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Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-06
BY BRYDON TAVES

GEN. MacARTHUR'S HEAD
QUARTERS, Australia, Nov 6 -
UP)-Allied ground troops ad-
,anced slowly today against stiffen-
ng Japanese resistance in the
northern foothills of New Guinea's
owen Stanley mountains.
Gen. Douglas Macarthur disclos-
ID that they had made a new con-
act with the japanese near OiVi,
he small New Guinea village nine
niles by trail from the Allies new
Y won air base at Kokoda.
A skirmish was fought by the
Allied vanguard with enemy units
IN a hill outside Oivi, which ap-
oarently still is held by the Japa-
aese. There was no indication OF
the strength of the present enemy
resistance and it was not known
whether the japanese had been
1ble to dig into new Notifications
since MacArthur's men overran
their previous positions west OF OlVl
wednesday.
PLANES ACTIVE
The communique disclosed anoth-
,r full schedule of Allied air ac-
ivity. with United Nations bomb
RS returning to the northern Solo
mons area after a one-day lull IN
heir operations supporting the
Americans on Guadalcanal.
In the darkness of yesterday
morning Macarthur said, Allied
medium bombefs attacked japanese
shipping in the Buin-taisi area
If southern Bougainville island.
Although heavy Eomb loads were
dropped on the enemy vessels, be-
lieved concentrated there for use
IN Japanese operations against the
southern Solomons, bad weather
prevented observation OF the re-
suits.
JAPS STRAFED
Medium and heavy bomberS, ac-
companied by fighters, strafed the
Japanese base of Salamaua, on New
Guinea's north shore, for the sec
ond successive day Thursday. the
conlmuniaue said. Further eHien-
siye damage was added TO the Toll
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-06

on the Libyan border.
The speed of the British break
through the Axis lines had carried
them well beyond Fuka, IS miles
west of Alamein. where the Axis
forces had been expected to make
some sort of a stand. Daba, an
other main Axis point on the Med
iterranean Co.., o5 miles west of
Alamein, had been completely
abandoned by RommerS armies.
NAZIS LEAD FLIGHT
The Germans were leading the
flight to Libya, reversing their GUS
tomary procedure of using their
highly trained desert troops to
guard the rear, to entrust that duty
tc their italian allies.
The luckless Italians were being
moved down like flies as they
sought to retreat along the coast
road between Fuqa and Matruh Al
lied planes bombed and strafed
them and the Germans on ahead
while raiding columns from Brit
ish tank divisions which had got
ten to the Axis rear menaced all
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-06
StaIinsrod Army
Smushes Attack

southeast of Nalchik, from where
the Germans are trying to drive to
the Grozny oil fields and Ordzhoni-
kidze, terminus OF two military
roads to the southern Caucasus.
OIL DRIVE STOPPED
However, the Soviet high COM
mand had not reported a German
advance southeast of Nalchik IL
the last three days, and a curtain
of shell, machine gun and mortar
fire was reported sapping the
enemy's strength.
A regiment $1,000 mem attacked
on one sector, the noon communi-
que asserted, but retreated after
losing 300 killed and seven tanks,
The Russians steadily advanced
northeast of Tuapse naval base on
the Black Sea, and the noon COM
munique reported that they had
killed 300 more Germans and taken
prisoners, in addition to seizing
guns, in that area.
Soviet snipers on the cold Len
ingrad front have killed $40 Ger
mans and destroyed % strongpoints
in three days, the noon communi-
que said.
This was the 18th day of the
battle of Stalingrad, which the de-
tenders have held against almost
impossible odds. Tomorrow is the
25th anniversary of the Russian
revolution-the Soviets Fourth OF
July-and the defenders wrote to
Premier Josef Stain, pledging to
defend the city that was named
after him ito the last drop OF our
blood and our last breath.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-06
WHY PETRILLO'
WON HIS CASE
est. Louis Post-Dispatch)

