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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-12
THE BRIGHTER SIDE
Ry Damon Ranyon

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Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-04

six of II men. and they are at theil
best when on lonely night patrols
against the Germans or when one
man takes on a Nazi machine gun
nest by himself.
FRENCH FORM UNITS
The goumS we're formed by
French intelligence officers &c
years ago as territorial troops with
out any definite enlistment period
to patrol Morocco and act as a
supplemental police force
They wear wide trousers, baggy
at the knee and lose-fitting at the
ankle, called seroual. Usually they
are barefoot, but when weather
forces some foot covering, they use
a soft sandal-type shoe in which
they can sneak quietly as a cat.
The goums are armed with TOM
my guns, triple-edged daggers, long
razor sharp bayonets and rifles
French officers say they never have
seen bayonets quite so sharp OF
lovingly handled" as those be-
longing to the goums.
They are deeply religious and sell
dom touch drink, but smoke heav-
ily
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-04
GOODBYE NAZIS
Goums Get 'em in Africa
1LLIED HEADQUARTERS:

ALLIED HEARQU TIERS,
IN NORTH AFRICA. April 3.-(UP)
The goumS, colorful native Moroc-
can troops, are using terror tactics
on the Germans In Northern Tu-
nisia which put The enemy to
shame.
Using their razor-sharp knives,
they swoop down silently upon the
enemy, plant their knives deeply
in his throat, then disappear. They
repeat the process dozens of times,
usually working throughout the
night.
ACCEPT ALLIES
The British First Army, in its
drive toward Bizerte, has accepted
the crafty, revenge-seeking natives
as warm allies and is putting them
to most effective use.
The goums can run and climb all
day in the wooded hills and then
fight all night. And they can van-
ish into the hills on short notice.
All they want now is more Ger
mans to kill.
The goums take their name from
the designation of a company of
about 160 men. Three goums or
companies make up a battalion or
a tabor.
Usually they fight in groups or
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-04

Wear certificates to MeXlcanS only
to have the order later rescinded
until technicalities could be straight
ened out in the San Diego OPA
office.
Ben Herring, Ell Centre chamber
of commerce secretary, received a
letter from William Macomber,
chief rationing attorney of the San
Diego OPA office, in which he was
advised that Mexico residents could
buy shoes by following that proceed
ure. Herring had previously tele-
graphed OPA chiefs asking that a
ration system for Mexican citizens
be set up.
VERIFIES ORDER
The order was verified by Mrs.
Margaret Foster, secretary of the
Ell Centro ration board, during a
telephone conversation with Mac
omber.
She was later advised not to pro-
ceed with plans for rationing shoes
to Mexico residents as unexplained
Continued on page 6, Col. 8,
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-04

cessful the attack had been. Front
dispatches also disclosed that the
Americans had withdrawn slightly
in the Fondouk area to strengthen
their flank.
The British First army seeking
to turn the northern flank of Axis
forces in Tunisia edged closer to
Mateur during a comparative lull
in land and air fighting.
RENEW ATTACKS
The slower pace in Tunisia COIN
cided with renewal of heavy Raj
attacks on the Nazi U-boat bases
at ST. Nazaire and Lorient and a
renewal of the Red army's attacks
designed to clean out a German
brideghead in the northwestern
Caucasus.
The Russians captured several
more towns in their campaign to-
ward Novorossisk key Black Sea
port ,and announced that their
winter offensive had resulted in
the killing or capturing of 1.193525
enemy troops and the liberation of
l85,328 square miles of territory on
the entire 1900 mile front.
In the Tunisian fighting, the
British First army under 1t. Gen.
! K. A. N. Anderson was approaching
the town of Mateur, which lies only
J8 miles from the naval base of
Bizerte. and had successful en-
gagged in local fighting with Axis
troops.
UNFAVORABLE WEATHER
On the central front. where
American guns had repulsed an
Axis tank attack and knocked out
three of 80 tanks. today's COM
munique from headquarters of Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower reported AL
lied air forces carried out only
limited operations due to unfavor-
able weather.
In southern Tunisia. the British
Eight harmy advance elements we're
probing the rear-guard positions
taken up by Marshal Erwin Rom
mel's Afrika Korps along the north
ern side of the deep. Water-filled
| Wadi Akarit, about 20 miles north
of Gabes. Algiers radio said that
fighting was in progress, however.
about 24J8 miles north of Gabes.
suggesting that the British had
succeeded in crossing the Wadi
Akarit.
In London, military commenta-
tor said that the Germans were
blocking the Wadi in considerable
strength in good positions but that
/ the Wadi appeared to be the last
favorable place at which Rommel
might have made stand without
retiring far along the road toward
SouSSe or TuniS.
Resistance to the Germans in oc-
eupied Europe still seemed to be
Continued on Page 6, Col. y
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-04

