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Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-22
Imperial Valley Press

Established April 20, 1901.
Published evenings except Saturday
and Sunday, in combination with the
Sunday POST-PRESS, by the Imperial
Valley Publishing Company, 625 State
ST., FL Centro, Ca1if
Paul Jenkins, Publisher
and President
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parer Publishers Assn, West Holiday
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Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-22
Churches
Schools
Border Musicians
To Give Benefit
Concert Program

A concert program, sponsored by
Mexicali to raise money for a chill
dren's nursery in Mexicali will be
presented at $50 p. m. Wednesday
in the De ANA hotel by the Mexi-
cali Musical organization, a nom
professional group of musicians
well-known in the border cities.
A concert previously was given
in Mexicali by the group for the
same purpose, to provide working
mothers with a place for their chill
dren. There will be no charge for
the concert, but donations will be
accepted.
Piano selections will be played by
Luis Moran, Atalita Maldonado,
Elsa Romero and Lidia Zepeda.
Violin and piano duets will be play
ed by Manuel Covantes and Man
uel Covantes, Jr., respectively, their
selections being Scene de Ballet"
GBeriot) and "Malaguena' (Sara-
sate).
The groups Trio. Lidia Zepeda.
piano; Salvador Armenia, violin;
and Sebastian Armenia, cello, will
also be heard.
Mozart's ''Serenade'' in the four
movements Allegro, Romance, Min
uet and Rondo will be played by
Manuel Ccvantes, first violin; Sal
vador Armenia, second violin; Oc-
tavio Contreras. viola; and Sebas-
tian Armenia, violoncello.
-Four selections will be played by
the string ensemble, the numbers
being Country Dance No. l.
Beethoven, "Minuet" CBolzcnD j..
Romance sans Paroles Goes and
''Bolero" (MosZkowski).
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-22
Beta Sigma Phi
Almost Triples
Bond Sale Quota

The quota of $1,000 in war bonds
set for Beta Sigma Phi sorority has
been nearly tripled by members of
the organization who have sold s18.-
0O0, 1t was announced at the meet
ing OF the group Monday night at
the home of the president. Miss
Frances Niles, of Imperial.
Plans were made at the business
meeting for the last dance of the
season to be given for officers of
the navy, army and marines June
l in the Blue Room of the Barbara
Worth hotel. The dance will have
a cabaret theme.
Committees appointed included.
decorations, Elizabeth Mes bit t
frankie Nell Birkhauser. Mildred
Morgan. Mary Virginia McNeece.
Kathryn Hif1tierks; refreshments.
Ann Oliver, Lucille Schofield, Rosie
Carrozza and Elsie Corda.
FL Centro members will attend a
desert party to be given Friday night
by Mu chapter of Yuma, the party
to be held in the sandhills near
Yuma
Jane Newton presided for the cul-
tural program, subject of which was
Before an Audience. She appoint
ed six speakers, who talked briefly
on varied subjects. Those speaking
were Elsie Corda, Mary Virginia
McNeece, Mildred Morgan, Ernes-
tine Wagner, Frances Foulds and
Elizabeth NeShitt
AT the close of the meeting. re-
freshmentS were served by Miss
Niles and Miss Morgan, co-hostess.
at which time the latter's engage
ment to Kenneth Bowles was an
nounced.
Those present were: Blanche
Channon, Mary Virginia McNeece.
Rosie Carrozza, Ernestine Wagon
er, Ann Oliver, Jane Newton. Lucille
Schofield, Elsie Corda, frankie Nell
Blrkhauser, Patricia Finn, Frances
Foulds, Frances Sunstrom, Elizabeth
Nesbitt, Kathryn Hinderks, a guest,
Miss Marguerite Grow. and the
hosteSSes. Miss Niles and Miss Nor
gan.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-22
HOLLYWOOD
BY ERSKINE JOHNSON

