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Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-28
7 exQS Caravans
Face OPA Count

Officials of the OPA in Imperial
county arranged for seizure of
seven sedans and detention of their
owners and operators in Fort
Worth Texas, Tuesday for alleged
illegal transportation of sailors
from the Texas city via Imperial
county to Los Angeles and return,
for operating without required Ii
censes, and illegal use of gasoline
ration stamps.
I. L. Evans, legal investigator for
the OPA, picked up the trail of the
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-28
War Secretary
To Broadcast
Army's PROGRAM

WASHINGTON, Dec. %. CUP)
- Secretary of War Henry l..
Stimson will explain the army's
operation of the nations rail-
roads in radio address tonight
at p. m. EWT.
StimsOn will speak from his Of
flee in the Pentagon. The four
major radio networks will carry
the address.
TranscriptiOns will be broad
cast in western states at 7 p. m.
MWT., and p. m, PVT.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-28
Crippled Child
Clinic Slated

through private means. Surgeons
and physicians of the county were
invited to take their patients to the
clinic and confer with DR.. Mathews.
Public health nurses will make
appointments for the children to be
examined, DR.. Hubbell said, If those
interested will contact the county
health department.
THE aim of the crippled children
services provided by the state de-
partment of public health through
the county health departments is
to obtain adequate medical care for
children who are financially unable
to obtain it for themselves" DR..
Hubbell said, land thus enable
them to become productive mem
bers of their communities"
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-28
Flu Cases Jump
200 Per Cent

ment officials said.
Totals by county: Alameda. 23;
Butte, "A; Contra Costa, ISL; Ell
Dorado, 4; Fresno, 90; Kern, So;
Los Angeles, 1,101; Nevada, IL;
Riverside, rs; Sacramento, 96; San
Bernardino, 6; San Diego, 26; San
Francisco, 548; San Joaquin, 79l;
San Luis Obispo, 8; San Mateo,
So; Santa Clara, 70; Santa Cruz,
2; Solano, 24O; Sutter, 16; Tehama,
S; Trinity, /; Yolo, l, Yuba, 30.
The figure for Alameda county
does not include cases in Oakland,
which have not been reported.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-28
light Frosts Hit
Valley Areas

Imperial Valley had light frost
Monday night but crops, shrubs
and flowers suffered no damage.
Weatherman Roy Simpson said
the frost was general throughout
the valley. Bright sunlight soon
melted the frost and temperatures
rose early in the day.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-28
BY UNITED PRESS

A German staff officer captured
by the Red army charged that Adolf
Hitler personally had ordered
permanent mass murder" of Rus
slams on a scale more extensive
than that described at the recent
Kharkov trial, Moscow broadcast
said last night.
The broadcast, sponsored by the
Free Germany committee and re-
ported by the Federal Communica-
tions commission, said Hitler COM
municated his views to a group of
generals and elite guard leaders at
a staff meeting in March, l941,
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-28
THE WEATHER

Weather forecast for Imperial
Valley by Roy Simpson of the
fruit-frOst service of the United
States Weather Bureau: Slowly
increasing cioudiness Tuesday,
Tuesday night, and Wednesday.
ClGady Wednesday morning with
light rain by noon Wednesday.
Somewhat warmer Tuesday
Night with no frost. Somewhat
cooler Wednesday with light
winds.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-28
Russians Breach
Nuzi Lines in
Ukraine Sectors
Break+hroush on 50-Mi|e
Front ParaIyzes Foe;
ImperiI Last Border Bar

STOCKHOLM, Dec %. (UP)-The newspaper AT
tontdningen said today that the German command had
ordered the evacuation of Zhitomir, main base in the
northwest Ukraine toward which the Russians
driving swiftly.
MOSCOW, Dec. 28 (UP)-Red armies stormed over
the approaches to Zhomr keystone of the German de-
fenses the northwest Ukraine and hurled an assault
threequarters of the way around Vtebsk today in
separate Offensives threatening to crumple two Naz
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-28
us TAKES Owe R RAIL ROADS
STEEL WORKERS ENDSTRIkE
CI0 Order Sends
Idle Men Back
Union Leaders Forecast
Normal Condition
Within Few Hours Time

PITTSBURGH, Dec. %. (UP)-Striking steel workers
expected to obey the backtowork order of CIO Pres
dent Philip Murray today and return to the mills in nine
steeproducng states that ded when $4,000 employ
failed to report to work.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-28
Stimson Orders
SomerveI to
Assume Control
Will Enforce Penalties If Men
Quit Jobs with Soldiers Held
In Readiness to Back DEGREES

WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 (UP)-The army is prepared
to operate the nations railroads with soldiers in event
OF strike and impose penalties against strikers under the
Smith Connaly Labor Act and other laws, Secretary of
War Henry L. Stmson and 1t. Gen. Brehon B. Somerye
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-28
D AMBlINe
IMPORTER

Telling Tales Again
Ray, Forshey expected Christmas
to be sad affair for him. He had
a bad cold and felt low.
A day or two before Christmas he
was invited to one of those gay,
informal Christmas parties for men
only. For some reason known only
to Ray, he showed up at the party
chaperoned by his beloved dog, Zip.
Zip sat around in corner and
painted contentedly until Ray began
to get into the spirit of the season.
Then Zip did everything known to
dogdom to get Ray to go home He
sat up and whined. He wagged his
tail and pushed Ray toward con-
venient exit. He hOwled little
and barked. He dropped his ears
and tail in an effort to wiring Rays
heart with pity. To all of this
strategy Ray paid no attention. Zip
became more and more disgusted
why don't you go out and get
in the car, Zip a friend said to the
worried dog. Zip took the hint and
crawled up in the front scat of the
car to wait for Ray. In a little
while along came Ray and started
to crawl in the front seat beside Zip.
Zip took one look at his master
and crawled into the back seat.
Nothing Ray could say or do would
induce Zip to sit beside him,
ITS terrible thing" Ray said
in a sad voice the next day, when
"a mans dog turns against him.
Personally we don't blame Zip a
bit. After all Zip is dog with
dignity.
Grown Up At Last
Doris Laird, 10-year-old daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Laird, was
having Christmas dinner with
friends.
During dinner her father tele-
phoned her.
"You have a baby brother" he
said excitedly. Doris began to cry
happily.
"Oh, I'm glad" she gulped. Now
1 can be big sister and not just
little sister,"
Evening star., 1943-02-19
Montgomery Ration
Registration 10 Start
tuesday Morning
Applicants Urged to Clip
And Fill Out Forms
Published in Papers

Montgomery County residents will
register for Ration Book No. 2 be-
tween $50 m. and 7:30 pm. Tues
day, Wednesday, Thursday and Fri
day at all white schools in the coun-
ty, with the exception Of the Gar
rett Park. Washington Grove. North
-Four Corners and Rockville Ele-
mentary Schools, it was announced
today.
Five colored schools also will be
open for registration They are the
Ken Gar. River Road. Choppers,
Linden and Takoma Park Schools.
County school teachers will regis
ter the more than 100000 persons in
the county. No classes will be held
during the registration period.
Must Register This Week.
Allison H Chaplin, executive sec
retary of the Rockville Rationing
Board, urged prospective registrants
to clip copies Of the declaration from
newspapers and flll them out before
going to the schools to register. He
explained that this would save "a lot
of time
He emphasized that no registra-
tlonS will be accepted at local ration
board Offices. Those not registering
at the high schools next week will
not be able to obtain their ration
books until after March Is at the
county's three rationing boards, he
said.
Each resident must 60 to the school
nearest his home, Mr.. Chaplin added
He warned that unless this proce-
dure is followed, the applicant will
not be registered.
Stadler Urges Cooperation.
One person may register for the
entire family, but must have the
copies Of Ration Book No. be-
longing to the persons for whom he
Is registering. Mr. Chaplin esti-
mated that the registration would
take about 10 minutes for each
family.
County Rationing Administrator
Julius P. Stadler urged that every
, citizen cooperate.
Evening star., 1943-02-19
Polish Cabinet in London
Weighs Soviet Relations
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Feb. 19-The Polish
cabinet today was reported officially
to have devoted its entire meeting
here today to discussion of Polish
Soviet relations.
The Polish telegraph agency
quoted the Official Polish daily,
Dziennik Polski, as outlining this
attitude which it said the Polish
government in exile had assumed:
Poland signed a pact with the
U. S. S. R. in July. 194l, by which
Soviet Russia officially repudiated
its aggression pact with Ger
many in 1889 with all it's conse-
quences. Therefore Poland does not
recognize any territorial changes
which have taken place as the result
OF that German-Russian treaty"
Evening star., 1943-02-19
Plant in RiverdaIe, Nd,
Gets Navy < Tomorrow

