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Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-06
ON SALE BEER & WINE
ON SALE DISTILLED SPIRITS
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF MEETING OF. THE
COUNTY BOARD OF
EQUALIZATION

NOTICE is hereby given that the
Assessor Collector of mperial
County, California, has delivered
visors of said County. the local
assessment roll for the fiscal year
l944-45, and f#4
The said Board of Supervisors,
sitting as County Board OF
Equalization will meet for the pur-
pose of equalizing said local assess
ment roll on Thursday, July 6. 1914.
at 4 o'clock p. m, and said Board
will continue in session for that
purpose from time to time, until
the business of equalization is dis
posed of. but not later than Mon
day, July II, 1914, at 500 o'clock
pm.
The Clerk of said Board will be
in his office in the Court House at
Ell CentrO, California, each buSi-
ness day between Thursday, July 6.
1914, continuously until and in
Guiding Moncay, July II, 1914, at
500 o'clock pm, except on Sat-
urdays after IL: o'clock noon and
other legal holidays, for the pur-
pose OF receiving requests for equal
ization of assessments by tax pay
ers, and all persons are notified to
appear before and file with said
Clerk between said dates any petit
tions requesting equalization which
they desire. On such receipt the
same will be referred to and con-
sic cred by said Board.
DATED: Ell Centre, California,
July 6, 1914.
w. j. McCLELLAND,
Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors.
tNo. u duly G to III
Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-06
AN IRON RING OF
ANOTHER CASTING

This time it is an iron ring, or better
said. steel ring encircling the Reich
and it really is being cast by the allied
nations 1t is not the imaginary ring
Germany talked and complained so much
about in the decade or more following
the end of the first world war. 1t is a
ring that is crushing out the aggressor
spirit that was permitted to grow strong
even while the Germans charged that
they were being stifled by the imposi-
ton of the Versailles treaty.
1t is beside the question, now and
always has been, for that matter, that
the treaty ending the world war was not
proper and reasonable and logical. 1t
is. however, pertinent to the present
situation in which Germany finds her
self that only by gesture did she pretend
to observe the treaty either in letter or
in spirit. 1t also is pertinent to the pres
ent war that the rest of Europe permit
ted Germany to hide behind that imag
mary iron ring and prepare for this pres
ent war.
During the years of complaint that
the treaty was nothing more than a vice
to choke Germany to death, that nation
held the most secure spot on the cOntl-
nent. They were forgiven" the repara-
tions in one large sum after another.
They had no trouble obtaining tremend-
Gus loans oStensibly to rebuild their in
dustrial plants which by the fortunes
of war and not been objected to deStruc-
ton: they had every assistance possible
in expanding markets for their manufac-
tured goods both for cash and barter;
they were helped by the United States
to invade the markets of South America;
they borrowed money on easier terms
than any other nation. When this coun-
try helped to pare down reparations.
Britain and other countries used that as
an excuse to refuse to pay theirkwar
debts to America. Their wailing permit
ted other continental European nations
and England to permit them to reach far
to the southeast, past the Balkans to the
mid-east for markets.
Then ended the wailing about the iron
ring and came the sacking of CZechoslo-
vaka, and on around to Norway, and
Lowlands and France.
But now real iron ring, welded into
steel, surely and finally is encircling the
reich 1t is tightening; its circumference
daily grows smaller. When the ring fl
naly is only the width of Berlin, the
Germans will begin to understand the
difference between a real and an lmagl-
nary ring of iron.
Today the Russians on their arc of the
ring are only few miles from the old
Prussan border. On the west the allies
are less than 700 miles from the reich
capital Stain, relentlessly closing his
part of the deadly circle, is less than
400 miles from Berlin. On the south the
Nazi graveyard in Italy daily widens to
the north. Eisenhower may start pres
sure any moment through the lowland
countries or Norway-anywhere.
This time it is no fairy tale. 1t is the
raal tbipn
Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-06
COMBINED BOMBING


