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Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-04
Guard Enlistment
Drive Gains:
Goal Held Certain

Belief was expressed Wednesday
by Major Elmer Heald, of the Cali
fornia State Guard. that the quota
set for Imperial Valley $50 recruits)
will be filled before the end of
the drive.
A meeting of the recruiting COM
mittee was held Tuesday at the Ell
Centre Chamber of Commerce, at
tended by Major Heald, Chairman
Warren Currier, Captains John KEEP
ley and H. K. McClimans, Sheriff
Bob Ware. Milton Zinn, Steven Har-
ris- and Tom Fancy. Although the
drive was to. have ended April Is,
the. committee agreed to terminate
it before that date. e.. -
Currier announced that deal of
interest in the guard is being shown
by young men who have not been
called to the armed services because
Of occupational deferment. These
men, Currier said, are anxious to be
Of service to their country and at the
same time carry on with their es-
sentiar work. The two hours week..
ly. demanded by the guard also
gives them outside interest and re-
Taxation away from their jobs, it
was pointed out
According to Currier, the federal
government vitality is interested in
the building and maintaining of adj
equate units of the California State
Guard throughout the state, and has
furnished the guard units uniforms,
other equipment and transportation
and in addition has assigned regular
army officers to the various areas to
assist in the instruction of the guard,
and to bring the guard into closer
rela ationship to the army.
With the necessity for the guard
So clearly recognized by the army,
CHrrier declared it has delivered
to- the guard in California several
hundreds of thousands of dollars
worth of.equipment.- All the federal
government, and the army asks is
that. the.---yarious. communities of
state furnish sufficient men who are
willing to give two hours each week
to- make that equipment effective
should emergencies arise. p: ],
Thursday Major. Heald, Captains
KepIey and McCiimans and Finney
will meet with the Central Labor
Council to present the plans and OBJ
jectives of the drive.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-04
Potion Smash
NeurS Berlin

Rotterdam and The Hague.
Armored divisions of the British
Second Army were advancing flank
to flank with the Canadians, mov-
ing northward along the Dutch
German border toward Enden and
Bremen. Field dispatches, admitted
ly tagging hours behind the speed
ing British tanks, said the Tommies
we're less than 30 miles from the
North sea at an undisclosed point.
HOUSE-TO-HOUSE BATTLE
OSnabrueck. a key German strong
hold 25 miles northeast OF captured
Muenster, was cleared by British air.
borne troops after savage house
toulouse battle. The British ad-
vanced six miles north of the city to
a point less than 60 miles southwest
of Bremen, Germany's second sea-
port.
A second British column 40 miles
to the northwest cleared the Ger
man border town of Hordhorn and
pushed ahead at least five miles to
within go miles of Emden.
South of the British and Cana
dian forces, the American Ninth
Army was running into its stiffest
opposition since the Rhine crossing
in a series of forest defiles just
west of the Weser river on the
main roads to Hanover and Berlin,
l80-odd miles TO the east.
The Ninth Army's second and
fifth armcred divisions broke
through the eastern edge of the
Teutoburger forest ON a 20-mile
front some 20 to 40 miles southeast
of OSnabrueck, only to run into
fanatical opposition from well-er-
trenched Nazi elite. guards, Volk-
sturm units and paratroop cadets.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-04
STRIKE VOTE URGED

BURBANK, Cal. April 4. (UP)-A
strike vote among members of the
International Association of Ma
chinists (AFL) was urged Wednes-
day by more than 1000 Lockheed
aircraft workers. Grievances includ-
ed war labor board decision elm
mating the specialist job rating; al
legged downgrading and failure to
upgrade employees, and delay in con-
tract negotiations. The workers vot-
ed to urge local lam lodges to pc
tition for strike vote.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-04
Assembly Group
vefoes Warren
Health Measure
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author Of the governors health bill
gave a similar notice. Both motions
will be on the assembly calendar
Friday.
ACCIDENT MEASURE
The assembly passed and sent to
the senate a bill levying a penalty
of 10 per cent but not less than
500 for unsuccessful court attacks
on awards of the industrial accident
commission. Assemblyman Thomas
w. Maloney, R,) San Francisco
said racket of delaying the
awards had grown up.
The assembly also passed bill
authorizing the state public health
department to inspect and regulate
hospitals and nursing homes.
The senate has taken no action on
the upper house version of the gov
ernor's health bill.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-04

