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Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-23
SHOCKING

(Santa Ana Register)
An assistant United States attorney
general in Seattle is shocked by Judge
John C. Bowen's decision that the power
of civil courts, in an area not under mar
tial law, is superior to that of the War
department. Prosecutor Norman NJ. Lit
tell says that decision is without parallel
in United States courts.
We hope Mr. Littell is wrong. We
were nourished on the tradition that civil
and constitutional law is supreme in this
democracy. 1t would shock us, at least
as much as Mr. Lttell possibly can have
been shocked, to learn that we are living
under a military dictatorship.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-23
VIA Modifies
kppIe Restrictions

WASHINGTON, Nov. %. (UP) -
The war food administration today
modified restrictions on the sale of
apples for fresh consumption to
provide additional quantities for
civilians.
The order permits sale of Alber
marie Pippin, Newton, Winesap and
York Imperial measuring less than
q. inches in diameter for fresh
consumption provided the quality
is fancy" under state grading
u. S. No. / or higher.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-23
Mind Your
Manners

Test your knowledge Of correct
social usage by answering the
following questions, then checking
against the authoritative answers
below:
/. If a member of your house
hold leaves an open letter around
should you feel free to read it?
2. If you would like to sit at
table in a private club with ac-
1uaintances, should you first say
DO you mind if I sit down with
you?
8. In that case should you pay
for your own drink?
4. Should a woman say Won't
YOU come in?" to the neighbor who
cCmes to the door on an errand?
5. If a neighbor's child comes
into your house to play with your
children should you see that he
axes off his wraps and puts them
on again before leaving?
What would you do if
You are a woman entitled to use
an officers club and are sitting
with another woman when man
officer comes up and sits down at
he table
Ca Pay for your own drinks
since you are a fellow officer
and not the mans date?
(bp Expect the man to pay for
the drinks ?
Answers
|. No.
2. Yes.
3. Yes.
4. Yes, it is the gracious thing tc
do.
5. Yes.
Better What Would You Do" Sc
ution-taD.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-23
IT'S A TOUCH WAR

If anyone thinks that this isn't tough
war as compared with World War |, a
booklet titled Care of the Wounded, >
released by the Office of War lnforma-
ton, should dispel the notion. Outright
deaths in battle are greater among total
battle casualties in all three services, and
mental cases have increased in spite OF
the great advances in neurOpSychlatrlc
treatment during the past 25 years.
In the last war, one soldier was killed
to every six wounded. In this war, one
is killed to every three wounded. In
World War |, one sailor was killed for
every two-plus wounded. This time 1t
is one to every one-plus wounded. Among
the Marines. the ratio was one to i've IN
the last war, one to four in this.
The rate of admission of neuropsy-
chiatric cases to Army hospitals in the
last war was about 80 for every 1000
cases in the continental United States,
and less than 20 in overseas hospitals.
In the present war the figure is about
so for every 1000 cases in this country,
and slightly higher in overseas theaters.
Greater destructive power of ordnance,
greater fire power, and less fighting
from stabilized and prepared positions
are the reasons advanced for the higher
ratio of killed to wounded in the present
cO01l llcI. AS 1Or the lICltstSS III IlSll1s'i
cases many understandable reasons are
listed.
American forces fought largely from
fixed trench positions in World War
except from September to November
1918, when they went on the offensive
Trench warfare was no picnic, but 1t did
afford them greater protection than TO-
dav's soldier usually has, and hot food
could frequently be brought up. There
was also the chance for men at the front
to get periodic leave, when they could
get back to Paris or other French cities
and forget the war for while.
Today our armies are almost contlnu-
ously on the offensive. In place OF a
trench, they have the protection OF fox
hole, a rock or a tree. They land on
beaches blasted by enemy fire. They
fight Jungle and insects as well as Japs
and Germans. There is little hot food,
and no leaves in Paris. They have to keep
moving. And all this adds up to greater
strain. greate- danger, greater anxiety,
and more mental breakdowns.
These figures give an idea of the price
that our men are paying for coming VIC
tory. But there is a cheerful side to the
report, too That is in the lowered per-
centage of deaths among the wounded.
In the last war, 6 per cent OF Army
wounded died through 1919; $50 per
cent of Navy wounded: II per cent OF
Marines. So far in this war, the per
centage of deaths from wounds in the
three services are Army, 3.5; Navy, BIG;
Marines, 3.15.
The reasons behind these encouraging
figures are three: blood plasma, the sulta
drugs, and greater mobility and better
organization of medical units. And they
point one obvious moral that is worth re-
beating: the armed services will need an
increasing amount of plasma till victory,
and we civilians can make no more Valu-
able contribution than the filling OF that
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-23
13.Ycar.0Id Bow
Guilty Of Murder

POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y. Nov. 23.
CUP)-EdWin Codarre, 13-year-old
confessed slayer of Elizabeth Voight,
pleaded guilty to second degree
murder today saying Il had to get
something-it's okay by me-
The plea was entered by Alex
ander Dow, defense counsel, who
said that he had first believed the
10Y was suffering from a mental
disorder but had since agreed with
,sychiatrists that he was "poten-
ial menace TO societY.'
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-23
MILLIONS HERE
EXPECTED ATTACK

IT. happehs every year. There is always a
Ilihe when 1T seems like everybody has
eoid attack. AT this time take precaution.
And remember Penetro. the salve with
modern medication in the base contain
ing same kind OF old fashioned mutton
suet grandma used Works 2 ways OD
warming yapors comfort cold-congested
nose and throat; (2) Stimulates circula-
tloh right at spot where rubbed on. DC.
Double supply Tor 35e. Demand Penetro.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-23
TOMORROW'S MENU
EAT the Basic Z Every Day

BREAKFAST: Tomat to juice,
ready-to-eat cereal, breadcrLmb
griddle cakes, butter or fortified
margarine, syrup or honey, coffee,
milk.
LUNCH: Lentil soup with frank
furter rings, sour rye bread, forti-
fled margarine, cottage cheese,
chives and green pepper salad,
fruit bowl, tea, milk.
DINNER: Pork chops with hom-
my, milk gravy 8-minute cabbage,
sliced tomatoes with vinaigrette
dressing, enriched hard rolls, forti-
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-23

If we were to follow the sugges-
tions of Prof. Lutz of Princeton
University. and simplify our tax
structure by adopting a single over
all basic tax for all persons of nor
nal income-a tax withheld at
source and requiring neither year.
end return nor intermediate tax
estimates there would be certain
obvious loopholes to be filled.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-23
Editorials and Comment

schools had to be evacuated along with
much industry, early in the war, but
the program continued.
All of which would seem to indicate
that when everybody pitches in, some
very urgent problems can be licked-even
when the enemy is battering at the front
door
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-23
HIT CLhCX MARKET

SACRAMENTO Nov. % (UP)-
State PoarG CT Equalization and
Office OF Pri c Administration O.
ficials were in aernemort today on
a program to halt black market
sales of liquor in California.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-23
CURRENT QUOTATIONS.

1t is probable that in the period after
the war our people will inaugurate pol
icy of providing a college education for
all those who aspire to one and who pos,
sess the intellectual equipment that will
permit them to benefit from one.-Gov.
Bills Arnall Of Georgia.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-23

Everybody should know that the So
Wet borders cannot be subject Of dis
cussion any more than, for instance, the
borders of the United States or the status
of California.-Pravda, Moscow news
paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-23

In a free system, success can never
be guaranteed. But in no other system IS
it worth the having {. Craw-
ford. president National Association of
Manufacturers.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-23
WE
the Women
By RUTH MILLETT

