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Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-09
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
IMPERIAL.
No. 20670
S u NJ NJ o n :
ON CROSS-GOMPIAINT

Y
Harry w. Horton and George r..
Kirk, Attorneys for Defendant and
Cross Complainant Imperial Irriga-
ton District.
JOHN w. RITZMAN, Plaintiff
and Cross-defendant, Plaintiff.
VS..
II. T.. WONUS, CORA CONLISK,
ROSIE DURFEE, AND IRENE
MOLES, Defendants and Cross
defendants, and IMPERIAL IRRI-
CATION DISTRICT, Defendant and
Cross complainant.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE,
or CALIFORNIA SEND GREET
INGS TO JOHN w. RITzMAN, H.
f. WONUS, CORA CONLISK,
ROSIE DURFEE, AND IRENE
MOLES, CroSs-DefendantS.
YOU ARE HEREBY DIRECTED
TO APPEAR and answer the Cross
Complaint in an action entitled as
above, brought against you in the
Superior Court of the County of
Imperial, State of California, with
in ten days after the service on you
Of this Summons on complaint
if served within this county; or
within thirty days if served else
where.
And you are hereby notified that
plainant will take Judgment for any
money or damages demanded in the
cross complaint, as arising upon
contract, or cross complainant will
apply to the Court for any other
relief demanded in the Complaint.
plant.
Given under my hand and the
seal of the Superior Court of
the County of Imperial, State
of California, this 7th day of
January, l943.
w. j. McCLELLAND
County Clerk.
BY G. Q. kenyon
Deputy Clerk.
(SFATO
mo. 60 CMl2-19-2G; J2-0-
l6-23-30; J7-lN
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-09
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
IMPERIAL.

IN IHC SDfEhpo@ tDbht ="
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
IMPERIAL.
NOTICE OF GUARDIANS SALE
OF REAL ESTATE All
PRIVATE SALE
In the Matter of the Guardian
ship of CARMEN SINGH, JAV1ER
SINGH, NORMA SINGH. and ILL.,
LA SINGH, Minors.
No. 3198 In Probate
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
Mota Singh, one of the guardians
of the estate of Carmen Singh,
Javier Singh, Norma Singh, and
Lilla Singh, will sell at private
sale in one parcel to the highest
bidder, upon the terms and condi-
tionS hereinafter mentioned. Snc
subject to confirmation by said Su-
perior Court on on after the 18th
day of June, 1943, all the right. title,
interest and estate of the said Car
men Singh, Javier Singh, Norma
Singh, and Lillia Singh, in and to
the real property hereinafter de-
Scribed and all the right title and
interest the said estate has, by
operation of law or otherwise, ac-
uuired other than or in addition
to that of said minors in and to
that certain lot, piece or parcel of
land situate, lying and being in the
County of Imperial, State of Cali
fornia, describe as follows, to wit
The South Haf (Sl2) of Section
IL, Township ~ South, Range
13 East, SB.M., in Imperial
County, California.
The terms and conditions of sale
will be 100000 cash, lawful money
of the United States, to be paid ut
the time of sale, balance payable
as follows: Buyer is to assume and
pay a Trust Deed amounting %
$600000 and is to pay Seller $l50000
one year from date of sale with in
terest at five per cent (5%): a fur
ther sum of $l50O0O two years from
date of sale with interest at five
per cent $50 and the balance of
100000 three years from date of
sale with interest at five per cent
W /r's ttC, illtt pun y VI blJlt III
surance at the expense of the seller.
All bids or offers must be. in
writing and may be left at the Of
flee of Clarence b. Smith, attorney
for said guardians, 2l2 Rehkopf
Building, FL Centre, California. or
may be delivered TO said guardians
personally in said County of Impe-
rial, or may be filled in the office
of the Clerk of this Court, at any
time after the first publication of
this notice and before the making
of the sale
DATED this oath day of May.
1943.
MOTA SINGH and
KEHAR SINGH
BY Mota Singh, Guard
ianS of the estate of Car
men Singh, Javier Singh.
Norma Singh, and Lillia
Singh Minors.
Clarence II. Smith,
Attorney for Guardians.
SNo' 1l) lM26-JlO inc)
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-09
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
IMPERIAL.


