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Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-08

Front reports said the undermine
ed German position between the
Dnieper and the Bug rivers was
deteriorating by the hour under
the impact of Red army blows, and
the Nazis were facing their great
est crisis of the war.
Spearheaded by column which
sliced through the key junction of
Fastov, Soviet forces raced out as
far as 40 miles west, northwest
and southwest of Kiev, where Ger
man resistance was crushed Sat-
urday to break the whole middle
Dnieper defense line.
PUSH FORWARD
CA German communique said that
in the battle area of Kiev" the
Russians were pushing forward on
broad front with far superior
forces)
The occupation of Fastov gave
the Red army control of the STRAIT
egic supply line running southeast
to Krivoi Rog and southwest tc
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-08
Most Of Miners
Return TO Work
By UNITED PRESS

Coal miners streamed back to the
pits Monday one week after the
start of their strike which choked
off the nations coal supply.
Nearly all of the $4,000 members
of the United Mine Workers Union
returned to work under the agree
ment reached last week to provide
them with pay increases.
Only maintenance men went back
to work at one mine of the Youg-
hiogheny and Ohio Coal company
near Bellaire, o., but the few who
continued the strike were only a
small percentage of the states 25,-
900 miners.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-08
PLAIN IS NAzI SLAUGHTER pen
MEXICAN DI ES
IN ACCIDEN

William Arthur McKibbin, 80,
driver of the ambulance from the
Imperial county hospital was pain
fully injured early Sunday after
noon in a three-way collision at
Eighth and Imperial, Imperial. The
county ambulance, Highway Patrol
man Tillman Daley said, and car
driven by Norman c. Cuin, %, I'M
perial, collided at the street inter-
section. The ambulance then ca
reened into a parked car belonging
to Arnold N. Nelson of Imperial.
All thre vehicles were damaged.
A blowout was blamed for the
collision between a coupe driven
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Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-08

Mexican and Chinese representa-
tiveS.
Included in the parade were: the
various community chest character
building groups, Camp Fire, Girl
Reserves, Scouts, all in uniform;
veterans of the last world war, all
marching to music supplied by the
three bands, Camp Lockett, Wilson,
and Centrals Sergeanettes and the
Wilsonettes, in their gray uniforms
added color to the parade and q
grim note was contributed in the
massive military equipment,
huge anti-aircraft gun attracting
much interest, Ell Centro Elks
lodge. as sign of its cooperation,
also participated in the parade.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-08

In celebration of the opening of
the drive this week, a big wartime
parade took place Saturday after
noon, Main and State streets were
thronged with residents of the COM
munity out to view the colorful
professions which included service
men, representatives of the allied
nations and of the local agencies
in the campaign.
Led by County Supervisor Hugh
T. Osborne and Sgt. Cliff Reed Of
the California Highway patrol, the
various units paraded smartly
down Main street, the soberer uni
forms of the United States Marines
contrasting with the colorful cos
tunes worn by the Greek, Filipino,
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-08

Not more than rs marines attacked an estimated 22O
enemy troops entrenched in pboxes and radang trench
es within of not more than 200 by $50 yards.
In hand to hand combat they wiped out 16 pboXes on
the and broke the backbone Of enemy resistance to
this invasion.
The marines confident of the outcome they mes
saged the ships hour after landing:
"Old Glory TOrokina Cape. Situation well
in hand"
1t was the fercest beachhead resistance thus far
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-08
s. Marines Win BIoodiest Beachhead i'm Pacific

panes supposed to storm this beachhead their path
eased by hours of naval and aerial bombardmen Actual
y only half of headquarters company-many of whom
specialists instead of assault roops-and combat
platoon reached the focal point of threeme landing
beach
The bombardment destroyed only three of % pboxes
along entire cape and left untouched Japanese
II mlimeter gun just behind the beachhead
This gun shattered three marine landing boasone of
which was just ahead of my boaand drove several to
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Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-08
Negro Chokes &c.
Woman in Home

sSurprised while attempting bur
glary Sunday a Negro in uniform
tried to choke her, Ella Hernandez
told FL Centro police.
Miss Hernandez discovered the
man in her home at l30 Second
street. She managed to squirm free
when the Negro attempted to
throttle her. Her screams for help
frightened him from the room.
Neighbors pursued the man but
they were unable to apprehend
him.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-08

of. The Fifth army faced difficult
country in a battle for control of
the 3,400-foot Mount Croce q mile
from the town.
Driving back stubborn Nazi
troops who tried to hold off the
thanking maneuyer, Gen. Sir Ber-
nard l.. Montgomery's forces piung-
ed over the Sinella river. capturing
Casalbordino. eight miles beyond
Vasto, to give them gains totaling
Is miles in four days.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-08
BY GEORGE JONES
Copyright, 1943, by United Press

