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tration in ink or indelible pencil
on the face are invalid and may be
revoked.
Shoes-Stamp Is in book No. / and
"airplane" stamp 8 In book No.
good indefinitely for one pair OF
shoes each.
Special shoe stamp form R-170a
Is valid for only 30 days after date
of issue. In cases of refunds and
defective shoes, the 30-day limit
does not apply.
Bicycles - Persons gaInfully en-
ployed or those who are doing
voluntary work in connection with
the war effort or tho public vel
fare, as well as pupils, may obtain
certificates for the purchase OF
bicycles II they need bicycles for
travel between home and work OF
school, subject to certain excep.
tions.
New CarsThose gainfully en-
ployed or doing voluntary war OF
public welfare work are eligible
to obtain q rationing certificate
for the purchase Of cars with q
list price Of over $500, or con-
vertibles, regardless OF price.
Eligibility for automobiles with
list price Of less than $500,
except convertibles. is confined to
persons who can show the imme-
diate need for a car in any of the
essential occupations (such as war
workers, physicians, ministers,
etc. who do not now have the use
Of an adequate car.
New 1912 model passenger cars
with q list price of more than
$4,000 and 1941 model cars driven
less than 1000 miles are available
without rationing certificates. 194l
cars driven over 1000 miles are
not subject to any rationing regu-
lationS.
Stoves+All new domestic cooking
and heating stoves designed tc
burn coal, wood, oil or gas are
now rationed. Apply to your local
ration board for stove purchase
certificate.
Tires-Au classes Of drivers may now
have tires recapped with grade {
camelback without obtaining Ger.
tiflcates from their ration boards
Holders Of B and c books eligible
for new tires, but boards will is.
sue certificates only after deter.
mining essentially Of use.
Certificates must be obtained
from the rationing board for the
purchase Of any type Of tire. Ger.
tif1cates are issued only after pres
entation of applications on which
q tire inspector has certified the
need for requirements and If ap-
plicants are eligible.
Inner Tubes-Used passenger ca,
and truck inner tubes have beer
removed from rationing restIic.
tions. New inner tubes, however
are still rationed.
Tire Inspection Deadlines-For 4
coupon holders, March 81. For E
coupon holders, Tuesday.
Rubber Boots and Rubber Worl
Shoes-Regulations have been re.
laxed to make all persons whit
need below-the-knee lightweight
rubber boots eligible for ratior
certificates for their purchase
Certificates must be obtained
from local boards for certain
types Of heavy rubber foot.
| wear.
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New York Cotton

NEW YORK, Feb. % lq,.-Cotton fu-
lures closed from 8 to 20 cents q bale
lower today.
Most OF the trading appeared to be
Of local origin. with some routine trade
price fixing against textile contracts on
low and the total volume Of business was
estimated to have been the smallest for
any session 30 far this year.
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CURB SUMMARY

Furnished by the Associated Press.
New York Stock ixckanse. showing tie
high. low and closing price for the week.
Ana the net change frem the previous
Saturdays close.
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BOND SUMMARY
% by the Associated Press.

A seleetsa list sf active Bonds on the
New YsFk Steck Exchanse, showing the
high. low and clesing price for the week.
ana the net chsnse from the previous
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didates will be initiated.
At the last meeting of Miriam
Chapter, Junior Past Grand Matron
Irma M. Smith was rendered a re-
ception. Tomorrow evening the
chapter will elect and install new
secretary. On March l there will
be dance at the Statler Hotel.
Joseph H. Milans Lodge Chapter
on Thursday will confer the degrees
The Tuesday Afternoon Bridge Clut
will meet with Mrs. Rose Gentner
The Star Points Society will meet
March 8. If you have rummage
call Mrs. Annie Clark, Franklin 227S
Rehearsal Of officers tomorrow at
pm.
Lebanon Chapter will hold a re.
ception and homecoming Tuesday
evening in honor of Grand Patron
Herbert S. Middlemiss. Every mem
ber is invited.
! Esther Chapter on March 2 will
have initiation.
| The Ways and Means Committee
will meet March at the home Of
Mrs. Nell Turpin.
The Dramatic Club will meet
March at the home of Mrs. Elsie
Babcock.
Trinity Chapter business meeting
OF the home and temple boards will
precede a card party tomorrow al
8 pm. at 1920 Argyle terrace NV.
Birthdays for December, January
and February will be honored at the
meeting on Thursday.
Areme Chapter will honor the
Iconductress and associate conduc-
tress on March l. March birthdays
honored. Entertainment.
Friendship Chapter will sponsor q
dance March l at the Hotel Statler
Line officers night March IA
Silver tea at the home of Nora
Riley on March l8, to 7 pm.
Martha Chapter on Friday eve.
ming will have initiation.
The Past Matrons and Past Pa.
irons Association of Cathedra
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Capital Securities
(Over the Counter.

