Write to a Friend '

To All the Lads and Lassies in

the Service from Nogales:Well, pals, this is fiesta week here

and it seems like a sacrilege tocarry on celebrations such as you

used to have when you were here.

The only thing is. we know thatyou all will be happy to know thatthe things you guys are fighting for

are still available here, and thatyour sisters and brothers and momsand pops can still enjoy the free-

doms that you guys are fighting for.

I had a couple of letters this week.

One. especially—from Frankie Du-puy—that makes a guy think, evenas old as I am. One thing sure:when you are alone your faith inyour religion beats all the vitaminpills—and that goes for any faith.

I can’t pass this week withouttelling you about the ball team. We

lost again. Up to date we havetellin gyou about the ball team. We

Abadie can lose two more ballgames successively it's a cinch he

will be hired by the Chicago Cubsa< manager. If he loses anothergame the Concordia Bar will firehim and, worse than that, I will

never pitch another for him—-

and the same thing goes for JoeMcCarthy. I won’t pitch for himeither. To hell with the Yanks.

Best regards,MARTY.

P.S.—Looks like I fouled out onthis letter. What the hell’s thedifference, you can’t always bat

.300!

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Melon ShipmentsTo FollowTomatoes Shortly

The West Coast of Mexico tomato !shipping- season is drawing to a |close but that doesn’t mean there

will be a letup in carload shipmentsthrough here.

Following closely on shipments of jtomatoes will come cantaloupes. ;

honey dew melons, honey ball mel- jons, watermelons. squash, and jcucumbers.

Most of the melons will comefrom the Cajeme area and ship- Iments are expected to amount to .

from 100 to 300 carloads. A few

melons were shipped last year. A

big outfit from Yuma has a large jacreage planted in melons in the :Cajeme district this year.

Mexico City BoomTown SaysNogales Banker

Mexico City is booming and |throughout the city many newbuildings are being erected, accord- .ing to Julio Pina. Jr., manager of iBanco Ganadero y Agricola, No-

gales, Sonora, who returned Mon- jday night from a trip to that city jand Monterrey.

At Mexico City he attended the ;

horse races and saw Manuel F.

Gonzales, former Nogalian. who !has a string of horses.

At Monterrey, Pina attended the

anual convention of the MexicanBankers Association. About 95 per- ;cent of all banks in Mexico wererepresented, also about 50 Aitiericanbankers, and some Ceptral and

Scuth American bankers attended.

Four InductedInto Army

Edmundo Leg’leu, Elec Hensley, ,Gilberto Zubieta Villa, and Jesus jPena Alvarez left on April 27th for iinduction into the Army at Ft. j

MacArthur. Calif.

BEATUS TO PURCHASEPLANES IN NEW YORK

William Beatus. owner of RanchoGrande, is leaving today for New

York to spend about a month buyingplanes and equipment for the

Rancho Grande Flying School to be

opened soon at the Nogales Inter-

national Airport.

HARRY CHERNINSPRAINS ANKLE

Harry Chernin was confined to

his home on Quarry street yesterdayby a sprained ankle suffered at the

El Progresso fire Wednesday morn-ing.

MANY HAPPYRETURNS

Miss Marian Kelly. May 1.

Frank McDowell, May 6.

William John Zinsmeister, son of

Mr. and Mrs. Lee Zinsmeister, one

year old on May 6.#

Phil Clarice, May 1.

Bob Hoeffer. Jr., 16 months old

May 27.

NOGALES’ HOME NEWSPAPER .. .PUBLISHED) WHERE TWO NATIONS MI

Jig. Bogales fntecnatipifec f§l j

| VOL. 19—NO. 50 NOGALES, ARIZ., FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1944

ANTONIO G. ROSALES K11.1.F.nIN ACTION IN ITALYMARCH 23

War Department Telegram Announces Death Os SonOs Mrs. Luisa G. Rosales; Youth Entered

Army February 11, 1943

Antonio G. Rosales, 20-year-oldson of Mrs. Luisa G. Rosales, 1337Morley avenue, and the late Pas-cal Rosales who died in 1931, waskilled in action in Italy March23rd, his mother was advised yes-terday noon in the followingtelegram. from the War Depart-

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PFC. ANTONIO G. ROSALES

ment at Washington:

“The Secretary of War asks

that I assure you of his deep sym-

pathy in the loss of your son,Pvt. First Class Antonio G. Ros-ales. Report received states hedied March 23rd in Italy as result

of wounds received in action.Letter follows.

