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Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-28
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Peter Edison

M. Brown.
Letting the shoe -ationing or
der appear 10 come from Byrncs
via the White House was not an
intentional nor an accidental
snub for Administrators Brown,
nor was il intended To save him
from any public wrath which
might arise as an unfavorablc re-
action. As a matter Of factA
however, Administrator BrOwifD
had very little TO do with this
first order, except To make an
announcement explaining some Of
its fine points. thought out by
others.
CHOSEN FEW
Shoe rationing was kept secret
as we'll as the invasion of North
Africa. No one outside the chosen
few knew it was coming until it
happened. No shoe retailers, no
who'll alers were told, and it is
pretty well established that the Sec
ret did not leak to any shoe man.
ufacturerS. There were several
men from the shoe industry-dol-
lar-a-year men and conSultantS in
the War Production Board - who
had to be told what was up because
OPA had to get its order to ration
shoes from WPB to make it legal
But these few shoe industry people
were sworn to secrecy.
All the work, all preparation for
chnn otinni,,o tIr,fnr tho O.
perviSion of a young assistant pro-
fessor of economics at Yale, Rich
ard Glenn Gettcll, tall. Gangling.
pleasant chap in his early 30's who
didn't know anything about tn
shoe industry until he came to
Washington, where he was assigned
as director of miscellaneous prod
uctS in the rationing division OF
CPA, under the rationing chielD
Paul M. OLeary -
Gettell went to work on the shoe
problem way last fall. Made an
economic study of the industry.
Army and Navy demands. civilian
requirements, the whole works. to
see if and when shoe rationing
would be necessary. No one in the
shoe industry ever caught on to
what he was up to.
Shoe rationing was originally i'll
tended to go into effect February
a. But on February l it became
apparent that everything was ready
to go. so they moved it up to Feb
ruary T. Just a few weeks before.
Gettell quit his Job. Seems his
draft board was about to catch up
with him. He's working for the
Army Air Force now as a civilian
economic adviser, thinking up, no
telling what.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-28
TI .
I'lD

damaged in that one night of May
30, when 5000 tons of bombs were
dropped.
Last night S raid interrupted
frantic German efforts to restore
the city TO its former productive
capacity. Cologne, in the heart
of the Rhineland, is Germany's
third city and British authorities
said the Germans appeared to have
given first priority to repair work
there.
Despite wholesale evacuation of
Cologne, there probably still are
100000 persons in the city, it was
said.
Cologne now has been bombed
l13 times, making it the most
bombed city in Germany. The last
previous Raj raid was on the night
of February IA
The AnglO-American aerial Of
fensive now was ON a around-the-
clock basis.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-28
Navy Gets Money
For New Bases

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27-UP)-
The Senate Naval Affairs COM
mittee has approved a house bill
which would authorize expendi-
ture of s720,OOO,OO0 to construct
advance naval bases
The bill would include naval
projects, including: fleet facilities,
Se79O0,000; aviation facilities, 1928
e0C, COO storage facilities, S5,350.0OO
liquid-fuel storage, $10,350,O00, Ma
rine corps training facilities, S28,-
$4,000; ordinance storage facilities,
S50,000000; personnel training and
housing facilities, So, 900; hos
pital facilities, $66,005,000 shore
radio facilities, SO 100000; naval re-
search laboratory, $750,000; passive
defense s15,OO0,000; advance bases,
$780, 100000; miscellaneous struct-
ures, $33,000,000
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-28
Flying Fortresses
Score DireCfhit
On Cargo Vessel

GEN MaCARTHUR'S H L A ID =
QUARTERS, Australia, Feb. 81
fUP)-Flying FortreSses Stru C k
heavily before dawn Friday at We
wax on the north coast of New
Guinea, scoring a direct hit and
two damaging near-miSSeS on a
5000-ton japanese cargo ship and
blasting the nearby airdrome, a
communique announced today.
Damaging near-miSSeS also we're
reported on three small japanese
ships bombed by a single Fortress
off the north coast of New Brit
ain Friday morning. Still other
Fortresses and Liberators dumped
10 tons of bombs on the runway
and dispersal bays at Gasmata air
drome on the south coast of New
Britain.
THREE HOURS
The attack on WcWak, nearly
800 miles northwest of Buna, lasted
more than three hours and eXpo-
/ sionS on the airdrome runway and
dispersal bays were believed to have
caused heavy damage to enemy
/ planes on the ground
One Fortress, piloted by Capt.
Arthur A. Fletcher of Washington,
DC, made four runs over the 5000
ton japanese transport before max
ing the final run in the face Of the
enemy's blazing three-inch guns.
DOWN GUN BARRELS
we were looking right down
their gun barrels and the flashes
were binding" Fletcher said. i
guess we are only doing what We
get paid for, but sometimes it's
pretty tricky work.
The whole assault was pressed
home from low level and poor visi
blllty hampered the bombadierS.
TWO waves of FOrtreSses bombed
and strafed the Lac airdrome and
shore installations in New Guinea
Friday before dawn and later in
the morning Douglas attack planes
strafed the Mubo area to the south
No ground activity was reported in
the Wau-Mubo area.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-28
MAKE 1T ACCURATE
(Chico EnterpriSe)

