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Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-01
MAR K G T S
N. Y STOCKS

New York. Feb l. UP)-Stocks ad-
vanrcd Thursday under the leadership of
the peace issues. notably the utilities.
which reached a new high in the average
fince August 81 1897.
Utilities featured not only in strength
"a. also IN volume. The whole group
i-Ined up. Columbia Gas led in turn
tstr with heavy volume also in American
Power. Commonwealth and Southern.
United Corp. American Water Works
Engineers Public Service. Consolidated
Edison, Laclede Gas. National Power and
Public Service OF New Jersey. These had
aet gains ranging 10 more than n point.
Market experts pointed out that utilities
would benefit substantially in peace be-
cause il would bring lower taxes without
reduction in rates.
Packing issues again were in demand
with Armour preferred al a new high.
New tops also were noted in such peace
issues as J. !. Case, Columbia Broad
casting B, crosey Radio. Evans Products.
Kalamazoo Stove. Gimbel Goodrich.
Hayes Manufacturing and REQ Motors
Delaware & Hudson made a new high
at 43. up points. after opening on an
SOO0-share block AT -. The stock was re-
spending to action of directors late yes
terday in ordering a dividend of 81.
Closing Dow-Jones stock averages: In
dustrial 1879. up 012; railroad AZ. As,
up 0.42; utility 27.35. up 0.44; 65 stocks
56.s2. up 0.26.
Sales totaled 1,55s, $40 shares compared
with LII, $50 shares Wednesday Curb
turnover was 621 900 shares against 3g5
575 shares Wednesday
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-01
Baseball Rosters
Fill Rapidly
By WALTER BYERS

CHICAGO, Feb. /. CUP)-With
the spring training season less than
a month and a half away major
league baseball teams are better
stated now than they were year
ago and have almost double the
manpower they had during World
War I.
The major league clubs. encour-
aged by the player situation, are
going about their regular late WIN
ter business of mailing contracts,
issuing roster lists and laying the
plans necessary for the big training
push-giving every possible indica-
ton they will be operating at the
same old stand this summer.
Despite the burning manpoWer
question which has threatened to
black out Americas No. / sport,
American league teams-for exam
ple-have 275 men on their reserve
lists which is about 20 more than
last year at this time and almost
double the tctal during World War
l when teams were performing with
II and l8 players.
The addition OF rockies, oyer-age
veterans and honorable service dis
charges were cited as reasons for
the improved manpower Setup.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-01
House Petition
Seeks Full
Rights to Women

WASHINGTON, Feb. l. CUP)-
Representative Louis Ludlow, Cd,
Indiana. has introduced a joint
resolution proposing a constitu-
tional amendment to guarantee
equal rights to women. 1t is the
eighth successive congress in which
Ludlow has offered the resolution.
Ludlow said his resolution, which
also bore the. names of 70 other
house members, would repeal "at
one swCop an almost infinite vari-
ETY. of state enactments and local
ordinances that discriminate against
women in various ways and forms" !"
If women are capable of working
at lathes and forges and if they are
good enough to serve in the WACS,
WAVES and SPARS, he told the
house, certainly they are good
enough to be entitled to enjoy
equal rights with men under the
laws of the land, and the refusal of
that right is a scarlet stain on our
flag"
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-01
Postwar Council
Moves Against
.Conscripfion Plan

NEW YORK, Feb. l. OUP)-A
telegraphed request has been sent
by the postwar world council, a
private organization, to President
Roosevelt asking him to propose
world abandonment of military con-
scription at the forthcoming big
three conference.
1--WE respectfully ask that on this
great mission you take with you a
proposal for an international cove
nant for the universal abolition of
conscription-the chief foundation
stone of every dictatorship" the
telegram said.
Signers included Oswald Garrison
Willard; George S. Counts, Colum-
bia university professor; Rabbi Rob-
ert Cords, president of the Rab-
binical assembly; Alonzo Myers,
New York university professor; A..
Philip Randolph, president of the
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Por-
ters, AFL; and Victor G. Reuther,
United Automobile Workers (CIO).
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-01
GET LUMBER FOR
FARM HOUSES

