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Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-13

dC CIle laSC remaining enemy resist
ance on the approaches of Rabaul,
New Britain.
Washington army and navy OBJ
servers said the Japanese apparent
ly had strengthened their already
powerful defenSeS in the MarShallS
and were moving in troops and
planes to counter new thrust by
American amphibious forces now
formly established in the nearby
Gilbert islands.
Meanwhile, the navy revealed that
U. S. battleships were in action in
the central Pacific and participated
in last Wednesdays air-sea bomb
ardment of Nauru island, only 1,200
miles from the Japanese fleet base
at Truk, in the Caroline islands.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur's south
west Pacific headquarters an
nounced that American troops on
Bougainville smashed a small but
sharp apanese counterattack
against the northeastern rim of the
Empress Augusta bay beachhead,
killing half of the 200 enemy troops
engaged.
simultaneously, Australian troops
on New Guinea pushed the enemy
back from their defenses on the
tip Of the Huon peninsula opposite
New Britain, and clashed with
japanese patrols in the Ramu river
valley, $50 miles to. the northwest.
KEEP UP ATTACKS
Allied bombers maintained their
steady attacks against enemy in
stallations on New Guinea and
along the coast of New Britain
site of the main Japanese strong
hold at Rabaul.
Other Australia based raiders
struck deep into the Dutch East
Indies to bomb the oil port of
Balikpapan, in Borneo, starting
large fires in the Japanese operated
refineries and storage areas.
In central China, American and
Chinese planes shot down 10 enemy
aircraft and bombed and strafed
enemy troops in support of attack
ing Chinese ground forces. Chung
king said Chinese troops had wiped
out all enemy units within 13 miles
north of recaptured Changteh.
PEARL HARBOR, Dec. 13. (UP)-.
American battleships slipped within
range of enemy shore guns and
planes to help deliver last Wednes-
days smashing sea-air blow against
the japanese islet base of Nauru
deep in the mid-Pacific, it was re-
vealed Monday.
While fleets of planes launched
from aircraft carriers laid explosive
carpets on the islands airfield, SAL
woes from Ia and 16 inch battle
ship guns raked the installations
concentrated on the south end of
the island 400 miles west of the
conquered Tarawa in the Gilberts.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-13
Emmons Lists Is
Jap Returnees

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 13 CUPp
1t. Gen. Delos C. Emmons, COM
manding general of the western de-
fense command, announced Monday
that only 16 additional persons of
Japanese ancestry have been ad-
mitted to the Pacific coastal area
since exclusion was ordered early in
1912, and none of these threaten
national security"
Apparently replying to published
reports that some japanese evacuees
have been permitted to return to
coastal areas, General Emmons
said there has been no change in
the policy which has been in effect
for many months"
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-13
ROOSEVELT REPORTED
TO HAVE MET FRANCO

STOCKHOLM, Dec. 13. (UP) -
The Stockgholm newspaper Tidnin-
gen printed a roundabout report
today that President Roosevelt met
Generalissimo Francisco Franco of
Spain and Premier DR.. Antonio de
Oliveira Salazar OF Portugal at
Gibraltar Sunday.
The Dispatch datelined Budapest
and quoting an Ankara report, said
the three officials discussed Spain's
and Portugals positions in the war
A United Press dispatch from
Cairo following the Roosevelt
Churchill -Inonu conference said the
possibility of a Roosevelt-Franco
meeting was subject to speculation.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-13

Heavy rains last week cut down
the number of men employed in the
fields, according to G.. w. Garrigues,
Farm Labor manager.
Although 5000 were reported as
employed, few of these worked more
than one or two days, he said
Placement of 1872 workers was made
during the week while he reported
375 not now employed. An order
for II workers was on file at the
end of the week.
Cabbage tanning and hoeing
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-13
Closest Friend
And Aid of
President Dies
Marvin H. Mcintyre
SuccumbS to
longtime Illness

