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Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-02

property men took out a truckload
of green mating because the arti-
ficial stuff is considered more
phOtOgenic.
INCONSIDERATE TREES
The trees. which are as symmet-
rical as if their foliage had been
put up by Hollywood hairdressers,
didn't cast shadows in the right
places. Studio workmen attached
artificial branches.
The sedate Walkways were dis
covered by the sound man to be
several decimles too noisy Some
of the gravel was replaced with
ground cork. New. when Bette
Davis walks on a path, there's no
crunching sound.
There was a nice breeze the day
I was there, but it was uncontrol-
liable. Prop men ;stached thin
wires to branches and tugged at
them rhythmically during scenes
They couldn't agitate the actresses
hair with wires, so they unlimbered
wind machine, in case the breeze
subsidized. Even the sun got help.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-02
BY BRYDON C. TAVES

GEN. MACARTHUR'S HEAD
QUARTERS, Australia. Aug. l W,P)
Gen. Douglas MacArthurs Allied
planes, aiding over $500 miles
front, have attacked and probably
hit Japanese cruiser, scored hits
on a big transport and heavily
damaged land targets, communi-
que said today.
Striking back after widespread
japanese raids in the Australians
zone, Allied planes extended their
attacks from Amboina Island in
the Netherlands East Indies, where
they attacked the cruiser to Qua
dal-Canal Island in the Solomons
where they made direct hits on the
transport and supply dump and
bomber enemy installations.
In the only enemy raid reported
in the Australian zone a japanese
plane dropped one bomb during the
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-02
VichyCIaimsR Raj
Plane Shot Down

VICHY, France, Aug (UP) =
Vichy anti-aircraft guns shot down
British plane at Mazagan, on the
F'rtllch west AfricaIl coast near
Casablanca, Morocco, yesterday, it
was announced today.
1t was explained that the batter
les fired because the plane violated
Vichy territory.
Previously, it was added, warm
ing shots mad sufficed to drive off
British planes which had flown
over Vichy territory.
Mazagan is 10 miles southwest of
CaSablanca on the Atlantic coast
of Morocco.
There was speculation today on
the manner in which a Vichy de-
stroyer and several naval planes
had delivered" a Vichy freighter
which had been halted by British
submarine for searching.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-02

The communique described f1gilJ-
ing on the two hottest battlefrontS
as follows:
BREAK THROUGH
South and southeast of Bataisk,
there is heavy fighting. The Ger
mans succeeded in breaking through
Russian defense lines and pene-
trating Soviet positions, where
fighting is continuing.
The enemy brought up large fore
es, with which he continued his at
tacks. and fighting in this area fre-
quently goes over to bloody, hand
to-hand battle. One of our units
stemmed an enemy onslaught in the
course of "a hours and destroyed IT
tanks and more than LOO Germans.
However, the enemy succeeded in
breaking through our defense lines
and penetrating the positions of our
troops, where fighting is now going
on.
In the Kletskaya region, our
troops waged violent battles with
enemy tanks and infantry. Our
troops routed two headquarters enc
my units, and destroyed IL antitank
guns, two tanks, three armored cars
and at least l,50O enemy soldiers and
officers"
The communique said there was
fighting during the night around
Tsimlyanskaya, halfway between
RoStov and Stalingrad, but did not
give particulars.
The Soviet army organ Red Star.
in reporting the destruction of enc
my Panzer divisions on the SOUTH
ern front, did not specify the total
destroyed, or the area. But it specif-
ically mentioned the German 22nd
tank division.
Russian artillery was reported to
have trapped German bridgehead
in burning forest on the south bank
OF the Don, around Tsimlyanskaya.
The Russians boxed the forest with
their fire, shelling it steadily, and
setting it on fire. The Germans, un-
able to stand the flames, were COM
PEELED to try to break out. Fifteen
tanks advanced in two sections, but
antitank men shattered seven and
blocked the sortieS.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-02

Russians had destroyed a number
of Nazi panzer divisions on the
Kletskaya front. including the 22nd
tank division, but the noon COM
munique reported a slight Soviet
retreat on one sector there.
Red Star, which necessarily prints
the opinion of the highest Soviet
officials, said:
THE Red army hasn't the right
to retreat any farther. History and
the people will not pardon a fur
ther retreat. NO position must be
abandoned while one man is still
alive"
Red Star reprinted the phrase
of Nickolai Lenin, father of the
Russian revolution: Sentimental
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-02
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Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-02
BY WILLIAM d. DICKINSON

