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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-31
Jap Reign OF Terror Reveals CrueIties

OF a skull or rib .bones-that
IL the remains OF digestive
organs.
"The greater part OF the
corpses belong TO our civil
ians. The enemy burned
their dead and seriously
wounded"
Miss Yang also described
how the japanese make sure
that those who escape the Jap.
anese butchers VIII starve or
die Of disease.
wells have been poisoned
by hog and cow carcases
thrown in by the enemy sol.
diers who killed every animal
I'm sight, she said. THE
refugees drink any kind Of
water when trudging under
the hot sun or hiding in the
hills"
The Japanese burned the
grain they could not carry
away. The Ia kung PaO
reporter noted that I'm one
town several hundreds OF
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-31
Cailiumstts. The.

lane and the larger building
This planned burning wa,
carried on for three days an
the city Of Nanch'eng becan
charred earth"
Throughout the areas ST.
travelled, Miss Yang foun'
reports that the japanese
had searched the mountain
and brought away able'bod
led men for transport work.
She wrote:
Boys between IL and i
were kidnapped for orderiies
and later sent TO Nanch'eng."
Miss Yang also stated tia
Japanese military equipment
deteriorating to the point wher
three soldiers often shared on
gun. This she believed, was OF
reason why the Japanese wer
now resorting to the use Of 60
with increasing frequency
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-12

Allied siege lines ringing Lac
were rapidly closing in on the
main Citadel of defenses," the COM
munique added
Hundreds or airdrome troops were
pouring into the Markham Valley
daily to reinforce American para
troops and Australian artillery units
who had stabilized positions west of
Lac and famed out north and
south to prevent any possible escape
attempt by the enemy garrison.
Small enemy parties tried vainly
to stop the Busu crossing effected
by patrols about four miles east of
the be-C and near the Malahang
airdrorlc. The river was swollen by
heavy rains.
Nowhere had the enemy put up
strong resistance although 10000
troops were believed pinned in the
area between Lac and Salamaua.
Continuous pressure at Salamaua,
25 miles southeast of Lac, prevent
ed the japanese from breaking out
there.
Aerial activity was minor, the
communique said. Sixteen Japanese
bombers and Is fighters raided
Kerauke, Dutch New Guinea, caus-
ing light damage. Intercepting
Kittyhawks and Boomerangs shot
down three Zeros.
Mitchell bombers, escorted by
Continued on Page 6, Col. g.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-12

Heaviest lighting on the Italian
front centered around Salerno,
where 200 Germans were captured
by Lieut.. Gen. Mark W. Clark's
5th army, but the British 9Th army
in the toe of Italys boot also ad-
vanced Is miles into the Calabrian
bottleneck and reached Mazda.
German tanks counterattacked
the Americans and there was heavy
fighting on the beaches on Thurs
day. when Allied warships off the
coast strongly supported the in
vaSion spearhead. The Allied ships
concentrated their fire on the Nazi
tanks.
The ship gunners, repeating the
lessons they learned during the
landings in Sicily, knocked out a
number of enemy tanks and en-
abled the Americans to make good
their foothold The British forces,
landing nearby, met less resistance
in the first stages of the attack
but encountered strong opposition
later.
ITALIANS FIGHT NAZIS
German broadcasts admitted some
Italian troops had gone over to
the Allies and We're fighting the
Germans.
German panzer units led all of
the counterattacks against the
beach heads and Allied warships
were forced to dart In close to
shore to support our landing forces
At one point the American div
ision's commander went ashore to
direct the beach fighting on the
scene. Later, the invaders began to
make steady progress inland, des-
pite the many advantages tempor-
arily held by the Nazi 10Th panzer
diviion on the shore. The action
of the commander recalled the time
Lieut.. Gen. George S. Patton, Jr.,
splashed ashore at the Sicilian port
of Celia to direct the repulsing of a
powerful counterattack.
Naval experts at Salerno were
Continued on page 6, col a.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-12
Reds Speed Drive
Toward Dnie ieper

