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The Coolidge examiner., 1945-02-09
BearsvsJackrabbits
May Play Finals
In District Meet
Opposite brackets drawn by
two top teams in district.

The Coolidge Bears and the Mesa
Jackrabbits. top clubs in the East
Central District, drew opposite
brackets for the district basket ball
tornament which opens on the Mesa
high school court Thursday, Febru-
airy %. They will probably meet in
the final game of the tournament.
Steve Coutchie. Mesa coach, an
nounced the tournament pairing OF
Casa Grande VS. Gilbert, Superior
VS. Coolidge, Tempe VS. Chandler
Florence VS. Mesa.
Old First FOUNDERS
Mesa and Florence play the first
round game again this year. BY
an odd coincidence, these teams
have been drawn for the first round
in every district tournament for
years. The Florence team is rated
the third strongest club in the dis
trict.
Double Elimination System
The East Central tournament Is
a ouble-elimination affair. First
round play will be concluded Thurs
day night.
Games matching losers against
losers open Friday afternoon while
the four undefeated clubs in the
championship bracket meet in Fri
day night games.
Once-defeated teams continue the
battle Saturday morning and the
survivors meet in the Saturday
night preliminary which decides
third place. The two survivors in
the championship bracket meet in
the final game.
The tournament will be played
under the rules governing the state
tournament, which means. among
other things, that tournament
squads will be limited to 10 players.
The tournament officials named
are Glen Rose, Casa Grande, Glen
Crabtree, Tempe. and Larry Wal
K6r anu OBJ. hdiPA Oo6Ob DOS -
Phoenix.
Two Bears Were Last Years ALI
Star District Team Selection
Each year the tournament otfl-
cials select an All-District team and
two members of the all-star team
chosen last year are Coolidge boys,
Clint Skrla and Ken Trout who
played on last years team which
won the District Championship.
They are both on this years team
and will probably meet the jack
rabbits to decide the 1945 champ
ionship in the final game on Satur-
day, February "a.
Bears ToppIe Phoenix
The Bears beat Phoenix Union
high school team in Phoenix last
Saturday AZ to 40.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-02-09
Mauldin Succeeded
At Western Gin By
Patterson Buckeye

F. E. Mauldin, with Western Cot
ton Products Company for 16 years.
was recently succeeded as mana
ger of Western Coolidge Gin by
Bishop Patterson of Buckeye, who
has been with Western Products
for eight years. Mr. Mauldin left
the company to go into business
for himself and has leased the O.
w. Rugg ranch five miles south
west of Eleven Mile Corner. where
he intends to personally supervise
the farming operations. He and
Mrs. Mauldin have leased thu
Katherine Mac Rae home west o.
Coolidge for a year and plan t
move there this week with theil
family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Patterson will occupy
the former Clifford Clements home
on Pinkley Avenue, being vacated
by the Mauldins.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-02-09
John P. Lucas
Gets l To 3 Years
For Pistol Packin'

John P. Lucas, the gun-toting
gentleman from Texas who gave
the patrons Of tavern on the out
skirts of Casa Grande a mid-Janu-
ary thrill by being bit too playful
with a loaded Colt Frontier revol-
yer and splicing the play with sun
dry tall Texas "brags" was SEN
fenced on Monday in Florence to
prison for one to three years. He
pleaded guilty to a charge of as
sault with a deadly weapon.
His wife Patsy, who was with
him during the Wild West revival
hours that evening, had previously
pleaded guilty to charge growing
out of the same pistol-packed
hours, and was released on three
year suspended sentence.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-02-09
Sotomayor Awarded
Bronze Star Medal,
Outstanding Bravery

