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Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-07
Europe Answers
Call TO SABOTAGE

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the greatest in Germany, was forced
to close down for several days after
an accident" For several days be-
fore the accident" anti Fascist
leaflets were circulated in the plant
and neighboring villages. The Ges-
tapo made several arrests.
A series of explosions repeatedly
occurred in the Deuches munition
works near Berlin. Foreign work.
men were arrested. A chemical plant
near Dusseldorf, where several hun
dred foreigners are employed, was
damaged by an l..ptosion. Fire and
explosions at the Goering works,
near Linz, destroyed several shops
it was reported Thousands OF
Poles, Czechs, Belgians and French
men work in this plant.
Several mechanics at Neuburg
have been sent to prison for from
five to eight years for breaking
their lathes.
In Czechoslovakia, sabotage re-
portedly has been increasing at the
great Skoda Arms Works. At Pilsen
II workers repeatedly were wounded
when storm troopers fired on strik-
erS.
An arms factory at Brno, where
the Bren gun is made, was closed
for IA hours when power station
was damaged. The next day three
explosions occurred in the machine
gun assembly shop. At the Skoda
plant a military guard stands al
every fifth machine
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-07
Rverson States
His Views On
City Government

All the people of Ell Centre are
being challenged, not for mortal
combat, but challenged on the
question of municipal survival. We
must get our house in order! We
must see to it that every employee
of the city is loyal and efficient.
Every expenditure not vital to the
welfare of the city must be vetoed
for the duration. Note that we say
mot vital to the welfare of the
city" because those activities that
are vital will assuredly not be
cramped
But we should all realize that
we are living through a critical
period of our city history. If taxes
rise in proportion to the demands
that will be made upon us because
of the war and nothing is done to
relieve the situation locally, all of
us will be under heavy financial
burden.
For 16 years the city taxes of
Ell Centre have been gradually in
creased without compensating in
crease in benefits. The per capita
tax in Ell Centro is three times that
of Brawley, 20 times that of Calexi-
co. Why do not the taxpayers of
Ell Centro demand reason for this
state of affairs?
For a long time thousands of
dollf:-s lay idle in the city treasury,
money which should have been
used to make badly needed repairs
70 the streets of cur city. Then
suddenly as election time drew near
the money was put to the use for
which 1t was appropriated long
ago. This money does not come out
of the city tax fund but out of the
gasoline tax allotted by the state
to this district.
We think council meeting
should be devoted to an earnest
consideration of the many prob
lens of city government and not
to personal pickering, back biting
and comedy acting. Every dollar
spent should be authorized by the
council in regular session accord
ing To city laws and ordinances,
If I am elected I will do my
utmost TO prevent financial waste
and loss and to put the city on a
sound, efficient and economical
basis. Since all my business is with
farmers in the rural area. am
beholden to nobody in a business
way and / can represent the City
Of Ell Centre without commitments
I pledge service TO all the people
and shall appreciate the support OF
every voter who wishes TO put our
city affairs in order before IL is 10.
late.
! (Signed)
P. E. RYERSON
! POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-07
irving SaysFoe
In Council Race
Permitted Waste

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COW tow to him.
"FaWcett is the worst obstruction
ist, and the most eXtravagant coun-
Gilman in the city's history" Irving
said.
"Of course, FaWcett had nothing
to do with the police scandal, but
dominating the council as he does,
I know that the proper officials
were helpless in that situation be-
cause they feared to act without
Fawcetts approval"
I'VE have had Is years of this
kind of city government and it is
high time to turn off the Fawcett'!
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-07
IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS, Ell CENTRIC, CALF.
Woman Trouble
Aired i'm Court

FL Centro's eastside was virtually
evacuated Tuesday morning as many
of its residents oyerran Judge Lee
Nuffer's police court to testify in
the trial of Felix Thompson and
James Cyles. on charges of brawl-
ing over Lyles' wife.
Lyles had one arm in a sling and
exhibited a various assortment of
wounds about the head and face.
He said he got that way from scuf-
fling with Thompson.
The fracas started witnesses said.
after Lyles had pummeled his wife
on top Of the Uranium with his fist
Lyles admitted he socked her after
an argument over her money. which
he had taken on the theory that
what's hers is his.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-07

