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Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-04
Consumer Goods
To Trek Back
Year After v-Day

WASHINGTON, April 4. CUP)-
Almost all types of consumer goods
will return to the market in the
year after Germar''s defeat. and
the rate of civilian production will
reach pre-war levels at the end of
u months, War Production Chief J.
A. Krug predicted.
That would mean, he told press
conference, that Americans will
have a chance to buy such items as
mechanical refrigerators, radios, do
meStic washing machines, and pos
sibly automobiles within a year
after We Day.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-04
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS


Sealed proposals will be received
at the office of the Purchasing
Agent of Imperial County, Califor-
MIA, in the Court House at FL Cen
tro, California, until 200 o'clock
pm. on April II, 1945, at which
time they will be publicly opened
and read in said Purchasing Agents
Office, for furnishing a minimum
of 800 yards and maximum OF 500
yards of Portland cement concrete,
transit mixed, to be delivered on
the lob for curb and sidewalk con-
struction, for sidewalks and curbs
and other use around the grounds
of Imperial County Court House
between Main and Broadway streets
and 9th and 10th Streets in the City
OF Ell Centric, at such times and in
such quantities as ordered by said
Purchasing Agent. Specifications for
said material are on file in the Of
flee of said Purchasing Agent and
in the office of the City Engineer
of the City of El Centro, and said
material must comply with said
specifications and with standard
specifications of the Division of
Highways, Department of Public
Works, of the State Of California,
adopted in July, 194C, as on file in
said Purchasing Agents office and
said Engineers office. In accord
.ance with the provisions of Section
ITO of the Labor Code, said Pur-
chasing Agent has ascertained the
general prevailing rate of wages ap-
plicable to the work to be done as
follows;
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-04
LOS ANGELES VOTERS
REFLECT BOWRON MAYOR

LOS ANGELES, April 4. (UP)-
Mayor Fletcher Bowron was assured
of another four years in office to-
day and an $4,000 pay raise to boot.
Incomplete and unofficial returns
from more than half the city'S pre-
cinctS gave Bowron an almost 3 to l
majority over his closest opponent
Late tabulat1ono showed Bowron hao
polled approximately 10000 more
votes than any of the IL other con-
tenders, eliminating the necessity o.
a run-off election.
A$1O,0O0,000 bond issue toward a
new sewage treatment plant also
was approved, as we'll as eight chart
er amendments, including one to
raise the mayors salary from $4,000
to $4,000 annually.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-04
Invasion Day
DaWns and
Then, 0kinawa
BY ERNIE PYLE

OFF THE OKINAWA BEACH
HEAD. (By Navy Radiol-This is
the last column before the invasion
It is written aboard a troop trans
port the evening before we storm
onto Okinawa.
We are nervous. Anybody with any
sense is nervous on me night before
D-Day. You feel weak and you try
to think of things, but your mind
stubbornly drifts back to the awful
image of tomorrow. 1t drags on your
soul and YOU have nightmares.
But those fears do not mean any
lack of confidence. We will take
Okinawa. Nobody has any doubt
about that. But we know we will
have to pay for it. Some on this
ship will not be alive "a hours from
now
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-04
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
IMPERIAL.
NO. 1882
Notice of Time and Place Appointed
for Proving Will and Hearing
Application for Letters
TESTAN1ENTARY
Sec. 327 Pro. Code
In the Matter of the Estate of
SYLVANUS G.. HASKELL,
Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that a petit
ton for probate of the Will of SYL-
VANUS G. HASKELL, deceased,
and for the issuance to GENEVA
LEE HASKELL of letters testament
tary, has been filed i'll this Court,
and that Friday, the 9Th day of
April, 1945, at 200 o'clock pm, of
said day, at the courthouse in De-
partment Two of said Court, in the
City of Ell Centre, County of Impe-
rial, State of California, has been
set for the hearing of said petition,
when and where any person inter-
ested may appear and contest the
same, and show cause, if any they
have. why said petition should not
be granted.
Dated March 23rd, 1945.
w. j. McCLELLAND.
County Clerk.
BY M. A. Christian.
Deputy Clerk.
mo. 46) (M26-A5 incl)
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-04
Lemon Juice Recipe
Checks Rheumatic
Pain Quickly

