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Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-21

was Cne llrSC pOlnC occupied Dy tne
japanese when they invaded the
island chain last June.
The Navy said that results we're
not observed but that our surface
forces hammered at the enemy po-
SitionS on Holtz bay and Chicagof
harbor on Attu.
TRIES RETALIATION
The attack occurred on Thurs
day. The same day the Jap
anese apparently attempted to re-
taliate with an air attack on
American positions in the Western
Aleutians and two of their float
planes were shot down. No damage
or casualties were inflicted on our
positions or forces.
The Navy also reported new
American air raids on japanese
bases on Kolombangara island and
at Munda in the New Georgia is
land group of the Solomons.
When the enemy first moved into
the Aleutians last June he occu-
pied three islands-Attu, Agattu
and Kiska. Subsequently, on Oc-
tober 7, the Navy reported the re-
connaissance had failed to show
any signs of enemy occupancy or
activity at Attu and Agattu. 1t
was believed then that the enemy
had consolidated all his forces al
| Kiska. But later. enemy seaplanes
and ships we're detected in har-
borS at those islands.
NO AIR BASE
Attu is unusable as an air base
because of its completely rugged
and mountainous terrain. 1t is IS
miles long and about 90 miles wide
The destruction of the two enc
Continued on Page 6, Col. u
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-21
FBISmashes Big
U.S.LotteryR Ring

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20-(UP)-
Director J. Edgar Hoover of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation
said today that special FBI agents
had smashed a $2,OO0,OOO lottery
ring through arrest of IL men in
simultaneous raids in five New
England states.
Hoover said the ring operated
2 so-called treasury balance" lot
terry. Payoffs. he said, were deter
mined by daily U. S, Treasury
balances as published in the news
papers.
Payoffs ranged from nominal
sums TO a capital prize of $4,000,
nc said. Tickets sold for 25, so, and
65 cents.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-21

of them grand theft of an automo-
bile. There also was the little
matter of having too much gaso-
line for any type of rationing card
Crews could get.
Crews told Burton that he had
been in the army but was dis
charged "beeaEse he was AWOL
too much" This statement did not
conform with Burtons idea OF
army discipline so his army sta
tus will be investigated, too.
Crews was taken TO the county
Jail in Ell Centre to recover from
his hangover sufficiently TO answer
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-21

nected with the war. were advised
that henceforth their news would
come from the Owl.
Langley said the order was is
sued by the regional director, Dean
Jennings. ito bring this office into
conformity with the setups as it
exists elsewhere"
LANGLEY SPEAKS
This is not censorship" Lang
ley said. 1T Is just matter of
interpreting the news. We must
dress our front window in such 3
way that we do not lead the public
to believe we are confused our
selves. :.
IF we had talked over the stories
among ourselves IN advance, we
could have slanted them properly
Langley, a former publicity man,
said reporters had "activated" the
news front too thoroughly lately.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-21
Don'tSpend It
All in One Place

SACRAMENTO, Feb. 20 -
The State of California today
issued a check that literally
isn't worth the paper it's writ
ten on.
The check. issued by State
Controller Harry B. Riley, was
made payable TO Alpine county
as part Of an apportiOnment of
$18l.69 made for delinquent
motor bus and truck taxes col
lected in 1912. The amount
one cent.
II was the second check of
that size issued in state his
tory, Riley said.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-21
Milk Producers
May Appeal Case
Directly to FDR
California Spokesman
Prepares Brief to Be
Given to White House

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.
(UP)-W. J. Cecil, spokes-
man for California dairymen
protesting the recent ceiling
on milk prices, said today
that they we're planning to take
their case to the White House.
Cecil said the dairymen have the
support of the California congress
sional delegation in their complaint
that the Office of Price Admins
tration endangering milk produc-
ton. A six page brief of milkmen S
complaint has been turned over to
Rep. Clarence F.. Lea, d., Calf, who,
Cecil declared. would present it to
the White House.
BRIEF REQUESTS
The brief prepared for White
House presentation requests that
the milk order be reScinded at once
or amended to take into account
the demonstrated cost of produc-
ton, 1t also requests that two
amendments be made to the price
control act:
1.-That legal procedure be set
up that will enable complaints
against OPA to be taken before a
federal court for appeal, with the
power to restrain OPA action until
the complaint is heard
2.-That OPA be allowed to set
no prices below the cost of produc-
ton, using reasonably efficient pro-
ducerS as a base.
ALSO REQUEST
The dairymen are also requesting
4 Continued on Page 6, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-21

him down. Chief Burton then took
Crews for cruise around Impe-
rial in search of the car the tire
would fit. In spite of Crews's be-
fuddled directions, Burton finally
found the car on side street. In
the car was a 50-gallon drum of
gasoline.
That made two thefts against
Crews, Burton said Burton then
looked carefully at the car and
realized it was the one reported
stolen early Friday afternoon from
the Goree parking lot in Ell Gen.
tro. That made three theftS, one
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-21
Army Captain
Dies in Fire

