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Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-13
By ROBERT p. MARTIN

CHUNGKING, May Is CUP) -
The routed japanese invaders Of
southwest China joined several
thousand reinforcements north of
Lashio today and prepared another
frontal assault against Chinese
frontier
A major and perhaps decisive
engagement in this area in SOU
them Yunnan Province appeared
imminent while Chinese, and jap
anese columns were maneuvering
for positions in northeastern Burma
to the south, and the Japanese in
west Burma carried an invasion
threat within so miles of the IN
dian frontier.
Chinese quarters estimated that
5000 Japanese reinforcements from
Lashio had moved north to retri-
eve the situation in southern Yum
nan Province which became des-
perate last weekend when Chinese
troops and American filters routed a
japanese column. In three days the
enemy suffered $4,000 casualties.
TOWN RECAPTURED
Whether the Chinese along the
Salween will be able to repulse
second major enemy drive, the
Chinese said, would depend largely
on the ability of the Chinese army
to the south to harass the enemy's
rear.
The second Chinese army, direct
ed bv American Lieut. Gen. Joseph
w. StilWell, having recaptured May
myo, railroad town 30 miles north
east of Mandalay last weekend, was
believed to be awaiting an oppor-
tune moment to strike at Lashio.
Now japanese base and the Bur-
ma roads southern terminus ll6
miles below the Chinese frontier.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-13

command could move into the
Coral Sea area to effect, a rendez-
vous with the invasion ships now
assembling at bases III the BIS
marck, Solomon and Loulslaoe
Islands
It was believed likely that the
Japanese main force would move
down from the Carolina Islands,
the strongly fortified Japanese
Inundated bases to the north
In their raids SUNDAY on Port
Moresby, New Guinea, and Horn
Island off the northeast tip of Au-
stralia. the japanese used Bombers
instead of fighter planes for the
first time in a week.
This was believed to mean that
the bomber forces devastated by
heavy United States and Austria
liam raids, had been replenished.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-13

Japanese air force based at Rabaul
in the Bismarck Islands and Lac
on the North New Guinea coast,
indicated that enemy reinforcement
were arriving steadily.
For the first time since the bat
tie of the Coral Sea started May
4, bad weather interrupted the Of
fensive activity of Gen. Douglas
MacArthur's air force yesterday.
However, it was understood that
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-13

limited reconnaissance work was
continued and the United Nations
command and the United States
south Pacific naval command
would receive the usual reports Of
enemy warship, transport, tanker
and supply ship movements.
Dispatches from advanced areas
indicated that the japanese either
had or were expected to have soon
a formidable naval force, which at
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-13
CAPITAL TALKS
by
Peter
Edison

This is the craziest country.
That's what makes it so wonderful,
but at the same time so eXasperat-
ing and oh. so funny.
Not the unfunniest thing in
Washington these days is the rip
snortin' rampage of that roisterous
riverman. the Hon. Kenneth Nickel
lar. Memphian and senior senator
from Tennessee.
Senator McKellar is out to
save the country by cutting eX-
penses, noble ambition II
there ever was one, but tho way
Kenneth goes at the JOB Is
something to behold. His meth
DDS are those of n surgeon go
ing into an operating room
blindfolded, a doctor prescrib-
ing amputation at the mp Tor
a sprained ankle, veterinarian
applying his horse pistol to re-
Iieye the animal of its pain.
Doctor Mcclellan applies ms
cures to patients that are
sound of health and need no
treatment as well as incur
ables that really need the mercy
death treatment.
There is. for instance, an un-
heralded outfit in your govern
ment called the EXport-1mport
Bank of Washington. Its function
is to finance and facilitate the eX-
change of commodities between the
u. S. and foreign countries, and
to assist in developing the re-
sources and stabilizing the econ
omies of countries in the western
hemisphere. It functions very quiet
". has only a small staff hires no
publicity agent 1t is one OF the
very few government agencies
which turns back into the Treasury
more money than it spends us
profits are actually over the Sl2
million dollar mark. Its loans have
represented an investment OF more
than s7OO million, yet not one OF
them is in arrears and none ever
has been defaulted
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-13
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
IMPERIAL
In the Matter of the Estate of
JOHN NIPPERT, Deceased.
Probate No. 1925
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Notice is hereby given by the un-
dersigned executor of the Will and
Estate of John Nippert, Deceased,
to the creditors of and all persons
having claims against the said
deceased to file their claims with
the necessary vouchers within six
60 months after the first publica-
ton of the Notice in the Office of
the Clerk of the Superior Court of
the State of California in and for
the County of Imperial, in the City
of Ell Centre, County of Imperial
State of California, or to present
said claims with the necessary
vouchers within said six go months
to said Executor at the Office of
Lee Nuffer in the Rehkopf Build
ing, City of Ell Centre, County of
Imperial, State of California, which
said office the undersigned selects
as his place of business in all
matters connected with the said
Estate CT John Nippert, Deceased
Dated this 9Th day of May, 1912.
ALLEN P. NUFFER,
Executor of the Will and
Estate of John Nippert, De-
ceased.
Lee Nuffer, Attorney
for Executor
mo. 49, (Ml3-20-2 7-J3-l0
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-13

