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Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-29
RoStov
Drive
Begun
Twin Offensives
Aim to Cut Off
Enemy Divisions
BY UNITED PRESS

Russian forces drove on
Rostov from the north and
the northeast Tuesday, de-
veloping a gigantic pincer
potentially capable of isolating one
third of Adolf Hitler's armies.
The Red army had all but encir-
cled Kotelnikovski. principal Ger
man base southwest OF Stalingrad,
and Soviet troops pushing down
the Voronezh rail line were within
80 miles of Rostov, the gateway to
the Caucasus.
Success of the twin drives, to-
gether with the capitulation of %
German divisions rccketed far to
the rear of present operations,
would end the threat on the south
ern front for this winter at least
and would seriously cripple Hitlers
manpower reserves for operations
on all fronts.
SETBACK IN TUNISIA
The Germans appeared to be far
ing somewhat better in Tunisia,
where the Allies admitted that they
had abandoned a hill six miles
northeast of Medjez- El-Bab which
they had won In Christmas bat
tie.
The Allies withdrew from the
hill position after inflicting heavy
casualties on the Axis troops.
Allied planes, however, battered
enemy troops, supplies and ports
of entry throughout Tunisia and
A m e r C a n Lockheed Lightnings
flew 400 miles from their bases,
across the Tripolitanian frontier,
and raided an enemy truck convoy
near Tripoli.
BLOODLESS CONQUEST
The Allies scored bloodless con-
quest in North Africa when French
Somaliland, the last of Vichy's Afri-
can strongholds, joined the United
Nations cause.
The flag of the Fighting French
was hoisted Monday night at Dill
BOUT. capital of French Somaliland
and the terminus CT an important
railroad leading to Adds Ababa
capital of Ethiopia
Announcement of Somaliland's
Continued on Page 6. Col. A.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-29

Size ana as lar as we can OcJCIlnl1P,
there is no disharmony between the
various Offices"
Most of the report this year was
devoted to discussion of the alien
land law of California and its In
ability to function properly in a
matter that should be the bushes
of the federal government.
The grand jurT felt that this
matter was of such tremendous i'm
portancc to California that a copy
Of a resolution asking the Califor-
mia legislature to memorialize con-
gress and ask that a federal alien
land law be passed, was sent to
every grand jury in California Cop
les of this resolution together with
suggested amendments to tie Cali
folnia alien land law were sent
the other grand iuries.
APARTMENTS STUDIED
Committees were delegated To
study the various departments. The
committee on the detcnt on homo,
jails, county offices, and schools
made favorable reports. The cOun-
ty Jail committee said: The county
Jail is being operated better than
ever before in the history of I'M
perial county,
the road districts committee rec
commended the rounded or oval ton
construction of highways as best
for Imperial county. Most of tho
complaints relative to road condi-
tons, the committee said, were
due to the severe shortage Of labor
and materials on account Of tho
war.
X UBBER SAVING
Members of the school tranSpor-
tation committee felt that all was
not Being done that could be done
by the schools to conserve rubber
and StronglT recommended that
the various Schoo. cards and dis
Continued on Eage 6, Col s.
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Women Volunteers
Sought in &c.

FL Centres chamber of COM
MERGE secretary. Ben Harring, call
ed upon the women of the commit
nifty Tuesday to help win the war
now.
Herring said that eight women
are needed as volunteer workers at
the Ell Centre war price and ra-
tioning board office to help with
clerical work They will be needed
for a four-hour period every other
day for the next two weeks to help
with filing
The three clerical workers now
employed at the office have worked
many hours attempting to care for
the steady stream of humanity
which daily enters the office, Herr
ing said. AS consequence they
have fallen behind in filing appli-
cations and other forms in proper
places.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-29

was exhibited by the us. Treas
lry Department from pm. TO
Z pm.
In addition, there were $2825.25 in
stamps and bonds sold at the post
office Monday.
The youngsters. who were admit
ted to mount a catWalk and gaze
through plexi-glass into the sub af-
ter the purchase of 20 cents worth
of stamps, or'numbered their par
entS. The elders were allowed to
inspect the interior after they had
bought 81 worth of stamps.
A. tho scene were representatives
Of the two FL Centre banks selling
bonds to those caring to spend
more than a dollar. Louis Slice of
the Security First National, and
Bill Peach and Gail Baker of the
Bank of America sold $13.5O0 worth
Of bonds. The stamps sold brought
the total over $4,000.
After leaving FL Centro Tuesday
morning the sub was scheduled to
stop at Yuma and then continue
Continued on Page 6, Col. 81
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McNutt Increases
Manpower Call

