Imperial Valley press., August 18, 1942, Page 6, Image 6

About Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current

Image provided by: University of California, Riverside; Riverside, CA

                
6
Fine Sport. Swimming
Herr we
have one
rood reason
for continued
popularity
of swimming
recreation:
Mia* Jean
Curite.
Beverly
Rills. who
teem* to
have cast oft
other
admirer* In
favor of the
strong, silent
one now
enjoying
her favors.
Gable Takes Up
Old Army Grind
MIAMI BEACH, Fla-, Aug. 18
(UP) Clark Gable, without his
mustache and considerable hair,
jumped out of his bunk at 5:15
a m today and began the grind of
classes, drill and study will make
him an Army officer and probably
a gunner in a bombing plane.
As an officer candidate, he is
making $66 a month. As one of
Hollywood's greatest stars, he was
believed to have made $3,500 a
week
Gable was accepted as an officer
candidate in the Miami Beach Ar
my air force school yesterday with
out fanfare He and his friend. An
drew J Mclntyre, a Hollywood
cameraman who enlisted with him.
slipped through Miami and entered
the Vanderbilt Hotel, headquarters
of the officer candidate school, thru
the back door.
SHAVES MUSTACHE
When told he would have to
shave his mustache, he grinned
"Suits me. ItU probably be a lot
cooler, anyway." he said
As he shaved it, he said he had
been wearing a mustache for
"about eight years "
A sergeant threw him his uni
form Gable held th? trousers up
to his hips and noted that they
were somewhat large.
“TheyH shrink a little bl* and
so will you," the sergeant said.
A soldier handed him a pink
toothbrush
"Ain't that a beaut?" Gable ask
ed. holding it up so Mclntyre could
see
NO PLANS
Mopping prespiration from his
face while he got a "soup bowl"
haircut. Gable said: ‘There goes
the weight."
Gable said he had no plans for
the immediate future, except to be
come a good soldier
"I suppose after the war I will
go back to Hollywood and pictures."
he said, "but right now I have
I A. R. HEMS I
I f° r I
I SHERIFF and CORONER I
H The following figures will show whether the M
■ SHERIFF is capable of running the office ef- ■
■ ficiently or not: H
I FIRST.. I
B 21 regular- on the payroll drawing $3,620.00 ■
■ a month to police 50,000 population in Imperial ■
■ Vai Dy. ■
I SECOND.. I
■ In San Diego County v.ith 69 regulars to police ■
H 400.500 population costs only $9,700.00 a month. ■
I THIRD.. I
B If our SHERIFF had 400.000 to police it would B
H cost us $28,960.00 Does the SHERIFF call H
■ those figures efficient. U
I FOURTH.. I
B The DRONES need cleaning out before he can B
■ be efficient. ■
plenty to do and think about. And
you know you can't do two things
at once."
After three months training, he
and Mclntyre will be commissioned
second lieutenants in the Army air
force During the next six weeks,
they will have no liberties under
candidate school regulations. They
will get up at 5:15 am., spend the
day studying and drilling, and be
confined to quarters at 7 p m.
Warren Upheld by
Documents in Red
Certification Row
authority to rule that the party was |
subversive and hence ineligible for
the ballet. The court had ruled that '
such a fact could only be established i
by a court of competent jurisdiction |
he added.
Regardless of the . dispute, Peek's
signature certified the 11 Com
munist candidates to the Aug. 25
primary ballot and entitled the
state's 444 registered Communists
to vote.
The party was banned in two acts
by the legislature in 1940 but the
Communists appealed to the state
supreme court, where portions of
the acts were held unconstitutional
The appeal was remanded to the
Los Angeles superior court for re
hearing of evidence that the party
was subversive.
As plaintiffs, the Communists
chose to dismiss the action. Warren
wired Peek last Friday that he
iWarren' was thus deprived of the
opportunity to prove the subversive
charge, because the party “had
withdrawn from the judicial review
and determination sanctioned and
directed by the supreme court." He
contended this relieved Peek from
any obligation to certify the party.