Our experience SO far reveals very
general realization among industrialists
that there is no place for excessive prof
it's in the war program.-War Produc-
ton Chief Donald NJ. Nelson.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-13
CHANNELS OF INFORMATION
MUST REMAIN FREE


Radio is in a particularly vulnerable
position in the matter of federal control.
Each radio station operates under IL
cense which can be revoked by the fed
eral government in very short time
a matter of days-if the station arouses
federal anger Thus the drafting" of
radio time to purvey government propa-
ganda is the easiest first step toward
control Of all public information and ex-
preston, if such control is contemplated.
The newspapers, which remain the
greatest purveyOrs of information, cam
not be so easily regimented. They do
not operate under a federal license, but
under a constitutional guarantee of free
DOM Neither their news nor their editor
ial columns can be drafted that is,
made to present a set of facts, or manu-
featured so-called facts, in the exact way
desired by political rulers.
If the radio should be taken over by
federal propagandists, however, those
gentlemen would not wait long before
they made a similar attack on the news
papers, and on all other mediums which
give the news, and through which men
speak their minds. The attack could not
succeed if the public realized the danger.
1t could succeed, and with disastrous re-
suits for the cause of freedom, if the
public failed to grasp the significance
of restrictive attempts.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-13
CURRENT QUOTATIONS

Many things are worth saving for the
world-to-be after the final defeat of fas-
cism, but none arS more precious than
the lives Of those who first fought Hitler.
DR. Frank Kingdom, chairman Of In
ternational Rescue and Relief Committee.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-13
Editorials and Comment

EDITORS NOTE: The following edit
orials are presented as interesting Opin-
ions Uoiced bu editors elsewhere. They
do not necessarily reflect the opinion Of
this paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-13

The purpose Of rationing tires is to put
them into the hands of those who can use
them to the best advantage Of the entire
nation.-Price Administrator Leon Hen
derson
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-13
GRANDSTAND STUFF

At home, the political effect Of
all this monkey business is that
Senator Mcclellan gets credit for
being a great economy-mlnded
statesman. There are votes in that.
But consider what the effect OF
this grandstand politicing may be
in foreign countries. There, the
word is spread that the Senate has
killed the Export Import Bank Any
loans or credits being negotiated
for the movement of war supplies
must come to a temporary stand
still. Every loan outstanding be-
comes uncertain, for if the bank
is to be liquidated, funds out
standing presumably would become
collectab,e and loan funds author
lied but not yet drawn on by for
eign countries would no longer be
available. The war effort is there
by impeded.
And the word goes round in for
eign capitals that this is typical
Uncle Shylock good neighborliness
Uncle Shylock gets his cousins
over the bankers barrel and then
forecloses. A lot of fixing is then
required TO reassure everyone that
Congress didn't mean it-that this
was simply a cantankerous old cuss
showing off.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-13
OFF WITH ITS HEAD

In addition, EXport-1mport BANK
has been of material aid in the
war effort, in financing the pro-
duction and purchase of many crit
ical NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., sugar, tin'
copper and the like.
The expenses of this bank have
been running somewhat over SlOO,-
OcO a year. but because OF the war
emergency, they were estimated 1or
the coming fiscal year at S2O7OO0
and LEGISLATION approprlatlng TINS
sum of money passed the House as
part of The Independent OFFICES
bill. In the Senate, however, Mr..
Mcclellan launched an about at
tack. and one of his shots had the
effect. not of reducing the Export
Import appropriation, but OF Kill
ING it entirely. The Export Import
Bank was simply put out OF bus
mess. with no though of what
would happen to the hundreds OF
millions already invested.
Now isn't that a heck OF a way
to run a country?
1t so happens that the peo-
ple who run Export Import
aren't worried. They say the
appropriation will be put back
when the bill goes into confer
ence to reconcile differences
between the Senate and House
versions. Senator Mcclellan has
been seen, presumably, the
banks Importance has been eX-
planned to him, and he has
promised to be good.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-13
DRAFTING THE THOUGHTS
OF AMERICAN LISTENERS

