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Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-23
New Caledonia S
Acting Chief
Hits u. 5. Policy

NOUMEA, New Caledonia, Dec.
%. CUPD-Christian Laigret, COVER
nor protein of New Caledonia,
Thursday charged the American
military command here with lack
of cooperation with the French, al
leging failure to control troops on
leave, failure to live up to agree
ments regarding use of port facili-
ties and illegal use of the local
harbor.
Major General Rush B. Lincoln,
Ames, OoWa, commanding American
forces on the island, refused to
comment on Laigrets charges, say
ing all matters which the governor
mentioned had been discussed pre-
viously with French authorities and
agreements had been reached and
abided by within the limits of mill
tary necessity.
Laigret, who shortly will be re-
placed by permanent Governor JAG
ques Tallec, made the charges at
a press conference, saying the points
of friction had been reported to
French authorities at Algiers but
that no representations had been
made to Washington.
Laigret was particularly bitter
toward alleged American failure to
control Negro troops, whom he
declared were continually guilty of
molesting New Caledonia women.
He said an 'intolerable situation
had reached the point where young
civilians had organized into bands
to threaten Negroes who molested
women.
American authorities told the
United Press, however, that the
conduct of American troops was
regarded as Splendid when con-
sidered on The basis Of any COM
munity with a preponderance Of
thousands Of men"
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-23
TRIED BY THE POLES
lkansas City Starr

NhdnSaS Clty starr
A general of the German Elite Guard
was captured by Polish guerillas Bern
dispatch reports, tried by a popular
court and then shot The general was
charged with responsibility for the exec
ution of 100000 Polish patriots
Evidently it will be much more con-
ducive to justice to permit the victims
of German mass brutality to deal with
its authors after the war than for senti-
mental Americans or British to do so.
And infinitely more conducive to Justice
than to turn the criminals over to a
reformed Germany, as was done after
the last war when of nearly 1000 crimi-
nails only six were given even trifling
sentences
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-23
DIRECTIVE ENDS
NEWS TIE-UPS

On the heels of leaks" on the advance
news of the Cairo conference and in the
light of complete failure or partial fail
ure TO delay news of important military
moves and battles until proper time
for giving it out arrived, President Roose-
welt on his return from Tehran issued
directive abolishing the rule and hence
forth much war news will become spot
news or available as soon as correspond
ents can get it through. This does not
mean that there will not be times when
it is absolutely necessary to put on the
official silencer. But there is to be no
fortnight hold-back when DNB and the
German news channel and the Tokyo are
broadcasting the very event L. S. news
papers are forbidden to print 1t will
go a bit hard with the bright boys known
as news commentators who have been
near thin ice in specializing and dancing
around the news which had been revealed
to them under the same rules as to news
papers.
There were too many ways for leakage
on these advance releases. Through for
egn news services and through news
tickers in public places, for instance. Just
too many knew "confidentially" about it
all The scheme defeated its own purpose
through these leaks. AS was said, there
still will be news denied the public until
the proper time, but it will not be sent
out in advance. But here some plugging
of leakages will be required to guard
against keyhole listeners and peekers.
AS far as the presidents directive af-
fects battle news which should be given
out Immediately, the public will be ben
efitted
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-23
Plant Addition
Speeds Output
OF PeDicillin

CHICAGO, H. Dec. %. (UP)-
Through the construction of S400,-
900 addition to the plant of Abbott
Laboratories production of penicil-
lin will be increased about 40 times,
announced S. Dewitt Clough, the
laboratories president.
The Army and Navy want all the
penicillin that can possibly be pro-
duced, he said, because medical
men have demonstrated that this
chemical substance is more effec-
tive in combating certain types OF
infection than various other drugs.
Chemists and bacteriologists OF
Abbott Laboratories perfected a
method of producing penicillin by
refining the fluid extracted from a
greenish soil culture. Clough said
his firm is now the largest penicil
lin producer in the ,Middlewest.
The scarcity of penicillin pre-
vents its use in civilian cases, and
the present supply is distributed
only under the direction OF DR.
Chester S. Keefer of Evans Memo
rial hospital in Boston.
DR.. Keefer authorizes the use OF
penicillin in only such civilian en-
ergencies as he and other attend
ing physicians diagnose as affecting
the patients ultimate recovery.
Penicillin is produced by taking
a small amount Of sterilized garden
soil in which the spores or seeds
are taken from the original Flem-
ing strain of Penicillin Notatum
Small portions of this material are
then used in each mold. -Four cul-
lures are necessary before it has
expanded enough to seed several
hundred pans in which the final
growth incubates.
A dark brown liquid seeps from
the mold and collects in the bot .
tom of the pan, to be eventually
drained off as a liquid secretion.
About so gallons can be obtained
under existing conditions, and about
one quart of penicillin results after
refining. The complete process until
penicillin is sealed in ampules for
medical use, takes nearly six weeks.
Extreme care must be exercised
in penicillin production because
many bacteria produce an engine
which destroys this medical prod
uct. While in the several stages of
growth, penicillin must be kept at
even temperatures as the chemical
is highly sensitive and must Oe
kept chilled.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-23
Sl00 NECKTlE
cleveland Plain Dealer)

