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Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-21
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Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-21

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Camp Secley i, the PROJECT which
Junior Red Cross member, IL the
district under the jurisdiction OF
the FL Centro chapter of the Ameu-
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selves and which they viii inau9lU-
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trees, flowers, shrubs. etc. and an
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-21
Odako Group Has
Sko+in8 Party

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Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-21

Courtesy officers of Oasis Shrine
No 20, Order Of the White Shrine
of Jerusalem, cXcmplificd the op-
ening and closing ritual OF The
Shrine in an efficient way at the
meeting of the group Tuesday night
in tie Masonic temple.
In a IJition to this ceremony,
tie regular officers were IN charge
OF second ceremony al which
two new members were taken in
to the order, Ethel Wittcr Of
BraNley and Charles +. Farlcll ol
Imperial.
Mrs. John Kuhn, worthy high
priestcSs was presented with a gift
from her officers, handsome rock
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-21
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Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-21
Receive Word of
Son S Safety

Mr.. and Mrs. David f. Green
received a 2ablegrdm Wednesday
tina, their son, It. Edwin Green oi
tl" U. 5. Army air corps Is s2fc.
g. Green i ilylng a flying fortress
armeWiacrc III the far East.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-21
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Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-21

Mckinley P.-T. y. hayua an
evening meeting Thursday niaht OF
this week Il! "a o'c!oaF in the
school so that borh fathers anG
mothers may attend. Teachers OF
the school Will give lhr pro2raG
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cularly talented members, this
program will be decidedly worth
while, and VIII bp dcclecdly cuJtr-
.2niu&. ai!I,dins p me- rcltai
rom the grim realities 4 inc va.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-21
AnnOunC eH1G us
Of Me e+inq

Bridge section ot the Tea Thoa
and club has called y 'aac'me 10
Thursday at l.3O O'Clock in III.
club house.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-11
Pefain Welcomes
German General

BERLIN, Nov. II German
Broadcast Recorded BY UP at New
Yorkl-The DNB news agency said
today that Marshal Henri Philippe
Petain greeted Marshal Gerd Won
RundStedt with friendly hand
shake when the aged Marshal de-
livered his formal protest against
German troops entering unoccupied
France.
The DNB agencu said Berlin po-
litical circles regarded Petain's pro-
test as merely formal demurrer"
in as much as Petain ordered the
French army and police not to re-
sist the German occupation and
merely to maintain order.
RundStedt called on Petain with
Gen. Neubronn von Eisenburg,
French army inspector and men,
Der of the Franco-German armis-
ticc commission, Minister Rain of
the Na2i embass1 in Paris, and the
Nazi consul general at Vichy, Krug
yon Nidda.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-11
Vermouth Goinq
Down Sewer

SACRAMENTO. Nov. ll-OUp)-
The state of California is going
to rOur IL h9rrels of French YER
mouth down tho sewer i'm Hollywood
because it can't obtain buyers for
IL
Fred Links. chief of the state
bureau of budgets and accounts.
told the state board of control the
1892 per gallon federal spirits tax
had Scared out" all potential pur-
chasers.
The VermOuth was ConfiScated by
the state board of equalization in
l94l for nonpayment of state taxes.
The state department of finance.
Scenting an honest penny. purchas-
ed the vermouth together with
eight barrels of italian vermouth.
honing to dispose of it at profit.
The Italian yermouth, with a
wine base, was readily disposed OF
at n cents per gallon. But the
French variety was held by the fed
eral bureau Of internal revenue TO
be aSSesSable under the tax on
spirits.
The control board approved
S6l5 claim 10 reimburse the finance
departments revolving fund TO sat-
lsfy liens and storage charges of
a storage company in Hollywood
and ordered the Vermouth poured
into the sewer 10 forestall additional
charges:
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-11
Fighting French
Gain BY Invasion

