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Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-09
FRANCOIS SPEECH

Spain's General Francisco Franco made
a speech Tuesday that had been bally-
hooed as one to point the way toward
Spain'S future in the war, but to the aver
age reader Franco said very little that
was not already generally known.
After all the experts get through read
ing between the lines Francois tone boil
ed down to about this:
Franco likes the Nazi conception of &
"new ORDER but wants his nation to re-
main neutral. He's pulling for German
to win, but is not quite ready to risk his
own Spanish leadership with big bet
on the matter.
There was one possible danger sigma
in the Franco speech-if we may be al
lowed to do what the experts have been
doing, read between the lines.
Franco said that capitalism and de
mocracy must go, and that youth, ny
which he meant national socialism, must
form the world Of the future.
We do not pretend to see any lmned-
late threat against the democracies N
this bombast, but we do see potential
danger if France along with Hitler and
MusSolini is not curbed. Ills views rep
resent rotten spot in world affairs
such a rotten spot as Hitler represented
during the beer hall putsch. Is Franco
potential Hitler of the future?
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-09
Nv NJ. :. HANDLER

MOSCOW. Dec. 9. tUPl-RuSslan
forces today smashed German posi-
tions southwest of Stalingrad and
on the Rzhev front northwest OF
Moscow. where the Axis forces were
reported to contain special detach-
mentS assigned to shoot any soldier
who abandoned his post.
Front dispatches reported that
the Germans were rushing REIN
forcements by train, truck and plane
to all fronts. especially the RzheV-
Vyazma-V -Veliki Luki triangle where
their casualties were very heavy.
The newspaper Pravda said pris-
oners reported that special disci-
pline detachments had been sent
to the Rzhev front, 1870 miles north
west of Moscow. to shoot Axis SOL
diers who attempted to retreat be-
fore the fierce Soviet onslaught.
1000 GERMANS SLAIN
It said the German high command
had issued new order to its central
front troops to die on the spot
rather than retreat an inch.
There was little doubt that the
Germans were dying on the spot
before the deadly fire of the driving
Russian troops. Soviet communi-
queS reported that upwards of 1000
German effectiveS had been slain
in the last two days.
The Soviet midday communique
reported that several new German
counterattackS had been repulSed
west of RZheV, with the enemy los
ing 400 men killed Six German
field guns, eight machine guns and
six trench mOrtarS were destroyed.
AT STALiNGRAD
Heavy fighting was reported also
at Stalingrad, where a Russian unit
drove Axis forces from fortified
positions southwest of the city and
killed more than 200 enemy troops.
Three tanks, five field guns and Il
machine guns were destroyed by the
Russians, who captured II trucks
loaded with supplies.
German motorized infantry, sup
ported By tanks, launched q night
attack on another sector southwest
of Stalingrad, striking at the flank
OF Russian detachment. -Four
tanks, Is trucks and upwards Of
company of infantry were destroyed
before the Germans retired.
GER MANS THROWN BACK
German cOunterattackS we're
thrown back northwest of Stain
grad, where more than 100 enemy
troops were killed and six tanks
destroyed. the communique said.
Active fighting was reported on the
left flank of the Don river, where
300 Germans were killed.
Within the city it@elf, sharp fire
was exchanged b. Soviet and Ger
man troop and Russian artillery
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-09
Films Face Need
For Peace or More
Nazi Cooperation

STOCKHOLM Dec 9.-cUPJ-
Finland soon will be forced to
choose between making a separate
peace with Russia or strengthening
its collaboration with Germany, DO
iiiical sources said today.
The Nazis were reported ANNOYED
b. Premiere Risto Ryti's address
yesterday on the 25th anniversary
of Finland's independence from
Russia, in which he said the So
Viets-eVen in would con-
tinue to be a political factor in
postwar Europe
NAZIS ANGERED
Another sore spot in relations be-
tween Finland aaG Germany was
the interference By Field Marshal
Baron Gustav Carl Manncrheim in
the scheduled deportation Of politi.
cal refugees. which had been agreed
to h. Minister Of the Interior M
Hrrclli and Foreign Minister Rolf
.1oaan whiting. both known Is pro-
Ce-a0aU.
Til" Gormau TranS""can NcWs
%,,nrv "c=9rtcd that M1nn"rhcim
ol,d hfolf Bitter had a..chanpcd
"corGiai" 'clcorar," IN the oc"a-
sion oi TIE Fin0ieh anniversary
MASS MOVE STOPPED
Manncrheim protest came too
lata % prevent the deportation Of
ii Jewish refugees sent to an un-
known tate in Estonia. His veto
stopped. at least for the time being,
sci5edulcd mass deportatlonS.
The Firms denied reports OF NAL
treatment Of Russian prisoners OF
war. They said the prisoners get
the same rations as Finnish work
ers and explained the high NOR
tality rate among the prisoners as
due To hardships they suffered pc
fore their capture.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-09
A CITY LEARNS
THE HARD WAY
{ MERGED Sun-Star)

