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Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-31

deliberately planned to get the ac-
cused alone for the purpose of
getting his fingerprint."
BOTH CALLED IN
Capt. Edward Melchen. to whom
the attorney referred is chief of the
Miami police homicide bureau Both
officers were called in on the in
vestigation by the Duke of Windsor,
governor-general of the Bahamas.
THE fingerprint came from the
SCREEN Barker replied.
Melchen had testified he took
De Marigny to the second floor of
the house in which Oakes was
murdered for questioning on July g.,
the day after the murder He said
they went into room across the
hall from where Cakes body lay.
The screen frcm which De Mari
gny's fingerprints allegedly were
taken was standing in the hall at
the time, but Melchen said it would
have been impossible for the ac-
cused to have touched it.
Barker denied seeing Melchen
and De Marigny upstairs at the
time, but HiggS charged that the
two officers had spoken to each
other.
Wasn't the accuSeds fingerprint,
which is exhibited in court. OBJ
tanned in that room where Melchen
and the accused were?"
1T was not"
But it was after they left that
room that it was found
Yes"
Il suggest that the fingerprint
never came from the screen,
Higgs said.
FIRM PANEL
1T did, from the number five
panel"
Earlier, Barker had testified that
fingerprints played only small
part" in the arrest of De Marigny.
Continued on page 6, col 81
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-31
Nazis Admit Big Disaster
'Crin1ed
Doomed
Thousands of
Nazis Captured
Bv Russ Armies

LONDON, Oct. 80. (UP)-
The German radio, backing
into an acknowledgement of
threatened disaster in Rus
sia, said today the Red army
had mot yet succeeded" in cutting
off the Germans in the Crimea, but
held the initiative on the Nagaisk
steppes above the Black sea penin-
Sula.
Battles of "undiminished feroc-
ity' are raging in the corridor be-
tween the lower Dnieper and the
Sea of AzoV. a Berlin broadcast by
Capt. Ludwig Sertorious said.
MOSCOW, Oct. 80. (UP)-Ger-
man troops, in headlong flight from
Soviet armored and motorized COL
umns sweeping over the Nogaisk
Steppes, were reported struggling
today to escape across the lower
Dnieper under a deluge of bombs
dropped by the Red air force.
Red Star, Soviet army journal,
said the Germans were streaming
back from the Nogaisk corridor be-
tween the lower Dnieper and the
Sea of Azov toward clogged river
crossings, evidently giving up the
steppeland to the onrushing army
of Gen. Fedor I. Tolbukhin.
POUND CROSSINGS
Russian assault planes pounded
the overtaXed crossings without
pause, Red Star said, while the
vanguard of Tolbukhin's army gave
the Nazis no peace aground.
(The German high command re-
Continued on page 6, col u
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-31
0PA Rule ON I.V.
SUGAR Rescinded

Professors manufacturing beet
sugar from Imperial Valleys beet
crop Saturday were released
from a previous shipment as di-
rected by the OPA.
A similar release was granted
Yuma county in Arizona and River
side county in California.
'ImportationS of beet sugar have
increased to such an extent that
OPA no longer feels it necessary
to set aside this 16 per cent of the
western beet sugar production for
shipment into any area of stress"
said Paul Barksdale d'Orr, OPA
rationing chief for the southern
California counties.
The rule does not change the
agreement whereby our southern
California and Arizona producers
are protected as to the price of
their coming spring harvesting"
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-31
Chambers Against
Farms Subsidies

Directors of the Associated Cham
bers of Commerce of Imperial coun-
ty Friday night joined other organi-
cations in the county in opposing
subsidies on farm products.
They passed resolutions against
farm subsidies and sent copies to
Senators Hiram Johnson and Sheri-
dan Downey and Congressman John
Phillips.
AS an organization the associated
chambers decided to take an ac-
tive part In inducing dairymen to
settle in Imperial county, favoring
plan for helping dairymen to buy
land so they will not be required
to move or go out of business when
their land leases run out. Charles
Bramkamp addressed the group, ex-
planning the problems of dairymen.
Allen Witter, president, will appoint
committee to handle the work.
The next meeting will be held in
inland Nov 26.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-31
DR.. Harry FindIey
Dies in Pasadena
OF Heart Attack
Aged Ell Centre Doctor
Passes Suddenly After
FOur-Weeks Illness

