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Smyrna times., 1944-04-27
Girl, 10, Bakes Cookies
For Cute Hungry Soldier

SEATTLE.-Dorothy Howay, 10,
has'her photograph in the army post
office at Fort Lewis, entitled:
Sweetheart of the Gang"
This only goes to show that an
army still marches on its stomach.
For, without her mothers knowl-
edge, Dorothy baked some cookies
and mailed them to "Cute Hungry
Soldier" She enclosed a photo
graph.
In return she received a letter
from five men in the army post Of
flee, indicating the package got no
further.
makes us sort of homesick for
our mothers cooking" the soldiers
wrote. "Your picture shall be put
in conspicuous place as the sweet
heart of this gang"
Smyrna times., 1944-04-27
BLACKBIRD
Items OF Personal ana Social In
terest Cleaned From the Vicinity

terest Cleaned From the Vicinity
Blackbird, April 26-Little Miss
Thelma Robinson, the 8-year-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Robinson, returned from the Will
mington General Hospital on Sat
urday. She has just recovered
from Scarlet fever.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Davidson of
Nassau, Del, spent the weekend
with Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Mitch
ell.
Mrs. Ada Reihm and Mrs. Mar
tin Mitchell were Wilmington Wis
itors Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ford from Will
mington, spent Sunday with Mrs.
Ford's brother and wife, Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. Reed.
Mrs. Helen Brown and daughters
Jean and Joan, spent Wednesday
with Mr.. and Mrs. r. E. Pearson.
Mrs. Edward T. Bratton and son
wer erecent visitors with Mrs.
Theodore Ferguson.
Mrs. Samuel FAIRIES and Mrs.
Thelma Johnson visited Mrs. Cla-
onia Foraker on Monday.
Mrs. w. G. Roosevelt was Will
mington visitor on Friday.
The Woman's Society of Chris
tian Service of Scott M. E. Church
were entertained on Tuesday even
ing by Mrs. j. G. Handy.
Smyrna times., 1944-04-27
BRIEF SMYRNA
LANDING NEWS
Budget of News and Person.
ais Cleaned About Smyr-
ma River Wharves
CITIZENS MAKE VISITS

Smyrna Landing, April 26-Pvt.
Beverly Gaulke of Elkton, West
Virginia, is spending weeks fur
Tough with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Louis Gaulke.
Mrs. Emma Davis and her grand
daughter Phyllis Pett, spent sew
eral days last week with her chill
dren in Chester, Holly Oak, and
Wilmington.
Mrs. Gilbert George and son
Larry, spent Tuesday in Whining
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Slaughter
and son Bunny of Middletown,
were Sunday visitors of her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Gaulke.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilmer Ford of
Dover, were recent visitors of her
mother, Mrs. Thomas Wrench.
Mrs. Frank Reichelt visited the
Welfare Home Sunday.
Mrs. Carl Davis of West Smyrna,
Mrs. Earl Scott and sons of Will
mington, were recent visitors of
Mrs. Emma Davis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Marshall
visited relatives in Milford recent
ly.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Wootten
of Georgetown were Sunday visit
ors of Mr.. and Mrs. S. F. Jackson.
Mrs. Hazel Hawkins and Mrs.
Bessie Cole spent Monday with
friends in Townsend.
Smyrna times., 1944-04-27
Using the Bean

Best news on the home front for
housewives these days is this:
BEANS ARE BACK The convent
ent kind that come done up in cans,
seasoned, sauced, and ready to serve.
There are probably few items we
housewives missed more, when their
production was side-tracked for
military use, than the old-fashioned,
oven-baked bean.
We seldom realized, uncn the
wartime pack had been curtailed,
how much we relied on beans to
make meal 5. how many differ
ent dishes the bean could be con-
verted to how potently the
bean is blessed with energy-giving
value how often beans could
be counted on to take the place of
meat how much time, work
and fuel it saved to use the ready
to-serve kind.
So, hail the return of the civilian
bean with joy. Sing paeans of praise
for its practically today. And rus
tle-up one of these pre-war favor
ties right now:
Drowned Beans and Onions
BroaDn-
" cup chopped onion
In
l tablespoon butter.
Spread a layer from
l 171a-oz. can or jar oven-baked
beans, vegetarian style
over bottom of baking dish, then
rover Dith onion.
Repeat layer Of beans.
Cover 1uitF--
B tablespoons India relish.
Top with remaining beans. Bake
In a moderate over (375oF) 20
minutes. Serves As.
Baked Beans and Onions in
Green Peppers
Parboa for 10 minutes in salted
Ddter-
Smyrna times., 1944-04-27
CLAYTON NEWS
AND PERSONALS
Budget of Items From Our
Railroad Town and Their
Personal Mention
CHURCHES AND SCHOOL

