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Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-31
New Call Sounded
For Waste Paper

NEW YORK, Jan. 81. CUP)-Ed-
win S. Friendly, national chairman
of the U. S. Victory wastepaper
campaign, said Monday that Amer
leans must contribute 33 per cent
more wastepaper this year than
last if military requirements and
essential civilian demands are to be
met.
THE goal of 100000 tons Of
waste paper in 1914 is based on
minimum needs set by the War
Production board Friendly said.
Demand for wastepaper for essen
tial military use grows in propor-
ton to the progress of the war"
He said that while military de-
mands increase, paper production
is down because of the shortage of
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-31
RAMBLING REPORTER

Continued from page /
nights of sleep out of Saturday S
rambling reporter item, anyway.
Shooting fire and birthstone. Hoy
telephoned RR Monday. He de-
manded that RR produce the car.
He said he didn't have it.
Ibid you look in your other suit?
one Of RR's stooges asked.
RR must break down and con-
feSS that a secret operator saw Hoy
driving a car and thought sure the
lost had been found 1t was his
wife's car.
Mrs. Hoy isn't quite sure that Hoy
needs her car any longer and IS
doing some investigation on hel
own. You know he might have il
in his older sl.it.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-31
Conferees Battle
On Tax Measure
CONTINUED from page /

be extended t1 the gas pipe lines
A few other minor items re-
manned unsettled but no difficulty
was expected in reaching agree
ment on them.
S2okesmen for the confereeS
agreed that once the measure was
reported back TO the house and
senate, mo more than five minutes
would be required to give it the
final stamp of approval. Passage Of
the bill and its approval by Presi-
dent Roosevelt before Feb. 19 would
mean that the stipulated increases
in excise taxes would 90 into eject
March l.
In its present form the bill would
raise less than a fifth Of the Sl0,-
50e,0O0,000 originally proposed BY
the treasury and requested again
by the president in his state of the
union message 10 congress early
this month.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-31
Crash Victims
Names Given

Naval officers Monday announeo
the names of the two men killed
in a collision of planes two and a
half miles north of Holtville last
Wednesday.
The two victims were Eddy L.
Hagglrlld. aviation motor machin-
ist second class of Chisholm, Min
nesota, and Lewis T. Harris, avia-
ton motor machinist first class, OF
Kansas City, Missouri. Four of the
six men in the planes at the time
of the collision escaped death, naval
officers said.
The accident occurred while the
planes were on a routine flight.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-31

WASHINGTON, Jan. 81. CUP) -
The japanese navy, which has al
ready met UP with them. may be
interested to know that the heavy
cruisers Minneapolis and New Or
leans, sister ships of the 10000 ton
class. are out once again looking
for action.
Both We're neayy contributors -
but almost fatal casualties - in
the big American navy victory off
Guadalcanal late in 1912 in which
the japanese lost q cruiser, three
destroyers. and a converted de-
stroyer- in their last at
tempt to relieve their besieged men
on Guadalcanal.
The Minneapolis, flagship of Rear
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-31
Tut! Tsch! Tut!
Such Language

LONDON, Jan. 81. UP)-Radio
Berlin's broadcast of the German
high command communique was
Enlivened Monday by the Nazi an
nouncer breaking off abruptly in
the middle of a sentence to in
quire plaintively of someone
in the broadcasting room:
What the hell is the matter
now?"
The transmitte- went off the
air for about a minute. Then
another announcer took over the
reading of the communique.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-31

pulpwood, a shortage caused by the
lack of manpower Only accumula-
ton of stocks of 'wastepaper can
substitute fo the pulpwood, he
said.
Each fighting man overseas re-
quires each month 88 tons of sup
plies, most of them wrapped in
paper, he said Some 100000 manu-
factured items, from military tanks
to pins and needles, are shipped
in paper to the fighting fronts.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-31
DEATH FUNERAL
NOTICES

w. w. (Jake) TISON'S funeral will
be held at Lemons Chapel in El
Centre at 2:3O pm. Wednesday.
The Elks Lodge ritual will be fol-
lowed with the Rev. Mr.. Hayden
Sears, pastor Of the First Method
ist church, preaching the funeral
sermon. Burial will be in Ever
green Cemetery. I'll
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-31
BACK IN GRANDMA'S DAY

COIuS OIten Called Tor medlcated mutton
suet as q home remedy" to comfort
muscle aches, coughing. Today, it's for
Penetro, modern medication in a base
containing mutton suet. Penetro's dou-
bic action relieves these miseries-O va
porizes to soothe stuffy nose (2) acts like
warming plaster right where rubbed on.
25c. Double supply, 35c. Get Penetro.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-31

