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Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-29
Tank Armies Meet
In Desert Test Of
Striking Power

CAIRO. May 30. UP)-Powerful
British and Axis forces are clash
ing in major test of strength i'll
the ,Libyan desert, after German
armored units which drove to the
Sidi Razegh area far inside the
British defense zone had been re-
pulsed. a Middle Eastern commune
que said today.
Failing to take the key desert point
of Ell Adem, Is miles southwest
of the British coastal stronghold OF
Tobruk, the Germans pressed ad-
vanced forces eastward to the Ed
Duda-Sidi Rezegh zone, about Is
miles southeast of Tobruk.
These were repulsed, and the Ger
mans Joined two columns at des-
ert trail crossroads, about 20 miles
southwest of Tobruk.
Here, the communique said, the
combined enemy force engaged Brit
ish armored forces for test OF
strength which Gen. Erwin Rommel,
the German commander in CHIEF,
was believed to have sought.
On the result of this fight, 1t was
indicated, might depend Rommel
strategy and tactics in his new drive
eastward for the fifth great Libyan
campaign.
The British and German forces
were fighting, in dust and ha41
under burning desert sun, at q
remote camel trail junction which
British troops have called Knights
bridge, for the artery and shopping
center in the west end OF London.
1t is about 10 miles south OF Acroma,
which in turn is 18 miles west oil
Tobruk and about 10 miles in from
the coast.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-29
Soldier Wage Hike
Still Month AWAY

WASHINGTON, May 20. (UP)-
Soldiers and sailors Will have to
wait another month for that pay
rise congress has been consider
ing.
July seemed to be the most like
ly date that the increases will be-
come effective, provided legislative
technicalities are ironed out before
then and provided the house ana
senate can decide whether buck
privates and apprentice seamen
should get $42 or $50 month,
The house yesterday rejected, 332
to 81, a senate-house conferenoO
report on the pay bill and instruct
ed it's conferees to insist on an
increase to $50-a month. The con-
ferees had recommended the SEN
ate's figure, $42 a month. The mev
now get from $2l to $40 montir
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-29

long coastlines. Nevertheless, the
experts believe tn a japanese
chances for any outstanding sue
cesses against the Pacific coast are
not as great as were DoollCCle 3
chances against Japan.
For one thing, all of the enemy
planes would have to be based al
sea for an attack on the Paclflc
coast. The type of planes Which
usually operate from aircraft car
riers cannot carry bomb loads as
heavy as those dropped on Japan
by Doolittle's two-engined B-25 med
ium bombers. While it is believed
possible to launch medium bomperS
from aircraft carriers, it is doubted
that such planes could safely land
on them.
The attacking planes would nave
to fly from and return to floating
bases at sea. The Japanese would
not have the advantage OF friendly
territory on this side OF the Pacific,
from which they could launch their
attack or on which they might land
after such an assault.
FLYING BOATS
The japanese conceivably might
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-29
Reds Move Up To
VitoI Railroad

counter attacks, none of which re-
gained for the Germans any of the
territory they had lost.
Official dispatches and the mid
night communique noted new out
breaks of fighting on the Kalinin
front 100 miles northwest of Mos
COW and farther north toward Len
ingrad.
Hundreds of Germans were kill
ed when the Russians, attacking
in the Kalinin region, captured two
villages and with them four trench
rortars, four machine guns, 100000
cartridges. a headquarters wireless
transmitter and other war mater
ials. it was said Three hundred
Germans were killed in another
sector.
Farther to the north the Russians
in a sharp attack took 93 German
firing points, including fortified
dugoutS.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-29
Japanese Suffer
Further Reyerses
In China Battle

CHUNGKING, May %. (UP)-
japanese forces that have failed to
crack the stout Chinese defense OF
Kinhwa, have met further reverses
at Lanchi, a few miles away to the
northwest, leaving several thousand
dead on the field after being twice
repulsed, the Central news agency
reported today.
Official quarters said KinhWa, al
most surrounded by the Japanese
and pounded for days by artillery
fire and aerial bombs, still remained
in Chinese hands. unable to take
the town, which is the capital OF the
eastern province of Chekiang, the
japanese left a force of 10000 to
continue the siege while the re-
mainder of an estimated force of
100000 y-passed it to attack Lam
Chi Taneki and Kienteh, all in the
same area.
The fighting around Lanchi ap-
parently was on the same furlouS
scale as that at KinhWa, where the
Chinese met Japanese columns NOV
ing from three directions and killed
an estimated 13200.
Central news had little detail OF
the fighting, saying only that "sev-
eral thousand Japanese dead were
left on the field" when unsuccess-
full attacks were made on Lanchi
Tuesday and Wednesday.
Military sources said the japanese
had famed out and were operating
far west of KinhWa, while Japanese
warships, coming to the aid OF the
stymied army forces around KinhWa,
had shelled Santk, at the mouth OF
the Min river.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-29

