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Write to a Friend ,
A1 E. Camerlin. Jr., SP (Q) 2^c,
Somewhere in the Pacific.Dear Al:
Well, the baseball season has
started and the tomato season is
about over. The only thing is that
the tomato season was over monthsago but we never knew it. What aheadache!
The Nogales Internationals lastSunday got two runs, four hits, oneerror and four men left on base.The Tomateros for the season gotno runs. NO HITS (and that’s forsure), and so many errors we losttrack, and before the season endsevery Tomatero will be off his base—well, nearly everyone anyhow.Some were off before it started.
Most of us never got to first base,
and darn few got to the First Na-tional.
You being an old member of the
Internationals probably would like
to know something about the ballgame last Sunday. So would I,
even though I was there.Anyhow, they were beaten by the
Marana Air Base team. Maranahad too much pitch, too much hit.
We had no hit, not too much pitch.I got the tip-off on our pitcher
“Lefty Ybarra” before the game
started. He was warming up and I
was calling ’em behind the catcher,
and his “fast” one went wild and
cracked me on the shin-bone. I
thought a mosquito bit me and I
told Pete Abadie “ifthat’s chat guy’sfast. one. it’s about as fast as theSud Pacifico’s rapida. These guysfrom Marana will hit it to Em-
palme.” Well, I was wrong. Theydidn't hit it to Empalme. They hit
it to Culiacan. It came up to the
plate as big as a watermelon, andwhen it left their bats it looked likea six by seven tomato (Bill Agguirfe
pack).Chuy Astiazaran had tough luck.
He was tapping a guy out at firstand broke his wrist. Same thing
happened to Andy Bookas, but he
was tapping a guy for fifty and theguy broke Andy's wrist. Now Andy
has to deal with one hand.The American Legion is doing a
swell thing here and elsewhere in
the country, organizing ball teams
for kids under 17 years—something
we've needed here in Nogales.Your dad and the gang at the
fire house are all fine. They haven’t
had a workout at a fire since New-
berry's burned out. except the other
night they were called across the
line to the Cavern. But it was a
false alarm.It seems Al Breslau, the “Mixer
of Ceremonies” was curling his
hair with an electric curler and the
machine got a hot-box trying to
find his curls.Best regards,
MARTY. !P.S.—Maybe I was wrong about
that pitcher not having a fast ball.Igot a lump On my shin as big as a
grapefruit, and it’s the color of an
over-ripe avocado. his fast
one is like the Concordia’s whiskey—you don't feel it until three or four
days after.
Apaches In TrackMeet AtTucson Saturday
The Nogales High School trackteam will journey to Tucson tomor- ,
row to enter the all Southern Con- .
ference track meet. If the Apaches iplace first, second or third they will;then be ready for University WeekMay 5-6.
Boys now' out for track are Ramon |Baldenegro. bar jump-relay; George ;King. 100-200 relay; Eddie Stoller, jdiscus: Hector Puchi, 880, 220 re-
lay; George Crowe, 100. 220 relay;
Bobby Lopez, 440 relay; Joe Lopez,
mile relay; Gerald Underwood, distance; F. J. Baffert, sprints; Oc-
tavio Salgado, sprints; Archie 'Scrivner, sprints; Justin Capin,
sprints; Peter Embrick. 220 relay; jRigrberto Gomez, sprints; and Al-fred Taylor, sprints.
Arizonans ToCelebrateCinco De Mayo
Arizonans were asked in a procla- jmaticn by Governor Osborn this!week to join Mexico in observing jCinco de Mayo next Friday on the |82nd anniversary of the battle- ofPuebla, in which the Mexican army
defeated Emperor Maximilian.Reaffirming the “democratic
bonds of friendship between the
United States and Mexico, the gov-
ernor reiterated a pledge of goodwill toward the people and govern-
ment of Mexico.
MANY HAPPYRETURNS
Mrs. Grace Berk of Tucson, for-merly of Nogales, April 22.
Michael Shestko, 46 on April 29.
