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Evening star., 1943-09-13

these days, namely that we are fiel1t-
ing this war to preserve the four
freedoms under one of which GER
tainly comes the motto engraved on
the Supreme Court Building-"Euual
Justice Under Law"
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Evening star., 1943-09-13

The best way to root for victory
Is to dig deep into that pocketbook or
purse and buy War savings stamps.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-28

berated two shell-shocked soldiers
but slapped only one)
2. Why wasn't this incident,
which occurred in August, reported
by the war department earlier?
3. Why did EisenhoWer's Algiers
headquarters issue flat denial of
knowledge of the affair when it
first was reported last weekend?
(The Algiers headquarters issued
a denial Monday but confirmed the
story the next day0
4. Since EiSenhowers decision
against firing Patton was based on
a finding that Pattons own Sew
enth army troops felt mo great
harm was DONE" has subsequent
publicity brought about the need
for new appraisal of Patton's
present efficiency?
These questions, along with 9TH
ers, may be addressed to Stimson
or some other war department rep
resentative in executive session next
Friday when the committee meets
to consider Patton's promotion
from the permanent rank of colonel
to that of ma His pres
ent rank of acknowledgement is
temporary.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-28
Ask Funds to
Convert Theatre
As New Canteen
Three Members of City
Recreation Committee
Threaten Resignation

That application should be
made for federal -unds to
convert the old Fox theatre
into a servicemen's canteen
adequate to meet the needs
of serviccmen now stationed in the
valley, due to an anticipated in
crease in the spring, was decided by
a majority vote at special meet
ing Saturday morning in the cham
Der of commerce.
Attending the meeting we're:
Wayne A. Neal, field recreation
representative for the Federal Sc
curity agency; members of the city
council, the city servicemen's re-
creation committee, the chamber
of commerce, including that groups
servicemen's recreation committee,
and Mrs. Emily Kaford, president of
the Ell Centre canteen unit.
Three members of the city SER
vicemen's recreation committee said
at the meeting that they were going
to offer their designations, either
because they had insufficient time
to give to the work, or because they
were not in accord with the general
sentiment. These three were: How
ard P. Meyer, chairman d. B. Rob-
erts, w. A. Scheniman, H. w. Faw-
cett and John w. Tyler. Other
members of the committee made
no statements.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-28
Reveals Fleet
Has More Than
40 Plane Carriers
Will Spearhead the
Eventual Mainland
Attack on Japan

WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.
(UP)-Secretary of the Ma
Wy Frank Knox's disclosure
that the unprecedentedly
powerful U. S. fleet now in
cludes a force of more than 40 air.
craft carriers carried with it the
implication today that preparations
are being made for smashing as
sault on the Japanese homeland.
SPEARHEAD ATTACKS
1t is no secret that the main
purpose for which the carriers are
being built is to spearhead an event.
ual direct attack on Japan proper.
How soon such a thrust will be
made was a matter of conjecture,
but naval experts would not be sur
prised to see it come early next
year.
Already the United States has a
carrier force numerically greater
than those of all the worlds naval
powers combined, and it is being
steadily augmented. The carriers
are one of two types of vessels given
top priorities in the navy's con-
Struction program. The other type
consists of destroyer escorts.
HALF ESCORTS
A little better than half the new
carriers are believed to be of the
so-called escort class. These vessels
Continued on page 6, col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-28

Eisenhower's report acknowledged
that Patton was guilty OF repre-
hensible conduct" which might have
merited his removal ercept that 1t
apparently did not impair his effi-
cheney as a military leader. 1t was
submitted to the senate along with
a statement that Secretary of War
Henry l.. Stimson believed EiSen-
howor's ruling was right and prop
or"
WANTS MORE INFO
The senate military committee,
which had asked Stimson for a
full report, decided it wanted more
details before it would agree. Com
mittee Chairman Robert r. Rey-
noldS, D., N. c., and several other
committee members declared that
Stinson's and Eisenhower's state
ments "by no means close the mat
ter
QUESTIONS ASKED
Some of the questions in the
minds of committee members in
Rcluded:
/. Are there other similar in
cidents in Pattons background?
(Eisenhowers report revealed for
the first time that Patton had
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-28

