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conscious. He awoke inside pill
box, stripped naked.
LED FINAL ASSAULT
1t. II. S. Swingler, 25, of st.
Louis, Mo-, led the final assault on
an enemy hill in battle two days
ago. Two of his best men were
killed on either side of him, but
Swigler crept forward under mach
len gun crossfire.
In a defile he came upon mark
w tank beside which stood two
crewmen. One hand grenade kill
ed both and the tank retreated.
There were times WIN everyone
expected a tank attack in force. Our
colonel sent word by runner to
Headquarters: If you want this
position held we must have fore
fire power. But whatever happens
we are't moving off this hill"
He ad his staff were dug into
foXholes. Capt. A. w. Ireland, of
Baltimore, took 10 men to the right
flank under orders to hold at all
cost.
The roar of enemy tank engines
grew louder. Our parachItists
kept up a constant fire. They
Knocked out two mark w tanks.
One youngster captured a small
Italia tankett and charged off in it
with the avowed purpose of scar
ing those B =. s."
A direct hit killed him.
The colonel pulled his last hope
and ordered three howitzers Wheel
ed up saw one gun come up the
mill. A trooper rode it's barrel
while others muscled it up the
slope beside a small white stone
house. Tanks began registering
hits all around the gun but with
the GOODNESS of veteras these men
opened fire and knocked out two
! tanks.
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entire navy.
1t was bit warm Immediately
before sunset, but in the office and
barracks buildings evaporative cool
ers kept the temperature down to
a pleasing GOODNESS. In the flight
tower, completely enclosed in a
special glass which cuts down glare,
the thermometer reading inside the
room was % degrees below the out
side reading.
But probably the most conspicu-
Gus part of the entire affair was
the evident regard in which the
officers held the valley. Chamber
of commerce officials would have
blushed a pale scarlet of envy had
they heard the officers extol the
delights of the valley to the visitors,
many of whom had spent several
decades here.
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INDICATED POWDER
40 YEAR FAvOR|TE
Skin rash torture relief
hailed by millions

For the itching of minor skin rashes
heat rash, baby's diaper rash,
thousands everywhere are turning to
a kind of medicated powder special
lists often recommend for these mis-
cries. It's called Mexsana, formerly
Mexican Heat Powder. And this
cooling, soothing powder which has
been a favorite for over 40 years,
costs very little. It's especially eco
nomical when you buy the larger
sizes. You'll want to have supply
handy for cooling the heat out Of
heat rash, the burn out of sunburn,
and the ouch out of itchy mosquito
bites. Today be sure to get Mexsana
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Timoshenkols Is
Leading Russians

Continued from page u
which neutralized many summer
German gains.
1t was the first time since the
German invasion of Russia that
the Red arm" had struck in force
I the summer.
Striking southwark into the upper
side of the Orel salient, the Rus
ms swept through more than SO
towns and villages, the communique
reported. The westward drive into
the area netted more than so.
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Rambling Reporter

Continued from page y
He fidgeted, He fumed. He stir
red restlessly. He tappd his foot. He
looked at his watch.
When will he be IMP" he finally
asked in desperation.
I'm 10 days" said the reception
lists, hes out of town..
Such things, you know, are what
cause bloody and brutal murders.
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ScanningI.V |. Y.
News Horizon
LICENSE ISSUED

A marriage license was issued by
county Clerk w. j. McClelland
Wednesday to Walter Lemuel Ed
wards. 54. farmer of the Imperial
area. and Harriet Augusta Smith,
80. also of Imperial.
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out items of particular interest.
he group stopped in front Of one
hangar and examined-from the
bus-two small Piper Cub mono
planes. One, a light blue one bear
ing the name "Holtville" was Bron-
te's own private plane which he
uses for sitting up exercises" over
the desert skies shortly after dawn.
The other plane, painted bright
yellow, was hospital ship, COM
plete with stretcher, to be used in
case of plane crash. A little far
ther away could be seen more
powerful single-winged ship used
by Bronte on jaunts over the noun
tains to San Diego or other points.
After disembarking from the bus,
the group was led through a maze
of barracks, hospital rooms, ad-
ministration and operation rooms,
officers quarters and finally to the
mess room, where delicious meal
was served.
GIANT GRIDDLES
iS AhSoi, PACPdiCo w. navy COOko,
came from giant griddles which
Believe 1t or Not Ripley might do
well TO feature. All navy kitchens
have a thorough medical inspection
three times a day.
From the enlisted mans point of
view probably the most appealing
arrangement in the kitchens is the
dishwashing set-up. All that is nec-
essary is a little scraping of plates,
rinsing, thorough scrubbing in a
dishwashing machine, a trek through
the sterilizer and dryer and some
one to stack the plates as they come
out.
Executive officers are very proud
of the operational and administra-
tive rooms which are in the same
building. Bronte said that as far as
he knew the station has the only
headquarters where flight operations
and affairs of the post may be dir
ected from the same place in the
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PLEADS NOT GUILTY

