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Weddings Here and A1vay
Claim S0cietys Attemti0m

OF much interest in old residential
circles is the wedding Of Miss Phyllis
Lynette Fancher, daughter Of Mrs.
Jack M. Cross and Mr.. q. Carlton
Fancher Of New Canaan, Conn, to
1t. John Hancock Merriam, IT,,
Army Air Forces, son Of Mrs. Rose
Wallach Merriam Of this city. The
ceremony took place yesterday aft
ernoon at 4:30 o'clock in the Madi-
son Avenue Presbyterian Church in
New York City. The Rev. John
Cartwell Of Bedford, N. Y. OH
ciated following an organ recital by
Mr.. Seth Bingham.
White flowers and ferns were on
the candle-lighted altar and at the
reception which followed at Sherry's
similar flowers We're used in the
decorations.
Escorted and given In marriage by
her father, the bride wore a period
gown Of ivory satin and her veil OF
old lace was mounted on tulle. She
carried an old-fasnioned bouquet
trimmed with tulle and satin bow.
Taking her share OF attention
from the bride as she walked to
the altar was the little flower girl,
Melody Conant Carr. wearing a
white dress trimmed with old lace
and the waistline marked by a blue
sash. She carried an ld-fashioned
bouquet.
The brides other attendants were
Miss Elizabeth Jane Leask Of Bed
ford, who was maid Of honor, and
Miss Grace Elizabeth Hall of West
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tSee WEDDINGS, Page BID
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tive setting for the wedding Of Miss
Wann and Mr.. Clark. Oficiatine
at the 8 o'clock ceremony, which
took place by candlelight, were the
pastor of the church, the Rev. DR.
Cove G. johnson; the father OF
the bridegroom and also the BRIDE
groom's grandfather, the Rev. j. D.
Clark.
AS the guests assembled In the
church an organ recital was given
by Mr.. Temple Dunn, organist of
Calvary Church, and solos were
sung by Miss Virginia Clark, sister
of the bridegroom, and Mr.. T. N.
Leef.
The daughter of Mr.. and Mrs,
John L. Wann, the bride was es-
corted and given in marriage by her
father. She wore a gown of white
satin, a veil held in place by two
large satin roses with pleated veil
Ing at the back. She carried white
Continued on Page II, Col. 81
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Cuban Holiday
To Be Marked;
Other Meas

Members Of the Cuban Embassy
staff and their wives will celebrate
the Inauguration Of their new
President, DR.. Ramon Gran San
Martin, at an informal party which
the Charge d'Affaires and Sonora
de Baron viii give Tuesday. The
occasion will be . dual celebration.
as the date also marks the Begin
ming Of Cubas 10-year war for
independence.
The Military Attache Of the
Embassy, Col. Felipe Munilla, left
Washington IN time to join Sonora
de Munilla In Havana for the
inaugural celebrations and to attend
the wedding October Of Miss
Patricia Braden, daughter Of the
United States Ambassador to Cuba
and Mrs. Spruille Braden, and Capt.
William Lee Clark, aide to 1t. Gen.
George Brett, commanding general
OF the Caribbean Defense Command.
Col. and Sonora de Munilla are
expected to return to the Capital
the middle Of this month, the latter
having been absent since the early
summer.
Another member has been added
to the foreign diplomatic corps In
the person Of Senior Don Fernando
Ortuzar, newly appointed First Sec
(See DIPLOMATS, Page B-9.)
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Mary LANCER
Becomes Bride
| Of 1t. G0key

Senator William LANCER OF North
Dakota gave his daughter. Miss
Mary Erskine LANCER, in marriage
yesterday afternoon to 1t. FRANKLIN
Charles Gokey, U. S. N. r., of Ar
lington, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Guy Gokey Of Newport.
The ceremony took place at 4::3O
o'clock in the apartment of the
brides parents, in the Hotel Roose-
welt, with Chaplain Robert Lewis
Deal, U. S. N. r., officiating.
Wartime simplicity marked the ar
rangements for the wedding and an
informal reception followed at S
o'clock. A string orchestra played
the wedding march and during the
reception hour.
The bride wore q gown Of ivory
satin made on classic lines and
trimmed with lace medallions. Her
full-length veil Of illusion was held
in place by . coronet of orange
blossoms and she carried q bouquet
Of bride roses.
1t. Lawrence Jacobsen Of Racine,
Wis, was best man.
The bride is q graduate Of Holton
Arms and attended the Junior Col
lege OF this school, as well as George
Washington University. Her hus-
band is a graduate of Rensselaer,
Polytechnic Institute. where he was
elected to the Pi Tau Sigma and
Sigma XII.
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Ministerial Families Prominent
In Ceremonies of Yesterday
MRS. JOHN E. MALONE

