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Evening star., 1942-08-27
Foreign

Forei9n .
Japs retreat as Chinese battle to re-
gain Chuhsien airfield. Page Al
Allied air attacks hint outbreak in
desert Is near. Page Al
U. S. Army planes raid Jap base in
Burma. Page Al
Nazi night raiders try again to burn
crops in England. Page A-2
National
Senate committee approves 5 per
cent withholding tax. Page Al
Men between 45 and so may enlist
Tor Army jobs. Page Al
Kaiser and steel arm restrained by
OPA. Page Al
FBI seizes 100 aliens in New Jersey
raids. Page Az
Drastic tax and savings legislation
warning issued. Page Az
Twenty missionaries from Gripsholm
held at Ellis Island. Page A-3
Fraser and Roosevelt confer; attend
Pacific Council parley. Page Al
Navy commissions given to 66,906
since draft law. Page Al
Evening star., 1942-08-27
Wilhelminu Returns
To England by Air
b the Associated Press.

LONDON, Aug. 27-Queen Will
helmina Of the Netherlands returned
to England by air last night from a
visit to the United States and
Canada.
She was welcomed at the airport
by Prince Bernhard.
Evening star., 1942-08-27
Summary Of Todoy's Star

Six liberty ships will be launched
Labor Day. Page AS
big steel" opinions reveal sharp
clash Of views. Page Al
Showdown on soldier vote may be
delayed two weeks. Page A-12
Legislation to draft teen-aged due
this year. Page B-1
Cargo insurance rate cut with con-
voy system. Page BIZ
Washington and Vicinity.
Roper urges larger gifts for Russian
relief. Page Az
Mount Vernon Seminary trustee
killed by bus. Page AS
Hotel manager foils two holdup
men. Page B-1
Government to take over National
Park College. Page b.
Newspapers, telegraph firms aid mes
senger drive. Page B-1
"A" gas card holders have extra priv
ileges. Page b.
Misc elIony.
After Dark. Page ca
Marriage Licenses. Page Ca
Natures Children. Page CO
Births and Deaths. Page Gle
Evening star., 1942-08-27
Gen. Macarthur Visits
Troops in Australia
By the Associated Press.

MELBOURNE, Aug 27.- Gen.
Douglas Macarthur spent six hours
Tuesday visiting United States
troops in training in an undisclosed
area OF the Australian war zone, 1t
was announced today.
Evening star., 1942-08-27

(See ENL1STMENTS, Page A-50
Evening star., 1942-08-27

(See TOXIC, Page A-6.)
Evening star., 1942-08-27

(See TAXES, Page A-l6)
Evening star., 1942-08-27

Continued on Page A-16, Column II
Evening star., 1942-08-27

Late news and sports are covered on
Pages TX and 2-x of this edition Of
The Star, experimenting the news Of
the regular homo delivered edition
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-06
Public Enemy At
Large in Escape

FLORENCE, Ariz., Nov. 6.-U.PD
John Hicks, 90, regarded as Ari-
zcna's public enemy No. /, escaped
at am. today from the state pris-
on at Florence, Warden Walker an
nounced.
Hicks, who was serving term OF
from 10 to Is years for robbery.
repeatedly overpoWered and bound
a trustee dairy worker at the pris-
on and walked out the gate showing
the trustees dairy badge.
Warden Walker, when asked
where young Hicks would most like
ly go, said he had n mother and
sister living in Phoenix, and on n
previous escape, went to Arkansas,
where he was arrested for robbery
and sentenced to a term in the
state prison there. Hicks escaped
from the Arkansas prison Septem-
Der "a, 1910, and is wanted there
to serve the remaining ten years
of his original term.
Police described the youthful con-
vict as "a dangerous criminal" >"
His past record includes a series
of car thefts and armed robberies
of drug stores, gas stations and
ether business establishments.
This is his second successful
break from the Arizona state pris-
on, Walker said.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-06
Top-SaIary Stars
Plan Layoffs Due
To Wage Ceiling

HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 6.-UPo-
Hollywood studios today faced the
prospect of general layoffs by top
Salaricd workers and stars who al
ready have reached the govern
new wage ceiling for 1912.
Par'ette Goddard who was over
the limit, cancelled scheduled air
appearance set for Monday when
she learned she would not be paid.
Fanchot Tone earlier had notified
Warner Brothers studios his limit
had been reached and he would not
accept a proposed role unless his
salary went to charity.
The studio said it was unable to
make such an arrangement.
While seeing to determine Wheth-
er they could hold actors to con-
tracts despite the $4,000 limit on
net salary studios were holding up
further paychecks to both actors
and technicians who already had
passed the $4,000 gross income
mark for this year.
Scores of actors and technicians
were unable to collect their pay
this week pending clarificaticn of
the wage ceiling order.
Both groups pointed out that fur
ther work would benefit studio
stockholders, and not the govern
ment.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-06
Here's I.v. Vote
On Propositions

