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Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-04-15
Mcdonald
Will Judge
Music Meet
Wake Forest College
Music Department
Head to Rate Groups
And Soloists Here

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Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-04-15
Vaughan Runs
For Alderman
In Third Ward

w. Il. Vaughn. retired Sc.o...'
Air Line Railroad agent. tuait "u
n"uncrd his canuiducy 10y the ti;H
Counct! from the third w,rd. and
made the third a>p.vum; 80. '.G sC-'
from that district. s y. puwc" va.
the first 10 annuuucc and VA. -H.-
lowed by X. G.. Harrison
thIS l. the only ward d. IL" "'
III the city where a contest !:Js de-
Iclopcd. In the first " Il. T.y--
don and in the fourth {. II. Ns"'
are seeking reelection. and BE- l.r
second y. II. Moore - ~g,sr - .rr
seat let; vacant 10y +. H. li.c,. 90
running Tor mayo. uGu!@-: Mayo.
Henry I. Powell.
Registration book .nr the v.Gr.. .
Will open or Saturday 90 ,'.- We,
ana VIII remain ug,. through Fl.
cay %. nest Wees. j. ., ..a 'a..
Scvcra! hundred person. r.-u.u &
Participate IL the c'c.. " &uEc ...r-
e their residences ma W.l "aNs {.
register @nrw /. :.,y - g Wolfe
IN The election on -ac-a.y. MY ,.
Tine election Is less t.v 'ar,y
weeks OF. a~d win. '-..g na. nee.
wD"ratNCly little -'c.cs' 'svS .I.-
, s expected the c..~n.-r will ~.
.EIc' g.c:tcr talk and speculation de-
ne voting period approaches.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-04-15
| temperature OF 3
Is Lowest Recalled
So Late in Season

\ temperature minimum oI -
degrees WAS registered here carly
today for what is believed to be
the lowest on record in this area
81 late in the season. The low
was reached after an almost PFC
cipitatc drop of II degrees IN
the period from to 10 p. M.
Wednesday.
The mercury rose very slowly
during the day and ut noon had
climbed To only 46. rise of ,G
degrees from the minimum,
which was recorded between q
and : 4. m.
Nice ard frost were in evidence
early today. and ovcrcoatS. dis.
cardcd during the mild weather
earlier i'll the week, were bruurht
cut again for comfort.
The weather forecast today of-
fcrcd little hope for much of a
rise before Friday. There were
fears lest some vegetation h,d
been killed by the unusually low
Temperature.
There were snow flurrics for
Il few minutes just before three
O'Clock this afternoon.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-19
Eng ineer Blumes
Lack Of Signal

RENNERT, N. c., Dec. 18 CUP)
The engineer of the Atlantic
coast lines Tamiami east coast
champion, who was i'll with in
fluenza when his train crashed into
a sister train and killed at least
70 servicemen and civilians, said
Saturday that he did not have a
"Chinaman's chance to avert the
wreck.
Frank Belknap, ST, veteran of 46
years of railroading, said there
were no warning signals set up to
notify him of the earlier derail-
ment of the southbound west coast
champion, three cars of which
sprawled across the parallel tracks
of his speeding northbound train.
Wrecking crews still were search
ing the twisted mass of steel cars
two of which still had not been
pried apart more than so hours
after the wreck, for the bodies of
10 WAVES listed as missing and
believed pinioned in the Wreckage.
81 SERVICEMEN
The known victims included 81
seryicemen and 81 civilians, includ-
ing a month and half old baby.
Major S. S. Snider, Maxon air
base officer who directed the re-
covery of service mems bodies, said
he believed the 10 navy enlisted
women had been trapped and killed
Continued on page6, col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-19