Families In ministerial circles
were prominent in yesterdays we'd
ding professions, the daughter Of
one family being married in cere-
mony at which her father and her
uncle ofdciated and the son of an
other family claiming his bride with
both his father and his grandfather
assisting, at the ceremony.
In Alexandria the Washington
Street Methodist Church, where her
father is pastor, was the scene of
the wedding of Miss Virginia Lee
Clarke, daughter of the Rev. and
Mrs. Halves Palmore Clarke, and
DR.. S. Nelson Gray, and in this city
the wedding of Miss Jerine Byrd
Wann and Mr. John Burton Clark,
son of the Rev. and Mrs. Edward
o. Clark, took place in the National
Baptist Memorial Church.
White and red roses and white
chrysanthemums mingled with
palms and ferns to make an effec-
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field. N. j., and Miss Mary Caldwell
OF Montclair, who were the Brides
maids. The attendants wore period
gowns of pale blue taffeta, with
small blue hats of tulle and they
carried old-fashioned bouquets
trimmed with similar tulle.
Maj. Robert M. Woods, U. s. M. C.,
Of Arlington was the best man and
the uShers were Mr.. Phillips H,
Clarke and Mr.. Norman c. Keith,
both of this city.
Mrs. Merriam accompanied by sew
eral friends went to New York for
her sons wedding and assisted In
receiving at the reception.
After a wedding trip. the couple
will reside in Fort Myers, Fla,
the bridegroom being stationed at
Buckingham Field. The bride was
graduated from Low Haywood
School in Stamford, Conn, and at
tended Art Students League In New
York City and the Merrill Business
School In Stamford. She Is the
granddaughter Of the late Bertram
II. Fancher, vice president Of the
Fifth Avenue Bank Of New York and
president of the Industrial Banking
Corp. Of America. The bridegroom,
whose father, Capt. John H. Mer-
RAM. U. s. ~, retired, resides In
La Jolla, Calf, was formerly with
The Evening Star and the War Pro-
duction Board. He is q descendant
of Richard Wallach, Mayor Of
Washington, and Robert Merriam.
(See WEDDINGS, Page BID
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Engagement announcements
OF Interest IN WASHINGTON

Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred G. Kay an
nounce the engagement Of their
daughter, Miss Audrey Kay, to 1t.
q. 60 George Allen Dimes, U. s.
N. R., who now is serving on a
destroyer in the Pacific war theater.
Miss Kay is provisional mem
Der of the Junior League of Wash
tngton and is serving as nurses
aide in Children's Hospital.
1t. Dimes Is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Tyson Dimes Of Denver and is
a graduate Of Groton School and
Yale University.
The engagement of Miss Myrna
Helen Buschmeyer to 1t. Nelson
E. Marshall, u. S. M. c. r., now
based at Quantico, Is announced by
her parents, the Rev. DR.. and Mrs.
Fred S. Buschmeyer.
.. The bride-elect, whose father is
pastor of the Mount Pleasant Con-
gregational Church, attended North
field Seminary and Randolph
Macon Woman's College and COM
pleted course in aeronautical en-
cheering at Rensselaer, Polytechnic
Institute in preparation for the
work In which she is now engaged.
1t. Marshall, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
.Wilmot N. D. Marshall of Hemp
stead, Long Island, also received his
degree In civil engineering at Rens-
Selaer.
No date has been set for the
wedding.
i, The wedding OF Miss Jean Flower
and 1t Christopher Tompkins, o..
S. M. c., whose engagement Is an
nounced by Miss Flowers parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence G. Flower Of
New Orleans, will take place In that
city later this season.
s7Lt. Tompkins Is the son Of Maj
Gen. and Mrs. William Tompkins
Of this city and Is at present based
at Quantico. He attended Tulane
University, and Miss Flower, who Isl
the guest Of Gen% and Mrs. Tomp-
kins in their Georgetown home, at
tended Sophie Newcomb College.
q Mr.. and Mrs. T. G. Strickland Of
California, Md, announce the en-
gaeement Of their daughter, Miss
Marjorie Joyce Strickland, to the
Rev. Walter s. Green III Of viii
nfington, Del, the wedding to take
place December Is.
= Miss Strickland Is ! graduate 81 !
~ Il -.
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ChiIdrens Hospital Benefit Planned
|Cd,siues to 60 Through PAGES
To assure Aid for Children
By Mar9arsf GeyMond.

