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Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-04-26
Raj Raids Biggest Ever

LONDON. April 25 CUPl - Royal
Air Force fighter planes. flying
high, raced down the Thames Es-
tuary in gieat force at noon today
for a sweep over France after a
big scale attack by great fourmo-
tered bombing planes for the Sec
ond straight night on Rostok,
German war factory center and i'm
portant Baltic port.
Earlier, coastal watchers had
heard the German guns firing in
the Cape Girls Neg area and inland,
and had seen British fighters fly
ing back to base after a morning
attack on enemy bases.
Then they heard the roaring mo-
tors of a big force of fighters, so
high they could not be seen, pass
ing the Dover coast south of the
entrance to the Thames, heading
for Calais. There was a terrific
burst of gun fire from the French
side within a few minutes. The
firing continued for 90 minutes.
and then the British planes began
to dart back.
MAKING HISTORY
Official reports left no doubt that
in what was again becoming a "a
hour day offensive, the Royal
Air Force was breaking all records
not only for British but for Ger
man raids.
The fighters which roared down
the Thames today were reversing
the course which the planes of the
air force had followed
during the battle of Britain. at the
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-04-26
BY BRYDON c. TAVES

GEN MACARTHUR'S H E D.
QUARTERS. Australia. April 25
CUP = American and Australian
planes centered their bombing Of
fensive yesterday on the japanese
airdrome base at Lac, on the Huon
Gulf of New Guinea. Gen. Dou-
glas MacArthurs general headquar-
tiers communique said today.
1t was believed that heavy DAM
age was done to enemy planes. the.
rllnWays of the airdrome and bar
racks and buildings.
Seven japanese Navy-O fighter
planes attempted to raid Port
Moresby, on the Australian side of
New Guinea, YESTERDAY but were
intercepted by Allied fighters and
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-04-26
German Prince Has
Job Of Stamping
Out Terrorism

VICHY, April 25 CUP) = Prince
Josias, of the German House of
Wolff Pyrmont. a pioneer Nazi, is
the personal selection of Adolf Hit
Ter for the job of stamping out
terrorism against German occupa-
ton. forces in France. but despite
his efforts and the shooting of
hostages, anti-Nazi acts continue.
Prince Josias. who is as. and his
police forces, both French and Ger
man. today were investigating two
bomb explosions at Montpelier
No one was injured when the
bombs exploded yesterday but there
was property damage and it was
said theT were directed against col
laborationists.
More than 1GG hostages, entirely
innocent of any crime, have been
executed within the last two weeks
because police we're unable to locate
those who made attacks on Ger
man sentries and wrecked a troop
train near Rouen.
(There were reports in London
that $50 Frenchmen had been ar
rested for aiding the British dur
ing the commando raid near Bou-
logne this week, and that 500 per-
sons had been executed by the Ger
mans after the commando raid at
st Nazaire)
Hitler, it was learned, selected
Josias, whose grandfather renounc-
ed all claims to a German throne
as did all other German princes
when the Hohenzollern dynasty
was established-When sabotage and
terrorism became SO widespread
that normal police efforts could
not cope with it.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-04-26
THE TOKYO RAIDERS

Forced landing in Siberian Russia of
one of the American bombing planes
which on April Is bombed Tokyo and
other japanese cities gives pretty good
indication that the big planes were oper-
ating from bases on the continent of Asia.
Just where the big bombers were based
is question the japanese would like to
have answered. Asia is big continent.
1t is even possible, of course, that the one
plane which was forced down lost its
bearings and went the wrong way in at
tempting to return to base, but the pos
sibility is not good one.
1t seems a fair assumption that the
bombers were based somewhere in China
If that is a fact, lot of amateur STRAIT
egists who have been talking about Aus
tralia, Burma, Alaska, and other United
Nations territories, but overlooking Chi
ma as base for Allied offensive opera
lions, are going to have to change their
minds.
China, if it had the proper facilities,
would be the ideal jumping-off place for
an offensive against Japan, first to clear
Chinese soil of the parasites then to
launch both air and land attacks against
Japan proper.
Maybe it won't happen; it's just pos
sbility
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-04-26
A JOB FOR
MR.. MeNUTT

