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Imperial Valley press., 1943-08-10
Nuzi
Troops
Germans Demolish
Roads in A++emp+
To Slow Allies

ALLIED HEADQUART-
ERS. North Africa, Aug. 10
= (UP) - Retreating Ger
man troops have begu n
wholesale demolition of COM
peding but failing to check a gen.
eral Allied advance which effected a
junction of the American Seventh
and British Eighth armies between
Randazzo Pass and the center of
the line.
Seventh and Eighth army columns
driving against Randazzo, key juno
ton dominating the narrow defile
between Mt Etna and the Caron-
ian range, met West of the Pass
and plunged in today for a show
down battle expected to seal the
fate of the cornered defenders of
Sicily.
The junction of the American
and British spearheads was believ-
ed to have cut off unknown num-
bers of German troops making a
sacrificial stand before the mouth
of the pass, one of the most vital
Sicilian objectives remaining in
Axis hands.
The hard-pressed Germans, strug-
Continued on page 6, col. s.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-08-10
VOLUME XII. No. 229
No Hay Seed For Valley

tees have caused shortage of seed
which may force a curtailment in
the acreage of alfalfa in the dis
trict.
Seed firms in Ell Centre meanwhile
have appealed to the government
for help in getting a supply of
seed from Argentina sufficient to
meet needs of growers. Managers
of these firms said they expected
to know some time next week
Imperial Valley press., 1943-08-10
Plan to Reopen
Rome Bureau Made

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS,
North Africa, Aug. 0 CUP)-Ap-
Eointment of Reynolds Packard
as United Pre-s manager for
North Africa, with instructions
to reopen the Rome bureau as
soon as possible, was announced
today bv Virgil Pinkley, United
Press European MANAGER.
Packard, former manager of
The Rome bureau has been here
in North Africa helping direct
the United Press coverage of the
Sicilian invasion. He has just
concluded a series of conferences
with Hugh Baillie, president of
the United Press, and with Pink
ley on plans for reorganizing the
coverage of Italy when that ma
tion is knocked out of the war.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-08-10

state policeman came TO her nome
recentlT to check her identity at
request of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, but added there we're
thousands of other Americans who
would feel otherwise.
II don't think this should be done
by the American police" Mrs. Lane
asserted in commenting on the Incl
dent which arose after she sent a
postcard to New York Radio Com
mentator and newspaper columnist
Samuel Grafton disagreeing with his
views on social security.
She said Grafton in a radio COM
mentary last March, asked for poll
of listeners on the subject. He adj
vocated that the system should be
extended and that American teach
Imperial Valley press., 1943-08-10

"The amazing thing is that she
was able to convince young couple
living at the Wright house that she
was pregnant" Weinrich said. She
is only of medium build, but they
believed her story that she was ex-
pectant."
Weinrich noted that the oregon
child-stealing law provides penalty
of one to 25 years in prison or up
to $4,000 fine, or both. He indicat-
ed that Mrs. Wright, who came here
from New York four months ago to
be near her husband, would be
prosecuted under this statute
"Other than having talked to a
woman who had a baby at the hos
pital, Mrs. Wright apparently had
no knowledge of the building"
Weinrich said.
"All the breaks came her way.
She just walked in, picked up the
first baby that came to hand
there were three in the nursery at
Continued on page 6, col. o
Imperial Valley press., 1943-08-10

ers should be sent to Germany after
the war to teach the Germans dem
ocracy.
"I said In my postcard that Ger
many had had so-called social sec
urity, which is nothing more than
enforced insurance, for 10 years
and that National Socialism had
wrecked Germany and made Hitler
possible" Mrs. Lane explained.
She revealed that the New York
Post telephoned her yesterday 10
say that Grafton, employed by the
newspa per had not turned over the
card 10 the FB1
Il believe that" she said" and |
think the American people are en-
titled TO know how The FBI got II"
Imperial Valley press., 1943-08-10
Anti-Dod Drdft
Bill Promised
Senator May Says He Will Introduce
Measure re Prevent Army Calling up
Of Fathers; May Limit Size Of Amy

