Reno Gazette-Journal from Reno, Nevada • Page 11

June 18, 1943 RENO EVENING GAZETTE 100 MEXICAN WORKERS NOW ON NEVADA FARMS COMMERCIAL EXECUTIVES TO MEET AT LAKE TAHOE Fire Hazard In Reno Told Vacant Lots Said Menace TWO YOUNGSTERS SEE LONG SHOW LOS ANGELES Six-year-old Jerry Larrimore and sister Arleen, five, went to the theater when it opened in the morning. The janitor found them at midnight after they'd watched seven features, four news reels, four government shorts, four cartoons, a preview and a stage show. Mrs. Anna Larrimore, their mother, said Jerry yawned when police brought them home then asked: "Can we go back tomorrow, mom?" Governor Leaves For Ohio Session CARSON, June 18. Gov.

E. P. Carville left Carson Thursday for Columbus, Ohio, where he will attend the national conference of governors. He is expected to be gone about ten days. The Mexican workers in Nevada are among a large group being brought into the country through an arrangement between the governments of the two nations.

Overall national arrangements are made by the war food administration. The farnr security administration provides and arranges for transportation and is responsible for workers' care while they are in this country. The extension service arranges for the placing of the men on farms. As head of the farm security administration in Nevada, Dan Ron-now of Reno is in charge of contracts, housing accommodations, and similar matters, and makes reports concerning them to the Mexican government. Each rancher using Mexican labor must maintain certain housing and living standards, which are inspected by the farm security administration.

Standards required are those afforded other farm workers and in keeping with customary practices. The importees are paid the prevailing farm wage in the community in which they work, according to the international agreement. Each contract is for ninety days, at the end of which the laborer is eligible to enter into another contract or return to Mexico, whichever he- wishes. Red Artillery Halts Germans Nazi Bombers Are Shot Down LONDON, June 18. UP) Red army artillery and mortar batteries smashed two companies of German infantry on the Leningrad front and seven Nazi bombers were brought down in aerial combat and by antiaircraft fire on that city's approaches last night, the Russian noon communique announced today.

POSTS DESTROYED Nineteen German blockhouses and observation posts also were destroyed in the Leningrad area by Russian gunfire, the war bulletin said. It was recorded here by the Soviet radio monitor from a Moscow broadcast. Clashes between reconnaissance parties were reported all along the line. One Red army unit was credited with destruction of about a company of Germans in the Sevsk area, west of Kursk. It was in this region that the Berlin radio said the Russians were massing troops for another offensive, a claim not borne out by any Rus-sion announcement.

NAZI LOSSES TOLD Two German planes were brought down in the Sevsk sector and one Russian pilot destroyed fourteen Nazi supply trucks in the campaign to cut down the German stores in the Russian front, the noon bulletin said. The midnight communique said that despite fresh troops thrown into the attack, the Germans northwest of Mtsensk have been unable to regain last positions and have suffered heavily in man power and material losses. This action is in the area around Orel, the battlefront "hinge" where each side has asserted the other has offensives in the making. On Monday morning at the special combination meeting at 10:20 o'clock James P. Blaisdell, area director for the war manpower commission, San Francisco, will speak on "Manpower." The remaining sessions held at that time during the week will be "Practical Public Speaking," conducted by Frank H.

Beckmann, general manager of Beckmann, Hollister and company of San Francisco. On Tuesday afternoon, when the two groups meet together, Frank Fogarty, general manager of the Omaha chamber of commerce, will conduct a lecture in "Publicity and Public Relations." Monday through Friday, at four to 4:50 o'clock round-table discussions will be conducted for each group in separate classes. The trade association discussion will be conducted by James E. Fri, dean of the trade school and past president of the American Trade Association executives, and the chamber of commerce discussions will be conducted by Ben B. Law-she, manager of the commercial organizations department, chamber of commerce, Washington, D.