VOL. 19—NO. 49 NOGALES, ARIZ., FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 1944
LARGEST INSTRUMENT REEDFACTORY IN WORID WILL BE
ESTABLISHED AT NOGALESRay E. Hulburt Flies To New York City To Complete
Arrangements For Shipping EquipmentOs French-American Company
The world’s largest instrumentreed factory soon will be estab-
lished in Nogales, according toRay E. Hulburt who left Tuesday
by plane for New York City toarrange for shipping machineryof the French-American corpora-tion to the border.
Hulburt, musician and reed man-ufacturer who first came here from
San Francisco around two years
ago, said that the French-
American company has turned its
Aviation PioneerTo Be AtLocal Airport
Charles Mayze, 55, pioneer in avia-tion, will have charge 1 of the shopand maintenance at the new NogalesInternational Airport, it was an-nounce Saturday by William Beatus.owner of Rancho Grande, who re-cently purchased the lease on theairport from James H. Pierce, whowill continue as manager. ,
The airport has been improved bythe government the past severalmonths at an expense of $750,000.and more work is planned. The mainrunway is 6,200 feet long.
Mayze, who was a guest at RanchoGrande the past weekend with hiswife and nine year old daughterCharleen. began his flying career in1920 in Oklahoma, flew in Mexicofor years, took the first airplane intoHonduras in 1923, and opened thefirst aviation school in Arizona, atTucson, the Mayze Airport.
He has been flying continuouslyfor 24 years, has had 11,861 hours offlying, has never been in an accidentand has never hurt anyone. Recent-ly he has been flying civil air patrolbetween Phoenix and Blythe, Calif.He was bcrn in Indian Territoryand was a close friend of the lateWill Rogers, famous humorist. Heowns a Bellanca plane.
Cousin Os FDRTo AddressRotary Here Today
Douglas Robinson of Tucson, rela-tive of President Franklin D. Roose-velt, and consultant of the CAP.will be the guest of William Beatusof Rancho Grande and will addressthe Nogales Rotary Club today noonon “Future of Private Flying andPossibilities in Your Community.”
He will come here in his ownplane and will be picked up at theNew Nogales airport by Mr. Beatus.
Eastern factory over to the makingof plastics and its reed making de-partment will be continued in thislocality near the Mexican source ofsupply of cane used as raw material.Hulbert will have charge of the
French-American plant, and will[also continue to make his own Nu-
Chromatic reeds in his workshopalready established here.
In preparation for the enlarged
I operations, Hulburt has spent the| past few months importing andcuring Mexican cane for use in both
factories. He now has about three
carloads on hand and considers thesupply adequate for about one year.
Hulburt expects his trip to the
East to complete arrangements formoving equipment, and other busi-
ness will require about a month.
Pittsburgh PaperTells Os BraveryOs Local Boy
For bravery in the fighting at
Bougainville, Solomon Islands. StaffSgt. Stephen Simpson. 23-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Simp-
son, 1086 Grand avenue, was givenconsiderable publicity in the April15th edition of the Pittsburgh, Pa.,
Courier.A member of the 25th Infantry
medical detachment of the 93d Di-vision. Simpson got his training atFort Huachuca and FitzsimmonsGeneral Hospital at Denver, before
going to the South Pacific.Telling how Simpson helped carry
a wounded officer to safety deep inthe jungles, the Pittsburgh papersaid:
“Sgt. Simpson, under fire, crawledwithin several yards of Jap machineguns and hurled grenades. Theguns were silenced. He and two
others spirited their patient awayinto the jungle. Remaining- therethrough the night, they guardedhim through long and dangerous
hours. In the jungle it is kill orbe killed.”
Mitchell OnDraft Board
A. J. Mitchell has been appointed ;by General A. M. Tuthill, state di-
rector of Selective Service, as amember of the Santa Cruz County
Selective Service Board to succeedMajor George Horrall. resigned.
Horrall succeeded the late E. F.Bohlinger a year ago last January.
