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Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-17
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Let's Tell Secrets
Ell Centre Police Patrolman Wyatt
Briggs was mighty proud OF his
new handouts.
He displayed them to a group OF
his daughters friends.
Here, try them on" Briggs said
to one of the girls, and snapped
the cuffs around her wrists. She
wore them a while and then asked
to have them removed. Briggs drag
ged out bunch of keys. 1t soon
became apparent that something
was wrong.
Cant you get them Off" walled
the girl,
This old key should unlock them" ,"
painted Briggs, very red in the
face. But it didn't.
A greatly humiliated Briggs had
to take the girl to locksmith to
have her extricated.
This One Smells
The morales in the assessor
collectors office of the irrigation
district have taken an up-sWing," A."
George Bucklin commented.
"Why?" demanded a person who
always bites.
Miss Mary Morales is a new en-
ploye in there" howeled George.
Always Fighting
A ver$ young marine was all
dressed up in his blues cutting a
dash with a girl he was treating
to a dinner in downtown drug
store in Ell Centre.
Everything was going along well
when three sailors came in and sat
down in a row at a counter near
the marine and his girl. The sailors
whispered together and peeked aC
the couple.
Hey Mac" one of the soldiers
shouted at the marine, "are you in
the merchant mariner"
mo-" replied the marine with
Continued on page 6, col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-17
IN USING PENICILLIN

WASHINGTON, Dec. II tUP) -
Two hundred and forty-seyen SOL
diers, suffering from wounds and
complicating infections, rallied when
given Penicillin after all other
treatments. including sulfa drugs,
had failed, the war department re-
ported Friday.
"The most dramatic results in the
use of Fenicillin,' it said, "are re-
lief from pain and quick restoration
of normal appetite, even in serious
ly wounded men. These factors,
plus injections of whole blood, have
made it possible to build men up
physically within short time per-
mitting major operations within Il
few days after injury"
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-17
HATTON IN CHARGE

Sewer Commissioner Charles A.
Bratton could not be reached for a
statement and Mayor Hatton is as
suming control of the situation
until Bratton is able to do SO.
The break is the result of laying
this section of the out-fall sewer
line in quicksand When the line
Continued on page 8, col. 5
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-17
Huge Transports.
TQnkerS iSted:
Hit SupPIXLines
Landing Troops Improve Arawe
Beachhead in Fina! Move
To Strike Straiqh+ at Rabau

WASHINGTON, Dec. II. (UP)-American submarines
backstoppng Allied offensive operations in the Pacific
by striking at the enemys supply lines have sunk eight
japanese ships.
The navy Friday that the latest bag by U
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-17
THIEVES GET se

Six dollars In cash was taken
from the apartment OF Clara BEN
nett, 65l Commercial. late Thurs
day. Entry was forced and police
have checked for fingerprints.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-17
Russia Strikes
New Blow at
leningrad Lines
Attacks Hint Opening
Of Winter Campaign;
Gain Ground Near Kiev

LONDON, Dec II. CUP)-The
Berlin radio reported Friday that
massed Russian forces had launch
ed an offensive on the Leningrad
front, breaking into the German
lines at several places, in what
appeared here to be the first blow
of the Red army's long delayed win
ter campaign.
A Nazi broadcast said the Ger
mans had been engaged in hard
defensive fighting near Leningrad''
yfi1cr Thursday and the bitter bait
tie still was raging indecisively A
number of Soviet breakins were
"liquidated", the radio said
Signs have been increasing that
the Red arrly was awaiting only
an improvement in weather con-
ditions and frozen foothold to
strike in full force at the unstable
German front.
MOSCOW, Dec. II. (UP)-The
Red army beat Off repeated Ger
man counterattacks Friday and ad-
vanced into new positions within
striking distance of Radomisl, key
road junction Sd miles west of Kiev.
The Russians yielded Radomisl to
the Germans several days ago, but
with the arrival ofs reinforcements,
regained lost ground northwest of
the junction and were developing
a thanking threat.
tLondon sources said the center
OF the battle line appeared to be
along an eight-mile front stretch
ing between Lyakhovak, six miles
northwest of adomisl, and Nyan-
evka, seven miles southwest of
Malin.)
1he latest Soviet advance swept
up several additional towns and
villages above Radomisl. The Ger
mans lost 800 men in futile co,ln-
terattacks and at one point were
thrown back when they ATTEMPTED
10 Iorce river barrier.
The Soviets also broke enemy
resistance south and southeast of
CherkaSl, nearly 100 miles down
the Dnleper from Kiey.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-17

