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Draft Seduction
Tale Falls Thru
SAN FRANCISCO, June 17 tUP>
The story of Cornelia Van Ree,
18 year old unwed mother, that her
brother-in-law seduced her to pro
vide a child so he could claim ex
emption front the draft, began to
develop holes today
Miss Van Rec. through her mo
ther. Mrs. Mabel Olsen, filed suit
for SIOO,OOO damages from her sis
ter. Alberta Turner, and her bro
ther-in-law, Gerald E Turner of
San Mateo, alleging they conspired
to cause Turner “to render this
plaintiff pregnant so the defend
ants might have a child and claim
the child which might be born to
the plaintiff," thereby providing an
escape from the draft.
"I never heard any talk about
escaping the draft," said Cornelia
from her hospital bed today. She
said she hadn't seen the complaint
filed in her name and "guessed"
she signed some papers in her sleep.
Yanks Fighting On
More Fronts Than
In World War One
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all-important Panama canal.
From Panama northward through
the Caribbean and the Atlantic, to
Newfoundland. Greenland. Iceland
and the Arctic they stand guard for
the United States and Canada and
the warring republics of Centra)
America American-manned defensc.-
inchide butch Guinea, Bermuda, the
Bahamas. Cuba. Puerto Rico. Virgin
Islands. Jamaica. St. Lucia. Antigua.
Trinidad and Guatemala.
IN OLD WORLD
In the old world. American forces
a r e fighting back against the enemy.
American bombers range against
the Japanese from India, against
the Germans and Italians from some
place undisclosed but. doubtless in
the Middle East. There have been
hints that American air force bomb
ers have landed in China, in Egypt,
in Syria.
American supply forces are based
in Eritrea and American ferry pilots
are flying combat planes across
Africa to support the United Na
tion’s position on southern Mediter
ranean.
Against the day when the Allies
shall strike at the very heart of
the enemy—in northern Europe—
American forces are being mustered
in Britain and Northern Ireland.
IS YOUR CHILD A
NOSE PICKER?
m ®-' be a sigm of bowel worms! And
these roundworms can cause real trouble!
Other warnings are: uneasy stomach, ner
vousness. itching parts. If you even suspect
et Ja >’ ne ' 9 Vermifuge today I
JAINL S IS America’s leading proprietary
worm medicine : used by millions for over a
century,~Acts gently, yet drives out round-
Demand JAYNE’S VERMIFUGE.
BRING IN YOUR OLD RUBBER!
OR GO WITHOUT GAS!
' Your Service Station Man Takes On a Big Job
M J | ,<S\ Do Your Part ♦♦ He Needs Your Help!
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;/ I*TL._, ’’wP direction of every oil and gasoline retailer and wholesaler, is now under way.
“1 j|| ,•'' y if X " Scour your attic, storage closet, garage and back yard for used rubber IN
A 4A- / i I • ANY FORM WHATSOEVER!
/' : M JR/ - <z X 4 r '" t A W Bring all of your rubber scrap to your nearest service station. II you’re in
W > WbßhF IN ii doubt as to whether any article contains salvageable rubber, bring it in any-
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i f xJr -"W i i ' BliO' wav. The station attendant will weigh your rubber and pay you for it at
Bib B 7 - w£x ' fe ’ one cent a pound. Now’s your chance to do a big job for the war effort and,
/f B W ■ "JMf Jk al the same time, materially reduce the chances of nationwide gas rationing.
iI s ’ w M President Roosevelt Has Given the Job of Collecting Rubber
I "■ Scrap to the Oil Com panies of the Nation
. - We're doing the job gladly . . . and bearing every cent of
Drive Ends June 30th expense!
You’ll he paid 1c a pound for your used rubber. It will then be sold to indus-
> try at 1 l-4c a pond. That l-4c difference will go to Navy Relief, Red Cross
■ / ■>''l JI V'A! / lm an d U* O* * n e< l ua l proportions. All of the expense of the drive will be home
X V v/•A' ♦ x by the oil industry. Not one cent of the revenue will be used to carry on the
drive!
Phone 300
Both Miss Van Ree and her new
born baby were reported doing well
at the hospital.
HASN’T GOT MONEY
As to the sloo,ooo "Why Gerry
hasn’t got a hundred thousand
dollars All he’s got are his wages,
and a house, maybe ’’
But she insisted again that Tur
ner had seduced her not once but
twice The first child was born to
her prematurely on June 2. 1941,
the second, named Beverly Joan,
was born last Saturday. The first
child died.
Birth certificates on file with
the department of health showed
’Eaby Turner" was born a year ago.
The mother’s maiden name was
given as Alberta Van Ree <Cor
nelia's sister' and the father was
listed as Gerald Turner.
The second certificate filed yes
terday gave the mother's name as
Cornelia Van Ree and the father
as Gerald Elton Turner
"I don't want to send anyone to
prison.” said Cornelia "It’s just
that I can’t support Beverly Joan
and I want her to have the same
chance as any other child."