Other members of the board, allof whom have served for the pastthree and one half years, are JamesV. Robins, chairman; T. E. Heady,Harry Stevens .and Craig Pottinger. I
Sec y Os State Certifies To CountyRecorders List Os Democratic AndGOP Candidates For July 18 Primary
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PABLO L. ACEVEDO
Pvt. Albert John Arens. 19-year-! old son of Mrs. Elisa Arens of Pat-iagcnia, was inducted into the Armyin June of last year and is now be-lieved to be overseas after having-been stationed at Fort Ord, Calif, jHe was born at Hermosillo Oct. 25,
1925. and is a brother of Henry andWilly Arens. He was home on fur-lough in December.
Pvt. Ernest Y. Acevedo. 25, sonof Mrs. Dolores Acevedo and thelate Roman Acevedo, was inductedinto the Army Dec. 2, 1942, and isnow at Camp Claiborne. La. He wasborn at Tucson Jan. 14, 1919. and isa brother of Emelina, Natalia and
Roman Acevedo. His wife is LuciaL. Acevedo. He was home on fur-lough in December.
Pfc. Pablo L. Acevedo. 24, was(inducted into the Army Oct. 23,,
j 1942. and was shipped overseas lasti fall. He is now somewhere in North
-Africa. He is a brother of Esther,!
[Rita, and Librada Lopez. He washeme on furlough last October. He ¦is an orphan and was born at Har- 1shaw Oct. 21, 1920.
F, EchevarriaFinishes ArmyAh Forces Course
Having completed the mechanics jcourse in the Army Ais Forces,
Frank Echevarria, son of M’s. AnitaEchevarria. 106 Sonoita street, ar-rived home Friday on a furlough
and is leaving Sunday for Westover, jMass., for new assignment.
Echevarria went into the armed
forces early last June shortly aftergraduating from Nogales High
School in May. He was first sent
to Fort MacArthur, Calif., then toSheppard Field, Wichita Falls,Texas, for his basic training in the (air corps.
He took airplane mechanics train- ¦inf at Kee::ler Field, Miss., for fivemonths, then was sent to Detroit,
Mich., where he spent a monthfinishing up.
He said he saw the following No-
gales boys at Sheppard Field. Texas,
last fall: Alan Houle. Craig Pottin-ger, Jr., Carnilo Ahumada. andFrank Arnado.
Frank Echevarria is a brother ofHerbert E. Echevarria, who also!graduated from Nogales High School |last May, and is now in the Navyjat San Francisco.
$583.05 NettedAt Tomatero
FiestaThe sum of $583.05 was
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netted at ]the recent annual Tomatero Fiesta |
at the Montezuma Ballroom and is jbeing donated to the Red Cross.
Receipts from ticket sales amount-ed to $1347.50 and expenses $861.45of which $621.50 was paid Mrs. M.
J. Hall for serving the banquet.
Donations include $23.25. percen- jtage from John Govorko’s Monte-
zuma Buffet; $43.65, Wirt G. Bow-
man’s buffet percentage; and $30.00
covering Mr. Bowman’s donation of
the ballroom.There were 261 tickets sold at $5
each, 17 at $2.50. and there wereeleven complimentary tickets, a j
| total of 289 tickets.
50 Percent OsRecreation FundsRaised In 2 Days j
j Including- a S3OO contribution!from the City of Nogales, the jYouth Recreation Committee this jweek raised about one half of its,
goal of SI6OO. jChairman of the committee is,
Miss Lillie Norlin. Other officersare Mrs. John W. Phillips, treasur-er; E. S. Edmonson, secretary; JohnHerrera, chairman of recreation;
and Mrs. J. A. May, chairman ofday care.
The organization is represented by
the following individuals andgroups: School. John Herrera andMarlow Keith; health. Arthur Doan
land Eugenia Reid; churches, Mon- (j signor L. Duval, Rev. O. A. Smith j
| and Mrs. W. E. Carroon; civilian,I defense, Mrs. John W. Phillips; j| social agencies, E. S. Edmonson.Mrs. Gertrude Corcoran and Miss i
: Lillie Norlin; court. Judge Gordon
Farley; city, Walter Noon; county,R. T. Frazier, Jr.; Woman's Club,
Mrs. J. A. May and Mrs. Fred Gil-more; library board. Mrs. Fred,
Kemmeries; Rotary and school j
j board. J. W. Manson; Boy Scouts, j! Ralph Gonzalez and at large, Horn-
jer Welch, K. C. Rader and LloydiLedford.
