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Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-11
MARKETS
AZ. Y. STOCKS

Nee York. April Il. 0Pl-Stocks ex
tended Tuesdays iast hour rise Wednes
aas by fractions 10 more than two point.
VIII the railroad and automobile section,
again leading.
ACTIVITY centcred on The low priced is.
fues where Hudson. Graham Paige, Stude.
baker. Willys-OVcrland and Nash -Kelvi.
natue had large turnover
norfolk Western rose points and
gains oof a point 10 moro than points
Wefe noted IN Santa Fe. Nickel Plate. and
Pee Marquette. New York Central had
large volume.
Commonwealth & Southern also had
lufge turnover. Commonwealth Edison
and American & Foreign Power So pre-
ferred made highs. the latter up more
than point. Airlines resumed their rise
on broad front with American al a new
high on a gain oof more than point.
superior OIL Of California spurtod nearly
four points In a strong oil section Steels
were in demand with L. S Steel Bethle-
hem and Youngstown Sheet and Tube up
more than a point each. Republic rose n
point Coppers firmed. Guantanamo Sugar
preferred gained SIN points in its section.
Sears, Roebuck rose a point in the mer-
cantlles.
Preliminary closing Dow-Jones averages:
Industrial 5s.05. up Id; rail 5291, up
0.s3; utility 2S. 2s up 0.22. and 50 stocks
5ss3 up 0.65.
Sales were / o60 600 shares, the most
since March %. and compared with 760.-
600 Tuesday. Bond sales on the big
board were 50, O70 coo against Sc sac 600
Tuesday. Curb volume was 300, coo shares
against 100. 600 shares Tuesday.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-11
AMERICA FIRST LEADER
SEES u. S. SOLD OUT

BUFFALO, April Il. CUP)-Ger-
aid L. K. Smith, director of the
America First party. denounced the
United Nations conference at San
Francisco as a prelude to the Gre
alton of superstate under which
the American people would be bled
of their wealth and made slaves
to the world.
Addressing delegates at meeting
of the eastern monetary congress
here, he described the conference
as the San Francisco sell-out, the
elimination to the Breton Woods
steal, the Dumbarton hoax and the
crime of the Crimea."
Smith, who will lead an America
First delegation to San Francisco,
announced that he would have 10
instructed" observers, including
himself at the conference.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-11
Acorn Youngster
Sets Fast Pace
In Box, Hitting
By UNITED PRESS

SeVenteen-year-O Vic Plcettl
first baseman for the Oakland
Acorns, continues to amaze Pacific
Coast league fans.
Playing his initial season of pro-
fessional ball, Picetti has hit safely
in II consecutive games-every one
the Oaks have played thus far
Twenty of his blows have gone fol-
extra bases.
The youngsters streak-which still
has a long way to go before en-
dangering the mark of 81 games set
by Joe DiMaggio in 1933-was al
most halted Tuesday night at San
Diego by Vallie Eaves, big Padre
pitcher. But Picetti, after failing
to come through in his three trips
to the plate, blasted triple to open
the ninth inning and then scored
the run which gave Oakland 2-l
victory in the opening engagement
of a seven-game series.
The Seattle Rainiers maintained
their league lead by edging out
Hollywood, 4 to 3, in the seasons
opener.
The San Francisco Seals made
5000 opening game customers hap
py by downing the Portland Beav-
ers, 6 to 3, in a looSely-played con-
test.
Dick Powers turned in the neat
est twirling job of the infant cam
paign as Sacramento blanked Los
Angeles, 3 to 0. Elliott allowed the
Angels only one hit, a single by
Shortstop Pete sElko in the first
frame. The Solons collected six hits
off Cuellard.
The linescores:
Portland ............ 900 010 200-3- 6-2
San Francisco 900 Oc3 03x-6-11-l
Mooty and Adams; Joyce and
Sprinz.
Oakland ................ 900 001 001-2-8-C
San Diego .......... 600 001 000-l 81
Stromme, Monzo and Fenech, B
Raondi; Eaves and Ballinger.
Los Angeles ...... 900 900 0c0-0-l-1
Sacramento ........ 010 0O1 0ix-3-6-(
Cuellard and Greene; Powers anc
Marcucci.
Seattle ............-..... 600 022 000-4-9-;
Hollywood ........-- 200 00l 000-3-6-l
Elliott and Finley; Kimball. Mish-
asek and Hill.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-11
HOPPE INCREASES LEAD