The Engineering e. Research Corp.
of Riverdale, Md. will receive the
Army Navy e at ceremonies at 4
pm. tomorrow in Ritchie Coliseum
at the University of Maryland, the
Navy announced today.
President H. c. Byrd of the uni
versity will be master of ceremonies
and the speakers will include Rear
Admiral John S. Mccain, chief of
the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics; 1t
Col. Thomas G. Lanphier of the
Army Air Forces, Lester A. Wells.
president of the company and Will
liam C. Carter, representing the en-
ployes.
The Engineering & Research Corp.
was formed in 1880 by Henry A. Ber-
liner to develop ideas applicable to
aircraft production. Its first item
manufactured was a sheet-metal-
forming and Hanging machine,
which is used extensively in the air.
craft industry. Later the company
developed an automatic punching
and riveting machine and a propel-
ler-proflling machine.
Evening star., 1943-02-19
Dropped Purse
RifIed of $7,720
In Cash, Gems

Police today were on the lookout
for a woman who snatched 81 $50 in
money and jewelry from purse
accidentally dropped on the side
walk by pedestrian yesterday.
Mrs. Elizabeth wilkins, 13 Logan
Circle NV, told police she lost the
purse and that before she could
retrieve it the woman was seen to
empty it of its contents, throw it
away and then enter bus.
In another case reported to police,
Henry c. Steinbrucker. proprietor
Of a store at 8l3 Seventh street
NV. was robbed of $50 in cash
yesterday by two colored men who
gagged and bound him and left the
shop with the money after tearing
the phone from the wall.
Police said the men entered the
shop under pretense of getting an
eye examination. While Mr.. Stein
brucker was examining one of them,
the other struck him over the head
Evening star., 1943-02-19
War Correspondents
Death Rate Is High
Proportion Of Casualties
Three Times Army's
Py the Associs ted Press.

Ry the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Feb. 19.-Editor and
Publisher. newspaper trade maga-
zine. said today that the casualty
rate among United States war cor
respondents since Pearl Harbor was
three to four times greater pro-
portionately than battle casualties
of the United States Army.
The ratio of Army casualties to
the number serving overseas was less
than per cent up to January 81
l943. while those of the press were
Is to 20 per cent of the total num-
Der of correspondents on war duty
abroad. the magazine said. adding
that the statistics emphasized the
hazardous nature of a war assign
ment.
Sixty of the 300 to $50 correspond
ents now serving abroad are listed
as follows by Editor and Publisher
as casualties: Killed or died on war
duty, TO- wounded or hurt. 26; miss
ing, 2, captured or interned and still
held, %.
The AZ correspondents who were
interned from five to seven months
after the outbreak of the war and
repatriated were not included.
The magazine said that Maj. Gen.
A. D. Surles. director Of public re-
lations, War Department, had placed
battle casualties of the Army to
January 81 at 41l19.
Evening star., 1943-02-19
Inspector, II, Pleads
Innocent 10 Charqe
He Sabotaged Planes
March I Hearing Set
For Youth Accused of
Damaging 81 Bombers
Ey the Associated Press,


Harvey Lee Thomas. 21-year-old
civilian plane inspector for the Navy
pleaded innocent in Baltimore to-
day to charges he committed $50 acts
of sabotage on 81 Navy patrol
bombers, causing financial losses to
the Glenn L. Martin Co. reckoned
"in the millions
United States Commissioner James
K. Cullen fixed bail at $4,000 for
Thomas Tuesday after he was ar
raigned on charges he damaged or
destroyed electrical equipment on
the planes.
Acts at Attorneys Request.
Commissioner Cullen set March
for further hearing of the case, at
the request of Charles E. Moylan,
attorney for Thomas.
At the first hearing Tuesday. the
commissioner expressed surprise
that the Navy employed 21-year-
old medical student as an electrical
inspector for planes.
In answer to Commissioner Gull
len, Capt. Newton H White. U. S. N,
in charge of naval aircraft inspec-
ton at the Glenn L. Martin plant
issued the following statement to-
day:
In the commissioners statement
quoted in the papers, there was a
strong inference that the naval au-
thorities were derelict in their duties
in picking an inexperienced pre-
medical student to inspect a s4OO 900
airplane. I should like to assure
the commission that this is not the
case.
Had Technical Education.
"Mr Thomas had a technical
education, majoring in mathematics.
physics, biology and chemistry. He
later worked in technical trade-a
can-making concern. He is a junior
inspector in work training status
and does not have the authority to
accept or reject a plane
Thomas, employed at the Martin
plant since September, 1912, said
at the hearing Tuesday that he OBJ
tanned the job in order to get "a
deferment from the draft. I wanted
chance to continue studying medi-
cine"
A petition from an AdamstoWn
rural women's club requesting that
this boy be dealt with as leniently
as possible was received by Com
missioner Cullen today, he said
The petition stated that the bows
father had contributed generously
to various war relief organizations
and that the boy had "a good repu-
tation."
Evening star., 1943-02-19
Jap Sub Bested
By New Zealand
Fighting Craft

