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Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-08

dJUdCKS.
The Nazis were making a deter
mined effort to halt the progress
of Marshal Semyon Timoshenko's
relief column. Dive bomber squad
rons and armored forces attacked
the Russians but they moved cn
south between the Volga and Don
rivers, threatening the German
flank and seeking to make juno
ture with the Stalingrad garrison.
Inside Stalingrad the Germans
threw Prussian shock troops into
the battle in an effort to break
through in the northwestern Sec
tor of the city However, Moscow
said all of these attacks were re-
pulsed.
A bitter dispute broke out be-
tween Britain and Germany over
the treatment of war prisoners.
PRISONERS MISTREATED
The Germans annrunoed they
were putting shackles on British
prisoners taken at Dieppe in retail
iation for the alleged lettering by
British Commands of Germans
captured in raid on the Channel
island of Sark
The British replied formally that
unless the Germans took the hand
cuffs off the war prisoners in 36
hours they would shackle an equal
number of Germans.
L. S. Amery British Secretary of
State for India revealed in the
House of Commons that the India
uprising has taken 846 lives and
wounded 2025 persons thus far. At
the same time he flatly rejected
intervention o. the United States
or any other third party in the dis
pute between the British govern
ment and native Indian leaders
Wendell l.. Willkie had left
Chungking, leaving behind him
Chinese leaders greatly encouraged
by his advocacy of abolition of for
eign imperialism throughout Asia.
SABOTAGE GROWS
German alarm over Norwegian
sabotage and resistance was grow
ing as patriotic outbreaks spread
from the Trondheim region to Oslo,
Narvik and other areas.
1t was believed the Germans may
extend their state of emergency to
the Oslo area and possibly all of
south Norway. Fifteen more Nor
wegian hostages were executed,
bringing the total to 25 and the
Gestapo was ruthlessly rounding up
more hostages.
Virtual street battles were re-
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Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-08
People Finance
Hearinq Blocked

The fourth district court of ap-
peal Thursday halted dissolution
proceedings of the Peoples Finance
and Thrift company pending Su-
perior Judge r. d. McPherrin'S
appearance Nov. 10 to show why
he should not be restrained from
hearing the proceedings in Imperial
county superior court.
Edwin M. Daugherty, state COM
missioner of corporations, requested
the hearing in the higher court and
the order complying with his re-
quest was filed one day before a
petition calling for partial distribu-
ton to stockholders was to be heard
in McPherrins court.
The commissioner asked that Nc
Pherrin be restrained from taking
any further proceedings in the dis
solution matter except to dismiss it.
He contended the proceedings we're
corporation commission duty.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-08

ing safes TAX III Clle peIlulllS pili
unless the five per cent victory tax
is defeated. Sen. Harry F. Byrd, D.,
Va, a leader of the sales tax group,
said he understood the treasury al
ready has prepared for that possi-
bility b. drafting a retail sales tax
to cover all articles purchased, in
cluding food.
Secretary of the Treasury Henry
Morgenthau, jr., announced Monday
that the treasury was preparing a
new $6000,000 900 tax bill to be sub
mitted to congress as soon as enact
ment of the pending $24 100000, ,0OO
one. He said $4,000, 100000 in fed
eral revenue was essential for the
war financing program.
The senate may get around late
today to the victory tax-the big
gest single item in the pending bill
The tax would bring in to the treas
ury $3,650,000,000 by levying five
per cent on the income of everyone
earning more than $12 week.
The consensus of senate supporters
of the Victory tax as we'll as those
who favor a sales tax was the
senate would uphold the action of
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Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-08
City Clerk, Recent
Storm Center, Gets
Salary Boost Here
COuncilmen Reverse
Original Stand, Vote
Gavin Up to S275

