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It was at the entrance to the
tube that they parted.
Jerry put his arms around her.
'I'm going to feel awfully lost
without you. I love you, Laura.
Don't forget it for minute. And"
Jerry laughed and put his head
on one side-''it sounds sort of
funny for a man to be saying this
to his girl, but I'll be waiting for
you, darling"
You'll be as busy as can be
in a couple of weeks" Laura said.
write me just as soon as you
know where you'll be and what
you'll be working at"
'T'm going up to Button for a
WHILE" Jerry said. "I'll see your
folks, of course. I'm to report in
Washington in two weeks. Pretty
good guess that you'll be based
in North Africa, flying wounded
out of Italy. I'll start writing to
your A. P. o. address right away"
Jerry" Laura was in his
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arms, Her lips sought his.

3 + .5s
arms, Her lips sought his.
Laura, my love-"
She pulled away from him.
snatched up her bags and ran
through the gate to the train. She
did not look back.
He turned slowly and walked
away.
The next day he wrote short
note to Laura before taking the
train for Button.
mot very satisfactory" he
thought, writing like this.
know she's on a ship somewhere,
that's all. Golly, it may still be
sitting at its pier over there in
Hoboken. They do that some
times"
He had no family now in Buff
ton, but it was where his family
had once lived, where he had liv-
ed most of his life. Laura's par
ents insisted that he stay with
them, as he had known they
would.
They thought very highly OF
Jerry and wondered why Laura
had not married him long before
So Jerry had a sympathetic audi
ence when he told Mr.. and Mrs
Blake how he had tried to per-
suade Laura to marry him before
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In Washington, he learned that
someone, wondering what to do
with this returned bomber pilot,
had looked over his record and
found out that he had been a
newspaper man before entering
the army. So he was assigned to
army. air forces public relations
without further ado.
"A desk jobp Jerry groaned,
when he learned the news. "And
I've been thinking it would be
bad to have to go to teaching.
But at least an instructor has a
chance to fly"
Less than three weeks passed
before he asked for a transfer.
Captain Donaldson" said the
colonel who was his immediate
superior, ''do you know that you
fellows who have come back from
fighting are a terrible problem?"
''Why not let us go back to
fighting, them" Jerry asked.
Sometimes we do" the colonel
said. But you completed a very
concentrated tour of duty only
recently. No-I must turn down
your request. The only thing for
you now is a nice quiet job where
you are proving yourself very
capable and helpful"
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she sailed.
He saw. his many old friends,
and spoke at the high school as
a returned hero. But he spent
most of the time at the newspa-
per office where he had once
worked.
And then, at the end of three
days, he decided to leave Buff
ton. There was nothing there for
him, nothing to hold him at all.
He felt the same restlessness that
Laura had noted in herself on re-
turning home.
But where to go? He didn't
want to 60 back to New York, and
he was not due in Washington for
days. Then he had an idea. He
telephoned Jim Moody at the
newspaper office. Jim had a
cabin in the woods about fifty
miles northeast of Button. It was
still cold, but Jerry decided that
was where he wanted to- 60.
He threw a few clothes into his
bag, said goodbye and thanks to
Mr.. and Mrs. Blake, picked up
the cabin key, and caught train
for Talak Junction. There he
bought some provisions, then hir-
ed a taxi to drive. him out to
Jim's cabin.
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NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATORS
NORTH CAROLINA
ASHE COUNTY

Having qualified as Admins
tratrix of the estate of Kenneth
Dixon, deceased, late of AShe
County, North Carolina. this is.
to notify all persons having
claims against said estate to pre-
sent them to the undersigned for
payment on or before the 9Th day
of April, 1916, or this notice will
be pleaded in bar Of their recov~
cry.
All persons indebted to said
estate will please make immedl-
ate payment to the undersigned
This April 9, 1915.
Mrs. Zura Dixon, Admins
tratrix Of Kenneth Dixon. de-
ceased. 4-12-6T
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Synopsis