LONDON, Aug. /. (UP)-Hun-
dreds of Britain's biggest bombing
planes rained explosive and in
cendiary bombs on Dusseldorf in
the heart of the German Rhenish-
Westphalian war industry area,
in a concentrates one hour attack
during the night
An admitted loss of 30 bomberS
indicated that we'll above 600 planes
engaged in the attack.
In addition Royal air force planes
in intruder operations heavily
bombed enemy air fields in Hol-
land and Belgium, to keep night
fighter planes down, and fighter
planes attacked railroads in north
ern occupied France.
FIGHTER LOST
The loss of one tighter brought
the nights total toll to 81 planes
in this new phas. Of a Royal alr
force nonstop offensive which had
entered its third day.
Guided by the great blast furn-
aces whose bclching flames lighted
the whole area, the British heavy
bomberS swept to their targets at
Dusseldorf, a war industry center
second only to Essen in the whole
of Germany, and rained bombs,
including 1000 pound block bust
erS.
Early reports said that the at
tack was most successful.
In the target area were great
factories and blast furnaces, in
Guiding the Manncsmann Iron and
Stee. Works, the RheniSh-WeSt-
faelisch Steel Works and the Bor-
sig Steel Works,
PORT ATTACKED
Some planes were detailed to
attack the important inland port
which lies at the city's center
From it hundreds of tons of iron
and steel products are transported
daily up and down the Rhine to
feed industries in other areas.
Dusseldorf is the headquarters
and administration center for the
German steel industry in addition
to being a most important site fol
armaments and heavy engineering
plants. 1t was last raided heavily
Dec. 81 last year. But then the
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-02
b00-PIone Raid Smushes
German Steel Industries

Royal air force could not make at
tacks comparable with the present
devastating ones in which a 600
planes raid is one of secondary
Importance.
Planes of the fighter command
in their overnight raids attacked
two big railroad freight assembly
yards and shot up six locomotives
drawing freight trains.
SHIPPING WRECKED
Fighter sweeps were made in
which railroads, canal barges and
coastwiSe shipping were attacked
to disorganize German transport.
Unofficial reports said that the
heavy bomber raid on Dusseldorf
was the biggest in several weeks.
For a full so minutes, the British
planes loosed bombs on the metal
lurgical, engineering, machinery,
glass and cnemica, industries of
Dusseldorf, its paper, enamel,
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-02
BY HENRY SHAPIRO

MOSCOW, Aug. l. tUP)-Red
Star. official organ of the Soviet
army, intimated today that any
Russian soldier who retreated would
be shot, as the noon communique
acknowledged that the Germans
had broken through Red army de-
fenses south and southeast Of Bat
ask
1t was the first admission that
Russian positions had been pene-
trated in the critical Bataisk area,
some Is miles south of Rostov, al
though German gains had been
admitted three times in "a hours.
PANZERS DESTROYED
Front line dispatches said the
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-02

weaving, spinning, sill. dyestuffs,
furniture and brewing factories,
the great railroad bridges span
ming the Rhine and the docks at
which big steamships can be accom-
modated.
Tens of thousands of incendiary
combs and tremendous weight of
high explosives, were dropped by
long range heavy bombers includ-
ing Strings with their eight-ton
bomb capacity.
"A crackerjack," an informant
in aviation quarters said of the
raid as pilots reports started to
come in.
German planes made one small
raid during the night, in which
one bombing plane was downed.
The German planes attacked a
northeast coast town and damaged
number of homes with explosive
and incendiary bombs.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-02
Chinese Battle
New Invaders

CHUNGKING. Aug. 1. (UP)-Chi-
nese troops are battling fiercely
against a Japanese invasion force
which has landed at the town of
Fangliang on the south Chekiang
province coast 81 miles below Wen
chow, high command communique
said today.
The enemy troops we're landed
from six gunboats which approached
the small coastal town on July q.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-02

ity, like fear. is crime in war"
BETTER TO DIE
each officer and each political
instructor is responsible for the
impregnability of their position, .
Red Star said editorially. THE Of
ficer or political instructor who is
unable to fulfill this is unworthy
of the honor bestowed him by his
country and people. 1t is better for
him to die on the spot with his
men than bear the shame of re-
treat"
Three days ago, Joseph Stain,
premier and defense commissar,
exhorted the army to stand and
fight to the death, not to take one
step back.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-02
Group Would Free
Coast Japanese