SALEM, Mass, Jan. 81. CUP)-
Because her husband kept her
awake during the summer by swat
ting flies in the dark, Mrs. Alice M
Kinds of Lynn has petitioned for a
2ivorce In the winter, she cCm-
olained, he disturbed her sleep by
,ontinually picking up the head of
he bed and dropping it on The
floor.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-31
AUTO KIL..S CHILD

Stafford. Ariz., Jan 81 tUP)-
Little Virginia Mae Damron. 22-
''onth-old daughter of Mrs Celia
Damrom was instantly killed yes
terday in the yard of her home
here when an automobile driven b.
her grandfather ran over her as it
was backed from a garage, the
Arizona highway patrol office re-
ported Monday. The girls death
marked the 45th motor vehicle
fatality in the state since Jan. /.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-31

NEW DELHI. Jan. 81. CUP)-
American medium bombers struck
heavily at japanese communica-
tiols- and troop concentrations in
northern Burma over the week
end, supporting Chinese ground
forces driving eastward through
the Hukawng valley toward the
Burma-China frontier, a communi-
que disclosed today.
The raiders scored repeated hits
Saturday and Sunday on five KEY
bridges in the Katha area, on the
main neutrality-suspicious. railway
line over which the japanese had
been moving troops and supplies
TO north Burma.
SPEEDY PASSAGE SEEN
AT least two of the bridges were
knocked out, the communique said,
and the other three were damaged
heavily.
The planes also bombed and
machine-gunned troops and supply
conveys along a five-mile stretch
of the road running south OF Tai
pha Ga, an upper Burma village
now under attack by the Chinese.
Brigadier-General Hayden q.
Boatner. chief of staff to Lieuten-
ant-General Joseph w. Stilwell,
revealed that the Chinese have
exterminated an entire regiment
of Japanese-possibly 5000 men
since the beginning of their march
through the Hukawng valley last
Oct. 26. Boatner indicated that an
other japanese regiment has been
thrown into the area in an effort
to halt the Chinese advance.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-31
INDICATED POWDER
40 YEAR EAVORETE

with thousands of families, asitrelieves
itching irritation Of minor skin rashes-
baby diaper rash. Sprinkle on Mexsana,
the soothing, meGicated powder contain
ing ingredients many specialists often rec
ommend. Costs little. Demand Mexsana.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-31
Nonstop Raids
Plaster Reich
Continued from mage !

Continued from page i
heart of Berlin only a few hours
after dusk in the nights assault.
and twin-engined Mosquitoes roared
in over billoWing seas of flame
several hours later for a follow
through attack.
LONDON, Jan. 81. (UP)-United
States planes dropped 5000 tons
of bombs on Europe in 48 hours
including Sunday, it was announc-
ed officially Monday.
More than 17OO planes took part
in the Sunday operations alone, an
American headquarters statement
said. In the 48 hour period ending
Sunday night. 225 German planes
were destroyed, including 131 by
fighters, against a loss of 54 United
States bombers and 81 fighters.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-31

BEACHHEAD SOUTH CT ROME,
Jan. 80. CUPl-Refugees streaming
in from Rene, 20 miles to the
north, reported Monday that the
Germans generally were evacuating
The eternal city, leaving behind only
small groups o. saLoteurs TO blow
up specific buildings.
All strategic parts of the city
already have been mined. they re-
ported, and the enemy was using
scme types of time bombs even
more complicated than the ones left
at Napyles, where delayed explosives
we're blowing up buildings as much
as month after the fall of the
city.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-31
u. 5. Subs Sink
II Jap Ships

Continued from page i
fighter planes in a sweep over
Rabaul's airfieldS. Gen. Douglas
MacArthur'S eommunique said
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-31
Yankees Speed
Italy Drive.