tSt. Louis POSt-DiSpatch)
The case against James Caesar Petrillo,
president of the American Federation of
Musicians, seemed so devastating on its
face that many persons must have been
astonished to read that a federal district
Judge in Chicago had dismissed the gov
ernmentS injunction suit against him af-
ter only a brief hearing.
Petrillo had forbidden members of his
union to make recordings to be used on
the radio and in pay monographs. The
government asserted that many small
brOadcaSting stations would be put out
of business if the edict stood. This GER
tainly seemed "a wrongful and unlaw
full combination and conspiracy in re-
Straint Of trade and therefore a viola
ton of the Antitrust Act, as the govern
ment charged. Then why did Judge John
p. Barnes throw the case out of court? -.
In the Hutcheson case, decided 5 to =
by the United States Supreme Court on
Feb >. 1941, the majority opinion by JUS
tice Frankfurter held that the Clayton
Act made labor unions immune to prose-
cution under the antitrust laws in cases
involving iuriSdictional strikes. Justice
Roberts, dissenting, said this prevented
all prosecution of unions under the anti
trust laws. The Chicago Judge agreed
with this Interpretation -.
Assistant Attorney General Thurman
H. Arnold says the government will APP
peal the case. Surely it is not too much
to hope the supreme court will reverse
itself o.. a doctrine which has worked
to uphold the power of labor dictator
who bars children from the radio and
rejects the patriotic appeals of govern
ment officials.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-06
Three Nazis Lose
Short Freedom

BOWLING GREEN, KY, Nov. c.
CU.PD-The three Nazi prisoners
who escaped from military guards
while en- route to Tullahoma, Tenn,
fer internment yesterday were cap
tured and jailed here early today,
Warren County Sheriff Boyd Down
ing reported.
The three Germans were relin-
quished by Warren county Officers
and placed in custody of the Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation.
The two war prisoners-Hans
Richard Jcnat, e, and--Karl Luft
ls- along with alien Paul Theodore
Hitzegrad, were sill dressed in the
een-dyed army uniforms issued
them when interned. Sheriff
Downing said they had attempted
to conceal their identity by wearing
heavy overalls >over the uniforms
The Nazis told arresting Officers
they had spent one night hiding
in the woods aud another asleep IN
q barn,
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-06
Germans Flee i'm Terror

Axis conveys attempting to move
westward.
The Germans were losing as
heavily as the Italians in dead and
prisoners. In two years on the
North African front, the corre-
spondent never had seen SO many
dead Nazis. German dead litter
the battlefield, especially around
gun posts. The Africa Korps anti
tank gunners apparently had been
given orders to hold their anti-tank
screen at all costs and remained in
their gun pits until they were kill
ed by our advancing infantry or
by long range siage guns.
GENERALS KILLED
CThe British Broadcasting corpo-
ration, in a news program beamed
at Germany said last night that
two more German generals had
been killed in action. They were
General Won Summerman, comman-
der of the German Goth light artil-
lery division and General Won Pritt-
WITT, commander of the 18th panzer
CORPSE (
Even veterans OF the siege OF 10
bruk, which thc, British held for
two years. said this was the GRIM
NEST fighting ever seen in North
Africa. At one gun post, guard
ing a vital point of the coast raid,
advancing BRITISH infantry found
the gunners stretched cn the hill
side where their guns were EN-
placed. Farther ahead, groups of
Adolf Hitler's prize troops were
huddled together dead. They had
been hit by shellfire or by missiles
from an anti-tank cannon
Allad pla.les flew over the bat
tlefield dropping leaflets in Ger
man and Italian, advising the enc
my to lay down their arms and
avoid a senseless massacre.
CThe Italian radio, mere frank
than the Nazis in acknowledging
the terrific beating the Axis was
taking began to speak of the grim
determination with which the Axis
had resolved that the British
would never reach Tripoli.')
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-06
Axis Fears Grow
Allies to Invade
Continent Soon
BY EDWARD w. BEATTIE

LONDON, Nov. Cup Axis
invasion fears today appeared to
be reaching an acute stage, spurred
by reports of huge concentration
of naval strength, transports and
planes at Gibraltar end the grow
ing magnitude of the British victory
in Egypt
A Stockholm report from Madrid
said that vast quantities of tanks
and planes" have been massed at
Gibraltar, presumably for the in
tention of opening a second front
in Europe with Gibraltar as the
base
The German radio circulated anX-
ious reports that seven more Brit
iSh destroyers have steamed into
Gibraltar, bringing the total AL
lied nave! strength at the west
ern Mediterranean base to 125
ships, including the battleship Rod
ney, three aircraft carriers. seven
cruisers, 33 destroyers and large
numbers of Auxiliaries and trans
ports
The radio stations Of Berlin,
Rome and Vichy were circulating
almost hourly reports and rumors
of possible Allied moves at the
western end of the Mediterranean
or northwest Africa, obviously with
view to drawing out London on
any plans for offensive action.
These reports cited both Casa
blanca in French Morocco ana
Dakar, the great west African base,
both in control of Vichy France
as danger spots for possible
Anglo American drive.
Radio Rome went SO far as TO
speculate on the possible invasion
Of Italy when and if the AXIS Is
completely cleared out of Morocco.
Axis fears that an Allied blow
NAV strike at any moment lar be-
hind Marshal Erwin Rommels INES
in the desert were not lessened by
the increasing scope OF the Brit
iSh victory.
Advices from Egypt today leit
no doubt that Rommel was StriV-
ing desperately to save the rem
nants of the force of some l3O,00O
to 100000 men which he had con-
centrated on the Alamein front.
The remaining Axis armored
units were scurrying westward on
the coastal road while the Italian
infantry divisions appeared to have
been left more or less to their iate.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-06
Marines Take Offensive
Or GuodolcQndI Island

