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Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-22

entered the armed forcs before
reaching 25 years of age.
The bill sets up veterans place
ment service. utilizing the machin-
cry of the United States employ
ment service with the administra-
tor of veterans affairs serving as
chairman of the board.
1t also authorizes expenditure of
an additional s50000O.00 for con-
struction of additional hospitals.
facilities. The house had stricken
the authorization item on the
grounds that such grants we're in
variably Forthcoming.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-22

covering all theaters of operation,
but included only part of the 1888
American casualties suffered on
the Cherbourg peninsula up to mid
night of June 16, and not all the
81, 1922 losses in italy from the time
of the initial landings through
June Is.
The navy revealed, meanwhile,
that it has suffered 46,705 casual
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-22

The loans must be for investment
in a home, farm or business, and
will bear more than four per cent
interest.
CoStlieSt item concerns educa-
tion, with tuition grants ranging up
to $500 annually plus allowances of
S75 monthly for persons with de-
pendents and $50 month for those
with no dependents.
Maximum benefits extend to four
years education or training, pro-
viding the veterans education or
training was interrupted by his
entrance into service or that he
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-22
Set
To Move
In City
Official Okey
Provides
New Quarters

National officials OF the
USO Thursday ordered re-
moval of the Ell Centre USO
club from its old quarters on the
north side of Main street to the
Nevada California Electric building
at the corner of Sixth and Main
streets.
The lease was signed with the
Imperial Irrigation district, owners
of the building, and the USO will
move in the first of next week, it
was announced by Robert Wayne
Burns, USO regional director, in
a telegram from Los Angeles to
Mrs. Fay Andrews, USO director in
El Centro.
NEW OUTFITTING
A new budget was set up by the
USO and all new furniture will be
provided for the new quarters. The
El Centre recreation committee will
take care of the building renova-
tionS necessary.
Because of the necessity of mov-
ing, Mrs. Andrews said, the snack
bar and checking services will close
Sunday night and will not be avail
able to servicemen until after the
facilities and equipment are install
led in the new quarters and ready
for service.
National USO officials also for
wardeo Mrs. Andrews a blueprint
of the way the furniture and equip
ment will be arranged in the new
quarters.
HOW FURNISHED
The main lounge will be furnished
in yellow, ivory, green and brick
furniture, all new Writing facil-
tiles will be arranged along the
Sixth street side of the building.
The reading corner will be along
the west wall. The arts and crafts
center with its supply cupboards
and work tables will also be along
the Sixth street side The snack bar
will be at the back along the west
wall. The game room with it's ping
pong and billiard tables will occupy
Continued on Page 2, Col. ~
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WASHINGTON, June %.
CUP)-U. S. army casualties
in all theaters since Pearl
Harbor including D-Day losses in
France, totalled 1857 through
June 8, Secretary Of War Henry l..
Stimson disclosed Thursday.
The total was the latest an
nounced by the war department
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-22

Puzzle Bureau
A wrinkle of puzzlement and a
frown of worry appeared on the
face of R. w. Hatton Wednesday.
He was reading a cablegram dated
June l3. It came from England. 1t
was signed by Jerry Smith, a Negro
boy who used to work in Hatton's
service station. The message said,
Hello. Received letter. Glad you
won election. I am OK. Answer
soon'
Hatton could understand all that
but what puzzled him was the ad-
dress. 1t said, "R. w. Hatton, Care
of Imperial Valley Press. Ell Centro,
Calf, u. S. A."
Our guess is that Smith has a
good dodge tor ge,ving newspaper
priority or. something.
QR;rtk, Nnnuc-
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-22
Paul A. Jenkins
Becomes Owner
Of Braw|ey News