CONDITIONS these days may be
bit different for the wife whose
husband is one of those fathers
who believes one minute he will
likely be drafted and the next that
he may not
Chances are that her husband,
because of the worry and uncCr-
tainty he is Going through, i
harder to live with harder tC
please, harder to talk to.
A wife, shouldn't let that upset
her, nor should she blame her
husband for it.
He'll be all right once his fate is
decided. It's not knowing how to
plan and what TO do that makes
him worry.
Meanwhile a vie can help thf
situation a little if she WI do these
things:
Quit talking about the problem
unless her husband brings it up.
Check the impulse to talk over
with her husband every idea she
has for what she will do and how
she will live if her husband goes
She should sit down and figure out
rhat looks like The best solutior
to her, and 'hen tell her husband
she thinks that is what she ough'
to do He'll be relieved to know
that she can work out her own life
for she'll have to, if he does leave
her to go into the service.
Plan SOCIAL LIFE
Plan some social life of the kind
her husband enjoys, so that he
doesn't sit around night after night
worrying. Avoid any kind of talk
such as, Il don't know what I'll dc
# you have to leave US, or how I'll
ever manage the children without
your help
Keep her own worries and troubles
and difficulties from him, trying to
make his home life as smooth and
uncomplicated as possible.
That is a1out as much as a wife
can do to help her husband through
The trying period of waiting TO SEE
what the future holds fo1 him anG
his family.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-23
MODERN M MENUS

fled margarine, ginger pears, nut
cookies, coffee, milk.
Green vegetables are one of the
Basic Seven Foods.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-23
By GAYNOR MADDOX
NEA Staff Writer

You can make cakes with chicken
fat or home rendered lard, using
all fat or half fat and half but
ter for the amount of shortening
specified in the recipe. Spice
cakes, chocolate cakes, or cakes
with decided flavor in cake or
frosting are especially suitable for
use of these fats.
To mix these cakes, increase
salt /. teaspoon. Reserve about
a of the sugar to beat into the
egg whites. Cream remaining
sugar with the fat. Combine egg
yolks and milk and add to creamed
mixture, alternately with sifted
flour mixture, beating after each
addition. Beat egg whites with
reserved sugar until stiff enough
to hold up in moist peaks. Add
to cake batter, beating very thor
oughly. Bake as usual. -
That expert advice comes from
a new 22-page booklet called
How to Bake by the Ration
Book" And here's one Of its many
wartime recipes.
Hone Spice Cake
Two cups sifted cake flour, 2
teaspoons combination baking pow
der, 2. teaspoon salt, ~ teaspoon
all spice, y cup shortening, l tea
spoon grated lemon rind, q cup
honey, { egg yolks, unbeaten; i2
cup milk, 2-3 cup chopped raisins,
l teaspoon vanilla, 2 egg whites, l-3
cup chopped walnut meats.
/ Sift flour once, measure, add
baking powder, salt and allspice,
and sift together three times.
Cream shortening with lemon rind;
add honey gradually, beating well
after each addition. Add Il of flour
and beat until smooth and we'll
blended. Add egg yolks, one at a
time, ibeating we'll after each. Add
remaining flour in thirds, alter
nately with milk in halves, beating
very we'll after each addition. Add
raisins with last addition of flour
Add vanilla. Beat egg whites until
stiff enough to hold up in moist
peaks. Stir quickly but thoroughly
into batter. Turn into creased
8x8x2-inch pan and sprinkle with
nut meats. Bake in moderate oven
1850 degrees F. 55 minutes or until
done.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-23

Nobody is sure to escape. And roundworms
can cause real trouble inside you or your
child. Watch for the warning signs un-
easy stomach, nervousness, itchy nose or
seat. Get Jayne's Vermifuge right awayi
JAYNE'S is Americas leading proprietary
worm medicine used by millions for over
century. Acts gently. yet drives out round
worms. Demand JAYNE'S VERMIFUGE.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-18
Security ax On Till March

Washington, Dec. 18-'(UP)-The Senate Friday passed and sent to the House a resolution extending the present one per cent social security payroll tax until March 1.
 Congress would decide after the holidays whether to continue the one per cent rate for further pe- riod or let it rise to two per cent each on employers and employees.
 Senator Arthur Vandenberg, R., Mich told the Senate the tempo rary legislation is necessary to avoid confusion and chaos among employers and employees during early 1944.
 A provision to hold the social se llrity tax at one per cent through out 1944 was approved by the Senate finance committee as an amendment ot the new tax bill, but Vandenberg pointed out that final Congression- al action on the bill cannot possibly be completed until sometime in Jan uary.
 The temporary provision was at tached by the Senate to House. approved resolution which will per init the lifting of import duties on grain for 90 days.
 Congressional experts meanwhile worked on the final draft of the tax bill in an effort to get it ready for Senatae consideration.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-18
Dealers Accused or Selling '!F1fths Instead or Quarts