SOLDIER ESCAPES GUARD
The police department has a re-
port that Warren Claybourne,
soldier, had escaped from guards at
Camp Lockett late Thursday night.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-17
Break-insSewaqe
Line Poses
Repair Problems

The break which has been antic-
ipated for some time in the out-fall
sewer line has occurred.
Early this week the ground over
the q inch line to the pumping
plant began settling and at one
place on the east side cf No. 8
manhole section of earth more
than 30-foot square caved in to a
depth of more than 20 feet. The
location of the line is between
Eighth and Imperial and south OF
| the Date Canal.
Walter Hopkins, Brawley city en-
gjneer who has been retailed by
the city of FL Centre, after an in.
vestigaticn of the emergency condi-
tionS here said that until he could
make a complete investigation he
had no further remedy for the
serious situation.
DOUBLE PUMPING
1.-THE present temporary by
passing installation of pumpin.- :
from one manhole, past the break
into manhole 1900 feet distant
however, causes double pumping and
the pumps at the plant are in poor
repair" he said Il have recon-
mended that the city pump direct
from the manhole ahead of the
break on past the sewer pumping
plant and bypass the plant as
well to eliminate double pumping,
thus protecting those poor plant
pumps"
"A complete investigation of the
affected area and possibilities of
making installations that would be
mere satisfactory until the end of
the war will be made in the next
few days. he said.
In tentative proposal to Mayor
Bob Hatton Thursday he was quoted
as saying a moving of the main
sewer pumping plant TO location
about a mile south of the present
site and pumping direct from there
into the river might solve the
problem. A dome would be con-
structed to burn off the gases
thereby eliminating odors in the
area.
HATTON IN CHARGE
Sewer Commissioner Charles A.
Bratton could not be reached for
statement and Mayor Hatton is as
Sllminp control of the situation
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-17
WEATHER

Maximum Thursday 10, minimum
Friday 43; am. Friday 49, humid
ity 20; noon Friday 81, humidity 80;
5 pm. Thursday Ga, humidity A.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-22
C. |. & P.PARTY
OFFICE FETED
Comedy Sketch Features
Christmas Party; Magi=
clan EntertainS

Office employees Of the Connecti-
cut Light & Power Co., last nigh
held their annual Christmas party
at the company's Leavenworth street
auditorium.
Ira G. Williams, well-known To-
cally as magician, entertained the
more than $50 attending the party,
while various Skits were presented
by G. L. g. P. employees. Featured
among the latter was a playlet en-
titled 'Pistol Packin Papa" starring
Harry Ownes assisted by William
Howe and John Plat. George Leary,
assistant Office manager, was master
of ceremnoies.
William T. Jebb, division manager
and Charles j. Allen, director of
public relations for the company,
addressed the gathering during the
evening.
Refreshments and dancing wer,
enjoyed by the group.
The committee arranging the at
fair included Alfred E. West, Doris
Braun, Angie Membrane and Mar
garet Dunn. Refreshments were pre-
pared and served by Miss Margaret
Chagnot and Miss Gladys Cook,
home service representatives.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-22

grass country of the Trail of 49,
where gold-mad prospectors could
find feed for their pack ponies on
the way to the Klondike.
The energy for tapping the re-
sources would be supplied by the
Davis, Soule and Mas rivers and
Neziadin Lake, the hydroelectric
potentialities of which are esti-
mated at 100000 horsepower.
In addition to the visible re-
sources-agriculture and timber -
there are known to be tungsten,
molybdenum and deposits of other
valuable minerals in the area.
Another source of wealth that
would be opened up by the road
would be touriS1n. The coastal area
claims to have the finest fishing,
big game hunting and scenery on
the continent, but because of lack
of roads, only few sportsmen have
been able to take advantage of
them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-22
.SOUTHBURY MAN
FINED S., COSTS
Farmers Two=Hour Trial
Packs South Britain
Court Room

