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Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-22
Normondie Blame
Put on Officials

WASHINGTON. May %. CUP)-
A confidential report prepared for
the senate naval affairs committee,
It was learned today, asserts that
unreasonable time limitations
dictated in Washington" and placed
upon the contractor converting the
French liner Normandie into the
troopship Lafayette may have been
responsible for the fire which gut
ted the ship in New York on Feb.
9.
1T cannot be denied" the report
said, that the haste imposed upon
the contractor by the bureau OF
ships was an important factor in
The loss of the Lafayette.
What is more important is the
undisputed fact that this haste was
dictated in Washington by men who
evidently had no conception of the
work entailed in carrying out their
orders and in total disregard of
contrary advice from responsible
and competent men on the scene." -"
FOLLOWS INQUIRY
The report is being studied by
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-22
Nozi Offensive
Hopes Crushed

out have spoken of Marshal Fedor
von Books Nazi forces around Khar-
kov fighting defensive battles and
have emphasized that the German
counterassaults in the region can
not be regarded as offensive.
Reports reaching Stockholm from
Berlin said that German leaders
had stopped talking of spring Of
fensive" and were now speaking of
a summer offensive Ito be launched
in an unexpected direction"-the
usual propaganda line the NaziS use
to bewilder the enemy"
The German high command claim
ed the capture of l69,l Russian
prisoners in what the Nazis call
their "annihilating" sweep across
the Kerch peninsula in the Crimea
to the straits at the gateway to the
Caucasus. The Russian high COM
mand disputed Germany's Crimean
victory claim, however. and said
that fighting continued on the
Kerch peninsula.
JAPS LOSE CRUISER
The war at sea also was gather
ing intensity, with the sinking of
a 7,lOO-ton japanese cruiser in the
first reported naval action in the
southwest Pacific since the battle
of the Coral Sea.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur's head
quarters at Melbourne announced
a Japanese cruiser OF the Kato class
and two supply ships totaling $4,000
tons had been sunk in underwater
action undoubtedly by an Ameri-
can submarine.
The sinkings brought to % the
number of japanese ships sunk or
damaged since the start Of the naval
battle of the Coral Sea On May 4
and indicated that Allied naval and
air forces relentlesSly were search
ing for japanese concentrations OF
warships and supply vessels which
may be massing for anew blow at
Australia.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-22
Prosecutor Hits
Blind Love- Tale

NEW YORK, May 22-CUP) =
The state struck hard today at the
defense upon which Madeline Webb,
the small town girl who went wrong
in the big city, is banking heavily
to save herself from the electric
chair.
Dramatlcany, unexpectedly. 1t
produced q witness who sWore that
she registered at a hotel with the
best friend CT the man whose love
slave she claims to be. and, pre-
sumably, spent the night with him
there.
This testimony produced hardly
less reaction upon Eli Shonbrun,
her lover. than it did upon her
His face became an ugly scowl
She made gestures Of protest, pat
ted his hand, whispered to him.
but the scowl remained. even dark
ened. 1t was reported that they
had a spat in an anteroom after
yesterdays court session adjourned.
Miss Webb, Shonbrun and John
Cullen, a petty thief and Shon-
bruins best friend, are on trial
charged with numbering Mrs. Flora
Susan Reich, wealthy Polish
refugee, for her jewelry.
Frank Van Houten, manager of
the oxford hotel in the quiet Co.
lumbia University section. was not
to be shaken by the rigorous cross
examination of defense counsel
egged on by Miss Webb and Shon-
brun. He insisted he was posi-
tive that the nan and woman
who registered as Mr.. and Mrs. r.
Clark" the night following Mrs.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-22
Harry Russell Cow
First in Testing
During April Here

