaning up against poor old No. g..
The sign said: For Sale Cheepe,
No. g."
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-22
DEMAND STAND

Almost at the same moment that
Hulls statement was issued, two
Republican congressman arose IN
the house and sharply criticized the
government present conduct of
foreign affairs, saying most Ameri-
cans were in ignorance Of this
wars long range purposes
Rep. John B. Bennett, r., Mich
igan, said Russia's attitude toward
small nations. as displayed in cu-.-
rent discussions with Poland anc
Finland, appeared to violate the
spirit OF the Atlantic charter. He
called upon Mr.. Roosevelt TO let
the people of this country kno"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-22
Eating Prices
To Be SIashed
Continued from page


Restaurant classes ranged from
group A, the lowest category in
which all three items combined sell
for up TO 79 cents, 20 group G, rep
resenting the higher priced hotels,
where the items sell for Sl.90 and
up. An eighth group, covering res
taurants which do not serve the
three items, will be classified on its
own menu records.
approximately 1900 restaurants in
San Francisco. Berkeley, Oakland
Alameda, Richmond, Emeryville,
Albany, El Cerrito, DAILY City,
South San Francisco and San Lean
dro will be affected.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-22
ALLIED OUARTER

ALLIED HEAD UARTER ER S,
Naples March % CUP)-The Green
Devils" of the Nazi lst paratroop
division traded blow for blow with
New Zealand infantrymen in the
streets of Casino Wednesday while
scores of German field guns and
mortars ragged the Allied lines
heavily from commanding positions
along the lower slopes CT Mount
Casino.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-22
PLEDGED TO ROOSEVELT
NOGAIES, AriZ.. March

NOGALES, Ariz., March %, tUP)
The Santa Cruz county Demo-
cratic central committee WeoneS-
day instructed its delegates to the
state convention in Phoenix Satur-
day, March 2, to vote as unit for
an Arizona delegation to the Chica-
go convention, pledged to a fourth
term for President Franklin D.
Roosevelt.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-22

Lit. Lee Echols Ug). son OF Chief
of Police and Mrs. Guy Echols OF
Calexico, has arrived in the border
city for a few days visit.
He has bee nstationed with the
navy at Vallejo for some time. Lieu
tenant Echols was known for his
skill as a marksman while he was
in the United States custom service
before the war, at one time being
national champion.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-22
SPEED CHAPLIN TRIAL

HOLLYWOOD, March %. 'UP)-
Tedious questioning of prospective
jurors was hurried Wednesday in
an attempt to select before night
fall the IL blank minded men and
women to hear Charlie Chaplin's
trial on white slavery charges.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-22
STATES POLICY

Briefly Hull said this of American
foreign policy: The paramount aim
is a speedy victory; after victory,
its fundamental interest is the as
suring of our national security and
fostering the well-being of the
American people; it favors a good
neighbor policy of cooperation
among nations; and it looks toward
creation of a postwar international
agency to keep the peace among
nations.
Hull also revealed that he will
make an address soon to answer
further questions on foreign policy,
especially on how the Atlantic char
ter might be reconciled to the re-
quirements Of international secur-
ity.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-22
NAB 434 BOOTLEGGERS

PHOENIX, Ariz.. March % tUP)
Since June, i943, agents OF the
Arizona department OF liquor
licenses and control. with the help
of local and federal officials. have
arrested 434 bootleggers in the
state John A. Duncan, superin'
tendent, announced Wednesday.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-22

WASHINGTON, Mar. %
CUP) - Secretary Of State
Cordell Hull Wednesday
left with his critics at home ana
abroad a vigorous l7-point state
ment on the principles of Amer!-
can foreign policy, emphasizing
that its paramount aim now is tc
defeat our enemies as quickly a
possible"
Observing the increasing num-
Der" of requests for information on
foreign policy, Hull Tuesday mig ii
restated the guiding principles, as
previously uttered by himself and
President Roosevelt, to serve a
an answer to those who contecd
this government has not made clear
where it stands on important in
ternational questions.
The statement, reaffirming this
country's adherence to the Atlantic
charter and its desire for interna-
tional collaboration, came at a time
when Russia appeared to be playing
lone diplomatic hand in Europe
and amid indications that Britain
and Russia were abandoning prin-
ciples Of the Atlantic charter.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-22
FIRE LOSS PREVENTED

No loss resulted from a fire dis
covered in the front room OF the
building located at 440 Main street
early Wednesday morning The Fl
Centre fire department quickly ex-
! 1tinsuished a blaze believed TO nave
kbeen started by discarded cigaret
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-22
President Gains
Over Head Cold

WASHINGTON, March %. tUP)
President Roosevelt's head cold
was better Wednesday, but he was
again confined to his study and
scheduled no appointments.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-22

A thousand Flying Fortresses,
flying on a siX-hour mission, would
use 100000 gallons CT gasoline.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-22

In peacetime, more than 50000,-
600 tires were used annually in this
country.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-22
RAMBLING REPORTER

Continued fIcm page J.
with what they are expected t
put up with every day.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-22
Hull Says U. S. Stands
bv Atlantic Charter
(NEA TelephOfO)

cice its own form of government.
This indicated that while the Unit
ed States may increase the degree
of recognition given DeGaulle, it
will allow the liberated French peo-
pie to decide finally who is to lead
France
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-22
SEES CLEAR SITUATION

