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Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-29
County Offices
Win Jury'sPraise
In Annual Report
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tricts take every possible action to
eliminate the duplication of bus
TRANSPORTATION and to avoid the use
of two buses on the same route.
They also recommended consolida-
ton of rural school districts to eli
inmate use of many school buses.
The county hospital is operating
on satisfactory basis, in the opin-
ion of the committee. but it was
recommended that adequate heat
ing and cooling systems should be
provided in the hospital. In the
judgment of the jury, the cooling
and heating equipment in the ward
for patients suffering from tuber-
culosis is wholly inadequate, should
be overhau.ed, and proper equip
ment supplied.
Members of the 1941 1912 grand
jury returned no indictments a?
there have been no cases involving
theft of public moneys or involving
public officials.
In general the county govern
ment is satisfactory the report
said All public offices appear to
be performing the duties end fun
tons of their offices diligentlr and
efficiently.
-. In some instances the war has
placed additional demands on pub
lie officials, and especially the dis
trict attorneys office and the sher-
ifs office have been called upon
to perform manv additional func-
tons in connection with civilian
defense"
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Al Devore Sent
To Georgia field

Lieut.. Albert R DeVore, former
members of the Post-PresS adver-
Using and Job printing depart
ments. recently reported for duty
at the advanced flying school at
Turner Field. Albany. Ga
He is we'll known in Ell Centre,
and is a son of Mr.. and Mrs.
James F. DeVore. Lieut.. DeVore
was graduated from Central Union
High school and obtained an Alb.
degree at Stanford university in
1881.
AS an enlisted man. Lieut.. De
Vore was with the public relations
office at Geiger Field. Wash, un-
til last September, when he was
sent to officers training school at
Miami Beach. He and Mrs. DeVore,
the former Matte Jim Michael OF
Fl Centre. are living in Albany,
Ga. at present.
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FIJI Agents Take
Touhy Gangsters
In Surprise Raid

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vile penitentiary at Joliet, Ill, last
October 9.
TWO MOVED DOWN
The mobs hair trigger leaders
surrendered with dOcility IN
marked contrast to the resistance
of two of their henchmen. Eugene
Lanthorn. alias OConnor. and st.
Clair Baby DOLL McInernev.
These men were surrounded in
similar fashion at ll:l5 pm. and
moved down in a soaring blast from
tommy guns when they tried to
shoot their way out of the trap.
we were waiting for them and
they fired on us and they had to
be killed" Hoover explained.
Ianthorn. the FBI director said.
was one of the most vicious and
ra.hless criminals in the country.
He was a thief at -. and at Is,
while handcuffed, he swan a
swamp and escaped from police.
His left arm was paralyzed from
bullet wounds.
CAPTURES BEGIN
The captures began at MiEncap-
oils On December l6 with Matthew
Nelson. 40-year-old lifer who
scrembled over the Joliet wall with
Touhy
After the gang had "holed up in
Chicago. Nelson went out and got
drunk. When he came in, Hoover
said. the gang pistol whipped him
the worst punishment a man can
taEe." They beat him into a pulp
with the butts and barrels of their
guns as q lesson not to cndanger
them again by his prediction for
liquor.
After that Nelson and the gang
separated and Nelson went TO Min
ncapolis. where nc was captured in
a hotel sleeping peacefully with a
pistol under his pillow
Hoover did not say 50, but he left
a clear implication that Nelson. re-
calling his pistol whipping. had Civ
en- clues which led to the gang
cleanup today. William Stewart,
like Nelson. q lifcr at Joliet, was
captured in Chicago on Decem-
Der 10.
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successor of President RooSevelt'S
world democracy" as the logical
New Deal of 1888 which followed
the New Freedom" for which
woodrow Wilson fought: the well
fare of the common man is the
keynote of all three.
Wallace has become the m.ior
spokesman for the New Deal on
postwar plans. Last Ma he Cro-
claimed that the people were on
the march and that world war II
was The March CT freedom for
the common man"
His second major pronounce
ment came last night on the seth
birthday anniversary of woodrow
Wilson Wallace urged the Amer
lean people to start setting the
pattern now for postwar world
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WLB Official
"Opens Hearings
On Plane Wages
WLB REPRESENTATIVE a,