Laura Blake, army nurse, after
active duty in New Guinea, has
been back in the United States
making a speaking tour to recruit
girls for the Nurse Corps. But
she longs to return to the South
west Pacific, especially as her
fiance, Jerry Donaldson, bomber
pilot, is out there. Finally, she
receives orders to report in Wash
ington to learn her next assign
ment. Arriving there she shares
q taxi to the Pentagon building
with Col. Bob Boston, flying ace
who distinguished himself in
China, and who also wants to
: get back to the front after tour
of duty as a flying instructor in
Texas. He makes a date with
Laura for dinner. Laura gets her
orders to report to New York, in
stead of San Francisco as she had
hoped. She receives telegram
from Jerry in San Francisco and
wires him to meet her at the Man
haitian hotel in New York.
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Jerry went back 20 his sM1rM
quiet job" cursing TO himself
(TO Be Continuedl

Cattle can get tuberculosis from
man. knowledge of the kind ae
TB d human patient has is help-
full to veterinarians in tracing the
source of infection when healthy
cattle become tubercul0us.
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Her eyes swept the lobby as she
almost ran through it to the desk.
No sign of Jerry.
The clerk at the desk was the
same one who had been so helpful
the day before.
Mono word of him yet" he
called, as Laura approached. give
checked with the others, too.
There's no slip-up, I'm sure. And
I'll be able to give you a room
tomorrow morning"
81 won't be here to need a room
tomorrow morning!" Laura cried.
It was Laura who spotted Jer-
ry first-about an hour later. She
saw him as he pushed through the
revolving door with such a shove
that it almost swept a very digni-
fled matron off her feet. He
came bounding up the steps from
the door, looking eagerly through
the crowd.
It was the middle of the lobby
that Laura intercepted him-and
there, oblivious of every one
around them, they threw their
arms around each other and chung
tight.
whats all this?" Jerry ex-
claimed. you'd think you had
to get the cops out after me, and
all the time I've been breaking
my neck to get here. Don't you
realize, Laura my love, that I've
broken just about all records for
a trip from Australia to New
York? And now these people
are all saying She found himp"
Laura laughed, ''I'll tell you all
about it, she said. "And how
did. you manage to get here so
quickly from San Francisco"
\ Flew" Jerry said. 81 was
: haunting the airport out there,
but without much hope, since I
had no priority or anything. And
then some nice guy happened to
hear me telling my story for the
umpteenth time to the ticket man,
and he said I could have his place.
Just an ordinary guy travelling on
business-but with a heart of
gold, I'll tell you.'
That's wonderful!' Laura
cried. "And now let's 60 some
where so we can talk"
'Where?" asked Jerry. 'sWhere
are you staying? Here?"
ITS almost time for lunch"
Laura said. For some reason she
could not tell him-not just yet
that she was staying nowhere af-
ter eight that evening.
"Okay, but I've got couple of
bags somewhere-dropped them
outside when I got out of the
, cab"
'I've got them, sir" said a bell
hop. Shall l check them for you
now?"
tSure-that's the best idea, I
guess Jerry agreed. 'I'll wor-
ny about them later. Thanks"
AS the bellboy ran off with
Jerry's bags. the detective STEP
ped forward.
eff you'll pardon me-" he said.
1--WE people in the hotel here got
mighty interested in SEEM YOU
two people get together, what
with your close connections and
all. We know you don't have any
folks in New York, and so we
thought-well, if you've got some
other idea, it's perfectly okay.
You can do whatever you like,
of course, but just in case you
didn't have anything to do spe-
cially-"
At that moment the bellboy
came back with the checks for
Jerry's bags.
"What'd they say?" the bell
Iboy asked the detective in stage
whisper.
,"Shhh," whispered back the de-
tective. Il amt got around"
"Luke's having hard time say
ing his speech" Laura said. go
ahead, Luke. Whatever it is, I'm
sure it's very nice. You've all been |
so swel1!'
swell, here it is" Luke said.
There may not be any regular
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rock must first strike the slide detector fences thus
breaking the circuit Of electric which operates
the signal system. The broken circuit places the SIGNALS
in STOP" position both sides of the obstruction.
and locomotive engineers proceed slowly, prepared
stop short of the obstruction
The first slide detector fence the N. w. erected
in 1926 With the installment of many additional fences
they have been further developed and improved Today
than 80 miles of these silent watche are on duty
every minute of the day and night. Undramatc, yes
but since they have been in use. these guardians of life
and property have detected every slide that might have
affected train operation the NJ & w. proven cotri-
button to your safety the safety of your freight and another
contribution to the operating efficiency of the Norfolk
and Western.
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Every hour of the day and through the night freight and
passenger trains speeding the heavy steel rails
of the Norfolk and Western Railway Track conditions
are excellent trained employees the job -
alert. viglant electric signals wink their coored
lights and traffic speeds swiftly toward many des
nations But there other usung and comparatively
Gttle-kown watchers duty the electrified slide
detectoG fences.
Scarcely noticeable along the rght-of-way as trains
flash BY these automatic guards for your safety notify the
Of approaching trains if, when and where track
distractions occur.
On certain divisions of the railroad there tunnel
portals deep cuts. where slides might occur during
rainy and send earth and rock toward the tracks,
But before reaching the tracks, the loose earth and
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-05