THE STATE OF CALitohN.h,
IN AND FOR The COUNTY OF
IMPERIAL.
No. 2O718
SU NJ NJ o n s
Harry w. Horton and George II
Kirk. Attorneys for Plaintili.
IMPERIAL IRRIGATION Dis
ITRICT, Plaintiff.
VS..
INEz R. NELSON, ct. al, Dc
PENDANTS.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA SEND GREET
JNGS TO INEZ r. NELSON, JOHN
DOE. JANE DOE, RICHARD ROE
JOHN DOE COMPANY, a Corpora
ton, RICHARD ROE COMPANY, a
Partnership, j. DOE, Deceased
and j. DOE as Administrator OF the
Estate of r. ROE, Deceased, De-
/ PENDANTS.
YOU ARE HEREBY DIRECTED
TO APPEAR and answer the Com
plaint in an action entitled as above,
brought against you in the Superior
Court of the County of Imperial,
State of California, within ten days
after the service on YOU of this
Summons If served within this
county; or within thirty days II
served elsewhere.
And you are hereby notified that
unless you appear and answer as
above required, the said plaintiff
will take judgment for any money
or damages demanded in the COM
plant, as arising upon contract. or
plaintiff will apply to the Court Tor
any other relief demanded in the
Complaint.
Given under my hand and the
seal of the Superior Court OF
the County of Imperial, State
of California, this 14th day OF
January. l943.
w. J. McCIELLAND,
County Clerk.
l. BY Citha Lamson,
Deputy Clerk.
! fSEALD
mo. 68) CMl2-l9-26; J2-9-
1923 30: J7-14
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-09
Mr.. lCKES HAS A RARE
OPPORTUNITY FOR SERVICE

Major j. X. Parten, right hand man of
Fuel Administrator lckes says that new,
nationwide rules governing driving are
in the making and soon will be annOunc-
ed.
If so, Mr.. Ickes has an opportunity to
perform a comprehensive service for
the nation, the war effort, the people.
the whole wartime type of government
by bureau controls, and, incidentally, for
himself.
Whether he succeeds or fails is entire
ly up to Mr.. Ickes.
The new gas program should be
entirely warranted and justified by
facts. Since the beginning of gasoline
rationing, there has been so much con-
fusion as to the reason for curtailments,
that the public is frankly dubious as to
the necessity in western areas.
1t is generally believed tnat Eastern
rationing results from glutted transpor-
tation facilities, and Western rationing is
unwarrantedly based either on rubber
shortage or need of refineries for pro-
ducing 100 octane gasoline. A clear eX-
planatiOn with supporting data has not
been forthcoming; in fact. what the rub
ber industry says seems in conflict with
what the petroleum administration an
nounces, and vice versa.
Whatever the plan is founded upon
should be thoroughly and clearly ex-
planned to the people. with supporting
data. Americans are trained to balance
facts and figures. They are reasonable.
Nothing convinces them more than truth;
nothing gets such wholehearted cooper
alton as whole truths, and not partial
truths coated with patriotic sales talk.
If the plan is good and justified, and
if the people get the facts, Mr.. lckes need
not worry as to public acceptance. There
won't be the chiseling that everybody
knows prevails in SO many quarters to-
day.
The new plan must be sufficiently
elastic to fit circumstance and conditions
in all parts of the country One funda-
mental fault with both laws and bureau
rulings. is their rigidity. Conditions
vary: and Mr.. Ickes' new plan should
recognize this. 1t is silly to apply the
same rule to a city with streetcars, inter-
urban trains, buses and subways, and a
country community without a single one
of these; just as silly as it is to perform
an abdominal operation on man with
a sore toe just because he shares the
same room with an appendix case
The new program should be no more
stringent than is absolutely necessary.
Speed and freedom from red-tape are
doubly important in many lines of busi-
ness these days. They mean more eff
cheney, economy of time, and greater US
age of man-hourS.
The new plan should be simple, clean
cut and efficiently administered. If So
it will be welcomed by the people.
If the new program conforms to these
precepts, Mr. Ickes will have shown
other bureaus how to efficiently handle
their problems he will have revived con-
fidence of the people in war administra-
tion right at time when that conf
dence is at low ebb and he will not only
effect the desired economy of rubber or
gasoline or transportation facility, but he
will have performed a valuable service
to the whole national morale.
And incidently, he would have created
a very favorable impression of one Har
old L. IckeS.
P A. J.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-09

