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Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-06
OF PERSONAL
INTEREST

After serving nearly two years in
New Caledonia with the navy, Chief
Petty Officer Charles j. Hostetter
has returned TO San Francisco,
where he was joined by Mrs. Hos
letter, the former Ada Besse Bey-
non. After two weeks there. theN
will return to Ell Centro to get their
son John, 20 mcnths old, who has
never seen his father. The three
plan to spend Mr.. Hostetter's 30
day furlough with his parents in
Tucson.
Mrs. Julia Bracket, former voice
teacher here, is visiting for a few
DAYS from her home in Hollywood.
She is a guest of Mr.. and Mrs. A. c.
Farrar, whose daughter Frances was
a pupil of hers.
Mrs. Harry Woodbury. has re-
turned to Ell Centre after spending
the summer in San Diego.
Mrs. B. E. Lemons has returned
from spending the summer at Pint
Valley. Her daughter, Mrs. Ear
Thompson, arrived few days age
from Quantico, Virginia, and will
return there November / with he,
daughter Lynn to be with Lieuten'
ant Thompson, who expects to b'
stationed at Quantico with the ma
rines for some time. Lynn has beer
spending the summer with hel
grandmother here and in Pine VAL
ley.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-06

One of the outstanding concert
series in several years will be pre-
sented by the Imperial Valley Con-
cert Club this year, according to
Malcolm Macurda, president, Mr
Macurda and Mrs. George Wash
burn, secretary manager, have just
completed arrangements for three
artists to appear at the high school
Auditorium this winter.
Frederick Jagel, tenor with the
Metropolitan opera Company and
San Francisco Opera Company, will
he the first artist, appearing Satur-
day, October 28. A double program
of Margaret Speaks, soprano, we'll
known through her concert anG
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-06
STATE STREET CHRISTIAN

Corner Fifth and State SITS. I. L.
Townsend. pastor. Church school,
10 am. Mrs L. A. Rogers, Supt.
Morning worship, H. sermon topic,
THE Church's Unfinished Busi-
ness" Special music-Choir, Mr..
George Burt, director. Christian En-
deavor, $50 pm. Evening worship,
1880; sermon topic, "A Round Trip
to Tarshish!" Special music-Gos-
pei chorus, Ed Townsend, leacer.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-06
Lutheran Women
Meet Thursday

Plans for the year were made at
the meeting of the Grace Lutheran
Womens society Thursday at the
church. After taking care of rou-
tine business, members heard Mrs.
A. SiemSglusz talk on the hymn "A
Mighty Fortress Is God"
The topic study for the afternoon
was Marriage" with Rev. Albert
Nickodemus leading the discussion.
Lunch was served by the hostess,
Mrs. L. Lehman.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-06
New yen-Leaders
Named at Election

Winners were announced this
week of the recent election at Gen.
tral High school for cheer-leaders
fer the coming year. They are Helen
DawSon, Winnie Mae Enloe, Betty
Flo Slade and Rosella Ritter.
The cheer-leaders have been prac-
ticing all week, according to their
adviser, Miss Eleanor Doyle, and
have learned many new yells. The
girls expect to have new uniforms
for their first appearance Friday
October l3. at the football game
with HoltVille.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-06
Society
Clubs
Acacia Home Dept
Has Po+Iuck Lunch
At Lehman Home

Activities for '-.e coming year
were planned at the meeting
Wednesday of the Acacia home de-
partment Meeting at the home of
Mrs Lydia Lehman, who was as
sisted by Mrs. Ruby Lehman. the
group enjoyed a potluck luncheon.
The door prize went to Mary Beth
Denning. Plans were made for the
All sewing, with the girls learning
their sewing at the homes of the
various home department members
The next meeting will be october
IL at the home of Mrs. Lois Lyons
Those present were MesdameS
Irene Morris, Lois Lyons, Mary Beth
Denning, Vera Kemp, Ruby Ray
Dorothy Cowan, Mary Tit and the
two hostesses.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-06
Churches
SchOOls
CALENDAR
FRIDAY

Painters, 1880, Labor Temple.
Spruce-W stm0rland farm center,
8, Westmorland school.
Surgical dressings, ga, 10000
Club.
Junior choir. 5, Episcopal church.
SATURDAY
Farm Bureau directors, 1870,
court house.
Chapter CIV, P. f. o., 1890, J.
ID. FOss home.
Youth canteen, 7-1O, Methodist
social hall.
High school commissioners party,
8-11, girls gym.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-06
FOURSOUARE GOSPEL,