When It comes to CONDUCTING !
benefit that BY its very nature ex-
3actly suits the cause for which II Is
given few combinations Of giver and
Beneficiary 20 appropriately befitting
each other could be found than the
show that win be staged by the
dogs Of this area for the benefit OF
the small victims Of accident and
disease who are patients In Chill
dren's Hospital. The Ballston sta
dunn will be the setting for this
interesting benefit and the event Is
to be two-day affair, on Saturday
and Sunday.
Regardless Of their lineage or caste
all dogs, whether boastful Of famous
family trees or whether bred Of the
mongrels Of sliAnty-towns, possess
one attribute in common their de-
votion to children.
Any dog, anywhere, any time, II
given the privilege Of rendering
service to = child, responds whole
heartedly. and II frankie and Falla
and the many other dogs entered in
the forthcoming show could reply
In words II asked what they think
about the benefit their answers
might make some Of us mere
humans feel mighty small.
frankie, as you know, is owned by
Lady Halifax, wife of His Britannia
Majesty's Ambassador. and Falla
of course, is the famous White
House pet. Champion Carlton
Courage will be shown by Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Lippman and many
other entries viii participate in the
contests arranged by 1t. Comdr
Keith Merrill, president Of the
Mount Vernon Kennel Club, and
Mr.. al Gardiner, jr.. president Of the
Old Dominion Kennel Club, who
have added several novel features to
the show.
Joan Marsh and other stars OF
the screen, stage and radio will as
sist at the show, Miss Marsh being
in charge Of programs. She will be
assisted by Ruth Cameron, stage
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For instance an attractive young
woman, one Of the Surgery IIbortho-
pedic cases, has been in Gallinger OF
and on since April, 1912. Last jan
uary she re-entered and in July gave
birth to handsome baby boy. When
you mention nurses aides to her, her
eyes light up, and she tells you how
Mrs. Harry Burns. daytime nurses
aide, has been like a mother to
me. When I was in obstetrics hav-
ing my baby she was constantly
with me. She shopped for me,
brought me the things needed, took
care OF my laundry, taught me to
crochet and knit. The crocheting
has not only kept my mind of my
troubles, but has actually been q
source OF pin money-since my work
is much In demand among nurses
aides and their friends"
Then there's another patient
who's been in Gallinger a year and
q half as an orthopedic patient. He's
the man who insists that II he has
to have another operation he must
have a nurses aide with him the
entire day and evening-and even
IN the operating room. He Just feels
better about everything when they're
around. He says, THE hours seem
pretty long when you spend Is
months fiat on your back, and the
Icao DIR CnOCC -
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star who In private life Is Nh. Paul
de verrier and Is now living IN
Warrington while her husband u
with the French Supply Council;
Countess Winifred de Bosdari, who
has recently come to washington
from New York. and Mrs. Whiting
Willauer, whose husband Is chief Of
the Chinese Division Of FEA.
In addition to the show coun.
try market u being arranged By
Mrs. Robert Landreth, who u col
lecting from her country friends
sucking pigs, country jellies, fruits,
eggs, pumpkins and all sorts Of fresh
country produce which will be on
sale. A brand new electric iron, too
precious these days to be considered
lightly, viii 60 to the holder Of
lucky number.
Another feature OF the benefit win
be the telling OF fortunes by Mrs.
Lisle Smith, who will have q number
Of assistants, and among others who
are working hard for the success
of the event are Mrs. Stanley Reed,
Mrs. William Chaplin Huntington,
Mrs. Omar Bradley, Admiral and
Mrs. G. r. Train, Mrs. Keith Merrill,
Mrs. M. Robert Guggenheim, Mrs.
Arthur Forbush, Mrs. Clark Ola.
mond, Mrs. Jouett Shouse and Mrs,
Albert w. Walker.
The Children's Committee work.
ing for the show includes Florence
Walker, daughter of Mrs. Albert w.
Walker. treasurer Of the Children's
Hospital Board; Caroline Ellis,
daughter Of Comdr. and Mrs. Albert
E. Ellis; Nancy Gardiner. daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. AL Gardiner, jr.
and Ralph Taynton, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Mark Taynton.
Ballston Stadium is Just beyond
Clarendon on Wilson boulevard, and
for those who will not be driving
their own cars the Ballston bus
goes to the stadium gate. Tickets
for the event may be purchased at
the show grounds or at Room 1865,
National Press Building, and are 81.
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land and Western College, and Mr..
Green is graduate of Dickinson
College, in Carlisle. Pa, and is at
present attending the Westminster
Theological Seminary.
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MRS. JOHN
BURTON CLARK.
The daughter
OF Mrs. and Mrs.
John L. Wdnn
before her mar
rage last cue
ming tDas Miss
Jerfns Byrd
Wdnn.
-Hessler Photo.
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Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-03
Farmers Demand
Duck Protection