during yesterdays continuous air
assault on the island.
COMEDIES WITH ATTACK
The reported ultimatum conceded
with one of the heaviest air and
sea bombardments yet directed
against Pantelleria yesterday.
Allied cruisers and destroyerS
stood off the coast on the tiny 81
souare-mile island in the Sicilian
narrowS while Spaatz's air forces
stepped up their aerial lombard
ment to a new pitch.
Today'S Communique from Allied
headquarters in North Africa re-
ported that the results of the naval
bombardment were satisfactory
There was certain amount OF
retaliatory fire" the communique
said. but cur ships suffered neither
casualties nor damage"
The Communique added that al
lied bombers in ceaSeleSS waves as
saulted Pantelleria throughout yes
terday and on the previous night.
The latest naval bombardment
was the sixth in the last 10 days
and the seventh since the fall OF
Tunisia. The island has been raided
almost daily on crescendoing scale
ever since the allies conquered Tu-
nisia.
POSSESSION IMPORTANT
Possession of Pantelleria, 81 miles
southeast of TuHisia's Cap Bon and
10 miles southwest of Sicily, would
give the Allies an advance base for
an assault on Sicily and help con-
solidate allied control in the Med
lterranean.
A supplement to the Italian COM
munique said that the Allies now
we're raiding the island on an aver
age of IL times "a day in daylight,
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-09
Kermit Roosevelt
Buried in Alaska

ANCHORAGE Alaska, June O.
CUPD-Mai Kermit Roosevelt, So,
who died June a while on duty with
the army in Alaska, was buried to-
day with full military ceremony aft
er an impressive service in the
chapel of a nearby army post.
Major Roosevelt was the son of
the late former President Theodore
Roosevelt. 1t was understood he
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-09
JAPS DENIED LICENSES

SACRAMENTO, June 9.-UP)-
japanese must be refused CONNER
cial fishing licenses under a bill
signed today by Gov. Earl Warren
and the ban also will be extended
to any corporation with Japanese
officers or a majority Of japanese
Shareholders.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-09

It's impossible to say too much about
the men who are handling our flying
equipment in Africa There hasn't been
q day since we landed that the 18th Air
Force hasn't flown at least one mission
not one day-Col. J. S. Allard Of 18th
ARMY Air Force.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-09
P. A. J..

Labor in Germany today. labor in CON
quered Europe today is crucified. The
once free worker of once free Germany
and Europe is now nailed to the crooked
arms of the swastika cross.-Gerhart H.
Seger, former Rechstag member.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-09
CURRENT QUOTATIONS.