Why continue to call it the California
state railroad commission? 1t is not a
vital matter, but none the less true, that
the name is about as misleading as any
designation could we'll be 1t originated
at time when control over railroads
was the principal duty delegated to the
commission, but now railroad supervi-
sion is only one of many duties
The state railroad commission has
charge of buses and trucks, including
fares and fixed schedules. 1t decides
what the public is to pay for gas and
electricity, and establishes telephone
tolls within the state. Its word is final
on how much you will he called upon
to ante when the water rent is due. The
commission has authority over the entire
realm Of intra-State utilities.
Just for the sake of accuracy the legis-
lature might do away with the old mis-
nomer and substitute some such name AS
public service commission or public util-
ity commission. II someone rises to ask:
What's in name. the answer is that it
can at least be reasonably descriptive.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-28
Russians Smash
Ahead in South

MOSCOW. Feb. 27. - CUPD-So-
Wet forces slogging westward across
the muddy plains between Kharkov
and the Dnieper blasted the Ger
mans from another village today as
other Red army troops to the
northeast smashed closer to the an
Choir base of Orel.
Meantime, the Germans were
hurting all available man and ar
NOR into an all-out attempt to
check the Soviet offensive below
Kramatorsk, 100 miles southeast of
KharkoV
More than 300 troops were killed
in a German attempt to break into
large inhabited place southwest
of Kramatorsk, the midday COM
muniuue said, while the earlier
midnight bulletin told of the an
inhalation of 1000 Axis troops in a
tWo-day cattle in the same area.
The two-day battle followed the
driving of a German wedge into
the Soviet lines at enormous cost.
But, the Axis troops were COM
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-28
Ceiling Up
On Soft Wheat

WASHINGTON. Feb. 27.-tUP)-
The Office of Price Administration
today raised by approximately
per cent the ceiling prices of soft
wheat flour in eastern, southern
and midWestern states.
The action was taken. OPA said.
because rising soft wheat prices ~
the cast have put n severe SqueezU
on flour millerS.
Economic Stabilization Director
James F.. Byrnes authorized OPA
to place ceiling prices on soft wheat
east of the Rocky mountains. The
soft wheat ceiling prices will be
approximately those prevailing
earlier this week and will be slight.
ly higher than parity. The pur-
pose of this move, OPA said, is to
check additional advances in soft
wheat prices.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-28
THE BOEING WORKERS
MAY PERFORM A SERVICE

Once there was strong man named
Sampson who lost his temper and wreck
ed a great temple aoout his ears.
On February %, 1943, another giant
of great strength went too far and, unless
we miss our guess, Will bring another
temple down about its ears.
The modern Sampson to whom we re-
fer is selfish. mlntellgent, unstable
government -coddled uniOnism.
The occurrance to which we refer Is
the dastardly walkout of employees at
the Boeing Aircraft Companys plants
at Seattle and Renton where workers
angered that the War Labor Board was
slow in rendering a decision in wage
controversy. walked out and forced the
plants to shut down
The temple to which we refer is the
temple of unionism which, falling, can
seriously iniure the good of int llgent
trade unionism along with the bad.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-28

PEELED to- retreat after losing 22
tanks, SO trucks and Is planes in
addition to the 1000 officers and
men.
DESTROY TANKS
The mid day communique also
reported that Soviet artillery in
another sector below Kramatorsk
destroyed ID German tanks and
inflicted considerable losses on
motorized infantry following the
tanks"
Southwest of Voroshilovgrad at
the eastern end of the German
pocket in this area, Soviet tanks
were credited with routing an enc
my motorized infantry battalion
and destroying six German tanks.
Another unit captured three anti
tank guns and other equipment.
The capture of the latest village
west of Kharkov followed fierce
battle in which three guns, Is ma
chine guns, more than 100 rifles
and numerous shells and mines fell
into Russian hands.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-28
RonnmeI ATTEMPTS
Counter-Attucks .

