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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-01

fed hospital which was bombed.
and he received shyapnel wounds
IN both feet
Still without treatment nc was
put aboard a Destroyer II was
sunk. nc spent FIVE hours on a
raft and landed on a nearby
island Finally he reached the
Fiji Islands. where he yeccived
treatment ms feet remaining m
casts two months Thcn nc
started home
He said that when fc cot home
be found that the girl who was
going 20 wait for him had waited
only = month
Then he had married a civilian
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-01
.HuSs Watches
Big j. 5. Push
From FoxhoIe
Nv PIERRE j. III -

WITH AMERICAN FORCES
.CN THE GABES ROAD, March
80 Delayed uNS)- Punctually
at noon today an American force
struck east OF Fl Gueltar at Field
Marshal Rommels right flank and
challenged a crack pan2er unit IN
pitched battle
Tonight. the African sky is re-
foCtnc the fcrcencSS of the con-
fIlct Along with constant flashes
of heat lightning. tho air is filed
with a booming cannonadc. PROV
Fi44es t44--t-ER} tntfftii ~-t-ftirf-tr1- tTutrt
the Americans and prevent a
merger with the British Eighth
Army AZ an costs is being followed
10 the letter
The main battle line is approNl-
mHoiy y miles east of Fl Guettm,
where the Germans flung a Gordon
across a mlc-Wide' valley Nan
positions i'm Arizona-hke sand and
rock ravines and Jagged heights
flank both sides IF the GabcS road
acting as supporting defense pillars
for the panZcr barrier.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-01
How Sfax Got IFS Name

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS ~
NORTH AFRICA April tt'Pt
The ancient Phocnician port OF
Sfax. toward wtIch -Ronmel APP
parently j. retiring, is sand 10 de-
rive its name from the Arabic
word "F'akouS. meaning "cucum-
her" The vegetable abounds IN
the ncighborhood
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-01
Milk Prices Increase

Retail and wholesale milk prices
IN Kalamazoo went up one-half
cent a quart today under an
CPA order ISSUED in Cleveland by
Edward G. Welsh, regional price
-NNnlulLNp
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-01
IMPORTANT BASE

The Wednesday midnight COM
munique referred 10 Anasta-
sevkaya as a base of the utmost
importance 10 the German de-
Tense" The town fell 10 the Rus
slams after they advanced =
miles over marsh land from Slay-
yanSkaya
About 200 German officers and
men were killed ~ tho Two futile
German attacks today along the
middle course of The northern
DonetS River on the khariov
front, the midday communique
said. Soviet artillery and rife
fire beat off the attacks and
Soviet counterblow hurled the
enemy back 70 mis- initial positions.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-01
How Yanks Caught Nazis Off Guard at Gabes
Russians Drive
Nearer Defenses
About SmoIensk

MOSCOW April / UP)-Red
armies smashed two strong Ger
man attacks on the Kharkov front
today and inched deeper into the
Smolensk defense belt on the sod
den central front.
The shrinking German bridge
head in the northwest Caucasus
was in grave danger of being cut
in two as a result OF the fall Of
IAnaStaScvskaya. 3S miles north OF
NoVoroSSiSk and only u miles
ortheaSt OF observation-disclosures.
-e4ti-tl4eA-iStSt highway frutS
between German forces north and
south of the kuban River.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-01
NO PLANES LOST

The bomberS Smacked the town
and airdromc and shot down an
mtercoptIng plane. All planes re-
turned safely. Medium units
bombed and strafCd the airdrome
and supply base at Tlmika, also in
Dutch New Guinea, and the village
of Kcauka. nearby.
Besides knocking the big gap
IN the bridge across the Timper
River, 80 miles northwest of
MadanC. a heavy unit plastered
the enemy coastal road between
Madang and Wewak, on the north
coast
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-01
laps Babo Base
Fired by Ydnks;
Bridge Smashed

