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Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-07
laps Form Suicide
Bridge Of Bodies
ToSform Position
Officer from Bataan i'm
Description of Enemy
Sacrifice Methods

SPOKANE, Wash, Aug.
7. (UP) - Firecrackers and
drums were used by the Jap
anese in their initial attacks
on American positions in
Bataan, Col George S. Clarke, last
American officer to escape from the
peninsula, said today.
Col. Clarke, on a visit to Spo-
kane between assignments, also de-
scribed ''suicide bridge" built with
the bodies OF tnousanos of Jap
anese who sacrificed themselves so
that other troops might plunge
through to the American lines
He said the Japanese attacks
were made at night. The drums
and fire-crackers were used to dis
tract and startle the Americans.
In describing the suicide bridge"
Col Clarke told how the soil in
front of the American barbed wire
and fox hole defenses had been
loaded with high explosives mines.
Those were for tanks he ex-
planned, but thousands of Japs
destroyed those buried tank traps
to clear the way for their COM
radeS.
yelling the japanese Lational
cry of 'Banzai', those thousands of
Nipponese ran toward the Ameri-
can lines and jumped on the tank
traps to explode them, dying in the
effort. Then, more of them ran
farther and plunged their bodies
on our barbed wire entanglements
Tn die in heavy machine pIlnfire.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-07
10Th Heat Victim
Succumbs Here

prostration Tuesday. He was rushed
to the Imperial county hospital at
Ell Centre and died there Thurs
day.
The workman arrived from Los
Angeles to work at the Sandy Beach
construction site and apparently
was unable to stand the summer
heat prevalent in Imperial Valley
at this season of the year.
His death brought the heat death
toll to Is thus far, five deaths at
tributed to heat alone, but in the
remainder of the deaths heat was
only contributing factor.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-07
InstoI|ments in Reverse
Nav Save Small Business

Installment buying in reverse
may alter the course of American
business and save hundreds of
small businesses from bankruptcy
for the duration of the war, Sec
retary Ben Herring of the Ell Cen
tro chamber of commerce declared
Friday in long distance conver-
sation from Arrowhead Springs
Hotel, where he is attending the
Western Commercial and Trade
Executives association institute.
Herring had just listened to an
address by Eric Johnson, president
of the United States chamber of
commerce, in which Johnson told
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-07
Avast. Narlets-.

The unhappiest men in all Cali
fornia were Reed Cunningham. Jack
Tackett and Bill Tackett Friday
morning.
Their chinS were dragging on
their chests. They Wept. They
cursed. They we're reduced to mere
shadows of their customary robust
selves. oh, but they we're sad
Reed had three tickets to the
Manuel Ortiz prize fight in Los
Angeles Friday night and the three
boys were going to be in the aud
fence. Reed took the three tickets
Thursday night and fastened them
carefully to hook on the police
call board at Ell Centre police head
quarters. He felt they would be
safe there When he arrived to get
the tickets Friday morning, 10, they
we're gene
Instantly a City-wide search was
instituted. Reed, Jack, and Bill
burroWed like a trio of terriers in
every trash barrel in town. They
bulied everyone in city hall be-
cause they thought they had been
stolen or someone was playing one
of these practical Jokes. The search
went on for hours No tickets
In the midst of the confusion
Ilovd Edwards walked into city
hall.
would you like 70 have me find
them for you?" Edwards asked
Reed, Jack, and Bill were pitiful in
their agreement.
In exactly minute and a half
Edwards found the missing tickets
They had slipped from the hook and
Continued on Page 6; Column g.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-07

that organizations plans for staving
off small business ruin.
The plan, involving purchase and
payment now for goods to be de-
livered after the war, may be put
into effect after nationwide sur
vey is completed Sept. l, Herring
quoted johnson as saying.
In broad outline, Herring said,
the proposed plan would allow con-
sumers to select now the items
they need, Will need, such as
refrigerators, stoves and similar
goods When they have decided up
on their selection, they would
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-07