And as if in anticipation Of
Scoott's fears of a Russian sphere of
influence in western Europe. HUI
said that last falls four power Mos
COW declaration, if carried out,
would eliminate the need for
spheres of influence, balances of
power and similar unhappy ar
rangements.
Some observers regarded the Sec
retary's summary as an advance no.
tice of the foreign policy platform
which Mr.. Roosevelt-if he is a
candidate for a fourth term-Wiil
ask when the Democrats hold their
national convention.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-03-16
N lay Name
Two Sets
Of Judges

County Commissioner Mahoney
has received a letter from Attorney
General Bottomly setting forth the
law IN respect to the appointment
of election judges and clerks.
In short il provides that the coun-
ty central committees of the two
major parties shall submit to the
board OF county commissioners at
least So days prior to the regular
session OF the commissioners pre-
ceding primary nominating cleo
ton, or a special or general cleo
ton, a list of names containing not
less than twice the number Of
judges to be named in any one pre-
cinct. From this list the appoint
ments must be made. Not more
than majority of such judges shall
be named from any one party.
If this list is not so presented BY
the county central committees, the
commissioners may appoint the
judges.
The commissioners must appoint
five judges of election for each pre-
cinct in which there are 200 or more
voters according to the last regis
tration, and three judges for each
precinct in which there were less
than 200 voters. However, in all
precincts in which there were cast
$50 or more ballots in the last gen.
eral election or in which the COM
missioners believe $50 or more bal
lots will be cast at the next general
election, the board may appoint q
second or additional board consist
ing of five judges TO reach such pre-
cinct. Such second board shall meet
lat the precinct polling place at the
time the polls are closed and at said
hour, or as soon as the first board
has completed their duties in re-
gard to the voting, the second board
shall take charge of the ballot boxes
containing the ballots and shall
proceed to the counting of the
ballots. In event the count is not
completed by o'clock a. m of the
next following day, the first board
shall reconvene and relieve the Sec
ond board and take over the count
ing of the ballots still uncounted
They shall continue the work until
8 o'clock p. m. of that day, if il
|
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-03-16

tected from fire and harvested in
such a manner as will maintain
economic and social benefits to the
community at large. An area is
eligible for the designation Tree
Farm when the owner pledges
himself to meet specified standards
of forest management The desig-
nation, Tree Farm applies to pri-
vate lands
How many acres are organized in
Tree Farms?
More than 100000 acres of for
ests and woodlands have been for
mally designated as Tree Farms.
These range from farm woodlands
of 10 acres to industrial operations
of 100000 acres and over. Tree Farm
acreage is increasing each year.
How much does it cost to plant
trees on harvested or burned-0ver
land?
From S. to $l2 per acre, depend
inc on the cost of labor, type of
country, equipment, and cost of
seedlings. The final cost of refor-
esting an area artifically cannot
be determined until the planting is
few years old and the necessary
replacement of trees which die. be-
cause of weather, fire, ETC., is
! known. Ordinarily, more than 60
per cent of planted trees will sur
vive. Unless the losses are concen-
trated, this is enought to reforest
the area satisfactorily.
How many forest tree seedlings
are planted annually?
In 1910, approximately one-half
billion seedlings were planted by all
agencies.
Do we depend on these planted
seedlings for our future tree crop?
Only to very limited extent.
Future tree crops, like those of the
present, will come from natural for
est growth BY planned harvesting
methods which leave ample seed
sources and by protecting the
growing forest, new growth can be
provided more satisfactorily and
more economically than by planting.
The chief purpose of planting is to
restore to forest those areas made
unproductive by fire, unsuccessful
agriculture, or other causes.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-03-16
Paul Bunyon Quiz

What are the forest industries do
ing to replace growth on the har-
vested areas that were cleared or
burned in past decades, and which
have not naturally rcfOrcstcd
The forest industries are replant-
ing many deforested, barren areas
suited to continuous forest produc-
ton. Other cleared or burned-over
areas in the same classification are
being planted by the state and fed
eral governments. Forest operators
in most. all regions have access to
seedlings through industry or state
operated nurseries. Some areas
cleared in the past are best suited
to agriculture and should not, in the
interest of best land use, be re-
turned to forestgroWth.
What is a Tree FARM"
A term used to designate forest
area formally dedicated by the pri-
vate forest industries and other for
est owners to the continuous pro-
duction of forest crops, which is pro-
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-03-16

The attorney generals letter also
points out that since the board of
county commissioners may appoint
two board Of elections of five judges
each for the larger precincts, there
fore the county central committees
should submit lists of not less than
20 names for each Of such precincts
where there will be $50 or more
ballots cast.
The judges Of election may, when
ever they deem it necessary for the
prompt and efficient conduct of the
election within their respective
places, appoint two persons having
the same qualifications as them
selves to act as clerks of election.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-03-16
NOTICE OF ELECTION

THE ANNUAL ELECTION of
School District No. 4, Lincoln Coun-
ty, Montana, for the election Of
three trustees for the following
terms:
l 3-year term,
l 2-year term, and
! 1-year term,
will be held on Saturday, April 1,
1914, at the Central School Build
ing in Libby, Montana. The polls
will be open between the hours Of
loo p. m. and 700 p. m.
Dated at Libby, Montana, March
8, 1914.
A. ]. AGATHER
MRS. E. L.. KEMP
w. c. COLLARS,
mr9-30-4t Trustees.