Eighth street and Orange avenue
Rev. w. r. Allan pastor: Church
school, 9:45 a. M, Guy Anderson
superintendent: morning worship
IL; sermon topic, Il Can't Afford
to Pay My Rent" Crusader Service,
Gas pm. Evening worship, 7:45
sermon topic, Short Beds and Mr.
row Covers"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-06

r. c. Rogers, pastor. Church school,
10 am. Mrs. Roy H. Womack, Supt.
Morning worship, IL; sermon topic,
Divine Guidance and Leadership"
Special music-The Junior choir
will sing with the Adult choir. Solo
by Mrs. DoodroW Preece. N.Y.P.S.,
6:45 pm. Evening worship, 7:30;
sermon topic, Evangelistic. Special
music-Solo by Helen Womack.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-06
THREE LICENSES
ARE ISSUED

Marriage licenses were issued in
Ell Centre Thursday to three cou-
pies: to Paul William Wallace, %,
marine, and Carma Condie, %, mar
inc reserve member; to William
Dean Willard, %, sailor, and Cher
rie Mae Williams, %. Ell Centre;
and to James Bruce Walsh, %, mar
inc, and Patricia Ann Upson, %,
marine.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-06
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN

Sixth and Orange; Rev. Dwight
H. Ball, pastor. Church school 9:45
am. Mr.. Elwood Greist, Supt. Morn
ing worship, IL; sermon topic,
why Was Jesus Baptised?" Special
music-Anthem by choir; solo by
Mrs. George Burt. Westminster Eel
lowship, $50, Devotional meeting
and social hour at the home of the
pastor.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-06
FIRST BAPTIST

Orange Ave. at 18th ST.. Rev. Char
les H. Burrill, BID, pastor. Church
Supt. Morning worship, II; Nursery
school GAS am. Luther j. Sharp,
for children: Sermon topic, Com
panionship With Jesus Special
music-Anthem by choir. Baptist
Youth Fellowship, 6:30 pm. Eve
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-06
THE SALVATION ARMY

635 Broadway St, Phone 5ll. Ma
jor and Mrs. Thos. w. Pipes, Com
manding Officers. Sunday School,
10 am. Holiness meeting. IL am:
Young Peoples Legion $50 pm.
Salvation meeting, 7:45 pm. Public
meetings Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday at 7:30 pm. Home League
meeting for ladies Thursday to 4
pm.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-06
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCHES

Are Sin, Disease, and Death
Real?" this question will be the sub
iect of the lesSon-sermon in all
branches of The Mother Church,
The First Church of Christ, Scien-
tist, in Boston. The Golden Text
from the Psalms reads: 20 Lord
my God, I cried unto thee, and
thou hast healed me. o Lord, thou
hast brought up my soul from the
grave: thou hast kept me alive,
that I should not go Gown to the
pit"
A Bible passage from II Kings
relates that a little captive maid
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-06
CHURCH OF CHRIST PLANS
GOSPEL MEETINGS

A series of gospel meetings will
begin Monday. october 8, at the
Church of Christ. Seventh and
Brighton, with Barney D. Welch
conducting the meetings. Services
will be held daily at 7:30 p. m. and
SUNDAY at l0.45 a. m.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-06
CHURCH OF CHRIST

Meets in south room of Veterans
Memorial Building, Brawley. James
O. Wilburn, minister, Phi. BraWley
1888. Lords Day: Systematic Bible
Stucy, 2:30-3:30 pm. 10 Worship,
1904 80 pm. Friday-Ladies' Bible
Glass, to pm.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-06
LOGICAL CHOICE

PORTLAND, Me, Oct. 6. up
The lure of the sea remained in the
blood of 18th generation direct
descendant of Count Vasca de
Cana, the famous Portuguese navi-
gator who first sailed around the
Cape of Good Hope. So the present
Count Vasca de CANA joined the
United States Navy.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-06
EATING PLACES GAIN TINE

SACRAMENTO, Oct. 6. CUP) -
The state board of equalization Fri
day decided to await a supreme
court decision defining food-serving
obligations of bars before acting on
cases of 44 Los Angeles area tav-
erns cited for serving little or no
food.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-06
JUDGE DOESN'T AGREE

PITTSFIELD, Mass, Oct. 6. (UP)
Charged with passing three red
lights in row, Oscar Downing ex-
planned in court that his offense
was prompted by patriotic desire
to conserve gasoline The judge, a
somewhat different patriot, fined
him Sc
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-06
CHURCH OF CHRIST