wall Street JournaD
The proprietor of a combination farm
implement and feed store closed his es-
tablishment the other day. Both he and
his assistant have taken wartime indus
trial jobs.
Three or four miles from that store
is large dairy and breeding farm. Re-
Gently three of its skilled employees have
been called for induction into the Army.
Farm machinery has acquired search
ty value and at country auctions used
implements often bring more than the
factory list price Of the new article, a
circumstance which encourages some
farmers 10 iiquidate at a good price and
seek war jobs.
Quite true, this is happening many
miles outside what we know as the farm
belt, but the territory affected neverthe-
less is a considerable producer of dairy,
poultry and fruit and if its contribution
to the supply of these things is reduced,
the adjacent territory will turn to other
sources of supply. Shipments from dis
tances will put additional burden on a
busy transportation system.
The problem is one to which the new
" created manpower commission headed
by Paul McNutt might we'll give early
attention.
Farmers are being told that their in
creased production is essential. But the
Government policies as the farmers see
them working do not seem to support
those statements.
Regardless of what Government Off
Gals say, what they do seems to the farm
er to add up to the suggestion that he
go into industry. In a good many cases
he docs not need much encouragement
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-04-26
LONG, HARD WAR
woodland Democracy

IW OOdIand Democracy
The average American, including us
Yolo county residents, learning principles
of strategy the hard way, is beginning to
realize what some of our national lead
ers meant when they declared that this
is going to be "a long, hard war;
We are beginning to realize, for in
stance, that the Axis has been preparing
for this war for 10 years or more. We
are beginning to see-and feel-the very
unhappy proof of that fact.
Studying maps of the world, and sup
plementing what we find with even ele-
mentary principles of warfare, we can
realize that it might require million
men to recapture the Philippines.
We are beginning to realize, at long
last. that this isn't World war but
World war II
It is going to be a long and hard war
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-04-26
Japanese Closing
Trap on Chinese

Taunggyi is a highway center
from which first class road ex-
tends westward to Thai, only IS
miles south of Mandalay and go
miles north of the present fighting
center at Tatkon.
If the Japanese succeeded in
reaching Thai they would not only
cut off any Chinese left to the
south but would be well inside the
upper Burma dry belt.
They would be also at the foot
hills bordering on the general Man
dalay area, with a good highway
and railroad leading on to Man
dalay. But it was believed here
that the enemy might have some
difficulty in pursuing much further
their thanking movements, because
of the increasingly hilly country.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-04-26
New Guinea jap
Air Base Rdided

fled after a short, fierce fight, Mac
Arthur said.
The communique revealed that
the Japanese in their first foray in
recent weeks from their Huon Gulf
bases had sacked and burned the
peaceful New Guinea native village
of Kaniucun
In the Philippines. the communi-
que said, Corregidor continued an
artillery duel with Japanese bat
terieS and Japanese continued their
airplane attacks on the Manila Bay
fortress.
1t was added that no change was
reported in the situation on Panay
and Mindanao Islands in the
Philippines.
Gen. Macarthur in his first pub
lie appearance since his arrival
here last month took part today in
a memorial ceremony at the Rock
of Remembrance at Melbourne,
dedicated to Australians killed in
the last war
ANZACS HONORED
LlCuU. vi. LIZ Sldlluc IA. blIlCI,
Syracuse, N. Y. MacArthur's AIDE,
placed before the rock the Gen
erals wreath, mainly chrysanthe-
NUNS, inscribed:
ITO the Anzac forces (Australia
and New Zealand from their
American comrades in arms of yes
terday, today and tomorrow
Macarthur. ringed by 80 men,
bers of his staff of Army, Navy and
Air Corps officers, wore his famous
gold braided cap and his four
starred generals uniform, bright
with rows of campaign ribbons on
the left breast.
AS the wreath was placed he sa-
luted, uncovered. and bowed his
head for one minute.
Then he saluted again and
marched away with his staff The
ceremony, high spot of observances
of "Anzac Day." was wordless.
Today was a solemn holiday, as
usual There were no sports thru
out the day and bars and most
theaters were closed. War veterans
gathered to drink toasts in tea in
stead of wine or liquor. as is the
custom on this day of remembrance.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-04-26
Air Squadron Gets
$4,000 Japanese