1t is through social and political insti-
tutions that ideas are made to march.
Unless the idea of international collabor-
alton is embodied in political institutions
it will remain polite platitude,-Presl-
dent Harold w Dodds of Princeton L.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-09
Allies Ready TO
Open End Front

LONDON, June g. (UP)-The atmosphere ol eApeoc
fancy mounted steadily in London today as tne opening "
the drive across the Mediterranean was awaited ~
Prime Minister Churchll's address yesterday SuegeSu
what already was obvos-that the allies going TO
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-09

Should we fall we must fall with honor
and dignity.-Carlo Scorza, Fascist par
ty secretary.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-09

strike from more than one point
along the 3.000-mile shoreline of
Africa on which their troops are
stationed for battle.
North Africa is bristling with
planes. men and ships ready for
attacking Sicily while the whole
tip of Tunisia has been transformed
into am amphfbious Springboard.
Farther east the allies intentions
are cloaked in the deepest military
secrecy but a revealing report from
United Press Correspondent Rich
ard B. Mcmillan indicated that the
forgotten ninth and tenth armies
as we'll as American and French
forces are ready to shove off against
the Dodecanese islands, Greek Ar
chipelago and the Balkans.
STRENGTH GROWING
Allied strength obviously is grow
ing by massive strides. This reflects
several factors.
|. Bleeding of Nazi military
strength in Russia and Tunisia at
rate far greater than the Ger
man army can replace men, mate
rials and planes.
2. Huge American production OF
war materials, which now are reach
ing all fronts in quantities vastly
greater than six months ago.
3. The reversal in the battle OF
the Atlantic where, during the last
six weeks, the allies have been trans
forming the ocean into something
rapidly resembling an Anglo-Amer-
iCan lake.
NOT SURPRISING
In view of this combination OF
factors it is not surprising that
the axis has been put on notice
by Churchill that any attempt to
get out of the war-Such as suing
for an armistice-Will be rejected
until Germany and Italy resound-
ingly are trounced.
The shape of things to come has
been forecast clearly. Germany can
anticipate a steadily heightening all
bombardment as the summer pro-
crosses. probably rising toward a
crescendo in the late summer OF
early autumn.
While it is believed that the Ger
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-09

MOSCOW, June Q (UPl - Two
thousand German troops assaulted
the Soviet lines near Sevsk, West of
kursk, today, but were thrown back
IN bitter fighting that cost them 400
officers and men, tank and a
plane.
The toll boosted to more than l.
500 the number of Germans killed
in "a hours along the front stretch
ing from Leningrad to the Ukraine.
including 300 in the Sevsk area
alone Soviet artillery was credited
with Wiping out the other 400 troops
near SevSk.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-09
German Attack on
Soviet Lines Near
Sevsk Is RepuIsed

MOSCOW, June .. up
Russian fighter planes and anti
aircraft gunncrs were credited
today with breaking up an at
tempt by big force of German
planes to bomb Leningrad. dis
persing the fleet and destroying
- raiders.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-09

during yesterdays continuous
assault on the island.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-09
NOTICE OF GUARDIANS SALE
OF REAL ESTATE All
PRIVATE SALE

In the Matter of the Guardian
ship of CARMEN SINGH, JAV1ER
SINGH, NORMA SINGH. and ILL.,
LA SINGH, Minors.
Evening star., 1943-07-18

Strait in their way to cut the iSland's S
communications with the mainland
and routed a formation of Italian
motor torpedo boats, sinking one
and damaging two others.
Gen. Montgomery's battle-hard-
ened veterans smashed the Hermann
Goering Division and parts of the
18th armoreG division after having
been in contact with these Germans
since early Wednesday.
These forces were regarded by
Allied military observers as the
backbone of Axis resistance in Italy,
forced into battle to prevent the
United Nations forces from reaching
Catania and threatening their life
line at Messina.
The Catanian Plain into which
Gen. Montgomery emerged, how
ever, was still favorable to Axis de-
tense, criss-crossed as it is by many
waterways, including three large
rivers which run at right angles to
the line of his advance.
These rivers were the Gornalulga,
Dlttiana and the Sinetta. In addi-
ton there are many deep crevices
to delay tanks.
The Canadians, by their swift
advance to Caltagirone and Gram
michele, had made the deepest pene-
tration of any of the Allied forces.
They had sliced into the heart
OF Axis defenses in Central Sicily,
and now controlled a strategic east
west highway and river valley which
Evening star., 1943-07-18

