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Evening star., 1942-12-23
Mrs. Marjorie Co|man,
Formerly Of D. E., Dies

Mrs. Marjorie Helmbold Colman
AZ, former resident of Washington.
died Monday at her home in Mime
apolis of injuries received in fall
at her home. according to word
received here.
Mrs. Colman, who made her debut
here in 1917, formerly was Miss
Helmbold, daughter of the late Mrs.
Cora Helmbold Mann. and was a
sister of Gerald H. Helmbold of this
city, who is director of operations
and traffic for the Maritime Com
mission. She was a native of
Columbus, Ohio
Mrs. Colman was first married to
Capt. George Mahool of Baltimore
during the World War. Capt Mahool
died three months later. In 1921 she
married Joseph H. Colman.
Besides the brother and her hus-
band, Mrs. Colman also is survived
by son, Edward L. Colman; two
daughters, Miss Marian Colman and
Miss Ann Colman, and another
brother, 1t. Col. Philip Helmbold,
now in Florida.
Funeral services will be held to-
morrow in Minneapolis. Burial will
be in Columbus, Ohio.
Evening star., 1942-12-23
Entrance Bor Lowered

BALTIMORE. Dec. % (P.-The
Johns Hopkins University school of
medicine will accept students with
only two years of college training
for the duration of the war, DR..
Isaiah Bowman, university presi-
ident, announced yesterday Most
students who gained entrance in
the past had four years of college
training.
Evening star., 1942-12-23
WilIiom E. CrutchIey
Funeral Rites Held
Special Dispatch to The Star,

CLARKSBURG, Nd, Dec. %
Funeral services for William E
Crutchley, rs, who died Sunday after
a long illness, were held yesterday
at the Clarksburg Methodist Church.
The Rev. Thomas Morgan ofIiciated
Burial was in the church cemetery
Mr.. Crutchley is survived by two
sons, William E., Cedar Grove, and
Russell K, Clarksburg; a sister, Mrs.
Mamie Tally, and brother, Frank
Crutchley, both of Frederick. Mr..
Crutchley belonged to Carpenters
Local, No 1872. of Washington.
Evening star., 1942-12-23
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Evening star., 1942-12-23
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Evening star., 1942-12-23
Garn nf .ThankH

SCOTT. MARJORIE ELvIN. The family
OF the late MARJORIE ELVIN SCOTT
wish to express their appreciation to their
many friends for the beautiful Moral
tributes and expressions Of sympathy Of
Tered during their recent bereavement.
FATHER, MOTHER AND BROTHERS.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-11
THE STOP LIGHT

Labor union bosses will be wise to
take warning from two events of this
week.
The final official vote on the hot cargo
and secondary boycott proposition was
announced at 1,124,624 in favor of out
lawing the Objectionable union tactics,
and 909,061 in favor of permitting them.
State Senator Ed Fletcher of San Diego
announced that he will submit bill at
the next Legislature requiring labor
unions to file an annual financial state
ment, and providing that union locals
shall accept transferred members from
other locals without additional charge.
The public trend is obvious-and dan
gerous If it continues, the labor unions
which do have a useful place in the
states economy-ara liable to find them
selves under such strict governmental
supervision that they will be entirely null
lifted.
Only one thing will stop the trend.
1t is action by the unions themselves to
clean house, to propose on their own be-
Ealf proper legal safeguards against
abuse of their powers, and to submit to
a proper place in the American scheme
of life
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-11
Editorials and Comment
DON'T EXPECT BIG
VICTORIES IN PACIFIC

