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Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-20
IMPERIAL COUNTY
GAINS RECOGNITION

Appointment of Harvey Hastain, we'll
and favorably known as rancher and fol-
lower of hunting and fishing, as men,
Der of the State Fish and Game Commits
sion brings recognition to Imperial Val
ley. long lacking at Sacramento.
Governor Warren's selection of Hastain
meets instant and countrywide approval.
Credit for the governors decision goes
to Senator Ben Hulse and Assemblyman
George Buffers. Cooperation of the en-
tire Southern California delegation in
the legislature also calls for commenda-
ton. 1t was well-deserved appointment
both as to the man chosen and as to the
rights and demands of the south end of
the state. Before Hastain's predecessor
resigned the board members all were
from the central and north areas of the
state.
With the induction of the new commits
sioner Imperial Valley will have a home
man, fully conversant with the duck
problem. This insures better approach
to solution of a matter that affects the
valley more directly than any others that
come before the commission. The new
board member is both a farmer and
sportsman. AS a resident of the Valley
most of his life, he is better equipped,
through first-hand knowledge of this
wild-life problem than anyone in any
other part of the state.
Furthermore, southern California is a
favored hunting and fishing ground and
has many strictly local distinctive fea-
lures in this realm of sport. Hastain is
as much in touch with these phases of
outdoor life as with migratory fowls and
he brings to the commission this knowl-
edge at time when it most is needed. In
addition to the qualifications mentioned,
the experience gained while he was a
member of the legislature will stand him
in good stead as he undertakes the ardu-
Gus duties on the commission.
The Valley has gained much in the ap-
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-20
I. {. Students
Win Honors

Central Union High schools class
has received honorable mention in
a nationwide bookkeeping contest
conducted by the Business Educa-
ton World magazine, it was an
nounced Friday by Elinor Doyle.
class instructor.
A superior achievement certifi-
cate thus will be added to the trophy
collection of the school. The FL
Centrans competed with 10000 stu
dents in schools throughout Al
states, six Canadian provinces, Ha-
wafi, Puerto Rico. and the Virgin
Islands. The award was made on
the basis of percentage of class
membership taking part as well as
consistent excellence Of solutions
submitted The award is said to
attest that the work Of the entire
class was of superior quality.
Miss Doyle Friday presented each
class member with a sterling silver
pin. Those honored were Julia AmeS,
Frances Farrar, Dorothy Green
wood, Carmen Guizar, Renee Hen
erickson, Phyllis Lockwood, Fredda
Keeble, Etelka Kneitz, Dorothy
Lively, Phyllis Maxwell. Audrey
Morgan, Mary Lou Paskel, Rocella
Ritter, Gertrude Sigmon. Virginia
Vinfrido, and Pauline Bloemsma.
Etelka KneitZ. senior, received a
war stamp prize in addition for her
entry in a previous Business Educa-
ton World bookkeeping contest.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-20
Thousands Pay
Last Tributes
To Church Head

SALT LAKE CITY, May 10. (UP)
Final tribute to the memory cf
their beloved leader were paid Fri
Day Saints church members as they
crowded historic temple square tc
overflowing at funeral services for
the late church president-Heber j.
Grant.
Many paused at the side of
Grants copper coffin in silent and
bowed reverence, uttering a silent
prayer and wiping away a tear
before passing on through the mar
BILE foyer of the church administra-
ton building, where Grants body
lay in state.
Apostle George Albert Smith, act
ing church president, since the
death of the 88-year-old Grant last
Monday, praised the only native
Utahn to rise to church presidency
"as a great leader-not only in re-
ligious life but in business life as
we'll"
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-20
{. {. Business
Property
Heads Transfers

Transactions in downtown busi-
ness property in El Centro are on
the upward trend, in contrast to a
decrease in residentiai property
transactions, although the latter
are active, according to Herbert
Iowdermilk of the Lowdermilk Real
Estate agency. which recently ham
died a number of sales in both
fields.
LoudermilK reported the transfer
of the Carl Locher building, a
structure with a 25-foot frontage
at 446 Main street, to Joe Nah and
associates, and two vacant lots in
the 100 block on Broadway, to a
labor organization A deal is pend
ing for the sale of a 50-foot 'front.'
age building cll Broadway, Lowder-
milk said
In addition. the agency sold the
Dave Creighton home at $40 San
calwood drive to Mr.. and Mrs. Her
bert Hocamp, the Sioley home at
631 South Seventh street, the Gar
rison home at 633 South Seventh
street, and the Luallin home at 681
Woodward avenue. All are two-oed-
room residences.
AT the Tyler insurance and real
estate agency it was stated that
Lieut.. A. G.. Holton. USMC, had
purchased the residence at GOT He'll
avenue, and had taken possession.
The former owner is Adds Barnett.
The agency also sold the j. D. Rice
home at 564 Holt avenue, to c.. D.
Scott,
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-20
kiWanians Mark
Birth of Radio

