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Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-24

WdSillIlb lOIl, ~, dllu 10 DtllcNcu
20 be tantamOunt to granting of
the Western Airlines application
for a certificate of convenience and
necessity for establishment of an
airline service connecting Phoenix
and San Diego via Ell Centre air
port.
Tom Wolf, vice president of
Western Airlines, said the board
examiner informed the board after
hearings and Investigations car
ried on over a period of many
months that Imperial Valley need
cd air mail and passenger Service
and the permit should be granted
Western AirlineS.
1t was understood that it may be
many weeks before the CAA board
itself rules on the recommendations
OF the board examiner.
There iS a possibility also that
the permit may be held up until
after the war because of the can
collation. of some of the air Scrv-
ices in various parts of the United
States
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-24
Navy
orS
Heroes
u. S. Fighting Men
Decorated dHere
In GROUP Of lb

Admiral Charles A. Pow
lall of the United States ma
y Saturday morning at the
Marine Corps Air station at
II Centre decorated 16 men
or heroism in action in the Solo
non Islands area.
In the presence of navy marine,
nd army o.iiciai1. families and
riends of the heroes, and repre-
entatiles of civic and governmental
roups of Imperial Valley, Admiral
'ownall presented the awards in
he name of the President of the
Tnited States of America.
Two awards went to 1t. Com
lander Louis j. Kim, the DiStin-
uiShed Flying Cross and the Gold
tar. the latter in lieu of a second
Distinguished Flying Cross. Two
wards also went to 1t. Robert Mil
n Milner the Distinguished Flying
Cross and the Air Medal
The Distinguished Flying Cross
lso was presented to 1t Com
nander Ray Davis, 1t. Don l.. Ely.
ensign Eldor Ernest Rodenburg
sherman Lee Duncan, aviation ma
hinist's mate. first class; Harold
2. Heard, aviation radioman first
lass
Air Medals were awarded to 1t.
Alfred Wright, jr., 1t. Francis
lanes Sauer, Herman H. Caruthers,
aviation machinists mate first
class; j. H. Black, aviation radio
nan second class; c. F. Martz, avia-
lion radioman second class; Charles
Eugene Monroe, aviation radioman
second class; and Edward j. Gar
Continued on Page 6, Col. g.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-24
Woman Murdered
In Lower Berth

EUGENE C.c.. Jan. r3.-CUP)-
Mrs. Martha Virginia James, 81,
Identified by police as the wife of
, naval ensign, was found dead
with her throat cut today in lower
"erth No. II of a passenger train
where she repeatedly was attacked
by an unidentified assailant while
she slept.
Pvt. Harold r. Wilson, U.S.CC.
San Diego, who occupied upper 13,
told police he was awakened dur
ing the ni9nL - a commotion be-
low him.
AS he pecred into the aisle, he
said, man hurried away and Mrs.
Jamess body tumbled out of the
berth
Mrs. James's death was reported
IS the southbound passenger train
rcared Tangent, about six miles
from Albany, Ore The body was
removed from the train here.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-24

SACRAMENTO. Jan. 23.-CUPl-
The next few days will give Cali
fornia legislators a much clearer
picture of defense needs and the
future of the states military set
up, it was revealed today by the
governors office, Adjutant General
Ray Hays and interested lawmak-
cr3.
Brig Gen. Hays announced he
was ordering about 40 State Guard
officers to inactive status on Feb
ruary in an effort to bring the to-
tai strength down to approximate
ly 442 officers authorized by the
legislature when the guard was
rcvampcd year ago.
Hays indicated there was Suffi-
cicnt money to operate the guard
until the legislature rcconvencS in
March and that proposed military
legislation will be withheld until
that time. rather than trying to
hurry through makeshift measures
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-24
y AMBl|Ne
NEpoR1ER
TAG! YOU'RE IT!