We were sitting around after
chores the other night talking
about the progress of the war.
Chad Davis was saying how. in
spite of Germany's defeat, there
was still the German under
ground TO cope with.
80 don't worry about them"
says Sober Hoskins. $50 long as
we got cur own underground in
working order" !.
2 "What do you mean -Our un-
derground?" says Chad. And
Sober points out to the fields.
"Ihere 1t is," he says, under
that soil lies the most important
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-04
FINES ASSESSED

FINES ASSESSED
i Two men and a woman charged
with being drunk, panhandler, a
man charged with disturbing the
peace and a vagrant were tried in
the El Centre city police court by
Judge Lee Nuffer Tuesday. The
woman, lola Smith, paid fine of
sis. j. w. Hill paid a similar fine
L. G. Darlin, arrested for disturbing
the peace entered plea of not
guilty. posted bail of $50 and will
appear before Judge Nuffer We'd
nesday. The alleged moocher, Man
ullo Armillio, was sentenced to 20
days in the county Jail. He admit
ted the charge. Jose Martinez
charged with vagrancy, was given
80 days in the county Jail. Hata
Mendoza, arrested for being drunk
must serve eight days in the city
jail ...' '-t =.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-04
ROTARIANS WAIT TALK
BY YOUTH DIRECTOR

Adjutant Andrew Telfer. youth d.
rector of the Salvation Army in
southern California, viii speak at FL
Centre Rotary club meeting Thurs
day on What's Going On In The
World" =: 49,
He joined the English navy as a
boy and saw service IN many parts
Of the world He was attached to
the secret service and in his work
visited many dangerous places dur
ing the present war. Teller also
was a boxer and retired from the
ring as featherweight champion o.
the British Empire. -
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within 25 miles Of the zuider Zee
An unconfirmed PARIS radio re-
port said the Canadians were only
L miles from the Zuider Zee. A
break-through to the coast there
would split Holland and trap per-
hapf $4,000 Germans around the big
Dutch western cities of Amsterdam.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-04
CONSUMERS GET OPA RULE
ON HOME SLAUGHTERED MEAT

OPA has issued a warming to con-
sumers that only those who actually
raise livestock on property which
they own or operate can legally
qualify to have m a t. CUSTOM
slaughtered for home use without
giving ration points. Consumers
cannot legally buy half of an animal
from the farmer owning it and ap-
propriate half of the carcass for
their own use. ~
To qualify for home slaughter, the
Individual must actually live on a
farm for six months of the year. or
supervise the raising of Livestock en-
the farm where the animal is raised
livestock so slaughtered must Ell
tier have been raised on the indi-
vidual's. farm, been kept there for
so days before slaughter, or have
gained at least 35 per cent in weight
while in his poss ession.
Farm Slaughterers who sell to
consumers must collect the full
point value and report the sales tC
their local boards, turning over ra-
ton points for all the meat sold.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-04
BARRY-CHAPLAIN RETRIAL,.

HOLLYWOOD. April a, fUP)-
Only the judge and the faces in the
jury box were different today when
the Joan Barry-C Charles Chaplin. pa
ternity suit started through its COL
orless retrial. The attorneys are the
same as the Deeember-January trial
that ended with a locked jury. The
principals are the same: Comedian
Chaplin. still dapper but grayhaired;
red-headed Joan Barry, Chaplin's
erstwhile protege, and Carol Ann
Barry, whom Miss Barry contends Is
Chaplin's daughter. The courtroom
audience consisted Of one old man.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-04
Al CLUBS ANNOUNCE
DIRECTORS FOR FAIR

Iva Jean Higgins ana Stepneh,
Kramar Thursday night were elected
directors of the All club fair to be
given at Eucalyptus school by CLUBS
OF the Ell Centre area May g.
A girl and boy form each OF the
six clubs in the district will be
appointed to serve as a hospitality
committee. Two members from each
are to be selected to serve as a
grounds committee.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-04
From where | sit by Joe Marsh
America and her
''Undergrovnd"

weapon that we've got. Ameri.
can crops from American fields
Strengthening our position
overseas in a way no other un-
foreground can shake"
:, From where I sit, Chad's abs0-
luteIy right. Whether it's for the
glass Of beer that cheers a tired
soldiers spirits, or the bread
that feeds our armies and our
allies, every bit Of grain that
American farmers harvest lis a
part Of Americas great strength.
Ms M~D<
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-04
OFFICER KNOWN IN Ell CENTRIC
DIES IN BATTLE IN GERMANY

News was received in Ell Centre
Wednesday that Captain Walter
Leon, who lived on North Fifth
street in Ell Centre while stationed
at Yuma, died March from wounds
suffered in the American rush
across Germany March 1. -
Leon, who was lieutenant in the
infantry, while in Ell Centre, sang
many times at services and enter
ralnments in the First Baptist
church. a.-s ------- e... .-.....
Training at Ft. Benning, Georgia,
he was sent to Yuma, then to Colo
RADIO, and then overseas where he
served with General Patton's army.
His wife now is living in Grovetown,
Georgia. "'
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-04
DAMAGES SOUGHT.