3-Basie science act Yes, 1864;
No. 1926.
4-Personal income tax laws. Yes,
1887: No, 322s
Compensation of legislative
members increased. mileage maxi
mum fixed Yes. 1850. No 29lO.
6-Board f forestry established.
Yes. 1885. No. 1921.
7-Taxation of insurance compa-
MOS. Yes. 3la6 No i349
B-USe of fish and game funds
restricted. Yes. 3440. No. 1913
. Compensations Of specified
state officers may be changed dur
~ term Of office Yes, 1885. No.
1905.
Differentiation OF building
"nd 'oan associations. Yes. 1850:
No. 3I42.
BoVinp and wrestling matches
regulated Yes. 3l49. No. 1869.
l2-School districts fifth and
sixth class cities may acquire stock
in municipal water companies. Yes.
2879: No. 1851.
l3-Boards of equalization. Yes.
2l64: No. POSI-.
i4-Rates Of interest on loans
and judgments. was. 1895: No, 2606
15-Supreme and appellate court
procedure. Yes, 8l9; No. 3ll4
l6-Decisions by administrative
officers. Yes. 982: No. 3458.
l7-State treasurer trustee of GER
n fEt
1899.
18-Reapportionment. commission.
Yes, 2650, No, 1888.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-06
BARD SUFFERS
BY OPA RULE

WfNTERHAVEN. Nov. 6 The
whole east end Of Imperial county
Friday was divorced from the west
eTn part bv the Office Of Price Ad-
minislratl0n and attached to Yuma.
ATiz.. for all purposes OF rationing
products and supplies
Wintefhayen ratiOning board was
abolished and officials of the Yuma
ratiOning board Friday collected all
the WinterhaYen records and took
them to Yuma.
WORKS HARDSHIP
This move on the part of the
CPA will work a terrible hardship
on the more than 1900 residents of
the Colorado river districts of I'M
perial county" said +. J. Worth
ington. chairman of the defunct
Winterhayen rationing board. We
know that the population of the
Imperial county area now welded
to Arizona Is around 5000 because
there are $500 sugar books out now.
"Of course the Arizona board will
look after the interests of the Ari-
zona residents first We believe
this situation resulted from the err
roneOus reports that there were
only 266 persons and SIS automobiles
in this section of Imperial county.
We understand this wrong infor-
nation was given rationing Off
cials at a recent meeting in Ell
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-06
Hurricane Sweeps
Down Onto Cuba

MIAMI, Fla, Nov. 6.-tUP9-The
federal hurricane warning system
in a l0:45 am. advisory today said
that a tropical storm "of hurricane,
or near hurricane" force will strike
Cuba this afternoon and the Flor
ida Straits north OF Cuba tonight.
The storm was about 85 miles
north, northeast OF Neuvitas. Cuba,
moving west or west southwest
wardly IL TO IS miles per hour at
$3.50 am. the advisory said.
This storm is attended by a
wide area of gale winds TO the north
and west of center and hurricane,
or near hurricane. winds near CEN
er." Meteorologist Ernest Carson
said.
Strong winds will continue along
the southeast Florida coast. reach
ing gale force along the Florida
Keys, the bulletin said.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-06

Centre. We appeal to the rest of
Imperial county to get us back in
the rationing area where we right
fully belong"
$4,000 ACRES
Worthington pointed out that
there are $4,000 tillable acres in the
Indian reservation and the other
farming lands in the eastern sec
ton of Imperial county. The farm
ing Is of the tractor type. neces-
stating extensive use of tires and
tractor parts if the production of
food is TO be kept up. He also said
that residents have to travel long
distances by car for their supplies
and necessities.
1t was the Wintefhaven ration
ine board which last week resigned
IN a body because the OPA refused
to pay clerk $120 a month to look
after the records and the office.
We believe the resignation of
the board" Worthington said. lis
the nub of the whole matter We
can't help it if we can't get volun-
teers to do the work but the OPA
apparently is Furnishing this whole
area because of the boards reSig-
nation"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-06

and the other ahead, but today
Houser was out in front by more
than $4,000 votes.
California's congressional delega-
ton was evenly divided with IL
Republicans and IL Democrats
elected and one race still In doubt
In the 23rd district, San Diego
county, Incumbent Ed Izac, Demo-
crat, had bare 1853 lead over
James Abbey, Republican. Some
1900 absentee ballots were expected
to decide the issue.
Latest returns from California S
l4,494 precincts gave:
Governor-Q4,380 precincts)-Ol-
son, Democrat, 900,l07; Warren, Re-
publican, 1,236,247.
Lieutenant Governor 14,345
precincts) Patterson, Democrat,
l,040,204; Holtser Republican
l053,62l.
Secretary of State Q4,382 pre-
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-06
War Bond Drive
Planned Here