dell Hull's daily press conference.
NO SLEEP LOST
1t was assumed that French Of
ficials at the embassy had been
informed. But contact with them
is not permitted. Telephone service
has been discontinued and the
grounds of the chateau-like building
are closely guarded with policemen
and federal bureau of investigation
officers.
It was a quiet INVASION" SO far
as this capital was concerned. Hard
ly an official lost more than a
few minutes sleep in contrast to
previous Hitlerian invasions.
1t was revealed here yesterday by
authoritative sources that one OF
major objectives of the American
drive into the French African COL
onies was establishment of a mill
tary and political organization
around which French patriots could
rally on the side of the United Ma
tionS.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-11
California Gains
15Per Cent In
Combined Income

SACRAMENTO, Nov. l1.-tU.P9
California had a Is Fer cent gain
in combined income from all
sources in the fiscal year ending
last June 80 with total of $345,-
553602, it was revealed today by
Controller Harry B. Riley.
Riley said the 1941-42 revenue ex-
ceeded by $45. .831,l71 the 1904,
record of $299,612.4 .431. The aver
age daily income was $946,42l.
Riley ccntrasted the latest total
with World War I figures from
1861, when the years total was
S28,5759l9, a daily average of $78.-
200, only 9 per cent of last years
income
The new totals, representing a
per capita income of $50.Ol, do not
include unemployment insurance
taxes collected by the state and
held in trust for expenditure un-
der the Social Security Act and
state laws. These taxes amounted
to another $10c677, ,557, as compar-
ed to $80,l69, 120 the preceding fis-
cal year.
The retail sales tax was the
greatest SoC"ce of revenue with
S132, ,351. an increase of S23,342,-
400, or 2l.37 per cent.
Other sources in order were mo-
tor vehicle fuel and licenses, $58,-
517,778, 7.60 per cent increase; bank
and corporation franchise. s34,-
cS5.7s9; personal income. 500 9308.-
934. alcohol beverages. Sl7.3O6. .791.
motor vehicle fees and licenses.
/ Sl5,970,375: motor vehicle (in lieu
tax, $l4 .402650; insurance compa-
nies. $8,557,743; inheritance, 3d.
| OfC.9 900.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-11

The American mop-up proceeded
against a background of lightning
moves in which the future of the
Vichy government of FRANCE ap-
peared to be hanging in the balance
Hitlers move to occupy France
and any other strategic French
positions he desired and to pro
tect' the French navy drew a for
NAL protest from Marshal Henri
Philippe Petain.
However. detailed German ac-
counts described Petain's protest as
largely a formality and described
the meeting of the marshal with
Marshal Gerd Won RundStedt as
friendly and correct. French troops
were being used to Gordon streets
OF French cities through which Naz
troops passed and French police and
the French army were instructed
not to interfere in the Nazi move.
ment.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-11
Churchill Bores
Axis Casualties
STAIN DISPLEASED


I'VE fully shared the view" the
British Prime Minister said. I'VE
had also to consider a descent upon
France"
Premier Josef Stain of Russia
was not pleased, Churchill revealed
with the eventual decision to defer
a continental second front until
the North African campaign had
succeeded BIT had been adequately
advised of the reasons for the Brit
iSh-American postponement.
Preparations fer such a Euro
pean front, Churchill said, are pro-
ceeding but it takes time"
WAR OF NERVES
Should the enemy become de-
moralized." he added, careful prep
arations would not be needed"
Ec emphasized that it was of the
utmost consequence to Russia to
make the enemy believe that a sec
ond frcnt was intended.
We have drawn and kept at
least 33 German divisions to the
west" Churchill said, "one- third
of the German fighter force. and
a large proportion of the bomber
force, which has not been used
against Britain because it was be-
ing saved up for a British landing
attempt"
Out of 10 ccnvoyS sent to Russia.
he added. every one of them was
an important fleet operation and
the latest required II warships.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-11
Germans Report
Portugal Revolt

