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Evening star., 1942-09-18
Club Bars Army Private;
Faces $1,000 DAMAGE Suit

BY the Associated Press.
TACOMA, Wash. Sept. ia
private in the Army is suing the
well-known Derby Club for 81 900
damage contending he was refused
admittance because he was an en-
listed man.
Pvt. Bert Williams of nearby Fort
Lewis, who brought the suit in Su-
perior Court yesterday. said he was
a paid-up member of the club and
was known to be an Army private
when accepted for membership
The complaint stated it was ex-
planned to him that only those hav-
ing rank rs officers in the Army and
civilians were now being permitted
to enter, and the fact that he was
wearing the uniform of a private
soldier constituted bar to his ad-
mission"
Refusal by the club to permit him
to enter for dinner, Pvt. Williams
stated, brought to him great hu-
initiation and dishonor and degra-
dation in the eyes of his guests and
others present"
Evening star., 1942-09-18
WLB Decision Grants
GIN Workers AGENT
Hourly Wage Boost
~. 900 Affected; Rise
Ordered Retroactive
To April 28
BY the Associated Press.

BY tne Associated Press.
Approximately 225 900 employees in
95 General Motors plants will re-
ceive wage increases of cents an
hour, retroactive to April %, under
a ruling by the War Labor Board.
The CIO unions representing the
workers had sought a boost of 1872
cents and a mediation panel had
recommended scent increase.
The boards vote, announced yes
terday, was to g. with labor men,
bers dissenting.
The panel reported that average
hourly earnings of General Motors
workers at straight time, as of last
May, were $1065, an increase of 1874
per cent from January, 1941.
A union request that rising living
costs be calculated on the basis of
average increases in the cities where
the plants are situated, instead of
the national average. was rejected.
The board also refused, S to 4, a
panel majority's recommendation
that the night shift bonus be in
creased from to 10 per cent.
Standard maintenance of men,
bership clauses were ordered writ
ten into the agreements. These
permit any union members IS days
to withdraw from the union If they
do not wish to be bound to remain
members for the life of the contract.
Evening star., 1942-09-18
all new types also have increased
f1re power, he said.

all new types also have increased
flre power, he said.
Questioned concerning the fac,
that Japanese planes have not sup
ported their ground troops in the
Owen Stanley Mountain fighting
in New Guinea. he said the Jap.
anese had lost a lot of aircraft
through Allied heavy bombing oi
Buna. Salamaua, Rabaul and else
where and may be short Of air
craft.
Japs May Lack Planes.
On the other hand, he added
the Japanese may be saving equip
ment for big show somewhere.
Gen. Kenney said also the JAP
anese may not have SUFFICIENT planes
for both the New Guinea and Solo,
mon Islands operations.
Nevertheless, he warned. the
Japanese are able to get planes
from Japan faster than the Allies
can get them from the United
States since fighters can be flown
from Japan in stages but come by
ship from the United States.
In a tribute to the Australian
flyers working in cooperation with
the United States Army Air Forces,
he said they were doing "a wonder
full job" with Hudson bombers and
P-4O fighters.
Evening star., 1942-09-18
Nothing Is Impossible,
Gen. Kenney Believes
BY GEORGE WELLER.
War Correspondent of The Star
and Chicago Daily News.


and Chicago Daily News.
SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA,
Sept. 18.-"The difficult we can do
now; for the impossible 1t will take
little longer" That is the saying
Of Maj Gen. George c. Kenney,
who succeeds 1t. Gen. George H.
Brett as Allied air chief under Gen.
Douglas Macarthur.
Any visitor to Gen. Kenney can
read this saying, for it is under the
glass top of his desk and placed to
face whoever is talking with him.
Glancing down at the adjuration
while reporting, general officers will
soon learn to drop the word cant"
from their reports.
Gen. Kenney is short, leathery
and frank, and SO years of age.
Personally modest, he talks straight
and seeks no publicity, He believes
in discipline and does not think the
air force should be any less strict
than the other branches of the
armed forces. But far from being
Evening star., 1942-09-18
Fierce Fight Facing
Allies in Pacific,
Gen. Kenney Warns
requirements Of PIones
And Pilots Stepped Up,
New Air Chief Says
, By MURLIN SPENCER.


