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Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-07

Editors Note: First Lieut..
Monte Kleban of San Antonio,
Tex, assistant public relations Of
ficer on Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur's staff, volunteered to
jump with American paratroop-
ers who captured the Markham
Valley air strip, west of Lac, New
Guinea. This is his stOry.)
SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA,
Sept. 7.-(UP)-"This is it boys, -
Capt. Charles S. Galbreath of Chi
cago shouted.
Seventeen of us lined up in the
Aisle of the big transport plane as
the ready bell rang and Galbreath,
the Jump MASTER said that every
thing was set for one of the great
est mass parachute jumps of the
war. That was Sunday and we
were over the Markham Valley of
New Guinea.
The bell rang again.
Go, go, go!" we could hear above
the motors roar as we surged to-
ward the doorway.
My heart stuck in my throat as
I stepped into the parachute filled
air. One, two, three, I counted
quickly. The tremendous jolt of my
chute mushrooming above brought
painful relief.
Before my senses cleared, l hit
the ground. The suddenness was
amazing. There was no time to
look around.
LOWEST JUMi'S
We found later that it was the
lowest mass paratroop jump record
ed in battle. But the low-level
drop paid dividends. No American
paratroops ever hit the target so
precisely in such large number.
When we landed, the tall, stiff
pitpit grass mercifclly cushioned
the shock. But it was IL feet
high, an ominous blind to what was
happening a few feet away. Each
man was truly alone.
Two paratroopers almost fell over
me. They were Pvt. John Nail,
Jr., of Winston Salem, N. N, and
Pvt. H. w. Bell of Norfolk, Va. We
were heading for the same assem-
bly, point. Every 10 steps we had to
change the lead man to break the
trail.
The heat was terrific. We each
carried about so pounds.
TAKE POSITIONS
Finally we struck the edge of
woods and took up firing positions.
Capt. John Powers of Oneonta,
N. Y, Catholic chaplain, threw
himself beside me, soaking with
sweat
How goes it, father!" l asked.
Another man called out: Say,
father, don't you think the Japs
will take dim view of our doing
this to them on Sunday?"
THE better the day. the better
the deed" Powers smiled.
The priest carried large kit
marked with a cross.
Its my mass outfit" he explain
ed. Il have holy oil for the last an
nointing, other equipment, and
hope, the grace of God"
Soon afterwards, We met the
Aussies-happy, carefree, tough and
competent. We hrgged one an
other like long-lost brothers.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-07
BY ERSkINE JOHNSON

This is Hollywood:
: Where Lionel Barrymore as the
screens Dr. Gillespie cures every
ones ills, but off the screen spends
most of his time in a wheel chair,
suffering from arthritiS. Bob
Burns was paid exactly 81 for his
first movie. He wanted the op-
portunity and agreed to let the
real salary be fixed later. Son.
ia Henie likes Chinese food so well
she sometimes has it for breakfast.
Ugh! Blond Barbara Pepper has
killed" 41 men in as many pictures.
She always gets her mar-with a
gun. :. Jerry Wald, the producer,
always signs letters, Ninety per
cent of my regards. My agent has
the other 10 per cent"
Where Kenneth MacGowan, the
producer, has this little card un-
der the glass on his desk: Whats s
producer? A man who asks a
studio employe question, gives him
the answer and then tells him he's
wrong
/ Mickey Rooney, who has SO
much girl trouble, once said: "Wo-
lmen are funny, aren't they? The
secret is, you gotta know how to
handle EN-" Fred Astaire has
"a film library of every dance
T routine he has performed on the
screen. The reels run three hours.
: Astaire frequently goes to a pro-
lection room alone, runs the reels
I and bawls himself out for mistakes
he could have avoided.
ADD ODDITIES
This is Hollywood:
Where Bette Davis and Joan
Blondell'S eyes are Lncommonly big
and are made 10 to look smaller.
:. Makeup used on animals is
spiced with quinine SO they won't
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-07
Frank Crumit Of
Stage, Radio Fame
Dies Suddenly

