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Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-08
Practical Jokes
Slow War Work

SEATTLE, Wash, March (UP)
Practical jokes are bigger threat
to Americas war production than
foreign directed sabotage, Leland
V. Boardman, special agent III
charge of the Seattle office Of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation,
said.
While there isn't known to be enc
act CT sabotage directed by the
enemy, Boardman said, many in
dustrial workers have been injured
BIZ incidents that started as prac-
tical jokes.
There was the case CT a ship
yard worker who thought it funny
to put a red hot rivet in another
mans hip pocket" he said. Anger
ed, the rictim put some mustard
oil in hand soap used by the man
he thought responsible, and before
it was over several fellows suffered
severe hand burns"
He said at another plant workers
delighted in giving their fellows the
hot seat" by means CT. matches
taped under the steel seats of
stools. One worker, subjected tc
the gag, leaped off the stool and
against machine where he lost
several fingers.
Boardman, who arrived Wednes-
day from Cleveland, O., said rising
war production was causing mark
ed increase in war fraud cases.
It know this tc be true in Seattle
as well as in Cleveland" he said.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-08
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO EN-
GAGE IN THE SALE OF AL
COHOLIC BEVERAGES.

March 7th, 1914
To Whom 1t May Concern:
Notice is hereby given that fiji
teen days after the date posted, the
undersigned proposes to sell al
coholic beverages at these premises,
described as follows:
Highway 80-OcOtill0
Pursuant to such intention, the
undersigned is applying to the State
Board of Equalization for issuance
Of an alcoholic beverage license for
these premises as follows:
ON SALE BEER
Anyone desiring to protest the
issuance of such license may file a
verified protest with the State
Board of Equalization at Sacra-
mento, California, stating grounds
for denial as provided by law. The
premises are not now licensed for
the sale of alcoholic beverages.
EMILY I. NORTON.
(No. 00) (M8)
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-08

WASHINGTON, March 8. up
The house, refusing to raise the
salary of War Food Administrator
Marvin Jones from $4,000 to $l2,-
500 a year, passed and sent to the
senate a bill to extend legislative
authority to certain functions CT
the agriculture department.
Earlier, the house voted down an
amendment that would have auth
orized a $50,OO0,000 federal school
lunch program.
The vote on the question of rails
ing Jones salary was 80 to 45.
Elimination of the section calling
for the increase also blocked pay
increases to $4,000 a year for the
assistant secretary of agriculture,
chief of the forest service, agricul-
tural research administrator, chief
of the bureau of agricultural econo-
mics, and the departments solicit
or. They now receive $4,000 TO $4,000
a year.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-08
FACES NEW CHARGES

UPLAND, Cal, March 8. up
Two more charges-one felony
warrant for illegal possession OF
firearms - Wednesday faced the
Rev. Roy E. Davis, pastor OF Up
lands Missionary church, whose
bail was set at $1,000 Tuesday BY
Superior Judge Charles L. Allison
in San Bernardino. Davis is charg-
ed with illegally soliciting funds for
the Ussher-Davis Foundation Or
phanage and illegally procuring ra-
ton points.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-08
Publisher Dies
AT Willows

WOODLAND, Calf, March
CUP)-Edward M Sehorn, 10, owner
of the Willows Journal since 1907,
died Tuesday at the woodland
Clinic of a throat infection.
Born in Colusa county, he moved
to Willows as a child The journal,
a weekly at the time he purchased
it. progressed to a semi-weekly and
then to a daily.
Survivors are his wife, Maude,
and two sens, Jay w, editor of the
Woodland Democrat, and Edward
M, Jr., now in the army.
Private services will be held
Thureday at the Sweet funeral
home in Willows.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-08
CALIFORNIA CAN ENTER
GREAT STEEL INDUSTRY