SAN FRANCISCO, April 25 CUP)
Melbourne Radio toda- quoted
an Australian air force officer that
his squadron was credited with
killing $4,000 japanese in an at
tack on an enemy convoy bound
for Malaga. The broadcast was re-
corded by CHS Listening Station.
IAN air force officer back from
Malaga and the East Indies said
today that his squadron was Of
ficially credited with killing $4,000
Japanese in seven and a half
hours the broadcast said.
Flying Hudson bombers, the
squadron attacked a japanese con-
voy bound for Malaga. The officer
said after the raid the sea was
black with japanese bodies
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-04-26
WASHINGTON VIEWS

Government survey of scrap metal
situation in New England is expect
ed TO show what should be done in
other areas The waste paper
collection campaign is pronounced
a success, will be continued It's
against the law for a wife to sew
cuffs on her husbands pants
In spite of wartime building re-
strictions, construction for 1912
may reach $14 billion, against $11
billion in 1871 And a building
labor need for 100000 more men is
anticipated . =. The average num-
Der Of eggs per hen per year has
risen from "a in 1909 to ITO in 1941
:. And the 381 million hens in the
country laid over Al billion eggs las
year Don't ask who counted
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-04-26
War Department
0kays Projects

WASHINGTON, April Is tUP) -
The war department today an
nounced the following construction
projects, costs and supervising
agencies:
Air force training school at Dem
ing, N. M; in excess of $4,000 600;
albuquerque district Office of the
engineers corps.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-04-26
CAPITAL TALKS
by
Peter
Edison

WASHINGTON, April % = Head
aches over the moving OF some
| 1l5C0O Japanese from their no.
longer happy homes in Pacific
coast states are just beginning as
the final report from the Tolan
Committee Investigating National
Defense Migration will show when
it is issued in week or SO. All
these Japanese will be moved by
the end of May-not to their final
wartime abodes. but out of the
strategic areas into temporary re-
ception celters. That doesn't solve
the problem. In the wake of this
mass migration are whirlpoolS and
eddies that may not be quoted for
months.
About $4,000 of these Japanese
are L. S. citizens. with all the
rights and privileges of any other
citizens. So far. the Jap citizens
have been good. Too good. They
have recognized they're on the
spot and they have moved out of
their former homes without max
ing any fuss or starting any law
suits. But without getting soft or
sentimental about these Jap
Americans. they are unguestiOn-
ably taking pretty much of
beating and the potentialities for
claims against the government
out of real or imaginary damages
to their persons and property can
be rather sizeable.
In simplest analysis, the problem
has been that it's impossible to tell
a good Jap from a bad Jap. In the
hours and days Immediately fol-
lowing the Pearl Harbor sneak at
tack, FBI and the military authori-
ties took into custody some 5000
Japs on whom the finger of sus-
picion had already fallen. They're
safely tucked away in concentra-
ton camps today and are no prob
lem The fact is that today the
government has no evidence of any
actual sabotage from the Japanese
American element of the popula-
ton. Espionage, yes. The JapS |
did plenty of spying. But no sabo-
tage.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-04-26

peak of the German air power
The great planes which had at
tackled Rostok for the second
straight night c lew hours earlier
were dumping bomb loads of great
er weight than German fleets had
ever dropped on British towns.
In their Rostok attack the Raj
planes agai. cen,ered on the vast
Heinkel aircraft works.
FACTORY BLASTED
Aided by fine bombing weather,
they dropped their heaviest de-
vaStation bombs in their target
area, among the great buildings of
the Heinkel works, end plastered
the Neptune shipTards with eX-
plosive and incendiary bombs.
They saw great fires raging as
they left, the air ministry said.
Docks at Dunkirk, on the French
coast, also were bombed. Bombers
and fighters attacked air fields in
France. Belgium and Holland, and
an American made coastal COM
mand plane set fire to German
supply ship off the Norwegian
coast.
LOSSES LIGHT
Indicating an astonishingl" low
ate of losses, the air ministry
said that but two bombing planes
and one fighter were missing after
the nights operations.
1t was believed that the raid on
Rostok might rank with that of
the night be.ore, when big areas
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-04-26
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
IMPERIAL.