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 (UP)-
Marvin H. Mcintyre, one of Presi-
dent Roosevelts closest friends
and a member of the White House
secretariat since 1882, died early
Monday.
Mcintyre, IS, died at the home of
his daughter, Mrs. Fred Warren,
after the recurrence of an old i'll
ness He had not been in his office
for several weeks.
McIntyre's service with the Presi-
dent dated back to the last war and
to Mr.. Roosevelts unsuccessful bid
in 1920 for the Vice Presidency.
If ever a man fitted the descrip-
ton of 'fclose to the President" it
was Mcintyre. His close contact
with the President went back to
1920 when Mr.. Roosevelt was the
Democratic nominee for Vice-Presi-
dent. When Mr.. Roosevelt received
the Presidential nomination in 1882
he called on Mcintyre to help.
When the President first moved into
the White House h-C-...yre became
assistant secretary to the Chief
Executive and was made a full
secretary in 1887.
Mcintyre was born in LAGRANGE,
KY, on November 27, 1878, and he
never lost his Kentucky accent.
He received his schooling at the
Wall and Mooney preparatory
school at Franklin, Tenn, and at
Vandebilt University.
He began long newspaper career
in 1909, as a reporter on the AShe-
Vile, IN. c., Citizen.
GOES TO WASHINGTON
Mcintyre moved TO Washington in
1909 to become city editor of the
old Washington Times. In 1917 he
joined George Creel's committee on
public information. His war job
actually was as publicity director
for the navy In this navy con-
nection Mcintyre first met Mr..
Roosevelt, then the assistant secre-
tary of the navy.
After the war and the Democratic
defeat in 1920 he remained in
Washington, contributing articles to
army and navy journals, later be-
coming representative for the Pathe
News Reel Company. He stayed in
the motion picture business until
1881 when the ROosevelt-for PreSi-
dent drive began to gather momen-
Continued on page 2, col. -
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ported studying the proposal to
cancel deferments for younger men
as we'll as preparing for congress
statistics on inductions, deferments
in war industries and agriculture,
and on the number of 4-F's that
might be salvaged for military or
naval service.
The status of 4-F's was dependent
on presidential action, The new
Continued on page 8, col -
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-13
CoIexico Pupils
Jeep Title

at the opening of school this fall
and closed December 7, Pearl Har-
Dor day. Participating schools pledg-
ed to purchase at least one of the
jeeps. An army jeep could be pur-
chased by sale of $1,165 worth Of
war bonds, navy quack by sale
of $1,000 worth, and an airforce
grasshopper by $4,000 worth. In or
der to be included in the official
total, schools must certify their
accomplishments to me. otherwise
Continued on page 8, col d
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-13
YUMA CHANGES CLOCKS
BACK TO pvt

Effective midnight Sunday night
Yuma turned its clocks back to Pa
cific War Time. The one-houT
change was adopted by the Yuma
chamber of commerce, the city
council and county board of super
visors after resolutions urging the
change were presented to these
groups.
This will place Yuma in the same
time as California and will allevi-
ate confusion in Winterhaven and
Imperial Valley areas.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-13

Calexico public schools led all
Imperial county in the Triple Jeep
bond selling campaign which ended
December 8, Mrs. Florence Finney,
head of the campaign in Imperial
county, announced Monday after
checking over all official reports on
file.
During the campaign" Mrs. Fin
ney said, "the school children of the
United States concentrated their
Schools at War campaign on the
Triple Jeep drive. The drive began
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-13
KILLS DOCTOR, SELF

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 13 (UP)-
DR.. Verne G. Hunt, prominent ply
sician, was killed Monday by mys-
terious stranger who stalked into
his office, demanded why didn't
you operate on me?" shot the doctor
twice through the heart and then
killed himself
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-13
d AMBlINe
EpoR1ER

The Other Side
(Here is part of letter the POST
Press circulation department re-
ceiped from the carrier boy, Manuel
Vale, who delivers the paper to
x. r. Edmunds, whose wartime
lament about getting his paper put
on the porch was printed in this
column last week.
Gentleman: l live in a house
located in the eastern section OF
Calexico. I could very easily throw
the paper in the porch If it wasn't
for all the horse manure he's got
in the front porch. Maybe he won't
realize it but it smells worse than
New river l don't want to
throw the paper in the porch be-
cause if l do I'm afraid I might
hit one of the poles :" (Censored.
Scientific Dope
I'll bet you,' said Jack Edens,
that the land slopes toward the
mountains from the underpass on
highway 80.'
"I1l bet you it doesn't" snapped
Woody Routt. 1T runs toward the
valley" 1t took them a long time
to figure out a way to determine
settling of the bet.
They loaded bucket of water in
an automobile, drove to the under
pass, and poured the water on the
pavement.
1t ran toward the valley.
That's crazy" Edens declared
when Routt demanded a payoff,
"the water is running uphill"
(Edens probably is waiting for
an earthquake to change topogra-
ply and make him rightD
Ungrateful Wretches--
RR is grieved and convinced there
is no such thing as a grateful cop
in all of Ell Centre.
The policemen hadn't the fog
giest idea where their flag was. RR
told them where 1t was and now
they are making insinuating re-
marks and referring darkly to COM
plants and what not.
One of these days RR is going
Continued on Page 8, Col. y
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Mdssed Artillery
Fire ThWurtS
Counter Attacks
Clark's Men Retain Close Grip
On Main Highway to Rome;
British Take Adria+ic Heiohts

