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The daily monitor leader., 1945-03-27
By ERSKINE JOHNSON
NEA Staff CORRESPONDENT

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
LY YOURS: Midnight curfew on
night clubs mas Universal writ
ers re-ploting the script of De-
anna Durbin's new mystery flick
er, Lady on Train" One
scene highly important to the
plot, took place IN New York
night club at 2:15 a. m. The
scene now will take place at
Ills p. m.
On his last trip to New York,
Bob Hope went to see Frank
Faye in Harvey then went
backstage to congratulate him
on his performance. Fay said 1t
was pretty tough playing the
same character night after night.
"Why, you big bum," said Hope,
you've been playing this part
for years except that Bert
Wheeler has been the rabbit"
Patrons of a local theater
which speciallzes in old-time
movies are bowling at one scene
in an old Charley Chaplin film.
A woman rushes up to the comic
and hands him a baby and the
title card reads: rs this your
haby?"
Someone asked Director Ar
thur Lubin how his new movie,
"A Night in Paradise" was COM
ing along It must be good,
said Arthur, I'm two weeks be-
hind schedule and no complaints
yet from the front office
WAS HIS FACE WHITE!
Day Universal decided to pro-
mote ex-football star Howard
Red" Christie from assistant
director to associate producer
while he was home painting his
house. The studio got him on the
phone and said the front office
wanted him pronto. Red !.
dashed in to accept the new job
with his face and hair covered
with white paint.
Eddie Cantor's aughter made
her night club debut in New
York under the name of Marilyn
Curtis. After Cantor read the
press reviews of the opening, he
wired the nitery owner: Under
stand my daughter is singing
hit in your club. Can you do any
thing for her father? Sing and
tell smart gags" He signed the
message, Eddie Curtis
Mickey Rooney has been pro-
NOTED to Pfc, which makes him
S4 a month richer.
Splash sign seen on q theater
marquee when Ruth Hussey's
new picture opened in Lititz, Pa,
her husbands home town. 1t
read: Captain Robert Longe-
necker's' wife, Ruth Hussey, in
Bedside Manner.
THAT'S TOUGH
Ha! Lawrence Tierney, who
plays the title role in "Dillinger,"
once lost a job because he wasn't
hard boiled enough to make
bill collections.
Maestro, Joe Reichman and
Cookie EaTchild will be papas
any edition now. -. Two studios
are bidding for Louise LaPlanche
since her release from Para
mount. Peter Lawford and Aud
rey Totter new twosome at Bill
lingsley's Tropics. Georgia
Gibbs may head her own air
show this su m m r after the
Durante- Moore show folds. Z.
Since Ed Gardiner made the
name famous, there are 800 other
Duffy's Taverns around d the
country.
New trade ads for ITO Have
and Have Not" show Bogart and
Bacall in furious embrace with
The daily monitor leader., 1945-03-27
BY DOUGLAS LARSEN
NEA Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON - One of the
most cheerful guys in the ampu-
tation ward of Army's Walter
Reed General Hospital has the
least reason for his sunny out
look on life. He's Cpl. Ralph A.
Brown, %, of Youngstown, o.,
the first man to lose three limbs
in either World War / or II.
His legs have been amputated
at mid-thigh, and his right arm
just above the wrist. His left
arm suffered a compound frac-
ture and is slowly becoming USE
full. This is the War Depart
ment's answer to rumors that
there are untold numbers of
basket cases" men with all
four limbs gone.
Corporal Brown tells how it
happened. He was tank gun
ner with the Sixth Armoref Di-
vision in France. The date was
September %.
1--WE started at dawn. I was in
the company commanders tank.
1t was a patrol mission. They
said we were in enemy-held
territory, but nothing much hap
pened until about noon.
Suddenly one of the officers
yelled to stop. He spotted two
German ammunition trucks hid
den behind barn. l fired two
shots and blew up both trucks.
"Then they started shooting
at us from somewhere. We were
hit, but nobody seemed to be
hurt. 1t must have been the
track because when the officer
shouted lets get the hell out of
here, we couldn't move.
The next thing remember I
found myself lying in the tank
alone. / knew / was badly hurt.
l figured the other guys proba-
bly, thought / was dead. / pulled
myself to the top of the turret
and hung by my armpits. A lieu
tenant yelled and said he was
getting help. / must have passed
out then.
when I regained conscious
ness 7 was in ditch. l saw other
guys from my tank running all
around. The action was pretty
tough. I passed out again. Next
time 7 knew what was going on
/ .yas lying on a tank that was
moving. l woke up again in it,
ter on a jeep. That's all l re-
member until / woke up in the
hospital"
CONFIDENT
The action the patrol ran into
was so tough no medical men
could get to it. The wounded,
like CORPORAL Brown, were car
ried to hospital .eeps on tanks.
When he finally came TO, the
three amputations were already
completed. The use of plasma
and whole blood along with
plenty of CUTS, according to the
doctors, k pit him alive.
Before the war, Corporal
Brown was a dairy employee.
He made ice cream and was in
charge of distribution. The fact
that he's the first from either
World War to loose three limbs
disturbs him not one whit.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-03-27
. BARBS