WITH UNITED STATES MARINES, Bouganvlle Is
land Nov 43. (UP)-Sandy palmstudded Cape Torokina
became for four critical hours the boodest beachhead OF
the entire Soomns campaign.
Here japanese defenders and invading marines were
locked in swift mortal combat the morning of Nov and
initial foohold Bougainville secure only when
it ended Miniature in numbers and time this battle
will live the nearly ultimate dstllaon of brutal decisive
fighting.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-08

Odessa while accentuating the
threat of enveloping the powerful
German forces in the Dnieper bend.
Gen. Nikolai F. Vatutin's armor-
ed divisions swept forward more
than 40 miles in two days to re-
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Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-08

girls enter into immoral relation
ships with members of the armed
forces.
Some don't have parents, some
have parents in the east or working
in war industries and some have
parents that just don't care" Phil
lips said.
He said that the transient girls
are being pushed along from COM
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-08
Last Battle Will
Tell Story, Says
Nazi Paperhanger
Red Battle Is Most
Difficult in History,
Hitler Tells People

LONDON, Nov. 8. (UP)-
Adolf Hitler, speaking on the
anniversary of the Munich
Putsch, said today that the
struggle in Russia, sis the
most difficult Germany has ever
had to face"
But as always in history" he
added, "the last battle aloae Will
bring the decision"
Persons familiar with Hitler'5
oratory said there was itcle doubt
that the voice coming over the ra-
dio was his. Some, however, belieF-
ed that it might be the playing OF
a recording which he had made
earlier.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-08

countered by Allied troops in the South Pacific but the
ensuing assault resulted in the quickest seizure of
pared Japanese defenses of Solomons battle front
The enemy literally rushed off mis- feet.
PICTURE CLEARS
Lying in sandy foxhoe some rs yards distant OBJ
tanned only feetng glimpses of this action in which small
groups of swrled in and out of the lines Only
has the picture cleared weary marines eat their
first hot chow and bulldozers bury 125 dead Japanese
Mistakes and adversities preceded the battle. Two COM
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-08
SOUNDS TIRED

The voice sounded old and tired
at the start, but later, when it
swung into familiar denunciatiOnS
of the Jews and the democracieS, it
grew stronger.
In some parts it was d defensive
speech and in other parts it made
no attempt to hide the gravity of
the war situation. Referring to the
terrible setbacks" Which the Na2i
party suffered in its early days,
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Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-08

munity to community" partly be-
cause of a shortage of detention
facilities and partly because many
of them lie about their ages. He
added that the girls who have sex
relations with servicemen are called
Victory girls because of mis-
taken belief they are performing a
patriotic service to soldiers and
sailors.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-08
Oieander Bureau

Oleanders to Fred Nebel- -Thau,
chairman of Saturdays parade, and
his committee members, Andy
Preble and Hugh Osborne. 1t was
a good parade.
BY the way, why were the Elks
in the Elks' car all staring back
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Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-08
Farmers Blast at
Bure Gus Control

Imperial County Farm Bureau directors Monday de
anded immediate discharge of any OPA official or EN-,
poye who issues regulations which cannot be enforced
through legal processes but depends upon bureaucratic
power to force them upon unwilling groups
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-08
Allies Plunge on
In ItaIY Fighting

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS Algers, Nov 8. (UPl--
The Anglo American Fifth army drove today to within
nine miles of the port of Gaea which the Germans may
be wreckng preparatory to retreat while British forces
turned the Nazi Adratic flank in a fve-me lunge.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-08
Nozi Bomb Causes
London Tragedy
UndiscIosed Number Of Servicemen,
Others Killed When Explosive Lands
On Niqh+ Club; Many in Hospitals

LONDON, Nov. 8. (UP)-The fivepiece orchestra at
the gay teenage Cinderella Dancing club had just struck
up rhumba "Back Flowers" last night when bomb
dropped by German plane crashed through the root,
smashed corner of the building like matchwood and
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-08
NEW RED PENETRATION