Ell Centrans were shocked
Saturday when informed of
the death of DR.. Harry Pres
ton Findley, 50, at his home
in Pasadena at A am. Friday.
Four weeks ago Dr. Findley suf-
fered a heart attack in Ell Centro.
He spent several days in the Ell
Centre hospital and then was taken
to his home in Pasadena where he
remained in bed until the time of
his death. Apparently DR.. Findley
sbelieved he was on the road to re-
covery and on Thursday was in a
cheerful mood. His death came
suddenly.
GRIEVED AT LOSS
His friends believe that he never
recovered from the shock and grief
of his sons death. Captain Harry
c. Findley lost his life while fight
ing at Guadalcanal more than a
year ago.
Private funeral services will be
held in Pasadena and interment
will be in Everett, Wash.
DR.. Findley had been resident
of Ell Centre for more than 20
years. He maintained his offices in
the old Davis building and later in
the newly constructed Professional
building. He practiced his profess
sion until the time he was stricken
a month ago. He was graduated
Continued on page 6, col. u
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-31
FSA Request for
Funds Is Rejected

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30-CUP)-A
house appropriation subcommittee
has denied the farm security ad-
ministrations request for a $44,-
100000 deficiency appropriation to
carry the FSA until the end of the
fiscal year next June 80, it was
learned today.
The request was $37,000,000 for
loans and $7O0O,OOO for admins
tration. A spokesman would not
say whether this would force the
FSA out of business or whether the
request was rejected as a result of
house agriculture subcommittee
investigation of FSA operations.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-31

The fifth and Eighth armies were
described officially as virtually hav-
ing completed the occupation of
the Springboards necessary to the
assault on the German defense line,
the most formidable barricade
across the road to Rome.
Bracketed with the seizure of
Mondragone was the capture by
American troops of Pietravairano
in a five-mile advance northwest
of ROccaromana. The victory
Strengthened the line and gave the
Americans control of high ground
threatening the German positions
to the west as we'll as a control
point of traffic radiating from the
junction.
FOUR TOWNS TAKEN
-Four other towns encompassed by
the Fifth army advance were Pie
tremalara, two miles west of Rocca-
romano; Calvin Risorta, two miles
northeast of Sparanise; and Assana
and San Felice, hamlets in the
same area. M
AS the Fifth army pushed up
against the shoulder of the Little
Rommel line along Massico ridge
and the Eighth army closed in on
the Adriatic side of the line, cap
turing Montemitro in the Trigno
valley, signs increased that major
operations were brewing
(The Nazi-controlled Paris radio
said a violent battle is raging along
the entire Italian 'front.'
(The British radio, heard by CHS,
said the Germans had transferred
$4,000 men from north Italy to REIN
force their front lines in the south.)
Fifth army units which lunged
forward to occupy Mondragone, Just
under the shoulder of Massico idge,
found it deserted by both enemy
troops and civilians The Germans
evidently had retired to their noun
tain nests, driving the civilians
ahead of them.
The Germans were laying a tat
too of shells upon the abandoned
town, and the positions of the Al
lied forces was described by a COM
mentator as looking up the ridge
and wishing to God it wasn't there.
A spokesman said there were
Continued on page 6, col, -
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-31
Draft Macarthur,
Bricker Drive on

NEW YORK, Oct. 80 CUP) - A
national campaign to draft Gov.
John Bricker of Ohio and Gen.
Douglas Macarthur for the Re-
publican nomination for President
opened here today. Neither was
consulted.
Ormsby McHarg, assistant secre-
tary of commerce and labor during
the Taft administration, was under
stood to be one OF its organizers.
John A. Schaefer, advertising man,
was in charge of local headquarters.
Neither Governor Bricker nor
General Macarthur were consult
ed Schaefer said. "This is a
purely voluntary movement among
Republicans who do not see eye to
eye with Wendell l.. Willkie and
who accept Gov. Thomas E. Dewey's
statement that he is not candi-
date
Campaign literature said that
two men were chosen as potential
candidates because 'the stake is too
high to risk all on one man."
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-31
ALLIES PREPARE GREAT italy ATTACK
WILL.
GIvEUP POST

NAPLES, Oct. 80 (UP)-Marshal
Pietro Badoglio declared today that
he has promised the Allies to re-
sign as soon as the Germans have
been cleared out of Italy.
Badoglio, arriving here to confer
with military and political leaders,
said full development of Italy's
political program of government
must await the Allied occupation of
Rome.
Il am not a political leader
Badoglio said Il am a military
leader and as soon as the Germans
have been cleared out of Italy I am
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-31
Weatherrnan Is
Back in Valley