Hitler said that C er m n y
would fight to the finish. He ap-
parently didn't think it neces-
sary to say whose.
Making money isn't difficult.
The really hard thing is max
ing more.
Scare buying is likely to bring
coffee rationing back, says a gov
ernment official. That is, if too
many little pigs 60 to market.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-03-27
BY PETER EDSON
NEA Washington Correspondent

WASHlNGION- "A nunQre0
protests on the closing of race
tracks and the midnight curfew
on night clubs came into the Of
flee of War Mobilization Direc-
tor James F. Byrnes for every
protest that had been received
previously on vastly more i'm
portant stabilization orders.
This was a curious manifestation
of the American public's appar-
ent unwillingness to sacrifice its
luxuries, yet il was only an in
significant part of the big pat
tern of civilian curbs which
Byrnes has issued since last De-
cember. Look at the list:
/. Requests Selective Service
to draft older men to replace
skilled workers furloughed
from Army for essential war
production.
2. Named Civilian Advisory
Board to OWMR, as required
by law. It was headed by ex-
Governor O. Max Gardner OF
North Carolina, but its mem
bers were the usual list OF bus
leaders named TO all Washing
ton advisory boards. Theoreti'
cally the board meets every two
weeks. It has been considered
somewhat of a dead letter, but
it did approve the orders clos
ing the race tracks and other
civilian curbs.
3. Directed the War Produc-
ton Board to issue sanctions
(such as shutting off raw ma
terials) to employers who did
not comply with War Manpower
Commission employment cell
ings.
4. Cut back the Maritime
Commission shipbuilding pro-
gram.
S. In his report to Congress,
recommended legislation giving
Manpower Commission and War
Labor Board authority to en-
force decisions.
6. Asked Selective Service to
review the cases Of 1854 900 de-
ferred farm workers and to
draft as many as possible in the
1925 age group.
7. Ordered curtailment OF ira
vel and banned conventions. O1
1881 applications to hold con-
ventions in last two months
only SO have been granted
Three were for labor confer
ences. five were scientific, the
others religious.
8. Stopped resort trains, or
dered curtailment of consump
ton of electricity on outdoor
advertising and lighting IN tn'
interests Of saving coal.
TO RESIGN AFTER WAR
Taken together these order!
constitute pretty tough hack
at an already drastically cut
back civilian economy. Tha'
Byrnes could do these thing!
without fear Of consequences
saw his associates, is due to the
fact that he is no longer politl'
cally ambitious. He has already
organized the small staff, now
working on mobilization, to plar
for reconversion and carry 4
out after the defeat Of Germany
at which time Byrnes insists III
will resign and leave Washing
ton.
Having initiated this program
Byrnes on Jan. Is left Washing
ton for Yalta with the President
When the full story of the Yalts
conference can be told, the par
played by Justice Byrnes will
be revealed as far from insignif
icant. Some critics wondered
why the President chose Byrnes
He and Secretary Of State Stet
tinius were the two u S. civil.
ians who sat with Roosevelt al
the big round conference table
Byrnes admittedly is no expert
on foreign relations. He was
there for three other reasons
The daily monitor leader., 1945-03-27
. IN HOLLYWOOD

the simple comment, Warner
Bros. employe with girl"
Daryl Zanuck is talking to
Geraldine Fitzgerald about play
ing Mrs. Wendell Willkie in
Zone World"
The daily monitor leader., 1945-03-27

Quote of the week by John
Charles Thomas: "Hotel accom-
modations are so tough you have
to take an addition before they'll
allow you to sing in the bath
tub"
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-27
Tropical Storm
Hits Texas Area