“DUNLOP, ACTING

ADJUTANT GENERAL. ’,

Born at Tucson Nov. 7, 1923. Pfc.

Rosales grew up in Nogales, attend-ed Roosevelt School, and was in-ducted into the Army Feb. 11, 1943.He served in Africa before going toItaly.

Besides his mother, who is em-ployed at Clagett’s Fountain onMorley avenue, he is survived by

two brothers, Firmin, emloyed atTubac; Raymond, a Lincoln Schoolstudent; and a sister, Mary Luisa.

Rosales was employed at Fort

Huachuca at the time of induction.He is the 20th service man fromSanta Cruz County to die during

World War 11.

Eighteen LeavingFor Preinduction

Ten selective service men are leav-

ing on May 11th for preinduction

examination at Phoenix and eight

others will leave for the same placecn May 18th.

May 11th group: Eugenio Ortega.

Pedro Gastelum, Bernabe Q. Ro-

mero. Peter M. fitchells, Ramiro H.

Ybarra, Jesus F. Leyva, Tomas

Mendez. Vicente R. Meza. Gregorio

Villanueva and Santiago G. Lowe.

May 18th group: Roberto Garcia,

Julia Meza Cota, Humberto Cano

Gonzalez, Camille Bachelier Mor-

eno, Victoriano Lopez Ballesteroz,

Emilio Antonio Escareno, Edwardo

Castro Morales, and Cresencio Me-

dina Sosa.

RICHARD R. AMADO, JR. BEATRICE AMADO

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RAMON BEJARANO FRANK GOURDIN

Richard R. Amado, Jr., 24, and Miss Beatrice Amado, about 22, are

son and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Amado. 125 West street.

Richard, Jr., is receiving an honorable discharge from the Army this

weekend after having been in the veterans' hospital at Tucson. He

has been in the service for about ten months, having been stationed at

Longview, Texas, Vancouver, Wash., and Camp Abbott. Oregon, as a

member of the engineering corps. Miss Beatrice Amado, now a nurse

at St. Mary’s Hospital, Tucson passed an examination at Phoenix last

week and is to be an ensign in the Navy nursing corps. They are

brother and sister of Aviation Cadet Frank Amado, now at Maranaairbase near Tucson. Both were born in Patagonia.

Sgt. Ramon Bejarano, 24, was inducted into the Army Sept. 22,

1941, and is now somewhere in Italy. Son of Eloisa Bejarano and the

late Ramon Bejarano of Tubac, he was born in Nogales Jan. 27, 1920.and is a brother of Juan Raul Bejarano and Mrs. Maria B. Oteio, 412

Elm street. He went overseas in January 1943. He is a nephew of

Frank Bejarano of the Nogales Sand & Gravel Company and was

employed by James Pendleton from the time he was 16 years old untilentering the Army.

Pvt. Fiank Trujillo Gourdin, 19-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.

William Gourdin. was inducted into the Army Feb. 28, 1944. and is now

training to be a paratrooper at Camp Roberts, Calif. He was born at

Cima. Calif.., April 1. 1925, and is a brother of William, Jr., Delia,

Carmen, Nelly, Rebecca and Hector Gourdin. He was employed at the

Progressive Grocery at the time of induction.

La Fiesta Primaveral Program(Arizona Time)

Friday, May 5

7 A.M.—Flag raising ceremonies. Cannon salvos.Military band and military groups.

11 A.M.—Parade led by Her Majesty Queen Celia Iand including civic-military groups, to

start from Avenida Colon near border andwill end at bullring when* official com-memoration’of the battle of Puebla will bemade. *

3:30 P.M.—Baseball game between Nogales Inter-nationals and Fort Huachuca 1922 SCIJ.

