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Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-27
Union Threute ms Strike Of
LID, Electric al Workers
Group Demands Right to Be Bargaining
Agents Of Power Employees; Calls upon
NLRB to Come in, Arbi+rate Matters

Threatening strike of electrical workers of the Impe
rial Irrigation district unless it is designated the sole
bargaining agency of the group the international Brother
hood of Electrical Workers (AFL Wednesday called upon
the National Relations Board to arbrae the matter
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-27
Rent Control for
&c. Improbable

Control of assertedy exorbtan rents in Ell Centre is
doomed to failure unless of those who made
verbal complaints put their grievances into writing Miss
Mildred Rinehar chief clerk of the Ell Centre OPA office
announced Wednesday
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-27
Allies Make New
Gains on Italian
MuinlQnd Front
Four Towns Taken as Germans Retreat
To Improve Positions on New Line;
Bi++eres+ Battles Of Campaign Ahead

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Algiers, Oct u !UP)--
The Allied Fifth and Eighth armies sogged ahead up to
five miles Yesterday seizng four Italian towns in the mass
movement against the German defense lne on when
the biggest battle be fought in Italy appeared to be
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-27
Shells
Arrive
I'm I.v.
WPB Approves Of
Gun Ammunition
For Use on Birds

With the arrival at mid
night Tuesday of an emer-
gency supply of 100000
rounds of ammunition for
Imperial Valley farmers in
their proposed war on grain-de-
stroying birds, plans we're COM
pleted Wednesday for the distribu-
ton of the shells, Charles H. H.
Small, executive secretary of the
WPB office here announced.
Following a call from Washington
late Tuesday afternoon, 1. F. Dix,
manager of the southern California
district of the WPB, rounded up
all available surplus ammunition in
Los Angeles and drove it to Ell
Centre.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-27
APPORTION SHELLS

Immediately upon arrival, Dix
and Small began the task of ap-
portioning the shotgun shells on
the basis of each farm owners
acreage, and according to the
amount of damage he is suffering
from the ravages of the largest
flocks of migratory birds in recent
history of the valley.
At the same time d. announced
that this allotment of shells will be
followed by others as fast as they
are able to ship them into this
area.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-27
D AMsL'Ne
NEpoRTER
Organization Troubles

Organization troubles
While Tom Finney and Don Rob-
ertson have created lot of inter-
est in their NecktielesS Forever
club, they new and then hit snag.
I'm going to tell all of our
friends not to invite us out Mrs.
Finney said to Tom.
why do you want to do thing
like that?" Tom asked
Il don't want to go out with yol.
socially since you've stopped wear
ing Eeckties," she said, being just
like wife. That stopped him a
moment before he asked her why.
And I'm going to sell all your
dress shirts and neckties." she
went on, ignoring his question.
There's a lot of money tied up in
them and you won't need them any
more"
Listen" said Tom, very red in
the face. Don and l had no in
tention of carrying our club that
far"
hunting In Packs
The Cub Scouts are out hunting
in packs these days. They are after
phonograph records for the marines
about to depart overseas. The
Scouts are patriotic, of course, but
the reward for their efforts spurs
them on to greater and greater ef-
forts. Their reward will be tour
of the Ell Centre marine air sta
ton.
With these spurs to hasten them
on the cubs to dates have collected
more than 200 records, one phono-
graph, and $l.50 to buy records.
One Ell Centran was SO interested
in the sales talk given him by a
cub that he forked over $1.50 be-
cause he didn't have a phonograph
record in the house.
BY the way, if you have some
records you wish to donate, tele-
phone Ell Centro 2074-J and some
one will call for them.
Ahead For Once
Mrs. Violet Thompson is jubilant
On Wednesday night she made
jelly.
On Sunday the OPA put jelly on
Continued on ls.ge 6, col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-27
Krivoi Ros Next
Goal ofSovi cts
in nDnieperArea
Large German Force Encirc!ed in Area
Of Big Mining City Doomed to Fall
To Russian Forces; Nazis Are Desperate

MOSCOW, Oct 27. (UP)-Red armies in the Dnieper
bend have invested Kro Rog from three Sides apparently
sealing the doom of the big mining center and have
circled big German force in its envrons, front dis
patches said today.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-27
WEATHER

Maximum Tuesday sc, minimum
Wed. 60; S am. Wed. 81, humidity
As; noon Wed. 83. humidity 20; S
pm. Tuesday SO, humidity 28.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-12
BY REYNOLDS PACKARD
UNITED Press Staff Correspondent