cleveland Plain Dealer)
At last we are satisfied. Secretly we
had been hoping that the silk shirt with
its bright broad stripes would return.
1t was the badge of courage in 1918. The
shirt has not been reSurrected-but some
thing just as good is on the market
Detroit is going over the 500 necktie.
This luxurious cravat distinguished by
its design. One may have the head of
his favorite horse or portrait of Ham
Fish painted on the tie by genuine ar
tist. (The picture and the tie are includ-
ed in the S100.)
Clothes may not make the man but one
of these ties will. And we won't say
what
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-23
AIR BASE COMMANDER
KILLED IN CRASH

NEW YORK, Dec. 90. UP)--
Lieutenant Colonel John Victor
Wallen, At, commanding officer of
the Suffolk, NY, army air base
was injured fatally late Wednesday
when an observation plane crashed
near the base, the first air force
disclosed Thursday.
Two enlisted men who were with
Wallen in the plane escaped with
minor injuries.
Wallen, whose home was in Los
Angeles, Cal, is survived by his
widow and two sons A veteran of
the first World war, Wallen re-
ported for active duty in March.
l94l and served in combat service
for eight months in North Africa
before his appointment as COM
manding officer at Suffolk two
months ago.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-23
SOLDIER GROUP PLANS
YULE DINNER DANCE

A Christmas dinner and day
dinner dance will be the order of
the day for some 80 soldiers in
desert infantry division who have
taken over the Veterans Memorial
hall for December 25.
The division is furnishing the
food, mess attendants and dinner
music but will need 80 Ell Centre
young ladies dancing partners.
The event is being planned by
the division itself and the divisions
own orchestra will provide the
dance tempos. The young lady's
MAJ bring their own chaperons.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-23
WkCS in London
Refuse Chance
To Return Home

LONDON, Dec. 90. CUP)-WAC
headquarters in the European the
ater got shock the other day
when they announced that appll-
cations would be considered for re-
turn to the United States to study
at Officers Candidate school.
They discovered that WAC pri-
Yates would rather stay in Britain
as cooks and clerks than become
officers if it means return to
America. Out of more than two
battalions, only five girls accepted
the offer.
I'VE can't assure them that thev
will return to Britain so they don't
want to CO." explained Capt. Hen
riette Horak, San Francisco, Cal.
public relations officer.
SHOWS DIFFERENCE
Wac enthusiasm for life in Brit
ain is in marked contrast to the
attitude of the average GI. The
latter hangs about his Red Cross
club looking lonesome and wishing
he were home.
Wacs have proved problem chill E
dren to officials of their Red Cross
club here Hostesses tried a dance
a week but have just about given
up the idea OF organized entertain
ment. The gals just won't stay
home.
Far more reSourceful than CTS
on leave in London, Wacs use their
club only for eating and sleeping.
First request the girls make on
arrival in London is Where's q
hairdresser?" That keeps them busy
for a full morning.
They enjoy window shopping
even though there's little to buy,
Favorite sightseeing centers are
Nine. Tussaud's waxworks and the
Tower. The girls also take busses
to the end of the line and then
walk in the countryside.
DINE AND DANCE
WAC sergeants and privatcs dine
and dance nightly in London's
sWankiest hotels.
IT'S hard to keep the boys in
the club" a Red Cross official told
the United Press. when the Wacs
arrive for dance they end up by
taking the boys out somewhere"
Even middle-aged women find
themselves dclugcd with requests
for dates from young CTS. The
boys are SO glad to see an Ameri-
can face. that they don't care
whether its young or old.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-23
: |. a G.
OVER THE
= l, & W

