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Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-05-05
Heaviest Bombing
OF Jap island Made
By .NnrIcan Planes

With the | y. Army Air Force
in China. Way 5-(AP)-Thc
hravicst american bombing as
Sault from The I. :. Army air
force struck today against jana
nrsc-oCcunird IIainan island in
the South China Sea. and the
dock ARA Of IIaihong. French
IndO- hiid.
The surprise raid on IIaiuan.
ihc first direct blow at the is
land, pointing eventually at Tok-
yo. was made Ivy Libcrat0r bomb
crs recently sent from the tnitrd
states 10 augment Major General
Claire Chcnnauh'S m cd ium
bomhcrS and fighters.
Both IIainau and HaDions are
mainr ccrtcrS on sea and air
routes from Japan to the Sonth
Pacific.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-05-05
FDR Seeking Conference
With Stain Very Soon
Big Allied Convoy
Leaves Gibraltar

London. May 5.-tAF)-Thc
Faris radi" broadcast a report to-
day from Lalina. Spain. which as
serted that Il bis allied convoy
had sailed from Gibraltar. COM
prisinG. among other ships. TWEEN
" transports loaded with land
ing barGcS and armnrcd vehicles.
Ialira is IN the Spanish pen
insula opposite Gibraltar.
The broadcast was recorded ID,
The Associated Press.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-05-05
Germans Are
Heavy Losers
In Caucasus

NGScow. May 5.-tAP)-
Ground fighting northeast Of
h"'' rnS'i~k mounted today.
n';in% pace with the terrific air
battles IN the Kuban valley. IN
which the German air forces are
tCrnrtrd TO have lost more than
rs planes in the last two dav,.
ihc heavy weight of Soviet ar
WicrN IL pounding the NazIs
northeast of the Black Sea port.
which still is German held. al
tA"ugh the Russians have been
'"nih and cast of Sovorossisk
''r some Time.
H." ."~' published Soviet wat
81. .Hn showed tho Red army line
.''y.IlG rnrihward from the
i'"r,. H"H 10 ;hc Sea of Aluv. across
,"t "i'.;n delta. with II considerable
''.n ~ the middle "l the line.
ii i NOT unlikely that the most Sc.
'' current fighting l., going IN
col. '| ';.s bulge. The territory BIZ
81. highway and railway lead
,n.H "j" NnyorosSisk from n'hcr
! l'd"us connections.
hH" Germans acknuwlcdgcd q
.'t'" withdrawal twenty mile.
=" -" port Of NuvOrus~lSk and
.' .'~, 1" the russians of the town
'. N'NMNE1"n. only l. mile, north
Ca. OF the naval baScD
''.g RUSSIAN troops in the Kubau
'.''I "I" getting great deal nf Unit
"a ~, states military supplies bccaus,
~ D'ii,r connections .,d ,I,,,,. ,.I.
w 'i'H'n"SN Ia Iran. through which
49,, 'cn' supplies are flowing.
e.. nc russian Army newspaper Rec
+ ','' SAD That big air battles now arc
.''i'" Wag"d over the cncmy'S posi-,
..'I>' S'Gniiylng that the inita;iy,
mains with the Russians. who hay,
'"''IcN the battle into the cncm,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-05-05
Chile Denies |. s.
Occupation and | SC
OF Pacific Island

Santiago. Chile. May tap
--Thr Chilean defense rini.tcr
described today n without foui-
dation" u Paris radio report that
the United states had occupied
Chilean Faster islands in the
SOutI, Pacific.
The Gcrmau.controlird Paris
radio reported last night that
tho occupation had been made
with Chilean conScri. and said
IL had given tho United States
al "import,nt air and naval
base
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-05-05