Warships Return
To Base at'Rock'
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riers and battleship entered Gibral
tar. a British cruiser arrived, listing
heavily, and three tugs were re
quired to bring her into the harbor
Dead and wounded were carried
from the cruiser’s decks.
The cruiser was escorted by four
destroyers and four corvettes. Two
other destroyers and five corvettes
also arrived.
The warships had left Gibraltar
at dawn last Friday.
Thus far, according to the Spanish
advices, two British cruisers, three
destroyers and four corvettes have
failed to return to their Gibraltar
base following the battle.
New Manager In
Auto Supply Store
A. H. Edens, formerly of Santa
Barbara, arrived in El Centro re
cently to assume the management
of the Western Auto Supply store
to replace L. L. Odle. Jr., who was
■ transferred to Albuquerque. N M-
The new manager of the El Cen
! tro store began work with the com
pany as a salesman in the Glen
dale store in 1937 After four years
he was transferred to Torrence as
assistant manager of the store
there later he was transferred to
Santa Barbara to serve as assistant
manager.
Mr and Mrs. Edens and their
four-vear-old son. Robert, are mak
ing their home in El Centro.
Scanning I. V.
News Horizon
SUES FOR DIVORCE
Shirley Mae .Simpsam Ttvsday
sued Carl Waldo Simpson for di
vorce. alleging extreme cruelty.
They were married in Yuma June
21, 1941 and separated Monday of
this week
hit-and-run
Warren TOcker. 19-year-old truck
driver from Pomona, was picked up
by El Centro police Wednesday on
a hit-and-run char.ge. The alleg
ation is that Tucker drove his truck
into another truck driven by W. L.
Howard on north Eighth street and
did not stop after the collision.
His trial was set for 4 p.m. Thurs
day.
PAY PENALTY
William House. 23, paid a sl4
fine in police court Wednesday
morning when he was found guilty
of disturbing the peace Ollie
Thompson. Negro, was sentenced to
seven and a half days in jail on a
charged of drunkenness-
Supervised Play
Program Gains
El Centro’s supervised playground
program was gathering momentum
as arrangements were made for in
creasing the number of activities
interesting to children and adults.
Attendance at Wi’son school
Tuesday night was 36. almost, the
entire group composed of child
ren. They played ping pong, ten
nis, jacks, carrom. football, and
enjoyed rope jumping.
The program scheduled for Wed
nesday night was skating to music
on the Wilson tennis courts. Fri
day night will come social and folk
dancing on the courts. Tourna
ment play in various sports will
begin as soon as lighting facilities
are installed.
Nuffer Funeral
Held Wednesday
Last rites for Jacob P. Nuffer, 82-
year-old El Centran and Imperial
Valley resident for 30 years, were
held in the Lemons chapel in El
Centro Wednesday in the presence
of a large number of relatives and
friends.
The Rev. Mr. Hayden Sears, pas
tor of the First Methodist church
of El Centro, preached the funeral
sermon. Eugene Moore, accompani
ed by Mrs. J. D Foss, sang "The
Home of the Soul"
Pall bearers were Charles Sprouse.
Judge J D. Portis. A W New
kirk. J. D. Foss. Charles Sones, and
Rodney Jenkins.
Nuffer. who died at his home in
El Centro last weekend after a long
illness, was buried at Evergreen
cemetery.
IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS, EL CENTRO, CALIF.
Trend of War in
Balance, Report
MELBOURNE. June 17 i Austra
lian broadcast recorded by UP in
San Francisco) The fate of the
Soviet Republic is in the balance,
with the German offensive once
more under way. Prime Minister
John Curtin declared today in a
broadcast to the Australian peo
ple reviewing the present war sit
uation
The Red Army and the Russian
people are face to face once more
with the same grim grip which they
broke a year ago. he said, and the
future of the Soviet nation will be
decided by the full play of Rus
sian courage, helped by the weight
of planes and machines which Brit
ain and America are pouring in day
by day.
"If anything I may say may be
construed as information to the
enemy, then my justification is
that it is my duty to bring you an
awareness of what as human be
ings. you face.' - he said.
"The German offensive is under
way. and Russia is meeting the
full fury of the Nazi onslaught
Kharkov and Sevastopol are names
which will be fragments of history.
CRUSHING BLOW
"Russia knows and the United
Nations know that the fall of Rus
sia would be a crushing blow to our
cause.
"Such a calamity would also
strengthen Japan’s position still
further in the Pacific against China
and also against Australia. Russia
is fighting for her very existence,
for the continuance of everything
that has been built since 1917. and
for those things in which the Rus
sian people believe Russia has ev
erything to lose "
Curtin conceded that the situa
tion in the Middle East was not
good.
The Libyan battle, since Field
Marshal Erwin Rommel began his
thrust against British positions, has
split up into the mast fantastic
scries of actions that modern war
fare can produce, he said.