LONDON, Nov ll-CUP) - The
Nazi-controlled radio Paris broad
cast reports from Lisbon today that
a "Communist" revolt movement il
Portugal had been suppressed b.
the government and 1000 revolu-
tionaries had been arrested by
legionaire forces.
The revolutionsries we're said TO
have been seeking British and
American intervention in Portu-
gal
Large quantities Of arms were
found, according TO the broadcast.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-11
General Renews
Pledge to French

WASHINGTON, Nov. l1.-U.PJ
1t. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower re-
iterated today the American pledge
that Frances North African en-
pire shall remain French"
The commander of us. invasion
fcrces in French North Africa paid
tribute at the same time 10 the
memory of the late Marshal Lyau-
tey, distinguished French soldier
who created the North African
empire'. This is the anniversary
of Lyautey's birth.
Eisenhower's statement, released
by the War Department here on
Armistice Day, came at time
when American troops were fight
ing near Port Lyautey in Mocorro.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-11
BY CLIFFORD l., DAY

LONDON, Nov. IL. - CU.PO-
Prime Minister Winston Churchill
disclosed to a closing session of
Parliament today that the fleeinp
Axis forces in Egypt have suffered
total casualties of $4,000, against
13.600 for the British.
The casualty figures. he said. were
based on an estimate given him
last night by Gen. Sir Harold Alex
ander. who said that the Axis to-
tai of killed, wounded and captur-
ed consisted of $4,000 Germans and
$4,000 Italians. with many more
wandering in the desert.
OF the British casualties. the
Prime Minister told the House Of
Commons, 58 per cent were from
the United Kingdom.
mortal LOSSES"
Gen. Field Marshal Erwin Rom
mel has suffered mortal losses
he said in speech which acclaim
ed the battle of Egypt as "a VIC
tory of the first order"
Churchill confirmed Axis reports
the CaSablanca. vital Moroccan
port, had capitulated to the Amer
ican forces which incaded French
North Africa.
President Roosevelt, he said, had
expressed himself as in favor of
the North African campaign on
Churchill's first visit to Washing
ton early in the war.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-11
Two FIiers Killed
In Arizona Crash

PHOENIX. Nov. ll.-tU.P.D-Iwo
Luke Field fliers. whose plane dis
appeared from flight formation
yesterday and crashed near Span
ish peak in Southern Colorado,
were found early today at the
mouth of a canyon IL miles south
of La Veta, Colo. Luke Field public
relations officers announced.
The men. LIST 1t. Robert L. Metz.
pilot. OF TecumSell. Okla. and Hech.
Sgt Roland M Watkins. Jr.. OF
Kansas City, Mo, suffered only
slight injuries and we're taken TO
the Army cir force base at Pueblo
fer treatment
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-11
Yumans Awarded
Cash for Land

PHOENIX, Nov IL. - CU.Po-
Three Yuma county property own
ers were awarded $465O yesterday
for some $40 acres of land won by
the federal government in a con-
temnation suit for establishment OF
an army flying school.
The judgment was handed down
by us District Judge Dave w. Ling
following a declaration of taking
iSsu2d by Secretary of War Henry
l.. Stimson. The order gives the
federal government immediate pcs
session and title TO the property.
The three Yuma county owners
were among more than a dozen
defendants in the original govern
ment petition. Prudence K. Dud-
ley was awarded $4,000: Antoniette
Tonini, $3.50, and Henry A. p.
John sll0o.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-11
BY HENRY SHAPIRO

3 MOSCOW. Nov. ll-CUPD = Red
army forces have killed 300 more
Germans and destroyed, put out of
action or captured 35 tanks south
east of Nalchik in the bleak, colo
Caucasus, the Soviet high command
said today.
Earlier reports had said that the
initiative was in Russian hands
southeast Of Nalchik, and the high
commands noon communique did
not make clear whether the Ger
mans had suffered these new los
seS In defensive or offensive fight
ing.
Southeast of Nalchik. Soviet
forces fought German tanks and
infantry fiercely all day, killed 300,
destroyed 81 tanks, put seven out of
action and captured seven more
with three armored cars and staff
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-11
MussoIini May
Appeal to Hitler