Trinity Episcopal Church, Clay
ton: Evening prayer and sermon
Sunday next, 7:30 p. M, in the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A.
Neugebauer.
Richard Wilde of st. Joseph's In
dustrial School, has returned to his
home in Grand Rapids, Michigan
for a short visit, before entering
the armed forces.
Miss Eleanor Burke of st. Fran
els Hospital, spent Tuesday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Burke.
Willard Toerzel, G. M. 1c, and
Austin Carey, S 1c, of Rhode ISL
and, spent a short leave with Mr..
and Mrs. Russell Carey.
Mrs. Fred Burke, Mr.. and Mrs.
Milton Voshell, Mrs. Amos Mast
and son Charles, spent Tuesday
with Mrs. Alice Mahn of Drexel
Hill, Pa.
Misses Margaret and Anna Har-
rington of Wilmington spent the
weekend with their parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Clifford Harrington.
Miss Ortha Cole spent the week.
end with friends in Easton, Md.
Howell Kitchens of the Merchant
Marines, spent the weekend with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Dicey
Kitchens.
Stanley Brewer of Bainbridge,
and Grover Brewer of Western
Maryland College, West Minister,
spent the weekend with their par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. u. G.. Brewer.
Smyrna times., 1944-04-27
AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Regular Services To Be Held SUM-
day Morning and Evening

First Presbyterian Church, Mr..
Herman Dam, student pastor, an
nounces the following services for
the coming week: Sunday School
will meet at 10 to study the lesson,
paul Wins Recognition for Cen
tile Christians" The morning wor-
ship service will be held at IL. The
Christian Endeavor Society will
meet at $50 Sunday night in the
Sunday School room. The evening
worship service will be held at
7:30. The Mite Society will meet
Thursday evening, May A, at 8 at
the home of Mrs. William Thomp-
son.
Smyrna times., 1944-04-27
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH
Report of Church Services For
Next Sunday

4NCAk
First Churcn of Christ. Scientist
Wilmington, at Park Place and
Van Buren Street: morning service
IL a. m, Sunday School IL a. M,
Wednesday evening service 500.
Christian Science Society, Milford,
meets at Grange Hall: Morning
service IL a. M; Sunday School IL
a. M, also meets first Wednesday
evening of each month at 8 p. m.
Subject for Sunday, April 80: is:
Everlasting Punishment" Golden
Text: Ezekiel Is: 81. Cast away
from you all your transgressions,
whereby ye have transgressed; and
make you a new heart and a new
spirit: for why will ye die, o house
of Israel? A Bible citition from
the lesson-sermon is: Titus 8: 8, A..
For we ourselves also were some
times foolish, disobedient, deceived,
serving divers lusts and pleasures,
living in malice and envy, hateful
and hating one another. 4. But af-
ter that the kindness and love of
God our Savious toward man ap-
peared. A correlative passage from
the Textbook Science and Health
with Key to the Scriptures" by
Mary Baker Eddy is: Up. 248: 29-
32). Let unselfishness, goodness,
mercy, justice, health, holiness,
love-the kingdom of heaven
reign within us, and sin, disease,
and death will diminish until they
finally disappear.
Smyrna times., 1944-04-27

were responsible for sending in the
addresses of Pfc. Freeman Cam
mile, Earl l.. Davis, A. o. M.-3c,
and Pvt. George Oliver Davis re-
Gently. All three of these address
es We're published under the date
of April 9th, 1914. Your same
spirit of cooperation will be appre-
ciated at any future date, when
ever further changes take place. A
bit of news now and then would
also come in handy regarding these
men, so that their friends in this
area will know how they are pro-
crossing.
Smyrna times., 1944-04-27
want them to happen.