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS Algiers, Dec. 13. (UP)-
Heavy American field guns have blasted German at
tempt to muster strength for counter attack designed
drive the Fifth army from mountains north Mgnano
Gap and the main road Rome official reports disclosed
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-13
japanese Speed
New Forces to
Hold MQrShQIls
Reinforcemen+s Movement Hints
- By UNITED PRESS

Japanese renforcements were reported swarming into
the Marshall islands Monday in anticipation of an Amer
invasion of those mdPacific stronghods while far
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-13

Maximum Sunday IS, minimum
Monday 43; am. Monday AZ, hu-
midity 81; noon Monday 62, humid
ity Ga; pm. Sun. 63, humidity So
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High Army Officers
Are CourfmariiaIed;;
Sentences Are Severe

SELFRIDGE FIELD, Mich, Sept
21.-A courtmartial has found 1t
Col. Charles G. White, suspended
Executive Officer of this Army All
Base, guilty of five of Is revised
counts charging violations OF the
Articles of War, and recommended
his immediate dismissal from the
service.
The verdict was reached aftel
seven hours of intense elaboration
The courtmartial found White
guilty of being drunk, to the pref
udice of the service on two distinct
occasions; guilty of rnisappropriat-
ing civilian labor to repair his pri-
vate auto, and guilty of gross neg
ligence.
Col. William T. Conan, deposed
Commander of the field, whose de-
motion to the rank of major was
recommended at a previous court
martial. took the stand in Whites
defense.
BoJn convictions are subject te
review by higher authority.
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Court Rules Properly
Taken by Government
Be Returned 10 Owners

SEATTLE, Sept. 21.--In a ruling
said by attorneys to be without
precedent, Federal Judge John G.
Bowen declared the Government IL
legally occupied building at port
of embarkation and ordered the
building returned to the private
owners.
Condemnation proceedings pre-
viously were rejected by the judge
but the building was seized by the
Army. The new order calls for an
immediate return of the building,
and if this is not done, the Gov
eminent will be held in contempt
of court.
Assistant United States Attorney
Norman Littell said an appeal
would be taken. Littell argued the
war powers of the Government were
supreme. The court replied the
civil power of the Government Il
superior to war powers
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.0FFEN5IvE5
ON ENEMIES
ARE NEARING
Gen. Marshall Makes I'M
Dortant Talk 10 Amer
lean Legionndires

OMAHA, Sept. 81. The great Of
fensives which will have the full
strength of Americas armed forces
to be hurled against the enemy in
Asia and Europe, are Just about to
begin" Gen. George Marshall, Chief
of Staff, u. S. Army, said today in
addressing the delegates to the AM
erican Legion Convention.
Gen. Marshall said there appeared
to be some public misunderstanding
as to the recent Allied successes ana
a tendency to believe the final steps
of the war are now being taken.
On the contrary, Marshall said, the
last year and one-half have been
spent largely in preparations for OPP
erations and large forces are still
to 90 into action and in establishing
bases for future campaigns.
Gen. Marshall said the success IN
the Mediterranean will release great
naval forces for the war against
Japan and he said this means ad-
vance planning for bases from which
ships may operate.
A message from President Roose-
welt was read to the convention
delegates during the day. The Presi-
dent called for increased rather
than lessened effort in many phases
of the national program and point
ed TO civilian defense as necessary
and not latent need.
Eric Johnston, President OF the
United States Chamber of Com
merce, advocated universal service
as means of making requirements
in the country's peacetime force.
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OF.
pREWAR DADS
CONSIDERED

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2l.-Sen-
ate consideration of the Wheeler
bill to defer drafting of prewaI
fathers for the rest of the year
has been postponed until next Tues
day. Majority Leader Barley said
Senator McNary, Minority Leader
and Senator Wheeler have agreed
to the delay to permit members TIC
study the voluminous testimony la
ken before the Military committee
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1910 WILL
TALk0uT0N
WEDNESDAY
Reported He Will An
nounee Drastic Meas
ure for Home Front

