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Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-11
River Barrier
Pierced by 5tE1

tn coast inland l. mics to Capua,
though some patrols had swum the
stream.
THE enemy continues to fight
hard and is using the broken and
difficult country to assist his de-
Tense" the communique said. de
molitions are still being met on a
heavy scale"
Both the northwest African and
middle-eastern air forces again
concentrated their main weight of
bombs on Greece. Rhodes and
Crete in support of Allied opera
tions in the Aegean sea. NWAAF
heavy bombers raided air fields at
Athens and AraXoS in Greece yes
terday and at Martha and Calato,
Rhodes. and Heraklion, Crete Sat
urday.
Middle-eastern bers hit
Martha and Calito Saturday night,
straddling runways with bombs and
starting fires at Calato. All planes
returned safely.
NWAAF medium and light bomb
ers pounded road and rail COM
munications, gun positions and
troop concentrations in the enemy
rear. Six nemy planes were shot
down and two Allied planes were
lost
Front dispatches said the British
Eighth army under Gen. Sir
Bernard L. Montgomery had gained
control of 20 miles of the lateral
road from Termoli to Naples with
the capture of Larino, 10 miles
south OF Termoli, late Friday.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-11

got us in his car to get us away
from the populated area. But he
became befuddled in the darkness
and drove us right toward an anti
aircraft battery. Enemy fighters
were so close we had TO abandon
our car and dive for a slit trench.
| felt like a sissy because I was the
first one out. But when I hit the
bottom of the trench my fall was
cushioned. Bob Hoe had beat me
to it. He was our only casualty. I
fell on his foot and gave him a
challey-horse.
FIRING FOR FUN
Several nights later Frances and
Hope were at a gun emplacement
center outside TuniS looking over
1 big SO nm. Gun. The boys thought
it would be fun if Bob and Frances
fired it.
Il said okay," Frances said, but
Hope said no, thanks. So I went
ahead and did it myself The con-
cussion lifted rle clear eff my feet,
and the boys thought it was very
funny"
Frances hopes to return to the
battle zcnes as soon as she can.
Like all overseas entertainers. she
found our boys the most apprecia-
tive audiences she's ever faced.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-11
Patriots Battling
Nazis Near Susak

LONDON, Oct. Il. (UP)-JugoslaV
sources reported today that a bat
tie of mounting scale and intensity
is raging between partisan forces
and Germans around the Adriatic
seaport of Susak, and that the NaZi
troops are being forced to give
ground in some sectors.
A communique broadcast from
partisan headquarters claimed that
the guerilla fighters were on the
offensive along the railway lie
from the coast of zagreb and a
German garrison ha. been sur
rounded in the town Of Ogulin, 35
miles southeast of Susak.
Closer to Susak, it said, fighting
is increasing in ferocity and the
German shave been forced at some
points to retreat"
Heavy fighting also was reported
raging on the Istrain peninsula,
whey the partisans were attempt
ing TO win the vital railway lines
leading northward from Trieste and
Fiume. f
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-11
Livestock Meets
Scheduled for |. y,

Farmers of Imperial Valley were
looking forward Monday to a series
of general livestock meetings scEed-
uled to take place in various parts
of the valley earl" next month.
Definite arrangements have not
been completed as yet but aLlong
the speakers will be DR.. Elmer
Hughes. university extension SER
vice specialist in hogs; G.. E. Cor
don, extension specialist in dairy
ing: and Bard Sheppard, extension
specialist in beef cattle
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-11
Freak Fire Burns
Engines Cushions

There's nothing unusual about a
fire in a railroad locomotive. L
takes fire to make the darn things
run. But when it goes to belching
flames outside its own domain
something might happen.
So when Southern Pacific
switch engine broke an oil line
while standing in the railroad yards
Saturday night. the FL Centre fire
department made its first run in
nine days.
The fire, caused by spark ignit-
ing the oil, burned fiercely for sew
eral minutes. The engines cab
cushions, however, were the only
casualties.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-11
Finney Leaves to
Attend Conference