Farm dwelling repair and MAIN
tenance is in line for some relief
Farmers lumber certificates will be
issued for such purposes by county
AAA committees, according to the
War Food Administration.
Farmers lumber certificates may
also be issued for farm dwelling
construction when the cost is with
in the exemption limits of the War
Production Board OrGer L-4l, which
exempts construction costing up to
$1,000 per farm per calendar year,
not more than $500 of which may
be spent on any farm house.
In the past, farmers lumber cer-
tificateS have been issued for the
repair and maintenance of imple-
ments, fences, and service buildings
other than dwellings, except that
provision was made for emergency
repairs and construction of dwell
ings. Now dWllinegs are recognized
as service buildings which must be
maintained in condition for habi-
tation or use in agricultural pro-
duction
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-01
MPLS. FLAX FUTURES
Lawnaker Wants
More Suitable
Discharge Badge

WASHINGTON, Feb. l. CUP) -
Representative John D. Dingell.
Cd, Michigan, urges the house to
insist that the war department
issue more distinctive discharge
button worthy of the patriotism,
yalor and sacrifice" of the country's
veterans.
He accused the war department
Of penny-pinching in issuing to vet
erans of World War II buttons
which he described as "a cheap
plastic imitation of what ought to
be a real mark of distinction"
Dingell reminded his listeners that
beneath a toil-greased shirt may
be found the indelible scar of a
German or Jap bayonet or bullet.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt and
others also have urged consideration
of button that would more clearly
distinguish those who have served
their country in this war and have
been honorably discharged.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-01
CIRCULAR FOR NEW
FARMERS

Seeking to be of service TO new
comers to the LAND in California, and
to returning Servicemen and work.
ers in war industry thinking of
farming after the war, the Agricul-
tural Experiment Station of the
University of California has pub
lished a new circular, Farming in
California for the Newcomer.
The new publication deals with
the many questions of interest to
persons entering farming in Cali
fornia for the first time. 1t divides
the state into major agricultural
and climatic regions and ceals with
each of them, discussing crops grown
in these regions, land available, and
agricultural practices. Among SUBJ
topics handled in the publication
are size of farm business, farm la
bor, leasing, buying a farm.
The text material is supplement-
ed by charts.
This new publication is the work
of Arthur Suits, specialist in farm
management of the Agricultural
Extension Service, University of
California, and Associate on the
Giannini Foundation. The circular
is available by writing to the Agri-
cultural Extension Service, Univer-
sity of California, or from the
County Agricultural Extension Ser
vice office.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-01
Writer Says D-Day
Saved London

NEW YORK, Feb. l. (UP)-Lon-
don escaped total destruction" only
by hairs breadth during the robot
bomb attacks last summer, S. N.
Behrman disclose din an article
about a recent visit to the British
capital which appeared in the cur
rent issue of the New Yorker mag
azine.
Only the invasion of the contin-
ent in June saved London from
total extinction" Behrman said.
Had the invasion not taken place
when it did the enemy installations
in France would have sent across
twenty-five hundred robots day."
the article said.
This they were equipped to do.
Even allowing for admitted i'm
precision of aim, this would have
meant the total extinction of the
capital.'
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-01
Z. 4. PRODUCE