with the crops but feared that it
might be a long time before all the
details could be worked out with
the army.
Meanwhile the Imperial county
war board asked the state war
board to arrange with the army to
get the needed men released. The
plan now is in the hands of the
state board.
I'VE have four classes a week at
the fair grounds at Imperial" Har-
rigan said, Glasses which are de-
signed to teach the imported Mexi-
can laborers to handle the equip
ment we use here. G.. E. Spencer,
agricultural instructor at Central
Union High school, teaches the
classes. The imported laborers were
SO interested that we will open
similar classes for them in Holt
vile and in BraW.ey SO more men
may have the opportunity to learn
10 use the equipment.
CROPS NOT READY
He said that he and the members
ef the association do not know
exactly how it could be arranged
for the army to get along without
the trained machine operators or
what arrangements could be made
for getting them exactly when
needed. He pointed out that there
are no greatly perishable eiops
ready for harvest just now SO =. IRE
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-04

ilc ucCiolOll affected dDDTOxl-
mately $500 members of the United
Canner". Agricultural, Packing and
Allied Workers Union of America
local 70 in Salinas arc rom $50 to
1000 in Phoenix.
SOUGHT INCREASES
The union sought wage increases
of from l. to 35 cents an hour The
WLB ruled that present rates are
comparable to those paid in similar
work in the affected areas.
The WIS approved the prevailing
hourly wage and piece work rates
and also approved the practice of
paying time and a half overtime
for all work done after pm. by
day workers.
This actually represents a sub
stantial increase for workers in
the Phoenix area where overtime
has not previously been paid, and
was awarded on grounds that such
payment is cuStomarp in the major
portion of industry" the board said
in ruling made public by Thomas
Fair Neblett, chairman.
SOME APPROVED
Wage rates higher than prevail
ing rates were approved in cases
where they were being paid and
were in existence prior to Oct. g.
Continued on Page 6, Col. u
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-04
Movie Chief under
Fire for Mixing
War, Other Duties
Patterson TeStifieS in
Zanuck Investigation;
Actions Termed 'Unwise'

WASHINGTON, April 3.
CUP)-Chairman Harry S.
Truman, D., Mo-, of the sem
ate war Investigating com
mittee, asserted today that
Col Daryl F. zanuck, of the Hol-
lyWood ZanuckS. has no more right
to be an army colonel than Mayor
F.. M. LaGuardia of New York has
to be brigadier general.
At the same time, however, Tru-
man criticized Zanulk-Who has
completed a training film mission
for the signal corpS-for asking the
war department to place him in
inactive status.
Addressing UnderSecretary of War
Robert P. Patterson, who appeared
on his own request at a committee
hearing on the subject of Holly
wood Colonels", Truman said:
SEND TO SCHOOL
81 don't believe in this fellow
backing out. Why don't you send
him to school and make real army
officer out of him.
Patterson said he shared the feel
ing that in wartime officers should
stay on the job. Sen Ralph o.
Brewster, r., Me, remarked that
zanuck's experience in taking action
films in Tunisia and the Aleutians
should make him valuable to the
army in the forthcoming invasion
of Europe.
81 don't think he would want to
retreat" Brewster said.
Patterson said the war depart
Continued on page 6, col 81
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-04
Americans Make
Biqqest Air Effort

WASHINGTON, April Sup
American fighter and bomber
planes flew 1899 sortieS in one day
against Field Marshal Erwin Rom
mel's fleeing troops in Southern
Tunisia. the War Department re-
vealed today.
The day-long assault, made last
Tuesday was the greatest single
American air effort reported dur
ing the war II did incalculable
damage to German war machines
and supplies and killed many Ger
man troops.
Some of the planes operated on
shuttle schedule, many of them
flying several sorties.
tT'he War Department explained
a sortie as an operation flight of
one plane. Each time it returns
to base for gasoline, bombs and am
munition and takes off again
counts as another sortie.)
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-04
Saronq Girl to
Wed Captain