Paul A. Jenkins. publisher of the
Imperial Valley Press and Morning
Post, will become owner of the
Brawley News when the escrowed
sale is completed at the end of
this month, it was announced
Thursday by Mrs. M. Ethel Witter.
heretofore owner of the north end
daily.
The announcement came with the
filing of a notice of intended sale
by Mrs. Witter and her son, Allen
T. Witter. who for more than a
decade has operated the paper as
manager
Until the purchase is actually
closed, the Writer'S will continue
to operate the paper under the
supervis ion of Mr.. jenkins. Jenkins
will divide his attention between
the Brawley News and the Imperial
Valley Press and The Morning Post,
owned by the Imperial Valley Pub
fishing Company of which he is
president
TO OPERATE SEPARATELY
The Brawley News and CONNER
cial printing plant will be operated
completely independently of the Ell
Centre papers, jenkins stated.
There will be no connection be-
tween the concernc, he explained,
as the Brawley News will be a
personal ownership whereas the Ell
Centre papers are comparatively
owned and operated.
All employees of the Brawley News
will be retained. it was announced,
and jenkins spent Thursday in the
Continued on Pg. 2, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-22

Birth News
A whole flock of Ell Centrans were
Continued on page 2, col. q
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-22
WEATHER

Maximum Wednesday 81, minimum
Thurs. 81; s am. Thurs. 65, humid
ity 81; noon Thurs. 80, humidity 18;
5 pm. Wed. SO, humidity 16.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-08-18
NATIONAL WAR FUND In
MARYLAND

| Our Commander-in-Ch Chiefs War
| Control Board, made up of impor-
tant leaders in business and industry,
functions for Victory. Shortly after
Pearl Harbor this group realized the
need of home front support to agen-
cies and groups related to the war.
TIE War Control Board also realized
| that unfair demands could not be
made on the American public just be-
cause of war.
And so, the National War Fund
was born, by intelligent design of
American business men. 1t was decid-
ed that there would be only two ma
| tion-wide fund raising efforts during
wartime. 1t was established that the
| American Red Cross could have it's
appeal for funds in the, spring of the
year and then 10 agencies, among
tEem USO and War Prisoners Aid,
were banded together as the Nation
al War Fund and were directed to
issue their important appeal in the
fall of the year.
Maryland has met with distinction
every wartime appeal. Be it Salvage
Drive, War Loan, Red Cross War
Fund or National War Fund, we in
Maryland have always come through
| with flying colors. 1t is my opinion
that we won't quit doing our share
one day before final Victory is won
by our armed forces in the war
against Germany and Japan.
| Plans are now under way for our
campaign this fall and as is the case
in all of these appeals, we must turn
to the newspapers to tell our story
to the people so that we may render
the best possible support to our fight
ing men and war-weary allies.
DONALD darcy,
Publicity Director.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-08-18
OUR HEALTH RECORD

