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Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-20
Imperial Valley Press

Established April 20. 1901.
Published evenings except Saturday
and Sunday, in combination with the
Sunday POST-PRESS, by the Imperial
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ST., Ell Centre, Calf.
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Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-20
Cavalry Finds
Vital Place
In GlobaI War

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. UP) -
Combat experience in this war has
changed the whole concept of army
ground organization and tactics
and brought a recession from ex-
tremes of motorization of the
ground forces, according to Briga-
der General Rufus S. Ramey,
commandant of the army cavalry
school,
Influenced by peacetime develop
ments, deductions from the Span
ish civil war, and the speedy Ger
man conquest of neighboring coun-
tries, Ramey wrote for the current
issue of the Cavalry Journal" I'VE
came to the conclusion that any
thing less than the speed of mo-
tor vehicle on the ground was
archaic"
Infantry, cavalry, field artillery
and supply organizations accord
ingly were ali motorized.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-20
EFFECTIVE USE

These circumstances, Ramey con-
tinued, have provided opportunities
for the effective use of horse cav
airy and pack transport.
The horse mounted rifleman,
scout, gunner, radio operator, am
munition carrier can usually go
wherever man on foot can go with
the important difference of moving
much faster" Ramey said.
He cited instances where cavalry
units were improvised by the U. S.
Fifth Army in Italy and subordin-
ate commanders in Africa, using
inexperienced men and mounts.
The British in TUnisia frequently
used horse reconnaissance and sup
ply units similarly organized.
Ramey also cited the extensive
and successful use of cavalry by the
Russians.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-20

get a Christmas dinner featuring
the traditional turkey, and the
usual trimmings. And the navy is
seeing to 1T that its men at sea
receive the same.
There's be christmas trees, too.
They may be palm trees in the
South Pacific, but appropriate trim
mings will provide the Yule touch.
The American Red Cross is dis
tributing decoration kits, including
gaily colored balls, tinsel and even
a couple of sleigh bells.
RADIO PROGRAMS
Three hours of special Christmas
radio programs have been produced
and transcribed in this country by
! the armed forces radio service for
the benefit of men overseas. They
will feature entertainment stars and
name bands, as well as personal
greetings from Secretaries of War
and Navy Henry l.. Stimson and
Frank Knox, and the top COM
manders of the various armed
forces. President Roosevelt will
broadcast directly to them from
Hyde ark, N. Y, on Christmas Eve.
The voices of fighting men over
seas will be brought home by radio.
There will be broadcast of mid
night mass from some place behind
the battle lines in Italy. A chor-,s
of 200 American soldiers in the
Holy Land will be another eveJ)
From an island in the south Pacific
will come a special Christmas-tree
decorating program.
But, of course, the big events of
the day will be opening of packages
from home and the Christmas
dinner, home-style. to be served at
festive tables in bases and camps,
to men in fox hcles and dugoutJ, in
submarines beneath the seas nd
on ships sailing the surface.
TURKEY GALORE
The army alone has shipped TO-
100000 pounds of frozen turkey
overseas for Christmas. And the
latest figure available shows tina,
more than 15,000,000 Christmas
packages were sent overseas by
relatives and friends of servicemen.
It's not all gift-getting. For
example, in England, an American
air force squadron has been saving
up chewing gum and candy for
some time to present as Yule gifts
to British children.
In Iceland, Christmas trees will
be lighted in decorated recreation
huts. Carols will be sung and sea-
men Santa Clauses will distribute
presents to all hands. At one base,
candle-light service will be held
in a nearby cathedral and special
chldrens party has been planned
for needy young Icelanders.
At Pearl Harbor, a Hawaiian resi-
dent has presented the navy yard
with a 20-foot tree. Carol singers
will make shop to shop tours
through the navy yard.
In Alaska, 500 trees are being cut
by Seabees in wooded areas for dis
tribution to treeless localities.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-20
Fighting Forces
WoitGdIu yuIe

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 UP)-
Turkey, tunes, talks and religious
services make up the Christmas day
program prepared. for America S
fighting men ashore or afloat in all
parts of the world.
Wherever an American soldier can
safely lay aside his gun to take up
his knife and fork, he's going to
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-20
CHANGED VIEWS