GEN NacARTHUR'S HEAD
QUARTERS, Australia, April !
CUP)-Libcrator bomberS, on a
lonG-rangc RAID, bombed Japanese
held Babo. in Dutch New Guinea,
yesterday, a communique said to-
day, while other planes smashed d
30-loot gap IN a new enemy bridge
above the cast coast port of
MadanG.
Big Gre<-th4t- HE fiefS -eotiti
SEQ so miles away were set at
GaA4,-efa 44t-- :Att-e ,ittt-t- Gttfff,- ut ttrc
western end of New Guinea, $50
miles above Australia and LOO
mile, from the Allied New Guinea
base at Port Moresby.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-01
War Today
Allied Teamwork
Crushed RonmeI
At March Line
BY MAI. PAUL {. RABoRG

bN MAJ IAN l. - hRbphN
Nnuen I,peelsll, fer Init Nsvs service
THE SMASHING modern war
Of speed. 10 be successful, de-
mandS Split-Second coordination
Split-Second timing, and perfect
planning. Teamwork between
the fighting units rs more I'M
portant than IN the hardest
fought football game
The necessity Of Split-ScCord
timing by troops, frequently sup
piled by air, must NOT be for
gotten.
Once the attack Is launched
the mechanical and motorized
units must continue exactly on
schedule. II they fail 10 receive
the necessary gas and OIL, their
forward movement -- no all
move m ent is Immediately
stopped
The screening dive hombcrs
must continue their dives of
death right 10 The last minute Ot
the assault Of their ground
troops. but not 4 single bomb
can be dropped that might hit
one of their attacking units. II
is Split-second timing.
NEVER BEFORE have oppos-
inc sides been so completely
equipped and supplied with
mechanizstion which includes
planes, and never before has such
a battle action included naval
assaults as well as land and alri
operations.
But the timing and co-ordlna-
tion of the war actions Of the
United Nations is by no means
confined 70 TuniSia, II definitely
applies 70 Europe, Asia and
Africa. The bombing of Berlin
two days out o. three and other
vital European centers Will stop
Herr Hitler and Marshal Goerlng
from reinforcing their doomed
troops in Tunisia and Russia
with airplanes.
The constant voiced threats az
invasion OF Europe viii make
the fuehrer keep his land forces
intact and placed in the defense
of his fortress OF Europe. Yet
without reinforcement. the ANS
troops on the Russian and Tu-
nissan fronts are OF certainty
doomed.
ALL OF this planning and
co-ordinated action is the result
Of the supreme command OF the
United Nations.
But back 10 Tunisia-it now
becomes apparent that though
Gen. Montgomery's frontal as
sault against the corridor end Of
the Mareth Line was holding
attack 10 enable Gen. Freyberg
10 accomplish his thanking move
ment. il was nevertheless AS des-
perate as any direct attack ever
made.
The British Eighth Army in
the battle Of FL Alameln suffered
1900 casualties. but they buried
2o.000 Axis soldiers II is said
that the Mareth Line fighting
was even more bloody than the
battle of FL Alamein.
There is no doubt but that
Gen. Freyberg's. amazing en-
circling movement caused the
precipitous collapse of Rommels
Mareth Line defense. and there
Is no doubt but that the men Of
that fighting British generals
command nearly threw the
Afrika Korps for fall that
meant extinction,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-01
Scout Executive, "a, Dies

BUFF, AL8. Y Y April ! tiNS1
Gerhard +. Melpccke. 81, for
many years prominent IN Ameri-
can Boy Scout aciIvitlcS. died AZ
the home Of his son. Conrad +.
MeInecke. also 4 ..out cNeculIve.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-01
THhW INTENSIFIED

HEAVY rains intensified the
thav on tt1C Sruofcuyk front, nut
tiht Russians advanced -atitt scizetf
an enemy position tt1p tIcrmdrs
counterattaCked repeatedly,
The midnight communlque re-
ported heavy fighting on another
sector of the SmolcnSk front.
More than 1000 German troops
were killed in a threc-day battle.
ON the Taganrog front. along
the Sra of RzUv. Russian artillery
destroyed a battery of siX-barreled
mQrtArS While SoNlGt- alrmcR- and
anu-aircraft gunners shot down
II German planes
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-01