WLB REPRESENTATIVE Al
LOS ANGELES, Dec. @9.--U.PD
Eugene l.. Green, War Labor
Board representative, today opened
hearings on wages and job classifi-
cation in the airplane parts indus
try but told manufacturers and Ia
Dor representatives that he is here
as a reporter and is not empowered
to make any decisions.
II am to be an information gath
erer for the government and will
submit results of the hearings in
a report to Washington officials be-
fore January for discussion at the
impending national hearing Green
said
DIFFERENT STANDARDS
Raymond B. Wells. president of
the Aircraft Parts Manufacturing
association, said it would be i'm
possible TO place the same stand
ards upon the parts industry that
arc ordered for airplanc plants.
'The effects of the proposed or
der would be disastrous, not only
on our aircraft parts industry but
also on industry in general located
in this area Wells declared.
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and promised that the aim of tins
was was to preserve liberty. equal
ity. Sccurit" and unity Liberty
in a political sense. equality of OPP
portunity in international trade,
Securit" against war and business
depression due to International
causes, and unity of purpose in
promoting 1nc general welfare of
the world"
BIG TASK
The task of our generation. E"
he said. lis so 10 organize human
affairs that no Adolph Hitler, no
power-hungy war mongers. what
ever their nationality. can ever
again plunge The whole word into
war and bloodShed
The United Nations must back
up military disarmament with
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T Psychological disarmament - SUI
perviSion. or at least inspection.
OF the school systems of Germany
and Japan - to undo so far as
possible the diabolical work of Hit
ler' and the japanese war lords
in poisoning the minds of the
young.
And now we of this generation
go forward to meet the chal-
lCnge of our day. For the chal-
lenge we all face is the challenge
of free world democracy. In the
new democracy there will be a
place for everyone - the worker
the farmer, the business man. the
housewife. the doctor, the sales
man, the teacher the student the
store clerk. the taxi driver, the
preacher, the engineer all the
millions who make up our modern
world
WALLACE PROGRAM
In order to accomplish this, Wal
lace said. there must be:
l. A vigorous and workable
world compact to diSa.m agrees
sors and insure world peace thru
economic cooperation, backed up
by a few world court to settle dis
puteS which otherwise would lead
to war
?. An international court pre-
SuppoSeS some kind of world coun-
Gil, so that whatever world system
envolves will have enough flexi-
bility TO meet changing circum-
stances as they arise.
g. Any such organization must
cOnfine itself to broad principles
which affect the whole world, leav-
ing each country or region the
freedom to deal with purely dom
lstic o.. resinal problems.
4, Plans made now, while the
war is raging, FOR speedy CONVEX
sion of industry ba3 to peacetime
operations SO that very person
who gave up a job to join the
armed forces or go into work will
have new job when the peace is
signed
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World New Deal Urqed

WASHINGTON. Dec. 29-CUP)
-Vice-president Henry A. Wallace
continuing. the SkctchinG of a blue
print for a porJ-war world. today
emissions free world democracy"
for all the worlu but believes the
United Nations will have to super
wise or inspect the school systems
Of Germany and Japan after the
war.
In the postwar world, according
to Wallace, there must be jobs for
everyone and security for all the
world-victors and vanquished-
from depression and war. To a
chieve that there must be world
council and world court with
minimum of Capitalization and
maximum of home rule" he said.
NEW DEAL SUCCESSOR
Wallace has described his free
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its tour of the nation.
Russell Hoy was in charge of sell
ing stamps for admission to see the
war trophy. Girls who volunteered
their services to serve at the stamp
booth we're: Virginia Reecc, Fayola
Roach, Pauline Hoy, Virginia Nc
Niece, Margaret Ann Henderson,
Mary LaBruchcric, Katherine
Riggs. Pauline Hall. Nancy John
son, Evcreta Harell, Maurinc
Woodall, Mrs. Ken Thornton and
Mrs. Lucille Reece. Ray Measures
and Jack EdenS also volunteered
their services.
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Twin OffenSiveS
Aimed at RoStoV

held port had been damaged heavily
AM rican Lockheed LightningS
struck at a German truck column
about 80 miles west of Tripoli, &C
cordng to dispatch from Allied
North African headquarters.
REAR GUARD STAND
The advancing British Eighth
Army still was in contact Monday
with Axis forces near Wadi Bel Ell
7heplr, 1876 miles from Tripoli, and
there were some indications Mar
shall Erwin Rommcl's forces might
attempt rear guard stand there.
United Press Staff Correspondent
John Paris reported from London
that Allied plans already we're be-
ing made to try such persons as
Adolf Hitler. Benito NuSpsclini. and
Heinrich Himmlcr as war criminals
as soon as the conflict ends. DR..
Marcel Dedacr, chief justice of the
Belgian courts in Great Britain, and
Sheldon Glueck, Harvard professor,
were working on the plans, it was
said.
Cen Douglas MacArthur's Amcri-
can-Australian army in New Guinea
continued to drive the japanese
around the Buna area closer to
the sea. In addition. Allied airmcn
wrecked n japanese cruiser in the
harbor of Rabaul.
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WLB Cant Curb
Municipal Wage