OittISiNt
Allied Headquarters III North
Africa. May 3-tAPj-Amcri-
cans and French. smashing
along the Mediterranean to BIZ
zertc, have reached Il point only
ten miles from that naval base
and other forces closing in from
Matcur have driven To within
five miles of f'crryvi'lr, Allied
Headquarters adViccs said to-
day.
FciTyvi!.c Is ten .NrIr$ northeast
81 Matcur and only eight miles acrrs >
Lake BlZcrtC from the naval base.
Pushing out of Mateur to the
east and southeast. the Amcri-
cans also made a fivc-miIc gain,
and repulscd another light en-
envy counter attacked launched
from ridge on the east side of
the river Tine.
In this thrust. the Americans
were aiming AT Tcbourba, IS
miles west of TuniS and about
The same distance southeast Of
Matcur.
The penetration ~ within ar;Ii-
icry range O. B.Lrr'c vs. mace ai;cI
Drating bach: Gcrm4" COUNTER n;
lack north Of LAX" Arhhol. one -"
tho wafer GCtcn-Gs projecting ne
southern approIcnc. |" the naval
base.
Farther S"u;h the Germans also
!ashcd out III Il strong cnIutCr-a'iact.
cTst cf McdicZ-Ci-3aD. Dr'' = rs their
tanks walked INTO a British trap and
General Dwiaht D. Eisenhower,
coinruniqUC said twelve Of ilcm
were destroyed The co.micratt;cA
VS. HURLED back.
Al the PontiiW-FahS hinge"
between the German western
and southern fronts. the nine
tccnth French cu-r, was report
I'd Sinashir" ahead in " new Of
fcnSivC launched yesterday at
dawn toward /IghuUlu. strategic
communications center.
''hr rur.mgr H.." said i'r-v .Nrcc~
eating .r 1c."1 tie Gor.raN nnJn.
tain front which 'src- G""r:-. 81
L. l.. MrH;-0un"y- Br.' 80 Egh'H
irny. Wee m,,.r- s'.ic. resist
anr" bat they -,n.8 'Wu lilies by
r'gh'HH yesterday ."3 =ug" wIth.u
eight miles flo. I4gnp.au.
rte E-i''N ARMY, artillery ruu
;inucd +" pound tic enemy force.
facing . ~ i.r hills. and lis patrr..
had scl"r.. classic. with tire urclr'y
mott 80 E0ta..4r.
A. result; Uf the .imcrirau-
French advance along t,lr Nlrdi-
tcrrlnrlu iL,. upril,rrn sLurr- nF
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-05-05
ROCKY MOUNT MAN
TO HEAD DENTISTS

.... Nv" : -lApD d.. Clva,
. Rocky Mount. Was ~
''. dent "c the North Car,-
y .'al S,cictv at the CLOSING
Icy ". he socictys convention
't.r.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-05-05
Cotton Rises
Doc Per Bale

New Y".,. My 5-(ApD--Cotton
futures opened Unchanged to 20 cents
Il bale highcr Noun values were fiji
teen IL 50 cents a bale higher. May
2U2l. July 2hu3 and October 1891.
Previous Tuday'S
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-05-05
WEATHER

ron NORTH CaROIINh.
Slightly warmer IN tho IN
trrirf. litilc change In tcnpei=.
turc OH tho coast tonight.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-05-05
Now Within
Ter, Miles
OF Diizerte
North Shores of Lake
Achkel Almost Wholly
Held by Allies; Axis
Line Shrinks

With the British First Army
in 1'unisia. May 5.-tAPI-Thc
British First Army announced
today that 1900 Axis prisoners.
including 1000 Germans. had
been captured in its sector of the
Tunisian iruni since April u.
when the enemy made An ahOr-
tive attack near Mrtlir2- cl-Bab
OIL the eve of the currc:it Allied
offensive.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-05-05

CONTINUED on Pac" Two)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-05-05

tconl.nued on Page Two)
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-15
PROGRESSIVE DESTRUCTION
IN THE PACIFIC
(Riverside Daily Press)