"The idea is to pasture off tenn
porary and permanent pastures.
Winwright said, because this may
be done with far less labor than
is required for regular harvest of
crops. Undoubtedly there will be
an increased planting of forage
crops and increased importation
Of dairy calves and feeder cattle"
Many farmers will have to put
their land in alfalfa this year be-
cause it has been in crops which
have taken so much from the soil
that it must be rebuilt by alfalfa.
Farmers fear they will not be able
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-07

make a down payment possibly h
the form of :, Dond-and continue
to pay their installments for a fixed
period. Benefit would accrue 10 tie
purchaser in the form of a post
war priority. assuring the quickest
possible delivery when manufae-
ture is resumed, or when present
stocks are unfrozen.
Small business men would be su-
stained by agreement with the
manufacturers, thus keeping them
in business during the war emer-
gency when the factories are en-
gagged in war production.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-07

to harvest and market alfalfa hay
so they are planning to pasture
it.
"The interest in getting dairy
calves from the Los Angeles mar
ket is greater now than it ever
has been before" Winwright said
THE idea now is to get the calves
when they are from 219 to three
months old and raise them to ma
turity. There is no danger of the
dairy cattle market being over
supplied as the Los Angeles market
requires 100 cows a day or $4,000
year to meet demands"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-07

Imperial Valleys summer heat
wave brought death to another vic
tim this week, Maynard T. Shreve,
46-year-old workman employed at
Sandy Beach.
Shrcve, who had been working at
the construction site approximately
10 days. was stricken with heat
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-07

Calexico district, to the Johnsons
by the Chandler Sherman corpor-
alton, in one of the valleys larg-
est land deals of recent years.
The acreage is made up of parcels
generally known as the Dool, Ham
mers and Weed ranches, located
about four miles west of Calexico.
The sales price was not an
nounced.
All except 100 acres of the land
is in alfalfa, and has been farmed
by the purchasers for the last
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-07

)aSeS OH northern Australia.
In India the call of Mahandas K.
,iandhi for nationwide passive re-
istance-with its threat cf wide
pread disorders and menace to the
illied war effort-neared the zero
hour with little if any chance of a
asst minute compromise between
Iandhis Nationalists and the Brit
ish government.
On the Caucasus battlefront Rus
sian counterattacks that wiped out
up to 40 per cent of waves of ad-
vancing Germans in some sectors
impeded Nazi spearheads but the
Russians appeared to be only trad
ing life for time.
Everywhere except in one sector
around Kletskaya to the north
west of Stalingrad-the Germans
finally succeeded in breaking thru
and resumed their advance.
Reports from London-mostly from
the German radio-that the Red
1iiiiy ildo oOdl OCo oOiOliS oiiNCo VII
the long quiet Rzhev and Volkhov
fronts, 700 to 1000 miles north OF
he battle for the Caucasus, in an
effort to force a diversion of Ger
, man strength from the south.
GANDHI SPEAKS
In Bombay the full committee OF
the All-India Nationalist congress
which demands India's immediate
independence as the price of whole
hearted support of the Allies, met
! to act on the call for mass passive
resistance and heard Gandhi cal
for opposition to British rule.
"I am Britain's friend I dc
not want to stab the British wher
they are in difficulty and are going
down." the spiritual leader cf mil
lions of Indians said in what ap.
peared to be an answer to the
criticism stirred by disclosure oil
his intention to negotiate with
Japan" if India wins her independ.
ence.
Gandhi intimated that a week oi
grace would be granted before the
passive resistance campaign actual
ly is launched in hopes that Brit
Continued on Page 6; Column 3
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-07
y AMBlINe
~ EpoRTER
Bright Times Ahead