tOver the CounteY.)
The following nominal bid and asked
quotations on Washington securities traded
over the counter as OF Friday have been
assembled for The star BY washington
members OF the National Association OF
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|OES Activities
In Local Chapters

Bethany Chapter will meet March
for initiation. Those having BIRTH
days in February and March will
be honored. The Home Board will
meet with Bertha Stark tomorrow
night.
The Ways and Means Committee
Of Mizpah Chapter will hold card
party at 1910 Wisconsin avenue NV
at 8 pm. February 29 For reserva-
ton call Emerson 7186 or Woodley
1852.
Washington Centennial Chapter
will meet Friday evening. Five can
didates will be initiated.
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Washington Stock EXCHANGE

(Reported W. d.
AND INCLUDING FRIDAY
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Temple Chapter will initiate II
candidates tomorrow.
The Home Board will meet Tues
dav
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Rates Of dividends in the foregoing
the last quarterly or semiannual declara-
ton. Unless otherwise noted. special or
extra dividends are not included. . Also
last year. Payable In stock, E Declared
o. paid 70 far. this year. h PAYABLE IN
Canadian funds. K Accumulated divi-
dends paid or declared this year.
wv With warrants. xw without warrants.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-22
PUBLIC SENTIMENT SERVING
TO RECLAIM GOVERNMENT
Riverside Daily PreSS)

(Riverside Daily PreSS)
Observers in Washington are recalling
a former member of congress from the
midwest who used to shout, when stung
by his constituents:
The prairies are on fire"
He would smell smoke today. In the
May issue of Nations Business, a maga-
zine which has sometimes been concerned
about the future of democracy in the
United States, are half dozen items in
unrelated articles, indicating the people
are reclaiming their government from
the bureaucrats and would-be' dictators
One such sign: Congress is taking steps
to bring to heel some fifty-odd federal
corporations which have been getting
and spending without responsibility to
anyone except themselves. They will be
required to get their appropriations from
congress and account for their income
to the Treasury.
Another sign: The long -drawn-out poll
states rights and federal dictatorship.
The soldier vote question is of the same
character.
Another: The renewed price control
act is almost certain to contain life-sized
brakes on the discretionary authority OF
local and regional OPA administrators.
Congress is going to insist that proceed
ures for prosecution follow established
American judicial principles.
And again: The War Labor board will
henceforth permit regional boards to de-
termine local wage rates, with Washing
ton intervention only in exceptional cases.
All these are only indirect evidence
that the prairies are burning fiercely en-
ough for Washington to feel the heat. The
fire itself, can be seen in another blaze
started in Wichita, Kansas, where
Town Hall committee is seeking the re-
storation of rights ''usurped by federal
bureaus" The Wichita group, which, to
its surprise, found $500 citizens at its
first public meeting, seeks to organize
Town Hall in every city and town in
America 1t already has as many as
hundred correspondents in some states.
In this same May issue, Nations Busi-
ness quotes, without comment, Anne o.
Hare Mccormick of the New York Times,
who wrote: the country has the
power to force new procedures on its
servants
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-22
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF PUBLIC WORN

