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Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-18
CHANGE IN SOLDIER VOTE
LAW IN PUBLIC INTEREST
CLOS Angeles Times)

NlIOS 4AiiSNlNN iiAiNNl
The vote of congress in favor of giving
American troops full access to political
news by allowing post exchanges to sell
any periodical of general circulation in
the United States is obviously IN the pub
lie interest. and makes clear the original
intent of the Taft amendment to the sol
der vote law
The purpose of the Taft amendment
was to prevent voters in service from
benig flooded with political propaganda
printed and distributed at government eX-
pense 1t was never supposed that any
one would seize hold of this prohibition
of propaganda to bar regular and legiti-
mate publications, commercially printed.
The army was of course right IN being
careful, since violation of the statute
could subject an officer to jail term
and fine up to $1,000. But it does appear
to have leaned over backward.
However. the trainers of the law were
quite specific in barring the distribution
of material containing a political argu-
ment -. of any kind calculated to
influence service votes and this could
easily be read to Justify the regulations
which the army adopted.
Particularly obnoxious was provision
which said that no publication could be
approved that was not read by substan-
tial number of soldiers prior to April |,
last. This would prevent any new pub
LEGATION from getting circulation in the
army, and ban any established publica-
tion which soldiers decided they might
wish to read even though they had not in
"substantial numbers read it before
The effort to freeze reading as of an
arbitrary date certainly is not only wrong
but appears in plain violation of the First
Amendment to the Constitution, forbid
ding interference with freedom of the
press.
The American soldier is not child nor
a moron and ought not to be treated like
either. 1t should never have been intend
ed by congress to deprive the voters in
the armed services of the information to
which the yare entitled as citizens, so as
to be able to cast their votes intelligently.
AS said above, what congress intended
to bar was the dissemination of political
propaganda printed by the government
printing office or put out officially by
department press agents. 1t is to be hoped
this is still barred by the amendment
which the senate passed, and with which
the house followed suit without delay.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-18
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

FEDERAL WORKS AGENCY,
Public Buildings Administration,
office of the District Engineer, 1888
U. S. Appraisers Bldg, $50 Sansome
ST., San Francisco, IL, California,
August Q. 194d-Sealed bids, in trip
licate, will be received at this office
until 2 PM. August 30, 1914 and
then publicly opened, for furnish
ing the materials. and performing
the work for new heating boiler and
oil burner at the u. S. p. O., Ell
Centre, Calf, in strict accordance
with the specifications dated PB-
DE-8. June 10, 1914, and drawings
df any mentioned therein: and
the general conditions dated Sept
ember Is. 1912 and addendum there
to dated May Is, 1914 Specifications
and other data may be had at the
office of the custodian of the build
ing or the office of the district
engineer. ThoS. H. harrington, dis
trict engineer.
No. 34
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-18
LEGAL IDvERTIsEMENT
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Notice is HEREBY given by jim
BurChett. administrator OF the es-
tate of Maudie Agnes Burchett,
deceased, to all creditors or persons
having claims against the said ce-
ceased, to exhibit them with the
necessary vouchers within SIX
months after the first publication
of this notice. to the administrator
at 212 Rehkopf Building, Ell Ccntro,
California, the place selected Tor
the transaction of all business OF
said estate, or to file them within
six months after the first publica-
ton of this notice in the office OF
the Clerk of the Superior Court
of the State of California, County
of Imperial.
Dated August 8, 1914.
JIM BURCHETr,
Administrator.
Clarence B. Smith.
Attorney for Administrator.
mo. 32) (A11-13-25; SD
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-18
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
LEGAL ADNEkllSEMENl
NOTICE OF INTENDED SALE
AND
NOTICE OF INTENDED TRANS
FER OF LICENSE FOR THE
SALE OF ALCOHOLIC
BEVERAGES