City Clerk Neal Gavin was
granted S25 per month sal
ary increase to S275 by a
"three-man" council Wednes-
day night, which accomplish
ed more in the single meeting than
had been done in the last three or
four.
Oddly enough, the three who voted
| Cavin's raise we're the same three
who in April announced their deci-
sion to slice his $3.50 salary in half.
Under city ordinance the clerks
salary cannot be raised or lowered
but Cavin's salary for chief water
clerk and other duties performed
by him can be changed. Immediate
ly after the last city election Gavin
came under fire because it was
charged that he had campaigned
for certain candidates. 1t was pro-
posed that his salary be reduced
to it's minimum of $125 a month,
which is paid soley for the clerks
job Action was never taken, how
ever.
P. L. Moore made the motion that
Cavin's pay as water clerk be rails
ed. Mayor r. w. Hatton and FL. w.
FaWcett joined him in the vote.
In the tour-hour meeting at which
Charles A. Bratton and Wesley He'll
were not present an assortment of
other business was transacted.
PERMIT DENIED
The American Legion was denied
request that they be allowed to
sponsor a carnival in the city limits,
thereby removing it from Sl00
day city taxation.
The councilmen heard charges by
A Pilibos, city garbage contractor,
that some downtown stores and res
taurants have not been putting out
their garbage for collection.
! They announced that hereafter
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Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-08
CHICKIE FJDDE

Fcr q whole year Mrs. Robert
Parrish has been trying to get her
husband to buy some chickens for
fn empty pen in the rear OF the
Parrish yard
He thought up more excuses than
prisoner at the bar of justice. He
stalled and he stalled He even
had an excuse for her contention
that the chickens could be fed with
scraps from the Parrish table
would cost 't7thing, and would
cause no extra work.
Shn became so insistent this fall,
what with the war and all, that
Bob had to shop around for some
chickens His story was that he
couldn't find any in all Imperial
county.
Come Of her friends, however,
double crossed him. They told her
they would GIVE her all the chick
ems Wanteu if Bob would drive up to
the mountains and get them. You
guessed it. He went after them.
AS soon as he put the chickens
in their little home, he discovered
there was not enough wire to cover
the pen properly. He bought wire
AMI fixed it. Next he found they
had no roost. He built one. Next
he found he had to construct some
kind of a gadget to get water to
them. Next he had to nail Stats
across the drinking pool to keep
them from drowning themselves.
He had to buy dip to get rid of
some bugs they might" have. They
needed growing mash. Grain would
make them stronger. Laying mash
would increase the egg production.
Don't, for fear of your life, say
anything to Bob about eggs or
chickens.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-08

DdSlS.
They contend that patriotism
persuasion and arguments are not
sufficient to cause men to change
from on-essential or less essen
tial industries to war industries
a law to back up such pressure
with compulsion is needed.
That view was revealed today by
publication of testimony before a
house committee on supple
mental appropriation bill which
includes $25.0O00O0 for the VINO.
McNutt, informing the committee
that legislation for control cf non
power IS imperative" said. how
ever, that he felt forced" labor
drafting would not be necessary -
that mere existence If Government
power to compel would i1ake it
possible to bring about proper
allocation" of manpoWer without
force
He revealed that bis efforts to
obtain voluntary transfers of work
ers to without legislation to
back him up-had been only abo:r.
10 per cent effective.
Nelson told the committec that
the "creaks and groans of the
economy of manpoWer" are begin
ming to show now Just as we sew
it six or eight months ago in n->'
terial."
Appropriate legislation is going
to have to be passed in the nature
of a national selective service sc
that men can be directed into spot;
where they are needed" Nelson
said.
He also emphasized that he woulC
prefer a voluntary program.
McNutt was asked by Commit
tee Chairman Clarence Cannon, D.
Mo, according TO the transcript
whether legislation had been pre-
pared McNutt asked to discus
that question off the record" ant
the committee agreed.
McNutt's deputy chairman, Fow
Ter V. Harper, however, revealed
today that a VINO subcommitte,
is drafting legislation and will
send it to the white house soon
His statement to reporters came a,
alarmed cOuriers were arriving here
from the farm belt reporting tha
labor shortages are getting bad anc
need correcting quickly.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-08
T|M0SHENk0 CRACKS into GERMAN FLANK
Aerial Triumph Revealed

