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Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-28
OUR WORST ENEMY
RichcmOnd Times.DispGtch.

The fundamental reason why the war
is going badly on the home front, why
the country is confronted with successive
demands from grasping blocs OF one
sort or another and initiation looms as
greater and greater threat, is to be found
i'm the fact that -. we are trying to turn
q fight for survival into free-for-all
grab for higher wages, higher prices, and
higher profits.
President Roosevelt gives occasional
lin service to the need for lower living
standards for the DURATION and then
his actions belle his words. In his address
to Congress on price controls, delivered III
April of last year, he said categorlcally
that "our standard of living will have to
come down. and that wages IN general
can and should be kept at existing scales.
Actually, the trend ever since has been
in the opposite direction.
Let it not be imagined that organized
labor is the only element of the Amer
lean population which is derellct In TINS
emergency. The average farmer, like
the average laborer, is wholly patriotic,
but the farm lobby in Washington Is out
to get what it can.
Hundreds upon hundreds OF cases IN
volving alleged war frauds, from MINOR
chiseling to conspiracies totaling high IN
the millions of dollars are under lnvestl-
cation.
This effort to turn the war into grab
bag for the nation is the only thlng
which can defeat us now.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-28
Soviet View Film
Applaud Loudly

MOSCOW, July 28.-UP)-The
Russian language version of mission
to Moscow opened in all Moscow
theaters today after thousands ap-
plauded the first showing at the
citys two largest theaters yesterday.
Not a single scene of the Holly
wood version of former United
States Ambassador Joseph E. DAY.
les book was omitted; neither were
his remarks about the Japanese
nor the caricatures of the diplo-
matte corps, including the British
and Japanese.
Intellectuals and government
leaders laughed at the films mac
cuIacies, but others appeared i'm
pressed by the attempt to portray
the Kremlin's struggle for peace.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-28


IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
IMPERIAL.
L. A. BRIGHT, Plaintiff
VS..
A. c. GAINES, ct al, Defendants
Harry w. Horton and George II.
Kirk, Attorneys for Plaintiff
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA SEND GREET
INGS TO:
A. c.. GAINES AND JANE DOE
GAINES, HIS WIFE, M. D. zINN,'
AS ADMINISTRATOR OF The
ESTATE OF HATTIE OSBORNE,
DECEASED, CORA B. DORIAN,
CORA B. METZ, JOHN w, RITZ
MAN AND JANE DOE RITZMAN,
HIS WIFE, JOHN DOE. JANE DOE,
RICHARD ROE, JOHN DOE
COMPANY. A CORPORATION.
PICARD ROE COMPANY, A CO
PARTNERSHIP j. DOE AS
EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF
p ROE. DECEASED, AND j. DOE
AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE
ESTATE OF r. ROE, DECEASED,
Defendants.
You Are Hereby Directed to APP
near and answer the Complain in
an action entitled as above,
brought against you in the Su-
perior Court of the County OF I'M
nerial, State of California, within
ten days after the service on you
of this Summons-if served within
this county; or within thirty days
If served elsewhere.
And you are hereby notified that
unless you appear and answer as
above required, the said plaintiff
will take Judgment for any money
or damages demanded in the COM
plant, as arising upon contract, or
plaintiff will apply to the Court
for any other relief demanded in
the Complaint.
Given under my hand and seal
of the Superior Court OF the
County of Imperial, State OF Cali
fornia, this 9th day of March, 1943
w. j. McCLELLAND,
(SEAL) County Clerk
BY G. o. KENYON, Deputy Clerk
No. sc j, 28, A. 4, IL, l8, 25,
s. /, 8, Is, az, 20.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-28
WLB Recognizes
Waqe Halt IS Effect

WASHINGTON, July up
The War Labor Board today recog-
nized moral problem created by
its brake on wage increases but
warned that uncontrolled initiation
would jeopardize both the war ef-
fort and postwar readjustment.
In decision denying general
wage increases to $500 employees of
the Bendix corporations South
Bend, Ind, plant, the board replied
to the argument that wage ADJUST
ments may be needed to allay labor
unrest.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-28

Hey, you guys, what's the matter
can't you read? Keep off the grassl-
Soldier to Gems. George Marshall, chief
of staff, and Henry H. Arnold, Army Air
Forces chief, promenading as civilians
at Miami Beach, Ella.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-28
Plan to Reconvert
Air Industry Made

