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Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-16
Cos obIanc C. q Pkons
Limit PueIfiic Aid

WASHINGTON, April l6-fUP)
Gen Douglas Macarthur VIII re-
Ceive air rejnforCements to the eX-
tent necessary 10 implement opera
tional plans for the Southwest Pa
cjfic developed at the Casablanca
conference, informed quarters said
today.
The plans, it was said, will gov
ern the general plans of operations
in Australian and other Pacific
areas for the next several months.
Macarthur has been 3pprised of
these plans, officials said, adding
that they were at a loss TO explain
his idea for more aircraft and The
chorus OF warnings from Australia
that the Japanese are on the verge
of attacking that continent. One
source put it This way:
DETERMINED AT MEET
Operations i'll the Pacific Tor the
next several months we're determine
ell at the CaSablanCa conference.
Military and naval leaders from the
Pacific were summoned t1 WASH
upli lbI a. ClItt flb NIilDii
these plans were explained They
were given directives governing
these plans. Now steps are being
taken to implement these directiyes
with the necessary war materials
and supplies, especially planes.
Officials indicated that there is
no reason for revising the plans in
the light of recent developments
in the Southwest Pacific Further
more, they said, there is no evil
dence here that the recent aggres-
siveneSs of the augmented Jap
anese air force is q prelude to in
vaSion of Australia.
TELLS PRESS
Secretary of War Henry l.. Stlm-
son took cognizancc of the peSSlm-
ism currently emanating from Aus
tralia when he told his press con-
ference that American and Aus
tralian fliers will be Supplied not
only with loss replacement aircraft
but a sufficient number Of planes
to counter the increasing enemy
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-16
Ickes Recommends
jump in Oil Price

WASHINGTON, April 16.-UP)
Petroleum Administrator Harold
l.. Ickes told the Patman small
business committee today he had
recommended q general average in
crease Of 35 cents a barrel on the
price of crude oil, but that Price
Administrator PrentisS M Brown
has not yet answered his letter.
Ickes said he wrote the letter on
April 7.
Earlier, Brown had withheld COM
mcnt when questioned about posi-
BILE boosts in petroleum prices. He
said, however, that he believed
President RooseveltS recent anti
initiation order left the way open
for price increases which would aid
in prosecution of the war.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-16

Eighth Army patrols tested enemy
strength along the Enfidav,lle line
so miles south of Tunis while Gen
Sir Bernard l.. Montgomery con-
tinued his methodical massing Of
armored and artillery forces for a
frontal attack.
Allied authorities here warned
against expecting a quick decision
in the campaign to dislodge the
Axis from its last toehold in Tu-
ni5ia, They likened the situation
to a football game in which Rom
mel was making a stand on his
own l0-yard line, and said that the
last 80 to so miles to Tunis and
Bizcrte will see the hardest fight
ing of the entire African campaign
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-16

from the front said that the Brit
ish still held their positions
The fighting around Djebel Ang,
however, has been severe and un-
usually difficult for both sides and
frequently the lines have Swayed
back and forth over the rocky,
wooded ground and through ravines
which can be traVerSed only by
pack mules and men on foot.
HOLD FIRMLY
Cn other fronts, Dlc Axis forces
we're holding more firmly and there
was little change in positions.
In the air. Flying Fortresses
pounded the Sardinian air fields
at Decimomannu, Villacidro and
Elmas in daylight and Wellingtons
dropped block-busters on the same
targets by moonlight, in a drive to
break up enemy supply lines. Light
Eombers attacked the enemy on the
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-16
Sub Chief Offers
Free Trip 10 Berlin

PHILADELPHIA, April 16.-UP)
"A survivor of a torpedoed Ameri-
can cargo vessel rejected an offer
made by the commander of the at
tacking German submarine to be
taken to Berlin as a guest in re-
turn for any war information the
seaman might supply, the Navy De-
partment revealed today
Third Mate Valentine ?. SchWarz-
man, 45, Of Elmont, Ii, said the
offer was made to a shipmate, who
was then returned to a crowded
lifeboat. Schwarzrnan said the stlb-
marine, which sank the cargo YES
sci with two torpedoes, remained
on the scene while its crew SAL
vaged American-m made cigarettes
| bobbing on the surface.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-16

roads north of Enfidayille and be-
tween Tunis and Hammamet and
hit the landing ground at ST Ma
RE du 2it by night. Korba also was
attacked
AT Hammamet, Hurricanes gun
ned many small ships in the har-
Dor. Tanks and trucks were
smashed at Oum el Abouab and a
l500-tOn motor vessel was bombed
and machine-gunned south of Usti-
ga island, off the north coast of
Sicily No Allied planes were lost.
GERMANS CLAIM
tThe German high command re-
ported that a German counter-at-
tack reached its objective on an I'M
disclosed sector of the Tunisian
front. Enemy attacks against sew
eral heights were beaten off. the
communiquc SaidD
On the coastal sector. British
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-16
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Bombers Wreck :
.Jap Cargo Ships

