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Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-18
RY FREDERICK c. OTHMAN

HOLLYWOOD, Feb. l8.-CUP)-
Ann Sheridan indicated today that
if the Chance-Vought division of
United Aircraft Corporation, had
come to an expert for advice in the
first place, it never would have
wriggled into its sweater-girl con-
trOversy.
The red-haired Miss Sheridan,
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-18

can be provided for workers re-
leased from war industries and for
returning service men," Purcell
pointed out.
Projects are located generally
where unemployment will exist
with particular emphasis on
the areas Of large employment
where the adjustment period may
be particularly severe
Rural main highways needing
improvement or widening were list
ed as the valley road from Sacra-
mento to Los Angeles, the coast
road from San Francisco to San
diego, the Redwood highway from
San Francisco to the Oregon line,
the main east-West routes from San
Francisco to Nevada and from Los
Angeles to Nevada and Arizona.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-18
MARINE HONORED

SAN DIEGO, Cal, Feb. l8. CJP)
-Corpl. Leroy Diamond, USMC, of
(647 Fiatbush Ave. Brooklyn, today
was awarded the Navy Cross for
heroism during the first fighting on
Guadalcanal
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-18
ERSKINE ssa L@UExxxax@~N
JOHNSON ssa sSsaY wv

Yankee Doodle Dandy" And
Mrs. MiniVer" for the best pic
ture OF the year But anything
can happen.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-18
PLEADS GUILTY

LAS VEGAS, New, Feb. l8. CUP)
District Attorney V. Gray Gubler
today filed a murder charge against
Walter Duncan, 68-year OLD con-
fessed slayer of his SO year old ex-
Wife's suitor, who shared the Dun
can home. Gubler said Duncan
would appear later today in Justice
court to have date set for preli-
Iminary hearing.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-18
NOW MANY WEAR
FALSE teeth
WITH MORE COMFORT

FASTEETH, n pleasant akuline non-
firmly. To cat and talk in more com
fort. just sprinkle little FASTEETH
on your plates. No gummy, gooey. pasty
taste or feeling. Checks plate odor".
(denture breath. Get FASTEETlI at any
drug store.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-18
ALL THE WAY

BOSTON, Feb. 18. - CUP)-Ad-
mirers of President Roosevelt, Gen.
Douglas Macarthur and Josef Stall
in, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph D. Homsi
have named their son Douglas De-
iano Stain HomSi.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-18
BRIDGES INCLUDED

|
Bridges which should be improv-
ed or rebuilt, Purcell said, included
the Petaluma creek bridge on
Route g, the Rock creek bridge and
the Little river bridge on the Red
wood highway, the Sacramento riv-
ec bridge at Rio Vista, the Feather
river bridge at Marysville and
others.
Approaches to cities recommend
ed for reconstruction included pOr-
tions of the Santa Ana freeway,
the Ramona freeWay, the Arroyo
Seco-Figueroa freeWay, the major
freeway through Los Angeles, the
Bayshore freeWay south from San
Francisco, the East Shore highway
south from Oakland, the Santa
Barbara freeway and the inland
freeWay into San Diego.
State buildings needed to house
all agencies now renting space,
Purcell said, are divided into three
types-civic center structures to
house agency headquarters, off
civic center" structures for the di-
vision of highways and loft
structures for agencies, such as the
department of employment need
ing large amounts of space.
Estimated necessary spending in
various cities included: Los Angeles,
81 100000; Oakland. $300,000; San
Francisco, $2,410000; Sacramento,
81 .625 900, and San Diego, $500000.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-15
Thousands Flown to Moresby

And how they did it, under the command of 1t. Gen.
George c. Kenney is a matter of history. Literally
thousands of soldiers flown from Australia to Port
Moresby and the 14000foot Owen Stanley Mountain
to the fighting around Buna Tanks flown
Guns of all kinds transported by air Supplies are
still being flown daily to the troops advanced positions
strategic position was menaced by sudden and
Japanese drive In matter of hours hundreds of ground
troops flown TO the in time not only to repuse
the Japs, but TO drive them back in confusion.
Australians backing efforts Fundamentally.
Due to military it cannot be told how many planes
and how much other materie is being produced in
Australia. The total however is satisfying but not yet
the amount needed to give army the support must
have to against the Japs.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-15
Reciprocal Lend-Lease Plan