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS. North
Africa, Feb. 27-(UP) = Marshal
Erwin Rommel, withdrawing his
defeated troops in southern and
central Tunisia, has made a series
Of quick jabs against Allied lines
IN the northern sector in an at
tempt to cuc the communication
lines of the British first army.
Fighting continues, but so far the
Germans have been held in check,
an Allied headquarters communiquc
indicated today.
More than 400 Axis prisoners
have been captured, and in one at
tack seven German tanks were de-
Stroyed for the loss of one British
tank IN the northern fighting.
AXIS ATTACKS
The Axis attacks occurred around
Diebel Mansourn Bou Arada and
south of Medjez Ell Bah.
In the South-central area around
the kasserine pass, the Allies con-
tinued to pursue fleeing Axis
forces which were attempting to es-
cape from the consequences of
their defeat in a three day battle
The British eighth army, threat
ening the Germans from the south
increased its pressure when adj
vanced elements established posi-
tions Immediately south of the
Mareth line. There was no SER
ious opposition and it appeared
that the time was drawing closer
when Gen. Sir Bernard l.. Mont
gomery would be ready to throw d
grand assault against the Axis
forces.
VARIED REPORTS
There was no confirmation that
Rommel's troops had abandoned
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-28

kaSSerine town and its surrounding
villages but the general trend of
the Axis movements was to retreat
in that section. There were some
reports that Rommcl planned sto
move back into the hills on the
east side of the Ousseltia valley.
Allied pilots were active over al
most the entire front. Fighter
planes destroyed an enemy lOcomO-
tive near Tozeur In the south light
and medium bOmbc.S continued at
tackS on Gabes, the Mareth line
and enemy landing grounds.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-28
FDR' Condition
Is Satisfactory

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27-UP1-
White House Secretary William d.
Hassett said today that President
Roosevelt, who has been suffering
from a slight intestinal upset" is
getting along very satisfactorily" !"
He has no fever" Hassett said,
but on the advice OF his physician
DR.. Ross T. McIntire, he will take
things easy over the weekend and
Jyill have no engagements"
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-28
Cologne Feels End
Heaviest Bombinq

LONDON, Feb. 27.-tUPD-Brit-
ish four-engined bombers last night
rocked Cologne, huge German in
dustrial center. in a block-buster
assault second in scale only to last
summers 1000-plane raid.
Described officially as very
heavy" the raid carried the most
concentrated Anglo American aerial
offensive of the war past the 244-
hour mark.
Only 10 bomberS were lost, con-
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-28
CURRENT QUOTATIONS.

I've had experience with women in III
dustry before You Just have to have
good suporvision. that is all-Mrs. Eli
more NJ Herrick, retiring regional direc-
tor. National Labor Relations board.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-28

We will not improve production by
making labor or Detroit the whipping
boys for situations over which they OBJ
viously havo no control.-R. J. Thomas,
UAW president.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-28
Editorials and Comment

EDITORS NOTE: The folloiCtn0 edit.
oridis are presented as interesting opin.
ions Uoiced by editors eiseDhere. They
do not necessarily reflect the opinior OF
this paper
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-28

Your reach is from Detroit TO TuIagl,
from Midvale TO Midway-Rear Admiral
W. H. p. Blandy, chief of Navy ordnance
TO nations war workers.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-28

Too much is no good when II is too late
The whole history of the war has been
record of inability to strike when the
enemy would have suffered mOSt.-Primc
Minister John Curtain of Australia.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-28
WIFE NOTIFIED

w hst.f
Posts wife. who lives in The Ho-
tel Savoy here, was notified by the
United States Army this morning.
A former White House correspond
ent, Posts home town is Bay Port,
New York.
Post joined the London bureau
of the New York Times in 1898
and became assistant bureau chief
and was acting bureau chief in 1941
and 1912
He was accredited as war cor
respondent to British home forces
in 1910, and was accredited to
American forces in the European
theater in 1941. He was a MEM
Der of the executive committee of
the American Correspondents as
ISOLATION.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-28