Notice is hereby given pursuant
to the provisions of Section 3440 of
the Civil Code and Section 10 of
the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act
of the S,ave OF California that
Claude c. Orr, intends to sell to
A. H. Moore and A. H. Moore in
tends to place a Chattel Mortgage
upon the fixtures and equipment
all that certain personal property
consisting generally of Fixtures, eq-
uipment and stock of Cafe BuSi-
ness and to transfer to said person
an Beer and Wine license Number
A13318G) of a Cafe business, known
as belonging to said Claude C. Orr
and located at 459 Main Street,
City of Ell Centre, County of Inn
perial, State of California, and that
the purchase price thereof will be
paid and Chattel Mortgage will be
executed on Wednesday, the twenty
third day of August, 1914 or at
reasonable time after the license
have been issued in the name of
the transferce at Pioneer Title In
Surance and Trust Company. City
of FL Centre. County of Imperial,
State of California, at 1000 o'clock
A. M. The amount of the intended
considera ton for the license Is
$4,000. That the address of said
vendor and licensee is 459 Main
Street, City of FL Centre, County
of Imperial, State of California, and
the address of said vendee and
transferee is 459 Main Street, City
of El Centre, County of Imperial,
State of California.
Dated: August Ia. 1914.
CLAUDE G.. ORR
Vendor and LicenSee
And
A. H. MOORE
Vendee and TranSferee
No. 35 A18
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-18
Veterans Battle
In South France

ROME. Aug. 10. CUP)-The Unit
ed States 3rd, 36th and 45th divi-
sionS now are in action on the inva
SIGN front in southern France. it
WeS revealed officially Friday.
All three nlri'ionS are veterans of
previous IA 5aiterranean invasions
The 36th got its battle indoctrina-
ton at Salfrno and the 3rd at An
zio, while the 18th invaded Sicily
and later fought for two and one
half months on the Anzio beach
head.
The 3rd division is commanded by
Major General John w. ODaniel
tic 36th by Major General John E.
Dahlquist, and the 15th by Major
General William w Eagles.
American air-bornc forces in
southern France are under Major
General Robert T. Frederick.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-18
Seventh General
Dies in Action

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18. up
The list of American generals
killed in action in World war two
:tood at seven Friday with the war
department announcement of the
death in France of Brigadier Cen
eral James E. Wharton, 40.
Wharton, who was chief of the
officers branch of the personnel di-
vision. army general staff, before
going to France, was fulfilling an
unannounced assignment at the
time of his death August IL.
The war department said only
that Wharton had been killed in
action. His widow, who lives at
Staunton, Virginia, has been notl-
fled,
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-18
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
NJ pEnS

NO. DJJf
ESTATE OF REUBEN C1S-
NEROS, DECEASED.
Notice is hereby given by the
undersigned, M. ID. IINN, Public
Administrator, as administrator OF
the estate of Reuben CisneroS, de-
ceased. to the creditors of and all
persons having claims against the
said deceased, that within six
months after the first publication
of this notice they either file them
with the necessary vouchers in the
office of the Clerk of the Superior
Court of the State of California,
in and for the County of Imperial.
or exhibit them with the necessary
vouchers to the said M. d. zinn,
as administrator of said estate, at
the office of d B. Roberts. 207
Bank of America Bldg, El Centre,
California, the same being the
place for the transaction of the
business of the said estate in the
County of Imperial, State of Cali
fornia.
Dated at Ell Centre. California,
This / day of August, 1914.
M d. ZINN,
Cministrator of the
Estate OF
REUBEN CISNEROS,
Deceased.
mo. 28) (A4-11-18-25)
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-18
OPTIMISTS
(Fort Wayne Ind.) News-SentineD

Fort Wayne (Ind.) News-SentineD
Our English cousins are singing a nifty
little ditty these days, which runs some
thing like this: ooh won't it be wonderful
after the war. There won't be no rich
and there won't be no poor Well all
have a pension about twenty-four and
we won't have to work if we find it bore.
There won't be no sick. and there won't
be no sore; the beer will be thicker and
quicker and more. But there's only one
avenue I'd like to eXplore-Why didn't
they hold this ere war long before?"
Which, of course, recalls the story told,
some months ago, by Thomas L. Parkin-
son. president of Equitable Life. about
one of his good real-estate friends who
suggests. as a practical Social security
measure, that the grave be moved right
up to the cradle.
Maybe women should be running it
(the world). | believe they could do
better job.-Henry Ford.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-18
A SERIOUS SITUATION
MOUNTS IN NATION

