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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-08
The F10AfinH Tigers: Enemy Raid TerrOriZeS H.

was killed in the crash of his
plane. Merritt and Shilling mar
rowly escaped death when they
pancaked their own ships into the
mountain.
ION receiving the news ~ his sons death,
Henry Gilbert ST.. enlisted in the navy 20
carry on" for his boy. And HANKS"
mother wrote TO the URted China Relief,
1870 Rroadway. New YORK city. encloslng
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-08

through the fuSelageS ana IN the
tail assemblies. Yet these battered
and perforated ships had survived
the battle and come home TO fight
another day
The Tigers had been dubious
about all that extra weight OF
armor and the generally bulky
construction of their Tommy
hawks.
Their doubts were ended, Their
ships could take blows as well as
deliver them.
FIRES RAGE IN CITY
Rangoon had been devaStatingly
bombed. Fires ragged in many parts
of the city, and the streets near
the docks, where the Japs had
aimed their loads, were lost behind
a wall Of smoke.
Three hundred dock workers
had been killed in the one direct
hit the Japs scored on ware
house. A thousand other workers,
fleeing up one narrow roadway
through a poor tenement district,
had been felled by a bomb eXplod-
ing directly in their path.
Their bodies lay as If cut down
by a gigantic mower,
THEY HEAR OF LOOTERS
The next morning. December
"A. they heard stories of bizarre
and grueSome incidents, of looterS
who had robbed the unattended
dead and sacked homes in the
bombed sectors; of hospitals filled
to overlooking with premature
babies and their stricken mothers
of strange freaks wrought by the
bombs, freaks too CHASTITY TO think
about or to relate.
The AVG had found little 10 adj
mire in the British preparations
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-08

500 for "the suffering Chinese people
whom our beloved son had come 10 know
and love"
ITO be continued
Copyright 1913 by Russell Mhelani Dis
trhuted by King Features syndicate. me-
by arraneement with The Niking Press,
publishers.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-08

"The Wishing Well' has al
message In cipher for you. Daily
and Sunday Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-08
AWAkEs WITH START

Rangoon awoke with a start on
December 3 10 the terrifying
whine OF an air raid alarm. But
nothing resulted except a tauten-
ing of every nerve in town. When
the second call Of the sirens also
proved unnecessary. the people
cursed the overzealouS civilian
spoilers and started on, the day :
work.
At about II o'clock the sirens
again sounded They were ignored
Tor awhile. but when they con-
tinued their hair-raising turmoil
people began 10 wonder.
There we're explosions and the
bank of anti-aircraft- fire; then,
with every Rangoon eye turned
Skyward. the Jap bombers APP
peared, 1S strong. high over the
river and coming for the docks.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-08
80 BoMBERS ATTACK

AZ Mingaladon The pilots had in
adequate warning hut only a dozen
Tigers and Is Raj planes Gotinto
the air. At 10000 feet they be-
held the oncosning second wave of
the invaders, 30 bombers escorted
by 20 pursuits. The battle was
Joined above the river, the Tigers
going directly for the hombers
and leaving the Raj TO handle the
Jap pursuits.
Ken JernStedt. Hank" Gilbert
and two others tackled forma-
tion OF q bombers. Jerenstedt CIV
ing one a squirt from the side and
seeing il burst into flames as he
ldiVed past.
Gilbert poured his fire into two
others in his dive, but he was
nit by a cannon shell from tur-
ret gun and fell, the first Flying
Tiger to be killed in combat.
Charles Older got his first
bomber. which burst into a ball Of
flame and fell with ammunition
and bombs exploding in mid-air
IT is probable that the second
death Of a Tiger that day was
caused by this accidental fusillade
from Older's victim, for Neil G..
Martin OF Texarkana crashed in
the wake OF the bomber.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-07
Civilian Defense
Set.up Holds End
Practice Drill

Rehearsal No. 2 in the new home
defense Set-up in Ell Centre will
take place at pm. Friday in Sec
tors No. 2 and No. 6, civilian de-
fense officials announced WedneS-
day.
Sector No. 3 is composed of the
area from the Southern Pacific
railway to New street and Adams to
Vine street, with Police Patrolman
Jack Tackett as sector warden.
Sector No. 6 is composed of the area
from Holt to State streets. and
from Eighth to Imperial avenue. E.
b. Ingle is the sector warden.
There will be Is incidents to be
handled by the participants in the
drill. Arrangements were made for
many casualties"
1--WE are going to profit by the
practice we had last week." said H.
w. Fawcett, chief of the block war
denS. Every time we have prac-
tice drill we discover weak spots
in our set-up and Immediately take
steps to improve the system"
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-07