sidercd a remarkably small pay
ment for such heavy attack.
SECOND HEAVIEST
The announcement that the raid
was the second heaviest of the war
on Cologne indicated that at least
500 planes participated.
Two and four-ton block busters
and thousands of indendiaries were
unloaded on the key German in
dustrial city, the site of numerous
factories turning out parts for
U-boatS.
The weather over the city was
clear apart from ground haze and
pilots reported only moderate anti
aircraft fire despite the importance
of their targets.
ON DIESEL WORKS
j The heaviest weight of bombs
was reported concentrated on the
/ Diesel engine works and munitions
] factories.
| The giant four-englned LancaS-
/ ter Stirling and Halifax bombers
struck in the wake of American
Flying Fortres5es that pounded the
Wilhelmshaven naval base in day
light yesterday and o her long
range RAF bombers that swept
deep into Germany Thursday night
to blast the industrial center of
Nurnberg.
Thus Germany now was getting
q real foretaste of what it may ex-
pect when the all-out Allied aerial
attack rises 10 a full creScendo in
the coming months TO pave the
way for the impending invasion of
Europe.
MUCH IN RUINS
Much Of Cologne already was in
ruins as result of the JOO0-plane
raid last May 30, and subsequent
lighter assaults. The air ministry
announced carly this month that
600 acres of Cologne were devastat-
ed and 80 factories wrecked or
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-28
Correspondent Of
New York Times
Missing in Raid

LONDON, Feb 27.-tUPD Rob
ert Post, CORRESPONDENT Of the New
York Times, is missing from yes
terday'S American air raid on Will
helmShaven, Germany, Lieut.. Gen.
Frank M. Andrews, commander of
American forces in The European
war theater, announced today
Andrews said that two men were
reported to have parachuted from
the disabled four-motOred bomber
in which Post was riding as an OBJ
server over Germany which gave
rise to the possibility that he is
now prisoner Of war.
ONE OF SIX
Post was one Of six correSpon-
dents who ccom "a n C q the
American Flying FortreSseS and
Liberators on the raid, and he was
the only one who didn't return. He
was one of eight correspondents eS-
pecially trained to report air raids
from the planes making them. Yes
terday'S was their first combat as
Siglment. One wasn't able to go
along because he was i'll. Another
was aboard Flying Fortress forced
to turn back by technical difficult
tipc
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-28

There was no confirmation that
Rommel'S troops had abandoned
Detroit evening times., 1943-05-23
Mysteries Of The Sea =
Will They Ever Be Solved?

sensible. who was flung aboard.
Hullock eyed the monster and
kicked hmm into tho fo'c'sle.
ON the 7th Of November the
Mary Celeste put 20 sea with ten
souls aboard Briggs his wife,
HuHeck, Pcmbcrton, Samson, Dos
sail, the three men from the Del
Gratia. Moffatt Manning and
IF4tste7-ttr-,v. Z IF4tste7-ttr-,v. at-ti- tirr- itrtri- fu-the
fo'c'slc Carl Nenholdt,
Now YOU can see why the
names on the official crew list
OF the Mary Celeste did not cor
respond with the names Of her
actual company.
Hullock ran along the deck
turning out all hands. They
ranged along the rail looking him
over. But Venholdt was in the
fo'c'slc, being very sick and de-
manding beer.
Who's that below" roarcd
Hullock "On deck. you dock
scrapiu'.
Suddenly Venholdt jumped out
Of the fo'c'sle waving his gorilla
arms and screcching for blood
He had no coat and the seat of
his pants had been cut out This
patch was known as the Tub
Detroit evening times., 1943-05-23

bers calling card and was taken
10 the crmp by the runner to
show that the lubber had been
delivered aboard, and that be-
cause Of his nakcdncss would
probably not desert
Venholdt, wind whistling around
his naked back, roared for the
ship to be turned round. HUI
lock teFe-into- him and they
fought all over the deck.
And that was just the begin
ming. Time after time, as the
days passed, that pair lit into
each other and slugged it out
Hullock usually getting the best
OF il.
Then Hullock began to drink
a bit and said ugly things about
the captain.
On the oath of November.
Briggs made the last entry in the
official log. There are three logs
in a ship. The mates slate
whcrcon he writes his notes.
From that the captain writes his
personal log and from that goes
the entries TO the official log for
the owners.
And the log that day showed
the ship close TO the Azores.
Detroit evening times., 1943-05-23