When the National Education Associa-
ton met recently in Philadelphia one
speaker after another another emphasized
the tremendous shortage of teachers with
estimates varying from 10000 to 100000
as fall openings approach.
While this convention was in session
super-appeal was being broadcast over
country by the army for enlistment of
qualified teachers to instruct wounded
men in hospitals. The eniStmentS would
be through the Women'S Army Corps and
they would be under the direction of the
surgeon general of the army. 1t was set
out that $4,000 such teachers are needed
now Following this drive by the army
direct contact has been made with $500
teachers in the Los Angeles district alone.
The army recognizes the fact that
school teachers have educational back
ground necessary for highly -speclallzed
work. "That is quite true. Year by year
the states have raised the standard OF
qualification as teachers until today many
states require at least an AB degree for
a teacher in high schools. Requirements
are as high in elementary grades along
the lines of courses in teacher colleges
and the like.
Already many state arbitrarily have
waived many of the requirements and
in this way manage to get by as the
shortage becomes more and more aggra-
waited.
Just what the solution is may be hard
TO determine 1t has been suggested that
the army call in retired teachers and also
enlisted Young men and women VINO are
qualified but who may not have the Stlpu-
lated requirements of the various states.
II also has been set out in this connection
that the army could provide speedy re-
fresher courses to train the young folks
for specialized work just as the unlversl-
ties and colleges have "crammed two year
courses into one to meet war emer-
gencieS.
There is the great need for the
teachers in the army hospitals to give the
wounded men the best there-is, still rob
binq" the nations regular schools of their
hest teachers can't go on without wreck
ing the entire school system. Those ln'
charge of educational work find it hard
enough to keep the youth in school after
having high paid Jobs during the war and
If would be all the harder if these youths
are to return to school only to find made
Consolidation is another possible solu-
tion. but there is limit to that plan II
efficiency is to be maintained, as all high
and elementary school principals and
superintendents will testify.
Whatever moves are made must have
in mind another vital situation IN TINS
country in which the schools by the
nature of things, must play part, Ana
that is the rising juvenile delinquency.
Good schools will contribute to handling
the crisis.
uuate teaching staffs
Here is a pressing problem. 1t must be
solved.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-18
ALCALDE EXECUTED

SAN QUENTIN, Cal, Aug. 18
UP)-Florence Frank) Alcalde,
dark haired shipyard worker from
South San Francisco. was executed
in the state gas chamber Friday
for the bludgeon murder of his girl
friend, Bernice Curtis, on the night
of November %, 1912. He entered
the gas chamber at 1908 a. m. and
was pronounced dead at 10:l5.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-18
RIDE ON ROOSEVELT
TRAIN-GETS JAIL TERM

WILLMAR, Mimi. Aug. 18. CUP)
Frank Roberts. Chicago, went to
jail for hopping a ride on President
Roosevelts special train from
Breckenridge. Minnesota, to Will
mar.
Roberts rode behind the tender
Before the judge sentenced him to
Is days in the county jail for tres
passing on railroad property he
said he wouldn't have done 1t If he
had known the train was the pres
idential special.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-18
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF INTENDED SALE
AND
NOTICE OF INTENDED TRANS
FER OF LICENSE FOR THE
SALE OF ALCOHOLIC
REVERACES

BEVERAGES
Notice is hereby given pursuant
to the provision of Section 3440 of
the Civil Code and Section 10 of
the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act
of the State of California. that
Jennie Mejias, intends to sell to
Claude G. Orr and Mike c. Miranda
all that certain personal property
consisting generally of stock in
Trade. fixtures and good will and
to transfer to said persons an Beer
and Wine license Number A2576G)
of cafe and liquor business, known
as Flor de Abril belonging to said
Jennie Mejias and located at 500
Broadway, City of FL Centre, County
Of Imperial, State of California,
and that the purchase price thereof
will be paid on Monday, the twenty
first day of August, 1914 or at a
have been issued in the name of the
tranSferee at Pioneer Title Insur-
ance and Trust Co, City of FL
Centre, County of Imperial State
of California, at 1000 O'Clock AM.
The amount of the intended con-
sideration for the license is 10000
That the address of said vendor and
licensee is 500 Broadway, City of Ell
Centre, County of Imperial, State
of California, and the address of
said vendee and transferee is 459
Main Street, City OF Ell Centre,
County of Imperial, State of Cal
ifornia.
Dated: August IL 1914.
JENNIE MEJIAS
Vendor and LiCenSee -.
and
MIKE G.. MIRANDA
CLAUDE G.. ORR
Vendee and Transferee
No. SO A 18
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-18
INTRODUCING MIR. +. COPLANI