When Mrs. Lyles started scream
ing and hollering and whooping,
several of the neighbors went over
to investigate. Among them was
Thompson, who Lyles said, never
had been in my house"
"Oh, yes he has," corrected Mrs.
Lyles.
We'll, not while I was there" re-
torted Lyles.
Judge Nuffer listened to a dozen
persons who saw all or parts of
the setto, but not one ever saw the
knife with which Lyles was cut.
SO the judge sentenced Thompson
to 80 days in the hoosegow. and
fined Lyles $50.
He paid off, then turned to his
wife and borrowed Is cents for q
package of cigarets.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-07
Navigation Bureau
Approves Courses

The bureau of nayiga ton Tuesday
approved the Ell Centre Junior col
lege and the courses offered for
United States Junior college and
United States Navy class VI train
ing, Dean Glenn Kieffer said.
High school graduates and high
school seniors between the ages oil
II and 10 years will not be called
for two years If they enroll within
the required time, subject, of course
to the stipulation that they make
their grades. High school senior.
must enroll Immediately At the enc
of two years one fourth of the 10000
will be enrolled in schools of the
United States will become aviation
cadets and others will become mid
shipmen.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-07
"Who am I to stop them?

"Who am I to stop them?
The governor reviewed his admin
istration's achievements and said ne
had carried out his platform declar-
ations of a progressive government.
despite the "sniping of hostile bloc
of legislators, of racketeers and am
bilious party Quislings-"
1--WE have proved to the people
who elected u.s." Olson told the
assembled Democrats, that we have
kept the faith and that our plat
form declarations were intended
to be taken seriously and relied up
on"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-07
Friend Of Great
Men Celebrates
Second Birthday

WASHINGTON, April 7. GUP)--
A little guy who knows President
Roosevelt and Winston Churchill
so well he can tell you the color
of their shoelaces had a birthday
today.
His name is Falla, an underslung
Scottie dog who at the age of two
years has been part of more his
toric conferences than any human
alive except his boss, the President.
Falla was scurrying between the
legs of the President and the Brit
ish prime minister when they draft
ed the Atlantic charter at sea last
summer. When Churchill was a
guest at the White House last
Christmas, Falla was a frequent Wis
itor in Churchills room.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-07

juries. the extent of which were not
disclosed. Regan was suffering from
shock, authorities said.
The victims were identified as:
LIST Lieut.. =. w. johnson, Dun
ming. Neb.
Sgt. L. D. Larsen, Min Creek,
Ida
Pvt. L. w. Thomas, Lemoore, Cal.
Pvt. H. w. Dunn, Mifflintown,
Pa.
Pvt. E. L. Wallace, Phillipsburg,
Pa.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-07
Nation Promised
Synthetic Rubber

WASHINGTON, tpril 7 UPD -
Secretary Of Commerce Jesse Jones
today told the senate defense in.
vestigating committee that the gov
ernment's synthetic rubber program
will give us rubber we can use. ar
in large quantities"
Detailing the numerous difficult
ties that stood in the way of the
creation CT a vast new synthetic
rubber industry, Jones emphasized
that some of the questions it raised
are still unsettled.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-07
Munson Funeral
Rites Scheduled

Funeral services for Clarence B.
Munson, former Ell Centran killed
in an accident near Orleans last
weekend, were scheduled at Paul's
chapel in Arcata Wednesday.
Munson is a past commander Of
the American Legion post at Or
leans. Among his survivors are his
wife, Mrs. Arlene Munson of El
Centre; four children; his mother,
Mrs. Alma Munson of Minnesota; !;
one sister; and four brothers.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-07
GOOD SAILOR

Falla is particularly well known
around the Presidents Hyde Park,
N. Y, house and aboard the naval
craft on which Mr.. Roosevelt cruis-
ed in the pre-War era. He takes
to the ocean with the same gusto
as his master.
Falla first joined the presidential
family as the gift of a friend of
President and Mrs. Roosevelt in
Duchess county, New York. When
hardly old enough to blow his black
hair from in front of his eyes. he
was named for a distant Scottish
kinsman of the chief executive, an
oldtime kilt-Wearer by the name
of Murray of Falla Hill.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-07
Scanning l.V.
News Horizon
GRAIN GROWERS TO
CELEBRATE BIRTHDAY

Civilian defense will take the
spotlight Wednesday night when
the Imperial Grain growers cele-
brate their twentieth anniversary
at a dinner meeting at Hotel Bar
bara Worth. Following the 7:30
dinner and entertainment. Elmer
Heald. district attorney, is to speak
on Agriculture in Civilian De-
fense.' and film will be shown.
Civilian Defense in England is
its title.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-07
U.S.. Regulars Join
Volunteer Pilots