Los Angeles. Feb l. UPl-
Artichokes Steady; box. Santa Maria
frosted 4ss-e0S 4.5O-5 90; fair, $50; 72s,
3.5O-4.00.
Avoeados: Steady. Per pound: Fuertes
30-S5c No. 2s, 20-25c; Pueblas, $500
flats. Fuertes. 4.50-5.30; Pueblas. 3.75-
400.
Broccoli: Steady. iced crates senta
Maria. 4.o0-475: local per pound, s-l1e:
fair 6-7c.
Brussels sprouts: Firm: san Luis
Obispo crates and boxes. 17-20c pound.
Bunched vegetables: Stronger; per
crate: Beets. 2-2h dozen, 2.O0-2 25; I'M
perial, 2.50. chard. 3 dozen 200 celery
root , dozen, IDS; green onions, dozen
3.50-4.o0: fair. 800; parsley, 6 doz y .
4.00-4.50; radiShes. small, red. 6 dozen.
2.50-3.0o; fair, 200; spinach dozen,
.. 2.75-3.o0; turnipS, 2-2l4 dozen, 2.0O-2. %;
Imperial 2.25.
Carrots Steady: 3 dozen, 1.25-1 .65:
iced crates Imperial, Is dozen, 3.75-3.95;
Santa Maria, dozen, 2.50-3.25; local,
80 pounds, l 25-1 so.
Cabbage: Steady; Cannonbar crates.
2.50-3.00; fair 20O-2 .25; Imperial Valley
crates. 250-3.25: 50 pounds Imperial,
.50-l.75; red cabbage. local crates 6.5O-
100; far, 5.50-6.00; Savoy crates, 1.50-
1s5.
Cauliflower: Stronger lettuce crates,
1.5o-2.o0; fair. rs; No. 2S 75c-100.
Celery: Stronger; Pascal 20 in. crates.
.. 2.25-3.00; l6 in. 1852 90; Santa Maria,
3.5O-400. Golden Heart Santa Maria %
in, 3.75-4.00.
Lettuce: Stronger; dry pack Imperial
crates. dozen, 2.75-3.0O: dozen. :. so.
Onions; Stronger. street sales so pounds
Spanish medium. SOL 60; fair, l-29,
jumbos, 1852 -: White Globes, fair.
2.35-275: brokers sales Spanish medium.
1.35; jumboS, LEO.
Squash: Stronger; white summer. Impe-
rial crates. 5.0O-5.50; lugS 5.00-6 90;
Italian, Imperial and San Diego lugS.
5.0O-5. .25. fair. 4.5O; No Is, 2.5O-3 %:
Imperial crates, ] 475-5.25.
Sweet potatoes: Steady; per pound: Key
Vests. best, TIC; fair. 6-6lsc; Jerseys.
ITO: fair. 6-61sc; jumbos. 3le-4c; No.
2s. 50e-l 90 lug.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-01
L. A. STOCKS

Los Angeles. Feb J. UPl-HeaVy
trading Ct y. 240 shares on the Los An
geles stock exchange today sent IL issues
up, with six down and II unchanged. The
list.
Barker Bros. preferred p at 5Ols. un-
changed. Central Investment Is at 81.
unchanged; Broadway 100 at 21A. up 4 !;
Transamerica 200 at II, up 4 Southern
California Edison common 100 at 27%s, up
i do 8 per cent 100 at 81, down X do
original 100 at 45, up 2; Republic Petro-
leum 100 al 81, up *; Union Oil 200 at
u, unchanged; Universal Consolidated
100 at 16&, unchanged; Northrop 200 at
67s, unchanged; Berkey-Gay 1O0 at 2A.
unchanged: Consolidated Steel preferred
100 at 26A, unchanged; General Motors
100 at Ga down i Menasco 200 at .55,
unchanged.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-01
L. A. LIVESTOCK

Los Angeles, Feb. /. (UP)-
Cattle-Salabe, 600; fairly active
mostly steady; several loads thin white
steers, $1,000; holding good TO choice fed
steers above so; few loads good heif-
ers. S14. 4.50-15.00; good cows, S12. .50-13. so;
common to medium. $40. 00-12 90; Gamers
Ind cutters, Sc. 50-9 so: bulls, s10.O0-12 rs;
.oad common to medium stock calves
x13 CO.
Calves-Salable, 3c0: steady; few good
and choice heavy calves, S14.00-15. 90;
culls, S9.00-110 90; odd lots vealers, SI4 50
down.
Hogs-Salable 100; few good and
choice go pounds steady at Sl5.75
Sheep-Salable, none; nominally steady;
good and choice wooled lambs Wednesd>y Y.
S15.60-15.75
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-01
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO, Feb. !. tUPl-Wheat and
rye futures turned strong on the board
of trade Thursday. Gains in Winnipeg of
rye of more than 2ia cents bushel with
May ana July al new season highs i'm
parted a stimulating factor here Other
grains moved within narrow price range
in Indifferent trade.
Grains sagged under profit taking on
the close, erasing most Of the early ad-
vance. Wheat finished the day unchanged
to up : cent q bushel; corn off X to
Z oats off : to up \; rye off y TO y
ana barley unchanged 10 off Is
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-01
E. {. Hoop Squads
Set for HoIfviIIe

