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Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-22
Hearst, CoughIin
Accused of Aetna
Against End Front
Soviet Official Says
Some Americans Hold
Up Offensive Drive
BY M. S. HANDLER

MOSCOW, Oct. %. (UP)-
Vladimir Krushkov, secre-
tary of the Soviet informa-
ton bureau, today accused
William Randolph Hearst and Col.
Robert r. Mccormick, American
newspaper publishers, and Charles
E. Coughlin, radio priest, of OBJ
structing the opening of a second
front ..-s =
Writing in the fortnightly pub
licatioh, THE Prcpagandist," KrrJ-
hkov bitterly attacked the "Mu-
Mich party" in the United States
and Great Britain, which, he said,
was opposing the second front.
In the frankest R,gsian dis
cussion of the second front to date,
he named Lady Astor, American
born member CT Parliament, and
Capt. Bernard AcWorth, naval cor
respondent for several British
newspapers. as leaders of the Brit
ish wing of 1.-The Munich party"
I'VE must note that the Ameri-
can press speaks more energetlcaily
for a second front than the Brit
ish,' Krushkov wrote, "but in the
United States there are also people
who sympathize with the Munich
men in England. People like
Hearst, Couglin, Mccormick and
others who take every step to sup
press the increasing demend by
Amarican public opinion for the
cpeing of a second front.
Besides, there is a group in En-
gland that believes that England
should first worry about the en-
pire's interests and that British
armed forces should be used first
to defend all parts of the empire.
They draw the conclusion that their
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Council Approves
Contract to Clean
City Water Mains
Trustees Stand Firm
In Tabernacle Decision
At Regular Meeting

Ell Centro's city council
Wednesday night unanimous
ly authorized cleaning and
cement lining of 1860 feet
of city water mains and stood
firm behind its decision to allow
series of evangelistic meetings to
be held here.
After hearing a report of the
success of the experimental clean
ing and lining of 1340. feet of pipe
b. the Tate company, all five Coun-
Gil members voted to let the COM
pany work on the remainder of 90
600 feet, the smallest amount the
company would be willing to under
take.
Work is to begin Immediately on
30 blocks of mains which have be-
come badly tuberculated and cor
roded. Cost for the work will be
nearly 80 cents a foot.
PASTOR REASSURED
Tate company officials estimated
that they will be able to complete
a minimum OF SUI lect per Gay until
the job is done.
Also before the council came Rev
H. J. Shaw. Seventh Day Adv2n-
tist pastor. He was reassured that
the councils decision to allow his
church to construct tabernacle
at the corner of Fifth and Olive
streets still stand5.
At the three-man meeting two
weeks ago permission to build the
tabernacle" was given on the un-
derStanding that the neighborhood
had been canvassed by Shaw to de-
ternine if there were any protests
against constructing it. Since then
several verbal protests were made
by residents in that section to city
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.Etks Official to
Pay Visit Here

Thomas E. Galligan of Needles,
district deputy grand exalted rule.
for southern California ElkS, is
making his official visits to Impe-
rial Valley lodges this week.
His schedule included a visit to the
Calexico lodge Tuesday night, BraW-
ley lodge Wednesday night, and Ell
Centre lodge Thursday night The
Ell Centrans planned to serve a tur-
key dinner.
Galligan was accompanied by Rob-
ert N. Traver, exalted ruler of On
tario lodge; and Tom Gallagher, a
member of the san Bernardino Elks
lodge.
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II Was Glorious
Opportunity

w. l.. Wheatley, 50, believes in
making hay while the sun shines.
When Wheatley refused to
leave a downtown bar and lun.l
counter Wednesday afternoon
the owners decided to call the
police.
Their only mistake was not
phoning for the cops. They
went to the station after them.
When they returned with the
law at their side Whcatley was
gone. With him went So pounds
of boneless ham and $50 box
of candy.
Before he was taken into Gus
tOdy and charged with petty
theft and drunkenness Wheat
ley tried to sell both cOmmodit-
les to one man for so cents and
tried to swap them to another
for a meal. He was refused
both times.
Judge Lee Nuffer gave him
so days in the county Jail
Thursday morning.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-22

