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Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-10
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

times the above rates.
Sundays and holidays Except
watchman, guards and flagmen)-
enc and one-half Ql2) 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
utive orders IF the President of the
United States No. 9240, dated Sep
tember 9, 1912. and No. $3.50, dated
October 3, 1912, 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 1777.5 of the Labor Code,
as amended by Chapter 971, 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 expedient 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-
quired by law.
A preference for California made
supplies will be made. 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 Centro, California,
March 30, 1945.
COUNTY OF IMPERIAL,
BY r. L. BAKER,
Purchasing Agent.
(No. $50 (A2 to A12 incl0
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-10

ROME, April 10. (UP)-A new
British Eighth Army offensive
crumpled the Adriatic wing of the
German defenses in Italy, carried
over the Senio river on a broad
'front.' and Tuesday spilled out over
the eastern plain between Bologna
and Ravenna.
Gen. Mark w. Clark, commander
of Allied forces in Italy, announced
that the Eighth Army attacked
Monday evening after a pulverizing
air assault in the Senio sector by
almost all of the air forces in this
theater.
The first onrush of 1t. Gen. Sir
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-10
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
NJ ocQ1

ESTATE OF LLOYD w. CLOSE,
DECEASED.
Notice is hereby given by the un-
dersigned, NJ. d. zINN, as adminis-
traitor of the estate of LLOYD w.
CLOSE also known as Lloyd w. Close,
deceased, to the creditors of and
all persons having claims against
the said deceased, that within six
months after the first publication
Of this notice they either file them
with the necessary vouchers in the
office of the Clerk of the Superior
Court of the State of California, in
and for the County of Imperial, or
exhibit them with the necessary
vouchers to the said NJ. d. zinn, as
administrator of said estate, at the
office of d. B. Roberts; 2O7 Bank
OF America Bldg, Ell Centro, Cali
fornia, the same being the place
fol- the transaction of the business
of the said estate in the County of
Imperial, State of California.
Dated at Ell Centre, California,
this 31st day of March, 1945.
M. D. ZINN,
Administrator of the Estate of
LLOYD w. CLOSE. Deceased.
(No. 55) (A3-10-17-24
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-10
TAKING LOSSES ON
USED WAR GOODS

Among the initial sales of war-used
articles Is that of army trainer planes.
There has been considerable speculation
as to how prices will run when the sur
plus board gets into real action. Sale of
planes may or may not be a criterion, but
j. is highly interesting to note the price
tags on the planes.
The government has set up an auction at
San Francisco and first sales were by bid
ding. Now the planes carry ceiling price
tags.
Recently IA of these training planes
were sold for total of SIC AIS. None had
been used for other than training pur-
poses. The fourteen cost the government
$126,000, or around an average of $4,000
each. The selling price averaged S1170.
Disposition of surplus supplies pre-
sents a delicate and vital economic prob
lem. When the end of the war comes
there will be much material brand new.
Just how rapidly it should be screened
back for private use is the meat of the
problem. In many instances the articles
represent all there is on hand and thus
the whole reconversion program comes in
for consideration.
Then there is the surplus abroad. There
probably will not be the free-handed pol
icy that followed world war one Then
the gift policy meant loss in money to
this country and in the end was a detri
ment to the countries where the material
happened to be at the time of the armis
tice and where it was left without price
or cost.
The public as whole probably will be
affected less in the disposition of planes
than in any other one item, and yet the
pattern should begin to form with the
initial sales.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-10
-EL CENTRO MEETS CALL
OF UNFORTUNATES

Immediate and generous response to
the call for donation of used clothing for
European war victims marks the progress
of the drive in Ell Centro. This was to
! be expected as any and all appeals for
people in distress always find this city
~responsive. Outstanding in the clothing
Contributed is the fact that none is off
casts and useless. On the contrary, most
articles in the collections appear as if
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-10
Editorials and Comment

they are right off the hangers and "out
of home stocks" More and more clothing
is needed and from the national head
quarters comes an appeal to increase do
nations of children's garments. This
means a degree of sacrifice because re-
placement of this type of clothing in
homes is difficult because of the war time
shortages. However, again Ell Centrans
will not hesitate and this special appeal
will be met with the usual speed and
generosity.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-10

