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Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-03

Small craft had been warned
from both rivers, the patrol report
ed
The wing dam at Oregon City, n
six foot barrie; ABOVE the rocks
on the east side of the natural
falls, went out a little more than
an hour before the logs were first
sighted at Portland.
Upstream, the flood already had
taken six lives, inundated thous-
andS of acres, and left at least
$500 homeless
Many farm residents were still
awaiting rescue in the flood back
waters around Eugene, where the
Willamette and Mckenzie con-
verge. Damage in this district a.
lonet was estimated at $4,000 900
A major tragedy occurred at Al
bany, where many units of a trail
er camp, established near the river
bank, were swept downstream as
the flood crest moved down the
valley. Uncountable thousands OF
acres. from the headwaters of the
willamette as far north as Sa-
lem, were unde. water Tributaries
also were spilling over their banks
Mrs. Marvin Smith and her five
month old son, drowned at Albany
az their car skiddeo INTO the ram
Paging water.
Archie Brooks and j. w. Thorne
log9ers, buried under a landslide
near Vending.
Mrs. Josephi.:a Lee, Glenwood
aged paralysis victim, who died OF
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-03

erty known to have been stolen
IN ella Bend, AriZ.
The boys, between the ages of
ii and II years, were taken from 4
freight train at inland Friday bv
Deputy SnerIt Guy Wood and Spe-
cial Agent o. P. Payne of the
Southern Pacific at the request of
Arizona officers.
Four OF the bows confessed to the
burglary of ella Bend store be-
tween Christmas and New Years
after their story of buying the Gig
arettes in Texas was Scotched be-
cause of the Arizona stamps on
the packages. Still others in the
group said they had been impli-
Gated in thefts of suitcaSes in
YClna.
The group included Robert Cas-
tro, 16; Paul Miranda, 16; Fran
cisco Herrera, Is, GoodSon Kicker,
10; Avalino Salazar. l6; Angel Hol-
quin, IA; Ramon Gomez, Is, and
Bob Leach, II.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-03

shock in Springfield after being
rescued from her home by soldiers
nom Camp Adair
MIS- Helen r. SkrebCnsky, Port
nd, drowned near Cottage Grove
after her car was swept from the
highway.
Seth French, government wealth
eI observer at Albany, predicted
the Willamette would reach 30
feet, almost seven above flood stage
before it was to subside during the
day. Along the valley the river
and. its tributaries were expected to
tall as the crest of the flood moved
rorthward to the Willamette-C Col
Umbia river junction at Portland.
Major highways and secondaries
still were blocked by the high wat
erS and only limited stage travel
was resumed between Albany and
Portland, following the fall of the
Santiam river at jefferson. South
ern Pacific officials said at Port
land, however that rail traffic was
proceeding without interruption al
though trains were running hours
behind schedule.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-03
REDS CHASING GERMANS
TOWARDS OLD FRONTIER
Wild Logs. Ride
Ore. Flood Crest

PORTLAND. Ore, Jan. 2-CUI')
One million feet of logs from
shattered upstream booms rode
the flood crest or the Berserk Will
lamette river into Portland today.
Tumbling over SIX foot brok-
EN- wing dam at the Oregon City
Falls. IA miles below here. the logs
lurched past houSe-boat settle
ments near Oswego district, threat
ening to tear away the flmsy
structures.
HarbOr patrolmen feared the
sWirling waters, reaching the con-
fuence of the Willamette and
Columbia rivers after rampaging
over valley lowlands last night.
would "Jack-straw" the logs at
Swan island and Oregon shipbuild-
ing corporation yards, endangering
two of the largest shipyards in the
northwest.
The siad however, the logs might
rush into the Columbia river, mis-
sing the crucial jut-off where the
Willamette flows by the yards, and
pass 'harmlessly' into the broad
er Columbia river.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-03
DeGauIIe Urges
Giraud Meefinu