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. Aug. l
(UP) A resolution urging the
release of west coast Japanese from
mass internment' was passed af-
ter considerable opposition yester-
day by 1000 members of the In
ternational Disciples of Christ in
convention here.
The resolution contended that in
ternment was unfair to the Japa-
nese because no such action has
been taken against Germans and
Italians in the United States.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-02
German Bombers
Raid Cairo Area

Axis base on the Libyan coast, in
force Thursday night and British
naval planes, raiding Matruh on
the Egyptian coast, hit merchant
ship and another small ship.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-02
CRUISER ATTACKED

CRUISER ATTACKED
Allied planes flew $50 miles north
of Darwin, the north coast base,
to attack the japanese cruiser
They sighted it south of Amboina,
the former Dutch naval base at the
eastern end of the Netherlands In
dies.
1t was believed that the cruiser,
moving through the Banda Sea
between Amboina and Timor, was
moving supplies and reinforcements
to enemy bases in Timor Island.
In the northeastern zone. Allied
reconnaissance planes shot down a
challenging Japanese plane in the
Rabaul zone of New Britain Island,
east of New Guinea.
JAP BASE BOMBED
They made heavy attack on
Coma village, center of the new
enemy invasion base on the north
New Guinea coast, and started two
big fire near the coast in addi-
ton to doing other damage.
In the Solomon Islands attack,
the Allied planes did great damage
to enemy installations in addition
to hitting the transport and supply
dump. They centered their attack
on the village of Kukum, on the
north shore of Guadalcanal'
A United Press dispatch from
an advanced Allied base said it was
believed that in addition to at least
seven fighters and two bombers
shot down in Japanese raid on
Darwin yesterday morning several
additional enemy fighters and
bombers crashed on their way home
because their fuel ran out
HELD IN FIGHT
Japanese planes were over the
Darwin area for half an hour. the
dispatch said, before they could
break away from attacking planes
and it was believed likely that some
had insufficient fuel left to reach
base.
A young American Army pilot
from Phoenix, Ariz.. who swan
ashore after being shot down, told
how he had first blown up an
enemy zero fighter and flown thru
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-02
MocArthur's Men
Stage Big Raids

night nine miles from Mossman,
on the northeast coast of the con-
tinent
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-02
Stand or Die Red Order

The communique described fight
ing on the two hottest battlefrontS
as follows:
Evening star., 1942-06-14
No-Hitter Is Missed
By Cubs Fleming on
Pop-F|y Safety
Gets 10 Edge on Braves
When EorIey Uncorks
Wild Pitch in Ninth
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, June 13-Leslie (BilD
Fleming, Chicago Cubs rookie right
handler, missed a niche in the no.
hit hall of fame today by the mar
gin of pop fly that dropped for
a base hit. Otherwise he pitched a
one-hit, 1-to-0 victory over the Bos-
ton Braves to give the Cubs their
fourth triumph in row.
Fleming was master of the Braves
all the way. Yet he had to defeat
Tom Farley with the aid of a wild
pitch by Farley which let in the only
run of the game. The Cubs scored
this one in the eighth, when with
two out tstrikeouts by Phil Cavar-
retta and Rip RusselD Bill Nichol-
son tripled to right center and scored
a moment later when on the first
pitch to Lou Novikoff the ball hit
the ground and squirted OF Ernie
Lombardi's glove.
Farley himself had pitched a four
hitter and several times had thwart-
ed the Cubs in dangerous threats.
But he was no match for Fleming
The youngster famed four. allowed
three walks. but never let a Brave
get past first base. In five of the
nine innings he retired the side in
order.
The only hit off him occurred in
the sixth, when Tommy Holmes
pop fly dropped in short center. just
out of Cavaretta's reach.
1t was the 11th straight setback
for the Braves.
Evening star., 1942-06-14
Mats Get Pitcher
Scarborough Back