II you suffer from rheumatic. arthritls or
neuritis pain. try this simple inexpensive homo
recipe that thousands are using Get pack
age Of Ru-Ex Compound n two-week supply,
today. Mix IL with quart of water. add the
Juice OF lemons. It's easy No trouble at
all and pleasant You need only 3 tablespoon
fuls two times day. Often within 4S hours
sometimes overnight - splendid results are
obtained. IL the pains do not quickly leave
and IL YOU do not feel better. return the
empty package and Ru-Ex will cost you moth
ing to try as 10 is sold by your druggist under
an absolute money-back guarantee. Ru-Ex
Compound Is for sale and recommended by
Clements Drug Store and drug stores everywhere.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-04
THE BROAD HIGHWAY
(Christian Science Monitor)

Millions of dollars are laid away in the
Golfers of states and cities for highway
construction and repair after the war. AS
soon, say, as the neXt-to-the-last gun is
fired we shall be able to detect the start
ing gun for an unprecedented program of
digging and cementing and grading which
will presumably make it easy for the
American to set off in any horizontal di-
rection he chooses, at an incredible rate
of speed.
But what of the transition period?
What of the months when the old roads
will be torn up and the new ones still
a wilderness of steam shOVels and tar
pots? That is period we would rather
not contemplate. For, if memory does
not fail it will involve detours and long
lines of traffic slowed up by that lament
able practice of putting all but one lane
Of road under construction. It will
mean hours Of patient creeping amid eX-
haust-filled vapors, while we crane fruit
iessly ahead for signs that it will ever
move again.
Having examined the extent of the
holes in the roads this spring, we hope we
have strength enough to stay right at
home until about 1947.
The trouble with planned economy, in
spite of its supposed benefits, is that 1t
is impossible 10 see how such an economy
can work without a diCtatorship.-
Arthur 4. BdItGntiHe. former Treasury
UHderSecretdry.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-04
GETS CONTRACTS

SAN FRANCISCO, April 4. (UP)
George B. Thatcher, North Hol-
lywood contractor, has been award
ed a $102,840 federal public housing
authority contract for the erection
of 40 family dwelling units in San
Pedro, California. The project is
scheduled to be completed July 2.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-04
Hitler Urged to End Own Life

LONDON. April 4. CUP)-The
London evening Standard published
a purported report from inside Ger
many that Adolf Hitler had rejected
q German army ultimatum giving
him week to capitulate and then
commit suicide.
The dispatch was attributed to
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-04
Editorials and Comment

EDITORS NOTE: The foIIOwfng edit.
Ori0IS are presented as interesting opin-
ions UOiced By editors eiseDhere. They
do not necessarily reflect the opinion of
this paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-04
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF INTENTION

The IMPERIAL VALLEY WIRES
THING CLUB intends applying to
the State Athletic Commission of
California for wrestling permit to
hold wrestling at LAB No. Sixth St.,
City of Ell Centro, California.
HERMAN zUCKERNdAN, DBL
Imperial Valley Wrestling Club.
(No. 52) (A2 to A16)
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-04

the Standards own correspondent
on the German frontier. Certain
German generals were said to have
delivered the ultimatum on behalf
Of the army.
The Dubois report was captioned
Top Rumor-Seven Days"
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-04
IN GREAT CONVOY

We are in convoy. Many, many
big ships are lined up in columns
with our warShips escort on the out
sides. We are an impressive sight
vet We are only one of many similar
conveys.
We left from many different
places. We have been on our way
many days. We are the biggest,
strongest force ever to sail in the
Pacific. We are going into what
we expect to be the biggest battle
so far in the Pacific.
Our ship is an APA, or assault
transport. The ship iteself is war
veteran. She wears five stars on her
service ribbon-Africa, Sicily, Italy,
Normandy and Southern France.
She wears the Purple Heart, Bronze
Star and Legion of Merit Silver
Star. She has Jared well on the
other side. We hope her luck holds
out in the Pacific.
We are carrying Marines. Some
of them are going into combat for
the first time. Others are veterans
from as far back as Guadalcanal.
They are a rough, unShaven, COM
petent bunch of Americans. I am
landing with them. I feel I am in
good hands.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-04