(Riverside Daily Press)
President Roosevelt expresses agree
ment with General Macarthur that the
war against Japan can not be won by
island-hopping. This is the confirmed
opinion of almost all the more intelligent
military and naval leaders.
Lieut.. Col Frederick S. Wildman, one
of the top men in planning our air Of
fensive, says that Japan can be defeated
most quickly by progressive destruction
from the air of critical industrial, econo-
mic and military targets, accompanied by
continued attrition of Nipponese ship
ping. already strained in the effort to
maintain overstretched supply lines.
This viewpoint is the more acceptable
because it involves minimum cost in
American lives and those of our allies.
1t is to be assumed that if Colonel Wild
man expresses official allied strategic
policy, the quasi island hopping we have
been doing is working toward bombing
bases from which to launch the aerial
blitzkrieg against Tojo's islands.
Thus far, of course, we have done Jap
an no vital damage. This can not come
until we have the bases, and the planes
at them, from which to plaster vital
japanese installations much as we have
been pounding the Reichland.
1t is not easy to get such bases. First
we have to conquer the desired island,
and clean up its vicinity sufficiently so
that we won't fear losing it the moment
it becomes useful. Then we have to
hack airfields out of the jungle.
Some of course, we take from the Japs
and restore to usefulness. To acquire
enemy-held airdromes and sites has been
the object of every offensive in the Paci-
fic area up to now, according to Lieut.
Col. William G. Hipps of the General
Staff Corps.
But the Japs probably do not have
enough bases, if we took them ALL to
handle the bombing operation by which
their homeland will be softened for the
kill. So we must capture, and build,
while we prepare planes and pilots and
bombs to go to work on Tokyo.
1t may be long time before we are
ready. When that time comes, the devas-
tation that will be wrought probably will
have been unparalleled in air war his
tory.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-15
BROWDER PREDICTS

Earl Browder, kanSas-born American
citizen who was turned loose from the
federal penitentiary to promote Amerl-
can unity, warns his fellows that Russia
will not give us the use of Siberian bomb
ing bases against Japan.
'All that chatter about the Soviets
giving us bombing bases in Siberia is
harmful nonsense" says Mr.. Browder,
with only one aim and end-to try to
give the Soviet Union similar tasks in the
Far East which she has performed in
Europe, namely, to win the war for us.
There are those who will assume that
Mr.. Browder, being as he is the head of
the Communist party in this country,
speaks with inside knowledge about Pre-
mier Stalins intentions. This we chal-
lenge We do not believe, for one moment,
that Mr.. Browder knows any more about
Russia's intentions than we do, which is
exactly what we are able to deduce by
putting together one and one and one to
get in the neighborhood of three-we
think.
Indications are that Mr. Stain is rath-
er disgusted with the Communist party
in the United States, and is telling it
nothing not shared with the whole world,
including the Axis powers.
Our own guess happens to be the same
as MI. BrOWQef S. we nave no lQed dl
all that Russia will let us use Siberian
bases, at least until the war in Europe
is ended After that, who knows?
But the think we wanted to mention
was Mr.. Browder's flat assertion that
Russia is winning the war in Europe "for
u.s." That is either ignorance or a flat
lie.
Russia is doing marvellous job against
Hitler-for herself. We are incidental
eneficiaries-pleased and, naively if you
will, grateful. But not one Russian SOL
dier, sailor or marine of the millions who
have died has laid down his life for us,
for Britain, for the United Nations. for
democracy. They died and were manned
and their survivors are whipping the
Nazis-for Russia. Which is exactly as
it should be.
Moreover, Russia is not winning the
war alone. She could not win, she would
not even exist today, but for the Anglo
American co-belligerency against the
Axis, any more than we could be winning
but for Russias co-belligerency.
We've said this before and we'll prob
ably say it again. We want the record
kept straight, against the day of post
war settlements.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-15

the German war machine, it was
revealed today.
The giant four-engined bomberS
encountered the greatest fighter
opposition yet seen in the European
theater. an official statement said,
and, with the aid of fighters which
escorted them part of the 900-mile
flight, shot down at least 104 and
perhaps 149 enemy aircraft. Only
two of the eScorting Thunderbolt
fighters were lost.
LEFT IN FLAMES
Returning creWmen reported that
the targets, three roller bearing
plants at Schweinfurt in central
Germany, were left wreathed in
smoke and flames, but only later
reconnaissance photographs can
prove whether the results justified
the cost to the Allies in men and
machines.
A statement from American army
headquarters here said that the
bomber crews were "jubilantly con-
fident that they had done a good
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-15
President Protests
Jewish Paper Ban