HOLLYWOOD, April 3 tUPD -
Screen Star Dorothy Lamour,
luscious jungle-lady of the screen,
appeared at the marriage license
bureau today with handsome Capt.
William Ross Howard III of the
Baltimore HoWards and filed their
notice of intentions to we'd.
The dangerous lady who made
"sarong" a national by-Word said
they would be married within four
or five days.
lingering the edge of his tailor
ed air force uniform, Captain How
ard said the honeymoon would have
to wait for a furlough. and added
Wistfully:
"None seems to be in sight at
present.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-04
AMERICAN Infantry, TANKS ON ATTACK
Mexicans Lend Aid

Imperial county farmers Satur-
day studied plans for getting army
leave for trained operators of farm
machinery and at the same time
prepared to increase classes for
teaching imported Mexican labor
era how to operate farm machinery.
County Agricultural Commission
er B. A. Harrigan, secretary of the
Imperial Valley Farmers associa-
ton, the group which arranged to
import farm labors to the valley
from below the border, said that it
would be help if the trained farm
machinery operators now in the
service could be released to help
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-04
Union Claims Rail
Lines Record Of
Delays FaIsified
Railroad Commission
Adjourns Hearing on
'Full-CreW" Controversy

SACRAMENTO, April 3.
fUP) = The State Railroad
Commission todav adjourned
until next Wednesday it's
hearing into railway labor
conditions after union representa-
tives charged the railroads had de-
liberately falsified their claims of
train delays because of the full
crew law
George Irvine, representative of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
eineers and Firemen, challenged
the statement of railroad officials
there were Bis train delays on four
ma ior lines in California during
October and November of last
year, attributed directly to opera
tion of the full-creW law.
BRINGS CHARGES
Harry See, representing the rail-
way trainmen, charged the South
ern Pacific company was discharg-
ing new employees before they had
worked 90 days in order to prevent
them from attaining the status of
permanent employees. The charge
was denied by r. E. Wedkind,
Southern Pacific attorney.
J. P. GoodfelloW. superintendent
of the western division of the
Southern Pacific. said if the law
we're suspended by the legislature,
as urged by the major lines, it
would have the effect of giving the
lines greater flexibility consistent
with safe operation. He said it
would ease the manpoWer problem
Continued on page 6, Col. g.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-04
Brown Decision on
Labelling to Mark
Entire 0PAScheme
Price Administrator Due
To Make Far-Reaching
Announcement Very Soon

WASHINGTON, April 3.
OUP) : Price Administrator
Prentiss M. Brown today
headed toward a major de-
cision on grade labelling of
canned goods which may determine
his future effectivness in the price
and rationing post.
He is expected to decide within
10 days whether Gamers must
grade and label their products ac-
cording to government standards.
On Feb 26, he said that grade
labelling is essential to the enforce
ment of price ceilings.
RECONSIDERS PROBLEM
Following stiff opposition from
Gamers, who contend that they
have no opposition to grading their
products according to government
standards but wish to preserve
brands which they have popular
lied over the years, Brown recon-
sidered the entire problem.
Today Brown faced sharp
warning from President William
Green of the American Federation
of Labor that "one more reversal
of basic OPA policy, and the public
confidence in the governments
price and rationing. program will
be completely shattered" Green
and other labor leaders are insist
ing that grade labelling is necessary
under rationing to safeguard con-
Sumers against inferior brands.
The issue precipitated the latest
of the inner convulsions which have
taken place in OPA since Brown
took office three months ago. 1t
centers about an order which gave
to Lou r. MaXon, chief OPA in
formation officer. virtually un-
United power to change all agency
populations, field instructions and
Continued on Page 6, Col. y
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-04
Hostuin Hits at Border
Red Tape for Workers

Assemblyman Harvey Hastain of
Imperial county Friday afternoon,
introduced a resolution in the leg
islatrre memoralizing federal au-
thorities to arrange for importing
MexicanS living along the interna-
tional border without them having
to register with the Mexican gov
ernment in Mexico City.
He declared that this would ia
cilitate importation greatly and be
a great aid to California agricul-
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-04
American General
MISSING in Action

GEN MACARTHUR S EAD-
QUARTERS, Australia, April g..
tUPl-Brig. Gen. Howard K. Ra-
mey, AZ, commander of the Fifth
Bomber Force. is missing in ac-
tion, communique said today.
Gen Douglas Macarthur an
nounced that Ramey's plane failed
to return from a mission over New
Guinea. His crew also is missing.
Ramey, who was from Fresno,
Calf, is the sixth high-ranking Of
ticer set down on the casualty list
in the Southwest Pacific since the
war started. One of the others
was killed, one is missing and
three were wounded
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-04
Consult USES Ere
CHANGING Work