Charles Perry, 60. Southbury, was
fined SIS and costs on charges of
negligently making poison accessible
to dogs after two hour trial before
Justice Walter Munson of South
Britain last night, as over 100 per-
sons crowded the courtroom.
Perry admitted placing poisoned
hamburg in the corner of his sheep
pasture where two dogs owned by
Clarence Lewis, former Southbury
farmer ate the poisoned meat and
died on Oct 16.
The sheep herder said he had re-
sorted to placing poison in the pas
ture only after several Of his prize
sheep had been killed and manned
by stray dogs.
Taking cognizance of Mr.. Perry's
love for his sheep, and Mr.. Lewis
love for his dogs, Judge Munson said
he felt Mr.. Perry had not acted
maliciously and so announced the
light penalty.
He warned the sheep breeder,
however, to install fencing adequate
to prevent dogs from reaching the
sheep.
Russell Warner, assisted by Atty.
George Croicchia Of Waterbury,
prosecuted the case. j. Warren Up
son represented Mr.. Perry.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-22
FIRST NEW YEARS
BABY TIC GET $50
Connecticut Plan for Hos
pital Care Again Offer
ing War Bond

1t may be just a matter of sec
onds that will give one Connecticut
baby $50 start on the world and
its problems on New Years Day.
The Connecticut Plan for Hospi-
tai Care, the non-prof1t White
Cross, has announced through its
acting general manager, Charles H.
Holt, that $50 war bond will be
presented again this year to the
first baby born on New Years Day
to parents who are Plan members.
Twenty-Five member hospitals in
Connecticut are gladly cooperating
Ito start another White Cross
youngster off right Mr.. Holt said
All the member hospitals will notify
him by telegram of the exact time
of arrival of White Cross babies
born after midnight on December
81.
The bond, which will be made out
in the child's name, will be given to
the parents for guardianship until
it natures at full value when the
child is ten years old.
This is the third year that the
White Cross has presented its first
New Years baby with a $50 bond
Mr.. Holt said. The first White Cross
baby in 1943 was Warren Ellsworth
EndreSS, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Jo-
seph Endriss of SO Piper road
Hamden. In 1912, Angela Anna
Grasso, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Carmine Grasso of 22O Exchange
street, New Haven, was the first
White Cross baby to arrive.
Any baby, whose parents have
been members for at least a year
of the White Cross Plan, a non
profit organization providing group
disqualification to employed persons
and members of their families, will
be eligible to receive the bond if
born in any member hospital in
Connecticut.
Member hospitals in Waterbury
are: the Waterbury Hospital and
st. Mary's Hospital.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-22

The cleavage does not involve a
question of whether Don Juan
should come back as king for
Spain, but when. Franco has been
insisting on prior reorganization
of the state along lines which will
take time before the installation
of Don Juan. The latter, in turn,
has published from Switzerland
his objections to the prerequisites
and the time required. However,
their positions are not so irrecon-
cilable but that Foreign Minister
Francisco Gomez Jordana could
become prime minister under
limited monarchy, and General
Franco could retain his leadership
of the army.
Discussions with topmost mon
archists in and out of the army,
and including the most impatient
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-22
EXTRA DAYS FOR
FIREMEN DENIED
Night Shift Not to Be Re-
duced; Major Brodie
Sends Greetings

| Declaring that even at full
strength, none of the city's fire
companies measure up to the mini
mum membership recommended by
the National Fire Underwriters As
ISOLATION, the board of fire COM
missioners yesterday denied a re-
quest by g. group of firemen for two
days off per month in addition to
the two they now receive.
The committee on men and disci-
pline, which had been studying the
request, reported that the two days
off a month granted some time ago
has reduced the strength of each
company by one man each, and
granting two additional days would
mean the same reduction for the
night shift when most serious fires
occur. 1t also noted the loss of
many regular firemen to the armed
forces, and the handicap resulting
from filling their places with mex
perienced men.
A Christmas card via V-mail was
received from Major John Brodie,
former member of the board.
Chairman Finton Phelan, re-
marking that this was probably the
last meeting of the present board,
as the members terms expire jan
uary /, expressed appreciation to
Commissioners Archie Phillips, Ed
ward Lasky, Gordon Somers and
Peter Carroll for the cooperation
all had shown during the last two
years.
On motion of Commissioner
Phillips. City Clerk Joseph Shea
and his staff were thanked for the
accurate way the boards records
had been prepared.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-22
Francois Power Secure AS He Guides
Spain Toward Monarchy, Taylor Says
PRoPHE TIC OMEN FOR e. cAUDILLo