Gordon Scriven, chairman of I'M
p2rial COUNTS war bond committee,
announced Friday that a d. i've Will
soon be started to bring bond sales
up to normal and above, if possible.
Scriven had just returned from
a meeting OF the war savings staff
a number of the south!and's most
)ron inent businessmen, in Los An
gclcs. Under discussion there were
re 10 per cent payroll deduction
plan, sale of F. and G bonds, schools
in the war program and women's
part in the war effort.
The large turnover in personnel
on JOS here and increased quotas
las caused Imperial county to lag,
Seriven said All employe and en-
ployer groups will soon be contacted
TO get workers who had not been
buying bonds to come in on the
program.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-06

cincts1 Peek. Democrat. s6li1z
Jordan. Republican. s79.io4
Attorney General - 13384 pre-
cinetsl Kenny. Democrat. i0l3.-
856; Ware. Republican. 6799to
Republicans elected 90 Congress
were Harry Englebright. D. Leroy
johnson, Thomas Ralph. Richard }
WEIGH. Albert r. Carter. John z
Anderson. Bertrand W Gearhart
Norris Poulscn. Ward johnson. Car
Hinshaw and John Phillips John
son. Poulson and Phillips are new
ComerS.
Democrats elected To Congress
were Clarence f. Lea. John H. To-
Ian, A. j. Elliott. George r. Outland
H. Jerry Vcoris; Thomas r. Ford
John M. Costello. win Rogers. Jr.,
Cecil r. King. Chet Holifield and
Harry r. Sheppard. Newcomers are
Outland, Rogers. King and Holi-
field.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-06
48I. When Join
Navy in Month

Imperial county enlistments in
the naval reserve for the month of
October reached 48 men, the great
est number in any one month since
last December, Recruiting Officer
M. II. Lindberg of Ell Centre an
nounced Friday.
A total OF 26 enlisted from El
Centro nine from Brawley, six from
CaleXico, two from Holtville ana
from Westmorland, and one each
from Imperial, Heber, and Seeley
In addition five students from
the Junior colleges in Ell Centre and
Brawley enlisted in the class vi
naval reserve accredited college pro-
gram and were placed on inactive
duty to continue their college work.
Six youths of the county applied for
class VS. naval reserve for train
ing as aviation cadets.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-06
Flynn Must Face
Superior Court
First Shakedown
Hint Appears in
Testimony at LA.

HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 6.
(UP)-Handsome Film Ac-
tor Enrol Flynn today was
ordered held for superior
court trial on triple charges
of statutor: rape upon two under
age girls.
Municipal Judge Byron J.
Walters set Nov. % as dat
for arraignment of Flynn on charges
of twice attacking Peggy Larue Sat
terlee, 16-year-old HOLLYWOOD night
club entertainer, during trip to
Catalina Island on board his pala-
tial yacht, and of violating Betty
Hansen, II, movie-struck waitress.
Judge Walters ordered Flynn's
present bail of 1000 continued.
The order followed testimony by
Miss Satterlee at Flynns prelimi-
nary hearing that the dashing screen
star knew she was under-age when
he attacked her in the cabin of his
yacht because "he had called me
j. B.'"-initials she said stood fol
Jail bait"
Miss Satterlee recalled a CONVEX
sation she had with PoliceWoman
Amy Brewer at juvenile hall two
nights ago.
HARPING ON AGE
Il asked Miss Brewer" she testi-
fled, why the attorneys kept harp
ing about my age and where
worked.
Il wondered if they wanted to
know if Mr.. Finn knew how old
was
Miss Brewer said yes. I told her
he did because he had called me
his little J. B."
AT the conclusion of the prelimi-
nary hearing Flynn issued a state
ment predicting his ultimate vindi-
cation"
The district attorney has had
the ball SO far" the statement said.
when l get it, the picture will
change. My ultimate Vindication is
all that counts, and l have COM
plete confidence in the essential
fair mindedness of the American
majority"
FLYNN SILENT
Flynn did not testify at all dur
ing the lengthy preliminary hearing
that began last Monday. His attor-
ney, Jerry Giesler, one of the vests
outstanding criminal attorneys, said
he would reserve his defense for
start of the trial.
Finn spent his time during the
! IS
Miss Hansen drawing geometric de-
signs upon a pad of legal note paper.
Continued on Page 6, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-06
Farmers Defy UItimatum
On Cotton Picking Labor