unlawful to induct any man who is
the father of dependent child or
children, except by the fathers
own consent. The proposal would
include all fathers, both pre-and
post-Pearl Harbor.
Il feel the size of the army
should be limited by congress" May
said. Il think in view of the fact
that 1O,000,0000 men are under
arms, the army is big enough, par
ticularly with 10000 18-year-olds
being inducted per month. That's
sufficient to keep it. current"
May said he might include in his
bill-which he said would be drop
ped in the hopper before the chap
Continued on page 6, col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1943-08-10
Parallel 7 dIks
Of Allies Seen

proposal from Italy. 1t also would
prove helpful in clarifying the
present German situation which
now is clouded by a welter of
rumors, part of which emanate from
the Goebbels propaganda machine
and part the national result of cur
rent events
The best informed sources in Lon
don are skeptical of the whole SER
les of reports regarding purported
developments following a meeting of
Hitler, GOering and Nazi military
chiefs.
These appear to be the only
Continued on page 6. col. a
Imperial Valley press., 1943-08-10

begun to withdraw from Kharkov
to avoid the rapidly growing threat
of encirclement and the fall of the
biggest city in the Ukraine appear
ed imminent
Red army mechanical and motor
lied forces raced through the North
ern Ukraine in the wake of Nazi
units reported to be I'm utter con-
fusion" at some points. The Rus
slams sliced in behind the Lag
CARDS and trapped garrison after
garrison.
The latest threat to the already
undetermined German position at
Kharkov came when Soviet troops
who occupied Murfa, 38 miles West
of the city, famed Southwark and
reached Kiritovka, nine miles North
of the Kharkov-Poltava railroad.
IN GUN RANGE
The trunk line thus was brought
within easy reach of Soviet guns.
The only Kharkov railway still in
German hands was the roundabout
Continued on page 3, col. d
Imperial Valley press., 1943-08-10
Allied Bombers Hit
New City; May Get
Fatal Treatment
Mannheim-Ludwigshafen
Shattered by 1000 Tons
Of Bombs; Factories Hit

LONDON, Aug. 10-(UP)
"A large force of four-en-
gined British bombers struck
heavily last night at the Ger
man industrial center of
Mannheim-LudWigshofen, shatter-
ing key war factories and other OBJ
jectives with upwards of 1000 tons
of explosives that may have been
the first of another Hamburg" SER
les of raids.
The Royal Air Force shifted it's
offensive back to the Rhineland to
end Germany's one week respite
from Allied block busters and left
huge, spreading conflagrations rag
ing through chemical, tank and
other war plants in the twin cities
spanning the Rhine.
Farther north along the Rhine
Continued on Page 6, Col. ~
Imperial Valley press., 1943-08-10
Nornandie Now at
A-Deqree AnqIe

NEW YORK, Aug. .10.-(UP)-
Pumping operations brought the
70, ,280-ton hull of the former French
liner Normandie to 42-degree
angle shortly before noon today and
spokesman for the Navy Super
visor of Salvage said the Vessel was
Continuing to rise slowly"
The Vessel, now the transport
Lafayette, which burned and cap
sized at her Hudson river pier 18
months ago, had been brought up
from a 79-degree to a 45-degree
angle last night, and gained three
more degrees this morning. Port
holes on her port side became visible
for the first time.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-08-10

whether their efforts would be. Sue
ceSSful.
Announcement of the desire to
import South American seed came
on the heels of an announcement
by the county war board that the
government is casing restrictions to
the point where wheat for feed
purposes will be offered livestock
men from government-oWned stocks.
Shortages of feed and seed of var
Imperial Valley press., 1943-08-10

ious kinds has been alleviated by
the purchase of such items from
Canada and South American coun-
tries.
Improvement in oceanic shipping
conditions, brought about by in
creased production of cargo vessels
and successful war on Axis sub
marines, has enabled the U. S. to
bring in large supplies of feed and
seed from Latin American countries.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-08-10

