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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-12-10

yanked Coach Lou Tortorelli's arm
so violently that the coach's left
shoulder was dislocated.
Staff Sergt. Leroy Post Of Evans
ton, ILL.,, survived 81 bombing mis-
sions in the New Guinea area. He
helped sink three Jap transports and
shoot down at least six Jap planes.
For this he was awarded the Dis
tinguished Flying Cross and the oak
leaf cluster. Then he was removed
from the danger zone to become an
instructor in an armament shop In
Salt Lake City. A few days later
his arm was caught in a machine
and the bone was fractured.
And in Pocatello, Idaho, the sole
survivor Of plane crash was Pri-
vate John J. Lucky.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-12-10
Dim cult wire Laying

To establish telephone comnrs-
nications across an almost inpass-
able glacier in Alaska, the glacier
was ''bombed'' With reels Of wire
dropped by an army bomber along
a line staked out in the snow BY
engineers,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-12-10
ASK ME- q
ANOTHER {
A General Quiz


/. The United States has had
how many national political par
ties?
2. A harp usually has how many
strings?
8. Who wrote the Virginia statute
for religious freedom?
4. Do men in the armed forces
Of the United States have a draft
classification?
5. According to legend, who stole
fire from heaven and bestowed it
upon mortals?
The AnslUers
/. Thirty-five, only five of which
have elected Presidents.
2. Forty-six strings.
8. Thomas jefferson.
4. Yes, Class &c.
5. Prometheus.
Evening star., 1943-08-25
1943 Food Production
Due 10 Top AZ Record,
Marvin Jones Says
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Aug. Is. - Marvin
Jones, the War Food administrator,
reported yesterday that the present
outlook is for total food production
this year exceeding the l942 record
by per cent" but he added that
the demand for some food will out
run the supply"
His statement was read by a
deputy, Morse Salisbury, at meet
ing of representatives of the food
industry who discussed plans for the
Food Fights for Freedom" cam
paign.
Mr.. Jones stated the supply of
farm machinery would be increased
and that I'VE are going after
enough farm) labor to operate our
maximum acreage at peak efi-
cheney"
There is not enough American
food to satisfy all the demands at
home and abroad" said Palmer Hoyt,
director of the Domestic Division of
the Office of War Information. Yet
our food can shorten the war, save
American lives and help write a
decent peace If we use it properly
and If we at home can be informed
and persuaded to take certain &C
tionS that will enable us to provide
enough food for our civilians for
health and nutrition and still meet
the inevitable increased demand for
food for war purposes"
Chester Bowles, general manager
Of the Office Of Price Administration,
said the cost of living went down
two-tenths of l per cent in June,
and dropped almost l per cent in
July A further decrease, he added.
could be expected
The conference was sponsored by
the War Food Administration, the
OPA, the Owl and the War Adver-
tising Council. Participants consid-
cred plans for the drive to sharpen
public realization that food is "a
vital weapon of war" The objec-
tives of the campaign are to in
crease food production, to conserve
food by avoiding waste, to increase
the food sharing spirit and to dis
courage boarding and black markets
and to encourage compliance with
rationing and price ceiling regula-
tions.
Evening star., 1943-08-25

broadcast reported, told representa-
tives of the industry:
You must send as many planes
as possible to the front for the battle
of supply and for aerial battles and
set the mind Of the Emperor at
ease 80"
The owl said the Toxic radio
today denied Chinese reports that
Admiral Minechi Koka, who sue
ceeded the late Admiral Isorok,l
Yamamoto as commander of the
combined Japanese fleet, had been
killed in action.
Evening star., 1943-08-25
Hirohito Worried
Over War Output
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Toxic radio, declaring that
Emperor Hirohito Is deeply con-
cerned over Japanese war produc-
ton, appealed to the Japanese
people today to "set the mind of the
Emperor at ease" by exerting new
efforts to boost production, the Of
fice of War Information reported.
The appeals, owl said, were made
in broadcasts describing a series of
audiences to which the Emperor
summoned leaders of various in
dustries to discuss increased pro-
duction for the elevation of fighting
strength"
Reports on the light metals indus
try were received by Hirohito today,
Toxic said, from Cabinet Adviser
Chuki Suzuki. Yesterday Cabinet
Adviser Kiyoshi Goki reported on
aircraft production and later, the
Evening star., 1943-08-25
Girls Illegal Dip
Stirs Court Sympathy