Accompanying the ashes of her
late husband, Captain Lester Hav-
crficld, Mrs. Haverfield expects TO
leave Ell Centre Monday for her
home in Cheyenne, wy.
Captain Hayerfield died in Tor
rdy General hI1pital at Palm
Springs as a result of tent fire
at desert base camp February
10. Hampered by his sleeping bag,
Capt. Haverfield was unable to
escape the flames.
Mrs. Haverfield has ben spending
The winter in Ell Centro and her
little daughter has been attending
Harding school.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-21
Yuma Man on
GudddI Front

GUADALCANAL, Jan 2d-CUP)
- CDelayed)-Thomas S. Montgom-
cry! %. of Yuma, Ariz. an American
Fed Cross field director. was on
one of his frequent trips to the
front lines distributing cigarettes
and matches when he went further
than he had intended.
Wandering about in the jungle,
Tiny, as he is known to the men
of the regiment. met group of
marines and offered them smokes.
Say. fellows" he asked, aren't
we pretty close to the front lines
noW?"
They looked at him with aston
ishment. One marine said:
Front lines, hell They're half
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-21
Hangover Is But Minor
Calamity in This Case
Stolen car

stolen car stolen gasoline
stolen tire
Winston Crews, 22-year-old white
Wanderer, had more trouble than a
hangover Saturday but the hang
over had to be attended to before
he could attend to his other trou-
bleS.
He was caught in Imperial Fri
day night as he slipped away from
a filling station with a stolen tire.
Lee Foulkes, station attendant, saw
Crews take the tire, he told Chief
of Police w, H. Burton, and ran
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-21

lDI tldOul ott idJoubo VII UiiC liCW
point rationing and carried brief
comments on the new setup.
The Daily News advised read
ers seeking information to tele-
phone Howard Langley, head of the
owl office, who issued the order,
concluding:
ADD CONFUSION
THE gag order just released will
add to the confusion and will not
succeed in covering UP the blund-
ers of Washington's local branch
office
The Times called the order a
"GoelBelsian restriction" The Elk
aminer labelled it "dictatorial
act of censorship
Reporters covering the OPA, War
ManpoWer Commission, Office of
Defense Transportation, War Pro-
duction Board, War Labor Board
and other federal agencies con-
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-21
FBI Agent Tells
OF Bureau Work

Gene Wager, agent of the federal
bureau of investigation, Friday noon
told members of the Imperial
county Bar Association of FBI ac-
tivities in wartime.
In addition he described the
training FBI agents must take and
gave the history of the famous fed
eral law enforcement branch.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-21

ty Sheriff J. w. Ripperdam of Fres-
no county, whom he strangled into
submission as the two travelled
northWard Is miles northwest of
Westmorland. The officer was TAX
ing Rogers to Fresno county to be
tried on charges of attempted mur-
der of a Chinese, kidnapng OF a
taxicab driver, and strong armed
robbery.
THROAT INJURY
While the search continued, Dep
uty Ripperdam was treated for a
throat injury inflicted by Rogers
when he Strangled him with the
chain on the handouts the officer
had snapped around his prisoners
wrists when he took him from the
Imperial county Jail at Ell Centro
at $50 am. Friday. In the strug-
gle with his prisoner Ripperdam
also suffered two broken ribs.
Ripperdam said Rogers worked
his hands free from a belt which
confined his handcuffed hands to
his sides Rogers struck Ripperdam
in the face with the chain linking
together the two steel circles of
the handouts and pressed the
chain against the officers throat
until he choked him almost into
insensibility. The car plunged off
re highway and the wheels sank
to the hubs in the sand, the officer
said Rogers tried to push the car
out of the sand but could not.
SEARCHES CLOTHING
Rogers then searched the officers
clothing, placing the gun a short
distance away while doing so. Rip
perdam watched his chance and
lunged for the gun. Rogers tackled
the officer and prevented him from
getting the weapon. Ripperdam
thought Rogers was going to kill
him then but he did not. Instead
he put the handouts on the officer
and forced him to walk away from
the highway into the desert He
told the officer to stay where he
left him for two hours or he would
kill him.
Friday night woman in West
morland reported that she saw a
man answering Rogers description
enter town early Friday afternoon.
A night watchman in Calipatria
said man looking like Rogers was
talking to him Friday night when
The man ran between buildings and
disappeared. No trace of either sus-
pect could be found.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-21