Harry Russell's dairy COW, stock
ings." took first place on the list
of the 10 highest producing COWS
for the month of April with a rec
ord of 754 pounds of butterfat and
1909 pounds of milk, the Imperial
County Cow Testing association re-
ported Friday.
His COW Annie" took third place
on the list with 1869 pounds of milk
and 674 pounds of butterfat. His
COW Doris" was ninth on the list
with 1,428 pounds of milk and 60
pounds of butterfat. II. G. Farms
worths COW "Bernice" was second
on the list with l.542 pounds of
milk and 68 of butterfat. His COW
Dolly May" was fourth with 1856
pounds of milk and CAS- pounds of
butterfat. The Farnsworth COW
Media" was fifth with 1,l73 pounds
of milk and Gas pounds of butter
fat.
The Wicher Brothers COW No. 1853
was sixth with l,134 pounds of milk
and 62.3 pounds of butterfat Farms
worth's Rosie Lee was seventh
with 1885 pounds of milk and 614
pounds of butterfat. His No. ia
was eighth with 1887 pounds of
milk and Co.'S pounds of butterfat.
The FarnSworth COW airline" was
tenth with 1.l6l pounds of milk
and 592 pounds of milk
The list of the five best cows in
one herd was headed by the Farms
worth herd with 3l7.6 pounds of
butterfat, the Russell herd with
3l69 pounds, the Wicher herd with
276 pounds, and the Emil Schaffner
herd with 256 pounds.
Farnsworth far, eclipSed all other
dairymen in winning points in the
monthly classes in the last five
months. His total was 63 points,
RusSells was l3, NJ. WeisS's was II,
Wicher Brothers had as did j.
E. Starkey, Schaffner had d, NJ.
Duarte and Joe ESpinola had 3
each, the MeadoWsweet dairy had
2 and M. c. Fowler had |.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-22
Boy Convictedin
Theater Staying

CHICAGO, May % CUP) = A
criminal court jury today found IT.
year-old Clarence Mcdonald guilty
of numbering his high school sweet
heart as he kissed her in the bal
cony of a movie theater and recon-
mended that he be imprisoned for
life.
In returning a guilty verdict, the
jury of eight women and four men
ruled that the handsome, blond
boy whom the defense had deScrib-
ed as "a penrod gone berserk p"
was sane when he shot Dorothy
Broz, II, as he pressed kiss on
her lips during the movie, Sealed
Lips" last Feb "a
Six topflight psychiatrists, three
for the defense and three for the
prosecution, had disagreed during
the Today trial on the boys mental
state and most of the trial testi-
mony concerned whether or not Nc
Donald was victim of schiZo-
phrenia or split personality.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-22
Shot ForeStdIIs
Death Sentence

HARLAN, Ky, May pup =
Jack Heaton, &c. coal miner i'm
patient with mountain justice, STEP
ped behind a murder defendant in
a crowded Harlan county court
room and shot him.
Twenty minutes later. the jury
sentenced the defendant. Manzo
Shepherd, "a, to death. But Shep-
herd had died while the jury delib-
Grated
The shooting occurred late yes
terday after commonwealth Attor-
ney Daniel Boone Smith demanded
a death verdict against Shepherd,
charged with numbering Joe Christ
ian, Heaton'S uncle, on Black
mountain last May.
Judge James S. Forester charged
the jury and it retired just as
Heaton. who had been seated all
day with the spectators, placed a
80 caliber revover back of Shep-
herds head and fired one shot.
800 VIEW SCENE
Take that" Heaton said as Shep-
herd slumped back in his seat be-
side the counsel table.
Nearly 300 persons in the court
room craned necks and pushed for
ward to see what had happened.
The judge raped for order as
bailiff closed the door on the de-
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-22
zeaIanders
Say Drive Near

AUCKLAND. N. o.. May %. CUP)
New Zealand government leaders
tonight reported a maSsing of
strength for an Allied "all-out
punch" in the southwest Pacific,
following the arrival of Vice Admiral
Robert Lee Ghormley. U.SN., to
assume command of the United
States-New Zealand naval forces.
Ghormley, who arrived yesterday
with his staff TO set up his COM
mand under Admiral Chester w.
Nimitz, commander in chief Of the
U. S. Pacific fleet. said time is
vital and | am here TO fight war. ="
Il have been assigned to duty in
the south Pacific area and I am
glad to be in New Zealand" he said
The strategy of the United Nations
fully appreciates the Importance of
New Zealand, the south Pacific ana
Australia in winning the war.
New Zealand's army chief, Lieut.
Cen. James Puttick said, we are
paining men for an offensive against
Japan; an all-out punch will be re-
Quired."
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-22
Union Signs Pact
To Stabilize Wage
Rates in BuiIdinu