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ported over a 45-mile radius at the
core
Thousands of residents of the
Texas coastal area huddled in
schoolhouses, cOurth houses and
homes Of friends in inland cities
after having fled the storm.
LINES ALL DOWN
No report of extensive damage
had been received from Houston.
but officials pointed out that all
communication lines in the storm
area were down and there was little
hope of getting them up again soon.
The causeWay between Corpus
Christi and Portland on the Hous-
ton highway was under water and
the road closed to traffic.
All but six persons had been evac-
uated from the town of Port O'Con-
nor
The weather bureau at Houston
reported that the center of the
storm probably would move inland
from the gulf, striking the coastal
area where the state juts to the
east.
The fishing towns of Port Aran-
Sasas, Rockport, Tivoli and Austwell
were directly in the path of the
storm. weather bureau officials said.
as was Victoria, a city of some 12.-
600 population.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-27
SOUNDS WAVES DETECT
POCKET AIR POCKETS

WILMINGTON, Del. Aug. 81
tUP1-Research engineers of the
Hercules Powder Co. Wilmington.
have developed high frequency
sound waves. inaudiblc to the hui
man ear, to detect air pockets in
rocket powder grains.
The sound waves are directed
through the grain on a known
course. Any DETECTION is recorded
on a meter and denotes the pres
ence Of an air space or other flaw.
A faulty rocket powder grain
could affect the accuracy of the
rocket projectile or cause it to ex-
plode upon release. thus endanger-
ing the lives of men firing it.
The sound method is an improve
ment on the old X-ray method. ac-
cording to Hercules engineers. The
superSonic wave system is used in
the Badger Ordnance Works, Bara-
boo, Wis; RadfOrd VA Ordnance
Works and Sunflowcr Ordnance
Works, Lawrence, Kan
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-27
State Legion Picks
Iujunga Member
AS Commander

SACRAMENTO, Aug. 27. up
Robert Snyder, Tujunga. was in
stalled Saturday as commander Of
the American Legion of California
succeeding Edward w. Bolt, Peta
luna, in ceremonies closing a two
day conference of the executive
committee.
Helen F. Barker, San Francisco
was inducted as vice-commander
at-large for the 1945-46 period.
Department ce-commanders of
the Legion are: Area /, George Lo-
di, Arbuckle; area 2, Peter Navarro.
San Jose; area 3, Harry Paulden
Delano; area q, E. D. Solari, Car
penteria, and area 5. John H. Briel
San Diego.
Norman Dunbar. Los Angeles.
former area 4 commander, was
elected alternate national commit
teeman, succeeding the late Rohert
Garner. San Bernardino. who died
last Thursday
Frank G.. Nicely. Santa Paula,
Will be sergeant at arms and the
Rev. B. Errol Parish, San Francis
co, chaplain
Legion officials were directed to
urge immediate amendment of the
Selective service act to continue
the guarantee that a veteran may
return to his old lob.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-27
SYNTHETIC FUEL TANKS

AKRON. O.. Aug. 27.-Akron built
rubber tanks have been installed as
standard equipment on the Navy 5
PIT boats.
The bullet-sealing tanks. credited
with saving thousands of airplanes,
were installed on the PIT boats after
the Tulagi Gulf action in the Solo,
mons in 1912.
J. Earl Gulick, general superin-
tendent Of the B. F. Goodrich Co.
fuel cells division. said the tanks
are made almost entirely of syn
thetic rubber and four are installed
on each boat
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-27
Arminda CordIe,
83, Succumbs

Mrs. Arminda Cordlc, 83, who had
made her home the past ten years
with her son, George d COrdle, on
North Fourth street. FL Centre. died
Sunday after a long illness.
A native Of Missouri, Mrs Cordlc
is survived by her son here. a
daughter, Mrs. Viola A. Biegs. and
three grandchildren, Lonnic. Glenn
and Lorene Biggs, all OF Watson
vile: and three brothers, George W.
Vaughan, Oakland; VIM. Vaughan
WoodsOn, Kans., and Franci S
Vaughan. Purdy. Mo
Services will be conducted at 3
p. m. Wednesday in the Lemons
Wiley chapel, with the Rev. r. G.
Rogers Of the Nazarene church Of
ficiating The body will be sent to
Sayre, Okla, for burial.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-27
Hipass Children S
Summer Camp
To End Saturday