: lOlIlldlIy dSSultlCu COlllllldllu VI III
lied ground forces in Tunisia as
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
deputy commander
Americans repelled the first Ger
man thrust in a pass north of
KaSserine. British troops around
Sbiba defeated a German patrol
and knocked out six tanks and six
sclf-propelled guns,
HITS FLANK
Gen. Sir Bernard l.. Montgom-
ery's British Eighth Army plowed
into Marshal Erwin Rommel's
southern flank and there was Brit
ish artillery action at the outposts
of the Mareth line.
By hedge-hopping maneuver
the Eighth Army was reported to
have established itself on Djerba
island. thereby winning an advance
airdrOme for which it is possible
to lay a curtain of bombs along
the Axis north-south communica-
ton lines on the Eastern TuniSian
cast.
References in Cairo reports to
the opening of artillery fire in the
Medenine area was believed to in
dicate that Montgomery is punch
ing away at the Axis in order to
catch Rommel off base and, if pos
sible, relieve the pressure on Amer
lean troops on the other side of the
front.
ARTILLERY BARRAGE
1t is noteworthy that haraSS-
ing artillery barrage is Montgom-
ery's favorite tactics before an ad-
vance. Each advance he made in
his 1500-mile offensive across the
desert was preceded by heavy ar
tillery preparation, softening up
the German defenses and opening
the way for tanks and infantry.
From the new captured air base
at Djerba and newly ly-strengthened
Malta, the Royal Air Force is ex-
pected to turn on the heat in an
effort to force Rommel back into
the TuniS- Bizerte corner.
German sources reported from
Ankara that the Allies we're con-
centrating Invasion bargeS in Syria.
Obviously, this would be in prep
Continued on Page 6, Col. D
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-21

shortly after midnight and went to
his home at 367 Orange street. The
Negro told Deputy Sheriff Herbert
Hughes that when he opened the
door of his house, his wife was
waiting for him with a butcher
knife.
The Negro was quoted as saying
that when he came in the front door
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-21
A Philosopher

A Philosopher
In case you have forgotten, a
philosopher is known for his calm
judgment and practical wisdom. We
have one in FL Centre.
The philosopher sat down in an
Ell Centre drug store and asked for
a cup of coffee.
Did you say cup of water?"
the waitress asked.
NO" the philosopher said, there
is enough water in the coffee,
isn't there?"
"Oh, you noticed that quipped
the waitress.
That's quite all right" said the
philosopher. I'm little weak my
self sometimes"
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-21
l.. A. A.NewspoPers
Under Gag Rule

LOS ANGELES Feb. 90 (UP)-Los Angeles news
today carried of local federal agencies
after the southern California Office of War Information
ordered all such channeled through its hands.
Editors, describing the order gag scrapped plans
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-21
Search Continues S
For Desperate
Fugitive Still at Large in Spite
OfE extensive Search Of Valley;
Fresno Officer Suffers Injuries

Armed and desperate Roy Rogers, 38-yearold fugitive
who escaped from custody in Imperial county Friday by
overpower'ng officer. skuked in hiding Saturday
the manhunt spread throughout California.
Rogers had the gum official badge and papers of Depu
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-21
!. S. WARSH|PS BLAST JAP ALEUT|AN BASE
Allies RepuIse 2 kozi
Attacks; Drive Is Near
%Montsomerys Eighth Army Read y to
Strike at Southern Flank Of Rommel
Army in Spirited Tunisia Action

LONDON, Feb. 20 (UP)-German forces have been
rcpulsed in two thrusts at American and British forces in
central Tunsa, and farther south the British Eighth Army
appeared to be ready strike the Afrkr Korps today
The action Gen. Sir Harold r. l.. G.. Alexander
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-21

he heard some one go out the back
door His wife denied that anyone
had been in the house but he found
a billfold with a picture and identi-
fication of another man in the
house, he said.
The woman took her husband to
the hospital, officers said and then
departed.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-21
Naval Force Hits
At Attu Island
In Surprise Move
Americans Conduct First Surface Blow
At Jap-Held Harb bors in North Pacific
Since August 8; Results Not Known

WASHINGTON, Feb 20. (UP)-American naval forces,
in their first surface bombardmen of Japanese positions
in the Aleutians since last Aug g. have blasted enemy
bases Attu island the Navy announced today.
Attn is the weetnrnmos of the Aleutian islands and
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-21
Woman knifes
Husband Here

El Cenro police hunted Saturday for Ruth Williams,
Negro wanted in connection with the knitting of her hus
band, H. B. Williams when he returned home Unexpected
y Friday night after having been nducted into the army
last week. Williams patient in the county hospital said
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-21