In the United States hear lot about lend-ease
There is something else known reciprocal lendease
which is well known in Australia. Material resource:
being made available to the Americans in Austrais
under this reciprocal lend-lease plan
In recent speech in Australia DR. Herbert We're Evatt
attorney general and minister for external affairs stated
Both before and since September, Australia has
received of assistance from the United
States under the Lend-lease Act 1t does not by any
America great deal has been bought and paid for But
under lend-ease have such vital contributions to
defense and also to offensive capacity modern
fighter and bomber aircraft upodate types of armored
fighting vehicles and large quantities of materials for the
construction of air fields land communications and for
ficatiens. That is not exhaustive list.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-15
George R. Rhodes
Employed for So Years
by MICHIGAN Central

Funeral services for George r
Rhodes of 1898 Granville. Rose
Gale Park, will be held tomorrow
at 2:30 p. m. in the home with
burial in Woodmere Cemetery. MIR
Rhodes died Saturday at the
age of II.
Mr.. Rhodes was employed by
the Michigan Central Railroad for
50 years and, upon his retirement
five years age. was a passenger
conductor.
He was a member of Detroit
Lodge 2. F. and A. NJ. which will
conduct the funeral; Detroit Divi-
sion as of the Order of Railroad
Conductors; New York Central
Lines Club 6l3 and the Pioneers
Club OF Michigan Central En-
ployes.
He is survived by his widow,
Jessie.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-15
Nation Gives Yanks Food

I'm return say with pride that Australia has
reciprocated and is recprOcatng without stint and to
the United States forces in large quantities and in many
cases to the extent of going short supplies ourselves
I'VE have placed our aft fields, camps and hospitals
at the disposal of the Americans We have accorded them
port and dOckyard facilities and and rail transport
We have undertaken the repair of American ships and
aircraft and have made available quantities of own
military equipment All these things have been done
reciprocal aid and will continue to be DONE to the extent
that capacity for the common effort is not i'm
paired.
"The day has not yet come when we in Australia
that the claims of this theater of the United
Nations pool have been satisfied Indeed the time
with when ii is duty IL, to require
urgently and nsstently that the proper needs of this
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-15
Boy Seeking Santa
Dec. Il Found in River

BOSTON, March Is UNS)-
The body of a small boy identified
as that of Malcome tBuckyI
Harris Jr.. Z. Of Cambridge. was
recovered from the Charles River
today
Bucky vanished from Boston
Common last December - while
on his way 10 visit Santa Claus.
The search for him covered many
eastern states. The body was dis
covered by three boys who were
playing on a float.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-15
Obituaries
Herbert 5. Hemeter
Headed Investment Firm
and CHAR Co.

Funeral services will be held at
2 p. m. tomorrow in the home,
1910 Buckingham. Crosse Pointe,
for Herbert s. Hemeter. president
of the Hemeter Cigar Co. Bay
City, and the Hemeter Investment
Co. Detroit. Mr.. Hemeter died
yesterday at the age of 81.
The Rev. Harry +. Dixon Of
Christ Lutheran Church will Off
ciate. Burial will be in Woodlawn
Cemetery.
Mr.. Hemeter, a native Of Sagi-
nav. was a director Of the Detroit
Fire and Marine Insurance Co.
and a member OF the Detroit
Athletic Club. He attended Yale
University.
Surviving, in addition TO the
widow. Gladys. are his mother,
Mrs. Carolyn II. Hemeter; son,
John; a daughter, Mona, and one
sister.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-15

Southwest Pacific area In re-
latiOn TO the total strategy of
the war are met, and met be-
fore IL II too late.
THE extent of our reciprocal
lend-lease Is one justification In
equity for the claims which we
feel bound to make. IL il of
course far from being the only
one. Reciprocal aid Is part
only OF the measure Of Aus
trslia's contribution to the United
Nations pool.
"The full measure would take
account of the immense diversion
OF our available manpower-up
TO IS per cent-into the armed
forces and wartime production.
Even II we contributed nothing
under lend-lease the total con-
trlbution 10 the United Nations
pool would he there. The con-
trIbution Is one with which we
can well be gratified, hut II Il
not even yet the maximum
which exy,ts will exact from us"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-15
Bombers Provide Answer

AS naval officer recently said in speech, There is
royal road to Toxic The road Toxic must be blasted
and bombers these military leaders in the South Pacific
and Australia tell you, the
Landing troops these leaders declare must follow the
blasting of the points where the Japanese have concentrated
their and supplies The leaders in charge of
effort in that part of the world confident that given the
minimum they ask, the road to Toxic be opened and
that troops be flown in to hold the bases that
destroyed from the air..
In New Guinea particularly it clearly has been demon
strated what air power do When lack of shipping
and the activity of Japanese submarines made it difficult
rush supplies and einorcements the American dough-
boys and the Australians battling the Japs in Buna Gen
MacArthur called upon his air forces to do the trick
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-15
Homer {. Bay|iss
Machine Co. Executive;
Services tomorrow