Notice is hereby given that a
resolution of intention No. 875 was
adopted and passed on the 18th day
of April, l944, and was amended by
Resolution No. 878, adopted and
passed on the 3rd day of May, 1914,
in which resolutions it was proposed
that certain alley therein referred
to and hereinafter described be vac
ated and entirely closed up. Said
alley is described as follows:
The alley situated between Lots
and 8, and the East u of Lot
on the one side, and Lots 16
and Is and the East " of Lot
IA on the other side, all being
in Block IL, ToWnsite of Ell
Cent: o.
Said resolution of intention as
amended is hereby referred to for
further particulars.
FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN that any person interested
objecting to the said closing of the
said alley may make written objec-
tions to the same within ten 10)
days after the expiration of the
time of the publication of this no.
tice, and such objection or objec-
tions will be given a hearing by
the City Council as provided by
law.
(Signed E. PAUL FORD,
Street Superintendent of
the City of Ell Centro.
No. 8D (M9-22 incl)
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-22
INTERIOR BUDGET BANDED
ABOUT BY HOUSE, SENATE

When the lower House finished action
on the department Of interior budget
BILL il had Topped off nearly ten millions
and set its figure for the fiscal year at
So. .652 $50. In its consideration the
House had deleted amounts here and
there without entirely blanking any activ-
ity.
Now the Senate comes along and en-
acts its bill, boosting the total past the
S123. .OO0. 900 mark The senate bill re-
stores and boosts amounts eliminated by
the House. Between the notions of the
House and the Senate is total of more
than S35. 100000. One scales down the
departments request. the other antes
the request Manifestly, there should be
a proper middle ground. Political preju-
diees are 20 be seen in both actions.
The House aimed its hardest blows at
Ickes' personnel Of more than $500 and
his Indian affairs department. The SEN
ate came back and went as far the other
way as 20 lckes' himself. II struck out
the personnel clause in the House bill
and restored all the Indian agent want
ed. and more In the House discussions,
Collier came in for severe criticism as
10 his handling Of Indian affairs as did
Ickes for his invasion Of the inductible
brackets 20 staff his department.
In both instances. the legislators are
tinkering with taxpayers money. And
that is a serious business.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-22
COUNTRY STUDIES
POSTWAR CONTROLS

Becoming more and more widespread
- the discussion in this country of post
war controls. Much of this study has the
pattern after World war one as a start
ing point. 1t is agreed that sudden and
general releasing Of all controls then con-
tributed 10 the precipitation of sharp
price rise, which many economists blame
for the chaos of l920-2l. In view Of
that period. the need for a sure and COM
prehensive control program after this
war demands careful and honest study
now.
Citing the swift lifting of controls in
1918. one school of thought now sees
only a gradual lifting as the proper
course. But how? What is gradual, and
where shall the easing start? Shall it
be- in rationinq or prices? Or with both?
With prices fixed lower than the point
where supply and demand can be balanc-
ed. what will happen if rationing be
abandoned and price control be retained?
This very question leads to the hub OF
the whole matter-post-war production.
No one vet can agree that normal produc-
ton. TO meet the after-War demands,
which many see as abnormal, can come
about with the present prlce-flXlng rules
i'm effect. The puzzled student OF this
gigantic and momentous question points
TO such items as automobiles and the
more important household goods. Simi-
larly price fixing will require some form
of priority hold-over. Since the country
got along without these items Of necessl-
Nv during the war, why have any restric-
tions after the war? And with patriotism
as an incentive during the war, can the
people be expected to give full compliance
TO restrictions with this incentive remov-
ed?
Ii generally is agreed, at least among
the so-called conservatives that supply
and demand should and will be the stea-
dying and chief factor in the transition
period. And it is as heartily contended
that no one person or board or bureau or
directive can dictate as to supply and
demand. They say that is one thing that
does not stand human tinkering.
That all postwar controls should and
must be held to minimum appears to
be the concensus OF the honest-to-good-
ness thinkers. And by the same token
il is apparent that controls should be
abandoned a little at time just as they
were applied in the war period in small
doses.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-22
TEARS AND BOOZE
(San Bernardino SUM

We are suspicious of the organized
tear-shedding under way throughout the
nation over the fact soldiers can't afford
to pay the 80 per cent tax on night spot
entertainment.
Senator Downey Of California seems
to be one of the chief mourners over the
fact Uncle Sam has dipped into the pock-
cts of the spendthrifts for an extra tax
on night life.
We wonder if the tears are for the SOL
diers or for the owners of the joints
which have been raking in the dough for
squirt of booze, bum sandwich and
some terrible music. In the first place
the ordinary soldier, unless he is a high
salaried officer or the husband OF rich
wife, doesn't have the money to spend
on the racket prices that existed even
in advance of the new tax.
The tax authorities figure that those
who can afford to pay the high prices
for night life also can afford the tax:
After all who cares whether the busl-
ness of New York night clubs has drop
ped 20 TO go per cent and many are fold
ing up? On with the tax!
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-22
Quake.Shaken
Building Of
1906 CrumpIes

