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Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-29
UNCLE SAM TRUSTS US;
LET'S TRY TO MERIT IT
(Orovilla Mereury-Register)


Everyone has been asking why Wash
ington experts have notified the public
SO far in advance about forthcoming
rationing of many food products. Secre-
tary of Agriculture Wickard gives a logi-
cal reason for it.
In doing so, he dumped the point ra-
tiOning program right in the collective
lap of the American people and there,
if Mr.. Wickards optimism is justified
it will stay for the duration.
He believes that if the government
trusts the citizens of the United States,
and proves it by advising them of what
is going to happen, they're going to re-
ciprocate by trusting the government to
keep them an adequately fed people.
That makes sense to us. If the people
have to be tricked into being patriotic by
having the rationing of each new pro-
duct sprung on them 1T the last minute
to keep them from boarding, then they
must be lot of Al candidates for the
fifth column even though they wouldn't
dream of SO classifying themselves.
After all. that is about what it amounts
to- If a person can hoard up canned
fruits and vegetables after he has been
told fairly and sQuarely that one half of
our food production must go to the armed
forces and our allies if we are to win this
war. and has also been told that he, like
the soldier, will get his ration, then he
is disloyal, selling out his country for
mess of pOttage.
The secretary of agriculture and his
committee have all the statistics on food
production and food consumption III the
United States at their finger tips. They
promise us that, while we may not get
quite so much pleasure out of eating II
we follow the program they have map
ped out we still will have enough food
to meet the accepted nutritive require
ments and we may actually experience
a rise in dietary standard.
When our Government tells us that
the success or failure of the whole ration
ing system depends upon our integrity
and trusts Us enough to provide a COM
plete picture of the situation beforehand,
instead of issuing a decree that we'll eth
er do what it says or be shot, it looks as
if we've got the kind of democracy worth
fighting for.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-29

riSia, for at least temporary
stand
But dispatches from Allied North
African headquarters said the stage
had BEEN set for a final, stunning
offensive against all Axis forces re-
naming in Africa. AXIS radloS
sounded alarms Of attacks and inn
pendine big-scale action, and one
Allied report indicated that Ameri-
can forces were already delivering
the first great blow.
YANKS ADVANCE
Radio Algiers said advancing
American troops had reached Ma
kassy rs miles north of the Ma
reth line, near the Tunisian-1rlp-
olitanian frontier
Axis radios sounded other alarms
OF a big Allied drive Radio Paris
said Allied forces below Maknassy
were testing defenses the Axis was
preparing between Chott Djerid and
Gabes. Swampy Chott Djerid is
lust above Gabes. and there is only
IA miles of passable land between
it and the coast.
considerable Allied troop move
ments are continuing i'll the Med
iez Fl Bab-Bou Arada sector Ra-
die Vichy said. 1T is obvious that
the Allies are preparing for large
scale action,
Mediez El Bah is 30 miles south
west of TuniS. Bou Arada is 20
miles south of Medje2 Ell Bah.
The Axis Radio Vichy said pa
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-29
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
No. 1896

ESTATE of Robert l.. BErnam,
deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the UNI
cerSigned. Mildred LaFon as adj
miniStratriX of the estate Of Robert
Burnam, deceased, to the creditors
of and all persons having claims
against the said deceased, that
within six months after the first
publication of this notice they
either file them with the necessary
vouchers in the office of the Clerk
OF the Superior Court of the State
of California, in and for the County
Of Imperial, or exhibit them with
The necessary vouchers to the said
Mildred LaFon, as administrators
of said estate, at the office of D B.
Roberts, 207 Bank of America
Building, Ell Centre, California, the
same being the place for the trans
action of the business Of the said
estate in the County of Imperial,
State of California.
Dated at Ell Centro, California,
this 21st day of January, 1913.
MILDRED LA FON,
Administrative of the Estate of
Robert l.. Burnam, Deceased
No. IS j 1929, F. 5-12.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-29
Hitler Plans No
Public Appearance
On Anniversary