Next summer won't be so bad
for me-" George Varney said Fri
day.
why not?" a friend asked.
Next month I'll celebrate the
fortieth anniversary of my arrival
in Imperial Valley" said Varney.
They say the first forty years are
the hardest so Ill not mind the
heat next summer"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-07

four years. johnson is one of the
three largest hay operators in the
valley.
Johnson started farming opera
tions in the valley in 1919 with a
lease on Is acres of land. He in
creased his lease holdings for sew
eral years, then began buying in
stead Of leasing.
He reiterated Friday his faith
in the valley, and declared the
opinion that farm property here
is among the best possible invest
mentS.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-07
Lorge Land De oA
Announced Here

story of % years of farming in Imperial Val
ley was c1maxed Friday when w. Lee Johnson and his
sons of Brawley, held title to additional acres
land, bringing their total holdings to $500 acres
w. T. Fugae, FL Centre farm land broker announced
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-07
Valley Turns to
Cattle Industry

Fields and pastures of Imperial Valley this winter are
expected be crowded by the greatest number of cattle
ever fattened in this farmers seek way around
the labor shortage George Winwrgh assistant farm ad
visor said Friday.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-07
Govt AssoiIed
For Censorship
Publisher Declares Federal Officials
Doing Worst Job in History Telling
American People Facts of Struqqle

SEATTLE, Aug. Z (UP)-Pamer Hoyt, publisher of
the Portland Oregonian, said last night in nationwide
address that he wouldn't hire the government a
porter because does bad job of reporting the biggest
,io, ~,
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-07
Soviet Defenses
Hold Then Crack
At Pdnzer Drive
Crucial Hour Near in India as Gandhi
Calls Followers TO Resist British;
Australia Faces New Peril from Japs
UNITED PRESS

The Russian Army struck back Friday in series of
desperate counteratacks that slowed down but failed
halt Adolf Hitler machine in its sweep into the eau
easus and the Japanese extended their chain of
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-07
WEATHER

WEATHER
Maximum Thursday LOG. Mini
mum Friday 81. pm. Thursday
1O3, humidity 81. Sam. Friday IS,
humidity 30. Noon Friday 106, hu-
midity 28.
BANK DEBITS
El Centre Business Barometer
Thursday ,................--........ $365, ,703.o0
Last Year ..-.................... 353,9045R
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-03
Public Sports Minded
At Plane Exhibit

Emil Edmundson. an aide az the
German MeSSerschmltt exhibit. IN
9652 Gratiot avenue. near Harper.
says the American public can be
both sports and war minded.
"One out of every three per-
sons who see this United Nations
war prize ask me whether, Jack
Dempsey or Babe Ruth has
autographed the plane" Ed
mUndSon said Requests for
the name Of Bette Davis IL third
and Mrs. Winston Churchill
fourth. Even the women try 10
pick out Dempsey and Ruth
signatures"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-03
Mixed Doubles
On Tap Today

One more event, final in the
mixed doubles, is on schedule be-
fore the thirty-third annual city
clay courts championships are fin
ished. Fred Otto and Mary Lou
Boyer meet Hobart and Mrs
Wrobbel today at Tennis Club OF
Detroit.
In the women's doubles yester'
day Mrs. Kimbark Peterson and
Florence Howard overcame Con
stance O'Donovan and Esther
Politzer, Ga, Ga.
The Wrobbels won in the mixe6
d doubles semifnal from Mis-:
.O'Donovan and Leonard Wiener
81. 1-6. 6-3. Little Mary Lot
Boyer and towering Fred Otto
upset Miss Howard and Ii. George
MARS, $40, 60, 6-3.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-03
MIKE PETERS, [. OF d. AIDE, IN ARMY