Washington, Dec. 18-(UP)--Wil- liam McArthur, director of the grain division of the War Food Ad- ministration, and Senate investi- gators of the the liquor shortage charged today that Canada is stag ing hold-up of the American gov ernment" in order to obtain higher price for 9,OOO,OOO bushels of wheat.
 McArthur said Canada would get approximately $1.84 per bushel if it boosted the price. and only $l37 under present agreements.
 Senator Abe Murdock. D., Utah, a member of the Senate judiciary in vestigating subcommittee. described the situation as most unfortunate, :" and asked McArthur:
 Do you want to leave this con- mittee with the impression that our nearest ally is staging a hold-up of the American government on the price of wheat?"
 I'm afraid that's the situation, senator" McArthur replied.
 McArthur told the committee that Canada had refused to give the WFA final price on the 5000, 900 bushels of wheat for which the United States has contracted for until Con- gress acts on a pending bill which would remove grain import duties. He said the wheat already is in American owned winter storage boats' = vessels which have been loaded for their last trip down the Great Lakes before winter makes
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-18

them 1mpaSSaDle.
 Then in practical effect" asked Senator Homer Ferguson. R., Mich., the Canadian government is using American boats to hold wheat until it sees whether it can charge the American government a higher price for it?"
 That is correct" McArthur said.
 Two other War Food Administra- ton witnesses Mark Upson director of transportation, and Dr. D. A. Fitzgerald, deputy director of the Good Production Administration, told the committee that the grain supply situation was tight" The committee was trying to determine whether grain could be spared for a resumption of whiskey manufac- turing. Upson said that despite the i'm portation of three times as much grain this year as in 1942-most of the importation from Canada supplies are still short" Fitzger- aid presented figures to the commit tee showing the disappearance of stocks in wheat, corn and barley i because of war needs.
 Chairman Frederick Van Nuys, D.. Ind, earlier in the hearing ac- cused dealers of selling whiskey in "fifths" instead of quarts in order to boost prices. He asserted tlsat this committee viii prove conclu- sively that any dealer can get ell the quart bottles he wants."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-18
DRIVE GERMANS FROM
 MOUNTAIN TOPS
BY REYNOLDS PACKARD United Press Staff Correspondent

BY REYNOLDS PACKARD United Press Staff Correspondent
 With French Troops in Italy, December IS. - (UP) - Vengeance bent French men drove the Germans from two mountain heights and a small town today with weapons given them by the United States for the long, fighting march through Flu rope toward their homeland.
 It was their second straight day of hard battle against the Nazi con- uuerors of France and the second day of success for French arms. An other peak had been captured yes- terday.
 In seizing the new positions on the high ground, which the Germans tried hard to hold, the French forces advanced some three quarters of a mile.
 The French repulsed series of German counter attacks both days and at several places there were signs of an attempt by the enemy to break off fighting by swift with drawal from strongly entrenched positions, including dugouts rein forced with railroad ties.
 They wore American uniforms ex- cept for their helmets but in every officers dufflebag was a carefully folded French uniform which will be donned when the border of France is crossed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-18
Nazi Physicians Saue Life
 OfAmencan An1ySergeant

