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Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-23

NEW YORK, April %. (UP) =
The first returns are in from the
1945 Major league pennant races
and with but two exceptions they
are not surprising.
1t Is, of course, far too early to
draw an accurate line from the few
games played thus far, but it looks
like it is going to be pretty much
the same old story-With both.
American and National league
strength again centered in the west.
They may only be flowers that
bloom in the spring, but the Chi
cago White Sox and their cigar
smoking manager, Jimmy Dykes,
are at the top of the American
league standings - position far
loftier than had been forecast for
the hitless wonders from the south
side of the windy city. And as sur
prising as their success has been,
the performance Of the champion
st. Louis Browns has been just as
disappointing.
Nine Straight
Last year, Manager Luke SeWell
broke the Browns off the barrier
with nine straight victories. Base
ball men called them the usual
spring morning glories and pointed
out that games won at the start of
the season didn't mean too much.
Maybe not, but those nine straight
in the long run meant the pennant
for the Browns. This year they
have been able to win only one out
of six games and if another tight
race develops like the 1914 cam
paign those early losses could mean
the difference.
The White Sox, on the other
hand, were considered the weakest
of the western clubs. All they
have done thus far is win five
straight from Cleveland and st.
Louis.
Otherwise the American league
standings are pretty much in ac-
cordance with the pre-season pre-
dictiOns. The New York Yankees
have been feasting on the relative
ly weaker eastern opposition, beat
chief resemblance of those two
ing Washington and Boston. The
teams to major league clubs is in
their names. They would have a
hard time finishing in the first
division Of the previous Double A
leagues.
The rest of the clubs in the jun
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-23
HoItvilIe Takes
Five Medals
In Mat Tourney

Holtville wrestlers, unattached
and representing the High School
recreational department, came out
of the AAU national tournament
at Berkeley last weekend with five
medals. Six took part. In team
standing, eleven competing, Holt
vile stood fifth with % points.
Winners included:
Romano Pine, second in 115-
pound class.
Raymond Lear, second in 121-
pound class.
Ed Linn, third in 128-pound class.
Richard Plummer, second in 145-
pound class.
Gene Stout, fifth in 155-pound
class.
Sharp and Plummer were un-
attached and the others were con-
tenders in the recreational depart
ment events.
Team standings follow:
University of California, 33.
Treasure Island Navy base. 28.
Olympic Club of San Francisco
26.
Albany Naval base, "a.
Holtville, %.
San Jose Wrestling club, 8.
Palo Alto YMCA, 6.
Fallon, Nevada, Naval base, 4.
San Bruno Navy base, t.
Berkeley YMCA, 4.
San Francisco YMCA, 0.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-23
a.. 4. PRODUCE

LOS ANGELES. April %. UPl-Pro-
Avocados: Dull. Per ID: Fuertcs best
35-36c, fair 30-32c. No. IS 22-25c.
Broccoli Steady; Santa Maria iced
orts. heads. 6.5o-6.75: Santa Clara C
heads, 6.75-7.Oo; Guadalupe heads, CO.,
6.25.
Bunched vegetables: Steady. Per crt
Beets 2-2i5 doz., 1.25-1 so; Green onions,
s doz.. 2.25-25 so; mustard. doz., 100
1.25; parsley. doz.. 4.0o-450; radishes
small red. doz., 2.25-2.50; spinach, g
doz.. 1.25-1.50; turnips, 2-2ls doz., 125-
$50.
Carrots: Steady; Imperial Valley 6
doz.. 3.75-395.
Cabbage: Steady; Jbos., l.25-1.5O; so
ID. SKIS. Imperial Valley, 2.25-2. so
Cauhflower: Weaker local lettuce
crts. untrmd.. 175-200. few 2.25.
Celery: Steady; Venice 20 in, best
450-5.oo. fair 3.50-4o0: hearts 2.OO-2. .25.
Lettuce: Firm. Santa Barbara Co
and Delano, doz. 40, doz 1903. IS.
Onions: Firm; street sales 50-lb. SKIS
old crop Spanish Idaho and Utah med
iun, 2.5o-26 90.
Peas: About steady. Per lb.: San
Luis obispo Co. slice, few lie. fair 6-7c.
Rutabaeas: Steady; 50-lb. SKIS Kern
Co. 2.25-2.s0. mostly $50.
Rhubarb: Steady. sturdee crts., 2.25-
$50; wash. dollhouse Strawberries 15-lb.
flats. ex. fey. $50, fey. 4.25.
Squash: Weaker. Italian Impersl
Valley crts.. 2.50-3.O0, few 3.25, fair
2.o0-2.2 .25. No. IS 1.oo-1.50.
Sweet potatoes: Firm. Per h.: Local
and S. J. Wy. Porto Ricans. Hawaiians
and Jerseys, best s.6c. jbos. 6-7c, No. IS
5-6c.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-23
Valley Schools
Near End of
Athletic Season