Pfc. Espiridion Sotomayor, serv-
ing with the 4O7th infantry, United
States Army, was awarded the
Bronze Star Medal for achieve
ments in Germany in connection
with military operations against the
enemy on November 26, 1914, &C
cording to word received by his
wife, the former Susie Feliz, re-
sident of Coolidge district all her
life, employed at present at POW
Camp. Pfc. Sotomayor was resi-
dent of Gilbert before their mar
riage.
The citation he received with the
medal reads in part: "Pfc. Soto
mayor with utter disregard for per-
sonal safety made his way through
heavy enemy artillery barrage II
response to calls for help by two
wounded men. Displaying grea'
skill in reaching his wounded com,
panions, he managed to drag then
to a place of safety where he ad-
ministered first aid.
"The courage, fortitude and ut.
ter disregard for personal safety
displayed by Pfc. Sotomayor in the
accomplishment of this heroic act
in the presence of intense personal
danger reflect great credit upon
himself and the military service"
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-02-09
Father Receives
S/Sgt. Kleinman's
Purple Heart Award

D. F. Kleniman recently received
the Purple Heart awarded to his
son, SISgt. Lloyd Kleinman, q
who gave his life for his country
in August of 1914, during action IN
France. .S/Sgt. Kleinman. who
served with a machine gun com.
pany, was born in Mesa, Arizona
September 9. 1917. and enlisted ir
the army in August of 1889. He
was a student of Coolidge Union
High School and made his home
with his brother and family, Mr.
and Mrs. E. T. Kleinman, while
here.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-02-09
Navy Recruiter To
Be Here February 9

Chief Petty Officer Charles X.
TAYLOR, travelling recruiter attached
to the U. s. navy recruiting station
in Phoenix, will spend Friday,
February 9th, in Coolidge. accord
ing to an announcement received
from 1t. Comdr. R. B. Trick, Off
Ger in Charge of navy recruiting
and induction for Arizona. While
in Coolidge Chief Taylor will make
his headquarters at Hines Drug
Store and will be prepared to give
complete information regarding any
OF the navy's enlistment programs.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-02-09
Former Residents
Father Dies, Missouri

G. A. Dempster. sc, father o1
George Dempster of Coolidge Dam
a former Coolidge resident, passed
away recently at his home in Fixes
ton, Missouri. He has visited in
Coolidge and has number Of
friends here. The deceased is sur
vived by his widow, two sons,
George, and 1t. Robert A. Demp-
ster, u. s. Navy, and two grand
children Tommy and George Demp-
ster.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-02-09
Dinner Meet Monday
Chamber-Commerce

Coolidge Chamber of Commerce
will meet at Coolidge Community
Recreation Hall Monday evening.
All members and other Coolidge
business men are urged to be pres
ent by the secretary, ]. ]. Jones
who says important matters are
slated to come before the gather
ing. Tickets for the dinner are one
dollar and may be purchased thai
night.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-02-09
Coolidge Grade
School Wins From
Kenilworth 1873

Coolidge Grammar School boys
basket ball players won a double
header from Kenilworth Monday at
the high school gym. In the B
team game Coolidge won Is to s
in hard fought game. Neil Golson
of Coolidge was high scorer with
nine points. In the A boys game
Coolidge won "a to IA, Gable OF
Kenilworth was high scorer with
IL points. Ferguson led Coolidge
with 9 points followed by Gam
with s points.
The girls divided in their two
games. Coolidge won the B girls
game Is to Z, while Kenilworth
took the A game 13 to 10.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-02-09
Sonora Man With
1O4th Promoted

With the 104th Timberwoif Di-
vision in Germany-Augustine c
PARA, whose mother, Mrs. Mary
C. PARA is a resident of Sonora
Arizona, has been promoted to the
grade of 'S/Sgt. He's serving as
a squad leader with Company K
of the 413th Infantry Regiment
now helping to smash the Nazi war
machine in Germany. He attended
high school in Richmond. Califor-
mia, but was called to the armed
service before graduation. Sgt
PARA has also been awarded both
the Expert and the Combat Infan-
tryman's Badge.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-02-09