WASHINGTON, May %.
(UP) - The building trade
unions of the American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor today sign
ed an agreement with the
government to stabilize wages on
federal construction for the dura-
ton of the war.
The building trade announcement
was made shortly after President
Roosevelt voiced opposition to in
dividual companies granting pay
rises that were out of line with
national wage stabilization policies.
The building trade agreement. af-
fecting 100000 members of 10
unions in the building construction
industry, was the first covering ma
tional labor organizations under the
law providing machinery for wage
stabilization.
A memorandum signed by govern
ment agencies in charge of war
building and the construction work
ers said the action was taken to
combat the danger of drastic infla-
ton due to the rapid and uncon-
trolled increase in prices of COM
moditieS."
The StabiliZation formula provides
that wage rates paid under collec-
tive bargaining in effect on July
l. 1912. shall remain in effect for
a period of at least one year" from
that date, subject TO revision if
found TO be inadequate because:
/. They were fixed at time
so long before July /, 1912, as to be
out of line with the general wages
prevailing.
2. They were applicable in To-
cality where changing conditions in
the building construction industry
require revisions.
3. They do not sufficiently take
into account any abnormal change
in conditions.
Mr.. Roosevelt said everything
should be done TO prevent unwar-
ranted increases by individual COM
panies TO keep wages all over the
country in line with the general
government policy as enunciated in
his recent cost-of living message to
congress.
In this message the president pro-
posed that wages be stabilized
through the National War Labor
board.
1t was pointed out to him that
most cases involving wage rises
for American workers are not set
tied by the board A case in point
was cited by a reporter who said
a California aircraft plant has in
dicated its willingness to increase
the pay of its employees without re-
ferring the matter TO the war labor
board.
We cannot have one company
which happens to be able to go
ahead and raise wages in one plant.
and thus make workers in the other
plants unhappy because they did
not receive a corresponding hike
in pay, he said.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-22

members and has NOT
been acted upon. 1t was prepared
by Committee Counsel James F.
Dulligan who investigated the fire
with the cooperation of the navy
and the Federal Bureau of Investi-
cation.
Late yesterday the navy announc-
ed that the S60,0000 900 vessel. which
capsized after thousands of tons
of water had been poured into her
hold would be salvaged in opera
tions that will last more than a
year and cost several millions of
dollars.
The counSel'S report to the senate
committee differs sharply from the
report of the naval court of in
quiry which was made public April
20. The court blamed the fire on
gross careleSSneSS and utter viola
ton of rules and common sense"
by workmen employed by the Robins
Dry Dock and Repair Co., Inc. Sec
retary of the Navy Frank Knox, in
a supplementary statement. named
two lieutenant commanders assigned
10 protection of the ship as being
guilty of careleSSneSS.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-22
Clio Asks Master
ContraCtin Sheds

Continued from Page One
of the El Centre division of the I'M
perial County War Bond committee,
who urged the unionists to go
"all-out" in purchase of bonds and
stamps to finance Americas war
effort.
Following the talk by Hickox, the
union elected Gardner to head up
a committee TO enlist every CIO shed
worker in the Eond drive.
Dixie Tiller, international presi-
dent of the United Cannery, Agri-
cultural, Packing and Allied Work
ers of America, spoke on the neces-
sity of organization of the entire
perishable vegetable industry
Tiller recently was sent to the
valley to revive the CIO organiza-
tional campaign among shed work
erS.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-22

Reich's death, were Cullen and Miss
Webb.
The state was ostensibly cor
roborating the testimony of its
chief witness, Murray Hirschl,,
Shonbrun's uncle, but it was strik-
ing also at the story Miss Webb
Is understood to be prepared to
tell when she takes the witness
stand in her own defense, probably
next week. She will assert that she
blindly and utterly loves Shonbrun
and that her part in Turing Mrs.
Reich to her death was the ire
sponSible act of a woman in love.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-22
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tions.
Fridays Red army communique
and other front line Russian ac-
counts indicated that the Red army
drive, in contrast with the weaken
ing German resistance and counter
attacks, was growing in intensity,
overcoming strongholds one by one
and forcing the Germans back un-
der Soviet tank charges followed up
by infantry
TOWN CAPTURED
In one Kharkov sector a German
counterattack was crushed and the
Russian troops broke into a German
held town.
On the 25-mile -IZyum
sector, 20 miles south of Kharkov,
a German counter offenSive-Which
the Nazi high command never has
mentioned in any of its communi-
queS thus far-WaS said to have
been halted.
Germany's communicates through
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-22
Veterans Plan &c
Memorial Rites