But the enemy rudely changed
these new conceptions. Combat
proved that motorization was view
ed too optimistically.
I'VE found that once contact was
made, progress normally was that
of the man on the ground Ramey
wrote. 1--WE found that the enemy
stopped or slowed the operation
of our motorized and mechanical
units by the use of guns on the
ground or aircraft above. In addi-
tion, that deyilish development of
this war, the land mine, has in
tested every area where motor or
mechanized vehicle could reason
ably be expected to operate
Under these conditions ground
forces could often advance as fast,
and sometimes faster and farther,
than mechanical units. In the
Pacific the jUngles introduced an
other variety of handicap.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-20
TELL 1T TO Il PRIVATE

FORT JACKSON, S. c., Dec. 90
CUP)-Fort jackson public relations
office has estimated a buck" pri-
Yates income totals $1,000 per year
with clothing, food and savings on
cigarettes, laundry, life insurance,
postage and haircuts included.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-20
Russians Force
Nazis to Fight
On Whole Front
BY LOUIS +. EEEMLE
United Press War Analyst

The drive which the Red armJ
has openeu ii the Newell region OF
White Russia signifies the begin
ming of the third winter campaign
the Germans have been obliged to
undergo in Russia, and it finds
them in a far different strategic
position.
This campaign promises to exceed
the others in scope and in its de-
mandS on the human material re-
sources of the opposing armies
Unless all signs fail, there will be
few if any dormant sectors. The
Germans, now entirely on the de-
fensive, will be forced to stretch
their facilities all the way from the
Baltic to the Black Sea.
ALONG ENTIRE LINE
1t means the Germans will have
little prospect of shifting strength
from one endangered point to an
other. The pressure will be just as
great in the L2ningrad area as in
White Russia, the 'Kiev sector, the
Dnieper bend, or along the north
shore of the Black Sea. ....
German counter strokes COM
parable to the ore which has Just
! been beaten down west Of Kiev ap-
pear improbable The Germans do
not have the reserve strength to
eXpend on such costly efforts, which
weaken their offensive ability with
out attaining anything decisive.
The principal German weakness
is in reserves. In the first place,
Hitler has nearly scrapsd the bot
tom of the barrel for effective COM
bat troops. In the second place,
the Allied promise of assault from
the west and south as well as the
east is no idle threat.
The invasion of western Europe
is inevitable. Hitler has sent in his
most trusted military trouble shoot
er, Marshal Erwin Rommel, to
prepare for it. To meet the huge
Allied army which is being massed
in England will require more man
power than is now on guard in
western Europe, but all the air.
planes and mobile equipment thai
can be mustered
BLOW IN BALKANS
In addition, a major Allied blow
in the Balkans is highly probable.
The Tehran promise of blows from
the south would have meant nothing
new If it had been confined to The
present campaign in Italy, which is
partly of a holding nature, tieing
down 20 or more German divisions
in the peninsula.
The Germans are having plenty
of trouble holding off the guerilla
army of Gen. Tito. When the
Balkan explosion comes with a full
scale Allied invasion, possibly with
the support of Turkey, Hitler's re-
sources will be stretched to the
breaking point.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-20
GARBAGE TRUCK,
GO HIGH HAT

BURLINGTON, W, Dcc. &c. (UP)
"A new sign-o -the-times is letter.
ed on the sides of Burlingtons gar
bage collection trucks Used Vita
min Convoy Service"
Evening star., 1943-07-15
Jorss Iron Works
Receives f Award
For War Production

A metal works company, founded
by a German immigrant here in
1890, the A. r. Jorss Iron Works,
Inc, received the Army-Navy "E"
award for excellence in production
Of war equipment yesterday.
Karl F.. Jorss, president of the
concern and son of its founder, ac-
cepted the award at ceremonies held
In a flag-bedecked lot across from
one of the two Jorss Co. plants en-
gagged In war work at 1924 Twenty
fourth street NV. while an audi
ence composed of workers, service
men and friends of the company
applauded. To each of the workers
went Army-Navy "E" pins.
100 Per Cent in War Work.
Mr.. Jorss thanked the Army and
Navy and workers Of his company
and pledged the continuation of its
production efforts "as well and as
fast as We know how" The COM
pany is engaged 100 per cent in war
production.
1t. Col. Frank H. Forney of the
Army Engineer Corps, who present.
ed the flag. pointed out the i'm
portance of metal workers and
traced briefly the history Of the
iron works. He told how Amandus
F. Jorss came to this country in 1881
and settled in Rockville, Md. He
later moved to Washington and
founded the present concern.
One year before Pearl Harbor the
company started manufacturing
equipment for the armed forces,
changing over completely to war
production by the time this country
entered the war.
Veterans Accept Pins.
Two employees of the iron works
who are veterans of the First World
War, George S. Trevethon and Carl
Olsen, accepted the e" pins anc
flag. respectively, for their fellow
workers.
1t. F.. G. Keyes of the Navy Bu-
reau of Ordnance, made the presen-
tation of the pins. Also participat-
ing In the ceremony were the Mill
tary District of Washington Band.
the American Legion Guard of
Honor, the Rev. DR.. c. T. Warner,
rector of st. Adams Parish: Martin
T. Wiegand, who acted as master of
Evening star., 1943-07-15
Square May Be Renamed
For One in Moscow