LCNNEON, Oct. 8.-U.PD-The
crew of one of the first flying fort
IeSses to meet the pride of the
Luftwaffe, the Fock-Wulfe 100, in
mass comEav told today how they
owned 13 of the enemy planes
without single loss.
These were the bombers which
demolished the Potez aircraft fac
tory at Meaulte, France, last Fri
day. The German fighter squad
ron jumped them and for 20 min
utes attacked the fortresses from
every angle. They filled the big
American planes with machine gun
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-08

and chairman of the AFL peace
negotiating committee. said he ex-
pected conferences TO begin with the
CIO shortly after 1t holds It's an
nual convention in Boston next
month.
Neither Green nor bates we're sur
prised by the withdrawal OF the
UNIV from the CIO. Green gald
he had been expecting II for some
time.
Green limited Monday In his OPEN
ing address before the convention
that one or two clio unions might
return 10 the AFL
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-08
AL Chief Opens Arms
To Rebel Against CIO

TORONTO. Oct. 6--UP)-Pres-
ident William Green of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor is ready
to do business" with John l.. Lew
is if he wants to lead his now in
dependent United Mine Workers of
America back into the AFL.
Green, who is attending the AFL' S
62nd annual convention here, SEEM
ed eager to welcome Lewis and the
miners back in the federation.
I'VE will meet with anybody at
any time and will do business with
them" he said, after he learned
that the UNIV, holding their con-
vention in Cincinnati, had with
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-08
Tax DeIinquencies
On Wane inE.C

Tav delinquencies have dropped
from 6.4S per cent in Ell Centre
during 1940-41 to AS Der cent
in 1941-'42 the auditors report
submitted to the city council We'd
nesday night disclosed.
The accorntant. c. c. Gabrielson,
complimented the city officials on
the system of control on water ac-
counts receivable and suggested the
same system be put into effect on
consumer deposit accounts.
When the audit was made on
June go $96,009,31 in available sur
plus was noted
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-08
Robert Carr New
C0fCDirector

BY unanimous vote of Ell Cen
tro Chamber of Commerce direc-
tors. Robert S. Carr Wednesday was
elected director to fill the va
vancy left by the resignation of w
H. Rhodes, now in the service.
Pei Carr C1I.c 20 this communi-
ty recently as manager of the Bar
bara Worth hotel said Gordon
Scriven, president of the Ell Centre
Chamber of Commerce, " and i'm
mcdiately began to take an active
part in community activities. He
has been most useful in helping
with various projects and was es-
pecially generous and helpful in
the recent war bond drive in I'M
porial county"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-08

drawn from the congress of in
dustrial organizations.
Other AFL officials doubted that
Lewis would take the UNIV into
the AFL. They regarded his with
drawal from the CIO, which he
organized seven years ago, as more
likely to hasten peace negotiations
between the AFL and CIO.
Green denied reports among con-
vention delegates that two Lewis
representatives were in Toronto to
confer with him.
Harry Bates, president of the
bricklayers, masons and plasterers,
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-08

able to come to London. They
were wounded in the vicious Ger
man attack. Their plane was cred
tied with downing two Focke-W Wulfes
and probably shooting down a
third.
THE enemy fighters attacked al
most continuously until we were
one-third of the way across the
channel en- route home" one of the
crew members said. THE action
lasted 20 minutes or more"
First Lieut.. Charles j. Paine of
Waycross, Ga, the 27-year old pi-
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-08
SHOW GOES ON
It's Different This Time