WASHINGTON, Oct Is UP)-
President Roosevelt today sharply
criticized the government OF Argen-
tina for halting the publication of
Jewish newspapers. He character
lied this action as akin to the most
repugnans phases Of Nazism.
While this matter is of course
one which congress primarily the
Argentine government and people, "
he said, Il cannot forbear to give
expression to my own feeling of ap-
prehension at the taking in this
hemisphere of action obviously
anti-Semitic in nature and of a
character SO closely identified with
the repugnant features of Nazi
doctrine"
Mr.. Roosevelt added in state
ment that he believed his feeling
was shared "by the people of the
United States and the people Of
the other American republics
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-15
SHOE RATION CUT

Announcement of the reduction in shoe
allowance, through lengthening of the
ration period from four months to ten
tative six, has drawn a chorus of boos
from almost everybody, with parents of
young children loudest in their condem-
nation.
No young child can get by for year
with two pairs of shoes. Parents will
share by going without. But two parents
can hardly keep even one 8-year-old in
shoes with six coupons without going
barefoot themselves-and what about
those who have three, four, five or more
youngsters to shoe?
Fortunately OPA doesn't expect that.
1t has promised that, once the family's
coupons are used, extras can be obtained
for young children provided they are
for utility wear and not for party use
and ShoW-nff
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-15
Arthur Brothers
Circus Will Be
In E.. {. Oct. II

Arthur Brothers circus is a
neVer-to be forgotten experience
for young and old chiefly because
of the many breath taking thrill
acts for which American circuses
are noted. First outdoor extrava-
ganza of its kind to visit Ell Centro
this year. Arthur Brothers will
push up its tents on the Main and
Commercial field on Sunday, Oct.
II, preparatory to opening at 300
p. m. the same day for a one day
engagement.
In addition to the usual battery
of trapeze artists, tight-wire walk
erS, acrobats and clowns that sock
each other unmercifully, Arthur
Brothers proudly boasts of such
outstanding acts, too, as the Olivia
Brothers; Miss Conchita; Olvera
Troupe, noted Mexican perch"
performers who provide all sorts of
impossible" stunts. and many
others.
Featured performing animal acts
include the high-trained Arthur
Brothers elephants; high school
horses; HOLLYWOOD Madwags, edu-
Gated CANNES.
Arthur Brothers will present two
performances daily at and D.. M.
Circ,s doors open at and 7 y. M,
however, to permit patrons to in
spect animals and be seated, or en-
JOY side show miracles" just as
they choose.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-15
Dewey, Democrat
Regime in Feud

ALBANY, ~ Y, Oct. Is CUP)-
One Of the most bitter political
feudS in the history of New York
state broke into the open today
between Republican Gov. Thomas
E. Dewey and the powerful O'Con-
nell Democratic organization of
Albany
Striking at what he described as
political machines "glutted with
power" Dewey threw the full
weight of his state administration
behind determined effort to crack
the Albany county Democratic COM
mittee, controlled by Daniel P.
O'Connell.
First the governor, a Republican
presidential possibility, ordered an
investigation of the real estate
assessment methods of the Demo-
cratic city administration. Then he
followed up with an inquiry into
the election system.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-15
Flynn 10 Appear
In Court Soon