7 P.M.—Tribute to Mexican flag.8 P.M. —Fiesta Fair at city plaza by Sonora Par-

ents-Teachers Group.11 P.M.—Serenade, pyrotechnics display at city

plaza.Saturday, May (i

4 P.M.—Horse racing at Country Club,9 P.M. —Serenade city plaza.10 P.M.—Official Spring Festival dance at Rot arip.

Sunday, May 710:30 A.M.—Second Festival parade.11:30 A.M.—Baseball game between Fire Depart-

ment and Carbo, Sonora. Free admission.5 P.M.—Bullfight featuring Juan Estrada and

David Liceaga.S P.M. —Fiesta Fair at city plaza by Catholic

women.9 P.M.—Serenade city plaza.

FIVE CENTS A COPY

Awards Made At Annual HonorAssembly Os N.H.S.; Nine StudentsMembers National Honor Society

(By BONNY HARRISON)

An honor assembly for the Na-

tional Honor Society and the dif-

ferent clubs and activities of No-

gales High School was held yester-day in the high school auditorium.

The salute to the flag and intro-

duction of Marian Kelly as master

of ceremonies by Humberto Gon-zalez opened the assembly.

The National Honor Society wasthe next topic on the program in

which Marian Kelly spoke qn aimsand ideals of society.

The presentations of awards to

the National Honor Society studentswere by Mi'. Keyte. These awardswere membership cards and pins.

The pins have not been received

but will be given to the students at•a later date.

#The election of students ’to theNational Honor Society was basedon scholarship, service, leadership,

and character. The following stu-d' ntc introduced by Marian Kelly,spoke on these topics: Louella Peter-son, scholarship; Edward Stoller.service; Gerald Underwood, leader-ship; and Humberto Gonzalez,

character.

Members of the National HonorSociety are: Marian Kelly, DianeStewart. Humberto Gonzalez. RudyGrijalva, Bonny Harrison, and

Louella Peterson, Seniors; Gerald

Underwood. Edward Stoller, andTony Gonzales, Juniors.

In recognition of National MusicWeek, the High School Choir, underthe direction of Mr. Rudy Cooper,¦— ”1 ———

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Carl JenthoDies On Coast

Word was received this week of! the death on April 28 of Carl David; Jentho, 42. of Long Beach, Calif.! Jentho, a shipwright foreman for

j the California Shipbuilding Corp.,! died while at work at the TerminalIsland yard from a heart attack.

Born in Georgetown, Texas, hewent to Long Beach three years ago

from Tucson. He is survived by hiswidow (Evelyn Conklin), formerly

of Nogales; a son, three brothersand six sisters. He was a son-in-law of Mrs. W. P. Stensgaard ofTucson, former resident of Nogalesfor many years.

POPPY SALE

The annual poppy sale of theAmerican Legion Auxiliary will be

held on the streets of Nogales to-

morrow. Money collected during

the sale will all be used for rehabili-tation work among former soldiers.

QUEEN CORONATION OPENSSPRING FIESTA ON BORDER;

PARADE AT ELEVEN TODAYNogales, Sonora, Beautifully Decorated For La Fiesta

Primaveral; Citizens On Both Sides OsLine Get Fiesta Spirit

With the coronation yesterday |

of Queen Celia Lamadrid at the :bullring, Nogales, Sonora’s big !

four-day Cine© de Mayo La Fiesta

j Primaveral (spring festival) got

. under way and promises to attract! a crowd to the border for the;

: weekend.

i Never before was our sister city

so beautifully decorated for a fiesta.

A profusion of strings of electriclights are suspended across all ofthe main thoroughfares and bulbsarranged in the Mexican national

colors of red. white and green, give

the city a Christmas appearance.The "word beauty does not appropri-ately describe the scene.

On both sides of the line, citizens

have gotten the fiesta spirit and

are decked out in wide sombrerosand other Mexican attire.