Tom Finney, head of the US. En-
ployment Service for Imperial
county. said Saturday that persons
desiring to transfer from non-es-
sential jobs to war work should con-
suit him before making such
changes.
He said that his office could de-
termine whether such workers are
already in essential occupations and
how vitallv they are needed in their
present positions.
The employment chief cited an
instance in which one man left q
job unaware of the fact that II was
considered important to the war
effort He said this party Is stu
seeking employment as war
worker.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-04

Is no need of great numbers of men
on on ranch. He said there is need
tor small numbers of men on many
different ranches at this time.
Il don't know how they could
arrange to help us with the hay
DEAL Harrigan said, las the har-
vest will continue from the present
until November. They could help
harvest the $4,000 acres of flax but
we do not have sufficient ma
chinery available for use of a
great NUMBER of men at one time.
II. suppose these details can be
worked out but the crops won't
wait for much red tape to be un-
wound
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-04
EL centric MAN
JAP PRISONER

News of two former Central Union
High school graduates who went to
war and didn't come back, Howard
Hensley and Jack Kirkpatrick, ar
rived in Ell Centre Saturday.
Hensley, who joined the Marines
in 1899, has been missing since the
fall of Corregidor The American
Red Cross instituted search and
Hensley finally was found to be a
prisoner in Hongkong, held there
by the Japanese. Word of his
whereabouts was sent to his grand
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Grant Hens
ley of San Diego, former Ell Centre
residents.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-04
Volunteers Needed
letters May Give
Up Rubber Post

WASHINGTON, April 3 CUPo =
Rubber Director William M. Jeffers
said today he will resign on July l,
if the synthetic rubber program lis
all set by that time, and return to
his duties as president of the Union
Pacific railroad.
1T all depends on the program,
he said IF it is all set and coming
through After July l, have big
job to do on the railroad. If it is
not coming through, / am going to
stay with the program until it
does"
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-04
SO More Se|ectees
Leave Valley for
Military Service
--latest Group of Men
Report to Macarthur
For Duty Assignment


Another group of Imperial
Valley men have been mus
tered into the armed forces
Of the nation, Ell Centre draft
board officials revealed Sat-
urday when tEe.' released list of
the valleys newest soldiers.
The selectees, numbering So, left
Ell Centro for Fort Macarthur We'd
nesday following the end of their
one-Week furlough granted after
their induction earlier.
The fcllcy'ing men we're in the
group:
Walter BGttS, Lowell Sharp. Jack
Continued on Page 6, Col. g.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-04

Kirkpatrick has been missing
,ince his boat, the Meredith, sank
n the war zone in the region of
he Solomon islands last October
He entered the navy in January of
1912. 1t was understood that his
ship was bombed while trying to
land supplies for the Americans.
Members of Kirkpatrick's family
contacted his commanding officer
when he reached San Diego not
long ago and learned that there was
little hope of Kirkpatrick having
survived.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-04

the available men along the inter-
national border showed that large
numbers of men were waiting In
the Mexicali area I'm the hope that
they would be allowed to cross the
border into the United States and
work in the harvest fields. Appar-
emily, Hastain seeks quick meth
cd of making these men available
to the farmers.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-04
Anti.3rd Term
Vote Postponed

SACRAMENTO, April Sup
Reconsideration of last nights As
sembly defeat of memorial ask
ing Congress to prohibit a third
term for future Presidents, today
was put over until Monday when
the full membership will have re-
turned from the weekend.
The lower house convened today
and cleared the file of many non-
controversial measures, but the
anti-third term resolution, in ad-
dition to reconsideration of a bill
passed to require salary checks to
show all deductions, was continued
to Monday.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-04
No, Iced Tea
Isn't Rationed