NEW YORK, Sept. 7. (UP)-
Frank Crumit, widely known musi-
cal comedy star who had long
and distinguished career on the
stage and radio, died of heart at
tack early today in his hotel suite.
With him at his death was his
wife, Julia Sanderson, also a stage
stay. Professionally they were part
ners and had leading roles in many
Broadway productions. In private
life they were inseparable compan-
ions. The two stars were married
on July /, 1927.
Funeral services for Crumit, who
was 54, will be held in Springfield,
Mass, Thursday.
Crumit, native of Jackson, o.,
studied electrical engineering at
the University of Ohio. During his
college days he cleaned up an old
BALLAD and called it THE Gay
Caballero.' The song sold 100000
phonograph records.
INTO VAUDEVILLE
Instead of becoming an engineer
when he left college, Crumit went
into vaudeville and later was en-
gagged to play in mo, No, Nanette,"
and other shows, until he was given
a role in "Tangerine,' playing op-
posite Julia Sanderson, in 1922.
AS he strummed Sweet Lady" on
his banjo beneath her balcony on
the stage, it was a case of love for
both of them. In 1927 they were
mar lied.
In addition to his microphone ap-
rearances and phonograph record
ings, Crumit directed his own music
publishing house. He introduced
many hit songs to the stage and
radio. He also was shepherd of the
Lambs club.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-07
PARATROOPERS
TAKE AIR PORT

in the southern Pacific area.
I'VE have closed the ring around
Lac and Salamaua." MacArthur's
communique said in announcing the
successful use of parachute troopers
for the first time in New Guinea.
HEM IN GARRISONS
Attacking barely "a hours after
landing forces rushed ashore north
cast of Lac to split the chain of
coastal bases held more than II
months by the Japanese, the para
troopers apparently met little OPP
position in seizing objectives that
completed the hemming of the gar
risons against the sea.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-07
BraziI's Minister
OF War to ST.

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 7.-CUP)-
Ge. Eurico Gaspar Dutra, Brizilian
minister of war, planned today to
leave for San Francisco where he
will be met by 1t. Gen. John l..
Dewitt, commander of the western
defense command, to continue in
Spection of U. S. production and
military establishments.
After resting this morning from
round of visits to aircraft plants
and movie studios he was to leave
early this afternoon for the Bay
city.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-07
Highest Award to
Marine Aviator

WASHINGTON, Sept 7.-(UP)-
Capt. James E. SWEET, Seattle-born
marine corps pilot who shot down
seven Japanese bombers during a
single flight in the Solomons area
last April T. has been awarded the
congressional medal of honor. the
navy revealed today.
The c3-year-old flyer. son of Mr..
and Mrs. George E. SWEET, 528
Clark Dr., San Mateo, Calf, is the
thirteenth marine to win the medal
of honor. the nations highest award
for heroism, in this war.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-07

road communications was in pros
pect.
A mighty tWo-hour procession OF
British four-engined night raiders
made the attack on Munich, birth
place of the Nazi party, and preli-
minary reports indicated that the
attack was concentrated and ef-
fective," the air ministry said.
However, some clouds over the
target made full observation of re-
suits difficult. Sixteenth bombers
were lost.
Munich, a city of $4,000 in
southern Germany, is junction
for railways radiating to SWitzer-
land, italy, Stuttgart, Nurnberg and
Regensburg and is the site of nu-
merous aircraft and U-boat engine
works.
The exploding block-busters must
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-07
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LIED HEADQUARTERS,
Southwest Pacific, Sept. 7.-CUP)-
Allied paratroopers who closed a
trap on 10000 japanese on the New
Guinea coast have captured an air.
port in the Markham Valley deep in
enemy-held territory, it was an
nounced today.
The landing strip, one of several
in the area, was seized soon after
the Americans and Australians
parachuted into the valley Sunday
under supervision of Gen. Douglas
Macarthur who accompanied their
transports in flying fortress.
The maneuver hemmed in the
Japanese troops along a stretch of
coast nearly so miles long. They
faced annihilation.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-07
RECEIVE CASUALTIES