Funeral services for Homer c.
Bayliss. co-manager of the De-
troit office of the Moth and Mer-
riweather Machinery Co. will be
held at 4 p. m. tomorrow at the
w. r. Hamilton Funeral Home,
1915 Cass.
Mr.. Bayliss died Sunday at the
age of SO in Harper Hospital after
q weeks illness caused by heart
ailment.
He is survived by his widow.
Mrs. Edwina Bayliss, 928 Virginia
Park: a daughter by a previous
marriage, Mrs. Richard Gimon,
Denver. Colo. and a brother, Wal
lace NJ. Bayiiss. Bridgeport. Conn.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-15
By BARRY FARIS

Editor Of international Ne'oS Serucc
A LEFT Australia, the last words ringing ir
II my ears were those of general who is in the
- - heat of the fight against Japan. They were
"DOnt forget what told you. All we need to
really do job out here and insure that doesn't
come to Americas shores is Z per cent month
of the cOuntry's output in planes. Give us that
and we will do the job were sent here to per-
form. Don't forget u.s. Remember that SEVEN
per cent"
The war in the South Pacific is an air war, OF
necessity. The great distances make it impossible
to any great body of troops until the air lanes
have been cleared
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-15
Road to Toxic
Possible With 7 Pct.
Of Plane Output

EDITORS NOTE-This is the final article Of sir
By Mr. Faris, fotlow9 tour through the South Pacific
and Australia
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-02
VINO, WPB Develop
Plan to Prevent
War Absenteeism
Groups Refuse to Tell
Details of Program to
Be Used in War Plants

WASHINGTON, March 2,
(UP) = The war manpoWer
commission and the war pro-
duction board announced
Jointly today that they have
developed a plan for solving the
problem of absenteeism among war
workers.
The two agencies added, however
that they would not reveal details
of the plan until it has been placed
before other government units whose
cooperation will be asked in making
it effective.
The joint announcement, which
indicated that virtually every gov
ernmcnt agency would be asked to
assist in policing the new plan, was
made as congressional irritation
over absenteeism found expression
in work or fight legislative propos-
ais Some of the bills would provide
for government seizure of struck
plants.
FIVE NEW BILLS
Five new bills on the subject were
introduced yesterday, two in the
senate anu three in the house
They we're aimed not only at shut
downs because of labor disputes but
Continued on Page 6, Col. II
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-02
20 SECONDS
Eternity in Half>Minute

NEW YORK, Merch 2.-(UPl-
A Marine tail-gunner described to-
day the eternity of time-actually
about 90 seconds-during which he
sat in the back seat of dive bomb
er in action near Midway, his am
munition exhausted, and looked
into the face of a Japanese flier
who had come alongside and was
preparing to kill him.
Afterwards, when l got to think
ing about it, my knees turned to
rubber said Master Technical
Sgt. Truell L. Sidebottom, %. of
272l Yates avenue, Denver, Colo.
RECEIVE AWARDS
Interviewed with Sidebottom
were two other Marine tail-gun-
ners, Technical Sgt. Carl T. Hick-
man, %, of 226 West Los Olivas
street, Santa Barbara, Calf, and
Staff Sgt. Wallace j. Reid, 81, of
Fort Steilacoom, Wash. All three
received the Distinguished Flying
Cross for heroic action during the
battle of Midway last June, during
which they flew with Dive Bomb
er Squadron 231, commanded by
Maj Loftren Henderson, for whom
the airfield on Guadalcanal was
named. Maj. Henderson was lost
in the action.
Sidebottom said he had knocked
down two Zeros and used up the
ammunition in his gun when he
saw another Zero drop toward him
out of the sun, pull behind and
then beside him-so close that he
could see the pilots face.
JUST WONDERED
Il commenced to point my gum
Sidebottom said. Il was going to
put up a bluff. I knew he'd give
us burst soon. but just sat there
looking at him, wondering what
was going to happen"
At that moment another Marine
dive bomber approached, Sidebot-
tom waved at the gunner, and:
HE fired at this fellow split
second before the Jap fired on me
1t was just enough to spoil the
Jap's aim and his shots went right
over my head-I could feel the
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-02
Miners Abandon
Rescue ATTEMPTS