LONDON, Jan. 29.-UP)-Berlin
radio announced today that Paul
Joseph Goebbels, German propa-
ganda minister, would address a
public meeting tomorrow, 10th an
niversary of the Nazi accession to
power, and that Field M lars h !
Hermann Goering, Nazi No. 2 and
air force chief, would address the
German armed forces by radio
It was announced that GocbbclS
at the end Of his own speech at 4
pm. III am. EWT) would read a
proclamation by Hitler, who in the
past made the anniversary the oc-
casion of one of the most boaStful
Of his yearly speeches.
Thus the inference was left open
that unless by surprise -- as had
happened once before during the
war Adolf Hitler, confronted by
on ineXorauie advance OF Russia S
Red army and the imminent iiqui-
dation of an army of 100000 men
sacrificed TO his glory at Stalingrad,
would not speak.
But always before Hitler had
used the occasion to buster and
hoast-in 1910, the first war year,
that he was going to crush Britain
and France, and with them old
Chamberlain, as he called the late
British Prime Minister, and Edou-
ard Daladier OF France; in 1871 that
the Unite6 States had better be
good or ne would sink all its ships
and that Germany would defeat
Britain within the year; in 1912
that, though he did no know
whether the war would end that
year, Germany would win.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-29
REGIONAL DIFFERENCES
(Palo Alto Times)

Representative Treadway of Massa-
chusetts urges that the ban on pleasure
driving of automobiles now confined to
the East be made nationwide. Every
drop of gasoline used for non-essential
purposes" he said, means that much
less available for essential driving If
equality of sacrifice is to be the rule the
ban on pleasure driving should be eX-
tended to the country as a whole.
The congressman seems to be confused
as to the purposes of the gasoline ration
ing In the East it is prompted not only
by need to conserve tires, but by the gas
oline scarcity as we'll In the West, where
gasoline is plentiful, only the rubber,
saving motive can be cited. More liberal
use of gasoline, therefore, can be justl-
fled here. The equality of sacrifice,
principle urged by Mr.. Treadway would
have no point beyond that represented in
the old saying, misery loves company
Whatever sacrifice serves patriotic
purpose, all of us should be willing to
endure But pointless sacrifice has no
merit.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-29
BY HENRY SHAPIRO

MOSCOW, Jan. 30. GUP)-Pick-
ed Russian units, starting TO turn
the Voronezh front into second
great man trap, have captured 5000
men, including three generals, and
killed 300 within a few hours,
high command communique n
nounced today.
Surrounding the enemy force, one
of many threatened with disaster
on the VorOnezh front midway be-
tween Moscow and Rostov, tank
formations, troops of the famous
guards regiments, and cavalrymen
drove in to the attack.
The noon communique said the
entire Axis force of 5000 men was
liquidated.
SO TOWNS FREED
One Russian unit, the noon COM
munique said, had liberated 33 in
habited localities, villages and dis
trict ccntcrS, within two days in
an advance westward toward KurSk,
on the Kharkov- Moscow railroad
from Vorone2h.
This unit took more than 300
prisoners and captured la ! 6 c
quantity Of war SpOilS,
The grim work of cleaning out
the first gigantic Russian man trap,
at Stalingrad, continued relentless
y and it was indicated that there
could hardly be more than 5000 men
remaining Of the 100000 encircled
and smashed there.
GENERAL SURRENDERS
The Moscow radio, heard d IN
'.ondon. said German Lieut.. Gen.
pepke had surrendered at Stain
| ;rad with all that remained OF the
entire German 29th division.
Ilya luxembourg, famous Rus
| ian war correspondent. wrote in a
aecial dispatch to the L II d n
! News Chronicle that Gen. Friedrich
yon Faults, German commander
| in-chief at Stalingrad, was said by
German prisoners to h ave fled
UIning his command over to one
Lieut.. General Hibner who in turn
$50 deserted bis men and fled by
irplane.1
Yesterday up to 1000 Germans
aad been killed and 300 more sur
rendered, g &C OF d ing to official
sount. out of the ragged, starving
| hopeless thousands who remained
THIRD TRAP Lad
a third po en- ia man trap
which threatened the entire l85,00C
Axis troops below Rostov, was de-
veioping.
Yesterdays gains broug ht the
laus within seven miles OF
ootkin. southernmost Of three
oad il nctic1s through which
., hxis troops might hope to es-
5e. and the city was almost en-
"cied
A second powerful Russian army
as within 10 miles of Tikhoretsk
miles north- h-northwest Of Kro-
.9tkin. the second junction point
E" CScape.
This Russian army was less than
miles east Of KuscheVEa' oO
ues north Of Tikhoretsk and AZ
niles south of Rostov, third ana
iast escape junction
NAPOLEON OUTDONE
The Moscow radio last night put
the total OF Germans killed and
wounded in the last two months at
more than 0,000-"more than lnc
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-29
GERMANY'S DISTRESS