Allied Headquarters, North Africa,
July 12-(UP)-American and Brit
1sh glider and parachute troops
armed with long knives and tommy
guns poured out of black sky upon
surprised Axis defenders of Sicily to
open the battle of Europe, it was re-
vealed today,
SO quickly did the tough troopers
descend that the Italians and Ger
mans didn't raise their anti aircraft
guns before the first units were on
the ground destroying defense in
stallations
At 1910 Friday night the first
glider troops came down on the is
land. A nhour and ten minutes later
the parachutists followed, drop
ping down as clouds and haze o.
scured half-moon
Searchlights stabbed the air pick
ing out planes. But the first units
were down before the ack-ack fire
began on the planes that were
dumping their loads of ck-faced
troopers.
Lieut. Col. John Cerny of Harri-
son, Ida, a soldier who came up
through the ranks to lead the
American side of the show, said an
entire battalion was set down in
one area alone
1.-The air discipline displayed by
the combat teams was beyond my
expectations, was the way he de-
Scribed the action
The target area for the airborne
troops was the southeastern tip of
Sicily The Americans took the west
ern side; the British the eastern
end
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-12
Death Takes No
Holiday at All
(By United Press

Seven persons died of violence In
Connecticut over the week end, and
one fatality resulted in the arrest
of a guard at Fairfield State hos
pital on a charge of assault.
r The guard, Alex P. Hail, "a, Dan
bury, was held in $4,000 bonds fol-
lowing his arrest at NeWtoWn in
connection with the fatal beating
of Nicholas Bud Palmer, Bridge
port, former boxer and inmate OF
the hospital. State police saic
Hail admitted striking Palmer when
an argument started over the
guards refusal to permit Palmer
to go to his room. Palmer, father
of four children, was admitted tc
the hospital Nov. IA, 1912.
Clarence Bassett, Jr., and his cou-
sin, Margaret O'Neil, both 10,
drowned in Milford Harbor while
swimming.
jeremiah A. Shea, IS and his wife
died of automobile injuries at New
Haven
Hg-s. FSances z. Smith, 81. YES.
Hartford, was killed by bolt oil
lightning when she sought shelter
A five-story fall in an elevate;
shaft resulted in the death of Ed
ward Clark, 81, at Hartford.
Additionally, the body of an UNI
identified man, believed to have dice
of natural causes, was found in
Norwalk woods, and James Dunn
SIS, an inmate of the State Prison
farm at Enfield, succumbed in his
sleep.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-12
New Vincennes
To Be Launched

Boston, July 12.-CUP)-The o.
S. S. Vincennes, cruiser more pow
erful than its namesake that waa
lost off Savo Island last year, viii
be launched Saturday at the Bethle-
hem Steel company's yard at Quincy,
the first naval district announced
today.
The original Vincennes was lost
with the Quincy, Astoria and Can
berra on the night Of August 81
last.
The craft will be christened BY
Mrs. Arthur A. Osburn, Jr., oa
Marion, Ind. Mrs. Osburn, as the
daughter of Joseph w. Kinlmell,
then mayor of Vincennes. also spon-
sored the first Vincennes in 1885.
Invitations to the launching have
ben sent to Gov. Henry F. Schrick-
OF of Indiana, Mayor Noble Barr
Vincennes, and a group Of Indiana
civic and industrial leaders.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-12
Silent Death
For Gun Crews

U. S. Advanced Command Post
North Africa, July l2.-(UP)-Allied
paratroops ranging the INVASION
marked coast of Sicily applied their
tactics of silent death to Axis gun
crews and eased the ways for the
armies even then sailing against the
island.
Still incomplete but sufficiently
indicative reports on the advanced
elements of parachutists showed to-
day that they carried out their as
signment on enemy soil with re-
markable efficiency.
Many of the Axis coastal batteries
which blazed away at the Allied
barges we're silenced by the stalking
paratroops trying out the silent
death formula they learned in re-
cent training. Other guns were
knocked out by the warships Off
shore or Allied bombers.
AS the gun crews were destroyed
or made prisoner, the initially heavy
curtain of fire from the land be-
came more and more feeble until
finally Axis air forces were called
on to harass the landings.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-12
Stondees In Buses
Limited BY Troopers

Hartford, Conn, July 12.-(UP)
State police began enforcement
over the week end of a public utili-
ties regulation restricting standeeS
to 40 per cent of the seating capa-
city and icterH.3te buses.
AS result, many travellers were left
stranded at terminals, particularly
at Hartford and New London where
they were encouraged to journey by
train.
Two state policemen we're sta
toned at each terminal in the state
They gave priority to members OF
the armed services. Bus firms were
notified in davance of the regula-
ton enforcement and held ticket
sales to legal bus capacities.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-12
'SweedIer Plan
To Be Ditched