NEW YORK, July Is (UP,-The
Sullivan Drydock g. Repair Corp,
of Brooklyn, today pleaded guilty
in federal court to an indictment
charging the corporation with con-
Bpnacy to defraud the government
in the repair and construction of
ships for the navy and the mari
time commission.
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Eighth Of Sicily
Is Held by Allies

tured the seaplane base in hard
fighting and drove on northward
toward Catania. Dispatches said
enemy resistance was stronger but
that the advance continued and
that a major battle apparently like
" on the Catania plains.
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CAPTURE HILLS

The Americans captured several
dominating hills on the approaches
} Agrigento.
More than one eighth of Sicily
now was in Allied hands, only five
days after the start of the invasion,
and both the Americans in the
west and the British and the Can
adams in the east were reported
continuing their advance despite
increasingly heavy opposition.
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HoItviIIe Air Station Is
Up-to- Date Naval Bose

HOLTVILLE, July l5.-From a
broken wasteland marked with
small surveyors pegs to a modern
naval air station with sprawling
expanse of thick, wide concrete
runways capable of landing the
heaviest bombers-all in the space
of a few short months-that'S the
stor; of the new Holtville Naval
Auxiliary air station.
Officers of the newly
stoned air station northeast of Holt
Vile were hosts to the press We'd
nesday evening, leading reporters
and guests on a tour that displayed
the wonders of American genius for
construction.
To many of the guests of 1t. Cmdr.
E. b. Bronte, his charming wife,
and gracious officers, the first-hand
view of the workings of the $3,000,-
900 station was the elimination of
a dream long aspired to. For there
were several of Imperial Valleys
strongest boosters in the crowd,
who, for number of years, had agi-
tated for military recognition of
the valley.
NAVAL INFLUENCE
In every inch of space within the
boundaries of the base. from the
main gate where visitors are scrut-
.nized and directed to their destina-
tions to the top bunk in one of the
crews barracks. the influence of
the navy can plainly be seen.
After a brief pause in the officers
clubroom, which will soon be turned
into a library for naval personnel,
the publishers and news agency rep
resentatives were taken on a Cooks
tour of the station. Comfortable in
a navy bus, the party travelled over
the huge runways, which will soon
receive fledgling naval pilots con-
tinuing training in advanced aerial
tactics.
The bus stopped from time to
time as 1t. Comdr. Bronte pointed
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Yank Paratroops
Become Veterans

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conscious. He awoke inside pill
box. stripped naked.
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(Axis communicates said that bat
ties continue unabated" with both
sides using tanks, including the big
Nazi Tiger tanks of about 81 tons
Axis troops repulsed stubborn at
tacks supported by large armored
units and enemy parachute groups
on the Catania plain were annihi-
lated" the italian communique
Said)
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Uncle Rays Corner