BY the Associated Press,
Notwithstanding may come
OF that illegal dip which war worker
Betty Rae McNeill, 10, took at
l am. after climbing the fence at
Belle Isle Beach.
She got suspended sentence
after testifying that it was "a
shame" that she and five other
girls who went to the beach after
working hours couldn't be allowed
Evening star., 1943-08-25
Birthday 'Ad' Poys

ELGIN, Ill. P'.-Carl Rosen, a
shoemaker, put sign in his shop
window, This shop closed on &C
count of my birthday"
So the girls IN the neighboring
YWCA dormitory baked him cake.
Evening star., 1943-08-25
Betty Cradle Expects
Buby Next SPRING
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD. Aug. 25.-Betty
Cradle, who became the bride of
Trumpeter Harry James at Las
Vegas, New, last July 5, said last
night she expects baby next spring,
and added: I'm so happy"
The 26-year-old actress formerly
was the wife of Jackie Coogan, now
in the Army Air Forces. A few days
before his marriage to Miss Cradle,
James was divorced in Mexico by
Louise Tobin, former singer In his
band.
Evening star., 1943-08-25
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Evening star., 1943-08-25

to swim. Referee Courtney Fitz-
Simmons Of Traf1c Court agreed,
then remarked:
1T would be good idea to keen
the beach open for afternoon shift
workers After all. they need health
full recreation, too"
Every time you lick = War sayinxs
stamp you help lick the Axis.
Evening star., 1943-08-25


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Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-15
9th Army Ready
For Big Attack

ing surface raid on the South 1tal-
ian coast bombarded a railroad
bridge, causing big structural dam
age: demolished a signal box and
crippled cables carrying electric
power
Allied and Axis reports alike in
dicated that Montgomery's drive
toward Tripoh and Tunisia was
coming soon.
Today'S Middle Eastern command
communique noted patrol activity
by the British forces for the first
time in days.
ITALIANS ENACUATE
The British radio reported that
Italian officials were being evac-
uated daily from Tripoi. capital
of Libya. 10 miles beyond the Axis
line on the Wawi Zem Zem and 90
miles east of TuniSia.l
The Middle Eastern command
commrnique said Allied bomber
and fighter planes were attacking
enemy forward positions, transport.
troop concentrations. airdromeS and
enCampmentS.
Germany offered an admittedly
strong challenge over the battle
area and eight German fighter
planes were shot down in dog fights
and many more damaged, the COM
munique said 1t was added that
in all Allied operations reported,
l3 British fighter pilots were miss
ing but it was believed some would
utrn up after forced landings.
NAZIS EXPECT WORST
Germany. preparing its people
for more bad news from Africa,
said Montgom nj iyas about to
throw 10 divisions Q50000 mem
against the Axis forces.
"A new attack by Montgomery
Iieut Gen. Bernard Montgomery
is expected within the next few
days" German official news
agency dispatch broadcast by Radio
Berlin said.
The dispatch admitted that Mar
shall Erwin Rommel, commanding
the Afrika Korps, was paying at
tenion" TO the northward drive of
free French forces from the inte-
rior Lake Chad region which al
ready had completely occupied
FeZzan.
If the Germans were telling the
truth. Montgomery had developed
practically the entire strength of
the Eighth Army when il routed the
Afrika Korps at E. Alamein, around
Axis positions at Wadi Zem Zem.
les miles southeast of Tripoli. The
shoddy. shaken Afrika Korps cer-
tainly possessed no such strength
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-15
RAF Bombers Hit
German Sub Base
With Major Force

LONDON. Jan. l5.-tUP1-Royal
Air Force bombers struck Lorient,
important German submarine base
on the French Atlantic coast. last
night in the first heavy raid OF
l943. the air ministry said today.
Two planes were reported missing.
The raid was made at a time
when the submarine menace held
the front pages of the British press
as Germany's greatest threat in
the war
In the past. heavy raids on Lo-
rient may nave conceded with in
telligence reports that submarine
pens were filled. or in an effort by
the British to keep the U-boats
away from an important Allied con-
vow but the target last night was
believed TO have been Lorient itself
as well as nearby objectiveS.
Air circles in London stressed the
fact that the bomber command has
made plain its intentions to nett
tlaliZe such submarine bases and
said the consequent heavy damage
and loss of life in the French town
was regrettable but inevitable
These same sources pointed out
the Lorient attack was proof that
the Allies were ruthless in their de-
termination TO deal with the U-boat
menace.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-15
BY Don CASWELL