CHUNGKING. April 7 CUP1 :
Units of the regular United States
Army air force have joined Ameri-
can volunteers pilots in defending
Mandalay temporary Burmese cap
ltal. Chinese military spokesman
said today.
The japanese killed between 1000
and 5000 civilians and destroyed
about two-thirds of Mandalay's
commercial district in their three
hour attack Friday.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-07
AFL UNION CALLS
OFF BRIEF STRIKE

CHICAGO, April T. UP,-TIhe
AFL Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
and Freight Handlers today called
off brief walkout of 900 employees
at two major carloading terminals
which threatened to disrupt ship
ment of war materials.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-07
Continued from Page One;

VCUIlIIlueu ITUlfl Pdgt One,
COW reporting large numbers OF
planes shot down. The Russians said
that the luftwaffe losses for last
weekend were over 400
On the Russian front. both sides
were moving up reserves but there
was no important change reported
The Berlin communique Tuesday
failed to mention a German radio
report, broadcast Monday, that the
Russians had penetrated Nazi lines
in the Staraya Russa sector south
of Lake linen. The Monday broad
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-07
TRIAL DATE SET

Gordon Brown Of San Bernardlno
will be tried in Imperial county su-
perior court April 81 on charges of
negligent homicide and drunk driv-
ing filed after Oakley Lee Burks
was killed last month when thrown
from a car Brown was driving
southwark near the Imperial-Riv-
erside county line.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-07
PLEADS GUILTY

C. E. Moye will be given hear
ing in superior court April 81 on
the application for probation he
filed in superior court after plead
ing guilty to five counts of issuing
bad checks.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-07
CHILD BREAKS WRIST

Ann Rae Hammond, 8, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Hammond of
434 Wensley avenue, fell from the
play bars at Harding school Mon
day and suffered a compound frac-
ture of her left wrist
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-07
SUES FOR DIVORCE

Gladys Hart Monday sued Rob
ert E. Hart. Jr., for divorce. alleg-
ing cruelty. They married. she
said, at Santa Ana June 10, 1888
and separated March Is, 194l.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-07
PLEADS NOT GUILTY

Doniaciano Soto pleaded not
guilty in superior court Tuesday to
a charge of incest. His case was
scheduled for trial April 20.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-07
INTEND TO WE'D

A notice of their intention to
marry was filed with County Clerk
w. j. McClelland Monday by Dan
iel Morales, Sc, Calexico. and Do
lores Lopez, 20, Los Angeles.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-07
SENT TO JAIL

Sammy Ramel, Filipino, was sent
to the county Jail for six months
for assaulting a fellow islander. He
pleaded guilty to the charge.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-07

p. E RYERSON
POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-26
Boyce Aten Post
To Hear Witness
OfChina Terror

Japan's brutal rape of China will
be described in Ell Centre Tuesday
night at a meeting of Boyce Aten
post of the American Legion by DR..
c. E. Randolph, who left China
after the Japanese invasion.
Dr. Randolph of HoltVille. a med
ical missionary, his wife and their
small daughter were living at Kali
gan, about $50 miles northwest of
Peking. when the japanese invaded
that area They left for Central
China for while and later returned
to the war torn section. They re-
manned there until they were forced
to leave under duresS.''
They went to China in 1887 and
before their departure became fam
iliar with the japanese methods of
looting China, Japan's vicious treat
ment of the Chinese people, and
their cruel methods of handling a
country they invade.
tBoyce Aten post members asked
their Chinese allies in Imperial
county to attend the meeting al
Veterans Memorial hall in El Gen.
tro at pm.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-26

Pacific coast" 1t. Gen. John L.
Dewitt, western defense zone COM
mander, said.
1T is entirely probable that they
will attempt to land saboteurs
somewhere along this coastline, pos
sibly, although not necessarily, at
some sparsely populated point" he
added. Il
Urging residents to maintain
constant and unrelaXed vigilance"
against both coastal landings and
fifth column activities, Dewitt en-
phasized that all persons, especially
those living in rural waterfront
areas, should be on guard at all
times and report suspicious per-
sons or incidents to military au-
thorities."
Our enemies are certain to in
crease their attempts at sabotage
as the war progresses and our
production of war materials in-
creases," Dewitt said.
Time is an important element.
Delay in reporting suspicious per-
sons or incidents may so handicap
military authorities as to prevent
interception of enemy agents be-
fore they have reached the COM
parative safety of the interior"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-26
Grim Prediction
Carried Out By
Murder, Suicide