WASHINGTON, Dec. 29-(UP)
State. county and municipal
governments were given final con-
troll today over wage and salary ad-
justments for their employees, but
the War Labor Board and the
commissioner of Internal Rever =
said they would expect the loo '
governments to conform with the
national sterilization policy.
The action removed all federal
control over wage and salary pay
ments Ly local governments,
which were released from a re-
quirement that they file certifi-
Gates. explaining adjustments in a
ccord with the sterilization order
of Get. 3. number of the GER
tificates have already been filed.
u was said. and no question was
raised on any of them by the
WIB and Internal Revenue Bur-
eau.
ACTS STAND ALONE
The local governments will now
be authorized to raise payments to
correct EMBELLISHMENTS or inequi-
ties, or mees the prevailing level
Of compensation for similar SER
vices in the area.
The WLB also delegated to the
Secretary Of Agriculture authori-
" to approve wage and salary adj
justments for some 240.090 employ
es of the department of agricul-
ture whose salaries are not fixed
by statute. The action had been
taken previously in the army, navy
federal reserve system, U. S. en-
ploment service and interior de-
partment.
Thet WLB also denied a demand
Of the mine, mill and smelter
workers (CIO) to have disputes
over promotions and transfers at
the Atlas Powder Co.. Giant Cal.
made part of the arbitration
procedure at the plant.
MANAGEMENT UPHELD
The unanimous opinion said that
the protection of employees is of
major importance in the making OF
JOB assignments in this plant where
an act of careleSsness on the part
of one imperils the lives of all.
For this reason, the board feels
that the final responsibility of
management in making promotions
and transfers cannot be restrict
co."
BY 4-to-2 vote, with employer
nbmbc b q senJng. the board
ordered inserted into the union
contract a voluntary maintenance
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-29
Pegs Price
Of Ethyl Alcohol

WASHINGTON, Dec. % up
The Office of rice Administration
acted today to hold down the price
Of West Coast industrial ethyl al
cohol-uscd in the production of
synthetic rubber and higi explo-
siYes-by fixing new ceilings, gen
crallY lower, for alcohol produced
in California. Washington, and Ore
gOn.
OPA also froze fer so days in the
three states the price of Hawaiian
molaSses, used in alcohol production.
1t said the molaSses price was frozen
to forestall an "unjustifiable" in
crease scheduled for January.
The actions will result in sub
stantisl savings for West Coast in
dustrial alcohol consumers, OPA
said.
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NY. Mayor Predicts
Economic Security

NEW YORK. Dec. 30 CUP)
Mayor f. II La Guardia, asserting
that you can't enjoy TIE four free
doms on an empty stomach" said
today that provision for economic
security would be necessary at the
Speaking at an Inaugural lunch
con of the Foreign Language Film
Critics Circle. La Guardia also de-
clared that there should not be
any talk of any armistice while Adj
off Hitler and Benito Mussolini re-
main in power in Germany and
Italy.
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BY JOHN w. DUNLAP

SACRAMENTO, Dec. 20 UPl
-Oyerhauling of several state "a
gencieS will be recommended by
Goyernor-el elect Earl Warren short
y after he takes office next Mon
Gay. he indicated today particu-
larly the state pardon system and
the entire problem of defense.
Warren expressed dissatisfaction
with the way Gov Olson has OPP
Grated the pardon system. inferring
Insufficient study was given the
cases by the advisory pardon board
He said Olson referred to the board
only these cases in which he was
the least interested.
The Governor-elect did not re-
veal his proposal for change. eX-
cept that pardon cases will be Civ
cn more investigation. A member
of the pardon board himself as
Attorney General. Warren said
meetings were called haphazardly
at the whim of the lieutenant gov
elnor and too many cases were
handled in a short time.
WORKS ON SPEECH
Warren is working on his inaug-
ural speech, which he said would
be brief. but does not plan to in
clude his special recommendation
on defense coordination. which
will be given the Legislature during
its opening January session. All
phases Of defense will be included
If his message, he said, including
the state guard militia, defense
council and fire fighting.
Meanwhile, Adjutant General
Junnius Fierce said legislative &C
ton would be asked to permit en-
listment of 17-year old boys in
the state guard.
BUDGET PREPARED
Warren's budget staff is working
81 hours DAHL to finish the huge
budget bill III about three weeks.
Warren said he will announce
q new building and loan conn q
Sioner shortly, whose primary duty
will be to straighten out the tang
led affairs of the State-seized Pa
llllC oldIS OeiFiliSo eiAiN ho'it SoAiA
pany. His choice last night Of Mrs.
Dora Shaw Heffner, Los Angeles
attorney as state director CT insti-
tutions, still left a good many cab
inet posts to fill. He indicated
some of the Olson ofliceholders
will have to stay on the job few
weeks until he can get his co slcil
selected.
OLSON IN SECLUSION
Warren will be in San Francisco
tomorrow with the qualifications
commission to study Olson's APP
pointment of his sons law partner,
B.odie Airport. TO the Los Angeles
appellate bench. The state bar
has had committees studying ALL
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-29
BRYAN WILIOUGIIBY
WINS COMMISSION