A meeting Of divisional managers
OF the u. S. employment service
and the war manpower commission
Will open Tuesday in Los Angeles,
u was announced Monday by Tom
I nney, local FL Centre manager.
Finney left Monday to attend the
three-day conference at which the
new revised employment stabiliza-
tion plan will be worked out, he
said.
The plan, which was announced
some time ago, will set a standard
for priority hiring in each district,
he said.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-11
Reps Vote to Pay
Tax Credits Now

Continued from page ID
The treasury would reduce the mar
ried exemption to $ll0G.
FACES DECISION
The house ways and means COM
mittee-facing a decision on wheth-
er to retain the victory tax, raise The
income tax, initiate a SAFES tax, or
have a combination of al three
continued its hearings.
j. F.. Lincoln, Cleveland indus
trialist, testified that the treasurys
bureaucratic policy" is destroying
the production record of free enter
Prise and creating a caste system
cuvCnng all American workers"
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-11
PortNnNese Bases
Fer Allies Seen

MADRID, Oct. II (UP)-Premier
DR.. Antonio de Oliveira Salazar was
reported reliably today to be on the
point OF announcing Portugal
abandoning her neutrality and of
ferine her bases throughout the
world to the Allies.
Unconfirmed reports reaching
Spain said number CT Allied war
ships had arrived in The Portu-
gueSe Azores. Azores bases would
enable the Allies to increase aerial
anti-submarine patrols on the con-
yoy routes from the Uni'ed States
nd Britain to the Mediterranean
7rd to India by way of South
Africa.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-11
Ally Midget Subs
Hit Nazi Warship
Continued from page ID

tCOIlulIlueU lTOll page -
were seen alongside the Tirpitz.
They were believed to be repair
ships or craft for providing power
and light to the battleship, presum-
ably apacitated in that respect
by the British attack.
The admiralty, Ito give some idea
of the magnitude and difficulties
of this remarkable achievement,
said the task force sailed 1000 miles
from the nearest British base to
the Altenfjord in Finnmalk, most
northerly province Of Norway and
more than 200 miles inside the Arc
tic circle.
Despite her tremendous striking
power-she was believed to mount
eight l5-inch guns and carry foIl'
planes with a complement of 1,0oc
men-the Tirpitz never risked az
ton on the high seas.
FEAR MORALE EFFECT
The Nazis knew that sooner or
later the Allies would hunt down
the Tirpitz, as they did the Bis
marck. Evidently they feared the
heavy blow to the German morale
in the loss of the second of the
two ships with which the Nazis
originally dreamed of reviving the
naval ambitions of Imperial Ger
man..
Even SO, the existence of the Tir-
pitt in the northern hideouts al
ways constituted menace which
the Allied navies could not ignore.
Since being launched in Hitler's
presence at Wilhelmshaven in April,
1899, the Tirpitz always was the
mystery ship of European waters.
On July 8. 1912, a Russian COM
munique said a Soviet submarine
mad mt and seriously damaged the
Tirpitz in the Barents sea.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-11
FDR Asks Lifting
Anii-Chinese Laws
Continued from page u

Continued from page II
explain that China understood"
that the strategy of victory in this
war first required the concentration
of the greater part of Allied
strength on the European front.
consequently limiting the amount
OF supplies we could make available
L. her.
She knows that substantial aid
wlIl be forthcoming as soon as pos
slble," the president said, aid not
only in the form of weapons and
supplies, but also in carrying out
plans alreadT mace for offensive.
effective action. We and our allie,
will aim our forces at the heart
OF Japan - in ever increasing
strength until the common enemy
is driven from China's SOIL
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-11
Season to Close