RECEltE CASUALTIES
On August goth, 1856 severe battle
casualties were received from the
first naval battle for Guadalcanal.
From that day to August Goth, 1943,
this hospital has handled over 49,
900 patients with only 18 deaths.
The present normal capacity of the
hospital is 1850, and in an emerg-
ency 1900. The administration also
controls 1160 beds for convaleScentS.
Some of the convalescents are
housed at a race track under the
spectator stands, and I know you
would be as surprised as I was to
see how comfortable these quarters
are. I need hardly say that when
a race is run the boys have Won
derful day.
Our party ate in the mems mess
at noon yesterday and the food
seemed to me very good. They put
fresh milk in large pitchers on all
tables. This country has good rich
milk, which our boys seem to ap-
preciate. I am giving you here a
, sample of one of the days menCs,
because I know that every woman
wonders whether her son, husband
or sweetheart in hospital is get
ting good food and enough of it.
Breakfast consisted of assorted
fruits, assorted dry cereals, eggs,
creamed ham on toast, hash brown
potatoes and hot biscuits. For din
ner they had beef and vegetables
broth, grilled steak and gravy,
/ Grained whipped potatoes, spanish
string beans, creamed cauliflower,
vegetable salad, assorted pie, diced
cheese and ice cream. The supper
menu had pepper pot soup, braised
lamb cubes with gravy, cranberry
sauce, lima beans, chopped silver
beets, Wilted lettuce salad, jelly and
whipped cream. You will agree, I
! am sure, that on such diet any
patient should put on weight.
HOLD RECEPTION
At 1890 a civic reception was
held in Town Hall These gather
ings are very impressive and fill me
so many people is evidence that
they are honoring not an individual
but country and its elected ruler.
My part dwindles to nothing, except
as I am able to embody in what I
say something of the good will
which we at home feel toward all
people of the United Nations with
whom we stand side by side today.
In the afternoon we visited sue
cessively, a Red Cross Service Club,
which has seen half a million men
pass through it's doors since it
opened The outstanding thing to
me is how such small number of
American Red Cross Personnel with
New Zealand volunteers ever has
done the work and met the needs
of the great number of men in the
area. Then we went to two rest
homes, both run by Red Gross,
where young flyers come to rest in
great numbers, as well as men from
other branches of the service. At
400 o'clock we went to a tea at
Government House, the Auckland
home of the Governor General,
which he has donated as club for
the Allies. The last thing was a
dance run by Red Cross in the eve
ming at Town Hall, at which Artie
ShaW's orchestra gave everyone
much pleasure.
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
Copyright, 1943, by United Fea-
ture Syndicate, IncD
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-07
GRAPE MARKUP-

WASHINGTON. Sept. 7.-CUP)-
The office of Price Administration
today limited to 40 per cent the re-
tail markrp for grapes after Sept.
Is. The result will be an approx
mate so per cent decrease in the
cost to consumers, OPA said.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-07
LIGHT OPPOSITION

The paratroopers defeated light
Japanese opposition to win the air
strip, report from 1st Lieut.. Monte
Kleban of San Antonio, Tex, a
public relations officer who ac-
companied them, said.
Caught in their threatened
strongholds at Lac and Salamaua,
the enemy garrisons were cut off
from escape by land Sunday when
hundreds of American and Aus
tralian parachutists, the latter car
rying light artillery, seized control
of the broad Markham Valley west
of Lac.
Macarthur directed the operation
from the bomber, which was part OF
the greatest air armada ever used
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-07
1Muz z)au
BY
ELEANOR
ROOSEVELT

Mote to Readers: The following
exclusive report has been received
by wireless from New Zealand. Mrs.
Roosevelt on this trip is travelling
as representative of the Amer
lean Red Cross. All of her receipts
from her column will be divided be-
tween the American Red Cross and
the American Friends Service Com
inittec.)
CTR. NIX. REG. U. S. PAT.
CFF.-Reproduction in whole or
part .forbidden.
AUCKLAND, N. Z. - September
2nd.-We had our breakfast on the
train yesterday morning and were
allowed just time enough to leave
our bags at the officers club in the
Grand Hotel, before we started at
hospital. This hospital has the
kind of record which makes us
proud of our efficiency, and so I
am going to give you its history
On June 9th, 1912, it left New
York and on July 11th, 1942 it ar
rived in Wellington, New Zealand.
On July 10Th, 1912 it arrived at
Auckland and on July goth con-
struction began. BY August 10th
they had completed more than 40
buildings to house $50 members of
the staff and personnel and $50
patients, with all facilities for feed
ing. 1 should explain here that
some buildings were brought with
the unit but many of local con-
struction have been added since.
New Zealand workmen worked very
hard, but even the doctors took a
hammer in hand, because our men
were going into Guadalcanal and
this was the second hospital in this
area and had to be ready to care
| for our wounded
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-07
PRA1sE.wINNINc RECIPES

lb. cottage cheese
2 tablespoons -four
VI cup sugar
IA teaspoon salt
2 eggs, separated
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-19
JEWISH SERGEANT
KILLED in ACTION
Meyer Levin, 26, Previ-
OusIy Cited for CALAMITY
Against Japanese