GEN. MACARriIUR'S HEADQUARTERS, Australia,
April 16 (UP)-Allied heavy bombers smashed anew to-
day at the remnants of nneshp japanese convoy seek
ing TO reinforce Wowak New Guinea for it's part in what
Gen. Douglas Macarthur believes may be imminent
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-16
Supreme Leader
Morale Impresses

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, North
Africa, April l6 CUPD-Gen. Dwight
2. Eisenhower last night completed
another inspection tour of the
dangerous Tunisian front lines and
was strongly impressed by the
morale of Allied troops as they
moved through rough terrain
against enemy defense lines in
northeastern TuniSia.
In addition to conferring with
Gen. ST" Harold Alexander and
other Allied officers, Eisenhower
inspected three of the big Mark Six
Tiger tanks which were among q
enemy tanks knocked out by the
British in the Medjez Ell Bah area.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-16
NAZIS ATTACK

German infantry. supported by
tanks, also attacked the Soviet lines
without success on the Leningrad
frGnt, losing 200 officers and men,
two tanks, two guns, four mortars
and five trucks. Stormovik assault
planes destroyed 13 German planes
with bombs and cannon fire and
touched off six fires in a raid on
an enemy airdrome.
Six German planes were shot
down b? Red air force pilots and
antiaircraft batteries on the ap-
proacheS to Leningrad.
Soviet forces on the Smolensk
front, west of Moscow, we're re-
ported digging in and consolidating
their newly-Won positions. German
infantry attacked the Russian lines
in one sector, but were driven back
to their initial positions with heavy
losses.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-16

large scale offensive.
Three of the six supply and trans
port ships in the convoy were wreck
ed in three mast-height attacks
from dusk to midnight last night
and new relays of bomber3 took over
the assault early this morning, con-
centrating on the surviving mer-
chant ships and three escorting
warships, believed a light cruiser,
destroyer and gunboat.
UNDERLINES WARMING
The dispatch of the convoy 20
Wewak served To- underline the
warnings from Macarthur, Prime
Minister John Curtin, Gen. Sir
Thomas Blamey and Air Minister
Arthur S. Brakeford that Japan is
massing 100000 men and big air
fleet in the $500 mile island fringe
north of Australia for new inva-
sion thrusts in the southwest Paci-
fic.
To counter the threat, Macarthur
sent his air commander, LIT. Gen.
George G. Kcnne%, to New Guinea
To personally direct defense meas
ures. Kenney'S flicrs shot LOG Japa-
nese planes out of action in the
first three large scale enemy at
tacks against Allied bases in New
Guinea this week, apparently Grip
plying the raiding forces SO badly
that they failed to follow through
with a new attack yesterday.
SIGHT CONVOY
Reconnaissance planes sighted the
Japanese convoy approaching We
wax, on the north coast of New
Guinea 800 miles northwest of Lac
YESTERDAY and the first force of
heavy bombers, presumably Flying
FortresscS, attacked at dusk.
BY midnight, one 5000 ton cargo
ship was listing rapidly with a
heavy oil slick on the water, an
other 5000 tonner was sinking slow
ly by the stern. and third vessel
of 5000 tons was forced to the shore
and beached.
CONTINUE ATTACK
we ore continuing the attack y
MacArthur's communiquc tod y
said.
Other bombers made haraSSing
attacks on enemy installations and
shipping along 2000 mile arc
north of Australia.
Airdromes were raided at Rahaul
and Gasmata, New Britain, and
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-16

Lac, New Guinea, and shipping was
bombed in the Tanimbar islands. At
Kayieng. New Ireland, a reconnais-
sance bomber shot three japanese
planes out of combat in a running
fight with 10 fighters and then
escaped in cloud cover.
Eleven low-level bombing and
strafing attacks were made on Jap
anese positions in Buigap Creek
near Mubo, New Guinea, and SINH
lar raids were directed against
Trangan island in the Tanimbar
group and the village of OSSu on
Timor.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-16
Nazis Falling Back
To Sea of kzoy in
Caucasus Jhting
DRIVEN BACK