TAG. YOU'RE 1T!
This bit of deathlcss prose came
+. ON the facile pen of one Taylor
F.. Moe known to Imperial Valle,'
for his ability to herd big oil
truck and crack a pun with the
best of them. Now he is making
things lively with the ScabeeS at
Camp Bradford, Norfolk Va. He
wrote to his wife in El Centro as
follows)
I went to a dance at Virginia
Beach last night. 1t was a USO
dance. There were 40 sailors and
DO soldiers to every woman. The
sailors danced with the women
and the soldiers stood around the
wall in groups like they were on a
street corner. Every dance was a
15ag dance. I danced with at least
20 women and altogether never
danced over 20 steps.
walked in and locked the deal
over and will say it looked
pretty good, what with seeing
nothing but thousands sailors for
months. checked my coat
and battIcd my way TO the edge
of the skirmish line. With my
heart full of rOm'ncc, ! tagged
tho first sailor that came along.
! grabbed the girl and thought
to myself, now, I'm gettinC start
cd; this is going to be a big
evening. l didn't take two steps
before some sailor tagged me.
I didn't think much of that.
Thought il was just a tough break
and that l would do better next
try. SO tagged again; rot to
dance two more steps and tho
same thing happened.
Well, you know me, Honey, a guy
who catches on quick. I could sec
: hat this was really rugged af-
Fair. I stopped right where I was.
Mad as H and little beU:ldcr-
cd and tried to decide what to do.
Should I go ON or should I try to
nect back where I started? I de-
/cjded in favor of the former.
COuldn pc q QultCer. NOJ ail oiu
patriot like me. AS long as I was
only getting to dance two steps
with each girl, 1 decided to use
different strategy. I made up mr.
mind to look around and pick out
the best looking girl on the floor.
In this way I would at least know
what the girl I danced with looked
like. After standing around for a
while, I spied a honey. She was
really beautiful; had everything
and just my type.
tagged the lucky sailor, took
her i'm nv arms and started for
the center of the maclstrOm,
thinking l could get away from
Continued on Page 6, Col. 4
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-24
Tax Collections
Exceed | asst Year

Complete returns show that COL
lectionS for the first installment of
1928 city taxes are over $4,000
more than the same period of the
year before, City Clerk Neal Gavin
disclosed Saturday.
In the collection period of Octo-
ber, November and December just
completed $l38,605.59 in taxes were
taken in. Gavin said During the
same period in the previous tax
year only $128,5506G was collected.
Gavin said that many residents
paid both the first and second in
stallments of taxes instead of wait
in until the next comes due in
April
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-24
Democrats Meet
Here on tuesday

Imperial county Democrats will
meet Tuesday night to plan for the
next two years, Neal Gavin. secre-
ary-treaslwcr of the county cen
tral committee, announced Satur-
day.
At a dinner meeting in the Coli
fornia hotel set for 7 pm, the
members of the state and county
committees and appointed sub
committees of the county group,
will meet. Gavin said Herbert
towcelmilk, chairman of the group,
will preside.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-24

in many war jobs, was started on
it's way through the legislature
yesterday. Recommended for pas
sage by the assembly judiciary
committee, the bill would permit
persons whose births were not re-
corded to apply either to local reg
istrarS of vital statistics or the
state registrar for delayed certi-
ficateS.
The state registrar would pass
upon the sufficiency of the evil
dence of birth offered and issue
the actual certificate for a fee OF
S4 against the present judicial de-
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-24
LaCuardia BaIl<s
At Ok'ing Flynn
New York Mayor
Tells Senators
They're Enemies
BULLETIN

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.-
tUP)-The Senate foreign rela-
ti0ns committee late today con-
cluded hearings on the nomina-
ton of Edward J. Flynn to be
minister to Australia. Chair
man Tom Connally, Democrat,
Texas, announced that the COM
mittee will vote on Flynn's con-
firmatiOn next Wednesday.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.
(UP)-ln a six minute ap-
pearance before the senate
foreign relations committee,
Mayor Fiorello II. LaGuar-
dia of New York today refused to
discuss Edward j. Flynns fitness
TO become minister to Australia.
Reminding Senator STYLES
Bridges, Republican, New Mexico.
who Questioned him, that he and
the formts Democratic national
chairman had always been bitter
political enemies, LaC.uardia snap
ped:
Because. OF this bitterness and
my personal prejudice l cannot
qualify as an opinion witness"
LaGuardia said he had no per-
sonal knowledge that Flynn had
used New York City labor and
paving blocks for a poving7 job at
his Lake Mahopac, NY, estate.
LaGuardia said he had William
B. Herlands, New York commits
sioner of Investigations, investigate
the charges After the report was
finished, LaGuardia said, he for
Warded it to Bronx COUNTY, New
York, District Attorney Samuel Fo-
ley, and the Bronx borough presi-
dent.
PUBLIC PROPERTY USED
Previously Robert l.. Moran, for
mer Bronx county public works
commissioner, denied that he had
ever specifically authorized the use
of city-oWned station wagons or
paving blocks in connection with
the Flynn paving job
He admitted, however. that the
station wagons and blocks had
been so employed He insisted that
the responsibility rested on Fred
Dennerlein, a New York City job
foreman.
The committee, Investigating the
witness of Flynn to be minister to
Australia, was told yesterday by
Herlands that Moran had acted as
major domo" for Flynn in OBJ
tanning the blocks and the city
cars.
Moran earlier testified that at
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-24
Legislature Cuts Down
Bills i'm Wartime Spirit