Major Wallace Wade the former Duke University mentor
who IS bringing his AAmy football team here 10
battle the Lions al D. Stadium september F. Will see
an all too familiar sight when has charges line up against the
Motor City professionals In the Lions battle front Will De
Bob Dethman Young footbaptchng character whom the
major probably meets IN his Nightmares from ume 10
time
Dethman the lad who pcGgcd two touchdown passes
10 enable underdog Oregon state Club 10 dump the proud
Dukes in the transpaned Durham ~ c. last New
Years Day tossing en- accurately as ever ana
there chance that he give Major wade further
reason to remember him when they meet again.
Murray Evans erswhie blocking back from Hardin-Sim-
mons will few familiar faces when ne looks across
the line from spot the Lions hacked Evans played
against Texas A. and he knows the
and drive of the hacfed the Army has taken from
the campus Texas A. MJarrn John Kimbrough Jim
Thomson, William Conatser and Marion Pugh.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-03
Champs
To Walk
At Game

Football fans attending the
Army Al-Stars-Detroit Lions game
at u. of d. Stadium, September g.
will see four walking champions
in action between halves.
Bill Mihalo. a member OF the
Thompson Products A. a., will be
out to shatter the 70-year record
of 3 minutes 2 2-5 seconds. Two
years ago, Mihalo came within one
second OF equaling the mark set
in New York in 1873.
Other champion walkers who
will perform for the Army Relief
Fund are Walter Fleming OF the
Hamtramck Boys Club, national
80 kilometer champion; Carl Pa
SEX. also of Hamtramck Boys
Club, and Andy Lewis, the latter
one OF the best Michigan A. A. u.
long distance runners six years
ago.
Mihalo holds the National AAU
sc, 900 meter, 31-mile champion as
well as the 10000 meter walk.
Dad Butler will be the starter
and in charge of the walk.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-03
Leahy Makes 3 Bio Shifts in Lineup

Frank Leahy of Notre Dame gridiron srate
gst hesiates gamble the stakes promising
enough hesitate break winning combna
eahy has shown that he doesn't belong to this school
of thought constantly seeking experiments that will
Fghtn Irish though most coaches would
decide which could march through Nore Danes
suicide schedule of 1941 didn't need much strengthening
Leahy has made three notable shifts in his 1941 lineup
Bob Dove who A-Amea honors end in 1871 has
switched guard where is hoped that his aggressive
nprational qualities will be of to the Gold
Wright who called signals last fall has also
guard while Angelo Berte of the most
brilliant hafbacks campaign has been changed to
quarterback
Bertelh will the ball every play and the threat
his slingsho will be greater mental hazard to
the opposition.
well founded suspicion among the football fra
erny that brother Leahy knows what he doing They still
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-03
WILLIAMS AGAIN

The Hose put over a run in the
sixth and, in the seventh, Williams
drove home three more runs with
"a double which came with the
bases filled and brought Virgil
Trucks hurrying TO the Detroit
mound.
They broke a string Of 25 con-
.secutive scoreless innings of pitch
ing by Dobson by putting over a
run in the eighth.
The Tigers collected only five
hits off Wagner, but four of them
were for extra bases. McCosky
Clipped in with triple and dou-
BILE and York and Parsons belteo
two-baggers. Yorks blow and Nc.
Cosky's triple resulted in the runs
which gave the visitors their early
lead
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-03
Tigers Lose 9
of 10 Games in
Red Sox Park

BOSTON. Sept 3.-The Tigers
make their final Boston appear
.ance of the season IN third
game Of a series with the Red
Sox at Fenway Park today.
And you may be assured the
second place Back Bay boys will
be sorry to see Del Baker and his
bunch depart.
No wonder.
In 10 gangs the rivals have
played al the Nawkey yard 10
cate. the Croninmen have gained
nine decisions.
The lone Tiger victory. inciden-
tally came like a bolt out of the
blue. II was on Detroit's first
visit 10 town. Yank Terry had
them shut out. 2 TO o. with two
out and nobody on in the ninth.
Then came a couple Of walks and
a couple of hits and a Red SoX
defeat.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-03
xTwo out when winning run scored.
BOSTON