MOSCOW Dec. 18. (UP)-The
long anticipated Russian winter Of
fensive, which military experts have
predicted will roll the Germans
back to the Baltic states, Poland
and Rumania, was believed immi-
nent Saturday as snow and sub
freezing winds swept the front from
Leningrad to the Ukraine.
An air of expectancy prevailed in
Moscow, and official reports of
a lull in the fighting except in the
Dnieper bend indicated that the
Red army was massing strength in
key sectors for the first of massive
blows promised by President RooSe-
welt, Prime Minister Churchill and
Premier Stain against Germany
from the east, west and SOUTH"
German broadcasts continued to
tell of strong Russian attacks and
even limited breakthroughs in the
Leningrad area and near Newell, 35
miles southwest of Velikie Luki on
the central front. 1t appeared pos
sible that the Russians already had
begun their winter offensive, but
were delaying any announcement
until the success of the campaigns
had been aSsured.)
All Red army soldiers have dom
ned their winter kits and transport
columns were moving over snow
covered hills and plains on horse
drawn sledges.
Roads in the northern Ukraine
which only two weeks ago were in
impossible quagmire of mud and
sluSh, have hardened, facilitating
tank operations and speeding the
movement of supplies and reinforce
mentS.
In one sector near Kirovograd
the Germans hurled 5000 infantry
men and 10 tanks against the Soviet
lines; one panzer group broke
through, only to be ambushed by
Soviet tanks and thrown back with
a loss of IL Cotton Tiger tanks
and 800 men.
Red air force planes were credit
ed with destroying 10 German tanks
and $50 trucks laden with infantry.
Several trains we're blown up and
up to battalion of infantry dis
persed.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-19
Recreation Unit
Arranges Beds
For Service Men

F'ifty-five beds will be ready for
servicemen on leave in Ell Centre
this week end and more than 100
will be ready for the Christmas
holidays.
The city recreation commission.
recently re-invigorated, is in high
gear. Saturday plans were complet-
ed for bedding to accommodate SIS
servicemen who may seek sleeping
accommodations here while on pass
At the county Jail, with business az
low ebb, 25 beds were placed at
the disposal of the commission for
the week end and 30 cots held for
emergencies By the American Red
Cross also will be placed in service
George Whitcher, member of thu
American Legion who will head the
sleeping arrangements, said it is
likely that 100 beds from the Hi
Pass Health Camp could be made
available for the Christmas holi-
days until permanent beds can be
obtained. Whitcher is temporarily
acting for the Legion until it gives
its official sanction. He. proposed
at recent meeting that the $500
in scrap salvage fund, held point
ly with the Elks, be usel to estah
lish the project.
Whitcher reports that Mrs. Daisy
Baird has agreed to trial use of
several rooms in the Baird build
ing until final details are worked
out.
Harry Hall, Indio, USO desert
representative, has informed all des-
ert stations that they must notify
communities before they send
number of men in on pass. One des-
ert division reported they were send
ing 80 men to Ell Centre Saturday.
This will enable the commission to
meet emergencies.
The commission will make ar
rangementS to obtain beddin1
through the Beds for Buddies"
funds.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-19
{. {. Fat Salvage
Drive Slows up

Although Southern California re-
ports indicate greatly increased col
lections of salvaged kitchen greases
are rolling into butchers shops this
week, Ell Centre collections have
not increased.
The extra dividend of brown ra-
ton points for waste fats which
started December 13 caused first
day collections to roll in at about
$50 per cent of the usual rate in
the Southland.
Several Ell Centro butchers said
Saturday that collections are about
the same, and many reported they
were not buying greases at all.
The A & P store reported 10
pounds collected which they con-
sidered not as good as usual. Safe
way Stores reported 80 pounds COL
lected which is about average
Cooks Grocery reported 25 pounds
collected, noting an improvement.
Three other stores do not receive
the salvaged fats.
One butcher remarked that he
believed that "the Ell Centre house.
wives have not been 'wised-up' to
the free meat points given for the
waste kitchen fats"
Payments now are four cents for
unstrained greases, five cents for
clear or strained greases, and one
brown meat point for each half
pound turned into butchers.
Saturday collections were expect
ed to boost the totals.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-19
!. S. FORCES BATTLE Way TOWARD RAbAUL
Subsidy Dispute
May Spoil Plan
Of Adjournment
Senate Rejects House
Bill for Extending
Plan Thirty-five Days