Winter made its official bow in
Imperial Valley Saturday.
Roy Simpson, in charge of the
fruit and frost service for the
United States weather bureau, ar
rived Saturday and began prelim-
mary preparations for opening the
service.
The dispensing of information re-
garding temperatures and frost
predictions will not begin, how
ever, until Nov. Is. He will install
the equipment for the various OBJ
servation stations used in keeping
track of the temperatures in the
various areas of the valley and get
his records ready for the winter
season:
Mr.. and Mrs. Simpson spent most
of the summer at Mt. Shasta where
Simpson was assigned.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-31
U.S.. War Planes
Active Over China

CHUNGKING. Oct. 80 CUP) =
American war planes bombed Japa-
nese shipping eff the south China
coast Thursday and hammered
enemy installations from central
China to the Burma road, a COM
munique from 1t. Gen. Joseph W.
Stilwell's headquarters said today.
Liberator bombers dropped four
tons of explosives on the Japanese
occupied town of Mangshih on the
Burma road, in support of Chinese
ground troops who have been hold
ing off an enemy invasion force
along the Salwen river in that area.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-31

The board said their survey in
dicated that a prevailing wage of
60 cents an hour is being paid farm
hand labor in the preparation, irri-
cation, and cultivation of vegetable,
melon, and sugar beet crops. This
labor is considered semi-skilled Ia
Dor in Imperial county.
Prevailing wages for thinning and
harvesting of vegetable and sugar
beet crops. This labor is considered
semi-skilled labor in Imperial coun-
t..
Prevailing wages for thinning and
harvesting of vegetable and sugar
beet crops are 65 cents an hour.
This type of labor is considered
skilled.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-31
Russians Applaud
Allied War Effort
In Western Area
Unity to Be Keynote
OF Celebration of
Soviet Resolution

LONDON, Oct. 80. (UP)-
The Moscow radio last night
praised the Anglo-American
military operations in the
west and indicated that Rus
sian unity with Britain and the
United States in the war against
Germany will keynote the 26th
anniversary celebration of the So
Wet revolution on Nov. Z.
Broadcasting a list of slogans for
the coming anniversary, the Moscow
announcer said British and Ameri-
can victories also will be celebrated
on that occasion.
GREETS FLIERS
Long live the valorous Anglo
Americans engaged in fighting
against the common enemy on the
territory of italy" and Greetings
to the pilots of the Anglo American
air forces dealing blows against
the life centers of Fascist Germany"
were among the Russian slogans.
Orders of the day to be issued to
the Russian people and armed
forces for the anniversary will call
for a renewed effort to drive out
the German invaders and repay
them for the devastation of Soviet
territory, the broadcast said
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-31
Woman Needs No
Ration Books

WATERVILLE, Me-, Oct. 80
(UP)-The OPA has found a
woman here who never has ap-
Piled for ration books and
doesn't want them.
The woman prefers fresh veg
etables, eggs, fish and chicken
to ratiOned meats. She lives
potatoes nnd cereal and usEs
saccharine instead of rationed
sugar. She has plenty of pre-
war shoes i'm good condition and
needs neither fuel oil nor gasO-
line.
One meal each day she eats
in a restaurant SO she can have
those foods she ordinarily would
have to use ration coupons for
at home.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-31

going to resign, take up my gun,
and continue to chase them"
1T would not be fair for one
third of the country to decide for
the other two-thirds. which is
unable to express itself because it
is dominated by the Germans" the
Italian premier said.
He said he came to Naples TO
confer with Lit. Gen Mark W
Clark, commander cf the Allied
Fifth army, and then political
leaders for the purpose of forming
a broader coalition government
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-31

strongholds in the northern Solo,
mons, it was disclosed today.
The paratroopers landed practi-
callY unopposed on the southeast
ern coast of Choiseul, only "a hours
after American and New Zealand
amphibious forces had swarmed
ashore on the Treasury islands,
more than 100 miles to the west
and 40 miles southwest of Bougain-
vile.
FROM BARGES
Gen. Douglas MacArthur's COM
munique disclosed only that "our
parachute troops made a success
full, unopposed landing" on Choiseul.
Later, spokesman at Adm. Will
liam F.. Halsey's south Pacific head
quarters revealed that the force
landed from barges, meeting only
an Intellectual light bombing by
Japanese reconnaissance planes S
while still on the beaches.
The Americans Immediately fan
ned out into the mountains and
along the beach, encountering no
opposition from an estimated gar
Continued on Page 6, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-31