! Id SUI. AnEo En- II. SNti II
/ (Of Winnemucca, Nevada, Marine
Corps Combat Correspondent.
distributed by United Press
TWO JIMA, Delayed - The
name of this Marine, whose machine
gun and fighting heart have made
him a legend, could just as we'll have
been Brown or Smith.
But it was Jones-Private First
Glass Harold B. Jones, % form
er shipyard worker and the son OF
Mrs. Willie NJ. Jones of Richmond
California.
A one man death-dealer to the
Japs. he lies buried on Two with
many other heroes. This is his story
as told by Sgt. Alphone R. Neri
81, of Chicago, Illinois, and Pfc
John C. Klow, 10, of International
Falls, Minnesota.
He stayed out there all alone the
first night when you were scared to
death to even if a lot of your bud
dies were alongside you" Neri said
He yelled back pillbox locations and
instructions and the tips he gave
saved many men.
The next day he came back for
more ammunition. And again, early
in the evening. We could hear his
machine gun chattering and his
grenades exploding all day
'At midnight he craWled back to
our lines again. And as if asking
for a cigaret he called. Don't shoot.
It's me. My hands blown off. His
right hand and wrist were gone, one
foot mangled, and his side cut up
badly"
With his last bit of strength Jones
told how the Japs spotted him in
shell crater and began to machine
gun him and pitch grenadcs at the
same time. He couldn't toss them
back fast enough. The fifth one ex-
ploded as he bent to pick it up.
Before he died he managed to give
his company commander real pic
ture of Jap pillboX locations; where
the best cover was for the guys in
the company, and how they could
best get to Jap machine gun nests.
Two Jima was Jones first combat
assignment.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-10
evidence PILES UP
ON NAZI ATROCITIES

AS the Allied armies press on through
Germany more and more evidence OF
atrocities beyond belief is obtained; not
by hearsay but by sight and documents.
/. AS these discoveries are made, Allied Of
r ficers are spotting hundreds of civilians
who knew what was going on, saw much
of the murder by wholesale. These Ger
man citizens are being marked as wit
'nesses when and if those directly to blame
are apprehended.
j" Conclusive evidence shows that the
sGestapo and Hitler's chosen killers were
no respecters of their own people as the
records begin TO come to light.
Early in the days of the purge and
from then on there have been reports OF
the slaughter of Germans who were de-
clared insane or cripples physically. Lat
est uncovering of mass Staying shows an
instance of more than 5000 persons hav-
ing been put to death in hospital.
Most of these were Germans. but many
were nationals brought into Germany,
worked to physical unfitness and then
slain.
More difficult to ascertain will be the
number of American war prisoners wan
tonly killed under almost any pretext.
But this evidence, too, is being estab-
lished
The war criminal commission, or what
ever organization is set up, has task
ahead 1t should not cease activity until
the last guilty person is brought to JUS
tice.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-10
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
IMPERIAL.
PROBATE NO. 2959
NOTICE OF HEARING OF
PETITION TO LEASE

REAL ESTATE

C1lIAOIN ~ hLhCE
REAL ESTATE
In the Matter Of the Guardian
ship of HARRY S. DHILLON and
PARMATMA S. DHILLON, Minors.
R. S. Dhillon, the guardian of the
estates and persons of Harry S.
Dhillon and Parmatma S. Dhillon,
having filed herein his verified petit
ton praying for an Order to Lease
certain property of said estate in
said petition and hereafter describ-
ed, and alleging that it would be
for the advantage of the estate to
lease said property,
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to
all persons interested to appear
before the said above Superior Court
at the Courthouse in said County
at Ell Centro, California, on the 18th
day of April, l945, at the hour of
two o'clock t2:C0) pm. of said date,
then and there to show cause, if
any they have, why the real estate
hereinafter described should not be
leased by said guardian for the
period of three CD years at rental
of Eighty-four Hundred Dollars
($84O00O, upon the terms and con-
ditions mentioned in the lease ac-
companying and made a part of
the petition of said guardian on
file herein and to which said petit
ton reference is made for further
particulars.
Said real estate is located in I'M
perial County, California, and is
described as follows, to wit:
The South 65.06 acres of Tract
289 and part of the South one
half (Sla) of School Section SO,
containing 1896 acres lying North
of Tract 290. all in Township 16
South, Range 13 and IA East, S.B.
NJ, Imperial County, California,
and containing approximately
eighty 800 acres.
Dated this 80 day of March, 1945
w. J. McCLELLAND,
County Clerk.
BY NJ A. CHRISTIAN.
Deputy.
(No. SOD (A1-1l incl0
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-10
REMAINING REFRIGERATORS
FROZEN BY WPB ORDER