Cinco de Mayo today, second day

of the fiesta, commemorates the

Battle of Puebla, in which Mexican

. Grimm LowBidder OnAirport Project

“ A. W. Grimm is in receipt of a

• ! wire announcing he was low bidder

s | for the lighting of the new Nogales

J | International Airport.

j Bids were opened at 4:30 p.m.

1 jMonday at Santa Monica, Calif.,

j for the project which will cost in; the neighborhood of $90,000.

> jGrimm, who returned this week

1 | from California, said the govern-

| ment would furnish practically all’ of the materials. Included in the

; lighting will be a 165-foot beacon.

63 spotlights all around the field: and placed 100 feet apart, and an

1 ! air direction beacon.

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;Relative Os FDR; Buys Ranch

In Mowry Districti j

j Douglas Robinson, a relative of- jPresident Franklin D. Roosevelt.

; has purchased the Harry Steenranch (the old Mowry ranch) in the

I Mowry district.A part of Robinson's new range

i takes in all of the country around! Washington Camp and runs down

j to near Lochiel on the internationaljborder.

; Mr. Robinson and his wife and

jfour children will make their home

jat the ranch.Robinson was the guest of Wil-

liam Beatus of Rancho Grande at

Friday’s Rotary Club meeting andspoke on aviation. His hobby i‘

aviation and he will build a landing

| field on his new holdings.

Child Health Day| AssemblyAt High School

Monday May 1. designated by

iPresidential proclamation as ChildHealth Day throughout the United

(States, was the occasion for an

i assembly held in the Nogales High

School auditorium under the direc-! tion of Mrs. E. S. Edmonson, chair -

! man of the speakers bureau of the

: Santa Cruz County Red Cross

! Chapter.j The program opened with assem-

| bly singing under the direction of

i Rudy Cooper of the high school

I music department. The songs sung

{were “America, The Beautiful ,¦“The Star Spangled Banner" which

'was surfg after the salute to the

| flag, and “Columbia the Gem of the

; Ocean." -

The speakers, introduced by Mrs.

Edmonson, were Red Cross repre-

sentatives from each home school

room. The Senior representative,

Lillian Acuna, spoke on health and

housing'; the Junior representative.O. A. Smith, Jr., spoke on healthand recreation; the Sophomore rep-

Iresentative, on Health and safety,"

| arid the Freshman representative,”!l?obby Fleischer, on. health and

|food.-

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’ ' HIGH SCHOOL ADOBESk DUE HERE SOON

'. j- | Coming from the Babcock Cover

Company in Los Angeles, the 1944

? J Adobes (high school year book)

VI will be in the next two or three

g jdays. Max Keyte of the high schoolt. jfaculty said yesterday. «

| army forces defeated the French,

j Highlighting today's program will!be a parade at 11 a.m. led by Her'Majesty Queen Celia.l. a baseball; game, fiesta fair, and serenade,

i The complete program for today,; tomorrow and Sunday appears else-where on the first page of today’s

Ipaper.

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PVT. JOHN J. (JACKIE)i CAMERLIN, 19-year-old son of

’ j City Fireman and Mrs. Alfred E.! Camerlin, 148 Beck street, was

¦j slightly wounded in action on| April 18th at Bougainville, Solo-

mon -Islands, it was announced in

1 a telegram Wednesday from the

: t War Department at Washington.This week the young man's fatherreceived a letter from his sonwritten April 20th, stating thattwo pieces of shrapnel had been

I removed from his right leg.

“Don’t worryj I am walkingaround on it already,” he said.

. The wounded boy has been in theservice since March 17, 1943, and

: received his training with an| armored tank outfit at Ft. Knox,

j Ky. He is a brother of Ai Cain-erin, Jr., 21, who is in the Navy

j at Pearl Harbor.

Dan Thornton, Jr.Wounded

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At BougainvilleI Sgt. Dan Thornton, Jr., son of

‘| Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Thornton, 314Trickey street, was wounded at

| Bougainville, April 18th, according; tc word received here yesterday.

April 18th was the same day onwhich Jackie Camerlin, also of this

cl': , was wounded at Bougainville

Government MenWitnessPlane Crash

j

Two federal men advising ranch-ers in the district about 25 milessouthwest of Tucson to be on thelookout for escaped German prison-ers from an Arizona camp saw atwo-engined Navy flying boat crashin flames Wednesday afternoon.