ana REHABILITATION, expldlllluS dIl
incident he said occurred at the
border in Calexico early Monday.
He accused U. S. Inspector S. D.
Stanifer of unnecessarily delaying
him and using profane language in
the presence of Mrs. Ortiz and other
ladies.
SENDS LETTERS
Accompanying tho protest to
Guercio we're character letters from
a number of prominent residents
of Ell Centre and Mexicali testify
ing in Ortiz behalf.
The famed boxer said he and his
patty were stopped by Stanifer as
they drove into Calexico from Mex
icali at about | am. Monday morn
ing. Asked for proof of his Ameri-
can citizenship Ortiz offered his
draft registration card, he said, as
we'll as a church baptismal docu-
ment both of which the officer re-
fused to recognize, according to Or
tiz.
An argument is reported to have
ensued during which Stanifer al
legedly directed a barrage of pro-
fame words at Ortiz after which,
the fighter said, his brother law,
Joe Mallobox, sought to settle the
argument. Ortiz said that as NAL
lobox got out of the car Stanifer
Continued on page s, Col. u
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-07

road branches off to the south.
Other patrols were entrenched
firmly on strategic height called
Hill 1859, and were dominating the
junction Is miles southeast of Ell
Guettar without opposition.
American planes were battering
Axis columns in the Guettar sector
in an attempt to open a path for
Lieut.. Gen. George S. Patton's arm
ored forces to break through the
hill positions between them and
the coastal plain.
In the Maknassy area to the
north, other American forces drove
ahead to within 200 yards of the
strategic Maizila pass.
Fighting was heaviest in the Die
bel Berda sector, where the enemy
artillery is strongly placed in rocky
hills dominating the Kebili road
junction. But since Tuesday after
noon the Axis resistance has ap-
peared to be weakening and there
were growing hints that the bitter
battle is approaching ali end
The Americans, at present fight
ing in the last six-mile stretch
of German-held hills between us
and the coastal plain, must still
break through strongly entrenched
positions to join the British Eighth
army. Advances in the last "a hours
have been slight when measured in
miles but much greater when meas
ured i'll the weakening of enemy
fighting power.
The Germans have been clinging
tenaciously to the slopes of Djebel
Berda, several miles behind the
most advanced American positions
on the right flank.
These pockets have kept the U.
S. forces from breaking through to
the coast. They are being cleaned
out, but it is slow, nasty job.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-07
Dope
Gan g
] q ken
Five Men. Boy in
Custody Following
Raid in Nor+h-End

Five men, a 16-year-old
boy, a quantity of marihuana
cigarettes, a taxicab, and two
marihuana plants growing
in a victory garden were tax
en- in a raid in Brawley and West
morland Tuesday night.
State narcotic officers and I'm
perial county deputy sheriffs staged
the roundup of suspects in the two
cities because of reports that men
in the armed forces had been get
ting marihuana there" Sheriff Rob-
ert w. Ware said Wednesday.
Joel Rojas, 16, said to belong to
Pachuco gang; Irwin Dodd, 20,
Brawley taxicab driver; Kelly
Thomas, 80. Negro janitor; Lenyard
A. Means, 81, carpenter; Jesus Vas
quez, So, Westmorland; and Harold
Murchison, %. Negro, all were
charged with the sale of marihuana
The two large marihuana plants
were found growing in victory
garden in the yard of a private
home in Westmorland, the officers
said. The plants were scooped from
the earth and transplanted in a
bucket of dirt SO they may be used
as evidence in the case against the
prisoners caught in the raid. The
marihuana cigarettes and the taxi
cab also were confiscated by the
officers and held as evidence.
All the prisoners and the confis-
Gated property were taken to the
Imperial county sheriff's office in
Ell Centre to await court action.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-07