The famous Unione SicilIano, which
for so long a time played sinister
role in the American underworld
may yet possess some roots in the
Sicilian motherland.
Meanwhile. the Sicilians here are
reveling in the sight of these rich
Americans and eagerly begging for
any castoff ragged shirt.
It. Mario E. Brod of White Plains,
N. Y, who has much to do with the
civilians. said:
I've heard nothing but praises to
God that the Americans and English
are here These people have had a
ration of 125 grams of bread daily
and no cigarettes or tobacco for a
year. They are bone poor. Some OF
them say they'd heard from Tunis
that all the inhabitants are happy
the Allies have come. Ny impression
is that they We only paid lipe service
to MuSsOlini."
Evening star., 1943-07-18
Fighting 87th' of World War |
Drops Upon Sicily From Skies

The air-borne troops carried a ter
rife wallop in f1repower with them
on their mission. The exact num-
bers OF guns cannot be given here.
but they included Tommy guns, light
machine guns, heavy machine guns
None rifles. mortars, antitank
guns and hand grenades.
Arrived in May.
And the men who carried or
manned those weapons were picked
from the top brackets of American
youth. In all the months I have
been in the Middle East and North
Africa living with troops and watch
ing them in battle, I have never
seen division with such magnificent
looking men or with higher morale
than the 82nd Airborne Division.
It's true that a division must be
measured by results In combat and
not by parade ground excellence,
but from the time the 82nd streamed
out of transports in Africa in early
May until they boarded planes and
gliders for the invasion move, the
officers and men had a devil-may-
care spirit of confidence and de-
termination that made you want to
follow them from hell to breakfast.
They seemed to have special stamp
on them, these young fellows gath
cred from the wheat fields of Kan
sas. the cornf1elds of Iowa, the mills
Of New England. the coal mines of
Pennsylvania the cotton fields of the
South and the plains of Texas.
Their appearance recalled the de-
scription of the old division by the
London Times when the troops
marched in review before King
George while enroute to France:
Tall they were, clean-shaven al
most to man, and their speech
betrayed them. Yet even among
themselves it was not difficult to
pick out the slow southern drawl
from the clipped speech of the
Yankee. while the distinctive profile
of the North American Indian was
the hallmark of many faces"
Evening star., 1943-07-18

facilitated communications between
the Allied left and right wings.
Possession of these towns forced
the Axis to fall back for 30 miles
to find a new line Of lateral COM
munications.
If the defenders wished to move
troops from the west to the threat
ened east they had only three re-
naming highways available. One is
80 miles north Of Caltag:rore
through Emma, the second through
Nicosia and the third along the
north coast
This meant that except for Sec
ondary roads, too narrow for large
troop movements and unsuited to
heavy traffic, Catania was cut of
from highway communication
through Central Sicily.
Force Held Not Equal to Task.
1t appeared obvious to Allied mill
tary observers that the force Of
$4,000 Germans reported in Sicily
was not equal to the job cut out
for it,
In addition to these troops, who
included the two armored divisions
and line of communication troops
forced into combat duties. it was
estimated that Gen. Alfredo Guz-
zoni. the Italian commander, had
no more than 250,000 Italians at his
disposal when the invasion started.
Of these seven Italian divisions
two regular field divisions and five
coastal divisions-it seemed likely
that at least three, the 206th and
2O7th Coastal Divisions and the 4th
Livorno-already had been put out
of action.
Axis prisoners already totaled
10000, more than $4,000 of them
captured by Americans.
Evening star., 1943-07-18
; Of Bomber Crew Hurt
In Crash Near Edqewood
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
EDGEWOOD, Md, July 17.-Three
crew members were injured, two of
them seriously, when an Army
bomber from the Aberdeen Proving
Ground developed motor trouble
and crashed near Edgewood today.
The public relations office identi-
fled the injured as:
1t. John A. Danser, the pilot, of
Bridgeport, N. j., suffering bad cuts
about the head: Corpl. James C.
Weyant of Bedford, Pa, a serious
back injury. and 1t. William c. o.
sen, cuts and bruises
The three men were dragged from
the wreckage by residents of the
area after the craft crashed on the
farm of Earl Hanson, about a mile
and half west of Edgewood.
The injured soldiers were taken
to the arsenal hospital.
Evening star., 1943-07-18
Mai. Gen. Middleton Has
Narrow Escape in Sicily
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
WITH THE AMERICAN TROOPS
IN SICILY. July ia narrow es-
cape from serious injury or death
for Maj. Gen. Troy H. Middleton
came early in the Sicilian cam
paign. according to 1t. Gen. George
S. Patton, jr. commander of United
States tn Army
Gen. Patton told newspapermen
that the commander of the 45th
Division was riding along a road
with another officer when an enemy
plane swooped low over the generals S
car but apparently failed to recog-
nize the insignia and kept going
without firing shot.
Gen. Patton reported Gen. Mid
dleton told him the plane was going
so fast that he was unable even to
get rifle out to take a pot shot
at 1t.
And was the general sore" Gen.
Patton said.
Evening star., 1943-07-18
Italian Coptives Cry With Joy
At Sight of American Coffee