IMPERIAL.
No. 1893
IN the Matter of the Petition of
CHARLES LEROY FERGUSON TO
Establish the Fact of his Birth.
N o TT c Z
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
CHARLES Leroy FERGUSON his
filed in the above entitled Court a
petition pursuant to Chapter of
the Health and Safety Code of
the State of California for an order
establishing the fact OF his birth
and that the hearing of said petit
ton has been set for the 9th day of
May, 1912, at o'clock p.m., at the
Court House at Ell Centre, in the
County of Imperial, State of Cali
fornia, and all persons interested
are notified to appear and show
cause, if any they have, why said
petition should not be granted.
Dated April Oath, 1912.
w. j. McCLELLAND,
County Clerk.
BY Maxine Console,
Deputy.
(SeaD
mo. 16) (A25 MIG inc)
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-04-26

Of the war industrial part of the
city wee powdered
Berlin reported the raid as one
on the north German university
town of Rostok" and said dam
age was cause TO building and
the civilian population had casual
ties in dead and injured" 1t said
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-04-26
BY ROBERT p. MARTIN

CHUNGKING, China, April 25
(UP)-Japanese planes have made
new attacks on Mandalay, it was
revealed today, as enemy shock
forces on the eastern and western
flanks of the Burma front threat
ened to encircle the Chinese army
on the Sittang river.
The Japanese we're within 100
miles of Mandalay and driving with
savage fury in frontal and flank
ing attacks.
Today's Burma command COM
munique, issued at New Delhi, In
dia, said:
Chinese eXpeditionary force: re-
cent reports are confused regarding
Japanese progress in their north
ward drive through the Shan states,
though it is fairly clear that the
drive has made progress.
"On the Irrawaddy front there
are still no reports of further ground
actions.
MlANDALAY RAIDED
Another air attack on Mandalay
is reported
Chinese sources reported that the
Chinese divisional commander and
most of his regimental commanding
officers on the Irrawaddy front were
trained in the United States.
In their greatest single gain of
the Burma war against the Chinese,
the japanese had driven north to
Ho-Pong, 10 miles east of Aunggyi
and about 40 miles southeast of
Mandalay.
On the western flank, there was
fierce fighting in the pin river sec
tor just below Yenangyuang.
PENCERS CONVENIENT
The present situation was the
Japanese forces at Ho-Pong and
along the Pin river formed a great
pincer, with its prongs 140 miles
apart, that threatened to trap the
Chinese now at Tatkon, on the Sit
tang river or central part of the
front 135 mics south of Mandalay.
Cblivious to frightful losses, which
the Chinese estimate at six .Japa-
nese for each Chinese casualty the
enemy concentrated tanks, armored
cars and planes into their spear
heads and were driving hard in the
Taunggyi- Ho-Pong sector to effect
abreak through.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-04-26

one British bomber was shot down.
It happened that the university
town" is not only a most import
ant war industry center but one OF
the most important German Bal
tic ports from which troops and
munitions go TO the RUSSIAN front
and also to occupied Norway.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-04-26

Vichy has now been reduced to the
level in the axis New Order of a scent
Balkan state. British foreign office
spokesman alter Pierre Laval returned to
power in Vichy.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-04-26
Editorials and Comment

EDITORS NOTE: The folloplng edit.
oriais are presented as interesting opin-
ions Uoiced bv editors elsewhere. They
do not necessarily reflect the opinion Of
this paper.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-04-26
CURRENT QUOTATIONS

You build them and We'll fly them
Between us we can't be beaten.-Lieut.
Edward H. O'Hare, in cable to plane fac
tory workers
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-04-26

