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Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-19
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Cause For Worry
Are there any questions?' Cap
tains James H. Gilchrist and Car
roll E. Mccullough asked the stu.
dents at General Union High school,
after they had described their ex-
periences in the Solomon Islands
area.
"Is it true asked a girl in the
audience" that the Polynesian wo-
men are as beautiful as we have
been led to believe.
They're more beautiful the two
captains agreed enthusiastically
They're wonderful" Then the two
officers say the extremely worried
expression on the girls face.
But then," they chimed in
hastily" the Melanesian women
aren't at all good looking. Don't
worry about them. They pile their
hair a foot high on top of their
heads, seldom bathe, and Use flea
powder that is pink"
The girl looked little happier.
But the girls you really should
worry about" the officers went on
in an attempt to make the girl per-
fectly happy again, "are the Aus
tralian girls. They are magnific-
lent
wait minute" shouted mas
culine voice from the audience.
Her boy friend just landed in Aus
tralia."
The officers bowed out in con-
fusion.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-19
Senate Approves
biuuer AIIotmenfs

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19.-UP)
The Senate today accepted by voice
vote and sent to the White House
bill to increase dependency al
lotments for the families OF en-
listed men in the armed forces.
The measure increases to $50 a
month the allowance for the first
child, compared with the present
$12 and increases from $40 to 20 the
allowance for each additional child.
The wifes allowance remains the
same, $50.
Final Senate approval came When
Sen. Ed G. Johnson, D., Colo, call
ed up the bill and asked that 1t be
accepted Immediately in view OF
the fact that the Senate already
had voted for the new scales 1t
contained. The vote sending the
measure to the White House fol-
lowed with no further discussion.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-19
Fonda Case TO Be
Decided Later

HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 19.-(UP)
Judge John G. Clark today sus-
pended until after the war all
further action in the suit of
Brunei divorcee Barbara Thomp-
son seeking to establish lanky
film star. Henry Fonda as the
father of her three months old
baby girl.
Judge Clark i'm making the de-
cision took note of an affidavit
signed by Capt. Ben ii. Wyatt,
Superior Officer to Fonda, now a
Lieutenant, junior grade, in train
ing to be flying signal officer
at the naval air training base at
Quonset Point, II. 1.
Capt. Wyatt said that Fonda
would not be able to have a leave
sufficient to attend lengthy
court trial until three months
after the war ended.
The decision delayed a spec
tacular courtroom airing of Mrs.
ThOmpson's charges that Fonda
had seduced her in an Ell Cen
tro, Cal, hotel room while he was
on location for filming of "The
Immortal Sergeant"
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-19
Schoo! Enrolment
Down in County

EnrollmentS in elementary and
high schools in Imperial county
were lower this year than last due
possibly to the effects of the war
on population of the county, County
School Superintendent E. l.. Hite-
man said. E
AS of Tuesday the elementary
school enrolment was 5,857 while
at the end of the first month last
year the enrolment was 6,531, show
ing enrollments this fall 674 less
than last fall.
High school enrollments this fall
totaled 1886 while year ago they
totaled LIT, a drop of 191. 1t is
possible the enrollments may in
crease when the annual influx of
migratory workers and their fam
lilies reaches its peak in December
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-19

He said Tuesday that he was
making the move because of the
health of a rember of his family.
CAME AS AGENT
Carey came to Imperial Valley in
1902 to act as agent for the Oakley
Paulin company and their success
ors in the sale of townsite property
in Imperial and other valley towns.
He was in this line for six years.
He filed on 800 acres of land. Mr..
and Mrs. Carey lived on a ranch
near Holtville for some time Carey
was appointed county auditor in
1911 and has been elected to the
office continuously since that time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carey have bought
a home in LynWood and will make
their home there.
words seem inadequate to con-
vey to you my deep appreciation
and gratitude for the many kind
nesses, courtesies and considerations
extended to m" office and myself
during the many years of our asso-
Continued on page 6, col. p
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-19
Allied Bombers Hit
Jugos|avia Nazis