Q E. H. Jones, chief machinist's
mate, and Mrs. Jones, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. E. Plum of Casa Grande and
Mr.. and Mrs. R. H. Pottebaum were
dinner guests Sunday of Mr.. and
Mrs. Herbert Hanna. Chief Jones
is former Mariana neighbor of the
George Hanna family. He and Mrs.
Jones were en- route to their home
in Coronado, California, from Ma
mana where they visited his fam
lily while he is on leave from over
seas duty.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-02-09
Legion Meet Monday

William David Hood Post, No. 54,
of the American Legion will meet
in the basement of Coolidge Meth
odist Church at p. M, according
to announcement of Pierce Vensel,
commander. William R. Urton,
past service officer, will report on
the recent two-day Legion session
at Tucson.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-02-09
Mcdowell Asks
For Annexation
With Coolidge
High and grade school trust
ees resign as prelude to
reorganization of school
districts under one school
board.

Annexation of Mcdowell school
district by Coolidge Elementary
School district and complete re.
organization of local school admin
istration under one school board oi
three members looms as the re.
suit of filing of a petition request
ing annexation by Mcdowell dist
rict patrons.
Spokesman for Mcdowell
district said the action was ta-
ken at this time because of the
necessity for buying the state
property formerly occupied by
the states girls school which
they now use.
The petition requesting annexa-
tion was officially received and ac-
cepted by Coolidge elementary
school board Wednesday and trans
mitted to j. j. Bugg, county school
superintendent.
One result of the annexation will
be the consolidation of all admin
istrative matters of Coolidge high
school and Coolidge grade school
normally coming under the direc-
tion of the present board of trus-
tees of Coolidge School District No.
81 which now deals entirely with
grade school matters.
Trustees Resign
Because the members of the
boards of trustees of both Coolidge
high school and Coolidge elemen-
tary school districts believed the
best interests of the school district
would be best served if the county
school superintendent was free to
select the members of the new
board of trustees to administer the
affairs of both high and grade
schools designations of all members
of both boards were presented to
superintendent Bugg Tuesday.
School superintendent Buoo
late yesterday announced the
selection Of Mrs. Jewel Ray,
Kenyon Harris and Dalton Cole
to serve on the new school
board with the appointments
effective July list.
Under state school laws the pc
tition of annexation will remain in
the hands of the county school
superintendent for a period of Is
days during which time petitions
against acceptance of the petition
for annexation may be presented by
patrons of Coolidge school district
No. 81.
The petition presented by Nc
Dowell district contained more than
20 signatures and apparently had
the endorsement of practically all
eligible voters of that area.
Coolidge elementary district now
has an enrolment of 735 and Cool
idge high school an enrolment of
1S5. With the addition of approx
imately 100 students from the Nc
Dowell district the total student
enrolment of the district should
exceed 1000.
Members of Coolidge Union High
School district board of trustees
include Kenyon Harris, Mrs. Jewel
Ray. Clyde Skousen. M. M. Ware
and Maurice Martin while Chester
Kenworthy. Martin Talla and Dali
ton Cole are trustees for the grade
school district, and Mcdowell
school trustees are A. Y. Tiffany.
Clifford Hess and A. G. Cockrill.
If no petition is filed against the
proposed annexation program the
new board of trustees will be ap-
pointed and the three schools op-
Grating under one school board on
July 1st.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-02-09
Food Sale Slated

st. James Society will hold a food
sale beginning Saturday morning
at 10 o'clock on the corner of Main
Street and Central Avenue Mrs
H. D. Martin is in charge and will
be assisted by members of st.
James Church.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-02-09
Pack Meet Tonite

A Cub Pack meeting will be held
tonight at 1880 p. m. at South
Grammar School, according to an
nouncement of H. A. Unger, cub
master. Parents and friends of
the Cubs are invited to attend.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-02-09
Odd Fellows Buy
Property For Lodge