Germany is getting ready for her last,
bitterest struggle. 1t is going to be nara
on us, but when the pressure comes we
must remember one thlng-lt Will be
harder on Germany.
Adolf Hitler is calling boys to his army
boys of Is, 16 and II. He is ruling out
all trace of normal civilian life. Every
German civilian now is as much under
government orders as if he were on the
front line. And he will suffer more, Inc
front line men must be we'll fed, at least
Every day, there are new indications
that Germany is facing crisis on many
fronts. Manpower is lacking. Produc,
ton is faltering Arms are scarcer, 1ooG
is scarcer, soldiers are scarcer.
But Germany has not admitted detea:
yet. On the contrary, Hitler seems TO De
preparing for the biggest effort ne mas
ever made-the effort to meet and con-
uuer a power which, for the first time, IS
greater than his. =,
The effort will fail, but in its death
throes it may mean greater losses 10 Us.
We have got to steel ourselves against
that possibility, face it, conquer It: anc
resolve that no matter what the sacri1lceS
of the German people, we can equal ann
surpass them if the need arises:
The beginning of the end is IN sight
nerhaps. but until the very end has been
reached. we must not slacken our eI-
forts.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-29
Japs Attack US.
S,hips in North

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2o.-tUP)--
Two Japanese iloat-typc planes at
tackled American ships operating
west of U. S. positions in the Aleu'-
ian islands, the navy announced to-
day.
A navy communique said the
Jaranese failed to inflict any dam
age. The action apparently occur
L early today. The navy would not
say whether the ships involved were
naval vessels.
The same communique reported
continuation of the American drive
on Guadalcanal in the Solomons II
the face of stiff enemy oppoSlCloh.
Forty more japanese we're killed
and five prisoners and some mate
liel captured.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-29
10 Attacks Made
On Jan Positions

CEN MacARTKUR'S II E AZ =
QUARTERS, Australia, j II. %
CAPITALIZED planss carried out 10
attacks Thursday, passing up the
heavily bombed bases at Lac, in
New Guinea and Rabaul, on New
Britain island, headquarters COM
munique said today.
In the Dutch East Indies, beau
fighters raided Fuilore airdrcme on
Timor, while B-24 Li5erator at
tackled the Amboina area, hitting
a japanese cargo ship and shoot
ing down a japanese interceptor.
Another beaufighter strafed Jap
enese seaplanes on the water off
Dobo, on Arloe island, approxi-
mately $50 miles northeast of Port
Darwin.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-29
African Zero Hour Near

coast. and road runs east to Graf
ba, almost on the coast, and there
forks toward Gabes on the south
and Sfax on the north. both sea-
ports.
The Americans could control the
coastal road by driving to Graiba.
but an easier trap could be laid
Just north Of Gabes, 100 miles above
the border. There, salt marshes,
impossible this time of year, create
a l4-mile bottleneck which the Al
RIGA Korps must pass if it is to
ioin Axis forces in The north.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-29
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
PARTNERSHIP NAME
Certificate required by e,tion "ao3'
California Civil Code.


MOTTO IS HEREBY GIVEN t1at
the undersigned GEORGE w.
CLARK and DOYLE NJ. PRIIGh :
ARD have formed partnership and
are transacting business as co-pars-
neys in the City of El Centre, Coun-
~ Of Imperial, State of California
unde: the name of Imperial Val
icy Mix Transport.
That the names of all the mem
berg Of such partnership and their
respective places of residence are
as follows: George w. Clark. 592
Broadway Street, Ell Centre, Cali
fornia; and Doyle M. Pritchard, 736
Adams Street, Ell Centro, Caliior-
MIA.
Dated this 21st day of January,
l943.
GEORGE w. CLARK,
DOYLE M. PRITCHARD.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF IMERIAL)
On this 21st day of January, l943,
before me, l.. LEE NUFFER, NO
tary Public in and for the County OF
Imperial, State of California. per-
sonallY appeared GEORGE w.
CLARK and DOYLE NJ, PRIT-
CHARD, known to me to be the
persons whose names are Subscrib-
ed to the within instrument, and
severally acknowledged to me that
they signed and executed the same.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF l have
hereunto set my hand and affixed
my official seal the day and year
first above written.
l.. LEE NUF FER
Notary Public in and for
said State and County.
mo an (J22-29-F5-l2)
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-29
Reds Close End
Greet Army Trap

whole of Napoleon's army of invad-
ers." At Borodino, the battle which
permitted Napoleon to take Moscow,
Napoleon had 10000 men,
The noon communique reported
new gains on both the southern
and North Caucasus fronts, where
the railroad functions below Ros-
tov are threatened.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-29

trolls Of the British Eighth Army
rad infiltrated the southern sector
along the frontier, although at
tempts to encircle Italian and Ger
man forces in Western Tripolitania
have not succeeded
An American drive to the Tu-
nisian east coast would be calcu-
lated to pinch off the retreating
Afrika Korps and grind it TO pieces
between the Americans and the
British Eighth Army, pushing to-
ward the frontier.
Maknassy is 81 miles from the
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-29
Il Rise
To
Remark
BY Congressman John Phillips