Ell Centre Kiwanians Friday, in
regular meeting at the Barbara
Worth hotel heard program in OBJ
servance of the 25th anniversary
Of broadcaSting.
Principal speaker was Eddie Al
bright of Los Angeles; RADIO COM
rlentator.
Program chairman was Leo De-
Celles. William Fox, president, pre-
sided.
A feature of the program was
presentation of plaque to Station
KxO, FL Centro The plaque was
in testimony of the stations fur
therance Of good relations between
the United States and the Pam
American countries. 8
Visiting Kiwanians at the lunch
con included Joe McAleer, motor
car dealer of San Diego, and Bill
White, calexico business man.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-20
FARM-TO-MARKET ROADS
New York Times)

Under the provisions of the postwar
federal-aid highway act farm leaders see
the beginning of the end in long fight
to get all-year hard-surfaced roads to
most of the nations six million farms.
During the first three years after the
war $150,000,000 will be available an
nually for the improvement of secondary
highways. This classification includes
farm-to-market roads, roads travelled bv
school buses and the rural free delivery
mail carriers.
The federal-aid funds will be matched
by state and county appropriations, pro-
v1dlng yearly sum for three years of
S3OO,O00,000 The secondary-road i'm
provement program is one part of the
general act allotting S500,000,00O each
year for three years for use on the main
through routes and for constructing
new routes and by passes around
cities. The program will be administered
by the public roads administration
Few realize that the country has a
total rural road mileage of 2, 2,4O5,895 and
that ,474,445 miles remain unsurfaced.
Aside from the fact that much food for
the 100,000,000 citizens who live in cities
roads, and therefore the national welfare
is involved, there is another important
aspect. All-weather roads will mean
much in building better social and cul-
tural as well as economic life for rural
families. The isolation enforced by poor
roads is sizable factor in turning able
youths against farming as a vocation
Poor roads have helped foster the per-
nicious philosophy that the goal of farm
ing was to accumulate resources enough
to return to town. Better rural roads
will encourage higher standard Of liv-
ing, increase interest in better schools
and rural community life and help estab-
lish a prosperous rural economy that in
turn can purchase more of the products
of industry. Better rural roads, built
where they are needed and not as mere
make-work project, will prove good busi
ness for the nation.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-20
THE WAY OUT
Clos Angeles Times)

1. Solution of the problem of fitting the
inter-American security pact-and, in
cidentally, of similar regional pacts else
where-into the general security agree
ment of the United Nations charter is a
long step forward at San Francisco. The
solution provides that if the Security
Council fails to take adequate action to
protect any nation from aggression, the
members of any regional group are free
to do So.
Nothing impairs the inherent right
of self-defense" is the key to the solu-
ton, and it appears to meet every re-
quirement. The agreement on the part
of President Truman to negotiate a
treaty of mutual defense with the other
American republics, implementing the
Statute of Chapultepec, appears to have
broken the deadlock. Since such treaty
accords with long-established American
foreign policy, there should be no diff
culties about it.
The paramount responsibility for main
tanning world order remains where it be-
longs, in the Security Council, but if that
responsibility is not operative the nations
have a second line of defense.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-20
PACKING CASES NEEDED
FOR CLOTHING DRIVE

Confronted with the task of pack
ing some ten tons of old clothing,
and faced with q manpoWer short
age, Fire Chief Corn Reed of El
Centre Friday appealed 10 Boy
Scouts and Junior firemen-and got
ready response.
Friday morning six scouts and
as many junior firemen went at the
task of sorting and packing clothing.
which was donated by El Centrans
during the recent United Nations
Clothing Collection drive.
But the fire chiefs worries are
not yet over Many boxes and
crates suitable for packing the
clothing are needed. Merchants or
others who have some to spare are
asked to deliver them to the fire
station.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-20