II Actually Happened
A great crowd of servicemcn
stood on an El Centre street cor
ncr. They we're having hot ar
gument. An Ell Centran was lis
tening to the conversation. He
thought the millennium had come
when he heard this statement:
II tell you that he is the best,
the cleanest and the neateSt cook
in the whole sixth division"
Which all goes to show that the
impossible can happen.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-21
D AMBL|Ne
NEpoR1ER

Spotlight, Please
The name of the song that Earle
G.. Davis will write tin the dim and
distant future. We hope will be:
Just A Paddle On New River
and You, Dear
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-21
WEATHER

Maximum Friday 81, minimum Saturday 81; am.
Saturday So, humidity Sc; noon Saturday ~, hu-
mdity "a; 5 pm. Friday IS, humidity I.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-21

BUTTERFLIES Angeles extra 49c; grade cream
zoe; manufacturing milk Csc; route gathered cream
53lac.
l.. A. HAY-U. S. No S39-40; U. S. No. 2 leafy
l. V. $38- 80; No. $36.5O-37.5O; July flax S2771z.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-21

Total Cash, Checks and Drafts Sent
Through The Two FL Centro Banksl
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-05-15
NEGRO BECCAR
VIOLATES LAW
Blind Man First Person To
Break City's New Anti
Begging Ordinance

Curtis Minis. "a year old blind Ne
1ro beegar. appeared before re
corder Fl. Winfield Smith frloay
morning, the first violator OIL lie
city's new antibegging ordnance "
be brought to court.
Recorder Smith withheld 1uos'
nant in the case of the peeear'
who came into court accompanied py
his dog, until Saturday In order 10
allow Minis time to leave the CITY,
which he agreed to do.
Charged with speeding 50 miles
an hour in violation Of the new state
s5 mile per hour speed limit, Mrs
Ruth Gwendolyn Iindexnan told Re-
corder Smith she stepped on the ac'
ce1erator in an attempt to overtake
her soldier-husband who was traV-
cling in jeep ahead.
"He was even then on his way to
California to sail for overseas, and
had TO see him." she related. ut was
my last chance"
"J don't blame you," replied Judge
Smith. in remitting the customary
SEQ fine and costs, "under the cir
cumstances, anybody would have
speeded up a little"
Found guilty of speeding go miles
an hour on u. S. Highway IL, Henry
l.. Nickerson was fined $75 and the
costs of court. Nickerson was ap'
pretended by Patrolman w. b. Rid
dick.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-05-15
There's A}ZMW; Nd6ono
~

then. Disappointment went through
Jean like a dull ache-abruptly,
with true feminine reaction, she
wanted the job doubly. Desperation
swept away all polite caution and
job hunting ethics. Her blue eyes
blazed, sunlight burned molted in
her high-swept hair as she ragged
at him.
"You won't believe I'm efficient
just because I've been groomed
for two years to look like a Vogue
cover! Well, Mr.. Concentration,
your logic is dopey. Grooming's
want that job of yours-I've got to
want that job Of yours-'ve got t
have it! II Her eyes fell sud-
denly on the small desk just beyond
him. Her eyes flashed with sud-
den purpose. She unpinned her la
pei watch and handed it to him.
Amazed, Lands turned as S h e
strobe past him and slipped into
the chair before the typing table.
She slid paper into the machine
Then turned to smile briefly at
him as she fexed her slender fin
gers. Time me-" she challenged.
Her fingers dropped to the key
board, flew over it expertly. She
whipped the page from the ma
chine, and handed it to him. He
glanced at it with reluctant ap-
proval. 1.-TWO minutes flat, he ad-
mitted quizzically. "a perfectly
typed and well set-up letter. 1
might even say it shows tact and
fesourcefulness. Slowly his face
relaxed into an amused grin. ''Es-
pecially the sentence, Since Mr..
Lands seems to have other quail
fications in mind in his choice CT
secretary than those I appear
to possess >" He went to his
desk and waved her to the chair
opposite it. Jean sat down, her
knees suddenly weak, as she re-
allied her desperate gag had work
ed.
Apologies are in order," Steve
Lands was saying with a brisk
laugh. But experience is a cynl-
cal teacher when it comes to ex-
pecting competence to arrive In
beautiful wrappings. I'm tickled to
death to be convinced, though-and
frankly, I'm also sold on your de-
termination and ingenuity in get
ting what you want. The job they
sent you for is as my secretary.
I'm general manager of the new
government guayule rubber plant
down in Santa Carlos, Mexico. It'll
be hot, swarming with natives and
probably mosquitoes. You'd be IN
for a lot of plain hard work in
helping get the place In running
order. I'm getting skeleton staff
up here, but we're hiring the main
bunch of workers from among the
natives living near the plant. I
need a girl who can take respon-
sibility, maybe handle natives"
81 speak Spanish" said Jean
eagerly.
Fine" He paused to regard her
(Continued on Page Ten)
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-05-15
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