MOSCOW, May 90 (UP) - Mar
shal Seymon Timoshenko, III a
new drive north of Kharhov, has
reached the north-South railroad
and threatens to cut one of the
main German supply arteries OF the
whole front, unconfirmed reports
said today.
Russian forces behind strong tank
formations looSed their attack in
the area of Liptsi, 18 miles north
northeast of Kharhov, according to
these reports, and quickly reached
the Kharhov- -Belgorod railroad,
the main line to Moscow
German forces continued a fierce
and costly attack in the Izyum-
Barvenkova sector 70 miles south
of Kharhov but it was indicated
that they had failed to make gains.
STUBBORN BATTLES
Front dispatches said German
tank losses were so heavy that in
an increasing number of sectors the
assaults were based on infantry
| masses
The Russian noon COnlmllllQue
reported:
Last night the Izyum-Barven-
kova direction our troops engaged in
stubborn battles with enemy tanks
and infantry. In other sectors
there was nothing of Importance. "
A special dispatch said fighting
continued day and night. Along
the general Kharhov front the
Germans were counter-a attacking at
many points and clinging desper-
ately to their isolated pockets of
resistance in others, where the Red
Army continued its persistant for
ward drives.
1t told of the beating back with
heavy losses of successive enemy
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-29
U. S. Experts Believe Jap
Reprisul Raids Probable

use heavier craft capable of carry
ing big bomb loads, such as multi
engined flying boats operating from
sea-plane tenders. Even seaplaneS
catapulted from the decks of cruis-
ers might participate in attacks
against shore objectives.
Military experts said it was con-
ceivable that all three types OF plane
carriers might be used.
They said it is anybody's guess
where and when the attacks would
come. But it is no secret that Alas
ka, the northwest United States
the San Francisco area, the Los
Angeles San Diego area and the
Panama canal are strategic zones.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-29
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Notice is hereby given by Freder-
ick A. willard, executor of the es-
tate of Mary M. Willard, deceased
to all creditors or persons haVlflH
claims against the said deceased 70
exhibit them with the necessa
vouchers within six months after
the first publication of this notice
to the executor at 212 Rehkopl
Building, Ell Centre, California, the
place selected for the transactlq
of all business of said estate or 10
file them within six months atter
the first publication of this notice
in the office of the Clerk OF the
Superior Court of the State OF Cali
fornia, County of Imperial
Dated May 2, 1912.
FREDERICK A. WILLARD
Executor.
Clarence B. Smith,
Attorney for Executor.
mo. 2D tM22-29-Jo-lS'
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-29

planes Immediately converged over
the area, it was said, hoping to
ambush submarines attempting to
rendezvous with the ship.
REPRISALS EXPECTED
Diplomatic sources said Brazil's
move was one the Axis would not
ignore. They pointed out that Bra
I'll was fighting Germany and Italy
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-29
PLASTICS TO MAKE
STIRRUP PUMP HOSE

WASHINGTON, May 20. CUP)-
experiments to find substitute for
rubber hose on a government-de-
signed stirrup pump to combat IRE
bombs have proved successful, the
Office of Civilian Defense announc-
ed today. Specifications of the new
hose, to be made of plastics, Will be
released to manufacturers soon. .
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-29

foodstuffs and munitions, off nor
thern Brazil. The plane signaled
the ship which claimed it was Fin
nish but could not explain why 1t
was anchored, the report said. The
plane then radioed for a patrol
vessel which took over the SNIP
and discovered its nature.
Scores of Brazilian and American
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-29
PROFESSOR NAMED
ON BOUNDARY BOARD

WASHINGTON, May 20. (UP)-
Appointment of DR.. George M. NC
Bride, professor of geography at the
University of California at Los An
geles, as a technical adviser to the
Peru Ecuador boundary demarca-
ton commission was announced to-
day by the state department.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-29
Norway Joins in
Terrorist Drive