This is merely a demonstration
of what the committee Is up against
in official Washington" Phillips
said. Until there Is branch OF the
OPA and the WPB set up on the
west coast, Washington Will never
know the dire necessities OF the
California farmer"
Phillips campaign headquarters
noted that the Florida action comes
at a time when California farmers
cannot obtain enough cars 10 send
their produce 10 market, and must
fight for every gallon OF gasoline
to run their tractors.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-22
FL Centran on
Inflated Vessel

Billy Culberson, Negro. son cf
John Culberson, engineer at the
Ell Centre post office, was a gun
pointer on the destroyer O'Brien,
which was said to have gone down
ir action.
The sailor, who was serving his
second enlistment in the Navy, was
graduate of Central Union high
school and Junior college
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-22
Florida Cos Grab Stirs
Protest From Phillips

The Office of Price Administra-
tons reported promise of extra
gasoline for tourists going to Florida
this winter brought strong demand
from California's State Senator John
Phillips Thursday for west coast
branch offices of OPA and the war
production board.
Senator Claude Pepper, D., Fla,
announced in Washington recently
that he had been assured by OPA
of definite advantages" for Florida
in the matter of allotting gasoline
to Florida bound tourists. He added
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-22

CHICAGO, Oct. %. - U.PD-
There were two letters in the bulky
envelope marked Passed by Naval
Censor which Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
A. Glorch opened with thembling
firGerS
The first was in the familiar
handwriting cf their sen, Henry
machinist mate first class, aboard
the U.S.S. George F.. Elliott. The
second was in an unfamiliar script
They first read the letter from
their son.
Dear mother and dad it said
this is one letter I hope you, nev-
er get Funny way to start let
ter, isn't it? But it's he best I
can do under the circumstances
because if you dc get it, that means
I have been very unfortunate
GREAT HONOR
Tomorrow I will nave the great
honor to participate in Uncle
Sans first move of retaliation
against the Japs. And believe me
/ can't wait! Oh, boy, oh, boy,
have they got surprise coming to
them.
I'VE have been preparing for this
for a long time and now the time
has cCme to quit practicing and
start doingl At dawn tomorrow we
are going in and land us. Marines
by the carload onto the japanese
held Solomon islands!l! And I
hope the Jap fleet comes to the
rescue becau5e we'll land all over
them, tool
IT would like to say something
about what we have in the line of
support, but censors forbid Suf-
flee it to say. if the Japs fleet
comes around they'll think we dug
up a dozen Pearl Harbors! They've
get the surprise of their lives COM
ing to them.
We've been cruising around the
Coral Sea here the last couple of
DAYS just passing the time away
while a few of our planes and de
StroyerS and cruisers and stuff are
dropping cold steel messages on
the Solomcns to sort of soften them
up a little. Boy, I'm sure glad I'm
not a Japl Especially the way
some of our Marines are acting
up! Serious as HI and making ex-
pert and tricky preparations.
ALI, BETS DOWN
R"And~ the bets! YOU should hear
them bet who is going to be the
best manchine-gun outfit, which
rifle company will pick off the
most snipers, etc.!l There's only
one us. Marines.
Our job, of course, is to get
them to the beach as fast and as
many as we can. And we'll do it
if we have to swim ashore with the
Marines on our backs! Because I
don't think in history a bunch of
men have gone into any engage
ment as cold and calm and conf
cent as this group. There's only
one answer. IT will be successful.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-22

tling the movie Nazi at Warner
Brothers studios when Miss Satter-
lee filed her complaint Flynn cried :
why are they prosecuting me?"
He rubbed the paint of fhis face,
said he felt sick, and went home.
Giesler issued formal statement
later quoting him as saying:
ut is very strange that I now
am charged with an alleged offense
that supposedly took place over a
year ago. I recently became an
American citizen and l have abso-
lutte and abiding faith in the Amer
ican principles of justice. am
confident that my innocence will
be demonstrated in court beyond
any doubt"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-22