Californians who have been with
out meat for ten days. or even less,
and in more isolated sections for
as much as three weeks, will be in
terested to know that there is
meat enough in California for this
is the statement of the representa-
tiveS of the OPA who met with the
California delegation last Thurs
day.
You will also be interested TO
know. those of you who have had
trouble getting meat at the local
butchershop. that the OPA hoped
20 have something worked out by
about April" You will note that l
said hoped" After this little cs0-
ference with the delegation, the
boys were informed that We would
r1eet again OH Monday at pm.
and would look to them for q de-
finite proposal at that time, and
if it were not Forthcoming. the re-
suits on the floor of the House
would make Pearl Harbor seem like
a Fourth of July celebration.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-29

No people in the world is more ex-
perienced than you (Amercans) are to
realize that freedom has no unilateral
value, that the monopoly Of freedom by
one individual or group means the peri
of its neighbors. - MAJ. Gen. Chu Shlh
Ming of Chinese embassy.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-29
Whole Future at
Stake i'm Africa

miles of the coast.
A range of hills parallels thc
marshes on the south. The marshes
are impossible in winter, hut dur
ing the summer they are dry
enough TO support light vch!cles.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-29

I do not believe that the Germans VIII
collapse again internally at the END OF
this. their fourth winter Of war-ller-
bert Hoover.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-29
Ry WILLIAM b. DICKINSON

IONDON. Jan. %. - tUP) - Inc
British Eighth Army crowded the
rear guard of the Afrika Korps near
the Tunisian from tier today, as
siens multiplied that the zero hour
was near for the supreme Allied
offensive to throw the Germans
and italians remaining on the Al
rican continent into the sea.
Despite bad ather, Allied
planes of the Middle Eastern Com
mand swept low over Southern
italy and Sicily Wednesday night
and yesterday to blast railway COM
and 20 her targets"
They were maintaining a steady Of
fensive against the railroads over
which supplies and reinforcements
were rushed for shipment to the
Axis narrowing African bridge
head
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-29
ARTuLERY SOUNDS OFF

A cOmmunique OF The NJ / I c
Eastern Command reported artil-
lery exchanges between the Eighth
Army and the Afrika KorpS' rear
guard yesterday near q zrara, 80
miles from Tunisia and 81 miles
west of Tripoli.
The relatively slow progress of
the Eighth Army since it took Trip
oil and the use of artillery Sug-
gested that Marshal Erwin Rommel
had ordered a spirited rear-guard
defense, to give him time to pre-
pare the Mareth line, in lower Tu-
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-29
IT'S NOT FUNNY

I say this without intent to be
funny or to criticize serious effort,
but because it may Illustrate one of
the difficulties of washington in
war time. A conference is called
with representatives of some ad-
ministrative agency The group
from the agency files in. 1t is lead
bv a very nice, quiet speaking
gentleman who tafter ten years in
Sacramento and about five years
dealing with government agencies,
whether OPA in Washington or
Welfare in California; I recognize
as the one who it is hoped VIII be
able to smooth the particular
committee asking for the hearing.
He is followed by line of,
generally speaking. beardiess'
youths, who look as if they were
lust out of Junior College and
who turn out to be the experts
on the subject. 1t would be a
rare occasion if any of the eX-
perts knew anything of the sub
ject except through the pages of
a textbook. In the group OF
seven experts on meat ratiOning,
only one had ever had experience
in the meat business.
Finally, there will undoubtedly
he one youthful looking soul, ana
lust about the time you think he's
probably there to carry someone's
books, like budding law student
carries the books of the senior
partner. he is introduced as "Dr.
So-andso"-in charge CT the Lend
Lease program. This is more near
" accurate than you know!
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-29
MEN IN UNI CRM