+NIV HSID L1NE Tff IION
LONDON, Nov. (UP) The
German Transocean News Agency
acknowledged today that the Red
army had achieved ",naj jOr
penetration" of the German ~ j.
tiOns north of Newell, on the upper
central front some 5 miles from
the Latvian frontier.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-08
0pA Surveysl Nv.
For Rent Control
Directors Of Program from San Diego
Conducts Hearing Of Officers, &C.
Civilians on Rent Problems in Area

The on-again offagan question OF rent control poppec
up in Ell Centre Monday following an exhaustive survey
of the area by Charles W. Dfn director OF rent contro
for the San Diego area. D.e
Here ito be shown if rent control necessary D1
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-08
Victory Girls
Roaming State

SACRAMENTO, Nov 8. (UP)-A minimum of 600
800 Victory girls, of them under Is, are roam
ing the state without homes families, James H. Phillips
administrative officer of the California Youth Authority
said TODAY Phillips said that many of the transient
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-08
Foe Running Full
Speed in Reverse
Before Russians
German Positions De+eriora+ins as
Red Troops Continue Drive to Clear
Enemy from Homeland: Thousands Die

MOSCOW Nov. 8. (UP)-Swft Russian mobile forces
famed out far beyond captured Kev today in pursuit of
a demorazed German army fleeing the Ukrainian
plain which military said about to become
Nazi slaughter pen unrivaled since Stalingrad
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-08

Maximum Sunday IA, minimum
Monday ~; am. Monday So, hu-
midity Al; noon Monday IS, humid
ity 49, 5 pm. Sun. g., humidity ~.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-26
MIL|T ARY COP
 GIVEN 5 YEARS
Pleas of Crippled Mother Fails to Save Son From
 Sentence for Shooting

Worcester, Mass, Jan. 26-(UP)- Despite the tremulous pleas of his crippled and widowed mother who travelled here by bus from Okmul- gee, Okla., @ Camp Edwards mili- tary policeman was sentenced in superior court today to five to ten years in state prison for the shoot ing of a storekeeper during a rob- bery attempt.
 The defendant was Pvt. Fred A. Addison, 23-year-old bridegroom of three months, who pleaded guilty yesterday to charge of armed as- sault with intent to rob.
 His mother, Mrs. Bertha Vance, AZ, pleaded that her son be given ''another chance since he had no previous record. Judge Harold F. Williams said the offense couldn't be excused" and that the youth was fortunate that the charge wasn't murder since his vitcim nearly died.
 Addison has been A.W.O.L. from the camp for two weeks prior to his arrest Dec. 29 outside a grocery store. Policeman Michael J. Pow CTS testified that Addison twice shot Cyprian Zinkevich, SO year old storekeeper, with a AS caliber army pistol and was felled and held by the victims 26-year-old son Joseph until police arrived.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-26
FLYNN RESIGNS
 COMMITTEE JOB
James A. Farley in Line as Successor; Walker
 Accepts Resignation

Washington, Jan. 26--(UP)- Democratic National Chairman Frank c. Walker announced today that Edward J. Flynn, minister designate to Australia, has resigned as Democratic national committee man from New York.
 Flynn, Walkers predecessor as Democratic chairman, resigned the committee post while the senate foreign relations committee still was considering whether or not to rec ommend senate confirmation of his diplomatic appointment. The com- mittee, which held hearings on Hymns qualifications for three days last week, will take vote tomor- row.
 What effect Hymns resignation will have on his confirmation re- mains to be seen. Some Democratic senators, however, had indicated they might not vote Aye" unless he gave up his committee job.
 The resignation leaves former Democratic National Chairman James A. Farley in line for selection as national committeeman in Flynns place.
 Walker. in announcing that he had accepted Hymns resignation, added:
 With full appreciation of his great services both as chairman and New York national committeeman, I feel the exercise of his duties in the post to which the president has appointed him and the implied ab- sences from the United States would complicate and make difficult ade- quate attention to the duties and responsibilities of national com- mitteeman.
 'In this opinion MT. Flynn joins. So in this severance of his relations to the national committee which he led for two years with signal con- petence and success. I wish to ex- tend the thanks of the national Democratic organization and wish to him the finest future in his new activities"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-26
Nationwide Fuel Oil
 Ration System Looms
Ban on Pleasure Driving in IT Eastern States May Continue Throughout Summer; De Golyer
 &asnyesPants Gloomy Picture ea4