bombs were dropped on Berlin in
the fourth block-buster assault on
the German capital in nine days,
probably completing the destruc-
ton of up to one third of the larg-
est city in Europe.
Fires from the previous attacks
still were burning and the weather
was good" the air ministry an
nounced. Crews report the bomb
ing most effective"
The twin raids on Berlin and
the southwest German industrial
center of Stuttgart followed the
heaviest American raid ever made
with Bremen and unspecified tar
gets in northern France the tar
gets yesterday. More than 1000
bombers and fighters participated
in the record daylight attack.
The day and night assault
brought the number of raids on
Germany in "a hours alone to five
and sent the Anglo-American aerial
offensive to its highest pitch since
the start of the war in what was
generally interpreted as a campaign
to soften the Reich for the opening
of second front.
Nearly 1000 tons of bombs have
been dropped on Berlin alone in
the past nine nights.
The double-edged raids on Ber-
lin and Stuttgart, $40 miles apart,
successfully split the German fight
er defenses last night and only 80
bombers were lost in what was one
Continued on page 6, COL d
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-28


Wallace, long viewed as President
Roosevelt's goodwill emissary to
Laton America, branded as fantas-
tic Buffers assertion that $6,000,-
100000 has been spent during the
past three years on a naively-
conceived and badly-coordinated
program of boondoggling.
He said the senator's charges will
be diSproved by federal agencies
concerned with Latin American aid.
Nelson A. Rockefeller, coordinator
of inter American affairs, told an
American Legion banquet honoring
pam American nations last night
that Buffers figures were "misrep-
reSentation of fact" He said the
truth is that less than $600,000,000
in expenditures and commitments
have been made by all agencies,
including those for military and
naval establishments.
Buffers charges were contained
in a 200-page report to two senate
committees on his recent 10000
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-28
Houser
Unable
Q Act

1t. Gov. Fred Houser, who
took over the duties of gov
ernor of California last week
while Gov. Earl Warren was
out of the state, telephoned
the Post-Press Saturday to remind
the public that he had ceased 10
be governor when Gov. Warren re-
turned to Sacramento at am.
last Monday and therefore could
not carry out his promise to send
a representative to Imperial Valley
to investigate the strike situation
among power division employees OF
the irrigation district.
AUTHORITY ENDED
Unfortunately my authority came
to complete termination at 7 am.
last Monday when the governor re-
turned to the state 1t. Gov Hous-
er said. Il telephoned the COVER
nor's office several times and urged
that someone be sent to Imperial
Valley or I feared the strike would
break out again." Houser telephon-
ed the Post-PresS from his home
in Alhambra where he has been
Continued on page 6, col. y
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-28
D AMBLlNe
~ EpoRTER

What I'm Artist
Away back in 1880 Amos Chick
had his picture taken SO he could
apply for license to. act as sec
ond for prize fighters
This week Chick decided to apply
for another license to act as a sec
ond for prize fighters. He attached
the picture he had taken in 1890
The picture of Chick was a clear
demonstration that time has gall
loped on.
Look at this picture" Harry
Woodbury. said to Joe Jeffrey,
Negro porter at the post office in
Ell Centre, as he showed the picture
of Chick.
who that mani" Jeffery asked
in a puzzled tone as he studied the
picture.
That's Mr.. Chick" Woodbury.
informed the Negro.
Hey, Mr.. Chick the Negro
called to Chick. "Who made that
picture of you? I want to have
some made to send to my girl. That
picture sure make you look young
and handsome"
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-28

mile tour of 20 Central and South
American nations. He repeated
them on the senate floor, yesterday
insisting that his facts were we'll
documented.
Wallace Immediately called news
men to his office to dictate his
apology" from penciled notes he
apparently had made while he pre-
sided over the senate.
Il feel compelled to express my
deep regret to our Latin-American
allies in the war for the shocking
slur which has been made against
them today" he said
ITO the people of the other Amer
icas, l want to say it is my belief
that the people of the United
States are profoundly grateful To
you for the sincere, unselfish sup
port which you have given us In
our time of need
Chairman Kenneth Mcclellan, d.,
Tenn, of the senate appropriations
Continued on page :. col. A.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-28
Juan Y. Luken
Calexico, Dies