The United Nations are committed t1
whipping Hitler before giving Japan any
more attention than they have to-a fact
which indicates that it will be many
months before we gain anything more
than defensive victories in the Pacific
war theater.
Prime Minister Winston Churchill Of
Great Britain was the first to indicate
the long-range Allied war strategy when
he said that the United Nations would
turn on Japan with full energy and
strength when Germany is knocked out
Prime Minister John Curtin Of Australia
went even farther, clarifying the picture
of global strategy, when he declared that
Australia is in a holding position, and
with the Americans, must hold off Japan
until the Allies can turn their maximum
forces against the Japanese.
This does not mean that there will be
no more action in the Pacific. On the
contrary, it probably means a stepping
up of defensive action. The Japs may
be expected to do their utmost toward
gaining victory while they are still fight
ing a divided enemy-they must know
that they could not hope to win once
the full force of the United Nations was
free to oppose them.
1t is even possible that this defensive
action by the Allies will do much to
shorten the war against Japan. In every
attack the Japs have made during recent
months, they have lost heavily in men.
ships and planes. They are being whit
tied down every day. How long they can
stand the whiting without collapsing
depends upon the unknown Ito uS) guam
tity of their total strength.
Since it is evidently choice of two
alternatives. and We could not fight both
wars with maximum strength in each.
we are inclined to the belief that the
decision to knock out Hitler first is a
wise one. The reason is simple. Hitler,
if left with only weakened armies oppOs-
ing him. might overrun Russia and even
Great Britain. He could win his war,
even though Japan were knocked out.
Japan. on the other hand, has a much
more difficult supply problem than has
Hitler, and does not find it as easy to
strike against us. And it is reasonably
certain that, while Japan cannot knock
us out even though we leave minimum
forces facing her. neither can Japan hope
to win the war if Hitler is defeated.
We can afford to leave one until later.
but we cannot afford to leave the other
Therefore, the course of wisdom seems
to be to knock out the strongest first,
then attend to the other.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-11
France Near Chaos
As Nazis Complete
Full Occupation

LONDON, Dec. II. fUPD-RepOrtS
reaching London today indicated
Frances internal situation is ap-
preaching chaos as Germany COM
pleted occupation of the entire ma
ton, while unrest in ocher NaZi-
dominated countries continued to
harass German military leaders.
Two factors appeared to be large
II responsible for Reorganization
of Frances internal life.
German authorities apparently
were adding to the confusion by
open attacks against the Vichy re-
gimc and widespread arrests Of
Jews. French soldiers and sailors,
fearing ar-e5t and confinement in
labor camps. were refusing to await
formal demobilization of their units
and simply were leaving for home.
The German high command con-
tinued to appoint military COM
manders for all zones formally in
the unoccupied territory thus de-
priving Vichy of virtually all its
power and leaving it only a tool in
the hands Of the Nazis.
Some reports indicated that the
latest German move had resulted
in disagreement between Marshal
Henri Philippe Petain and his Chief
of state Pierre Laval. Both have
been accused, il was learned, Of fail.
ing to speed investigation Of what
the Germans term the North Ali
can "treachery.n
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-11
A READER WRITES
ABOUT FARM LABOR
Editor. The PoSt-Press:

GNItOl, l liz l uNl-l lNN'.
| would like to state why object to
importing Mexican labor or any other
foreign labor | want to make 1t clear
that | have nothing against the Mexican
race and they are good faithful workers.,
and good as any other nation on earth:
I have worked in the northern part of
the state with the migrants and MeNl-
cans for the past three years and have
gained some knowledge of the labor situ-
alton. On farms where they employed
four or five hundred hands, about half
were MeXicanS, and on the Grace Broth
ers hop farm near HealdSburg the MeNl-
cans pulled a strike and won it without
help from the Americans SO you see
there are few MeXicans up north.
The wild statement of the labor I'M
porters that they had saved the farmers
one-half million dollars could easily be
refuted. The farmers laugh and make
a Joke out of it themselves. AS one of
them said to me. he hoped the labor I'M
porters would save some money for him,
as he had been farming in the valley %
years and never was able to save any
money for himself The shortage of labor
up north is oVer-eStimated as all OF their
crops were harvested in good shape this
year. We ought not to make the mistake
we did in World War No. /. We brought
four or five thousand MeXicanS across
the line for short jobs in the valley. When
they finished they went to Ontario and
Los Angeles and later on many thousands
of them had to be sent back to Mexico.
This was an injustice to the MeXicans
and also to the taxpayers who had to
pay the cost.
Senator DoWney's assertion that they
need 100000 MeXicanS in northern Cali
fornia is ridiculous. The senator is not
posted on the labor situation. and how
can he be? He gets second hand informa-
tion and also gets it from second hand
bureau and they in turn
get it from the farmer who wants cheap
labor and has bad working conditions
and cannot hold his employees There are
only a few farmers Of this type The
maiority of the farmers are more than
liberal. They furnish good living quar-
tiers. furnish free wood and water. free
baths and free entertainment, and some
of them give free barbecue and dance
at tho end of the harvest
(Signed) W. Z. HolcOmb
Editors Note: Relative to Mr., Hol-
combs letter, it should be pointed out
that Mexican laborerS are imported at
this time under an international agree
ment which provides for their return to
Mexico following the war, and that they
are required to save a certain percentage
of their earnings against that time. The
clause was inserted to prevent a recur
renee of difficulties following World War
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-11
Americans Throw
Back Enemy Tanks