Pitcher Ray Scarborough, for
mer high school biology teacher
who created a favorable impress
sion with the Mats at their Or
lando, Fla. training base this
spring, will join the washington
baseball team in Cleveland on
Tuesday, it was announced late
last night by President Clark
Griffith of the Mats.
Clipped from the Washington
squad, it also was announced by
Griffith. will be pitchers Bill Ken
nedy and Hardin Cathey. both
rockies who failed to arouse en-
thusiasm in their major league
tests. They will be shipped to
the Mats Chattanooga farm on
option.
Scarborough, small, wiry
right-hander with a sizzling fast
ball, has been pitching creditably
for Chattanooga. He is a Wake
Forest graduate and a member
of Phi Beta Kappa, honorary
scholastic fraternity.
Evening star., 1942-06-14

gray sprinter, the colt was a head
in front of Mrs. Payne Whitney's S
Swing and Sway, with Whirlaway
another length farther back. w. L.
Brann's Pictor was fourth.
In many ways, this was the most
remarkable race Whirly ever ran.
Not only was he going at a far
shorter distance than he likes, but
he was loaded with 100 pounds
compared to the 120 on the winner
What's more. he was ridden by
Jockey Buddy Haas and it was the
first time Buddy and Whirly ever
had said 'Howdy." Haas never even
had handled him in a workout be-
fore.
At the last minute. Whirlaway's
looked-for duel with Lou Tufano S
Market Wise. his conqueror in the
recent Suburban Handicap, was
wiped out when the Rags-to Riches
Colt passed up the race. Trainer
George Carroll said Market Wise
was coughing.
A S1940-for-$2 shot in the mu-
tuels. Dpublrab picked up $3.50 for
his days pay. Whirlaway's third
place pay check was $3.50, boosting
his bank roll to s378,561 in second
place on the au-time money win
ming list.
H. L. Myers Sheriff Culkin and
DoublraD ran one-two for the first
half mile while Whirly galloped
along. as usual, city block out of
it. Half way round the stretch
turn, Doublrab moved up. As they
turned for home, Whirly, on the far
outside, turned loose his famous
kick, but there just wasn't enough
ground for him.
Evening star., 1942-06-14

dL "A 90 Tune WIlcn lIlC DdScS Wei Z
loaded in the Eighth inning. forcing
Roy Cullenbine across with the
winning run.
Clary. who had become a. favorite
with Griffith Stadium customers
through the medium of his hustling,
aggressive spirit. was playing his
fifth game as major Lacquer. He
regained consciousness before being
carried from the field by mates, but
was ordered hospitalized by the
club physician.
Clary's misfortune climaxed a
three-run rally. opened when Rookie
Johnny Sullivan lashed single to
center. That chased Buck Ross,
who had teamed with Bill Dietrich
to hold the Mats hitless for five
innings, and to the mound strolled
Haynes, son-in-law of President
Clark Griflth of the Mats.
Haynes Takes Beating.
Haynes retired Stan Spence on a
fly to Myril Hoag in center. but
walked Mickey Vernon. Roy Gull
lenbine then contributed single to
left that scored Sullivan and moved
Vernon to third. Haynes walked
Bobby Estalella to fill the bases and
AL Evans beat out hit of Short
stop Luke Appling's glove, scoring
Vernon with the tying run and leav-
ing the bases filled. Bob RepasS
fouled to Third Baseman Bob Ken
nedy for the second out.
Then the cocky little Clary
stepped to the plate and failed to
duck a high. inside pitch that
ricocheted of his head and bounded
nearly to the washington dugout.
CuIenbine scored with the winning
Evening star., 1942-06-14
Troiuns Make 1t Eight in Row
In Taking NCAA Track Crown

