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Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-26
LaGuardia Urges
Italian Sabotage

NEW YORK, Oct. 26-CUP) -
Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia has
been broadcasting to Italy for two
months, exhorting Italians to pas
siVe sabotage and revolution, it
was revealed today.
His 15-minute programs, Mayor
LaGuardia Calling Rome" are
broadcast in Italian, which he
speaks fluently, by shortwaye sta
tions WRCA and WNIB. He makes
one talk a week.
LaGuardia is well known in Italy.
He is introduced as an American Of
Italian ancestry and an aviator who
fought in italy when that nation
was on the side OF the Allies in the
last war,
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-26
Air Superiority
In Desert Gives
Chance of Victory
RY HENRY GORRELL

WITH ADVANCED ALLIED A1R
FORCES ON THE WESTERN
DESERT. Oct 24.-Delayed)-
UPl-It is still too early to make
predictions on the outcome OF the
vital land battle which started yes
terday, but it can be said that the
allies have gone a long way toward
victory by attaining dominant air
superiority. a
II is dusk now and the ground
is throbbing from the crash OF
bombs which are tearing out the
vitals cf Field Marshal Erwin Rom
mers tank divisions as they hur-
riedly regroup for counterattacks.
Bombers and fighter bombers
have filled the sky all day, estap-
fishing an all-time record Tor the
number of sorties over the western
desert. An enormous weight o1
bombs was dropped.
YANKS IN ACTION
limited States BPS bomoers
manned by American regulars nave
been flying formations with BRIT
ish South Africans and Austral-
ians. ,a4
The enemy's defense is almost
entirely restricted to anti-alrcraIC
fire an. although the allied fight
ers have been inviting Rommel
bovs tc coh.e up and fight by pa
trolling their airfields, usually they
are ignored. ,..
orr bombers have been diving
almost to ground level to strafe the
Axis ground forces. and their ell
feet has been terrific.
American pilots have oeen re-
turning all day with enthusiastic
description of the land fighting, fcr
which they had $3.50 box seats.
ALLIES GAINING
oft is better IAN any Fourth OF
Julv I can remember one 1lghtel
nilot said. Both sides are firlne
as fast as they can reload anc
there is gradually rising cloud oI
dust as the scercendo OF battle IN
creaSes. -,
"Frcm the air, we can't tell ont
side from the other They look llK'
ants and beetles. But judging iron
the bomb-line which is steadll!
moving eastward, we are gainin'
on them"
Tn addition to the American
flown B-25s. there are American
built Baltimores, Bostcns, and klt
tvhawks. flown by South African
and Australians. which have oeei
i'm the desert for long time AM
now are operating in increased
numbers and giving the AXIS al
awful pasting.
one squadron no more than re
turns to this base than anoChe
takes off. It is a mighty display o
allied air strength and promised u
be a telling factor in the battl
which may be the turning pom
of the entire war in the desert.
, American and British pilots allk
are disappointed at the lack OF dog
. fights over the battle area. IN In
air command regards this as signlil
2 can't The Italians are using op
, solete planes, indicating that th
, Axis air strength was severely Ia"
ed during the last summer.
Evidence CT the security provloe'
bv the allied air forces prelimiilar
m the battle can be gathered iron
the heavy allied traffic on all des
, ent roads. They are not pelhg mo
Tested from the air at all-eVeh Il
, night. although the full moon IS $
bright cne can almost READ ny u
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-26
Japs Launch Big Drive

"dauntless" dive-bombers base on
Guadalcanal thrice attacked sun
another enemy surface force nortii
of Florida island, where the Amer
leans are in control of the import
ant Tulagi Harbor. one enemy
cruiser was damaged by bombs ana
"the force withdraw" 1t was the
first naval action reported recently
in the vicinity of Florida island
which is % miles north of Guadal-
canal"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-26

