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Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-27
HOLLYWOOD

8 to IL. Nowadays, it seems to me,
we are actors and actresses from
II to s. and play at being ladies
and gentlemen from 8 to H.
Brian said he remembered Mar
shal Foch, in his study at the IN
valides in Paris on a winter mnrn-
ing in 1925. His blue eyes sparkling,
his face alight with enthusiasm. he
described to Brian how the Allied
council had sent for him at the
darkest hour CT the war to offer
him supreme command.
They told him the position was
SO grave it was thought probable
the Allies would have to give up
either Paris or the channel ports
Foch SAID, Paris IS France. The
ports ARE England. I shall give
up neither one nor the other.
will attack"
Brian recalled Mr.. Birch of
London. 80 years old. with mutton
chop whiskers.
you must have met n lot of 200
pie, Mr.. Birch" said Brian. Did
you ever know Dickensp"
knew him we'll said M. Birch
Member of my club. Bit Of q
Snob"
Brian said he lunched with Mr..
Birch one day in a party which in
cluded Rudyard Kiplin. Don't YOU
think" someone asked, that The
Light That Failed would make y
wonderful film?"
Don't know" said Mr.. Birch.
"Never read it. Never heard of il. -
Kipling, Brian said, roared with
laughter.
PROUD POVERTY
Brian said he remembered Mrs.
Patrick Campbell at the end of her
career, penniless and alone with
Pekingese cog on a Sultry August
afternoon in frowsy back room in
the West SOS, being told that Noel
Coward offered her a fine role in
his new play. Mrs Campbell
pouted:
"Ah, but how do l know that the
young man can write?"
Brian Aherne said he remember
ed a lot of people-and that the
faces he remembered hest ARE
those that were finely etched with
the acid of experience. speaking
words sharpened with wisdom or
mellowed with understanding"
We thought Brian had something
there"
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-27
Society
Clubs
News I+ems About
VALLEY Residents

DR.. Edith Hook Sargent, former
Ell Centran who has made Honolulu
her home for several years, being
there some time before Pearl Har-
bor, has applied for transportation
back to the states and expects to
return in about two months to
Berkeley where she will practice.
Doris Cooley, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs E. E. Cooley arrived Sum-
day night by plane in Mexicali
after some months spent in Costa
Rica, where she was connected with
the U. S. Engineers department.
Nancy Lee McCaslin, former Ell
Centran and Eleanor Childers, also
a former Ell Centran, were in the
same office and Nancy accompan-
led Doris on her home, going on to
San Francisco.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-17
Bomb Saves Men S Lives

Scituatc. Mass. Aug. 17-(UP)- Three men were safe today after be- ing rescued by the crew Of Navy blimp which dropped n bomb to draw attention of fishing craft to their plight. A fourth man drowned.
 The crew of the blimp cruising about four miles off Humarock Beach yesterday noticed the men clinging to an overturned dory which had capsizcd smoke bomb and life raft.
 The fishing boat. the Providenza, attracted by the smoke. steamed to the men and took them to the Sci tuatc harbor where they were turn cd over to Coast Guard authorities.
 The drowned man was Harry Cormicr. b7. of Newton. father Of eight children. Those rescued are Wallace Sampson. 34. John Samp- son, 3i, both of Newton and Fred Young. 38. of Marshfield.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-17
Fires First Shot At ItoIv
BY C. R. CUNNINGHAM United Press Staff COrresnOndcn,

p'Cu Fl iSso otdIi SOTTcSpOnucnt
 With American Forces, advanc. ing On Messina, Aug. 17-(Delayed) -tUP)-A rcd-headed Tennessee private jerked the cord that sent the first shell from an American long Tom screaming across the Straits of Messina into Italy. today.
 He was Pfc Albert (Red) Keep from Atoka, Tenn. member o} the crew of No. gun of battery commanded by lst Lieut.. William E Dougherty of Dallas, Tex.
 It was the opening blow of the last battle in Sicily which now had become battle for the straits. Ob- jectlve of that shell was the bia Italian coastal guns on the main land side.
 Sgt Elmer Wilbert of Butler. Pa, gave the order for keeps to pull the lanyard on the gun, 155 rifle in q battalion under the command of Lieut.. Col. George Halliday of West Lafayette, Ind, 1928 Purdue grad uate who had gone forward to select an observation post for the firing on the mainland.
 This gun crew had big time after being told their rifle, a veteran of 2000 rounds in Tunisia and Sicily. would fire the first shot.
 They sang and laughed and joked about 1t. But when the time cane they had to control some nervous ness.
 The Long Tom, dubbed that by British TommieS who saw much Of Its eight and one-half foot height in
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-17
Attempt To Hold Line
.lephoto from NEA Telephoto.