EBaited Tor WaRner IN nlnth.
Ran for Cronn In ninth.
tran for Doerr in ninth. -
DETROIT oiO 100 ooo--2
Boston 600 DOL OILS
Runs battsd ln--Harris. YORK. Lupienr
Williams Pesky Twn-base hits-York
MoCosky. Parsons. Lupien. Doerr Three
base hit-McCosky. Home run-Willams
Sacrtfices-~Pesky. Tabor Double play
Williams 70 Doerr. Left on bases Boston
E. Detroit 3. Bases on balis--Off Benton
3, of Wagner /. Struck out-By Wagner
3, by Benton 4.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-03
Heinrich Is Assigned
To Buffalo Base

BUFFALO, y. Y, Sept. 3 tUP).
Tommy Heinrich, former New
York Yankee outfielder. began his
duties today at the Buffalo coast
guard base. Heinrich arrived last
night as specialist, first class,
reporting to Chief Boatswain's
Mate Hugh M. Brown.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-03
Southern Stars Will Clash Again

The majority of the Army players are former southern
collegiate The Lions will have supply OF grdon war
rors from below the line Included the
SQUAD Strngfellow Mississippi State Tom Tressa
Ekns Big John Poansk Wake Forest and Frank Gf
gons Chattanooga.
Only recruits slated to be in the Lions starting
lineup They Larry Knorr end from Dayton and Poansk
ne.busting fuback Terrible Ted Paveec the exItan line
man. been shifted from tackle to guard Coach Bill Ed
the switch because he is woefuy short on big
Ted who weighs 25 pounds figures to bolster
the position considerably.
The press box at T. of D. Stadium is going TO little
strange this year. for many years Dorais right
hand man and walking encyclopedia of Titan football lore is
in the army and the scrbes coop won't seem quite the
same without helpful Mr. Peters hand to supply odd
facts moments notice Mike has missed only T. of
D. game since 1922, which something of record
He is stationed and may be able to get
into town for game two.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-03
Jdnkowski Wins CY0
Net Title From Rogers

Taking advantage of a blistering
service. Jim Jankowski defeated
Ed Rogers in two straight sets,
ga, rs, 10 capture the Catholic
Youth Organizations mems novice
tennis tournament for 1912.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-03

and one by one the four former
caddies enlisted in the navy.
All located in Detroit shortly
after the war and frequently
talked of playing off the tie. But
they never got down TO it until
yesterday.
AS was most fitting, il was De-
vany who started himself and
Koval on their way to victory. He
planted his second less than 2 feet
from the pin for a winning birdie
on the eleventh. One up now. theii
margin was increased 10 two wher
Koval took the sixteenth with
another birdie 3.
Watrous, who had won two
holes on the first nine to keep the
match even at the turn, got one OF
those holes back with a great
birdie four on the 5l7-yard, seven.
teenth. The final hole was halvec
in par SIS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-03
TIGER TANIERS

In view of what happened be.
fore and since, that was the ex-
ception that proved the Sox, in
their own back yard, are cham
pion Tiger tanners.
A double header these foes
played before a crowd of 1850
here yesterday added the final
touch of humiliation for Detroit
The Tigers back of Al Benton,
were leading. 2 10 0, after five
innings of the opener and stayed
ahead until home run by Teddy
Williams mo. PSI tied the score
in the eighth With two away and
the sacks loaded in the ninth, how
ever, Johnny Pesky singled 10 give
Charlie Wagner his thirteenth tri-
umph OF the semester by a 80
count.
The nightcap saw Hal White
match Joe Dobson's Shutout pitch
ing for five frames.
Again, this was of no avail 10
the Tigers. They lost, 4-2.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-03
USE 4 HURLERS