C. The remainder of the institute will be devoted to classes for both the trade and the commercial groups. During recreation time and class hours the members of the institute will wear sport clothes. Tate Williams, secretary of the Nevada retail merchants association, and E. Walker, manager of the Reno chamber of commerce, will act as chairmen of the trade association reception committee and the chamber of commerce reception committee, respectively.

'Slip' Madigan Gets New Post Iowa City. June 18. LT)- Edward P. "Slip" Madigan, head football coach at St. Mary's college In California for ninteen years, today was named head coach at the state University of Iowa, succeeding Dr.

Edward N. Anderson, now a major in the army. Madigan, 46, is expected to arrive July 1, the board in control of athletics at the university said in making the announcement. Summer football practice will be held as soon as he arrives. EXCELLENT FOOD Sensible Prices Open Daily Except Tuesday UNIQUE CAFE 216 North Virginia St.

DOZEN Saturday SATURDAY TELEPHONE 23411 A OF PLANT 5c Your choice of TOMATOES, PEPPERS. CELERY, SNAP DRAGON, PETUNIA, CALENDULA, MARIGOLD and STOCK. Also Fast Growing TOMATOES, at 4 One hundred farm laborers from Mexico are now at work on ranches in Nevada. Imported by the U. S.

government to assist in the production of food needed in the war effort, the Mexicans are now on farms and ranches in Elko, Humboldt, and Douglas counties. Four hundred more Mexicans for farm work will arrive in the state the first part of July, according to Otto Schulz, farm labor supervisor of the University of Nevada agricultural extension service, which is in charge, of the farm labor program in the state. Contracts for nearly all of them have been signed by Nevada farmers and the full quota is expected to be spoken for by the end of this week. Reports from farmers reaching Schulz indicate that the Mexicans like their new jobs and are especially pleased with Nevada farm meals. The Mexican workers, in addition to the regular transient farm labor supply, the victory farm volunteers of high school students, and other local sources, he said, are giving a big lift to Nevada food production.

Many more persons for farm work in the state are needed, however, and additional workers among townspeople are being sought. LASSEN TEACHER JOINS MARINES Helen Virginia Honsberger, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar P. Honsberger of 1007 Roop street, Susanville, has been accepted in the United States Marine corps women's reserve and will soon be called to active duty at Hunter College, New York City, according to word received at the local recruiting sub-station.

Before enlisting, Miss Hons-berger wa sa teacher in the Susanville school and had graduated from the College of Pacific. When in school she was a member of the Tau Kappa Kappa sorority. Dr. Macdonald Funeral Is Held Funeral services were held today for Dr. Reginald Macdonald, long-time Nevada physician who died Sunday at a local hospital.

The Masonic rites were conducted by the officers of Reno lodge No. 35, with Lyman R. Vawter mnfer and the Rev. F. C.

Murgotten chaplain. Soloist was Mrs. Marguerite West and organist was Mrs. Lula Grimmer. Pallbearers were Dr.

C. E. Pier-sail, Mortimer W. Risley, Lloyd L. McCloud, Robert Quivey, Stanley Woolcock and W.

F. Fisher, Burial was in the Masonic cemetery. French Freedom His Prediction ALGIERS, June 18. JP) "Our country hears the cannon of her liberators approaching," Gen. Charles De Gaulle declared tonight in a speech for broadcast to the French marking the third anniversary of the birth of Fighting France.

Three years after he announced that Fighting France would surmount disaster and continue to victory, he said "Our aims are the vanquishing of the enemy, liberation of territory and national rejuvenation by democracy and liberty." He said that "events of the war have given proof day after day of English heroism, Russian valor and American power." 3IEMORIAL SERVICES Members of the Canton and ladies' auxiliary of the Reno IOOF will meet Sunday morning at nine o'clock at the Odd Fellows hall to go in a body to the cemetery for memorial services, H. C. Anderson, captain, announced today. SERVICES HELD Private funeral services for George Johnstone, who died earlier this week, were held in Yerington this afternoon. The body was accompanied to East Lawn cemetery, Sacramento, for cremation.