Baltimore, Jan. 26 --(UP)-- AS- sistant Deputy Petroleum Adminis- trator Everette l.. De Golyer pre- dicted today that the ban on pleas- ure driving in the 17 eastern states may continue throughout the sum- mer and warned that 1t may be necessary soon to ration fuel oil on a nationwide basis,
 De Golyer painted this gloomy picture in addressing the closing sessions of the sixth general as- sembly of the Council of State Gov ernments attended by 200 repre- sentatives from the 4S states. He substituted for Petroleum Adminis- trator Harold L; Ickes who was pre- vented by illness from attending the meeting. .tft
 eve will not be able to move enough gasoline into the east coast except that which is necessary to meet bare essential requirements this summer" he said. During those months we will be building up fuel oil reserves for the winter of 1943 and l944.
 we are rationing gasoline na- tionally to save rubber. and the time is not far away when I be- ltsve we will have to ration fuel oil throughout the country to save our limited SUI ply"
 He said the United States was not likely ever again to become a major exporter of oil, and predicted that the nations petroleum supply has about reached the state where irn- portations will be likely in subse- quept years.
 We are getting very close to the margin of our productive capacity" he said.
 He said the country now produces about 3,88OO0OO00 barrels of oil daily whereas 1t produced 4,44O, ,000,- GOO barrels a year ago. Military and essential civilian demands are be- ing met now,. he said, but war needs will place a real pressure on the nations productive capacity before 1943 ends.
 The Pacific coast, he pointed out, has not felt the fuel oil pinch as has the east coast. But he warned that military demands may make 1t
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-26

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-26
CETURCHILL TO MOsCOW9

London, Jan. 28-(UPl--The Ger- man radio reported that "it vas hlnted today in the Wilhelmstraese that Prime Minister Winston Churchill might 60 Co Moscow after conclusion og his Washington ialka"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-26
MUNITIONS SHIP
 OF LAPS EXPLODE
U. s. FOrtresses Score Direct Hit at Rabaul; A1-
 other Vessel Damaged

General MacArthur's Headquart- CTS, Australia, January 26. = (UP) - American Flying Fortresses, sweeping down to 200 feet to make sure of their kill, raided the Japan ese stronghold at Rabaul, on New Britain Island, for the fifth success sive day Sunday night hitting a 2,OOO-t ton Japanese cargo ship, be- lieved loaded with munitions, ard scoring a direct hit on another medium sized vessel. General Doug lass MacArthur,s headquarters com munique said today.
 The munitions ship exploded.
 A single B-24 Liberator bomber early Monday started gasmata air- drome, on New Britain.
 Another Liberator attacked Fin schhafn Harbor, on the New Guinea coast. the communlque said; Monday afternoon.
 BPS Mitchell medium bombers. making their daily milk run' M0n- day morning. raided supply dumps and buildings at Lac. on the Huon Gulf of New Guinea, starting fires ard sllenclng three machine guns and one anti.alrcraft positions.
 Three Japanese planes raided the Milne Bay area. at the southern tln of New Guinea, before dawn Monday but did no damage. the eommuniaue eald. while Q belated report revealed at least two Japan ese planes bombed nn nirdFnnae ili the Port Noroshy ares before dawn HaEardag, causing llille damage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-26
BICLUXEMBOURC
 STEEL STRIKE ON
Germany War Industry Is Hurt; Martial Law I'm.
 posed in Marseilles
by JOHN A. PARRIs

U0lGe0 kreBS StAM GOEEeSpOnuent
 London, Jan. 26-(UP)-Gertnan army authorities fnassing tanks, field guns and infantry against Frenchmen defending their barri- caded homes in the Old Harbor dis trict of Marseilles. were reported to- day to have threatened to devastate the. entire area unless resistance ceased.
 The residents were battling Nazi attempts to uproot and move them 1ssewhere.
 Ticliy disclosed that 1t had im- posed martial law in the district to EG the Germans and said that evacuated persons who returned. or others classed as Hooters" would be liable to the death penalty by Trench court martial.
 Many Killed
 Fighting French headquarters heard that fighting had been going 3a since yesterday morning and that many Frenchmen and women had been killed.
 The Fighting French expressed lear that loss of life in the old, crowded district might be appalling put said they did not expect definite 1eVs through their secret channels (Continued on Page D
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-26
CONVOY ARRIVES
 NO SHIPS LOST Protection d Allie4 Ship- ping in Arctic Improves
 in Recent Months