OAKLAND, Cal, Oct 26-(UP)-
Daisy Ruth Miller, stenographer,
once told friends that Paul j.
Beck, her frequent companion,
some day will shoot both of us,
after writing $1,000 check to pay
for the funeral
Early Sunday Miss Miller, 80, ran
into a hotel lobby screaming, look
what Mr.. Beck did to mel" She was
bleeding from q bullet wound in
the left ankle. Attempting to hide,
she collapsed behind the desk.
A moment later, attendants told
police, Beck, so, entered the lobby.
He paused for a few seconds with
his arms folded, then stepped for
ward and shot Miss Miller three
times in the body.
He placed the gun to his own
head, fired once, and died. Miss
Miller was taken to a hospital where
she died a few minutes later.
Beck was a wealthy garage owner.
Police said he had a wife in Los
Angeles, but that letters indicated
they were separated. They said
they were informed that he and
Miss Miller had been friends for
several years. She worked for a
San Francisco electrical company.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-26
Americans Fight
AII-Out Attack

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tackS on Axis supply ships in the
Mediterranean, Royal Navy subma-
rines boosted their bog for the
month of October to "a ships sunk
or damaged-a sizeable total Of
tonnage.
CONSERVATIVE
The imperial communique from
Cairo was couched in conservative
terms. 1t reported that Axis coun-
terattacks had failed to dislodge
the imperials from their positions
inside Rommel's defense lines and
Sid that armored forces of both
sides were going into action. Thus
far Cairo reported, l450 Axis pris-
oners have been taken.
Dispatches from correspondents
with the advanced imperial ele-
ments. however, said that the
Eighth Army had driven a gaping
hole in Rommels lines and de-
scribed it as smashing forward Wig
orously in an attempt to engage
Rommel's main tank forces.
Rome claimed that a British
landing attempt had been repulsed
at MerSa Matruh. However, the
report appeared to stem from
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-26
by WILLIAM TYRFE

WITH THE AMERICAN NEWS
MEN ON GUALALCANAL, Oct. 13
DELAYED - The favorite
song on this island is Say a PRAY
er for Your Pal on Guadalcanal."
The boys in the press corps sing
it Justify on all occasions and a
few nights on Guadalcanal con-
vinceS you that they mean it.
OF the medals passed around in
this war, some should be reserved
for the handful of correspondents
here. I'm just passing through so
I can tell their story without preju-
dice.
For the last three days I've dived
into foXholeS with them and gone
through the bombing and shelling
attacks which are part of their
daily routine.
The correspondents have proved
they're Just as tough as the ma
rines-otherwise they couldn't cover
this war.
DUMB NEWSPAPERMEN'
A veteran marine sergeant put it
this way:
IF I'm going to get it, I'm going
to get it-but I'm not going to get
bumped off on the top of hill like
those dumb newspapermen with
their cameras"
Robert Miller of the United Press
and Richard Tregaskis of the In
ternational News Service were in
the first six weeks of the Guadal-
canal action and shared all the
hardshipS with the marines. They've
been replaced by an equally rugged
group of correspondents,
Francis Mccarthy. United Press
staff correspondent. has been here
30 days He has gone through two
attacks of dySentery. half q dozen
assorted tropical complaints and he
received Q broken rib when he fell
down a cliff while out on patrol
with the marines.
Sherman MontrOSe of Acme News
Pictures has had the same exper-
ience as McCarthy-Save for the
broken rib
GREETING TO FRIENDS
NlOllll OoC tlShtNl lIlt W Stlltl tillS
greeting to his friends: Having
wonderful time. Wish you were
here-inStead Of me"
John G Bowling of the Chicago
Sun reports he has taken off his
correspondents armband - because
the japanese give their snipers eX-
| ira credit for neWSmen.
Here are a few excerpts from
| DoWling's diary:
AT dawn you clock open your
eyes and look into the grey faces
of your comrades You can't real
ly say you're crowded = because
there are only six of you in a tent
meant for five. This is the Quad
alcanal press club less than a mile
from the japanese lines.
You stumble out from under
your mosquito netting and start
scratching. Somebody repeats an
an old Story-very old Seems a
mosquito landed on the air field
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-26