In an effort TO alleviate a short
age of alfalfa seed, Imperial Valley
seed distributors are endeavoring to
import large quantities from Argen-
tina, it was revealed Tuesday.
Rudolph Miller, secretary of the
Agricultural Adjustment Admins
tration, said growers in the area
are receiving such high prices for
alfalfa hay that few are using their
crops for seed purposes. Such pract-
Imperial Valley press., 1943-08-10
Troops Work in
n. Dakota Fields

OMAHA, Neb., Aug. 10 CUP> -
The war department has ordered
5,100 soldiers into North Dakota to
aid in the harvest of the small
grain crop, Maj. Gen Frederick E.
Uhl, commandant of the seventh
service command, announced today.
1t is the first time such large
detachments have been ordered to
help alleviate the farm labor short
age, Uhl said.
The troops will be sent to Fargo,
N. D., where Col. j. J. Schmidt will
allocate them to the points where
they are needed.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-08-10
JugosIav Cabinet
Resigns in Body

LONDON, Aug. 10.-CUP)-King
Peter II accepted today the resi-
gnation of the entire Jugoslav cab
met of Premier Milos rifunovitch
after it had split over his insist
ence that the government make a
democratic declaration of foreign
policy before moving to Cairo.
The Trifunovitch cabinet was
formed on June 26 after an earlier
crisis which resulted in DR.. Slobodan
Yovanovitch resigning as Premier.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-08-10

LONDON, Aug. 10. - CUP)-The
United States and Great Britain
were understood today to have en-
barked on an important effort to
achieve closer cooperation with
Russia with a view of taking full
advantage to an opportunity to
bring the war to an end much soon
er than was regarded possible even
month ago.
The medium has not been reveal
ed but there is a tendency in Lon
don to discount recent suggestions
that a conference among President
Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill
and Premier Stain is to be expect
ed in the near future. But it is
thought possible that leaders might
engage in parallel discussions.
1t has been suggested that some
leader such as British Foreign
Secretary Anthony Eden might con-
fer with foreign commissar v. M.
Molotov simultaneously with dis
cussions which Axis and Neutral
sources have suggested may be held
b tween Mr. Roosevelt and
Churchill.
REDS NOT PLEASED
The pressing necessity for full
understanding among the Allies has
been emphasized by the rapid de-
velopments of the past two weeks.
1t also has been made clear by
numerous statements in the Soviet
Press that the Russians are not en-
tirely pleased by the fact that the
United States and Britain engage in
frequent consultations of which the
Soviet Union merely is Kept in
formed" A parallel discussion
technique would be particularly
valuable in the event of the neces-
sity for a quick decision on some
specific matter such as a new peace
Imperial Valley press., 1943-08-10

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 tUP) -
Chairman Andrew j. May, D., KY,
of the house military affairs COM
mittee said today that when Con-
grcss reconvcnes Sept. Ia he would
introduce bill to prohibit drafting
of fathers.
May said his bill would make it
Imperial Valley press., 1943-08-10
Iialy Promises
To Continue War

LONDON, Aug 10.-tUP)-Italo-
German conferences at Verona have
ended with italy giving assurances
she will fight on, at least until the
Allies offer more lenient peace
terms, an Italian frontier dispatch
said today.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-08-10
z RUSSIAN GENERALS
DIE In RED DEFENSIVE

MOSCOW, Aug. l0.-UP)-Mal.
Gen. Leonti N. Gurtiev, a hero OF
the siege of Stalingrad, was killed
in the battle around Orel, and Gen,
Joseph r. Apanasenko died in the
fight in which Belgorod was cap
tured, it was announced today.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-08-10
7 KILLED, II INJURED
IN HAWAII PLANE CRASH

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii. Aug.
0-CUP)-Seven persons were kill
ed and II we're injured yesterday in
a crash of a navy bomber in the
navy yard area. Three of the dead
were members of the plane crew.
The rest of the dead and injured
were shipyard employees.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-08-10
SGT. SAYS WIFE INJURED
IN PEARL HARBOR ATTACK

