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PETALUMA 'ARGUS COURIER Page Eight Saturday, June 2, 1945. Joseph Cotton and Ginger' coming, Spring picture, Byington "I'll Be at the Sering and Tuesday. 4 Million Farm Workers Needed Farm goals for 1945 call for a continued high rate of food according to the U. S. Department of production.

Agriculture. Four million farm workers are CALIFORNIA SUNDAY MONDAY and TUESDAY EIGHT DAYS OF PARADISE TOGETHER! Ginger ROGERS Joseph COTTEN Shirley TEMPLE BE SEEING YoU" Spring Released thro United Artists NOW PLAYING SUSANNA TURHAN ALAN BEY CURTIS FRISCO SAL -ALSOChallenge to a Lawless West! NEVADA BOB MITCHUM in scene from the forthRogers, a co-starring Shirley Temple California Theatre Sunday, Monday, needed to supplement the regular farm working force this year. including 1.500.000 youth and 750.000 women. The youth workels. 14.

through 17. are known as victory farm rolunteers. Women. 18 and over. will compose the women's land army.

Together other emergency farm workers they constitute the U. S. crop corps. None of these names represent actual organizations. but are merely designations for the groups they describe.

Nor can any one of these groups take all the credit for helping 10 save food SO vitally needed as a weapon of war. Workers have and will be again this year men and women from rural areas as well as- towns. -teen-age youngsters. college girls. school teachers.

clerks. stenographers, housewives and businessmen. Those who have the entire summer to spare should apply to their country agent or local farm empioyment office. Those who have less than the entire season to devote to patriotic farm workfor example. week-ends or a twoweek vacation period should stand by for the local call in their community.

TONIGHT Ernie Layton AND HIS ORCHESTRA Let's Dance Grand Floor Good Music Atmosphere MELODY BOWL -INPreston Laurel Foster STATE Hardy NOW PLAYING TOUGHY "THE BIG GANGSTER" -ALSO- NOISE" STARTS TOMORROW CONTINUOUS SHOW FROM 1:45 BING OF CROSS BOB CALLING TARS HARDI FUN SO LOOSE CARNIVAR, GREATEST LAUGH SHOW ON EARTH! ITS ALL NEW! ITS TERRIFIC! ALL ON ONE BIG PROGRAM! CHAPLIN MICKEY MOUSE Duck Proposed Auditorium, City Hall Sketches On Display To Boost Bond Issue Sketches of to be voted on nection with a view by the windew of The terest the well the proposed new city hall and civic auditorium, by the electorate on Tuesday, June 12, in $420.000 bond issue, have been placed for public city administration in the Kentucky street display Leader. Many people have already viewed with inprepared sketches which were drawn by J. Clar- ence Felciano, Santa Rosa tect. The city council informally viewed the sketches Thursday night. The architect's description.

of the two proposed buildings is given as follows: City Hall The proposed new Petaluma city hall is designed and planred to be the most modern and un-to-date builcing possible and will take advantage of all the technical progress and development resulting from the war. The architecture is contemporary modern. simple and practical. 3. straightforward expression of its function.

The building is part cne-and part two-story. and to be a fireproof building. reinforced concrete floors. walls and roof. and in so designed to lend itself easily alteration and addition.

The wall surfaces are embellished with colored brick which contrasts pleasantly. with the large. glass areas. The entrance is the predominant feature cf the design and is emphasized by its great glass areas at both front and rear. This permits a vista through the building to the garden and landscaped grounds leyond The plan is divided into three zones, trative.

the and the executive, the adminise law entoreand judicial departments. The council chamber, including the mayor's office and caucus are located on the second floor. This placing of the executive offices and council chamber serves to express the dignity becoming to the offices and officers in whom the people place their trust. and separates this phase of the city's function from the normal municipal business carried on by the public. All administrative offices are on the first floor and the offices having to do with most of the business between the public and the city are placed off the lobby in easy access to the citizens of the community.

This includes the city clerk and auditor. tax collector and assessor, and the city engineer and superintendent of streets. The police department. together with the judicial department is in I the remaining porticn of the building. The chief of police.

desk sergeant and court and judge's offices are so placed that they may be easily reached from the lobby or the side entrance. The cell block is placed in th most. inconspicuous part of the building and prisoners can be brought in either on foct Or in patrol cars without entering the main portion of the building. vision is made for the segregation of men. women and juvenile prisoners.

and the facilities provided are in strict conformance to the state laws so governing. All offices have a great abundance of natural light and ventilation and are designed with all facilities for their express purpos- and necessary function. The heating plant. extra storage spaces for records. and janitor's facilities are to b.

located in the basement of the building. The heating plant will be a split svstem to provide overall heating for all offices during the dav. and partial heating for the police department which functions 24 hours per day. In general. every effort has been made to provice a building which will be attractive.

modern. and function and perform to the best advantage for the cOm munitv. Auditorium And Recreational Building The proposed auditorium and recreation building is designed and planned to be a companion building to the city hall, though of separate function and purpose. It: too, is designed to take advantage of all the technical progress and development resulting from the war. The architecture of this build.

ing is contemporary modern like the city hall, and reinforced concrete with brick veneer. Steel trusses will support the roof over the main auditorium. The building is divided into two part, 1 the auditorium proper. NEW and USED Furniture, Rugs and Appliances Lower Prices Easy Terms GUY'S FURNITURE CO. 85 Main St.