WASHINGTON. Oct. 26.-tU.Po
The long-eXpected, all-out Jap
anese land offensive on Guadalca-
nal was underway today.
The Americans. having beaten of
five savage tank and artillery at
tacks. braced themselves for more
as the enemy landed fresh troops
on the northwest tip of the island
That was revealed in naval
ccmmunique last night which also
disclosed that five more enemy war
ships-one possibly a battleship-
had been damaged by aerial bombs
The list included three cruisers, one
heavy cruiser or battleship, and
one destroyer.
COSTLY TO JAPS
The rushing of reserves to the
Guadalcanal front. from an inva-
SIGN fleet that has been concen-
trated north of Guadalcanal for
two weeks. indicated that the enc
mv's tank attacks had been costly.
The Navy made no mention of cas-
ralties beyond the destruction OF
five enemy tanks.
The latest attacks brought to sew
en- the number Cf times within five
davs that the Japanese tried to
penetrate the west flank of the
Americans line. The first two at
tacks - "feelerS"-came last Tues
day and Wednesday Solomon is
land time). Then there was a
breathing spell Thursday.
The zero hour for the big push
came Friday night. Using tanks
and a heavy artillery barrage, the
japanese tried four times during
the night to turn the west flank.
Each time American Marines and
soldiers held firm and repulsed the
attack.
RESERVES BROUGHT UP
Early Saturday morning, the enc
nv tried again-in the same sec
ter, American aircraft and artll-
iery broke up that offensive.
TWenty-four hours later-Sunday
morning-the enemy was reported
landing fresh troops from trans
ports. the first enemy landing re-
norted since October Is.
Meanwhile, north OF Guadalcanal,
Gen. Douglas MacArthurs long
range bombers continued their de-
vastating destruction of enemy ships
and bases. They dumped II tons
of bombs on Rabaul, New Britain,
Yesterday. sinking a gunboat, prob
ably sinking three cargo ships ana
leaving fires and explosions that
we're visible for 100 miles. 1t was
the third attack on that supply
base for the Solomons in as many
days and MacArthur's fliers ran
their score there to Is ships sunk,
probably damaged and damaged.
NO QUARTER
The Navys latest ,communlque
brought up to date last week S
fighting in the s6lomons. 1t left no
doubt that it was a week of hell.
The communique-combined with
others of last week-brought into
focus a picture of the type OF pat
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-26

tie going on for those strategic,
South Sea islands. The battle Is
one of no quarter asked or gwen
by either side. And there is little
rest for American or Japanese, ell
ther. It's a 24-hour aftair-each
day action being reported during
the morning, afternoon and night
For seven consecutive Gays
from october II to %, inclusive
the japanese have sent large groups
of bombers and fighter escorts at
least once a day to lombard the
Guadalcanal airfield-a field the
Japenese built themselves and neV-
er had a chance to use. But the
cost to them has been terrific. In
those seven days there were eight
japanese raids during which the
enemy lost 33 bombers, 48 zero"
fighters-a total of 8l-and had
four other bombers damaged.
American airmen lost only eight
fighters, a phenomenal ratio of 10
to |.
374 PLANES DESTROYED
The grand total of Japanese air.
planes destroyed during the battle
of the Solomons since August 7,
now stand at 374.
The last air raid reported by
the Navy last night occurred last
Friday when the enemy attacked
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-26
InperiuIs Smash
Into Axis Lines

There were indications that F1ela
Marshal Erwin Rommel, commander
of the Afrika Korps, was making
feverish efforts to get reinforcements
from Europe. Long range Allied
fighters intercepted large forma-
ton of Junkers-52'S ladened with
troops off Tobruk and shot down
four. damaging others. In this oper-
alton. two JunkerS-8 bomberS, a
Dornier-24 and an Italian Fiat CIR
% were shot down, the communique
said.
The big tri-motored JU-52's we're
Germany's basic bomberS in 1888.
Now, they are the Nazis' slowest and
long have been obsolete except for
transporting men and materials. The
plane can carry l8 to 20 fully
equipped men in addition to It's
crew. 1t also has been used to
transport light artillery and motor
cycles, and, according to some re-
ports, light tanks.
PLANES PATROL COAST
The Allied long-range planes also
destroyed an axis merchant VeSSei
off Tobruk. The ship blew up ana
disappeared, the communlque Sald
The Royal and United States ar
forces were securing the coast, seek
ing surface ships that might be car
rying axis reinforcements across the
Mediterranean These attacks cou-
pled with the raids by RAF home
based planes on Italian embarka-
ton ports and the activity OF Brit
ish submarines which yesterday sank
or damaged II more axis supply
ships in the Mediterranean, promiS-
cd to create a serious supply PROB
lem for Rommel.
The axis was continuing its at
tacks on Malta, the British fortress
island which dominates African sup
ply routes across the Mediterranean,
the communique revealed. An enemy
fighter was shot down in dog
fight and two more were destroyed
| by ground fire over Malta.
From all air operations yesterday
the communique said, only three
Allied planes failed to return.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-26