WASHINGTON, Dec. Is. (UP)-
The senate today refused to accept
IS day extension of food subsid-
les, as proposed by the house, and
stood by its 60-day extension resolu
ton in action which might compli-
cate congressional plans for early
Christmas adjournment.
The senate decision came by voice
vote in rejecting the house version
of the senate resolution which ex-
tends the Commodity Credit corpor-
atoms life past the Dec. 81 expira-
ton date pending settlement of the
controversial subsidy issue.
Meanwhile President Roosevelt
conferred with congressional DEM
ocratic leaders and, according to
Speaker Sam Rayburn, expressed
no concern over developments in
congress during his absence abroad.
Rayburn indicated that the presi-
dent had no immediate new legis-
lation in mind for he expressed
no opposition to a two week con-
greSSiOnal recess.
GOES TO COMET. 1NCE
The subsidy extension issue went
to conference between ouse and
senate and there was a possibility
a compromise might be reached be-
fore the legislative day is over.
Another possible stumbling block
to plans to adjourn the first session
of the 18th congress on next Tues
day or Wednesday was being clear
ed away. Senate and house confer
ees compromised differences over
the 5000 100000 first deficiency ap-
preparations bill ..s..s. : ). - ..
At the White House parley in ad-
dition to Rayburn were Vice Presi-
dent Henry A. Wallace, Senate
Democratic Leader Alben w. Bark
ley of Kentucky, and House Demo-
cratic leader John w. Mccormack
of Massachusetts.
OKEHS SUIT COUNSEL
The house passed with but one
dissenting vote resolution author
izing the appointment of Special
counsel to represent congress in a
suit brought to test the constitu-
tionality of legislation barring three
allegedly subversive employees from
the federal payroll. Only Represen-
tative Vito Marcantonio, Alp, N. Y,
objected.
The suit was brought by Robert
Moss Lovett, government secretary
of the Virgin Islands, and Goodwin
B. Watson and William E. Dodd,
jr., of the federal communications
commission, the three involved en-
ployes.
Both President Roosevelt and
Attorney General Francis Biddle
termed the legislation unconstitu-
tional and Biddle said he did not
! feel he could represent the legisla-
tive branch of government in the
suit.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-19
Allies Capture
Vital Points
On Italy Drive

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS. AL
giers Dec. .18 up Allied troops
have fought their way into the out
skirts of key German-held towns on
both ends of the Italian front, it
was announced Saturday, and Am
erican capture of San Pietro, only
mile from the main road toward
Rome, appeared imminent
British Eighth army forces knock
ed out 13 Nazi tanks and captured
two more in advancing to the edge
of Orsogna, inland anchor of the
broken and collapsing German de-
fense line.
Across Italy on the Fifth army
front, at the edge of the Casino
plain through which runs the prin-
cipal road toward Rome, American
troops nearly completed a move
ment to encircle San Pietro, where
hand-to-hand struggle was in its
third day.
An Allied commentator disclosed
that the Nazi Fifth mountain
division had been rushed to Italy
from the Russian front and thrown
into action against the Fifth army.
For the first time Friday, sew
eral Italian fighter planes went into
action with Allied air forces, at
tacking German-held airfields in
Jugoslavia and damaging several
grounded planes.
The G er m ans were resisting
strongly the Allied bids at both
towns.
WITH FRENCH TROOPS IN
ITALY, Dec. 18 (UP)-Vengeance-
bent Frenchmen drove the Germans
from two mountain heights and a
small town today with weapons
given them by the United States for
the long, fighting march through
Europe toward their Homeland.
1t was their second straight day
of hard battle against the Nazi con-
querors of France and the second
day of success for French arms.
Another peak had been captured
yesterday.
In seizing the new positions on
the high ground, which the Ger
mans tried hard to hold, the French
forces advanced some three quar-
ters of mile.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-19