want them to happen.
The Scripture declares: "All
things work together for good to
them that love God"
How often this statement has
been vindicated by the fact that in
the i'll which was feared lay the
greater good to all concerned.
1t may be that in the coming
of those very things which you are
praying might be avoided, there
will also come blessings of which
you are now unaware. Or it may
be that those events which you
Smyrna times., 1944-04-27
BY JEAN MERRITT
Heinz Home Institute

a green peppers, seeds removed
10 small pearl onions.
Combine onions lpith-
1 17l2-oz. can or jar oven-baked
beans, vegetarian style.
Stuff bean and onion mixture into
green peppers. Arrange ir. shallow
baking pan containing small
amount of water. Bake in a mod
crate oven (375oF.) 80 to 40 minutes,
or until peppers are tender.
Baked Bean Supper Platter
Season
Y pound ground beef
apith-
Dash pepper
" teaspoon salt.
Form into a dozen small balls.
Brolcn, cooking thoroughly, in
1 tablespoon fat.
Add
L 1712-oz. can or jar oven-baked
beans, vegetarian style
2 cups cooked sliced carrots (may
be leftover).
Heat and serve on warm platter.
Garnish with sweet mixed pickle.
Serves A.
Nutty Oven-Baked Beans
Combine, then heat
1 17l2-oz. can or jar oven-baked
beans, vegetarian style
1 teaspoon peanut butter.
The peanut butter gives the beans
an extra nutty flavor that's worth
trying.
Oven-Baked Beans with Spicy
Wieners
Pour into shalIoD casserole
1 171s-oz. can or jar oven-baked
beans, vegetarian style.
Mia together thoroughly
1 tablespoon prepared brown
mustard ..-~.
l tablespoon brown sugar.
Make split i'm
8 wieners.
Spread cut edges with mustard
mixture, then partially bury in
beans with slit edge up. Insert a
Glove in each. Cover and bake in a
moderate oven (375oF.) Is minutes.
Serves 4.
Smyrna times., 1944-04-27
Footrace Is a Fixture
On Each Army PAYDAY

FORT LEWIS, WASH.-Sgt. Tre-
vor H. Humphreys and Pvt. Leon
ard w. Buell. make each pay day a
memorable occasion. They race so
yards-barefoot.
Neither is exactly sure why they
began the stunt, but it has become
a fixed feature of their company.
There's only one hitch: their fel-
low-soldiers lay bets on the out
come-then lay out the course. And
it's literally sprinkled with rocks.
Smyrna times., 1944-04-27

now fear may in themselves be the
escape from disasters totally un-
known to you at the present time.
Therefore dare to face those af-
fairs of life which lie beyond your
control with courageous conf
dence in God because you know
that in all circumstances God is
well able to take care of you and
yours.
Above the clouds the sun still
shines. Above our fears Gods
providence can still be depended
upon.
Smyrna times., 1944-04-27
Government Streamlining
Successful in Colorado

DENVER.-Governmental stream
lining is a success in Colorado.
Urging that other states follow
suit to save the taxpayers money,
Gov. Ralph L. Carr has issued
statement lauding the reorganized
governmental system that went into
effect in the mile-high state on
July /.
The governor said the law con-
solidating tax-collecting agencies
and revamping of the 63-year-old
governmental system, has boosted
tax collections 10.7 per cent in the
first three months of its operations.
Smyrna times., 1944-04-27
IL Per cent of Cars

Registered in the United States
are II per cent of all the passenger
cars operated on earth. The world
record for motor vehicles registered
was broken in 1889 with as, ,027, 900
automobiles and trucks in use; the
figure represents a gain of 4 per
cent over 1888.
Smyrna times., 1944-04-27
Service Honor Roll

Charles w. Cole, S &c
u. S. N. R.
Quarset Hut No. 3
U. S. N. A. S.
Wildwood, New Jersey
A-C Donald M. Clark
A. S. N. 12076585
A. A. F. Basic Flying School
Georgia Aero-Tech.
Bushfield
Augusta, Georgia
Smyrna times., 1944-04-27

All thooe In service, their families and
friends. are urged to inform Dribbles
Editor of new, or changed. addresses. Keep
him supplied with interesting news items
The success, and continuation. OF this new
Service column will depend largely upon
this kind of cooperation.
Smyrna times., 1944-04-27
DRIBBLES
CONTINUED from Page Two)

strong voice, at later date, in the
advancement of this nation. We
will have need of such men in our
communities, states and the nation
to carry on the ght for freedom
long after the last shot of this
World War II has been fired.
Dribbles wishes to take this op-
portunity to thank the persons who
Smyrna times., 1944-04-27

Set aside your War Bond pur-
chases in an envelope really labell-
ed: For Use When the War Is
Over"
Smyrna times., 1944-04-27