Almost 50,000ArizonansIn Armed Forces
PHOENIX. April 27—Arizona now ;has nearly 50.000 men in tne armed :forces.
I “We are climbing upwards to CO,- I000 men in the service,” General I
1 A. M. Tuthill said. The actual num- !
ber was not made public, but it was |understood the 45,000 mark had
been passed.Selective Service Headquarters j
also announced the state had an jexcellent record to date on induc-tions in that no one case of “erron- jeous induction” has occurred.
Harry Renshau)
|Honoredjln Ecuador
I A pavilion at the National Avia- I! tion School near Quito, Ecuador, (
' has been named after the late Col. jHarry Noon Renshaw, who was'
• killed in an airplane crash in India jin December, his mother. Mrs.;
I Harry R. Renshaw. now in Lawton, jOkla., has been advised by Robert jM. Scotten, American Ambassador jto Ecuador.
Relative to Renshaw’s death, jScotten wrote the Department of •
State. Washington. March 25th as I.follows:
“On March 25th the Quito after- ~
noon daily. Ultimas Noticias, de- jvoted its chief editorial to Colonel |Renshaw, praising his character and i.the work he had done in Ecuador.
Cn March 27th. El Comercio pub- Ilished a laudatory article concern- j jing the contribution of Colonel;Renshaw to Ecuadoran aviation and ] iexpressing sorrow in his decease. . (
Scotten, in a letter to the mother |of Colonel Renshaw, said: {^
“News of your son’s untimely!death has elicited an outstanding I,tribute to his memory from the, |Ecuadoran Government. President |Arroyo del Rio has decreed that one j ,of the pavilions of the National jAviation School, near Quito, shall
bear his name, and that his portrait 5shall be included in the gallery of 1deceased national and foreign avia- j itors.” ! J
Mrs. Renshaw is also in receipt of jimany letters from Harry’s comrades 'in India where, she has been in- ]formed, he was doing a very diffi- 1 1cult but excellent job as commander tof the First Transport Group It
has been a great comfort to her and chis sister, Mrs. Roscoe Egan, to ]know of the sincere admiration and £respect his men felt for him. i
PHOENIX. April 27—Secretary of
State Dan E. Garvey this week cer-tified to county recorders of all
Arizona counties a list of Demo-
cratic and Republican state candi-dates for the July 18 primary. Nom-
ination papers were filed by 32
Democrats and 15 Republicans for
state and congressional offices,
prior to the April 18 deadline for
filing. The Prohibition party alsowill be represented at the polls, but
nominees will be selected by party
convention.A minimum of 635 Democratic
petition signers was required of
each candidate and a maximum of
6,348 permitted, based on the partyvote cast for governor at the last
general election; and a minimum of236 and maximum of 2.357 Repub-lican. The largest number of peti-
tion signers was presented by Gov-
ernor Osborn .who filed the 6,348limit.
Democratic candidates whose
names will appear on the primary
ballot:United States Senator—Joe Con-
way, Carl Hayden, HendersonStockton.
Representative in Congress (two
to elect) —Wiliam (Bill) Petersen,
John R. Murdock, Richard F. (Dick)
Harless.Presidential Electors (four to
elect) —Henry M. Beard, Ed Cahill,
Mary Stella Rosenberg, Claire N.Webb, E. T. Williams, Jr.
Judge of Supreme Court—ArthurT. LaPrade, A. G. McAlister. .
Governor Sidney P. Osborn.William “Bill”Coxon.
Secretary of State—Dan E. Gar-James H. Kerby.
State Auditor—Ana Erohmiller.Attorney General—E. P. “Pat”
Cline, Fred O. Wilson. Earl Ander-son, John L. Sullivan.