WASHINGTON, Dec 11.-CUPJ
Two enemy tan; columns which
penetrated Allied lines to point
near Medjez el Dab ir TUui5ia e5-
terdav afternoon were forced bacl:
by vigorous counter-attackS. the
War Department announced to-
day.
Text Of Army Conmunique No.
262 as Of 1O:45 q m. CEWT);
North Africa:
Il Attacks in the direction Of
Medjez el Dab we're launched yes
terday afternoon b. two columns Of
enemy tanks Supported by infantry.
20. Ono column came down t"om
the north along the West ba1'- of
the Medjcrda river. Our jorCcy
counter-attackcd immediately ana
destroyed nuwtc" of enemy
tanks
%. The other column adFa zinc
from the east canc WithH 1000
yards Of McG ioa r. Dab bat 2;th-
drew Thcn engaged ~ our artil-
lery and fighter aircraft Whica do-
atroycd several tanks.
a French forces including in
iantry and artillery. participated in
this action. We lost few tanks.
Enemy losses we're considerably
higher.
IS. In other forward areas our
! forces carried out offensive patrols.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-11
RULERS AND FOLLOWERS
Berkeley Gazette)

(Berkeley GdZelle)
As the struggle against Napoleon ap-
preached its climax, the Allies issued a
famous proclamation that they were not
warning against the French People, but
against Napoleon. 1t helped to rally
against the emperor the submerged hos
tiity TO him among the French, and con-
tributed powerfully to his overthrow.
Nearly a quarter Of d century ago
Woodrow Wilson's words, distinguished
between the German people and their
rulers, helped SOW unrest among the
enemy and, even more than the strokes
of Foch, overthreW the Kaiser.
Now many wonder whether any such
distinction can either profitably or truth
fully be made between Hitler and Mus
solini on the one hand, and their more or
less willing followers. These have been
glad to profit by the booty wrung from
the CONQUERED nations Why should they
escape penalty for a support whose en-
thusiasm wanes only with defeat?
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-11
Canfwed Jap Flag
Is School Trophy

NEW YORK. Dec. IL. 'UP)-A
5-yJd-a'aincI flag ca3turcd from
~ Jaeapcsc at Guadalcanal and
z.. les" b" Robert c. Miller, Unit
i -~ors uor correspondent, soon
i'll "a. i9 sc bennington high
o,,cl At Buffalo, ". y. dedicated
- e:-; forncr Students who are now
e,rune IS 11aria"9--at Guadalcanal
Tbc ~ ire student bo0y set out
en- a war bond ceiling campaign to
Vn the FLAG for their trophy room
The oil 1852, 500 in bonds in three
AID one -half days and will be
awarded the flag Saturday night.
-rHlor sent the flag, one of the
/. 70 Ec captured in Jhc Pacific
q.r. 10 fhc New York United Press
office mere with the request that it
be used TO raise war funds. 1t was
offered by Dave Elman during his
victor auction program over Col
umbia Broadcasting System last
Saturday night, the bids to be IN the
form Of war bond purchases.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-11
BY NJ. :. HANDLER

MOSCOW. Dec. 11-tUP' - Rus
sian plane eQuadrons led by Storm
oviI Give bombers opened fero-
cious attack Oh German supply COL
umns and troop concentrations to-
Cay in an attempt 10 reduce the
weight of intensifyjng enemy cOun-
terattack5 northwest Of Stalingrad
Reerouping their forces. the Ger
mans were throwing regular troops,
epecial Wits and auXiliaries into
their attacks, trying desperately to
stabilize the front and stop the
persistent offensive of the Rus
slams which threatened encircle-
ment and destruction of their forces
piece by piece.
Special dispatches from the front
described how the Russian plane
forces. sweeping suddenly over the
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-11
'Xonks
RepuIse G
.Jops
BY BRYn0N TAVES