man. already have happened to fill
several books. Producer Sol Lesser
should have cinch filming his
movie paris Canteen." There was
the thrilling episode the day the
canteen opened when painters were
sloshing their brushes all over the
place, carpenters banging away at
the walls and supports.
ENTER TWO YANKS
Amidst all ghls bedlam, Marlene
Dietrich was rehearsing the show
for the opening night performance
Two bewildered CTS wandered in,
although the place was net YET
open. Marlene stopped and said
Sorry, boys. The place opens to-
night. Come back and Ill be glad
to see you then"
Gosh. Miss Dietrich" answered
one of the kids wistfully, "Our
leave is up at o'clock and we &C
back to the front. We don't know
when we'll get a chance to be here
again. Can't we look around?'
Marlene smiled and shouted in
French at the carpenters and paint
ers to stop. Right then and there
she did a complete show.
One CT the big hits which prob
ably will reach America shortly
comes from the nightly appearance
of 74-year-old Mistinguette, who
features a number. "Je Cherche
IN Millionaire" G'm Looking for
a Millionaire), stops in the middle
Of the second chorus to inquire
anxiously if there are any million
aires among the CTS present ano
then dates any of the boys Who
raise their hands. Her legs still
look like a million prewar dollars.
IIPSY TAPER
The Canteen even has had It's
running gag. Every night during
the past week a little Enghsh
sailor evidently achieved his satur-
alton point in wine at about the
same hour. For eight consecutive
nights he staggered up to the stage
during a dance number and went
into a routine mimicking an over
stuffed peasant woman doing tar
dance. His impersonation was hi
larious, but every night for eight
consecutive nights officials were
compelled to remove him from the
stage forcibly.
Oddly, there have been no other
cases of drunkenness since the
Canteen opened. When you con-
slider that a bottle OF wine costs
s25 in Paris. the reason is obvious
I'll be seeing you-in the Paris
Canteen. Sincerely,
Jack.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-22

HOLLYwOOD.-A CT writes a
letter:
Dear Erskine: -;
The hottest spot in Paris for the
American CTS, and, fer that mat
ter, all Of the Allies, is the Paris
Canteen which opened exactly
month ago. Officially the place is
called the Cabaret des Troupes
Alliees. 1t is the former Cafe Tyrol,
on the Champs Elysees.
AS the Cafe Tyrol, it had been
one of the favorite hangouts of
the German brass hats during
their occupation of Paris 1t had
been decorated to look like the in
famous Munich beer house from
which the Hitler gangsters sprang-
None of that bunch of rats would
recognize the place now. A famed
French artist, Paul Colin, redeccr-
ated the cafe completely to eradi-
cate all traces of German influence
and the Tyrolean motif.
Although the Canteen has been
going for only 80 days. enough in
cidents, dramatic, comic and hu-
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-22
Color Chart Helps 'Mousey Girl Pick Shades
BY EPSIE KINARD
NEA Staff Writer

NEW YORK-Newest Cinderella
of fashion is the cotton supply bag,
which one week bulges with grain
or flour, the next steps out amid
fanfare as a captivating frock.
Dyed to the season's colors and
styled for variety of uses, cotton
sacking has proved its fashion rat
ing and social standing as a smart,
rough fabric that makes
! suits, smocks, shirts, dresses,
ther-and- daughter pinafores.
Nor is it limited to clothing. This
sacking crashes the home decorating
field and invites the personalized
touches that made gay tablecloths,
bedspreads, vanity skirts, draperies,
! towels and napkins.
So versatile are the uses of these
bags that every penny-wise woman
who can get her hands on a supply
wants to turn her talents lcofe on
the fabric to extend her wardrobe
or household accessories. If she's
conversations minded, she sees in
these bags the possibilities for over
800,000,0O0 yards of cotton which
, the women of the nation can use
to relieve present acute fabric short
ages.
| To get feed or flour sack ready
for the sewing machine, all that's
needed is to soak overnight in heavy
soap suds, wash thoroughly in
warmer suds to remove advertisers
brand, and dip in dye to prepare
the fabric fer its fashion whirl
To show what happens when style
j puts its magic touch on salvage
/ sacking, two Memphis, Tennessee,
belles-Betty Long and little Jackye
ourton-model the big sister-little
sister jumper dresses pictured above,
which are made of feed bags dyed
/ infantry blue, are Smartly accented
with sweetheart necklines and ap-
plique motifs of bright red applies
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-22