WASHINGTON. Dec. 29.-(UPD
War ManpoWer Chief Paul V. Nc
Mutt today revised upward to 65,-
000,000 his estimate of the number
of men and women of this country
who will be engaged in war indus
tries and ON the battlefront by De-
cember, 1913.
McNutt, at a press conference,
declined to say whether the 2,200.-
600 increase over previous eSti-
mates of 1913 manpoWer require
mentS was due to needs of the
armed forces.
He said 59,000,000 persons are
now working in essential industries,
agriculture, nOn-eSsential indus
tries, professional or scientific pro-
feSSions,. or are in the armed forces.
This means that 100000 more per-
sons must go to work or become
members of the armed forces in the
next II months, he added.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-29
FBl Agents Take
Touhy Cangsters

CHICAGO, Dec. 29.-UPD-FBI
Director j. Edgar Hoover today an
nounced that the terrible Touhy
gangsters-"them most vicious and
most dangerous criminals the coun-
try ever .saw'-Were killed or cap
tured in a series of raids by G-men
eliminating early today in the seiz-
IRE of Roger Touhy and Basil The
OWD Banghart.
Captured were Roger CThe Ter
rible) Touhy, gang leader: Basil
CThe OWL Banghart, his lieuten-
ant; Edward Darlak. escaped Jo-
liet prison lifer; William Stewart,
lifer, and Matthew Nelson, lifer.
Slain resisting capture were: En-
gene Lanthon. alias James O'Con-
nor, lifer and st. Clair McInerney,
alias Baby Doll and the Saint, a
safe blower and robbcr.
This wipes out the Touhy gang
Hoover said.
After moving down the two men
who resisted, the FBI men moved
against the gang leaders with
Tommy guns, tear gas and rifles
in a North Side apartment.
GANG SURROUNDED
Hoover described the scene this
way:
The zero hour was set for 5
o'clock this morning fer the raid
on the Touhy- Banghart hideout,
"FBI agents surrounded the
building. They had an apartment
on the floor opposite TOC'Ay's apart
ment. The FBI was equipped with
machine guns, high-poWcred rifles
and tear gas The building was
lighted with searchlights at exact
ly 5 O'Clock.
"LoudSpeakerS which had been
set up told the men to surrender
and instructed them to come out of
their apartment backwards, hands
| up and one at a time, Banghart
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-29
REDS CLOSING AROUND
THIRD OF GERMAN ARMY
DR.. Luckett Wins
Pardon From Olson

DIR. Thomas LucKoit, 90. FL
Centre physician convicted Of
abortion in 1897, was among
the As persons pardoned this
week by Gov. Culbert Olson i'm
one of his last official acts be-
fore going out of office.
The former Ell Centran,
whose arrest and commitment
created a sensation in Imperial
county, has BEEN out of prison
since 1o41. 1t was understood
that he was living in Central
America a short time ago.
Among the men pardOned
were five of the Modesto de-
PENDANTS convicted in 1895 of
reckless possession Of dynamite
and Is OF the defendants who
refused to testify in Stockton
before legislative committee
in 1910.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-29
|. Y. Foot Suffer
Pleads Guilty

I'm guilty" was the plea entered
in Superior court TUESDAY By Fran
cisco Ponce, 19-year-old zoot suit
or, who previc I ly admitted as
saulting Pvt. John Urine of Camp
Young in CalcXico last November
%.
Fences companion, Pablo Mar
qucz, also 10 years of age, pleaded
rot guilty TO the formal charge of
assaulting the soldier with a dead
~ weapon.
At tie time Ponce pleaded guilty
TO the charge against him, he also
eSked The court to grant him pro-
baton. His probation hearing was
scheduled for January IS.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-29
Lone Rangers
Capture Italians