Officials issued a warning Mon
day that dove hunting season closes
at sunset Tuesday evening, and
hat duck hunting will open a.
unrise Friday (6:l5 a. m. in I'M
pc: ial Valley and closes at sunset.
Dec, %.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-11
Scott Will Train
Scouting Leaders

Spencer c. Scott will be scout
master and course director of the
training troop for Scout leaders
from the Central district of the
Imperial Yuma Boy Scout council
He was appointed to the position
by Guy Weakley, chairman of the
training committee. Scott has a
long scouting record which includes
Eagle Scout, 15-year veteran, and
executive board member of the
Twin Lakes council at Oshkosh,
Wisconsin.
Other officers elected were Law
renee Eager, scribe; Rev. Howard
w. Potts, senior patrol leaders; r.
Joel Avina and Dave Goddard,
patrol leaders. The group meets
twice a month.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-11
British Enoaoe
Enemv in Burma

Continued from page u
serve as stepping stones for any at
tack against upper Halaya.
Once Burma and Malaga have
been neutralized and the Burma
road Ieopened. the Allies will be
well on their way TO positions from
which large-scale air and sea at
tacks can be launched against
Japan proper.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-11
Burial in LA. for
Mexicaii Merchant

The body of Juan Kraft Beltran,
42-year-old Mexicali merchant who
died Friday, will be sent to Los
Angeles by A. R: HENS, mortician.
Beltran, who lived at l73 Re-
forma avenue, Mexicali, had been
in i'll health for a long time before
his death. He is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Carolta Beltran.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-11
HOLLYWOOD |! :! I: u. | LL.'!!'W
Ky ERSKTNE Johnson

After singing virtually under
enemy fire for the last three
months, Frances Langford doesn't
think anybody or anything will
ever again stop her from complet-
ing a song.
Frances told us about it today in
her first interview since returning
to Hollywood with Bob Hope from
an entertainment tour of North
Africa and Sicily.
She was singing, she said, in 1875
degree heat at a field hospital near
Tunis. As she sang a wounded
soldier tainted, and hospital at
tendants carried him away. Frances
didn't know whether to continue
her song or quit. She decided to
continue. A few minutes later a
kitchen stove caught fire. She con-
tinued to sing while fire engine,
which the soldiers had been sitting
on, ploWed its way through the
crowd and put out the fire. Then
she noticed everybody looking up.
FLAX was falling all around her. 1t
came from Yankee guns, trying to
knock down a Nazi observation
plane. Frances continued to sing.
THE show must go ont I know
now what it means" she said.
Frances has only one regret. She
wanted to remain in Sicily long
enough to sing to the conquerorS
of Italy.
Father Time disappointed me,
she said. But she came pretty
close TO doing it at that. She sang
tc $4,000 American troops just after
they pushed the Axis into the
Strait of MesSina. The stage she
used was more than imprcviSed. 1t
was capt ,.eG--2 -ia2i tank.
POPULAR DITTY
Frances said she scrapped all hC
pretty sentimental tunes and
serenaded the boys about female
who is rapidly becoming the most
sung-about gal of world War II
Dirty Ger,ie Fl ON Bizerte." Most
of the verses to "Gertie" wouldn't
pass the Hays Office censors, but
the boys, she said, gave her some
scrubbed-up versions.
And speaking cf Bizerte, Frances
said she stopped at the best hotel
there. In fact, it had no competi-
ton. 1t was the only hotel still
standing after the Allied shelling.
Two Nazi prisoners, she said, car
ried her bags into the lobby.
Il get big laugh every time I
think of what Hitler would have
said had he seen those two Nazi
supermen serving as bellhops."
The night she checked out CT
Bizerte there was heavy Nazi air
raid. "A friendly Yank," she said,
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-11
PREACHED IN FORCE

Howver, the speed of the Allied
advance gave him no time to COM
plete fortification of the line and
now both the Galore and Biferno
rivers had been preached in force
The bulk of the Fifth army still
was massing strength along the
south bank of the Volturno from
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-11