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6-(UP)-
The battle of Guadalcanal ragged
-oday on 2 fronts-barely 20 miles
apart-With Am,f-;ans holding the
initiative, capturing more valuable
equipment and inflicting compare
lively heavy losses on the Japa-
leSe.
The battle for the strategic
South Sea islands, which is three
months old today, has reverted
temporarily to a land battle on
iuadalcanal island. Last month
The fighting ragged for two weeks
)n land. sea and air not only on
Iuadalcanal but in the waters and
IN the islands for hundreds of
niles.
Although American planes ,and
UarshipS continue TO blast enemy
positions on Guadalcanal, there
las been no mention for 10 DAYS
n naval communiques of enemy
air or naval activity. But the Jap
anese haven't withdrawn, because
on two nights of this week enemy
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-06

troops have landed east of the
airfield on the north shore OF the
island.
NEAR AIRFIELD
The two Guadalcanal land fronts
are to the east and to the west OF
the airfield on the north coast OF
the island
The fighting on the east front
the first in that sector since early
in August-began at dawn We'd
neSday island time) when the ma
rines attacked enemy troops which
had landed the night before east
of Koli Point, about six miles cast
of the airfield. The marines were
repulsed in their initial attack, but
the latest word received by the
navy was that they are pressing
! their attack"
The Kola Point battle is just a
little east of the scene Of the bat
tie of the Tenaru river in August
when marines, supported by tank
units, slaughtered all but about 30
of TOO japanese troops who tried
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-06

including many American squad
rons, were dealing death to the
Germans and Italians on a scale
never before seen in Africa in this
va
Montgomery disclosed that Allied
tanks. bent on annihilating Field
Marshal Erwin Rommels once
feared desert armored forces, had
driven two extremely deep wedges
into a screen of tanks and anti
tank guns with which the routed
Germans and Italians had vainly
attempted to protect their retreat
to enable British tanks to operate
in he rear areas of Rommal's troops
and further disorganize the Axis
efforts at orderly retirement.
NEARING PASS
The fleeing enemy yesterday was
SO miles from Alamein, where the
great Allied offensive started IA
days ago. The rear guard actions
were being fought in the neighbor-
hood of Sidi Haneish. southwest of
Bagush, which is approximately 157
miles east of Halfaya (Hellfire) pass
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-06
yops Stiffen at
New Guinea Bose

taken in the previous days raid.
Hudson bombers returned to
Timor island, southwest of New
Guinea, nammering the villages Of
Maobisse and ALEU- in the central
part of the island. 1t was the
third straight day that Timor had
been raided.
A headquarters spokesman said
subsequent reconnaissance revealed
heavy damage inflicted during We'd
neSday's raid on Sananda point,
four miles north of Buna, the chief
enemy base on the northern shore
of New Guinea. The raid was an
nounced in yesterdays communi-
que.
THE observations showed that
our planes DESTROYED some trucks
and barges, set fire to several
buildings and silenced at least one
anti-aircraft gun" he said.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-06
HOUSEWIVES ON PATROL
{ Milwaukee JournaD

milwaukee JOurnal)
Price Administrator Henderson appeals
to housewives to help stop rises IN prices
Pointing to the fact that prices from Sep
tember % to October 2 are now ceiling
prices on items previously not fixed, he
asks consumers to make sure they pay
no more.
That's fine In Canada the women have
done good job in keeping ceilings fixed.
We can, if we will, do the same thing here.
Mr.. Henderson urges consumers to
gather up price data from their bills and
sales slips, to keep these prices in mind
when they buy If a merchant asks more,
he suggests that the customer seek an
explanation If the explanation does not
explain, he wants the people to report
the offending merchant to the local war
price and rationing board.
That's one way to get war price OBJ
servance. 1t is a good way because it
puts minimum of work on official law
enforcement machinery, making good en-
forcement possible with the fewest pos
sible number of taxpayer supported in
VestigatOrS.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-06
BY RICHARD d. MCMILLAN