LONDON, May %. CUP)-Attacks
on Adolf Hitiers GesIapo terrorists
spread to Norway today while Ger
man authorities transformed all of
CzechoSlovakia into a concentration
camp in the search for the Would-be
assassins of Reinhard Heydrich, the
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-29
Editorials and Comment

EDITORS NOTE: The folloDing edit
oriais are presented as interesting opin-
ions Uoiced by editors eiselDhere. They
do not necessarily reflect the opinion OF
this paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-29
FRONTIERS SEALED

Six personS-all members of one
family and including two women
already have been executed near
Pilsen.
The frontiers of Czechoslovakia
have been sealed and no trains
have crossed the borders since We'd
nesday when Heydrich was shot,
Berlin advices to Stockholm said
Within the closed frontiers, whole
sale roundups of suspects were un-
derWay. Highways were guarded with
barricadeS at numerous points, where
all travellers were halted and search
ed.
All CzechS over is years of age
who fail to report to police by to-
night will be shot, a German proc
| lamatiOn warned.
The Gestapo leaders were said
| in the Stockholm adViceS, to be
convinced that the perpetrators OF
the attack on Heydrich remain III
hiding in Prague.
Articles left on the road where
the attack on Hcydrich occurred
including a Woman'5 bicycle, rain
coat and a brown attachc case, were
displayed in the window OF store
on the main street of Prague with
a notice saying: do you recognize
these?"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-29
BEAT 1'.-HEAT

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rash; after shower-anytime- with
Mexican Heat Powder Helpsbabygetrest.
Guards against chaling skinirrtation. De-
mand Mexican Heat Powder, Costs little.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-29

No. 2 leader of the GeStapo.
A deputy chief of the Gestapo
was reported to have been slain by
Norwegian patriots near Bergen.
The Nazis, in swift reprisal, burned
and sacked the entire village where
the attack occurred, according to
Stockholm advices.
Terror was reported by Czech
officials here to be spreading over
their country in the wake of the
shooting OF Heydrich, known to
the people of the occupied countries
as der henker" (the hangmam =,
because of his ruthleSsneSs.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-10
New Guinea
Continued from Page One

Continued from Page One
the lengthening accounts of the
exploits of Americas heavily
armed long range bombers.
1t reported that Flying Fort
resses and Liberator bombers
clashed in furious aerial duel
with japanese fighter planes off
the coast of New Britain. When
the fight was over the bombers
- without single loss - had
knocked down 10 of the enemy
planes and SO greatly damaged
four others that they probably
were unable to reach base.
HOLDING ACTION
In Australia, Prime Minister
Curtin told the House of Repre-
sentatives in war review that
Australia must be prepared to
fight a holding action until the
Allies could turn their atten-
ton undoubtedly upon Japan.
Curtin said that even before
the fall of Singapore Prime Min
lister Churchill and President
Roosevelt had decided that the
first task was to defeat Ger
many.
Curtin warned that even with
the Improvement in the picture
to the north, Australia must still
be prepared to resist strong air
and sea-borne attack. These, he
said, could be expected to come
from Japanese concentrations on
the island of Timor, 400 miles
northwest of Port Darwin.
Australia has m u C h to be
thankful for" said Curtin. He
added that recently it has been
American Seapower that has
been the bulwark between ia
pan and Australia"
He declared, however, that
there was nothing to justify the
optimistic view that the end is
in sight
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-10
Shuttle
Continued from Page One


army leaders who are believed
TO have fallen under Hitler's dis.
pleasure and been marked for
purge.
The transocean dispatch said:
Thursdays Berlin nachtaus-
gabe newspaper published a
photo with the following cap
ton:
"'The fuehrer at a military
demonstration in conversation
with the chief of the general
staff of the army, Infantry Gen.
eral ZcitZler.'
This photo shows Hitler with
nine officers, in the foreground
the fuehrer ano General ZeitZ-
Ter, a man Of heavy build in the
prime of life.
For some time Berlin has
spoken of General Zeitzler as
one of the most ingenious Ger
man general staff officers,
whose great efficiency has as
serted itself since the campaign
in the west France and the
lowlands) and who therefore
was promoted rapidly"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-10