coastal bombardr-e carried out
by British light naval forces.
AXIS WORRIED
Both Rome and Berlin admitted
the serious native of the British
offensive in Africa. The Axis COM
muniqua claimed that l04 British
tanks had been destroyed and IA
planes shot down
On the Russian front, Indian
summer returned to the Stalingrad
area and inspired new Nazi at
tempt to drive the Soviets from
their strong defensive positions in
the ruined city.
Moscow said that Marshal Sem
yon Timoshenkc's relief drive
northwest of the city had picked up
momentum with the recapture of a
Nazi held village and a number of
trenches and German dugouts.
In the Southwest Pacific, Gen.
Douglas MacArthurs bomberS were
smashing away at the Japanese base
of Rabaul in an effcrt to aid the
US. forces in the southern Solo
mons. The bombers reported that
the toll of Japanese shipping
smashed or damaged had been lift
ed to 100000 tons. The latest bag
included a gun beat and three car
go ships, totaling $1,000 tons. 9th
er air attacks were directed against
New Ireland Timor and points
in New Guinea where land lines
were static.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-26
Union Man Urges
Houser Election

Edward l.. Nolan, special deputy
OF the Bricklayers union of the state
Of California, Monday voiced a plea
TO labor throughout the state to
join in the election Of Fred Houser
as lieutenant governor.
In establishing a sound wartime
administration in California, Earl
Warren as governor would need the
help of Fred Eouser as lieutenant
governor" said Nolan. We can de-
pend upon Mr.. Houser TO give the
utmost cooperation. The opposing
candidate. Ellis Patterson, by his
.-ck of stability. threatens to be
serious handicap.
Il know Mr.. Houser, have watch
ed his career in the state legislature
as an assemblyman from Alhambra
and am convinced that he will prove
an administrator in whom we can
.epose confidence. He is fearless. is
qualified ty training an experience
Tor the office, and through three
terms of office has sponsored some
If our most constructive labor legis-
alton.
I'm his broader :civitieS. I direct
your attention TO his leadership in
the economy lice of the last session
OF the Legislature. There he vigor-
ously opposed the Alison Patterson
administration and aided in saving
the taxpayers of California some
100000. 900 in taxes without curtail-
inc DappCcary activities
Since the lieutenant governor is
only one step removed from the gov
ernor's office and may at any time
be called upon to fill it, we should
make sure that the man elected to
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-26
Desert Struggles
First Hours Show
Power of British

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his index finger and speaking as
calmly as if he were lecturing, he
said.
During the moonlight tonight,
terrific battles will be fought. When
day breaks tomorrow, we shall see
hot stand, but there can be no
doubt of the issue"
He told correspondents how the
Allied forces had been built up
during the past months. and added:
Now it looks as if, with the
Americans on our side, we should be
able to do something about it along
the lines of SHUTS speech, in which
he said we had passed from the de-
fenSive to the offensive.
PACKS BIG WALLOP
so the battle begins tonight. The
eighth army and our airpower are
one-We have one combined plan
| Tommy never let you down."
Montgomery'S eighth army SEEM
ed to pack knockout punch from
the word go. In two years of Western
desert campaigns, I've never seen
the British go to battle with such
drive, coordination of effort, and
metlculouS timing. If all the diVi-
sions, brigades and battalionS had
been linked with one electric clock,
there could not have been better
experimentation.
At one moment, all was silent.
Then, as if button had been press
ed the entire horizon behind us
blazed with tongues of flame and
the noise W'.S terrific. The massed
fire of tight packed batteries of
field guns continued six hours. That
is record for the North Africal.
fighting.
BATTLE CONTINUES
Twenty minutes after the first
big bang, troops with fixed bayonets
crossed the starting line and filed
through the corridors of our mine
fields. They mopped up the forward
enemy posts then waded into the
enem:'s mine fields.
The battle was still going on at
dawn. My advance Highlanders had
walked for five and a half hours
and had covered nearly five miles,
two of witch we're inside the Ger
man lines. We had gone through two
enemy mine fields but there were
still other mine fields, beyond barb
ed wire, protecting the main posi-
tionS.
A big battle looms in the coming
hours.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-26
Is Persons Die
In Canada Crash

MONTREAL, Oct. 26-tUP)-The
Royal Air Force ferry command an
nounced today that 16 persons, in
Guiding two members of the crew,
were killed in the crash of a Ven
tura plane two and one-half miles
from Montreal airport this morn
ing.
The crash occurred about 200
yards from the Cote De Liesse road,
shortly after the plane had taken
off.
Ferry command officials revealed
! that some of the passengers aboard
were civilians. but they declined to
disclose the victims names until
next of kin have been notified.