LONDON, Oct. 19-UP)-Allied
bombers have joined in the spread
ing battle of Jugoslavia for the first
time since the start of the war, an
Algiers communique said today, as
Jugoslav partisan sources reported
new successes in their campaign
against Germany's reinforced Balk-
an armies.
Striking directly a. the heart of
German communications through
the Varder Valley into Greece, med
il>m bombers and fighter -bombers
of the northwest African air force
yesterday hammered the railway
yards at Skolpje, in southern Jugo-
slaVia.
The raiders, possibly operating
from neWly-won Italian air bases
300 miles across the Adriatic sea,
caught the German defenders so
completely off guard that they fail
ed to put up single fighter plane,
or fire their antiaircraft guns.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-19

middle Dnieper front that Germans
above Kiev were falling back to
the west and southwest, surrender
ing the northern defenses of the
Ukrainian capital.
Field reports made it evident that
the Nazis had thrown every resource
they could muster into the struggle
on the approaches to Kiev, keystone
base Of the crumbling Dnieper line,
and now apparently were conceding
defeat.
Izvestia's announcement that the
Germans were retreating in the
sector north of Kiev was the first
definite word in SO high a quarter
of a Nazi withdrawal in a key
area.
ABOVE RAILROAD
1t coincided with reports that the
Red army had driven a spearhead
into the Dnieper bend to a point SO
miles southeast of Kremenchug and
20 miles west of the river. Ad-
vanced Soviet elements were only
10 miles above the Dnepropetrovsk
railway on through the western
Ukraine, accentuating the threat to
German communications between
the Dnieper and the Black Sea
ports of Kherson and Nikolaev.
(The Berlin radio said that mass
ing of large Soviet forces northwest
of Dnepropetrovsk had caused the
Germans to fall back about IL
miles to new positions. The Nazis
also admitted a Russian break
through north of Kew
On the Kiev front the Germans
were reported to have massed ar
tillery and infantry reserves behind
shield of armor for the crucial
struggle north of the city.
They brought up the largest num-
ber of planes seen on the Russian
front since the battle of Belgorod.
at the outset of the Red army's
campaign. The German planes
carried out several thousand sorties
daily.
Against the formidable array the
Russians attacked from their
bridgehead ON the west bank of the
Dnieper. Soviet infantry laborious-
ly cut several corridors through the
German positions. Tanks poured
through them, followed by motoriz-
ed infantry.
At many points the Germans
mounted as many as 10 counter
Continued on page 6, col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-19

American troops advanced on the
right flank of the Fifth army along
the upper reaches of the Volturno
in the most significant gains of
the daT, which laid open the Ap-
plan way to Rome.
British units comprising of the
coastal wing of Lieut.. Gen. Mark
w. Clark's army cleared the entire
northern bank of the Volturno river
from Capua to the sea.
FINAL SEAL
The days victories put the final
seal on the bloody struggle for
the river line athwart the coastal
route to the Italian capital, on
which the Germans tried in vain
to make a stand.
AS the battle of the Volturno
ended, the British Eighth army
beat off a number of German coun-
terattacks in heavy fighting, and
bucked ahead an average of three
miles along the southern part of
its front. The gains, synchronized
with those of the Fifth army, ac-
centuated the long range thanking
threat to Rome, already technically
by-passed far to the east.
German resistance to the advanc-
ing American units beyond the
upper Volturno definitely dropped
off. Instead of the bloody hand-to-
hand fighting in which the Nazis
opposed the first attempts to smash
the Volturno line, they now were
back to their old trick of depend
ing on artillery and heavy machine
guns to delay their barriers.
American divisions struck north
Continued on page 6, col. y
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-19
laps Report New
U.S.. Pacific Raids
BY UNITED PRESS

Allied bombers and fighters,
striking heavily at both ends of the
1000 mile southwest Pacific front,
attacked Bougainville island in the
northern Solomons and Wewak, en-
emy base on the northeast New
Guinea coast, on Monday, a Jap
anese broadcast said Tuesday.
The attack on Bougainville, rem
dered extremely vulnerable by Gen.
Douglas MacArthur's smashing
raid on Rabaul and by the seizure
of the central Solomons this month,
apparently was heavy one. Tokyo
said nearly 100 Allied planes par
ticipated.
Neither attack, reported in jap
anese broadcasts recorded by the
United Press at San Francisco, had
been announced by General Mac
Arthur.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-19