NAA04 Ill
First announcement was made at
dinner party given by Mrs. t. d.
Keller at her home on Euclid, with
the office staff of the county audit
ors office as guests.
Later in the evening, napkins
bearing the names Mildred and
Kenneth" were passed to members
of Beta Sigma Phi sorority, when
refreshments were served following
the meeting at the home of Miss
Frances Niles in Imperial with Miss
Morgan as co-hostess.
Mrs. Keller used the wedding
theme for her party, with place
cards picturing bride and groom
The engaged couples names were
written on the cards. After dinner
games were played during the eve
ming.
Those present were Mesdames
Carl Pruitt, Jack Mattox, Albert Arm
old, George Lenhard, j. r. Salassi,
j. R. Tiller. Miss Eunice Brooks,
Miss Morgan and Mrs. Keller.
The bride-elect is a graduate of
Central union high school and jun
ior college and since finishing
school has been employed in the
county auditors cffice at the court
house. She is the sister of Jack Nor
gan of San Diego and a younger
brother, Sammy of e Centro.
Miss Morgan has been prominent
in activities, including active mem
bership in the Red Cross Motor
Corps, the Toastmistress club, and
Beta Sigma Phi sorority She is
also past honored queen of Jobs
Daughters.
Mr.. Bowles graduated from Cen
trail union high school and attend
ed Junior college before going into
the army. After serving a year and
a half in the army engineers, he
received an honorable discharge in
1S43. Since then he has been con-
nected with the Ell Centro fire de-
partment. He is the brother Of Mrs.
Elon Berkman of Ocean Beach and
Selwyn Bowles Of Orc Grande.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-22
Final Guild
Dinner Planned
By Presby+erians

Final dinner for the year for the
Presbyterian church will be held at
Gas p. m. Thursday in the church,
with dinner being served by the
Guild
Although the public is welcome
to attend the dinner, reservations
must be MADE in advance with
either Mrs. w. j. Thornburg. 684,
or Mrs. Raymond Reeder, 931 A
special menu has been planned
which requires the committee to
know the exact number attending.
The dinner will close the Guilds
activities fer the summer, to be re-
Sumed next fall.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-22
CALENDAR

lOESDA1
White Shrine Club, 6:30. 405
Washington St., CalexicO.
American Legion Auxiliary, $50.
1451 Olive st.
Night School, 10, high school.
Installation dinner of Business
& Professional Women. 7:39, Cal
ifOrnia hotel.
Boy Scout troop 73, 1850, fire de-
partment.
Boy Scout troop 76, Methodist So
cial hall.
Boy Scout troop "A, 1880, Scout
hut.
Jobs Daughters, 7.30, Masonic
temple.
Eagles, 8, Eagles Hall.
American Legion, 8, Veterans hall.
Junior 10000 club p@nqret, Z,
clubhouse.
WEDNESDAY
Bartenders, 2, Labor temple.
Methodist chOirs, cherubs, 3; jun
iors, A; seniors, 1880, church.
Boy Scout troop IL. 7:3O, Scout
hut.
20-S0 Club, 1880, California hotel.
Bible Study, 1880, Methodist
church.
Prayer meeting, 1880, Baptist
church.
State Guard, 1880, stadium.
Acacia Home Department, 8, L. o.
Willabee home, East Main street.
Benefit Concert, $3.50, De Anza
hotel.
Benefit Concert, $3.50, De Anza
hotel, Calexieo.
Servicemen's DaEce, $3.50, Vet
Grams hall.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-22

Farm experts recommend pastur-
ing of wheat fields on which growth
has become too thick If growth
is heavy, pasturing may begin 10
days before it starts to joint. and
continue week afterward.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-22
LIKE OLD TIMES

PORTLAND, Me-, May %. (UP)
After nine years separation,
Douglas Morrill, and his brother
Paul, and Thomas Estes, who had
lived with the Morrill, family as a
boy, all were reunited at an engin-
eer command post in Italy.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-22
Mrs. Ted Reynolds
Is In HOSPITAL

Mrs. Ted Reynolds underwent an
appendectcmy in the El Centre
hospital Tuesday morning and was
reported to be doing we'll She will
be unable to have visitors for several
days
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-22
JUNIOR 10000 CLUB
BANQUET SET FOR 7P. MI.