New York, Feb. 19-(UP)-Sgt.
Meyer Levin. 26. Brooklyn bomb
ardier who won fame In the South
west Pacific, has been killed in
action, his family revealed today.
Levin, who new with the late
Capt. Colin Kelly and released the
bombs which sank the Japanese
battleship Haruna, went TO his
death worrying about the folks al
home because he had not received
MS expected number OF letters.
He did not know his mother, MRS.
Leah Levin, had undergone an OPP
Grafton for appendicitls-and she
today was told only that her son
was missing. A few minutes later
she said 70 her daughter, Ruth:
Papa told me Meyer Is missing
but had 9 dream that Meyer was
The sergeants father, Sam Levin.
Q tailor. said his sons last letter
read. Don't know when my det
win cone; cross your fingers; I'm
going out again and again."
His mother win cherish two
Tropics, medals reeeived ~ SER
geant Levin for gailantTy and hero
ieEn in action.
one \ the Distinguished Wlylpe
Cross, which he receIrod Tor nlIlks
ing ne Hasuna on Dee. ~, 1871
Tie sinking vas ne flkst major
Aannnn9 n1Bsi o11a'1y 8 &g 49,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-19
Oil Famine Foreseen
Next Winter Unless
Congress Acts Now
Immediate GO-Ahead Signal for the Completion Of 90
Mile Missing Link Of Inland Waterways
Only Salvation

New York, Feb. 1o-The eastern
states can be saved from q gasoline
and oil famine next winter only If
Congress gives an immediate GO
ahead signal for the completion Of
the 03-mile missing link Of inland
waterways which would make It
possible to deliver unlimited Quanti-
ties Of oil from Texas to New Jer-
sey, the Citizens Emergency Com.
mittee for Eastern Transportatio
Relief warned today. II action Is
taken at once, the committee states,
there win be ample oil in the east
next Hninter and rationing viii not
be necessary.
The new committee, which held
It's organization meeting today at
654 Madison Avenue, New York, has
been organized TO crystalline tire
public demand for this obvious an.
swer to the oil crisis-an answer
which the House Committee on
Rivers and Harbors said, after sur
veying 26 possibilities, was "the
only proposal that will be capable
Of supplying all the oil and gaso-
line needs Of the Atlantic Sea-
board"
At the recommendation Of the
House Committee, Congress passed,
last July, the Mansfield bill author
izing the construction Of this short
connecting section which would run
across northern Florida. But, ale
though contractors guaranteed that
the Job would be completed In 10
months-~which would mean we
would soon be getting oil by that
route II construction had begun in
July-no appropriation for the work
has ever been approved.
Delay in making the appropria.
ton Of $44,000,000 Is believed, &C.
cording to the committee, to have
resulted from pressure brought to
bear by railroad, shipping and
pipeline interests who feared 1t
would hurt their business after the
war. The committee points out that
the amount Of the appropriation
needed could not have caused the
delay, since the Government Is
spending that much every two
months to substitute the railroads
for hauling oil.
The committee also contends that
the pipelines which are being con-
structed will not be capable Of de-
livering even third Of the needed
supply Of oil and will be useless as
soon as the war Is over.
According to the committee there
are now in operation nearly 1000
miles Of inland waterways, out OF
the reach Of submarines, running
from Corpus Christi, Texas to Tren-
ton, New Jersey, except for the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-19
Democratic Control
World Is Fighting For Freedom And The
Preservation Of Privote Enterprise
-FROM THE CONNECTICUT ECONOMIC COUNCIL