ALBANY, Ore, Aug. 10.-(UP)-
Federal officers today were asked
to check the claim of Sergeant
Jesse Wright that his wife, kid
naper of baby Judith Gurney
week ago, suffered brain cOncus-
sion from bomb burst at Hickam
field in the attack on Pearl Har-
Dor Dec. 7, 1941.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-08-10
British
Chief
Arrives j
FDR Expected TO
Attend Meet with
Prime Minister

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10
(UP)- President Roosevelt
announced today that he ex-
pected to confer with Prime
Minister Winston Churchill
during the British leaders
visit to this continent.
QUEBEC, Aug. 10-(UP)
- Prime Minister Winston
Churchill has arrived in Can
ada for conferences, it was
announced officially today.
T he annou unce m ent
of ChurchilPs arrival said
that highest representatives
of the United States are ex-
pected to take part in the
conference.
w. L. Mackenzie King,
Canadian Prime Minister,
accompanied Churchill to
Quebec.
It was believed that Presi-
dent Roosevelt is going to
meet the other two states
men at a yet undisclosed
location.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-08-10
CHURCHILL IN Canada
FOR WAR MEETINGS
Baby Is Recovered

Sgt. Jesse Wright, 49, in their auto
mobile. Wright, who was held at
Camp Adair as a material witness,
did not, however, drive away when
he saw police approaching.
Mrs. Wright, told police she Just
Imperial Valley press., 1943-08-10
ii Miles Between
Russians khurkov

MOSCOW, Aug 1G-(UP)-The Red Army drove to
within II miles of Kharkov today and brought the city
trunk railroad to the west under fire. leaving the menaced
German garrison only winding rail route of escape.
There Indications that the Germans already had
Imperial Valley press., 1943-08-10
Why Investigate
Ne. Soys Writer

DANBURY. Conn. Aug 1O-(UP)-Rose Wilder Lane
novelist, said today it important for Americans to
know what is going on" in America when police per
mitted to frighten people in their homes
Mrs. Lane said she personally not alarmed when
Imperial Valley press., 1943-08-10

had to have a baby after losing two
of her own in childbirth Her huS-
band had been a patient at the
Camp Adair hospital, which made
it possible to convince him she was
eXpectant.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-08-10
= AMBLlNe
~ EpORTER
BACK IN THE FOLD

BACK IN THE FOLD
On August a 15-year-old boy
wandered away from the county de-
tention home in Imperial to get
away from it all
Monday night attendants at the
institution heard knock on the
front door.
There on the theshold stood the
wanderer.
I'D like to come back If could,
he said
They let him in
LIKE OLD-TIMES-
Mark Rose is getting back on his
political feet.
The other day at district meet
ing, Mark, the old war-horse of the
directors circle, was apparently
DOING
The directors had heard some
kind of a report on something or
other and had been called upon to
approve it. Yes" was heard all
the way around the table until they
came to Marks place.
Mark awoke with a start when
called upon vote. NO" he said
sleepily.
We also understand that Mark
has again taken up his customary
abode at the corner of Sixth and
Main streets, the hang-out of local
politicians when politics was big
business in this neck of the woods.
DON'T STARTLE HIM
Don't startle Sgt Cliff Reed of
the Highway Patrol suddenly. At
Continued on page 6, col d
The Omaha guide., 1943-08-14
BUSINESS LEAGUE To
PRESENT ANNUAL AWARDS