Phone 748 Of Life Flashes Of Life IDAHO FALLS, Idaho--Sailor Russell Hayden, on board an aircraft carrier, wrote friends here that he received a letter from his brother, Ben Lynn Hayden, a sailor on another ship in the Pacific. "I seated myself in a cool, shady spot," Russell wrote," and anticipated enjoying the letter. I opened it and preceeded: 'Dear. Russ -whhoosh! A gust of wind and over the side goes the Perils of A Postman TOPEKA, Kas. Higgins, Topeka mail carrier, told of an attack by a roiled rooster -a bantam at that he made his regular rounds.

Higgins said he surrendered the yard unconditionally. Necessary Trip CHICAGO-Seven-year-old Jos. Le Joy, clad pajamas and shoes, boarded a street car late last night, told Conductor Chester Lenz: "I've just left the hospital and I'm going home." Lenz called police and they turned him over to his mother, Mrs. Eleanor Graham. She explained Joseph's reason for leaving the hospital--he climbed down the out walls from a second floor ward.

He didn't want to undergo a tonsillectomy scheduled for toGraham the operation would be postponed. NEW YORK-Avenue and Fourth street, on the city's east side, became the most stuck up neighborhood in town Friday. A large barrel of mucilage fell off a truck, burst, mired automobiles, tripped an ice-wagon horse and pestered sticky civilians. That's. Better TONOPAH, Nev.

several days went by without action on his request for a furlough, Otto Vanek of Berwyn, took the matter up with the personnel office of the Tonopah army air field. "We tore that up," a clerk told the sergeant. Then, noting his dismayed look, the clerk added: "Your overseas service makes you eligible for a discharge. We're going to send you on a permanent furlough." LYON FALLS, N. Battlett caught a jewel of a bullhead--inside the fish was a white sapphire later valued at $75.

Doggy War BINGHAMPTON, N. -The war is going to the dogs- names of canine pets registered censes with the city clerk include Snafu, Ike and Jeep. A Ringer SALT LAKE CITY -Steve Gogo has filed suit for $24,420 against the Denver and Rio Grande Westtern railroad. He claims he was struck the equine footgear thrown by another employe during a horseshoe game. Patriotic Come -On LINCOLN, Neb.

War bond salesman have devised a new way to promote business at the nearby army air field. A gunner, entering a telephone booth, observed "Helen" printed on the wall alongside a telephone number. When he called he was greeted by a female voice: "Hereafter save your nickels and buy war Personal Item Dedication of Little River airport in Mendocino couty, 25 miles south of Fort Bragg. will take place tomorrow at a public cere. mony and air show.

Twenty-five fighter bombers from the Santa Rosa naval auxiliary air station will participate. into two parts to function separately or together, one portion to heat the hobby wing and the other the auditorium wing In general the building is an all-purpose building designed to the varied cultural, recreational and sporting interests of the citizens of Petaluma. Roasting is believed to destroy part of the vitamin A value ot beef. All kinds of teed. M.

Barlas Funeral Notices PITNER-In Santa Rosa, June 1945, Orrin, beloved husband of Bernice Pitner of Petaluma; loving father of Orrin Pitner Dale Pitner, Zella Fern Pitner, Gloria Pitner of Petaluma; son of Mr. and Mrs. Spry Pitner of Kelsey; brother of Bert Pitner of Oakland; a native of aged 53 years. Friends and acquaintances are respectfully invited to attend the funeral Monday, June 4, 1945 at 2 p. m.

at the chapel of Blackburn Sorensen. Interment in Cypress Hill Memorial EGG CITY CAFE WILL BE CLOSED JUNE 3rd until JUNE 10th Inclusive To install new equipment and make repairs Wounded Wounded Wounded on April 8 in the battle of Okinawa, Private Arthur J. Paula is in a base nospital "somewhere" in Hawaii. He is now greatly improved, according to word received here by his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs.

H. J. Paula, with whom he had made his home since four years old. He is the son of Mrs. Margaret Anderpen, of Gridley, and the late Manuel Paula Jr.

-Sunset Studio photo. Egg Needs For Army, Navy Hard To Fill Poultry Producers' Weekly News Letter, in its May 23 issue, published the following article which will he of interest to Petaluma poultrymen: "The Quartermaster Market ('enter (government purchasing agency for army and navy food needs) is meeting with considerable difficulty in obtaining its egg requirements--not only here but. in all sections of the counry- in spite of the fact that it recently resorted to the of priorities on nearly all receivers of eggs throughout the country. "These priorities call for a specific numberof cases of eggs from each receiver each week for a period of. ten weeks.