PWA Dement'S; they have thrown
OF the blanket Of security In which
the New Deal had wrapped them;
and they have taken on the risks
Of Freedom.
Those who are not fighting are
devoting their lives to building up a
volume Of production on a scale
that the world has never known
before. They have worked for ac-
tolerated production In spite Of gov
eminent regulations and then have
gone them many times better.
Industry has reestablished not
only Its own faith but the faith Of
the country in Its ability to pro-
duce beyond the imagination Of the
Planners"
We now face, with increased en-
thusiasm, the opportunity for high
err production without regard to the
risks. The country has come to
know, that production not scarcity,
and thrift not waste are the only
basis for advancing civilization. We
have renewed our faith that the
greatest progress depends on the
highest degree Of Freedom of the
individual = without special priv
ileges, without yielding to the pres
sures Of selfish blocS, or to those Of
politicians who purchase votes by
the securing >of unecenon1ic bene-
fits. We are not counting the
dangers or the costs.
Democracy springs from two
sources; that the individual has in
finite possibilities, that his powers
are above those of the State, which
exists only by his grants Of power
If man Is Of INFINITE value, 1t then
follows that he is controlled by
reason, by the sum Of his highest
faculGies-not as in q totalitarian
state by his induced emotions, his
evil frenzies.
When reason fails to control ano
fear gains the upper hand, Dem
ocracy ceases to function. Selfish
authority rules and Freedom dies.
The power Of individual reason
and courage to control in a Dem
ocracy Is rising again to its proper
place.
Connecticut Economic Council.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-19
MARINE SERGEANT
TURNS REPORTER
Massachusetts Youth De.
scribes Last japanese
Stand in QuadalCanal

(The following dispatch was
written by Sgt. Samuel e. Stav.
isky, 80 Grove street, Chelsea,
Mass, Marine corp combat corr
respondent, and distributed by the
United Press.)
Guadalcanal, Jan. 21-(Delayed--
Japanese units making last ditch
stand here are being ripped apart
by terrific commandments from
Marine Howitzer batteries.
A crack crew Of one battery,
which arrived in November and set
up positions under Japanese shell
FIRE, has been offlcially credited
with neutralizing 20 Japanese guns,
with hits on three more; with de-
molishing six enemy ammunition
and gasoline dumps, and with
destroying or damaging q number
Of Japanese roads and bridges.
There is no way to determine the
number of enemy troops killed by
the blast Of the shells.
One member Of the crew ds Pvt.
First Glass Peter Saltonstall, 240
Chestnut Hill Rd., Newton, Mass,
2l-year-old son Of Gov. Leverett
Saltonstall Of Massachusetts,. Sal
tonstall, a senior, left Harvard q
year ago to enlist in the Marines.
The crew also included Joseph j.
O'Connell. High Point, Mass.
These Howitzer batteries not only
can dish 1t out-they can take 1t.
Big guns like these, with their
devastating effects on Japanese
dumps and supply lines, are objec-
tiveS for the "millimeter mites" =
Japanese artillery - and washing
machine Charleys"-Japanese night
bombers. And the boys are con-
stantly harried by snipers who fill
ter in through the jungle brush.
In the tradition of artillery men
these lads do not fail to write mes
cages on their shells. Typical are:
"a Red Hot Mama for Yokohama,
with Bursting Love-to Tojo,'
kiss the Japs Goodbye" and
Prem Mike to Mikado."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-19

short connecting section across
Florida. They say that an ample
supply Of barges are available to
carry quantities Of oil BY this route.
Other facts which the committee
says have been contained In public
statements regarding the Cross,
Florida Barge Canal include these:
that Texas and Louisiana oil fields
can produce five TO six times as
much petroleum as they can market
because Of transportation dificIlls
ties; that 861 steel barges are avail%
able for hauling petroleum prods
ucts (sumcient to carry all gas0s
line and high-test products: that
an unlimited number Of wooden
barges could be built quickly with
out noticeable use Of critical ma
terials; that enough Diesel engines
are idle In the oil fields to power
all the tcwbcats needed for the
haul.
!. Commenting on the situation
General o. r. sumnerall recently
wrote:
'aThe responsibility for the de-
lay and the resulting situation
rests squarely IN the lap Of the
Government. There has never
been any excuse for the failure
to provide adequate inland trans.
port between the Gull and Mis-.
sissippi Valley areas and the At
lantic Seaboard. The strategic
necessity for connecting and COM
pleting these waterways has beer
continuously urged over q lonA
period Of years.
ut Is admitted by all that Il
this completed waterway were
now In existence, there would be
no petroleum shortage In the
east no looming shadow Of food
and other vital supply shortages
beginning to materialize; and no
breaking down Of our rail trans-
port.
"The situation for the present
winter Is past mending, and 1t y
only q foretaste Of next. But IT
IL possible, by immediate, ener~
getic action, to fully solve the
problem Of next winter. We shall
have only ourselves to blame y
we do not now demand action
Congress should forthwith make
the necessary appropriation and
the work should begin at once"
A bill asking for the appropriA
ton has now been introduced inte
the House Of Representatives BY
Representative Joe Hendricks. The
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