CHICAGO, April IL. CUP)-Chal-
lenger Willie Hoppe, New York, was
1876 points ahead of Champion We'll
ker Cochran, San Francisco, We'd
nesday after winning two more
blocks in their cross country worlds
championship three-cushion bill
liards match.
Hoppe won Tuesday afternoons s
block 6o-59 in 46 innings and the
evening block 60 to 33 in 33 innings
His high runs were five and nine.
Cochran had high runs of seven
and six.
Hoppe has a total of 2,076 points
and Cochran has piled up 1,940.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-11
Stub Allison
Gets Gate

declined an opportunity to resign.
AT TOPS IN '37
The gruff Top Sarge hit his
peak in 1887 when his powerful
thunder team" sparked by Sam
Chapman, went through II games
without a defeat and polished off
Alabama in the Rose Bowl, l3 to 0.
His 1888 squad lost only one game,
but since that time California has
been in or near the Pacific Coast
conference basement.
Five dismal years were climaXed
last fall when California won three
games, lost six and tied one.
No mention was made of the
status of Irwin Uteritz, whom Alli-
son brought out from the midwest
as backfield coach in 1885. Line
Coach Frank Wickhorst is now a
commander in the navy overseas
after taking leave of absence in
1912 to help Cmdr. Tom Hamilton
es t a blish the navy's pre-flight
training program.
BOD HerWlg, all-ATnerlcan center
in 81, and assistant line coach, is a
marine lieutenant and recently was
awarded the navy cross for bravery
on Guam.
Wickhorst, Uteritz and HerWig
presumably will be retained on the
staff, although none is in line to
succeed Allison.
NO SURPRISE
Stubs dismissal was no surprise
since it was we'll known that an
influential alumni bloc was lobbying
against him on grounds that he
shackled good material with a dull
offense.
Allison was graduated from Carle-
ton college, Northfield, Minnesota,
in 1917. He served in World War I
He coached at the Universities of
Washington, South Dakota and
Wisconsin until Navy Bill" Ingram
brought him to Berkeley on Knute
Rockne's recommendation in 1921.
His California record showed So
victories, AZ defeats and two ties.
All-Americans during his tenure
besides Chapman and Herwig were
Vic Bottari, John Meek Perry
Schwartz, Claude Evans, Larry Lutz
and Bob Reinhard
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-11
Screen Actress
Dies in Fire

HOLLYWOOD, April Il. (UP) -
Blond film actress Gloria Dickson,
81, was burned to death Tuesday af-
ternoon in a fire that destroyed her
palatial hillside home.
Her body. clad only in pink
slip and charred almost beyond rec
ognition, was found in an upstairs
bathroom where she apparently had
been trapped by the flames. Nearby
was the body of her pet boxer dog
Miss Dickson was alone in the
house, Her husband, William Fitz-
gerald, Marine veteran and former
boxer, tried to enter the blazing
mansion to rescue her. He collapsed
when told of her death.
The fire apparently started in an
overstuffed chair in the rumpus
room and spread quickly through
the luxurious home.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-11
Senate Approves
Extension of
Lend-Lease Plan