Seventh street and Brighton avenue.
Morning worship. 10:45; commun-
ion IL; Sermon topic, Romans 18th
Chapter. Evening worship, 7:30;
special preaching by Barney Welsh.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-06
ASSEMBLY OF GOD

Tenth and Park Ave. Church
school. 9:45 am. Miss Opal Beaver,
Supt. Morning worship, H. Com
munion service. Christ's Ambassa-
doris, 6:45 pm. Evening worship, 7:45.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-06
TENT PERMIT DENIED

An application for an occupation
license by the Reverend N. King to
put up a tent to hold church SER
vice between Third and 4th streets
on Orange street, has been denied
by Ell Centre City Council.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-06
GRACE LUTHERAN

Eighth and Holt SITS. Albert r.
Nlckodemus, pastor, Sunday school
ano Adult Bible hour, 10 am Morn
ing worship, II; sermon topic, The
Militant Church Learns from the
Militant Christ"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-06
AUTO REPORTED STOLEN

A 1899 Buick two door sedan,
California license number 34Q52l,
maroon in color was reported stolen
Thursday night. The vehicle is
registered to M. j. Luckey of Braw-
ley.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-06

ming worship, 7:30; sermon topic,
"A Marred Vessel. Special music
Youth choir. $3.50 pm, Sing and
Fellowship Hour for young people
servicemen and women
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-06
ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL

South Fifth Street; The Rev. Ed
ward Hutchinson, pastor Church
school 10 am. Morning worship, II.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-06
GRANDMOTHER JOINS WACS

WHITINSVILLE, Mass, Oct. G.
(UP)-This towns latest WAC re-
cruit is Mrs. Agnes Swift, 80. mother
Of three daughters and grandmother
Of five children.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-06
Now Many Wear
FALSE Teeth
With More Comfort

acidD powder. holds false teeth more
firmly. To eat and talk in noro COM
fort. just sprinkle a little FASTEETH on
your plates. No gummy, gooey, rasty
taste or feeling. Checks plate odor"
(denture BREATH Get FASTEETH at any
drug store.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-06
ST. MARY'S CATHOLIC

st. Mary's, 428 So. Fifth, Sunday
Mass, and 10 am; daily Mass, 8
am.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-06

CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
300 So. Eighth at Orange Ave. Rev
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-06
FREE BAND OF ALL NATION.

37l E. He'll St.; Mrs. Bessie Pettis,
pastor. Fridays-8 pm. Sundays
pm.
Evening star., 1944-12-31

cials naturally must know what they
are. Experience has shown that such
coordination does not Just happen.
The President is a busy man and
might neglect to see to it that copies
of this or that exchange of tele-
grams with Stain or Churchill get
to the State Department. For ef-
ficient administration. there must
be some one whose special job is to
see to it that such things get done,
and that the President has the
benefit of the advice of the State
Department experts concerned when
a decision is to be made.
Secretary stettinius has given this
job to Charles E. Bohlen, named as
assistant to the Secretary and liaison
officer with the White House. 1t
may be especially significant that
Mr.. Bohlen is an expert on Rus
sian affairs. For the past several
months he has been chief of the
departments Division of Eastern
European Affairs, principally con-
cerned with Russia. During his for
eign service career, he has had two
tours of duty in our Embassy at
Moscow. Because of his special
qualifications, including the ability
to speak Russian fuently, he ac-
companied the President to the
Teheran conference with Stain and
Churchill last year.
Evening star., 1944-12-31
New Liuison Officer

Appointment of a liaison officer
between the State Department and
the White House is one of the more
important administrative improve
ments put into effect by Secretary
of State Stettinius last week.
It has not been admitted official
ly, but 1t long has been common
knowledge among those in close
touch with the State Department
that its efficient handling of prob
lens arising in our relations with
other countries has been hampered
by lack of effective liaison with the
White House on routine, day-by-
day basis.
Because of his personal relation
ship with Premier Stain and
Prime Minister Churchill, President
Roosevelt often settles matters of
policy by direct correspondence with
them-aside from the major de-
cisions made in personal meetings.
To implement these decisions effec-
lively and to avoid action that might
conflict with something the President
has agreed upon with others of the
big three" State Department ON
Evening star., 1944-12-31
Hungary and Moscow