Carmi C. Thompson recently filed
suit In Imperial county superior
court against Joe Burciaga and
others for $4,000. Healleged he was
injured last January % when struck
by truck driven by Burciaga while
walking near the intersection of
highways SO and 80 in El Centre,
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-04
LICENSES ISSUED

County Clerk w. J. McClelland
recently issued two marriage lic:ns-
es. One was issued to Lawrence E.
Cooper, marine, and Janet A. Beau
chenne, 81, Calipatria; and to James
John ODonnell, %, Marines and
Bernadette Catherine. Sheely," 81,
member of the marine reserve.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-04
IS EPILEPSY INHERITED ?
WHAT CAUSES IT?

A booklet eontoinino The opinions Of 70.
nous doctors on this Interesting subject
will be sent FREE. while they lost. TO any
reader writing 10 the edveotionol Division.
535 Fifth Ave.. kewYo NY. Dept. loOL'
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-04
BABY DIES

BABY DIES
Salvador Herrera, five-months Old
son of Mr.. and Mrs Frank Herrera
of Imperial, died Tuesday after a
brief illness. Burial was to be in
Evergreen cemetery at 4 p. m. We'd
nesday.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-04
SUE FOR DIYORC E

In superior court in Ell Centre
Ray ]. Evans sued Bernice Evans for
divorce and Barbara Jane Sigmon
filed a divorce suit against Clyde P.
Sigmon.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-04
To The Rescue

10 1hc RcScuc
Here is chance for Imperial
Valley residents to ride in the rodeo
parade by proxy. Maybe even IN the
wild contests at the big show.
A group of sailors at the Holtville
naval air station obtained horses
to ride but six of them lack saddles.
The saddles will get good care
and will be in charge of commits
stoned officer. They will be returned
within a week. Anyone willing to
lend these six sailors saddles may
telephone the Ell Centre Chamber
of Commerce or Stevens Harris,
parade chairman.
Here is your chance to see the
navy on the hoof.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-04
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ed most of his life with cattle, sad
dies, cowpunching, and the like.
While on a visit to Phoenix a
while ago Earl for some reason was
greatly impressed by beautiful,
squashy, soft rug on the floor OF
relatives home 1t reminded him
vaguely of the Brussels carpets OF
his youth.
The next time we buy any FUR
niture," Earl said to his wife on
the trip home, 81 want an over
stuffed rug and 1 want bristle." F."
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-04

Governors salaries range from
$1,000 in South Dakota to $25.000
in New York. The average salary Is
"a. .385. so. o.,
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-04
TO VISIT VALLEY

~ N1Sll tALLGI 80
Woodbridge F. Metcalf, University
of California extension specialist in
forestry, will be in Imperial county
Apr'l 18 and 10 to meet with the
agricultural extension service staff
and farmers of the area. az
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-04
FIRST CHOICE
OF MILLIONS

None faster. None surer. st. Joseph
Aspirin worlds largest seller at 1Oc'
Economy size, 100 tablets for only
35c. Why ever pay more? Why ac-
cept less? Get st. Joseph Aspirin,
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-04
DECREE GRANTED

/ An interlocutory. divorce decree
was granted in Imperial county SUI
perior court recently to Myrtle Maud
Rose In the. suit against Ernest r
Rose, ...-.... .....- a....-
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-04
See films of actual
Army maneuvers!

The California State Guards
training program is interesting
and fun. Army training films lin
sound) show actual combat and
military tactics. Field Days are
scheduled for combat maneuve1s
and the firing of modern weapons.
The State Guards job is to pro-
vide military protection of life
and property while the National
Guard is overseas. No unit can be
called outside its own county.
Your community needs you in
case of local emergency. Learn
and serve-only two hours, one
night a week. Get full details by
calling or writing to address be.
low for free, illustrated booklet.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-04
SKIN :R9;I.L,oss IERryN!: ss,,eE

Eczama, acne pimpies, simple ringworm,
tetter, salt rheum. bumps (blackheads).
and ugly broken-out skin. Millions re-
lieve itching, burning and soreness OF
these miseries with this simple home treat
ment. Black and White Ointment goes
to work at once. Aids healing. works the
antiseptic way. 25 years success. 10c,
25c. Soc sizes. Purchase price refunded
II you're not satisfied. Use only as di-
fected. Vital in cleansing is good soap.
Enjoy Black and White Skin Soap daily
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-04