Memphis, Aug. 10 amp DR.. J..
E. Walker, president, National Ne
gro Business league, stated We'd
nesday that the leagues annual a
wards would be made on Thurs
day evening, August rs. following
tributes to Booker t. Washington,
the leagues founder. The conven-
ton will meet in Baltimore Aug.
25-27.
The 1913 awards include the G.
c. Spaulding award for the years
outstanding business achievement
in the opinion of the judges; the
r. r. Moten Memorial cup, pres
ented by DR.. F. ID. Patterson. to
the city with the largest enrolled
delegation at the convention and
the J. z. Walker cup for the city
which has enrolled during the year
the largest local membership in
the national league.
The 1912 Spaulding award was
presented to McKissack and Nc
Kissack. Contractors, Of Nashville
The Omaha guide., 1943-08-14
UNION, COMPANY BACK WORKERS
AT BETHLEHEM SHIPYARDS

for any reason"
The order was strengthened by a
statement from company officials
who said an agreement between
them and union agents would ad-
nit Negroes as well as whites to
the school for riveters and that al
vancement would continue on "a
strict seniority basis regardless of
color"
Belligerent white workers report
eI at the yards according to T. A.
Hodge manager at Z am the day
following the two declarations. but
refused to work cutting the operat-
ing force down to an estimated 20
perfent. They were asked to leave
the property, he added, and there
were no disturbances.
More than 300 policemen stood
guard at the yards augmented BY
the 159 policeme nof the company
and 113 state police and 40 County
officers ordered our by Gov. Her
bert r, O'Connor after a conference
with Bethlehem officials.
The Omaha guide., 1943-08-14
By DEAN GORDON b.
HANCOCK FOR AMP

During the year there are many
weeks observed. but the forth
coming Hold-Your-Jo week IS the
greatest. It shows that the Negro
Il at last getting down to brass
taoks and fscrng the ugly facts Of
his eircumscribed life.
Fifteen years ago this Column
launched A Hc-2 eur-Job camp
a-gn that has 4et1r been popular
among Negroes II was larg ~ a
one-man affsir and one-mal az
fairs are, = The rature OF th;nas-
limited in +hei 'isefulness. In In
article to Opportunity entitled "..
when the Mama Faileth" there
wos outlined fo' the first time the
danger that was surrounding the
Negro workers in their several
fields. 1t was pointed out nat
Continued on p~agee74)
The Omaha guide., 1943-08-14

Chicago, Ill, Oscar Stanton De
Priest, the son Of former congress
man Oscar DePriest who was elect
ed Alderman of the third ward
this year here, was appointed this
week by Gov. Dwight H. Green to
serve as a member Of the Illinois
State Commission. Young De
Priest is at present acting secret
airy to his father and formerly
held a State Banking Auditors po-
sition. Mr.. DePriest is a graduate
of Howard University and Lewis
Institute of Technology. press
Photo Service).
The Omaha guide., 1943-08-14
STRIKERS ORDERED BACK
OR FACE DISCIPLINE

Baltimore, Aug. 10 ANP) Strik-
ing workers were ordered back to
their war jobs at the Bethlehem
Steel company's shipyards near
Sparrows Point last week or face
disciplinary action, after a racial
incident arose over appearance of
Negro trainees at the riveter's
school there. The company closed
the yards a fortnight ago to avoid
a threatened race riot, but have
since reopened.
Local 80. Industrial Union of
Marine and Shipbuilding Workers
Of America QOl issued the follow
ing statement:
The union will not tolerate or
gained work stoppage nor viii it
tolerate racial discrimination. The
shipyard will Continue to operate
for the benefit of the nation and
the union will take disciplinary
measures against anyone who at
toempts 10 impede this operation
The Omaha guide., 1943-08-14
FOR. HAS FINAL say
ON RACIAL DISPOSITIONS

Washington, President Roosevelt will be the
final arbiter on government policy for combating
racial and religious discrimination in training and
employment. An operating agreement announced by
the war manpower commission and the fair employ
ment practice committee Tuesday called for cooper
ative action between the agencies but provided that
where Chairman Paul Y. McNutt and FEPC chair
man Francis J. Haas are unable to agree on policy,
they will submit the disputes to the president for
final disposition"
The Omaha guide., 1943-08-14

Washington, Aug. 10 amp -.-.
Negro engineer, quartermaster and
anti-aircraft UNITS were warmly
praised for their work in connec
ton with the preparations for the
Sicilian invasion. some Of whom
were actual participants, when Sec.
Of War Henry L. Stimson discussed
his 1880 mile inspection trip to
the European and North African
The Omaha guide., 1943-08-14
South's Negro,
White Leaders
Confer inAtlanta