HOLLYWOOD, oct. IS CUP) -
Enrol Flynn must appear in court a
week from today to show cause
why he should not pay support,
medical and attorney fees for Mrs.
Shirley Elaine Evans Nassau pend
ing hearing of her charges that he
is the father Of her small daughter.
Whether the debonair actor will
make his latest appearance in court
himself his second in year to
fight charges brought against him
by beautiful women was not
known. He may appear" through
his lawyer, Superior Judge William
S. Baird ruled.
The petition for the show-cause
order was filed late yesterday on
the heels of Mrs. Has5aus charges
that Flynn seduced her III his auto
mobile after plying her with rum.
Court records show settlement
of $4,000 made to her By the actor
in 1910, a week after the baby
Marlyn Evans, was born.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-15
UNSOUND PROPOSAL

Senator Taft of Ohio proposes, instead
of Senator Wheeler's ban on drafting
any pre-Pearl Harbor fathers, that con-
scription Of family men be limited to
those under 80 years old. This is a very
unsound proposal.
Economically and sentimentally the op-
position to drafting fathers of young
children would not be met by such an ex-
pedent Quite the contrary. Fathers
under 80 have had less time to build up
backlog to help their wives and children
carry on during the war, to cushion the
shock if the breadwinner falls in battle.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-15
President Grants
Air Trip for Lady

BURBANK, Cal. Oct. l5-UP)-
White-haired Mrs Hattie Waller.
10. Burbank, who wrote President
Roosevelt for an airplane priority
cumberland got twill make her
first plane trip today to Louisville,
KY.
Diminutiye Mrs. Waller explained
she needed to travel by air, since
illness prevented her making the
trip by train or bus.
so, / just airmailed the presi-
dent and told him / needed to see
my surgeon in Louisville she
drawled. HE replied Immediately,
authorizing my priority rating"
Mrs. Waller admitted it was her
first trip by air and said she was
looking forward to "a great thrill. "
Il don't frighten easily, even at
my age" she declared.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-15
laps Take Vital
Town Near Burma

CHUNGKING, Oct. Is CUP) -
Japanese forces have captured
Peinma, strategic town on the
Burma border 80 miles north of
Lungling, III their offensive to
break resistance in southwest
China, a communique said today.
Objective of the offensive, a
Chinese spokesman said. was to
block a possible Allied invasion of
Burma from China's Yunnan
province.
+ The. spokesman revealed that the
japanese force, about 1000 strong,
broke across the mountainous
border during the past week, while
two other columns totailng about
1900 men are scouting the Burma
road area farther to the south.
He expressed doubt that the Japa~
nese intended to drive across the
Salween and move against Kun
ming, 240 miles further to the east,
asserting that such an operation
would require two or three
divisions"-possibly 10000 to $4,000
men.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-15
LA Health Bureau
Dr.. TO Talk Here

DR.. Evelyn Buchheim of the bu-
reau of public health in Los An
geles will speak in FL Centre at
1870 pm. next Monday on the en-
ergency maternity care program for
the wives of servicemen.
She will speak in the county
health department under the aus
pices of the Imperial County Medi-
cal association and will answer
questions about the program which
has been successfully carried out in
some parts of the country, pro-
gram under which the wives of ser
vicemen are cared for in civilian
hospitals through arrangements with
government agencies.
All doctors, nurses, nurses aids.
Red Cross nurses, and anyone else
interested will be welcome to at
tend the meeting and ask uues-
tions.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-15
Bus Drivers Go
Back TO Work

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 15.-(UP)--
Striking Santa Fe Trailway bus
drivers prepared to return to their
wheels today after voting to end
walkout that for seven days has
tied up bus traffic in six western
states.
The drivers, members of the
Brotherhood OF Railway Trainmen,
voted unanimously last night to re-
turn to work at noon today. The
strike had disrupted transportation
for thousands of bus commuters in
California, Arizona, Utah, New
Mexico and parts of Colorado and
Texas. Ft ~
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-15
Coal Strike Cuts
City's Fuel Supply