BRITISH BATTLE HEADQUAR-
TIERS ON THE EGYPTIAN DES-
sRT. Nov 6.-(U.P)-Allied tanks,
planes and infantry delivered
sledae-hammer blows at fleeing, de-
moralized Axis armies more than
81 miles west of Alamein today aft
err their leader, Lieut.. Gen. B. l..
Montgomery, leader of the British
Eighth Army. had proclaimed a
complete ano. absolute victory"
1T has been a fine battle" Mont
gomery said. and there is no doubt
of the result-complete and abso-
lutte victory. The Boche is COM
pletely finished.
Il never expected such a COM
plete victory. The enemy is COM
pletely smashed.
PUT IN BAG
Some portions of the enemy are
struggling to get away. Those por-
tions still facing us in the south
will be put in the bag"
The British Imperials, operating
under a canopy of Allied planes,
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-06
WASHINGTON OCTANE

Only Y and 30 octaine gasoline
is TO be shipped into the east coast
rationing area. A customer
who receives a delivery from one
store is not supposed to send his
own truck back to the store for
pickup on the same day on which
he has already received the deliv-
err. Collection Of worn and
discarded silk and nylon stockings
is to begin on November l6, hos
iery counters in store being The
collection centers There's a
shortage of sperm oil. Price
control ceilings have been lifted
on the service of putting "ut oil
well fires,
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-06
CAREFUL, UNIONS!

The hot cargo bill passed both houses
of the legislature, was vetoed by the
governor, passed both houses over the
veto, was appealed to the people by labor
union bosses, and passed the final trlbu-
nal = the people by an Overwhelming
majority.
That ought to tell the bosses of organ
lied labor something. 1t ought to tell
them that they are cutting organized
labor's throat by attempting to continue,
in wartime, the selfish practices of peace
time 1t ought to tell them that the peo-
pie are losing patience with greed, wher-
ever it is found. 1t ought to be warning
to them that the best way to protect Or
ganzed labOr's actual gains is by giving
up organized labor's vicious "luXuries.
The union bosses are skimming mighty
close to the place where the pendulum
will swing SO far against them that there
will be real harm done 20 every man VINO
earns his living by labor The swing OF
that pendulum can be stopped by only
one thing-unselfishne on the part OF
organized labor in a time OF national
need.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-06
CAPITAL TALKS
by
Peter
Edison

With five firSt-line government
war agencies now having a thumb
stuck in the pie of national food
supply the only plum that can pos
Sibly be pulled out by the Good
Bov in the White House is even
tual appointment of a food ad-
ministrator to control not only the
growing and processing of the in
gradients, but the delivery, the
serving and the eating of the pie
as well. Unca Donald Nelson has
had a recommendation to this ef-
feet filed with the President for
some days now, but there the mat
ter is Stymied.
In the meantime. the problem
of growing enough food crops is
i'm the hands of the Department
OF Agriculture. the furnishing of
farm labor is theoretically in
the hands of the War ManpOwer
commission. the manufacturing
and processing of food is in the
hands of the War Production
Board. the moving of food crops
is i'm the hands of the Office of
Defense Transportation, and dis
tribution is i'm the hands of the
Office of Price Administration.
Over all this there is within the
War Production Board of Food Re-
craftsmanship of Secretary of Ag-
nuirements committee under the
Agriculture Claude R. Wickard. The
Food Requirements committee was
announced last June and at the
time it was assumed this was to be
the central food authority of the
United States. Nine agencies were
represented on the committee,
which seemed to give it necessary
distinction and front to make it
he real tops for winning friends
and influencing the right people.
In the months of is existence
the Food Requirements committee
has in weekly meetings and in be-
tween times boldly tackled such
problems as adequate supply of
farm machinery, increasing the ca
pacity of plants to dry milk and
dehydrated meat, etc.
1t seems, however, that when
ever the Food Requirements COM
mittee would make recommen-
dation on what to do about sup
plying farmers with machinery,
this recommendation would have to
60 to some iron and steel alloca
ton branch or some machinery
branch of War Production board,
where it would be held up for
some weeks to make sure that this
manufacture of more farm ma
chinery wouldn't interfere with the
manufacture of something else.
In most cases it did, and a stale
mate resulted
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-06
POWER WANTED