Valley High school baseball and
softball schedules are nearing the
close and with the wind-up of the
two activities two weeks hence, reg
ularly scheduled and programmed
sports for the 1944-45 year will have
been completed. Both baseball and
softball had short schedules and
southend schools, except Holtville,
were not entered in the softball
league.
Calexico High will cross bats with
the Spartan crew Tuesday after
noon at El Centric in the regular
baseball schedule, while Holtviile
awaits game Friday afternoon with
CaleXico.
In softball circles, two games are
scheduled for Tuesday night. Cali
patria goes to Brawley and Imperial
will play at Holtville.
In the Ell Centro baseball game,
two of the seasons top pitchers will
be on the mounds and it is expect
ed to be a pitchers battle. Padilla
will hurl for the border youths and
Womack, Spartan ace will under
take to keep up his winning streak
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-23
u. S. INTENSIEIES DRIVE
ON PREDATORY ANIMALS

PHOENIX. Ariz., Aprl %. CUP)
The u. S. Fish and Wildlife Serv-
ice plans to intensity its campaign
for the determination of coyotes
and other prcdators which prey
upon poultry and livestock.
f. NJ. Mercer, district supervisor
of the service, Monday urged farm
ers and ranchers to report such
depredations. Trappers will be dis
patched to catch and dispose of
the animals.
More than 275 coyotes and bob
cats have been exterminated in the
Salt river valley alcne since No
yember, the supervisor said
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-23
Dizzy Trout Hits
Dazzlinq Stride

NEW YORK, April %. (UP)-The
wall of week-old baby girl more
than the roar of the crowd spurred
Paul Dizzy Trout of the Detroit
Tigers Monday in putting his pitch
ing time table more than two weeks
ahead of a year ago when he won
q games.
The infant with the luSty lungs is
Diane Ruth Trout, who arrived last
week only a few hours before her
daddy pitched his first victory of the
the Browns at ST. Louis.
Sunday he notched victory num-
ber two, a to 3 siX-hit job over
the Cleveland Indians before 23,063
appreciative home fans.
Continuing their role as the sur
prise team of the early season, the
White SoX won double bill at Chi
cago from the st. Louis Browns,
4 to 3, and 5 to 3.
The New York Yankees won their
fifth game in six starts at Washing
ton defeating the Senators, 5 to 2, on
a three-hit pitching stint by Hank
Borowy-his second victory.
Russ Christopher won his second
game for the Philadelphia AS, to
/, holding the Red Sox to five hits
as they lost their sixth straight at
Boston. Three fast double plays
kept Christopher out of trouble as
his mates made II hits.
The Chicago Cubs set the pace in
the National, upsetting the Pirates
in both ends of a double header at
Pittsburgh, 3 to 0, and 5 to 2.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-23
M AR K ETS
N. Y. STOCKS