Can you name the five highest
mountain peaks in North America?
If you can you can do more than
most persons.
Mount Mckinley, to be sure. is the
highest of all. Located in Alaska,
it rises to height of close to miles.
Next is Mount Logan, in Canada.
The other three peaks are less
widely known. They are st. Elias in
Alaska, and Orizaba and Popoca-
tepetl, in Mexico.
OF all five of those peaks, Popo-
catepetl is most interesting in some
ways. 1t holds the crater of a VOL
cano, and the volcano may be called
asleep but not dead"
The name of this peak was given
to it by Aztec Indians. 1t means
Smoking Mountain" The volcano
gives off a great deal of smoke or
vapor, which looks like smoke.
Many persons cali the peak "Old
Popo." The AztecS have a legend
that it is a god. When he is angry
he trembles, making an earthquake
or sending out flood of lava.
Old Popo has had 10 important
eruptions since Cortez and his Span
ish soldiers invaded Mexico, four
centuries ago. The last of these took
place in 1902 Since then the VOL
cano has done little more than
"grumble," though there was a small
eruption in 1921. The crater has
hundreds of little holes from which
sulphur vapor rises
Some of the soldiers of Cortez
climbed the Smoking Mountain.
They brought down ice to show their
friends.
Old Popo rises 3l2 miles above
sea level. 1t has crater about
half mile wide and about 1000 feet
deep.
There is snow around the rim of
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tlnct. Within the last so years more
than 20 excellent specimens have
been collected. All of them are large
and so very distinctive they always
| command high price among the
collectors.
Back in 1873 there was a single
specimen, Quoyana, purchased by a
collector for Is guineas. There also
was very handsome slit shell. be-
longing to another species that sold
for about S400. Both of these species
have been found in the region of the
West Indies and several other hand
some species have been taken from
the same location
The largest Adansoniana ever
taken alive from water was captured
off Guadalupe, where the water
was 100 fathoms deep. 1t measured
slightly more than 5 inches across.
The most famous slit shell is the
one pictured here. 1t is a very rare
shell and belongs to a genus that we
referred TO as being thought of as
extinct. The live specimens caught
were dredged in deep water near
Japan.
Among slit shells it is outstanding
for the very broad slit which extends
almost three-fourths around the
outer whorl. AS the slit shell grows
this closes from behind and the trail
of this closing may be traced around
the spiral of the shell.
This slit shell is beautifully COL
ored in rich yellow and red. What
caused the almost total disappear
ance of the slit shells is in doubt.
Fossil specimens show they were
very abundant some 900 100000 years
ago.
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Beer Holds Off 9 Men,
But Settles for Carrots
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS. - Walter Himmler,
who advertised a week ago for a
good home for his two black bears,
sold the larger of his pets-Big Boy
for $50, but buyer Andrew Long
is having trouble with his new chum.
Sheriff Arnold J. Whitman and
four deputies raced to a field to
answer reports that a vicious bear
was on the loose They found Mr..
Long and four State patrolmen hold
ing Big Boy at bay. Mr.. Long said
the bear slipped loose from a back
yard chain.
Mr. Himmler, hastily summoned,
used some carrots to entice Big Boy
into a cage.
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the crater all through the year.
Patches of snow also exist inside the
crater, but visitor may see large
fields of sulphur there.
The depth of the sulphur bed has
been estimated at about 1000 feet.
Millions of tons of sulphur have
been taken out by Indian workmen.
If the world ran short of sulphur,
this crater bed could provide enough
to last many years.
Near Old Popo is another noun
tain peak known as The White
Woman Aztec legend says that the
White Woman is the wife of the god
Popocatepetl.
(FOr Travel section of vour \
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Thirty Seconds Over Tokio-No. %
/ said | wished he'd start