Fifty cents an hour is the prevail
ing wage being paid common farm
labor in other crops.
The farm wage board is a sub
committee of the Imperial county
farm labor advisory committee. The
board interviewed employers anc
employe sat a public meeting helc
in the court house in FL Centre
compiled their findings, and sent
them TO Crocheron. II acceptable
to Crocheron, the wages will be
used as a basis in paying the Mexi-
can workmen imported TO hep
harvest the crops in Imperial VAL
lev.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-31
Bomb CherbourQ

LONDON, Oct. 80 (UP)-Whirl-
wind and TyphOOn light bOmbers
of the Royal Air Force attacked
the docks at CherhOurg today and
BOstOns bombed the Maupertus
air field. Spitfires escorted the
bOmbers, and no planes were lost.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-31

cause it was feared the hot weather
would not be good for her.
Among her survivors are three
daughters, Mrs. Grace Gray, city
clerk of Imperial Miss Nellie An
sell and Miss Dorothy Ansell, who
also live in Imperial; three sons,
Jack Ansell of Imperial, Frank
Ansell of Long Beach, and George
Ansell of Sacramento.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-31

IltI IIUoUdIItI UIVU oOUII dIUtI UIIt
family arrived in Imperial, leaving
Mrs. Ansell to bring up her family
alone. She was one of the most
beloved residents of Imperial and
Fhad many friends in other parts
of Imperial Valley.
Her health had been bad for
some time and she was taken TO
Long Beach for the summer be-
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-31
Imperial Pioneer
Passes on CodSt

Mrs Alice Ansel 60 pioneer resident of Imperial died
in Long Beach Thursday and buried there after funer
al services Friday afternoon
She of Imperal's best known residents, having
made her home in that city since 1909.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-31
FOO BALL
BY UNITED PRESS

BY UNITED PRESS
Bucknell, 10; Muhlenberg. 0.
Penn State, 80; West Va, 7.
Rutgers, rs; Lehigh. 6.
Army, 13; Penn, Is.
Holy Cross, IA; Colgate, I.
Michigan, AZ; Illinois, 6.
Northwestern, AZ; Minnesota, 6
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-31
All Miners Nav
Go Out on Strike
Mine Leaders Expect 45O, 1000 Workers
In Pits TO Leave Jobs; Roosevelt Says
Decisive Action Nav Be Taken Soon
: By UNITED PRESS

Wildcat coal mine strikes gathered momentum in eight
States Saturday indications grew that nearly all of the
nations 100000 soft coal miners would be strike by
Monday Developments in the coal pits threatened to Grip
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-31
Recommendation
For Wages Made

Members of the Imperial county farm wage board met
Ell Centro this week to make recommendations regarding
prevailing and forwarded their recommendations
to Director B. H. Crocheron of the agricultural extension
service
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-31
Anchor
OfLine Is Taken
Bv CIurk'S Force
Little RommeI Line to Be Objective
Of Grand Assault by Allied Troops in
Near Future; Eiqh+h Also ADVANCING

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Agiers, Oct 30 (UP)-
American and British forces in Italy moved today to the
jumpoff positions for full scale attack the Little
omme line after capturing it's western anchor of Mon
dragone in gains ranging up to five miles.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-31
Sea-Goins Poratroopers
Lend on Solomon Island
ChoiseuI Is Scene of New American
Invasion in Drive on RabauI; Little ..s.
Opposition Is Made TO Ally Landing

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Southwest Pacific, Oct.
80 UP)-Highly trained American parachute troops op
Grating from seagong barges instead of apanes landed
Japaneseheld Choiseu island Thursday in thrust to
complete the outfankng Of the enemys last remaining
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-31
d AMBLlNe
~ EpORTER
The Little MOusey-

The Little MOusey-
Several years ago Councilman
Herb FaWcett initiated plan for
getting Ell Centrans to pay their
water bills He fathered an ordi-
nance which provided that those
who did not pay their water bills
by a certain date not only had
their water shut off but had to pay
81 to have it turned on again.
This month Herb forgot to pay
his water bill. With great deal of
chortling the water crew turned
the water off. With still more glee
the staff in the water office charged
him 81.
Il set the trap, baited it, then fell
into it," Herb said disguste6ly. .
Guards Out
Several men rushed into Edgar
Brothers Hardware store the other
day and ganged up on Jimmy
DUNCAN.
I'VE want some shotgun shells to
shoot ducks" they demanded fairly
CllIIlDlllS over tdCll Ouiltl.
i've received the bill of lading =
said Jimmy with blink, but the
shells aren't here yet
"Oh, yes they are" howled the
men. THE truck with your shells
on it is just turning into the alley
half block away"
Shame On YOU
We fail to understand why you
Ell CentranS have not come through
in your usual generous manner in
rsponse to an appeal for help.
Where, we ask, is that sporting
goods you promised to give the
marines who are about to go over
seas? These soon TO leave marines
are enc Of the four Pacific air
wings which for some unknown
reason were not provided with
recreational supplies.
We know Ell CCntrans well enough
to be certain they don't want these
boys shorted on supplies just be-
cause Smeone somewhere made a
mistake. They won't have any
recreational facilities at all if we
don't come to their rescue.
If your son left his baseballs,
his gloves, his tennis racket or any
Continued on page 6, col. ID
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-31
WEATHER