GEN. MACARTHUR's HEAD
QUARTERS, Australia, Sept. 18.-
Maj. Gen. G, c. Kenney, new
commander of the Allied Air
Forces in the Southwest Pacific
told a press conference TODAY
that 'if anybody thinks we don't
have a fight on our hands over
here he'd better turn over and
dream on the other side"
''Nobody's kidding me about this
show" Gen. Kenney said. ITS a
tight, but I, think we've got the
fighters over here to do the Job"
In his first formal interview since
he succeeded 1t. Gen. George H.
Brett, Gen. Kenney declared re-
placements OF planes and pilots for
the Southwest Pacific area had been
stepped up in the last five months.
Flyers Being Sent Home.
He also disclosed that American
myers, navigators and bombardiers
are being sent home to instruct
f1edgling airmen.
The transfer of Mai. Gen. Ralph
Royce, chief of operations of the
Allied air forces in this theater,
from Australia to the United
States, is part of that policy, Gen.
Kenney added.
Some airmen already have re-
turned home and more will go as
replacements arrive, he declared.
Many have had experience in the
Philippines and Java.
While reiterating his belief that
American P-40 and P-39 fighter
planes can outslug the japanese
Zero, Gen. Kenney said new types
of planes are being produced in the
United States with pepped-up en-
gines and more horsepower. Almost
Evening star., 1942-09-18
jacob Rosenheim Dies:
Brunch Head of Oil Firm

Jacob Albert Rosenheim, 81
branch manager here for the Bay
erson Oil Works of Erie, Pa, died
today at his home, 2742 Woodley
place NV.
Mr.. Rosenheim, a native of New
York City, was active in Masonic
work. He is survived by his widow
Mrs. Laura NJ Rosenheim, and 8
brother, Charles Rosenheim OF
Palisades Park. N. j.
The body will be sent to New York
for burial
Evening star., 1942-09-18
Soldiers Good Farmers

Gardening is popular in the
British Army, 18 soldiers of one
unit stationed near London having
cultivated Ia acres. while another
unit of $50 men produced a ton of
mixed vegetables in one month.
Evening star., 1942-09-18
BEDROOM

Reg. $298.50 6-pc. Harvest Mahogany
modern suite. Beautiful leather
cite upholstery ----------------
Reg. S225 6-pc Twin Walnut Modern
Suite. Hand rubbed finish -
Reg. S154 Ape. Champa gne Solid Maple
Modern Suite. Includes double
bed, chest, dresser and vanity
Reg. $119 3-pc Modern Walnut Water
fall Suite. Special al-
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-25
Lieut.. Acquitted
In Airline Crash

and burned, killing the nine pas
sengerS and three crew members
Instantly.
Before ending the court martial.
the officers recalled Staff Sgt. R. R.
EIGHT, co-pilot of the bomber, to
the stand Sgt. oicht reviewed in
detail his story of how Lieut.. Will
son had told him he wanted to
hold a mid-air rendezvous with CO.
pilot L. F. Leppert of the airliner.
Wilson and Leppert had had dim
ner together the night before the
fatal accident, and Leicht testified
that Wilson told him he wanted to
thumb his nose" at Leprcrt in the
air.
The army court pl~ced consider
able Credence in testimony of Pvt.
Roy West, chief defense witness.
West said he was playing tennis at
Palm Springs at the time of the
crash Oct. % and clearly saw the
two planes come together at an
altitude of 9,0C0 feet.
The airliner curved and ran up
UEGer the bomber" West testified,
The tail of the airliner seemed to
Hip up and hit the right wing of
the bomber. Then sections of the
tail broke off the airlincr and it
crashed"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-25
Warren Has Busy
Schedule Laid Out
For Valley Visit
GoverrOr-Elect Coming
Next Monday Night to
Attend Parley Here