New York, July II (U.PD -
The "SWeedler plan" for selling
meat directly from packer to con-
sumer to bypass the wholesale CELL
ing price bottleneck and relieve New
Yorks meat shortage appeared
headed for the scrap heap today.
Yielding to objections of the city's
retailers, Nathan Sweedler counsel
for the Eastern States Independent
meat packers and slaughterers, said
today he will advise Sosnowitz and
Lottastein, Stamford, Conn, pack
ers operating a retail stand in
Washington Market, to move out OF
this area.
IF there had been ca hint that
the retailers would become angry
over the plan, the Connecticut con-
Germ would have come to New
York" Sweedler said. IF the retail
ers of the city do not want this
noble experiment to continue, l
shall advise my clients to abandon
the plan Immediately"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-12
High Court
Hears Claims

Corporation Counsel Maurice T.
Healey, Assistant Corporation Coun-
sci Edward Mcdonald, Attorney
Lawrence L. Lewis, and Attorney
John H. Cassidy will appear before
the State supreme court justices in
Hartford tomorrow morning at 1890
for hearing on the Cassidy motion
to remit court costs in the city park
ing meter case. Brief oral argu-
ments will be presented by counsel
for both sides.
The hearing, described as pro
cedural matter" was requested by
Mr.. Cassidy who claimed original
counsel in the case indicated the
city did not wish to impose its costs
upon the plaintiff who acted as a
public spirited citizen in contesting
the legally of the meters.
introduced before the high jul
dicial body will be written brief
returned to the common pleas court,
where the action was originally
heard, by former Corporation Coun-
sci j. Gregory Lynch, who in ask
ing Judge Thomas j. Wall for a
Judgment for the city stated he did
not think costs should be imposed
upon Mr.. Cassidy The brief pre-
viously had not been called to the
attention of the supreme court
which last month reversed the low
er courts decision for Mr.. Cassidy,
declared the parking meters to be
legal and ordered the plaintiff to
pay the court costs.
Expenses in the lower court
amounted to $66 and on the appeal
proceedings to 1898 80. The POSSIBLE
ity of separating the costs OF the
two courts has been mentioned by
observers, but counsel in the case
indicated arguments will be pre-
sented on taxing or remitting the
complete expenses.
Although the city will oppose Mr..
Cassidy's motion, it is believed the
hearing tomorrow will lack the fiery
opposition for which the case was
noted during its five day trial here
in June, 1912.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-12
New Mystery
Cakes Case

Nassau, Bahamas, July 12-(UP)
"A new note of mystery was in
jected today in the Staying of Sir
Harry Cakes as Count Alfred De
Marigny faced arraignment on
charges that he bludgeoned his
wealthy father in-laW to death.
An airplane carrying Cakes body
to Miami, Fla, was ordered to return
to Nassau and the body was taken
back to the mortuary. 1t was to
have been taken from Miami to Bar
Harbor, Me-, where his widow lives.
There was no official explanation
for the action. but one authority
said there must be reason" Po-
lice Commissioner r. A. Lindop said
there would be mo autopsy other
than the one performed last Thurs
day."
Cakes, whose gold mining activi-
ties made him multi-millionaire
and who came here to live to escape
high taxes, was found dead in his
bed last week. The bed had been
set on fire, but the flames appar-
emily were extinguished by an cleo
trio fan before the body was de-
stroyed.
De Marigny, who will be arraigned
in magistrates court, was arrested
on charges that he killed Cakes as
the climax to a series of quarrels
which began when the count mar
ried his daughter, Nancy Cakes
never became reconciled to the mar
rage.
1t was reported that De Marigny
may plead insanity. He conferred
in his Jail cell with his attorney,
Godfrey Higgs, and it was under
stood he had summoned expert ex'
aminers from the United States
The maximum penalty in the Ba.
hamas for murder is hanging.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-12
18th Term Talk
Gets Around
BY LYLE c. WILSON
United Press Staff COrreSpOndent)