The annual banquet of the Junior
Ten Thousand Club has been sched-
uled for p. m. Tuesday night in
the clubhouse, instead Of p. m,
according to Mrs. Ben Blakely,
house chairman.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-22
Acacia Group
Arran9es Party

The annual Acacia Heart party
will be held at 8 p. m. Wednesday
night at the home Of Mrs. II. o.
Wilabee on East Main street.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-22

The oil required to fill the tanks
Of single battleship would heat
the average home for 20 years,
Deputy Petroleum Administrator
Ralph K Davies said.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-22
Mildred Morgan to Be Bride
Of Kenneth BowIes June 30

At different Monday night made Of
the engagement Morgan daughter
Mrs j. Howard Morgan Kenneth Mann
BoWles and the Bowles.
The wedding will
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-22
Dinner Precedes
Masonic Mee+ino

A dinner preceded the regular
Monday night meeting CT F. & AM.
Lodge No. e84 in the Masonic Tenn
pie, with record crowd present for
the dinner and ceremony.
Captain Mark Hebbelthwaite of
the California Highway Patrol took
the third degree in a ceremony
conducted entirely by patrcl men,
hers. At the conclusi ion of the eve
ming he was presented with a Ma
sonic ring by Charles Knight, dis
trict inspector. the ring being a gift
of Mrs. Hebbelthwaite and their
SON.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-22

A dress manufacturing company
in peace time, Fashion Frocks, Inc,
at Cincinnati won the Army-Navy
E for parachute making.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-05
BOMBERS WELL CHECKED
BEFORE TAKING OFF

FORT WORTH. Tex, Aug. 4.
tUP)-The men who are to fly the
army'S new B-32 DOminator will not
have as easy a time in starting it
as they did when taking out the
family car, a check list" published
by the Consolidate Vultec Aircraft
Corp, which produces the super
bomber. discloses.
The list. showing all instruments.
controls, and indicators, must be
checked by the pilot before taking
off and landing.
Before the plane takes off into
the blue, eighty different items
have to receive minute attention
and another thirty items are to bc
checked prior to landing
Along with numerous other tech
nical booklets, the check list" is
prepared by COnvair engineers.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-05

fingers tightly clcnchcd on marsh
mallOw
Only two OF the arts played to
silent 9ums-thc concert and the
silent motion picture. IN the latter
case the audience was too busy
thinking about what the actors were
actually saying and reading their
! lips, so they had no time to cat.
YOU HEAR THEM NOW
Then came the talking picture
The audience can hear the words
Low, so it is no longer necessary
10 imagine what the actors arc say
ing. Therefore, the last wear or two
has been responsible for strange
series Of events Popcorn" is now
d word that means open sesame to
riches If YOU want to show a prof
il in a neighbOrhOOd picture house.
Just get popcorn.
This is now the great problem Of
the movie producer Everything
happens to him He is the first guy
called upon to aid in every national
crisis. If he makes films to aid gen
Cral morale. he is accused of having
a sinister motive. If he doesn't. ho
is an apostle Of inIquitv. If an actor
quotes IincOlns Gettysburg address
and says: Government by the pCO-
pie for the people" etc. Congress
man Rankin immediately declares
the producer intends to blow up the
White House
One group says why don't they
make pictures showing gangStcrS
getting their just deserts. Another
group says how dare they put those
things on the screen and encourage
young people to DC bad. Broadway
condemns movies for not paving
high enough prices for its plays.
and as soon as it does Broadway
writes satircs cOndfmning the NOV
les for throwing away money on
such things . And so on
NOW Is THE WORST
But now is the winter of the cine
ria 5 discomfort What to do about
popcorn so it won't drown out what
: the actors are saying First num-
ber of psychologists and dletitians
must be brought in When do people
eat the popcorn the most? Then a
group of psychoanalists What sort
Of scenes make them reach for the
popcorn? Should the actors be made
4 TO speak softer so that the popcorn
can have the stage to itself, or vice
versa?
This is the problem that cOnfr0ntS
Us now. Since in a great many the
aters the popcorn is making more
money than the pictures, perhaps
l. would be best to serve more pop
corn and not show the pictures.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-05
bataan Soldier
Loses Out in
Battle for Life