WHICH was covered Dy INSURANCE.
The huge stack had been burning
nearly 10 minutes before the fire
trucks arrived at the scene, Fire
Chief Corn Reed said. The alarm
was given at 11:12 pm. by Watch
man John Mayberry.
Firemen worked all night to pre-
vent flames and sparks from leaping
to other stacks nearby. There were
four other large piles of unprocessed
straw worth several thousands of
dollars less than so yards from the
cracking flames.
From 11:14 when department
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-22

DSiluiilS iicdililB vi dCCuShUlUflS ny
17-year-old Miss Betty Hansen. He
went pale when informed that
Peggy Satterlee, also II, had
charged him with having had in
innate relations with her twice
aboard his yacht-once on the way
to Catalina island and once on the
way back. She said she was Is at
the time.
1T looks like open season on
Flynn" exclaimed Jerry Giesler, one
of the vests outstanding criminal
attorneys, who took over his de-
fense. II think it is odd that if
the prosecution we're satisfied with
it's first case, it would be bringing
in damaged goods like this
In yellow grease paint and bat
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-22

additionalstrain schedules might be
approved by the Office of Defense
Transportation to carry tourists
south for the winter.
Phillips, chairman of the Califor-
MIA State Senate Interim committee
and a candidate for election to con-
greSs from the Imperial Riverside
Orange counties district, deplored
the discrimination at a time when
motorists of the nation have been
told that they must drive only when
driving is essential to the war eff
fort or absolutely necessary for
other reasons.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-22

members and volunteers arrived on
the scene, until 1:30 am. IL fire
men played streams of water onto
the burning straw BY that time the
flames had diminished to such an
extent that Reed sent half OF his
crew home. The rest remained to
spray the smouldering heap and
the other stacks until 7 am. Thurs
day.
AS in the seven other fires at the
flax mill grounds since September
/, 194l, Investigators we're not able
to find the cause.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-22


port that captured participants in
the raid were being punished for
"inhumane" conduct.
The secretary of war recalled an
noilncements by the war depart
ment and Doolittle a month after
the raid thai no American planes
were doWned in Japan.
He added, however, that he under
stood some of the planes encoun-
tered bad weather after leaving
Japan and were forced off their
course. Some, he said, may have
been forced down in Japanese-con-
trolled territory by lack of gasoline
OTHER FORCED LANDINGS
"Cne landed in Siberia" StimSon
recalled, and several others made
forced landings at night in China ;
Doolittle led 70 other airmen in
the raid, the objectives of which
included TOXIC and other large
japanese cities. The bomber crews,
Stimscn said, were instructed to at
tack only military objectives and
subsequent reports, he continued,
indicated they did so thoroughly.
The secretary said he had no
knowledge of japanese intent to
| punish any airmen in their hands
and added he was "loathe to believe
she is going to violate" international
law and the Geneva convention con-
corning treatment of prisoners of
war.
When announcement of the Tokyo
raid was made May Is at the White
! House, where Doolittle was sum-
moned to receive the Congressional
Medal of Honor from President
Roosevelt, Doolittle said:
PRESIDENTS WORDS
There were no planes left in
Japan. Some were damaged, but
none was shot down and none was
damaged to an extent which pre-
cluded its proceeding to its destina-
ton"
DoOlittle said the Americans took
extreme pains to avoid hitting nom
military targets and that although
several bombs were dropped within
sight of the Imperial palace Il gave
specific instructions not to bomb
it,"
There would have been no diff
Guilty had we chosen to do So" he
added.
Stimson gave the following list
of American fliers missing after the
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p AMBlINe
~ Ep0RTER
The Poor Dears-

The Poor Dears--
We have heard some lame ex-
cuses in our day but the brand
handed out by some of the men
who don't want to be air raid
block wardens in Ell Centre are the
lamest we ever heard. These are
some of the excuses offered:
I can't see at night Oh, let
someone else do it I'd rather
not mess with anything like that
. I'd like to help you out but
I don't believe I can I'm too
tired to bother with that sort of
thing
Some wives have offered excuses
for their husbands. Such as: My
husband works hard and I don't
want him running around nights
A court manager told a man
hunting for volunteer wardens that
she would rather he did not ask
any of the men in her court to
serve as none of them liked to be
disturbed nights. -
Fortunately there are some men
who are serving as Wardens and
doing a good, conscientious job of
it. But there aren't enough of
them.
BY the way, many women volun-
teered to act as wardens and they
may get the jobs if men are too
:. er =. F.. timid for night patrol.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-22
Bring Your Own Duck