Phone 300
'Continued from Page One)
Crewless Blimp
Mystery Deepens
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug 18 (UP»
—The mystery of the riderless Navy
blimp deepened today as the Navy
revealed that the craft had been
in perfect working order when it
crashed on the streets of Daly City.
Comdr Donald M Mackey, com-
Scanning I. V.
News Horizon
HOME BURGLARIZED
The E T. Johnson home on East
ern avenue at Brawley was burg
larized recently. Sheriff Robert W
Ware was informed late Monday.
VISITS SISTER
Mrs. James Akins of Texarkana.
Texas, is visiting her sister. Mrs.
Homer Spear, at the Spear home
on the Calexico highway south
El Centro. Mrs. Akins will
San Diego later this week
other relatives before r
Texas.
JAIL INTERIOR
TO BE PAINTED
The interior of ipenal
county jail will be i this
month and prepared i usual
winter rush of prisoners.
VISITS IN VALLEY
Tommy Lawson, formerly a traf
■ fic officer in Imperial, visited Im-
I perial Valley friends this week He
, is employed at Mare Island Navy
yard.
FARM BUREAU TAX
COMMITTEE TO MEET
Members of the tax committee of
the Imperial County Farm Bureau
will meet in the farm advisor's
office in the court house at 2 p.m.
Thursday.
Crewmen Killed
By Torpedo Blast
A GULF COAST PORT. Aug. 18
'UP) Three crewman of a small
British merchantman were killed
when three torpedoes from an Axis
submarine crashed into their ship,
sinking it 30 miles off a Caribbean
port July 8, survivors reported to
day
Twenty of the survivors swam
for nearly 12 hours before a British
torpedo boat rescued them and 48
of their fellow seamen who were
crowded into one lifeboat They
were landed at a Caribbean port
shortly after being picked up.
The three men lost were mem
bers of an Indian crew of 40 aboard
the vessel.
Soviet Repulses
One German Stab
(Continued from Page One)
that the Germans have been forced
to fall back several kilometers into
new d°fense positions.
There was no indication that a
general German withdrawal was in
volved. but the Moscow reports said
•hat on the Kotelnikovski front,
90 miles southwest of Stalingrad.
Nazi forces were compelled to re
tire and reorganize.
These reports might indicate that
Marshal Semyon Timoshenko has
massed substantial masses of men
to protect the approaches to Stal
ingrad and the vital Volga river
communications line.
Berlin reports mentioned no spe
cific gains in South Russia, but
complained cf tropical heat in the
Caucasus which apparently was
slowing down the Nazi spearheads.
The Germans also again took note
of powerful Soviet diversionary at
tacks in the Vyazma and Rzhev
sectors.
Moscow continued to emphasize
the Soviet desire for a second front.
However, there was no hint in
either London or Moscow reports
of the conference of Prime Minister
Winston Churchill and Josef Stalin
•hat any such move had been de
termined upon.
London press reports tcok a cau
tious line concerning the meeting.
The opinion was expressed that the
discussions were predicted on be
lief that Russia can hold on thru
the winter despite the ferocity of
the Nazi attack.
According to this view, the chief
object of discussion was the ques
tion of supplies for the Red army
and the possibility of Allied rein
forcements from the Middle East if
the Caucasus situation should be
come desperate.
There was speculation that
Churchill might summon a special
session of parliament or make a
world wide broadcast concerning his
Moscow discussions.
Moscow press comment was re
strained but the Communist party
newspaper Pravda declared that the
meeting furthered close collabora-
WARNINGI BEWARE OF
BOWEL WORMS
Roundworm* inside you or your ehild ran I
cauw real trouble. And you may not know
what is wrong. Warning signa are: "picky"
appetite, nervousness, uneasy stomach,
itching parts. Get Jayne’s Vermifuge right
away I JAYNE’S is America’s leading pro
prietary worm medicine ; used by millions.
Acts gently yet expels roundworms.