NOTICE OF EXECUTORS SALE
OF REAL ESTATE AT
PRIVATE SALE
In the Matter of the Estate of
L. A. BLACKMAN, also known as
LEWIS A. BLACKMAN, also known
az LOUIS A. .BLACKMAN, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that Mervin
,, L. Dickson, Executor of the Estate
of L. A Blackman, also known as
Lewis A. Blackman, also known as
Louis A. Blackman, deceased, will
sell at private sale, in one parcel, to
| the highest bidder, upon the terms
and conditions hereinafter men
toned, and subject to confirma-
ton by said Superior Court, on or
after Monday, the 21st day of May,
l945, all the right, title, interest and
estate of the said L. A. BlackInan,
also known as Lewis A. Blackman,
also known as Louis A. Blackman,
deceased, at the time of his death,
which was full fee in and to the
real property hereinafter described,
and all the right, title, and inter-
est that the said estate has, by op-
Grafton of law, or otherwise, acquir-
ed, other than or in addition to
| that of said deceased, at the time
of his death, Of, in, and to that
certain lot, piece, or parcel of land
situate, lying and being in the
| County of Imperial, State of Cali
fornia, and more particularly de-
/ scribed as follows, to-wit:
Lot Seventeen 1D of Block
| Thirty-seven cd, Townsite of
Ell Centre, together with all
furniture and fixtures therein.
Terms and conditions of sale:
Cash, lawful money of the United
States; ten (10) per cent of the
purchase money to be paid at the
time of sale; balance on, confirma-
ton of sale. Usual escrow charges
and recording of deed at the ex-
pense of purchaser. Certificate of
title at the expense of the estate.
Insurance to be prorated. The pur-
chaser to assume the payment Of
and take the property purchased
by him, subject to all taxes for
1945-l946 of whatsoever name or
nature, which are now or may be-
come hereafter chargeable to or a
lien against the property purchased
by him.
All bids or offers must be in writ
| ing, and may be left at the office of
(, Whitelaw & Whitelaw, Attorneys for
said Executor, at 2O7 Rehkopf Build
ing, El Centre, California, or may
be filed in the office of the clerk of
this Court at any time after the
first publication of this notice and
before the making of the sale.
Dated this 18th day of May, 1945
MERVIN- L. DICKSON,
Executor OF the Estate of L.
A. Blackman, also known as
Lewis A. Blackman, also
known as Louis A. Black
man, deceased.
| tWHITELAW & WHITELAW
BY r. B. Whitelaw,
Attorneys for Executor.
(No. 73) (M13-21 incl0
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-20
Fighter Finds
laps Backward
In War Tactics

1.-The japanese are a backward
people fighting modern war with
equipment that is too much for
them" was the opinion expressed
in a letter received from Private
First Class Ernest L. Gullette, who
is with the fighting forces on Lu-
szon. Gullette grew up in El Centre
His letter to his mother, Mrs
Mary Gullette, said in part:
"In your next letter tell what your
impression is of the trend of
thought in Imperial Valley regard
ing the release and return of a
number CT Japanese internees. !
read of a rally in Brawley protest
ing their return. After what I've
seen I'm inclined to agree with
them. Still, I realize that that is
the narrow minded point of view
And, besides, haven't 1 always said
that I believed any national disease
could be cured with more and bet
ter education?
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-20
PROBATION TERMS
ARE FIXED FRIDAY

Homer Mckenzie Friday was SEN
fenced to San Quentin penitentiary
for drunk driving and commitment
was withheld for live years. Dur
ing. the five years, he was informed
in hyperion court, he will be sent
to the penitentiary if he violates
even the minor rules in the terms
of probation" He also must pay
S1,044 damages. Mrs. Richard
Moore and daughter suffered in
jury in collision between the
Moore car east of El Centre and
one driven by Mckenzie, who also
was badly injured, officers said.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-20
NAMES FAIR MANAGER

SACRAMENTO, May 13. CUP)-
The appointment CT F. M. Sandusky
of San Diego to be secretary-man-
ager of the California state fair was
announced Friday by Fred Bixby
president Of the fair board.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-20
WIFE OF HESS ARRESTED

LONDON. May 10. CUP) The
exchange telegraph service quoted
the Brussels radio Saturday as say
ing that the wife of Rudolph Hess
has been arrested by French troops
near Lake Constance.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-20

+, EDITORS NOTE: The follouing edit
ortdls are presented as interesting 0pin-
ions Uoiced by editors eIselchere. They
DO not necessarily reflect the opinion of
this paper
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-20
SEEKS DIV0ECE

Suit for divorce has Ceen filed in
Imperial county superior court in
FL Centro BY Annie Hedges against
Adolphus Hodges.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-20
Editorials and Comment

pointment The state has capable and
fair servant and the board materially is
strengthened.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-20
DRAWS SPEEDING FINE

Robert S. Ames drew a SIS fine
in El Centro police court Saturday
fer speeding.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-20
BACKWARD PEOPLE