the capture OF nearly 800 towns and
villages in the past "a hours were
reported by the Soviet high COM
mand and German forces were re-
treating in some sectors at such a
rate that they had no time to sow
mines behind them.
German prisoners were being
rounded up in groups of hundreds
and wholesale lots of abandoned
equipment were found intact Three
hundred Germans were captured
south and west of Stalino alone,
while the days booty included 81
tanks and los guns.
ATTEMPT LANDING
(Radio Berlin broadcast that
Soviet forces attempted a landing
off NovorosSisk harbor, hub of the
Axis bridgehead in the northwest
Caucasus opposite Crimea. Several
Soviet gunboats, patrol boats and
landing craft were sunk, the Ger
mans Said)
At one point, the Russians were
only As miles east of the Dnieper
river bend following the capture of
the railroad junction of Chaplino
while the seizure of Petropavlovka,
to the northeast, brought another
Soviet force to within SO miles of
the industrial center of Dniepero-
petrovSk.
The whole German salient south
and southeast OF Chaplino was
crumbling rapidly under tripham-
mer Soviet blows. The capture of
Mariupol, metallurgical center on
the Sea of AZoV, knocked out the
southern anchor of the German de-
fense line in this sector yesterday
and there seemed little prospect
that the Nazis can make stand
east of Beryansk, as miles to the
west, or Melitopol, 10 miles farther
west, whose fall would cut the only
railroad line into the Crimea and
doom the German garrison there.
More than 2500 Germans were
killed south and southwest of
Stalino yesterday and about Is
localities liberated, while 140 towns
and villages were seized farther
west.
Another 80 villages fell to the
Russians on the approaches to Kiev
and an equal number to other
forces above Bryansk.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-12
Of
Defense Ordered
As Dewitt Warns
Commander of Fourth
Army Warns of Danger
Ahead for Coast Area

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept.
IL (UP) The ninth reg
ional civilian defense board
ordered a re-appraisal of
west coast Civilian defense
following a warning by 1t. Gen.
John L. Dewitt that public lethargy
has created a dangerous situa-
ton.
Gen Dewitt, commander of the
fourth army and western defense
command, warned of the growing
hazard of organized sabotage and
espionage" citing as possible enemy
action on the west coast sabotage,
submarine attacks, air raids on
Seattle, Portland, San Francisco,
Los Angeles and San Diego, nuis-
ance air raids on forests and COM
mando raids by landing parties or
paratroopS ir vital areas.
CHANGE PROGRAMS
The board, a. closed meeting
yesterday, authorized publication of
Gen. Dewitt's warning and ordered
each state within the ninth civilian
region to change its defense pro-
gram best to meet 'the local situa-
ton.
Gen. Dewitt, who will be trans
ferred to Washington, D. c., ef-
fective Sept. Is to become COM
mandant of the army and navy war
college, pointed out that the en-
emy is by nature patient and will
strike when the public has been
lulled into sense of security"
"The war in the Pacific is still
in its early stages and as increased
military pressure is brought against
the enemy the danger of retaliatory
action on his part against vital
areas of the Pacific coast will in
crease" Gen. Dewitt wrote.
KEEP ON ALERT
1T is essential, therefore, that the
civilian defense organization be not
only kept on the alert but perfected
in the light of new conditions"
The defense boards recommended
ton for changes in civilian defense
ordered rational adjustments to
meet the local situations, without
specifying what measures should be
taken.
The board session took no action
in making any changes of dim out
regulations.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-12
Il Canadians Die
In Train Wreck

HAMILTON, Ont, Sept. IL
(UP)-The death toll in one of
Ontario's worst wrecks stood today
at II persons, all killed when a
Canadian national railways passen-
ger train hit bus near Aldersbot
last night.
The train, going 60 miles an
hour cut the Canada coach lines
bus in half, tossing one portion off
the track, and carrying the other
quarter of mile. Two passen,
gers in the bus escaped with minor
injuries. All victims were Cana
dianS.
A II year old boy who was at
tempting to catch the bus when 1t
stopped for the grade crossing saw
the accident. He said the bus stop
ped briefly, and then headed across
the track" straight into the path of
the train.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-12