Moscow, Jan. 26-(UP)-Russian dive bombers and torpedo carrying planes have destroyed a German convoy in the Parents sea of the Arctic coast. sinking nine trans ports and Q patrol vessel totaling 5lOOO tons, 1t was announced today.
 Planes os the Russian northern fleet sank the ships. during the first half of January. 1t was aIl- nounced, when they discovered the convoy. escorted by patrol vessels and deslroyers.
 The midnight high command communique had reported the ad- tlltl0naI sinking of an enemy tore pedo boat by Russian warships.
 It said army planes had sunk a German transport of 10000 tons in an undesignad enemy port.
 Dlnlnmnlic quarters reported that protectlon Of Allied shipping sn the Arctic had improved considerably m recent months and that Q the result losses from British and American conveys bound for Arctic Russia had been reduced 70 nfllil- lnuan,
 cns hi4 AmrFlean convoy arrived faseallN MllhQni ine loaA N E sn'n'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-26
UNION OFFICERS
 HOLDING POSTS
Chase Executive Board AssaiIs Insurgents ;Claim
 Original Officers In
(NEA Radiophoto)

The executive board" of the Chase local of the Mine, Mill & Shelters Workers union, in a state- ment, claimed that its officers still legally held their posts in the union and bitterly assailed the insurgent group which took control of the lo- cal several weeks ago. The state- ment was issued over the signatures of William E. Stanton, "presiden~ , and Antonio Napoli, financial sec retary", though the insurgents hold that both have been removed from office.
 James Murray is acting president of the union, according to the in- surgents' version. Observers were speculating on the significance of the absence from the list of signers of today's statement the names of other officers of the local who were busted after @ spontaneous protest movement at the end of last year.
 The Headquarters" statement u (Continued on Page Q
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-26
Axis Planes Discover Movement To Flank. Germans Near Gabes'
AXIS STRENGTH
 IS KNOCKED OUT
4O96 of Effectiveness Is Gone; New Drive Under-
 way South of VOrOnezh
By HENRY SHAPIRO 'nlkAd press Staff COrresnOndent


 Moscow, Jan. 26 - (U.P.) - Rus sian military quarters today esti- mated that more than 40 per cent of Axis electives on the eastern front had been knocked out or badly smashed in the two months Soviet winter offensive which today rolled forward toward Kursk Kharkov and Rostov with apparently greater mo- rnentun1.
 GA German communique reported that the Russians had begun 8 new attack south of Voronezh, using re- gently arrived reinforcements)
 The estimate was accompanied by word from diplomatic quarters of a dramatic improvement in Allied supply deliveries along the German plane and submarine infested routes to the Russian Arctic ports.
 These quarters said that losses from American and British conveys to the Soviet had been reduced sharply by better protection in con- trast to the very heavy losses of @ few months ago. A large American convoy, 1t was revealed, arrived in Russia recently without the loss of a ship.
 Naval Convoy Smashed
 The growing Allled- Russian con- trol of the northern supply route was emphasized by 9 Soviet report that Russian dive bombers and tor- pedo planes had smashed an irn- portant German naval convoy in the Barents Sea, sinking nine trans ports and patrol ship with total capacity of 51, 900 tons.
 The estimate of NaN losses in the winter offensive was presented by the military experts of Red Star the Red Army organ.
 Nothing that Josef Stalin last Nov. 2 estimated Axis strength on the Russian front at 240 divisions, Red Star reported that 102 Axis divisions had been routed or knock ed out of action since that time. This included more than half the total of about 60 Satellite divisions estimated to be operating in the east.
 The military expert reported that Italy had 10 divisions in the lower
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-26
40 CONGREGATIONAL
 VOLUNTEERS ASKED

Boston, Jan. 26.-(UP)-The American Board of Foreign Missions Congregational today issued a call for 40 volunteers as career mission- aries for service in Africa, China, the Near East and western Eu- rope.
 These posts must be filled by doc- tors. nurses, educators. ministers, re- hgious and social workers.
 '"rhe war Is creating situations at once difficult and Of great promise" said pr. Fred Field Good sell. executive vice president of the board. We look forward to Q new American century interpreted in terms of Christian Service"