COMBINED BOMBING
Provisions Tor air coVeraee Of the
convoy and the landing were nc
less elastic. Prior to the actual in
ya.ion, there was bombing of strong
points Of the objective by long
range bcmbers from Lieutenant
Air Forces. On the actual convoy.
there were successfully r. A. A. F..
then u. S. Army Air Force, then
Navy Central Pacific Air Force pro-
lection. One took on where the
other left eff. moving on various
ships with the convoy, each re-
sponsible for command and protec-
ton in its own area. No other
planes were allowed in these areas
during passage of the convoy.
Commend CT the aircraft sup
porting the actual landing was even
more tricky than that. These W re
all navy aircraft and they were
under the command of an air con-
troll group of five officers from
Admiral NimitZ' staff. who moved
with the convoy on Admiral Bar
beys flagship. The five officers of
this air control group consisted of
two naval aviation officers, one ma
rine flying officer and one Army Air
Force officer. The senior was Army
Col. William o. Eareckson. Colcnrl
Eareckson, incidentally, is an cid
/ hand at this business, having been
/ in command of similar air control
i groups at both the Aleutians and at
TaraWa. But here is a perfect eX-
ample of cooperation-an Army Air
Force colonel commanding only
navy planes and filters to aid the
landing Of army ground forces be-
ing commanded by an admiral
Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-06
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO
ENGAGE IN THE SALE OF
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

July Gtn, 1914
To Whom 1t May Concern:
Notice is hereby given that fif-
teen days after the date posted,
the undersigned proposes to sell
alcoholic beverages at these prem
iseS, described as follows:
1895 Main ST., Ell Centre
Pursuant to such intention, the
undersigned is applying to the State
Board of Equalization for issuance
of an alcoholic beverage license tOr
licenses for these premises as fol-
lows:
ON SALE BEER & WINE
ON SALE DISTILLED SPIRITS
Anyone desiring to protest the
issuance of such license (s) may file
verified protest with the State
Board of Equalization at Sacra-
mento, California, stating grounds
for denial as provided by law. The
premises are now licensed for the
sale of alcoholic beverages.
WILLIAM S. MACDONALD.
(No. - >O-6)
Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-06
RISE TO REMARK-Aaron
BY Congressman John Phillips

8 Dewey and BrlCker.
l think most of us who came to
this convention, came with the idea
that the second spot ON that ticket
would go to California, and cer-
tainly that would have been the
case if the governor had not him.
self said no. l rise to remark that
I respect a man who says that he
Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-06
Editorials and Comment

EDITORS NOTE: The fOilOUiRg edit
0ridis are presented as interesting Opin-
ions Uoiced by editors elseWhere. They
do not necessarily reflect the opinion of
this paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-06
POST OFFICE REVENUES
SHOW GAIN OVER '4S

Frank Richmond, Ell Centre post
master, announces a "a per 4acent
increase in postal receipts ins the
first six months of 1914 over the
first six months of l943.
Our intake from january to
June this year was $l3,884.l7," he
said.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-06
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF THE CITY COUNCIL
SITTING AS A BOARD OF
EOIIAJJZATION

Notice is hereby given as required,
that the City Council of the City
of Ell Centro will convene on July
5th, 1914 at 7:30 pm, at the City
Hall of the City of Ell Centre, to
sit as Board of Equalization for
the purpose of Equalizing the tax
roll, an6 will continue to sit as a
Board of Equalization from day to
day until the equalization of the
tax roll is completed.
Dated this 30th day Of June, 1914.
p. l.. MOORE,
(SEAG Mayor of the City of
49, Ell Centro.
ATTEST:
NEAL II. GAVIN
City Clerk of the
City Of FL Centre.
mo. 108 (J3-l0 Incl)
Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-06

A modern 35,G0O-ton battleship
keeping its oil stored in tanks be-
tween the outer shell and the inner
bottom of the hull. uses five times
as much fuel as one Of our new
destrcyerS and &c per cent more
than a heavy cruiser if operated at
top speed
Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-06

If we follow the path of a pure four
power military alliance and embark upon
the course of imperialism which will ac-
company it, how can we expect to see
accomplished those fundamental reforms
without which there will be no hope of a
more stable rld?-Sumner Welles,
former undersecretary of state.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-06
CURRENT QUOTATIONS