Coolidge branch of Odd Fellows
Lodge has purchased lot with
70 foot frontage adjoining the
Womans Club to the east. The pur-
chase was made from Mrs. r. ].
Jones and Odd Fellows plan to
build a lodge home on their pro-
perty as soon as material is avail
able
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-02-09
Moodys Hosts For
Tuesday Pay-Off'

Mr.. and Mrs. c. j. Moody were
hosts for the "pay-off dinner" of
the Tuesday Evening Bridge Club.
High scores were won by Mrs.
Karl Fisher and N. G. Murray.
Members present were Mr.. and
Mrs. George Dell, Mr.. and Mrs. w.
R. Elliott, MIR. and Mrs. A. D. Ty-
ler, Mr.. and Mrs. N. G. Murray.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fisher substituted
for the Martin Tallas.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-02-09

Q Joan Irvine, who was operated
on at Florence Hospital Friday for
appendicitis, returned home Tues
day and is reported to be doing
well. She is the daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Joe Irvine.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-02-09

Q Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Hanna and
Mr.. and Mrs r. H. Pottebaum at
tended the 35th wedding anniver-
sary Sunday of Mr.. and Mrs. D. H.
Smith in their home in Maricopa.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-02-09

. Mr.. and Mrs. w. R. Urton will
be tomorrow's hosts to members
of the Saturday Night Pot Luck
Supper and Card Club. E. E.
Stringer will be a special guest.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-02-09

. Dick Humphries, son of Mrs.
Humphries, has been i'll at his
home with influenza for the past
week.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-15
Different Now

AT the end Of that time I
was given weeks vacation"
She said. land spent IL visiting
more studios. I had heard they
were looking for a girl to play
Sybil Nane I'm The Picture Of
Dorian Gray at MGM. but
after they tested me for the
role they promptly cast me as
the COckney maid i'm 'GasHght.'
As il turned out, I later played
the Nane part.
But everything's going to be
different" she concluded with
Apbvious pleasure in her voice.
No more Of those COckney
English lassies for me! In The
Harvey Girls speak with a
western twang and sing a torch
song titled oh, You Kid of the
1895 period. And IL that doesn't
help me when take my final
citizenship examination I don't
know what Will"
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-15
Daughter Of Star

Both OF those parts mado
mo quite unladylike," Angela
told me on the set OF The
Harvey Girls" T stiu cant
HRderstand why fell 80 nat
urally into shrewish roles un-
less, perhaps, 1 was n scullery
maid ia my last reincarnatiOn."
Leaving rcincanatiOn out OF
IL. Angelas current earthly So
joum completely bellies those
naughty wcnChcs she did in her
first two pictures. She is the
daughter Of the English stage
star, Moyna MacGIll. and the
late Edgar Lansbury. who was
a prosperous. respectable Lon
don mill owner.
Her childhood vas spent in
the midst Of gcntility and com
fort in London and on the fam
lily farm ID miles from Oxford.
She was educated at the South
hampton school for girls and at
= tended drama courses in Eng
D and and in New York
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-15
Took Clerk Job

II was u when I arrived In
New York" She recalled. and
lost no time enrolling in the
Pagan school Of Drama. Later
I got an act together and went
to Canada on a stage engage
ment. IL was my mothers idea
To come 10 Hollyu God, where
she had friends"
Through her mothers con-
nccuons Angela was granted
numerous interviews with film
producers, but she got no.
where fast.
II was always too something
or other" She told me. EITHER
I WAS too tall or too young"
But she is not the type who
likes Just TO sit and twiddle
her thumbs. Before Christmas
of 1912 she got a job as a
clerk in a department store.
Because Of her fresh clear
complexion they stuck her be-
hind the cosmetics counter
and the customers must have
thought she used the stuff she
was selling as She was a great
success as SalcSgirl. She
worked at this for about six
months.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-15
Angela Lansbury
on Way TO Becoming
an American Citizen