Friday was the hottest April
2 in Imperial Valley in 10
years!
The maximum temperature
recorded at the weather bureau
station in El Centre Friday, was
80 degrees, an unSeaSOnably
warm day. In fact, il was un-
usual.
Last year on April 2, the
thermometer stood at 80 de-
grees, in 194l at 73, in 1910 at
80, in 1889 at 81, in 1888 at 81,
in 1897 at IS, in 1886 at 73, in
1885 at S6, and in 1884 at IS.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-04

ture by helping solve the wartime
labor shortage.
In another resolution. Hastain
commended appointment of Jesse
Tapp as assistant to Food Admins
traitor Chester Davis.
Both resolutions were referred to
the rules committee.
During the past year a survey of
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-04

gram in three months. Three dry
docks planned TO take battleships
of the largest size are on the ways
Five units of the Ard class, de-
signed to take destroyer leader
and any of the latest submarines,
have been launched. They are be-
ing ',uilt i'm sections and can be put
together in the manner of pom
toon bridge.
Early in the war 1t became ap-
parent that the thing for us to do
was create q dry dock that was
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-04

highly mobile and which would
follow the fleet" Morrell said.
"Those of the Ard class can lift
total of 5000 tons each, and even
these can accommodate subma-
rines."
A total of 1873 dry docks esti-
mated to cost $5ll 100000 is plan
ned. They vary in size from those
designed to handle small harbor
craft to the linked units which
will house battleships.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-04
Shoemen's Hopes
Go up. Then down
OPA Gives Green Light TO Plan to
Allow Mexicans to Purchase Shoes on
This Side Of Border; Rescinds It

Hopes of Imperial Valley merchants for immediate
relaxation of an OPA edct which has choked off shoe
sales to residents of Old Mexico flared momenarily but
again dimmed Saturday when ration board officials
in Ell Centre received go ahead" signal issuing foot
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-04
Lettuce Worker
Raise Is Denied
WLB Refuses to Grant Wage Boosts
To Produce Workers in Salinas and
Phoenix Areas; $500 Men Affected

SAN FRANCISCO April 3 (UP)-The regional War
Labor Board today denied appeal by CO lettuce work
ers In Phoenix Arlz, and Salinas Call for wage increases
grounds that the present base rate of 80 cents an hor
is neither sub-sandard nor nequtabe
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-04
y AMBllne
(\EpoR1ER

Pass The GOObers--
A great deal has been said about
the salt content of the soil on Dep
uty Sheriff Bob Parish's ranch
More probably will be said from time
to time.
Bob has planted a lot of peanuts y
said Mac Pinnell. THE peanuts will
absorb salt through their shells all
the time they are growing. He will
ploW them up in July, let the sun
roast them, and glut the market
with salted, roasted peanuts. Boy
what profit"
In Reverse
Remember the howl to get men
to transfer from non-essential work
to farm jobs to keep the food sup
ply safe? Some people did transfer
into farm jobs for one reason or
another but the other day a poser
was placed before the selective
service board and the employment
service.
There was man who was a
farm tractor operator, a most es-
sential job. This man WANTED
to go into the army but the draft
board kept deferring him because
he was in essential work.
So he quit his job as a tractor
operator and became a bartender
so the army would get him. He now
is listed as IA all over the place.
Beef Department.
Penny Richmond is taking a ter
rifle beating at the hands of the
readers of the RR column lately
An anonymous reader wrote that
he wants Penny to have place in
his post office SO that bundles of
the home town newspaper may be
mailed to soldier boys. There is
nary hole big enough to mail
bundles or newspapers" the beefer
wrote.
Volunteers Needed
Let's show a bit of patriotism and
volunteer to serve as block Wardens
in Ell Centre. This is necessary war
work and will be of great value in
case OF disaster.
Report to H. w. FaWcett or to
the sector warden in the area in
(Which you live. They are especially
fEppdp6 i'm Tho 6onntou, orooc
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-04
Repair Docks Can
Follow Wurships

WASHI NGTON. April 3 UP)-The United States
has started dry dock building program that will make
possible repairs in ocean to ships of all sizes.
This was revealed by Rear Admiral Ben Moreell late
Yesterday He forecast successful operation of the pro-
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-04
Putton's Forces
TRY Breok-Thru
I'm Guettor Area
Few Details of Latest yank Advance
Given in Communique; Raj Returns TO
Action Over Europe TO Blast Nazis

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, North Africa April g.
C0P)-Amercan tanks and infantry attacked the main
German positions the Keb road junction southeast
of Ell Guetar today in attempt to break through
coastal plain. There immediate Indication how sue
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-04

BUTTERFLIES Angeles extra 48c; grade cream
zoe; manufacturing milk &c. route gathered cream
53Hc.
l. v. $32 $3.50; No. 2 S3O50; Sept. flax S302@.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-04
WEATHER

,ximum Friday 80, minimum Saturday 40; 5 am.
turday so, humidity 48; noon Saturday 92, hui
dity 81; 5 pm. Friday 95, humidity 13.