Jealousy and friction between the two
armed services on the Hawaiian Islands
and elsewhere was an old story. History
is replete with the squabbles between the
Army and Navy which prolong wars,
showing the necessity of combination.
-Josephus Daniels, World War | secre-
tary of the Navy.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-06
FARM NEWS
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION
SERVICE

| OBI says supply Ol ledVy anu
medium duty truck tires for re-
placement purposes will be shorter
than even the present day short
supply during July, August, and
! September In view OF this Situa-
ton, every precaution against over
loading, under initiation, siCe bruiS-
eS, and excessive speed must be
maintained.
Dealers are not allowed to build
up inventory and track laying trac-
tor parts says WPB and directs
that dealers must accompany pur-
chase oIGerS with a statement that
the parts ordered are needed to fill
customers order actually on
hand.
OPA plans to name ceilings for
imported corn at a cost including
freight" port of entry price of SIPS
q buShel for 10. yellow flint, plus
actual tariff charges for elevation,
coorering, loading, etc VIA will
reimburse importers for import cut
les. 1t is expected shipping bot
toms will be available for 10000
tons during July.
Five new bulletins and circulars
recently from the press of the
University of California are avail
able free on request from the farm
advisors office, Court House, Ell
Centre.
Irrigation Water Requirements
OF citrus in the South Coastal Bas-
ms of California" Bulletin 686, by
A r. Plilsbury, o. C. Compton, and
w. f. Picker, will be of exceptional
value to citrus producers. 1t in
cludes research results obtained by
the late Professor H. S. Beckett
well-knoWn irrigation authority.
Turkey Production in Califor-
MA" Extension Service circular ITO
by V. S. Asmundson, is a revision
of the former turkey bulletin. IN
formation in it covers breecing,
incubation, brooding, management,
nutrition. and marketing.
Shipments of Canadian wheat
are arriving in good volume Dave
Davidson, chairman of the U. S.
Department of Agriculture State
War Board said in a recent letter
to board members.
Six shiploadS of Australian
wheat are expected in Les Angeles
within the next six weeks. Two
shiploacs of corn. one at Les An
geleS and one at San Fran
cisco, are exp c.ed in late August.
The protein meal supply is tempor-
arily good. Delay in announcing the
new barley ceiling order is slowing
movement, and weakening prices"
Home food production must ccn-
tinue in California through the
fall and winter months. Many sec
ticnS of the state can ado to the
Victory garden tonnage for the
year by continuing to grow the
family supply of green and root
vegetables through the winter.
Farmers would gain 20 percent
more protein than they usually get
If all legume hay could be made
equal in quality to u. S. No.
grade, according to agronomists of
the u. S. Department of Agricul-
ture.
Sixty per cent of the July and
August chedCar cheese production,
45 per cent of July and 80 per cent
OF August butter production will be
reserved for government purposes,
the War Food Administration an
Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-06

Farmers would gain 90 percent
more protein than they usually get
if all legume hay could be made
equal in quality to U. S. No.
grade, according to agronomists of
the u. S. Department of Agricul-
ture.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-06
elk
bly,
Peter Edison

command and the eXpe dition from
tken on became his.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-06

Sixty per cent of the July and
August chedcar cheese production,
45 per cent of July and 80 per cent
Of August butter production will be
reserved for government purposes,
the War Food Administration an
nounced
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-04-05
jones n. Mourer