Bring Your Own Duck
Bennett Bryant and George Har-
ris, Jr, went duck hunting, estah-
fishing themselves before sunset in
the rice fields. They didn't come
home and they didn't come home
At 80 a. m. that fateful night they
limped into town, presenting pitt
full picture in their muddy, bed
raggled condition. Their car was
stuck in the mud.
Were ready for gas rationine
and the army BOTH" they groaned.
I'VE can walk any distance. We
just did"
Did they bring home some ducks?
Nary a duck.
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l. ' 7 Err HOME
To Be Mailed In Case

"As L write this I want you to
know that l am not writing be-
cause 1 have any premonition of
anything happening to me. I'm
Just writing this because in case
1 do get mine, you'll know I got
it like a man, with clear cen
science, and I am not afraid to
die for my country. Believe that
and please do not grieve, for this
will all soon be over. I have only
one regret, and that is I could net
see you once more I loved my
mother and father and family
more than I ever said.
TRUSTED TO BUDDY
II will put this letter in my
locker and in case it happens, my
buddy has Instructions to mail this
to you first thing I hope he
never gets the chance.
III close this letter now and
try to catch a few hours Snooze be-
fore we get ready to make the Japs
remember Pearl Harbor So it's
gocd-by and good sailing and my
most sincere love to all the family
and my friends.
Your fond and loving son,
HENRY"
The other letter was from Henry's
buddy, John Damarski, who said
only that he was carrying cut in
structions in mailing the letter,
Il don't know just what to write, :
Damarski said to the parents. You
have lost very fine son and have
lost fine buddy
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-22
Allied Offensive
Threat Increases
Ba++lefronts Quieter as World Views
Growing Indications Of Approaching
United Nations Drive on Major Scale
. BY UNITED PRESS =

Allied offensive plans Thursday held the center of world
interest with focus of attention fixed on Africa.
The Russian front heavily begged by autumn rains
and mud and at Staingrad winter SHOWS were sweeping
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-22
Eiqhth Fire Hits
E. &. Flax Stacks

Fire of undetermined origin destroyed 185 of flax
straw Wednesday in the eighth blaze in IA months at the
California Central Fibre corporation the northeast
city limits of Ell Centro
Company officials estimated the loss at 165 part of
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-22
Senator Argues Against
Army. Navy Wishes. Asks
Dry Law for All Camps
Defeat Of Rider on Draft Bill Would
Fan Prohibition Flame, Lee Declares;
Knox. S+imson Oppose Restrictions

WASHINGTON, Oct. %. (UP)-Sen. Josh Lee d.
Okla today told the senate that defeat of his amendment
the teeage draft bill to ban sale of alcoholic beverages
at army and camps would fan the flame for national
prohibition" "This is very mild and yet its
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-22
Flynn Accused
BV Second Girl

HOLLYWOOD, Oct. %. (UP)-A second teen-agc girl
called Ero Flynn from his sound stage herocs today
surrender to the district attorney charges of statutory
rape.
The swashbuckling Flynn was at liberty on 81 900 bail
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-22