The Russian success followed a
series Of strong German attacks
YESTERDAY which cost the enemy 600
men and 13 tanks without gaining
any ground. The Germans slowly
we're being driven back on the
Black sea and Sea of Azov with an
evacuation to the Crimea the only
alternative to annihilation.
Above Chuguev, 90 miles southeast
Of Kharkov, the Soviets threw back
German attack and then ad-
vanced in a counter-attack, the mid
day communique said. Ninety enc
my dead were counted on the battle
field.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-16
1st Army Takes Initiative

ALLIED HEAD0 UARTERS S,
North Africa, April 16.-CUP)-The
British First Army in a nighttime
counter-attack recaptured the key
mountain height of Djebel Ang and
advanced to within less than 30
miles of TuniS today after tempo
rarily losing the important 200O-
foot hill to the Germans in one of
the fierCies clashes of the TuniS-
ian war.
All enemy counter attacks on the
northeast TuniSian front guarding
the approaches to TuniS and Bi-
gerte were beaten off on Thursday
the first time that the British
First Army Under Lieut.. Gen. K. A.
N. Anderson had successfully re-
pulsed big-Scale enemy efforts to
recapture important positions.
PLANES IN ACTION
Allied fighters. tighter bomberS
and heavy bomberS, meantime, de-
fled unfavorable weather TO resume
pounding attacks on enemy front
and rear positions by day and by
night, dropping 4000-pound block
buster bombs on three Sandman
airfields and starting big fires. CAL
lied air raids also were reported
against Naples Palermo, Catnia,
MeSSina and Sciacca in Sicily.D
The most important fighting was
around Diebel Ang, which lies
eight miles northwest of Medjez- 81
Bah and is the highest point in
that part of the Axis defense peri
meter in the Northeast TuniSian
coffin corner The height is of
great Importance because it domi-
mates much of the surrounding
area and gives the British vital
kickoff position for attacks toward
TuniS.
ATTACKS TWICE
Twice on Thursday the Germans
attacked violently charging up the
rocky slopes through wooded ter
ritory. The morning attack was
hammered back by The British on
the hill, but in the afternoon the
enemy fought his way to the top of
the height and drove back the Brit
iSh, who had been there about "a
hours.
But Thursday night. Anderson 5
army struck back. In heavy
Counter-attack, they recaptured
Djebel Ang and went on TO take ad-
ditional ground to the east in the
direction of Tunis. Last reports
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-16
800 Said Killed
In Greek Riots
BY UNITED PRESS

The Office of War Information
reported Friday that dispatch in
the Swedish newspaper Ny Dag said
300 persons were killed or wounded
in rioting at Athens and Pireus,
occupied Greece, which started
when the Germans tried to carry
out their forced labor regulations.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-16

air strength
These planes. an authoritative
eource aoid, arc tcsc which were
promieed for that .tea 81 the time
Of the Pacific cOuleretco mere and
do not constitute an additional al
location. He would not say, how
ever, whether the planes would be
sufficient for large scale offensive
use as we'll as for defensive re-
quircmentS.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-16
Russ Railroad
Workers Modified
BY UNITED PRESS

All railroads in the Soviet Union
are to be placed under military law
and all rail workers are consid-
cred moEilized and reserved for
railroad work for the duration, ac-
cording to a Moscow broadcast re-
corded by Columbia Broadcasting
System.
ANY workers found guilty of
breaches of duty will be sent to the
front in disciplinary companies,
the broadcast said.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-16
ATTACKS TWICE
PORTUGUESE SHIP SUNK

- ooh w Shcc tott1H QUINN
LISBON, April 16 - UP)-The
600-ton Portuguese ship, Santa
Irene, was torpedoed off the Ital-
ian coast last Tuesday night and
sank with loss of 16 of her II
crew members, it was announced
today.
La gaceta., 1943-06-04
ACEPTADOS
EN- "BLANDTNG"
so, 9lla,;O Rod,;qu.,

Entire los jovenes que en- pasa-
dos dias sufrieran examen fisico
en- ell Campamento Blanding, fue-
1on aceptados los ~siguientes ami.
goS:
Herminio Canal, Celestino Ce.
ira, Freddie Lopez Fernandez,
Enrique Paul Garcia, Bonnie Bar
bieri, Jose Antonio Garcia, Jack
Gavilan, Odilio Machin, Louis Ro-
driguez, Paul Vitelio, George Ca
bello, Roberto Lopez, Romarico
Alvarez, Emilio Arrange Jr., Jose
Consagra, Sam Guastella Costa,
Tony Diaz, Ernesto Fonseca, Ar
mando Lariz, Jose Octavio Monte
resi-, Ramiro H. Posee.
En- la Marina: Antonio Qua
gliardo, Domenico G.. Marchese,
Antonio VelazQuez Y Arturo AL
varez.
La gaceta., 1943-06-04
CABARET DE
LA VICTORIA