"Rommel's forces have made
gains at great loss, it is true," he
said, but nevertheless gains which
are serious reverses for four forces
Hewes, Others In
El Paso Parley
Chairman Evan T. Hewes of the
Imperial Irrigation district, M J.
Dowd, chief engineer and general
superintendent, and Harry Horton,
chief counsel, are in El Paso. Texas,
attending a meeting of the Colorado
River commission of which Hewes
is president.
Colorado river problems affecting
all the state in the river basin were
expected to be discussed by the rep
resentatives of the various areas
included in the commission. The
Imperial Valley men expected to
return to the valley late this week.
and which clearly indicate that the
struggle in that theater has reach
ed a critical stage.
"It must be plain that a complete
setback for the Allied forces in the
Middle East would have a grave ef
fect on Australia, because the en
emy would command the Suez Ca
nal and the gateway to India and
the Indian Ocean.’’
Libyan, Russian
Drives at Peak
(Continued from Page One)
capture Shangjao on Hangchow-
Nanchang railroad but suffer 8.000
casualties.
AUSTRALIA — Japanese raid Port
Darwin and Port Moresby, losing 10
planes; Allied planes attack Timor,
Salamaua, and Lae, losing seven
planes.
MID-EAST MENACED
Evidence continued to pile up in
dicating that Hitler was making a
great effort to strike at the key
communications lines and the oil
fields of the Middle East. He had
made little progress, however, and
Turkish speculation suggested that
the Allies might be planning to
open strong new air fronts against
the enemy with the aid of the
American Army air corps.
In Libya, the Germans and Ital
ians under Col. Gen. Erwin Rom
mel sought to follow up the Medit
erranean sea battle with an encir
cling smash at theTobruk defenses
at Acroma on the west and Sidi
Rezegh on the east. Both were
thrown back, a British communique
said.
The Axis desert corps did not
attempt an attack on the main Brit
ish forces at El Adem directly
south of Tobruk. New battles of
greater magnitude were expected
on the desert front without delay.
Allies were encouraged, however,
by the work of the American army
air corps in its first big action
against the Axis during the four
day battle of two convoys. The con
voys fought their way through to
Tobruk and Malta with needed sup
plies. despite considerable losses. It
was, said that the long-range Amer
ican Consolidated B-24 bombers,
known to the British as Liberators,
were expected to play an increasing
ly important role in patrolling the
Mediterranean and guarding against
any Axis attempt to strike at Syria
or the Suez canal.
THIRD FRONT
This was described as forcing the
German air force, already hard
pressed in Russia and western Eur
ope, to fight on a third front as
formidable as that provided by the
RAF. w'hich sent 300 airplanes on
intensive raids in the Ruhr and
Rhineland Tuesday night after an
AIR COOLING AIDS
EGG PRODUCTION
The air cooled hen house versus
the uncooled hen house has de
veloped into an egg laying and
mash eating contest presided over
by Don Cruickshank, in whose new
hen house the experiment with air
cooling started June 3 under the
supervision of the county and
state agricultural departments
In the first 10 da- s of the ex
periment, Assistant Farm Advisor
Lae Landerman said 'Wednesday,
the hens in the air cooled section
produced 33 more eggs than a like
number in the uncooled section and
ate 207 pounds mash while their
opponents ate only 168 pounds
eight-day lull due to bad weather.
Eight RAF planes were lost.
The British were known to be
short of equipment for the battle
in Libya and thus the losses in the
convoys must be weighed against
the need for desert reinforcements
in estimating the success of the
operation.
Axis radio broadcasts continued
to claim an outstanding victory in
the fighting, which Rome and Ber
lin estimated had cost the British
at least 28 vessels. The enemy claims,
overlapping and exaggerated, men
tioned some 57 Allied vessels as
sunk or damaged and said that a
United States battleship participat
ed in the convoy action.
London said these claims were
“fantastic”, pointing out that the
Italian fleet sailing out of Taranto
never got into action and lost a
heavy cruiser sunk, two destroyers
sunk or damaged, and four or five
other ships, including two battle
ships hit or set afire by our air
craft. This would leave Italy only
two battleships and one heavy cruis
er in action.
Ground Observers
To Attend Meeting
Every ground observer of the mil
itary aircraft warning service in
Imperial county was scheduled to
attend a meeting in the Central
Union High school auditorium at 8
p. m. Thursday to hear Capt. R.
Z. Smith of the fourth fighter com
mand describe new developments in
the service.
While the meeting is open to
anyone interested, the officers of
the fourth fighter command ex
pressed the wish that all ground
observers be present so they may
benefit by the explanations to be
given by Smith.
“Maintenance of this ground ob
server set-up is of paramount im
portance to every Imperial county
resident and of course of great
importance to the Army,” said
Glenn W’illingham Wednesday.
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