HOLLYWOOD. July ID
Angela Lansbury, who came to-
America in 1910 as a refugee
from the London blitz, is now
by way OF becoming an Ameri-
can institution.
She has taken out her first
citizenship papers and at last
MGM has handed her an all
American role-that of a dance
hall hostess in a western from
tier town in The Harvey
Girls"
This role represents quite a
Transformation for Angela, who
won her movie spurs as the
slightly frumpish Cockney maid
I'm "GaSlight" with Charles
Boyer 'and Ingrid Bergman.
Then she did the boy-cTazy Sis
ter OF Elizabeth Taylor in Ma
uonal Velvet"
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-15
SaIesgirI's S Voice
Attracts Attention
HOLLYWOOD. July II.

HOLLYWOOD, July Il.
What a thrill for Jeanne
Eisen. 10 year-old salesgirl at
Magnin'S here! Rise Stevens,
feminine singing star of Going
My va. says Jeanne has
sensational dramatic soprano
voice and is arranging a scholar
ship at the JuillIard School of
Music.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-15
Glenn Ford viii Rest

HOLLYWOOD, July IA
No more pictures for Glenn
Ford after "A Stolen Life" un-
al he and Eleanor Powell take
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-30
Jap orture Inflicted OnAirAce
By FRANK Fl. BARTHOLOMEW

By FRANK H. BARTHOLOMEW
 Representing The Combined
 American Press Distributed by
 United Press)
 Aboard The Mercy Ship Reeves of Omori Prison Camp, Tokyo Bay, Aug. 30 (UP)-Surviving 20 months of secret imprisonment during which he was tortured by baseball beat beatings, Maj. Gregory (Pap- py) Boyington, 32-year-old ace from Okanogan, Wash, was rescu- ed by an experition commanded by Commodore Roger Simpson, he told me today.
 First Reported Dead
 Boyington was reported dead when he was shot down over Ra- baul in 1914. He had 28 Japanese planes and a Congressional Medal of Honor to his credit.
 His mother, Mrs. Grace Hallen- beck, of Okanogan, never gave up hope. Frequently she expressed to newspapermen her belief that her son would return, although she had never heard from him directly or indirectly.
 Boyington said he was shot down during the morning of Jan 3, 1914. He had 2 NM. wounds on ms head, neck, arms and ear and his ankle was briken. The main gas tank on his Corsair blew up.
 T Tipped my plane on its back
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-30
Rudolf Hess Prepored ForTrioI

London, Aug. 20- UP) - The Evening Standard reported today that Rudolf Hess was on an hours notice to be ready to leave hos- pital at Abergavenny, Wales, and that an airplane was standing by at Madley airfield, 20 miles away. redy to transport him to Nuremberg. scene of the war crimes trials.
 There were many conflicting rumors concerning the imminence of Hess's departure, following his indictment yesterday along with g other Nazi war criminals.
 The Evening Standard quoted the superintendent of the hospital. Maj. Ellis Jones. saying:
 'The date of his departure is as much of a secret to me as it is to anybody. but I do not expect much more than an hours notice when the order comes from London"
 Jones said he had been warned only that he would receive a phone call at any time ordering Hess transferred to Nuremberg.
 Some sources believed he would be one of the star witnesses for the prosecution and therefore was being sent to Nuremberg for consul tation with officials of the Allied tribunal.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-30
 Major Lend Lease Debts
 Greater Share of
 SAP Billion Moy
 Never Be Repoid
BY R. H. SHACKFORD
nited Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Stan Correspondent
 Washington, Aug. 30. - (UP) - President Truman indicated today that the overwhelming portion" of Allied obligations for 42,000, 900 900 worth of American lend-lease aid will be cancelled.
 To add $42,000, ,O00, 900 to the al- ready enormous financial obliga. tions of our Allies, the president said in the 20th lend-lease report to Congress, would threaten to dis- rupt political stability and 'help SOW the seeds of a new world con- flagration."
 Previous Understanding
 This is not a new policy. The administration, and Congress through it's own reports on lend- lease, have never contemplated . dollar-for-doll settlement.
 Mir. Truman pointed out that lend-lease was not conceived as a commercial program. He reiterated that war cost settlements should avoid the World War I debacle by being based on the '.rule of equality of sacrifice and equality in effort. ]
 Today's report said that since 1912 the relative financial costs of war contributions by the United States and its principal allies were approx imately equal.
 Such 8 distribution of the finan- cial costs of the war means that no nation can grow rich, or benefit un- fairly, from the war efforts of its
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-30
Yar,k Troops Discouer Tokyo To Be In Ruins