Second. 10 allowance IS MADE n
California for the fact that every
weekend hundreds Of thousands
literally. of men and women in
uniform are turned loose on :. i
fornia from the camps. am. tha,
their meat ration is naturally IL
The camp suppl Kitchens. They
eat the civilians meat over the
woek-ends Practically, this means
an excess amount Cf meat at tie
camps, sometimes a waste is re-
ported, while the restaurants ana
butcher shops are cleaned out.
Slaughter houses have closed and
their quotas are not always given
fc other houses in the same areas.
The farmer can not have a co"
slaughtered for his own use d.
cause it will be charged against u
quota Of that slaugAterhouge, e9'4
il. one case l know. the farmer va
not permitted to butcher . CO
himself because he was only the
share lessee, not the actua! farm
owner These are minor, but annoy
ing. details. The real problem Is
tc get an agenc. charged with the
problem, to recognize its serious
ness and do something SOON.
We can't hold a war without in
conveniences. This is one Of them.
The Californians up here on the
bill are determined TO do some
thing about it. Congressman Elliott
Of Tulare, a cattleman, is chairman
o, a subcommittee Of the delega-
ton; I am on that subcommittee.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-29
FEMALE STEERS

The results show in things like
this: One Of these youths deliver
ed himself of a statement the other
dav which indicated that steers are
both male and female. This Will
interest the cattlemen OF my. dis
trict Or, when we insist on an
answer by Monday, the leader
quietly asked the chairman Cthls
was on Thursday if Wednesday
would be o K, otherwise 1t gave
tfem only one day to work. In
other words, Saturday and Sunday
aren't days to work. Personally l
worked until midnight both recent
Saturdays, and one full Sunday; l
| thought there was war on.
But let's get back to details:
! There is shortage on meat. we
will have about % billion pounds
of n eat for Disseminated. The
AImy, Navy end Lend-Lease want
ahout 8 billions. l can't tell you
how that's divided, war secret"
ANYWAY it leaves AT LEAST 10
billion pounds for civilians. Act
uallv a little thought and cooper
alton would rive us more, bn'
y0u cant start raising the steer
the week before you want the
steak, nature doesn't work that
way. Say 10 billions.
The OPA, which in fairness 10
them got this job on very short
notice. has to ration this amount
1t means about sc per cent oil what
you ate in l94l.
NOW come the catches. FIRST
the population of l.. A. County, AZ
one example, was lin thousands
2.785 in the 1910 census, and no"
unofficially it's 3135; San Diego
was 289 and now is over 400; Contra
Costa from 100 to 200; San fran
cisco from GA to 728; RiVersldc
from 105 to lis; Orange from 13U
tc l45, and SO on. Yet the OPh
sets up an increase for the state
Of only "A per cent and contend.
that the matter is onlJ one Ci
distribution" that there is really
no shortage,
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-25

For expert income-tax serv-
ice See Stanley Barron - Mt.
Clemens Coal and Dock Co. "a
N Gratiot. Telephone 40-Open
evenings.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-25
Sports
Roundup
BY HUGH FULLERTON, JR.

NEW YORK, Feb. IS - Up
Idea man: Molly j. Sans of the
Charleston Is. c. Evening Post
suggests that Minor League
baseball clubs that are disband-
ing for the duration might do
nate their uniforms to service
teams, which need equipment. :.
They could toss in bats, base
balls and other equipment, too,
and earn a rousing vote of
thanks. Even before they Of
ficially decided to fold up, Texas
League Club owners we're con-
sidering fast semi-pro clubs or a
Service League to keep their
ball parks busy. A good
prospect is the Waco Army Fly
ing School, where Birdie Teb-
belts, now at Officer Candidates
School, Sid Hudson, Buster
Mills, Bruce Campbell and Hoot
Evers are expected to be on
hand this summer
HARRIS HARASSED
The Senators TO Phillies move
ment
For Bucky Harris is no improve
ment.
Both clubs need players and
cash and luck
And Bucky still has big job to
buck.
ONE-MINUTE SPORTS PAGE
Tickets for the N.C.A.A. and
invitation basketball tourna-
ments at the Garden next month
already are selling at a 5000
500 a day clip. Eddie Walk
er, chalky Wright's manager,
spends his spare time sending
service men the boxing news.
He writes regularly to about ten
of them. when Joe Gard
ner, Georgetown graduate man.
ager, reported that big John
Mahnken'S induction had been
postponed until after the basket
ball season because he is having
some dental work done, local
coaches began inspecting their
squads like horse traders trying
to learn a nags age.