James Hudson Maurer was M of the most effective, mos; genuine,
most native leaders of the American socialist movement. Put him with
his group and you Immediately clarity the meaning of his life and in
iuence. He belonged with Victor Berger, Daniel Hoan, Jasper McLevy
and Meyer London, by virtue of the fact that he was a good socialist
without being cut off from the powerful main currents of American life.
lie was soundly tied into the labor movement. He always had his eye
on practical reforms which would Immediately benefit the working
class, without forgetting the socialist ideal
Jim Maurer-and these other lei whom / have mentioned-hated
big words and any sort of exhibitionism. He scorned "theoreicians"
But he was master OF a really basic vocabulary. In his mouth common
words could scar and blister. And the most terse and trenchant of them
he poured out upon fellows who thought they knew all about Marx but
lacked acquaintance with common people and their needs.
Other socialists fought against the labor movement Dr., at any rate,
spent a good deal of energy in criticism of it. Jim Maurer, who was a
faithful socialist every minute, served 16 years a s President of the Penn
sylvania State Federation of Labor. He never concealed his convictions.
Concealment would have been tenperamentally impossible. The organ
lied workers of Pennsylvania knew well what this man stood for, and
they elected him over and over again.
When Jims life came to m end last week he was exactly 80 years
old. For long months he had been forced by illness to remain in his home
considering the experiences of a life which went back to the Civil War.
He "a saddened by much of what he saw in the world. Always honest,
he never CLOSED over the horrors of the war o r the signs that We are
going straight toward another period of nationaHsm and imperialism.
But he had every right to take satisfaction in solid accomplishments
of his own. For he had not spent his life talking about socialism. He had
helped make definite advances. Because he had lived, life was better
rfthe people of his state and his town. w. E. Bonn, in The New
Leader. @4 31HaNF s@Ms ag5e R ar rs
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-04-05
AIR MAIL TO MEMBERS
Or OUR ARMED FORCES

Air mail sent to or by members
of our armed forces outside the con-
tinental United States who receive
mail through A. P. O.'s or Fleet
Post Offices, in ear of the post
masters at the various ports of en-
barkation, including that addressed
to A. p, O.'s or the Fleet Post Of
flee in care of the postmaster at
Seattle, Washington, or to an A. P.
0. in care of the postmaster at
Minneapolis, Minnesota, must be
prepaid at the air mail rate of 6
cents per half-ounce or fraction
thereof.
The new air mail rate of 8 cents
an INK is applicable to all air
mail addressed for delivery at sta
tions or camps within the CONT
mental United States.
Every effort should be made to
have all air mail for our armed
forces fully prepaid.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-04-05
The Unity Of ExpIoiters

A signed article in The New York Times Sunday, March 10 told
a sordid story of the seishness of wealthy Poles who now live in 4
settlement provided for them in Iran by the British military authorities.
It may come as a shock to some Americans to know that there are
still wealthy Poles. After hearing 80 much about the ruination of Poland,
the impression may be that the Polish people are destitute. But that is
not the case. There are still rich Poles, rich Italians, rich Chinese as
we'll as poor ones.
The reason why a nation can be destroyed and it's people impover-
ished without the accompanying destruction of the wealthy class of that
nation is that the explohers-the owners and interest takers-are united
in a bond of common interest that is worldwide. They do not confine
their investments and holdings to their own country, but send their
dollars, pounds, Ira and kopecks wherever there are workers who
tolerate exploitation.
The structure of society is such that, if preserved, the end of the
war will see a greater bond of unity between the rich and powerful OF
all nations than between the rich and the poor of any nation. That is
how it was before the war. That is how it will be after the war for every
nation that tolerates the capitalist system. 4
The game of labor exploitation does not include patriotism as one
of its rules. Americans exploit Americans as well as Chinese. Britons
exploits Britons and Poles exploit Poles And all exploiers work TO-
gether to see to it that even war shall not end the exploitation system
In last weeks issue We published a story that Congressman Jerry
VoorhiS caused to be printed in the Congressional Record. What the
story revealed is that representatives of the big financial interests Of
America and Britain have been meeting in Switzerland with their fellow
financiers from Germany. All through the war such meetings have been
Gong on, the story relates, for the purpose of planning the postwar
world order. Workers do the fighting but owners are doing the planning
Reading Labor Advocate.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-04-05
at IS Cents q Week