l.
Washington, july 12.-(UP)-
Communist political activity in New
York and New Jersey appeared to-
day to have a direct bearing on
the democratic controversy over a
fourth term for President Roosevelt.
The Communists last week en-
dersed the democratic machine OF
Mayor Frank Hague Of Jersey City.
They are most Immediately inter-
ested in assuring that Hague's poll
teal position in the state will be
strong enough to enable the Demo-
Gratis to defeat Walter E. Edge, who
is expected to De the Republican
gubernatorial candidate next year.
But the endorsement of Hague
was tantamount to reputation OF
Democratic Gov. Charles Edison, a
one-time New Dealer and members
of MI. Roosevelt'S cabinet who has
been trying to smash the Hague ma
chine, despite it's close association
win the Roosevelt administration. In
announcing support OF Hague, the
Communist Daily Worker revealed
suspicious that Edison may turn up
soon in the anti-fourth term move
ment
Contrary to general belief said
the Daily Worker article, lit is not
true that Gov Edison represents the
liberal wing of the Democratic party
in New Jersey. 1t has yet to be
determined whether, in fact, he is
not moving away from support Of
the President, and whether he is
not, in fact, providing fruitful soil
for the growth of Farleyism in New
jersey"
The reference was to James A.
Farley, former Roosevelt political
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-12
Britoin's Bombers
Idle for End Night

London, July II - CUP - The
RATS heavy bombers were idle last
night for the second straight night,
but the air ministry announced at
tacks by light bombers, fighter
pombers and fighters on targets In
France and Belgium.
Unescorted Boston bombers yes
terday afternoon from treetop
height bombed several electric pow
er stations serving war plants in
the Bethun area.
Typhoons, Mustangs and Spit
fires hit at ground targets in France
and Belgium, destroying or dam
aging locomotives, barges, lock gates
and two gasoline trucks. Two planes
failed to return.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-12
AX|SATTACkS
FAIL TO MAKE
WIDER BREACH
BY HENRY SHAPIRO

UNITED Press Staff Correspondent
Moscow, July IL. - (UP)
= The Germans shifted the
main weight of their week
old summer offensive to the
Orel-Kursk front today after
Red Army troops seized two
villages there in one of a
series of counter-attacks that
Soviet sources said may de-
velop into a full-fledged Rus
sian cOunter-offenSive.
Field dispatches said the Ger
mans intensified pressure at the
northern end of the front after fail
ing in three days of massive attacks
to widen their breach in the Soviet
defenses northeast of Belgorod some
l65 miles to the south.
Despite the loss Of more than 40
900 men, $500 tanks and LOO planes
in the first seven days CT battle,
the Germans still were attacking
with undated violence in an appar-
ent attempt to encircle Russian
troops they estimated at 100000 In
the Kursk salient.
The Red Army's capture of two
villages on the OrelKursk front
followed a surprise, heavy air raid
by Russian Stormovik battle planes
on a German tank division prepar-
ing to attack the Soviet positions.
Dozens of Tanks Destroyed
Several dozens of the enemy
tanks were destroyed and two regi-
ments of supporting infantry were
dispersed with many officers and
men killed, the Soviet communique
last night reported. With the Ger
mans disorganized, the Red Army
launched a counter-attack that
drove the enemy from the two vii
lagos.
Elsewhere along the Orel-Kursk
front, the Germans attacked with
as many as 400 tanks and thousands
of infantrymen at one time, but
everywhere were thrown back. More
than 1000 German officers and men
were killed and many tanks wrecked
yesterday.
Big tank and infantry formations
were launching almost continuous
attacks against the Soviet positions
around Belgorod in solar futile
attempt to deepen their wedge.
Following a particularly heavy ar
tillery barrage, more than 100 tanks,
spearheaded by Cotton Tigers,
lunged at one Soviet position, only
to lose "a tanks, tire armored cars
and IA guns. The Red Air Force
interviewed to air ground forces.
Field dispatches said the Germans
still were using the Tiger tanks to
lead their attacks but the Com
munist newspaper Pravda re-
iterated that these tanks were burn
ing like torches" on the battle
field.
On some sectors, it was reported,
the Germans were paving the way
for ground attacks with mass air
raids by 30 to 100 planes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-12
Vaughn OF Curtis Wright
Denies All Accusations

forged tests and that some army
officers abetted the company in
these practices
The Justice Department has filed
suit against Curtiss-W Wright PreSi-
dent G.. w. Vaughn and seven Of
ficers of Wright Aeronautical, but
Assistant Attorney General Tom c,
Clark of the War Frauds Division
said the suits were filed principally
to prevent private individuals from
similar action under the inform
err" statute. He said no proceedings
will be begun unless the current in
vestigation warrants them.
Vaughan denied all charges, con-
tending that Curtiss-W Wright equip
mcr.. is making an outstanding con-
tributlop to the winning of the war.
The Truman report, while devot-
ing much of its space to charges
against Curtiss-W Wright, included an
optimistic overall picture of Ameri-
can airnower, and even tempered
its criticism of the corporation by
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-12
Allied Forces Are Smashing Into Sicily;
Swarms Of Troops Close I'm On Munda;
Reds Take Towns On Ore|-kursk Front
ALLIED TROOPS
take 10 TOWNS,
MANY CAPT|vES
BY VIRGIL PINKLEY
UNITED Press Staff Correspondent