certificate had not been issued,
you will have to file new applica-
ton.
The whole thing is very much
like the shop that puts up sign
to tell you that goods left over 80
days will be sold for charges. If
you dent pick up the article called
for in your certificate within a
reasonable length of time, it can't
be held for you indefinitely.
Looks like it may be easier for
repair men to get materials now.
We're q little pessimistic, too, be-
cause we know that changes in the
rules don't always produce the
goods, but this appears to be a
step in the right direction.
GIMP Regulation ga permits a
repair man to buy during each cal
endar quarter, up to 20 tons Of
carbon and alloy steel, a total OF
500 pounds of copper and brass
foundry products and 200 pounds
of aluminium. III addition, the re-
pair men who customarily use it
may buy $3.50 worth of copper wire
or one-eighth of what they used
for repairs in 1871, whichever is
greater. There is a IL page lis.
of the types OF stock that are in
cluded in this order.
The point that is emphasized is
that the materials being made
available are to be used in repairs
and maintenance exclusively. With
the tractor outlook a bit on the
dark side and very few new trucks
to be had, these repair materials
may make the difference between
operating and not operating.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-23
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING
OF STOCKHOLDERS OF EDGAR
BROS. COMPANY.

Notice is hereby given that pur-
suant to the provisions of the by
laws, the regular annual meeting of
the stockholders of the above named
company will be held at the office
OF the company in Ell Centro, State
of California, on Tuesday, the 18th
day of January, 1914, at the hour of
8 o'clock pm. of said day
AT said meeting five directors will
be elected to serve for the ensuing
year and until their successors are
duly elected.
The annual business statements of
the office will be received and acted
upon and such other business as
may properly come before the stock
holders meeting will be transacted
Dated at Ell Centro, this 10Th day
of December, 1943.
EDGAR BROS. COMPANY.
BY a. Il. La Fontaine, Sec'y
(Nol 3Ql (Dl6-23-30; J6-l3)
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-23
Bataan Ace Dies
In Burbank
BACKYARD Crash

BURBANK, Cal, Dec. %. tUP)-
Lieutenant Colonel William E..
Dyess, a gallant air fighter on Ba-
taan and one of the first air heroes
of the war, died Wednesday night
in the tradition which won him
a half-dozen decorations.
Dyess, 81, of Albany, Tex, who
survived the savage struggle in the
Philippines and escaped from a
japanese prison camp, was killed
in a country back yard when he
crashed his plane to save the life
of an approaching motorist.
With both motors failing, Dyess
was setting the speedy craft down
on a paved street. He saw car
coming toward him, pulled the nose
of the ship up, fell off on one
wing, clipped the top of church
and plunged to the ground in a
roaring mass of flame.
He wore the Distinguished Cross
with Oak Leaf Clusters. The Legion
of Merit, Silver Star, and two
Cluster Group citations.
When surrender became newt
able on Bataan, he refused to flee
and leave behind the 25 officers
and IT'S men of his command.
They fought until their planes
we're destroyed, and then he led
the men as an infantry group,
armed with rifles, machine guns,
knives, and grenades. In one attack
they were credited with Wiping out
900 japanese.
AS the enemy. pressed closer,
the remnants Of the party backed
into the hills, fighting as they
went. Dyess finally was taken pris-
oner.
Last July his parents were noti-
fled he once more was on Ameri-
can soil Details of his escape from
the japanese prison camp are a
military secret.
DYess Legion of Merit was award
ed for his solo raid on Subic bay
with P-40 pursuit ship Juggling u
500 pound bomb.
He made three raids on the area,
blowing up an ammunition supply
dump, wrecking a tanker and beach
ing another, sinking four launches,
and strafing troops.
Tokyo radio took notice of the
exploit with broadcast that Subic
bay had been raided by flight OF
four-engined bombers supported by
so fighters.
His widow, Marajen Dyess, CO.
owner of the Champaign, H., News
Gazette, lives at Hollywood His
father, Judge Richard Dyess, Albany
Tex, has requested the body be
taken home for burial
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-23