No. 100 Series Cepy,sht 1916
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-04
S. F. Farley Faces
Initial Tilt on
Pledge to Stain

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sue ever gets to that point.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-10-02
Detroit Must
Pay Costs of
Condemnation

Costs OF the abandoned City
of Detroit airport condemnation
suit TO the County of Macomb
we're nothing, it was revealed in
Judge Paul r. Cashs damage
claim findings this week.
Macomb County was allowed
sll,291.88, the full amount of
its claim as put in by Court As
signment Clerk Elmore E. Les
ter.
Most Of this amount consisted
Of fees for IA jurors from July
IL. 1914 to May %, l945, at the
rate of 81 per day, or a total Of
$8,612.
The jurors travelled q total of
14,471 miles at the rate of 10
cents mile for their frequent
inspections of the airport site.
The cost Of this was 1,447.10.
To this cost is added the
amount paid for charter d
BUSES. S743; lunches for the
jury, S379.08. and services of an
additional officer, SlO8.8O.
See COSTS-Page Z
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-10-02
SURVIVE BRUTAL IMPRISONMENT
Two More from County Rescued from Japs
Al IMPRISONMENT

The return Of two American
soldiers long imprisoned by the
Japanese-one of them q men,
her Of the Inflated 18th Pursuit
Squadron Of Selfridge Field
has brought JOY to two families
in the Mount Clemens district.
The liberated men are:
M. Sgt. Raymond Whitehead,
IS, a 18th Pursuit Squadron
member among those surrender
ed at Bataan and forced to un-
dergo the March of Death, and
Sgt. James Laird, %. son OF Mrs.
Mary Daniels, Of $500 Groes-
beck Highway, Mount Clemens.
Whitehead was prisoner
three years and six months, and
Laird, captured when Manila
fell on Jan. 2, 1912. had spent
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-10-02
SELL-0UT CROWD AWAITS SERIES
Authorities
Take Forthrig CHI
Stand in City
Mere Triekle Of
Motor Fuel
Enters M. Clemens

A tense gasoline situation in
Mount Clemens on Saturday,
when extra police were called
out to guard wholesale depots,
by today had simmered down to
comparative calmness, as a re-
suit of several factors which at
tracted favorable comment from
many sections of Michigan:
The moves that prevented vi
olence and allowed many hun
dreds of motorists to obtain pre-
cious fuel in the past three days
were:
Issuance Of a Circuit Court in
junction by Alton H. Noe re-
straining Oil Workers Union
pickets from interfering with
men or equipment of q whole
sale fuel dealer unloading tank
cars;
An instruction to police by
Prosecutor Wilbur F. Held adj
vising them to Jail anyone stop
ping trucks or hauling workers
from vehicles;
Precautionary display Of an
augmented force of police by
Chief Arthur I. Rosso and Sher-
iff Harley Ensign, as convinc-
ing proof that Noes and Held's
actions would be backed up, and
Smooth operation of the city's
emergency gas supply system,
under direction of Public Safety
Commissioner Lawrence Oehm-
Ike, whereby fuel was provided
for doctors, ministers, nurses.
undertakers and all persons
proving q real emergency or
essential work.
NO VIOLENCE HERE
A situation similar to that
which in other cities produced
either Cd complete stoppage of
gasoline supplies, or (2) clashes
between police and unionists,
brought not a single reported
incident Of violence in Mount
Clemens.
Threatened violence at the
See GASLOINE-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-10-02

during the weekend.
Judge Cash's 43-page itemized
survey Of damage awards was
filed with County Clerk Guy L.
Brown and Court Assignment
Clerk Elmore E. Lester late Fri
day afternoon.
Although neither Of these Of
ficials offered any comment on
the awards, County Building
opinion generally regarded them
as extremely moderate.
Attorneys had previously ex-
pressed belief that the damage
award would be in the neighbor-
hood of 263,627, or approx
mately 10 per cent of the jury
award of S2,326,270. Judge Cash
cut sol, Zoo from the property
owners plea for $4,000.
ACTUAL EXPENSES
Judge Cash based his damage
findings on the letter of the law
which specifies that actual ex-
penses" may be awarded proper
ty owners in an abandoned con-
demnation. The courts find
ings describe this attitude;
1.-THE term, actual expense
depends upon the conditions of
each individual case. Actual ex-
pense means actual outlay or
payment of the money. Actual
expenses does not mean items for
See DAMAGES-Page z
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-10-02