By The Associated Press.
AT AN ADVANCE BASE IN THE
SOUTH PACIFIC. Feb. 4 Delayed d.
This is the story told here today
about how Two tiny New Zealand
CoIvettes damaged large fleet-type
japanese submarine during a smile
running battle of Guadalcanal and
forced her to beach herself in a
sinking condition in Kamimbo Bay
The submarine. 1t was believed
was trying to run supplies to Qua
dalcanal for the Jap land forces.
Since this was written the
japanese withdrew from the
island or we're killed or capturedD
The corvettes found the subma-
rlne off Cape Esperance the night
OF JANUARY 29-30. and their depth
charges damaged her. She surfaced
so close TO the New Zealand craft
that they raked her decks with
machlne-gun fire and then opened
up with larger guns They set the
japanese boat ablaze, forcing her to
fee into the bay, where they could
not enter.
Evening star., 1943-02-19
New Rules on BRIDGE
Expand Scoring
For Bonuses
Fifty Points to Be Given
For All Successful
Doubled Contracts
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Feb 19-The rules
and scoring of contract bridge are
being revised for the first time since
1885 with the publication today of
l943 code of laws.
A 50-point bonus has been granted
for making any doubled or redoubled
contract whether vulnerable or not.
Another 50-point bonus will be given
for having a part-score in an I'M
finished game of an unfinished rub
ber.
The lead-out- of turn law has been
changed so that the declarer, when
the wrong opponent leads against
him, may either call the lead of
any suit or forbid the lead of any
suite he wishes to name.
The penalty for the revoke is still
two tricks, as it was in the 1885
code, but in the new laws there is
no additional penalty when the same
player revokes a second time in the
same suit.
Committees representing the
Whist Club of New York, which has
made the bridge laws in this country
since 1905. and the American Con-
tract Bridge League, which controls
tournament bridge in the United
States, agreed on the changes.
The l943 laws drop the efforts OF
the 1885 committees to eliminate the
name dummy from the bridge
laws. In previous laws he was called
"declarers partner but bridge
players persisted in calling him the
dummy, and the laws now recognize
him oficially by that name.
More liberal than their pdececes-
sors in many respects, the new laws
provide that if player makes an
improper bid due to a slip of the
tongue, he may correct himself
without penalty.
The new bridge rules are an
code, only, for the first
time since November l, 1882. The
British committee, representing the
Portland Club of London, was not
willing to publish new code in
England during the war, it was said.
Although revision Of the laws was
scheduled for 1910, they
were not completed until this wear.
1t was said. because of American
efforts to reach an agreement with
the British on the proposed changes.
Evening star., 1943-02-19
Two Military Policemen
Acquitted of Assault
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
GREAT FALLS. Mont, Feb. l9.-
Two military policemen charged
with assaulting five civilians at a
bar in suburban Black Eagle last
Christmas night were acquitted on
five counts by general court
martial.
The defendants, Corpl. Joseph
Campbell and Pvt, John McMillen,
attached to the Army air base here,
had been in custody since the dis
order. Four persons suffered gun
shot wounds.
The court-martial found last night
that Campbell and McMillen had
discharged their guns only in the
execution of their duty and in self
defense after they had been at
tackled with chairs and bottles.
Evening star., 1943-02-19
Bethesda Section
Shows Interest in
Victory Gardens
,000-Squore-Foot Plots
To Be PIowed for
Families Under PIons

Bethesda Chevy Chase is definitely
Victory garden conscious. William
H. Prescott, commissioner for the
eastern suburban district of Mont
gomery County, is convinced of this
as requests for rent-free. plowed
plots poured into his Office this week
in response to the County Boards
action last week in offering such
service
The commissioner said today that
plots would be obtained and the
ground plowed in communities where
at least Is residents express an in
terest. Tentative plans call for the
plowing of the land and it's laying
of into plots Of approximately 1000
square feet each, with alleyways
provided between 50-foot strips
Gardening officials consulted have
stated that 1000 square feet is suf-
ficient garden space for the average
family Larger plots may be OBJ
tanned, Mr.. Prescott said, for the
planting of potatoes or corn.
A number OF landholders in the
area have offered their ground for
Victory garden use, Mr.. Prescott
said, and other plots may be OBJ
tanned without difficulty. he believes.
Just now the chief problem is to
find out how many want plots and
to classify the requests according to
location.
While the commissioner encour-
aged residents to grow their own
food this summer, the women Of the
area have taken up the ioea with
enthusiasm and are planning courses
OF lectures which will assist gar
deners in making the best use of
their plots.
One such course will start on
Wednesday evening. March S, at the
Bethesda Elementary School, under
the sponsorship of the American
Womens Volunteer Services, with
Mrs. Chase Donaldson of Bethesda
as local chairman To be held every
Wednesday evening through the
month of March and the first
Wednesday in April. this series of
lectures will be free to the public.
The Bethesda Community Garden
Club will be addressed by Dr.. w. H.
Sebrell Of the nutrition division.
Once of Defense. Health and We'll
fare, al its meeting next Wednes-
day. Dr.. Sebrell will discuss the
kinds Of vegetables to raise for the
best nutritional value This meeting
Will be at 1890 am in the Battery
Park clubhouse.
Evening star., 1943-02-19
Guudulcunul
Continued From First Page y