Governor-Elect Earl War
rem will have a busy sched-
ulc when ho visits Imperial
Valley next Monday and
Tuesday but arrangements
were made SO that large numbers
of valley residents will have an
opportunity to meet him. District
Attorney Elmer Heald said Wed
ncSday in making last minute
changes in the tWo-da" program.
It was arranged that Warren vii,
arrive by plane, reaching the Ell
Centre airport late Monday in time
for a rest at the Barbara Worth
hotel in Ell Centre before attending
a banquet at the Planters hotel in
BraWley that night. The banquet
will be followed by q public gather
ing at Brawley Union High school
where Warren will speak,
TO MEET HACKERS
At $50 am. Tuesday morning
Warren will be guest of homo" at
a breakfast at the Barbara Worth
hotel with the Ell Centre Non-Par-
tisan committee, the Republican
committee, and Warren hackers to
attend. At 8 am. he will leave for
the De ANA hotel in CaleXico to
attend meeting of the southern
unit Of the California District At
Continued on Page 6, Col. g.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-25

jor networks and War Production
Chief Donald M. Nelson has asked
workers to pass the ammunition
by producing war goods as usual
en- Thanksgiving Day.
The President will be assisted
in the observance in the historic
East Room of the White House by
members of his cabinet, justices of
the supreme court and heads of
the armed services who will join
with him in song and prayer.
Secreatry of War Henry l.. Slim
son has ordered military and civ
ilian personnel of the War De-
partment to observe Thanksgiving
Day bv working as usual. The
Navy Department issued similar Or
ders.
DATE SETTLED
All state join in celebration of
THANKSGIVING on the last Thurs
day in November for the first time
in three years. For the two years
previous. the holiday has been cele-
hrated in many states a week ear
il liIN itHuCob Vi
Roosevelt
A survey indicated service men in
cities across the nation were
sWamped with more invitations to
holiday dinners than possibly could
be filled Army posts, naval bases
and United States ORGANIZATION
headquarters were flooded with Ct
fers to feed soldiers, sailors and
marines in private homes.
TURKEYS GO ABROAD
Wherever soldiers are serving
pbroad as we'll as in the continental
United States. the US. Army Quar-
termaSter Cores will provide them
with an evening meal of turkey
and all the fixinS'.
Supplies Of frozen turkeys have
been shipped to men stationed in
Britain. Ireland, Iceland and other
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-25

; The note, written in a precise
hand apparently was slipped under
the door of the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Stewart Botsford, parents Of
the child who was taken from his
buggy outside a store late yester-
day. The note, written on carefully
folded pink paper, said:
"Jephthah
Judges Chapt. II
1890"
The parents said the note was
found just inside their door last
night. There we're indications that
the note might have been a hoax,
and Investigators sought its rela-
tionShip to the kidnapping.
"BURNT OFFERING"
Jephthah. called to lead the Is
raelites into battle. made these
pledges in Judges, 1:30:
And Jephthah vowed a vow un-
to the Lord and said, if thou shalt
without fail deliver the children of
Ammon into mine hands,
"3l. Then it shall come to be
that whatsoever comcth forth of
the doors of my house to meet me,
when l return in peace, shall surely
be the Lords and I will offer it up
for burnt offering"
Then, according to the Bible,
when JCphthah returned he founG
his own daughter and Did with
her according to his VOW"
Meanwhile, the search for the
baby and the woman who byStand
crS saw lift him from his buggy
centered in the religious community
of Zion, north OF here. The COM
munity until recently was led by
the late Wilbur Glenn Voliva. who
preached that the world is flat.
KIDNAPER TRAILED
Sheriffs deputies said they had
trailed the infant and his kidnapeI
to the Zion home. huge frame
dwelling inhabited by a few tran
sients and many aged persons. The
woman and child. they said, went
% Zion late yesterday in a taxicaD.
The woman then took the child into
the home and telcphoned for an
other cab.
Deputies said the first cab driv-
ers description Of tie two tailed
with that given b. bystanders who
saw the baby removed from his
buggy Whine, his mother was in the
store shopping for pair of ankletS.
Investigators said they were seek
ing the second cab driver who took
Continued on Page 6. Col. d
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-25

SANTA ANA, Cal, Nov. 25-tUP1
An army court today acquitted
Lieut.. William N. Wilson of charges
of involuntary manslaughtcr grow
ing out OF the mid-air collision of
the army bomber he was plotting
end an American airliner.
The 1C-man army court delibe y
ated 81 minutes after hearing final
Arguments in the thrce-day court
martial. Col. Ieland r. Hewitt,
commanding officer at Mather
Field and senior officer and preSi-
dent of the court, announced the
verdict.
Col. Hewitt made no comment az
he read the verdict to Lieut.. Wilson
Following the collision the Ameri-
can airliner crashed into mClm-
tain side near Palm Springs, Cal.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-25
Liquor Smuggling
Charged to Pair