PHOENIX, Nov 6 - U.P)-Ar
ultim2'um ioir..v delivered by Sec
retary of Agriculture Claude Wick
ard and Paul V. McNutt, head OF
the War Manpower commission,
was flatly rejected yesterday by
II s. Casey Abbott, president of
an association representing m9st
long-staple cotton growers in Ari-
zona.
Wickard and McNutt had de-
manded that the disputed con-
tract offered to the growers by the
federal government "be accepted
before labcrers will be transported
and that the government feels JUS
titled in holding Arizona growers
responsible for saving the current
crop of long staple cotton
Abbott yesterday Immediately
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-06
Laborers Vote
AGAINST Union

Employees of the California
Central Fibre corporation i'm I'll
Centre voted against having the
Truckdrivers, WarehOusemen,
and Helpers union local S9S
(AF of L. represent them in
collective bargaining.
At an election conducted at
the plant Wednesday by the
National Labor Relations Board,
six votes were cast i'm favor of
the union representation and
2l against il. The election was
conducted by secret ballot at
the request of union.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-06
ALLIES DRIVING R0MMEL OUT OF AFRICA
COP Rules State

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 6.-U.PD
Almost complete returns from
Tuesdays election showed decisive
Republican gains today in the state
legislature.
Forty-three Assembly seats were
assured for Republicans as COM
pared with 81 for Democrats. In
the State Senate the Republican
advantage will be "a to 16.
A last-minute surprise was the
victory of Governor Elect E.rl
Warrens running mate for lieuten-
ant governor Republican Frederick
Houser over Incumbent LIT. Gov. Ell
lis Patterson, Democrat.
During most of the count, the
two men ran evenly, with first one
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-06
Southerner Hurt
In Auto Accident

Carl Clark of Memphis. Tenn.
and more recently of National City
was in a critical condition in the
county hospital at Ell Centre Friday
from a broken neck suffered In a
traffic accident on Mt. Springs grade
west of FL Centre late Thursday.
The accident occurred a mile and
a half west of Shepherds bridge at
3 pm, Highway Patrolman Bill
Tackett said.
Clerk is believed To have been
driving too fast when he entered g
turn where a construction barri-
cade and lights warned him of trou
be ahead. He applied the brak ss
and skidded $50 feet from the right
side of the road to the left where
the car crashed into CanyCI
wall.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-06
FDR Says Africa
Victory Important

WASHINGTON, Nov. Cup
President Roosevelt today describ-
ed the battle of North Africa as
victory of major Importance.
He disclosed that recent intelli-
gence reports frcm Germany show
that Nazi war production has fall
len off sharply in recent months
due TO a steadily extended work
week for laborers.
The President said all the United
Nations were very much heartened
by what looks to be n victory of
majcr importance in the North At
rican desert
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-06

Complete unofficial totals on the
l8 proposition on the ballot at the
election Tuesday showed that I'M
perial county voters cast the great
est number of votes on any propo-
sition in favor Of the proposition
for abclishment of the hot cargo
and secondary bovcott practices ior
tn" dr'ation of the war.
The totals on the various PROPOSE
tionS were as follows:
Prohibiting hot cargo and Sec
crdary boycott. Yes. 5069; No.
1926.
annual legislative sessions and
budgets. Yes, 23l6: No. 226l
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-06

freely" he said "if offered the high
rate for picking which we are pay
ing aid If assisted with transporta-
ton. They need and require no
other incentive or guarantees.
He asked that pickers be offered
wages on a pound basis instead OF
the governments offer which lis
not in keeping with long establish
ed methods which have been found
successful"
Abbott's stand was backed by h
decision of the Pinal County Farm
bureau in a meeting at Casa Grande
Wednesday night. The govern
contract was rejected by growers at
tending the meeting because OF the
30-cents-a -hour provision accord
ing to A. M. Ward, president.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-06

telegraphed a reply in which he
stated at length the cause of the
growecs and gave reasons why the
contract had not been accepted by
either the association representing
growers or the growers themselves
on independent initiative.
Abbott said growers had agreed
to nearly double cotton acreage at
the request of government repre-
sentatives when both parties rec
ognized the probability of the la
bor shortage when the harvesting
season set in. He continued that
when shortage became acute grow
ers wereadvised it would be nee
eSsary to sign a mlnimum-wage con-
tract not to their benefit.
Labor is available and will come
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-06