WITH UNITED S T A T E S
FORCES in TUNISIA, Dec. 81
Delayedl-tU.PD - An American
night raiding party, terrifying Ital-
ian soldiers in a Southern Tunis-
ian village with shouts of Hi Ho,
Silver, Away" killed Is of them,
wounded at least 30 and captured
81, it was revealed today.
The story of the American Lone
Rangers was told by Capt. Stephen
B. Morrissey of West Midway
Mass. leader of the raiding unit
from the parachute troops of Sol
onel Edison Raft, Of New York.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-29

day. -
I can testify to the Dragons sue
cess, because I was passenger
during the hazardous and unsched-
uled flight over enemy territory
west of the Salween river.
Our plane was to have led a
squadron in raid against Lashio,
but. the hydraulic system broke
down and we were unable to raise
the landing gear. We were delayed
Is minutes and lost the remainder
of the squadron.
Capt. John Ruse, La GRANGE, ILL.,,
piloted the plane. Crewmen were
P. H. Hill, Margaretteville N. Y,
navigator; 'Bombardier Steph e n
Dennis, Richmond, Va: Sgt. James
Broughton, Brentwood, Texas, and
Sgt. William La Plant, Colveville,
Wash, gunners.
sEARCH FOR TARGE-'
Hill, Dennis and l alternated at
l5-minute shifts in pumping up the
landing wheels with the hand pump.
while Capt. Ruse, determined to
find target for his bombs. headed
toward the Salween. Once he was
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German Prisoners Dozed
At Sight Of Allied Arms

the minds of thousands of Ger
mans as they retreat toward Tri-
poll.
1t is not the German soldiers
business to talk or even think about
such things. The German high
command heretofore has done all
their thinking for them.
They can't tell why but most of
the Germans captured out here
refuse TO believe that Marshal Err
win Rommel or the old Afrika
Korps can be defeated. They have
blind faith in their leaders abil-
ity to pull something out of the
bag at the last minute
1t doesn't look much like he can
at the moment. There we're 10
Axis tanks in Sirte when a ia
nous British salvary regiment en-
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-29
BP HENRY CORRELL

WITH THE EIGHTH ARMY IN
TRIPOLITANIA, Dec, T-tDelay-
ed - tU.PD - German prisoners
captured while laying mines on
the road southwest of Sirte today
stared, -mouthed. at Allied
tanks, guns and truck rolling west.
They were tired and hungry and
hadn't talked much. Then, sud-
denly, as if speaking to himself,
the youngest, a blond youth who
looked 90, said.
Die Menge tut es-Amerika. :"
cts the quantity that counts
America
1--WE can't compete against that, :"
he added
That thought is likely to be in
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-29

tered 1t on Christmas Day, The
tanks retreated without an argu-
ment.
Considering the blind faith the
ordinary German soldier has in his
command. it might be wondered
what would happen in the dry river
beds somewhere west of Sirte today
If Rommel were to admit 10 his
troops that he lied when he told
them last November that Stalingrad
had fallen. Every German soldier
captured in the desert Is convinced
of it. His officers had told him So.
The Germans captured while lay
ing mines thought we we're lying
wher we told them Stalingrad wan
more than holding and that the
Russians had broken through Get-
man lines In the middle Don.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-29

remarked that the FBTs only jur-
isdiction was for draft evasion, ex-
cept in the case of Banghart, ma
chine-gunner for the mob as it was
constituted in the roaring phohibi-
ton era. who was wanted on pre-
vious federal conviction with So
years to run for a 100000 Char
lotte, N. c., mail robbery.
Touhy had dyed his curly black
hair peroxide blond. The others
were easily recognized by the men
who had circularized the nation for
their capture since they shot their
way over the walls of the State
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Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-29
Sub Nets $4,000
", Bonds, Stamps

FL Centre struck at Japan Mon
day afternoon through a weapon
sent by that nation to attack the
United States.
A total of $4,000 in war bonds
End stamps was sold TO 1000 resi-
dents who came to view the midget
submarine on display between Main
and State streets on Sixth The
81-foot submcrsible, which was
hcached by its tWC-man crew dur
ing the attack on Pearl HarbOr,
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-29

office of vice-president, with Mrs.
Earle G.. Davis, secretary, ana r.
T.. Daniel, treasurer.
Directors are: Mrs. IL. r. Ander-
son, Earl E. Anderson. Roy F.. Breed
love, Mr.. and Mrs. w. c. Costello,
Leo DeCelles, DR.. E. B. Godfrey, j.
p. Hoffman, Father Edward Hutch
inson. George Kirk, w. w. McEuen,
j. d. Nesbitt, Mrs. Hugh T. Os-
borne, DR.. Claude f. Peters. c. S.
Reed, Louis Slice, Guy A. Weakley,
Mr.. and Mrs. Arno G. Yaeckel, Ell
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-29