The distances to Sicily from Tunlsia where Nazi
Marshal Romme and his colleague, Gen. Won Arnim, are
being pushed back steadily by the pressure of the Allied
march 4arrews4 to the sea. Today Rommc in dotted
below Sousse) took his Afka korps safely through
the Gabes boeneck desperately attempted a delaying
stand. The Germans were sowing mines all along the
path Of American forces under 1t Gen. Patton, Mean
while Gen. Montgomerys British Eighth Army increased
his pressure from the south hard the Desert Fox tail
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-01
SHIPS AFIRE At SFAX

The Morocco radio reported
ships were on fire in the port
Of SfaX. 20 miles northeast Of
GabeS. which was taken by the
broadcaSter as "A possible sign
that Rommcl had ordered de-
NtructIon OF harbor lnstalla-
irons
British patrols reached tho
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-01
VIEW NAZI POSITIONS

With Michael Chinigo of Inter
national News Service and -
.Pctcrman of the Philadelphia In.
qurcr. | went this morning 10 a
Interest where ] could view the
lNazi positions. | found our recon-
nalsSanCe units advancing CaI-
tiouSly over the ground while the
highway below from Fl Guott0r
was filled with a moving column
lntcrmNCd with tanks and other
offensive fighting vehicles
realized NC inadvertently had
gone half a mile ahead of the biz
push. II was fine vantage point
10 sec the offensive launched II ~
lived TO tell the tale.
From a foNholc on the left side
of the GabcS road / saw tank
leader give the advance signal Al
neon sharp. the vehicles roarcd up
the road and over the CREST fol
lowed by a long Snakc-iikc line O.
infantry. The ground was dry ami
tho sun Shone through mlNot
clouds II was excellent African,
udl lltEl Oullu Ntdlltl.
NAZI GUNS SPEAK 1T
Our forscS struck swiftly alonG
the ground TO catch the NaZls Off
their guard. However as soon As
the armor swept over the hlllCreSt
and dcployed in assault formation
over the fioWeT-Carpcted valley
ahead. Nazi JU-SS'S laid down
terrific barraGe
Two hundred feet away. bombs
fell by the scores. raising cloud
of dust. stone and Shrapnel. We
beat a haSty retreat TO the next
incline where we saw tank-busterS
and medium and light armor dash
forward. while their crews yelled
"ThiS is it! Hitler, here we
come"
Within half an hour the flank
ing heights on both sides OF the
road were under American fire
They replied energetiCally, expand
ing the battle thunder through the
valley where hundreds of dust
plumcs marked the movement for
ward.
BY $50 p. m. we correspondents
decided 10 hop forward again Our
jeep preceded the second wave Of
fighting columns moving out of
Fl Guettar as word came that
RommeIS panzCrS were found
ready for battle couple Of miles
ahead
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-01

ent purpose OF eNacuating what
ever remains of Rommels
Afrika korpS when the Allies
are finished with it in Tunisia.
cit is less than 200 miles
from the port Of Tunis to Gag
liariD
Everywhere along the front Al
led planes swept the skies and
gave the Luftwaffe the worst
FASTING of this campaign. shoot
nc down 81 AXIS aircraft while
losing only II.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-01
BIGGEST BY FORTRESsES

The Fortresses' raid was the
heaviest ever unleaShed by these
big ships in any theater Of war.
In the European theater, the
biggest American raid yet an
nounced was made by 115 For
treSSeS and LiberatorS. Another
raid was said 10 have been
larger but no figure was Speci-
fed. Liberators also took part
I'M the larger raid
ON the ground in TuniSia, the
British Eighth Army was in con-
tact with Marshal Rommels bat
tered Afrika KorpS a dozen miles
north of GabeS where the enemy
having Withdrawn through the
GabeS bottlcneCk. apparently was
putting up a sitter rear guard dc
ton in an effort 10 give Rommel
time 10 carry out his retirement
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-01