NEW YORK, Sept. 2l.-The Ber-
lin radio groadcasts report that
Premier TOTO will make an import
ant speech tomorrow and announce
drastic measures and changes
within the home front to meet the
serious war situation"
The Japanese Cabinet is also re-
ported in the broadcast as having
held an extraordinary conference
lasting from 10 a. m. to z p. m, with
only half an hour interruption.
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STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Sept. 2l-Closing
quotation of Alaska Mine stock
today is SIS. American Can 80
Anaconda 26, Bethlehem Steel 60ai
Curtiss Wright 7as, international
Harvester II, Kennecott 31A, New
York Central 175s, Northern Pacific
1915. United States Steel 81, Pound
$404
Dow, Jones averages today are
as follows: industrials l4049, rails
35.35, utilities 2l.76.
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The W ashington
Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON
tn.,or Robert g. Allen on active dutyJ


Observation-Disclosures President
Barclay of the Negro Republic OF
Liberia was concluding his. Official
visit to Washington, Presl e n !
Roosevelt said to him:
when you get back home, don't
forget to send me some OF those
stamps with leopards on them
The remark illustrates what still
remains the Presidents favorite
hobby, despite the war. There is
nothing which helps SO much 10
give him a moments relief from the
worry of war as having volume OF
stamps sent up on his breakfast
tray on a Sunday morning.
And on most Sunday mornings ne
shuffles new stamps, pastes them IN
his albums, and personally keeps
his collection up to date. Some col
lectors employ experts to keep their
collections in shape, and the Presl-
dent has had a small amount OF
help from Gerard Beekman, who
also helps Secretary Ickes. For the
most part, however, Roosevelt
handles his stamp collection per-
sonally.
Although the Presidents stamp
collection is probably the most Ia
nous in the world, it is not the best.
The late King George v far sur
passed him, had some 800 volumes.
The Presidents collection numbers
only 40 volumes, with from $4,000
to 10000 stamps.
In this country, also, the Presi-
dents collection is easily surpassed
NV those of Sol Newberry, of Chi
capo. and e. Albert Eisenstadt, an
ARMY doctor from Pitcher, Okla.
Though he may miss some of the
fine points of philatelism, the Presi-
dent misses none of the fun. When
he trades stamps with Harold Ickes,
they do it as couple OF boys
trading stamp for stamp, and not
bargaining for value.
The President has received many
a rare set from foreign govern
ments-an autographed stamp from
Ignace Paderewski Of Poland; plus
some rare Turkish stamps sent by
the late Renal Ataturk. And when
Soviet Ambassador Litvinoff came
to the White House one day, ne
carried under his arm a handsome
book of Russia stamps, EMBOSSED
with the hammer and sickle.
Technically, it is against the law
for the President to receive these
gifts. To protect presidents against
the Establishments of foreign prin-
ces, the Founding Fathers wrote
into the Constitution a provision
that mo person holding any office
of profit or trust shall, with
out the consent of Congress, accept
of any present, or title of any kind
whatever, from any king, prince, or
foreign state"
However. nobody seems greatly
worried about whether the President
receives pictures of piano-playing
presidents, Turkish scimitars, or Lii
berian leopards, so long as he gets
some fun out of it.
NOTE - Many recent Presidents
have been stamp collectors, includ-
ing Coolidge. Cleveland and Teddy
Roosevelt. Mr.. and Mrs. Hoover
had an excellent collection of Chi
nese and Australian stamps when
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CHANCELLOR OF
Ex(HE0UER FOR
BRITAIN dies