BEARCREEK, Mont, March 3
tUP)-Weary miners, groggy from
poisonous gases, were forced tenn
porarily today to abandon attempts
to reach go workers trapped and
feared dead in Montana's worst
mine disaster.
Rescue crews have recovered the
bodies of ID victims of the explos-
ion which rocked the Smith mine
Saturday morning trapping II min
erS. Three escaped shortly after
the blast.
Six bodies-the latest discovered
were found carry today, mangled
past Identification, not far from
the point where the main body
CT workers is believed trapped They
apparently had been killed instant
/ ly by the explosion.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-02
Berlin
Feels
Blows
'Softenins Up
Process Goes on
OverCon+inen+

London, March 2. (UP)-
Berlin quaked and blazed
last night under its heaviest
air raid of the war, the eli
max of a mighty Allied aer-
ial offensive described officially to-
day as preparing the way for an
invasion of Europe.
Royal air force bombers appar
emily numbering in the hundreds
blasted the German capital for half
an hour. Big fires Sprang up, visible
to the airmen when they were near
ly 200 miles on the way home.
SOFTENS UP EUROPE
AS the sustained air offensive
softened up Europe, Allied forces
Jared we'll in Tunisia. They recap
tured the key town of Sbeitla and
pushed three miles be.fond it, harry
ing the retreating Germans. Axis
punch, twenty seven Axis planes
were destroyed yesterday and the
preceding night. while the Allies
lost only four.
A new test of strength apparently
was shaping up in the southwest
Pacific. Fourteen japanese ships,
one of the biggest conveys spotted
in those waters, we're moving toward
New Guinea under cover of stormy
weather delaying an Allied air at
tack on them. BY all signs the
japanese were getting ready for big
scale action, offensive or defensive.
MANY LARGE BOMBS
A large fleet of Britain'S biggest
four-engined bombers roared over
the German capital, delive ing what
the Germans called a "concentric"
attack. While the tonnage of bombs
dropped was not announced immed-
lately, it obviously ran to four fig
ures, including double and triple
block busters capable of destroying
entire neighborhoods in one explo-
sion.
The bombardment of Berlin pro-
vided further confirmation, if any
were needed, that the Allied air
Continued on Page 6, Col. II
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-02
Board Disc!oses
County to Get
Child Specialist

Imperial county supervisors Mon
day Informed representatives of the
Parent-Teacher association and the
health department that the health
department budget contained a 81
O00 allotment for the crippled child
ren's fund and it could be used
to pay child specialist for I'M
perial county.
They made this announcement
to a group of men and women who
attended the supervisors meeting
Monday to find out if the required
$4,000 would be available to help
pay the specialists salary At a
meeting last month the supervisors
agreed to see if the $4,000 could be
found in the budget
The health department may draw
on the $4,000 to help pay the child
specialists salary. The board was
informed tnat the specialists SER
vices are greatly needed because
Of the shortage of doctors in the
county.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-02

VI JOWll
A fire of undetermined origin
broke out about $50 pm. in the
Imperial Ice and Development plant
and sped swiftly to the storage
rooms where cylinders of ammonia
were kept for manufacturing ice.
MANY TERRORIZED
These cylinders exploded one af-
ter another with reverberating roarS
which were heard throughout the
southeastern section of Imperial
county. Calexicans were terrorized
and Mexicali residents, believing
that a plane seen circling over the
city had dropped bombs on Calexico,
loyallT marshalled its civilian de-
fense personnel and equipment and
stood by, ready to help.
/ The explosions lifted some of the
metal cylinders 40 feet in the air.
Others crashed through concrete
walls seven inches in thickness.
Others sped along the ground and
stopped zoo feet from the building
flattened into sheets of ragged and
torn metal.
CORK RISES UP
Cork used to insulate storage
rooms rose into the night air in
blazing streamers and shattered into
sparks which sailed over the town
and dropped to the earth in charred
bits.
Only two persons were injured
City Firemen r. M. Smith and Jack
Williams were slightly burned and
scratched when struck by pieces of
the burning cork thrown into the
air by the explosion.
Part of the concrete walls of the
building caved in with resounding
roars, adding to the din.
FORCE BACK CROWD
Police and patrolmen forced the
crowds back from the danger zone
CONTINUED on Page 6, Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-02
$4,000 War Ration
Books in Valley