'llOI tilWcSI WeIc llcdl Coildpoc uiiucl
American blows.
The British forces we're reported
in close pursuit of the Afrika
Korps, before which there were no
natural defense barriers for more
than 100 miles.
BATTER AXIS
Lieut.. Gen. George S. Patton's
armored units were battering the
Axis in the Maknassy-Guettar area,
where stubborn fighting had been
going on for days Resistance ap-
peared to be weakening, with the
possibility that the enemy was fad
ing back to join Rommel's main
army in the retreat to the north.
British submarines engaged in
/ the battle of communications north
of Tunisia torpedoed an italian
cruiser of the Regolo class, two
tankers and supply ship.
A pile driver blow by Sir Ber-
nard L. Montgomery's veterans
broke through Marshal Erwin Rom
mels defenses at Wadi Akarit
north of Gapes and cleared the way
for drive up to the Tunis-Bi-
zerete corner of Tunisia.
ANNOUNCES VICTORY
Prime Minister Winston Church
i'll, announcing another smashing
victory of the Eighth Army. said
American forces we're pressing
Rommel's flank increasingly from
the west, and a junction with the
British could be expected
AS the showdown battle in North
Tunisia shaped up, Allied air forces
hammered at Axis strongholds and
communications, shooting down 81
more planes and sinking several
supply ships.
The lowering threat of an Al
lied invasion of Europe from Af-
rica spurred the Axis leaders to
hasty counter-preparations. Re-
ports from the continent said the
German and Italian high COM
mands planned meeting to dis
cuss the defense of Italy. Premier
Benito Mussolini was reported
pressing Adolf Hitler for more men
and guns.
The American and British air
offensive against Western Europe
slackened Under bad weather after
broadside bombardment of record
Continued on Page 2, Col. II
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-07
Even A Soronq
Be Better

/ Is, paid call on tatto artist. The
man offered the usual wares = a
battleship that looked convicing, an
American flag, hearts and arrows
and a looking rattlesnake.
ONLY ONE GLANCE
But Bobbie needed only one
glance at the curvaceous form of
| the young woman.
AT school the next day, the prog
ress of education slowed TO a virtual
standstill when Bobbie rolled up his
sleeve and went to work. Boobies
newly acquired popularity exceeded
even his fondeSt expectations as his
eighth grade classmates crowdeds
around and demanded:
"Lemme See."
Quit pushin' will va"
Make her dance, Bobbie."
And Bobbie, with deft flex of
his forearm muscles, made her
dance-enticingly. alluringly.
TOPIC OF CONVERSATION
Bobbie's new girl friend became
the topic of dinner table discus
sions. Mothers talked about it at
bridge and went home to tell their
husbands. In general, parents felt
Bobbies accomplishments bordered
on the eXtra-curricular.
Bobbie's teacher took 1t up with
the school principal, who called in
The public school systems social
service workers. They expressed
interest, but felt the case was out
of their line.
Juvenile authorities were posi-
tive that something should be done.
Continued on page 6, Col. o
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-07
Bill TO Lower
Voting Age Viewed

SACRAMENTO, April 7.-UP)-
California today faced a question
now confronting the legislatures of
18 other states: Shall youths of 1S
to q, who are asked to fight, be al
lowed to vote?
The Assembly committee ON con-
stitutional amendments, after hear
ing arguments last night by repre-
sentative youths of the state, side
stepped the problem by failing to
produce a quorum.
But Assemblyman William Ros-
enthal, author of the bill to reduce
the voting age, said he would try
to move his measure to the floor
today by getting the signatures of
six committee members, the neces-
Sary majority.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-07
Governor Names ]
To States Farm
Production Council
Warren Signs Measure
To Allow Planning for
'43 Crop to Start Now

Editors note: The act prOvid-
ing for the establishment of the
farm production council was
sponsored by Assemblyman Har-
vey Z. Hastain of Imperial cOun-
ty.)
SACRAMENTO. April 7.
(UP)-Gov. Earl Warren to-
day named a seven-member
farm production council as
authorized by the new Cali
fornia food and fiber act, and sign
ed stop-gap bill enabling the
council to begin planning for the
1943 harvest at once.
Warren said he proposed to draft
the following men to serve on the
council:
NAMES WILSON
George H. Wilson. Clarksburg, dr.
rector of the National Sugar Beet
association, the California Aspara-
gus Growers association and the
American Farm Bureau federation
Camille A. GARNER, Los Angeles
county,, president of the Los An
geles Farm Bureau federation.
Loren Bamert, lone, Amador
county, president of the California
Cattlemen's association and widely
known livestock producer.
John S. Watson. Petaluma, presi-
dent of the Consolidated Milk Pro-
ducers of San Francisco.
SANTA ANA MAN CHOSEN
A. j. McFadden. Santa Ana.
chairman of the Agricultural COM
mittee of the State Chamber of
Commerce.
w L. Smith, ButtonwilloW, Kern
Continued on page 6, Col. u
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-07
Luftwaffer Tries
Plastic Surgery in
Attempt to Escape
Nazi Flying Officer
Discovered in Daring
Plot in Canada Camp
cd AyyENuJID n