(Merced Sun-Star)
The city dads and business men Of
Phoenix. Arizona. have Il hangover today
that makes their party of the last few
months decidedly not worth while. The
headache comes from the declaring Of
the city out of bounds" by the west coast
air force.
What does Phoenix lose by this? Com
mercially, it loses the business from the
payrolls of five air force training fields
These paXrOllS have constituted "one of
the citX'S largest sources of revenue
the merchants say. The loss will be sub
stantial and Immediate
But Phoenix loses more than that Its
greatest loss IS the bad reputation the
city acquires from the order 1t is class
ed as unable to handle the girl problem
even With the help of the military. 1t
Is credited with failure or refusal to CO.
operate with the army in its repeated
requests for such cooperation.
The city officials now proclaim to the
world their desire to cooperate They
assert that the police have been active in
seeking the girls and making arrests. The
Phoenix Gazette insists that the police
records show no such arrests for three
months Evidently the situation has been
bad because the armI has been liberal in
its attitude toward cities which have
made an effort to correct the girl prob
lem
The plight Of Phoenix should be a
warning to Merced and all other cities
with air force installations nearby. We
have been warned by the air force. The
local commanding officers have shown
a fine spirit Of helpfulness. It's up to
the city to do its best to cope with this
difficult problem. The record will show
how well we are doing.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-09
Jap Ships Driven
Back from Guinea

tanker off GaSmata.
Ground fighting continued along
the entire 18-milc coastal front.
Allied forces claimed slight ad-
vances near the Buna airstrip but.
it was said enemy defenscs gencr-
all held, limiting the Australian
and American troops to step by
step gains against sniperS. machine
gun positions and mortar batteries,
OTTER located in the rear of adj
vanced Allied patrols.
RESISTANCE STIFF
The enemy was most strongly
entrenched on the lower section OF
the SOputa- -Snnananda track, north
west CT Buna, ana Allied artillery
was active there. A mixed force OF
Australians and Americans adVanc-
ing down this track has been held
back bitterly for more than a week.
Tho Buna mission and air strip
area. where strong Japanese defense
has held up American advances
from the southeast, were strafcd
heavily yesterday by Allied medium
bomberS.
Today's communique for the first
time charged specifically that the
Japanese We're bombing and ma
chine cunning plainly-marl;ed field
hospitals and dressing stations. The
cOmmunique mentioned an attack
Nov 81 which correspondents at the
scene described last week. and also
attacks on other stations Dec. 2 and
Dec. 7.
Until last week, Japanese forces
in the New Guinea campaign had
Red Cross markings. In
August a hospital ship in Milne bay
was not attacked although bombs
and bullets fell all around it.
In the earl" stages of the Buna
campaign, correspondents at the
front said Zero fighter planes dived
on an American dressing station
but yeercd off sharply when the
pilots saw hospital markings
The communique said, however,
that Sc men had been killed and
81 wounded in the recent attacks.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-09
Artillery Ell asts Axis
Attackers on Tunis + ront

doubted that Adolf Hitler intended
anything in the nature OF real OIL
fensive from the triangle, particu-
larly in view ow the precariouS po-
sition of his Libyan forces at Ell
Agheila. where British impcrlaiS
were expected momcntarily to at
tack.
Gen. Sir Bernard l.. Montgomery
was understood to have his troops
already in position for an attack,
with an armored division, two i'll
fantry divisions-New ZeaianderS
and the famous Highland 51st--
backed by masses of artillery.
The alternating sand dunes ana
salt pans in the narrow Aehcila
defile were expected to be difficult
to overcome, but Montgomery
forces were believed adequate.
The American spotlight still To-
cuSed strongly on the TebourDa
area of TuniSia, however.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-09

ment broadcast by Radio Morocco
said American ana British air
forces. with American pilots play
inc a major part. were now giving
effective support to the hard
pressed forward Units of Lieut.. Gen
Kenneth A. N AnderSon'S ground
forces in the northern Tunisia de-
fense triangle.
FOE UNDER FIRE
After the Allied cOumtCr-attack
in the region of Tebourba.' 1t Sald
Axis columns have been contin-
ually under fierce Allied artillery
fire
American and British tanks had
smashed a German effort to penc-
trate Allied positions west OF Te-
bourba. driving back enemy armor-
cd columns after thew had knitted
their way into the Allied lines. The
Germans withdrew after heavy
fighting, Lieut.. Gen. Dwight d.
Allied commander. an
nounced in commmiquc.
Todays announcement from RAJ
dio Morocco said the Allies con-
tinued to concentrate land and ar
forces with the activity and num-
Der of planes in operation mcrcaS-
ing daily.
STILL TOO WEAK
Observers believed, however, that
the Allied concentrations IN tle
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-09
Davis Sees No
Revolt i'm Italy