A total o. $1,000 point rationing
books were distributed to Imperial
county residents last week, it was
announced Tuesday by John Lamb
ing field coordinator for the Office
CT Price Administration.
Brawley areas total was the
greatest in the entire county, a.
75S Ell Ccntro was second with a
total of 1867. The residents of
rural areas of the county obtained
9,799 books.
The Calexico total was 5.391
Holtvillc's was 3,45l, Imperials was
2,438, and Calipatria's was 2,058.
Lpmbing said that the school
teachers and school officials of the
county did a splendid piece of work
in handling the registration for
alton book No. 2.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-02

since the army began taking movie
stars in wholesale lots. brought into
the open the actor soldier question
one of the strangeSt of all the
war time problems besetting the
federal government.
ITS like this" explained one of
HollyWood's top picture makers.
The movies have been classified
as an essential industry. And their
workers are essential too, except
actors. The government will defer
our electricians and our carpenters.
REALLY NEED THEM
But the men we really need, our
actors. must go into the army. We're
not unpatriotic. We do what the
government wants us to. And one
of the things it especially wants is
for us to continue making movies.
How can we make them without
actorS?"
He estimated that not more than
10 top flight movie stars of draft
age remain in pictures.
And if they go, too," he said, the
motion picture as it is known to-
day will deteriorate seriously. The
actors, themselves, feel they must
get into the army. They feel the
public demands it of them. Take
this little fellow, Rooney. He's bare
ly five feet tall. His heart is not
Continued on Page 6, Col. Il
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-02

minimum amount of the petroleum
from the western hemisphere to
maintain her economic life. The
carefully restricted quantity of Pc
troleum =. destined to Spain has
with the exception of packaged lu-
bricants been obtained from sources
outside the United States and has
been transported exc, dsively in
Spanish tankers.
This has had no effect whatso-
ever on the quantity of petroleum
available to any consumers in the
United States. The restricted VOL
ume of petroleum imports into
Spain has provided for minimum
current needs and makes the &C
emulation of stocks impossible.
No petroleum products of aviation
grade have been included"
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-02
Number Of False
Alarms Increases

Unless Ell Centre youths are pre-
vented from turning in false fire
alarms their parents will be hello
responsible and made to pay the
cost of answering each such call
Fire Chief c. S. Reed warned Tues
Cay.
Chief Reed said that during the
last two months the increase in
false alarms has been tremendous
and he sternly warned that drastic
steps would be taken in the imme-
diate future unless the action is
halted.
He laid most of the blame on
youthful pranksters who are not
disciplined by their parents. About
one-third of them are apprehended
the chief said, but many of them
are never caught
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-02

present.
Permanent postponemen OF ac-
ton to dispose OF years Liabilities
would give automatic effect to the
half -and-half" plan since no Law
exists for double collections.
There no longer Is sufficient time
to enact a pay-as-you go collee-
ton plan by March Is, the dead
line for filing 1912 returns. The
taxpayers will be required 10 pay
two quarterly installments before
the paycheck deductions begin.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-02
Tax
Plan Asked for u. s.

WASHINGTON. March G.-UP)
Tentative approval by a House
subcommittee of 20 per cent pay
check withholding on income and
victory taxes after July l today
brought support for a "half-and-
half application on the Ruml
pas-as-you-go plan for canceling
of all 1925 income tax.
The half -and-half" proposal, it
was pointed out, would forgive in
come payments for the last six
months of 1912 and the first six
months of 1943 merely through en-
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-02
U.S.. Car UseCut
Down DrasticaI|y

WASHINGTON, March 2-CUP)
More government officials are 60
ing to be riding street cars and
"hoofing it" if President Roose-
velt's order to reduce mileage of
oil government cars by at least
&c per cent is put into effect.
The Presidents order, issued late
yesterday, called for immediate ap-
pointment of mileage administra-
tors" in each federal department
to organize and control the use of
federal vehicles. Price Administra-
tor Prentiss M. Brown will super
wise and coordinate the work of the
administrators.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-02
Red Cross Drive
Gets 1st Returns

First days collection in the an
nual Red Cross drive for funds in
the Ell Centre. Holtville and Impe-
rial areas netted contributions of
S1268.70, or 1Gy per cent of the an
nual quota of 12,5OO for the chap
ter.
This first days total included l8
advance gifts made by $50 firms
in the communities
Contributions from residents of
the rural areas in the three COM
munities were beginning to come
in by mail Tuesday and were ex-
pected to help swell the chapter to-
tai greatly before the close of the
week.
The drive for funds was to con-
tinue throughout the month of
March.