Til LIL1 ES rnrSk With more than 160 attending, the annual session of the Western Institute for Commercial and Trade Association executives will open Sunday at Chamber's lodge, Lake Tahoe with the get-together dinner at 7:30 p. m. sponsored by the Reno chamber of commerce. First guest speaker during the business session will be Alan Bible, attorney general for the state of Nevada. Other guest speakers are Kinsey M.

Robinson, president of the Washington State Water Power company; William J. Moll, consumer analyst for committee on economic development, United States chamber of commerce; Ralph L. Carr, former governor, state of Colorado, and Geoffrey F. Morgan, manager, speakers' bureau, Douglas Aircraft company. Bible will speak on "The Fifth Robinson on Tuesday, "Power for Victory and Moll on Wednesday, "Post-war Carr on Thursday, "Whose Public Land?" and on Friday, Morgan, "Air Power for Victory." Second dinner will be sponsored by chamber of commerce of Berkeley, Oakland, Sacramento, and San Francisco, and is known as the regional hosts' dinner, to be held Wednesday night.

The delegates of both trade and commercial groups will register on Sunday at two o'clock in the afternoon for classes and round table discussions to be held throughout the week. Each day the entire student body will hold combination meetings starting at 10:20 a. m. lasting until 11:10, when they will gather to hear the guest speakers at 11:20, after which lunch and then another combination class lasting from two to 2:50 p. m.

Church Group Has Meeting VERDI, June 18. (Special) Members of the Verdi Community church met Wednesday evening at the home of Mrs. Bertha Berg, where an evening of song service was enjoyed. Refreshments were served at the close of the evening to Mrs. Eva Ubbins, Mrs.

Jess Ro-den, Mrs. C. G. Powning, Mrs. Mabel Adams, Mrs.

Bertha Berg, Mary Sue Roden, and the Rev. A. L. Anderson. Biily Christy of Lodi, is visiting at the home of Mr.

and Mrs. H. M. Ubbins and family. Mrs.

E. P. Tankersley and children, Marilyn and Edwina, left Wednesday for San Jose, where they will make their future home. Private Joe Gavica of Smoky Hill air field, Salina, is spending a ten-day furlough visiting at the home of his father, Domingo Gavica. The Verdi defense council met Tuesday evening in the school auditorium.

In the absence of the chairman, H. L. Dixon, the meeting was conducted by the secretary, Mrs. Eva Ubbins. A class in first aid wil lbe started Tuesday evening, June 22, in the school auditorium.

Captain Joe Mosconi of the Reno fire department will be the instructor. The date for the next meeting night of the defense council will be announced later. Those attending were Messrs. Henry Mosconi, Chris Garson, Andrew Garson; Mrs. Eva Ubbins, Mrs.

Lester Nicholas, and the Rev. A. L. Anderson. Dorothy Houlahan of Salt Lake City, Utah, is visiting for a few days at the home of Mr.

and Mrs. Oran Fanning of Verdi Glenn. Mr. and Mrs. Clark Norris, Bub Norris, Kathleen Norris, and Mrs.

Eva Uuttrell, all of Sparks, and Mrs. Eva Ubbins and Mrs. Jess Ro den, both of Verdi, motored to Cool, Sunday where they visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Atwater and family.

Jeanette and Wayne Hoover of Reno are visiting friends and relatives in Verdi for a few days. Delegates from Verdi who attended the "School of Instruction" held by the Rebekah assembly in Reno, Monday, were Mrs. Avella Jackman, Mrs. Catherine Walker, Mrs. Anna Holstrom, and Mrs.

Lillian Perry. Mrs. Bertha Berg left Wednesday for Westwood, where she will visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Carlson and family for several days.

Corporal Speaks At Lion Meeting WINNEMUCCA, June 18. Corporal Gordon Hawkins was the guest speaker at a meeting of the Lions club Wednesday noon. Corporal Hawkins, who is a technician fifth grade, told of his training with the army tank destroyer division at Camp Hood, Tex. Plans were made for a joint installation of officers and ladies' night to be held July 7. Hallie S.