WASHINGTON, April Il. (UP)-
The senate passed and sent to the
White House an act to extend lend
lease until June 30, 1916.
The action came by unanimous
voice vote after the senate beat
down two attempts to amend the
act.
The first amendment, offered by
Senator Robert A. Taft, tR0, ONO,
would have strengthened a house
amendment to prevent use OF lend
lease for postwar relief and rehaol-
itation. 1t was defeated by vote of
40 to 80, with Vice-President Harry
S. Truman casting the deciding
vote.
The second amendment, offered
by Senator william Langer, (Ro,
North Dakota, would have banned
further shipment of farm machin-
cry under lend-leaSe. 1t was defeat
ed by a vote of 46 to %.
The act extends to July, 1949, the
date for liquidation OF contracts
and obligations under lend-lease.
The tie vote came after Senator
Walter F.. George, CD, Georgia,
charged that the Taft amendment
would strip the lend-lease act of its
original contract settlement pro-
visions.
Truman voted Immediately after
the roll-call was completed.
"On this notion" he said, "the
vote is 80 to &c. The chair votes no" "
Senator Millard E. Tydings, Cd,
Maryland, had called for an end to
"the blank check era" as soon as
the war is ever.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-11
Ca|exico Wins
Over Spartans

Calexico high schools "B" squad
baseball team wen over Ell Centro
Union high at Ell Centre Tuesday
by the score of to 6. Geering,
hurler for Calexico, held the Spar
tans to one lone bingle. but walked
six batters, striking out eight. An
dreWs caught for Calexico.
The Spartans used three pitch
ers, Bloom and the Hunt brothers
FL Centre led until the seventh in
ming, when CaleXico showed across
six runs without the benefit of a
hit. Graham and Carter were on
the receiving end for Ell Centro.
Friday Calexico will play Yuma
at Yuma in practice game.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-11
l.. A. STOCKS

Los Angeles, April II. (UPl-
was heavy on the Los Angeles stock eX.
change Tuesday with 20, 600 shares sold
Two issues were up, three down and /.
unchanged. The list:
Blue Diamond 100 at 4, unchanged;
Transamerica 2c0 at 10l4, unchanged
Pacific Gas and Electric per cent 100 al
40, unchanged Souothern California Edi-
son 100 at 2s down y Bolsa Chica 10C
at go unchanged; Universal Consolidated
100 at u, unchanged: General Paints 10C
at 13l4. unchanged; Menasco 200 at l so
down 10 cents; Hunt Bros. Packing 100 al
500. UP 4.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-11
HoItviIIe Takes
SoftbaI| Game

Holtville dcwned BraWley Tues
day night at Holtville in a sched-
uled high school softball agu e
game by a score of 9 to 8. Harper,
Holtville's pitcher, cinched his own
game in the last of the seventh
when he slashed out a hot grounder
past shortstop with two men on,
scoring Kelly for the. winning run.
Holtville had seven hits to BraWley'S
one. Harper gave II bases on balls
while McIntire, Brawley hurler,
walked only one player Harper had
four strike-outs, McIntire none. Be-
hind the plate for Holtville was
Sharp; for Brawley, Orta.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-11

BERKELEY, Cal, April IL. (UP)
The University of California We'd
nesday began a nationwide search
for a new head football coach after
putting pink slip in Leonard B..
Stub Allison's last paycheck.
Allison, connected with Golden
Bear gridiron fortunes since 1881
and chief character builder since
1885, was notified Tuesday that his
present one-year contract would
not be renewed when it expires next
May 81. Graduate Manager Clinton
w. Evans, who made the announce
ment, said Allison previously had
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-11
Hardware Firm
Employees to
Hold Golf Tilt