IN SICILY.
Former Premier Benito Mussolini,
whom Hitler praised in speech
yesterday, was believed by the Ger
mans to have been removed to
north Africa.
The Germans officially claimed
to have taken over the greater part
of the Italian peninsula and said
Rome had capitulated, but sources
close to British military intelli-
gence in London said that despite
these Nazi claims there was reSis-
tance in Rome, and that the Ger
mans had been forced to bring up
reinforcements because of bitter
street fighting. 1t was not believed,
however that the Italian resistance
was strong.
OCCUPY VATICAN
British sources also said it gen.
orally was believed that the Ger
mans had occupied Vatican City,
but that belief was not otherwise
confirmed and Vatican City radio
continued to broadcast.
The German version of develop
ments in Italy and other areas
which had been occupied by italian
troops was that the Nazis were
firmly in control after battles at
various points.
The Paris radio reported that 1000
Italian officers and troops which
had been in the Haute Savoie sec
ton of France had crossed into
Switzerland
Other roundabout reports reach
ing London from Sweden and
Switzerland said Allied armies have
captured Naples, Spezia, Leghorn,
Civitavecchia and Gaeta on the
Italian west coast, as well as the
Continued on page 6, col A.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-12
Attack Fatal 10
hoIfviIIe Pastor

HOLTVILLE. Sept. 1.-THE Rev
Mr.. F.. M. Simpson, 90, who SUBJ
stituted in the pulpit at the Holt
Vile Methodist church for a year,
died from a heart attack in Holt
vile at 4:30 a. m. Saturday.
He completed his services in the
Holtville church last June.
Funeral services will be. held at
the Holtville Methodist church at
10 a. m. Monday with the Rev. Mr.
Joseph McShane officiating at the
rites. He will be buried in Okla
homa City, Oklahoma.
He is survived by his wife; two
daughters, Mrs. Dan Cooper of
Britton, Okla, and Mrs. J. w. Clark
of Darrouzett, Texas; and five sons,
j. E. Simpson of El Centre, S. H.
Simpson of Oklahoma City, H. C.
Simpson, in naval aviation station
ed at Norman, Okla, G. w. Simp-
son, a merchant marine cadet sta
toned at Kings Point, N. Y, and
r. l.. Simpson, with the army air
corps at Wickenburg, Ariz.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-12

WASHINGTON, Sept. l1.-CUP)
Bernard M. Baruch was said to-
day to have described the new west
coast manpower control plan as an
experimental national service act
and to have advised war mobiliza-
ton director James F.. Byrnes that
a labor draft act will fail admin
istratively if the program falls
through.
A report on the manpower situa-
ton, not yet made public, was sub
mitted recently to Byrnes by
Baruch, an adviser to the war
mobilization committee, and John
Handbook, a member of Byrnes'
staff, after a thorough survey of
production schedules and dWindling
labor supplies. ....
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-12
Baruch Report on
Manpower Ready

Authoritative sources said Bar
uch's study resembles in intensive
ness his research on the rubber
muddle" and that his report ex-
presses deep concern over place.
ment of contracts by procurement
agencies in areas which already
were hampered by labor shortages.
1t is said, also, to criticize sharply
labor boarding practices by war
contractors.
Baruch and Hancock were said to
have advised Byrnes that no new
contracts should be placed with
west coast manufacturers, that a
greater part of the work be SUBJ
contracted, and that in extreme
cases contracts be cancelled.
They were reported to have claim
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-12

: In addition to six Italian war;
ships reported at Gibaltar and seven
said to have arrived and been in
termed in the Spanish Balearic is
lands, the units OF the Italian fleet
arriving here including the battle
ships Eugenia Di Savoia, the
Andrea Doria $4,000 tons) and the
Giulio Cesare $4,000 tons); the
cruisers Cardoma and Magno, and
the destroyer Darreco.
RAF fliers said that about 81
fleeing Italian vessels fought a hard
battle with the Luftwaffe, which
left at least one battleship afire
and sinking The Germans also
claimed to have sunk a cruiser and
destroyer.
LITTLE PROTECTION
The Italian ships were attacked
by the Luftwaffe off the strait of
Bonifacio between Corsica and Sic
lily, where the battleship and posi-
bly, other vessels were sunk. One
Marauder reconnaissance plane was
close to the scene of action but the
Allies were not then able to offer
cir protection for the Italians who
were en- route to Malta.
The battleship emitted huge
clouds of smoke and steam and was
seen to break in two. Many sailors
were rescued by other ships, while
Italian gunnerS put up a heavy
barrage.
Maltese crowds turned out in
force to watch the italian ships
steam slowly up the channel. They
were escorted by British destroyers
The Italian units stood out in
vivid contrast to the War-stained
British destroyers, largely because
the Italian ships had been held in
port or avoided battle during most
of the war.
The sight of the italian vessels
was a vivid climax and triumph for
the Maltese after their long bat
tie and siege.
According to James fighting
ships for 1942, the Italian fleet was
believed to consist of the following:
Four new, 35,000-ton battleships-
the Vittorio, Veneto, Impero and
Continued on Page 6, Column g.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-12
Great Land Armies
Needed in Pacific

SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA,
Sept. ll.-UP)-Vast land armies,
as we'll as greatly increased air and
naval strength will be required to
drive the Japs from their Pacific
defenses, julius Amberg, special as
sistant to undersecretary of war
Robert P. Patterson, declared after
he visited the New Guinea battle
fields.
Il am sure people in the United
States have no conception on the
Colossal effort which dislogement
of the Japanese from their de-
fenses sown throughout the Pac-
ific area entails" Amberg said dur
ing his recent tour here.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-12
BrowIey Women Named to
Deputy Protection Post

Mrs. Leona Jacobs. Imperial coun-
ty probation officer, Saturday ap-
pointed Mrs. Mildred Standlee of
Brawley a deputy probation officer
at salary of $2,l00 a year.
The appointment became effective
Immediately The county probation
committee met Mrs. Standlee, APP
proved her credentials, and recon-
mended that Mrs. Jacobs appoint
her as deputy in the probation Of
flee.
Mrs. Standlee has lived In I'm
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-12
Hay May Replace
Vegetables Soon

FRESNO, CAL, Sept. ll.-(UP)-
Eastern consumers may be eating
hay instead of fresh vegetables this
winter unless OPA clarifies i'm
mediately it's policy on fresh vege-
table ceilings, Robert Franklin, rep
resenting approximately 5000 San
Joaquin Valley fruit and vegetable
growers, warned Chester Bowles,
OPA general manager, today.
Franklin wired the administrator
that reported ceilings on fresh vege-
tables similar to those In effect for
fresh grapes would make OPA re-
sponsible for farmers in the rich
agricultural valley planting hay and
other less perishable crops instead
of fall and winter vegetables.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-12
u Believed Dead
As Forts Collide

ALEXANDRIA,, La, Sept. IL
CUP)-Twenty-two crew members
of two flying fortresses are believed
to have been killed 40 miles south
east of Galveston, Tex, when the
two big planes collided and plunged
into the Gulf of Mexico.
The Carsh was announced sby
headquarters of the Alexandra
army air base from which the
planes had taken off on training
flights.
Air base officers said that a
search by navy craft and army
planes had failed to locate any sur
yivogs.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-12
ALLIES DRIVE INLAND in NAPLES area
FREEDOM DASH
UNINTERRUPTED

SAN DIEGO, Cal, Sept. H.
tUP) -y,ear-Old Violet
Ellington received suspended
Jail sentence on vagrancy
charge in Municipal Court on
condition that she leave San
Diego, Marshal Chester CleatOr
reported today.
Apparently the young woman
did not understand that she was
about to be set free. While being
escorted from the court room by
CleatOr and matrOn, the girl
made a sudden dash for freedom.
CleatOr made no effort to re-
capture her but commented "the
court told her to leave town and
at the rate she is going, she will
pass La JOlla i'm a few minutes
and be out of the county in an
hour"
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-12

ed that the recent decision to draft
family men was necessary to give
the government greater control over
approximately 100000 draft-age
fathers who are engaged in war
work. They were said to have up
held the selective service deferment
policy emphasizing occupation,
rather than dependency.
Blanket deferment of agricul-
tural workers was described by the
report as creating a haven for
draft dodgers, informed quarters
said. 1t was said also, the report
charged farmers with labor hoard
ing and recommended stricter
standards for granting farm defer
mentS.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-12

SCOW. Sept. IL (UP) -
Triumphant Red armies speeded
up their coordinated offensives on
the southern and central fronts to-
day to pace that held promise of
reaching the Dnieper river along
possibly a 600-mile stretch before
the autumn rains turn battlefields
to mud.
Advances of up to 25 miles and
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-12

employed by the State Relief Ad-
ministration in Imperial county
She is married and has two child
ren.
Her appointment was made to
fill the position in the probation Of
flee which was created by the coun-
ty board of supervisors to help
handle the work which has greatly
increased, especially in the juvenile
department, in recent years.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-12

ton said rescue parties still we're
digging in the debris at Tottori for
victims.
The Port of Osaka. east OF Tottor,i
was shaken along with Kobe and
Hiroshima. driving people from
their homes but causing only minor
damage, Tokyo said
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-12
D AMsl|Ne
EpoRrER
Something Slipped