Maryland's health record for the
second quarter of 1914 is good, ac-
cording to statistics just released by
DR.. r. H. Riley, Director of the State
Department of Health. The figures
show that on the whole the residents
of this State were healthier during
| April, May and June of this year
than during the corresponding period
of 1913.
The general death rate declined
| by 4 per cent. There was small de-
crease in the death rate for white
residents and a decrease of II per
cent among the colored.
The records show 403 fewer deaths
from all causes during the second
quarter than in the corresponding
quarter of 1913. This lower mortali-
| ty is reflected in the smaller number
of deaths from specific causes. In the
group of "degenrative diseases" ii.
| e., heart disease, cancer, cerebral
hemorrhage, nephritis and diabetes)
there was a decrease of 276-from
1885 to 1859 deaths. Deaths from
syphilis dropped from Sc to IL, ce-
rebrospinal meningitis from 80 to 18,
whooping cough from 16 to 4, and
appendicitis from 81 to II. Very
gratifying decreases are recorded for
deaths due to pregnancy, which de-
clined from % to II, and for deaths
from all types of accidents, which
dropped from 394 to 365. Tubercu-
| losis deaths, however, remained prac-
tically stationary, and there were in
creases in mortality from diphtheria,
measles and motor vehicle accidents.
The birtk rate decreased from 20.9
| per 1000 population in the second
quarter of 1913 to 1875 in 1914, a
drop of per cent. The white rate
dropped per cent, from 20.5 to 49,
81, but the colored rate declined only
8 per cent, from 1913 to 22.6. These
/ lowered birth rates are the continu-
alton of a trend noted in the first
quarter of this year. The decrease in
birth rate per 1000 population was
accompanied by 81 per cent drop in
the maternal death rate. Unfortun-
ately, the infant mortality rate show
ed an increase of per cent over
that recorded for the corresponding
quarter of 1913. This year the rate
was 44.6 per 1000 live births, as
compared with only 41.2 during the
similar period of 1913.
Communicable diseases were less
prevalent during the second quarter
of 1914 than they were last year.
There were 1874 known cases of
reportable diseases in Maryland in
the period under discussion, as COM
pared with 2O,241 cases last year.
Considerable decreases are recorded
for epidemic meningitis, pulmonary
tuberculosis, syphilis, gonorrkea,
whooping cough and German
measles. On the other hand, increases
occurred in the incidence of diph-
iberia, measles, scarlet fever, undu-
Ian fever and Rocky Mountain spot
ted fever.
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not which they buy and cash in.
There are certain less obvious
but equally valid reasons why
farmers should strive to keep the
Bonds they buy until the date of
their maturity. For example,
there is the question of prices.
Present indications are that prices
will continue relatively high dur
ing the early years of the post
war period and may even in
crease. A flood of postwar buy
ing, especially if it is supported
by Individual sales of War Bonds,
might generate serious initiation
airy movement which could easily
absorb large proportion of war
time savings. In spite of all that
,can be done to prevent it, there
will likely be a tendency in this
direction. This is especially true
since the availability of many
items will be limited for at least
a few years after the war. The
probability is that those who keep
their bonds will be able to cash
them in after prices have de-
clined rather than when they are
at their peak.
There is, of course, the posi-
bility that we shall experience a
postwar depression instead of a
postwar boom. In the one in
stance farmers would see prices
of things they sell decline more
rapidly than prices of things they
buy; in the other, wages and non
TNrionc would r.icn
more rapidly than prices of farm
products. In either case the re-
suit would be bad and I am GER
tain that farmers will wish to do
everything in their power to pre-
vent it.
Aside from these more or less
theoretical reasons why farmers
(as well as all others) should be
exceedingly slow about cashing
in their War Bonds, there is an
other intensely practical reason.
1t might be stated in the negative:
s'Why shouldn't farmers keep their
War Bonds?" Most of them have
purchased Bonds out of surplus
earnings resulting from wartime
governmental expenditures. If his
tory repeats itself these earnings
will continue high for a few years
after the war and ordinary farm
needs presumably may be financed
from current operations. 1t is to
be hoped at least that farmers
will not need to dispose of their
accumulated savings in order to
meet post war needs and-until
War Bonds mature-their interest
yield will doubtless compare ia
vorably with that from any other
investment. Farmers, of course,
should not neglect their resources
nor permit their operating eff
cheney to decrease merely for the
sake of holding on to their Bonds.
They should, however, be certain
of a real need for the money be-
fore they cash them in pre-
maturely.
u. S. Treasury Department
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able but both should be removed
from the jars the next day after
the canning is done and left off.
Otherwise, they are likely to rust
and be difficult to remove when time
comes to open the jars.
The "war babies are still with
US, but prospects are much brighter
for the 1914 canning season. More
people will be familiar with the
glass top seal and two-piece vacuum
seal caps. The sealing compound
on the metal vacuum seal lids will
be less easily ruined because of the
synthetic rubber in it's composition.
Best news of the season for great
many home Gamers is that the one
piece zinc, porcelain-lined cap is
back from the war.
When asked to give "you-cah't-
INSIST" directions to a successful
canning season, Miss Kimbrough
said: Select strictly sound, garden
fresh vegetables; prepare, pack,
and process by Blue Book recipes;
use regular home canning jars-ev-
cry one of them has the name of the
jar nodded in the side; and follow
the manufacturers instructions for
using jars, caps, lids, and rubbers."
And now, Inflated rubber heels
Ceiling price doubled.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-08-18
Why a Farmer Should
Buy and Keep War Bonds
by G.. HI. Aull
Head, Dept. of Agricultural Economics
and Rural Sociology
Clemson College, S. C.
by G.. HI. Aull