You'll like the fine comfort Of this
handsome sport Jacket at home
Al work Or outdoors
Tailored with fullness that gives
you plenty of freedom for action.
With roomy pockets and breast
pocket for carrying your essen.
tials.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-30
Cards of Thanks

WE WISH to express our apprecla-
ton for the understanding KIND
ness and sympathy accorded US
by our friends after the death
of our son and brother, Rex Ben
nett. We shall never forget this
friendly help.
Signed,
Mrs. Betty Bennett.
Mr. and Mrs. CT. Ct. Bennett.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grant Bennett.
Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas Bennett
Lost. Found Strayed
LOST: ration books No. 2 be-
longing to Ruth and Emma
Boone. Heber Box 26 7-3l
LOST: Ration book No. 2 belong
ing to Geo. e. Brooks. Return to
ration board. 30
LOST: C ration book belonging to
Wallace White. Return to ration
board. 30
LOST: Ration book No. belong
ing to Barbara Ann Cox. Return
to ration board. 8-3
LOST: Pair of glasses in brown
case. Believed lost at Imperial
Hardware, the skating rink or
Wilson Machine Shop. $5 reward.
Return to Security First Natl
Bank. 8-3
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-30

80 ACRES on highway close in,
modern home-$16,000, all pur-
pose land-immediate possession.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-30

320 ACRES alfalfa Westmore-
land district. Price $4,000 half
cash.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-30
DEATH : FUNERAL
NOTICES

HENDERSON, Caswell Terry, 80,
died in Calexico hospital Thurs
day. Funeral services at Lemons
Chapel in Ell Centro at 10 am.
Saturday. Burial in Evergreen
Cemetery.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-30

ITS ACRES yr. alfalfa fol-
lowed by l yr. Flax. Will lease
for $4,000 per yr. Fine early
cantaloupe, watermelon or carrot
land $27 500.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-30

1876 ACRES-One yr. water
melons out of alfalfa. Choice for
carrots, melons, beets or flax
$4,000.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-30

160 ACRE adjoining town.
1ouses-One of finest ranches in
,alley-ready to plant alfalfa.
This should net ten per cent for
next fifteen years. Price $4,000.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-30
= Use Post-Press Want Ads For Results
REAL ESTATE MART
FAR M LAND

FAR M LAND
so ACRES, large house, 6
years dairy-Choice for vege-
tables-Price $4,000 half cash.
80 ACRES on highway close in,
modern home-$16,000, all pur-
pose land-immediate possession.
80 ACRES-$8500 Holtville dis
trict, half casn-pal. easy terms.
Would make good alfalfa ranch,
or melons, truck or grain.
80 ACRE New alfalfa-$16.O 900.
Half cash bal. terms. Very choice
early land, heavy producer-im-
mediate possession.
160 ACRE adjoining town.
1ouses-One of finest ranches in
yalley-ready to plant alfalfa.
This should net ten per cent for
next fifteen years. Price $4,000.
1876 ACRES-One yr. water
melons out of alfalfa. Choice for
carrots, melons, beets or flax
$27, 900.
ITS ACRES yr. alfalfa fol-
lowed by yr. Flax. Will lease
for $4,000 per yr. Fine early
cantaloupe, watermelon or carrot
land $27,500.
240 ACRES now in F1ax-Will
make good Hay ranch. $24, 900
Terms.
800 ACRES alfalfa Westmore-
land district. Price $37 900 half
cash.
l6O ACRES - $375O0. $4,000
down, balance easy terms, 7 yrly.
pyintS. $80OO. improvements,
$4,000. crop ready to harvest next
five months. Fine location,
choice soil, no alkalai, on main
highway.
600 ACRES ready for alfalfa,
1900 acres part alfalfa, many
others to suit your needs. If you
want to buy or sell see
Fusate For Farms
795 Main
Bus. Phi. 474-Res. 1909
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-30

240 ACRES now in F1ax-Will
make good Hay ranch. $24,O 900
Terms.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-30

80 ACRE New alfalfa-$16,00O
Half cash bal. terms. Very choice
early land, heavy producer-im-
mediate possession.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-30