his 23rd birthday, Is close to
home.
is HOSPITAL PATIENT
Whitehead Is a hospital pa
tient. Malnutrition reduced him
from a normal 200 lbs. to ITO
lbs, and his hearing and eye
sight have been impaired.
The Selfridge master sergeant
was stationed at the Mount
Clemens base for Is years, dur
ing which time he was well
known to both military person
mel and civilians. He went over
seas in Oct. 1910 during the -
cret movement Of u. s. Air
Forces to strengthen the Philip
pines. and was based ut Nichols
Field after arrival.
SEQ POW's-RsSe 3
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-10-02
Doekefs
Confront Court
235 Coses Listed
for Single Term

One of the heaviest Fall and
Winter court dockets in many
years this week faces Circuit
Judges James E. Spier and Alton
H. Noe with a total Of 235 cases
scheduled for So court working
days, or approximately as cases
per day, if all appear in court
and are heard.
In addition, the two judges
have set aside Mondays for the
hearing of motions on current
matters, according to the Gus
tom in effect here for many
years.
Announcement. of the heavy
court calendar was made by AS
Segment Clerk Elmore E. Les
ter, who revealed that the &C.
emulation of cases includes 18
In the criminal bracket; 40 jury
eases; 81 non-jury and II chan
Gerry court matters.
A jury of A men and women
has been ordered to appear this
week to start the cases.
The court term will last until
Jan. Is, and Judge James E,
Spier will preside. Judge Noe,
who presided over the recent
term of court. will work with
Judge Spier in cleaning up the
heavy docket.
Court hours will be 9:15 q. m
to 400 p. M, daily, except Sat
urdays, when the hours are $50
a. m, to noon.
Lester points out that cases
not answered to in court on. the
day set for trial will be dis.
missed for lack of action. Nc
See COURTS-Page 5
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-10-02
County Orderly
Held for Trial

At an examination conducted
Friday at the bedside of q wo-
man patient at the County In
Urinary, Max Nye, charged with
attempting to criminally assault
the 34-year-old woman, was
bound over to circuit court by
Justice Of the Peace Donald j..
Parent.
In the tiny room at the In
Urinary, the scene of the alleged
attack, Nye heard the woman
tell Assistant Prosecuting At
torney George Roberts and JUS
tice Parent how Nye had beaten
her.
She stated that the defendant
sought to assault her but that
her screams stopped him. He
See ORDERLY-Page :
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-10-02
Goods Injured
in Bus Crash

Two Mount Clemens girl stu
dents at Michigan State College
today are recovering satisfac-
torily from painful injuries re-
ceived In an accident Saturday
as they were returning to East
Lansing from the Michigan
Michigan State football game at
Ann Arbor.
The girls are: Carol Engel-
brecht. 18, daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter ]. Engelbrecht, FL
Moser Place, and;
Marilyn Logsdon. II, whose
See BUS-Page Z
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-10-02
Peg Parking

DETROIT, Oct. 2-(RD-Thc
OPA set special world series
rental rates today for parking
lots in the vicinity of Briggs
Stadium.
The highest price was set at
rs cents for all-day parking ut
lots nearest the ball park. Others
were scaled down to Is cents.
Earl Fitzgerald, district OPA
director, said all lots would be
required TO display signs stat
ing the ceiling prices.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-10-02

berry, and more than 100000
on books and motion picture
rights to his life. Not only that,
he murdered q man."
The reformed badman is suing
q broadcasting company, alleg-
ing that . Lone Ranger" pro-
gram falsely depicted him ~ In
ducing q youth to Join his gang.
Jennings, who In later years
became . prosecuting attorney
and candidate for governor In
Oklahoma, gave the jury Of IL
See OUTLAW-RaSe !
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-10-02
Fort to Hospital

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2-(R)-
Michigan may acquire Fort
Brady at Sault Ste. Marie for
use as q State Hospital, Rep.
Bradley (R-Mich), aid today.
The Fort. base for guarding
the vital 500 Canal and locks
during the war, was declared
surplus by the War Department,
IS Of yesterday.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-10-02
COURT CHlDEs Al JENNINGS
Famous Badman Gets RAP

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 2-R
- Ex-outlaw Al Jennings, VINO
went a-lawin' for 100000 dam
ages because of a radio program
about his career, got q verbal
rap yesterday from the court.
so FAR" observed Superior
Judge Robert H. Scott after both
sides had rested, "crime Is the
only profitable enterprise Mr..
Jennings has engaged In, in his
81 years.
He admits he made more
than 100000 on his train rob-