Charged with smuggling % pints
of whiskey into the United States
from Mexico, w. j. Kelly, 30, and
Betty Mayfield, 10, were held in
the county Jail in Ell Centro We'd
nesday pending action of the Unit
ed States district court.
They were caught at Truckhaven
with the whiSkey in car driven
by Kelly. who said they were on
a trip from Oklahoma. Part of the
whiskey was in suitcases IN .1e
turtleback of the car, part hidden
under the back seat, and part un-
der the hood. Customs officers
found the whiskev when they stop
ped the car at the desert highway
station early this week.
United States Commissioner Df-
sew Whitelaw set bail for the cou-
pie at $1,000 each.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-25
Nazi Prisoners
Recaptured After
Escape in Alameda

OAKLAND, Cal, Nov. 25.
<UP)-Four German mill
cary prisoners, all members
of Field Marshal Erwin
ROmmePs Afrika Korps, es-
capped from passenger train IN
southern Alameda county last night
but we're recaptured early today.
Two of the Nazi soldiers we're TAX
EN- into custody near the train short
ly after the escape. One was cap
tured as he attempted to make
getaway on the back Of a truck.
Another was reported taken into
custody somewhere in the Alta
mont Pass, near the scene of the
escape.
The Germans jumped off the
train near Livermore, a community
about so miles east Of San Francis
co in Alameda county.
FBI agents, officers of the Ala
media county sheriffs office, and,
presumably, militar% police partici-
pated in the speedy recapture of
the Germans.
The western defense command
said it would have no official state
ment concerning the escape and
recapture of the Germans.
Circumstances surrounding the or
iginal capture of the Germans and
details of their arrival in the Unit
ed States were withheld. 1t was
assumed, however, the four Ger
mans were among the captives TAX
en- by the British Eighth Army in
its offensive against Rommefs
beaten army in Egypt or Libya.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-25
School Children
!oTiII Gardens
In Food Program
Home Victory Campaign
Gets Flying Start in
Response Of Youngsters

Dirt began to move in Ell
Centre Wednesday as Will
son school children turned
their youthful energies to
planting home gardens and
starting other projects designed to
help with the Food For-Victory
campaign.
Wholesale determination to par
ticipate in the food growing pro-
gram came during a speech made
at assembly Tuesday by Assistant
Farm Advisor H. Lee Landerman,
All club director, who electrified his
audience by listing the accomplish
mentS of go CT the 400 boys and
girls in the All clubs of the county.
The youngsters listened with
growing excitement as Landerman
Continued on Page 6, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-25

FRANCOIS DdTldll, lOTllleT VlClly Olll-
cial
Announcing the cancellation. a
spokesman for Gen. Charles De-
Gaulle, leader of the fighting
French. said:
"As long as D1rlan is retained as
head in North Africa l feel | CAM
not conscientiously continue"
Strong resentment of the Darlan
arrangement continued to find eX-
preston in parliament, where For
eign Secretary AnthonT Eden told
commons today that the British
governments engagements with the
Fighting French still stand. though
a DeGaulle radio speech had been
postponed because of the "eX-
tremely tense and serious operations
now pending in TuniSia."
Some members of parliament, led
by Aneurin Bevan. Laborite, pre-
sented a motion denouncing Allied
relations with Darlan as "inconsist-
ent with the ideals for which we
entered and are fighting this war"
The DeGaulliSt spokesman ex-
planned that he had decided to can
Gel the regular broadcasts because
'it is not possible for me to make
the appointment of Darlan clear to
the French people"
'For the time being, therefore,
he said, the messages have been
stopped. cannot take up a position
from any other angle, as I was
speaking on behalf of the French
national committee.
L have confidence, however, that
the unhappy position in North Afri-
ca will finally be settled to the sat-
isfaction of all concerned"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-25
REDS CLOSE Steel MOOSE ABOUT GERMANS
War Sets Holiday Theme