LOS ANGELES, July 28.-(UPr-
A government program for recon-
version of the aircraft industry to
peacetime production after the war
was placed today before the ma
tion's aircraft manufacturers.
l.. Welch PogEe, chairman of the
Civil Aeronautics Board, told manu-
facturers that a special government
corporation should be set up to
plan for reconversion of the in
dustry, and to dispose of surplus
military aircraft when peace comes
Pogue made the suggestion In an
address yesterday before the Los
Angeles Aviation Forum, an associa-
ton of 20 principal aeronautlcal
organizations.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-28
ONE WAY TO
HARNESS PRICES

The pious hope that letting the
price of one commodity rise will
not cause explosive initiation is
bunk. On the theory that we could
have just one more little price rise
here and there and then stop We
have been deluding ourselves for
the past two years and half, while
the cost of food has risen 46 per
cent and the cost of living "a per
cent.
There is only one way to stop
price increases and that is to say
that present prices cannot be ex-
ceeded and assure producers and
packers that prices are not to be
increased again. Once that as
surance is put over, then the meat
will start coming TO market. This,
however, is the unpopular point OF
view and evidence piles up 1t don't
be done that way. If prices are
permitted to rise and food becomes
consequently scarcer with Congress
sional approval, that is one way in
which the next election can be lost
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-28

Much has been said about government
controls, but it is plain that they will
have to be continued for period after
the war and then gradually relinquished,
just as they have been gradually fastened
on American enterprise.-C. of C. Presi-
dent Eric A. Johnston
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-28
BOATS USED FOR
ALBACORE FISHING

SAN FRANCISCO, July 28.-CUP)
The State Fish and Game Com
mission reported today virtually
every available boat in southern
California fishing ports has been
outfitted for Albacore Fishing.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-28
ADEQUATE TRANSPORTATION

SAN FRANCISCO, July 28.-fUP)
The California railroad commits
sion today assured growers that
adequate transportation will be pro-
yided to haul CALIFORNIA; bumper
crops of peaches pears and toma-
toes to canneries despite a shortage
of eQuipment.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-28

If you want this position held we must
have more fire power. But whatever hap
pens, we aren't moving off this hill
Paratroop colonels message to Sicily
Headquarters.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-28
CURRENT QUOTATIONS

When the collapse of Germany comes,
it will be quick and it will take us by sur
prise. The thugs on top in Germany
have no liking for the thought of any
kind of peace.-British M. P. Vernon
Bartlett
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-28
Editorials and Comment

EDITORS NOTE: The f0liOning edit
OriaIs are presented as interesting 0Pm-
ions Uoiced by editors eiseiohere: 1hey
do not necessarily reflect the OPINION OF
this paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-28

Japan a n UNDERSTANDABLE conclude
that our morale must be very low, our
unity very shaky, and our will to endure
very feeble if our high command cannot
trust us with bad news.-Rep. Walter H.
Judd of Minnesota
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-28

Our war of resistance and the world
situation have reached the highest peak
in our uphill struggle. One step beyond
will be smooth sailing
Chang Kai-shek
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-28

Our might must grow even more than
that of the phenominal growth of the
last II months, until we can strike crush
ingly anywhere on the globe.-Maj Gen.
James H. Doolittle.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-28
by
Peter
Edison