Eddy was appointed chairman and will be assisted by Gene Compton and John Fransway, in making the arrangements. Charles Osborne, president of the group, introduced Ernest Damon as a new member and O. B. Hayes as a visiting Lion from Fire Chief George M. Twaddle today issued a warning against allowing vacant lots in the city to become fire hazards.

The first serious brush fire of the year was reported by the central station at 3:30 p. m. on Thursday at vacant property at West Eleventh and Oak streets, and Chief Twaddle said the initial open land blaze should serve as an indication of possible future fires. The blaze on Thursday, while held under control before adjacent property was damaged, was stubborn and Was not extinguished until firemen had spent more than half an hour battling the flames, the chief reported. He said the cause of the blaze could be attributed to a carelessly thrown cigarette.

Warmer weather has dried many fields in the city limits and has created fire hazards in each case, Twaddle said. The manpower shortage is responsible for few of the fields being cleared of weeds and grass, he states. Much of Reno's vacant property is owned by persons residing in other parts of the country and therefore the local hazard situation is not known by them, according to the fire chief. Chief Twaddle urged today that all local owners of vacant lots take steps to clear the land of bronco grass, weeds and other combustible materials. Honor Roll Is Announced CARSON, June 18.

Eight Carson high school students' names have been placed on the honor roll for perfect attendance during the past year, according to Charles Priest, superintendent of schools. Those who attained the honor were Moss Helen Little, Betty Schulz, Bernice West, Meredith Howard, Phyllis Miller, Mary Schulz, Leslie Harvey and Aillen Hawkins. Having a perfect record of at tendance for the second semester of the school year were Joe Stir-man, Moss Helen Little, Patricia Norton, Betty Schulz, Bernice Howard, Phyllis Miller, Meredith Howard, Mary Schulz, Leslie Har vey and Aileen Hawkins. Listed on the A honor roll for the semester were Frank Cliff, Moss Helen Little, Margaret Mc- Cracken, Patricia Norton, Mary Lee Scott, Barbara Beming, Lucy Booth, Frances Butti, Frank Myers, Shirley Buell, Marcelline Chartz, Leslie Harvey and Elinore Pohl. Those on the plus or more honor roll for the fourth quarter were William Hancock, Sydney Mason, Joe Stirman, Dorothy Wig-ton, Barbara Beming, Betty Jean Lamb, Alice Meckes, Jean San-ford, Violet Yee, Marie Aveler, Theresa Ttchart, Robyn Harney, Aileen Hawkins, Hattie Keaster, Elinore Pohl, Marilyn Pruett, Henrietta Roberts and Phyllis Schumacher.

Fire Near Sparks Is Being Fought A fire above the Spark's city dump near the Keller wrecking yard which started shortly before noon, was being suppressed by a combined force of the Sparks fire department and members of the grazing service. The blaze was evidently caused by fire spread from the dump grounds, which is continually burning, to the cheat grass in that area, according to word sent from the scene to the local grazing service office by Virgil L. Bottini, regional fire supervisor. Fred Rosberg Taken by Death Fred Rosberg, long-time Reno resident, died at a local hospital Thursday night, just one day after his sixty-ninth birthday. He was a native of Sweden.

Nothing is known of any relatives. Funeral arrangements are in charge of the O'Brien-Rogers company. LEAVES FOR DUTY Ensign James M. Glynn of the United States naval air service, will leave Reno this evening for San Diego, where he will report for active duty after spending a few days leave here with his parents, City Engineer nd Mrs. James Glynn.

LET US MAKE YOUR VENETIANS Like New By Repainting or Cleaning WAXING REROPING RETAPING REPAIRING VENETIAN BLIND SERVICE Art Edmonds 501 W. 11th St. Phone 6027 U. S. Engineers Seeking Men The only branch of the army, other than the air forces, that men of draft age can volunteer for service is the United States army corps of engineers, it was announced today.