A quartet of Brooklyn pitchers
worked, Whit Wyatt winning his
seventeenth. Following walk TO
Reese. Wyatt sacrificed and Clyde
Shoun took over for the Reds. He
disposed of Johnny Rizzo on a pop
fly only to have Arky Vaughan
single Reese across.
Singles by Ernie lombard and
Max West and Eddie Millers long
fly gave the Braves 2-1 victory
over the Cubs in 10 innings Pitts
burgh scored four runs in the
eighth without a base hit and
handed the >Phils their eighth
straight defeat, SD, last night be-
fore 3,7l2 fans, Pittsburgh's small
est night crowd.
In the American League, Hank
Borowy came within a whisper of
a no-hitter as the Yankees beat st.
Louis, 3D. and 60. Charley Keller's
twenty-fifth homer with two out
in the tenth gave Spud Chandler
his fifteenth victory in the opener.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-03
'Batted for Upon IN ninth.
Batted for Riebe In ninth.
1Batied for Trucks m ninth.
BOSTON
GOO 200 OF 2
oo0 O01 BOX 4

Runs hst'ed ln-Lupien Williams 3.
YORK Ross Two base hrs McCosky.
Radclfi Williams Sacrifice Pcsky Lu-
pIpn. Contoy Double play Higgins %
York. Left on bases Boston Q Detroit q.
Bases on balls or White g. OF D0bsou
o. struck out By White q bv Trucks
d. by b0bs0n J. Hits-On White = In
Ib innings of Trucks ] 10 innings OF
1 buhsnu z 200 So innings. OFT judd IN q
inning Winning pitcher Dooson. Losins
pitcher white
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-03
Play Off 25-Year Tie
Joe Devany Day at Crosse lie Celebrated by
4 Pros. Friends for Years. Devany Pair Wins
BY VI. r. DRUKENBRoD

Twenty-Five years is long time
to wait to play off tie in golf,
but it has happened here.
The match, which highlighted
Joe Devany day yesterday at
Crosse lie Golf and Country Club,
saw Devany and Joe Koval OF
Dearborn defeat Frank Level OF
Chandler Park and Al Watrous OF
Oakland Hills, ! up.
These four pros came up to-
gether through the caddie ranks
around Yonkers, n. Y, and as
youngsters met once week in a
match, paired just as they were
yesterday at the event which
honored Devany for 20 years of
continuous service at the down
river club.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-03
BARELY MISSES

In that match % years ago
Watrous and Level were l down
coming to the eighteenth, but
Level squared it there by sinking
a 30-foot putt. He narrowly missed
doing the same thing on the final
hole yesterday, his ball on bold
bid for a birdie deuce rolling over
the cup
Watrous was low with 2-under-
par 90. Koval had II, Devany 70
and Level 70.
No district pro ever was paid a
finer tribute by his members than
Devany was. AS a climax TO the
celebration, he was presented with
a combination desk clock. baro-
meter and compass, gift from
members. The directors made him
an honorary member Of the club
and officers of the nearby naval
training base gave him a wrist
watch.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-03
NeWsonn Faces
Reds Today

Continued from First Sport Page
Dodgers their triumph and Wal
tiers his seventh straight defeat
which fundamentally eliminated
the Reds from the race.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-03

Foss-Peqoinq Enigma Of
Maj Wade 10 Oppose
Amy Here Sept. 2
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-03
SCORER is BooED

Borowy gave up the only hit in
the nightcap in the first inning. 1t
was an infield grounder to Joe
Gordon by Harland Gift which the
Yankee second baseman could not
handle Borowy famed 10, walked
two and faced only % men. When
the game ended fans hoiSted him
on their shoulders and only then
learned that il had not been no
hitter. They booed the official
scorer.
Tom Ferrick checked his former
mates with 10 hits and Cleveland
won from the AS. 1913. Chicago
defeated the Senators. 50 ard 10
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-03
BOB TALES
By BOB MURPHY
Sports Editor

Bob De+hma0 Of Lions
Tossed Oregon State
10 Rose Bowl Victory