LONDON, Jan. .. - CUP)-Gen.
Charles De Gaulle, leader of the
Fighting French, said today that he
had suggested to Gen. Henri Honore
Giraud, French high commissioner
for North Africa, that they meet
somewhere on French soil to discuss
plans for warning Oh the Axis.
De Gaullc said he made the Sug-
gestion on Christmas Day. Earlier
today fighting French spokesman
here said agreement between De
Gaulle and Giraud was dependent
Upon elimination of the North Al
ican imperial council which is
packed with VichyiteS."
internal confuse y French
North Africa is steadily increasing,
De Gaulle's statement said, caus-
ing a situation which lis and will
be embarrassing for the opera. OnS
CT the Allied armies"
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-03
Sand Bags Protect
City as Midwest
Flood. Nears Crest
Damage Reaches Over
Two Million Dollars
In War Plant Centers

PORTSMOUTH, o., Jan. 2
(UP)-The Ohio river, in full
flood stage that made thou
sands homeless and caused
damage which may reach So,
100000 to war-producing cities
crept slowly toward a crest today
at Portsmouth as emergencT crews
aided by army engineers placed sand
bags atop the city's protecting flood
wall.
The river rose at Il rate of OIL foot
per hour and by $50 am. EWT
had reached 500 feet Still safe
as yet inside the city'S protecting
G2-loot flood wall were q steel mill
and other war manufactures.
A crest of 81 feet was expected
tomorrow. City Manager James
Parkinson estimated that the sand
bags atop the dixie would afford
protection up to SO feet.
Thousands of refugees upstream
OF Portsmouth prepared to return
TO homes as the crest passed. I hou-
sands more below Portsmouth pre-
pared or had evacuated as the riv-
er's crest moved down toward Gin
cinnati.
Marietta, about 1875 miles above
Portsmouth, awaited recession of
flood waters to begin clearing away
the debris left by the flood. The
entire business section was under
Continued on Page 6, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-03
Tire inspectors
TO Hear Examiner

Donnie Roult, tire examiner
from the Son Diego branch of the
Office of Price Administration,
will address existing and potential
official tire inspectors of Imperial
county in a series of meetings next
week, it was announced Saturday.
The first meeting will be on Mon
day at pm, when he will talk to
inspectors of Holtville. At pm.
The same night he will appear be-
ore CaleXico inspectors. On Tues
cay at 4 pm. he is scheduled to
speak before Calipatria inspectors
and at pm. before Brawley in
,pectorS.
FL Centro's meeting is set for the
Barbara Worth hotel at pm.
Wednesday.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-03
Germans Live Like
Beasts of Forest
Under Soviet Guns
Red News Man Declares
AggressOrs Driven to
Extremes of Hardship
BY VASTLY GROSSMAN
War Correspondent of the Russian
Army Newspaper Red Star

ANSWoPAPSA AtSu SNaA
STALINGRAD, Dec. 80.
| Delayed -(UP)-The Ger
mans in Stalingrad are living like
hairy beasts of the stone age, nib
bling at their starvation rations of
bread and horse meat, amidst the
ruins of this magnificent city they
destroyed.
I stood today on the ice-covered
fourth floor roof of a Stalingrad
house, looking through a telescope
over the German held area. Not a
moving figure was visible. There
was not puff of smoke
The Germans now show them
selves only at night They nervously
listen for the approach of a Rus
sian attack party and when they
hear one they CALL
Hey, Russial Shoot at the legs.
Why shoot at the head?"
RUSSIANS EMERGE
The Russians have emerged from
the earth. They walk quietly in the
streets they have freed.
III the brilliant sunshine, on the
9littering frozen Volga, men march
across the ice, dragging small carts
from the Russian garrison from the
ether side. Beside them are the cart
drivers, angrily shouting and whip
ping at their horses which stop hes
ltatlngly on the flat ice
On q snow wrapped hill across
the river from the city l see men
buSilT unloading fresh munitions
for the Russian attack which, street
by street. house by house, is freeing
the city.
POSTWAR AT WORK
In Stalingrad n postman with his
leather bag trudges slowly to the
battalion command post with the
mail. Forty yards from the nearest
Continued on Page 6, Col 81
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-03