If people observe the 35-mile-an- hour
speed limit and don't abuse their tires,
we will be able to bridge the gap between
a diminishing natural supply of rubber
and synthetic production.--Rubber Ad-
ministrator William NJ. Jeffers.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-26
Editorials and Comment

EDITOR'S NOTE: The folIolcin0 edit
oridis are presented as interesting opin.
ions Uoiced bg editors efselUhere. They
do not necessarily reflect the opinioR Of
this paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-26
IA PLANES DESTROYED
BY LEON KAY

CAIRO, Oct. 26. tUP)-DlSpaUcneS
from the western desert said today
that British Imperials had driven
a wide gap in the Alamein defenseS
of the axis and were battling to
develop it into clean break
through.
Tanks were roaring into the gap
in support of the hard fighting Brit
ish eighth army troops who we're
machine cunning and bayonettlng
their way into the positions OF Field
Marshal Erwin Rommels axis troops.
The enemy counterattacked fur
iously, British communique SAID,
but had been unable to diSlodge the
Imperials from the positions they
had won, even though they brought
their tank forces into action.
PLANES CONTROL AIR
Lieut.. Gen. B. L. Montgomery
eighth army was fighting under an
umbrella of British and American
planes which enjoyed complete air
superiority. They were throwing back
every attempt by the Afrika Korps
to dislodge them from the positions
they had already won in their two
day-old offensive to wreSt North
Africa from the axis.
A Joint communique of the Middle
East command and the Royal air
force said there were number OF
land engagements yesterday while
large scale Allied air attacks con-
tinued in the battle area.
The ferocity of the Allied offensive
begun Friday night under the light
of a full moon, was atteSted by the
fact that up to 6 pm. Sunday, l,45O
axis prisoners had been taken.
TANK BATTLE NEAR
Front reports disclosed that heavy
tanks, including numbers OF Amcrl-
built General Grants, had been
thrown into the fighting, and a ma
ior tank clash appeared increasing
ly imminent.
The battle, aside from the heavy
fighting by the Polyglot forces oil
the eighth army inside the German
front positions, appeared still to b'
dominated by the air forces.
Large scale Allied attacks con-
tinued in the battle area Saturday
night and yesterday the communi,
que said. The battle area was pa
troled by our fighters. There was al
increase in enemy air activity bu
our fighters had a successful day
shooting down at least seven planes
and damaging many more"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-26

The aircraft industry is on the thresh-
hold Of fulfilling President RooseVelts $
appeal for an annual production rate OF
$4,000 planes.-Aeronautical Chamber OF
Commerce.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-26
CURRENT QUOTATIONS

If we are fighting for our lives, high
schools and colleges and finishing this
and finishing that must be secondary
Draft Director Lewis B. Hershey.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-10

The officials suggested that sew
eral lighter trucks be bought to
serve the same purpose
Walter Heinecke, public works
director was, at a loss to explain
the WPB stand. He said the board
evidently did not take into consid-
Grafton the amount of labor and
the number of tires that would be
saved by use of the special truck.
1t took special session plus
the regular council meeting before
the city fathers could agree that
buying the packer-type truck, which
congresses bulky material into a
compact mass, would be the best
plan.
Now the councilmen will have to
start from scratch again
Apparently the only alternative
aside from buying several smaller
trucks without special equipment
to go ahead with collection by the
city is to again open the collection
of trash for bids by private con-
tractors.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-10
Giraud's Escape
heartens Fighting
French in London
Spokesman Refuses to
Speculate on Possible
Change in Leadership