WASHINGTON, Dec. .. -(U p
Elmer Davis, director Of The Office
of War Information. said today that
chaos is increasing in Italy but
that advcCS to this government in
dictate there are no immediate pros
poets of a revolution by the Italian
people against their German war
allies.
He said that the United States in
is urging passive resistance. but
not revolution.
Things are going to pieces. but
there is no prospect of an imme-
diate revolution" he said, There
may be local riots, however. War
WEAKNESS and lack of sympathy for
the Germans will play an import
ant part in the whole picture.
SURE OF ACCURACY
He said he was confident that
the government is receiving accu-
rate information about internal
conditions in Italy. He added that
he could not shed light on reports
that Premier Benito Mussolni is
seriously i'll.
IN q general round-table discus
sion of many topics with corre-
SpCndentS. Davis took responsible
ity for selecting December s. the
eve of the first anniversary OF
Americas entry into the war, as
the date to make public for belated
story and pictures of JapanS at
tark on Pearl Harbor.
HAD TO BE TOLD
He pointed out that the story had
reen withheld for six months when
lie took office and that much of 1t
could not have been told earlier
because it would have given Valua-
BILE information to the encrly. When
it was pointed out that there had
been some criticism about reopen
ing tho entire incidcnt . year att
or il had taken place, Davis S9id:
"It had to be told sometime. IT
is my fault that We picked D"c"m
brr & / still donI ecr that any
hnrY has been done
PROPAGANDiST
Davis said he may return to the
air to make either weekly or pc
riodic news broadcaSts. He Is a
former commentator for the Co
l:mbia BrOadcasting System. He
conceded that he might be in COM
petition with former colleagues.
But the people don't have TO lis
ten to me-" he said smilinGly.
He agreed that he would be IN
more advantageous position IN
presenting news analyses than
those in private life, because his
views would be guided by confiden-
tial information not available 10
them, He agreed also that there
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-09
WAsHINGTON READING

The WAACS now cc 30 JOBS Ior-
merlv done by soldiers, from ac-
counting TO weather observing. e
AMY still runs AG4 recruiting sta
tions Tor specialists. in Spi'e oi
Selcctive Service Soldi"rs re
portcd missing for a wear WI hH
declared dead and death benefits
# SIX months ~ awarded their
rclativos Whcr - "-i. ION
mechanic motcs mlsaE" it's
,allrd a cche.t'-." Arm
now has 1000 librarl'. viii = mil
lion boob. .. a 18th Of j'" sol
dicrs read books h2lf read ma>o-
zines All who c"n read af "Il
read newspapers whenever thf'
can get them, particularly thos"
from the home tCWnS.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-09
CAPITAL TALKS
by
Peter
Edison

US. censorship is on the pan. 1t
usually is. in a free country, but
now congressman are objecting to
censorship and they are in posi-
ton TO do something about it. Sena-
tor Gerald P Nye of North Da-
kOta has suggested an investiga-
ton OF all censorship practices.
Senator Frederick Van Nuys of
Indiana. chairman of the Senate
judiciary committee. has ordered an
investigation Of charges made by
Ernest Gruening governor of Alas
ka. that the Office of Censorship
has been illegally CenSoring mail to
and from Alaska. Senator John A.
Danaher of Portland. Conn, is re-
SpOnsible for having the Senate call
back for reconsideration bill
which it had already passed. giving
congressional authority to CenSoring
OF communications between the
United States and its territories
and possessions such as Alaska. Ha-
wall. Puerto Rico and the Canal
Zone.
Background of vernon
Gruening's complaint against CEN
sorShip reveals why he is sore.
The governor of Alaska, as YOU
know, is not an elected but
presidentially appointed official,
operating under the Department
of the Interior. Governor
Gruening recently went to the
Office of Censorship to ask that
his mail be immune from CEN
sorship.
Byron Price. director of the Of
flee OF Censorship. figured that if
immunity from censorship were
granted to the governor of Alaska,
il would have to be extended to
other government officials of equal
or higher rank That meant there
would have to be created a master
White List" of individuals whose
communications from continental
United States to points outside
would be exempt.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-09
HEART ATTACKS )
SJPEKF, TWICE