FARMERS in my section of the
a country do not need to be told
why they should buy War Bonds.
Many of them have sons or broth
ers in one or the other branches
of the service and they have a
direct and personal interest in pro-
viding them with the supplies and
materials of War. They know,
also, that so long as they assume
this responsibility and use their
own funds for this purpose it
will not be necessary for Uncle
Sam to create new and infationary
dollars in order to do the job.
l think, too, that farmers look
upon their purchases of War Bonds
as actually serving a. threefold
purpose, either one of which is suf-
ficient to justify whatever tempo
rary inconvenience this might ne
cessitate. In the first place, by
buying War Bonds farmers make
another direct and vital contribu-
ton to the winning of the war;
secondly, they help keep prices
within reasonable bounds; and
finally, they build up a highly i'm
portant reserve supply Of funds
which may be drawn upon after
the war. This reserve may be
applied to the purchase of needed
items of equipment and supply
which either are not available
now, or, if available, more ex-
pensive than normally would be
the case. Meanwhile, of course,
their investments in War Bonds
will draw interest and if allowed
to mature will return four dollars
for three.
Most farmers / know can teach
the rest of us a great deal when
it comes to reasons for buying
War Bonds. They have been ac-
customed to small income in the
past and have been quick to see
that recent increases are due to
large scale government spending
and, therefore, not likely to con-
tinue indefinitely. Since goods for
civilian consumption are both
scarce and expensive, and since
further demands could serve only
to push prices still higher, it has
appeared both logical and patriotic
for farmers to use surplus funds
to finance the purchase of essen
tial military equipment.
My impression is that a great
many War Bond purchasers are
not fully informed as to the ne
cessity for keeping them until they
mature. Difference of course, is
primarily to purchasers of "E"
bonds which return 500 for each
SIS invested if held for ten years..
However, I believe this is less
true in the case of farmers than
of other groups. The reason is
obvious: farmers just naturally do
not sell hog until it has reached
optimum weight. Even so, farm
ers need to be reminded that the
war must be fought and won with
Bonds which they buy and keep,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-08-18

The Chief Signal Officers "certifi-
cate of appreciation" was presented
to the Chesapeake and Potomac Tele-
phone Company of Baltimore City
serving the state of Maryland "for
loyal and patriotic service rendered
the Signal Corps of the Army of the
United States"
The presentation was made to
Lloyd B. Wilson, president of the c.
and P. Telephone Companies, by Brig.
Gen. Frank E. Stoner, chief, Army
Communications Services, at brief but
impressive ceremonies at the COM
panies' headquarters in Washington
recently.
Signed by Maj. Gen. H. C. Ingles,
Chief Signal Officer, the certificate
was designed as testimonial to those
organizations and individuals who
have performed outstanding service to
the Signal Corps beyond the normal
requirements of duty.
Officials from Baltimore, headquar-
tiers of the telephone company in
Maryland, who attended the cere-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-08-18

cause of jar breakage while jars are
in Gamer and is the only thing
that causes jar to explode. In
ternal pressure builds up when jar
is closed so tight that steam cannot
escape from it during processing.
So, keep those glass top seal bands
loose while the jars are in Gamer,
and there will be, can be, no ex-
plosionsi
A jar on which a separate rubber
ring is used should never be closed
tight before processing. On the
other hand, the fexibility of the
metal lid plus the nature of the seal
ing compound make it both possible
and necessary to tighten the bands
on vacuum seal, two-piece metal
caps before processing.
Manufacturer instructions clear
ly state that:
l. Jars to be sealed with vacuum
seal caps must have even, smooth,
fiawless top edges.
2. From one-half to one inch head
space must be left when filling jars
and anything spilled on the top of
the jar must be wiped off.
3. The lids must be dropped in
boiling water. They need not be
boiled unless they are to be used for
old-fashioned open kettle canning.
4. The metal bands must be
screwed down snugly tight that is,
as tight as they will go without
force. The bands must not be tight
ened after the jars are taken from
the Gamer.
s. The bands should be removed
from the jars the next day after the
canning is done and the seal tested
by pressing on the lid with finger.
A tightly sealed lid will not move
under finger pressure.
In spite of these five simple rules,
there were persons who went right
ahead last season and used old
sharp-edged jars or those with
rough, nicked, or uneven top edges,
and there were some who filed the
jars too full. Others tried to make
cast-off lids from commercial jars
serve the purpose of the regular
metal bands, but possibly the most
common of all blunders was that of
forcing the bands so tight that the
tops of the jars pushed through the
compound and prevented seal.
The metal bands for vacuum and
glass top seals are not interchange
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-08-18