Buy War Bonds to the point of
sacrifice so that you may enjoy the
plenty of victorious peace.
Smyrna times., 1944-04-27
CHANGE OF ADDRESS
SERVICE HONOR ROLL

N. S. N. 811 II 38
C o Fleet Post Office
New York City, New York
Carl C. Conley Cox
Fleet Post Office
New York City, New York
Pvt. Harold ]. Dittman
A. S. N. 32488713
A. p. o. 928, C o Postmaster
San Francisco, California
Lieut.. Victor D. Ennis
0-815112
A. P. o. 16007 BA 10
New York City, New York
Pvt. Joseph M. Ennis
A. S. N. 12100424
Co. A, 45th Tank Bn.
A. P. o. No. 263
Camp Bowie, Texas
1t. John R. Francis
A. S. N. 0-697348
A. P. o. 12810 AA 283
C o Postmaster
New York City, New York
Pfc. John R. Jacobs
M. S. N. 903712
3rd NAV. : F.M.F.
AIRS. No. 9, Flight Sec.
u. S. M. c. A. S.
Cherry Point, North Carolina
Sgt. James L. Melvin
A. S. N. 2O257273
A. P. o. No. 713, Unit No. 2
, o Postmaster
San Francisco, California
William F. Melvin, SIX 1c
c O Fleet Post Office
San Francisco, California
Pvt. Russell G. Moore
A. S. N. 32956500
A. P. o. 83, C o Postmaster
New York City, New York
Pfc. William r. Palmer
A. S. N. 32487849
A. P. o. 322, c Postmaster
San Francisco, California
A. S. Roscoe w. Radish
A. S. N. 42080732
Squadron d
336th c. T. D.
Moulton Hall
Kent State University
Kent, Ohio
Cpl. Raymond D. Rash
A. S. N. 32076344
Squadron E
Tyndall Field, Florida
William @. Robinson, S 1c
C o Fleet Post Office
San Francisco, California
Pfc. Ray M. Sammons, Jr.
A. S. N. 32752146
A. P. o. 635, C o Postmaster
New York City, New York
Cpl. Henry R. Shapley
A. S. N. 32754826
Hdq. Bty 639th AAA AW Bn
Fort Jackson, South Carolina
1t. John L. Shortall, Jr.
Hdq. & Hdq. Bty (E.S.S.)
Camp Gallon, California
Cpl. Nelson M. Stats
A. S. N. 32485199
Philadelphia Naval Hospital
Ward No. 2 B
Philadelphia, Penna.
Pfc. George D. Wright
M. S. N. 903711
Marine Barracks
School Detachment
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Philadelphia IL, Pa.
S-Sgt. Francis A. Yeates
A. S. N. 335630S4
A. P. o. 654, C o Postmaster
New York City, New York
Smyrna times., 1944-04-27
NOTICE

NOTICE
Dead or disabled horses, cows
and mules removed FREE of
charge by calling DOVER 5595.
No animals removed unless call is
made Immediately and no animals
dying from a contagious disease
will be removed.
Smyrna times., 1944-04-27
Delaware Oaks

For the Oaks, we'll known eligi-
bles are: Belair Studs Thread
o'Gold; Brandywine Stables Ever
get; Dare Me and Flash from the
Brookmead Stable; Calumet Farms
Twilight Tear and Miss Keenland;
Lazy F. Ranchs Plucky Maud,
Johns Dear and Cocopet; Long
champs FARMS Mrs. Ames and
Donita's First; c. V. Whitney's
Boojiana; and others.
Smyrna times., 1944-04-27
RACING PARK
OPENS MAY 29
Stir Up, Pukka Gin, Pensive
Are Among Eligibles For
Diamond State Stakes
OPEN UNTIL JULY 4TH