Bryan Willoughby, former Ell
Ccntran, recently was commission
ed q second lieutenant in the army
signal corps at the close of a train
ing course at FIT Monmouth. NJ.
He now is on active duty with the
signal corps. Lieut.. Willoughby is
a son of Mr., and Mrs. w. c. Will
loughby of San Diego
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-29

WASHINGTON. Dec. 29- up
Small business concernS-the
kind that serve suburban neigh
borhoods and crossroads towns
today received a promise from the
war production board that in the
future they can expect a more
distribution of dWind-
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-29

Coming and Going
In the course of his days work.
A. C. Johnson parked his car in
front of that fenced off green
house just west of the Sears Roe
buck store. He went into the store
to talk to Al MisSildine.
When A. G. emerged his car
was parked in the middle Of the
street near the white line. Traffi
officer Wilfred Tyler stood with
one foot on its running board
while writing.
What are you doing?" demanded
A. c.
Giving you traffic ticket for
parking -FOUR car in the m!dClc o.,
the street said Tyler.
Il didn't park my car cut here
in the street said A. G. indignant
ly. l parked ~ over t'erciu'h'
driveway beside the Scars store
Some truck driver NUT lave NOV
ed it out here
ok said Tyler arrccably, IL
give you a ticket 70. p rkirG in {;
driveway"
You can't say A. C. didn't cper
his mouth and put his .toJ j. il
that time. ANYWAY, it cost =. n
a 81 fine in traffic court.
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Warren to Overhaul State
Defense. Pardon Setups

clusion at the executive mansion,
faced with scores of applicants
for half dozen lucrative lame
duck appointments. He granted
as pardons yesterday, still has a
big stack before him.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-29

ports record and fitness for the
job, in addition to the later ap-
pointment of secretary of state
Paul Peek to the Sacramento APP
pellate bench.
Governor Olson remained in Sc
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Como Again
Monday night six husky marines
were sent to FL Centre from San
LEGO for some purpose known
only to themselves and their Of
ficers.
Apparently they completed The
business carly because the drop
ped in at the FL Centre free can-
5cen for servicemen he woman On
duty told the visitors to 90 10 TIC
canteen dance for sorvicemcn arc
have a good tlIne. Hours ! ter they
returned to the canJeen.
This is The best place we've
been in since VIC entered the scr
vice, the marines enthuscd. There
arcnts SO many NICE girls in 81
San Diego as we met at that d nee.
We're going TO ask to be transfer
red over hsie."
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Reluctant Dragon
P|asters Jappies
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forced to hedgehog under low-lying
clouds to escape vigilant P-40 fight
ers. Since we were flying alone over
unauthorized territory. American
fighter pilots might have shot first
and investigated later.
We soon discovered our generator
wasn't working and the emergency
brake pressure was zero.
DON'T NEED EN-
Boy, this is going to be a wild
ride, Lieut.. Hill remarked. There's
one cOnSolation-if we can't get our
wheels down. VIC won't need emer-
gency brakes
Two P-40's suddenly appeared out
of the clouds 200 yards away, but
wheeled off when We eXcitedly iden-
titled ourselves by radio.
Over Mengmao, 80 miles west of
the Salween, we opened the bomb
doors with the hand pump Over
our target. the bombs fell. l man
ned the navigator's sights and saw
the bombs make three direct hits
on a barracks inside the city. One
barracks blew up, spouting a cloud
of black smoke.
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Continued from Page y