California Electric Power company
with the district was economic
foolishness', the veteran director
and rancher asserted.
Prior to and during the formation
of plans to purchase the California
power organizations valley facjl-
tiles, Rose consistently fought the
program on the grounds that the
price asked for the power company
was excessive" and that the equip
ment was "outmoded".
AGAINST PROJECT
At the meeting of the directors
at which the formal decision to
place the purchase before the voters,
Rose was the only director who
voted against the project. At the
election residents of Ell Centre voted
better than three to one in favor
Of selling S6,0000OO worth of bonds
to cover the purchase cost, S4,9OO,-
900, the additional funds being
allotted for proposed improvements.
Earlier in the year Director Rose
also opposed the issuance of the
Continued on page 6, COL d
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-19

Great Britain were being remarked
with British labels and sent to
other countries.
Churchill inferentially rebuked
the senators in a commons speech
last week when he referred to
"scme countries, which l would not
venture to name. whose soldiers
are fighting abroad and whose
politicians are fighting at home
with equal vigor and ferocity."
STATEMENT DRAWN UP
A full statement of the facts re-
garding the unfair and probably
unauthorized" statements credited
to the senators has been drawn up,
for publication if that course
should be considered expedient at
later date, he said.
ChurchillS remarks were prompt
ed by question from the floor as
to whether public reply should be
issued to the senators ''to avoid the
diffusion of ill will"
1.-THE report in question" Church
i'll said, was made to congress in
secret session, and l therefore am
neither fully nor actually acquaint-
ed with its nature.
"A summary of the ten con-
clusions reached by the senators has
been printed in the record of the
United States senate. These con-
clusions bring no charges of the
kind referred to
Asked whether his decision against
a public reply would be followed by
other members of his cabinet,
Churchill indicated that they
would maintain similar official
silence.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-19
Barber Will Be
Tried on Nov. y

On Nov. % James F.. Mcclure,
33, Jacumba barber, will go to
trial in San Diego county superior
court on a charge of assault with
intent to kill in connection with
the death of Townsend Sharp, As,
former Imperial county peace Of
ficer
Mcclure was arraigned in San
Diego Tuesday.
The death of Sharp occurred in
Jacumba Sept. 2 after Sharp and
Mcclure were said to have engaged
in fight which followed an argu-
ment in a gambling establishment.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-19

OH saturday, COunUy oCllOOl SUPER
intendent E. l.. Hiteman said Tues
day.
1t will be necessary for only one
member of family to register for
the entire family and that appli-
cant must take to the school all
war ration books No. for all men,
bers of his family. War ration book
No. will be issued only upon pre-
sentation of book No. 3.
Public school teachers will Off
ciate as registrars with the high
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-19
Jap Air Chief in
China Is Dead
By UNITED PRESS

A Japanese broadcast announced
Tuesday the death of Lieut. Gen.,
Moritaka Nakasono, commander of
the Japanese army air corps in
China, last September
The Tokyo RADIO, recorded by the
United Press at San Francisco, said
Nakasono met gallant death" while
leading air operations in south
China. The text of a war min
istry announcement said:
Army air corps commander Lieut..
Gen. Moritaka Nakasono, while
commanding air operations in
south China, was killed in Sep
tember."
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-19

less labor turnover in the valley
which had retarded this districts
part in the war effort.
There have been scores of in
stances where men who planned to
leave a job have sought availability
certificates from this office. During
the interview we have been able
to convince them of the necessity
of staying on their present job, thus
eliminating another replacement" ."
Finney pointed out.
Finney said that recent compu-
tation of man hours lost by labor
employment changes, where in each
instance the employe has had to
be broken in on new job, and The
man who relieved him having TO
go through the same training rou-
tine, had been staggering and was
one of the chief headaches" of the
war manpower commission.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-19
Hanover Reduced
TO Flaming Ruins
As Raj Hits Aqain
Chicago of Germany
Now as Devastated as
Hamburg After Assaults