A poker hand has .593 .9GG pos
sible combinations. Onlv 40 alt
straight llushts.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-05
President Signs
Trade Pact Act

WASHINGTON. July 5. up, -
President Truman Thursday signed
reciprocal trade lcHIIa1iou ai.1ue
the administrator mere lbcrll
tarItf-cuttmg uuths ri,E for its pro-
gr&m CI iutenat.ona! -ccHcmIc CO.
operation.
The bin vas 'h" first ~ i SERIES
Of couercsaIcnal moy,s 10 imLly-
nrut admui tralcn foreign policy
Still TO come at senate ratification
a tine United Nations charter u-d
senatt action Of tH- uou>c-
approved bill n ratils tAc Breton
WOODS international mUurtut.
agreements.
lur reciprocal trade biu oNttnAod
until june y. 1874. tut. lI-tt..-aIa
trade agreement law undo. Wi!..
agreements h."r u"pn NcGutI@-tG
with % nations for reciprocal .e-
ducJion ot barriers tu ul-oru..lor.t
trade.
Il autacrizod III aJ..a.- ration
to cut tariff ra,'e },p ro 3I ocr csN-
below levels IL effect las; ,'aAIlr,
!. The law previously h"1 Ecrui;-
red reductions up to 10 u-r st:. u
rates fixed BY tine H4Nl"s SmoH+
tariff act Of 1890
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-05
Allied Troops
Seize kazi
Fifth CoIumnist

LONDON. July S. Ernest
Wilhelm Bohlc, director Of the NaZi
world fifth column and espionage,
as Deen captured by Allied troops,
It Was learned, and is held inside
Germany for trial as a war crimi-
nal
Bohie was minister Of state in the
Hitler cabinet and an SIS general.
He viii be interrogated shortly,
particularly ON NaM activities in
l.. United States and South Ameri-
cu.
He is under indictment by the
Uuittu Nations war crimes commits
ON.
At least one leading Nazi. Karl
Hermann Frank, gauleiter for Czech
os.ovak.a, has told war crimes in
rcS,igatora that Bohle had a work
my NaZ. fifth column in the United
States
Hi agents were known to be cX-
trcm'lv active il South America
Hherr tnr Nazis hoped to keep the
spark Of Naziism glowing in event
n. their war defeat.
Bohlt WAS head Of the foreign
affairs division of the Nazi party
before Hitler's rise to power Hitler
Jncu made him gauleiter Of all Ger
nIuns outside Germany.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-05
Russ. Yankee S
Join Sgr Berlin