Something Slipped ~
This business of trying to slip
something over on the ration board
is becoming widespread 1t has
penetrated to the utmost realms OF
society in Imperial Valley.
! A 10-year-old Negro laboriously
filled out an application for a new
bicycle On the application he said
a-That he worked at Evergreen
cemetery and needed the bicycle to
get back and forth between the
:, cemtefy and his home In ET C6nfT0
b-That he had to have the
bicycle to get back and forth from
school as it was too far to walk.
Members of the ration board did
their usual investigating. They
learned:
a-That the boy does not work at
Evergreen cemetery. His father
does.
b-He lives only block from the
school he attends.
Rights For Men
At last the men are coming into
their own.
The only bridegroomto-be who
ever got any notice, as for as we
know, was Sgt. Boden Rockwell. It's
always the bride who gets all the
attention and all the showers and
all the gifts. But not In this case.
! The bride-to-be, Miss Donna Os-
trander, probably will take the spot
light in other showers but Sgt.
Rockwell held the center Of the
stage alone at the shower given for
him by the Ell Centre post OF the
Air Raid Warning service.
They gave him, of all things, a
kitchen shower.
Does that mean he has to do the
cooking after they are married?
He's Jealous
In discussing the late mysterious
contlagration in the ladies rest
room adjoining city hall, Fire Chief
Corn Reed said:
IF Police Chief Ronnie Voyles
rates a key to the ladies rest room
I think I rate one too"
How about one of those axes,
Corn? '.s
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-12

perial Valley since 1917. She was
born in California; attended gram
mar school and high school in
Pomona; attended the University
of Southern California, Santa Bar
bara State Teachers college, and
the University of California. She
has secondary teachers certifi-
cate and taught school for three
years. She has done Red Cross
work, social service work, and was
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-12
Argentine Crisis?

SANTIAGO, CHILE, Sept. IL.
(UP) Reliable diplomatic
quarters here said this afternoon
they understood military move
ment was afoOt' i'm Argentina.
BUENOS AIRES, Sept. IL.
-OUP)-Chiefs of the army and
navy reaffirmed confidence In
the government of President Gen.
Pedro Ramirez, an official an
nouncement issued after cabinet
meeting, said today.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-12

SdIu CUudy.
The dispatch placed the center of
the quake about miles from Tot
tori, on the northern coast OF Hon
shu. Tottori was partly burned, the
dispatch said.
An earlier Tokyo broadcast re-
ported by the office of war informa-
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-12
Allies Cross Last
Nip River Defense
10000 Jap Troops Hemmed in in New
Guinea Near Lac as yank, Australian
Troops Continue TO Advance Slowly

~ ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Southwest Pacific, Sept
u-(UP)A communque said today that Japanese forces
trapped at Lac in desperate straits and that Aus
traan patrols had crossed the Busu River last strong
natural barrier before the New Guinea base
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-12
tt Duce Believed
In North Africa

LONDON, Sept. 11-(UP)-Italians reported
still tenaciously fighting German troops in the Rome
today and there increasing speculation that King
Victor Emmanuel Premier Marshal Petro Badoglio and
Grown Prince Umberto with the Allied commanders
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-12
THIRTY ITALIAN
SHIPS ESCAPE
II Ba++leships, Cruisers, Des+royers
Steam into Malta Harbor After Battle
With Luf+waffe; One Battle ship Sunk

VALLETTA, Fata, Sept. 11-(UP)-The total Of
Italian warshps escaping from the Germans apparently
boosted to 80 today when II naval vessels including
four battleshps arrived here after desperate 30mnu
battle in which of them engaged Naz airplaneS.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-12
l. 400 Perish in
Jap Earthquake
BY UNITED PRESS

AN earthquake that struck wide section of south
Japan Friday caused at least 1400 casualties
and demolished 1000 homes in the city of Totor whers
pig fires ragged, Tokyo displtch broadcast by Berlin
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-12
RoiI. Port City
OfSuIerno Falls
Toe Iurk'S Force
Invasion Units Beat Off Strong Enemy
Countera++acks But Continue TO Drive
Ahead; Eighth Army Advance es in South

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS North Africa, Sept. II
-(UP)-Aed invasion armies, supported by fleet units
beat back Naz armored counterattacks and seized the
port and rail junction of Saerno 80 miles south of Naples
In a powerful drive inland against heavy opposition