Continued from page Il
ing many others on the ground in
a series OF attacks ranging deep into
northeastern Italy.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-31
Prison Measure
Passes Assembly
Continued from page l

tCOnlllueu lTOIn page l.
after Sen. Charles Deuel., CD, Chi
co, agreed in a meeting in the gov
ernor's Office to withdraw an amend
ment to abolish the state board of
prison directors.
Deuel. said he agreed not to press
for abolishment of the prison board
because he did not want the bill
to be imperiled. He won adoption
of the aboliShment amendment in
committee Sunday night, although
a previous compromise" between
Warren and Isaac Pacht, presiden.
of the board, gave the board power
to advise a proposed director OF
corrections on prison matters. The
conference committee report signed
by all six members retains the
Warren-Pacht agreement.
SPEEDY ACTION SEEN
Speedy final enactment of a war
ballot" bill combining the May
presidential and August state pri-
mary elections on May Is was pre-
dicted in the senate by Arthur Fl.
Breed. CR0, Piedmont. chairman OF
the upper house elections commit
tee following unanimous passage
of the measure by the assembly
Sunday night.
Breed said that his committee
had considered the measure, which
gives servicemen, and civilian work
ers overseas, Sc days in which TO
cast absent ballots by mail in May
and 76 days in November, tentative
approval as the only means OF al
lowing soldiers to vote.
REVERSED STAND
The committee stand was a re-
versal of previous action rejecting
the combined election provision.
Gov Earl Warren has indicated
he will sign the measure If it has
bipartisan support.
The assembly rules committee
adopted a resolution asking con-
gress to provide for delivery, dis
tribution, casting and return OF
ballots, and requesting the presl-
dent to order the use of air tanS-
port service in carrying out the
plan.
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 81. up
A ioint resolution calling upon con-
greSS to return the clocks OF the
nation to standard time during the
winter months received the ap-
proval of state senate Sunday and
was sent to the assembly.
A similar resolution already has
received assembly approval,
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 81. UP)-
The assembly Monday adopted a
senate resolution calling upon fed
eral agencies to increase the price
for crude oil in order to stimulate
production and prospecting.
The resolution by Senator Jesse
Dorsey, (RD, Bakersfield. declared
that a price increase had been rec
commended by Secretary of Interior
Harold Ickes, but had been turned
down by the Office of Price Admin
istration.
Assemblyman Lorne Middough,
CRD, Long Beach, opposed the res
olution. He said representatives Of
major oil companies had told d
legislative committee that the
crude price increase would serN
no useful purpose and that it might
result in higher retail gasoline
prices.
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 81. (UP)-
A resolution asking investigation
of liquor BLACK markets and boot
Logging practices" in California be
made by an interim assembly COM
mittee on governmental efficiency
and by the state attorney genera!
was introduced in the state assem-
bly,.
A resolution, referred to the low
er house rules committee, was pre-
sented by Jonathan Hollibaugh.
CRD, Huntington Park, and Fred
erick H Kraft, tRD, San Diego.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-31
REVERSED STAND

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 81. CUP)--
A Joint resolution calling upon con-
gress to return the clocks of the
nation to standard time during the
winter months received the ap
proval of state senate Sunday and
was sent to the assembly.
A similar resolution already has
received assembly approval.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-16
In IFS Second Week

cary Grant. John Garfield
and their husky coileagucS-a~-
sumo their battle stations loi
second week ar the Michigan,
-wtTrr-r- ff1CErTUTrTOU- fiiUiKvU rs
giving YOU plenty of reason 10
Sit on the edge of ynuESrar.
lis the most exciting drama
since Crash Dive and ono
which We believe to be- a better
picture Tbcrc are Two OF thee
new players like Richard Hut
Ton IN it who give Grant and
Garfield something 10 Worry
about when 1t comes to scene
stealing.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-16

Of all pictures Irene has made
She says she likes The White
Cliffs of Dover the very best.
But / hope" she said, that it
won't be too long. l think all
pictures today are too long"
/ told her / agreed 100 per
cent and had continually argued
against overriding footage.
Are YOU going 10 make more
movies for M-G-M ." | asked as
! was leaving
''Oh. YES indeed. 7 have two
more To make for them and |
love il here so | am glad, You
know, am the girl with many
contracts She laughed.
Nv hen I first came 10 Holly
wood | made five pictures in one
wear for RHO and l deter
mined then | would never have
any more of those week -tO-WeeIS
deals. want 10 pick and
choose"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-16