GEN. MacARTHUR'S HEAD
QUARTERS. Australia, Dec. IL
,UP1 holding the Al
lied salient between Bma and Buna
Mission on the New Guinea front
: have repulSed another major jan
aneSe attempt to wipe them out
it was reported today,
Australians who cleaned the enc
my out of the village of Coma were
advancing along the beach, south
/ east. toward other japanese strong
/ points in the Cape Killerton and
Sanananda sections.
Gen Douglas MacArthurS air
force continued to pound the Jap
aneSe air strip near Buna Mission
where ground forces made further
slight gains Yesterday. There was
heavy artillery fire The Japanese
used 75-millimeter guns and NOR
tars. The Americans lobbed shells
up to 4-inch size into the Jap
anese anti-aircraft positions. using
-millimeter and 10j-millimeter
mortarS brought in by planes from
Australia.
JAPS TRY ESCAPE
Don Caswell, United Press staff
correspondent at the front. de-
scribed in a dispatch written We'd
nesday the last hopeless attempt
Of the japanese to escape from
Coma when the Aussies closed in
there. Australian patrols pursued
one group into rough swamps along
the Ambogo river, killing Is and
capturing three. The Australians
destroyed japanese motorboatS tc
prevent an escape by sea.
In the second japanese attempt
to rejoin their forces at Buna and
Buna Mission. enemy forces attack
ed the Americans from two direc-
tions. They yelled and shouted and
tossed firecrackerS. trying to make
the Americans think they were sur
rounded. but ran into firm lines
of lines of rifle and machine gun
fire. They fell back, with heavy
casualties. as they had Tuesday.
MAIN FORCE TRAPPED
A spokesman here for Gen. Doug
las Macarthur, who is at the front. I
said that while 113 japanese were
killed in the fall of Coma, it was
possible that others managed to es-
cape in small boats.
The American repUlse of the
counter-attack at Buna kept the I
main japanese force penned be- T
tween two Allied lines stretching
to the beach on both sides of Buna. F
As the Australians come down the
beach, through enemy strong points
and barricades at Sanananda and
Cape Killerton. Macarthur will be
able to throw more pressure on +
Buna.
The japanese still held ON to the
Buna air strip, but their positions
were being squeezed down yard by
Yard pill box by pill box.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-11
Birth Rate Hits
New HighLevel

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.-CU.P0
The census bureau reported today
that the October birth rate OF 23.8
per thousand population, figured on
an annual basis, was the highest
recorded since February, 1924.
The birth rate in every month
of 1912 has been higher than in the
corresponding month OF last year,
For the first 10 months, the rate
vas 20.5, compared with 17.3 in 1889,
17.9 in 1910, and 1879 in l94l.
d TIL death rate during October
Was III per 1000 population, max
ing the 10-month rate 1913, COM
pared with 1916 for the correspond
ing period of last year Infant
death rate for the 10 months was
41.2, compared with 46,5, last year.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-11
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
TIE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
IMPERIAL.
No. 20443
SUMMONS
Harry w. Horton and George r.
Kirk Attorneys for Plaintiff.
IMPERIAL IRRIGATION DIS
TRICT, Plaintiff
VS..
RICHARD MITCHELL ct al,
Defendants.
The People of the State of Cali
fOrnia Send Greetings to Richard
Mitchell and Georgiana Mitchell,
his wife, as joint tenants. Security
Title Insurance and Guarantee Com
pany. a corporation. as trustee, C.
Il. Stewart, Angelena Murchey, The
Times Mirror Company. a corpora
ticn, John Doe, Jane Doe, Richard
Roe. John Dee Company, a COR
poration, Richard Roe Company,
a o-partnership, J. Doe as eXecu-
tor of the Estate of r. Roe, De-
ceased. and J. Dee as Administra-
tor OF the Estate of r. Roc, De-
ceased, Defendants.
Yop Arc Hereby Directed to APP
pear and answer the Complaint in
an action entitled as above. brought
against you in the Superior Court
of the County Of Imperial, State of
California, within ten days after
The service on you of this Sum
mOnS-if served within this county;
or within thirty days if served else
where.
And you are hereby notified that
unless you appear and answer as
above required, the said plaintiff
will take judgment for any money
or damages demanded in the COM
plaint, as arising upon contract, or
plaintiff will apply to the Court for
any other relief demanded in the
Complaint.
Given under my hand and the
seal of the Superior Court of the
County Of Imperial. State CT Cali
fOrnia, this 18th day OF June, 1of"
w. j. McCLELLAND,
County Clerk.
BY MAXINE CONSOLE,
(SEAL) No. "a Deputy Clerk.
NJ 13-20-27
ID 4-1l-l8-25.
j 1915,
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-11
FRIDAY, DECEMBER II, 1912

lies information disclosing theil
strength in that area.
Radio Algiers said Lieut.. Gen.
Dwight d. Eisenhower, Allied COM
mander- n-chief, had expressed
satisfaction with the cooperation
of Allied forces and had congratu-
lated the British Royal Air Force
which, he said, supported by the
American Army air force had the
three main duties of protecting the
advance guard of the British army,
bombing Tunis and Bizerte and pro
tecting shipping and harbors.
Dispatches reported that British
paratroops had dynamited series
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-11