J ATLANTA, Aug. 10 amp South
ern Negro and white leaders form
ing the Continuation Committee Of
the Durham and Atlanta confer
ences made another step in the di-
rection of solving the undemocrat-
ic problems peculiar to this section
in a one day conference Wednes-
day at Atlanta university.
Answering the challenge of a
group Of representative Negro lea
ders meeting in Durham that the
South awaken and grant its Negro
citizens equal rights in many re-
stricted fields and the acceptance
Of that challeneg by a Cooperative
group Of white leaders meeting in
Atlanta, the continuation Commit
tee called for the organization of
a southern regional council to in
PAO51too IL oil OdCACo "
these goals Of equal opportunity"
The committee declared that It
gathered to covenant together in
harmony and unamity to make this
day. or what this day should bring
to pass, epochal in a new purpose.
a new understanding, and a new
fellowship 1t said further:
I'm the name and spirit of Am
4rica's science and education we
seek to find and to tell the truth.
In the name and spirit of Americas
democracy we seek the way Of e.
quail opportunity. In the name Of
continued on pagee72)
The Omaha guide., 1943-08-14

Pittsburgh, Pa, The grand exalt-
ed ruler. ]. Finley Wilson. sends
greetings to the IBPO. Elks of the
World, their relatives and friends.
He invites them all to attend the
44th Annual Grand Lodge Conven-
ton which will be held in Pitts
burgh. Pa, from August 22-27. The
grand exalted ruler is checking
and completing last minute details
for the convention in the smokey
city this week and predicts that
scores Of delegates from every
state in the Union Will attend the
annual meet. press Photo Serv.ce)
The Omaha guide., 1943-08-14
US. Williams to Preach SUNDAY Mornin
REV. WILLIAMS TO FILL
CLEAVES TEMPLE PULPIT
LET'S ROYALTY WELCOME
HIS HOMECOMING

Ills HOMECOMlNG
The Rev. John S. williams will
be in Omaha Sunday morning to
fill the pulpit at Cleaves Temple
CME. Church. Selections will also
be rendered at this morning gath
ering by some of the singers Of his
choral ensemble which he brings
to Omhaa Sunday afternoon in
concert. Omahans are urged by
Rev. L. A Story whose pulpit Rev.
Williams will speak from. to help
give Rev. Williams ane the En-
semble a splendid reception On his
first visit to Omaha, after having
served the Community for twelve
years or more. Call WE. 6251 for
reservations to the concert. No
tickets will be sold Sunday.
Rev. John s. Williams former
pastor of Hillside Presbyterian
Church, both and Ohio Streets.
three years ago was called by the
Board Of Education Of Kansas City
Missouri, to head the department
Of Vocal Music at Lincoln High
School of that city. As a commun-
ity project, Mr.. Williams has or
ganized a group of men-vomen.
representing is churches Of KC
and constituting one of the finest
musical organizations of greater
Kansas City. This Choral Ensem-
BILE of 40 voices comes to Omaha
and will appear in concert at the
Pilgrim Baptist Church 18th and
Hamilton Streets, Sunday, August
18th, at $3.50 pm. under the auspic-
IS and sponsorship OF Rev. L. a.
Story, pastor of Cleaves Temple
CME. Church.
While in Omaha Rev. and Mrs
Williams were widely known am
ong Musicians and had given over
The Omaha guide., 1943-08-14
SEEK NOMINATION FOR
GnN,,rFS 6

New York, Aug. u amp The
Rev. A. Clayton Powell. il, pastor
of the Abyssinian Baptist church
and Fusion-Laborite councilman
from Manhattan. an4Urnred wei
nesday in the course Of a council
debate that he would run for con-
gress in the new goth district in
Harlem, standing in the primaries
Of the Republican, Democratic ard
American Labor parties. Rev.
Powell said he would not be q can
didate for reelection as council
man. The minister is an enrolled
Democrat.