Again Friday Ell Centro High
basketball teams will be away from
home with the schedule calling for
a trip to Holtville for games to start
at 2:30 p. m.
Brawley "A" squad moves to Cali
patria and Imperial invades Calex-
leo, both scheduled night contests.
The border crews may face a real
test to hold their unbroken record
of no games lost this season as I'M
perial has been en- the winning side,
too, having doWned Ell Centro and
Calipatria in the last two events.
The Spartans will be at home for
games February 8 and 16, but will
close the season at Calexico.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-01
RUG REPAIR

hUG kEfAIh
To keep rugs lying down and on
the job, home economists of the U.
S. Department of Agriculture have
just published q new bulletin, Car
pet and Rug Repair. New floor COW
erings are likely to remain on the
scarce list for some time yet, so it
pays to keep a good rug repaired, or
to rejuvenate an old one. Also be-
cause rugs and carpets take a big
slice .ef the family budget when
they must be replaced, keeping them
in condition is good economy.
Many repair jobs can be done at
home. The new bulletin lists equip
ment and materials and gives pic
ture- -and-text instructions on mend
ing both pile rugs and hooked and
braided rugs. A free copy of the
bulletin, Carpet and Rug Repair,
may be had from the Agricultural
Extension service, Court House, Ell
Centro.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-01
DARK PAINT FOR BARNS

: CHICAGO, Feb. 1. (UP)-There's
more than appearance to be con-
sidered in painting barn roof. The
Agricultural News letter, published
by E. I. DUPONT de Nemours & Co.,
reports that the color of paint used
can have considerable effect on the
comfort OF the animals cr persons
inside. Light shades of paint, for in
stance. reflect more heat than dark
colors and, therefore, keep the in
terror cool in summer.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-01
SIGNED FOR TELT

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 1.s UP)-
Bob Montgomery, the New York
Boxing Commissions version of the
lightweight boxing champion, has
been signed for an overweight, nom
title 10-round bout with Cecil Hud-
son on February 13, Olympic match
maker Babe Mccoy said Thursday.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-01
POULTRY & EGGS

POULTRY PRICES. (AiI points Imperial
Valley OPA Maximum set Oct. II, 1913. }
First price-At ranch TO wholesaler or re-
taller. Second rrice-Delivered to whole
saler or retailer. Third prlce-At ranch
10 consumer.
Broilers, Leghoins, under 2k pounds
30c; pa to , pounds, 29c; fryers, 3 to 1
pounds, 29c. roasters, all weights, Do; ;
fowl, Leghorn, all weights, 35 &c; colored
all weights, 25asc: ducks, all sizes, 25c
rabbits. under pounds, 22-24c.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-01
MUST HAVE FELT GOOD

WASHINGTON, Feb. /. iUP)-
BASE, SALINA, Kan, jan. 26.
tUP) = Barracks-mates of Tech
nician Fifth Grade Alfred Sixta
swear that it really happened. For
five minutes Sixta shaved carefully
before steamed-up mirror. Then
he discovered that he had neglected
to put blade in his razor.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-01
SALES TEST FOR
DEHYDRATED VEGETABLES

Are civilians going to buy de-
hydrated vegetables after the war?
A number of the dehydrated veg
etables will go on sale at 80 to 40
regular retail grocery stores during
January and tests will be conducted
for a six-months period to deter
mine consumers reactions to these
products. Normal marketing condi-
tions will be stimulated with con-
servative advertising and display
methods. The U. S. Department
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-01
SERVICE

of Agricultural and representatives
of the vegetable 6ehydration in
dustry are cooperating n these
studies.
The products will retail at reas-
enable prices, consistent with the
cost of production. The labels will
contain directions for preparing the
vegetables, and the recipe booklet.
Cooking Dehydrated Vegetables,
prepared by the Bureau of Human
Nutrition and Home Economics OF
the Department, will be distributed
to purchasers in the grocery stores.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-01
FARMERS BAND ON WOLVES