They are a backward people
fighting a modern war with equip
ment that is too much for them
They remind me CT greenhorn
climbing aboard the best horse in
the corral For a horseman as far
progressed in horsemanship as the
animal is in spirit and training, the
mount would be ideal. But even
though he be the best horse in the
country, he is too much for the
dude to handle.
The Japs impress me the same
way Their modernization was SO
sudden and they bridged the gap
of centuries SO swiftly that their
structure was rickety. 1t was too
weak to support the crossing of
many; only a few could pass.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-20
FLUNGESINTO WAR

Now, without waiting for the
whole population to bridge the
chasm, they plunge into modern
war with modern equipment, leav-
ing the majority far behind the few
who kept the pace.
IF the mass of the people had
had education enough to know how
to live in these complicated modern
days, there would never have been
a war They would have had more
sense.
Education in time will cure their
national ailment. I'm in favor of
giving it to them. Perhaps one way
would be to continue to educate
the Japanese already in our country
(and that would include tolerance)
so that they may help with their
countrymen in Japan if there are
any of them left to work on when
we get through over there"
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-20
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
IMPERIAL.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-20

NOTICE OF EXECUTORS SALE
OF REAL ESTATE AT
DDVUATE CAFE
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-01-19

Robert w. Smith, Robert Sosnow- ski, Eugene Prescott, Jackie Brick son.
 From Ketchikan-Alvin Jackson Forest McGinn, R. Anderson, Andy Gundersen, Mrs. Andy Gundersen Ronald Jydstrup, R. Van Vinkin- burgh, Seneca Eldridge, Lynwood Hulvey, It. T. McGlynn, It. Comdr A. Livingston, Ut. c. A. Hurley.
 From Petersburg Dani- olson, 6igurd Mathisen,. John Lin thicum, Mrs. John Linthicum, John Linthicun, Jr.
 Joe Green, Claude Aiken, Alfred Kessler, Israel Stephens, Mrs. Israel Stephens, Janette Stephens, AL bert Morgan.
 From Wrangell-A. Van Mavern Joe Johnson, Mrs. R. Johnson.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-01-19
LUTHERAN CHURCH BUILDING FUND ty
 AT 5000 MARK
Officers Elected 10 Church Council df Annual
 Meeting

The most interesting item of business at the annual meeting of the Lutheran Church was the an- nouncement by the treasurer of the amounts on hand for the building of new church edifice. The church treasury has 3,210 and the Ladies Aid has $1,793 for that uur- pose, making total of S5,003, of which $3,500 is in Government War Bonds.
 By vote, the congregation set the goal for the amount to be raised in 1945 at $3,000 and empowered the Church Council to appoint committees to study all aspects of the problems that will arise when actual construction is undertaken
 Elected to the Church Council were the following: For the three year term-Arthur Uggen, John Brilliant and Dr. J. O. Rude.
 For the one-year term-Claude Carnegie and Bert Mcdowell.
 Held over from former elections were: For the two-year term-John Beck, Ed o. Jacobson and c. F Wyller, and for the one-year term John A. Krugness.
 Officers elected for 1945 were Vice. President, Arthur Uggen; Sec retary, John Brilliant; Treasurer John Reck, and Financial Secre- tary, Miss Bernice Mead.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-01-19
MANY ARRIVE ON N0RTH SEhEARLY
 THIS MORNING

The North Sea arrived in port early this morning with the fol- lowing passengers from Seattle;
 BEajcr Chester T. Wagner, Irwin silyeIman, R. II. Whitmore. Mrs. R. r. Whitmore, Gertrude Hill, Afrs. Katherine Hooker Harry Bagness, Ernest Henry, Ruth A, Reilly, Jean Mcfarland.
 F. E. Robertson, Mrs. R. E Rob- eltson, Mrs Marie Oswald, Mrs Jennie Hoist, Peter Oswald, Isabel Hartung, Fred Frobese, George Leightcn, Monta Heath
 Sylvester Hook. Wm. F. Hodel, Jr., Paul A. Kitty, John c. Malck
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-01-19
ALASKA AiRLINES IS
 IN FROM ANCHORAGE

An Alaska Airlines plane brought the following passengers to Juneau from Anchorage; Mrs. s. McCut- cheon, Stanley McCutcheon, Cheryl McCutcheon, John B. Taylor, Leo F. Vehlein, c R. Burrill, Dorothy Tyner and William Fletcher
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-01-19
OSWALDS RETURN

MT and Mrs. Peter Oswald have returned to Juneau after two months vacation in the States. Os- wald is owner of the halibut schooner Tundra.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-01-19
MRS. HOIST BACK

Mrs. Martin Hoist, cook in the Government Hospital kitchen. has returned to Juneau after receiv- ing medical attention in the States.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-01-19
WARNING TO AUTOIsTs.