Imperial Hardware company en-
ployes will be shooting for $500 in
war bonds as prizes in the firms
annual 18th annual golf tourna-
ment Sunday. The event will be
held at the Barbara Worth Country
club, El Centro, with golfers repre-
senting all of the firms stores at
Indio, Imperial and Yuma Valleys.
Play will be from handicap with a
$50 war bond for the grand prize for
low medal score.
Flights of foursomes have been
arranged by Warren Currier, sales
manager and tournament chairman,
with a prize of S25 war bond for
low net in each flight. The war
bond prizes, purchased by Imperial
Hardware company, will be credited
to the seventh war loan drive, which
starts May IA. Each store will oe
given credit for the sale of the
bonds won by that stores employees.
In addition to the mems flights,
! there will be flights for women.
Mems flights will be 13 holes and
women nine. Play is scheduled to
get under way at 8 Sunday morning
so that the course will be left free
for the usual Sunday play.
A luncheon and Salesmeeting will
be held at the club house following
the tournament, at which time the
prizes will be awarded and sales
plans of the firm will be discussed.
D Do plt nh
will govern all plays, it is announc-
ed
All contestants have been urged
to be on the spot early and be
prepared to pair up and get going
! promptly at the time designated for
each flight.
Championship flight-S:30:
Play Starts $3.50 am.
j. H. Murphy Q4), Gene Ander-
son G4.
Ed Gregory 16), H H. Hovey.
Second flight-8:25 am.
Wayne Miles (20), Bob Fahs Q8) .
Warren Currier G8, Norman
Hindle, Sr. 900.
Third Fight-8:20-
P. P. Anderson (24 Glenn Smith
C26).
Ben Glithero ga. Curtis Whaley
C26).
Fourth Flight-8:15:
Charles Williams (29), r. E. Pet
erson (24).
Norman Hindle, Jr. 800, Roy CAL
lahan (2o).
Fifth Flight-8:l0:
Clarence Hiobard 900. Glenn
Bowers (34D.
Steward zinn 1867, Dave Goddard
(36).
Sixth Flight-8;05:
Frank Bailey 1867, M. o. Briggs
1867.
E L. MASSEY (3s), Merle Blair
C34).
WOmens Flights-First:
Mrs. H. H. Hovey Mrs. Gene
Miles.
Mrs. Norman Hindle, Sr. = Mrs.
John Kearney.
Second Flight:
Mrs. Frances Cooper = Mrs. Ed
Gregory.
Mrs. NJ. o. Briggs-Mrs. Marjorie
Kinder.
women's flights will start at 10
am.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-11
GAME BILL APPROVED
BY STATE COMMISSION

SACRAMENTO, April II. (UP)-
An assembly-approved bill giving
the state fish and game commission
power to regulate seasons, bag
limits and areas for sports fishing
and hunting was approved Wednes-
day by the senate fish and game
committee. Senator Jesse Mayo
(RD, Angels Camp, attempted un-
successfully to amend the bill to
give the commission power to regu-
late commercial fishing.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-11
CHICAGO GRAIN

turned steady TO strong on the board OF
trade Wednesday after early bearishneSs
brought on by the government crop re-
port. May wheat and September and De-
cember rye rose to new season highs. Ad-
Vances were pared slightly before the
close under profit-taking.
Deferred wheat contracts dropped frac-
tionally on the close under realizing sales
Wheat finished up ~ to off 4 cents a
bushel; oats UP / L to cents; rye up Is,
TO 2i4 and barley up I. TO 3 cents.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-11
Imperial Nabs
SottbaII Tilt

Ell Centre High softball team
went down to defeat before the
speedy Imperial High boys Tuesday
night to the tune CT 3 to g The
game ended when Imperial scored
in the last of the seventh with a
homer. The contest was the opener
in the valley league in which all
high schools except Calexico are
participating
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-11
REDLANDs PIONEER DIES

REDLANDS, Cal, April IL CUP
Funeral services were being ar
ranged today for John P. Fisk, 81,
pioneer Redlands resident who died
at his home Monday night Com
ing here in 1887, Fisk was a realtor
and later president and manager of
the First National bank.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-11
CANADIAN PREMIER NAMES
ENJOYS TO S. +. MEETING

OTTAWA, April II. tUP)-Prime
Minister w. L. Mackenzie King has
announced in Commons the names
OF seven persons who will comprise
the Canadian delegation to San
Francisco.
Delegates from Commons are /:
Prime Minister Mackenzie King,
Justice Minister Louis st. Laurent;
Mrs. Cora CaSseiman; Progressive
Conservative House Leader Gordon
Graydon; and CCF Leader M j..
Caldwell.
Delegates from the senate are
government leader DR.. J. II. King
and Progressive. Conservative Sem
ator Lucien Moraud.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-11
J.. A. LIVESTOCK