80 ACRES, large house, 6
years dairy-Choice for vege-
tables-Price $4,000 half cash.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-30

80 ACRES-$ $500 Holtville dis
trict, half casn-pal. easy terms.
Would make good alfalfa ranch,
or melons, truck or grain.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-30

LOST: c ration book belonging to
Wallace White. Return to ration
board. 8-2
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-30

LOST: Ration book No. 2 belong
ing to Barbara Ann Cox. Return
to ration board. 8-3
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-12
RoiI. Port City
Falls

Continued from Page u
making a quick survey of the port
in the hope of using it as a base
for supplies to the invading armies.
which were mopping up pockets of
resistance.
The action of the American forces
in the landing operations was des-
cribed in preliminary reports as
highly successful but the Germans
counterattacked with desperation.
It was indicated that heavy fight
ing La ahead since the Nazis were
seeking to prevent their troops
from being cut off in the south.
GIVEN BETTER BASES
The capture of Taranto naval
base and further advances in the
Calabrian peninsula in the south
during the last SO hours were ex-
pected to give the Allies better
bases for attack especially if air.
fields in the Taranto sector can
be utilized quickly. The Nazis have
had almost no support in the air
recently. Allied planes have been
heavily attacking communications
lines and read installations in the
Naples area.
The British 8th army in the
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-12
Allies Cross Last
kip River Defense

{ Continued from Page =
fighters, swept the New Guinea
northeast coast from Alexishafen
to Finsch harbor, destroying or
damaging 81 enemy barges ,explod-
ing an ammunition dump and
wrecking a group of trucks. Small
raids were made on Amboina, Dutch
New Guinea, Tanimbar in the Kai
islands and the New Britain coastal
area. In the Solomons, activity was
limited to reconnaissance.
CLAIM MUNDA HIT
(Tokyo radio said that japanese
naval planes struck severe blow
1T Munda, New Georgia, in the GEN.
.ral Solomons and sank two trans
ports and two other vessels in the
1llis islands on Wednesday. Tokyo
said a medium sized transport was
damaged Tuesday night in an AM
erican convoy off Salamaua, New
GuineaD
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-12
Legion 10 Install
Officers Monday

Officers of all American Legion
nosts in Imperial county and Of
ficers of the county council will be
installed in Veterans Memorial hall
in Imperial at p. m. Monday at
impressive joint installation cere-
monies.
Lester Nichols of San Diego,
twenty-second district commander;
Mike Zavala of Ell Centro, first
vice-commantler; and H. C. Daniel
Of National City, second vice-com-
mander: and Mabel Jackson, dis
trict adjutant, will serve as the
installation team.
Refreshments will be served after
the ceremonies.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-12
AIIv Chiefs Ask
BadosIio' Help

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11.-tUP)
President Roosevelt and British
Prime Minister Winston Churchill
today invited Premier Pietro Badog-
lio to play Darlan-Giraud role
in leading Italy into the camp OF
the United Nations.
That was the effect of the mes
sage sent by the leaders of the two
great English-speaking nations over
the United Nations Algiers radio
station at 1901 a. m. today. 1t was
formally addressed to Badoglio and
the Italian people, but the words
meant-join the Allies or suffer the
consequences of their military
might.
THE Liberating armies of the
western world are coming to your
rescue" Mr.. Roosevelt and Church
i'll told the Italian people. I'VE
have very strong forces and are
entering at many points. The Ger
man terror in Italy will not last
long. They will be eXtirpated from
your land and you, by helping in
this great surge of liberation, will
place yourselves once more among
the true and long proven friends Of
your, country from whom you have
oeen SO Wrongfully estranged."
OPEN INVITATION
It was an open invitation to Bag
odlio to call the Italian population
to arms against the Germans who
one week ago were their Allies but
now are not. 1t was an invitation
to Badoglio to assume leadership of
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-12
i Duce Believed
In North Africa
Continued from Page u