Team Mate Hubert Kerns, the de-
Tending champion, sixth. Bour-
lands time was 0:482.
The 100 went to Hal Davis. Cali
fornia ace, in 90. He was a yard
ahead of Leo Tarrant of Alabama
Teachers. Southern California kept
in the scoring with Jack Trout,
third and Dick Browning. sixth.
John Biles of California got the
]avelin. out 213 feet. 90. inches, for
a championship. Edsel Wibbels of
Nebraska, took second at 203 feet,
234inches.
Bob Wright. Ohio State. retained
his 120-yard high hurdles title with
a 14.2 effort. Second went to Bill
Cummins of Rice in close finish.
LYDIA Defeats Kane.
Campbell Kane of Indiana was
another defending champion to go
down in defeat when he couldn't
match the drive of Bill LYDIA of
Oklahoma in the $50. LYDIA took
the lead on the back stretch and
stood off Kanes bid to win By 2
yards in 1:508, five-tenths of
second off the record.
Adam Berry of Southern Univer-
sity slipped over the bar at feet
7s4 inches for the high jump cham
pionship.
The first double win was chalked
up by CALIFORNIA; Davis when he
took the 200, easily, in 0:212. Tar
rant again was second. Here again
Southern California demonstrated
its great strength as team with
third and sixth rating.
Dallas Dupre, Ohio State, got an
other first for the Big Ten with a
"a foot 3l4 inch leap in the broad
jump. Mel Blocker, Southern Cali
fornia. kept the Trojan total
mounting with a leap of % feet
111a inches for second place
Arthur Cazares of Fresno State
stepped out ahead of Oliver Hunter,
Notre Dame. on the next to last lap
of the 2-mile and came in win
ner by 40 yards in 9;10.
Ohio States Wright made it a
double title for the second straight
year when he took the 220 low
hurdles in 0:23.7, with Dom (CQ)
Kinzle of Arizona State Teachers,
second.
Summaries on Page C-3J
Evening star., 1942-06-14

run before Relief Pitcher Bill Zuber,
who was credited with the victory,
forced Evans at third.
The Mats had entered the eighth
with a 81 deficit, the White Sox
having hammered Alexandra Car
rasquel, making his 1912 debut as a
starter, for three runs in the sixth.
Washington whitfield that lead with
a run of Ross in the sixth.
Dietrich, who started for the SoX.
was replaced by Ross in the second
inning after pulling muscle in his
throwing arm while jumping for
a return toss to the mound by
Catcher Mike fresh.
While the Messrs. Dietrich and
Ross were collaborating in checking
the Mats. Carrasquel was perform
ing a notable job of banking the
White Sox for Ave innings, permit
ting only three hits over that span.
In the sixth. though, Chicago
pried three runs from the grim
Venezuelan. Wally Moses opened
with sharp single to right and
Luke Appling promptly propelled
him to third with a single to left
Appling scooted to second after
Shortstop Sullivan raced to the foul
line for Don Kolloways pop fly and
that required Washington strategy.
The strategy consisted Of pur-
pcsely passing chunky Taft Wright
to set the stage for a possible dou-
BILE play. but Joe Kuhel Immediately
upset that blueprint by lashing a
single to right, scoring Moses and
Appling and sending Wright to
third.
Bob Kennedy flied deep to Left
Fielder Cullenbine, Wright scoring
after the catch, but Cullenbine
whipped a neat throw to Second
Baseman Clary to nip Kuhel at
tempting to advance.
Mas Grab Run.
Washington got around to making
a hit-three of them, in fact-in its
portion of the sixth. The Mats also
came up with a run in that inning
as Sullivan opened with single that
took a wierd hop of Kuhels glove.
Spence flied out, but Vernon beat
out a bounder to Ross, who hesi-
tated throwing to second, then was
too late with his peg to Kuhel. Cul-
lenbine pumped a single to right,
scoring Sullivan and shifting Vernon
to third, but Estalella drilled into a
double-play to throttle the uprising.
The Mats made a scoring ges-
ture, with the aid of two White Sox
errors, in the seventh. Evans was
safe when Kennedy fumbled his
smash but when Evans attempted
to take second he was thrown out.
Kuhel dropped Kennedy's throw to
allow Bob Repass to reach first, but
Clary famed as Repass stole Sec
end, and Bruce Campbell. who bat
ted for Carrasquel flied to Moses.
Evening star., 1942-06-14

dllu WAS ldlI ~ llylilS d1 tiiC 1iiloli,
he wound up only third to the much
travelled Doublrab. owner by Mrs.
Tilyou Christopher of Miami.
There hardly was any doubt among
the 25,289 fans, who cheered the
Kentucky Cannonball in spite of his
defeat, that he would have won in
another IS or 20 yards, so fast was
he picking 'em up and laying 'em
down at the finish. But after all,
they still pay off on the number
that's hung up on the board. and
today it was the 4-year-old son of
Sherab. who eoualled the track rec
ord of l:23 on footing rated only
good" in chalking up his third
straight stake victory in as many
weeks ard on as many tracks.
At the finish. with Billy Thomp-
son getting all he could out of the