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, oct. Is -
UP1-A coal strike that broke out
in the Alabama coal field Wednes-
day has virtually shut off the source
of this steel center's fuel supply
1t was disclosed today in a survey
of the situation which indicated
that approximately 10000 of the
states 10000 union coal diggers are
idle.
First announcing a complete shut
down were the 16 mines operated
by the steel industry solely as in
dustrial fuel producers. At mid
morning, checkers from Alabama
Mining Institute, which represents
a network of commercial mines,
reported that only scattered few
mines are in production. We estima-
te 10000 union miners are not
working over the district"
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-15

bombing job again" and described
the damage to the bearings plants
as severe blow to German pro-
duction."
Air experts agreed that if the
three plants were smashed to such
degree that they will be out of
production for many months, the
effort was worth the cost. No en-
gine, whether in plane, ship, tank
OF locomotive, can Operate without
barings and Brig. Gen. Frederick L.
Anderson, bomber chief command,
recently described Schweinfurt the
most important target i'm Europe. u
PREVIOUS HIGH
On one previous occasion-AEg
1.-THE Eighth U. S. air force lost
SO heavy bombers in a single day
but in two raids, 36 failing to re-
turn from an attack on the same
targets at Schweinfurt, 65 miles
east of Frankfurt, and % from a
shuttle raid on Regensburg, So miles
southeast of Nurnberg. .
The Royal air forces biggest
single loss in night raid was SO in
an attack on Berlin last Aug. %.
An average of 400 bombers have
been participating in recent Amer.
lean raids on Europe and if that
average were maintained yesterday
the 60 bombers lost would constitute
Is per cent of the raiding force, five
per cent more than the usual max
imum that can be afforded.
A Zurich dispatch said one
fortress made forced landing in
Switzerland with three of the 10
crewmen wounded. Two of the
creWmen were believed to have
Darachuted over Germany.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-15
GOOD NEWS FOR STATE
Sacramento Bee)

(Sacramento Bee)
Good news comes from Washington for
the income taxpayers of California.
A telegram from Congressman B. w.
Gearhart of Fresno announced that by
an almost unanimous vote, the house
ways and means committee decided to
exclude from its deliberations and from
the new revenue bill proposals to require
mandatory joint income tax returns from
husbands and wives.
This is a complete reversal of the
stand taken by the committee for the past
two years.
In 1941 and 1912, a majority support
ed such action, and so reported to the
house. The provision was removed from
the revenue bill only after the hottest
kind of fight on the house floor
No such fight now will be necessary
unless the committee majority change
their minds.
Just how much this will save California
income taxpayers is not known precisely,
but 1t will run into millions of dollars
Under the 1911 income tax law, the
amount was put at $20000.000: and the
income tax rates have been greatly in
creased since then.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-15
South
Pacific Fl
AbIuze
HEADQUARTERS.

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
Southwest Pacific. Oct. 10. tUP)-
New Allied air blows all along the
vast south Pacific battle line were
revealed today. amid increasing
speculation that the damaging raid
on Rabaul, New Britain. earlier this
week MAJ lead to the virtual aban-
donment of that formidable
Japanese stronghold
A communique from Gen. Douglas
MacArthur's headquarters disclosed
that the Rsbaul assault was pre-
ceded by a strong American raid
against the Kahili airdrome on
Bougainville island in the northern
Solomons. 800 miles southeast of
Rabaul.
In an apparent effort to knock
out the last remnants of Japanese
air power in the SolomonS, a force
of more than 100 American planes
hammered the airdrome Monday.
The raiders set big fires raging
through the base, Silenced anti
aircraft batteries, wrecked buildings
and blew up a bridge. Twelve of
25 interCepting enemy fighters were
shot down without loss to the Amer
ican formation.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-15
San Diego Train
Changes Schedule

Train No. 1862 will arrive in Ell
Centre from San Diego at pm.
daily instead of 10:30 pm. on and
after oct IT, w. d. Keller. Southern
Pacific railway district freight and
passenger agent announced Fri
day.
1t will arrive in Calexico at 9:45
pm. and leave at 9:55 pm. for
Yuma arriving there at 1920 am.
instead of at LIS am, as az pres
ent, u