CHICAGO. Dec. 9.-tU.P Hal
~ a. Lee. 50 rushed out OF his
house last night to help Thomas l..
Racine, who was suffering from a
heart attack in his automobile. Lee
was too late Racine, 80. major
in the Illinois Reserve Militia, was
dead. Lee started back into the
house. He fell dead in the doorway
from heart attack,
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-09
AIR BASE BOMBED

The convoy may have come from
Rabaul. Other naval forces beaten
off recently have been caught in
the Huon gulf off Lac and in the
treacherous Vitiaz straits northwest
of Lac.
Todays communiquc reported an
other Allied medium bomber attack
on the japanese air base at Cas-
mata, on New Britain island 375
miles northeast Of Buna. Heavy
bombcrs Monday attacked an enemy
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-09
Editorials and Comment

EDITORS NOTE: The foIlOlr1n0 edit.
oriais are presented as interesting opin.
ions Uoiced by editors eiselchere. They
10 not necessarily reflect the opinion sf
this paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-09

Tebourba-D ID Djedeida- -Mateur trian-
gle were still too weak to attempt
knockout offensive against the
German bridgeheads at Bizertc and
TuniS.
The Germans still were reinforc-
ing their two main TuniSian strong
holds and Allied planes were dis
closed to have raided both Tunis
and Bizerte again.
Observers pointed out that even
if the German air advantages at
TCniS or Bizerte were neutralized,
the Axis still could carry out its
air war from Sicilian bases, less
than an hours flight away.
ENEMY FORCE STRONG
The Axis now was believed to
have more than 10000 troops in
the TuniSian triangle and military
quarters believed this number was
adequate for its defense. They
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-09

was danger that he would be re-
garded as a government propaSan-
dist
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-09
COI'LD BE 4 RUMPIS

The one point on which the U.S.
Office of Censorship will be open
10 criticism is if it has allowed
misuse Of information which mas
come into its hands during the
process of censoring. For instance:
The US. Office of Censorship
PREPARES today an extremely CON
fidcntial resume of information
which its ccnsors have culled from
communications coming uhder
their inspection. This digest OF
information is given restricted
circulation among top government
officials. and il is considered val
uabIe to the government i'll shap-
ing policies. .,.oa
Bu+ if it should ever be proved
that this secret summary or any
other censored communication mas
been copied. shown to anv one VINO
did ret have an official right 70 Sc"
II or misused in any WaV 10 oe~
trav a constitutional right oI prl-
yacv. as Governor Gruening ana
others may charge openly later on
then censorship will be in the ao1p
and YOU will hear lct OF lori ana
loose Yelling that US. censorship
has become gestapo
The Office Of Censorship natural
" takes everv precaution 70 see
this does not happen.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-09
TOO BIG A RISK

Price started adding up the peo-
pie who would have to be on that
list. All cabinet officers, 500 con-
gresSmen. 43 state governors, gov
ernors Of all the territories, heads OF
all federal agencies. federal judges
pretty soon he had list of over
1000 names. 1t looked like too big
a loophole.
Governor Gruening's mail and
other Communications to and from
Alaska are therefore still subject
to censorship. even as your over
seas mail is subject to censorship,
but the governor obviously doesn't
like it.
If the Senate goes into full
dress investigation of US. CEN
sorship. it can unquestionably
find that censorship steps OH the
private rights of a lot of people.
That is no more vOciferOus Amer
icano than one who has had his
civil liberties trampled and
kicked around bv his government.
This censorship business is ad-
mittedly a wartime nuisance, dis
tasteful even to the censors them
selves. who do it only as a duty.
They are charged with preventing
the passage of any information
which may give aid or comfort to
the enemy. Other way around
they are charged with aiding IN
the protection of American Secur-
itv. In protecting American HVcN
and property. the" probably leah
over backwards. figuring that IN
such cases too much censorship Is
better than too little.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-09
BARGES DAMAGED