Despite zoot suit unpopularity
in some sections of the U. s.,
manufacturers are still making
them and new styles reflect
WPB orders for fabric conser-
walton. This London drape style
is suitable for evening wear,
church and funerals.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-03-08

First of a series of huge Lib
erty ships being erected at the
ST. Johns River Shipbuilding
Company in Jacksonville-the
SIS. Ponce de Leon-will be
launched Sunday, March IA, al
4::30 D. m, before an estimated
10000 employees and members
of their families, it was announc-
ed today by James c. Merrill
shipyard president
/ Rear Admiral Howard L. Wick
cry, vice chairman of the u. S.
Maritime Commission, will come
from Washington, d. c, to de
liver the principal address. 9th
ers who will speak are Senator
Claude Pepper. Congressman
Lex Green, Merrill and Denis j.
O'Mahoney, ST. Johns general
manager. Introductions VIII be
made by Benjamin ]. Crowley,
company vice-president-
ST. Johns, with a Maritime
Commission contract TO erect &c
Liberty ships, is rapidly APP
preaching full production capa-
city. The yard viii launch .
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-03-08
German Planes Make AT
tempt To Stage Raid
On London But We're
Driven OFF
tBy AssocIated Pressl

LONDON. Mar. s.--After the
most sustained and most deyastat-
ing series of air raids in. history,
extending over period Of twelve
days, Germany last night. for the
second successive day, had q re-
spite from explosive bombs. in
Guiding four tonners.
The lull was due to bad wealth
er, which included terrific squalls,
most of them accompanied by
heavy thunder crashes snow
storms and winds of gale force.
The Air Ministry announced
that, just as soon as the weather
clears up, the raids will be re-
sumed.
Squadrons of German planes,
coming across the English Chan
mel from France, attempted to
raid this city, but none Of them
succeeded in reaching even the
outskirts. Raj fighter planes and
anti-aircraft fire kept the bomb
ers away from the city. One
squadron veered to the southeast
English coast and dropped bombs
there, causing some casualties.
Three planes were shot down, the
ministry stated.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-03-08
RUSSIANS DRIVE
ON TO SMOLENSK
REDS ARE REPORTED TO
HAVE REcApTURED 100
TOWNS AND VILLAGES
my Associated Press,

MOSCOW. Mar. "a three
prcnged Russian army was today
reported 10 be driving steadily
towsrd Smolensk. the Germans
chief base in Russia. On of the
prongs. it was stated. is now
only little more than 100
miles away from Smolensk.
Since the drive started "a
hours ago. the Reds are report.
ed to have recaptured 100 towns.
villages and hamlets. One of the
larger towns. which was heav-
lily fortified. was taken at the
point of the bayonet. and two
other smaller fortified towns
were also seized the communique
said.
Farther south. west of Khar-
kov. in the drive toward the
Dneiper. the Reds are reported
to have recaptured rs more viii
lagos. In that advance. it was
added. 500 Axis troops were
slain and seven field guns and
Is trench mortars CAPTURED.
Elsewhere along the 700-mile
front. the Russians. the COM
munique stated. are continuing
TO advance.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-03-08
YACHT CLUB TO
RESUME MEETS
COMMODORE cLEMMER WILL
PROPOSE HOLDING MOON
LIGHT SAILING PARTY

Commodore j. K. Clemmer, of
the Key West Yacht Club, said to-
day that the club will resume its
weekly meetings and luncheons
next Saturday at noon. The week
ly meetings were discontinued
when the ban against pleasure
driving went into effect.
Commodore Clemmer said that,
at the meeting, he will propose
that a moonlight sailing party be
held in the Garrison Blight on the
evening of St. Patrick's Day,
March IT.
While the war is on, he added,
the activities of the club will be
curtailed, but several members in
tend to buy or have built yachts
when times become normal.
81 have been told, Commodore
Clemmer said. "that Key West
regularly conducted sailing races
back in the old days. and it is the
aim of the club to bring back some
of the glory of what / consider
one of the very best forms of
pleasure and recreation"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-03-08
Allied Flyers Make At
tack On Axis Convoy
EndeavOring To Reach
Tunisia