Rate
Classification Per Hour
Concrete mixer operator
(skip type) ..........................-Sl.375
Concrete mixer operator
(paving type) ........................ 1928
Driller (iack hammer .......... 1.225
I,aborer 0.875
Mechanical tamper and fin
isher operator .........-............ 1873
Motor grader operator -. 1625
Tractor Driver '......................... l.50
Truck Driver tpay load in
excess of 20 tons) ............... 1875
Truck Driver (pay load of
between Is and 20 tons) -. 1.175
Truck Driver (pay load Of
between 6 and Is tons) =. 100
Truck Driver (pay load of
less than 6 tons) .......~~..... O.95
Any classification omitted
herein not less than ............ O.875
Overtime-one and one-half u}H)
times the above rates.
Sundays and holidays Except
watchman, guards and flagmen)--
enc and one-half U14) times the
above rates.
The rates of wages. including
overtime, holiday or Sunday rates,
above specified are subject to the
effect, if applicable hereto of exec
utivc orders IF the President of the
United States No. 9240. dated Sep
TENDER 8, 1942, and No. $3.50, dated
October 3, 1942, and to any modifi-
cation thereof and to any and all
lawful orders of the President or
any other authorized Federal officer
or agency, insofar as the same may
be applicable to this contract. In
case of any inconsistency, the rates
fixed by any such applicable Fed
eral order, whether high or lower,
shall control.
In accordance with the provisions
OF Section l777.5 of the Labor Code,
as amended by Chapter 97l, Statutes
OF 1899, and in accordance with the
regulations of the California APP
premiership Council, properly in
dentured apprentices may be en-
ployed in the prosecution of the
work.
The foregoing quantities are ap-
proximate only, being given as a
basis for the comparison Of bids,
and the Purchasing Agent does not,
expressly or by Implication, agree
that the actual amount Of work will
correspond Herewith, but reserves
the right to increase or decrease
the amount of any class or portion
of the work, or to omit portions OF
the work, as may pe deemed neces-
sary or expedicnt by the Engineer.
Forms of proposal, contract and
specifications may be obtained at
the office Of said Purchasing Agent.
Each bidder must be licensed as re-
uuired by law.
A preference for California made
supplies will be maze. The success
full bidder will be required to enter
into contract on form provided
by the Purchasing Agent within
three days of the award OF the con-
tract.
Said Purchasing Agent reserves
the right TO. reject any and all bids.
Dated at Ell Centre, California,
March 80, 1945.
COUNTY OF IMPERIAL,
BY r. L.. BAKER.
Purchasing Agent.
mo, 50, tA2 to Ai2 incl
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-04
SMOOTH TRIP

!
Our trip has been fairly smooth
and not many of the troops were
| seasick. Down in the holds the
/ Marines sleep on racks four tiers
/ high. It isn't nice way to travel.
But I've never heard anybody COM
/ plain. They come up on the deck
on nice days to sun and to rest
and to wash clothes, or lie and read
or play cards.
We don't have movies. The ship
/ is darkened at sunset and after that
there are only dim lights. The food
/ is good. We get news every morn
ing in a mimeographed paper and
once or twice a day the ships Of
ficers broadcast the latest news over
the loudspeaker.
Meetings are held daily among the
/ officers to iron out last minute de-
tails of the landing. Day by day, the
Marine troops are fully briefed on
what they are to do.
Everything we read about Okin-
ava stresses that the place is lousy
with snakes. It's amazing the num-
ber of people who are afraid OF
snakes. Okinawa "snake-talk" crops
into every conversation.
i MAKE FINAL PLANS
On the last day we changed our
money into newly manufactured in
vasion yen" drew two days K ra-
tions, took a last bath, and packed
our kits before supper. We had a
huge turkey dinner and, say, we
have steak and eggs for breakfast.
"Fattenning us up for the Kill,
the boys laughingly say.
At 3 O'Clock on the last afternoon
there was a celebration of the
Lords Supper. It was the after
noon before Easter Sunday. A lot Of
us could not help but feel the tragic
irony of it, knowing about tomor-
rows battle.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-04
Once Fat! Now Has
a Models Figure
81 lost 81 lbs.
wear size IA again"
Betty RevnoLds. Brooklyn

Betty Reynolds. Brooklyn
Once $50 lbs. Miss Reynolds
lost weight weekly with AYDS II
Vitamin Candy Reducing Plan. u
Now she has a models figure.
Your experience may or may
not be the same but try this Y
easier reducing plan. First Bor
Mast .ShoaD RssnlS or money
back. No exercise. No laxatives.
No drugs. Eat plenty. You don't
cut out meals. potatoes. etc. .
you just cut them down. Simple
when you enjoy delicious AYDS b'
Only c. pS for 20 r. vs. eiinnlv. Pho
CLEMENTS ORIG S
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-07-21
] COVER
the
o " N
BY RUSS I. coWANs

T,HERE'S A campaign on to raise
i $4,000 for the Phyllis Wheat
ley Home <. the money to be
used to build a new home for the
aged women and the women
want the new building to be con-
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-07-21

Thomas Reid at their lovely home.
242 Melbourne.
The party was attended by Q host
Of friends and relatives who
brought lovely but useful navy
gifts.
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Ernest Watts En-
Route To Detroit