NEW YORK, April %. CUP)-Cautious
selling brought stocks down from their
highs late Monday when President Tru-
man called conference with his mill
iary and foreign affairs cummand.
Earlier in the day the whole list had
moved ahead In continuation of last
weeks substantial rally. The reaction
was only minor one. however, and re-
flected lack OF demand rather than real
pressure.
The market started firm. featured by
activity in the packing group, which re-
sronded TO an OPA program involving
SIS, S,OO0, 900 Increase in meat subsidy pay
ments. Liquors made new highs. The
lower-priced motors turned active and
made new highs. A long list of rails
made new highs and railroad equipments
enjoyed a better market. Steels rose un-
der the lead of Bethlehem, which made
q new high. Numerous specialties gained
a point or more.
The Truman conference item set in
motion series of rumors which in turn
tended to keep some buyers out of the
market and led 10 some realizing.
Preliminary closing Dow-Jones aver
ages; Industrial 1880, up OBS: rail
500. up; utility $50, off o.04, and 65
stocks 61.39, UP 0.33.
Sales were 1850. 600 shares against l.
10000 Friday. Curb turnover was $50
600 against 270.0O Friday and bid
board bond sales totaled S14,650, 600
L. a. STOCK MARKET
against S12,s43.3o0 last Friday.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-23
Major Leagues
Start in Rdce

icr:. circuit - Detroit, Philadelphia
and Cleveland-have been perform
ing about as expected.
In the National, to the surprise
of no one, TIE world champion St.
Louis Cardinals again have shown
their usual power although tIey
aren't in their accustomed position,
first place. But it may not be too
long beforeNthey take over the lead.
The Chicago Cubs and the Pitts
burgh Pirates still look like the
clubs which will give the Cardinals
their most trouble, although Frank
ie Frisch's crew dropped five Of it's
first seven games. But the power
is there and eventually will show.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-23
L. A. LIVESTOCK

Los ANGELES. April %. CUP)-Live-
stock:
Cattle-Salable 4500. slow, early sales
steady, but undertone weaker Few loads
good d-choce fed steers. 16. 25-17.25: med
ium-good, 13. 3.25-15.75; medium good heif-
ers. 13.50-15.35; medium-good COWS, II So
1880; odd head to IL; common down to
10; Gamers and cutters. Z .25-9. so: med
ium-good bulls, 12-13.50. Calves-Sal-
able 300. steady. Medium-good slaugh-
ter calves, l13.50-15; few choice vealers,
16-16.50.
Hogs-Salable $50. active. fully steady
170-300 lb. truckins. 1878; sows, Is; few
good light feeder pigs. %.
Sheep-Salabe. 1000. mostly spring
lambs, few sales steady Package good
choice 90 lb. spring lambs, 16; medium
light springers, 14.25-15; no ewes sold.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-23
l.. A. STOCKS

Los ANGELES, April %. UP)-Trad-
ing was moderate on the Los Angeles
stock Exchange Monday with 75On sha,~
changing hands. Hudson Motors led with
gain of 1as as seven issues were up.
four down and IL unchanged. The list
Broadway 100 at 25. unchanged: South
ern Pacific 100 at 46A, up "a Union Oil
500 at 24k, unchanged; Bolsa Chica 2O.
at 2.75. unchanged: Northop 100 at ~ f.,
unchanged; Consolidated Steel 100 at
20h. down ~ PFD. 100 at 2Ssi, un-
changed; Hudson 400 at 29h. up is
Mcnasco 200 at LES, down .O5.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-23
I <lS(I$lsS
WOMEN GOLFERS GATHER
FOR PALM SPRINGS TILT

PALM SPRINGS, Calf, April %.
Babe Didrickson Zaharias will
not defeno ner title this year as $50
golfers gathered Monday for the
10th annual Palm Springs Women's
Invitational Golf Tourney.
Mrs. Zaharias is to play bene-
fit match with Betty Jameson in
San Antonio, Texas, next weekend
and SO passes up the tourney here
which she won SO easily last year.
Driving and approaching contests
featured mondays events. The first
18 holes will be played Tuesday with
the final round Wednesday. There
will be three flights, including the
championship bracket.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-23
BY UNITED PRESS

