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255,000 —QUOTA
225,000 111
fc| 200,000
175,000- ■
H 150,000
125,000 II
■ 100,000
75,000 |H
■ 50,000
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Each week Coolidge’s total
to date on the Fifth War Loan
Campaign will be shown on
this thermometer. The quota
to be reached is $255,000 which
is cash and not face value to
be raised. Coolldge has gone
over the top in previous drives,
and although this is the largest
amount allocated, it is expected
at the conclusion of the drive
to see a figure posted well
above the $255,000 mark on
the thermometer.
Wounded In Invasion
Hr HHHS
SGT. JOSHUA F. MOSER
Sgt. Joshua F. Moser writes
from a hospital in England to let
his brother and sisters know that
he is "still kicking around” after
having been in France and "got
himself a few Germans.” He was
returned from the invasion area
because he was slightly wounded,
Moser says. He is receiving splen
did treatment in the hospital and
as soon as he is released, he will
be ready to go back and get some
more Germans, Moser says. His
sisters are Mrs. John Freeland,
Mrs. Oscar Schuritz and his broth
er, H. M. Moser.
Hayden Urges
City Planning
For Post War
Senator Carl Hayden has urged
cities and other political sub
divisions in Arizona to be pre
pared for the end of the war
with adequate post-war planning
programs.
Senator Hayden is a member of
the Senate Special Committee on
Post War Economic Policy and
Planning. He desires to see that
Arizona is properly cared for in
the final program now being per
fected by that committee.
In urging the final compilation
of data for planned public works in
Arizona, Senator Hayden warned
of the probability that the primary
post war period may find private
industry not entirely prepared to
assimilate the thousands of re
turning war veterans.
“In Arizona we must be ready
with jobs for them. Arizona towns
and cities and counties must be
prepared with exact data on what
is needed in the way of public im
provements. Procrastination at
this time is a disservice to those
who are fighting for us,” said the
senator.
Senator Hayden said that much
of his committee’s work was con
cerned with the opportunities offer
ed private industry in the develop
ment of the western states. He
expressed a belief the future would
find Arizona an industrial center
for the fabrication of minerals,
timber, fiber and leather.
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VOLUME FIFTEEN
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"Let He Tell You What
Happened To Me!
“American soldiers, with the grim
humor that the brutes of aggression
never understand, call it ‘D’ Ward.
‘lt may be just a row of men lying
in the shade of a wrecked wall dur
ing the height of battle when there
are never enough stretchers for even
those who have a chance.
“It may be a tent in a field hospi
tal where lie the cases for which am
bulance space would be wasted.
“ ‘D* Ward is a place for those
men who are going to die.
“I laid in ‘D’ Ward for pain-rack
ed hours today, before death
brought surcease from pain.
I am now under a white cross in a
field of white crosses and plain
markers. Those markers are all
that remain visible of the men who
have paid the supreme price for your
freedom.
“For you, so that you can go home
tonight and sit on your porch and
perhaps enjoy a long cool drink. So
you can sleep with only the friendly
sound of American planes or the
Bank Declares
25 Cent Dividend
PHOENIX (Special) Directors
of the Valley National Bank, meet
ing in the home office here on
July 1, declared the regular semi
annual dividend of twenty-five
cents per share on its common
stock, and heard a report by Wal
ter R. Bimson, president, that dis
closed a prosperous business con
dition for the institution.
The total dividend voted by the
directors amounted to SIOO,OOO. Mr.
Bimson reported that the bank’s
net earnings for the first half of
1944, after setting up adequate tax
reserves, were $329,265.81. He said
the bank’s deposits, now totaling
$128,689,547.86, had increased more
than $11,000,000 since January 1.
During the same period, loans in
creased $1,650,000 to a total of
$31,865,194.
Reflecting the recent stock div
idend and sale of common stock,
Mr. Bimson stated the bank’s cap
ital fund is now $5,171,362.36 an
“IN THE CENTER OF PINAL COUNTY AGRICULTURE”
increase of $1,918,765.81 since Jan- 1
uary 1. ]
The directors also approved three 1
promotions at their meeting. Wil- <
liam J. Asher, acting manager of j
the bank’s office in Mesa, was ]
named manager, and Leonard Sex- i
ton was promoted to assistant
manager of the same office. C'. B.
Cunningham was appointed assist
ant manager of the bank’s King
man office.