Juan Y. Luken, 68, prominent
resident of Calexico, died Friday
night at his home at 339 Fifth
avenue, CaleXico.
Funeral services were held at 10
a. m. Saturday at Our Lady of
Guadalupe church in Calexico with
Father O'Toole officiating at the
rites. Burial was scheduled at Mt.
View cemetery at 4.30 p, m. SatlT-
day with A. r. Hens, Calexico and
FL Centro mortician, in charge.
Luken is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Maria Luken; five daughters;
and three brothers.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-28
Red Cross Will
Select Officers

. Annual meeting. with election Of
officers, for the Ell Centre chapter
of the American Red Cross will
take place Monday night, Dec. 6,
at $50 o'clock in the high school
cafeteria.
AT this time supper will be served
the chapter business meeting and
program taking place in the audi
torium, Ken Thornton, chairman,
having arranged to have an out
standing Red Cross speaker on the
program.
Any person who contributed one
dollar or more to the Red Cross
last March is automatically men,
ber OF the chapter and entitled
to attend the annual meeting and
to vote in the annual election.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-28

IHeI DTluBenedQ across tne IlOOQeQ
Sangro river.
One of the enemy attempts to
break into American lines was
blasted with artillery fire before
it could get underway around Mig
nano, in the high ground near the
main road to Rome northward from
Capua
Better weather along the Fifth's
front allowed the Nazis to step up
the pace of the fighting. 1t was the
first activity on the Fifth front
in several days.
RIVER is RISING
Despite a tWo-foot rise in the
already flooded Sango, the British
Eighth army extended its bridge
head along the stream and threw
new bridges across it, operating
under protection of what official
reports described as cree ping
barrage' laid down by the tactical
air force.
The Sangro ranged from 300 to
1000 feet wide and was gushing in
torrent toward the Adriatic and
rain still was falling.
Minor clashes occurred along the
rest of the Eighth army front, a
communique said. Most of them
were in the Castel di Sangro sector
near the center of the line. British
troops were threatening the town,
which is junction point on a road
through central Italy toward Rome.
On Lit. Gen. Mark w. Clark's
Anglo American Fifth army front
artillery duels continued while an
Allied commentator said reports in
dicated the Germans were con-
structing strong field positions in
the mountains south of the Capua-
Rome road.
These reports said the work in
cluded emplacements for mortars
and machine guns besides con-
siderable network of trenches, tes-
tifying to the German intention of
Continued on page 6, col. q
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-28

A copy of the notice was received
here by r. w. Hatton, Ell Centre
mayor and b. Hugh Osborne, chair
man of the board of supervisors of
imperial county. Other copies of
the notice were sent to the post
master general, air mail service div
lsion, to Governor Warren at Sac
ramento, as we'll as to the CAB in
Washington.
The notice headed Airport No
tice" states that the service of the
notice was made in compliance with
Economic Regulations and that it
intends to serve the city after De-
cember 25, 1943, through the use
of the air station seven miles north.
west of here. tsI
1t describes the location of the
air base and the length, width and
direction of the runWays, as well
as the construction being of asphalt
concrete pavement.
Two of the runWays have avail
able contact lights, with obstruc-
ton lights but no beacon. However
there are no distractions on or
near the airport.
The control tower at the base
is operated by the United States
Marine Corps and a radio range is
operated b. the Civil AeronauticS
administration.
The notice also stated that fuel
ing and facilities are adequate and
satisfactory arrangements have been
made for the handling of passen-
gers"
The general Offices of Western
Air Lines, Inc, are located at Los
Angeles.
The three runways at the Marine
Base were described in the notice
as follows: Northeast and south
west, 1898 feet long by $50 feet
wide, northeast and southeast, 6467
Continued on page 6, col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-28
Ask Jap Camps
Put under Army