CIuued III the house version Of The
1919 Tear old draft adopted last
month, but it was removed by a
conference committee. One repre-
sentative and one senator only vot-
ID favorably upon it in conference.
The reason was never made public
and even Rep. Paul j. Kilday, D.,
Tex, author of the amendment,
said he was still without knowledge
as to the reason for its disappear
ance.
Administration sources said it was
planned to ask congress to pass the
required legislation to permit pool
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-29

ing as soon as possible Objections
to the drafting of husbands. which
already is underway in most states,
were said to be giving added i'm
petus to the desire to press for the
legislation.
The pooling plan would end situ-
ations where one community with
few single men finds it necessary
to draft married men while an adj
joining community, or one in an
other part of the state, with sur
plus of single men, fills it's quotas
without even facing an immediate
need to call married men.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-29

first.
The men deliberated 10 min
utes. Banghart, acting as spokes-
man, indicated they would sur
render and following instructions,
backed out of the room, hands up,
and was taken.
NO STRUGGLE
THE others followed and there
was no struggle. They were Touhy
and Edward Darlak."
At that point Hoover smiled and
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-29

=
Centric. with John HinShaW and
Betty Harris representing the Holt
vile branch and Carmen Gibson
and Carrie Townsend, Imperial
branch. Chairmen serving also on
the board are Mesdames A. B. Han
son, Norman E. Dupont, b. f.. Lem
ons, w. c. Reed, John r. Rice T.
M. Finney.
Mrs. w. j. Meagher will continue
as executive secretary for the chap
ter.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-29
County Offices
Jury Proise

Grand jurors in their annual report gave almost al
departments of county government pat the back for
efficiency and quoted with pride the official grand jury
auditors statement that the records Imperial county
far superior to those found in counties of similar
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-29
And erson Heads
Red Cross Unit

H. r. Anderson elect ed chairman of the FL Centre
chapter OF the American Red Cross at the organization
meeting Of the board of directors held Monday night
in the Headquarters
Anderson succeeds r. p Moore who was elected 10 the
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-29
D AMBLlNe
~ EpORTER

We Su"gest-
Since FL Centre is scheduled TO
be visited by zillions Of servicemen
curing the New Years holidays.
il certainl,' would be a good idea
TO get busy and make arranoe-
mcnts for places for them to sleep
in various public buildings OF the
town. There won't be rooms en-
ough for them. This is certain.
How about the court house? That
building is heated and there arc
the big Railways on all three
floors where dozens of men could
spread their bedrolls. All offices
could be locked and military Of
ficers asked 10 see that the boys
didn't have too man. pillow fights
There is the Dig gymnasium at
the high school. There is the Am
ericon Legion hall. There are So
cial halls ana easements in Chur-
cbcs. There are half a dozen ele-
mentary schools that have broad
Railways where servicemCnt could
sleep. Perhaps they could be used.
Ell Centre always has been hospi-
table 10 visitors, This is the time
for us to be genuinely hospitablo
to men who deserve the best in
hospitality. Kindness, and friendli-
ness.
Let's all get busy!
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-29
Reluctant Dragon
P'asters JopPies
= BY ROBERT P. MARTIN :.

WITH u S. AIR FORCE IN CHINA, Dec 20 (UP)
The army bomber Reluctant Dragon, making spectacu-
lar Gobut in China blasted Japanese base at Mengmao
and shot enemy supply trucks along the Burma Road
lone mi Satur
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-29
Proposal Would
Pool Single Men

WASHINGTON, Dec. % (UP)--Pooling of all single
men ON statewide basis for induction into the armed
forces before the calling of states married will be
proposed to the new congress- it was learned today.
An amendment requiring this type of pooling was in
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-29
Absent rreatmcnt-

Absent Treatmcnt-
Jack Ticket was officiating at
the desk in FL Centre police head
quarters. 1t Became necessary for
him to send out radio call for
IN officer somewhere in town in q
police radio car.
Tackctt, in his usual crisp tones
signallcd the radio car and broad
cast his message. There was no
response from the man in the ra-
dio car. This went on for time
with Tackctt getting madder and
madden il was appei ent that
the man in the car had the radio
turned off. At last TaCkctt roar
ed out over the II
Turn that thing on 80 lou can
Continued on Page 6, Col s.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-29