SAN FRANCISCO, May % CUP)
The 1906 earthquake finally caught
up with one of its survivors.
After withstanding the famous
shocks and fire of 38 years ago, a
three-story brick warehouse In
downtown San Francisco suddenly
collapsed under its own weight early
Sunday morning, burying its stored
foodstuffs under tons of debris.
Sole witness to the mysterious
end CT the old structure was Private
John Marcus who at 230 a. m
was walking a block away from
the warehouse on the corner OF
Jackson and Sansome streets
He heard lew, deep rumble. He
saw the building sway, then come
crashing down.
Eearthquake-shy Private Marcus
scampered for an open area where
he would be clear of any other
-bugging buildings. But there
was no earthquake, even though
another Sansome street building
two blocks away had shed a cornice
a few hours earlier, tying up traf-
fic.
The collapsed building was LEASED
by the United Food Supply COM
pany.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-22

homeland with the Allied armies.
they are being taught how to ham
die submachine-guns.
Col. Hettier de Boislambert, chief
Of the French Military Liaison
School which is training men and
women officers to work with Allied
occupation officials, told the United
Press that he is firm believer in
women being able to shoot these
days.
I'm giving all my girls course
in notwithstanding" he said. II
myself would have died several
times over if I hadn't known how
to work tommy gun"
Seventy five French women,
many of them professors, manne-
quins and secretaries in civilian life,
are members of the liaisCn group.
Their duties will range from civil
administration to driving motor
cycles. In preparation for the lat
ter they take two months course
in driving at high speed over bomb
craters and putting a machine to-
gether after it has been dismantled.
At their military camp near Lon
don the girls, most CT them young,
pretty and chic, lead rough life
in preparation for their future du-
ties They rise at $50 a. M, do
forced marches at night, with only
a compass to guide them, and learn
how to pitch tents.
Among them are two women who
are already gunnery experts. They
were active in the resistance move
ment in France, smuggling infor-
nation to the Allies and defying
the Germans by tripping them in
subways and cutting Lorraine
crosses into their coats. Both were
sentenced to death by the Nazis
and spent months fleeing from
house to house in disguise.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-22
Army Officer
Ends Own Life

SAN FRANCISCO, May %. .CUP)
Capt. John L. Bortz, As, army
medical officer stationed at the Red
Cross procurement center, appar-
emily committed suicide by placing
a moose around his throat, tying
the other end of the rope to the
foot of his bed and then throwing
himself from the bed to the floor
police reported Monday.
Bortz' body was found by DR.. Lee
Briggs, head of the center, and a
clerk who broke down the door tC
Bortz' rooms when they found ii
locked Briggs had called on the
army captain to keep an appoint
ment, he told police. He said Bort2
had been respondent since he came
to San Francisco from Allentown
Pa, May II where he left his wife
and a child.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-22
Portland Votes
Postwar Funds

PORTLAND, May %. CUP) - A
postwar development prog gr,a m
which will cost the city $24,000,00O
was overwhelmingly approved by
voters here Saturday. The program
calls for three bond issues and a
special school tax levy.
The issues, and how they appear
on the basis of incomplete returns
fellow:
l. A sewage disposal and river
cleanup bond issue of $l2,000,000
yes 81, 29l; no 1899.
2. Dock improvement bond issue
of 100000, yes 25,379, no l9,964.
g. Multnomah county roads and
bridges improvement bond issue of
s4,000,000, yes 3l,154, no l7,046.
4. School tax levy of $5,000,000 to
finance construction OF eight new
buildings and for other purposes,
yes 3l,306, no l2,668.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-22
DOUGLAS STRESSES NEED
FOR FULL COOPERATION