Greenock, Scotland, may name an
open space in front Of it's municipal
buildings Red Square, after, the IA
nous original in Moscow.
The area is already popularity
known as Red Square because its
streets are OF red asphalt. Green
ock corporation is considering the
proposal. +
Evening star., 1943-07-15
Texas Mother Ruled Insane
In Staying Of 7 Children
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
DALLAS, Tex, July 15.-Mrs.
Mary Kavanaugh Frailey. charged
with the murder of her two children,
Watt Martin Sd, 7, and Louise Beau
mont Martin, s, on May 6, was ad-
judged insane yesterday by jury in
Judge Henry Kings Criminal Dis
trict Court.
The insanity verdict will prevent
the State from pressing the murder
charges against Mrs. Frailey, wife
of Dallas radio announcer Brief
testimony was presented at the hear
ing and the jury reached its verdict
after being out Is minutes. She will
be committed to State institution
The children were slain a few
hours before they were to depart
with their father, Watt Martin, jr.,
Evening star., 1943-07-15
Police Free Boy, z, With Saw

+. TORRINGTON. Conn. R.-Police
saw what to do as soon IS they
arrived at Jerry Paglieranis home
In response to 4 frantic call from
his mother. Jerry. aged two and .
half, had caught his head between
the Stats In the back Of q kitchen
chair. The police sawed the chair
apart,
Evening star., 1943-07-15

for his Miami Beach, Fla, home
At q custody trial Mr.. Martin and
Mrs. Frailey were ordered to divide
custody of the children, each keep
ing them six months q year.
Evening star., 1943-07-15

ceremonies; Charles Dowd, flrst vice
president Of the company: Miss
Emma Karst, secretary: Ralph
Barker, director and attorney of the
company, and Granville Guide. pres
ident of the Washington Board of
Trade.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-07
CaIexicans Keep
Tradition Alive
In CavaIcade Plan
Framework of Fiesta
Held Together Despite
Wartime Conditions

CALEXICO, Jan. 6 - Be
lieving that traditions must
be preserved even in time of
war, Calexicans will meet at
the Chamber of Commerce at
8 pm. Monday to plan for this
years Cavalcadc of Imperial VAL
ley.
Because of wartime conditions.
it. is not proposed tn present tho
historical pageant this year but
1t is planned to have the usual col
orful historical and military par
ade through the streets of CalexicO
and Mexicali and three costume
dances. Costume balls probably will
be held in the De ANA hotel, the
Elks club. and a special affair for
servicemen in the school gymnas-
ium.
Date for the event and other de-
tails will be worked out at the
meeting Monday night.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-07
Bond RaIIyGets
Good Start Here

FL Ccntro'S big war bond rally
was off to a flying start early Sat
urday morning with a huge crowd
of youngsters made perfectly hap
py by being permitted to work
the big guns sent to the show at
Sixth and Main streets by Army,
Navy Marine corps units stationed
in Imperial Valley.
Two 90-millimeter anti-aircraft
guns costing 100000 each were sent
from Camp Dunlap, a 105 Howit-
ger was sent from the army en-
campment near SideWinter, an l8-
ton tank, machine guns and a 40
millimeter gun called Son of a
Blitz" were included in the display
viewed by the crowds of children
and adults who crowded the scene
for the MONDAY show Of musical
numbers presented under the direc-
ton of George Burt, musical direc-
tor of Central Union High school
and Junior college.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-07
Children Collect
Cash for Jeeps