Be sure you get JAYNE’S VERMIFUGE I
IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS, EL CENTRO, CALIF.
manding officer of the Moffett
Field blimp base, refused to con
cede that Lt Ernest DeWitt, 27.
and Ensign Charles Adams, 38.
missing crew members, had lost
their lives. Search for them con
tinued
Navy technical experts made a
thorough examination of the
wreckage yesterday and disclosed
that the blimp's machinery had
been in perfect mechanical con
dition despite its crewless journey.
The bag was ripped when the blimp
crashed into the street and it was
believed the craft had glanced
against a hill somewhere in its
flight because earth was imbedded
in the cowling of one engine and
the propeller blades were bent.
TWO THEORIES
There were two principal theories
advanced unofficially for the dis
appearance of Cody and Adams.
The first held that they leaped
into the sea when the blimp lost
altitude for some unexplained rea
son and were picked up by a sur
face vessel which would maintain
radio silence until it returns to
harbor Two lifebelts of the type
normally worn by crew members
were unaccounted for and this fact
was used to support the "lost-at
sea" theory.
The second theory was that when
the craft grazed the hill, the men
either leaped or were thrown out.
perhaps in some remote coastal
region where it would be difficult
to find them.
SEARCH FAILS
An extensive search off-shore
and throughout the country-side
was failed so far to reveal a clue
to the disappearance of the two
fliers.
Cody was graduated from An
napolis in 1938 and reported at
Moffett Field last March Adams, a
veteran of 20 year's service as an
enlisted man in lighter-than-air
craft, received his commission only
Saturday.
The Navy revealed James Riley
Hill. 20. Oklahoma City, aviation
machinist's mate, third class, miss
ed the ill-fated flight by mere
change
"I was posted for this flight,"
Hill said, “ and was on hand for
the takeoff. I took my seat and
closed the door. We were already
moving when Mr. Cody decided
that because of a static condition
the ship couldn't carry the weight
of three men and ordered me out
I jumped from the ship.”
The blimp took off at 5:30 am.
Sunday on routine anti-submarine
patrol duty and crashed at 11:30
a m. Three parachutes were in the
gondola, the radio was in working
order and one depth charge still
was in its rack. The other was
found on the Lakeside Golf course
tion between the United Nations.
Although the second land front
possibilities seemed dimmer, the Al
lied air front against Germany was
budding up rapidly.
District Slashes
Assessment Rate,
Cuts Valuations
(Continued from Page One)
operation and maint°nance. exclu
sive of the river and Mexican divi
sions, was $1,372,500. a reduction
from last year's $1,306 000 This is
the department most readily con
trollable by the directors. Includ
ing the river and Mexican divisions,
the total budget for the 1942-43
year was set up for $1,531,500, in
comparison with last year's figures
of $1,481,000.
x The new tax rate was broken
down into a levy of $200,201 for
operation an- maintenance. $150,000
for the drainage fund. $50,000 for
the emergency fund, $75,000 for the
Laguna Dam fund, and $725,000 for
the redemption fund, which is used
to pay interest on bonds and war
rants, and provide for their retire
ment.
The levy for operation and main
tenance was the only one changed
from last year, when it was $217,861
Food Costs Soar
Above Last Year
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 <UPi
The labor department reported to
day that retail food costs advanced
11 per cent between mid-June and
mid-July, due largely to seasonal
advances in retail prices of eggs,
butter, lamb and poultry These
foods are not under price control
The increase brought the index
for food costs on July 14 to 1246
per cent of the 1935-39 average. 5
per cent above the March 17 level
and 17 per cent higher than a year
ago.
Prices covered by the general
maximum price regulation increased
0.3 per cent from mid-June to mid-
July as a result of orders increas
ing the maximum prices for fresh
milk, beverages and certain meats.
Uncontrolled prices advanced 2.5
per cent during the same period
Building Ring of Steel in Pacific
Seen above wings of ship’s fighting plane, landing lighter ferries
tools and supplies ashore to strengthen U. S. base in southwest
Pacific. (Passed by censor.)