Milk cans are loosening up. We
don't mean they are rafting any
more than usual, but it is easier
to get them than it has been.
A farmer may now buy as MANY
as two cans each three months pc
riod without any sort OF certlflcate.
His dealer OF creamery may get
certificate direct from the Farm
Rationing committee Of the War
Board permitting him or it to buy
40 cans to be sold this manner,
Farmers needing more than two
cans per quarter will still be able
to get certificates to purchase larg-
er quantities by giving the neces-
sary information to the Farm Ra-
tioning committee. The new rules
make it easier for any man who
uses milk cans.
Once in a while it's necessary
to clear the decks and get rid of
old certificates and applications
and other papers that are out
standing, aren't being used ad are
keeping articles out of circulation
that someone else needs. Such 4
clearing recently took place.
All applications for farm equip
ment and machinery on Form MR.
20 and all certificates on Form MR.
% were cancelled as of November
80 and cannot be extended.
If you had one of those certifi-
Gates and failed to use it but still
need the article it covered, you will
have to make new application on
Form MIRO and get new certifi-
cate on Form MR-122 Or, if you
had an application on file but the
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-23
SAFETY COUNCIL GIVES
ADDED YULE WARNING

CHICAGO, Dec. %. CUP)-The
National Safety Council said Thurs
day the safest place to spend Christ
mas is at home, but even home
bodies are subject to accidents.
To make sure OF a safe Yuletide
the council said, conduct a special
investigation for home hazards such
as cluttered stairs, skidding rugs
and unlighted stairWays.
Keep Christmas package wrap
pings away from matches and
flames. If no safe tree lights are
available, do without, and above
all don't use candles or frayed,
worn-out light sets.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-23
WACS ENLISTs JAPANESE

POSITION, Ariz., Dec. % CUP)-
Iris Watanabe, Nisei-Japanese, and
former resident of the Colorado
River War Relocation Center, has
the distinction of being the first
eyacuee to be inducted into the
WAC, according TO information re-
ceived by WRA authorities in
Denver. Miss Watanabe was work.
ing in Chicago when notified she
had been accepted by the WAC. She
volunteered at the Amache, Colo,
center ia September
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-23
PAGE 1--SMITH-
FOPE WILL BROADCAST
YULE MESSAGE FRIDAY

LONDON, Dec. % tUP) = The
Vatican radio announced Wednes-
day that Pope Plus midnight mass
on Christmas Eve would not be
broadcast because of the p. m.
curfeW in Rome. Instead the Pope
viii celebrate private mass to be
broadcast at 4 p. m. g a. m. pvt
Friday.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-23
VETERAN NEWSMAN DIES

RICHMOND, Calf, Dec. % CUP)
Charles Ellington Harp, 65, vet
eran newspaperman and telegraph
editor of the Richmond Indepen-
dent, died of pneumonia Wednesday
night while being taken to hos
pitsl. Harp formerly had been en-
ployed by the New Orleans Times
Picayune and the MCdford News.
Medford, Ore,
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-23
Editorials and Comment

EDITORS NOTE. The fOiioWing edit
0riais arc presented as interesting 0pfn-
ions roiced by editors elsewhere. They
do not necessarily reflect the opinion OF
this paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-23
copitaI ToIk
by
Peter Edison