The sequel TO the slogan, Food
viii Win the War is Lack OF
Food Can Lose the Election" but
that does not seem To have dawn
ed on some of the political master
minds who are supposed to keep
up on such things, particularly in
Congress.
The way words have of getting
twisted and exaggerated out of
all proportion in wartime, lack
OF food today means lack of
meat. and lack of meat means
lack of beef in the meat market.
There are plenty of live beef, and
plenty of other mean animals on
the hoof, enough food TO keep
BODY and soul fl0urishing for that
matter, if eguitably distributed.
But such is the perverseneSS of
human nature that the lack of
one item of foOd-beef, in this
instances enough to increase
the demand and create the
illusion that there is an overall
lack of food.
The problem of the moment in
solving the food situation there
fore boils down to a matter OF get
ting more beef moving to market
and on that matter ,countrymen,
the best minds falter and fail. AS
Senator Eugene d. Millikin of
Denver. Colo. put it after hearings
on this subject before the Senate
Committee on Agriculture, I'VE
have this morning reached a state
of complete intellectual bankruptcy
in trying to put more meat back on
the table" It's a kind Of a mixed
metaphor, but if you follow the
train of thought you grasp the idea
that yes, we have no beef and yes,
we may be running out OF brains.
QUESTION OF SUBSIDIES
The prevailing thought in Con-
gresS now seems to be that sub
sides shall not pass. Congress
passed a law, the Price Control
Act of 1912, authorizing subsidy
payments, apparently without
realizing what it was doing. Office
of Price administration went ahead
to put those subsidies in effect in
an effort TO hold down further
rises in the cost of living.
Now Congress renegs and even
considers repeating that portion
of the Price Control Act which
authorizes subsidies, though
many of the constituents of many
of the congressman have been
living off farm subsidies of one
kind and another for years.
Maybe it is proper now to call a
halt, but the lack of beef on the
table today is attributable primarily
to only one hing-uncertainty on
the market caused by failure of
Congress to take decisive action on
subsidies. Packers can't be blamed
for cutting prices to stockmen as q
result, and stockmen have not
shipped their beef animals to mar
ket because they have played the
hunch that Congress would knock
out subsidies and permit the price
of beef to rise. The only answer
which most congressman can give
for getting more meat on the table
is to let the prices rise. That
takes care of the stock raiser and
packer, but what does it do TO the
consumer?
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-28
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
SUMMONS
onT02

TN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
IMPERIAL.
L. A. BRIGHT, Plaintiff
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-07

the most part, they own nothing
but the clothes on their backs.
Eyewitnesses have told me that
long after the bombings you can
see people-moStly WON en-
searching in the ruins. hoping 10
find at least some only partly
charred banknoteS. Many Ger
mans have no faith in their banks
and keep their savings at home.
The VoelkiScher Beobachter adj
mitted the terrific damage IN a
recent editorial. saying:
1T Is impossible now To COM
pensate the victims for even
fraction OF their losses hut
they have the sacred promise OF
the National Socialist Party
that they will be the first to
know the fruits of peace"
But none of the bombed-ou'
victims believes any longer that
the Nazis can fulfill their prom
Uses. Most old people know they
face the same dark future which
hit them after the first Worlc
War when all their savings anc
pensions were not worth one golc
mark
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-07

outspoken, and not only women
are speaking their mind. a re-
cent arrival from Berlin told me
that in a Neukoeln restaurant he
recently heard workers and sol
diers in uniform curse the Nazi
leaders.
When two Nazi storm troopers
dared 10 oppose them, the work.
.ers and soldiers threw them out
seemingly without any conse-
quenceS.
Another recent arrival in
Sweden who had visited Cologne
said he had heard outSpoken
criticism of the Nazi party even
in trains and that travellers who
seemed 10 be complete strangers
To each other did not hesitate 10
exchange complaints.
Die Weltwoche of Zurich re-
Gently published a revealing fnst-
hand account of a Swiss woman
who had been in Cologne after the
last bombing of that city and has
since returned 10 Switzerland.
She quoted a 25-year-old Ger
man woman, who had lost most
of her family i'm the Cologne
raids, as saying that Nazi party
members were afra d TO show
I themselves in public wearing their
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-07

mans who have already begun to
grumble.
So far, however, nothing indi-
Gates that there is enough initia-
tive or leadership even in under
ground quarterS 10 fan these
sparks of defiance n I o any or
gained priSlng against the
NaZiS.
The only hope of revolt
against the NaZi regime still rests
in the recurrent reports Of dis
agreement between the NaZl Party
and Germany's military leaders,
There is undoubtedly a clique of
German generals who would like
10 throw Hitler overheard before
the final d e b &C lie and sue for
peace.
AS home front mora Q sinks
lower and lower, the hand of this
clique Will be strengthened and
may result in some rapid-fire de-
velopmentS before the Allies are
able TO break through Germany's
frontiers.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-07
Rumors Fill German Jai|s