WASHINGTON, April 10. (UP)-
Householders will get no more me-
chanical refrigerators from the ma
tons stockpile, the War Production
Board said Tuesday.
Only $4,000 domestic refrigerators
of the original 100000 arc left in
the national reserve and these will
be assigned hereafter only for the
most essential military and public
health needs, WPB said.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-10
TWO MEMBERS OF CULT
DRAW PRISON TERMS

LOS ANGELES. April 10. up
Two members of Jehovah's Witness
es have been sentenced to two years
in federal prison for failure to re-
port for induction into the armed
forces.
Stanley Russell Proctor, 10, Ana
helm. California, and Ivan Luther
Duncan, 81, Los Angeles, were con-
victed last week in a jury trial
They claimed they were ministers Of
the gospel and not subject to mill
tary service.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-10
Ldwmdker Would
Annex Isles
Taken From Japs

WASHINGTON, April 10. CUP)-
Rep. F. Edward Hebert, CD Louis
lana. has introduced resolution
calling upon the United States to
annex all Pacific islands formerly
inundated to Japan by the League
of Nations.
THE islands in the Pacific which
have been bought and paid for with
American blood should be kept under
our control and direction for our
future national security" Hebert
told the house.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-10
Army Trainer
Planes Sold

SAN FRANCISCO, April 10. CUP)
Fourteen army trainer planes
which originally cost the government
S126,000 have been sold for total
of s16,475 to private air enthusiasts
the Reconstruction Finance Corpor-
alton here has announced.
The sales took place at Sherman
Field, Concord, California. They
were the first planes to be sold on q
price tag basis and sold from S875
up, according to their condition.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-10
CURRENT QUOTATIONS

Allied blows at Germany are becoming
ever more effective and everything seems
to point to strictly elaborated and timed
plan of coordination between the Allied
fronts now about 300 miles apart
Colonel Kolomeitseff, Russian military
lcriter.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-10
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 143 No. Sixth st.,
City of Ell Centre, California.
HERMAN ZUCKERMAN, D.B.A.
Imperial Valley Wrestling Club.
(No. 52) (A2 to A16)
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-10

Initiation controls can be made unnec-
essary by production and more produc-
ton, by jobs and more jobs, until the
market offers all the goods anybody
wants-NAM NeUS, National AssOcia-
ton of Manufacturers publication.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-10

When we enlarge the airfieds on Two
we won't be restricted to hitting Tokyo.
We can hit any part of Japan.-Lt.-Ge
Holland N. Smith, Marine commander in
Pncific
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-10
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 El Cen
tro, California, until 200 o'clock
pm. on April IL, 1945, at which
time they will be publicly opened
and read in said Purchasing Agents
Office, for furnishing minimum
of 300 yards and maximum of 600
yards of Portland cement concrete,
transit mixed, to be delivered on
the Job 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 Centro, 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 Ell Centre, 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, 1S4C, 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;
Rate
Classification Per Hour
Concrete mixer operator
tskip type) .......-...................-$l $l375
Concrete mixer operator
lpaying type) ...-..-................ 1925
Driller Gack hammer) ...... 1.225
Laborer ...........................,.... 0.875
Mechanical tamper and fin
iSher operator .................... 1875
Motor grader operator 5000. 1925
Tractor Driver ........................ $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) eco. 100
Truck Driver tpay load of
less than tons) ......--....... 095
Any classification omitted
herein not less than ............ 0.875
Oyertime-one and one-half Qh)
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-10