LONDON, Nov. 10. (UP)
The Fighting French are
"delighted and proud" that
Gen. Henri Honore Giraud
has joined his countrymen
carrying on the war against the
axis, a spokesman said today, but
he refused to speculate on the pos
sibility of Giraud succeeding Gen.
Charles De Gaulle as head of the
fighting French.
THAT will be. decided when and
| if DeGaulle and Giraud meet" the
spokesman said. But I certainly
feel it will not cause any dishar-
mony."
Lieut.. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower,
commanding Allied operations in
North Africa, announced that Cir
aud was in Algeria to organize the
French army to take up the fight
against the axis.
Fighting French sources would
not reveal details of Giraud's escape
from France, but dispatch from
Allied headquarters in North Africa
said it was planned by underground
agents. The general arrived in AL
giers yesterday afternoon. His AL
gerian followers we're prepared for
his escape, the report said.
The spokesman said the fighting
French always had known Giraud
to be true Frenchman, which was
confirmed by his escape from Ger
many and his refusal to return de-
spite strong German demands and
pressure by the Vichy government.
This was re-confirmed by the at
titude he has taken regarding the
operations in North Africa and out
lined in his radio appeal Sunday,
which, it is noteworthy, was along
the same as De Gaulle took later
the same day." the spokesman said.
Girauds dramatic appearance in
AlgierS on the Allied side has excited
popular enthusiasm here, and his
action was expected to make a deep
impression on Frenchmen through
out the world Giraud, who also eS-
capped from a German prisoner of
war camp in World war |. never
has hidden his contempt for the
NaZiS.
Il trust no Germans word" was
his reply to an emisSary of Adolf
Hitler who sought to induce him
to return to Germany in exchange
for the release of 10000 to 10000
French war prisoners.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-10

OCtODeT 10, when brltlSn DOmDeTS
raided Cologne and the Rhineland,
and followed extensive daylight op-
crationS in a widespread offensive
which pinned potential German air
raid for North Africa close to its
home bases.
In daylight sweeps yesterday
American flying fortresses and Lib
orator bombe.- struck heavily at
the Nazi Submarine base at ST
Nazaire, on the French occupied
coast, while British planes raideo
LIE Havre.
The Air Ministry announced that
Is British planes were lost during
last nights raid, during which the
formations encountered widespread
cloud formations and icing condi-
tions which probably forced some
of the missing planes down.
There was no official. estimate
of the strength of the raiding for
nations, but the Air Ministry S
communique described it as
strong" a term it had used in
the past to denote upwards of 300
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Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-10
Farm Committee
Winds Up Business

The farm labo. >.mmittee, sub
committee of the Imperial County
Farm Bureau, Tuesday was winding
up it's business affairs and prepar-
ing to turn the balance in its
treasury over to the Imperial VAL
ley Farmers association for use in
helping supply this area with farm
laborers.
Farmers formed the sub-commit-
tee to make a survey of farm labor
needs in the county and residents
donated a total of $1,000 for the
task which required all but $500
of the donation.
The survey of farm laborers and
farm operators was used as a ba-
sis for getting Mexican laborers
from the interior of the southern
republic and for use of selective
service boards in arranging for de-
ferment of farm laborers. y
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-10
City Cannot Buy
Bi g Trash Truck

Numberless hours of intra-coun-
Gil squabbling appeared to have
gone for naught Tuesday as city
officials received word that their
application for a packer-type trash
truck would not be approved by
the War Production Board.
The government agency, through
its representatives on the west
coast, told Grant Bristol, city health
officer. that the request to buy the
truck would not be okayed because
of the price and size of the ve-
hicle.
Under government ruling all pur-
claSes of equipment of the type
desired must first be passed upon
by the WPB.
The WPB opinion was that S6,-
coo is too much to pay for a trash
truck, even though 1t consisted of
q special-type body mounted on a
Eeavy-duty frame.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-10

Francois Darlan and other high
French leaders into the Allied camp
The military occupation of Algeria
and Morocco appeared to be making
rapid progress.
American tanks smashed into both
Oran and Casapianca and swift
mobile column was reported driv-
! ing southeast from Algiers toward
the Tunisian frontier. A London
report said that the big French
naval base at Bizerte might at any
moment be added to the area of
operations.
! Lieut.. Gen. Dwight Eisenhower
announced late Tuesday that Amer
lean troops had occupied Oran, last
major Algerian center of French
resistance, and had left the 35,000-
ton French battleship, Jean Bart, a
blazing hulk in blow which crush
ed French naval resistance at Casa
blanca.
A communique issued in London
simultaneously with Eisenhower's
announcement said that the cities
of Safi, Fedala, and Mahdia in
Morocco we're in American hands.
FRONT SUMMARIZED
In Washington the war depart
ment issued this communique:
North Africa.
Il. Land operations at Algiers
have ceased during the armiStice
negotiations. Our troops received a
friendly welcome in the city and
cooperation of French workers and
the general population has been
good. Royal air force fighters are
giving air cover over Algiers bay.
80. American troops have cap
tured Oran. supported by the Royal
navy and the United States army
twelfth air force and naval aircraft.
"3. United States naval forces
have overcome to large degree the
resistance by French naval units
along the coast in the Casablanca
area. The French battleship, Jean
Bart, is burning in port Naval air.
craft continued to support army
forces on shore Safi, Fedala, and
Mehdia are in our hands,"
The full power of the American
fleet operating off the West Afri-
can coast was turned against
French naval units which sought to
oppose the American landing at
Casablanca, Eisenhower revealed.
FLEET WIPED OUT
In the ensuing naval and dive
bomber bombardment the French
destroyer fleet was wiped out, the
Jean Bart was left a blazing hulk
In the port of Casablanca and a
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Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-10