GEN MacARTHUR'S II f A D =
QUARTERS Australia, Jan. Is
up - Australian jungle trained
troops, in a daring raid of Com
mandO tvpn, have struck within
one Of J3pans biggest bases in
Northeast New Guinea and wiped
out all the japanese they found,
Gen. Douglas MacArthur's COM
munique said.
A picked force attacked the Jap
aDese positions at MubO, IL miles
south of the big base of Salamaua
On the HuOn gulf. Gen. Macarthur
reported that they counted the
bodies of 116 japanese dead. A
spokesman revealed that the at
tack was a two-day operation by
Australians who had been operat-
ing in the area for some time
This, and the fact that the com
munique said that 1l6 dead had
been counted ito date" indicated
that the Australians remained in
the vicinity and might hold Mubo
village, though Macarthur called
their operation a foray.
CLOSING IN
Down the coast United States and
troops continued TO close
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-15
JAPS KILLED

slowly in on the japanese at San
amanda Point, the last enemy
stronghold in the Papuan area of
New Guinea. Torrential rains still
hampered them and they were still
about one and a half miles from
the completely enveloped main enc
nv positions.
For the second day, the Allied
air force ade series of ferocious
offensive sweeps over the North
New Guinea coast
B-24 Liberator heavy bombers.
B-25 Mitchell light bombers, A-20
Havoc attack bombers and P-38
Lightning fighters joined in at
tacks on the Lac Salamaua area of
the Huon Gulf coast the biggest
japanese base area in New Guinea.
Lac, the biggest base, was at
tackled by the Mitchells and es-
corting LightningS. They bombed,
machine gunned and cannonaded
supply dumps, starting big fuel
fires, and made 16 sweeps over the
coastal area, cunning enemy posi-
tiOnS.
In the coastal sweep the Havocs,
Mitchells and LightninPS attacked
targets of all sorts in the Lae-Sa-
lamaul area and down the coast
around Bakamari.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-15
Berlin Opens New
Jap War TO Keep
News from People
Continued from Page u

tCOQtlnueQ from rage i
been arrested there. % of them for
eignerS.
Germany reported under a Vichy
date that Vichy police under per-
sonal charge of Rene BouSquet, sec
retary general of police in the cabi-
net, were "wiping out the Marseil-
les underworld"
Certain districts of the city. eS-
pecially the harbor side, which are
used by criminals, will be specially
searched and combed out by strong
rolice detachmentS."
MarSeilleS. the big French Modit-
erranean port, IS now German pro-
hibited zone, used for reinforcement
of axis forces in Sicily and Africa.
Germany revealed also that ap-
parently as part of this new CAM
paign to get rid of possible dissi-
dent elements, the Rehabilitation
of the personnel of the former
French fleet" at Toulon. the Medi-
terranean naval base, was making
quick progress.
Twenty five thousand demobil-
have left Toulon for their homes,
Berlin said
A Swiss broadcast reported that
the municipal council of the indus
trial city of Lyons, key town in in
land southeastern France, had been
dismissed and that a Lyons univer-
sity professor had been put in
charge of municipal administrative
affairs
Stockholm reported that in Buda
pest 70 men had been arrested as
members of a secret political organ
ization forced by opposition parties
German broadcastS said a Hun
garian court mastial had sentenced
three members of the forbidden reli-
gious sect Witnesses of the Lord
Jehovah" to death and 50 to terms
Of Imprisonment ranging from six
months to life, but that the death
sentences had been commuted to
life imprisonment.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-15
Tire Inspection
DeadIine Extended

DeaCline for inspection of tuck
and other commercial Vehicle tires
has been extended from Januarv v
to February "3, r. '. Evans. field
examiner for the Office Of D"foNSo
TRANSPORTATION in Imperial Valley,
said Friday.
The extension followed an Office
of Price Administration orde" max
ING that date the new dcadlinn for
inspection of PASSENGER car tires.
After February 28. the commPrcla'
tires are to be inspected every 60
uays or 5000 miles, whichever comes
sooner
Evans, who has been helpine with
corrections and adjustments of GER
tificates of war necessity for valley
commercial vehicles, was to leave
Friday night to confer with Rov
Long, district manager of the ODT
in Los Angeles.
After January 81 the OPA will
not grant emergency rations of gas
oline for commercial vehicles.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-15
Ambassador Joins
Common People

WASHINGTON, Jan. l5-UP)-
So"iet Ambassador Maxim Litvinov
ana Mrs. Iitvinov classified them
ELVES as common people last night.
discarded their diplomatic immun-
ity TO the ban on pleasure driving.
and walked to a special preview
showing Of the movie Commando )
Strike at Dawn"
The special performance, by in
WtatIon only. officially opened OBJ
SerVance of United Nations week
and was attended b. other diplo-
n'ats. conpressmen. supreme court
justices and government officials
Most of them. like the Litvinovs,
walked or rode street cars.
When Litvinov said he had walk
ed, a reporter asked: Don't the
common people use stree. cars?"
Certainly" he replied, but
most of the common people just
walk"
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-15
ny EDWARD w. BEATTIR