! 20 bolster the ltaIlanS against the
steady Allied thrust toward the east
coast which threatened to cut all
enemy communication between the
Tunic- Sizerte area and Libya.
FRENCH RESIST
Rail crack paratrOOpS were op-
Grating as ground troops alongside
the French who, according to re-
ports to headquarters, were giving
constantly increasing aid to the
Allies despite their inadequate and
often out-dated weapons and sup
plies, to which the German and
Italian 'armistice commissions in
North Africa had stripped them.
News reached headquarters last
night of the way in which French
troops ambushed an Italian troop
train along the east coast and
killed all but 18 of 300 troops aboard
il.
French patrols operating few
ancient French armorcd cars and
II motorcycles mined The tracks
south Of TuriS. AS the .r8in hi
the mines the French came out OF
ambush There vas 4 Zig explosion
and cars began piling up. At the
same time the French troops open
CO fire. 1t was indicated that the
ISItali ans who escaped were made
prisoner
TLANFG IEON!1 AR
Reports Of thc operations of the
American aln.y : new iockheed
lightning f-53 two-engined fighter
planes gave weight to the belief
of Mai Gen. Carl Spaat2. COM
mander in chief of the army ali
forces in the European thcater.
that they rank with the British
Sf..tllrc, long rated the best fighter
N the wClid
Apparently the Spitfircs have the
advantage of greater maneuVera-
bility but the P-33s arc account
ing for man. German planes over
One squadron alone is credited
with II German planes in four days.
including II German MesScrSchmitt
l02 fighters.
First Lieut.. Everett Humphrey.
Flint. Mich. shot down two of the
Humphrey. "a, is
typical of P-38 pilots-Joung. am
bilious and impatient to get on with
the war. He says that he would
rot trade his P-38 for two Spit
fires.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-11
African Offensive Ready

to get the dominant ridges which
the Allies hold. the dispatch said,
but only succeeded in causing the
Allies 10 withdraw 10 the other
side Of a road to take better posi-
tons.
The German Paris radio report
ed that yesterdays Axis claim to
the capturc of Tabarka, on the
north Tunisia coast So miles from
the Algeria border, had not been
confirmed"
CHIEF SATISFIED
1t bad been previously suggested
that the claim was merely a fish
ing expedition to draw from the AL
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-11

PROPERTY AT PUBLIC SALE
BY ADMINISTRATORS WITH
THE WILL ANNEXED.
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, IN
AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
SAN DIEGO.
No. 1857
In The Matter of the Estate of
BENIGNO BARREIRO. Deceased.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN in
the matter of the Estate of BENIG-
NO BARREIRO. deceased, that the
undersigned JAMES S. LOWRIE,
as administrator with the will an
ncXcd of said estate will sell at
public auction to the highest bid
der subject to confirmation by said
Court. all Of the right, title and in
tercst Of said estate in the following
described real property situated in
the County of Imperial, State of
California, to-Wit:
Lot 2, Block 10, EastSidc Ad-
dition to CaleXico; Lots l and 2,
Block %, EastSide Addition to
CaleXico;
Lot l, Block 12, Eastside Ad-
dition to CaleXico; all according
to Map No. "a on file in the Of
flee of the County Recorder of
Imperial County; State of
California;
ALSO, all right, title and in
terest of the said estate in and
to Lot IA, Block 81 of the
ToWnsite of CaleXico, accord
ing TO Map No. Is on file in the
office of the County Recorder
of Imperial County, State of
California
Sale will be made on the 22nd
day of December. 1912, at II o'clock
AM at the center front door of
the County Courthouse of Imperial
County, in the City Of FL Centre
in said County and State.
The terms of said sale will be
cash in lawful money Of tho United
States, ten per cent of the pur-
chase money to be paid to the auc-
tioneer on the day of sale, balance
upon confirmation Of said sale by
said Court. Deed at expense of
purchaser.
Dated this End day of December,
1912.
JAMES S. LOWRIE,
Administrator with the will An
nexcd Of the Estate of Bcnigno
Barrciro, Deceased.
Jesse George, Attorney for Admin
iStrator with VIII Annexed. 8tO
Bank of America Bldg, San Diego,
California. Telephone Franklin
1927
First publication date Dec. 3, lD42.
'No' J9) (D3-l4 incJ
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-11
IIIAT'LL GET 'EM

CHICAGO, Dec. II. - (U.PJ-A
police broadcaster exasperated be-
cause a squao car Tailed to respond
to a message over its two-way ra-
dio system, beloved into his mi
crOphone: Turn on your radio SO
you can get messages