cepted Senate language in the bill,
with some notifications and with
the exception of the years training
provision.
ConfereeS agreed on language un-
der which l8 and 19-year- youths
and unmarried men In the older
age bracket. must be called before
married men are drafted.
A Senate amendment providing
for deferment of persons necessary
to and regularly engaged in" agri-
culture was accepted. The Selec-
tive service system will determine
any individuals status in agricul-
ture under this provision.
A Senate provision exempting
from the draft registrants over As
was accepted with a revision per-
mitting such persons to volunteer.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-10

Dol houdAC 0AI, oCdtC idCAOAllAie
official, that registration dates
when application is made for basic
"A" rationing books. have been
! changed. The new registration date
Is November l8. 10 and 20 instead
of Nov. IL, l3 and IA, as originally
planned. The reason for the change
was given as the delay in obtaining
proper forms for the program.
The change has been made in
| Oregon, Arizona, Nevada and Wash
ington, also.
Registration will still be made
through the school system and the
Organization operations will be the
same. Only change will be in hours
of registration. Instead of from l
pm. until 8 pm. on Nov. IL and l3
and all day Nov. IA, which is Sat-
urday, the Signup will be from /
pm. through pm. each day.
CUSICK SPEAKS
Speaking belorc .,v volunteer
workers, registrars and price and
lrationing board members Monday
night at Central junior college, he
explained that Imperial county is
simply following the lead of every
other state, county and school dis
trict in the nation.
Certain local volunteer groups had
protested because they had not been
placed in charge of the registration
for rationing.
CuSick said that the school pro-
gram for signup had been arranged
ion national basis and that no
exception could be made because
of feelings or whims of local organ
izations.
NO DICTATORS
He also added warning to both
the people and officials in charge
of the price and rationing program.
There has never been any thought
from Washington down to the local
boards that any dictatorial or Hit
lerite methods should be used" Gu
sick said.
He said that should citizens feel
they are not getting square deal
from their local board officials they
should appeal their cases to the
state board and to the national
board, If need be.
This is still democracy" Cusick
said.
A strange aftermath of the ra-
tioning program was also noted in
Ell Centro's police log Tuesday.
UNWANTED TIRES
Originally Monday was the dead
line for motorists to turn in extra
tires to the government through the
Railway Express agency. When they
closed up at pm. Monday there
we're still several motorists trying
to turn in tires. When they found
they couldn't get rid of them they
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Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-10

Conforming to the wishes of
President Roosevelt and his mill
tary leaders-who urged elimination
cf this restriction" on the draft of
teen age soldiers-the Senate con-
ferees agreed to abandon this
amendment which the Senate ha6
adopted.
Agreement also was reached on
other differences in the bill. House
leaders said the legislation might
be taken up in the lower chamber
by unanimous consent today.
Senate concurrence also is re-
required, and the elimination Of
the training period still faces a leg
islative hurdle when the upper
chamber considers the legislation,
probably Thursday.
In general, house conferees &C
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-10
Marines Observe 18TH
Birthday in New Battles

WASHINGTON, Nov. l0.-U.Po
The us. Marines are 167 years old
today.
More furiously than ever before
in their long history they are fight
ing their country's battles ION the
land as on the sea-"
At stations all over the world
some possible within sight of the
shores of Tripoli - those Marines
who had the time paused a mo-
ment to hear commanders read the
Marine birthday proclamation
Those who had the time for 1t
sang the Marine hymn, Semper
Fidelis, the title of which Is also
the Marine motto 1t means "Al-
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-10
Absentee Ballots
Canvassed Here

Members of the board canvasSing
the absentee ballots cast in I'm
perial county declared Tuesday that
thus far the count showed the
absentee voting followed the same
general trend as the vote on elec-
ton day.
The canvass was expected to be
completed before midnight Tues
day.
A total of 206 absentee ballots
we're voted. Six were thrown out
because they had not been proper
ly prepared.