Superintendent of Public Instruc-tion—E. D. fEd) Ring.
State Treasurer—John M. Scott,William T. “Bill”Brooks.
State Mine Inspector—HowardMcKinney, Clifford J. Murdock.Roy V. Hersey.
Corporation Commissioner —Wil-son T. Wright, Mit Simms.
Tax Commissioner Thad. M.Moore. Warren Peterson.
Republican candidates for theparty’s nominations filed as follows:
United States Senator— W.Fickett.
Representative in Congress (two
to elect)—Margaret Adams Rock-well, A. M. Ward.
Presidential Electors (four toelect)—Mary A. Fegtly, Tom H.O’Brien, C. B. Wilson. E. V. O’Mal-ley.
Governor —Jerrie W. Lee, Harry
F. Michael.Secretary of State David S.
Davis.State Auditor—Laura Orth.Attorney General —Ralph Barry.
State Treasurer—L. W. Coggins.
State Mine Inspector—Philip J.Hickey.
Tax Commissioner Joseph P.Downey.
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JUNIOk baseball leagueTO BE SPONSORED BY RIDGE-
ICO POST, AMERICAN LEGIONGames To Be Played At High School Field; Names Os
Men iWiho iWill Direct Program During1944 Season Announced
“It won’t be long now!” Prettysoon the high school ball parkwill be packed with boys tossingballs ’round in all directions, batsswinging, and the many, manysoon-will-be pri#ad pitching armslimbering-up for spirited action.You said, “How come?”
All of this sporting activity hasbeen made possible by the Ridge-
! Igo Post No. 23, American Legion,; Nogales, Arizona. The Legion is
1 now sponsoring a Nogales Legion
| Junior Baseball League programi for the 1944 baseball season,
j All organization plans have been! completed. The following named
jlocal Legionnaires and citizens willjdirect the Legion Junior Baseball
| League program:| John B. Zuck, Post Commander,
i American Legion; John K. Herrera,j head coach and team manager;
i Loyd Ledford, coach; Mike de laFuente, coach; W. D. Collier, repre-
sentative of State Athletic Officer,American Legion; Frank B. Car-roon, Finance Officer, AmericanLegion.
The playing competition will beopen only to boys who are amateurs(who have never before receivedcompensation for playing any kindof sports), and who will not haveattained their seventeenth birthday
jbefore January Ist, 1944. (Note: Aboy bpm in 1927 or thereafter iseligible.)
It is planned to have at least two, team; playing in the Nogales Legion
Junior Baseball League. Due totransportation problems, no attemptwill be made to book games withother Legion teams outside of No-
! gales.
J The local teams will be in con-
| stant practice and will play matched' games with other teams in the No-
i r ales area. However, if we should
| develop a championship team dur-| ing the first year, the State Depart-i ment of the Legion might arrange
ja series of g ames to be played with: another championship team injSouthern Arizona before the end ofthe playing season. Note: The
! state championship team of the: Legion Junior Baseball League, playsiin the regional finals, and the| winner of the regional finals playsI in the Junior World Series.
} Three and one-half million boys
1 during their teens have played| Legion Junior Baseball since 1926.| A recent sampling survey of thei present activities of these boys in-
jdicates that at least 85 per cent of! them are in the armed services to-
jday. Current statistics from theSelective Service headquarters indi-
i cate that about thirty per cent of| the eighteen-year-old boys reportingI for service are rejected because of
i failure to pass the physical examin-! ations.: Such a large percentage of Legion
jJunior Baseball boys being able to! pass their physical examinations,jmany of whom graduated from
Junior Baseball sixteen years ago,
jindicates that their athletic compe-i tition taught them how to keep
| themselves physically fit. This
1 proves the wisdom of continuing
I
Marty Hears FromIrish Legation
Marty Loughman. columnist for
this paper, is in receipt of the fol-!lowing letter from the secretary of
the Irish Legation at Washington. 1DC.:
“With reference to your editorialrecently published in the Nogales'International I am sending you at-tached, as being of possible interest,
a copy of an address entitled ‘lre-
land Today' given by the Minister
Plenipotentiary at Princeton Uni-versity on Nov. 4, 1942, which is a
complete presentation of our neutral
position, especially in its relationto America.”