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Coolidge Lions
More Than Double
War Bond Quota
Coolidge Lions have gone over
; the top of their War Bond quota'
set at $4,000 by a purchase of $6,000 C
; above the required amount, mak
! ing a total of SIO,OOO to their cre
, dit, according to announcement at
. a meeting of club members in the
• Methodist church basement Wed
nesday night.
Pfc. Dan Wallace, home from
, many months active duty in the
■ South Pacific, was a guest. Pfc.
l Wallace declined to make a talk
COOLIDGE, PINAL COUNTY, ARIZONA, FRIDAY, JULY 7, 1944
hum of automobiles to mark periods
of awareness in the night.
“Not alone we who die, but all the
fighting men on every battlefield
are paying a price in hunger and ex
posure and ill health and suffering
for your freedom. You are of the
same blood and character and heri
tage as we who lie under the symbol
of death and of those who hobble
back from the inferno known as war.
“You, too, are capable of making
any sacrifice, even life itself, if you
are confronted with a crisis that
touches you deeply or confronts
you plainly.
"You Are Facing A Crisis
Right Now!
“The invasion bond drive must be
subscribed in record time. In this
most vital summer in the world’s
history, it must be subscribed rapid
ly to show the fighting men that
those at home are behind them to the
utmost limit of their resources.
“It must be subscribed to make
fewer the number of American
graves-markers that will dot the
world when peace comes.”
but answered questions put to him
by club members, which proved to
be both an interesting and enlight
ening part of the program, accord
ing to those present. George Gross
miller, Florence Lion, was also a
guest.
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Schewel Receives
Silver Wings At
MARFS Air Base
Warren Rudolph Schewel, son of
Mr. and Mrs. H. Schewel, Florence
received his silver wings Thursday
when he graduated as a Second
Lieutenant from Marfa Army Air
Field, Marfa, Texas, an advanced
two-engine pilot school of the AAF
'Training Command, it was an
nounced by Col. A. J. Kerwin Ma
lone, commanding officer.
The new pilot, a former resident
of Florence, completed a course of
training in twin-engine aircraft. He
was assigned here from Cal-Aero
Academy, Ontario, California. He
is a former student of Florence
Union High School, and Phoenix
Jr. College.
Arizona Over
The Top In June
WAVE Enlistment
Arizona definitely, went over the
top in the enlistment of WAVES
during the month of June according
to Lieut. R. B. Trick, officer in
charge of Navy Recruiting in Ari
zona. It was the best month in
WAVE procurement in the history
of the Arizona Recruiting District.
Thirty-eight women of Arizona
gave proof of their patriotism by
donning the Navy blue.
The current WAVE recruiting
party headed by'Ensign Eleanor
Benfer assisted in enlisting fifteen
applicants the last week in June.
Miss Benfer’s present tour will
end on Saturday, July 8 and she
will be available at the WAVE re
cruiting office for this area at 103
U. S. Court House Bldg., Phoenix
to give information and interviews
to any qualified women. The bas
ic requirements for enlistment re
main the same, age 20 to 36, two
year high school minimum—no de
pendents under 18.
Coolidge War Bond Sales Still
Behind Quota As Drive End Nears
sth war bond sales total $235,525 with but two fays to
go . . . Chairman urges every person to buy at least
one more bond toward community goal of $255,000.
With Coolidge lacking nearly
$20,000 of its sth War Bond quota
every individual living in Coolidge
who has so far failed to buy at
least one bond and those persons
who can, by just a little sacrifice,
buy another one is urged to make
the purchase before final date of
the bond drive, July Bth.
Late yesterday total sales in
Coolidge amounted to $235,525 or
$19,475 below the community goal
of $255,000.
“Coolidge has never failed her
country,” Melvin Grossmiller, Cool
idge bond chairman declared today,
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LT. VIRGIL W. CHANDLER
Lt. Virgil W. Chandler, U.S.N.R.,
former Pinal county attorney and
Coolidge lawyer, is here on short
leave to visit his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. E. D. Chandler, after serving
nearly 16 months in the South Pa
cific... His wife, who went to San
Francisco to meet him, was ill with
influenza and could not accompany
him home for the short time he
will be here. Lt. Chandler is re
turning to the coast this week to
spend the remainder of his leave.
Elbert D. Cude
Receives Air Medal
Citation For Courage
Technical Sergeant Elbert D.