8EELlN July 5. CT T.e S-4rs
md Stripes and the JL.on Jack
1lcW alongside The Ru-siau hammer
end sickle over Berlin Thursday as
American ans BRITISH r-np took
Owen their occupation zone. ln the
German capital
lhe Russian ,Mmu4 4duu' n Ber-
lin Ma Gen Vlktug Bar-nu.. for
n4H; tunled 5Y~ .uc American
Nyap ,u Cen Om.r u Er.d dic, at
i"W pm "Wednesday. 10 t.c 'nuu-
or NJ 48- ..l taLu+-
An Aouor ecar5 # 49, L s. see-
unu arno-r. dIA nn aut First au-
toln- uMt !....-y. I!4a.c. IT jAt
'".rtIl5nt.. ..d ..l.trg J-ua- Jlaved
thn Am,rl..u ala 3..s.5tr u.tlmM
ANTHEMS
Ba..no.. IA d .".@J ...a trans
]. "C ,t a4 Aue..o.4 o.t.reY. ,x-
pressed h4-s.4 tl- uI- tor Amc--
cam .-u aar.n. far u.. ma nis
Hu.e '.r 81 pelmaneut trrnd-u.J
hcr"ecn tI- two countries
Br4dic, I'll reply sllc II. hoped
j Hesor aesiu would 5e necessary
% cungIr. d Laticn VI completed.
a. the Allies nad ~ c.rq5rr Ger
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-05
Six Borax Firms
Face Lawsuit

SAN FRANCISCO. July 5. up
Six major bOraX firms face a
33.305 692 suit in federal court
which charged them with viola
tiCn Of the Sherman Antitrust Act
through monopoly Of the bCraX in
duStry and conspiracy to restrain
trade.
The suit was filed by G.. B. Burn
ham, president of the Burnham
Chemical Co, Reno. He charged
the six companies had conSpired 10
ruin his own borax business be-
tween 1925 and 1880.
Named III tie suit were B0raX
Consolidated, Ltd, London; Pacific
Coast Co. United States BoraX &C.;
Sterling BOraX Co.; San Bernar-
uino BoraX Mining Co, and Ameri-
can Potash and Chemical Co.
The Burnham suit was separated
from an antitrust action filed by
the government against seven firms
las September. That suit charged
The defendants with virtually main
tanning a world monopoly over
5CraX and with price fixing
Firms in the Burnham suit also
are defendants in the federal &C
Jion are Borax Consolidated. Paci-
tic Coast Borax, American Potash
and Chemical, and United States
BOraX.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-05
brawIey News
Incorporated

Ownership ns tA, BraWl,r News
passed from PJdl A. Jenkins rs
am Individual .5 tA, Imperial valley
Publishing Company ot winch he
owns controlling interest. effective
as OF July L. ii was announced
Thursday
The Transaction is merely tech
licaI MI Jtukin~ explained and
result. from IMelt.clencieS resulting
from operating the Imperial VALLEY
frc.s It'll. Morning Post. ana the
Post-frta> Pr!utstOp III II CeuIrO
As 4 corporate n3!Ulns and The
BrawIry Nov. rs personal hold
Inl
Tine corr. ration is owned entire
y yN IugL \. Perkins ana his
brother. L..-Cnmnaudrr Logan H.
jenkins. C.SNP. WHO recently re-
turned tp san DECO from service
hi the south Pacific.
A tores. vll. lt4isrtr five degrees
cooler during rhc hottest weather.
The air also is somewhat cooler
above tHl lces ANA rEi@ cooling
in1Wslly may extend 50O0 feet
above furesjcd areas.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-05

many in order to prevent the Nazis
rom establishing their tyranny over
heir neighbOrs
Vanguards OF the British Occupa-
ton force arrived in Berlin shortly
after Six pm. drawing faint cheers
from q crowd Of about 1900 Berlin
era who gathered to watch their
entry
Three drunk cases were disposed
q Dy Police Judge Norman DeatOn
iu count Thursday morning. Mrs.
EaTl Miller. A. OF Alpine and Clyde
Phillips 50. both forfeited $25 in
bail Antonio Rodriguez was sen-
fenced 70 - days in the city Jail
Not all our tankers carry oil
Water, TOO. is vital on shipboard.
10 uppIy this need. a number OF
W.-er tank ships have been built,
They can carry 100000 gallons Of
fresh water These vessels Will
serve principally at seaports where
It is more convenient to :ecure a
fresh supply OF water than to make
sea water dtInkable by dthydra-
ton.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-05
{. {. Police Arrest
q5 in June