Continued from Page -
island of Sardinia. An Allied land
ing at Ostia. the port for Rome, Is
miles to the west also was reported.
However, all these purported VIC
tories appeared at least premature.
A special German communique
yesterday reported that Nazi troops
have taken over Rome, the Naples
area and most of northern Italy, in
Guiding the Brenner Pass, the Bolo-
gna, Verona and Cremona areas
and the northern coast, including
the ports of Genoa and Spezia.
Trieste was said to have been cap
tured after a short fight.
REPORTED IN PALERMO
The arrival of the Italian King,
Queen and Crown Prince in Sicily
also was reported in Svenska Dag
bladet, which said they were be-
lieved to have reached Palermo,
presumably the new seat of the
Italian government" Crown Princess
Marie Jose, wife of Crown Prince
Umberto, and their four children
CllJClCu o"ltICl itlli
Whereabouts of Premier Marshal
Pietro Badoglio were not known.
Rome radio said yesterday that he
had left the capital for military
inspections" and a later Paris
broadcast asserted that he had de-
parted by plane for an unknown
destination.
The Daily Express diplomatic ex-
pert, Guy Eden, said MIssolini still
was in Italy and would be turned
over to the Allies to be held for
trial as a war criminal before a
court of international lawyers.
Svenska Dagbladet quoted Italo-
Swiss border rumors that Badoglio
would resign soon in favor of FORM
er Prime Minister Ivanoe Bonomi,
a social democrat who was forced
into retirement by Benito Mussolini.
Count Sforza, former Foreign Min
lister now in exile in the United
States, would take over the Foreign
Portfolio in the new government,
the newspaper said
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-12
Paul Robson 10
Remain in U.S..

NEW YORK, Sept. Il CUP =
Paul Robson, Negro singer who
sent his son 10 school in Russia and
went to England so he could live
like first class citizen said to-
day that never again would be
consider leaving America.
Il did a lot of thinking when the
war started" said Robson, now
rehearsing for the leading role in
"Otello." Il had planned to leave
the United States for good and l
was living in London, shutting over
to Russia every summer to see my
boy. I thought I saw more toler-
ance for Negroes abroad that l did
here"
But Robson decided he was
wrong when the war broke out.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-12
Thirty Italian
warships Escape

Continued from Page i
Roma; three old, but reconstructed,
23,622-ton battleships-the Giulio
Cesare, Cairo Duilo and Andrea
Doria. Some of these had been
damaged by Allied attack.
Two heavy, 10000-ton cruisers Of
the Trento class, including the
Gorilla which was damaged by a
British submarine June %, 1912.
Two other ships of this class had
been sunk.
Not more than % first-line light
cruisers and two obsolete light
cruisers. One of the latter capsized
in the Naples harbor during a
British air attack Dec. 4, 1912,
while number of the first-line
light cruisers probably never were
completed
Not more than 43 destroyers and
probably considerably fewer.
Not more than So torpedo boats,
many of which undoubtedly have
been lost, in action.
Not more than 101 submarines of
which James says "a considerable
number" have been lost in action.
Two Sloops, one of which possibly
was lost
One seaplane carrier.
Not more than IL minelayers.
Four mine sWeepers.
Ten gunboats.
A maximum of 81 motor torpedo
boats, a good many" of which
have been lost.
About zoo miscellaneous craft, in
Guiding tugs, transports, training
ships, lighthouse tenders, submarine
depot ships, repair ships, research
and salvage vessels, and about 100
motor fishing vessels taken over by
the Italian navy in 1910.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-12
CaIexico Woman
Succumbs at Home

Mrs. Gertrude Adele Isom. 81,
died from heart attack Friday at
her home in Calexico
She had been i'll for long time
and the heart attack came as a
elimination of her illness.
Born in Arroyo Grande, Calf,
Mrs. Isom had made her home in
Calexico for 80 years.
Her survivors include her hus-
band, Richard H. Isom; a sister,
Mrs. Evelyn Thomas of Salinas
and brother, Alan B. Rice of Los
Angeles.
Funeral services were not COM
plete Saturday but were expected
to be held in Ell Centro early next
week. She will be buried in Ever
green cemetery beside her children.