adherence to the Allied cause was
made at the London headquarters
of Gen. Charles DeGaulle'S Fight
ing French. The British foreign
office announced later that a COM
pact was signed between British
and Fighting French leaders on one
side and General DUPONT, acting
governor of French Somaliland, on
the other. Axis propaganda broad
casts attempted to picture hard
fighting in Somaliland, but Allied
sources indicated there was little
resistance.
STRATEGIC AREA
The strategic value of French
Somaliland is vlat it controls the
straits between the Red sea and the
Gulf of eden. 1t has 8,492 square
miles of territory and a population
of $4,000 natives and LOO Europ-
cans.
Russian armies continued their
surge toward Rostov, gateway to
the Caucasus and an important an
Choir point in the German lines.
The key cities of kamen:k and Ko-
telnikOvSki we're threatened b. the
advancing Red army, which report
ed gains on five battlefrontS along
the l.l00-milc line from the Lat
Wan frontier area to the Caucasus
mountains On two frOnts-the Mid
die Don and southwest Stalingrad
tho Germans threw in thousands
of rc'ervcs in an attempt to check
the Russian advance. but the Red
army threw them back
Allied air and naval forces con-
tinued TO hack away at the supply
lines over which the Axis is at
tempting to reinforce its Tunisian
forces. British submarines sank two
Axis ships, forced third to beach
and probably sank a fourth, the
admiralty announced.
AIR OFFENSIVE
A tWo-Way air offensive was un-
der way against Axis ports in Tuni-
STA. Medium and heavy bomberS at
tached to the British Eighth Army
blasted supply bases and then Al
lied planes from TuniSian airfields
went over to help with the job. Axis
trains and motor transports in
land were shot up by fighters and
bOmbcrS. So hcaVr had the Allied
attack become that competent OBJ
servers in Tunisia said every Axis
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of membership clause Tor The APP
p:oximately 100 workers at the
plant.
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Sub Nets $4,000
In Bonds, Stamps

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WANT HOSTESSES

nbNl hoo 1EooEo
Damn it, nothing works today"
he complained.
We sped up and down the valley.
taking pot shots at anything in
sight Two trucks burst into flames.
DenniS and l sat and smoked in
the bombardier's compartment en-
route home Nothing worried Den
mis-. He pointed to list of names
and addresses of war bond pur-
chasers who sponsored the "Reluc-
tant Dragon
I wish one of those girls would
come over here instead of buying
bombs" he said. We need hos
tcsses on these ships
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AERIAL .ITTERBIG

The Burma highway erupted pave
ment under the impact of other
bombs, while a series of explosions
waded through building after build
ing in the city. Capt. Ruse then lit
erall- waltzed the Reluctant Dragon
around the valley, sending the plane
first up on one wing then on an
other to give Sgts Broughton and
La Plant chances to send long
bursts of machine-gun fire into
barracks and trucks.
Maneuvering the bomber like a
fighter plane, Ruse SWopped down
on a Japanese truck. He tried to
strafe, but the front guns failed
TO junction.
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Rambling Reporter
Coming and Going

Continued from Page u
hear me-"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-29
OLSON IN SECLUSION

Warren will be in San Francisco
tomorrow with the qualifications
commission to study Olson's APP
pointment of his sons law partner,
B.odie Airport TO the Los Angeles
appellate bench. The state bar
has had committees studying ALL
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Continued from Page -
lille penitentiary at Joliet, Ill, last
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-14

per cent of the boxes have been subscribed for this season, 6l of them renewals and l3 new sub- Scriptions. Some subscribers come from long distances. such as Mrs. Franklin S. Terry of Black Noun tain, N. C., who will he on hand as she has been in previous seasons.
 TASCHA HEIFETZ, who is mak- J ing an extensive lei2-43 tour of the country, will give his only New York recital of the season at Carnegie Hall on Nov. IT.
 During the remainder of Novem- Der and December he will be heard in Savannah, Atlanta. Birmingham, Cleveland, Oberlin, Pittsburgh, Chi cago and Columbia. Mo. After a Christmas holiday, he will resume his tour on Jan. 6, continuing 1 through to Feb. 2S. On the day
 after his Atlanta recital, Heifeti has agreed to play for the service men at Fort Benning, Ga.
 LFRED MIRovITCH, Russian n pianist, will give his annual Carnegia Hall recital Nov. IS, in an all-Chopin program. Mirovitch who made his debut here with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra under William Mengelberg in 1921, will have an active season in many parts of tn ecountry, where he is well known for his concerts and lectures.