s0'a "'Shed ned start Rnsn
Doc didn't ask me how felt about losing my leg So
after bit said wished he'd get started. All I could
think of now was getting rid of that nasty thing
That's all wanted to know" Doc said
The Parkers in now They had been waiting out
side. They knew They started talking about Ellen and
the baby. They meant wek real we'll. I was glad the
boys didn't walk in to me then
DR. c. told me about the anesthetic that would be
used 1t spinal shot Chinese had carried
the stun to Il from city that days away.
Doc back into the ROOM and said to him that I
guessed it wouldn't be bad with it Off 1t would be
something like wearing shoe with high instep.
nv
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South's only purpose in bidding
two diamonds was that he was too
strong for one no-trump and want
ed to show it. If his purpose had
been to discourage an opening lead
he would have bid two clubs. But
diamond lead would have defeated
the contract, and perhaps due to
the bid West did not make it.
West opened the club jack. Dunn
mys queen was played, and East
won, shifting to the diamond four
South played the deuce, and West
took the trick with the eight.
Still afraid of the diamond suit
IN South's hand, West led the club
seven. Dummy's eight won this, and
the ace was cashed. Now South led
to his spade ace, cashed his good
club, took successful finesse for
the spade queen, then established a
f1nal spade trick by cashing the king
and surrendering trick to Vests
queen. This gave South nine tricks.
Of course, East's lead of the dia-
mond four should have told West it
was safe to continue diamonds, and
this would have defeated the con-
tract. The lead of a very low card
usually means that the leader can
stand return of the suit.
Yesterday you were Theodore
Llghtner's partner and, with both
sides vulnerable, you held:
AAKl07
V6
uAQ1os
+A1054
The bidding:
schenken. You. Jacoby. Lightner.
Pass 10 Pass %
Answer-Three spades. Even If
your partners two-club response
was made on a long club suit with
little hlgh-card strength, there is
an almost certain game and a prob
able slam in the combined hands.
BY making jump rebid you force
your partner to keep the bidding
open to game while at the same
time giving information about your
hand. Your club support can just
Is easily be shown later.
Score 100 per cent for three spades,
20 per cent for two spades, 20 per
cent for four or five clubs.
Question No. 1,449.
Today YOU hold the same hand,
and the bidding continues:
Schenken. You. Jacoby. Lightner.
Pass o Pass "a
Pass "a Pass 3NT
Pass o.
What do you bid? (Ansver tomor-
row.
released by the Bell Syndicate. Inc)
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Natures Children
BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY.
SLIT SHELL.
(PIeurOtOunarid beUrichi. }

(PleurOtOm1r1G beyrtch1.)
1t was long thought that slit shells
had become extinct. There are LOO
fossil species of this genus known.
Indeed. it is a family OF many fossil
forms.
All of the slit shells have a top
shape. They have an exquisite
pearly interior. There is a broad
anal sinus in the outer whorl. This
closes gradually, forming the sinus
band"
The little slit shells, belonging to
the genus Scissurella, are very tiny,
thin shelled mollusks They may be
identified by the telltale slit in the
shells lip.
Some time ago living forms were
found and this discovery set aside at
once the generally accepted belief
that the genus was absolutely ex-
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Winning Contract
BY THE FOUR ACES.
UnintentionoI Deceit

UnintentionoI Deceit
The unconventional three card
suit bid in this deal was not intend
ed to stop d lead, but that was its
fortunate effect.
West dealer.
East-West vulnerable.
AKJ1073
0A73
N75
4 A Q8
Aos54 ~ ass
SK4 0Q962
tK10S3 tQ964
4 107 +K43
AA2
VJ1O65
q AJ2
@9652
The bidding:
West. North. East. South.
Pass "a Pass 2H
Pass "a Pass 2NT
Pass 3NT Pass Pass
Pass
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because rolling hurt lot in that position Doc
gave the spinal
1t made me drowsy right away, but still could see
all rlght ana think and hear They put
and carried me out through the pretty garden to the
operating building.
In the operating Doc Mrs. Fitzgerald Mary
Small and DR.. C, his wife and two Chinese nurses
was rolled the table and Doc poked the leg
bit 1t wasn't dead yet But few later told
Doc thought it dead
Doc took his time. He wanted to be But at last
he came to the table with a scape in his hand.
cooked eye down, and he started.
Continued tomorrow.
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N~cAx 6o4