Spanish American war veterans
and American Legionnaires of
Boyce Aten post will attend Me-
mortal day services at the E. Centre
Presbyterian church next Sunday
at IL am.
Members of the two organizations
were invited b. the Rev. DR.. George
Thomas, pastor of the church. to
attend in body. The veterans were
asked to meet at the church and
enter the building together.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-22
Rotarians Hear
Unique Program

A dramatiZation in recorded form,
Of the settlement and development
of Imperial Valley, and several mu-
sical selections by high school STU
dents comprised the program of
the Rotary club at its Thursday
meeting.
The recording was presented by
Kenneth Thornton. Gloria Payne,
accompanied by Raynor Clemons jr.
at the piano, sang several vocal
numbers and LaVerne Zavala played
two piano numbers. Hazel Gallagher
presented humorous skit burlesqu-
ing President w. A. Scheniman.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-22
New Method Will
Double Output Of
Synthetic Rubber
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eminent agencies for use by other
companies. Parish said
It will be used commercially for
the first time about July |. in a
plant designed to produce 10000
tame gasoline. 1t will turn out the
expected amount of gasoline plus
enough butadiene make $4,000 to
1900 tons of synthetic rubber an
nually. he said.
Thirty three similar plants are
either under construction or have
been authorized under a Sl20,0O0,- :
900 program.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-22
SUES FOR DIVORCE

Alive Harrington Friday sued
Norman E. Harrington for divorce
on the grounds that he was COM
mitted to Folsom penitentiary for
q felony. They were married in
Yuma June /, 1893 and separated
March !, 1910
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-22
Frank CoryDies

SACRAMENTO, May 22-UP)-
Frank H. Cory deputy secretary of
state for 80 years prior to 1895,
when he retired, died last night
at his home in Pasadena, it was
learned here today.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-22
SOLDIER is A.W.OL.

Severiaro Riyero, 90, Camp Ham.
was arrested in WeStmorland and
taken to the Imperial county Jail
on a charge of being A.W.OL.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-01
1arygrove Ball
Committees Set

| APPOINTED TO MEMBER
HIP on the several committees
pr the annual Sophomore Ball,
slay -, at Marygrove College
re such local girls as Mary
leem. Christine LeSperance.
Helen O'Neill.- Irene McHenry
md Jacqueline Madigan, who,
fith Virginia Trap, are on the
fatron committee.
Adele Kronk, Patricia La
Forest and Margaret Allen
She's chairman are working on
Programs and Ann Laica. Do
|bres SChoeninger. Therese Par
'pn and Madeline HeintZ. with
chairman Mary Catherine Craig.
f. re seeing to the decorations.
The ball is TO be given in
klHnnae Hall on the Marygrove
EampuS with sophomores feting
heir graduating friends and
heir escorts.
THAT ANNUAL May break
last. given by the Woman's
auxiliary Guild Of St. Matthias,
Jill be taking place Tuesday at
1890 with Mrs. a. B. Allen in
Rharge.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-01
Tea Planned to Benefit BoysvilIe
Mrs. Georoia Morrill, TO Be Heard

MRS. GEORGIA MORRILL, pupil of the celebrated
Mime. Goeta Lngberg will be heard in several selec
ions.
Eduard Werner will address the guests and Vivian
Durham. also will aid in rounding out what promises
Eo be =. a delightful afternoon.
And talking of things musica leads to mention the
Eineythd annual spring concert. of The Harmonic So
Eety which will be held Saturday evening when the
Wonderful Male Ladies' Choruses will be heard under
The direction. of Heinrich Van Husen.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-01
Kathleen Snow Strineer Back From East

= KATHLEEN SNOW STRINGER is back from the East
and the mappingout of her fall and winter program
or Fisher Theater Town Hall
If all goes is planned the fiery Carmen Amaya and
Ter Gypsy troupe. will open the October IA
md other Wednesdays. you'll be viewing Paul Draper
md Larry Adler. Pierre Van Paassen Jan Struther
he Archduke Otto. Mile. Eve Curie Father Hubbard
Alice Duer Miller. Walter Duranty. Leland Stowe
and The American Ballad Singers. to reel off but
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-01
War Bonds,
Taxes Guide
Future Plans
BY MAURY PAUL