Boston, Aug. IT - CUPD What is probably the first workable at tempt by any regional OPA agency to avert strikes and stabilize prices by placing responsibility in the hands of the distributors and pro ducers is underway in New England, 1t was disclosed today.
 In an effort to carry out Pres ident Roosevelt's hold the line" order, Regional OPA Price Execu- tive Charles l.. Foote established poultry, milk and fuel advisory com- mittees composed of New England producers and distributors in those fields.
 Foote said the committees were formed on the theory that price regulations--fair to consumer and producer alike could be establish ed with greater satisfaction by the producers themselves. Also, foote discovered, the organized mentors are inclined to carry out their rules religiously ard act as check on their fellow producers.
 Already, the milk committee has borne fruit and as the result of a three day session held here, possible strikes in Fall River, New Bedford and Connecticut have been averted.
 Besides being strike preventive, the OPA hopes the committees will accomplish two more things:
 Give business men confidence in the OPA.
 Eventually stabilize prices -- for the men will not be inclined to change prices they have set them selves at every drop of n hat.
 When the committees confer on a
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-17
JopsCousht Mapping
BY BRYDON TAVES
Limited Press Staff COrrespdOnent)

United Press Staff Correspdonent)
 Allied Headquarters, Southwest Pacific, August IT. CUP) - In a direct threat to all remaining Japan CSC positions in the Solomons. Amer lean soldiers and marines have cap tured Vella Lavclla Island In a surprise 50-milc over water advance northwest of New Georgia, it was announced today.
 The seizure, which netted $50 pris- oners, extended the eastern arm Of the pincers aimed at the major Japanese Rabaul, New Britain, base, out ilanked the Villa Airdrome on Kolombangara Island and placed the Tanks only 70 miles from the Japanese stranghold on Botlgainvillc, northernmost of the Solomons.
 Landing Unopposed
 The landing on Vella Lavella ap- parently was unopposed. The pris- oners included survivors of Japan csc warships sunk in battles around the central Solomons. The island also might have been used for refuge by troops fleeing New Georgia.
 Troops conveys had to swing out past Kolombangara Island, just north of New Georgia, to reach snesy objective. They went in Sun eny while series of aerial battles ragged above them and troops con-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-17
Axis Unconditional Surrender Not Expected Soon By Z. D.R.
By EDWARD V. ROBERTS United Press Staff COrrespOndent)

Washington, Aug. IT - (UPD - President Roosevelt will go to his conference with Prime Minister Churchill in Quebec with no hope of unconditional surrender by the Axis in the near future and firmly convinced that "the major battles lie ahead of us, not behind us" He authorized War Mobilization Director James F. Byrnes to broad cast that statement to an "oVer- confident" home front last night.
 Byrnes detailed why the roads to Berlin and Tokyo are still long hard and bloody" as well as why the will to win" must be eXempli- fled on the home front by greater cooperation and acceptance of shortages if undue delay and un- necessary bloodshed are to be avoided.
 Of the military situation, Byrnes said there was every reason for con ing victory over both Germany and Japan provided Americans curbed the over-confdence now stemming from the situation of Italy.
 Of the economic stabilization pro- gram, he promised food-price pro gram which will bring "substan- tial reduction in the cost of actual neceSsitics-not of fancied wants" and stabilize living costs at the Sep tember Is, 1922 level set by con- gross. The program was requested recently by MT Roosevelt and Byrnes reported definite progress lCnni inuod n., pnnn Al
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-17
100000 Lbs. Of Explosives
BY DONALD COB
United Press Staff Correspondent