A British radio report said the
Russians already had reached the
vicinity of Novosokolniki, a railroad
town 80 miles west of Velikie Luki
and only 60 miles from the Latvian
border.
This advance, which represented
the most westward point the Rus
slams have reached since they were
swept back by the Axis in Is months
bitter fighting, conceded with i'm
portant Soviet gains on six other
sectors.
ELISHA CAPTURED
In some sections the Germans Of
fered onl: weak resistance, and gar
risons fled leaving large quantities
of war materials. Over New Years
day the Russians also captured Ellis
ia, capital of the Kalmyk republic,
ITO miles south of Stalingrad, and
key towns in the Caucasus area.
But it was the fall of Velikie Luki
that caused Russians listening to
the announcement in Moscow to
congratulate one another. The city
is a vital railroad center and it's
loss unhinged the German commu-
nications system. The Germans
contended they still held Velikie
Luki Saturday, but conceded they
had withdrawn from Elisha
PEOPLE CELEBRATE
RuSsias capital of Moscow still
is under technical state of siege,
but there was relaxation of the
strain Friday night when the fall
of Velikie LuEi and Elisha was an
nounced. On New Years eve the
midnight curfew was eliminated
and there was q big celebration.
Moscow dispatches said the feeling
of the city's population was that
the turning point of the war had
been reached
In IuniSia, Allied bombers turned
their attention to the Axis bases of
SousSe, SiaX, and GabeS and it ap-
peared to be only question of time
until the three ports were smashed
up. Front dispatches said the re-
lentleSS Allied air attacks on .Bizerte
and TuniS had destroyed the two
ports and that Axis shipping now
was being diverted southwark Brit
lSh submarines sank two large sup
Fly ships eff the Gulf of Tunis yes
terday and probably sank a destroy
er off Bizerte.
FRENCH ON MARCH
"A Fighting French force moving
northWard on Tripoli from the Lake
Chad area reported it was driving
continued on Page 6, Col. q
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-03
Wi!Ikie Calls for
More Action, Less
Talk in PLANNING
COP Chief Speaks for
Grard Council of All
United Nations

NEW YORK, Jan. 2. (UP)
Wendell Willkie today call
ed for more action and fewer
words in solving global war
strategy and peace aims.
The 1910 Republican presidential
candidate spoke at q victory rally
at the, Metropolitan Opera.
He proposed a grand council of
the united Nations, Not paper
council" bus an actual working
| council.
"A common council in which all
Elan together, not Il council of the
few, who direct or merely aid others
as they think wise. We must have a
council OF grand military strategy
on which all nations that are bear
ing the brunt of the fighting, are
represented. Perhaps we might even
learn something from the Chinese,
who with 50 little have fought so
well, so long. Or from the Russians
who have recently seemed to know
something about the art of war
TIST PLAN FUTURE
And most important of all, as
a United Nations, we must formu-
late now the principles which will
govern ON actions as we move step
by step to the freeing CT the con-
quered countries"
Warning OF the need of definite
action to set up joint machinery
to solve current and postwar prob
lens. Willkie said otherwise we
will find ourselves moving from one
eXpediency to another. sowing the
seeds of future discontentS even
among the United Nations"
Wilkes speech was critical of
recent speeches by Vice President
Wallace advocating International
cooperation after the war because,
ne indicated, Wallace laid down no
Plans for immediate action.
Il have been quite deliberately
rodding our official leaders to dis
cuS5 such questions" Willkie said.
But when they Give us mere proph-
ecieS and predictions that is an in
diligence. For if history has taught
us anything, it has taught us that
people obtain in peace only what
continued on Page 6, Col. g.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-03
Mexican Quota TO
Be Filled Soon

The entire order of 1901 MeXicanS
imported from the interior of Mex
leo to work in Imperial Valley
fields will have been filled by
February l, Tom Finnev, United
States Employment Service direc-
or, predicted Saturday.
Finney said the next grolf) of
500 agricultural laborers are sched-
u!ed to arrive here January Is. On
February | the final contingent
of 51i are supposed to arrive.
Contracts for use of the workers
have already been signed, Finney
said. Most Of the 10l4 soon to ar
i've will be used in the pea fields.
A total of 1877 workers are al
ready working in the fields.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-03
ne-Time Finance
Leader Succumbs

Hi LSBOROUGH, Calf, Jan. 2.
-lUP>-Arthur Reynolds, formerly
enc of the nations outstanding fl
nancial leaders. died at his home
"err last night followino an ex-
tended illness. He was rs.
He was chairman of the currency
committee of bankers that formu-
lated the federal reserve system I'M
der President Woodrow Wilson. He
was the ONLY banker ever to be
elected president of the American
Association of Bankers for two sue
CeSsiVe terms.
REYNOLDS was vice-chairman of
the board of directors of the Bank
OF America, with headquarters in
San Francisco, when he retired
from active business In 1896.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-03
1st Aid Station
For Troops Opened