Brazilians Riot
Against Germans
BY DAVID J. WILSON
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 18—(UP)
—Large crowds staged anti-German
demonstrations outside German
stores today, demanding vengeance
for the torpedoing and sinking of
five more Brazilian ships, at least
one of which carried troops, as a
declaration of war on the Axis was
believed only a matter of hours.
Iron shutters were lowered over
the store fronts as the crowds gath
ered, and heavy police guards were
sent to the downtown sections
where the demonstrations were un
der way. Public anger was fanned
by assertions in maritime circles
that the area in which the ships
were sunk was thick with sharks.
The sinkings were announced last
night.
The sailing of the Brazilian
steamers Bago and Cuyaba for Lis
bon with the last of the Axis diplo
mats and other nationals to be 1
repatriated from Brazil was pest- I
poned last night. No reason was ■
given.
Among the diplomats were former
German Ambassador Kurt Prueffer.
former Italian Ambassador Ugo
Sola, and former Hungarian Min
ister Nicolas Horthy. Jr.
The ship carrying troops was the
4.801-ton Baependy. sunk in the
250 miles between Bahia and Ser
gipe. to the north. Unofficial re
ports had said that 700 to 1.009 men
were lost, but the department of
press and propaganda asserted late
last night:
“Telegraphic reports from var
ious points along the coast between
Bahia and Sergipe state that a
number of lifeboats have reached
.mall localities which leads to the
belief that a large number cf men
aboard the torpedoed ships have
been saved.''
An earlier announcement has said
Back from First
Bombing, Yanks
Eager for Another
(Continued from Page One)
cleared off."
"I’m particularly well satisfied."
General Eaker said. "We were very
anxious to got started."
The active leader of the formation
in which general Eaker flew was
a colonel from Nashville, N. C.
Maj. Gen. Carl Spaatz, command
er of United States air forces in
the European theater, welcomed the
returning crews.
“I think they all behaved like vet
erans," he said. “Everything went
according to plan. This is a real
start, and we arc going to keep
it up as often as feasible. It couldn't
have been better as a test of day
light bombing."
“If they are all as easy as this
one, I’d like to go back tomorrow,"
Sgt. Frank Christensen, 18. of Ra
cine, Wis., youngest member of the
outfit, said. He is a waist gunner.
“I could see bursts of smoke and
dirt on the target. All bombs were
in very close proximity," General
Eaker said. "There was some ack
ack on our level. I saw three
Fccke-Wulf 190 s. one of which at
tacked the plane on my right. But
he pulled away, at, I should say.
2,000 yards.
“We bombed in close formation
The Spitfires stayed right with use
and gave us fine protection."
It was just a “nice, cross-country
run” to Second Lieut. James Sam
mons, 27, of Louisa, Ky.. a pilot.
“Everybody was on the inter-com
munications system all the way," he
said. “Our bombs fell on the tar
get. The guys were disappointed,
especially the gunners. They had
nothing to shoot at."
BOMB EXPLODES AT
SPANISH CEREMONY
LONDON. Aug. 18 (UPi Radio
Vichy reported from Madrid today
that a bomb exploded during a re
ligious ceremony at Bilbao, killing
or wounding 200 persons. Gen. Jose
Varela, Spanish war minister, was
present but escaped unhurt.
there was no basis for "reports that
there were high military losses to be
regretted. - '
Baependy, en route to the north,
presumably the Brazilian hump, was
being convoyed, along with the
other vessels, by a United States
and a Brazilian warship, it was
reported.
The warships were said to have
skirmished with the attacking sub
marine or submarines, and, per
haps, to be still hunting them.
All told, Brazil has lost 15 ships
to submarines since she broke diplo
matic relations with the Axis last
January, aggregating more than
76,000 tens. But the five new sink
ings were the first of ships engaged
in coastwise trade.
TJF T TLT 9 SELECT YOUR COAT NOW!
JxJLJM kJ M ® “
♦
Fur Collars of Red Fox ■ - Blue Fox
For true luxury at a low price!