What may be the wars most danger
Gus trend on the home front came into
the open this week
William B. Lewis, assistant director
of the Office of Facts and Figures, the
governments top publicity organization,
told the National Association of Broad
casters convention at Cleveland Tuesday
that the government has instituted plan
for drafting" some time on all the ma
tons radio programs, commercial and
sustaining, for the duration.
Put more bluntly, the government is
Selling private radio broadcasting facilit-
les in every part of the United States
for a short time every day to dissent
nate government propaganda.
The danger is apparent. If the gov
eminent is able to take over these facil-
tiles at all, for any length of time, it can
take them over entirely, for "a hours
each day, with equal facility, and all in
the name of the war effort. Once taken
over, the government-which in this in
stance means the administration in pow
er-can dictate everything that gees out
over the air. 1t can prevent so much as
one word of criticism, no matter what
the subject
This is not draft in the same sense
as a draft of physical manpower, nor of
factories, nor of money. Those drafts,
regulated and restricted as they are do
not interfere with the basic foundations
of freedom. This is a draft, so called,
of human thought, and if carried to eX-
tremes would strike directly against free
dom by debating the knowledge and in
formation available to the public.
We shall be free as long as we are able
to know the facts, and all of the facts,
and make our decisions on them. We shall
lose our freedom when any government
or any individual, or any group, can die
tate what we are to be told, and what we
are not to be told
We have not reached the point yet
where anyone can dictate to us the knowl-
edge which shall be ours. We will not
be brought to that point by the limited
scope of the radio draft announced by
Mr.. Lewis. But unless we realize the
potential dangers in such plans, we can
not guard against the loss, which would
make us as truly slaves Of the govern
ment as are the people of Germany.
We do not see the limited radio draft
as an Immediate great calamity. We see
it as the possible first step toward such
a great calamity-the worst in the his
tory of the American people.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-13

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
IMPERIAL
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-13

S u NJ NJ o N S
Harry w. Horton q George r
Kirk, Attorneys Tor riaintiff.
IMPERIAL IRRIGATION DIS
TRICT, Plaintiff.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-07-10
Marion News

Mr. Vance Miles Jr., has returned
to Baltimore after spending his va
cation with his parents.
Misses Emily and Geraldine Knight
left on Monday for a stay of several
weeks in North Carolina visiting rela-
tives and friends.
Mrs. Aurelia Lawson spent the 18th
Of July holiday with her son and
daughter in Baltimore and Severna
Park.
Mrs. Ella Stevenson and Miss Mary
Stevenson returned home on Monday
from a visit in Painter, Va, with Mr.,
and Mrs. Harold Turner.
Mr. Robert Mathews of Covington,
Pa, who was the teacher of the
seventh grade in the Marion school
last year spent a few days with Mr..
and Mrs. Vance Miles recently.
Mr.. Emerson Briddell has been
visiting his son Mr.. Rufus Briddell
and family in Baltimore.
Mr.. and Mrs. Manchester Duer of
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-07-10
FORD COMPANY OUT OF
BUSINESS FOR DURATION

The Cambridge Auto Company,
owned and operated by Levi D. T.
Noble, on Sunburst Highway, and
which handled Ford, Mercury and
Lincoln cars, has discontinued bust
ness, as of July 1st. Mr. Noble an
nounced that he had sold the entire
stock of Ford parts and accessories to
the Phillips Hardware Company, larg-
est Ford fleet owners on the Delmarva
Peninsula
Mr.. Noble estimated that since he
started in the automobile business he
has sold between $500 and 1000 au-
tomobiles in Cambridge and Dor
chester county and that his business
had brought him in close contact with
most of the people in the city and
county.
'tFor the duration of the war my
time and effort will be devoted to
whatever field for which 1 may be
best qualified" he said.
The repair shop will be continued
by Elmer Cannon and Seymore Ewell,
two of Mr.. Mobiles former employees.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-07-10