Maximum Monday ~, minimum
Tuesday 81; 5 am. Tuesday 40, hui
midity 81; noon Tuesday "a, humid
ity 81; 5 pm. Mon. &c, humidity 81.
BANS DEBTS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-20

is one of arranging so that all the poten- tial manpower is used with maximum efficiency The question is, How?
 Some believe that by voluntary CO., operative methods, men and jobs can be matched up with no more waste than is inevitable in such mammoth problem. Others believe that, human nature be- ing what it Is, men and jobs cannot be matched up without compulsion, applied or held in uSable reserve = that workers and work must be Shuffled like pieces of a crossword puzzle, and fitted together
 To our points of agreement, now, we can add another; Eighth, we can agree that Americans hate the very thought Of being treated like inanimate pawns upon a cheSsboard, and demand that every other resource be exploited before this bit of totalitarianism is applied. Has that been done? Surely not, Are the unexploret, possibilities promising enough to warrant further delay before we adopt compulSion2 Who knows? Is anybody m Washington trying to find out9 Why not? How long shall we drift
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-20
Happy Anniversary

Half century of church history will be fittingly observed by St. Cecilia'S par ish tomorrow and Sunday, The little red church up on Scovill Street will celebrate the occasion with fitting services, parti- cipated in by the Bishop, parishioners, and the clergy. It is an occasion for re- joicing, whether it be in modest fashion or with some little fanfare, But St. Ce- elias has always been a modest parish; its membership has not scared with the passing years, but it has been a faithful one.
 As a result the church will completely remove every financial obligation on thls its 50th anniversary. This in itself Is something of which all the members of the parish from the Rev Peter Cuny down can we'll show outward pride, But St, Cecilia's roots gA much deeper than thlS. There are other records far more lasting those written in the souls of its faithful members and in the sons and daughters it has sent forth into the world.
 To Father Cuny the occasion should be a particularly joyful one, for his pastor ate has been the longest by several years. The parish was we'll established when he came to Waterbury, but his has been the difficult task of preserving parish lines during times of great change, affecting all parishes, all creedS, All the more then that his part in the church jubilee this weekend be joyful one,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-20

You've got date with your Uncle Sam's tire rationing boards this weekend, He wants every motorist to retain only five tires on his or her car and he re. quires that you register the numbers ot these tires with your local boards, It isn't too much of a task to do this, unless your tires are so badly scuffed that you can't make out the numerals, According to all reports, though, when the tire check.up starts and, judging by the forms filled out this week, 1t will continue all next year, your figures had better correspond with those found by the tire inspectors, All of which means that there can't be any finagling with tires once they have been duly registered, But we hope that the officials won't take 1t out on some poor motorists who may have made botch out of taking down their tire num- bers, It's easy to cal them wrong, as many who have been squinting at tire castings this past week will testify
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-20
Don't Blame the Army

The meat shortage is being attributed to Army and lease-lend purchases, The story told by some WashingtonianSi is that Uncle Sam was taken by surprise because of sudden heavy war buying, We suggest better liaison in the capital, Months before the crisis in meat, government workers charged with watching the food situation described in detail what was going to hap pen, and explained why, and were laughed at,
 The explanation they gave was not war buying, It was the halfway price ceillng scheme that we hope will be rectified un- der the anti-inflationary Setup.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-20
Drifting Toward Disaster

The problem of manpoWer utilization for war purposes Is drifting It's unchartea course toward disaster It is now Just about where the rubber problem was when President Roosevelt appointed the Baruch Committee to study the facts ana recommended what should be done. There are a few things about manpoWer upon which most of us can agree. Let's see what some of them are.
 First, we can agree that If this coun- try is to be the arsenal and the granafy of democracy, and also to supply millions of soldiers, sailors and marines for heht- ing. we must utilize our manpoWer With a degree of efficiency hitherto never Nneeded in this lush industrial paradlse' Second, we can agree that industries upon which the winning of the war must de- pend are having trouble getting enough qualified workers to do their lobs.
 Third, we can agree that there are
 millions of persons notably women ana Negroes - who could be used but are not being used. Fourth, We can agree that there are millions of persons now employed in tasks which we would iike to have continued, but which are less Vltai than the winning of this war
 Fifth, we can agree that we are hanul- capped by shortages of raw materials to expand our industrial plant without Us inr materials that otherwise could be nsde into armament. Sixth, we can r arree that the plant we possess is not, for fhe most part, being utilized with any faine approaching 100 per cent efficiency
 flat IS. that If we had the men 10 onerate all essential industry on loS- Ese,,r \ week basis, we could produce .s,,ch more Of weapons and supplies witn flsn plant we aIfondy possess.
 Se3enfh .Ne ekii agree that the proplem