Manager Marv Owens Portland
Beavers, splitting a double-header
with the Hollywood Stars Sunday,
moved into undisputed leadership
of the Pacific Coast League as the
Seattle Rainiers fell off the pace by
dropping two games to the speedy
Oakland Acorns.
The Beavers won their first
game, 16-l. but dropped the second
1912. Meanwhile, the Acorns were
getting some first class pitching and
downing suds by 81 and 3-2 counts.
The San Francisco Seals won their
first series of the infant season by
annexing a double bill from the
Sacramento Solons, 95 and 1875 and
the hot San Diego Padres thump-
ed the sinking Los Angeles Angels
twice, 12-1 and ga
COUNTED 21 HITS
Portland used up all Its run-poWer
in the first game against the stars.
The Beavers pounded out 81 hits,
including seven doubles. During the
day first baseman Larry Barton COL
lected II bases on six consecutive
hits In the second tilt Jack Smith,
Mel Steiner and Meyer ChoZen drove
in all the 10 Hollywood runs. More
than 1890 0fans saw the game.
Portland won the series, five games
to two.
And at San Francisco, with 1890
fans looking on, the Seals punched
hits for beginning rallies.
In the second tilt they crossed
the plate nine times in the sixth
inning, while in the first they count
ed in only two frames-once with
four scores, another time with five.
Lou Vezilich, slugging outfielder
of the Padres, clouted two home runs
each time with the bases loaded
to lead the border town gang to
the twin victory at Wrigley Field
before 1000 fans.
Vezilich hit one over the fence
in the eighth inning of the first
game with three on and duplicated
the feat in the third stanza of the
second. Carl Dumler, ace right
handler of the Padre mound staff,
continued at the top of the league
pitching standings when he won his
seventh consecutive game without a
defeat this season.
The line scores:
First Game:
Sacramento ....... 100 Oil 020-5 Is |
San Francisco 500 040 0OX-9 IL !
Mccarthy, Babbitt ID, Legault
80 and Marcucci; Orella and Sprinz.
Oakland 100 600 300-3 6
Seattle ............... 900 00G 001-1 2
Gibson and Fenech; Demoran and
Finley.
San Diego 300 100 341-12 10 3
Los Angeles 900 600 001-1 5 2
Dumler and Ballinger Abbott 80;
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-23
POULTRY e EGGS

POULTRY PRICES. CAL poinrs Imperial
Valley OPA Maximum set Oct II, i943.)
First price-At ranch TO wholesaler or re-
taller. Second price-Delivered to whole
saler or retailer. Third price-At ranch
to consumer:
Broilers, Leghorrs. under 2A pounds
S0c; 2k to 3 pounds, 29c: fryers, 3 to 4
pounds. 2ec: roasters. all weights. 29c;
fowl. Leghorn, all weights, 35isc: colored
all weights, 25hc; ducks, all sizes, 25c
rabbits, under 6 pounds, 22-24c.
Los ANGELES. April %. (UP)-Eggs
Wholesale prices consumer grade -
Large Grade A. 40i.; Grade B. 37is
medium Grade A. 37ls; Small Grade A,
35is.
Retail prices to consumer carton
Large Grade AA, 1851; Grade A. 1919
Grade B. 10-41; medium Grade AA. 1916
Grade A. 1915; small Grade A. 1913.
Candled graded eggs to retailers
(casesl: Large Grade AA "A. Grade A
-. Grade B 80: medium Grade AA 80,
Grade A 80; small Grade A 81.
Butter-Unchanged at ceiling prices.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-23
Beavers Cain
opmost Spot

K. Hicks, Glore co hammers 80,
Slotter 80 and EaSterwood
Hollywood 900 Col 000-1 6 2
Portland .......020 500 34X-16 q l
R. Smith and Hill; LiSka and Ad-
ans, Nordger 80.
Second Games:
Sacramento .......001 001 3-5 10
San Francisco ...021 900 X-12 II 2
Powers, Antanazio 60 and Mar
cucci; Seward and Ogrodowski.
Oakland ....... coo 900 201-3 II 2
Seattle 002 900 COO 6
Gilmore and B. Raimondi; Nc
Laughlin and Finley.
San Diego ...............O04 401 % 10
Los Angeles 100 040 o. 6
Brillheart and Ballinger; Columbo
and Kreitner.
Hollywood ................ .020 152 O--10 9 0
Portland 400 600 o. 10 4
Weldon and Hanson; Federmeyer,
Mindsor a., Carr go and Adams.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-23
MPLS. FLAX FUTURES
L. A. GRAIN