level
INTRODUCING MIR. +. COPELAND
A central control room under di-
rection of Mr.. T.. COPELAND issues a
stream of instructions and advice
over the loud-spPaker-a gift Incl
dentaIly of the American Air Raid
Relief. Mr.. COPELAND served in the
International Brigade in Spain as
a colonel and at the outbreak of
war toured the country lecturing
to Wardens on bombing. He there
after joined the Civil Defense.
In time. Mr.. COPELAND said, he
hoped to install separate bays for
the children, where they could play
until bedtime and all sleep to-
gether.
The shelters open at 6 p. m,
close at 1920. and lights are dimmed
at II D. m. Late workers have Spe-
cial passes. Everybody must be out
before 7:15 a, m. An exit connects
with the tube" stations. which
means that there is no need to
climb the 288 stairs. The elevator,
by the way, is exclusively reserved
for the aged and infirm, the blind
and eXpectant mothers.
London has shelter aCCommoda-
tions of 7250,OO0 people. The night
population is estimated at 6,7500OO,
including private shelters.
of Cl> vol fn, IL,
tanned from local authorities. and
deep-Shelter users must Justify
their request There are still hun
dreds of people, however, who ev-
erv night invade the underground
railway stations as they did in the
blitZ
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-18
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF INTENDED TRANS
FER OF LICENSE FOR THE
SALE OF ALCOHOLIC
BEVERAGES

SALE VI ALSOftOLlS
BEVERAGES
AND
NOTICE OF SALE OF STOCK
IN BULK
Notice is hereby given pursuant
to the provisions of Section 3440 of
the Civil Code and the Alcoholic
Beverage Control Act of the State
of California That G.. w. Stevens
intends to sell to Colon L. Barrett,
HON Ngen Hawk, and Quan Shew
Yung all that certain personal pro-
perty consisting generally of stock
in trade, fixtures, equipment and
good will. and to transfer to said
persons a Beer and Wine license
No. A9582G. On sale distilled spirits
license No. P6794G, and retail pack
age off-sale distilled spirits license
No. C1741H, of a bar and restaurant
business, known as IEl Captain, be-
longing to said c.. w. Stevens and
located at 457 Main Street. City of
FL Centro, County of Imperial, State
of California, and that the purchase
price thereof will be paid on Thurs
day, the twenty-fourth day of Aug
ust, 1914, at 1000 A. M. or at a
reasonable time thereafter the
licenses have been issued in the
name of the transferree at the
Pioneer Title Insurance and Trust
Company. City of Ell Centro County
of Imperial, State of California.
That the address of said vendor and
licenSee is 457 Main Street, City of
FL Centre, County of Imperial State
of California, and the address of
said vendee and transferee is 651
Ell Centre Avenue, City of Ell Centre,
County OF Imperial. State of Calf
ornia.
Dated: August Is, 1914.
G.. w. STEVENS
Vendor
COLON l.. BARRETT
HON NGFiN HAWK
GUAM SHEW YUNG
Vendee
RIO. 81 Alb
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-18
Editorials and Comment

EDITORS NOTE: The fOlIoring edit
0riaIs arc presented as interesting 0pIn-
ions poiced by editors elSerhere. They
do not necessarily reflect the opinion OF
this paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-18
By ROSETTE HARGRONE
NEA War CORRESPONDENT

LONDON. Aug. 15.-Every posi-
BILE measure has been taken by au-
thOrities to make London'S deep
Shelters-five are new open to the
public-aS comfortable as possible
under existing conditions, About the
ONLY differences between these mod
ern catacombS and those in which
the early Christians sought refuge
from persecution is that they arc
air-conditioned and possess ameni-
ties which the latter certainly did
not have. But you could stretch the
comparison a little further and
imagine that the refugees of by
gone centuries must have felt some
what the same sense of security and
safety reflected on the faces of to-
days sheltererS from the perils OF
HitlerS robot bombs.
To reach a shelter you walk down
2o8 winding, shining stairs to the
first level 1870 feet underground.
You are greeted with blast OF mu-
sic from one of the many loud
speakers and received by mother
" woman warden with New Tube
Shelter" in yellow lettering on the
breaSt-poCket of her natty navy
blue uniform. At 10 p. m. families
were beginning to settle while the
children were darting in and out OF
the bays playing tag.
A SHELTER SLEEPS 5000
There are 5000 hunks to a shelter.
The shelter is divided into 10 sec
tions on two levels, each section
containing 500 hunks. all numbered.
Sections IN the shelter l visited bore
the name of a Well-knoWn EngliEh
painter. Families occupying SIX
hunks can let down dividing parti-
tions making for little mere priv
acy. so dear to the British heart.
Some shelterers who have now been
underground a couple of weeks have
even fixed up their quarters with
gay chlntz curtains.
There are eight CanteenS where
coffee. tea. cocoa and hot coup as
well as sandwiches and cake can be
bought at the nominal flat rate CT
twopence IS cents, the whole affair
being non-profit-making.
Washing facilities and lavatories
are excellent There is no provision,
however, for hot water or heating.
A daily laundry service takes care
of blankets. sheets and slips at very
small cost There is also a disinfeCt-
ing staten for bedding.
Twenty-four charwomen vacuum
clean the place every day Both
they and the other employees, as
well as the voluntary workers 300
in all-have priority right to sleep
there
There is a doctor, sick bay, and
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-18
coptoI ToIk
--by-
Peter Edison