A recent statement by the United
States Bureau of Mines is of special in
terest to all Californians. 1t bears on
the future steel industry and emphasizes
the fact that California is rich in iron
ore. The bureau places California along
with % other states where this ore is in
sufficient quantity to warrant steel
plants.
In view of the efforts now going on
toward putting the state into high gear
industrially after the war, this an
nouncement of the bureau should carry
special significance and no time should
be lost to see that the Pacific areas no
longer be shut out in this great industry.
Also it is important that the moves
already made to bring the steel industry
west of the Allegheny mountains be con-
tinued and pushed until the industry
permanently is established. Recently at
Carson City Nevada, representatives of
the eleven western states met and formu-
lated vigorous program to halt an ap-
parent move in Washington to scrap
gigantic steel plant at Geneva, Utah
This plant can handle ore from Califor
MIA iron mines until such time as Cali
fornia can move into the steel manufac
turing picture on her own.
No doubt future surveys will reveal
much more iron ore in many localities of
the state, once proper incentive is given
/, to exploration.
I. This is ore activity that should be
5 statewide. Steel industry would benefit
. the entire state, although providing
greater benefits to the immediate area
where ore is available.
But any postwar program that is not
comprehensive, that does not vision the
state as whole, will not begin to accom-
/. plish the purpose. Once sweeping,
, statewide set-up is put under way, local
. communities can develop their own pro-
ects with assurance that they will tie into
, program that means prosperity and
progress for all.
1t is interesting and enlightening to
note that r. r. Sayres, director of the
Federal Bureau of Mines points out that
90 per cent of the nations steel is pro-
duced in five states and that the west is
! not among them Also that in one county
in California alone, sufficient iron ore
( is in sight to warrant immediate con-
, struction of plant.
The Utah plant was constructed when
! the simple fact finally was put over the
agencies that it is poor economy to ship
! ore to Pittsburgh and then reship the
/. finished product But the 'steel ring
' stays in evidence, it appears, when the
plan to close the Utah plant almost got
by.
As one California representative III
Congress puts it. there are too many
! people in high places who overlook the
opportunity for developing high quality
ores in this country and talk, instead Of
( financing developments in Brazil and
other foreign countries"
Let's get going, California!
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-08
WHY DON'T UNIONS ASK
NO STRIKE-CALL, TOO
Clos Angeles Times)

The National Maritime Union, CLIO,
and no doubt other CLIO. unions, are
asking members to sign cards pledging
that they will support President Roose-
welt and aid other clio. objectives; and
failure to sign will be embarrassing to
the nonsigners, it is intimated.
1t would be politically advantageous
to circulate the no-strike pledge and re-
quire signatures from union members also,
it would seem. Union members who really
want to help the President. either in
carrying on the war or for reelection,
ought to sign such a pledge gladly. The
Presidents failure to stop strikes is one
of the greatest causes of public dissatis
faction with him.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-08
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
IMPERIAL.
No. 3543
NOTICE OF GUARDIANSHIP
SALE OF REAL ESTATE

L
In the Matter of the Guardian
ship of the Estate of FRED SUM-
MER, an Insane Person.
Notice is hereby given that Carl
Heckly, guardian of the estate If
Fred Summer, an insane person,
will sell at private sale in one pat-
Gel to the highest bidder, subject to
confirmation of the said Superior
Court, on and after Thursday the
ninth day or March, 1914, all the
right, title and interest of said
insane person in and to that GER
tain property lying, being, and sit
uate in the County of Imperial,
State of California, and described
as the West Half of the North Half
of Tract Sixty-one (6D, Township
Sixteen G6 South, Range Four
teen G4 East, S.BM. Said proper
ty being held in fee.
All bids or offers must be IN
writing and may be left at the
office of Whitelaw & Whitelaw, At.
torneys for said Guardian, at 207-
210 Rehkopf Building, El Centro,
or may be delivered to said guard
ian personally in said County Of
Imperial, or may be filed in the
office of the Clerk of this Court
any time after the first publica-
ton of this notice and before the
making of the sale.
Dated: February 20, 1914.
CARL HECKLY,
Guardian of the Estate of
Fred Summer, an insane per-
son.
WHITELAW 81 WHITELAW w
BY r. B. Whitelaw,
Attorneys for Guardian.
(No. 49, (F29-M8 inc.)
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-08
CREW OF TORPEDOED
VESSEL RESCUED

AN STERN ADIAN
PORT, March 8. CUP)-All of the
crew of a United, States merchant
ship which split in two after being
torpedoed in a raging blizzard were
rescued after a 33-hour fight for
their lives in high seas, it was re-
vealed Wednesday. More than so
survivors were landed here. They
said the ship broke in half almost
Immediately when the torpedo
struck amidShipS.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-08
DEATH FUNERAL
NOTICES

PINKSTON, Mary Ann, "a, died
Sunday March 5th. Lemons chap
ell will be in charge Of funeral
services and will be held Thurs
day, 2 pm. Burial will be in
Evergreen cemetery. Survives
inclucie sons and daughters; 50
grandchildren; So great grand-
children, and great great grand
children. 3.9
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-08
House Approves
Farm Funds

troll.
3. Facilitation of the agricultural
ac ciustment and soil conservation
programs and agricultural market
ing
4. Authority of the Farm Credit
administration to assess farm cred-
it institutions for examination ana
supervisory expenses.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-08