heard round the world, notifying
men and women in service that
there's going to be nationa elec-
ton, but that people IN UNIFORM
aren't wanted as voters. For an ex-
animation of the absentee voting
laws of the separate states, made by
the Congressional Legislative Refer
ence Service, shows that it Will be
practically impossible for eight or
nine million of the service people TO
vote at all, particularly the several
million overseas. Leaving it up to
the states" won't work because the
varying 48 codes on absentee voting
simply don't cover the present
situation.
REGISTRATION REQUIRED 4
Thirty-nine states require regis
tration of soldiers before they can
vote. The Green-Lucas bill would
have waived registration require
ments, but under the Rankin-East-
land amendment, registration Is
made mandatory, SO this throws the
problem back on existing state laws.
Only Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois,
Nevada, Oklahoma. Oregon, Texas
and some parts of Kansas and Min
nesota would thus permit voting
without registration.
In most cases, registration re-
quirements are written in the state
constitutions, and only eight states
have their state legislatures in regu-
lar session during 1914. Thus the
other six would have to call special
sessions of their legislatures to
remedy this situation, even if ii
were possible to amend a constitu-
ton before election.
Eight southern states require pay
ment of poll taxes before voting, so
this would mean payment of from
81 to So by money order of payroll
deduction or other cumbersome de-
tail In Mississippi abenstee voting
| is permitted for primaries only, and
requires the assistance of four dis
interested witnesses.
FEW BALLOTS IN ~
The effectiveness of all these
varying state laws in blocking SOL
dier voting is perhaps best shown
by experience in the 1912 elections,
when only 136686 men and women
in service took the trouble to apply
for ballots, and of these, only 28,05l
were counted as effective ballots.
The greatest obstacle to soldier
voting under state laws is the time
factor. There simply are not ade-
quote air mail facilities to the over
seas theaters of operations to So
through all the red tape required
under existing and conflicting state
election laws. AS minimum, it is
a SiX-step operation. First, the
soldier must apply for registration
forms. Second, secretary of state
sends forms to soldier. Third SOL
dier fills them in and returns them.
Fourth, soldier applies for ballot.
Fifth, secretary of state checks reg
istration and sends ballot. Sixth,
soldier sends ballot to secretary of
state.
1t takes six days, at minimum,
for air mail to reach a soldier cut
side the U. S. but in North America.
It's 16 days to the Far East. Null
tiply those times by five trips re-
quired for the six operations above
and you have a lag of from month
to three months just to complete
the paperwork.
Yet in 27 states, a voter can ap-
ply for ballot only 30 days before
election In Wisconsin it's IL days,
and in Oklahoma it's 10. Vermont,
Arkansas and West Virginia have
other time limits.
The whole thing is hopeless.
'.n.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-23
CURRENT QUOTATIONS

We have been able to feed our soldiers
better than any soldiers have ever been
fed before. We have been able to supply
food for our Allies. And on top of that
there are probably more people properly
fed and fewer people underfed in the
United States than before the war began
Agriculture Secretary Claude r. Wick
ard
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-23
JAMMING YULE TREE
MARKET BACKFIRES

Reports from various places tell of
thousands of Christmas trees left in the
hands of retailers Vacant lots, service
stations any old corner big enough to
display a bunch of trees still look like
an evergreen forest, so reports say. Peo-
pie apparently by-passed trees this year
as the second Yule season since Pearl
Harbor brings more potently to the minds
of people the need for sacrifices But
mainly the reason for the vast leftover
trees runs to the unreguated distribu-
ton. True, the forestry department has
been able to regulate cuttings, the last
two or three years, but there are vast
expanses of trees in the norman s-land"
of the forest areas and supplies have been.
unlimited. Probably at least twice as
many retailers have been hawking their
trees as was necessary to fill the de-
mands. 1t is too bad many of these deal
ers can not afford the attendant losses,
but it all should have a salutary effect
and out of it may come some degrees of
regulation.
The Russians whom | met understand
the meaning of a square deal and a firm
agreement. ! recognize good faith when |
see it-WPB chairman Donald NJ Mel
son.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-23

Although extremely busy, Berliners
nevertheless always find time to stand
gaping when an occasion arises. The
blowing up of bombed houses is attract
ing crowds because the sight of bursting
walls is always worth seeing.-German
broadcast.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-23

We shall never have freedom in Amer
lca so long as government seeks to be
both the umpire and participant in the
game.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-04-28
ESQ GIRLS, GRAB
THEIR AUTOGRAPHS

A unique contest and one that
will bring many hours of pleasure
in later years to Juneau's ESQ
girls is announced by Sid Cowgirl
of the local USO Club, which or
ganization is sponsoring a Service
Mems Autograph contest opening
May l.
Girls are requested to obtain
their own autograph books and
"sign-em-upv at USO functions,
both formal and informal. Only
requirements for the contest in adj
dition to the bona fide signatures
of the men, are the date and place
where the autograph was obtained.
For instance, Dave Hamilton
Coast Guard-bingo game-May 8
USO Club" might be one qualify
ing entry; or another: Jimmy
neutrality-suspicious. USO dance
May Ticks Ballroom
In addition to the genuine prizes
which will be awarded to the girls
with the largest number of qualify
ing autographs, imagine the fun
it will be reading them over doz-
en- years from now!