Meanwhile the battle rumors' the home front is
being given almost as much by the Naz regime
as the bad emanatng from the actual war fronts
Indicative of increasing jters over the spread OF de-
fcatsm among the German people, the Jalls are beng
packed with political prisoners whose crimes range from
expressing mild doubt about the truth of Naz propaganda
statements telling ones friends about air raid damage
to open criticism of the Naz regime.
With mounting frequency the German official agency,
DNB is making such announcements the following
"GeOrg Miethe Ca bank director in Hndenburg, an
Upper Slcsan town. has been executed for spreading
treacherous and seditious among his employees
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-07
Arrest Grumblers

Erich Ferb bandit. As;
Richard Buchwald, 60.
waiter from KOenigsburg, and
thc 60-year-old merchant,
Erich RuChin of Metz, have
been sentenced 10 death for
undermining morale and for
favOring the enemy. Fer
bandit and Buchwald tried to
undermine the morale of the
home front by making eXtraOr-
binary descriptive statements
in inns and by expressing de-
featist views to customers"
IT seems that the tendency of
German women toward grumbling
in their daily gossip has eonSti-
tutcd such a serious problem that
the Berlin correspondent of a
Swedish newspaper recently dis
covered the gcStapo has organized
a special female department of
secret pOllceNOmen.
These agents mingle with the
women who stand in The food
queues and single out for arrest
and punishment any one guilty of
unsuitable conversations.
The CCstapo is becoming par
ticularly sensitive 10 the spread of
any information about air raid
damage from one German TO an
other. The most insignificant
mention now carries the risk of
penal ScrVitudc or in some cases
the death sentence. Rigid censor
ship has even been clamped down
on domestic correspondence of
persons from the bombed towns.
In the past the Germans were
able TO Justify their sacrifices on
the home front by pointing with
pride 10 the victories Of their
armies in the field of battle.
Now there are no longer any
victories with which 10 bolster
their morale. The military Situa-
ton is going from bad to worse
on all fronts.
Despite all the circultouS head
quarters reports and unofficial
commentaries, the German people
arc beginning TO realize what IT
really means TO be on the de
fpnSlNC
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-07
Handwriting on Wall

GermanN,S career officers can
not help but see the handwriting
on the wall. They know that their
war machine is growing progress
sively weaker. Last years classes
of recruits received far less train
ing than any previous group. The
lack of officers and non-comS is
more and more acute.
AS evidence of the manpoWer
shortage. German men from 80 TO
SO years of age have been ordered
to register for military service.
(ln the last war. the age limit was
50.) On Oct. 6. Arthur Amman.
Hitler youth leader, revealed that
special pan2er division has been
organized of Is and 17-year-old
volunteers from the youth or
ganization and will soon be sent
TO the front.
Contagious though a sinking
morale may be, there is as yet no
concrete evidence that the gloom
prevailing on the German war
front has seriously affected the
spirit Of the German army on the
battlefieldS. And it may be that
the Gestapo will be able to hold
the home front in leash as long
as the German army is able 10
Withstand its successive defeats
and fight on.
The acid test of German home
front morale will come this winter
when long-range bombers based
in Italy and Britain, carrying
heavier loads of bombs than ever
before reach out to blast every
industrial center in the
Reich.
These bombed-out subjects Of
Hitler are a severe burden politi-
cally as well as economically. For
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-07

the fighter protection curve has
definitely turned downward.
These quarters believe GER
many Is fully capable militarily
of maintaining her armies In
tho field for another year.
But there are growing signs
that tho Na2i populace has begun
TO crack under the strain and The
possibility is raised of a repetition
with different scenario and differ
ent actors. Of the Italian collapse.
When and how thai might hap
pen no Allied statesman or mill
tary leader is prepared 10 say.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-07
Nazis' Divisions
Decimated in Russia

LONDON. Nov. 6 tUP) Many
German divisions in Russia have
been ground 90 skeletons mere
numbers in military files and of
little practical value as fighting
units
Scores Of skeleton divisions
which two years ago would have
hceu sent homo long since for rest
and reorganization arc Sull pinned
down hv tho excessive demands Of
tho Baltic Black Soa Inc
Military experts believe that
another factor which prevents
their relief is the desperate effort
hv the German high command to
reform some sort Of strategic re-
serve for the final emergency next
wear.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-07
OutburSts Common