NOIltCu AICSS otdlI SOIECSpOHuChtJ
 Allied Headquarters, North Africa, Aug. 17.--(UP)--Llberator bombers of the middle east command, join ing in three-way aerial assault on Italy, dropped more than 100000 pounds of explosives on air fields in the Foggia area yesterday and shot down 43 Axis fighters of a strong force attempting to intercept them.
 At least 12 more Axis fighters were probably destroyed or damaged in the battle with the American heavy bombers which struck a par alyzing blow at the key communi- cations center in southeastern Italy.
 Great fires kindled by the large formation of Liberators sent smoke thousands of feet in air. The air dromes were blanketed with high explosive and Augmentation bombs.
 Other Allied planes smashing at Italy from northwest Africa and Britain pounded vital industries in the north and Axis evacuation ves- sels in the Straits of Messina, to- gether with routes of flight on the
 WellIngtons of the North African air force ranged north of Rome for the second straight night last night to attack the Viterbo air field. 45
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-17
Hommerbero ToHeIpOPA

Hartford. Conn.,, Aug. 17-UP)- State Milk Administrator Donald O. Hammerberg was granted a temper ary leave of absence today by Gov Baldwin to become special con- sultant on milk problems for the OPA at Washington.
 The leave was granted after OPA General Manager Chester Bowles wired the Governor that if Hammer bergs services were made available I am sure that he will have a great deal to contribute to a proper solution to the milk problem"
 Bowles told the Governor "I be- lieve you know my high regard for the ability and experience of MT. Hammcrberg. and I will appreciate 1t If he could be given temporary leave to work with us during the next 90 or GO days. We are anxious to do everything possible as fast aS possible to solve the complicated and
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-17
InfontiIe Paralysis Situation

New Haven, Conn, August IT. - UP) Seventy -nine definite ol suspected cases of infantile paralysis were isolated here today, in addition to five under treatment at Hartford
 Since yesterday, health authorities reported six new cases in this area, where an epidemic prevails. The number of actually diagnosed cases, however, was not made known.
 At Hartford, only one of the cases isolated there is from that city. Two are from New Britain and two from Portland.
 In Waterbury, no new cases of the disease have been reported since two were discovered more than 10 days ago, Dr. Edward J. Godfrey, city health officer, said this morn ing. He attributed the holding down of the disease spread here to parental response to appeals by city and state health departments to spare children from unnecessary exposure to crowds.
 Godfrey Explains
 Dr. Godfrey explained that he has issued no instructions to re- strict activities of the park depart ment playground program since he feels that parents are taking the necessary precautions. Children attending the p:aygrounds appear
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-17
L11ninent Internal
 Crisis Seen M Italy

revolt had broken out in bomb devastated Milan, but this could not be confirmed.
 Suspension of telephone servict between Switzerland and Italy was interpreted by some Swiss sources as foreshadowing Important events across the frontier. The last time such drastic action was taken was at the time of Mussolini's custer July 20 and 27.
 Communications Severed
 Air raids alone were not respon- siblc for the severance Of com munications, an Italian frontier dis patch said, since calls were refused even for unbombed Como. only \ few miles across the border.
 Reports seeping across the from tier to Switzerland said the Italian people now were turning agains' both Premier Marshal Pietro Ba-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-17
Red Columns Converge On
 Bryonsk Base
By HENRY SHAPIRO United Press Stan CorrespOndent)

(Un1tcd PrcSS StaH COrrcSpOnOent)
 Moscow Aug. IT --(UP)- Five Russian columns accelerated con- verging drives toward the big Ger man base at Bryansk today, liberat- ing towns and villages at the rate of five an hour, but heavy enemy counter-attacks slowed Soviet prog ress in the Ukraine.
 Smashing along the Orel-Bryansk railroad in frontal assault, the main Soviet column was only 16 miles from Bryansk after capturing Nal yeluki in an eight-mile advance from the defense outpost of Kara chev.
 Another force nearly 60 miles due north of Bryansk was threatening to outfank the German Desna river line, where the Axis forces are ex- pected to make their final stand before the central front battles.
 Massive blows from this column drove three battered German Pan ger divisions equipped with self propelled guns back beyond Degir- cvo, only IA miles from Kirov junc- tion on the Bryansk Vyazma line Further Soviet progress would place the entire German positions on the Desna in jeopardy.
 Other Columns
 Other Russian columns were 22 miles north of Bryansk midway be- tween the railroads to Orel and Moscow, 27 miles northeast along the railroad to Moscow, and 27 miles southeast.
 German reserves, backed by strong forces of tanks and planes,
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-17
ChurchiU-ED D. K. May Talk Nelu Front