Charging that ducks from the
state game commissions refuge near
BraWley are running hundreds of
acres of growing crops in Imperial
Valley, sixty farmers and hunters
in meeting at Brawley Wednesday
afternoon passed resolutions de-
manding the opening of the refuge,
longer hunting season and more
ammunition.
The meeting was concluded By
Supervisor Hugh Osborne who had
arranged the meeting with Captain
Earl Macklin, of the State Division
of Fish and Game, Los Angeles, and
Captain H. c. Jackson of the ward
ems patrol, and who came to I'M
perial Valley especially to survey
the duck situation.
State Game Warden Frank Burns
said Thursday morning that the
activities of the state wardenS in
driving ducks from the refuge is
resulting in smaller concentrations
of the birds. He felt that the COM
mission is not interested in whole
sale slaughter of the ducks bY
hunters, but t.lat other means could
be provided to accomplish the same
end He said the refuge could not
be opened for hunters until the
commission directed it.
FIVE RESOLUTIONS
Five specific resolutions were
passed by the group. Definite action
by the game commission was SET ouG
in at least four
They follow:
Call for a longer hunting season,
the dates of which to be changed
SO that it will run from Angus:
Is to April /.
Demanding that the refuge be-
tween Brawley and Calipatria on
New river be closed and the area
opened for public hunting.
Payment to ranchers for damages
caused by depredating wildlife,
whether through insurance or Other
means, was demanded by the fish
and game commission. Provision
for payment of these damages to
be left with that division.
Commission asked to make provi-
Continued on page 6, col g.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-03
Council Expands
Pine Contract

Ell Centre city council board
Wednesday night approved an ad-
ditional 400-feet to the original
Tate Pipe Innings company con-
tract.
The board learned that nearly
1900 feet of the citys water mains
have been refined by the COM
pany'S crews working in the north
ern part CT the city
The addition of 400-feet of a.
inch pipe on Adams street from
Fifth east to the end of the line,
was made to the present contract
calling for the refining of some H.
400 feet of three and four-inch
water mains.
The board also approved a pur-
chase of 1000 feet of 21a inch fire
hose at $125 per foot. Some diff
ficulty in purchasing the hose was
anticipated but the board was
looking to future needs in placing
this order for the fire department,
Mayor Bob Hatton said.
Clyde Lee was officially appoint
ed purchasing agent for the city
and Frank F'riere was appointed
city carpenter and painter. The
latter's salary was set at $210 per
month.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-03
Alfalfa ACREAGE
Gains in County

Imperial county may look for
ward to a rs to 80 per cent increase
in alfalfa acreage this year." NAL
colin E. Ryan, manager of the I'M
perial Hay Growers association said
Thursday after check-up of the
fields.
Ryan said that the alfalfa fields
throughout the county are in good
condition and good yield is indi-
Gated. He estimated that the acre
age this year would bearound 49,
eco or about 10000 more than last
year.
Almost al years crop is
cleaned up, Rya said, and demand
is good Some farmers are selling
some Of the hay they had set aside
for themselves. There also is a
little winter cutting.
The general movement of hay
will start in March, Ryan said,
"and reach its peak in June
He pointed out that Imperial
county is the greatest single fac
tor in the production of hay for the
Los Angeles market. Most of the
crop in this area is being baled and
shipped to that market.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-03
Raymond CIapper
Dies i'm Crash

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 CUP) -
Raymond Clapper. Kansas born
neWspaperman whose rose to dis
tinguished position in his profess
sion, was killed in an airplane ac-
cident in the Marshall Islands in
vasion, the navy department an
nounced Thursday.
Clapper, 81, was a political
columniSt for the ScrippS Howard
papers and for many others which
used his syndicate daily piece. But
when he died Clapper was on the
job he loved best reporting. He
left last month after the year-end
holidays to see how the war was
going in the Pacific. He had spent
part of last year in the Mediter-
ranean theater and was aboard one
of the American planes in the first
bombing of Rome.
PLANES COLLIDE
The navy advised Clapper's COL
leagues that word of his death was
received in a dispatch dated Feb
saying that the accident involved
two planes which collided over one
of the Marshall islands. Both
planes crashed in a lagoon. There
were no survivors.
Clapper was born in Linn county,
Kansas, May 80, 1892. He married
Olive Ewing in 1913 and attended
the University of Kansas from 1913
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-03
Defense Leader
Warns Evucuees