Niuety-livc arrests were made
during the month Of June by the
/! C-ntrc police department. Chief
Rouuie Vcyles has announced,
2t,h II ot the cases booked for be-
iAp da.n}- or drunk and disturbing
'Ln peace. Police collected $2372 in
.ints $2272 for general offenses
and 500 for traffic viclations
TV auty-sevcn Of those arrested
served time in the city jail, while
.oW received suspended sentences,
fou" were rcIea. ed when no COM
Dlanlc was filed, three escaped, and
tNJ each were released to military
police, to the county or were dis
missed.
Traffic citations issued counted
{12 Motorized equipment Of the
rolicc department answered $50
calls during the month.
O;ner arrests included. Vag-
raucy six. investigatiCn five; petty
thcl', three: battery, two, disturb
in~ the peace, two; excessive car
noise, one; gambling, one, and
reckless driving. ore
Eleven automobiles were reported
sta.rn and nine recovered The
.ajr bicycle reported stolen were
au recovered and seven more were
recovered but unclaimed. City
prisoners were fed at cost of 1854
and city prisoners in the county
i,,ll were fed for $3.50.
Humane Officer J. M. Scroggins
anaWcred 63 calls. disposing cf 54
animals, quarantining five and
placed five in homes Thirty-six dol
lars ii animal licenses were issued
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-05
Death Summons
Premier
OF Australia

CANBERRA, July 8. 'UP)-Gen.
Douglas Macarthur was huryIng
mere Thursday Tor the special state
funeral to be held Friday for Aus
tralian Premier John Curtin.
Curtin died from heart disease at
a m. Thursday at Canberra Lodge.
his official residence He died i'll his
sleep.
Macarthur Immediately sent the
Duke OF Gloucester word liz would
speed here by plane from The south
Pacific battle areas. The duke. in 4
message to Curtin wife. calico his
death a Shattering blow to Austria
liza"
TN Manila Macarthur issued ,hr
following statement.
He was one Q. The greatest ut
wartime statesmen and the presery-
alton Of Australia from invasion Will
be his immemorlal monument. /
mourn him -deepIy"l
After the service mere. Curtin $
body Will be flown 1000 miles across
Australia to Je buried at the Little
Karrakatta cemetery. at CIarem0n.
in West Australia. from where he
first went 10 parNLmeu, III 1929. H.
was GO years o.d when 3he died.
A poker hand has 1888. 900 pos
sible combination. Only 40 alt
straight IlUSltS
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-05
Dramatic SseFy in %
Supply cenaReasay 2ePori