Stir Up, Pukka Gin, Director ].
E., Pensive and other horses
strongly in the news at the mo-
ment because of the Kentucky
Derby Preakness and other three
year old features, are among the
Sc eligibles for Delaware Parks
Diamond State Stakes which will
be one of the features of the Della
ware Park meeting, scheduled to
begin on May 29th next. The rae
ing will continue to and including
July 4th. In the past, the Diamond
State has been won by such horses
as War Magic, Eight Thirty, Your
Chance, Swing and Sway, and Anti
climax. For the coming meeting
the race probably will be the rich
est of the five $4,000 added fea-
lures which highlight the thirty
days of racing. The Diamond State
and the Delaware Oaks, which are
Delaware Parks two produce
Stakes, have been increased in
their added money value. Because
of the nominating, declaration and
other fees, the Diamond State and
the Oaks now become the richset
stakes of the Delaware Park meet
ing. The Diamond State will be
run on June 29th and the Oaks on
June 8th.
Greentree Stable
Stir Up, current favorite for the
Derby, is one of three three year
olds named by Mrs. Payne Whit
ney's Greentree Stable. The other
two are Clansman and Tambo. For
the Oaks she has eligible Bird
Hawk, Music Hall and Sunday Sup
per. 1t will be remembered that
Shut Out, winner of the 1912 Ken
lucky Derby, made the first start
of his career at Delaware Park,
when he not only won but set a
new track record doing it. Shut
Outs mark of LOS 2-5 still stands
as the five furlong and half rec
ord. Other Derby horses now be-
ing prominently mentioned who are
eligible for Delaware Parks stakes
are: Lucky Draw, Alorter, Twilight
Tear and Free Lance. AS has been
the case for years, Delaware stake
nominations reflect support from
the countrys leading stables, other
nominees being: Vienna, Strong
hold, Boy Knight, Bull Weed and
Grant Rice.
Delaware Oaks
For the Oaks, well known eligi-
bles are: Belair Studs Thread
o'Gold; Brandywine Stables Ever
get; Dare Me and Flash from the
Brookmead Stable; Calumet Farm S
orJ HE;oo 4.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-18
Rif|emen Attend
Medal Shoot

TWenty-three riflemen turned out
for he annual qualification and
National Rifle Association club
medal shoot on the Ell Centro range
Sunday, representing the Imperial
Valley Rifle club, of which Ed
Henderson is president and Herb
Holt, secretary. H. L. Larson, scor-
ing 1913 out of a possible 20O, won
the NRA club mccall.
Scores of l80 to 200 rate as ex-
pert; ITO 10 180, SharpShooter; l60
to ITO, marksmen.
Shooters in Sundays matches
with their scores, follow:
H. L. Larson, 1893; H. j. Knitson
1877; Max Rollin, 1876; Ed Hender-
son, 1876; Jim Townsend, 1876; Herb
Holt, 1874; H. K. McClimans, 1893;
Bob Daugherty, 1872; D. L. Weed
1872; Carl Ming, 1874; John Durrer
l89; Fritz Kuhn, 1888; Bill Sobke
1888; L. v. Hess, 1877; Theodore Ming
1856; Art Sinclair, 1874; Paul Conroe
1888; Rudy Sholder, 1871; Otto Kuhn,
178; Clem Muller, 178; Ed Ceilings,
l73; Albert Durrer, 172.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-18
You can handle
this switchman's S
lob with s. p!

If you're able bodied a bit of
he-man who likes to keep things
moving . if you like excitement and
locomotives and trains and would
like keeping the war trains rolling
. and if you'd like working with
real men and with a locomotive to
push cars around for you-then,
brother, here is your job! Switch
man with S.P. =. vital job and
Well-paying job. We train you for
it within a few days-make you a
full-fledged RI. operating man.
Make no mistake, this is a sound,
solid job with big company. Plenty
of work ahead. R.R. pass privileges.
Liberal age limits. Fine pension plan.
Medical services. A job you'll go for.
Other good jobs open also. Apply to
local S.P. Agent, or SP. Employment
Office, Room Sis, Pacific Electric
Building, 9th & Main, Los Angeles.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-18
Marines Open
Tennis Court

Inaugurating play on the new
tennis court at the Marine Air sta
tion Sunday, teams of the Ell Centro
Tennis club and the Marines met in
doubles and singles matches with
the following results
Singles:
Lynn Johnson defeated Captain
Earl K. Senff, 6-1, 6-2.
ELAN Hens defeated Sergeant Ira
Whitaker, 60, Go.
Captain John c. Glidden defeated
E. P. Ford, Ga, 8-6.
Private James F. Nutters defeated
Orville Balm, 6-1, 6-1.
Doubles: Johnson and Edmunds
defeated Senff and Glidden, Ga, 6-3.
Hens and Ford defeated Whit
aker and Staff Sergeant Bob Ras-
mussen, 60, 60.
Medder and CLANCY defeated
Dorsey Whitelaw and j. H. Edgar,
Ga, 6-3.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-18
Bond Sales Near
~ Billion Mark