Imperial valley prepared We'd
= nesday to celebrate its first war
time Thanksgiving in 25 years,
joining the rest of the nation in
the holiday theme, Praise the Lord
and Pass the Ammunition.
The valleys celebration will be
quiet, perhaps a little grim. Ra-
tioning, coupled in some homes with
vacant chairs at the harvest board,
seemed likely to reduce the Thanks
giving dinner abundance of other
years. Completely offsetting the
war-made handicaps here, as else
where, was fuller spirit of thank
fulness because of recent Allied vic
tcries on the battlefields-
which many believe have marked
the turn of the war.
The churches will lead valley peo-
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-25


The infant was discovered at the
La Crescenta, Calf, cottage of a
male nurse following a telephone
tip to the office of McKee's attor-
ney, Joseph Scott.
Brought into court with Terry
was fearful, c0-year-old Cynthia
McKee's daughter, who disappeared
with the child. AS she passed
Scott, who held the boy in his
arms. Cynthia clasped her half
brother quickly and hurried weep
ing to her seat at the counsel ia
BILE.
Accompanied by Jack Horlachcr,
deputy sheriff attached to the jul
venile crime prevention bureau,
Scott carried the child into Judge
Thurmond Clarke's courtroom. He
said he found the child at the home
of Wilbur Ferguson, q male nurse,
after receiving the telephone tip
Judge Clarke, who heard the Bit
terly contested divorce suit, ordered
an immediate hearing into the dis
appearance.
Judge Clarke placed the child in
temporary custody of Mrs. Mere
dith Stelle. sister of Cynthia,
pending McKeeS reutrn from Mil
waukee, where he is reported at
tending the graduation of a son
who is being commissioned in the
Army.
Mrs. STEELE is the wife of a re-
Continued on Page 6, Col. a.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-25
Army Restricts Liquor
Sale to Service Men

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 25.--
.Pl-New regulations affecting
the sale of Intoxicating liquor to all
service men in eight western states
were announced today at the head
quarters of Lieut.. Gen. John l.. De
Witt, commanding general of the
western defense command and
Fourth Army,
The announcement of the new
restrictions said they will become
effective on December TO-
The announcement, made with
concurrent of Vice-Admiral John
w. Greenslade, commander of the
western sea frontier and Vice-Ad-
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-25
Fire Damages Two
Buildings Here

Fire, probably caused by a kero-
sene heater, PARTIAL" destroyed two
frame buildings Cn FL Centro'S East
side TucSdoy afternoon.
Fire Chief Corn Reid said that
" delayed alarm prevented his fire
men from reaching the scene at 22l
and 225 Second street until the
ola5c had gained considerable head
WV.
One building was owned by MI
and Mrs. Jack Webster and the
other /" Juan Mepias. Damage on
both, which were half burned
amounted 10 nearly 5000,
Mexican and Filipino field work
ers inhabited both dwellings.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-25
Mexican Dies of
Traffic Injuries

Macario Huerta. Mexican laborer
Of INLAND. died in the Imperial
county hospital late Tuesday from
injuries suffert Il in traffic acci-
dent four miles north of Calipatria
last weekend.
He was injured when a pickup
truck he was driving left the high
way and crashed into a concrete
slphon, Highway Patrolman Walter
Walsh said.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-25

was a request that the civilian pub
lie assist in the protection OF all
service personnel and civilian work
ers in war industries from alcoholic
eXceSSeS.
State and municipal authorities
we're urged TO provide that all es-
Establishments or portions of estab-
lishmentS where Intoxicating liquor
is sold on the premises will be
closed not later than midnight and
opened not before 10 am. and that
all stores or portions OF stores
where liquor Is sold for use off the
premises be closed not later than
8 pm. and not opened before 10
am.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-25

as Jilc HUI HIlpoi ocu liOiii WC"'HS
continued to work and awaited $50
more of their cOuntrymen.
A total of 632 laborerS from the
interior Of Mexico is now engaged
in field work here in essential and
other vegetable crops. A third group
is expected within the near future
TO augment those on hand. In the
first group came SIT, in the second
155. and the remaining $50 are ex-
pected To arrive the first of next
week
AS in the last contingent TO be
recruited from the interior of Mexi-
co. large number of the men will
be distributed in the Yuma area
with the remaining ones coming