my throat with one hand"
so I let her have it - very
light" she said.
Then Baby Betty's husband
Charles (the great shackles) Hor-
rell, hit her under the chin. Pa
tricia testified, and she fell over
a trunk.
The judge fined Patricia $40 and
told her that oral abuse is nc
excuse for physical abuse"
But Patricia was pleased.
1T was worth $40, the biggest
bargain I ever got in my life"
she said
Baby Betty was not pleased. She
set out for the circuit court where
she filed her damage suit.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-08

of the Geneva convention.
The government old not fix a
time limit after which German pris-
oners would be manacled but it was
believed no longer than % hours
would be allowed to elapse without
action.
The British appeared to be in a
good position in any spreading re-
prisals since there are considerably
more German and Italian prisoners
held by Britain than there are Brit
ish prisoners in German hands.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-08
All Plane 5 potter
Stations Inspected

All aircraft warning stations in
Imperial county and their person
mel were subjected to inspection
this week by Sgt. Gordon Forester
technician of the Fourth Fighter
Command.
He planned to visit every station
in company with w. T. Livingston
head of the aircraft warning sys-
tenn in the county, and his assist
ant, Earl v. C. Northrop. They
visited stations in the western part
of the county Wednesday, on
Thursday planned to visit those in
the eastern section, Friday those
in the northern areas, and on Sat-
urday these in the central and
southern sections.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-08
WE MUST Please

RR. will have to beg the Army's
pardon for showing partiality to
the Navy in this ahem! column. We
strive to be biased about every
thing at all times, but did not
realize we had hurt the Army's
feelings
The reason we apologize is con-
tanned in this note from our friend,
Bob Noel now with the US Army
at Fcrt Macarthur, Calf.
Just a few lines to let you El
Centrans know that all the boys
down there don't join the Navy,
Here are the names of few e.
Contro boys in this Army camp:
Raymond Fisher, Junior Kirk,
Thomas Mel and myself. We are
all former Central High boys
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-08

and cannon holes but they couldn't
bring them down.
Eight members of the crew of
Phyllis" cne of the bombers,
were brought to London today to
tell their story. They revealed for
the first time that the last three
planes in their formation were re-
sponsible for downing all 13 of
the German planes-a remarkable
average of four and one-third Ger
man fighters apiece on single
flight.
Two of the planes crew were un-
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-08

reported that prisoners taken at
Dieppe were placed in shackles at
noon today in retaliation for alleged
lettering of prisoners by the Brit
iSh.
His Majesty's government" said
statement, repeats the declaration
that they will not countenance any
orders for tying the hands of pris-
oners of war taken in the field"
The statement charged that the
action of the German government
in taking reprisals against British
prisoners of war in their hands is
expressly forbidden by article two
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-08

lot, said that he counted 16 holes
in his plane from the Fock-
Wulfe's .20-mm. cannon shells and
he estimated that there were 300
other holes from machine gun bull
lets and flax fragments.
Crew members credited Paine's
skillful emergency crash landing on
a British iield near the coast with
saving the life of the seriously
wounded top gunner. He was bleed
ing prcfusely and might have died
had Paine attempted to fly all the
way to his base.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-08

the Elks club and American Legion
post. Military equipment will be
used to handle the heavy scrap
These crews will meet at Veterans
Memorial hall at 9 am. Sunday.
In addition to the crews and
equipment to be used in the rural
areas, other crews will clean up
the scrap on each side of Main
street, north of the S.D&A railroad
track, and west of Imperial Avenue,
areas scarcely touched in previous
collection drives.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-08
Army Housing Cuts
Critical Material!