Buses from Camp Lockett will
bring home IS children from Hi
BASS Health camp Saturday morn
ing, concluding eight weeks of
camping which attracted about $50
>hildren from all sections Of the
valley
Original registration on July s
saw l07 children in the camp but
many came home at intervals dur
ing the summer and their places
were taken by others.
R. P. Ostrander, president Of the
camp corporation, said the buses
would leave HipaSs at 9 am. Satur-
day and parents were asked to be at
the courthouse at IL am. to pick
Up their youngsters.
AS one of the final activities of
he summer the children presented
two plays Sunday afternoon viewed
BY an interested crowd of parents
md friends. The girls play The
Half Wish" was directed by Rose
mary Barrigan with costumes de-
signed by Virginia Barrigan. In the
cast were Marie and Vivian Gill
strap. Caroline Barrigan, Sally Rus
tin, Trudy and Wilma Barnes. Don
ma Bradley, Barbara and Rita RO-
manski, Edna Rice, Lee DermOdy,
Freida Maneese and June and An
ma White. In the cast for the boys
play Jack in the BeanStalk." di-
rected by Rodney Larson we're Ken
meth Anderson. Bobby Holt, Wesley
RubidouS, and Donald Harvey.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-27
LFTTERHEAD WORDING
LONGER THAN LETTER

CORPUS CHRIST, Tex, Aug. 81
'UP)-The letterhead was longer
than the letter, but police chief L.
G. Smith was nevertheless glad to
hear from his old friend, Rep. Joe
E. Lyle.
The letterhead consisted of "a
words; John E. Lyle, Jr., 14th Dis
trict, Texas, Committee, Post Of
flee and Post Roads, Congress of
the United States. House of Rep
resentatives, Washington, D. c.,
June 28. 1945.
Text of the letter was somewhat
briefer. Dear Smitty: How are
things? Drop me a line, keep me
posted Best regards, John
Smith answered Lyle's letter with
more letter than a letterhead," he
said
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-27
Sheriff Returns
From Meetings

Sheriff Robert W. Ware was back
Monday from two meetings in Los
Angeles, both dealing largely with
postwar plans.
California peace officers met Sat
urday in the hall of justice in Los
Angeles, and discussed law enforce
ment problems in connection with
release of service personnel from
the armed forces Although Impe-
rial county has a full force in the
Sheriff's office, larger cities were
interested especially in inducing
discharged servicemen back to posi-
tions they held formerly as peace
officers.
Ware also attended a meeting of
the governors law enforcement ad-
yisory committee. Of which he is a
member, which was held Thursday
III the district attorneys office.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-27
CIVIL SERVICE SET-JP is
BIG UNITED NATIONS FACTOR

CHICAGO, Aug. 27. CUPD - The
success of the United Nations will
depend largely on the quality of
the international civil service. Ar
thur SwcetSer. president of the
Woodrow Wilson Foundation, be-
lieveS.
Various nations will seek the
posts "avidly," making the creation
OF an impartial staff almost impos-
Sible, he said.
1T will. consequently. require
constant vigilance to keep the staff
free from political pressure and
solely consecrated to the common
good of the whole world commun-
ty," SWeetSer said
An international civil service will
require a new type of training. he
added. A body of officials who are
widely international in outlook and
sympathies must be created, he said
The San Francisco conference
took every precaution that it is
possible to take on paper to assure
high degree of independence and
integrity for the new staff"
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-27
Ship Transport
Sets Limits

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 27. up
The Regional War Shipping Ad-
miniStration announced civilian ship
transportation to Pacific ereas will
be limited to essential passengers
who have passports and priority
from the U. S. SAFE Department.
Essential passengers will be trans
ported in stateroOms Whic hhave
from six to II military standard
berths, the VISA said In normal
times a stateroom accommodated
two to four passengers.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-27
President Asks
Congress to
Keep Up Draft
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ulate voluntary enlistment.
Nine days before tne scheduled
reconvening OF congress. the house
military affairs committee was
called into session to consider what,
if anything, should be done about
continued induCtionS in to the
armed forces.
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
At the same time the ways and
means committee was summoned
tC prepare for hearings on Mr.. Tru-
mans request for increased unem-
ploymcnt benefits during the re-
conversion period. 1t expects to be-
gin Tuesday by hearing Recover
ion Director John w. SnyC er The
senate finance committee will open
hearings on the same proposal
Wednesday.
Scattered but loud protests were
heard from SCme congressman when
the administration announced that
men would be induCted monthly
into the army CeSpite the cessation
Of hostilities in the Pacific. Prom
inCnt among those ObieCting was
Chairman May. whose temper
cooled somewhat after a conference
with MI. Truman.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-27
Official Views
Low Cost Homes