Each of SIX rural schools In I'm
pcrial county sold sufficient war
bonds and stamps 10 buy a ieep for
the armed forces Of the United
States Il was announced Saturday
Bard Mulberry. McCabe. Mes
quite. Lake. Eastside and Sunset
Springs In the rural group and Nj
lend In the city group already have
sold stamps and bonds In suffic-
lent amounts to provide a jeep for
the men IN the service This Is
part of the schools-at-waF program
IN progress In schools throughout
America under tho supervision Of
the Treasury Department and the
American Education association.
Two of the rural schools In the
county made outstanding records
last week as a part Of their partici-
patton IN the program
Magnolia Union elementary
school, with an enrolment of s.
pupils. In three days sold sufficient
war bonds and stamps 20 purchase
two jeeps and 25 hospital beds
Their sales for the three DAYS to-
tailed $500 Not satisfied with this
record. the youngsters decided the
hospital beds should have afghans
so are bGsily engaged In knitting
them.
Sunset Springs school pupils re-
Gently completed sale Of slO09 10
worth of bonds and stamps and hy
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-07
Funds Coming In
For Canieen Drive

Voluntary contributions To tho
5 900 fund needed to keep FL Cen
tros free cauteen for servicemen
IN operation for another year be-
gan 10 arrive a. campaign head
quarters this week
These contributions we're well
ahead OF the financial committees
calls on business houses and indi-
ridusls in request Of donations
" A Schcniman. financial COM
mittcr chairman said Saturday that
ms committee sill start calling on
business houses and individuals in
the downtown district Monday.
Contributions may be- mailed or
left az either bank iu II Centre.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-07
ErroI
Flynn
Freed
Wonderful News
Says Movie Star
AS Jury Reports
BY FREDERICK c. OTHMAN

HOLLYWOOD, Fe b. 6.
(UP)-Nine conscientious
housewives acquitted Enrol
Flynn of statutory rape
charges today and left him free
to resume his place as one of Hol-
lywoods reigning movie stars.
There we're three men on the
jury. too. but they didn't count.
The ladies, all comfortably married,
went into a huddle and considered
all the intimate medical testimony
concerning the physical condition
of Betty Hansen. II, and Peggy
Satterlee. is. after their evenings
with Flynn.
And We decided" said Mrs. Ruby
Anderson, the foreman, that Mr..
Firm could not possibly have harm
ed these girls. Then We told the
men, delicately of course, and they
agreed with US"
FLYNN MOBBED
That was that, and the jubilant
Flynn struggled from the court
house. like a reluctant Pied Piper,
with a swarm of his feminine ad-
mirers olutching at his pin-striped
coat tails. tugging on his lapels and
fighting among themselves for the
privilege of touching them.
Thank God" said Flynn. for
American justice And am | glad I
now can call myself an American!
Am l glsd,l"
The hero of a score of million
dollar movies. none so exciting or
as nerve-wracking as his own month
long trial. said he still was a 4-F
man insofar as his draft board was
concerned and that he intended
to take a long rest. probably i'm
Mexico, In hope of regaining his
health. He has long been reported
Continued on Page 6. Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-07

May plan to have sold sufficient
stamps and bonds to purchase a
parachute and a machine gun. The
enrolment is "a.
on election day last Wednesday,
Mesquite Lake school pupils sold
s305 worth buttonholing voters as
they came TO the polls. Enroll
ment at this school is AZ with II
of the number in the primary
class
Eastside schools 76 pupils and
Sunset Springs 81 pupils have a
contest tO see which school will be
able 10 buy jecp for the Holt
vile airport BY April |.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-07
L.V.Farm Loans
Assured Here

Rudolph Miller. secretary 81
the Imperial Valley Agricultural
Conservation association. sat
urday announced plans where
by:
I. Agricultural loans up o.
$500 may he made b. the
United States Department ef
Agriculture through the locai
office.
z. Farmers will he paid $40
an acre subsidies for 90 per cent
accomplishment Of announced
war goals i'm essential crops
The U.S.D.A. war board.
which has its headquarters al
the LV.A.C.A. office. viii make
the loans 10 eligible applications
on every crop except lettuce and
melons here. Miller said.
In reference 10 the govern
ment subsidies on essential
crops, Miller said that no pay
ments will be made 10 farmers
who have attained more than
110 per cent of their war goals.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-07