tropolis of Tokyo was complete. Shanghai has hardly been touched by bombs. Tokyo lies in ruins.
 The Japanese capital is Q fan- tastic monument to the shattering power of the American Air Forces "a monument erected in the rub- ble and dust of thousands of build ings. nNa, Yet, despite the death and dsso- lation which we have inflicted upon the citizens of Tokyo. they showed little reaction to the first Americans they saw.
 People Relite
 Most og the Japanese to whom [ have talked seemed glad that the war was over. They took their defeat with dignity and that can not be denied.
 They did not fawn un @ but they were polite and he'pfui whsn the nood arose.
 Sut there wsss ssns exceptions
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-30
500 Allied Prisoners Kept LnWar;s .BLackest HelLhoLe

his greetings to Admiral William F. Halsey.
 Rear Admiral Robert B. Carney. chief of stan to Halsey, announced that tine liberation was carried out by a special naval taskforce.
 Carney told correspondents that Mommodore Roger Simpson took Q special liberating force northward to Amori, near Yokohama, to ef- fect the first rescue of prisoners on Japanese home territory.
 Brutal Beatings
 "There has never been c hlacker hellhole than the prisoner of war hospital ws are how evacuating, one and one-half miles north of our mooring," simpson radioed Halsey, ''Bestial beatings were common, especially at ofuna," the texse Enes- sage said. 'Tnquisitorial dens. Drut- ism."
 Simpson said the prlsonsrs' chssrs as the rescue boat hove Into sight
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-30
OverMiIIion 

Washingon, Aug. 30.-(UP)-U. s. combat casualties, not yet finally computed, stood at 1,070,999 today. an increase of 180 over week ago.
 The Army total shrank from last weeks total of 923, ,481 to 923 3(284. a reduction of l97. This was due to a reshuffling of the missing total as a result of later information.
 The Navy total rose 377 to 147,- 7l5 from last weeks total of 147, ,338.
 The dead for all services now total 254,568.
 The Arny's missing figure this week is 31.461, reduction of 2O82. Most of the reduction was trans ferred to other casualty categories. A relatively few soldiers who had been reported missing turned out not to be casualties.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-30
Joyous Tanks Anticipate Homecominq
 Occupation Troops
 Foresee Return to
 Loved Ones
BY FRANK TREMAINE

United Press War Correspondent
 Yokosuka, Japan, Aug. 30-(UP)- 'Mom, we'll be home soon."
 That cry rang across Tokyo Bay today as tens of thousands of mar ines and bluejacKets watched the Stars and Stripes climb slowly over the Yokosuka naval base and stiff fen out in the morning breeze.
 Veteran leathernecks of the Sixth Marine divisions Fourth regimental combat team hoisted their battle stained flag over Yokosuka at 10:30 a. m. It was the same flag they flew in triumph over bloody Okin- ava and Guam.
 3rd Fleet Victory
 Rear Adm. Oscar c. Badger, com- mander of task force 3l which led the way into Tokyo Bay, broadcast a step-by-step account of the land- ing to the officers and men of his fleet.
 "This landing which T describe brings the Third fleet to its final goal" Badger said as the first deyil- dogs swarmed over the side of their landing craft and raced across Yok- osukAssa Asserted wharpes.
 Goodbye and good luck" he concluded. "Mom. we'll be home soon"
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