NohitCu IiooS Evan wi
Allied Headquarters, North
Africa, July II, - (UP)
Allied invasion forces,
spanked by tank units and
paratroopers, have captured
10 Sicilian towns, including
the big port of Syracuse, re-
pulsed seven armored coun-
ter-attacks, taken 1000 pris-
oners and made good progress
in the conquest of the Italian
island, communique said today.
At one point Allied troops had
driven about IS miles inland.
Air fleets of the United Nations.
meeting slightly increased Axis air
opposition, destroyed about so enemy
aircraft to maintain aerial super
iority above the invasion forces
and tsrike with heavy bomb loads
at Axis frcnt and read bases IN
Sicily and lower Italy.
Allied naval forces continued to
GlSelUDdIh NCIllClllN ain DdP
plies and destroyers bonbarded the
Sicilian coastal town of Pozzallo and
the railroad line between Syracuse
and Ragusa, On the east coast.
The towns captured included i'm
portant ports and air bases IN
100 mile strip along the southeast
ern coast of Sicily from Syracuse
Of t1,o leland tn
Licata in the west.
Captured Towns
The towns captured were: SYRIA
cuse, one of the important ports and
communications centers south OF
Catania; Avola, MOTTO. which is on
the railroad few miles inland and
south of Syracuse; Pachino, an air
base on the southeastern tip; Scog-
glitti; Celia, and air base on the
south coast; Licata, an airbase and
coastal city; Ispicia, Rosolini 10
miles inland, and Pozzallo.
American forces captured Llcata,
one of the main enemy air bases on
the central sector Of the socth coast,
and ran up the stars and stripes
over the harbor. The Navy lmmedi-
ately began pouring reinforcements
and supplies into the port.
The surrender Of Pozzallo was &C
copied by the commander of an Al
lied destroyer early Sunday after
noon.
The Allied advance generally con-
tinued, it was announced.
Few details are available on the
work of the Navy during the past "a
hours" the communique from Gen.
eral Dwight D. Eisenhower said.
1.-THE task of disembarking troops
and their supplies on all beaches
continues according to plan.
ION the whole. the weather con-
ditions have improved. The enemy
interference from the air has been
on a slightly increased scale. De-
Tended areas near the coast town OF
Pozzallo, II miles westward from
Cape Torrent and the railroad line
between Syracuse and Ragusa were
bombarded last night by our de-
stroyers.
THE surrender of Pozzallo was
accepted by the commanding officer
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-12
No Maxi Surrender
Before This Winter
BY HARRISON SALISBURY
United Press Staff Correspondent

UNITED Press Staff Correspondent
London, July 12.-CUP)-The I'M
conditional surrender of Germany is
unlikely before this winter Or the
spring of 1914 at the earliest, ac-
cording to the best-informed sources
here.
This belief is predicted on the
following factors:
l. The Sicilian campaign might
easily - though it still is too soon
to predict - require as long as the
final Tunisian drive which would
mean it wouldn't be finished much
before The end of July.
q 1t is likely the Allies will re-
quire several weeks to rehabilitate
Sicilian airdromes and ports before
hopping off against Italy, in which
case the italian campaign presum-
ably would not start much before
the end of August.
8. There is no telling how long
the italian campaign might last, but
six weeks might be a good guess for
the time it will take to knock out
Axis No. partner, which would
carry the timetable well into Oc-
tOber.
4. The Allies may carry out other
landing operations in the Mediter-
ranean theater and POSSIBLY else
where. But as far as geography
goes, it is unlikely that any drive,
for instance through the Balkans,
would reach the German frontiers
before the winter freeze-up in the
Carpathians.
5. The bulk of the Allied crack
troops will be tied up for several
months with the Mediterranean the
alter operations, in which case they
would not be available to spearhead
any new fronts in western Europe.
Even with continued Allied sue
cess in the Battle of the Atlantic,
the shipping strain of the Mediter-
ranean campaign is bound to tax
Allied resources to the utmost. In
addition there's the important fac
tor of timing the final blow against
Germany.
The Allied air offensive against
western Europe is expected to reach
its creScendo by autumn Each day
it continues to reduce GermanyS
power to resist and makes much
easier the task of landing forces
on the western beaches.
Many experts believe Germany
could be subdued with minimum
casualties and the greatest chances
for success if the final offensive
were timed to coincide with the late
winter ebbing of morale under six
months more of day and night
bombardment plus Russian attacks,
the possible loss of Italy, and the
Balkan satellites.