Maximum Friday II, minimum Saturday 40; S am.
Saturday 56, humidity SIS; Saturday rs, hu-
midity SO; pm. Friday &c. humidity 33
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-31

l.. A.. HAY-U. s. No. SCI 1880; u. s. No. ieafy
l. v. S3O.5O-32.5O; No. 2 s3O5O-3l.5O; Sept. flax
$2.9G}i.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-02
Cut Food Costs,
.AFL, Clio Heads
Urge Roosevelt

WASHINGTON, April 2 GNS)
-AFL and Go leaders urged
President Roosevelt today TO roll
back food costs 10 their Sept. Is
level 10 protect the workers buy
ing power.
The labor leaders insisted" that
rigid price ceilings be established
and they renewed requests that
labor be given bigger role in
directing the nations war effort.
After returning TO his office from
an hour-long Labor War Board
conference at the White House, CIC
President Murray warned that the
Little Steel formula for wage IN
CreaSeS would have to be revised
upward unless food costs were
stabilized.
ALL President Green told re-
porterS that labor had asked Mr.
1 Roosevelt not only for repre-
ISentation in the new war food
administration of Chester c. Davis
but on the War Production Board
and the War Manpower Com
mission.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-02
.Shdre-Ride P IAN
Shows Increase

LANSING. April 2-War plant
workers arc SharinE-thc-rlde IN
increasing numbers. but the gen.
eral civilian population of MiChi-
gan has shown no improvement
during the last month, Maxwell
HalSey, director OF war transpor-
tation for the state, said today.
A survey made last month in
the state showed an average OF
2.37 persons per car AT factory
gates, While. the civilian average
was 1S6.
Halsey said Michigan's share
the-ride average compared favor
ably with surrounding states.
The survey also revealed a 4
per cent increase in cars bearing
Gu stiCkers. The f" and *
stickers were each down 2 per
cent.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-02

commodities, and passed rCSO-
luton asking ms removal.
-Airarvfrt,-, ftrfurrurr- SOURCES
sand that the OpA probably would
abandon the proposal which is de-
signed 10 link quality with price
control.
Under tho proposal canned
goods would be labeled Grade A.
B. or { etc, with brand names
remaining on the can. Grade
labelling now is in effect on canned
grapefruit jHiee and Brown pre-
viously announced that II would
he applied TO the entire 1913 pack
of fruits and vegetables.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-02
Six-Yedr-0Id Boy
Drowned in Coal PIT

SiN-ycar-old Richard Turner, So
l.. Montana, was drowned when
ne wadcd beyond his depth in an
abandoned pit in a coal company
yard at Seven Mile road and John
r., police reported today
Dennis Petris. y. of 1904 Kie-
fer. who also had been in the
pool, told officers that, when he
had looked around after dressing.
Richard had disappeared. The
body was recovered.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-02
New Pay-aS-sTO hill
Blocked by DOushtOm

WASHINGTON April . Tip
\ walkout by Rep. DouGhton ID
of North Carolina. chairman OF
the House ways and means COM
today apparently blocked
Immediate reconsideration of pay
as-you-go tax legislation.
Doughton announced that he
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-02

hame2Laurc1 Springs
y. e., according to congressional
dircctory-and would not call his
committee into session until April
y.
Doughton, whose no forgive
ness tax plan was rebuffed along
with the Ruml plan by a diSsatis-
fed House TINS week, was mad
about a call for immediate action
on a new pay-aS-you-go bill from
House Democratic leader McCor-
mack of Massachusetts.
"Mr. Mccormack did not con-
suit me, nor any other majority
member of the committee before
issuing his statement on tax
matters" Doughton said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-02
Roosevelt Press Farley OF

WASHINGTON, April 2 CUP)-
The White House today announced
cancellation of President RooSe-
-veitis regular Friday morning
press conference. No reason was
rlNpn
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-02
ASKED HIS REMOVAL

The -QF2AA labor policy commit
tee attacked MaXon for denounc-
ing the proposal for grade labelling
of canned goods. meat and other