WASHINGTON, Oct. Cup
The us. Army uses approximately
$4,000 tons less critical metal in
providing housing for 100000 SOL
diers now than it did a year ago,
Undersecretary of War Robert P.
Patterson said today.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-08
= AMBlINe
lNEpoR1ER
1T HAS COME TO THIS

We may see this sort of thing
frequently in the future, but 1t
was a shock Thursday.
j. c. Rhodes carried four tires
into the Bank of America Thursday
morning and locked them in the
vault.
He wouldn't talk and a google
eyed public could not ascertain
u''7othor someone had borrowed
money on the tires or someone was
OF noarding The precious
things.
II am innocent" was all Rhodes
would say.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-08

districts of Ell Centre with James
Scroggins, city poundmaster, acting
as a guide and spotter of accumula-
tions of scrap. Scroggins will guide
city crews to places where he has
noticed scrap while making his
regular rounds of the city The
crews will collect the scrap and
haul it to the county road yard.
Next will come the big Sunday
scrap metal pickup campaign with
volunteers from the Army and
Marine encampments and military
equipment joining volunteers from
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-08
Unfetter British,
Germans Warned

LONDON, Oct 8. (UP)-The British government to-
day threatened to place in letters equal number of Ger
prisoners unless the NazS Immediately the
shackles from British prisoners taken at Dieppe.
The announcement made after the German radio
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-08
Labor Draft Law
Held Imp perotive
McNu+t. Nelson, Want Power But Prefer
Administration on Voluntary Basis
Backed Up by Threat Of Enforcement

WASHINGTON Oct g. (UP)-War Manpower Com
rsisson Chairman Paul V. McNutt and War Production
Board Chairman Donald M. Nelson agree that natona
service legislation for control of manpower is needed bu
both hope that such program be administered
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-08
City S Peeds Up
Scrop Collection

Ell Centrans Thursday perfected plans preparatory
an all out effort to in the metal in both city
and rural in volunteer weekend drive designed
put Ell Centro at the top of the Imperial county collection
list. First will house-to of the easside
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-08
Federal Sales Tax Seen
For Second Revenue Bill
Victory Levy May Defeat Proposal in
Present Measure But Proponents Hold
Next Act Must Assess u. S. Purchases

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8. UP)-Senate advocates of a
sales tax said today that the treasury asks for new
S6 OOOOOOOOO bill the pending is passed
a federal retail sales tax is "absolutey inevitable
They appeared have abandoned hope of incorporat-
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-08
Nuzis Put Best i
Troops in Battle
But City Holds
Huns Gain Not One Foot Of Ground In
Historic Struggle; Troubles Increase
Elsewhere as New Sabotage Reported
= BY UNITED PRESS

The battle of Stalingrad ragged through its 45th day
Thursday with Russian relief forces increasing their threat
the Nazi assault army and Red troops within the
Volga city standing fast against almost hourly German
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Atlanta Grandmother
Sentenced 10 Die for
Staying Neighbor
Defendant Calmly Hears
Doom, but Her Son
Foints in Courtroom
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ATLANTA, July AIRS. Minnie
Lee Griffin, 49-year-old grand
mother, was under sentence today
to die for the killing of 20-year- old
neighbor.
The frail woman calmly heard the
court sentence her yesterday to die
in the electric chair August 7 for
the death of Mrs. Mildred Williams,
shoestore clerk whose disappearance
of several months~wa5 solved when
her body was found in an old trunk
in Mrs Griffln's basement.
Should the sentence be carried
out, Mrs. Griffin will be the first
woman to be electrocuted in Georgia,
and the second one to undergo capi-
tai punishment. The other woman
was hanged in 1870.
Mrs. Griffin's attorneys have filed
a motion for new trial.
The defense contended Mrs. Crit
fin is of unsound mind, but psychia-
trists differed in their testimony
one holding her victim of hallu-
cinations, and another declaring her
"just a very mean woman"
Defense testimony also was offered
that she was obsessed with a suspi-
cion that her son-in- law, Kenneth
Hubert, was running around with
Mrs. Williams, and that Mrs Will
liams would break up her daughters
marriage.
When the court pronounced SEN
tence, Mrs. Griffin's 16year-old son,
J. w. Griffin, tainted Two other
sons and her son-in-laW sat white
faced. Mrs. Griffin said nothing.