LONDON. Sept. 2l.-Sir Kings
ley Wood, 81, Chancellor OF Excheq-
uer, died at his home here today.
Sir Kingsley Is credited with being
the man largely responsible for
keeping Britain's wartime finance
on an even keel. He died on the
eve of his anticipated announce
ment OF his pay-as-you-go plan for
workers income tax.
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ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
NORTH AFRICA. Sept 2l.--Ameri-
can Liberators threw a new weight
in the conquest for Italy by bonn
harding the historic port Of Venice
as French troops and native gueril-
las proceeded to mop UP German.
resistance In Corsica.
The United States Fifth Army
registered new gains in the Saler-
no beachhead, slowly but steadily
pushing the Germans backwards
The Fifth Army storned and CAPS
tured the key town of Eboh, IS
miles inland which has served as
an enemy communications center
during the last days Of heavy fight
ing about Salerno
Sustained Push
1t. Gen. Mark Clark's soldiers
also battered their way to Monte7
corvino, nine miles inland in a
sustained push, the official source
discloses
The official spokesman also an
nounces the Germans are swinging
the lower end of their line former
ly enclosed on the Salerno bridge
head, 10 the north and east 10
avoid being trapped.
The British Eighth ArmJ conlin-
uss to advance.
Heavy German Retreat
The German retreat, the Official
spokesman says, has already taken
the bulk of the German forces
north of the Sele River. The Ger
mans are using infantry. supposted
by small groups Of tanks.
The Fifth Army is also encourt-
ering elaborate minefields and DEM
olitions but is slowly continuing
the advance north or Salerno M
der these conditions. IS
German prisoners are quoted in
reports from the front as giving
eloquent testimony to the devastat-
ing effect Of the inccssant Allied
air attacks on the retgeating Ger
man columns.
Cairo announces the Royal Air
Force las extended Allied air DOM
nation OF the Mediterranean by
landing and starting operations on
The Ita'.an Dodecanesc island OF
Cos.
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FIRST LADY
hA5ARRIvED
in HONOLULU

HONOLULU, Sept. 21--Mrs. Flea
nor Roosevelt has arrived here after
20, 700-mile flying tour of the Pa
cific war theatre.
The First Lady Of the Land told
the newsmen at a conference she
believed the return of the wars
wounded and crippled into the ma
tons social life constitutes the
greatest OF postwar problems.
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$500 Men
TO STRIKE
ON FRIDAY

LOS ANGELES Calf, Sept. 21.--
Representatives OF $500 Pacific
Electric Railway workers, irked over
failure of the Economic Stabiliza-
ton Director to approve of a 3D.
cent hourly wage increase approved
by the company. have voted to
strike Friday morning.
The present wage scale is 81 cents
an hour.
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GUADALCANAL IS
UNDER RAID FOR
THIRD Time, week

WASHINGTON, Sept. d. Jap
planes, raiding American positions
on Guadalcanal, caused slight dam
age and minor casualties, the Navy
reports.
The raid, which was the third in
one week on Guadalcanal, apparent
ly is OF the nuisance variety, and
probably carried out by bombing
planes on reconnaissance missions.
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Americas Sea Power
Following War Going
TO Be Great Problem

laying out money Indefinitely for
operating bills which, in l940-4l ran
over $l3,000000 when we had some
l0,500,o00 lightweight tons of ships
No one will even guess at the sub
sides on five times this tonnage.
Two, foreign nations, especially
Britain, depend a good deal on the
income from their shipping and will
build their own vessels to carry
their goods-and probably half of
ours, too. Not since clipper ship
days when American costs and
wages were low have we carried
(Cnntinuad on Jsooa Civ,
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ALLIES HIT
MANY AREAS
With BOMBS
Airdromes Under Attack,
Enemy Villages, Sur
face Craft, Sirdfed

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, Sept
2l.-The New Guinea and New Brit
ain bases of the japanese most I'M
mediately menaced by the Allied
capture of the airdromes at Lac and
Salamaua have begun to rock under
the increased weight OF bombs.
Ninety-four tons were dropped
Sunday by Flying Fortresses and
Liberators on Cape Gloucester, wes-
Continued on Page Three
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BY ROBERT M. HARRINGTON

WASHINGTON, Sept 81. Any
vision of America becoming the
worlds greatest sea power with her
huge prospective fleet of $4,000, 900
lightweight tons tthe equivalent OF
the pre-war merchant marines OF
Britain, U. S.. Norway Germany
and Japan combined) must be tenn
pered with at least two realistic
considerations.
One. the cost of operating Am
erican ships is high because of
better food and wages and make
subsidies inevitable. After the war
taxpayers may be sensitive about
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LONDON, Sept. 21.-Blasting into
the Smolensk defense zone to out
flank the German central front an
Choir Red Army forces stormed on
from captured Velizh 65 miles to
the northwest, while further south
they slashed across the Kiev-Cher-
migov Highway on the middle
Dnieper River to cut the main Cri-
mean escape railway between Zap
orozhe and Dniepropetrovsk.
A Moscow communique disclosed
the amazing list of triumphs mark
ed up by the hard-slugging Rus
sian troops, including the start OF
the great wheeling movement point
ed toward Cherkasy, key rail CEN
ter on the Dnieper southeast OF
Kiev. in an attempt to entrap hun
dreds of thousands of German
(CnnfipuaI oy, r3aoa sThraal