Two Rivers, Wis, Dec. 18-(UP)- The coolneSS and courage Of Air Force Sergt. Tyre c. Weaver, who with his arm shot of, indicated to his shipmates that he wanted to be dropped from their bullet-riddled bomber over Germany in order to get medical aid was described today by Lieut.. Keith Koske. 28.
 German physicians saved Weaver'S life, but NaI propagandists seized on the incident to claim that his shipmates ignored his "pitable pro tests" and threw him from the plane.
 Tt was Weayer's idea,' said Koske. who Is home on leave to visit his wife and IA months old son. T have never seen a braver man. "
 The Flying Fortress had com pleted it's mission-the bombing of Hanover-and was fighting its way back through swarm of German fighters, darting and diving for a kill in the stratosphere.
 Machine guns riddled the bomber. A shell from an aerial cannon ripped through the front turret, severing Weaver's arm. He fell into the passageway.
 1 "The bone was shattered in his arm and it was hanging by a mus cle," Koske said. 'I don't see how he remained conscious. There was nardly enough of the arm left for me to apply a tourniquet.
 He didn't speak-he couldp"t Speak-but his mind was clear and he knew what he wanted us to do
 Weaver pointed with bis good
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-18

arm toward the escape hatch. I saw with that gesture what he wanted. He was bleeding to death. We were miles from home, but there was help below, and also machine guns.
 q tried to be as cool as he was. I checked the things that ought to be done. l went over his para chute harness. It was okay. Then I put bail out bottle of oxygen in his harness. I found with dis may that it was a new type bottle and I did not understand its gadgets. Again by gestures, Weaver showed me what to do.
 "Then I put the rip cord in his good hand. He pulled the cord a little to get a start. It probably saved his life because I was afraid he would finally faint when he hit the air.
 He disappeared through the hatch.
 "The ball turret gunner said he saw him fall. The parachute opened perfectly.
 T looked around. The co-pilot (John Red Morgan, was tugging at the controls to keep the ships nose up. The pilot, First Lieut.. Rob- art Campbell was dead. The ships supply of oxygen had been de- stroyed by the bombardment. The gunners were out. But we got back, KoSke said.
 Koske was commended by Maj. Gen. Frederick L. Anderson, con- mander of the Eighth Air Force for saving Viewers life.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-18
Berlin Fires Still IIAbIaze
By PHIL AULT

United Press Staff Correspondent
 London, Dec. 18-CUP)-The Vivic red glare of fires set by British bembers Thursday night still lighted the winter sky above Berlin today neutral reports said.
 The Royal Air Force bombing fleets were idle last night, presum. ably because of bad weather, after blasting the reich capital with 1,50C tons of explosives.
 Travellers from Berlin arriving al Malmoe, Sweden, said the center and eastern sections of Berlin par ticularly were hard hit by the as- sault and that interurban traffic was paralyzed.
 Fog was said to have blanketed Berlin when the bomber forces esti- mated in Stockholm newspapers at between 500 and 600 planes came over and defenses were hampered badly.
 A taxi driver who reached Nal moe and who recently had come from Russia said the center of Der lin was more devastated than some Russian cities through which ground war fare had passed.
 (BBC, in broadcast heard by CBS, quoted Swedish newspapers as saying Germany used 68,000 SOL diers to clean up Berlin after the last series of air raids)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-18
Wood Alcohol FotoI To Cob

Portsmouth, N. H., Dec 18-(UP) Two naval investigatirs. bodies were seeking to determine today the full facts surrounding the wood alcohol death of a U. s. sailor and the poisoning Of several others.
 Victicl Of the poison was a sailor identified only as Harry Mckinley machinist's mate 2-c, who, accord ing to a medical-examiner's report filed yesterday, died at the Naval Hospital here Tee. l.
 Public relations officers of the first naval district said that all those poisoned were members of a navy auxiliar- vessel and that "it is thought that the alcohol was brought aboard by source outside the yard" Though 1t was not off cially stated, it was implied that alcohol was drunk.
 Reports on the case had beer filed with the Secretary of Navy and to the Attorney Generals office at Augusta, Me-, 1t was said. and 6 court of inquiry and a board of in- vestigation were at work on thu case.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-18
1,148 In London Influenza Victims

London, Dec. 18.-(UP)-The ministry of health announced to- day that 1,148 persons had died of influenza in London and 126 other cities and towns during the past week, the highest toll since the last week in January, 1887.
 The deaths during the past week totalled 439 more than during the previous seven-day period and the ministry said that there was a possibility that the toll next week might be even higher.
 However, the z.;cistry said the number of cases 6f Influenza had begun to decline with pressure on hospitals and medical services cas- ing somewhat in the last few days.