You’ll marvel at these luxuriously
furred Coats smartly styled
exquisitely detailed and fully lined 1 /Wj
Colors in blue beige navy
black and green Form fit and
Swagg.T styles.
69 75 a
/ f
zOrSWi '/ f/fll
i Iff 1
/ H I 'WiL W’ \ \ I
fil m
/■ 1 SUITS
The biggest, most exciting suit collection
we h ave ever offered! The most figure
flattering suits you’ve ever worn beau-
Iliglß tifully tailored 3 button classics
■ran double breasted n plaids tweeds stripes
and solids.
I 19 75 to 2975
n|| STORE
T = KING’S •
w 6 PM, El Cenfro Brawley
Murder Charged
To Colonel's Girl
DOUGLAS, Ariz.. Aug. 18. (UP>
—Margaret Herlihy, attractive 21-
ycar-old daughter of an Army col
onel, was held today on a charge
of murdering her fiancee, Capt. [
David Carr, 27, during a lover's'
quarrel last Saturday.
Miss Herlihy, tall and titian
haired, was in custody in a hos
pital. Her father, Lieut. Col. Edward
Herlihy of Fort Huachuca, said the
girl was beaten by Carr before the
shooting which ended his life.
Herlihy carried his daughter into
court yesterday at her arraignment j
on the first degree murder charge.
She wore no stockings, and her
legs were bruised. Her face was
lacerated and her lips were swollen.
SELF DEFENSE PLEA
Herlihy indicated that she would
plead self defense. He said that
Carr had threatened to kill her.
and dispose of her body to make
it appear that she had been slain !
by one of the Negro soldiers sta
tioned at Fort Huachuca.
Carr was shot to death in the
home of the girl’s mother shortly
after returning with Miss Herlihy
from Agua Preita, just across the
Mexican border from here. They
were quarreling when they entered
the house, and went to a bedroom.
Carr was shot in the ribs and neck
with a .32 caliber pistol, and died
after an emergency operation by
Army surgeons.
Carr made a brief statement be
fore he died, but did not say what
the quarrel was about. Neither did
Miss Herlihy.
GIRL WEAK
Miss Herlihy sat between a nurse
and a police matron at her arraign
ment. Once she appeared faint, and
asked for a drink of water. She
paid little attention to the proceed
ings.
She was nbV required to enter a
plea to the charge that she felon
iously, premeditatedly, deliberately
and with malice aforethought did
kill and murder one David Carr.
Justice of the Peace E. L. Stewart
scheduled a preliminary hearing of
TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1942
the case for Thursday.
Mtss Herlihy and Carr were a
popular couple in Army social life.
Both had been married. Miss Her
lihy, was divorced, and Carr either
was divorced or estranged. They
were scheduled to have been married
Sept. 15.
Rambling Reporter
(Continued from Page One)
mad at such waste and wanton
usage of city equipment, entered his
car and started after the equip
ment. It continued to bumpty hump
and stagger along in a manner that
made him fear for the tires. He
followed the thing to a garage.
“Who runs this garage?" Riddle
demanded. He was informed it was
the city garage.
“It's a shame to use a piece of
city equipment the way that one is
being used," Ridfile fumed. “Those
tires! I'm a taxpayer and I resent
it." He was informed that the
equipment belonged to the county
and the city rented it.
"I don't care." Riddle stormed.
"I'm a county taxpayer, too."
So at last the city crew, who had
been ribbing Riddle no end, broke
down and explained the equipment
to him. The crazy looking thing is
a street and road (eveler and is sup
posed to bumpty bump.
Riddle thinks it ought, to display
a sign to that effect to save the
wear and tear on the nerves of
taxpayers.
WWWWWWWWWWWwwwwwwwwwww
i Dr. S. R. Edwards i
' Offices ]
| ! Will Be Closed <
; on ;
; Fridays - Saturdays |
; Mondays |
! | During Month of August <
1 | Offices Opened |
• Each Tuesday, Wednesday <
! and Thursday |
;» •