Washington: THE Republican party
is the liberal party in America. The
New Deal is reactionary.'
Wendell Willkie at Portland: II
am sick-sick at heart-at cur
transferring our problems to one
who by legerdemain has created
the impression that he is able to
handle our problems better than
We can ourselves"
Ex-Gov ALT M. Landon of Kansas
at Nashville: g. the national Sc
cialistic state . is the objective of
the New Dealer
Gov Thomas E. Dewey of New
York az New York THE first va
tempt to establish an American
autocracy took place (on March 4,
1889 as the result Of the election
of what used to be known as the
Democratic party"
BUT YOU CAN'T FOOL
/ ALL THE PEOPLE >
Enough? This is just one day S
catch, hooked, of all times, on the
anniversary of the birth of Abra-
ham Lincoln, who made reputa-
ton on his honeety, who was
something Of an orator himself
and who calls to mind the crack
about net being able to fCOl all the
people all the time.
In erican political cam
paigns. the politicians have come
to believe that the people expect
hyperbole, twisted reasoning, gilt
tering generality, name calling, ap-
peal to the emotions. Maybe those
qualities in political speech dc
liven up a campaign and make il
interesting,
It is still comforting to think
however, that the American people
are smarter than their politicians
and see through illogical utterances
like an X-ray finding the rat tail il
a baloney.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-08
Editorials and Comment

EDITORS NOTE: The folloUing edit
oriais are preseHtsG as interesting 0pin-
ions roice1 by editors elsewhere. They
do not necessarily reflect the opinion OF
this paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-08
CURRENT QUOTATIONS.

/ thas been said war does not settle
anything War does settle one thing: it
determines who is going to have the
responsibility of drawing the peace that
follows. Germany and Japan cannot be
trusted with dangerous toys. - British
Ambassador Lord Halifax
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-08

! The Australians have tried all their
(the AmericansO weapons and have
gone back to their own. They have found
them better.-Maj. Gen. J. S. Lethbridge,
head of special British mission to India.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-08
TRUK-AND TWO YEARS AGO
Jacksonville Register-Pai iaronian)

WatSonVllle ReglSter-Pa] ar0nlan)
Newest reports on the American vic
tory in the Truk attack give just cause
for jubilation as cOntrasted with over
optimism on the home front. Let's look
at the record.
On Feb. Is, 1912, Singapore, the SYM
bol of British might in the Far East, fell
to the hordes of Hirohito.
From there the enemy avalanche pour
ed down across the Dutch East Indies
to the very gates of Australia. The COM
bined strength of the British, the Dutch
and ourselves was wholly inadequate to
stem the tidal wave as it rolled over one
island after another.
Those were black days Many of us
feared-and with good raason-that the
Japs with such great natural resources
in their control might be able to hold
Indefinitely the territory they had con-
quered.
Let us now turn to Feb. II, 1914
lust two years and two days after the
surrender of Singapore. The American
Pacific fleet, built almost from scratch
after the disaster of Pearl Harbor, is
making an audacious attack on Truk-
the very heart of Japan's Pacific defense.
Behind this mighty armada lay a long
string of victories that have made this
attack possible.
Few of those who understood the grav-
itv of the situation in early 1912 could
have dared to hope that just two years
after Singapore we would be striking
back not only at the outer rim of Jap
ans Pacific empire, but almost at its
very core.
! That we have been able to do this is
hot ND
F: determination of free men to remain free
! is a more potent force than all the fan
I aticism and fury of our enemies.
/ We have risen from the depths of dis
: aster and despair to fight cur way back.
| There is still a hard road ahead, but we
! know that we are going in the right dlrec-
| ton. Truk is one Of the milestones along
I that road.
! If victory this time is to be converted
I, into durable peace, we shall have to seek
/ out and deal with some Of the causes OF
+; social unrest Our basic problems will
: have to be solved in terms of human obll-
4. gations.-Dr. Everett Case, president
/ Colgate University.
We must never forget that the greatest
Z offset to initiation is production If the
, country is assured Of large production
! as quickly as the war effort will permit
I the danger of initiation will disappear.
Fred Lazarus Jr., chairman American
Retail Federation.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-08

The public should view with alarm the
spawning of vast number of interra-
tional agencies with strange, ungalnly
titles, with uncoordinated duties, with
underlined responsibilities. - Dr. Henry
M. Wriston, president of Brown Univer-
Sity.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-08
PLANS SOIL WORK