Michael ShestkoJoins The Navy j
Michael Shestko, 221 Monroestreet, has joined the Navy and
been accepted and will be leavingwithin the next two months foractive service. He will be a radio
man second class.
Shestko came here as a soldier in
1919 and has been employed at the jNogales postoffice for the past 20 .years.
He was a member of the local
company of the National Guard for |13 years as a sergeant and a first Isergeant. He will be 46 years of age jon April 29th. >
jLegion Junior Baseball, which isnow the largest strictly amateur
I nation-wide athletic progitim in
| effect in the United States,j Legion Junior Baseball has builti physical strength and courage. It
I has built the will to win. Thesequalities we need badly now.
BASEBALL FANS: Remember theolden adage “a town is judged byits ball team.”
Boy ScoutsjDoing Their Bit
I For Victory(By ARCHIE SCRIVNER)
i Local troop 34 of the Boy Scoutsjhas been doing its bit for Victory,j Several times it has been at the
jpoint of passing out of the picture
i like other local troops, but it haspicked itself up and continued toplug (hike) along.
Immediately after Pearl Harbor| the troop organized into an emer-jgency service unit to serve as mes-i sengers or in any other capacityunder the local Defense Committee.Remember the test blackouts andair raids? The boys were therewith their bikes and flashlights.
Troop 34 participated in the metalscrap drive, has distributed thous-ands of leaflets and posters on War
Bond drives, United War Fund.Red Cross drives, etc., and for the
last two and a half months has beencanvassing the whole town regu-larly collecting waste paper. Lastweek with the help of the schools,
approximately 6,000 pounds werecollected. Lincoln School was highwith close to a thousand pounds.
At a brief but impressive ceremonylast Friday. Francisco Rios, one ofthe boys who has helped to keepthe troop active, was officially in-
stalled as Junior Assistant Scout-
j master. Scouters present at the
i meeting were Chet Rader, District
| Scout Commissioner, and troop com-
| mittee members Father James T.
i Weber, William Glasson and RodoLifo Vega. Since then plans are be-
i ing made to organize a blood donors’; group.
; If we are not seen picking uppaper Sunday it means we are out
i on an overnight hike.
! Spring Football! P~”ctfee Under
i Way Here| Spring football practice is in full
swing at Nogales High School with19 boys competing for places on theteam this fall.
A game with the Juniors andSeniors will be played May 12th.
final event of the spring practice.Boys out for spring practice are-
Ben Teyechea, Bob Pierson, EnriqueHernandez. Mario Fontes, JohnO’Keefe. Bill Titcomb, Lino Carras-co, Bob Ramirez. Ralph Lopez, EarlPottinger, Manuel Lopez. FrankMiranda, Bob McDowell. O. A.Smith, Jr., Joe Allen Cumming.
John Logan, Bill Cryderman, Herb
Chatham and Gaston Bachelier.
Fred RochlinTo Be MemberOs Combat Crew
PETERSON FIELD. COLORADO
SPRINGS. Colo.. Apr. 27—'Special)—With months of specialized train-ing in Army Air Force Technicalschools completed. 2nd. Lt. FredRochlin, son of Mr. Jake Rochlin.
Patagonia Road. Nogales, Arizona,
has recently arrived at Peterson
Reid for assignment to the combat-crew training school as a Navigator.
With others man ing a LiberatorBomber, he will, so. several months,undergo final training before leav-ing for one of the theaters of war.The crew formed here trains as aunit, putting final polish to thetechniques learned in technicalschools, and more important still,
gaining the close-knit teamwork soessential in combat.
At Peterson Field the new crew-men train and fly side by side with
men recently returned from thefronts—men who have been seasonedin combat and who are well quali-
fied to pass on their knowledge.