SACRAMENTO. Jan. 23-tUPl-
Curtailment of non-defenSe legis-
lation by California'S wartime leg
islature today was reflected by a
survey which showed introduction
of Has measures during the first
ID days of the session, compared
with 2746 introduced in the first
three weeks of the 1941 meeting.
After the weekend recess, the
session will resume again Monday
for five more days, then recess for
80 days.
A bill to simplify procedure in
obtaining delayed birth certificates,
required as a proof of citizenship
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-24

Il have waited a long time to
open my yap," said the man who is
ono of Hollywood's greatest money
making movie stars. Il won't
have to wait much longer"
His attorney, Jerry Giesler. said
he would begin presenting Monday
about a dozen witnesses to tell
Flynn's version of the dinner party
- TENDED by 17-year-old Betty Han
sen and the yachting cruise taken
by l6-year- Peggy Satterlee. He
said Flynn, himself, would give
1.-The final testimony, probably on
"wednesday or Thursday.
The prosecution completed it's
case late yesterday. when court
recessed for the weekend.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-24
Man Drops II
Stories 10 Death

DALLAS, Texas, Jan. 23.-tUP)-
A man identified as Hyman Kauff-
man. 81, Huntington Park, Calf
fell to his death from the 9th floor
of a downtown office building to-
day.
A witness said that Kaufman
kicked screen and metal guard
from a window, climbed out on an
electric sign, hung by his hands
for seconds and then dropped.
Friends said he had been de-
spondent because of domestic trou-
bles. He had been in Dallas about
a week, visiting relatives, and re-
portedly had been former Cali
iornia clothing store owner.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-24

termination of birth which costs up
TO $50.
ASSemblyman r. Fenton night.
Republican. La Canada, introduced
to spend s50000,000 on postwar
work as a means of cushioning the
expected postwar industrial slump
Terming the plan a little recon-
Struction finance corporation,
night said the three member com
mission would loan money 10 prl-
vate interests for rehabilitation
and construction endeayors after
the war.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-24

The state presented both Miss
Hansen and Miss Satterlee as in
nocent girls VINO had been wrong
ed by great movie star. Miss
Hansen told in detail too colorful
for the printed word how Flynn al
legedly mad taken her upstairs aft.
er dinner, undressed her. and at
tackled her.
Then Miss Satterlee told how she
had gone yachting with Flynn to
Catalina island and how, she said
he forced his way into her cabin
one night, and lured her below
decks the next on pretext of show
ing her the moon through a port
hole.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-24

Flynn's request, he had made two
trips to Flynn's farm in Putnam
county in connection with the con-
struction of a parking lot, but said
he went purely in an advisory"
capacity. He was frequently called
on as an adviser to Bronx taxpay-
e,;e he said.
On these trips, he said, he was
accompanied by Dennerlein, who
agreed to install granite blocks on
the parking lot for Mrs. Wilhelm
inia Haas, a landscape architect
employed by Flynn. 1t was Den
nerlein, Moran testified, who with
out consulting him, used city sta
ton wagons and took paving blocks
cut of a city yard to complete the
job
Moran first maintained that he
had not known that the paving
blocks had come from a city yard
until March, 1942-ncarly four
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-24
NavyP Patrol Boat
Exp|odes in River

CHICAGO, Jan. 23-tUP'-A
small navy patrol boat exploded
and sank in the Chicago River to-
day and two others alongside
caught fire.
Navy public relations officers
said three men, of l8 aboard the
three boats, had been hospitalized.
Their names and the extent of their
injuries were not disclosed.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-24

can committee assignments, in
Guiding appointment of Phillips to
the irrigation and reclamation
committee.
Phillips was named, i'm addition.
to the committee charged with
considering expenditures in the
executive departments.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-24

tlOnal parliamentary procedure lad
der by which he must climb to the
vital committee on which no Cali
fOrnianS now serve.
The new congressman from the
Imperial Riverside Orange dis
trict began his climb when Re
publican members of the house
Saturday announced new Republi-
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-24
Examiner Okdvs
PIdn for Airline

Examiners of the Civil Acronaucs Administration Sat
urday recommended approval of the Western Arnes ap
pcaton TO provide Imperial Valley with air passenger and
mail service
This recommendation was made to the CAA board in
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-24
Highways Under
Water as Coast
Reqion Hard Hit
Rainfall Slight Here but Torrents in
O+her Areas Cause Families to Leave
Homes, Send Rivers to Flood Stage