One almost gets the impression that
some American business firms regard
this war as an annoying interruption to
the Fascist economic alliances.-Senator
Robert NJ. La Toilette, Wisconsin Prog
ressive
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-04-26

Production lines are battle lines Let's
use all the production we've got-War
Production Board Chief Donald M. Mel
son.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-04-26
THE ARMY STEPS IN


There remained the danger that
any one of the more than 100000
JapS still at large might commit
sabotage, however, Sc at this point
the Army took over. Even the 5000
young men of Japanese extraction
who were in the U. S. military SER
vice had to be demobiliZed into the
reserves. The 5000 suspicious char
acters put into concentration camps
included NEST of the leading citi-
zens, the exporters and importers,
the bankers, the big merchants and
hotel-keepers.
They could hire lawyers and
agents to look after private in
terests, keep businesses going.
But the mass of Japanese left in
Guided the poorer elements. the
fruit and vegetable growers and
vendors, the fishermen, the peO-
pie who took in each others
washing.
Tolan committee members and
the FBI, the Army and WRA, the
new War Relocation Authority ua-
der Director Milton S Eisenhower,
g. wholesale pat en- the back for the
job thus far. At the same time the
committee will not hesitate to point
out some of the existing dangers
and the troubles that lie ahead
There is no provision yet for
safeguarding the property interests
of these U. S. citizens CT Jap ex-
traction, as the Alien Property Gus
todianship takes care of non-resi-
dents only. Consequently the Jap
Americans cars, houses, furniture
and farms are now threatened with
serious depreciation or destruction,
laying the basis for many claims
against the government later.
THE STATES SAY mo"
The Army new is footing the bill
for preliminary transfers of the
japanese population from defense
areas to temporary reception GEN.
tiers On race tracks, parks and SIM
liar semi-public places where ample
shelter and adequate public utili-
ties are quickly available One per-
manent relocation center has been
selected, an Indian reservation in
New Mexico Others are being con-
sidered, but enc problem here is
that nc state wants these colonies.
But the luckless Japs have to
go somewhere. and once on these
permanent reservations the prob
lens multiply. Shall they be paid?
If so, what? Should it be more
than the soldiers wage? Shall
they be put to developing areas
which will be theirs after the
war? Or shall they build homes
and break ground for others?
Shall they be forced labor or free
labor?
Shall they be forced to grow
crops needed for the U. S. war eff
fort-guayule, for instance, or sugar
beets or the truck and vegetables
needed as vitaminS for victory? Can
they be used in other war produc-
ton, such as having the fishermen
make camouflage nets?
Those are just a few OF the head
aches ahead.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-04-26
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
IMPERIAL
NOTICE
1891
IN THE MATTER OF THE
PETITION OF ALBERT
SOLOMON
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that Albert Solomon has filed in
this Court a Petition to Establish
the Fact of birth, the hearing of
which has been fixed by said Court
for Friday, the 9th day of May,
l9A2. at 200 o'clock PM, at the
Court Room thereof, at the Court
House in said County of Imperial,
and all persons interested in said
Hearing are notified then and
there to appear and show cause,
If any there be, why the said Petit
ton should not be granted.
DATED: April 81, 1912.
w. j. McCLELLAND,
County Clerk
BY G.. o. KENYON
Deputy
No. 3 A 23-M inc.
Nogales international., 1942-06-26
LEGAL NOTICE;

shall perform such other business
as may properly be brought before
such meeting. The platform of each
party shall be framed and made
public at a time not later than
six o'clock in the afternoon of the
day following their adjournment.
The state party council so consti-
tuted shall be the party council for
two CD years, and may call special
meetings and perform other busi-
ness consistent herewith.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have
hereunto set my hand and af-
fixeG my Official Seal at Phoe-
nix, the Capital, this 1st day of
June, A. D. 1912.
(SEAL) HARRY M. MOORE,
Secretary of State
VIM. G.. sIMONTON, Clerk,
Board of Supervisors,
Santa Cruz County, Arizona.
Publish June 12-19-26, 1912.