Reina gran animation entire
nuestras familias para asistir al
soberbio Cabaret que prepare In
Seccion de Recreo Y Adorno del
Circulo Cubano para ell domingo
IL del presente mes,
Tanto los miembros de la Sec
oion de Recreo como los de In Di-
rectiva, trabajan acknowledgements
La venta de meSaS reservadas ere
&C a diario, esperandose que Sc
agoten muchos dias antes de la fe-
cha indicada.
En- ell Patio-Jardin sc situaran
los conjuntos latinos LA Sonora"
v LA Tropical" con sus respec-
tivos ~cantantes.
En- el salon principal de fiestas
ocupara la concha de la musica.
en- primer turno, manuel Sam
chez Y EN- segundo, "Don Fran
CISCO" el conjunto de las simpa-
tias.
Este festival empezara n las 6
de Ia tarde.
Los precios de entrada, dada la
calidad de In fiesta, son bien mo-
dicos: Caballeros, 10; damas y
iovenes en- uniforme, solo soc.
Separe su mesa a tempo.
La gaceta., 1943-06-04
DE VISTA

BESIDE la manana de aver Sc en-
cuentra entire noSotroS un apre-
ciable amigo y persona muy como
cida en- la localidad, Jose Manuel
Paula, ell que desde hace once a
nos reside en- la ciudad de Filadel-
fla, con sus familiares.
Ell Sr. Paula, cuando existia la
Arena de Boxeo del Circulo Gu
bano, n ell promoter. Por sus
grandes conocimientos en- csc viril
deporte adquirio grandes simpa-
tiaS.
Con el tambien lego SUI hijo mas
pequeno, Enrique Paula, joven
quito y de elegante presencia.
Durante Su estancia en- esta,
que sera corta, residira con su Sc
nora mama, domiciliada en- la ca
lie Taliaferro. Mas tarde hara u
ma vista a la Habana.
La gaceta., 1943-06-04
ALBERTO CHAVEZ

Encabezamos esta nota con ell
nombre de I'm apreciado joven que
cursa sus estudios en- ell colegio de
Segunda E~nsenanza Hillsborough.
En- los examenes que hiciera en-
pasados dfas, obtuvo atlas notas,
siendo muy felicitado por sus pro-
fesores
Reside con sus padres, esposos
Alberto Chavez, en- la Decima a
venida y caHe Catorce.
Lo congratulamos Y lie desea-
mos continue sus estudios con e
mismo entusiasmo.
La gaceta., 1943-06-04
DE RECRESO

Luego de varios meses en- la
ciudad de Key West, tenemos de
nuevo en- esta al joven Arnulfo
Armengual, persona que goza de
gran popularidad en- Tampa.
En- ell historico Cayo desempe-
naba un importante empleo en- la
Estaci6n Naval. Su regreso Sc de-
be a que dentro de breves dias
tendra que presentarse en- Camp
Blanding para examen fisicO.
I'm saludo para el.
La gaceta., 1943-06-04
Ell BALE DE
MANANA

Manana sabado %celebrara SD
+orcer bale de la serie la Ordeh
Aguilas de Orc, en- sus Saione' us
Ia Gale 16 y Novena avenlda'
La parte bailable lie ma SIuO 81,
cedida a la orquesta Tommy
Gammei", la que empezara a eye
Guitar su repertoire a las nueVe
de la nOche.
Son razonables los precios
La gaceta., 1943-06-04
OTRA GRADUADA

En- la noche de aver recibio su
Diploma de bachiller en- ell Hills
borough High School, la joven
Sra. Lily Valenti, esposa del apre
ciado amigo Octavio Pla, domici-
liados en- ell 2417 de la Gale II.
La Sra. Valenti es hija pollti-
ca del Sr.. OctaviO Pla, director
do Ia Mission del mismo nombre'
Con tai motive la Sra. Valenti
rocibi6 infinidad de congratula-
clones de u amistades y famllla-
res.
La gaceta., 1943-06-04

Del Hospital Municipal Sc nos
informa del nacimiento de un her
moso varoncito, hijo de los espo-
SOS Joseph Rodriguez, RESIDENCES
en- ell 22O1 de North Albany.
Ell nuevo ciudadano llevara ell
nombre de SUI papa, Joseph, Jr.
Dentro de breves dias sera la
Sra. Rodriguez trasladada a su
domicilio.
Nuestra enhorabuena a los di-
chosos papas.
La gaceta., 1943-06-04
CRADUADOS