Office of Price Administration
has a Foods Price division expand
ing rapidly under A. c. Hoffman.
formerly a principal economist with
Department Of Agriculture. De-
partment of Agriculture men
would like to see Secretary Wick
ard and the present Food Re-
ouirements committee given more
power.
The food processing industry is
building bonfires all over the place
to have a man from their indus
try named to the job.
In the meantime, here is a nice
Job waiting for the right man.
Let's see. The last man who was
food administrator, d fellow named
Herbert Hoover, got TO be Presi-
dent, didn't he?
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-06
BY HENRY SHAPIRO

MOSCOW, Nov. Cup - The
Soviet army routed German forces
around a. Stalingrad factory today
while slowly bleeding the pinned
down Nazis southeast of Nalchik
in the Caucasus.
The defenders of Stalingrao
smashed every German attack, and
on the limited sector where they
routed the Germans, advanced
Soviet bombers streaked out ano
bombed German positions ano
troop concentrations.
"In the Stalingrad area. Soviet
troops repelled infantry and tanks,
the noon communique said. In
factory area, they smashed ane
routed two companies 400 mem
and somewhat improved their po-
sitions.
NAZIS DRIVEN BACK
"On another sector, large enemy
forces attacked artillery positions
but were driven back after Soviei
gunners over open sights had de-
stroyed eight tanks. Soviet air
men bombed battle formations, de-
stroyed seven artillery and six NOR
tar batteries and partly wiped oul
company"
Northwest of Stalingrad, Soviei
artillery blew up IA enemy Pill
boxes and silenced a number Of
guns. On another sector, Soviel
scouts attacked the Germans from
behind, destroyed 13 supply carts
and killed 40 enemy soldiers.
Stubborn and big battles raGe6
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-06

When our common victory has been
won the people of Hellas will once more
assume their proud and rightful place
in the family of natiOns-UnderSecr
tarY of State Summer Welles.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-06

propose to align Chile at the side
of the nations Of the continent ready to
defend the great principles of integrity
and American lidarity-President Juan
Antonio Rios of Chile.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-06

Our victory, like large portion of our
ships, planes and guns, still is in the MAX
ing.-Rpar Admiral w. H. p. Blandy.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-06

If only we can raise the bid and get
more American air power, we can stretch
the Huns force beyond its limit,-British
radio commentator.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-06
AUTHORITY LACKING

Now this may have been neces-
sary, but while it was being done
the food programs had to stand
still. In other words, this begins
to look a little like the we'll known
wartime Washington runaround.
The Food Requirements commit
tee has no authority of its own
It can only recommend. So a new
organization must be set up which
will have the authority TO step in
and get action.
This situation has developed
many times in the last couple OF
years. The National Defense Ad-
yisory committee had to be re-
placed by OPM and SPAB and
finally WPB with one man in
charge as boss. The Housing
Co-ordinator's job had to be re-
placed by a complete reorganiza-
ton of housing agencies with
one man in charge as boss. The
rubber muddle had to be inyeS-
tigated and fought over and fl
nally reOrganiZed with one man
in charge as boss. The govern
ments information service had
TO be reOrganized. The War
Manpower commission is now in
the thrOes of being rcorganized by
law.
In TINS process of shaping up a
food administration there is, as
YOU might suppose, the Usual
Washington push-pCll as to who
shall run the show. Mr.. Nelson's
as yet unanswered letter to the
President recommended that the
food administration be set up with
in the War Production board. II
might, however, be given to JUS
tice Jimmy Byrnes' new Office OF
Economic Sterilization.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-06
CURRENT QUOTATIONS

Get us another carrier. We want to go
back -Hospitalized Wasp surviv-
OrS.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-06
couture the airfield.
SUPPLY DUMPS BOMBED

The western CtOnI on which
Americans began an offensive nine
days ago still remains the main
theater of war on Guadalcanal
Last nights communique brought
action there through Tuesday night
when American naval forces shelled
enemy positions near Kokumbona
about 10 miles west of the airfield
Army aircraft bombed enemy sup
ply dumps and troops in the same
sector Sunday night.
During TueSca:, marines con
tinued successful attacks against
enemy positions west of Matanikau
river" They killed $50 japanese
and added this enemy equipment
to that already captured:
EQUIPMENT TAKEN
Three field pieces.
II 37-mm. light artillery guns.
30 machine guns.
The previous day the American.
captured 20 machine guns and tWt
small artillery pieces. A week ag'
the destruction o. IL enemy tank!
was announced and during mino
operations on Oct. %, two rs nm
guns were seized by the marines.
The number of enemy troop
landed cast of the airfield was be
lieved to have been small. 1t wa
interesting that during the SAM
night the enemy were sneakin
ashore at Koli point, American
naval vessels, presumably destroy
ers, were almost within sight of tn
boats that were landing the enemy