The measure passed by the house
includes provisions for facilitating
the agricultural adjustment agency
and soil conservation service pro-
grams of forestry protection, eradi-
cation of insects, and control OF
animal and plant diseases, and
authorized the rural electrification
administration to borrow funds
from the Reconstruction Finance
Corp.
The bill sets at ~ per cent the
rate of interest at which the REA
may borrow from the reconstruc-
ton Finance corporation, and at
two per cent the rate at which
the REA may re-lend to its cooper
ates.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-08
CapfitaI Talk

Peter Edison

Everyone has his own ideas about
freedoms should be after the first
four, but even this early in a presi-
dental campaign, you begin to long
for a day when there might be
freedom from political bunk.
Maybe that's asking for too
much. Freedom from fear and from
want seem easy of attainment when
stacked up alongside the ideal cf
achieving freedom from hokum and
hcoey out of the mouths OF people
running for office
All you have tc do to get a line
on the 1914 brand of political
palaver in platitude is to read,
consecutively, the speeches of those
citizens who, inspired solely by the
highest CT motives, have put per-
sonal ambition tC one side in order
to save their country.
No one party has corner on this
malarkey. If you have the idea that
the Republicans are dishing cut
more demagoguery than the Demo-
Gratis, that's simply because there
appear to be more Republicans run
ming for high office. Thus far,
Henry wallace has been doing
most of the open field running
for his side, as against a half-dozen
oppcnents-Dewey, Willkie, Bricker,
Dirksen, and the party spokesmen,
Landcn, Bud Kelland, Joe Martin
and Chairman Harrison Spanglers
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-08
.DEATHLESS' DRIBLETS

Examples? Pacte these on the
dripping leaves of your scrapbook
Of recipes on how to make apple
sauce:
Henry Wallace at Seattle: Amer
ican Fascists (are) those who be-
lieve that Wall Street comes first
and the country second and who
are willing to go to any length :.
to keep Wall Street sitting on top
of the country"
Gov. John w. Bricker Of Ohio at
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-08
OTHER FEATURES

In addition to approving REA
borrowing, the measure provides
authority for:
l. Eradication of pests and con-
troll of animal and plant diseases.
2. Forestry protection, includ-
ing state and local aid in fire con-
Evening star., 1944-01-13
Liq uor
Continued From First Page J

| -
Ida B. Wise Smith, president of the
National Women's Christian Tenn
perance Union; DR.. George w.
Crabbe, president of the National
Temperance and Prohibition Coun-
Gil, and DR.. John Coleman, Beaver
Falls, Pa, Of the Reformed Presby-
terian Church.
Although the opening session was
assigned to dry forces, the first blow
was struck against prohibition when
Representative Forand, Democrat,
of Rhode Island obtained permis-
sion to file a brief protest against
legislation to ban sale of beer or
liquor. 1t would impede the war
effort, he charged, ito bring back
the evils of bootlegging and rack
eteering."
While movie cameras clicked, Mr..
Bryson made an opening plea for
his bill.
DR.. Colvin declared that when war
time prohibition was adopted in the
last conflict, I'VE went on from vic
tory to victory" There is even more
need for it in this war, he added.
Representative Walter, Democrat
of Pennsylvania, asked when serv-
icemen will have an opportunity tc
be heard.
Il don't presume to speak for the
millions of servicemen, but as one OF
those who had prohibition put over
on us while in the AEF in the last
war, I want to know when service.
men will have an opportunity tt
appear Mr.. Walter said.
Chairman Hobbs of the subcom
mittee explained that today,s ses.
sion was set aside for dry witnesse.
who happened to be in Washington
attending another conference. Mr.
Hobbs said opponents would be
heard at a later date.
Meanwhile Senate judiciary
Subcommittee headed by Chairman
Van Nuys returned to its investiga-
ton OF the current liquor shortage
today. Senator Van Nuys said to-
days hearing would center on his
charges that whisky monopolies are
seeking ito take control of the beer
and wine business"
Evening star., 1944-01-13
Mile o Dimes Drive
To Open Tomorrow