NEW YORK. May Every
where l turn / find my social
friends retrenching and -econo-
MIXING in preparation for higher
income taxes and larger pur-
chases Of war savings bonds.
The Harrison Williarnses, for
instance have decided not 20
open their country estate. Oak
point. at Bayville, l.. l., this
summer and some doubt that
Harrison and Mona will ever
again occupy the fine structure
set in a beautiful park overlook
ing Long Island Sound.
The new tax bill proposed by
President Roosevelt will work
havoc with many wealthy, but
none-the-less harassed metro
politaH social fegisterites, bur-
dened with the overhead" OF
establishments in town. estates
in the countryside. cottages at
the seashore and winter villas
in Palm Beach.
Faced with greatly curtailed
incomes these people cannot
maintain or occupy their various
places OF abode. Which means a
wholesale discharging of garden
ers. caretakers. extra servants,
etc.
One hears Mrs. Cornelius
Vanderbilt is debating whether
she can afford 10 open Beaulieu
in Newport this summer and
even the John d. Rockefellers
Jr. are canceling their usual
midsummer sojourn at The
lyric" which clings 10 a high
hillside at Seal Harbor, on Mt.
Desert Isle, Me.
Oh, well, I've always said
Manhattan Isle is the greatest
summer resort in the world.
FOR SEVERAL years past
Mrs. George Washington Kava-
naugh has passed up the mid
winter social season on Manhat-
tan Isle in favor of a holiday in
the vicinity Of Los Angeles.
And so enamored has Marie
Kavanaugh become with life in
the shadow of the movie colony
/ hear gossip TO the effect she
is planning 10 acquire a house in
Beverly Hills and spend more
time in the land of sunshine and
flowers.
The house the Mother Grundys
have Mrs. Kavanaugh interested
in is none other than the Count
ess Dorothy Di Frasso's Beverly
Hills manse-the setting, before
Dorothy became Mexico-minded,
of some of the merriest enter
tainments ever given for the
film folk.
1t would be a suitable back
ground for Mrs. Kavanaugh who
has a showplace at Spring Lake.
n. j., and who. several years
ago, purchased the stately man.
sion at 10 East Sixty-second
street for her metropolitan head
quarters.
The East Sixty-second street
house formerly belonged to the
once social Mrs. Edmund l.. Bay
lies, born TO superior New York
social prestige as Louisa Van
Rensselaer,. and who now. tate
in life, is in what is politely
known as reduced Circum-
stances, " and lives off the bounty
Of the American-born Countess
OF Craven (Cornelia Bradley
Martini at Newbury, England.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-01
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Matthews. whose subject will be. "A Mother to Mil
/ ions
And we might add Mrs NJ. has recently been
taken into the sorority International Honorary
Member.
Tea Planned TO Benefit Boysvil|e
TO BENEFIT Boysvie. :. Mrs Anthony Maiulo
will give at her attractive home in Chicago boule
ward
May g.. from until 5 o'clock
Arranging the afternoons program. =. Mrs A. D.
kerwin. Mrs Elmer Lumley. Mrs Jack Gray. and
Mrs S. S. Sutherland -.
Hostesses will include Mrs Evangelne Griffith
Mrs George D. Noble. Mrs. T. Curtis Mckenzie. Mrs.
James r. Walsh Mrs Daniel r. Foley. and several
others.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-09-12
Modified
Regulations
In Prospect
OPA Says Present
System Might Con-
ceivably Cause Some
Hardship Growers
Advisory Committee
to be Formed.


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Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-09-12

invasion : orces Make
( Q II s : q e r a b {
Progress Into the In.
terror of island.

London. Sept. Ia.-tNp,-
fTiIsh and African trnup>. MAX
iuE Considerable progress iuln
IN" interior at MadIgIScIr
a-.in~' nr&iigihir oppn> iiium. are
r"iii.N nu>lins toward Tana-
I'y aud other KEY points which
'.r AVIS mishi rnvrt. a com
w1niIm from the rNpcditinnIry
....r announced today.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-09-12
Indications Are That
Specific Method Of
Stabi'izing Wages and
/ arrn Prices VIII Be
Left 10 P resi- d emit
Roosevelt.

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Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-09-12

I'm The western air war. Ger
many bitterly threatened re-
pri~.Dl> for lhr RNF'~ dcyaStat-
ING assaults on Dur>sClIurr. as
sorting that the luftwlffC would
deliver counter raids SurpaSS-
Irg tn" hlitlkrirG nn Britain i'm
.hr winter of I9i0-II.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-09-12

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