at between 500 and 600 planes came
over, and defenses were hampered
badly.
A taxi driver who reached NAL
moe and who recently had come
from Russia said the center of
Berlin was more devastated than
some Russian cities through which
ground warfare had passed.
(BBC, in broadcast heard by
CHS, quoted Swedish newspapers as
saying Germany used $1,000 soldiers
to clean up Berlin after the last
series of air raids)
The Stockholm newspaper Alton
tidningen said that all rail traffic
through the Brenner pass to Italy
had ben disrupted by the recent
Allied raid by u S. bombers from
North Africa forces.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-19

lIle dIlIlOuIlCeIIlellG Cdllc lTOIl
Alvaney Johnston, head of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engin-
GERS, one of the five unions, who
said the president had called the
conference for Sunday, 2 pm, EWT
Johnston said he would be ac-
companied by D. B. Robertson, pres
ident of the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Firemen and Enginemen; H.
w. Fraser, president of the Order
OF Railway Conductors; A. F.. Whit
ney president of the Brotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen, and T. C.
Cashen, president of the A. F.. of
. LIS SWitchmens Union of North
America.
The presidents summons to
conference was not unexpected for
observers have regarded presiden-
tial action as the only means of
averting the work stoppage an
nounced impending by the unions
last Wednesday.
The chief executives conference
temporarily postponed the Chicago
meeting called by the National Rail-
way Labor panel for Monday with
union heads, rcilroad officials and
government mediatUrs, Johnston
said.
The brotherhood leaders, repre-
senting 350,000 railroad workers on
whom the operations of the nations
gigantic rail transportation system
depend, will take to the chief
executive their demands for a gen.
eral wage increase of So.
They also are expected to reassert
their charges, made when they re-
vealed the strike vote last Wednes-
day, that the administrations eco
~mic stabilization program was
collapsing from congressional in
terference, poor administration and
the alleged refusal by industrial
firms to curtail profits in a time
OF rising prices and frozen wages.
Johnston said he did not know If
any railroad executives had been
called to the conference.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-19
City Mends Break
In Sewer Line

THE break in the out-fall sewer
line has been relieved temporarily
by installation of bypass line, "
Councilman Charles A. Bratton, city
sewer commissioner reported Sat-
urday morning.
Bratton who has been in touch
with the situation and directing re-
pair activities since the break oc-
CURED. said, "The emergency has
been met with a bypass line ex-
tending ON top of the ground over
the affected area of over 1000 feet.
Pumping from manhole before
the break to the manhole before the
pumping plant, is now in operation
and as soon as pipe and materials
arrive we will also bypass the
plant to save wear on the plant
pumps he continued.
FACING PROBLEM
"The big problem before the city
is whether to abandon the present
out-fall line and put in a new line
to the Alamo river, the only pos
sible course of action, or the spend
ing of $4,000 to $4,000 repairing
the present line. And, it is my
personal belief that repairing of the
present line would still leave us
with the same problem. The line
put in by the WPA was known to
have failed within 18 months after
it was installed and breaks since
that time convinced us that we
would eventually be forced to take
other measures
The present plan of Bratton and
Walter Hopkins, Brawley city en-
gineer who has been retained by the
city, is to bypass the plant pumps.
DENIES REPORTS
I'm this regard" Bratton said,
there has been some talk by yari-
Gus people that we have permitted
the plant pumps to deteriorate. This
is not true. While the pumps are
old, nevertheless, we have kept
them in the best possible repair
and have had an auxiliary gas
Continued on page 6, col. g.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-19
Fires Still Burn
I'm Ruided Berlin

LONDON Dec. 18. (UP) The
vivid red glare of fires set by Brit
ish bombers Thursday night still
lighted the winter sky above Berlin
Saturday, neutral reports said
The Royal Air Force bombing
fleets were idle last night. presum-
ably because of bad weather, after
blasting the Reich capital with L.
500 tons of explosives.
Travellers from Berlin arriving
at Malmoe, Sweden, said the CEN
ter and eastern sections of Berlin
particularly were hard hit by the
assault and that interurban traffic
was paralyzed.
Fog was said to have blanketed
Berlin when the bomber forces
estimated in Stockholm newspapers
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-19
STATE BAR APPOINTS
VALLEY WORKERS