SOntinueu ITOHn rage Onc
Turin, once great industrial CEN
ter on the river Pc.
HEAPED WITH RUIN
Turin, royal arsenal city, has
been heaped with destruction
and fire only tie night before
and the return last night for
the sixth raid in less than a
month testified to tie RATS de-
termination to smash Italian in
dustry in one phase of the eff
fort 10 knock tall. from the
war.
Observers on the southeast
coast said the planes streamed
across the English channel for
80 minutes last right and were
subjected to heavy anti-aircraft
fire from German batteries on
the French coast upon their re-
turn this morning from the
roundtrip crossing of the Alps.
Air alarms were sounded in
Swiss centers and the Swiss tele-
graph agency said that the Swiss
minister in London had been in
structed to make a very firm"
protest against Raj fligh', over
the nation.
1t said he was told to call the
British government attention
to 1.-The urgent necessity of re-
specting Switzerland's neutral
ity.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-10
Funds
Continued from Page One

payment of pupil tuition to nine
cities in addition to their receiv-
ing IS per cent of the school aid
they received in the year 1910
Al. The other suit objects to the
fact that the IS per cent grant to
the same nine cities did not in
clude additional local tax con-
tributions. Both are teachnical-
tic in the school aid distribution
fund. The nine cities are Alpena,
East Grand Rapids, Monroe,
Fordson, Hamtramck, Trenton,
Wyandotte, Negaunee and Ann
Arbor.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-10
lovenfi(h
Rites Saturday
Hall Rood
Women Dies

Funeral services will be held
Saturday morning at $3.50 am.
from the LaCroix g. Groesbeck
Funeral home and at 900 am.
from st. Louis Church for Mrs.
Lucia Lovrencich, 76, who died
early this morning at the home
of her daughter. Mrs. Mary Os-
terman, 3249 Hall road.
The deceased resided at the
above address for the past is
years.
Prayers will be held at the flu
neral home Friday night at 800
p. m.
Burial will be in st. Peters
Cemetery, with the LaCroix &
Groesbeck Funeral home in
charge Of arrangements.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-10
Jobs
Continued from Page One

Continued from Page One
major war plants of the Detroit
area thus are included.
Clark emphasized that the
plan was wholly voluntary. He
said, however, that there were
extensive possibilities for its en-
forcement both as to the job
changing workman and the pir-
ating employer.
In the latter instance, Clark
said, the Manpower Commission
can resort to public opinion
and publicity" or, in cases of
employers with cost-plus con-
tracts, the War and Navy de-
partments may refuse to turn
over funds to contractors for
paying job-jumpers.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-10
Turin

continued from Page One
Turin, once great industrial cen
ter on the river Pc.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-10
Gifts
Continued from PAGE One

Continued from Page One
local merchant will make some
soldier happy"
A. D. Brewer, executive sec
rotary of the Board of Com
merce, enthusiastically endors-
ed the plan, saying: Let's prove
that Mount Clemens people have
the spirit necessary to win the
war and let's show the Selfridge
men we appreciate their eff
forts"
Harold Lindsey, commander
o. the Mount Clemens Civilian
Defense Corps and Veteran of
World War !, stated: II know
how it feels to be away from
home on Christmas. Let's dig
deep to assure a merry Christ
mas for all Selfridge men,"
Both Brewer and Westendorf
have sons IL service.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-10
Africa
Continued from Page One

within 10 miles of Tunis and
carried out a series of demoli-
tions southwest of the Tunisian
capital.
Both Axis communicates re-
ported heavier Skirmishing be-
tween armored patrols in the
Tebourba area. The Italian COM
munique said an Allied armored
car attack west of Tebourba was
repulsed
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-10

There are between 100000
and 100000 fibers in the hu-
man optic nerve, according TO
scientists.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-10

Young seals gain weight at q
rate of two or three pounds
daily.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-10

Natives of Honduras eat green
bananas, boiled and seasoned
with salt.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-10

North Dakota is the only
state in the Union not to have
recorded a local earthquake.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-08
24CAGERs ARE NAMED ATU. w.
 BY EDMUNDS0N