EDITORS NOTE: The folloUing edit
oriais are presented as interesting Opin-
ions Uoiced By editors elseUhere. They
do not necessarily reflect the opinion of
this paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-10
Marine Private
Pays With Life
For Two Victory

tBY SGT. CHESTER II. SMITH
(of Winnemucca, Nevada, Marine
Corps Combat Correspondent.
distributed by United Press
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-27
The Brighter
Side

rats under the impression that
they were squirrels, but the
best he could do against the
same fodder later in life was
% at a sitting.
1t is my opinion that the eat
ing OF a cooked elephant would
be an eating exploit that would
go ringing down the corridors
of time and an elephant is the
goal of my ambitions for my
champ. ! recently got letter
from Harry Brand. the public
counsels chap at Twentieth and
he says: Bill is now up to eating
a horse. so he thinks an ele-
phant will be shoveover for
him in few months.
But what is the use of me
telling you these things? You
will probably think l am just
fibbing.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-27

Only at times and in spots.
a noted psychiatrist relates
how he found himself strangely
attracted TO a woman across the
aisle in street car. II seemed
almost love az first sight. yet
she was squat, tub-Shaped. with
paSty face and lackluster eyes
with SpectacleS. But she had a
strange sen appeal" Just as
he stepped off the car, he no.
ticed she was wearing a cloak
like Cne worn years before by
his puppy love sweetheart. IL
is not often our unconscious
motivationS are so Startlingly
revealed Half or three-fourths
Of The time we do not know
why We do what We do. but al
ways think we do
, No About l20 males be-
GIN liie to every 100 females.
bQt Of these males about l. die
before birth as only 105 or 100
boys pull through until birth 20
every 100 girls. BY age Is or
20 80 many boys have died from
their greater susceptibility 10
disease. and from accidents
which happen more often 10
-huNS- that adult men and
women are practically equal IN
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-27
OeIRolTSse<TiMES
Answers to Veterans

ate the Marseille staging area
from which some troops will be
shipped directly 10 the Pacific.
The 66th Division will appar-
entity remain in Europe for
some time.
Q-Nill soldier who tiid
not have 85 points on May II.
but has earned them since that
date, be allowed to count them
for his point score?
A-At a later date the army
will fix new point revaiuaIion
time, and points accumulated
between May and the new date
will then be figured and those
who have the proper score will
be eligible for discharge. The
point score as now used 10 de-
termlne an individuals eligi-
bllity for discharge. is the point
score he had according TO his
status May Il.
Q-When the wife Of serv-
iceman has been named bene-
ficiary of his insurance and col
Iects the payments after his
death and later remarries, are
the payments discontinued after
her second MARRIAGE NJ. l.. s.
A-The insurance is paid to
the named beneficiary for life:
her remarriage would not af-
feet the payments.
Q-Is our mail sent TO the
seryiceman overseas censored?
MRS. X.
All mail crossing the bor-
ders of the United States is
subject to censorship at the dis
cretion Of the director of CEN
sorship.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-27
w ASHHNGTON Scene
BY George Dixon

7 DO not see Why 7 should
Il work my legs off trying 20
dig up titillating stuff when
Senate majority leader Alben
" Barkley and Senators owen
Brewster Of Maine and Robert
a. Taft of Ohio are willing 20
provide II free OF charge
Ordinarily you wo,'d not
suppose that a senatorial discus
sion OF the Bretton Wood, agree
mcnt for an international bank
and stab.lizauon fund would
provide much Of an opening for
minstrel show patter But In
terloculor Barklcy and end men
Brewster and Taft made ~
The chatter was opened by
Mr. Bones brewster with
"Will the senator yield ." which
is senatorial for Pipe down"
Mr.. Brewster -- II want 10
make small contribution.
There was given 10 me- 10
not know whether u will seem
minuscule To the senator from
Kentucky or not"
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-27