The departure of delegation to
Moscow from the Hungarian regime
established at Debrecsen reveals the
depth of the political transformation
taking place throughout Southeast
ern Europe. This new provisional
government, set up in Russian
occupied territory and under Russian
auspices. is necessarily compliant
with Moscow's wishes and ready to
accept whatever armistice terms
Moscow intends to impose. The fact
that it is not predominantly Com
munist in complexion means little in
the larger sense. Similarly mixed
regimes have been set up In Bulgaria,
Romania and Yugoslavia during re-
cent months, and experience has
already shown that local Communist
leadership in those countries has the
last word even though operating
behind the facade of a popular
front" Hungarys new orientation
will be towards Moscow and it will
be another segment of the sphere
of influence" which Moscow is Great
ing in the Balkans and the Danube
Valley
A dominated Hungary will
be indeed a novel political phenom-
enon, because throughout it's history
Hungary has been consistently anti
Russian and anti-Slav. When the
wild Magyar horsemen invaded the
broad plains of the Middle Danube
more than a thousand years ago,
they split in twain the Slavic wave
which was rolling westward from the
Baltic to the Mediterranean These
Asiatic nomads built their new realm
on the debris of conquered Slavic
tribes which they considered as their
interiors. Conversely. the surround
ing Slavs looked on the Magyars as
their hereditary enemies. Though
the Turkish conquest of the Balkans
and the Middle Danube Valley hit
Magyars and Slavs alike. Hungary
recovered something OF its old as
cendancy in conjunction with Ger
manic Austria and came to form one
of the twin pillars of the Hapsburg
Empire which opposed the national
istic aspirations of various Slavic
peoples, who looked to Russia as
counterpoise. 1t was these national
istic tensions in Southeastern Europe
that were basically responsible for
World War One. which destroyed the
Hapsburg Empire and reduced Hun
gary to embittered impotence. The
short-lived Communist terror set up
by Bella Kun in Budapest after the
war made Soviet Russia doubly de-
testable in Magyar eyes and led
Hungary to join Nazi Germany in
war against both Russia and the
local Slav countries. despite the
disagreeable necessity of accepting
German control. If the Red armies
now submerge Austria as we'll as
Hungary, the political transforma-
ton of Southeastern Europe. with
the economic and social changes
which are implied in the process,
may inaugurate permanent altera-
ton of the entire continent.
Evening star., 1944-12-31
Mr.. Loskey Resigns

John L. Laskey whose resignation
as chief attorney for the District
Office of Price Administration be-
comes effective today, has demon
strated that the fostering of a spirit
of cooperation, rather than punish
ment or threats, is the principal
weapon at the disposal of OPA in
carrying out what is admittedly a
difficult assignment.
In some Jurisdictions, particularly
New York, the OPA has displayed an
extreme fondness for the crack
down" technique. 1t might almost
be said that the main emphasis there
has been on the imposition of penal
ties. and not on securing compliance.
In Washington the reverse has been
true, and it can hardly be doubted
that compliance on the whole has
been better here.
The policy of the local office of
OPA first attracted public attention
In November, 1943, when local res
taurant was found to be heavily in
debt on ration points as a result of
excessive meat sales. If the local
OPA enforcement officers had fol-
lowed the New York example, they
would have forbidden the restaurant
to serve any meals of rationed foods
until the point deficiency had been
made up. That probably would have
forced the restaurant out of business,
with incidental injury to those
Washingtonians who are dependent
on restaurants, but OPA could have
remained indifferent to that fact.
Instead, however, mutually salts
factory plan was worked out under
which the restaurant received loan
OF ration points, and was permitted
to work out its deficit through re-
stricted meat sales over designated
period of time. AS chief enforcement
officer, Mr.. Laskey was responsible
for that sensible settlement, and for
the continuing and successful appli-
cation Of the same principle in deal
ng with other offenders. This has
Evening star., 1944-12-31

"What would you do II you knew
that tomorrow would be the last day
Of your life?" Tradition states that
this question was asked Of John Wes-
ley and that in reply he said that
he would 60 about his usual work
as best he could and commit HIM
self unhesitatingly to God when
night came. 1t was a sensible an
swer for him, since he was prepared
to meet his Maker. Those who are
not thus ready should do some
very serious thinking today, as
another year closes.
Actually this Is the last day on
earth for good many persons, some
Of them young men who will die on
the field OF battle far away. In any
event, this last day of the year is a
time for sober reflection, as we take
inventory Of our lives and face the
uncertain days ahead.
What strange year it has been,
with its unusual mingling of deep
emotions! In this terrible time OF
global war, what separations and
losses families have known. 1t should
have been year of widespread turn
ing to God in repentance and con-
triton, for we are all bound to-
gether in the blame for the war and
the suffering caused by It, Only in
this way have men been able to find
that inner peace and unfailing
strength which God alone can give.
Tomorrow new year begins and
we face an unknown future. What
will 1t bring to us individually and
to the world? No one is wise enough
to foretell. The end of the war is not
as near as we thought, with our false
optimism. There will be many more
bleeding hearts and broken homes
before another IL months pass.
Next year we shall see more calls
to service, more pain and hunger,
more shortage of food and clothing.
The responsibilities we shall have to
bear will be heavier than ever.
Shall we be equal to the task America
will confront in 1945?
What do men need as they face the
Evening star., 1944-12-31
The Tide Turns