Mrs. Roosevelt and Commissioner
Young will participate at 12:45 pm.
tomorrow in the first broadcast from
the Mile O. Dimes stand in front of
Loew's Capitol Theater, it was an
nounced todaJ by Bryson Rash and
G. Melvin Sharpe, co-chairmen of
the Mile O. Dimes Committee. The
broadcast will be carried by WMAL,
WRC, VOL, WINK and WWDC.
Patricia Morrison, Hollywood
glamour girl now making personal
appearances at the theater, also will
broadcast from the stand.
The stand has been set up by the
committee, largely composed of rep
resentatives of Washington's six
radio stations, to afford movie stars
arriving here for the Presidents
birthday celebration an opportunity
to broadcast.
Last year the Mile O. Dimes fea-
ture OF the celebration raised $4,000
to add to the receipts of the birth
day balls for the National Founda-
ton for Infantile Paralysis.
Evening star., 1944-01-13

planes, the Americans shot down q
enemy aircraft.
The Germans, who had taken tc
the air in Focke-Wulf 1905. Mes.
serschmitt 109s and Junkers SIS
fitted with cannons, used clouds
over the target to dart out to within
100 yards of the Fortresses in 9
futile effort to break up the forma
ton.
Bad weather allowed compare
lively few air sorties yesterday, but
flghter-bombers in a sweep over the
Dalmatian coast shot down two
Messerschmitt 109s out of IL en-.
countered.
Targets Near Arce Raided.
In Italy, American Mitchells at
tackled enemy targets near Arce
ahead of the 5th Army and fighter
bombers attacked the enemy In the
Orsogna area. RAF Baltimores also
bombed Palena, Is miles southwest
of Chieti.
In the Adriatic, British destroyers
shelled enemy rail targets at two
points along Italy's coast-Porto
Civitanova, 25 miles below Ancona
and Pedaso, 10 miles farther south
A fire sprang up at Pedaso.
RAF Wellingtons also bombed the
airfleld at Peruglia in Central Italy
and communications in Eastern
Italy during the night.
Evening star., 1944-01-13
Munpower
CONTINUED From First Page)

per cent cut in overall production
but sharp increase In demand fol
manpower on the West Coast.
He gave as one of the explana-
tions for cutback rumors that q
number of plants had anticipated
increasing business, based on theil
facilities and available materials, fal
beyond their actual orders. The
orders had not kept up with theil
hopes, he explained, and paper
cutbacks" resulted.
Assuming the war continues fol
six months or more in Europe" Mr.
Appley said, I'VE see cutbacks, but
we also see increases. We don't be.
lieve there is any Justification fol-
the feeling that the bottom is falling
out of production"
OF the 100000 new workers needed
by July, Mr.. Appley said, 800, 900 are
wanted to replace men entering the
armed forces. While 80 per cent OF
those now being discharged from the
armed forces are going back into the
labor force, the remaining 20 per
cent, he said, are in hospitals. Tha,
missing 20 per cent must be made
up by net increases in the labor
force.
AS a result of meetings this week
with regional VINO directors, Mr.
Appley said, VINO will emphasize
more efhcient utilization and train.
ing OF workers rather than recruit
ment.
He also predicted that the next six
months will show greater disparity
between areas with large surpluses
OF workers in some places and a
sharp Tightening Of the labor market
in other areas.
Evening star., 1944-01-13
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO, Jan. 13 Up, twFA)-salabl.
on 20O-300 pounds at 1875, the top:
weights under 200 pounds fairly active on
9E 9Ede5 huysr aec9ynt and strong to mostly
sSws So steady to 1875 pounds to 1925 on
ls:5o: 310G.34o-poInd O. heavies. 2:60-laoo;
12.l5: estimated 10000 unso'd.
Salable cattle, 5000: salable calves. 500:
fed steers AND yearlines steady to 25
lower; very uneven; in general good and
mere, mere choice kind showed most DECLINE:
1850: best yearlings, 1900: few loads
choice weighty steers held around 1850;
only strictly finished choice to prime steers
steady to weak: all other IS or more
lower: heifers steady today: bulk. 11.50-
1880; best 1850: cows steady to weak:
bulls slow, steady: veaiers hrm at 1900
down: practical top weishty sausage bulls,
u so: outstanding OFFERINGS, 11.65: light
offerings, s.QO-9.5O: cutter cows. 7.5O
down: most beef cows s.00-1050. with
strictly good offerings to 1880. however;
salabie BE sheep, s 5000: total, 10000:
lambs active. strong to 10 higher. bulk
good and choice fed wooled Western lambs,
15. $50. to packers and shippers. few
strictly good and choice lambs held slightly
higher: native lambs, 1880 down: deck
medium to good wooled lambs, IA so: sheep
strong, load good and choice. mostly good.
grade fed Western ewes, 500: Gull ewes
down to &. 90.