Auto owners are warned now is the time to purchase 1945 auto plates, and are cautioned not only to purchase them, but to place them on their cars.
 JOHN MONAGLE, Chief of Police.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-01-19
NOTICE.

Due to illness, Dr. Kelvie's Ani- maj Hospital will be closed until further notice.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-05
Boy 7, Dies From Whisky

St. Louis, Mo. Jan. 5-(UP)-The father of seven year Tod boy who died yesterday from the effects of drinking an undetermined amount Of wfliskey on New Years day test flied today that he had given the child sips" of whisxey at various times in the past six months.
 City hospital phys -ians said the child. Robert Pankey, died of con- vulSions. Police were told by the par ents, MT. and Mrs. Alfred Pankey, that another son informed them Robert took a bottle Of whiskey from a shelf.
 Pankey. lathe operator, at cor oner's inquest testified that he had allowed the boy to take drinks of the beverage from his own glass, while the mother said she had mixed warm water, whiskey and sugar for the child "once in a while"
 The father testified that he took the boy to the hospital when he be- came ill at a. m. Tuesday, but that he was told by an examining phy- sician:
 Take him home and let him sleep it off"
 Suffering convulsions. however, Ro bert was returned to the hospital within a few hours and treated for acute alcoholism.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-05
Bloody Fight Still Ensues In Budapest
Navy Photo from NEA Telephoto
By M. s. HANDLER

United Press War COrreSpOndent)
 Moscow, Jan. 5.-(UP)-Outnum- bered Russian troops today fought off a powerful German tank Army striking down from the Danube against their siege lines around Budapest, where tens of thousands of Nazis were being ycut to pieces in the bloodiest street battle of the war.
 Going all-out in their attempt to rescue the trapped Budapest gar rison, the Germans hurled wave upon wave O. armor and infantry against the Soviet defenSes some 30 miles northwest of the capital in their first big counter offensive in the eastern front in more than year.
 The German onslaught, after gaining as much as six miles along the south bank of the Danube Tuesday and Wednesday. broke against stubborn Russian resistance yesterday and field dispatches said the Nazis had been halted all along the attack front.
 Elements of six Nazi tank di- visions and many infantry divisions spearheaded the assault and both sides were reported pouring rein forcements into the battle today.
 Thousands of Germans were killed in the fighting at an undisclosed point southeast of Komarno yester- (Continued on Page 4)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-05
New England Reserve Bio

Boston, Jan. 5-OUP)-The New England states have a huge" fi- nancial reserve totaling $472, 1922 with which to meet reconversion or postwar demands. regional social security director John F. Hardy re- Vealed today.
 Hardy said the sum is deposited to the credit of New England in the unemployment trust fund in the U. s. Treasury.
 Massachusetts leads with a total erserve fund of $l96, ,278O47," he saiG, while Connecticu' has $l54.- 541,5l9; Rhode Island reserve is $6o 720,647; Maine has $3l ,364 ,044: New Hampshire. $l9.l53y096 and Vermont, $l0.770, ,969'
 He said the social security board recently sent recommendations to the governors of all the states and to administrators of state unemploy- menG compensation outlying major changes the board believes would strengthen state social security le9is- lation and administration
 These recommendations. ne said, were.
 ]. Extension Of coyersco, pa.lIcU- lJi.y to employees in businesses in winch they are the sole WofK"..
 2 LengtheninS ot lne aur2ticr Of be- eiits from 21 to 26 weeks.
 3. Increase of the na@.num week ly oenefi iror SIS to $25
 { Elimiratio of unduly restric. tive disqualification provisions
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-05
M-W Profits
 To oTreoSury

Detroit, Jan. 5 - U.P0 - Pro- fits from the Army operation of the Montgomery Ward and Company stores will go to the U. s. Treasury, after provision for back pay owed company employees, it was an- nounced here today by spokesman of the United Retail Wholesale and Department Store EElployes. (CIO). The announcement followed a con- ference between Roy Coggins, Mich igan Union director. and Army off, cials in Chicago, the spokesman said.
 We have been assured that no profits from the Army operation of Montgomery Ward stores will be turned over to tEe company or it's stockholders" Coggins messaged hIs Detroit headquarters
 Back pay owing the Ward work CTS will come from profits and sur plus remaining will go .o the United States Treasury"
 The Michigan URWDSE director conferred with military managers of the Ward stores in Chicago yes- terday He said the union welcomed the experiment in non-proflt op- erati0n of business by Ihe govern- ment."
 We are taking steps to urge all CIO members to trade as much as possible at the Ward stores" he de- clared.