Anybody can denounce a $40 suit because $40 is too much to pay
for a vest. In the same spirit, the Hearst press, following the lead of
certain medical groups, is denouncing the medical insurance plan con-
tanned in the Wagner Murray Dingell bill because "o carry n this
socialisic scheme there will be a tax of 6 per cent levied on incomes
ond 6 per cent confscated from the earnings of employers"
What are the facts? #a@ % 4G4sa@ME
The Wagner bill does not propose a flat 6 per cent tax for anything,
least of all for medical insurance. What it proposes is a comprehensive
greatly expanded retirement, unemployment, disability, maternity and
medical benefits. To finance the whole program, the bill proposes equal
contributions by worker and employer, representing 6 per cent of each
workers wages up to 5000 a year. A man who earns $5 a week would
contribute So 10 a week to the insurance fund, his employer contributing
the same amount. The maximum contribution for any worker would be
S342t a week-for' which he gets complete social insurance protection
for himself and family, with benefits much larger than those provided
by the existing plan. s#2#% .as4se# ThH &1 80 9I&@@3
The medical insurance part of the program would be financed by
one fourth of the total fund. The worker and his employer would each
contribute, not 6 per cent, but IL per cent of wages under $4,000 for
medical and hospital care. The maximum contribution for medical
insurance would be IS cents a week; for a worker earning $5, it would
be SO cents. Is this too much to pay for medical care?-The Chicago Sun.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-04-05
MISCELLANY

Henry Ford prophesied that the
war will end in two months. He
also predicted the abandonment of
railroads, and found that the cause
of all the worlds troubles are lazi-
ness and idleness." Thanks, Mr..
Ford. Well try to workharder
Ilya Ehrenburg says the Russians
will march to Berlin ). The Allan
tic Charter has fallen into, a state
of innocuous desuetude, opposition
members of Parliament declared.
Principles enunciated by Roosevelt
and Churchill have been nullified
by the hard realities of practical
power politics THE Chinese are
the bravest soldiers in the world"
said Colonel Rothwell Brown, COM
manding a retachment of Chinese
peasants with two months training
fighting against veteran Japanese
in the Burma jungle. Only a few
years ago the Chinese were a ma
ton of pacifistS ~. Simeon Strun-
sky advocates the establishment of
a Federal Department of Com
plants Adjustments, and Improve
ments. Swell idea! -. Big Bill
Thompson is dead. Now King Geor-
ge can visit Chicago safely . Love
conquers all. Young King Peter of
Yugoslavia married the girl he has
long loved - Alexandra, the
daughter of King George of Greece,
with King George of Britain as his
best man. This should please
Churchill, who is devoted to the
"~monarchical principle" But Peter
defied his own Cabinet; he may
have to go to Hollywood to live
happily W after. His vast wealth
is invested in America. It looks as
though Tito would take over the
Kings job -Liston NJ. Oak in
The New Leader.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-04-05
In THE WIND
From THE NATION

The March II issue of Yank, the
army magazine, publishes letters
on the ~soldier-vote controversy by
fifty-seven soldiers. Fifty-six want
a federal ballot; one wants no
ballot at all; none are interested in
states rights.
The United States Chamber of
Commerce approves of American
participation in thes United Nations
Relief and Rehabilitation Admins
tration - on this condition: "Care
should be taken that, under the
heading of rehabilitation, commit
ments for postwar reconstruction
are not authorized
Opposition to a national-service
act is expressed by the Wall Street
Forecast, an organ of the cotton
textile business, in these terms.
History will record the guileless
candor of native-born Americans
predominantly Anglo-Saxon devel-
oping a land Unfortunately rich in re-
sources and extending the helping
hand to myriad others to whom
freedom was unthinkable and I'M
workable. These hordes have spaw-
ned on the American shores, mis-
taking liberty under law for license
and eventually destroying the law
itself"
Printers Ink, an advertising ma
gazine, reports that a group of gro
GERS and tobacco distributors,
hitherto highly articulate and
bitter against OPA," has recon-
mended that Congress pass legis-
lation continuing OPA as an after
the~war agency to establish mini
mum prices below which merchan-
disc could not be sold"
Harold w. Hirth of Milwaukee,
in an address to the Minnesota Re-
tail Hardware Association, called
on the assembled merchants to give
preference to discharged soldiers in
their postwar hiring, because the
soldiers have learned the value OF
discipline: They will do what they
r told to do and when they are
told to do it without question"
Though the Communist press is
saying sweet things about big bust
ness these days. the big business
press is not interested. The March