Los Angeles, April II. (UP)-
Cattle-Salable. 1900; moderately ac-
tive on she stock. Steady to 25 cents
higher: other classes steady: few medium
TO good steers, Si40O-15.5O; two loads
held above SIT. sc; medium to good fed
heifers, S13.75-15. IS: medium to good
cows. s11 75-13.50; common down to
$1,000; Gamers and cutters. 1909. so;
medium to good bulls, Sl2 O0-140O
HOgs-Salable. $50: steady: 200 10 go
pound truck-ins. SIS 70: sows. $500.
Sheer-SalabIe. 100: steady: good 10
choice SS-pound spring lambs. $3.50
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-11
HART GETS TKO

LOS ANGELES, April Il. (UP)-
Hefty AL Hart, 200 pounds, scored
a second round technical knockout
over Hindu Fleet, 1872, in a sched-
uled l0-round boxing headliner
Tuesday night at Olympic Auditor
ium. Hart, heavy favorite, downed
Fleet with barrage of head and
body blows. The Hindu had risen
and was heading for Hart's corner
when Referee Benny Whitman stop
ped the fight.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-11
PEACE MEET MEMBERS
NOW NUMBER lOI5

WASHINGTON, April II (UP)-
AS Of last Friday there will be 1015
official representatives OF the United
Nations at the San Francisco World
Security conference.
All Of the 46 invited nations have
formally accepted. Personnel rep
resenting these countries will in
clude 100 delegates and 925 other
staff members.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-11
POULTRY &. EGGS

POULTRY PRICES. IAN polnts Imperial
Valley OPA Maximum set Oct. II, j943.)
First price-At ranch TO wholesaler OF re-
taller. Second piice-Delivered to whole
saler or retailer. Third price-At ranch
to consumer:
Broilers. Leghorns. under 2A pounds
3oc; 2H to pounds. 29c; fryers. 5 to 4
pounds, 29c; roasters, all weights, 29c;
fowl, Leghorn, all weights, 35ikc; colored
all weights, 25hc; ducks, all sizes, 25c
rabbits, under 6 pounds, 22-24c.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-11
l.. A. GkAfN

Los Angeles, April II. tUPJ-
No. ! hard or soft white wheat, bulk
81 TO: s21s; grading barley. 46 pounds
bulk, S2.15-22 %: No. ? oats, 35 pounds
bulk. 81. 67-2. .72l4 No. 2 yellow corn. bulk
81. 1922; No. California milo. sacked
50 400 l5
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-11

Los Angeles. April II. CUP)-
Eggs: Wholesale prices consumer grade
Large. Grade A 40. Grade 37is medium
Grade A 37is; small Grade A 35i4.
Retail prices 10 consumer Icartonl
Large. Grade AA 1881. Grade A 1913
Grade 40-41: medium, Grade AA 1915
Grade 1916: small. Grade A 39-43.
Canded graded eggs 10 ret / rs
tcases): Large, Grade AA IA. Grade A 40
Grade 3S-39: medium. Grade AA 80
Grade A SO; small. Grade A 35-37.
Butter unchanged at ceiling prices.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-11
SON BORN MONDAY
TO FRANCISCO XALESCOS

A son, named Francisco Managan
Valesco, Jr., was born Monday
morning in the Ell Centre hospital to
Mr.. and Mrs. Francisco NJ Valesco.
He weighed six pounds, nine and
three quarters ounces.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-11
LOCAL BU1 TERFAT
L. A. H3 Y

Los Angeles, April Il. cUP}-
Alfalfa. u. s. No. I, $50 00-32. 90; u. 6.
No. , Lcafhy S27. .00-29.00; L. s. No >.
S21 .O0-22. 90; No. ] barley hay. S24. 90
26 90; No. l oat hay, S33 .00-35. 90
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-11
TEMPERATE CLIMATE