LONDON. Jan tUP1-Allied
aerial and submarine forces have
opened a powerful offensive in the
Mediterranean area in apparent
preparation for an imminent drive
by Gen Sir Bernard Montgomery
Eighth British Army for Tripoh
and Tunisia. il was revealed today
While the Allied air forces for
the second day attacked Axis tar
gets all the way from the Wadi
Zem Zem line to TUnisia. the ad-
miralty here announced that Brit
ish submarines had destroyed three
enemy supply ships and a small
naval vessel ON the Mediterranean
supply line between Italy and At
lica and probably had sunk three
other supply ships
RAID ON COAST
One submarine torpedoed an ene-
my supply ship near Naples. prob
ably sinking il. and then in a dar-
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-15
81 Sa|aried Jobs
In Defense Setup
Ended by Warren

1T is my considered opinion that
a large number of these people are
not needed are a financial burden
TO the state and served no purpose
in defense work.
I feel that the manner in which
they were recruited. and the pur-
poses for which they were recruited.
make them extremely detrimental
to the state 1 am not sure their
employment is leeal-the council has
been circumvented throughout"
When existing employees are re-
moved, Warren will attempt to con-
tinue essential council duties with
regular employees OF other depart
ments. All positions cannot be va
Gated because some employees al
read have attained civil service
permanency, but they will be trans
ferred to other departments to re-
lleYe the shortage of qualified work
prc
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-15
ZUIT SUFFER-
Is SENTENCED

Frank Ponce, 19-year-old 20ot
suiter. Friday was sentenced to San
Quentin penitentiary for a term
not to exceed 10 years for stabbing
and wounding Pvt. John Trine of
Camp Young last December. He
pleaded guilty to a charge of as
saulting Trine with deadly wea-
pom. a knife, and asked for proba-
ton, which was denied him. Ponce'S
companion, 19-year-old Pablo Mar
ouez, was sentenced to the Impe-
iial county Jail for six months.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-15
Ginger Rogers to
MarryActor of u

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 15.-Screen
star Ginger Rogers today annOunc-
ed her engagement to Pvt. Jack
Briggs of the Marine corps, a %
year-old actor whom she met On
the Sc: of the movie, Tom, Dick
and Harry"
AS the actress walked on the set
al Paramount studios fellow actors
and actresses sang the wedding
march.
I'm pleased and very happy,
Miss Rogers said.
She displayed a plain gold en-
gagement ring
ON $50 a month a man can't af-
ford anything fancier, she said
Briggs. son OF Mr. and Mrs Ben
jamin Katz OF HOLLYWOOD, is now
on duty at the Marine training
station in San Diego, Calf.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-15
Poker GremIin'
Makes Appearance

FCRT BENNING, Ga, Jan. Is
CUP)AThe appearance of a poker
gremlin was vouched for today by
THE Bayonet,' army post newspa-
per.
Witnesses to activities of the
gremlin were only listed as para
troopers Corporal Fay, Corporal
Woods, Bardin the Great, Sam
Newlin, and Tackett the Terrible. "
Playing quarter limit poker
deuces wild-the five called for a
new deck, shuffled and dealt.
Each man began looking at the
man next to him with an express
sion of raise me sucker, I can Use
the dough" The Bayonet related.
A sizeable pot was on the table
when the betting started. Each
player showed a straight flush,
with a queen high spade flush VIM
ming.
But the gremlin had gummed the
Works-eight deuces were counted
in the five hands.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-15
Timoshenko Aims
New Soviet Drive
From Leningrad
lContinued from Pace !