A first aid station for soldiers was
opened this week at 146 South Sew
enth street, Ell Centre, in the old
Fox theater building.
Army doctors will be there to
treat the soldiers and an ambulance
will be available if needed. The
station will be open every night,
The arrangements for the station
we're made by army doctors and
Secretary Ben Herring of the FL
Centre Chamber of Commerce.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-03
y AMBl|Ne
NEpoR1ER
Nuff Said

Nuff Said
The accompar' ing rhyme with
out even a SIGNATURE attached was
received by Mr.. and Mrs. c. K.
Pc ton. They have every reason to
believe it came from their Son,
Leroy. now in action somewhere.
Can't write a thing
The cenSor's to blame.
Just say that I'm well
= And sign my name.
Can't tell where we sail from.
Can't mention the date.
And can't even number
The meals that we've ate"
Can't say where we're going,
Don't know where we'll lard.
Can't inform you
If met By a band.
Can't mention weather.
Can't say if there's rain.
All military secrets
Must secrets remain.
Can't have a flashlight
To guide me at night.
Can't smoke a Gig
Except cut of sight.
Can't keep a diary
For such is q sin.
Can't keep the envelopes
Your letters come in.
Can't say for sure, folks.
just what l can write.
So I'll call this letter
And close with goodnight
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-03
Puerto Rico Asks
Elective Power

WASHINGTON, Jan. c.-UP)-
Bolivar Pagan, resident commits
sioner for Puerto Rico, today re-
leased the text of n letter in which
he urged President Roosevelt to
support legislation granting Puerto
Ricans the right to elect their own
governor
The letter, dated November II.
said that under the expressed and
implied pledges of the Atlantic
Charter Puerto RicanS feel that it
Is time now to achieve more DEM
ocratic change in the shape of our
inSular government"
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-03

needed by industries in Nevada and
southern California and the two
additional generators brought into
operation in six months have ena-
bled us to reduced critical shortages
in this important industrial area.
Installation of another large
generator at Boulder is going for
ward as rapidly as priorities for
materials and fabrication will per-
NIT. We expect to have this ma
chine in operation early in 1914
and so bring the Boulder capacity
to more than a million kilowatts."
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-03
Olson JusgIes Jobs to
p erpetuote Fuvorites

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 2.-UP)-
Gov. Culhert Olson today appoint
ed A. p. Entenza, Los Angeles at
torrev, to the state athletic COM
mission, replacing Chairman Jerry
Geisler of Hollywood.
Geisler, who also has been chair
man of the horse racing commits
sion, asked Olson to relieve him of
the athletic commission position
because he could not devote suffi-
Gent time to both. GeiSler is a
prominent attorney
The athletic group governs box
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-03

inc and wrestling.
Entenza also is chairman of the
state veterans welfare board and
it was indicated he would continue
TO hold both positions. Neither is
salaried.
Geisler's term ended yesterday.
so Olson named Entenza to a term
ending January /, l947.
Olson did an unusual bit of COM
mission juggling to perpetuate his
other appointees on the board.
Here's the play by play:
John A. Rustigan OF San Fran
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-03

cisco, resigned his term which ex-
pired January /, 1914.
Olson named Edward Sanders OF
Los Angeles, whose term had ex-
pired year ago yesterday. but who
had continued TO serve for lack OF a
successor, to take Rustigan's unex-
pired term.
Rustiean then was appointed 10
the new term Sanders had been fill
ing, ending January /. 1876.
Finally, Entenza replaced 0eisler.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-03

TO the DAMS generating capacity.
Commissioner John G. Page of the
Bureau of Reclamation, which con-
structed and operates the dam
across the Colorado river, informed
Ickes 1t will bring its total capaci-
ty to more than $4,000 kilowatts.
THE foresight of the Department
of Interior under your direction in
planning new installations at Boul-
der dam has enabled us to add ma
teriallv to the capacity since the
United States entered the war"
page said. This capacity was badly
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-03
Negro Wounded In
Row With Mexican