LOS ANGELES, May %. CUP)-
Wartime industry must cooperate
with the government and the gov
ernment must, in turn, remove OBJ
stacles that slow production, DON
aid w. Douglas, president of Doug
las aircraft company declared Sum-
day.
Our own company's production
has increased 200 per cent over 1912
and constitutes one-sixth of the
total aircraft output he said. "Op-
erations of this magnitude in time
of war subordinate company inter-
ests to those in the nation.
IN return" he pointed out, the
government has an equally patriotic
obligation to industry to give i'm
mediate consideration to such prob
lens as cost disalloWances, termina-
ton uncertainties, and reconversion
problems.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-22
Ban on Siesto
Irks Mexicuns

Juan Public will have no other
course than to modify his eating
habits to conform with the new
law-that is, eat a bit more for
breakfast, considerably less than
he does for lunch and violate all
the rules of eating at this high al
titude 7,500 feet by eating an
American sized supper.
The impossibility of attempting
to pack a typical Mexican lunch"
into a lunchbox is familiar to any
one who has tried to down one of
these long -Winded affairs from rice
70 beans.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-22

MEXICO CITY, May %. UP)-
Taxicab drivers are weeping, res
taurant owners are gleefully con-
templating new business and Juan
Public appears to have suffered a
stiff blow to the digestive system
as a result of government decree
which outlaws the time-honored
custom of taking a two CT three
hour "sieSta" at midday.
The "siesta"-a combination of
resting and eating will disappear
from the Mexican way of life on
June l for all of the 100000 in
habitants of the Federal District.
The substitution of "horas corri-
das" literally, continuous hours ,
with half to an hour eff for lunch,
as of June l, was decreed because
the practice has proved beneficial
to the populations in almost every
city of the world.
But the ''libre" (taXD driver looks
to it as a blow to his midday trade,
when workers ordinarily would go
home to lunch. The restaurant
owners, already doing more midday
business than they ever enjoyed
before, will now have the job of
feeding many more thousands of
mouths.
Juan Public is faced with the
task of trying to gulp down his
usual five c-seven-course midday
meal during an hour and still be
able to survive the afternoons in
digestion pains. If he can do this
the decree points out that he will
have more time after work to de-
vote himself to cultural and ath-
letic pursuits and to strengthening
the family ties.
1t begins to appear as though
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-22
Stray Bullets
XIII Cadet

ALAMEDA, Calf, May %. (UP)
Naval authorities are investigat-
ing the death of Naval Air Cadet
Bud Provost, Ashland, Ore, killed
Sunday when machine gun bullets
accidentally fired from plane
ricocheted off a concrete landing
strip into a group Of navy men at
the Alameda naval air station.
An ensign suffered fractured
arm and an enlisted man was
wounded in the foot from the ma
chine gun blast which was let loose
as the plane TAXED into position
for a takeoff
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-22
DAY TO REMEMBER

AMHERST, Mass, May %. CUP)-
PFC. Paul Bowles will never forget
his wedding day. After completing
a two-hour Army Specialist exami-
nation in half an hour, he walked
and hitch-hiked 80 miles to Boston,
where he arrived six hours later in
the middle of the Bridal Chorus
from Lohengrin.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-22
French Women
Turn Fighters

LONDON, May %. CUP)-French
women, traditionally handiest with
powder puff and lipstick. are de-
veloping a nice trigger touch here
in England.
In preparation for entering their
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-22
PIGEON DODGER'

WOBURN, Mass, May %. CUP) =
At the request of the government,
Frank Sullivan donated 25 of his
homing pigeons for the service as
couriers during the war. Next day
one of the pigeons came home,
wearing a "U.SN." tag on one leg
Draft dodger," commented Sulli-
van.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-22
TRAPPER TELLS ONE

WOODWARD, May %. CUP) -
Ted Hill of Mutual Okla, sWears to
this one: He said he and Ike Welty,
government trapper, captured eight
coyote puppies and IL 'possums in
the same den.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-22
HOW -TO-TELL- WEED TIP

CHICAGO, May %. CUP)-If it's
out of line, pull it up, it's weed
said Rudolph j. Mohr, victory gar
den consultant of The Pullman Co.,
advising gardeners how TO tell a
weed from a vegetable.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-22
Editorials and Comment

EDITORS NOTE: The fOiloIcing edit
0riais are presented cs interesting oSin-
iorrs UOiced by editors eiseIchere. They
do not necessarily reflect the opinion OF
this paper.