worth of athletic gear, 5000 worth of
musical instruments tharmonicas,
banjos, ukeleles, etc., three port
able Photographs with $500 worth
Of records, short wave radios, a
sewing machine and a washing ma
chine.
On his tent hangs this sign: The
American Red Cross is in this area
to assist men Of the United States
forces in any way possible, Please
do not hesitate to call"
But Tiny doesn't wait for any one
to call Thrice weekly he loads q
ieep with supplies for the men on
the front lines, ard when these are
beyond the reach of jeep, he loads
a pack OH his back and walks.
When he reaches the front lines
he chants: Chewing gum, candy.
popcorn, soda pop. Whatll you boys
haye?"
Tiny is noted for his unquenchable
humor no matter how rough the 60
ing gets One night during an air.
raid he was crouching in his foxhole
large enough to accommodate q
ieep-when Washing Machine
Charlie" droned away overhead
lodging the ack ack fire Suddenly
the Jap plane was drowned out by
Tiny's booming voice
Hey, fellows" he shouted to the
marines in their foXholes, I've been
waiting four months to get letter
and finally I got one from the States
today. 1t was from the home Office
and you know what it said? In
order to help us win the war those
of us in the United States who are
not actually fighting will have per
cent of their salaries deducted from
the Victory tax Now amt that
one hell Of a note?'
Evening star., 1943-02-19
Nine MIRA Members Ask
Washington Draft Hearing
prth A.nnLnAan d..

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK. Feb. 19-Nine of
IA followers Of the Moral Rearma-
ment Movement, scheduled for in
duction tomorrow, applied today for
transfer of jurisdiction of their
cases from New York City to Wash
ington
The applications for transfer from
Local Board II. New York, to Local
Board II, Washington, probably
would be approved, draft officials in
dicated.
Five other MIRA followers will be
inducted tomorrow unless their cases
are transferred to other boards
before tonight.
Evening star., 1943-02-19
Newton
Continued From First Page y


only seeing to it that the Navy air
arm gets the planes and equipment
il meeds. but also of making sure that
the plants use the materials most
efficiently He sees to It that the
Wildcats" and Avengers which
contribute largely 20 American VIC
tories in the South Pacific are made
in q hurry. WPB S working level
officials agree with the admiral
Even officers Of the Army and Navy
Munitions Board which at the top
have battled WPB, always have con-
tended that there were few differ
ences between the men who do the
Job In fact, they say WPB men fire.
quently wish TO be tougher IN limit
ing goods for the civilian economy
than they do
Reporters just returned from the
Nays war plant inspection saw
nothing TO reflect the big battle
headlines coming from Washington
At the time Munitions were pour
ing from the factories. Workers
we're going about their jobs with
speed and efficiency. All agreed that
safe bet was that these men had
heard little Of the Nelson -Eherstadt-
Forrestal Patterson Wilson fight,
and obviously cared less.
Evening star., 1943-02-19
Army Studies Plan
To Take Over CAP
Close Connection With
Secret Work Is Factor
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Studies are being made, 1t was
reliably reported today, of the pos
sibility of transferring the Civilian
Air Patrol to the Army.
The Office of Civilian Defense now
controls CAP It's director, James
M. Lands. said he could not COM
ment on the study at this time.
Informed sources, however. said
that relations between the Army
and CAP have been extremely
friendly. but the Army felt that the
organization should be militarized
because of the close connection that
the civilian flyers have with secret
military operations, especially con-
voys and anti-submarine work.
CAP is voluntary organization
of civilian pilots, flying their own
planes and working without salary
to patrol sea coasts and perform
other air tasks for the Army.