ALGIERS. Mar. e.-Ths British
Eighth Army. under General Ber-
nard Montgomery. which chased
Marshal Erwin RcmmeRs AXIS
forces from Egypt to TuniSia.
distance Of I.so0 miles. scored a
clean-cut victory yesterday after
noon over RommeIs re-equiPped
forces In Tunisia-
Six times Rommels men. led
by tanks. attacked the British DO
sifions east CT the Mareth Line.
and six times they were thrown
back The last counter attack
launched by MontgomerY's men
was SO disastrous to the enemy.
what remained of his tanks and
other motorized vehicles beat a
hurried retreat back 70 the Mar
eth Line.
Thirty three Of Rcmmers tanks
were destroyed. and. according 70
official reports. the British did not
lose a single tank
Squadrons of airplanes coordi-
mated with the British. in thsir
counter-attackx. but the most po-
tent force in di<ruPtinq RommeFs
forces was the heavy and preciza
fire from the British light and
heavy artillery.
The curtain of fire laid down by
the artillery during Hcmners f.
nal attempt was SO fierce and sus-
tanned none of Hommsf's tanks
succeeded in Penetratina Il.
Meanwhile, Allied flyers at
tackled en- Axis convoy Of seven
ships that were trying TO reach
Tunisia-
Two shirs were sent 70 the
bottom of the Mediterranean.
four others were struck and
badly damaged and only enc SUE
ceeded in escaping Three enc
my fighter planes of q squadron
that took 70 the air In an at
Tempt TO drive off the Allies.
were shot down No planes
were lost by the Allies, accord
ing 10 the report
American forces. in central
Tunisia. in q foraY against ftal-
ians. completely routed them
Eighty Italians were taken pris-
oners. and among the weapons
the Americans captured were
two brand-new 47mn- gums.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-03-08
ARMY'S CONSERVATION PROGRAM
AGAINST WASTE OF ANY ARTICLE

The U. S. Army is fighting i,
dual war, the first against Athe
Axis, the second against waste.
And the latter is contributing in
no small way to the success of
the first.
The secondary battle is carried
on under the Army's extensive
conservation program which
aims to make complete use of
all materials which are ordinar-
lily discarded when they have
served their original purpose.
The next time you see mili-
tary policeman walking down
the street, look closely at his
club and you may see that it
once was a broom handle. That
is just one example of the de-
tail with which the conservation
program is carried out, accord
ing to Captain Arthur w. Reu-
ban, property officer. and War
rant Officer Richard w. Parker,
salvage officer, who direct this
work, for the Army in the Har-
Dor Defense of Key West.
As explained by the officers,
here. arc some examples of how
a crew of three enlisted men are
kept busy in Key West process
ing used Army materials:
Handles Of discarded brooms
are converted into such useful
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-03-08
P. GARCIA TO
BE ARRAICNED
ARRESTED ON CHARGE OF
POSSESSING BoLITA
TICKETS

Deputy Sheriff Moreno Wallace,
on Saturday night, arrested p
Garcia on a charge of possessing
bolita tickets.
Deputy Wallace said he saw
Garcia at Thomas and Petronia
streets apparently selling a ticket
to negro, but that, when Garcia
was placed under arrest, the negro
ran away.
Wallace says that he then
snatched tickets out of Garcia's
hands, and he is keeping them to
offer as evidence in the case, which
will come up for a hearing this af-
ternoon before Justice of the
Peace Enrique Esquinaldo, Jr.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-03-08
PLAN DRAFTING
MEN PLACED ON
DEFERRED LIST
CALL WHICH WILL GO INTO
EFFECT MAY / WILL IN
cLuDE THOSE FROM 90 TO
as YEARS OLD
tBy Associated PressD