The buses collided with such force
nat they telescoped into a mass of
tangled wreckage. Demolition squads
were called TO rio the smashed buses
apart so that rescuers could extri-
cate the injured and bodies y the
dead.
one OF the buses was carrying
workers to Richmond. while the
othec was enroute from Richmond
to Oakland. w. T. Bacon, Oakland,
driver of the Richmond-bound bus.
was killed outright and his body
pinned i'm the cab.
The dead were Andrew Ferguson,
G3. 3441 Laguna. Oakland; and John
T. Finn, 80, Oakland, formerly Of
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-06

Boys Town. Nebr.
The impact was so heavy that the
crash was heard for blocks. A wit
ness reported he saw two passengers
In the northbound coach hurtle
through the roof of the bus. Rescue
work was hampered by a great traf-
fic Snarl. Identification of dead ano
injured was difficult because in
many cases clothes of victims were
torn or damaged.
w. G. Sanford, "a. Oakland, told
El Cerrito police he saw the Oak
land-bound bus suddenly swerve
across the street before it rammed
the Richmond-bound bus.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-06

ing back, battered and beaten, to-
ward the Libyan frontier in a with
drawal which rapidly was turned into
a disorganized retreat.
Already, it appeared. five or six
Italian divisions-of total of eight
engaged at Alamein-appeared tC
have been abandoned b. the Nazi:
to shift for themselves and the Brit
ish believed the capture or decima-
ton of these units was virtually as
Sured.
The remainder of Rommel's arm
ored forces and remnants of his
elite motorized units were scram-
bling west along the jammed and
bomb -pitted coastal highway under
continuous rain of high explosives
dumped by the dominant British
and American air force.
Whether Rommel would be able
to pull his troops together and
make another stand at the famous
fialfaya (Hellfire) pass on the Egyp-
tian-Libyan frontier was not yet
certain. Some British military OBJ
servers believed that his losses
would be so severe by the time he
got to that point that the road to
Benghazi, the Gulf of Sirte and pos
sibly all the way to 1ripoli would
stand open.
VICTORY GROWS
! Serious as was Rommel's present
predicament there were strong signs
that it will grow worse almost i'm
mediately.
President Roosevelt said the Brit
ish victory was OF ma jor importance
"a phrase he had not previously
emploTed to describe military de-
velopmentS.
A possible reason for that charac-
terization was seen in q flood OF
reports and rumors from axis capi-
| tails and those of satellite countries
concerning an imminent Allied move
at the western end of the Mediter-
ranean, possibly against the north
west and west coasts of Africa.
Dakar and Casablanca, both bases
of Vichy France, were named most
frequently in axis reports as the
danger points.
GIBRALTAR JUMP-OFF
Reports from Spain asserted that
tremendous concentration of AL
lied naval and air strength hao
been assembled at Gibraltar includ-
ing 125 WarshipS from aircraft car
rierS and battleShip on down, many
troop transports, tankers, fighter
planes and American Flying Fort
reSSeS.
1t seemed obvious that-if the
Spanish reports Wece correct-a
force was being assembled for &
major operation.
italian fears were rapidly mount.
ing that the allies hoped to VIII
the entire North African coast anC
then strike across the Mediterran
can at what may be the Achilles
heel of the axis, the Italian penin
Sula itself.
AXIS SHIPS SUNK
Attempts by the axis to reinforc,
their battered armies in North Afri
ca were under heavy submarine AM
air attack and some reports sug
gested that the sinking of tanker
and transports had contribute,
materially to Rommels defeat.
Rommel was said to be virtual,
out of oil, food and ammunition.
One report from London suggeste,
that the situation was SO grave tina
the Italian fleet might venture ou
of the safety of its home bases il
desperate effort to ram through
heavy troop and supply reinforce
Continued on Page 6, Col. A.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-06
Mrs. I. NJ. Adams
Passes AWAY

Word was received in Ell Centre
Friday of the death of Mrs. T. M.
adars in Winterhaven Thursday
night.
Mrs. Adams is a former resident
IF Ell Centro and has many friends
in Imperial county. Adams is a
former Imperial county court bail
iff and is still in doubt as to wheth-
er he was elected justice of the
peace of Winterhaven township
Tuesday.
Details of the funeral were not
available Friday.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-06
Slip on Steps
Fractures Jaw

Raymond Clark ended up in the
hospital Friday after physical ex-
animation but it was not because OF
any malady uncovered in the pro-
cess.
He slipped on the front steps of
the courthouse Thursday night af-
ter undergoing check-up in the
health department.
His doctor reported that he sus-
tanned n fractured jaw In the fall.