GRAVENHURST, Ont. s,
! April 7. (UP)-A bizarre at
tempt to escape from an in
ternment camp for German
soldiers was at an end today
when Lieut.. Siegfried Schmidt of
the German LuftWaffe answered
roll call for the first time in four
months.
During that time he had been
concealed i'll the camp by fellow
prisoners and had converted his
oval face to one with pointed
chin, accomplished by crude but
efficient plastic surgery.
REFUSES TO TALK
Schmidt, sullen about the failure
of his scheme, refused to explain
his method and international law
prevents camp officials from fore
ing him to talk. 1t was evident that
Schmidt used knife to carve flesh
from his ample joWls, graft it to
his chin, and mold it there, probab-
ly with the aid of tumbler. The
entire outline of his face was
changed.
Seven prisoners escaped from the
camp last December. Six were re-
captured almost Immediately but
Schmidt remained missing.
During that time he was hidden
in the camp, working on his new
face.
YIELDS TO TEMPTATION
He spoiled it all, however, by
yielding to the temptation to test
his appearance by emerging from
the building in which he had been
concealed AS he mingled in the
outside enclosure with other pris-
oners a guard spotted a strange
face. The guard did not recognize
Continued on page 6, Col. u
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-07

on this vital Pacific war front, is
continuing and the Japanese are
suffering heavy casualties, the COM
munique said.
TRY FLANK MOVE
The japanese attempted to flank
the exposed British sorthern posi-
tions, infiltrating across the Mayu
river to the narrow peninsula and
trying TO catch the British between
the hills and the sea north of DON
baik. The threat was frustrated, the
communique indicated. by readjust-
ment of British lines.
The communique reported that
British planes continued their Of
fcnSivc against japanese Burma
positions and for the third straight
day announced an enemy air attack
on British airdromes.
On the China land front, Chinese
announcements said japanese drives
in Shantung and Honan provinces
had teen repulsed in recent days An
Axis radio report said the japanese
sank two British Indian steamers
in the Bengal gulf
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-07
Text Book Banned
In ST. Schools

SAN FRANCISCO, April L.
tUP)-The Rugg American his
tory textbooks were banned i'm
San FranciScO's Junior high
schools today by unanimous
vote of the board of education.
The American Legion, the
Sons and Daughters of the
American Revolution, the Pa
cific Advertising association
and the San Francisco Welfare
League had urged banning of
the books, written by DIR. Har-
old Ordway Rugg of Columbia
University, on the grounds that
they were "subversive and Com
munistic." DIR. Rugg, numerous
college professors and parents
denied. the accusations.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-07

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, April 7
(UP-The public clamor evoked by
the nude lady on Bobbie Nc
Donalds forearm subsidized a bit to-
day as Bobbie, acting on instruc-
tions of the juvenile court, went
shopping for a dress.
Bobbie's teachers and the parents
CT his classmates weren't intereted
in what kind of dress. Any dress
would do, regardless of design, chic
or color, jus, SO 1t covered the
young ladys unadorned figure.
The furor began when Bobbie.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-07


April H. The President and Secre-
tary of Treasury Henry Morgen-
thau, jr., however, got together with
the White House staff to do little
advance selling.
TELLS PRESIDENT
Morgenthau told the President
that the bonds offered the people
of America the opportunity to lend
their support to our fighting men
in the great spring offensives."
Before starting his one-man sales
campaign, the President looked at
the staff packed around him and
said:
This is just small cross-section
of the White House staff, but this
is like great many other Ameri-
can houses throughout the country
most of us have some member of
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-07


the family I'm the fighting forces
of the United States and we back
home are trying to do our bit. too.
We subscribe.
IF might paraphrase the slo-
gan of this nes7 drive TO maintain
the war and turn out more things
for our troops at the front the
slogan is for us--sThey give their
lives. We lend our money"
No sooner had the President
stopped speaking than an elderly
Negro messenger, John Pye. handed
S1875 over the Presidents shoulder
TO purchase the first bond. Pye was
Mr.. Rooseyelt's chauffeur when he
was assistant secretary Of the navy
in the last war and has been In the
White House since 1888.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-07
R0MMEL RESUMES FLIGHT In TUN|SIA
BOLIVIA JOINS
WAR on AXIS

LA PAZ, Bolivia, April 7.-UP)
Bolivia today became the 33rd ma
ton to enter the war on the side
of the United Nations.
The cabinet, in special session
last night, approved decree de-
claring the existence of state of
war with the Axis effective at noon
today.
Under the Bolivian constitution,
the decree must be adopted by Con-
gress to effect an actual declara-
ton of war.
The cabinets action coincided
with visit by US. Vice-President
Henry A. Wallace, who said it was
"a complete and agreeable sur
prise to him. At the same time,
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-07
Mankind Chief
Files FbI Suit