two nurses in attendance on each
level.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-14
MUNICH AGAIN HIT
BY HEAVY BOMBERS

LONDON, July 10. -(P)- Com
munic ations and other war targets
concentrated around Munich lay
twisted and smoking tonight, ham
mered into wreckage during the
day by more than 1000 American
heavy bombers which smashed
against this fourth largest German
city for the third day in a row
and finally forced the German air
force to come up and fight.
The great fleet of Flying Fort
resses and Liberators completing
an unprecedented 60-hour assault
on installations confined to such
a small area, also pounded Saar-
brucken, 200 miles west of Munich,
as the Allies pressed a gigantic
campaign to isolate the German
homeland from battlefronts on all
sides.
Unlike the previous two days,
when the German air force failed
to put a single interceptor in the
air, Nazi fighters made attacks on
the bomber fleet, adding to anti
aircraft fire described officially as
moderate to intense. Ten Ameri-
can bombers and five fighters from
an escort force of 500 failed to re-
turn. Eight German planes were
shot out of the air, six by the
bombers and two by the fighters.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-14
TURKEY MOVING
TOWARD ALLIES

WASHINGTON, July 10. - (R) -
Turkey is moving rapidly towards
the Allies, it was learned authori-
tatively today, and may take a
concrete step in support of the Uni
ted Nations war effort within a
matter of days.
Talks have been going on for
three weeks between the Turks on
ore side and the United States,
Britain and Russia. The CONVEX
sations are continuing and the out
come will determine the next
move.
Ever since the conference at
Cairo last year between President
Roosevelt, Prime Minister Chur-
chill and Turkish President 1smet
Inonu, Turkey has been inching
over into the Allied camp, and with
in the past two months the pace
has stepped up considerably.
Turkey has already cut her ov-
erall trade with Germany by 81
per cent, in addition to complete
stoppage of chrome exports.
The next move may be sew
erance of all economic relations
with Germany, with the possiblh-
ty that break in diplomatic rela-
tons and eventually war would fol-
low.
meanwhile American ambassa-
dor to Turkey Laurence Stein
hardt, who is in Washington con-
ferring with President Roosevelt,
told correspondents at the White
House that he was looking for
"n,11ch closer cooperation" from
Turkey soon.)
While there is no indication that
Turkey will declare war lmmedl-
ately, that is the direction in which
present developments seem TO
point Turkeys entrance INTO the
war would open an entire new front
against Germany. and could cause
complete German collapse in the
Balkans. The Nazis are believed
to have insufficient forces there
now to hold back the Turkish army.
Other results of a Turkish de-
claration of war which could has
ten Allied victory are:
i. Opening of the Dardanelles
and thus of a direct sea route to
an all-year Russian port.
2. Obtaining nearby bases to
bomb vital Balkan oil fields and
industrial installations, including
strategic Ploesti in Rumanla.
8 Opening of several good Iur-
lish ports for Allied war use.
4. A short route for flying lend
lease planes into Russia all year
round.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-14
E Employment Ceilings To Be Set

DIR. j. S. D0rton of Raleigh,
state director of the War Man.
power Commission, arrived in
Wilmington last night to con-
fer with Henry I. Shepherd.
area director of the VINO, and
Felix Scroggs, manager Of the
local United States Employ
ment Service office, In pre-
paration for a meeting of the
manpOwer priorities committee
for North Carolina. which will
be held here today.
The committee, of which DR..
DOrton is chairman, will rec
ommend employment ceilings
for establishments in this area
in line with the recently effec-
tive priority order allocating
manpower.
Action of this committee will
affect virtually every worker