FORT WORTH, Tex, Aug. f.
tUP'-Thc japanese had succeeded
Saturday after more than three
years in killing Cpl. Jim Newman
Cpl jim. emaciated survivor Of
the Ba,aan death march and three
years in filth-ridden Japanese
prison camps, died Friday night III
the little White cottage OF his par
cntS.
He died il his sleep. His father
stood near him. His MON" was
resting in another room when death
came to her courageous son.
He died a month and day after
he was taken home from an army
hospital after physicians had given
up hope for his life
Cpl. jim was a husky 6-fOot-two.
170-pound athlete when he joined
,he army in 1888.
He was a skeleton % 90 pounds
when they flew him home from
Bruins General Hospital at Santa
Fc, ~ NJ The army doctors had
tried for five months to cure him.
They said it Just couldn't be done.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-05
OF Interest tOWOnen
Boys TO lie arm
Houseke epins-
Will II Help?
Bv RUTH MILLETT

There's a new course in store for
Johnny when he goes back to school
IN ST. Louis this Fall-if he hap
pens TO be in the sixth, seventh or
eighth grade He is going to find
himself enrolled in a course in
hOmemaking. where he will be
taught how to prepare a meal> that
contains the proper vitamins. how
TO press his pants and darn his
5Ocks-Cven how to scrub bathroom
and kitchen floors and turn out
washing
The teachers who have planned
the course hope it will make johnny
a more capable and cooperative
member of the family cirClc-and
perhaps it will.
HAVE FEW QUALMS
But mothers may have few
1ualmS. SuppOSC-aS anyone who
has had boys that age around the
house is sure to Johnny
just becomes an authority on how
such things should be done. instead
of becoming the little helper who
does them.
Then life will really become more
complicated than ever around the
house. Il suppose YOU know that
dinner we had tonight wasn't well
balanced" Johnny will say con-
deScendingly, while he bolts it down
And Il wish you'd press my pants
the way I showed you so the crease
will stay in" he'll complain to an
already haraSSed mother. And can't
YOU hear him giving a lecture on
how his sister should have scrubbed
the bathroom floor
MOTHERS SKEPTICAL
OF course, it may not turn out
like that at all And Johnny may
put what he learns about home
making to such good use he'll be
JOY around the house. II that
happens ST Louis mothers will be
forever indebted to St. Louis teach
erS.
But mothers have a right to be
skeptical until Johnny has scrub
bed the bathroom floor more than
once. In the past the hardest men
to have around home have usually
been the ones who thought they
knew how things should be done
and were ready and willing to show
a WOman-OnCe.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-05
Officials Speed
Sanitation Meet