GREENCASTLE, Ind, Feb. l
UP)-The spirit of the frontier
arose again when a group of farm
ers banded together to reduce the
timber wolf population of Putnam
county. The step followed countless
killings Of hogs and sheep by the
big, shaggy beasts.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-01
Los Angeles. Feb. i. UP)-

Eggs: Wholesale prices consumer grade:
Large, Grade A 45A, Grade i1h; me-
dunn. Grade 42is; small. Grade A 3Sl4
Retail prices TO consumers (carton
Large, Grade AA 57-5s, Grade A $3.50,
Grade 50; medium, Grade AA 5l-52,
Grade A 5l-52; small, Grade A 46-47.
Candled graded eggs TO retail er s
fcases1: Large, Grade IA 49. Grade A
az, Grade B AZ; medium, Grade AA "A,
Grade A "a; small, Grade A 40
Butter unchanged at ceiling prices.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-01
ZURITA WINS T-KO

HOUSTON, Tex, Feb /. CUP)-
Juan zurita, 1877, Mexico City, N.
b. A. lightweight titlist, scored a
fourth-round technical Knockout
over Mike Belloise, 1856, New York
City, in a 10-round non-title bout
here Wednesday night.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-01
LOCAL BUTTERFAT
l.. A. HAY

Los Angeles, Feb. l. CUP)-
u. s. No. !. 80, ,oo-32. 90; U. 6. No. ?
green or L. S. No. leafy, ST. OOPS. 90;
u. s. No. ., S23. .O0-24.oO
No. i barley hay, S27. OOPS 90; No.
oat hay S35. OO-36 90
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-01
L. A. GRAIN

Los Angeles, Feb. /. tUP)-
No. j hard or soft white ~neat, bulk.
S2.77lk 2 s2ls; grading barley 46 pounds,
bulk, s.. $3.50; No. oats, 35 pounds,
bulk, S2.65-2.T0; No. 2 yellow corn, 81. AZ
2.51 No. . California milo, sacked,
50 3olL-3 37lL
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-01
BY CARL LUNDQUIST

NEW YORK, Feb. l. CUP)-The
Kings county (Brooklyn) grand
jury continued its investigation OF
gambling in connection with COL
,egiate basketball Thursday amidst
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-01
BLIND WRESTLERS WIN
NTEL7DIJ AM NHoc, E1L

NEEOHAM, MASS, Feb. I. LUP)-
Though all its members are sight
less, the wrestling team from the
Perkins Institution for the Blind
defeated the NeeCham high school
team in match, 1873.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-01
Is TEMPTATION

is TEMPTATION
But" O'Toole added, they ought
to put the game back in the college
gymnasium, or, if they're going to
play for professionals, pay the boys
salaries. It's a temptation to kids
when they see big crowds paying
big prices for games staged ly pro-
fessional promoters"
Meanwhile the state legislature
at Albany acted to bring bribe CIV
ing to amateur athletes under the
felony statutes.
Those events, precipitated by the
signed confessions of the five play
ers that they had accepted money
TO throw the game against Akron
university scheo ouled at Boston We'd
nesday night, but later cancelled,
rocked the college sports world with
its first major gambling disgrace.
The grand jury indicted three
men, one as yet unnamed, on
charges of conspiracy to cheat and
defraud. Judge Samuel S. Leibowitz
ordered the jury extended one
month in order to complete its in
quiry and set February l3 for the
trial of Harvey Stemmer and Henry
Rosen, the two men named in the
indictments. The third man, known
only as Danny" has not yet been
apprehended and the indictment
was returned in the name of John
| Doe"
Leibowitz, formerly famous
criminal attorney, complimented the
jury on its speedy action and indi-
, Gated that he would allow more
| than a months extension if it prov
ed necessary. He asked that the
jury seek out any evidence of
crime in connection with past
games"
Don't go after the small fry" he
told the members. Its the big fel-
| lows we want"
EYE PENALTIES
At Albany a bill was introduced
in the state legislature which would
amend the penal law to make am
ateur athletes liable to extreme
penalties for accepting brides. II
urged legislation imposing fines up
to $4,000 and Imprisonment from
one to five years on any amateur
who accepted money or any article
of value to throw a game. The bill
also asks the imposition of similar
penalties on any party gambler
who seeks to bribe an amateur
athlete. Legislation already has
been enacted regarding professional
athletes.
The Brooklyn players, Captain
Bob Leder, Buddy Barnett, Larry
Pearlstein, Stanley Simon and Jer-
ry Green, have not been changed
with any offense and will be used
as material witnesses at the trial.
The two gamblers were held in $685.
900 bail.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-01
Gambler Probe
Goes Deeper