Con verdadero placer traemos
a nuestras notas de hoy los NOM
bres de dos apreciados amigos,
Oscar Cuervo y Raul Valdespino,
.Jr"'. hiio este 1ltimo de los espo-
sos Raul Y Mercedes Valdespino
u en- la noche del pasado mier-
coles obtuvieron diplomas de gra-
6uados en- ell Colegio George
Washington Jr. High"
Para ellos nuestra mas sincera
felicitaci0n.
La gaceta., 1943-06-04
DE LICENCIA

Disfrutando de licencla Sc en-
cuentra entire nosotros Ell JoVen
saraento Harold Witches, hijo de
los esposos Rafael y Espera agoa
vilohes, domiciliados en- ell S'OS
de la Gale Is. ,ro-
cede del Campamento Fort Knox
On Kentucky, donde es muy que
rido DOR sus compaheros'
crata estancia Y muchas diver
stones lie deseamos.
La gaceta., 1943-06-04
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Evening star., 1943-02-26
Veteran Comedy
Given New Life
By G. i. Cast
500 Years Rolled A gay
From ZesttnI Play
Bv Massineer

For its Elizabethan drama this
season Catholic Universitys versa
tile experimental theater selected
Philip Massinger's "A New Way to
Pay Old Debts" a well-contrived
piece of playwriting that strongly
influenced the later restoration
drama. A happy choice, this play
which great English actors have
been doing for over 300 years, but
happier still was the selection of
playwright t-director- actor, Walter
Kerr, to play the comedy lead, JUS
tice Greedy. Skilled in stylized
comedy, the University Theater's
gifted Kerr, paced the performances
of the student actors.
"a New Way to Pay Old Debts"
presented last night to a capacity
streetcar and bus-riding audience
will run through March 2. The
production is mounted on Ralph
Browns reconstructed Elizabethan
stage which serves as fitting
complement to the atmosphere Gre
ated by the period" technique en-
ployed by the directors and the
actors.
Again, Catholic University's drama
group through its skillful handling
of the classics manages to escape
the blight of the stuffy, classroom
air which too often falls on plays
Evening star., 1943-02-26

croSSflre makes the laughs. ;
Story follows the conventional
pattern of his radio character, with
Mr.. Benny as the big-hearted fell
low, always misunderstood, but
blundering through to victory. Here
he is small-town lawyer in Potts
vile. He refuses to take eviction
cases or prosecute poor farmers,
which leaves him just an ambulance
chaser. Engaged to the town mag
mates daughter, there can be no
wedding until he is a professional
success. So he goes to New York,
with the hope Of emulating Wendell
Willkie.
Seeks New York Fortune.
Clients fail to arrive, and re-
duced to dire poverty he decides to
become 'meanie," one who denies
the pigeons their peanuts, steals a
lollipop from an outraged youngster,
makes faces at blind man, follows
a surly and anti-social scheme of
living. There are those in New
York who are looking for an at
torney at law without a heart, and
newspaper publicity drives them to
Richard Clark's Office.
This Is short and sweet movie
OF pure escape, built upon a farce
foundation that fades into silence
just before it becomes tiresome. or
shall we say boresome. 1t is blithe
and gay in its feathery way when
Comedian Benny and his alter-ego
are around. When the writer's ex-
haust their fiction invention. to-
ward the close, they resort to silli-
ness, but before it can go completely
hayWlre The End" arrives. Pris-
ella Lane has little to do except
look pretty, and Edmund Gwenn
and Matt Briggs help out in Incl
dental characterizations, but the
MIN belongs to the Benny Rochester
team, as star and stooge par excel
lence.
March of Time Short.
Screen embroidery is of the solid
kind, including a 20 minutes March
of Time, "Africa-Prelude to Vic
tory" Audiences get a good ap-
probation of what the English and
Amricans hope to accomplish in
BlZerte and Tunisia, with some
realization of why the Axis will
struggle to hold this bridgehead to
Europe. Point rationing is ex-
planned in tWo-reel short cartoon
subject issued by the War Activi-
ties Committee. The Movietone
NeWsreel devotes most of its foot
age to the White House correspond
entS' dinner, and the Presidents
address.
On the applause meter Sam Jack
Kaufman's Noodles overture
struck the high note in popular
fancy. This is a musical intro
ductory to the stage show, which
provides the instrumentaliSts and
Lynn Allison chance to solo, most
Of the noise blare and rhythm
cacophony which pleased this Jack
Benny audience. La Lage on the
Roman rings and with shoulder
twists, seems to have mastered the
/ technique which made Lily Leitzel
an international circus favorite. Tim
Herbert's monologue stands out for
sparkling material, Jeanne Blanche
Is vivacious tap dancer and the