Mr.. Barkley-"Seem what ."
Mr.. Brewster "Minuscule.
Mr. Barklcy Il do not think
II would"
Mr.. Taft - II yield for the
benefit OF the gentleman with
the dictionary, the distinguished
junior senator from Maine"
Mr. BREWSTER :"Mr. Presi-
-'i dent, since my orthography
was impuged by the senior SEN
ator from Kentucky"
MIR Barkley-"No. Mr.. Presi-
dent think what ] said and
indicated was a charge against
my own ignorance. instead Of
against the authenticity OF the
senator's orthography."
MIR = @ " I . We'll, Mr..
President, the senator had the
support Of the senator from
Ohio. and he il a distinguished
son of Yale.
so. in defense of Funk and
Wagnalls dictionary In which
the senior senator from Ohio
said he did not find the word
'minuscule.' To which I referred,
l am obliged to tell him that his
gaze was little defective, since
i find that the word IL minus
cule, e,-spelled m-i-n-u-s-c-u-l-e.
II find that the senator at
tempted TO locate IL under the
spelling m-i-n-i-s-c-u-l-e, which
il little different"
Mr.. Taft - Possibly IL II a
Maine pronunciation of minus
cule'"
Mr.. Barkley-"Mr. President,
II the senator will pronounce the
word in accordance with the sit
uation, he might pronounce il
'Minus-cule.'
Mr.. BrewSter-"At any rate.
the significance Of the word II
what undertake To suggest.
because IL has the meaning Of
miniature, or any very small
thing. So wish TO be sure that
the Congressional Record does
not impugn me before my con-
stituents."
Mr.. Barklcy-"I do not wish
to impugn the senator. Perhaps
! am impugning my own igno-
rance I'm not being familiar with
the word. II the senator had
used the word 'molecule,' which
means approximately the same,
I would have understood It,"
I II a T F. TO dispute. Senator
i Barkley, but minusculc does
not mean molecule. or anything
like it, unless the dictionary has
gone madcap, too, The definition:
"NIinuscule: Any OF several
styles of ancient and medieval
writing developed from the cur
sive hand. and differing from
the ma juscules in having simpli-
fed and smaller forms"
Maybe Senator Barkley thinks
a minuScule IS A school for in
fant fish
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-27
NV TUTUD NAJUNEUUINU
W TAAA AIAa w AANSAALAAL Broadway

miles northeast OF Mukden.
Manchuria, There the enlisted
men are taught bayonet drill,
tising as targets living Chinese
lashed to pillars. They are told
the Chinese are "guerrillas"
who have been SO sentenced,
The officer candidates practice
looping off heads. To qualify
they must deftly sever the
neck without indenting the
woodblock.
AS this is a family journal
we won't dip into the subject
of the Jap soldiers use OF
women. In the crevices OF our
mind we all know anyhow ..
II will be recalled that back in
the heyday of vaudeville the
only japanese talent was tum-
bling. Now we can perceive It
to be a national characteristic.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-27

accepted il for a while but now
demand and get their pay in
yen.
Plenty of Ebeer- -lgoed. toe, Hike
ale) and saki are issued. II
they have a chance they all get
drunk when faced by battle.
Maybe il makes il easier await
ing sure doom. I
Those Samurai sabers Are
carried by all grades from cor
porals up Most are army
issue. cost 50 yen tSl415O.
which fact will tilt the eye
brows OF some Souvenir-buyers
away up 10 here.
ZAP military basic training
now consumes two months
in place Of the quondam two
years. The windup test is con-
dHeted at garrison three
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-27
MARY HAWORTH'S Mail

so / sometimes wonder If her
babyish ways are a mask ?
| don't bawl her out for the
reason that she has relatives
whom l like and visit occa-
slonally.
Another question What 10
do when some one, a girl or
woman keeps staring al your
husband until you cant eat
your dinner IN restaurant
Would il be proper for the
wife 10 go over and ask that
person If she thinks she knows
the husband? ?
My husband i> an attractive
man for his age but even so,
even | have seen men more
attractive than he, and these
other women must have. too
He declares he loves me. he
says there IS no other woman. Do
ID. III.
Dear D. .--....----
WATER seeks It's own level.
w In any gathering lfatheGe