SEATTLE, Dec. 3.-Twenty-four players who will form Washing tons basketball squad for the im- pending playing season have been announced as Coach Hec Edmund son continued the series of scrim- images to decide the travelling squad for forthcoming tour of th e Northwest.
 Sixteen of the men are six feet or over, with Bill Markham the pigmy of the lot at feet 9 inches.
 Alphabetically, the squad includes the following:
 Bob Aiken, Hector Brown, Bob Bird, Bob Cummings, Wesley Dahl, Bob Engstrom, Doug Ford, Roland Foss, Chuck Gilmtm, Merlin Gil- bertson, Bill Gissberg, Dale Grcns- dale, Wally Leask (captain). Bill Markham, John Massouras, Jack Mcintyre, Bill Morris, Lew Morse, Bill Olson, Winton Olson, Chuck Sheafer, Ava Strope. Bill Taylor
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-08

proval of the individual contracts by the RIA, began moving men and materials to the job. E. w. Elliott, lof Seattle, took contract for moving all equipment and for the erection of shops, warehouses and other buildings.
 Approach to the job was by three directions: CD by rail via Edmon- ton to Dawson Greek, the beginning of the project, (2) from Seattle via the inland water route to Skag- way, thence by railroad to White horse and to the job, (3) from Se- attle by inland water route an d across the Gulf of Alaska to Val dez, thence by highway to the job.
 For water transportation, the PRA used five steamships, one mo- tor ship, five yachts, 14 barges and 10 tugs. About 1900 men were flown to the northern end of the project to establish living quarters, shops, and other buildings essential for operation.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-08
RAY ECKNANN QUITS POST WITH U. OF w.

SEATTLE, Dec. 8. - Ray Eek mann, the University of Washing tons Czar of athletics since 1886, has decided to quit his job as Di- rector of Student Activities and Ad- ministrative Director of the School of Physical and Health Education.
 Succeeding Charles P. Frankland in 1886, Eckmann's regime was fea- tured by quite a bit of friction in the sports life of the University, ending in a climax last year when football coach Jimmy Phelan and his entire staff was booted out the window
 When Eckmann took over, there was a sizeable debt against the University for bonds issued in building the schools huge athletic pavilion Under his administration, the building has been paid for and a sizeable balance has been built up.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-08
FiGkens Planning
 Toledve Juneau
 During Weekend

MT. and Mrs. A. J. Ficken plan to leave for. the south this weekend and will first go to Portland, oregon to visit with Mrs. Ficken's sister Mrs. Fred Gordon.
 After their residence of thirty years here, friends and business as- sociates express regrets at their departure and best wishes for their future.
 A Martha Society luncheon, given by that organization of the North ern Light Presbyterian Church honored Mrs. Ficken December 4 Mrs. Fred Henning was in charge of the event and was assisted by Mrs. Walter Kleweno, Mrs. M. s. Whittier, and Mrs. Willis R. Booth.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-08
BRUINS ARE WA!MpED BY
 MOOSE FIVE
Officers Team Works Ev. cry Tritk of Game to
 0verpower HillUesf
SCORES LAST NIGHT
 Moose down Bruins, 45-25 Officers edge out HiIlcrest, 26-24

The Moose were too much foI the lowly Bruins in the second half of their encounter at the Juneau Hi gym last night n d wound up with a 45-25 victory. McDaniels led the Moose vic- tory with seven field goals as his teammates Vacura, Powers and Taylor each had three. Neither team had much of a defense and the Moose, showing the most accu- rate shooting ability, slowly drew away in the third period and coasted to victory in the final quarter. Christensen was th e spark plug of the Bruin five along with Brandt, each scoring six points.
 Officers Hard Pressed
 The second game was different however, as the league-leading Of ficers team had to use every trick they knew to best the speedy lit tie Hillcrest five in the final mo- ments and win 26-24 The Off cers kept fresh players in the game at all times while the Hill- crest boys used but five players throughout the tussle. McNeil of the Officers sank four beautiful long shots to lead the scoring ef- forts Levi of the Hillcrests was high man with nine points, hit ting the basket for four field goals land a free throw.
 The Officers were up against the same sort of thing that they have used all season to score five vic- tories in a row; namely speed. Yes, the Hillcrest boys kept their op- ponents on their toes every minute of the game, and the Officers knew that they were fighting some of their own medicine Brown, F'recht- ling, and Lagle each scored two field goals for the Officers. The Officers have put behind dan gerous opponent, but still must meet the Beavers, Cheechakos, and Wages to start feeling like cham pions. Don't miss these games if you enjoy good basketball because they will be real battles.
 Next Games
 The next games will be played Wednesday night at the Juneau Hi with the Sigacs vs. Falcons and the fast-stepping Waves vs. St. Louis Blues.
 The box scores for last nights games are as follows
 Moose