Going to the scene there was nosign of anyone having been aboard

the ship.Later it was learned that 11 men

had been aboard, and had parachut-

ed to safety and none was seriouslyinjured.

The plane was one of nine navy

planes enroute to Alameda. Calif.

Aged WomanBreaks HivIn Fall

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Mrs. Harriett Wheeler, 82-year-

old mother of the late Charles

Wheeler .who fell and broke a hipSaturday morning at the home ofher daughter-in-law, Mrs. EvaWheeler, postmaster of Nogales,

underwent an operation at St. Jo-

seph’s Hospital Wednesday and was

reported yesterday as getting along

nicely. Drs. E. C. Houle and J. S.

Gonzalez performed the operation.

Mrs. Wheeler fell as she stooped

over on the back lawn of the Wheel-er home.

PURCHASE HOMEMr. and Mrs. Henry Mrosla have

moved from the rear of 861 Grand

avenue tc the former H. H. Payne

home in Walnut Grove which they

purchased.

sang several songs.

Coach John Herrera presentedthe following first team basketball

boys with letters: Ralph Cruz, Earl jPottinger. Jesus Espinoza, RobertRamirez, Eddie Stoller, Ernest Val-

encia. Archie Scrivner, and Albert

Whipple.

The second team basketball boys ;

—George Crowe, Bobby Lopez, Dan-

iel Pequeros, Hector Puchi, JustinCapin. and Gerald Underwood—areto be awarded Apache Indian Heads iat a later date as they have not

been received.

In order to obtain a letter fortrack the boys had to wip in athree way meet, either first, second,

or third place. The following ob-tained this honor: Ramon Balden-egro, George Crow. George King,

Hector Puchi. Eddie Stoller. GeraldUnderwood, and Joe Tena, mana-ger.

Members of the National AthleticHonor Society —Humberto Gonzale/..Bill Crydermann, George King JoeLopez. O. A Smith, Jr., HectorPuchi. Jesus Espinoza, and Eddie

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No New HospitalTo BeBuilt In Nogales

1 There will be no new hospital inNogales but the present one (St. ,

Joseph’s) may be improved.This was the conclusion drawn!

' from a mass meeting of about 50

1 citizens called by the Chamber of

Ccmmerce and held at the Monte-zuma Ballroom a week ago lastnight.

A chamber of commerce commit- !

tee appointed to consider the liberal joffer of Wirt G. Bowman to donate jhis large and beautiful home onCrawford street for a hospital pro-

ject made an adverse report, largelyon the grounds that hospitals as sP*rule are not paying propositions,

i it was brought out that it would

cost a large sum of money to trans-

form the home into a hospital and

that the present hospital should be

i improved if the owners would con-sent to a reorganization and allow

[ an administrative head representingthe citizens of this community to be

in charge.

Mr. Bowman made his offer ofhis home sometime ago and the

: meeting a week ago last night was; for acceptance or rejection.

The chamber of commerce hospi-

; tal committee is comprised of Judge

Gordon Farley, chairman; Dr.(Turn to Page Five)

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C and idate ForStale TreasurerNogales Visitor

William T. “Bill” Brooks, prom-! inent Chandler business man, can-

I didate for the Democratic nomina-

i tion for State Treasurer, was a call-

;er yesterday at the office of th?

Nogales International. »

A veteran of World War I. Mr.; Brocks has been a resident of Ari-

zona for many years,

i This is his third race for State

\ Treasurer and he said yesterday| indications are bright for him being

at the primaries July 18.

Nogales, Soldier jSends ScarfsFrom India

O. M. Ziegler of 230 Hudgin street jreceived last week two beautiful

hand embroidered table scarfs sent ,

to him by his son. Pvt.. RobertjZiegler who is serving with the

armed forces in India.One of the scarfs is done in silver j

beads and silver metalic thread on jblue velvet and the other on black

velvet. iThey were mailed from India on 1

January 20th and arrived here"Aptl Rf M "

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