Ernest Watts. Nm &c. who has
been in the South Pacific. and is
now stationed at Vallejo, Calf. is
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Shdrecr0pper
Files Suit For
BrutaLAttack

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - tWDL) -
Butt has been filed by Gus Mackey.
7l-year-old Negro sharecropper
OF Whitmore. Ark, for injuries
suffered by him and his ll-year-
old son. Leroy. in brutal attack
BY a planter. Jake Lewis. OF Heth,
Ark. while Mackey was in custody
Of the sheriff and another officer,
on complaint Of Lewis that he had
stolen a section harrow.
AS a result Of the attack in which
ne was struck on the head with
singletree, Mackey suffered a con-
cussion of the brain and impaired
vision and his son suffered shock
and congestion and Inflammation
Of the eyes. the Workers Defense
League announced. The attack oc-
cured in May.
The story told by Mackey. a
member OF the Southern Tenant
Farmers Union, in his affidavit
was this:
Sheriff Campbell and another
officer name unknown arrested
me and my son, Leroy. ii years
old, and carried US down to Heth
20 see Lewis. Lewis accused me
and the boy Of stealing the harrow
! denied having stolen the harrow
and told Lewis that had not been
near Heth in two months. There
upon. Lewis became infuriated and
picked up a singletree IA heavy
wood and iron bar about three fee
long and struck me on the head
several times. knocking me un-
conscious. Lewis also beat up my
little boy. Leroy. but ! do not
know whether he hit him with the
singletree.
Sheriff Campbell and tie other
officer made no attempt 70 protect
US but he afterwards told Lewis
rot 10 hit ne any more We were
then taken 20 Forres; City. Ark,
and thrown into Jail After about
8 hours. two boys who had told
Lewis they mad seen NE steal the
harrow. were brought in and con-
fessed 10 having stolen the farm
implement themselves. eoSher!H
Campbell then released Leroy and
me and told US 20 60 home
Several days after the assault,
Lewis offered settlement which
Mat!.ny refused. Examination by a
physician showing the ev.en, OF
MS injuries justified MS refusal.
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welfare OF Negroes tNTouBn o.
America and he world Win par
ticular emphasis on the role OF
women.
ALMOST As MUCH a. the
guesi Of honor herself ! felt q
particular PRIDE IN The event
Fondly. many people call her
ms have always called her
Darling and she seems 10 Ike
s. | think - he as my washing
ton mother" She has been mat
now. for over four years.
can paw her no greater trib-
vte than think of her as Moth
~r." for then put her In the
name class with that lovely lit
tie lady In 81. Louis to whom j
owe SO much-who earned the
title Of mother the hard way.
who prays for my health and
success every day and night,
who taught me right from
wrong. who bled her fingers to
the bone In the kitchen and
Iaundries of more financially
fortunate persons In order that
! might 70 to school and have
access TO more opportunities
than she had. whose unselfish
love taught me to value service
20 others above monetary re-
turns.
RIGHTFULLY. MY Washington
sweetheart belongs in the same
class with the little lady in ST
Louis. for she. toe has taught me
many valuable lessons. For a
wear and -a-half ! sat al her feet
as one Of her assistants in the ma.
tlonal Office OF the NYA | learned
more during that time in the way
of practical techniques, spiritual
holiness, determination and serv-
ice than | could have obtained in
school. even had stayed 10 re-
ceive a doctorate.
I have seen her mind work,
her heart beat, her eyes flash.
I've recorded her smoothly
flowing words when she'd get
In an inspirational mood to walk
about the room totally oblivious
Of me and talk TO the imaginary
audience Of youths and grown
ups whose burdens she never
discarded.
Fortunately, I'm not jealous. !
know that to millions Of people
oil over this land. she is sweet
heart" But l know, too. that many
Of them must envy me the close
touch so fortunately have had
with Mrs. Mary Mcleod Bethune.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-07-21
Charges Wallet
Theft To Two

John Haley. 81. OF 1894 Scott
street, told police hat he had been
held up and robbed " $3.50 by two
strangers after he had pulled on,
his wallet 10 show them his social
security card.
He charges that the two men
grabbed his billfold and escaped
on foot He described one as about
% years old and the other as 30
years old.
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80 49,
theater. a n q
the house IVES
p a c X . q
10 q V q -
flowing They
paid 20 have
the priVilec e
of h o n or lng
this "a @ n : q,
and the entire
proceeds were
used 20 swell
the Golfers ~
her OrEaniZA-
ton which u
continuing H.
drive 20 raise
SIS. 900 10 car
~ on It's pro-
gram for I'M
.. n tho
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-07-21
Probe Tuvern
Shooting Sunday