Mr.. and Mrs. George L. Milliner
and Mr. and Mrs. Edwin J. Powell
spent the week end at Atlantic City,
n. J.
MIR. Cecil G. Fletcher of Halifax
spent the week end with his mother.
Mrs. Edgar d. Fletcher
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Lambert and
children, Jean, Rhoda, Kenneth and
David are spending two weeks with
relatives in Franklin, w Va.
Mr. Fred Milliner of the L. S.
Coast Guard spent the week end at
his home here.
Mrs. Sallie Nelson of Richmond is
spending some time with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Matte NJ Sterling.
Mrs. Fred B. Mason and son, Mr..
Edwin Mason spent Tuesday at Vir-
GINA Beach with Mrs. Winfield
Creighton and Miss Grace Mason.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-07-10

Princess Anne, spent a few days with
Mrs Duer's parents the first of the
week
Miss Alice May Wilmington Of
Wilmington spent last week end at
the home of her parents, having as her
house guests the Misses Marjorie
Benson, Ellen Foster and Liza Davis,
also Of Wilmington.
Mr.. and Mrs. ". Blake and two
daughters Mary Bell and Peggy Of
Philadelphia are visiting Mrs. Blake's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs Ira A. Hall
Mr.. Cecil Marshall has obtained
employment in Baltimore where he
is now living.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Green and
son of Baltimore spent the week end
with Mr. and Mrs. Carl Green.
Mrs. Joseph J. Coulboun left last
week for Baltimore where she will
make her future home. Miss Ger
trude COulbourn spent a short time
in Baltimore with her mother She
will live with Mr.. and Mrs. Hall n.
Miles.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hall accompa-
MED by Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Watts
spent the 4th Of July in Delaware.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Cox, Miss
Leila Pussy and Mr. Roy Pussy spent
Sunday in Ocean City.
Dr. and Mrs G. 5. Somers, Bobby
Phipps. James R. Woodland and Mr.
and Mrs. A. R. Woodland spent the
18th Of July week end in Delaware and
Ocean City. Md
The Marion homemaker'S club en-
ioyed strawride to their annual
picnic held on the lawn of Miss Susie
Billiards. farm near Manokin
Miss Sarah Gordy of near POGO
moke City was the house guest OF
Miss Betty 10 Woodland several days
last week.
Mrs. Robert Taylor is in Baltimore
with Mr. Taylor where they expect
to live permanently in the near fu-
ture.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-07-10
FORMER SUPERINTENDENT
n. Y. p. & N. r. R., SUCCUMBS

Word was received last week end
of the death at his home in Chicago of
William r. Davis, superintendent of
this division of the Pennsylvania rail
road from May 10th, 1929, until May
10th, 1892.
Mr.. Davis was born in Lenover,
Pa, June A, 1898, and entered the
employ of the Pennsylvania system
as a special shop apprentice on April
6, 1914. He advanced in position un-
til he came here as superintendent of
the old Delaware division. He re-
manned after the consolidation of the
Norfolk and Delaware divisions to be-
come the Delmarva Division superin-
tendent on April IS, 1880. When he
left here he went to Philadelphia, and
later to Chicago, where he served as
master mechanic
Mr.. Davis and Mrs. Davis had many
friends in this locality who will learn
of his death with genuine regret.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-07-10

Miss Elizabeth S. Grant Of Balti-
more, and Mr.. John D. Grant, 3rd Of
Suffolk spent the week end with their
mother, Mrs. John D. Grant il.
Miss Ona Lambert is visiting Miss
Hanna L. Holland in Norfolk.
Miss L. Katherine Budd is spend
ing this week in Cape Charles.
Miss Evelyn Parks is spending the
summer at Ocean City, Md, where she
has accepted a position in the George
Washington Hotel.
Mrs. James R. V. Daniel Jr., and
son Jimmy, of Richmond arrived
Wednesday to spend the remainder of
the summer with her mother, Mrs. J.
H. Ayres.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bruce n. Northam
Jr., and daughter, Miss Mary Rebecca
Northam, of Chuckatuck spent the
week end with friends in Accomac
and Modestown
Miss Jacquelyn o. LilIiston of New
pOIL NEWS spent Tie WcSh cllO With
her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Herbert Dalton Lilliston.
Mrs Mary Davis, Mrs. Stuart B.
Ashby and son, Mr.. Stuart B. Ashby,
Jr., of Wilmington, Del, spent the
week end with Mr.. Ashby's aunt, Mrs.
Joseph L. White and Mr.. White.
Mr.. George E. Holland of Norfolk
spent the week end with relatives
here.
Mrs. John W Edmonds Jr., and
sons, Franklin and Jack, have re
turned after spending several weeks
with relatives in Richmond.
Miss Elizabeth Gray, Miss Polly
Gray and Miss Ellen Douglass Gray
of West Point. Va, are spending this
week with their aunt, Mrs. J. H.
Ayres.
Mr.. Fred E. .Ruediger of Newport
News is spending two weeks at his
home here.
Mrs. Olevia Nelson is spending
some time with relatives at Chesa-
peake Beach
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-07-10
Mona, Va. News