IlEBER, Jan. 2-Thomas j. Muse,
AZ, Negro, was recovering Saturday
from head wounds inflicted by an
unidentified Mexican in a fight in
cafe in Hebci shortly before mid
night Friday.
Witnesses said they did not
know the Mexican and some said
they believed he had entered the
United States illegally. The Mex
lean disappeared after the fight,
Deputy Sheriff Peter Klyne said.
Muses. injuries were not considered
critical.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-03
] ruck Inventory
Will Aid Farmers

Following suggestion by the I'M
perial county USDA war board, the
California state board Saturday adj
vised units in all counties to keep
inventories of used trucks available
for purchase by farmers.
This will eliminate needless cam
v2Ssine CT truck dealers by farm
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-03
OIeanlerS 4 ?. in -

Oleanders 4" in
Here we go voting oleanders a.
gain to the Observers on the FL
Centre ground observation post
AS it did Christmas, the post
( functioned perfectly in spite Of the
holiday festivities. Mrs. Dexter
Babcock, chief in charge, said Sat
uday.
And a nice little boutonrnere to
the men who served New Years
eve. They showed up at tn post five
minutes early.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-03
18th Generator
Added to Boulder

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2. (UP)-Secretary of Interior
Harold L. Ickes announced today that Boulder Dam
ready the worlds largest electrical power source has added
18th huge generator to the the south
west The generator odds than IS 900 kowatts
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-03
Tax Stamps Trap
Juvenile Thieves

Arizona tax STAMPS on PACKAGES
ct cigarettes trapped eight juvenile
boys in stories told Sheriff Robert
W. Ware in Ell Centre in attempts
to explain away possession of prop
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-03
Beds, Soldiers
Fail to Connect

The latch string out in Ell Centric Thursday and
Friday nights but coordination between military and civil
authorities slipped cog leaving servicemen wondering
around town while the empty house ready and
Waitinp % nroNidp Sheltnr
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-03
Two Key, Cities
Fell to Soviet
In Great Drive
Enemy Communications Unhinsed on
Front While Russians Score Greatest
Westward Advance Since War BEGAN
BY UNITED PRESS =

Russian troops who captured The Key German defense
stronghold of Veke Luk the central front an at
tack with powerful tank and artillery support Saturday
reported driving westward toward old Iavian
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-03
I. 6. Man Defies
Police with Gun

j. W. Mclaughlin held off police with a gun when they
attempted to arrest him disturbance charge Friday
night, officers said Saturday morning.
OFFICERS Roy Gett and E. H. Kirby were able to per-
Suade him to put up his weapon and be taken to
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-03

ters after a short talk.
Mclaughlin pleaded guilty to the
disturbance charge in court Satur-
day morning and was released on
500 bond to appear Monday to be
An argument between McLaughlin
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-03

and his eX-wife was climaxed by
her complaint, officers said.
The two had been living in adj
joining apartments at ITO Brighton.
The couple have been separated
Tor considerable time.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-03
WEATHER

Maximum Friday u, minimum Saturday SO; am
Saturday a. humidity 70; noon Saturday GA, hu
Nudity 43; 5 pm. Friday &c, humidity AZ.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-03

BuTiER-L0s Angeles extra 49c: grade A cream
zoe; manufacturing milk 65c; route gathered cream
53hc.
l.. A. HAY-U. S. No. $500; u. s. No. 2 leafy
! l. " S27-2S; No. $245O-26; July flax $685..
Evening star., 1943-09-21

and the humping roar of antiair-
craft guns.
In this hell of sound and dust
and battle fury the troops have
been fighting almost without rest
since they stormed into Italy
almost a week ago under the front
line fire of German mobile 88-mm
guns set up on the beaches.
Field columns flung by the Allies
have seized and held coastal strips
adjoining the landing beaches for
several miles. The Germans are
entrenched in bordering hiyys from
which they make periodic sorties
with tanks and infantry. The fight
ing has been of greater ferocity
than any previous amphibious
operation in this theater. In addi-
ton to their ground sorties the
Nazis have tried, with hit-run air
raids and night bomber attacks, to
break up British and American ad-
vances and overrun their positions
IN strong counterthrusts.
Day and Night Battles.
But Allied airpoWer has been
supreme. 1t has been the decisive
factor-a mighty fist closed and
able to mass its mobile power at
any point. British and American