Tomorrow: Arctic Puffins.
If you desire a free copy of the
illustrated leafet, Stamps and
Stamp Collecting" send a self
addressed envelope bearing a Scent
stamp to Uncle Ray in care of The
Evening Star.
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Doc didn't answer, and for the first time that he
going to take than just my foot my ankle
told him now, after I swallowed that wanted to be
that he took it off we'll below the knee.
Doc was busy thinking about something else He didn't
take it off
Well" Doc said "above the knee I'll leave you as
much I But if don't get enough off there1l have
be another one and your system in condition to
take it."
tried to find to that 1t hard to
take. But there nothing to say. DR.. c. and a
nurse helped me to roll side sucking the air
cpyriah House Inc
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accused of glorifying it. All of you must re-
member the deluge of crime pictures Little
Caesar" - in 1890 - started the cycle. Those
were years of cynical disillusionment and the
films constant exposition of the gangster
philosophy reflected them. Everything was
stripped down to the bare essentials of might
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conouerable heroes and all Nazis as ludicrous
fools. They also realize the gigantic harm
done by movies which place the people of
other nations in false or ridiculous light.
Our soldiers are closer to the problems than
we are. Already they are aware Of the global
implications of our pictures. What's more,
those boys are coming home and will be big
mart of the audience of the future. Holly
wood must get wise to itself. Its pictures
must be in harmony with the world and the
worlds future.
Don't get me wrong. know that the
main job of the movies is to entertain.
But, in entert tanning, we must not cheat
for the sake Of easy box-ofiice profits.
We are approaching the end of another
war. We cannot forget the experience of last
time when the Armistice brought an express
sion of generalization and breakdown of
old standards. The Jazz Age burst into full
flower with TASKS on hips, sensational sex
crimes, cynicism and general abandonment
of restraint At the start, movies did little to
fight that trend; instead they helped to push
us farther and farther down into the trough.
And they almost wrecked themselves doing
it. This time Hollywood cannot repeat. 1t
must not indulge in another Jazz Age. 1t
must hold the line If we lower the bars again,
we'll be threatening not only our own society,
but the society of the world.
Sex On the Rampage
lr's not hard for me to remember those
frenzied days after the last war. If people
were cynical, the movies we're more 50. If
people talked about loose morals. the MOVIES
pictured it for them If you want clue to
those times, look at these movie titles:
Lying Lips" Mad Love-" Temptation"
Passion Flame" Twin Beds, Flaming
YOUTH" Children Not Wanted" "On to
Reno" ''Trifing Women, why Be Cood?'
You can guess the result. In one year -
1921 - indignant groups saw to it that state
legislators introduced nearly 100 censorship
bills in 81 states! Most of them were defeated
- and, fortunately, the industry took the
hint and set up a code of its own with the
Will Hays Office to administer it. That was the
beginning of slow upward climb toward the
respect and solidity Hollywood has today.
1t didn't happen at once. 1t wasn't easy.
There was the gangster phase, for example,
that came with the depression. Gangsterism
had become big business - moves were
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and the Seven Dwarfs," "Juarez," How
Green Was My Valley" and many more.
Now that we've come that far we cannot
afford to repeat the mistakes we made once.
We dare not mark the end of this war with
another Jazz Age or crime wave in movies.
We of Hollywood must keep in mind the
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constable who complained bitterly about
some lads on his beat, who, students of our
movies, snarled: Lay off, cop-or we'll
bump you off,"
But now, with the possibility of world
peace hanging in the balance, Our role be-
comes tremendously more important. re-
member the day the news broke in Holly
wood that the Allies had landed in Sicily.
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Every studio rushed to make Italian versions
of their important films. You~can imagine
what great part those movies can play in
winning back the people of Italy to demo-
cratic way of life. And what part MOVIES
will play in the near future in winning back
the people of all Axis countries. But to do it,
our movies must be an honest reflection OF
that democracy. They must be an honest
picture and potent spokesman for the ideals
that the whole world must live by in the
future.
Auahassadegs Per oeoA - - m
OUR movies can be the most friendly, most
important ambassadors we have. They can
work for us - and for peace and understand
ing - all over the world. But like Our gov
ernment's ambassadors at the Court of st.
James's, or at Moscow or at Chungking, their
conduct must be above reproack, must be
statesmanlike in every old and true sense OF
the word.
Again please don't get me wrong. still
believe that movies must be produced for
entertainment. But no producer, for the sake
of any temporary box-office success, can run
the risk of offending any nation or OF lower
ing the moral standards of the world.
Pictures speak louder than words. There
is no better way of acquainting the worlds
people with us than our movies. In the past,
through lack of scholarship and statesman
ship, movies have often painted false picture
of us and our country. But now, we must
never allow ourselves to 60 back to the
old ways. We must please not only the
Hays Office and the FBI - but we must
also please an imaginary League of Ma
tions and it's members.
Hollywood need not concern itself with re-
forming the world. But there is much it can
do to help establish better standards of living
and to help the people of the world understand
and respect each other. Hollywood can help
cement the world together, or it can help sow
the seeds of dis,lnity.
Keep that in the back of your mind every
time you go to the movies. 1t will be the sum
total of the judgment of all of you which will
help hold Hollywood to the right path. Nov
les will still be your greatest entertainment.
But with your help they will discover that,
with sense of craftsmanship as well as
sense of salesmanship, they can also be your
greatest ambassadors abroad.
The Ed