Thls fifteenth day of Won Rund-
stedt's violent winter offensive finds
the tide of battle turing in our favor
A week ago the German COM
mander seemed to be driving to-
ward a sensational victory. The
meager tidings of the swirling, des-
perate struggle that was being
waged in the fog and the mud of the
western front carried ominous sug-
gestions of disaster for the Ameri-
can First Army. There was little to
which hope could be pinned. Gen.
eral Eisenhower had issued his conf
dent order of the day, promising that
the enemy would completely fail'
Of attaining his objective. Ameri-
can soldiers, many of them seasoned
in other hard campaigns, we're fight
Ing with courage that was unsur-
passed and with skill and determi-
nation that would not admit of de-
feat, Relief columns were moving up
and q break in the weather enabled
the grounded Allied air force-the
mightiest in the world-to swing
into action. But that was about all.
There is every indication at this
time, however, that that was enough.
The German drive has been stopped
and enemy advance elements have
been thrown back more than eleven
miles. General Patton, coming up
from the south, has thrown hard
hitting units of the Third Army
against the German left flank. In the
Bastogne area valiant American
holding force has been relieved, and
the German salient has been cut to
width of sixteen miles. The enemy
Is being hammered, too, on his
northern flank, and Allied bombers,
despite more bad weather, are har-
rylng Won RundStedt'S communi-
cations and concentration points. A
glance at the map shows that the
Germans have lost almost one-third
of the area in Belgium and Luxem-
bourg which they overran in the
first seven days of their offensive
1t would be foolishly optimistic to
say that the battle has been Won in
any final sense. The armies at Won
Rundstedt's disposal have demon
strated that they have great strik-
ing power, and 1t may very well be
that, after regrouping and reit-
ting, they will lash out again in a
desperate effort to burst the con-
fines of their present salient. But it
is unlikely that they can exert an
other effort comparable to the blow
which fell upon a thinly-held sec
tor of the Allied line on December 16.
More probably, we shall see now
supreme effort by General Eisen-
hover to achieve the second goal
set out in his order of the day. The
first was to stop the enemy's rush.
The second was ito turn his great
gamble into his worst defeat"
Time alone will tell whether that
can be done. But at the beginning
of the third week of the battle we
can well affort to pause in solemn
tribute to those American men who
have already done so much, and to
resolve never again to countenance
timid talk of defeat when they have
Just begun to fight.
Evening star., 1944-12-31
Weather Vone

Today is the expiration date of the
treaty under which the Russians
permit the japanese to fish in Soviet
Far Eastern waters. The treaty,
which comes up for reconsideration
at the close of every calendar year,
is generally regarded as a kind of
weather vane indicating how the
wind is blowing between Moscow and
Tokyo. At renewal time in 1912, the
Stain government increased the cost
of rental privileges 20 per cent above
the 1941 figure, and an additional 4
or per cent was tackled on in 1943,
but no change was reported in the
1914 agreement. In the past the
treaty usually has not been renewed
for two or three months after expir-
ing, SO that we shall probably have
to wait until next February or March
to learn the Russian decision. A
refusal to renew would be a heavy
blow to the Japanese, not only
because the fishing catch off Kam-
chatka constitutes a highly impor-
tant part of their food supply, but
also because such change in policy
- following upon Premier Stalin's
recent reference to aggressive"
Japan-would strongly suggest that
the Soviet Union might be preparing
to take direct part in the Far East
ern war on the side of Britain and
America. Perhaps too much signifi-
canoe can be read into the matter,
but it will nevertheless be most
interesting to see what hannens
Evening star., 1944-12-31

not prevented more severe measures
in fragrant cases, however, the record
showing that since April, 1943, Mr..
Laskey's office has filed 278 civil
cases, referred another 100 cases to
the District Attorneys Office, COL
lected $295,710 in civil settlements
and $26, $50 in criminal fines.
In consequence Of this blending Of
f1rmness with common-sense re-
straint, Mr.. Laskey leaves OPA to
enter private law practice with his
father, John E. Laskey, enjoying the
respect of the public and of the great
majority of the businessmen with
whom he has dealt.