1 The army doesn't like its anna
teurish tone; the poor, don't like
its petty graft; the rich dislike Its
personnel and its lack Of tradi-
ton. Old-country Spain is made
Of Al separatist provinces plus the
intense individualism Of each
Spanish man and woman. The
national patriotic society does moi
work we'll because 1t is essentially
unsuited. So its prestige has lag
ged steadily until today the Fal-
ange uses Franco less than Franco
uses the Falange.
FIRED BOTHER-IN-LAW
Franco also knows that the Fal-
ange is as much of a liability in
the eyes Of the United Nations as
1t Is at home, and this news Of his
knowledge is good news for Spain
The only real sparkplug left in
the Falange is Ramon Serrano
Suner. who kept, it whirling on
his prestige as foreign minister
and as the generalissimo's brother
in-law. But when Franco fired pro-
Axis Suner-whom, incidentally,
Franco has not seen since the fir
ing = Suner's and the Falange's
eclipses were simultaneous.
On the other hand, the plans
that Franco is making for the
Cortes are being well received by
the best men throughout Spain. Its
representation will include so may
ors of various towns, At members
elected Zone each) by the provin-
cial assemblies, 100 elected from
trade unions, IA from professional
organizations such as the bar as
ISOLATION, and 10 presidents of uni
versities. 1t will have the power to
originate every law and decree in
Spain, and with no veto power from
Franco.
The Cortes under Estaban Bal
bao is attracting able men to the
government, and in it centers the
solution of SPANS internal dis
satisfactionS and external fric-
tons. Ell Caudillo (the LEADER
realizes this fully and is expected
to back the Cortes to the limit. In
the power politics of Spain, this
is his own answer to the problem
Of how to reverse SPANS out
NODDED preparations for a German
victory on the continent and take
advantage of a liberal order there.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-22

advocates Of monarchial restora-
ton, show that we abroad have
been off base in our sensational
ism. There will be no palace revo-
luton, no army uprising, no coup
by generals in Spain or from Span
ish Morocco. In fact, the leading
monarchist generals are all profess
Sional soldiers and resent being
made to appear as potential jail
keepers Of their commander. And
they say so with typical, oath
bound, officer like bluntness.
The next big revolution in SPAN
will be a debating of the irksome
Falange on one hand and grass
roots strengthening of SPANS
Cortes, or parliament, on the other.
Except for the welfare work it does
in some sections, the Falange is
unpopular everywhere.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-22
IL DUcE'S FALL is NOT SEEN AS PRoPH
BY HENRY J. TAYLOR
NEA Correspondent

Tangier, Dec. % - The fall of
Mussolini and the disintegration of
Fascism in Italy have left the gov
eminent Of Spain completely un-
ruffled.
Observers abroad have reckoned
that the big event in Italy must be
a very discouraging omen for the
regime Of Dictator Francisco Fran
co. Actually, the impact on Franco
Of Mussolini's fall is exactly the re-
verse. Noticing the results of the
Italian policy, the outcome now is
regarded in Spain as proof Of the
Spanish leadership's wisdom.
With Italy now battle-ground
and Spain untrampled, any fore
cast Of a parallel between the fall
Of Mussolini and an equivalent
upset of Franco completely dis
appears.
There is a parallel, however,
between this and the other miscon-
ceptions of Frances security. The
monarchist movement, for in
stance, much dramatized from
afar, takes on quite different
complexion within the country as
well as here in Morocco, long re-
garded abroad as a monarchistic
hotbed.
NO REVOLT IN PROSPECT
Taboo in Spain are direct quota
lions from army men, but in talks
with monarchist leaders in and out
of the army, this conclusion is
clear: The so-called, prospective re-
volt Of the generals will not occur.
That much is sure. The monarchist
movement in which the generals
are featured is not an anti-Franco
movement.
In all Spain there is not a more
strongly declared monarchist than
Franco himself. He never has
represented his own position as
political pinnacle, and he always
has proclaimed that he is only
preparing the homeland for the
monarchy to which he subscribed
from the beginning. In Spanish
oficialdom, the monarchist issue
really is not disputed in principle,
and the en-reported challenges
of the generals is over -simplifica-
ton in the sense that they are
dramatized as throwing down
of the gauntlet to the dictator.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-22
"a BRUSH FIRES
HERE YESTERDAY