demands that The game be returned
to college gymnasiums.
In Washington, Representative
Donald L. O'Toole of Brooklyn, re-
ferring to the bribe money offered
by professional gamblers and ac-
cepted by five Brooklyn college bas-
ketball players to throw a game
against Akron university at Boston,
said the incident smells to high
heaven"
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-23
Chamber of Commerce
AT Jacksonville Has
Birthday Celebration

JACKSONVILLE, March a.
More than $50 persons, including
local businessmen and guests, Maj.
Gen. John Marston and his staff of
Camp Lejeune and administrative
personnel from the Army Air For
ces Distribution command at Camp
Davis, attended a banquet given
by the Jacksonville Chamber of
Commerce in celebration of its
first anniversary at the Federal
UsO building last night.
E. J. PetteWay, president, made
the address of welcome to which
General Marston responded. The
invocation was given by Capt. Geo.
rye L. Markle, chaplain, USN OF
Camp Lejeune. Guest speaker OF
the evening was DR.. c. Sylvester
Green, editor of the Durham Morn
ing Herald and former president
of Coker college, Huntsville, S. c.,
who spoke on 1.-The Basis Of Per-
sonaI Living in War-time." He was
introduced by Rep. Billy Arthur.
Music was furnished by the
woodwind ensemble, Camp Lee
jeune Womens Reserve band, and
several solos were given by Pfc.
Jean Nicholson, USING, WR, Camp
Lejeune.
A dinner featuring Onslow county
products was served by women OF
the Midway Park Women's club.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-23
By WADE WERNER
Substituting for Kenneth l..
Dixon

BAD KREUZNACH, Germany
REIt is land of women which
Patton's armored columns have
been overrllnning during the past
few days.
The tanks have thrown an iron
net around countless towns and viii
lagos whose inhabitants had no
chance to flee, but they seem to
be overwhelmingly women, few
old men and boys only emphasiz-
ing the absence Of German males.
Yanks are plentiful and there
are many men among liberated
foreign workers trudging or riding
trucks toward rear emergency
camps. The hundreds of trucks
carrying German prisoners rear
ward roll swiftly through the
villages, leaving clouds of dust
and the bewildered women.
The preponderance of women
was revealed when an AMG de-
tachment arrived in this health re-
sort and vacation center whose
normal population is 10000. The
streets were crowded with women
silently watching American traffic
Others gazed woodenly at smoul-
dering fires from the latest bomb.
ing by hit and run Luftwaffe raid
ers. Bad Kreuznach already had
been severely pounded by Allied
planes anG in the final onslaught
OF armor.
A few years ago, Bad Kreuznacl,
would have seemed tragically
battered city. But after Bitburg,
Pruem, Wittlich, Mayen and others
in the Third Arnny's path, the first
impression is Of the large number
of houses still standing.
The AMG commander, Capt. S.
M. Brown, estimated there were
still 10000 people here - mostly
women and children, many OF
whom were evacuees from other
bomb-ridden Rhineland cities.
Brown, a former school super
intendent, found the fear of the
Gestapo still strong. The former
burgomaster, who had been ousted
and jailed by the Nazis, was con-
sidered eligible to serve under the
military government but could not
be persuaded. pleading he was too
old. Nevertheless, non-Nazi city Of
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-23

RrJv WAR BONDS AND STAMPS