monies, were A. B. Haneke, vice-pres-
ident and general manager, and E. r.
Koogle, auditor; the unions of tele-
phone workers were represented by
Helen M. Smith, Anne Pridham and
George R.. Charles. By means of a
telephone hook-up and simplifying
equipment the ceremonies were heard
by telephone employees in various
parts of the state.
The Chesapeake and Potomac Tele-
phone Companies We're among the or
CARNATIONS which participated in a
vast recruitment plan during the early
days of the war when specialized COM
munications personnel was vitality
needed by the Signal Corps in period
of unprecedented expansion. Tele-
phone companies throughout the ma
ton recruited entire signal units from
among their own employees and, in
most cases, both officers and enlisted
personnel were secured from lists of
trained experts skilled in communica-
tions and other activities needed by
the Signal Corps.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-08-18

The War Food Administration has
not increased its popularity any by
ordering a cut in ice cream produc-
ton, right at time when we have
been experiencing the worst heat
wave in years. Effective August 1
the War Food Administration an
nounced that manufacturers of ice
cream will receive 10 per cent milk
solids during this month.
At the same time VIA disclosed
that as a result of the milk solids
cutback, ice cream will be lessened
in richness. During the last three
months quotas were rs per cent of
the milk solids used by manufacture
ers in the corresponding month of
1912.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-08-18


paying no attention to directions.
Others chose to follow uniformed
guides who posed as authorities, but
those who went to headquarters for
information made the journey with
out mishap.
The glass top seal cap, consisting
of metal band, glass lid, and sepa-
rate rubber ring, was the indirect
cause of the more serious canning
troubles in 1913. This cap gave sat-
isfaction when used right, which was
and is fortunate because the War
Production Boards order that at
least forty percent of all jars made
be fitted with glass tops has been
carried over into 1914.
Gladys Kirnbrough, Home Service
Director for Ball Brothers Company,
gives five simple rules which will, if
followed, insure successful use of
the glass top seal caps. They are
/. Examine the top of every jar. 1t
must be even and smooth.
2. Leave about one inch head space
when filling jars to be processed
Cooking in jar in canner) and
about one-haf inch head space
when doing old-fashioned open
kettle canning.
8. Fit the rubber around the projec-
ton on the bottom of the lid be-
fore putting lid on the jar. The
rubber must lie fiat between the
lid and the top of the jar. Rub
bers cannot slip out of place if
they are put on right.
4. When processing is to be done,
tighten the metal bands, then
loosen them by turning back
about one7quarter turn. The
bands must be frightened after
the jars are removed from the
Gamer.
5. Remove the metal bands the next
day after the canning is done and
test the seal by pulling on the
lids, gently, with the finger tips
If the canning is done right, vac
uum in the jar plus air pressure
on the outside viii hold the lid
down in an alright seal. That is
why it is unnecessary to put the
bands back on the jars.
Each of the five rules given Is inn
portaEt, but failure to observe rule
numDer four causes trouble.
Every section of the country
''over-subscribed its quota" of jar
breakage last season. Too much in
ternal pressure Is the most common
:
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-08-18
AVOID CANNING MISHAPS BY
FOLLOWING PROPER DIRECTIONS

Although home Gamers also
troublesome AS unbelievable the odme
often her
jars and wartime Some of the odmers they
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-08-18

Master race is running a pretty
fast one.
Los Angeles has a $500 fine and
six months in Jail for smoking on
public conveyances.
What we're waitin. to hear about
the world bank is how much Wen
be permitted to owe it,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-08-18

Militarists in japan are using the
Mikado as . screen. Indicates the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-08-18

prOgress our subs are making IN
shutting OF materials.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-08-18

And now, Inflated rubber heels
Ceiling price doubled.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-05-14
Sacred Germon
Treoty

maintenance and defended 1t in vigor-
Gus terms 1t Is safe prediction, how
ever, that the fight is far from over. In
the absence of court ruling on the
clause, which the board hopes to avoid,
1t promises to be source Of controversy
for the duration.