the frigid Steppes and increasing
the hardships of Nazi troops al
ready close to exhaustion after
nearly two months stubborn fight
Ing.
The Solomon island were the
center of the heaviest battling but
there was no fresh news of the
progress of the effort of American
forces to fend off the heaviest Jap
aneSe attack yet launched.
From both allied and Axis
forces a steady stream of news and
rumors cmanated concerning Af-
flea and the possibility that the
initial phase of the coming allied
attack would strike there.
Admiral Jean Francois Darlan ar
rived at Dakar by plane after a
hurried air trip from Vichv, the
Nazi radio in Paris reported.
He was expected to INSPECT
French defenses at the West Afri-
can base where considerable army
and navy reinforcements have re-
Gently arrived It also was report
ed that he planned to make a
speech to reassure the populace.
TROOPS MASSING?
A British newspaper report from
Vichy, by way cf Madrid, asserted
that major American and Fight
ing French force had assembled
at Lake Chad in French Equatorial
Africa, fully equipped with tanks
planes and tractors for a push
north across hundreds of miles of
desert into Libya.
The Central African force was
said already to have surveyed des-
ert tracks for a possible push to
the north.
The Tokyo radio suggested that
an ellied offensive into Burma
might also be in preparation now
that the rainy season in that part
of the world has ccme to an end
American flying fortresses were
reported to have destroyed nine
NaZi fighters in their daylight at
tack on the Nazi submarine base
at Lorient and an airdrome near
Cherbourg yesterday in which three
Of the big Boeing bombers were
lest.
Nazi aircraft made a series of
single flights over Southern Britain
during the day, carrying out iso-
lated attacks On small towns and
villages.
URGENCY NOTED
Axis aircraft also paid the sec
ond visit of the week to Gibraltar
while in the western desert Amer
lean and British planes continued
their accelerated operations both
over the land regions and the ad-
jacent Mediterranean.
The London press took the ad-
dress of Field Marshal Jan Chris
tian SHUTS as its text and empha-
sized the urgent note" with which
he spoke of the shift of allied tao
tics from the defensive tc the of
fensive phase. The press took this
to indicate that action was to be
expected soon.
South African newspapers joined
in the discussion and suggested
that SHUTS presence in London
meant that the scene Cf forthcom-
ing action would be Africa.
STRAWS IN WIND
The Rome radio reported that
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The RascalS-
A group of Wilson school eighth
graders worked the BE calm during
earthquakes" theory in reverse
wednesday.
When the earth started rock
ing there was no more puzzled
person in FL Centre than Miss Jane
Baxter, who is spending her first
winter in Imperial Valley.
What is it? What is it?" she
kept asking her eighth grade Eng
lish class.
IT'S on earthquake" the veter-
ans of at least one earthquake said.
The last one we had killed nine
people" They went on from there
with all the CORY details of all the
earthquakes they ever had heard
discussed
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-22
Revelation Made
Six Months Lute
BY Washington
Japanese Claims Substan+ia+ed After
Former Flat Announce emen+ no Bombers
Damaged TO Extent Pre- cIudins Safety

WASHINGTON, Oct. o. (UP)-Secretary of War Hen
y L. Stmson revealed today that four u s. armen
missing after the bombing raid Japanese cities led by
Brig Gen. james M. Doolittle last April 18.
The names given by Stimson corresponded to those
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-22
Versatile, En-, WOt?-

Versatile, Eli, WOt?-
Mrs jerry Bennett telephoned
Fire Chief Corn Reed to volunteer
to help in signing Ell CentranS for
gasoline rationing.
But I can't serve mornings"
she worried because I can't get
anyone to take care of my baby"
Don't worry about that" Chief
Reed hurried to assure her, you
just bring that little old baby right
down here to the fire hall and we'll
take care of it. Bring plenty of
diapers. That's all we ask"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-22

passage would take away the best
argument the so-called dry forces
have" he said. ITO refuse its passage
will, l feel sure, result in tanning
the flame for national prohibition"
Lee spoke during debate on the
bill to lower the draft age to 18,
after having the clerk read his
amendment, although it was not
formally before the senate. He said
he had stricken out a prohibition
against vice in the vicinity of army
camps because this authority al
ready has been voted in a previous
bill.
Referring to objections raised by
Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson
objections echoed earlier today by
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox
Lee asserted that none Of them are
borne out by the experience under
very similar law during the last
world war"
OTHER AMENDMENTS
Meanwhile, Sen. John A. Danaher
r., Conn.,, on behalf of Sen. Robert
A. Taft, r., O., introduced an amend
ment directing the. .selective service
director to provide for the contin-
ued education of inductees for both
essential civilian work and war duty
Taft'5 amendment would direct
selective service officials to desig-
nate sufficient number" of select
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WEATHER

Maximum Wednesday "a, minimum
Thursday So; am. Thursday Ga,
humidity "a; noon Thurs. 81, humid
ity rs; pm. We'd. 80, humidity 20.
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