SACRAMENTO, Aug. 27. CUP
Hubert Scudder, state real estate
commissioner Monday pre- dict d
that new .lomes will be available in
a few months in California at prices
lower than those that prevailed
during the war
Scudder said that present high
real estate prices will drop first on
older homes and that the easily Of
the market will force builders Of
new homes also to sell at lower
prices.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-27
Russ-China Pact
.Quiefs Fears
OF Civil Strife
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Continued from Page ID
point between z.loScOW a nd the
Chungking government:
l. 1t is valid for 80 years.
2. Soviet moral and material sup
port during that time goes eXclu-
sively to China's central govern
ment.
3. Soviet Russia respects China s
full sovereignty in Manchuria.
4 There will be no Soviet inter-
ference in Sinkiang.
s. China ecognized and the
Soviet government will respect the
independence of Outer Mongolia.
6. China and Soviet Russia will
jointly own and operate the Chi
nese Eastern Railway and the
South Manchuria Railway for the
next 80 years.
7. Darien was declared a free port
for the next 30 years, open to all
nations.
s. Port Arthur became a Chinese
Soviet naval base for 30 years.
9. Soviet forces will DC withdrawn
from churia within three
months after Japans capitulation.
The treaty was concluded in
Moscow on August Ia anG ratified
within 10 days
In notes on Outer MONGOLIA. the
Chinese government declarcd it
would recognize that countrv's in
dependence should nlnbiscitn of
the Outer Monrnla nnonlc confirm
their desire for indeprndonce "
PuSsia agreed t0 rpsroct Outer
MongOlia's s politiCal independpncp
on the same basis.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-27
TWO - ALLY INJURTD

PHOENIX, Ariz., Aug. 27. CUP)-
Second It. Marcellus H. Lawson, of
Arlington, Va, and T. Sgt Ray
mOnd H Kittleson, "a. Minneap-
ellis, MINI, were injured fatally
here Sunday night when the mo-
torcycle on which they were riding
collided with an automobile driven
by Marjorie Widcner, Phoenix.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-27
FUNERAL RITES ARRANGED
FOR FRANZ WERFEL. WRITER

HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 81. CUP) -
Funeral services will be held Wed
nesday afternoon for Franz Werfel
81, author Of The Song of Bern
adette.' and other historical novels
His wife. Alma, found him on the
floor beside his writing desk at
their home Sunday night, dead of
a heart attack
After services in the chapel of
Pierce Bros Beverly Hills mort
uary, $50 pm. Wednesday, the
body will be cremated.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-27
FACES CHARGES

hpprehendcd in Santa Paula, Ray
Morris. 18, alias Roy Moss was tax
Ell 20 the county jail Sunday night
awaiting arraignmcnt on car
THEFT charge in El Centre and Z
robbery charge in Westmorland for
taking cash from Lyall's service
station on July 8. Jack Hendrix
who allegedly was with Morris at
the time of the service station rob
berry was held to answer in superior
court on the car charge and his
trial by jury set for Sept III
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-27
TEXANS THINK Up
NOVEL WAY TO PAY

AUSTIN, Tex. Aug. 27. up
Some folks here have unusual ways
Of paying their water and electricity
bills, thinks L. D. Wiginton. office
manager of that municipal depart
ment
One man sends the city a check
for $500 with instructions to 'let
me know when it's all used up"
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-27
RAMBLING REPORTER
Continued from Page II
ther business.
Desert I,iIjCS-

Desert Lilies
How soon the work of the select
i've service boards will be wound up,
no one knows. But inducti0ns will
taper off and the members Of the
boards can begin to take it easier.
Unlimited desert lilies are due the
members of the two Imperial Valley
boards. Theirs has been a difficult
task. They have inducted close to
1000 from the Valley, their own sons
and sons Of their friends and
neighbors. 1t has been big job
well done
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-27
LONG TASK AHEAD

Though American troops will be-
gln landing in strength south of
Tokyo next Thursday. it may be
weeks or months before they occupy
the capital itself. an Okinawa dis
patch said. American air raids have
destroyed most buildings suitable
for headquarters and barracks. the
dispatch said
The dispatch estimated it would
take as long as five months to COM
plete the occupation of the jap
aneSe home islands. AS many as
100000 troops may be landed, it
said
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-27

Map above shows the long road
back traversed by General Mac
Arthur from March, 1912,
when he left Corregidor, declar-
ing. II Will return" to his tri-
umphal entry into Tokyo as
supreme commander of the
Allied occupation forces.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-27
Death Summons
Sheep Rancher

Gustavc Ncllcn. 73. who had
sheep ranch one and a half mile.
south Of Fl Centre on Eighth street
died Saturday after A weeks ill-
ness.
Funeral services al The Lemons
Wiley m0rtuary are pending word
from a brother, Joe NciIcn. of New
man. NCllCn was 4 native of Swift
2crland