one German broadcast said. The
Russians are suffering heavy losses,
however losses than during
their offensive last winter. These
increased losses are caused by
special German rapid fire gun es-
pecially constructed for winter war;
fare"
NAZIS PESSIMISTIC
There were increasing indications
OF an imminent Allied land push in
North Africa. and the NaZi propa-
ganda miniStry-perhaps preparing
the Germans for more bad news
said Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgom-
cry was about to hurl 10000 men
against the Afrika KorpS in Tripoli-
tania.
Allied attacks on axis Mediter-
ranean supply lines increased. Brit
iSh submarines destroyed three sup
ply ships and a small naval vessel
and probably sank three more sup
ply ships. One of the submarines
sailed close to Naples and lombard
ed railroad bridge on the south
italian coast
PLANES RANGE WIDE
Allied planes ranged from Tuni-
sia into Tripolitanla in their at
tack on bases. An Allied communi-
que announced that American Fly
ing Fortresses had raided SouSse
and SfaX, axis reinforcement bases
on the eastern Tunisian coast, and
had left fires burning.
An authoritative American source
in North Africa. who asked that
his name be withheld. told the
United Press that definite efforts
were being made to find a working
formula that would unite Gen.
Charles DeGaulle and Gen. Henri
Honore Giraud. Vichy's influence
in North Africa is waning, this
source said
An early agreement between Cir
aud and DeGaui.a also was predict
ed in dispatches from North Africa,
which said that among the Vichy
elements that probably would be
removed from positions of influence
was Yves Chatel, governor general
of Algeria
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-15
Tusa Police Seek
Maniac Killer

TULSA CKia., Jan. 15.-CUP)-
Police today Questioned three sus-
poets seeking the killer who pre-
pared his own breakfast after
buldgeoning two women to death
in their bed early yesterday morn
ing.
The victims were Mrs. Jack
Green. 81. and her mother, Mrs.
Clara Luzzla Norris, so One of
the suspects was a Negro.
An autopsy revealed the killer raw
ished the bodies and crushed their
SOULS with a blunt instrument.
Authorities lnY.1 the killings
with other sex crimes in the same
neighborhood At least u cases of
rape or attempted rape have occur
red in the neighborhood in the last
year or two.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-15

SACRAMENTO, Jan. l5-(UP)-
Some 40 Olson administration job
holders today came to the end of
their terms but will stay on until
Gov. Earl Warren finds time to
name their successors.
Many four-year terms end on
January Is including some high
salaried posts. An important fac
tor, however, is that Warren viii
get control of the state board of
education if he chooses, and new
members on other key state boards.
George Kidwell's term as chair
man of the state industrial acci-
dent commission ended and he also
has been serving as state director
of industrial relations. drawing
$4,000 The latter is a cabinet post.
State Real Estate Commissioner
Clarence Urban resigned this week,
although he would have been out
today. His job pays $4,000
A choice $4,000 vacancy will be
on the state board of prison terms
and paroles, succeeding P. j. Nc
Laughlin of Salinas.
Education board terms expire for
Herman A Leader of Sacramento,
and Rae l.. Shoemaker and Lois E.
Sou.er of Los Angeles. In addi-
ton, Warren withdrew from the
Senate last week the names of four
other OtGon aprointees awaiting
confirmation, so he can name to-
tai of seven new persons on the
lO-member board. The four with
drawn were Eugene T Broderick of
San Francisco. Clyde Doyle of Long
Beach A. j. Sutherland of San Die
go. and Curtis F. Warren of Santa
Barbara
Appointed this week. John j.
Hamlyn, chef counsel of the Cali
fornia State Employees association,
will go on the state personnel board
at $4,000. Warren has one more
vacancy, possibly two.
Warren will gain one new mem
Der on the boards of accomtancy,
agriculture, barber examiners, cos
metology. dental examiners, fish
and game commission. pUClic
health, Tehachapi prison, indus
trial welfare commission, nurses
examiners, OptCmetry, pharmacy,
veterinary, madeline. examiners,
structural pest control, real eS-
tate, and social welfare.
The board of architectural exam
inerS has four vacancies and the
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-15

in hearing that may lead to
decision on the constitutionality of
Connecticut'S anti-birth control
laws.
The court has not yet decided
on its jurisdiction in the case,
brought by Yale University medi-
cal professor DR.. Wilder Tileston.
but yesterdays hearing touched on
morality as we'll as on jurisdiction.
Tileston is appealing a state su-
D. eme court decision which upheld
the law prescribing Jail terms for
doctors who give contraceptive ad-
vice to women, including married
ones whose lives may be endanger-
ed by pregnancy.
Connecticuts states attorney
Abraham s. Ullman said the law
does not forbid any means of pre-
venting conception except those in
volving drugs, medical articles or
instruments. 1t was designed to
uphold morality. he said and the
state legislature doubtless was
aware of the school of thought
which advocates the natural" or
rhythmic method based on the
cycle of fertility
Tileston's attorney, Morris l..
Ernst of New York, replied that
the law was passed during the
1905, when the rhythmic method
was unknown. He charged that
the statutes effect was to fru-
strate marriage and to lead to
'perversions within the marriage
and prostitution outside the mar
riage."