there)
 It was believed that the military staffs had long since completed plans for the Mediterranean theater and were now concerned exclusively with an offensive based upon Great Britain utilizing the British, Cana dian and United States troops gath cred there. which could include at tacks on Norway as well as against France with Paris as the first ob- jective.
 Prohibitive Cost
 As far back as January. l042. MT. Roosevelt and Churchill considered throwing the Allied weight. against Western Europe. 1t was Said, but their military advisors told them the probabye casualties made the cost prohibitive.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-17

Already big guns weer laundering the overture to the battle of Italy proper. Allied and Axis artillery traded fire across the watery no mans land of Mcssina Strait, which narrows to two~miles
 Axis demolition activity on the mainland was seen for the first time indicating that the enemy already was preparing for whatever eventu-. ality might result from the mop-up in Sicily.
 Mainland Installations
 Destroyed Destroyers on patrol at the south end of the Straits of Messina clear ly saw flames and smoke of explo- sions which marked the destruction of mainland installations that might be useful to the Allies later on.
 The Northwest African Air Force yesterday turned much of its power against the Germans trying to es- cape northward through the toe of Italy. where roads and highways are barren, exposed targets.
 The British push up the east coast highway toward Messina, bringing steadily closer a junction with the Americans sweeping in along the north coast, was impeded
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-17

2 to 34 Ratio
 Allied fighters were outnumbered out battled the enemy all day and snocked down 34 planes for loss of two. One of our pilots was aved. Strong fire from the sur ace craft helped beat them.
 The advance put the Tanks 70 niles from the Japanese strongholds h BOugainville to the north and beyond Kolombangara Island with ts estimated garrison of 5000 enemy md the Villa Airfield and beyond he garrisons on Gizo.
 Land opposition was met when .he troops were inland from the ,outheastern coast but few of the Japanese were armed. Most of them were survivors of cruisers and de- ,troyers sunk by American warships near this island.
 Opposition Overcome
 The opposition was overcome at once and the Japanese made pris- sners.
 From the vessel on which the movie Stand By For Action" had lust been filmed, I went ashore with party of Barracudas, specially raincd Army combat units, to es- .ablish a beachhead. Both Army and Navy observers agreed the ma- aeuver was the best yet in the
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-17
Knox Speaks On Subs

Washington, Aug. 17-(UP)-Sec- retary of Navy Frank Knox said to- day that German U-boats are not so aggressive as they have been, presumably because the Nazis have lost many of their best submarine shippers.
 Knox told news conference that recently the German submarines had been most active in the south Atlantic but what they pick up now are stray ships or ships in small conveys inadequately protected"
 He said 1t was difficult to estimate the number of submarines the Ger mans have in reserve, but said they undoubtedly" are digging into their surplus because of heavy U-boat losses in recent months.
 Asked If losses were exceeding German submarine production, Knox replied:
 If you take the figure of 90 sub marines lost during the three
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-17
TANKS STORM INTO MESS|NA Last Of Axis Armies Said To Have Fled;
 VeIIa LaveIIa Captured By U. s. Troops
RAF b0MbERS BLAST TURIN,
 ARSENAL CITY
United Press Staff Correspondent) BY WALTER CRONKITE

London, August IF. - (UP) - Royal Air Force bombers blasted the northern Italian arsenal city of Turin in daylight, Allied bomber formations eros sed tn e Straits of Dover in bright sunshine this morning head ing toward Boulogne with a fighter escort. It was the third raid on northern Italy in as many nights to give more reason to the cries of the Ital- ian people for peace and the 3lst Of the war against Turins important industries and railways. Milan, the target Saturday and Sunday nights, apparently is considered knocked out.
 At the same time fighter command planes were battering the German airfields in France and the low countries which would be centers of defense against an Allied continen- tai invasion, following up American Flying Fortress and marauder raids on similar taregts yesterday.
 Turin, site of the Royal Arsenal and the Fiat Airplane Engine Works, was hit last on Thursday night. Milan, 80 miles to the east, was at tackled Saturday and Sunday nights and reports from Switzerland and the Italian frontier said 1t was a dead city filled with utter devas- tation.
 We'll Concentrated
 An air ministry communique said preliminary reports showed the bombing of Turin was well concen- trated" Five bombers were first re- ported missing but one later landed reducing the losses to four. Swiss reports said an air alarm had sounded in the Milan and Como areas last night and early today but no planes appeared. Frontier re- ports to Swiss newspapers said all public services ceased in Milan af- ter Sundays raid, with tens of thousands more homeless and new fires raging.
 Calculated to promote popular Italian demands for peace, the RAF attack on Turin came few
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-17
On Food State
By FRED BAILEY United Press Staff COrrespOndent)