AAAN~A N9AAAit1 'obOA II - WI
tanned in the recently published An
nual Report Of the Fruit Growers
Supply Company
AS you probably know, the Fruit
Growers Supply Company is the or
ganization set up many years ago
by Sunkist growers to furnish their
orchard and packing house supplies.
The story has to do with box shook
(That word shook used to confuse
me, but I found out it means wood
for citrus shipping boxcs.)
X X
In 1910, to make sure that afili-
atcd Sunkist growers would always
have a good supply Of shook avail
able at reasonable cost, the Fruit
Growers Supply Company acquired
some timber and a mill at Hit, then
in 1919 bought some larger timber
tracts and built a modern mill at
Susanville, in northern California.
The idea was not to supply all the
shook needed by Exchange growers
but simply to make sure there would
always be enough, and at reasonable
cost.
This was far-sighted. Yet no one
at that time could have dreamed
how tremendously important these
facilities would one day prove to be-
That happened about twenty years
later, when the war came.
Up to then the Supply Company
was producing about 25cc Of the
shook used by its members. When
the war laid its unheard-of demands
on the lumber industry, the supply
OF shook from other producers de-
creased sharply. "A ruinous shortage
was about to paralyze the entire
California Arizona citrus industry.
Then, because the Supply Com
pany owned its own timber and
mills, it was able 10 increase its pro-
duction until now it is making 1920
Of the shook used by its nembersI
This has taken a tremendous load
of the other suppliers, and as re-
suit there has been enough shook
for the California-Arizona citrus in
dustry.
Well, today after a quarter cen
tury, the Supply Company mills
have cut nearly 2 billion feet Of
timber. So, as this Annual Report
tells, the Exchange has once again
looked to the future.
During this last year, the Supply
Company has once more made a
large purchase of timber, at West
wood, California. The new timber
amounts to mere than 2 billion feet
"a little more than The volume used
up TO this time. The California;
Arizona citrus industry no" uses
200 miIliOn feet of lumber year.
It's a large and important invest
ment. Yet it does no more than
renew the insurance Of an earlier
day, which has paid out SO notably
for the benefit OF the entire citrus
industry. It's the kind Of thing that
citrus growers can do to protect
their future when they work to-
gether comparatively.
The Fruit Growers Supply Com
pany is but one example of the many
services available to members of the
California Fruit Growers Exchange.
If you are not already member of
the Exchange, don't you feel that
you ought to affiliate yourself with
this great organization of growers,
which has done, and is doing, so
much for its members welfare?
Nert report: in this paper tDo
iCeekS from today.
= California Fruit Growers Exchange
i S<nkist Building. Los Angeles So. California
The daily monitor leader., 1945-11-30

only supplied technical infor-
nation, but serviced German
planes and tested them so that
American fliers could be sure
no sabotage had been attempted.
Colonel Watsons air force was
organized shortly after Ameri-
can landings were made in At
rica. The men followed the
fronts, arriving at captured air
ports before the smoke Of bat
lie had cleared.
POOLED DATA
Frequently under fire, the ATT
men had TO be experts with all
weapons, and needed an amaz-
ingly varied background of
training and talents. They had
to recognize the Importance Of
any new gadget they might find
in wrecked Nazi plane. They
had to speak French and Ger
man we'll enough to question
prisoners and find their way
around on back roads. Most of
them were pilots, engineers, me-
chanics, jeep and truck drivers.
They collected, in addition to
aircraft in flying condition, all
of the armament, turrets, en-
gines, instruments, Photographic
equipment. rescue equipment,
radar, and other technical de-
vices in which the AAF had eX-
pressed an interest. These were
The daily monitor leader., 1945-11-30
Nazi Planes are Collected by Experts
for United States Wartime Study
BY DAVID STEIN
NEA Staff Correspondent

FREEMAN FIELD, Ind.-Un-
Gle Sam gladly arranged for a
British carrier. six Liberty ships,
and 96 freight cars 10 bring Col
Harold E. Watson's war souve-
Mrs TO the United States.
10 collect his mementos. Col.
Watson not only developed his
own private air force, but re-
cruited a Nazi Luftwaffe - un-
der American management -
as we'll. Most Of his souvenirs are
German aircraft in flyable con-
dition.
They were gathered while
fighting WIS still in progress, by
as strange collection of little
publicized dare devils as ever
donned Uniforms. Colonel Wat
sons air force was tiny, consist
ing of 20 carefully selected
American technical experts and
20 Luftwaffe pilots and me-
chanics.
The Americans worked as Air
Technical Intelligence teams.
Usually a team of four experts
would work together, borrow
ing a jeep and a CT sergeant
who knew how TO forage food
and set up camp for the night in
an open field. The men carried
their own bedding and rations,
and seldom completed a mission
in less than a week or ten days.
The Luftlya G recruits served
a special function. They not