BERNE. Switzerland Nov IL
UP.)-Rumors circulated today
that Benito Mussolini is alarmed
by the possibility of an Allied at
tack on Italy and is comforting
shortly with Adolf Hitler on means
of protecting the Italian main
land.
These reports suggested that
MuSsolini might invite Hitler to
take over the defense Of Italy be-
cause of the impcSsibility of the
comparatively weak Fascist forces
protecting the lengthy Italian coast
line.
Another rumor suggested that
Hitler, MusSolini and Premiere
Pierre Laval would meet to consid-
CT the whole change in the wal
situation. resulting from the Amer
ican offensive in Africa.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-11
Absentee Ballots
Leave Vote Trend
Unchanged in I.V.
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Adams was conceded victory by a
nine-vote margin. He polled 28O
votes to 27l for James w Wagner
Harvey E. Hastains compliment
tary vote in the county was quite
high. Running uncpposed for
state aSsemblyman from the 77th
district, he received 6O36 votes.
Here are the semi official returns
on the l8 propositions on the bal
lot:
/, Yes, 53O3; Nc. 1904. 2, Yes
2428; No. 1866. 3. Yes. 1913; No
1886. 4. Yes. 2OO2; No. 334l 5. Yes
1873 No. 3075: 6. Yes, 2093; No
cS51: I. Yes. 1885, No, 1923. 8. Yes
1910; No, 1907. 9. Yes, 1870: No
2l36. 10, Yes, 1926; No, 1915. Il
Yes, 1906; No. 1929. II, Yes, 1892,
No, 1915. 13. Yes. 2283: No. 2196
IA, Yes. 1921; No, 2784 Is, Yes. 872,
No, 3259. is, Yes, 1893; No. 1881
II. Yes. 2859: Nc, 1887. l8. Yes
2796; No, 1881.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-11
CosobIoncu Surrenders:
yonks Race to Tunisio

LONDON. Nov. IL. (UP)-Ameri-
AN forces today swept into virtual
iy complete control of French North
Africa, capturing Casablanca and
Rsbat while axis troops poured into
unoccupied France, Corsica. and
Tunisia.
A mobile American column was
reported streaking for the Tunisian
frontier in a move which may bring
1t into direct collision with air.
bourne and luftwaffe troops sent
into the French colony by Adolf
Hitler.
American capture of Casablanca
was announced in the house of
commons by Prime Minister VIM
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-11

tional cemetery were attended by
many notablcs. including Gen.
John j. Pershing, commander of
the AEF of l9l7-l8.
Throughout the naticn scores of
ceremonies marked the observance,
but was industries. continued to OPP
crate full blast to produce the ma
teria!S for the present war and-un-
most other businesses remained
open.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-11
BY JOHN A. REICHMANN

WASHINGTON, Nov. II. (UP)-
The first American reaction to Ger
many's invasion of unoccupied
France today was belief that it
would hasten formulation in North
Africa of a pro-Allied French or
ganization-poSsibly a full-fledged
government-in- exile-to resist the
axis.
State department officials said
responsible American officials" had
been awakened early today to be in
formed of press reports of Adolf
Hitler's latest move to protect"
France against American "aggres-
SION" But there was no official
reaction and there probably will be
none until Secretary of State Cor
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-11