WASHINGTON, Nov. 81 CUPl-
Congressional delegations from Cali
fornia, Oregon, and Washington
conferred with Attorney General
Francis Biddle for two hours today
on japanese relocation camp prob
lens, including the recent Tule
Lake, Calf, disturbances.
After the closed meeting at the
capitol, it was announced that the
group would issue a statement later
in the day after continuing dis
cussions with representatives of the
war and state departments and Of
ficials of the War Relocation Au-
thority.
Several west coast members of
congress have urged that the camps
be taken away from the Relocation
Authority and be administered by
the army which at present is in
charge of the Tule Lake camp as
result of outbreaks several weeks
ago.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-28
Promise Notice

A union representative is re-
ported to have telephOned to the
Naval Air Station at Holtville and
advised that the strike was being
called and that the union would
give the station Is minutes notice
before any termination or dis
ruptiOn of electric service would
take place.
The union spokesman was ad-
viSed that any disruption of cleo
trical service to the station would
be regarded as sabotage and would
be death with accordingly
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-28

power in this section of the state.
The district will continue to
Junction. said Chairman Evan T.
HeWes of the Imperial Irrigation
district board of directors" with
the help of loyal employees and
farmer volunteers"
Thus far there has been no in
terruption of service.
Because of the picket lines several
district employees other than those
in the power division did not re-
port for work Saturday, district
officials said. The men said they
Continued on page 8, col. a.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-28
Germans Goddess
Saws Archbishop

BERN, Nov 81. CUP) - without
mentioning them by name, Ilde-
fonso Cardinal SchuSter, archbis-
hop of Milan, has charged the
Germans with sacking churches on
the outskirts of Milan, and de-
nounced them as Goddess hordeS
of bandits who intend to overthrow
all dogma and all morals" Italian
frontier reports today disclosed the
friction between the Catholic
church and the Germans.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-28
Army Asks Recall
Gestapo Chief
BY United Press

A Polish telegraph agency dis
patch from London today reported
the Germany army has demanded
that interior minister and Gestapo
chief Heinrich Himmler relinquiSh
authority over occupied Poland af-
ter continual failure of the agents
to maintain order.
The dispatch, quoting under
ground reports received by Polish
Premier Stanislaw Mikolajczyk,
said Himmler already has made
concessions to the army, but the
Wehrmacht is demanding complete
ousting of the Gestapo authority in
the face of increasing disorder and
sabotage.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-28
Union Electric
Workers Answer
Ad by ObIisin9
Strike Hanging Fire Over Week
Started Midnight Friday; Lines
Guarded by Depu+ized Farmers

Power division employees of the Imperial Irrigation dis
trict struck at midnight Friday.
At 225 Saturday Gov Earl Warren of California
said he would issue statement late Saturday the strike
of employees of the Imperial Irrigation district
He expressed the informal opinion, however, that there
was little the state could do about the situation.
Warren declared from Sacramento that the district
virtually independent agency and that dispute
would have to be worked between the district board
directors and the workers in compliance with federal laws
and regulations.
By 80 pm. Saturday approximately 100 district
poyes strike absent pckets carried pacards
in front of the gates at the headquarters in Imperial and
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-28
EXPECT DEVELOPMENTS

LONDON, Nov. 81 CUP)-Respon-.
sible observers tonight expected the
disclosure at any time - possibly
within a matter of days-of de-
velopments among the most
momentous of the entire war.
The predicted developments were
said to be Of such nature as to
effect every theater of the world
war and to have powerful impact
on both Germany and Japan.
Events were expected by the oh
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-28

servers to strike at the civilian
populations and military forces of
both Axis powers with results pos
sibly more far-reaching than any
previous development with the pos
sible exception of the United States
entry into the war
The developments, commentators
said, were expected to have the
effect of great rallying call from
the Allies to the is-dominated
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-28

peoples of Europe and the Far
East
But with any such call the Allies
presumably would warn the over
run peoples that they must not let
premature action wreck the poten-
tial power of the role they can
play in helping the Allies when they
strike at western Europe or Tie
Balkans, or launch the final often
sive against Japan.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-28
FOOT BALL