While torrential downpours continued to flood mucf
of the southern California Imperial Valley Saturday
enjoved a comparatively dry respite.
Buses and automobiles travelling between the vail
nnd Los Angeles rerouted when water found tt
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-24
Philli ps Named
On 2 Committees

Congressman John hilps of the 22nd district Saturday
was the to realizing the ambition expressed during
his campaign OF achieving appointment to the house agr
cultural committee at Washington.
Phillips feet firmly the first rungs the tradi-
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-24
ErroI Flynn to
'Recite Own Storv

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 23 (UP)-Errol Flynn who has
tcned glumly to two weeks of carburnng testimony.
speaks in his next week in hope of refutne
charges of two tcen-agc girls that he is guilty of three
cnnnS of
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-24
9Th Army SIoshes
Line of Retreat
For Beaten EnemV
Union Jack Hoisted Over Last Symbol
Of Italian Empire; Axis Officials in
Attempt to Escape with Small Boats
- BY UNITED PRESS =

British forces firmly in possession of Trpo raced
westward from the jewel city of Beno Mussoins lost
African empire Saturday in effort to enrap and annhi
late the fleeing of the Afrka KOrps speeding
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-24

BUTTERFLIES Angeles extra 49c; grade cream
roc; manufacturing milk Csc; route gathered cream
5312c.
l. v. $3S-39; No. S365O-37.50; July flax. S2.7l.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-24
WEATHER

Iaximum Friday 80, minimum Sat- so; 5 am.
aturday 50, humidity "a; noon Saturday 54 hu-
lidity 60; 5 pm. Friday SO, humidity 54.
Evening star., 1943-10-14
Wherry and BushfieId
Join Taft in Fight
On School Subsidies
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Two other Republicans Joined
Senator Taft of Ohio today in as
sailing Federal subsidies for the
common schools" as the Senate took
up legislation to distribute $500, 900, :
600 a year among local educational
funds.
Senator Wherry, Republican, of
Nebraska. told reporters he was
alarmed over the possibility such a
step might lead to the "federaliza-
ton of the public school system"
Senator Bushfield, Republican, of
South Dakota, said Government
control was inevitable under this
complete reversal Of policy in the
American Government"
Provisions Of Measure,
The measure, on which Senator
Thomas, Democrat, of Utah, joint
sponsor with Senator Hill, Demo-
crat, OF Alabama, said he would open
debate today, would authorize:
l. Distribution, on an enrolled
scholar basis, Of 5000 ,OO0, 900 an
nually to supplement State and
local funds for the payment of
teachers during war and other
emergencies.
2. Distribution of an additional
$l00, 900 600 on the basis of financial
needs of the States to "euualize
educational opportunities" in the
poorer States. This would be a per-
manent policy under the bill.
The sponsors said that at least
10000 teachers now receive less than
$500 year.
Wherry Opposes New Bureaus.
Senator Wherry. a member of the
Education Subcommittee which con
sidered the measure, said he could
not support it despite committee ap-
proyal OF his amendment to provide
safeguards against Government
control.
The amendment would prohibl
Evening star., 1943-10-14
Russia
Continued From First Page y

ready had begun its destruction pre-
paratory to retreat.
The Moscow communique detailed
advances south of Kiev on the west
bank of the Dnieper that reached
miles farther inland in the face
OF bitter German counterattacks.
Here more than 1000 Nails were re-
ported slain.
Mud Fails TO Halt Reds.
A front-line dispatch TO the Mos
COW government newspaper Izvestia
said:
We can see the steeples of Kiev
Pechera Lavra ,biggest and oldest
of Russian monasteries, and the big
building of the Council of the
Peoples CommiSSars of the Uk-
raine"
Rain and mud failed to halt the
Red Army columns pounding the
defenses of Gomel in White Russia
The Russians said they had hauled
their big guns through almost i'm
paSSable roads to the immediate
vicinity of Gomel" and shattered
German lines outside the city. So
Wet spearheads forced the Sozh
River near where it flows through
the center OF the city and today
were said to be mounting a final as
sault against this important anchor
base OF the German North Russian
defense system.
Evening star., 1943-10-14