Cude, Coolidge, Arizona, a radio
operator on a B-17 Flying Fortress
has been awarded the Air Medal
for “meritorious achievement” on
bombing attacks over continental
Europe, according to word receiv
ed from AAF headquartters this
week.
The citation accompanying the
award read in part: “The courage,
coolness and skill displayed by this
enlisted man upon these occasions
reflect great credit upon himself
and the Armed Forces of the Unit
ed States.”
T-Sgt. Cude, son of Mrs. Ona
Cude, was graduated from Coolidge
High School in 1940. He received
his training at Las Vegas, Nevada
and Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
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Paper Collection
Slated Residential
District Tomorrow
Scrap paper will be collected in
the residential district north of
Central Avenue and East of Arizo
na Boulevard on Saturday, accord
ing to Glenn Wilson, chairman of
the drive.
If Coolidge citizens realized that
scrap paper is still a vital war nec
essity, Mr. Wilson said, he be
lieved there would be no difficulty
in collecting approximately 9 or 10
tons per month. “This sounds like
a lot for Coolidge,” he said; “but
figuring around 7 pounds of scrap
paper per household each month,
with a population of around 3,000,
it isn't too much.” At present a
bout two and one half tons of
scrap paper is being collected
monthly in Coolidge.
o
• Guests at the home of Dr. and
Mrs. Claude Jackson over last
weekend were Mr. and Mrs. E. E.
Robbins and two children, enroute
from San Antonio, Texas, to San
Francisco, California, to enter de
fense work.
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• P. W. Hamilton, Blythe, Calif
ornia, is spending a few days in
Coolidge on business.
COOLIDGE DAM
165,194 Acre Feet of
Water available
July 7, 1944; 10,631
Acre Feet Loss for
Week.
NUMBER 18
“and those individualy in Qoolidge
who have worked so tirelessly to
make this sth war bond drive a
success join with me in urging
every person to dig just a little
deeper, strain just a bit harder
and buy that extra war bond be
fore our drive officially closes to
morrow night.”
“The great . . . immediate dang
er ... on the home-front is the
spread of the idea that, because
of our initial success in France
and our successes in the South
Pacific, the war is about over,”
said Walter R. Bimson, State
Chairman, War Finance Commit
tee, today. “The continued spread
of this idea can do our cause as
much damage as the loss of a bat
tle. It can slacken our work at
home both in the production of
vital war equipment and in divert
ing money from war use . . . and
from the building up of a vast re
serve of purchasing power for
post-war years. To spread this
idea is to do just what Hilter
and Tojo would want us to do
. . . when the armed net of our
might is closing so grimly around
them. The naturally optimistic
American spirit is buoyed up be
cause we are on the Road to Victory
. . . BUT DO NOT LET OUR
EMOTIONS RUN AWAY WITH
US. The Road to Victory is a
LONG road. Beyond Europe is
Asia . . . with seven million ruth
less Japanese soldiers and a still
large fleet to liquidate. The Road
to Victory is a LONG road,” con
tinued Bimson, “and we all must
redouble our efforts in the same
spirit with which our fighting
forces are continuing their relent
less attacks in ever-mounting fury
after each gain they make. Let
us . . . each one individually . . .
take it as our duty to see that there
is no SLACKENING in any form
on our home front. The firmer
we keep our home-front . . . the
shorter that long road to victory
will become. The part that each
of us should play this week to keep
firm the home-front ... is to
make sure that, by Saturday night
. . . EVERY IDLE DOLLAR is in
the uniform of War Bonds When
the Invasion Bond Drive ends on
Saturday night ... let it end with
the honest knowledge that every
dollar you could spare has gone
to make this drive a success . . .
and to keetf firm the American
home-front.”
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School Library To
Be Open For Summer

The elementary school library.
South Grammar School, will be
open Wednesday of each week from
9 a. m. to 12 noon throughout the
summer, according to announce
ment of those in charge.
Each child will be allowed two
books' a week. If kept longer than
a week there will be a fine.
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PFC DAN WALLACE
Pfc. Dan Wallace is home on
furlough to visit his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. R. C. Wallace, after serv
ing for many months in the Medi
teranian area. He was twice wound
ed, first in action in the North
African theater of operations and
later on the Anzio Beachhead,
where he stepped on a mine. He
has recently been released from a
military hospital. Dan has lived
in Coolidge since he was a small
boy and has two brothers in the
service, Sgt. Raymond, and Lt.
Charles Wallace, both overseas.

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