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. CUP)-
Bond sale totals in the sixth war
loan drive Monday were expected
to reflect heavy last-minute pur-
chaSes with a substantial increase
over the latest total of $17,586, ,000,-
600 reported Saturday, the closing
day of the campaign.
Secretary of Treasury Henry Nor
genthau Jr. predicted that overall
sales would exceed $19000,000, 900
when a final compilation is an
nounced January 2.
Individual purchases up to the
end of the month will be credited
to the $5,000 100000 individual drive,
but there are additional accounting
tasks that will require days to COM
plete
Latest reports showed corporation
bond investments at $1c,446 ,000, ,000
and still going up. Individual pur-
chases totaled $4140,000, 900 and in
cluded "E" bond sales of 81 ,683, ,000,-
900.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-18
MP[S. FLAX FUTURES
Fire Chief Urges
Holiday Caution

Fire Chief Corn Reed sets out
in urging FL Centro residents to
take every precaution against holi-
day fires, that this city's per capita
fire loss for l944-S7-already ap-
proXimately is three times above
what it was for l943
Chief Reed said the holiday sea-
son would be safer for everyone if
all citizens would set up their Christ
mas trees securely, with the butt in
a pan of water, purchase only deco
rations that have been treated to
make them slow-burning and avoid
using lighted candles on trees or
near room decorations.
He also cautioned smokers.
For safety's sake" the chief said,
buy only strings of lights identified
by tags of the Underwriters Labora-
tories. attached to the conductors or
by carton markings"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-18
E. f. Merchants
Defeat Aztecs

Less than 80 people saw the Ell
Centro Merchants, leaders in the
Imperial Valley Winter league
make it four straight Sunday by
winning from the Brawley Aztecs at
El Centre stadium, II to 0. Womack
hurting for the Merchants, struck
out eight men in five innings and
Dumler, who finished, struck ou'
seven.
The Merchants piled up six dou-
bles and one triple. Bob Wiltshire got
four for four, including one triple;
Charlie Green hit four for five, in
Guiding two doubles. Line scores:
r. H. E.
Brawley Aztecs 900 900 OOO-0 2 6
e C Merchants 800 104 8l0-12 II
Batteries = Merchants: Womack.
Dumler and Gent, Green.
Aztecs: Mastas and Menday. Um-
pireS, Mccarthy and Harvey.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-18
Az y STOChS

New York. Dec IS. fuP)-Profit-taking
unsettled the entire main list OF stocks
Monday. but late in the session there was
a small movement up from the days lows.
Selling that developed in the railroad
shares on Saturday spread throughout the
list In todays session. A number OF special
issues. however, countered with sharp ad.
yances.
The days business news included dis
closure that Swift & Co had record sales
IN iis fiscal year ended last October 2S,
although net income was down 30 cents
a share, and the report of the department
OF commerce that publicly reported cash
dividends for the first II months Of 1914
were up 2I5 per cent over last year ai
So, 9o9 800 600
Pressure on the railroad group of stocks
lightened after a statement in Detroit by
Gustav Metzman, president OF the New
York Central system. that the roads will
come out of World War two in far better
financial shape than after World War one
and have prepared a large-scale improve
ment program.
Toward the close Santa Fe and Baltimore
q Ohio registered small net gains, the
latter equallng its 1914 high. Norfolk &
Western and Kansas City Southern pre-
ferred however, held losses of more than
q point each.
Preliminary closing Dow-Jones averages:
Industrial 15l So. off 100; rail 1875, off
0.03; utility O9, off 0.16; and 65 stocks
s.. SIS, off OBS.
Sales dropped to 9sO.94s shares from
2,135, ,7s0 last Friday. Curb turnover was
297 135 shares against 4ls,620 last Friday.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-18
Long Toss Saves
Couple $1,000

LOS ANGELES, Dec 18. UP)-
A long pitch today saved Mrs. Mabel
C. Walls $1,000.
Mrs. Walls and her husband were
walking home from their cafe after
tire en- their car went flat. A BAN
dit jumped from behind a hedge
pointed gun at them and ordered
their money deposited on the side
walk.
Her husband, Forrest E. Walls, put
$50 from his wallet and $50 in
change in the paper sack on the
walk. AS the gunman stopped to
pick them up, Mrs. Walls tossed her
purse-$l000 in it-over a hedge.
The couple was searched then and
Walls second wallet with 5000 in it
taken, but the bandit never found
Mrs. Walls purse.