I'VE mostly hid in the hills dur
ing The day" 1t. Henley said. In
one town some 80 miles from Naples
several Germans had been killed by
Italians, SO German patrols came in
with orders to kill 10 Italians for
every dead German. And they shot
plenty.
The Germans are taking young
| men and forcing them into labor
gangs TO repair bridges we are bomb
/ ing. They have to keep working
while our planes are bombing the
bridges, and many of them are be-
ing killed.
All young Italian girls in the re-
glon have fled to the hills and are
living in caves until American
troops drive the Germans from the
| villages, the airmen said
On one occasion 1t. Henley and
1t. Thomas sat in the hills and
watched the Germans burn three
houses and strawstackS. ANY live
stock they were unable to take with
them they killed
boIh youths returned impressed
by an infantrymans-eye- view of the
air raids. They saw more than a
dozen raids by American fighter
bombers and heavy and medium
bombers hitting at road and rail
functions and enemy gun positions.
1T was the first time l had seen
what our planes can do" 1t. Henley
said. Boy, they are terrific. 1
don't want to get caught in any
more American bombing raids"
Evening star., 1943-10-14
War Fund Events

Events today and tomorrow in
connection with the Commun-
ity War Fund drive are:
Today.
4 pm.-Commerce Depart
ment auditorium: rally of en-
ployes of the once of the Co.
ordinator of Inter-American
Affairs.
p.m.-Hayden Farms, Silver
Spring: workers of area 4,
Montgomery County. organize.
pm.-Government Printing
ONCE; rallies of composing di-
vision employees.
Tomorrow.
8 am. Government Printing
Once; Coleman Jennings, cam
palgn chairman, addresses ad-
ditional rallies of composing
division employees.
IL am. National Press
Building auditorium: combined
rally of employees Of Alien Prop
erty Custodian and Federal De-
posit Insurance Corp.
1890 pm Telephone Co.
penthouse; business and finance
division leaders meet.
3 pm. - Federal Security
Agency auditorium; rally OF
ESA employees.
8 p.m-McLean. Va. Fair
fax County campaign workers
meet at home OF Charles Ha-
mel.
Evening star., 1943-10-14
War Fund
Continued From First Page

has collected pledges totaling $780,
o73,29, 9 per cent of its quota
The Government division is spon-
korlng meeting at o'clock today
IN the Commerce Department audi
torium for employees of the Office of
the Co-or0lnator of Inter American
Affairs and at o'clock tonight for
employees of the composing division
OF the Government Printing Office
Speaker al the composing division
meeting and at more meetings of
these workers tomorrow will be
Claude M Baker of Indianapolis.
president of the International Typo
graphical Union.
County Rallies Set.
Workers in both Prince Georges and
Montgomery Counties also planned
to meet today to speed up solicita-
tlons. Prince Georges workers were
to meet at 3 80 o'clock in the Laurel
md Bank Building and Montgom-
cry County workers at 7 o'clock to-
night at Hayden Farms, Silver
Spring
Government employees holding
fund rallies tomorrow will include
those in the Offices of the Alien
Property Custodian. Federal Secur-
lty Agency and Federal Deposit IN
surance Corp. Fairfax County work
ers will meet at pm. tomorrow in
the home OF Charles Hamel. NC
Lean.
Seeking 10 match the large meet
Ing of mems clubs held last Satur-
day. a luncheon for hundreds of
clubwomen and civic leaders will be
held al 1890 pm. Saturday at the
MaytioWer Hotel. Walter Lippman,
columnlst. will be the speaker. Col
Oveta Culp Hobby of the WACS is
Joint chairman with Comdr. Mildred
M. McAfee of the WAVES. Comdr.
McAfee will preside.
Contributions Listed.
Breakdown of the contributions in
the Government Division are as
follows, Administrator of United
States Courts. s7ll; National Hous-
ing Administration, sl648: State
~ p"A oiiiSAit' Si.'Oo
349; Justice. S28l6: Post Office.
s4,760; Navy, 8l,020: Interior, s87O;
Agriculture. $34055: Commerce.
sl9.003; Labor. 1882; Federal Sc
curlty Administration and War
ManpOwer Commission. S28,O72:
Federal Works Agency. $28 ,038: Re
construction Finance Corp. and Ex-
port-Import Bank. Sl3.442: Federal
Communications Commission. ST.
0l8, Federal Reserve System, Sc, 1868:
General Accounting Office. Sl8,064:
National Advisory Commission for
Aeronautics, 1895; National Capital
Parks and Planning Commission,
1888; Civil Service Commission, $19.-
564; War Shipping Administration,
s3O2; Tariff Commission, S23,073;
Veterans Administration. S8507: !:
District government. $2,308: We'll
fare and Recreational Association,
STOP; American Red Cross, S2561;
War Production Board, $6O22.
Total for the Government divi-
sion is $245 ,27647, about 10 per cent
Of its quota.
The Advance Gifts Division. with