A prohibition on all outdoor fires
until further notice was announced
last night by Fire Marshal Dennis
J. Lahey after a day in which "a
brush fires, several of which threat
need buildings were eXtinguished by
firemen.
The McTernan school, a barn at
the Brookside home, and homes on
Huntingdon avenue, Cooke street
and Columbia Blvd. were threatened
at various times yesterday.
Marshal Lahey said many of the
"a fires were unnecessary, and
warned the city ordinance on light
ing fires will be strictly enforced
until rain or snow falls and re-
moves the dangerous dry condition
Of the brush and woodland in the
city.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-22

They contend that untold min
eral, coal, agricultural and timber
wealth that could play a vital role
in winning the war and in postwar
rehabilitation is being allowed to
stand idle because of lack of en-
enlargement and facilities for de-
velopment.
The resources awaiting develop
ment, they say, include:
The largest anthracite deposit on
the continent.
Millions of acres of good agricul-
tural land.
Five to ten billion feet of stand
ing timber.
Electrical energy estimated at
100000 horsepower.
Development, however, they say,
is being held up because of high
freight rates, and lack of roads,
marketing facilities, adequate ma
chinery for agriculture, and lack of
inducement to bring in new settlers.
The men of the coastal North be-
ieve that the vast new sources Of
economic wealth would be opened
if a road was built from Hazelton
to Whitehorse, and they have sent
a delegation headed by r. M. Win
slow, president of the Prince Ru-
pert Chamber of Commerce, on a
tour of the Canadian and American
Pacific coast to seek support for
the empire-building scheme.
The delegation has received as
surance from Premier route will be
surveyed before decision on where a
road will be built for British Co.
lumbia'S connection with the Alaska
highway. At the same time, they
have been promised the support of
the whole North and of Alaska CEN
tiers, including Juneau, Ketchikan
and Hyder.
Winslow said that the proposed
road, known as the Telegraph
Creek Coute," would tap coal de-
posits equal in quality to Welsh
coal and five times as large as the
Pennsylvania field. Only 100 miles
from tidewater at Stewart, and
with an easy grade up the Nassa
Valley, the high-grade coal could
undersell not only Pennsylvania
hard" but even Alberta bituminous
in Vancouver or anywhere on the
California coast and Alaska, he said.
The road, too, would open up
hlaf a million acres of good agri-
cultural land in the lower section
of great North South rectangle
starting at Hazelton - the bunch
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-22
JAN1ToR REMOVES MAYOR

New York (UP) - Occupational
local government in German-held
Europe has Undoubtedly created
many paradoxical situations, but
few perhaps, as strange as in the
town Of 's-Hertogcnbcsch, Neither
lands, where the Town Halls JAM
tor has had the mayor removed
from office. The janitor, the local
leader Of the Dutch Nazi Party, was
reprinanded by t. mayor for mix
ing politics with his sweeping. He
retaliated by suspending the mayor
from party membership. Sine e
none but party members may hold
office under the Nazis, the mayor
was removed. liz ".lived under
ground" the Netherlands 1nfor--
nation Bureau reports, when the
Gestapo was ordered to arrest him.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-22
WAR PLANTS IDLE
ALL DAY SATURDAY

Waterbury's war plants will close
on Christmas Day, with no produc-
ton scheduled for that period, so
that employees may spend the day
at home with their families. Except
for a few maintenance men the
plants will be empty.
Scovill Company, American Brass
Company. and Chase Brass and
Copper Company, all announced
yesterday that only the skeleton
staff would be retained on the holi-
day. The city's smaller plants will
also be idle. :
The last holiday enjoyed by the
local plants was Christmas 1912
although many individual depart
ments in various plants, locally,
were shut down on last ThankSgiv-
ing Day.