Police are investigating the nys-
ferrous shooting this week Of Rubin
Johnson. 81. OF 1862 Westminster
street. who. so police say, was
injured in the let thigh following
an alteration with ar unidentified
f,oorman az the Bizerte Bar, Oak
land and Josephine streets
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ley 81. where the boys have been
extremely kind to them so let's
get busy and over-subscribe the
goal the members Of the board of
directors have set :. it is a worthy
cause.
ELLEN HOVEY who used
to be assistant manager OF Club
Congo, is here for a few days
Those charm bracelets worn by
Elnora Kenney and Ruth Turner
were made by Bob Sweed
who has been doing thriving
business in this little enterprise
Reading the list OF members
Of the board of directors OF Phyl-
lis Wheatley home is like reading
a Who's Who OF old Detroiters :.
Mrs. Peyton Johnson. Mrs. Mary
Matthews, Mrs. Lloyd LOOMS =.
Mrs. Matthews has been a men,
Der OF the board for q years
The rumor Is going the rounds
that Petry Fisher will run for
state senator In the Third SEN
atorisl district Fisher lost
to Charles c. Digs In the prl-
mary I'm 1896 Isbell Deskin,
now working toward her MA.
at Michigan. Is juggling her
brains In an effort to find .
band to play for the Delta dance
next month.
ONE OF THE golfers competing
in the Joe Louis Open was the
most surprised person in town
when his wife arrived by plane
Unexpectedly. blocking his plans
for gay time in the old town
Roberta Mcclure does not take
over office as director OF youth
activities for the NAACP until
August IS. but she is already on
the job Her first effort was
the organization OF the Wayne
University Youth Council. an in
ter-racial group which met We'd
nesday.
The Community Aidetts are
sponsoring . Swing Musicale,
Sunday at the Flint YWCA -.
In honor Of . home town boy
who has made good. Churchill
Harris. scion Of one Of Flint's
Oldest families In fact. Har-
ris recalls having heard his
grandparents tell how they
helped TO clear the land for this
bustling burg The entire pre-
gram will consist Of music Har-
ris has composed like Cute
Little You" You're In My
Dreams Again" and "Tve Get q
Date" Gladys Murdoch tells
me that Harris Swinging Strings
are now playing n the Durant
Hotel.
WALTER PERRY. secretary
treasurer Of the British American
Association Of Colored Brothers.
is expecting a crowd Of 10000 at
toe annual Emancipation day cele-
bration in Windsor slated for
July 1880 and Walter usually
comes very close To hitting the nail
on the head :. Did you know that
Walter at one time was one OF
the best basketball players in this
neck OF the woods But those
Windsor boys just couldn't have
any luck with the Detroit teams,
when Gus Finney. william Hous-
I ton. Bill Prather, John tCockyl
Glover, Harry Rusan and Bill
Green were hitting the hoop.
LEONARD REED. song writer.
producer and emcee who used 10
keep Detroit night clubbers enter
tanned blew in Sunday 10
compete in the Joe Louis golf
tourney. coming all the way from
Los Angeles Reed may take
over the producing job at Club
Zombie when il reopenS IN Sep
TENDER . Reed produced at the
Zombie before going TO California.
Marie Williams is employed at the
Wayne airport but has never
been up in plane. and has no
intentions OF breaking that record.
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~ ~ y
10 the base after
spen din < 20
days in the Mo-
tor City. While
in the city he
and his niancec.
Mildred b a r
more twho Is
an army nurse
stationed in ST.
l. uis) W as
feted with a
gala and lovely
surprise party
given by HIS
s / st er an q
brother-in-la W,
MIR. and Mrs.
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structed on the
S a m e ] o IS
where the home
is now located
on East Eliza
beth street . f..
a n d including
( h e adjacent
lots on the east
and west . .
T hese kindly
women like to
visit the Lucy
T h u r m a n
Branch YWCA
at times . or
take a walk in
Paradise " al.
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CAR DRIVER LOSES s2s

Cab driver Robert La Grant, ~
o. $40 Wlnder street. told police
that after he had picked UP fare
~ HendrIe and Hastings streets Ne
vas held up and lost $28 70 the
alleged thug. who escaped on foo
from the City cab.
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welfare Of Negroes throughout
America and he world Win par
ueular emphasis on the role 81
women.
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UN-C0vERING
WASHINGTON

white House Correspondent
(Released Through the Atlantis
Daily World by SSPA

Last week my sweetheart had 2
birthday. She was 20 years young
and still gong strong
Friends Of hers PAID her a nj
ting tribute Al birthday parry
an ihc Howard