LONDON, Oct. 10. (UP)
British four-engined bomb
ers, hundreds strong, resum-
ed their block-buster raids
on Germany last night with
a heavy assault on Hanover while
tWin-engined Mosquitoes hit Berlin
for the second time in "a hours.
Air experts said the new raid
probably reduced Hanover, whose
Importance as a communications
center makes it the Chicago" of
northwest Germany, to a stage of
devastation equally that at Ham
burg. Hanover now has been the
target of four heavy blockbuster
raids since Sept. %.
Seventeen bombers were lost in
the two attacks and subsidiary raids
cn other but unidentified targets,
including Mosquito attack on
western Germany, the air ministry
announced.
SWARM OVER CITIES
The big Strings, Lancasters and
HalifaXeS swarmed over the big
arms center of Hanover in strength
for the second time this month to
heap new destruction on the city's
already devastated industrial and
business areas.
Hundreds of tons of high explosive
and incendiary bombs were dropped
on the city, but clouds prevented
observation of detailed results
However, numerous fires painted
the sky rosy tint.
The raid, ending a nine-night
lull in the operations of the heavy
bombers, was the 51st of the war
Continued on page 6, col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-19

manpOWer DOard.
In the recent manpower commits
sion ruling establishing uniform
basic job control regulations on a
mandatory basis throughout the
nation, as a part of the overall
stabilization program, a penalty OF
a $4,000 fine or year in jail or
both, we're established for viola
tions, Finney announced.
1.-The penalty will be invoked in
all cases where we find a flagrant
violation of the rules, Finney said.
"It is extremely important that all
employers of labor In this district
abide by the regulations govern
ing availability certificates, and If
they are in doubt they should call
this office, Ell Centre $780," he add
ed.
Finney said that until recently
there had been an extreme and use
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-19

KcrchOO! Sniff
Mrs. Herbert LoWdermilk was
home alone Monday night SO she
decided to go to bed early The
wind kept Hopping a chair out on
the porch. The noise kept her
awake.
"Oh, DEAR" she said, trying to
sleep in spite of the noise. Il wish
Herbert would come home and fix
that chair"
She finally decided to run quickly
out on the porch, fix the chair, run
back in the house again, and hop
into bed. The wind nearly blew
her off the porch when she opened
Continued on page 6, col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-19

school teachers going to the elemen-
tary schools TO assist in the work
Applicants will register at the
elementary school district nearest
the applicants residential address,
"The government is particularly
anxious that all persons eligible for
book No. register this week" Hite-
man said Tuesday. Late registrants
will not be able TO get book No. 4
until late In November II Is expect
ed that the book will come into use
early In November"
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-19
Churchill to Stuy
Silent on CHARGES

LONDON. Oct. 10 UP)- Prime
Minister Churchill told commons
today that he had decided against
making public reply to the alleged
anti-British charges made by five
U. S. senators following their tour
of the worlds battlefronts.
The senators were said to have
charged in a secret session that
American lend-leaSe goods sent to
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-19
Allies Put Names
On New Red Supply
Pact in England
Increase in Flow of
War Supplies to Russ
Told as ENJOYS Meet

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10.
(UP) = Swiftly following
Secretary of State Cordell
Hull's arrival in Moscow for
the foreign ministers confer
ence, the state department today
announced signature of new
agreement whereby the United
States, Canada and Great Britain
will supply ornaments, equipment,
materials and food to the Soviet
Union
Hull and British Foreign Minister
Anthony Eden arrived in Moscow
yesterday to confer with Foreign
Commissar v. M. Molotov. Although
Hull is believed to be prepared to
discuss any pertinent subject raised
b.; the Russians, the fact to remem-
Der is that this conference merely
is a preliminary to Roosevelt
Churchill-Stalin meeting.
No guarantee is made that the
three top men will meet. But the
conference of foreign ministers will
be judged a success or failure large
ly on whether the big three do final
ly get together.
ADVANCE MEETING
The foreign ministers are ex-
pected to explore the vast field of
Anglo -AmeriCan-RuSs relations
preliminary to decisions to be
sought in the big three conference.
The supply agreement revealed
today was signed in London, the
third of its kind and the first in
which Canada has been a signatory
although she has contributed
through both the United States and
Continued on Page 6, Column 81
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NAzIS RETREAT NEAR k|EV
500 Greeks Die of
HunQer Each Dav