He was apprehended by the fed
ersl bureau OF investigation near
Blythe, Cal, WI =. he was travelling
to his destination {; St Louis, Mo,
the army said.
THE action of tic military in
evicting Masanobu Hata is strictly
la accord with the terms of the
public proclamation heretofore is
sued governing the exclusion of
persons of japanese ancestry from
specified areas" said Gen. EmmonS.
1T will serve as notice to any
and all of the remainder of the
10000 persons of japanese ances-
try evacuated from the Pacific coast
that they must not return without
the special permits authorized by
the original proclamation.
Similar action or rigid prosecu-
ton will follow any attempt of other
evacuees to enter the area"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-03

of Kwajalein, first pre-war Japa-
nese territory invaded by tn.s
Americans, was in sight and per-
haps only matter of hours away.
The capture OF Roi island, north
ern hinge of the atoll and site of
it's main airfield, was announced
Wednesday, and other sources re-
vealed that the invasion forces
were occupying most of the remain
Ger of the 80 islands and isletS in
the atoll as fast as they can get
ashore.
The bulk of the japanese de-
tenders was being squeezed back
into narrow corners on the only
two remaining strategically-imp
ant islands in the atoll, Kwajalein
and Namur, where they were ham,
mered mercilessly by land artillery,
naval batteries ranging up to l6-
inch guns, and block-buster aerf1
bombs.
(Rear Admiral Tanetsuga n
Continued on page 6, ~
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-03
New Group Spurs
Bond Sole Lac

imperial county is nearly $780,
OO1 short of the daily goal in sales
of "E" bonds necessary to reach
the quota given this county, Herb
FaWcett, county chairman said
Thursday.
In an effort to stimulate Ell Cen
tro's tagging sales, M. 0. King,
chairman of the Third Retail Army
named seven teams Thursday morn
ing to solicit all retailers in an at
tempt to find out why the retail
salesmen's organization is not
functioning in the city.
Plans for the big Imperial VAL
ley Vodeville Varieties" bond rally
Sunday are going ahead mean
while with an enlarged program
promised those attending. County
Secretary C. Ben Herring announc-
ed that the 10th Tank Destroyer
unit stationed at Pilot Knob is
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-03
ImperidI Boosts Home FIX

it was poined out in the report,
were based on the 1910 census.
POULTRY, RABBITS
Imperial County residents also
played their part ii the poultry
and rabbit production program. In
the SO backyard poultry houses
there were 1900 mature birds.
There were 160 rabbit hutches with
600 breeders, the report showed.
In the county in 1943 there were
% meetings devoted to home food
production problems with a total
attendance of 758 persons. There
were seven special meetings with
a total attendance of $50 persons.
The educational meetings numbered
IL with an attendance of 355 per-
sons Executive committee meetings
were held twice during 1943 with 13
persons in attendance. During the
year there were % active communi-
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-03

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 3. CUP)
Lieutenant General DeloS G. En-
mons, commanding general of the
western defense command, Thurs
day officially warned 10000 evac-
uees CT japanese ancestry that they
will be liable to rigid prosecution
or forcitlC eviction if they attempt
to re-enter prohibited western areas
without speciai Permits.
The army coincidentally disclosed
MasanCbu Hata, 27-year-old Jap
anese- American, had been evicted
from Lomita, Cal, to a point out
side the prohibited area after he
had re-entered an evacuated dis
trict of the western defense COM
mand without a permit.
Hata recently was released from
war relocation project. He en-
tered the evacuated area Jan. "a
without permission, went to his for
mer residence at Lomita, near Los
Angeles, and obtained his automo-
bile which had been stored for him
by friend.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-03
Russ Trap Ten
Nazi Divisions

LONDON, Feb. 3. CUP)-TWo Red
armies have trapped 10 German div.
isions of perhaps 100000 men in 2
double break through on the Ukrai-
nian front, Moscow announced
Thursday, and the Nazis acknowl-
edged the loss of Rovno and Luck
to Soviet forces which apparently
had advanced about 60 miles in old
Poland.
Premier Josef Stain in an order
of the day proclaimed what may
prove the greatest Russian victory
since Stalingrad in the Ukraine,
where his armies crashed through
the German lines for advances up
to as miles and joined forces to
throw a Gordon of steel around nine
Nazi infantry and one tank divi-
SionS.
The MscoW and Berlin announce
ments indicated that the while
German front in south Russia was
caving in under the hammer blows
of Red armies again driving for
ward after a relative lull in tina.
area of about two weeks.