LOS ANGELES, April 7.-UP-
Arthur l.. Bell. head of Mankind
United" on trial with Is others of
conspiracy-sedition charges, today
filed a $1,080,000 federal suit against
FBI agents and police officer.
Richard B. Hood, local FBI head,
81 other FBI agents, and Police Of
ficer Merle Armstrong were ac-
cused of false imprisonment and
unlawful search and seizure.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-07
weakIey Resigns
From Ration Board

Guy Weakley superintendent of
the Ell Centre school system, has
resigned as chairman of the food
panel of the ration board here, he
revealed Wednesday.
Weakley said mounting duties in
the school system forced him to re-
linquish the ration board post. He
said loss of personnel had stripped
him of surplus time.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-07
Eighteen Die in
Chile Earthquake

SANTIAGO, Chile. April T.
(UP)-Eighteen dead and 80 in
jured in yesterdays earthquake
were reported from Ovalle today,
as light tremors continued. Prop
erty damaged at Ovalle, one of the
towns hit hardest, was estimated
at more than 30,000000 pesos tabout
S1,200.000.
One late earth tremor was at
9:l0 am. today.
Federal authorities rushed relief
to the stricken section. which in
cluded Ovalle, Salamanca. La Sc
yena. Combarbale and Illapel.
Many buildings here were dam
aged and many cases of hysteria
were treated, but no casualties
we're reported.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-07
Yanks Raid Jap
Bases { Times

WASHINGTON, April 7.-(UP)--
The nonstop battering of japanese
bases in the Aleutians is continu-
ing unabated, with five more air
attacks on Kiska and one on Attu,
the navy announced today.
Hits we're reported on enemy po-
sitions.
The attacks, which occurred on
Monday, raised to 81 the total of
air assaults ON Kiska alone since
the first of March.
Meanwhile, in the Solomons,
American airmen struck at Jap
anese positions at Villa in the New
Georgia group and started fires.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-07
Father Finds Body
OF Stranded Girl

PITTSBURGH. April 7.-UP)-
The body of blonde, curly headed
Theresa Williams. q, was found by
her father today in a shallow
grave, dug by the alleged murderer
in the cellar of his home.
Shortly after the discovery, Earl
Perry, II, was arrested and con-
fessed, police said, that he stran-
gled and attack the little girl, aft
er Turing her to his home with a
candy bar and a penny.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-07

pair of boxing gloves, and fourth
will be baseball equipment.
There will be judging contest
for all seventh and eighth grade
farm boys at am. Saturday. Rib
bons and defense stamps will be
presented winners. The FLA will
auction off pig for war bonds at
the fair Friday night.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-07
Meanest Man Again

Mcanest Man Again.
On one of the hot days last week,
the gang at the beauty college
telephoned for someone to fix the
Scooler which was on the roof of the
building.
The cooler fixer upper mounted
to the room and did some humping
around up there.
Everything is o. K.." he said in
a puzzled tone after he reached
solid earth again, "but the motor
is missing"
The gang then remembered that
they had heard man walking
around on the roof several days
before. Apparently the man had
helped himself to the cooler in
broad daylight.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-07

The grand prize at the fair, 12-
inch gold cup, will be presented
to the Future Farmer of America
boz who gets the most points for his
exhibit. In addition he will get
six months pass to Brawley thea
ter. Second prize will be a six
months theater pass, the third a
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-07
For Solid Comfort

For Solid Comfort
Seven boys in Mrs. Conn Aycock's
class at Holtvile union high school
presented a highly hilarious bur-
lcsquc of womcn's club meeting
for the Holtville Junior Women's
club.
The boys were very beauteous
women. dressed To the teeth in
the latest style.
The curtain went down, or al
most down, amid thunderous ap-
plause from the audience. The fe-
male impersonators Immediately
kicked off their high heeled pumps
and ran around in their socks while
Continued on page 6, Col. ID
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-07
BrowIey FLA Will Sponsor
Junior Agricultural Fair

BRAWLEY, April 7-Prepara-
tions for the Junior fair at Braw-
ley Union High school Friday and
Saturday moved rapidly forward
Wednesday as school pupils pre-
pared exhibits of livestock, farm
produce, and poultry.
Exhibits may be viewed on the
athletic field east of the high
school building.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-07

Brazil is the only other country
of South America to enter into a
formal state of war against the
Axis, although several others have
broken off diplomatic relations.
A dispatch from Quito, Ecuador
quoted Daza Ondarza, Bolivian
minister there, as saying that the
move made by Bolivia would spread
to that country.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-07
y AMBL|Ne
IMPORTER
Puzzle Bureau

Puzzle Bureau
Deputy Sheriff Bob Jensen wrote
this notation on the bottom of a
fingerprint of county Jail prisoner:
"Sundry fingers on, one of his
front feet are missing"