A few receivers have escaped this dragnet, but mighty few. according to The Producers' Price-Current (New York) of May 18th, which goes on to say: "The Army is taking Procurement 1 and 2 on all sizes, including peewees and pullets, and fresh or storage eggs. All either eggs in metropolitan wareholuses are now completely tied up as or early this morning until New York City hospitals obtain the specified number of 572 cases called for by the priorities issued yesterday by WFA "This. of course, is only a temporary, though hospitals undoubtedly will require a speciried number of cases each week. probably on an accelerating scale as hospitals from more outlying districts come into the picture.

"The War Food Administration has announced that its allocation of 1,000.000 cases of shell eggs to the United Kingdom has been cancelled because of the scarcity of shell eggs and that this allocation has been replaced by one of an equivalent amount of dried eggs-approximately 10,000,000 lbs. -the powPer now being available in warehouses. Of course, everyone knows that the WFA would have found it practically impossible to obtain the 1.000,000 cases, the change to not only necessary but practically unavoidable" "These priorities have extended to purchases of eggs cn the PaciTic coast and packers are confronted with orders which are even larger and of more importance than many of the orders placed with egg packers in other sections of the country-- due to the fact that Pacific coast eggs are preferred for shipment across the Pacific to the South Seas figthing zones. Neighborly Neighbors Neighbors AM I DRUMMIN' UP ALL THEM CUSTOMERS, NOW LOOK AT THIS MESS TAKE ME TILL TOMORROW LUNCHTIME TO GET 'EM JUST IN TIME TO GET 'EM DIRTY AGAIN Navyman Navyman Herman Paganetti, son of Mrs. Lena Paganetti, of Marshall, enlisted in the navy soon after he graduated from high school in January.

He is now stationed San Diego. Ensign William L. Peck, son of Stanley and Grace D. Peck, of 644 street, was recently commissioned an ensign in the U. S.

naval reserve following graduation from the naval air training base at Corpus Christi, Texas. He is a former student of the Santa Rosa Junior college and a graduate of the Petaluma high school. and the recreation hobby wing These are or icined feature by a will be memorial foyer, whose great expanse of glass at each end. The foyer is designed for the featuring and display of various mementos. placques, and flags of interest to the community.

The foyer is common to both auditorinni and recreation wing, and i3 that either wing can be opferated separately. The aucitorium has a seating capacity about 1.450 persons. The main floor has movable sehts and a seating capacity of 800. and the stadia portion has 750 will permanent hava seats. The main floor a maple floor and is 64x96 feet and is sufficiently large to play basketball.

as well as to held large dances. conventions. boxing and wrestling matches, badminton. voiley ball, and many other indoor athletic con tests "The auditorium ha: a large stage, 36 feet wide by 6,4 feet long. and is ample for the larstage productions.

it will he fully rigged, having a grid and smoke tower. At each side of the stage are the team Or dressing rooms with shower and toilet facilities. A stage work shop, together with the fan and boiler room are in this location as well. The hobby wing of the building contains three- large- all-purpose rooms to be for crafts, hobbies. lectures.

committee meetings. and camera and other exhibitions. The lecture-hobby room is 34 feet wide, 45 feet long. and has a seating capacity of 220 persons and equipped with a small stage 01' lecture platform. The seats are movable, with storage for the same under the stage.

This room can be used for banquests. hobbies of various sorts, as all exhibition room. and for large committee meetings. The other two large rooms are rooms for crafts and hobbies or smaller committee meetings. A kitchen is located in this wing to serve the lecture-hobby room mainly, but is accessible to all parts of the building.

The main toilet facilities serving the whole building are in this wing and 50 arranged that when the hobby wing is being used the auditorium wing can be closed off. The heating will be divided I WELL. A'SMART HE SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT OF ALL THIS BEFORE HE WENT IN DREAMING UP. BRIGHT IDEAS OF HOW HUNGRY CLISTOMERS INTO HIS FEED Pilot Escapes From Burning Plane Parachuting to safety after maneuvering his blazing plane over the outskirts of Petaluma, a Santa Rosa army airbase fighter pilot escaped on Thursday night with a slightly bruised hip when his twin-engined plane crashed, in town. a field eight miles The pilot, Captain Hollis Roofner, of Kittanning, 'chuted' to safety on the Joe Moreda ranch in Hicks valley after several unsuccessful attempts to extinguish an engine fire and his plane later found on the Cal Cannon ranch in Two Rock valley.

Realizing that he would endanger the lives of many civilians MORE SAVERS NEEDED USED FAT THE NEARER WE GET TO JAPAN THE GREATER OUR NEED FOR WAR MATERIALS, MEDICINES, AND ING OTHER SUPPLIES USED FAT HELPS TO MAKE! SAVE AND TURN IN USED FAT GET CASH AND EXTRA RATION FOR AP Newsfeatures TO PACK 6-2 PALACE MORRIS lin the city if he abandoned the plane over town, the pilot fought the plane to a. safe distance be fore leaping, the Santa Rosa air base reported. He was picked WI by Moreda and his sons and Henry Ielmorini, and was to the Ielmorini home in Chilend valley where a detail from the airbase called for him. Captain Roofner was a leader of a training fight when the motor of his plane burst into flames. Skirt Hangers.

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