The climate is temperate rather
than tropical and so is the vege-
tation. There are tropical-like trees
on and near the beaches-I think
they're pandanus bushes. But there
are also many trees of the fir FAM
ily with horizontal limbs.
The country over which my regi-
ment passed during the first two
days was cultivated. 1t rose grad
ually from the sea and was all
formed into small fields.
T. didn't look at all unlike IN
diana in late summer when things
have started to turn dry and brown
except that the fields we're much
smaller.
The wheat, which looks just like
ours, is dead ripe in the fields
now. The Marines are cutting it with
little sickles. In other fields arc
cane and sweet potatoes.
Each field has a ditch around its
edge, and dividing the fields are
little ridges about two feet wide. On
top of the ridges are paths where
the people walk. All through the
country are narrow dirt lanes and
now and then a fairly decent gravel
road.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-11
MORE TREES, LESS FIELDS

AS you get inland, the country
becomes rougher. In the hills there
is less cultivation and more trees
1t is really pretty country. We had
read about what a worthless place
Okinawa was, but I think most of
us have been surprised about how
pretty it is.
Okinawa civilians we bring in are
pitiful. The only ones left seem to
be real old or real young. And they
all are very very poor.
They're not very clean. And their
homes are utterly filthy. Over and
over you hear Marines say, This
could be a nice country if the people
weren't so dirty
Obviously their living standard is
low.
The kids are cute as kids are all
over Jne world. I've noticed Marines
reaching out and touSling their hair
as they marched past them. We're
rounding up all the civilians and
putting them in camps. They are
puzzled by it all.
MOST HAVE LEFT
Most of the farm families must
have left when our heavy lombard
ments started. Lots of farm houses
have either been demolished or
burned to the ground before we
came.
But there are always people who
won't leave. no matter what. We
couldn't help feeling sorry for the
Okinawans we picked up in the
first few days. We found two who
spoke little English. They had once
lived in Hawaii. One was an old
man who had a son( Hawaiian-Jap-
anese) somewhere in the American
army!
They were all shocked from the
bombardment and yet I think rather
stupid, too, SO that when they talk
ed they didn't make much sense.
I don't believe they had any idea
of what it was all about. AS one
Marine officer said The poor dev-
lis. I'll bet they think this is the
end of the world"
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-11
Invaders Find
0kinawa Isle
Pleasant Place
BY ERNIE PYLE

OKINAWA-(By Navy Radio))-
Since this island is the closest to
Japan we've landed on and since we
seem to feel this really is Japan,
rather than Just some far outpost,
I'll try to describe to you what 1t
looks like.
Actually, it doesn't look great
deal different from most OF AM
erica. In fact it looks much more
like America than anything the
Marines have seen for the last three
years.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-20
Nurse Freed In Cor Case, Gets $2,318
-U. s. Signal Corps Radi'

Exonerating Eileen Mcdonald, local registered nurse, of contribu- tory negligence in 8 collision which
 occurred last Dec. 3 on Plank road Common Pleas Court Judge John F. McDonough today awarded her damages of $2,318 in her suit against Rocco Leogrande of Waterbury, operator of the other vehicle.
 Miss Mcdonald is the fifth person to be awarded damages as result of the accident. In superior court last week a total of $9,600 was awarded by a jury to three plain tiffs who had been passengers in the Leogrande car and fourth who was an occupant of the Mcdonald car.
 In his memorandum of decision, Judge McDonough points o. u t that the head llgnts of both cars were lighted up to the time of the collision, which occurred at 9:30 p. m., and states had the defendant kept any lookout at all this accl- dent would not have happened" The jurist ruled the accident resulted from failure of the defendant to use due care in the operation of his car, and stated the plaintiff was free from contributory negligence.
 In setting the amount of damages, Judge McDonough listed $568 for damages to the plaintiffs car, and $1 ,750 for injuries, pain and suffer- ing, and special damages" Loss of wages and medical and hospital bills were computed. under special dam- ages. The plaintiff sustained injur- ies to her forehead, knees, rib, and left elbow. Her complaint asked for $2,500 damages.
 Appearing for the pls<atiff in the suit, which was tried three weeks ago, was Attorney Hugh McGill, now serving in tn Navy.
 One other civil action resulting from the accident is still pending in common pleas court. It is brought by Mary O'Rourke, a passenger in the Mcdonald car, with $2,500 dam ages claimed.