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Bell and
family, Mr. and Mrs Williams of
Baltimore spent Sunday at Ocean
City.
Mrs. Fletcher A. Miles and sons
and Lynwood Willis Jr, spent Sunday
at Pocomoke.
Mr. Milton Shay who is stationed
near Washington, D. c., spent the
week end with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. A. Shay
Mrs. J. P. Miles and daughters
Emma and Annie May spent the
fourth at Ocean City.
Miss Lila May Parks who has been
in Lynchburg for the past week has
returned home.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-07-10
SHORE COLLEGE TO HOLD
INSTITUTE DURING SUMMER

Plans are being made for an Insti-
tue on Professional and Public Rela-
tons to be held in connection with
the summer session at Washington
College on Monday and Tuesday, July
9th and 18th. The Institute will in
clude two afternoon meetings and a
dinner meeting. Monday afternoon
will be devoted to a series of short
talks on The Place of Education in
Democracy, while the Tuesday after
noon meeting will feature a panel dis
cusSion headed by DR.. E. Clarke Fon-
taine of the State Department of
Education. The panel discussion will
be built around the theme, Informing
the Public on the Schools. The Insti-
stute will close with a dinner meeting,
Tuesday evening, with DR.. Thomas G.
Pullsn Jr., State Superintendent of
Schools, as the speaker
Participants in the Institute will in
hclude representatives from the State
Department of Education, county
superintendent, teachers from the
elementary schools and the high
schools, representative from the
National Council for Social Studies
and Washington College faculty mem
bers. The Institute is being planned
to stimulate interest in education
among educators, Parent Teacher AS
sociationS and community minded cit
liens.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-07-10
OLD CAMP GROUND
ADVERTISED FOR SALE

Rev. J. Earl Cummings, District
Superintendent, is advertising for
sealed bids for the purchase of the
Shiloh Methodist Camp Grounds prop
erty and the church building.
This is one of the best locations in
the county for a camp. 1t is right at
the intersection of two State roads,
and is between East New Market and
Hurlock.
1t is one of the oldest and most
widely known camps in the State.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-07-10
FROM OUR
EXCHANGES
CHESTERTOWN EDITOR IS
NOW COAST GUARDSMAN

A Chestertown editor has joined the
armed services of the U. S. William
S. Collins, Associate Editor of The
Transcript, has been accepted in the
Coast Guard.
Mr.. Collins was sworn in on Tues
day as 1st Glass Petty Officer and it
is understood that he will serve on
board coast patrol boat with base at
Norfolk.
Dudley Reed formerly with the
News, will go with the Transcript.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-07-10
Accomac News

Miss Kathryn Milliner has returned
home, after spending four weeks in
Newport News with her brother-in-
law and sister, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Floyd Burton Jr.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-10-31
Have You Heard?

That Mrs c. c. Ames left Saturday for Cleveland
where she joined her brother-n-aw and sister Dr. and
Mrs. Charles Garvin and went to Dee Gee where DR.
Garvn attended the trustee meeting at Howard u? The
two sisters kept to New York. where Dr. Garvin will
join them later The trio expected home Friday.
That Ann Vivian Brown says the to the Indian
womens wasp waists is that they can't eat much on ac-
count of the string that they tie tightly around their
to keep their sar won't let them take than limit
ed quantities of food in their stomachs?
That Miss Brown and her friend Amy Nicholas, of
Cleveland, royalty entertained while in Detroit?
Among their hostesses Betty Swan who gave wa-
file breakfast; Victoria Mccall luncheon; and Beulah
Whtby dinner.
That Lottie Donald Lovejoy is studying embalm-
ing so that she may assist her husband?
That the cast of "Porgy And Bess" did a swell Job
of singing and acting though their subject matter
not of the highest character?
That Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fisher entertained at a
reception Sunday for Mrs Fishers brother and ssern
law?
That Bonnie Smith and Pearl Penick went to the Ar
fists and Models ball in Chicago last week end?
That June Dickens plans to attend West Virgina's
home coming" Carolyn Pummer's guest? Mrs. Plum
mer and Gladys House will also go.