LONDON, Oct. 19.-CUP-Five
hundred persons a day are dying
of starvation i'm Greece, but the
gallant little nation grimly buries
its dead and fights on against
Adolf Hitler.
Out of a population of 5000, 900
an estimated $4,000 persons al
ready are dead, either from starv-
alton or Gc/nan guns. Reliable
reports say 100000 of the $50, 900
died before firing squads.
Two hundred Greek villages are
in ruins. Every hour more men,
women and children collapse and
die in the streets.
Send us wheat or send us
cOffins," is the cry that comes
out of the stricken land.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-19
New Ration Book
Sisn-up to Stort

Promptly at 2 pm Wednesday registration for ration
book No will begin in elementary school in lmpe
rial county.
Registration will continue from pm. to pm. on We'd
nesday.. Thursday and Friday and from am. TO pm
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-19
Carey Resigns as
County's Auditor

Walter D. Carey Monday resigned Imperial county
auditor position he has held continuously since 1911.
He rendered his resignation official letter filed
with the county board of supervisors He asked that his
resignation become effective Nov
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-19
Rose Announces Intent to
Quit as LID. Director
Veteran Member of Board Declares He
Will Not Seek Reelection to Post in
Iq45; Bitterly Opposed TO Other Men

Bitterly opposed to the policies of his colleagues Mark
Rose veteran director of the Imperial Irrigation district
announced Tuesday that he would not be candidate
reelection to his present post in February 1945 and in
fact, might resign before the expiration of his term
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-19
Ukraine Capitol
O pen to Attack
From Northwest
Germans Admit Withdrawal Of Dozen
Miles; Thousands Of Nazis Die as
Russians Continue Relentless Push

MOSCOW, Oct. 49, (UP)-Outmatched German troops
nave begun retreat north of Kev after losing of the
river line, semi-officia dispatches revealed today
The newspaper Izvesta reported from the
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-19
Labor vioIators
Riqht Mistakes

Faced with possible penalties for violation of rules
governing the issuance of employment availability certt
Gates several Imperial Valley firms "have the light
and recfied their mistakes it announced Tuesday
by Tom Fnney Imperial county representative of the war
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-19
Allies Complete
Conquest Of Nazi
River Positions
Americans on Right Flank Of Fifth Army
Lay Open Appian Way to Rome; British
Of Eighth Army Continue TO Advance

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Algiers, Oct. 10. (UP)-
Allied armies completed conquest of the German defense
line on the Voturno river yesterday stamping out the
last tOehold the north bank in general advances
along the 00mile fighting front which overran % towns
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-19
WEATHER

Maximum Monday 10, minimum
Tuesday SIS; 5 am. Tuesday 50, hu-
midity Al; noon Tuesday ~, humid
ity SO; 5 pm. Mon. GA, humidity Al.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1943-11-24

Banquet Saturday evening for an
approximate four hundred was a
gala affair.
Highlighting the closing day
Sunday, Bishop John A. Gregg
addressed an audience of 1900
or more on my Mission to the
South Pacific" Bishop Gregg
chosen by the Negro churches OF
the United States of America as
President Roosevelt's emissary to
Army bases, dramatically told of
his visit with hundreds of Negro
soldiers, his contact with General
Macarthur mad Admiral Nimitz.
Preceding the address, His
Honor Mayor w. w. Wyatt, of
Louisville, in his brief remarks,
told of his appointing a Negro on
the Legislative Committee, the
Housing Commission, Rationing
Program, in the Public Library
System, and joint Community
Club, all of which sounded like
Louisville away down there is
doing better than we away up
here.
Mrs. Christine S. Smith, ma
tional president, In her queenly
fashion and well chosen words,
declared the conference closed
until August, 1947.
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liam is back home from her re-
cent trip to California, will start
this week on his annual duck
hunting trip with his famous dogs
Betty and Hey-Hel. Good luck,
"Sonney".
A very colorful birthday party
was given for Mrs. Mary j.
Scott of Sheridan Park Saturday
night, Nov. goth. About rs
friends came laden with gifts of
all sorts and enjoyed very
pleasant evening. Mr.. Charlie
Wyatt saw to it that everyone
was "wined and dined." Thanks
to his hospitality.
Mrs. Corinne Wilson of Ever
EFT, WASH, was week end guest
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. w.
w. Simmons. Mrs. Wilson is the
aunt of the recent bridegroom,
Walter Simmons, U. S. N.