When she was reminded OF the
risk of geStapo agents over
hearing her comments. the Ger
man women said: Let them ar
rest me. What difference does
il make. We are completely eX-
hausted. Everything we had is
gone. Why does the war 60 on?
The people in power have all the
food and clothing they want but
none of them is at the front, We
have had enough. We want an
end of it,
Such outburStS are growing
more common, particularly in the
severely bombed regions of Ger
many-but the gestapo still has
the upper hand and has prevented
the translation of such symptoms
of war WEAKNESS into anything
approaching organized revolt.
During September alone, public
announcements were made OF the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-07
Far From Starving

The incesSant bombings have
produced many problems which
the Germans are unable TO mas
ter. All means of transportation
are overloaded Food distribution
is entirely diSlocated. The billet
ing of refugee families is causing
protests and quarreling and
above all, war production is
severely suffering.
The number of the bombed vic
Tins in need of clothing is so
large that no other Germans can
buy clothes. whether or not in
possession of buying license. In
restaurants Germans often cannot
get even ordinary things for their
coupons. but the food situation Is
not yet desperate.
The soldiers food is still good
and the rest of the Germans
though frequently hungry - are
far from starving. Because the
banknote printing presses are
running at top speed, there IS
plenty of money in circulation,
Though little can be bought in
the shops, the black markets are
flourishing. In Berlin one kilo-
gram tabout two pounds OF but
ter costs 220 marks tabout S8S)
and the same quantity Of coffee
fetches $40 marks (S226).
Furs and gems brought from
the occupied countries are sold IN
/ Germany at excessive prices, and
for a Swedish l00-kroner note,
officially worth so marks, Ger
mans are now willing 10 pay 1000
marks.
German women are increasingly
indignant because they cannot
buy the things hey want even if
they have the rationing coupons.
II is impossible. for example, to
get a needle and thread Also,
tley are over-tired from working
over 10 hours in factories. rail-
ways. buSSes, etc. not daring 10
ask for respite even in volun-
tary Jobs
The war has made the oppoSi-
ton 10 the NaZi leaders more
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-07
DIVISIONS EXHAUSTED

Exhaustion Of tho entire army
of The cast is accelerated by the
growing exhaustion Of tho mon
Although II is believed that
Germany still has $50 divisions
listed as fighting Russia il is
doubtful if any are close to full
strength.
Forces in the east arc believed
10 include about 90 divisions in
tho south under Field Marshal
Fritz Erich Won MannStcin and
the rest divided between Field
MarshalS Guenther Won Kluge and
Georg Won kuechler in the center
and north.
Military sources said they
doubted MannStein's forces were
more than 60 per cent aS effect
i've as they were four months
ago due To losses of men and
weapons meeting the main
shock Of the Russian attack.
3 REASONS FOR FAILURE
Observers credited the amazing
Red army break-through across
The Dnieper to three factors;
1-The Russians masSed their
L strength fer the crossing in
only a fraction of the time every
ne-including the Germans
thought necessary.
, The Germans. with all their
- commitments in western Eu-
rope. the Balkans and Italy sim
ply were not thick enough on
the ground 10 meet a major at
tack.
> Damage ia the Reich'S war
- production inflicted by Allied
bombing in the great offensive
which started last spring now IS
making itself felt AZ the front in
shortage of tanks, guns and trans
port 10 replace the huge drain
Summer-long.
Manpower difficulties possibly
are the most important of all
because the Germans were forced
to use skeleton divisions on the
Dniepcr even though they left
weak spots open TO exploitation
ny the Red army.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-07
KnouU About Retreat

Although no front lines are per-
mitted 10 be drawn in German
newspaper maps or those pub
liShed in the occupied countries,
the people know that the retreat
of their armies is in full swing.
As they learn Of disaster after
disaster on the Russian front, they
are aware of the fact that it is
only a matter of time before they
will have 10 defend the frontiers
of the Reich itself.
How long the German home
front will be able TO hold itself
together under the impact of this
growing sense of defeat is any
body'S guess
Recent arrivals from Germany
confirm that the ReichS over
worked war machinery is wearing
out al an alarming rate. Machine
tools are literally falling apart in
the factories without hope of re-
placement Labor is equally over
worked.
Virtually tho only Germans left
in the factories are women and
aged men The rest of Gcrmanys
manp0WCr is made up Of foreign
workers 100000 of them --
imported as slave labor" from
the occupied countries or drafted
from the prison camps.
a Swedish worker who re-
Gently returned from Germany
after working for five months in