BAROES DAliOED
The fleet air-arm attacked the
German-occupied port, sank motor
boat and damaged two barges."
Front reports said the Russians
we're continuing their new CaucaS-
Sus offensive northeast Of the Soviet
port at Tuapse. More than 5000
Germans already had been killed in
this campaign, in which well-equip-
ped Axis Alpine forces were retreat
ing slowly in bitter fighting.
Fighting was bitter on all active
sectors of the Winter-locked front
with the Soviets making their most
spectacular gains for the moment
in the Rzhev sector.
The communique said a Soviet
detachment had shot down Is enc
my planes on the Rzhev front in
the last three days and front dis
patches said the Red armys ad-
vance continued west of Rzhev and
east of Veliki Luki despite the Ger
man commands ruthless attempts
to Stiffen resistance.
The army newspaper Red Star
said the German command had or
dered close liaiSOn between its air
force and motorized infantry, step
ping up the pace Of Axis counter
attacks despite which the Russian
advance continued
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-09
Reds Smash Foe
I'm New Positions

destroyed 10 German pill-boXes and
silenced several gun positions in
the northern factor" district.
The noon communique indicated
that the Russian Black sea fleet
had returned to action after a long
period in which its activities were
unreported.
In the area of NoyoroSsiSk," it
said, Soviet naval artillery silenc-
ed two batteries and dispersed and
partly destroyed up to a company
of infantry"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-09
ENEMY FORCE STRONG
By BHYDON TAVES

GEM MACARI HURS HEAD
QUARTERS. Australia, Dec 9. CUP)
Allied heavy bombers on the New
Guinea front blasted almost at its
source seventh Japanese naval
attempt to reinforce the dWindling
enemy garrison at Buna, it was
announced today.
Medium bombc"s at the same time
went bac.: to Lac, main japanese
fighter base on New Guinea, and
gave it another battering.
Today's Allied cOmmunique said
japanese had violated the rules of
war, since Nov. 81. by repeated at
tacks on field hospitals and dressing
stations.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-09
JAPS REPULSED

JfA1 hLI oLCLD
In ground fighting. Americans,
despite heavy cross fire, repulsed
japanese attempts to wipc out an
Allied spearhead between Buna vii
lage and the Buna mission. Forty
enemy dead were counted after the
fighting.
The heavy bombers caught a
strong japanese destroyer convo"
off Cape St George, New Ireland,
in the passage between New Brit
ain and New Ireland, 40C miles
north of Buna. Heavy bombs were
spewed around the ships. The lead
ing destroyer was hit and another
was listing badly from near misses
as the convoy fled.
This attack ran to II the Japa
ncse ships sunk or damaged since
Nov. l IL unsuccessful attempts
To reinforce the Buna and Coma
garrisons Ships sunk include one
cruiser.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-09
FAREWELL EMBROIDERY

III We Ne are DONG.
Evening star., 1942-03-09
Baltimore Livestock

BALTIMORE. March z ,Unred States
Department of Agrlculturel.-ll m. QUO
tatlons.
Cattle-aOo. Including 50 holdovers.
tradlne slow. prices fully steady With
THURSDAY. advance early top, II 50 for a
several loads and part loads sood-grade
steers 20o-35 medium grade steers
mostly II 5000. cows and bulls steady.
cannPr cutter and common grade COWS.
n SOS 50 bulls 10 O0-00. few at 1913.
part load good-grade s00-pound helfers,
] ] 90.
Calves-3"5. Prices steady; early top,
1880.
Hoes-2,7On. Weights from 80 pounds
upward mostly 1870 higher than Friday,
weights ! l6o-pound downward steady. pack
Ing soWs mostly - hfZher: practical top.
1910: good and choice lsO-"1n pounds.
IL s5-1+lO. I6O-lS0 pounds. l3S5-aO.
"@O-24n pounds. l355-s0: l40-I6n pounds
and @40-26O pounds. l33n-55, l30-l40
POUNDS. II 3n0-H5; "60-300 pounds. II a.
rs. I@n-l:!n pounds. 12.90-13.15; packing
sowS. T., 0o-5O.
Sheep-450. Steady: several lots GOOD
10 choice sO-qn-pound lambs TO local butch
1+.0O-l ) 90. throWou'S. - HOnl3.00 few
head lieht weight COMMUNICABLE lambs
around 1000.
Evening star., 1942-03-09
Chicago Grain
BY The Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. March 3 Grain
prices tumbled to cents bushel
today. wheat and oats selling the
lowest since the start OF the year.
Rye was the lowest in more than
month.
Selling came in spurts and largely
represented stop loss liquidation
touched off on each mild price re-
ceSSion. War news and trade un-
certainty over the outcome of legis-
lation pending in Congress to pro-
hjbit sales of Government owned
wheat and corn at prices below
parity were blamed for some of the
weakness. The President and other
administrative officials are sched-
uled to address farmers tonight and
dealers expect Mr.. Roosevelt TO
reiterate his opposition to the legis-
lation
Wheat closed 1is-1's cents lower
than Saturday, May. 1878 "a: July,
1.293s- corn. ia down; MAY,
87'2-Ss; July. 895s-'4; oats, ~
lower: rye, 1Is-ll4 off soybeans.
3-Ia lower