ston Churchill some hours after an
official Vichy communique had re-
vealed the surrender of the city.
Churchill also revealed that the
American have occupied Bougie, 20
miles east of Algiers and about one
third of the distance between AlgierS
and Bizerte. strong French Tunisian
naval base.
The occupation of Rabat was re-
vealed by Lieut.. Gen. Dwight Eisen-
hover, commander-i.i-c ii chief of the
African operation. The cit: appar-
emily has been in U. S. hands for
some time but its fall had not pre-
viously been revealed officially.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-11
Decisive Conflict
Imminent in New
Guinea Struggle
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Durango, Cal.
Larner returned With a slzeable
branch of a tree stuck fast in RS
engine casing.
1T was like movie scene, Cap
tain Larner said You could see
the Japs scrambling out of their
trenches. throwing up their arms
and falling when hit by machine
gun bullets, or crouching in heaps
in the trenches where they must
have been moved down"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-11
Mexican Laborers
Can Work Luxury
Crops in Valley
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cabbage until the work is caught
up. Then they may be switched in
to the lettuce fields. if desired.
The association is under 100000
bond that the agreement will be
fulfilled.
Under the setup the association
Is to get no money from individual
farmers for the use of the men. The
only reason that the association
was formed was because the govern
ment would not deal directly with
an individual.
col .ers still have no assurance
that transportation to markets will
be provided the luxury" crops after
the: are ready for harvest.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-11
Russians RepuIse
German Attacks

car" it said.
However. the Germans had at
tackled four times on one sector
in the Nalchik region yesterday
The Russians, who have held the
German drive toward the Grozny
oil fields and the Georgian military
highway for more than a week, dis
abled six tanks.
The exhausted Germans did al
most no fighting in Stalingrad
where the Russians were widening
their counter blows.
In the Stalingrad area, our
troops fortified their positions ano
engaged in reconnaissance the
noon communique said. One unit
raided enemy positions and wiped
cut 70 officers and men. On anoth-
er sector, company of German
infantry attempted to approach oul
forward positions. Up to two
platoons ftwo-thirdS of the COM
pany) we're wiped out"
BIG ASSAULT DUE
Dispatches from Stalingrad Said
the temperature there now was
constantly below freezing and that
at night it dropped to II degrees
above zero, fahrenheit. Bitter
winds were blowing from the east;
the banks of the Volga were fringed
with ice, and it was filling with
floeS.
The army organ Red Star said
however. that there was reason to
believe that the Germans we're re-
grouping for a final assault. Pres
emily. fighting was at its lowest
ebb since the siege started Aug. "a,
Red Star said.
German bombers were system
aticsllJ destroying all villages and
hamlets in the Soviet rear. to elm
mate them as winter shelter for the
Russians
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-11
VIOLENT QUAKE
HITS COSTA RIGA

SAN JOSE. Costa Rica, Nov. H.
oUP)-A violent earth tremor shook
Costa Rica today. Buildings we're
shaken here but no reports Of SER
ious damage were received.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-11
SECOND FRONT COMING


Reviewing the African offensive
in an address TO the house of conf
mons, Churchill disclosed that
preparations for a full second front
against Germany were underway
and limited that they might come
to fruition this winter.
Churchill disclosed that Russia
had been advised fully of the forth
coming African offensive and had
not been satisfied with the move.
However, report from Moscow
Wednesday indicated that the Rus
slams might be recasting their views
IN the light of the violent reper-
cuSsionS Of the American offensive
aid the apparent indications that
Germany will be forced to draw on
troops from the east to meet the
Allied threats, actual and potential.
CLASH IN TUNISIA
Chief interest centcrcd on tho
progress of mobile American force
which was heading for TuniSia,
apparently moving southeast from
Algiers and by-passing Bizertc and
the fortified coast
Revelation that Hitler has dis
patched air borne and air forces in
to Tunisia made collision between
This American column and Nazi
troops apparently only a matter
of time.
There were some suggestions that
the Americans hoped to dash across
the waist of TuniSia and come to
grips Immediately with the Italo-
German forces in Tripolitania.
Military experts believed that the
Nazi force sent into Tunisia would
try to fend off American attacks
Until Marshal Erwin Rommel can
either reorganize his battered troops
for stand in Tripolitania or
evacuatc them from Africa COM
pletely.