The board OF governors of the
State Bar of California has APP
pointed four attorneys of Imperial
county to serve on the war work
committee for the county.
They are r. B. Whitelaw. chair
man; Russell II. Yeager. and Harry
w. Horton, all of Ell Centre. and
Maurice M. Sattinger OF Calexico.
Mr. Yeager- former Imperial county
deputy district attorney. Is In the
navy stationed outside OF Imperial
county.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-19
Patrols Clear Foe From Arawe::
Control Entire Isle Peninsula
Toxic Admits invading Army Takes
Beachheads. FORCES Northward;
Aussies Advance on Huon Fronts

ADVANCED ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, New Guinea
Dec 18 (UP)-U S. invasion forces have wiped out the
last enemy pockets Arawe peninsula in southwestern
New Britain it announced Saturday. and front reports
said patrols thrusng into the junges to the north
(Japan finally acknowledging the invasion than
48 hours after the Americans swarmed ashore said in
communque that heavy fighting raging and asserted
that japanese naval planes had damaged cruiser and
sunk five transports and at least 55 landing barges
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-19
Marshall Slated
To Stay Home

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 up
Service circles, in sudden change
of opinion, agreed today that Gen.
George c. Marshall will not 60 to
London 10 assume command of
Allied forces for the invasion of
western Europe, but will remain
he"e as army chief of staff.
This was reflected in two usually
well informed although unofficial
service publications-The Army and
Navy Journal and the Army and
Navy Register.
LONDON, Dec. 18 CUP)-Presi-
dent Roosevelt and Prime Minister
Churchill apparently decided in the
Middle East to shift the prospective
command of Allied second front"
armies from Gen. George C. Mar
shall, U. S. chief of staff, to Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, present
Mediterranean commander, London
sources said today.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-19
MEAT POINT VALUES SET
FOR ADVANCE SOON

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Dec. 18 tUP)-
The point values of rationed meats
probably will increase next month,
Col. Bryan Houston, deputy direc-
tor of the Office of Price Admins
tration, said Saturday
Houston predicted the rise in
meat point values would be accom-
panied by reduction in values on
canned goods, attributed to the
success of the home scanning cam
paign last summer.
Houston, who was visiting friends
here, said the bootleg market in
gasoline was near the top of the
OPA's worry list"
"In eastern states, counterfeiting
! and theft of gasoline ration coupons
has become a big business" he said.
SIN the midwest and northwest,
conditions are not SO serious"
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-19
Such Things
Do Happen

BOSTON, Dec. 18. (UP)-A
man stepped up to the desk at
the Boston public library and
said he wanted to return an
overdue book.
And when did you take the
book out?" asked the librarian.
"It was in 1910,' the man re-
piled. He explained that he had
moved to Canada after borrow
ing the book and had just re-
turned.
The librarian didn't force
him to pay the fine-approxi-
mately $235.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-19

PHOENIX, Ariz Dec. 18. (UP)-
Governor Sidney p. Osborn revealed
Saturday that Arizona's proposed
contract for 100000 acre-feet an
nually of Colorado river water, plus
half the surplus is ready for Secre-
tary of the Interior Harold l.. Ickes'
approval.
Five of the other six basin states
New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Colorado
and Wyoming-have had their final
contract approved, the governor
said. California alone is fighting
the move, aided by small group
of Arizonans who have used the
river as a political football for
many years.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-19
Arizona Presents
Water Pact

California has bitterly fought the
efforts of Arizona to obtain the con-
tract, declaring this state should
be required to deduct water from
the Salt and Gila rivers from its
share of Colorado water.
Transcripts of the various hear
ings held by a committee of IA
representing seven basin states,
along with the proposed Arizona
contract which has the approval
of the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation,
will be forwarded to Mr.. Ickes by
Judge Clifford H. Stone, Denver,
chairman of the committee.