CHICAGO. April 23. CUP,-The advance
on Berlin failed to stem a strong upturn
in grain futures on the Board of Trade
Monday. Late gains were pared under
profit-taking.
Wheat finished the day up one cent to
off u; corn up 4 to one cent; oats un-
changed TO up *; rye up Is to 2A, and
barley up Ia to is.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-23
L. A. Hay

Los ANGELES. CUP)-Alfalfa market.
No. !. 81; ;oo-s2. 90; No. ? leafy. 2s. 90
ESQ; No. >. 22.0O-24 90; No. l barley
hay. 24oo-26.00; No / oat hay. p. 90
$500.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-23
CLASSIFIED
Personals, Spec. Notices

WILL BOARD gentle horse, girl of
IL can ride. Grain, hay and pas
ture. IL mi. north, of Imperial,
1la mi east on Date 11-Gate 63.
4-28
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-23

business Services
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-23
Lost. Found. EstroY

LOST-Pair of rimless Cark green
sun glasses on 18th or 14th. Find
er please return to Western Union
office. 4-24
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-13
HitIer's Berlin
Quarters Show
Speedy Getaway

MOSCOW, May II. CUP)-Tw0
correspondents Of the official Soviet
newspaper Izvestia reported from
Berlin that Adolf Hitlers private
offices in the chancellory on Will
helmstrasse showed signs that their
occupants made a hasty departure.
Many autographed photos of Hit
Ter and secret" file of informa-
ton on Russia were found in the
office of Reichminister DR.. Otto
Meissner, personal advisor to Hit
lcr. the correspondents said. They
said a supply Of Hitler's calling
cards also was foIrd in MeiSsner's
office.
In a bookcase in on9 Of Hitler's
private rooms the Russians found
letters signed by Hitler. One was
addressed to a Herr Zunckel con-
graduating him on his 9Gh birth
day. Another was to a Herr and
Frau Zorichter congratulating them
on their diamond wedding anniver-
Sary.
Outside ON the street door of the
chancellory, according to the cor
respondents. Russian Sgt. Trofim
Rayukin had written in chalk.
"Chancellory closed because Of un-
foreSeen circumstances.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-13
POSTWAR DRIVING SEEN
TOUGH FOR JEEP DRIVERS

STATE COLLEGE, Pa, May IL
(UP)-The CT who drives a jeep ir
the Army will not make a gooo
driver on Americas highways after
the war, according to Amos E. Ney-
hart, administrative head of the
stitute CT Public Safety at Pennsyl-
vania State College.
Among the main differences be-
tween Army and civilian driving
NeyharU cited heavy two-way traf-
fic, limited parking space, and per-
sonal concern for the vehicle.
Even the terrain is different, Ney-
hart said. A congested public high
way is not the same as a battle
field or the jungle, he added.
THE truck driver faces different
problems Neyhart pointed out
The large fleet owners have already
learned that ex-servicemen must be
re-trained regardles of previous
Army experience"
Neyhart predicted there would be
an amazingly large number OF
people who must be taught safe
driving practices after the war.
He noted particularly the youths
who have not learned to drive be-
cause of wartime restrictions or
gasoline and tires
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-13
A STRANGE ASSUMPTION
(San Diego Union)'