Three officers CT the San Diego
section were in Ell Centro Friday
comforting with Russell Brooks of
the Imperial county health depart
ment On plans tor the national
ment on plans for the national
r,v"'}t'Or ~ SanltarIum aSSOcia
Der y and 13.
About $50 delegates will be pres
cnt representing all sections Of the
country. Officers from San Diego
were Ed Beale, national president; ;
Allyn Kendall, vice president of the
san Diego section. and Andrew Oh
sen, Secretary-treaSurer Of the Sal
Diego section.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-05

ceremony. Miss Frances StOltcnoW
accompanied her at the piano and
also played the wedding marches
Both wore corsages of roses and
gardenias.
The new Mrs. Schwab wore
white sharkskin suit, and her white
hat was yelled Her jeweled brace
let was a Gift from her husband
and she carried white prayer book
Her only attendant was her sister
Miss Almeda White, whose blue
frOck was trimmed with scallops
and braid Her corsage was Of red
rose buds. Cpl Robert Williams
also at the FL Centre base, per-
formed best man duties for his
friend.
Mrs. c. Hugh White attended her
daughters wedding attircd in a
lavender and gray dress with roses
and gardcnias pinned to her shoul-
der
Following a brief wedding trip.
the SchWabs will make their home
IN FL Centre.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-05
THE POST-PRESS

Established 1o5t
Published Sunda. AS ..ombrod issue
Of Imperial Valley Press and The
Morning Post. by the Imperial Valley
Publishing Company, 625 State ST, Fl
CCntro. California.
Paul Jenkins. Publisher
and President.
Nemher Tinted Press. California News
rapcr Publishers Assn. West Holiday
Co. Inc. national representatives.
Rates in combination with either The
Morning Post or Imperial Valley Press:
Single copy. &c: carrier pa.d-in-ad
vance: month. 81 90: : months,
- -. s months s.. p: ! ycaU, SO %.
Ry mai: l month. 81 ~ 3 months,
- 80. months. 81 30: J veal s. N0.
Outside of California, $500 per month
flat.
Entered AT Fl Ccntro CAM. post
office as md class mail
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-05
Church Rites Unite Marine,
Yakima Washinqton Woman

Huge baskets Of white carnations,
Neonlcs gladioli and greenery
formed the floral background for
the informal wedding ceremony Fri
day night at the Church of the
Nazarenc when Miss Evelyn NJ.
White OF Yakima. Wash, became
the bride of Sgt. Melvin Schwab of
MAG IS at the FL Centro marine
base.
The Rev. R. c. Rogers. pastor Of
the church. read the marriage lines
for the double ring ceremony, and
the brides cousin, Miss Lorraine
White. sang Always" preceding the
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-05
SAFECRACKERS GET $4,000
FROM ARIZONA BANK

CLIFTON, Ariz., Aug f. tUPD-
Federal Bureau Of Investigation
agents Saturday joined in the hunt
for safe crackers who Thursday
night entered the Clifton branch of
the Valley National bank and stole
$4,000, mostly in silver.
The robbers entered the bank
through a rear window and cut
their way into the vault with an
acctylenc torch, but failed to reach
the main part Of the banks funds
III an inner safe.
The robbery was said to be very
similar to one at the branch bank
several years ago.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-05

NEW YORK. - The last rose of
summer blooms late and stays our
nights on hats designed for dining
and dancing. and intended to pep
up tired-looking dresses.
Roses make Bacchus like
Wreathcs, lie is beds of glamorous
tuIlc tumble from crowns and spill
from underneath brims of hats,
which arc more siZeable than day
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-05
Legion Readies
For Marking
Natione! Week

In conjunction with the national
organization, committees Of BOycc
Aten post of the american Legion
are ready &c start observance Of
national Legion week Monday with
dive to increase membership of
World War II veterans.
Elton Christian heads the drive
committee, aad further plans for
Imperial Valleys observance Of the
week will be mace at the county
council meeting at the H0ltvil,c
Legion hall Monday night.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-05
Nation S Lamb
Crop Reduced

WASHINGTON. Aug. 4. up
The agriculture department s3Il
Friday that the 1915 lamb crop ot
28,250000 head was 100000 head
or 3.5 per cent smaller than la@t
years crop
The crop was the smallest since
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-05
UNDERWEAR FOR BONDS

HELENA. Mont Aug T. up '-
Larry Smith, Pacific coast radio
commentator and newspapclmau
auctfoned his famed rcd underwear
collection for bonds during his re-
cent tour of Montana to promote
the seventh war loan drive