Washington, Aug. IT. (UP) --- Secretary of Agriculture Claude R. Wickard was expected today to send to War Food Administrator Marvin Jones critical report of the food program with which Wick ard sharply disagreed.
 The report declared that the United States "has never been and cannot become the breadbasket of the world" Ano that American civilian food needs should not be considered as left-overs to be sat- isfied after all other claims are met"
 The report was prepared by sub committee of the food advisory committee named last March by Wickard to set up standards in the allocation of food supplies for all purposes.
 Wickard charged that the sub committee had wandered far afleld in presuming to judge the entire food program and in suggesting changes. He said all parts of the report except those dealing with Ulle SuDJcCJ Ol dllOCdIioil VI Aood supplies should be taken "only as the opinions of those who signed the report"
 He declared that although the report was confidential Tt has been shown to some neWsmen' and there- fore he was making 1t public to avoid further speculation regarding the contents.
 Food Supplies Inadequate
 The report said the United Ma tions food supplies are inadequate to meet present essential needs and will continue inadequate for the duration and for several years thereafter unless both domestic and foreign food development programs are pushed with all possible speed and vigor.
 It suggested the need of "aggres-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-17
roubIe In Scandinavia

London, Aug. IT -- (UP) - Nor way and Denmark were reported to- day to have become trouble making problem children for Nazi occupa- ton authorities. who have resorted to stern measures in an effort to keep those countries subjugated. Norway was said to be under vir- tual military law, with German authorities and their quisling pup pets trying to wipe out patriot ele- ments in advance of a possible Al lied invasion. Swedish reports stated that the Germans had heavily rein forced frontier guards In move to prevent Norwegians leaving the country.
 Norwegian quarters in London were confident that many army offi- cers would escape from Norway despite the German order for their arrest and deportation to German prison camps.
 A Stockholm dispatch reported n general strike including public util- (COntinued on Page A
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-17
BY MERRIAM SMITH United Press Staff Correspondent

Quebec. Que, Aug. IT. (UP)-An invasion of western Europe by way of the English Channel may be one of the first tangible results of the sixth war conference be- tween President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill. 1t was believed here today.
 This city was marking time awaiting the Presidents arrival. meanwhile. the military stalls oi Great Britain, Canada. and the United States continued at work In the Chateau Frontcnac, completely inaccessible to all outsiders.
 (T'he London Daily Mall printed dispatch from It's Quebec cor respondent that Gen, Dwight D Eisenhower, commander-in-chi Of Allied forces In the Mediterranean theatcr, was expected to arrive in Quebec soon if he was not already
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-17
CeIebrote Their
 Golden Wedding

Houlton, Me. Aug. IT - tUP) -- Lewis E. Hall. the oldest telegraph operator and station agent of the Bangor & Aroostook railroad in point Of service, and his wife ob- served their golden wedding anni- vcrsary today,
 Since their marriage at Danvillc Que, they have lived in Maine Both arc 70 years old. They have three sons and two daughters.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-17
BY ROBERT DOWSON United Press Staff Correspondent

London. Aug. 17.-tUP) The Bri- tish cabinet was in almost constant session yesterday, at times with the chiefs of armed services, it fas learned today as signs mount cd of an imminent internal crisis In Italy.
 The Italian situation was be- licved one Of the principal topics discussed by the ministers and there was a general impression in government circles that important developments were impending The ministers were reported to have made several transatlantic calls to Prime Minister Churchill fin Que bee.
 Swiss dispatches described the Italian internal situation as more critical than at any time since the dcposal of Premier Benito Mus solini. There were reports that