OTeSaF, WHICH 0uEHI % Dc
enough 10 satisfy even the most
morbid tastes.
With Cregar in this one are
Merle Oberon, George Sanders
ard + IA Il tieisr-ftft-t=
dentally this is the film in
which Merle dons tights for the
first time and believe it or not
Lady korda does a can-can.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-16
Has Strong Influence

couldn't help but think how
really wonderful Ircne'S career
has been She seems always To
start "a vogue Her Theodore
Goes Wild and The Awful
Truth were both all-trTnc highs
I'M rlotMjS comedies Then She
MADE Love Affair a very ro-
nantIc story which opened the
Val for other similar stories.
81 Metro Goldwyn Mayer
l'on c i> considered their great
o-tI feminine start since Greer
GUsun mlde helOrN for them.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-16

and IT - very precious
articl,
Irene has glaidenCd the heart
of Metro with her two pictures.
white cliffs of Dover and "A
t,uy Named Joe We had quite
discussion about the end Of
thc latter I frankly told her l
wished II had ended when She
Says You can only love one
man IN a lifetime, = and that she
had not married Van Johnson
after Spencer Tracy wa&-killed
II felt the same way" Irene
said "Wtil the preView cards
came in, 10 many women who
had lost dear ones wrote pro-
testing against "A sad ending.
Some of them asked, Is life To
be- ended for uS like the women
In India when our husbands are
gone - "
/ learned later Spencer and
Irene had fought bitterly against
the present ending. Spence said
hc fclLa perfect ending would
have been with the scene where
her plane crashed and they met
i'm the next world She SAID
I'm the Original ending we walk
into heaven and ! say Isn't this
wonderful o." suppose there
are arguments on both sides
---4-.+ rrrrtr,-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-16
STAGE and SCREEN
&y Gn,ke. Gentry

THERE isn't dull moment the frsun this ",
i what with action dramas hand and murder myS
teries the other
The Ledger which is the current attraction at the Fox
guaranteed 10 give fine of the chs you've
had since the fue epidemic.
It's based you probably know tho quaint and charm-
ing tale of Londont famous payboy with the knife Jack ne
Ripper" and character they've picked Laird
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-16
DisIikes Lone Pictures

Icnt oil N-Ci-N EXECUTIVES.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-16
A Canteen Worker

But getting back 10 Garfield,
youth, he met the gul be- mar
RED later whip be was su,l i'm
school
They were schoolmatos Both
believed they were a product
of New York and would never
be happy any place else Now
they are Wild about Hollywood
and have two children. 5-ycar-
old Katherine Hanna and less
than a year-old son. David Pat
ton in honor of the fiery gen
cral whose exploits as brilliant
mllitariSt VIII be remembered
long after an incident ln = life
time has been forgotten
Al least, that's the way Mr..
and Mrs John Garfield think
about 1t David Patton Car
fields name remains a, is ON
the family record
Next 10 his family and his
Job. GarfICld'S biggest cnthuSI-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-16

despite being A family man was
one Of the first stars 10 offer
his services as an entertainer
10 men ih~far places.
He, Laurel and Hardy and a
few other good troopers, were
flown from island 10 island in
the Caribbean, arriving at those
various spots While the men
We're sui getting settled.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-16
"STEAMlNG WITH SPICE"

OT C0urNr Vlll
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-16
HOLLYWOOD, Jan Is.

John GARFIELD (born Julle)
is one of the few young
character actors who has a lot
Of appeal for the ladies. He
doesn't look like a typical
movie hero, which may be one
of the best reasons femmes fall
for him.
1t is one Of the we'll circu-
lated legends about Garfield
thai ne is a product OF New
York's lower east side. He was
not a "Bowcry Brat las adler-
tl>cd)
But things were tough
enough a. they stood" hc adj.
mitS.
Young Julie was born in Now
York March j. 1913. HIS
mother died when he and his
only brother. now soldier IN
the Panama Canal Zone. were
very young Their father, a
tailor raised the boys julio
sold papers, fought tho usual
number of fights, and wound up
IN the famed Angelo Patu
tpubIcl School for boys who
need a little extra guidance.
Joined as Entertainer
But | wouldn't take any
thing for that schooling" John
says "Patri. one of the really
great men in modern education,
coaNcd me into the ways of
good citizenship, inStillcd i'm me
love of my country and "A re-
>pect for my fellow man that 1
have never forgotten"
When the war came. Garfield
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-16
In Final Stretch