WASHINGTON. Mar. s.-Ar-
rangements are being made to
draft men. now on deferred lists.
whose ages range from 80 10 as.
1t was explained that probably
they will not be used for active
military duties, but will be as
signed to desk jobs and related
noncombatant positions Induction
of men in that age bracket will be
gin on May l.
1t was announced also today
that approximately half a million
men will be discharged from the
army to work on farms, in indus
tries and war-production plants.
Each of those moves, it was
stated, is designed to further
equalize the manpower situation
in this country.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-03-08

articles as tarkets markers and
coat rods.ta I9itg9
Soldiers Shoes are sent to be
resoled and reheeled until the
uppers are beyond repair. Then
rubber heels are removed for
salvage and the leather sold for
scrap.
Damaged clothing is sent to 4
repair shop at Camp Blanding,
Fla, and thence to the Atlanta
Army Depot, from which point
they are reissued. Non-repair-
able clothing becomes wiping
rags, is used on the post for
camouflage purposes or sold on
the market where it returns to
war channel.
Old burlap bags are water
PROCEED and become sand bags.
The post mess halls do not
escape the searching eyes of the
salvors. There, grease, Kitchen
fats, tin cans and paper contain
ers are gathered. The empty
cartons go to the Army salvage
officer at Miami Beach where
they are redistributed for reuse
or sold as waste paper. y -
Buckles from worn out trous-
er belts are returned to the
quartermaster depot for use with
new belts.
Nothing is too small to save,
the officers declare Old decora-
tive cannons and cannon balls
have been contributed to the
scrap metal drive and even bits
of string are saved for use
again.
1t is a never ending ASSIGN
ment and the officers and men
assert they are spurred by the
thought that an item saved is
an item made for the war effort.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-03-08
AP Features
PERMITS ISSUED FOR BUILDING
Is MORE HOUSES in LIME GROVE

Permits were issued Saturday
by Building Inspector Ralph Rus
sell for is more houses to be built
in the Lime Grove subdivision by
the Taylor Construction Company
at cost of $4,000.
This is the fifth time this COM
pany has obtained permits for
group construction in that sec
ton of Key West. The first was
for "a houses, the second for IA,
then for As and twice for Is each,
making a total of lib houses.
Mr.. Russell said he has been irl-
formed that a representative of
the SteWart-Page Construction
Company of Miami will be in Key
West some day this week to OBJ
tain permit to build 20 duplex
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-03-08
FREQUENT ATTACKS
MADE ON JAPANESE
CARGO SHIP SUNK BESIDES
HIT MADE ON ANOTHER
NIppoNESE VESSEL

NEW DELHI. Mar. 8.-Haids by
British and American bombers on
japanese positions and military
installations in Burma and parts
of China are now being conducted
more frequently and on larger
scales than during any other time
since the beginning of the war.
Some of the bombers are going
far afield and bombing japanese
shipping. A cargo ship of 5000
tons was sunk yesterday in the
Rangoon River, another was hit
and left in flames and near hits
were scored on two other ships.
A lighthouse, lightship and a
radio station were demolished by
the Allied flyers.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-03-08
FIRST HUGE LIBERTY ship WILL BE
LAUNCHED AT JACKSONVILLE SUNDAY

second 440-foot hull within a
few weeks.
Less than ten months ago. the
shipyard was a barren soEgy
stretch Of mud fats Before
Construction Of % buildings and
shipways. II was Necessary 20
drive 10000 pilings into the
ground and dump 300D89 cf1fsc
yards Of sand. rock and hnssE
stone. Unique among st-
building plants. St Johns csa-
served steel in constructing -
cilities. using only 1025 tons ~
the precious metal as compare
with Is million board feet q
lumber and 1900 uzbic Jar IS
Of concrete