tSan Diego UnOn)
One of the arguments persistently
quoted by advocates of reciprocal trade
agreements, which would authorize the
President to reduce import duties on for
eign products as much as rs percent, is
that these agreements are absolutely nee
essary to prevent future wars. To
certain extent it is true that economic
clashes are productive of international
strife; and world in which all nations
are prosperous is more likely to be a
world of peace. But the contention that
reciprocal trade agreements are sure-fire
peace insurance is not proved by the rec
ord.
Reciprocal trade agreements have
been in force between the United States
and 81 other nations over period of
almost II years. During that period the
world has experienced the worst wars in
all history. Trade agreements, or their
absence, had nothing whatever to do with
the rise of Hitler and Nazism which pre-
cipitated the European war; this struggle
was wholly the fruit of insane ambition
and Nazi superiority complex. 1t is
now known that for more than 20 years
the Japanese leaders had been planning
and building for this war.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-13
Board Appeals
Curfew RuIinq

LOS ANGELES, May 12 (UP)-
The State Board of Equalization
has appealed the recent decision Of
Superior Judge Emmett H. Wilson
in voiding the boards curfew pro-
hlbiting serving Of liquor after mid
night
Judge Wilson ruled in the cases
Of U-Gene's Supper club on the
Sunset strip and the Ship Cafe on
Venice pier. whose liquor licenses
were suspended by the board.
In his decision, Judge Wilson held
that the state law prohibits the
sale of intoxicants only between the
hours Of 2 am. and am. He ruled
that sales between midnight and 2
am. do not violate the law but only
flout the boards midnight curfew
put into effect during the war.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-13
NO WAR LOAN DRIVE MORE
VITAL THAN THE SEVENTH
tRiverside Daily Press)


The Seventh War Loan drive comes at
time when evidently the war is half
over, perhaps more than half. But this
will not mean a relaxation of the admir-
able effort Of the thousands of men and
women who have volunteered to sell these
bonds, or an Indifferent frame of mind in
the millions who are asked to purchase
them.
Some have thought of Americans as
money-lovlng people; at least they used
to. Our purchasing of bonds, time and
again, in drive after drive, has proved
that 1T IS not so. Bonds are good invest
ment-ln tragic unsound, revolution
ary, lnflatlonary era there is none better
but this is not what the individual pur-
chaser thinks of. His inspiration is hu-
man, not economic; the sublime example
and the bitter plight of some son or
b rother or sweetheart or friends who is
investing flesh and blood, life and DEATH
We do not count the cost.
The way we wage war is exceedingly
expensive, maintaining the lines of battle,
at safe distance from home, with infin-
lte supplies and prodigious armor and
high standard of living for the armed
man, and painStaking medical and surgi-
cal science II and when he comes to grief.
Occasionally an anxious statesman or
vlgllant neWspaperman complains a
little of our extravaganza in this way; of
needless experiment, waste Of metal,
change of plan. But what Of that? Right
around the world our servicemen stand
ready to give their lives; the more Of
them we can buy back, the better. If
there is the remOteSt possibility that by
the expenditure of small fortune a
young mans life can be saved, all right /;
we regard it as we'll spent.
If we stop to think; if we consider the
contribution Of the fighting man-the
empty trouser-leg of the infantryman,
the burned and patchworked face of the
aviator, the emaciation of the sailor drift
ing in the lost boat, the tropical fever in
the blood of the marine, the sickened
mind of the prisoner of war-we will not
begrudge the surplus of our wartime
prosperity, ready cash and creature COM
fort. We will not put ourselves to shame.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-13
WPB Head Asked
To Lift Ban
On Mining Gold

WASHINGTON, May u. (UP)-
J. A. Krug, chairman of the war
production board, has received a
letter signed by congressman from
IL western states asking immediate
revocation of the geld mine closing
order.
The order, issued Yearly 2lk years
ago, shut down the mines to guar
antee manpower for mining Of war
essential ores and minerals.
mo similar order has been i'm
posed upon any other industry in
this country, and the hardship in
flicted by this order on the gold
mining industry have caused ire
parable loss" the letter, drafted by
Rep. Clair Engle CD California,
said.
The letter mentioned the lifting
Of the horse racing ban.
They say it's question of man
power Engle said. why don't
they use bartenders and jockeys?"