about as follows: "All Italians know
that Germany is no ally, but an
enemy from the beginning until
right now. We all knew from the
first that If Germany were to win
we should lose, just as we shall lose
II Germany loseS-but we think we
won't lose as much as if Germany
Won"
'All Italians are glad the Ameri-
cans are here" insisted Capt. Bon:
! signor's new friends.
But why did the Italian soldiers
shoot at us?" they were asked.
Ask yourself. my friend" came
the reply, why were not more
Americans hit by our shooting?"
"Knew-but Did Nothing"
I'VE knew the Italians said, all
about your maneuvers in North Al
rica when you trained for this inva-
sion. We knew six days before you
started that you were coming to
Sicily. Nine hours before you landed
here at Geia and Licata and south
of Vittoria we knew that you were
going to land at all these places.
We knew-but we did nothing.
Secretly, all Italians wanted you to
land and save us from this abomi-
nable war;
Asked what they thought of the
possible successor to Premier Mus
solini, even these free-talking Ital-
ians shut up at first-evidence that
they still were fearful of Fascist
vengeance.
Gradually, however. they thawec
and before long most OF them had
voted for Marshal Pietro Badoglio.
Crown Prince Humberto they de-
scribed as we'll meaning but vacuous.
Marshal Badoglio. they thought,
ought to be acceptable to the Allies
because he has all along been anti
Mussolini and was said to have Of
fered to crush II Duce's march on
Rome in 1922 If the King had let
him. The fact that Marshal Ba-
doglio managed part of the Ethio-
plan campaign is not even brought
into reference in regard to his pres
ent potentialities here.
Grandi Also Named.
Count Dino Grandi, former AM
bassador to Britain. frequently is
named as another figure who NAV
come to the fore.
But the fact is that Allied au-
thorities In occupying italy. will be
faced with a yawning political
vacuum.
For 81 years Fascism has domi-
mated the Italian social and eco
nomic as well as political system.
Liberty is something to spit
upon'-Mussolini's notorious say
ing-must be in every young Ital-
ian's mind as liberty is offered him
by the Allies.
Certainly the Italians here in this
poverty stricken belt of Sicily aren't
splitting on the flood of American
money which is pouring into their
meager shops and farms.
Mafia Roots Still Hold.
In the streets Of Celia Italian
families are once more gathered in
little black-shawled and black
coated groups about their doorways,
summing themselves and looking
with constantly decreasing distrust
at gay young American soldiers
whose rough horseplay with one an
other astonishes these sons and
daughters of the Mafia.
That ancient institution, under
stand. has never really disappeared.