It was Sunday and Mrs. Briggs
was banging out hymns on the
piano. Eight bells had pinged
from the ships bell
Then, with no warning whatso-
ever, a hurricane squall hit the
brig like a hammer. She went
over on her beam ends in a
masthead sea. There came a
piercing scream from below.
Then as suddenly as il had
come up the wind ceased and the
brig was left breathless. masts
standing. all sails flowing loose.
Pemberton remembered hear
ing Mrs. Briggs scream and
when he went below he found
that the piano had carried away,
been thrown across the cabin
carrying the woman with it and
crushed her against the star
board bulkhead
She was unconscious and the
captain lifted her TO the table
and sat beside her, trying TO
bring her round with hot water,
Hullock turned in cool as a
cucumber when his watch was
over and in the morning he told
all hands she was dead as mutton.
Then Briggs started dancing
up and down and kicking the
piano, curSing it for a murderer.
Hullock was demanding that
the dead woman be buried But
Briggs, still raving, was roaming
Detroit evening times., 1943-05-23
Ey,rIll!ll:ydNlElB

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Of ANTlPHlooIsTlNE.
AETlPHtoclsTINs is a rcady-ro.usc
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ANTIPHloclsrlNt not only does good
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That's why is also effective for com.
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INJURIES-brui>oS, SprainS, wrenohed
muscles. Helps soothe pain - reduce
swelling speed recovery.
For best results - apply ANTlPHLo.
clsTlNE carly.
Detroit evening times., 1943-05-23

8 in 10 Run Risks Using Popular
Dentfrices - Dental Authority Reported

Recent studies leading Research Foundation Clinic dis
closed this startling evidence First $3.50 Of oil adults
amned had these cavities in softer ports Of teeth
texposed by reeedins gums) cavities sround-in by
obrosives eontoined in the popular den'frees they
regularly used. Second the worst Of these sround-in
I'd in teeth cleaned most regularly Third in 10 run
Detroit evening times., 1943-05-23

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Detroit evening times., 1943-05-23
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-13
Food Prices Here
Take ID Drop

Detroit food prices ddropped 2
per cent for the month ending
July 10. the second consecutive
month Of price decreases sin c e
Aug, 1912. the federal bureau Of
labor statistics announced today.
The announcement was con-
tanned in a bulletin showing that
the cost Of living in Detroit dur
ing the year ending July 13. had
increased Go per cent compared
10 an national increase Of SIS per
cent
The average drop here Of all
coSt-of-living items was 90 per
cent during the month Changes
included decreases in butter, po-
tatoeS, lettuce. coffee and sugar
but increases were found in eggs,
oranges. carrots, canned tomatoes
and lard
I Meat prices also dropped here
following the OPA meat cutback.
The average drop was 81 per cent
but the cost of bacon was pared
almost 10 per cent while round
steak dropped 10 per cent.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-13

Bandit
Routed.
q ahIDed

A 24-year-old bandit was cap
tured today by police after he
was thwarted in his attempt 10
hold up a haberdashery At the
busy intersection OF Cass and
w Grand Blvd.
Held is Clifford Bastine. who
police say answers the description
Of a man who held up q shoe
store IN the same vicinity yester-
day
Edward ! Tannenbaum, IS. op-
orator Of the store al 655S CaSS
said that Bastne walked into the
place shortly after 10 a. m. today
pointed gun a him and in
formed hum il was a holdup.
Tannenbaum struggled with the
bandit who escaped after striking
hum on the head with the pistol
butt BaStlne was captured in an
alley near Woodward by a police
scout car crew.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-13
Yanks, Raj Make
Biggest Air Raid

LONDON, Aug. Is (INS) The most
bombardments in the history of
aerial warfare were climaxed today with a
second all-American daylight attack on
Rome which followed devastating Raj
night assaults on Milan and Turin and
sweep by British mosquito bombers over
Berlin
Thus for the first time in history, the two Axis
capitals were assaulted from the air almost smulta.
neously.
With full details still awaited this was the
box score chaked after II hours ntensty
ROME-Bombarded for the centuries Of
history sharp warning Premier Marshal Badoso
that the alternative peace Large formations Of
heavy and medium bombes by Mai Gen. James H.
Dooe hero Of the Tokyo raid blasted railway lines and
for 80 minutes again protecting religious and his
torc buildings from harm
BERLIN-Bombed by 4OO-me an hour MOSQUITOES for ths
hrst time in three months concden with of repors
that many administrative departments regime are
being moved from the German capital Vienna and other more
distant cities
TURIN-Assaulted by Allied bombers as mart Of
the great aerial assault of the against northern ay The
Italian high command admitted very heavy damage"
MILAN-Plastered by huge forces which dropped such
devastating loads of ncendaes and high explosive block.
buster bombs that watchers hops the border in
switzerland reported feeling the vibration of Witness
ing great sheets of fire that the this citv
Hobed of and liberty demonstrations against the military
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