The engineers will accept men with certain skills that eniist through the local selective service board. After enlistment, they will be sent to Salt Lake for processing and then entrained to an engineers' training center. The corps will also accept men between thirty-eight and fifty who have specialized skills and can pass the physical examination. In all cases, however, after finishing basic training the men will be placed in positions that fit individual skills, it was announced. Information concerning the engineer corps can be obtained from the local recruiting station in the postoffice building or through the district corps of engineers office at 1208 Eighth street in Sacramento.

Baha'i Series To Start Here Mrs. Florence Mayberry will speak to the public tomorrow night on behalf of the Baha'is of Reno on "Independent Investigation of Truth" in the chamber of commerce room of the State building. This talk will introduce a series of speeches upon the twelve principles of the Baha'i faith. Last Wednesday night Winston Evans of Nashville, was guest speaker at a fireside meeting held at the home of Mrs. Gladys Bodmer.

People attending the discussion were Mr. and Mrs. Alfred. Smith, Mr. and Mrs.

Richard Walton, Mr. and Mrs. David Mayberry, Mesdames Caldwell, Hargrave, Jone, Velma Patton, Margery Dixon, Sallie Hombeck, Edward G. Bode, Eleanor Adler and Myrtle Robinette, also Misses Elois Allen and Helen Griffing, Mr. Winston Evans, Mr.

J. R. Hamlet, Mr. Holloway, Mr. Ralph Arbeloa, Mr.

Ray Cheatham and Mr. Robert Imagire. When You Think CHIROPRACTIC Think DR. W. L.

HEATH Successor to Dr. Rex Arlo Crider 227 West First Street Phone 8652 NEUROCALOGRAPH X-RAY Soldier Here On Brief Leave Ed Nichols, president of the Sierra Nevada Baseball league and prominently identified with sports activity of Nevada, is spending a three-day furlough in Reno, having arrived from a west coast army base on Thursday. Now a corporal, Nichols is serving with an ordnance supply depot unit. Prior to entering the army, he was employed by the Reno Motor Supply company. His wife has continued to reside in Reno.

special fgpZT On Sale OPEN TILL 9:00 127-141 SIERRA STREET treat for FIRE COMPANY 80 YEARS OLD CARSON, June vl8. Members of the Warren engine company of Carson celebrated the eightieth anniversary of the founding of the fire-fighting unit here Thursday with a banquet at the engine house. The company was founded on June 17, 1863, and has been in continuous existence since that time. E. E.

Meder, president, presided at the banquet. The oldest member in point of service, Jess Newnham, was present at the dinner, and was introduced, as were three other members who have served for more than forty years, Joe Stern, Charles Cripper and Dean Smith. Four other forty-year members were unable to be present. They are Clarence Mannagan, Fred Kitzmeyer, Wallace Evans and Pete Crow. Generals Visit Vegas Air Field LAS VEGAS, June 18 Two generals visited at the local bombing and gunnery range last week, to confer with Brigadier General Martinus Stenseth.

The generals were Barton K. Yount, who is in charge of training activities for the United States army air forces, with offices in Washington, D. and General Ralph Cousins, commander of the west coast training center. Both of the men aided in establishing the local school, and have visited here many times during the year. After leaving Las Vegas, they visited other west coast training camps.

Gamier Funeral To Be at Church Last rites for Albert Gamier will be held Saturday morning at 9:30 o'clock at the O'Brien-Rogers chapel, thence to St. Thomas Aquinas cathedral where a requiem mass will start at ten o'clock. Burial will be in St. Thomas cemetery. Recitation of the rosary will be held this evening at 7:30 o'clock at the chapel.

Mr. Gamier died Wednesday night at a local hospital after a long illness. He was a carpenter by trade and had lived in Reno for thirty years. Humboldt Station To Close June 24 'WINNEMUCCA, June 18. An announcement has been made stating that the navy recruiting station at Winnemucca will be closed June' 24, as the number of possible enlistees from this area has practically been exhausted, recruiting officials said.

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