What a Life starts ITS last
stretch ~ the Lafayette this
week with young James Dobson
stealing the show as the heir
10 all the AldrlCh family troub-
Jos. It's q Spritcly company
doing q good job The next at
traction following this al the
Lafayette VIII bee jamie. wh.A
VIII have an extended enga(
mcnt here with the origMY
Brock Pemherton production.
Flooding the town with those
Observation-Disclosures 10 the Will
SON ha, popped up Maid N the
OZARK, So that the old girl
may carry on her h.H.billy ways
for another two or three weeks.
As soon as TINS one is oHt- and
thc-housc fumgatp47 they may
bring the rosd-Showjug produce
ton Of the film Song OF Bcrna-
dettc
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-16

instead of merely taking a
Technicolot bow Ton themselves.
The ncNt attraction M the
palmS-Statc Wll Dee $50. thorn
Pursuit % another ariou-parked
fIctffT SF7T7fzTTTT f7rrUf ftyUT
Turning on tHr f0Jrlghi, We
find our cid friend. Blossom
Time back M The Ca.s be-
ginning "a tWo-Wcuk stay TO-
night
DcuroitS own Barbara Scully
has the starring role of the
little MltH 10 whom the great
composer Franz Schubert lost
las heart. while the supporting
east viii include Doug EcavitL
Roy EAHez-RuX -Cln,lilit-- ;4ad
Helene Arthur among others.
Following Blossom Time"
Detroit thcatcr-COCTS VIII get
their FIRST look a. "DoughgirlS,'
INC successful comedy winch has
been running IN New York and
Chicago for over "a year.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-27
Harry James bound
TO Playing Only One
Role-Harry James
uOIIYWOOD. Aug rs.

HOLLYWOOD, Aug 20.
TRUMPET footing Harry
Il James is one actor who VIII
never play Hamlet for the SIM
ple reason he can't portray any
one but Harry James.
III believe in realism" he told
me today. "And I'm dead GER
tain il try TO enact a fctional
character l would turn out TO
be a complete fizZle. The pubic
knows me az Harry James ana
1 wouldn't be accepted as any
one else. And I'm not trying TO
blow my own horn, either.
Nor was Harry trying TO pun
pun with that last remark.
lie cited an example rom ms
first picture. Private Buck
eroo." TO prove the public ac-
cepts him as real life char
Hctera and that what he does on
the screen is taken straight.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-27
Firm About Betty

This talk about Betty
brought on the statement he
would never make picture
with her If she played a fc-
tional character in the same
film.
There il only one way I'd
ever cO-star with Betty he
said, land that's II they would
also let her play Betty Cradle
and bring in our fiye-mOnths-
old daughter, Victoria Eliza
beth, for the finale"
AS an after thought, in case
you've never seen Harry in per-
son and wonder if he does a
good job in portraying himself.
] would answer in the sffirma-
tive.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-27
Wry .Humor Noted

Sow although this may sound
somewhat teSty, II really ISn I,
coming from Barry fitzgerald.
Many of his -utteraHces- aIe
favored with a wry touch Il
humor, and he wasn't kidding
about preferring peace and
quiet.
But to show you what he has
had 10 contend with all these
years. examine the record Ci his
discoveries for yourself The
first one came in Dublin. Ire
land, in 1918, where he gave up
a Job as a civil service worker,
which he had held for Is years,
10 Join the Abbey Players
Il had gone TO the Abbey
Theater one night with an ac-
tor friend" he told me, and
when the director was notified
that one Of the players was I'M
able 10 show up ne asked me 10
do walk-on part. was
scared TO death, but II was
enough to intrigue me INTO
coming back for more"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-27
Career a Lark

Harry maintains his acting
career IS a lark. You'll never
find him before a mirror maxi
ing faces At himself 10 get the
right expression. The things he
does before the camera are The
same things he has sold the
public for years from "A band
stand. and directors know If
they make him take on a new
personality they wont get away
with IT..
Although he is up 10 his neck
in the picture business, Harry
told me there is never any
shop talk between HIM and
Betty Cradle IN their home
"Since only play myself"
he explained, Betty never tries
To make any suggestions about
my acting. I've got her stSmied
there, too. But that's good
thing because film couples often
run into trouble trying TO give
each other advice about their
work"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-27
Gao Backfiers

I'm that picture" he told me,
"there was a running gag about
HuntZ Halls efforts TO teach me
10 play a bugle. The gag was
just couldn't get the hang OF II.
And do YOU know, i received
protesting letters from a mum
Der OF instrument companies:
After seeing the picture mothers
started returning bugles they
had bought for their sons. They
pointed out that IL Harry James
couldn't learn TO blow one OF
the darn things they knew their
children couldn't"
When Harry started making
pictures ~ M-G-N they as
signed him dialogue coach.
But he put his foot down. "'How
In the world can you teach me
10 talk like Harry James, i
asked the man. I've been re-
hearsing this role since j was
born and IL you change my lingo
YOU change me- That kinda Of
stopped him. There isn't a pro-
Queer who can tell me I'm not
doing my part right because I'm
also my own technical adviser