BY UNITED PRESS
Lchigh 0, Lafayette So.
Virginia 7, North Carolina "a.
Army 0, Navy Is.
Rutgers 6, Brooklyn IL.
Minnesota 0, Seahawks 81.
NOtre Dame IA, Great Lakes 10.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-28
River Beaches
bIoodstained as
laps Encirc|ed
Claim Japs Lose 500
Attacking Changteh;
Hail FOrmOsa Raid

CHUNGKING, Nov. 27.
(UP)-Chinese troops coun-
ter-attacked japanese forces
on the bloodstained beaches
of the Yuan river outside
Changteh today, completing encir-
clement of the enemy after series
of fierce battles, front dispatches
disclosed today.
Chinese ground forces we're sup
ported by American and Chinese
airmen who raided the island of
Formosa Thursday in what the
armys official newspaper Sac Tang
Pao termed the opening of an air
offensive against japanese insular
positions from the China main
land"
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-28
Butler Charges
BrQnded Fantastic

WASHINGTON, Nov. 81 (UP)--Offcal refutaton OF
charges by Sen Hugh A. Butler R., Neb, that the y. s.
good neighbor policy perpetuates world relationships
and fosters promised by Vice President Henry
A. Wallace in apology to Latin American nations for
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-28
Patton Details
Whet ApPetites

WASHINGTON, Nov 27 (UP)-The personal report
of Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower today whetted rather than
satisfied the congressional appetite for details on
1t Gen. George s. Pattons slapping of an ang soldier
in y Sicilian field hospital
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-28
Devostote Large
Segment Of Berlin
Fourth BIock-Bus+er Assault in
Nine Days Destroys One-Third Of
City; Stuttgart Cen+er Also Hit

LONDON, Nov. 27. (UP)-A mighty British air armada
approaching 1000 bombes leveled another huge
of blazing devastated Berlin last night and simultaneously
struck dversionay blow at the city of Stuttgart
Between 900 and 1000 tons of explosives and fire
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-28
AirLineS Will
Serve FL Centro

notice of their intention to the city of El Centre
intermediate point their Route 13 through the
of the Marine Corps Air station after December 25
served Wednesday upon the Civil Aeronautics board in
Washington, D. c., by the Western Air Lines Inc
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-28
81 JAP PLANES HIT

The l4th U. S. air force head
quarters said 81 japanese planes
we're destroyed at the airdrome at
Shinchiku, Formosa, an important
railroad point on the islands north
west coast.
Dispatches said Chinese were at
tacking the Japanese outside Chang
teh along several different routes
simultaneously. The enemy's posi-
ton there, once dominant, now
appeared "precarious and shaken"
The Japanese entered the city
Continued on page 6, col. l
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-28

at the Brawley water plant of the
district.
District standby crews and farm
ers who volunteered to help in the
emergency, kept the power flowing
for the $4,000 civilian residents of
the area and the seven military es-
adjustments served with district
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-28
5th Army Smashes z Nazi
venofro Counter Attacks
AS Artillery Due|s Continue
Flooded Sansro River Rising as Rains
Continue TO Fall; Nine New Heinke|
ITS Knocked Down in First Debut

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Algiers Nov. 27 (UP)-
American forces of the Fifth smashed two Nazi
counteratacks west of Venafro in sudden surge fight
ing on the western end of the Italian 'front.' Allied head
quarters announced today while British troops improved
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-28
WEATHER

Maximum Friday IS, minimum Saturday 80; 5 am
Saturday 4S, humidity so; noon Saturday So, hu-
midity n; pm. Friday 67, humidity 20.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-28

L, A. HAY-U. S. No. $3l-335o; q. S. No. 2 leafy
". $3o.5O-S2.5o No. $3O.5O-3l.5O Sept flax
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Total Cash, Checks and Drafts Sent
Through The Two FL Centre Banksl
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