AIS al JliI ltclIt vi JIlC IbuoOltll eto-
vance despite the fact that supply
lines are lengthening every day and
the fighting. is progressing under
the handicap of bitter weather.
The drive against Kharkov was
divided into four prongs which were
advancing from the South-South-
east, southeast, east, and north
east. The capture of the town of
Veliki Burluk placed the Red army
46 miles east Of KharkoV.
NEAR ROSTOV
There was no ConfirmatiOn of
rumorS that the Red armies assault
ing Rostov had captured Bataisk,
10 miles south of the Caucasus base,
but the progress of the Soviet
forces toward the city appeared to
be unchecked.
Axis defense points on the ap-
proacheS to Rostov fell to the Rus
slams and in one sector the Soviet
forces broke into a railroad station
and captured military train load
ed with tanks, trucks, and other
war materials.
North of Kharkov, the Russian
forces moving against KurSk cap
tured several inhabited points and
took 300 prisoners.
IN TUNISIA
In the Tunisian campaign fighter
-bOmbers attacked Axis motor tran
sport along the Tripolitanian bor-
der, and Axis radios reported that
the British Eighth Army was about
ready to thrust into Tunisia.
Bad weather limited air activity
over Tunisia, but Allied planes
raided Bizerte Thursday night and
escaped without loss, a commune
que said North of Ousseltia a Ger
man CounterattaCk drove Allied
forces from Djebel Mansour, Is miles
southwest Of Tunis.
London believed there might be
ore changes in Italy following
up Benito MuSSolinis dismissal OF
his sOn-in-law Galeazzo Ciano, and
eight other cabinet members. 1t
was emphasized, however, that Italy
was so thoroughly under German
control that there was little pros
pect of rebellion or moves for
separate peace with the United
Nations. The cabinet Shake-up gen.
orally was interpreted as an at
tempt by MusSolini to shove blame
Continued on Page 6, Col 81
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-07
Beesemyer Seeks
Complete Pardon

SACRAMENTO, Feb. 6-CUPD-
Gilbert II. Beesemycr. Los Angeles
building and loan official impris-
oned in 1880 after sensational
defalcation case, today applied to
Gov. Earl Warren for a pardon and
restoration Of citizenship 80 I can
make greater progress in connec-
tion with the war effort"
Governor Warren referred the
application TO the advisory pardon
board for recommendation
Beesemyer was paroled i'm 1910
and Is now employed in clerical
work at the Livingston Chemical
Company of Baltimore, Md.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-07
Centre Woman
Joins WAVES

Miss Yvonne Van Der Linden of
Ell Centro left Saturday for Still
water. Okla, to begin training with
the WAVES.
She was scheduled to take her
training at college in that town.
She is graduate of Imperial Union
High school and has been employed
in the business office of store
in downtown Ell Centre for the last
three wears.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-07

a year ago.
Funeral services we're scheduled
at the Hens Funeral home in Cal
eXico at 2 pm. Sunday with the
Rev. Mr.. John Jorden, pastor of the
First Methodist church of CaleXicO,
presiding He will be buried at Mt
View cemetery.
Affectionately known as Tom AL
len to residents throughout Impe-
rial Valley, he played an important
part in civic and community af-
fair; He was a faithful member of
the CaleXiCO Chamber Of Com
merce for many years.
He was best known for his splen-
did work in connection with the
Calexico Cavalcade of Imperial VAL
ley, the great historical pageant
which was so close to his heart.
A short time before his death he
made d trip to northern California
in an effort to extend the annual
De ANA Trail Caballeros trip, a
Cavalcade event, from CaleXicO to
Continued on Page 6, Col. p
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-07
4 RED COL UMNS DRIVE TOWARDS kHARk0v
MINE THEFT
ISN'T THEFT

Missing equipment from mines
in the Ogilby district was not stol-
en- but homes and warehouses we're
looted of furnishings by servicemen
stationed in that area, Sheriff Rob-
ert w. Ware said Saturday.
Much of the mining property
and equipment we're owned in part
nership deals" Ware said, "and we
found in some instances that one
of the partners had sold the miss
ing equipment while the other part
ner did not know about the sale.
In other instances there was a dis
pute over who owned the equip
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-07
U. U.S.Liquor Stocks
Held Sufficient

WASHINGTON. Feb. Cup
The director of the Office of Civ
ilian Suppl, Joseph l.. Weiner.
said today that stocks of liquor in
the United States are sufficient
1oI several years normal consump-
ton and there is no indication that
liquor sales will have to be cut to
bed rock" basis at any time in
the discernable future.
His office has made a study for
economic stabilization director
Janits F. BY irs to determine
bed rock" civilian needs of es-
Sential commodities consistent
with the fullest war production.
This study placed absolute mini
mum liquor needs for medical pur-
poses at one per cent of the total
1912 consumption of liquor.