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Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-02
AChstetter Files
Innocent Plea

A plea of mot guilty" to a charge
of assault and battery was entered
in Ell Centre justice court Thurs
day b. Ed Achstetter, secretary
treasurer of the Transfers union
in Imperial county.
He demanded jury trial. Judga
Jorn E. Simpson granted his re-
quest and set the case for trial on
Jan. 4.
AchStetter was represented in
court by his attorney, Abe Richman
of Los Angeles. Achstetter said he
would be out of Imperial Valley
until after the first of the year
and therefore wanted the case set
sometime during next month.
The charge was brougt against
AchStetter by Paul Imroff, men,
ber of Achstetter's own union.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-02
Council Names
New Group
On Recreation
Starts Funds Move
For New Center;
Scans Trash Problem

The designations of the five men,
berS appointed to the Ell Centre
recreation commission were accept
ed and five new appointments ap-
proved at a meeting of the city
council Wednesday night. The city's
accumulating trash problem also
received attention.
The designations of H. P. Meyer.
d. B. Roberts, W. A. Scheniman,
Tom Tyler and II. w. Fawcett were
accepted and named as new COM
mittee were Mrs Emily Kaford, Roy
II. Womack, the Rev. Mr.. Edward
Hutchinson, Mrs. Ann Davis and
Shields Charlton.
Three of the former committee
men had expressed their intention
to resign last Saturday morning
following a meeting at which repre-
sentatives of the chamber commit
tee and the local canteen unit had
voiced their disapproval of the
p. p.eSent servicemen'S recreation ia
cilities. At the meeting Wayne A..
Neal, Federal Securities admins
tration field recreation director of
San Diego, was instructed to apply
for funds to renovate the old Fox
theatre building as for recreation
uses. The cit,'S committee men,
hers were not in sympathy with
the proposed project or were not in
accord with the meetings senti-
ments, they told Mayor Hatton.
The designations of the other two
members followed this week.
The accumulation of trash in the
cit%'s alleys presented serious
problem. The present trash hauling
crews are getting behind in their
Continued on Page 2, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-02
PROBE CITES ARSONISTS

SOUTH BEND, Ind, Dec. 2. (UP)
Investigators said today that an
arsonist was responsible for recent
fires on the University of Notre
Dame campus which caused damage
estimated at $4,000. Deputy fire
marshal Fred Kleis said evidence
indicated that the same person
started an $1,000 fire in the rear
of the administration building and
a $4,000 blaze in the Ave Maria
printing shop and storage building.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-02
BIG Three MEET AT TEHRAN REPORTED
World Waits Final PIuns
For Crushing Germany:
New Invasion Is Hinted
By UNITED PRESS

Josef S t | in, President
Roosevelt, and w n s t on
Churc h i'll were reported
drafting the obituary of Nazi
Germany at Tehran today in a
conference paralleling that at Cairo
where plans were agreed upon for
stripping Japan of her empire and
forcing her unconditional surren-
der
Unofficial reports circulated that
the leaders of Russia, the United
States, and Great Britain were
framing an ultimatum to Germany
demanding immediate .capitulation
on pain of progressively severe
terms.
Congressional quarters in WASH
ington accepted as completely fac
tual the reports that Mr.. Roosevelt
and Churchill had proceeded to
Tehran to meet Stain after their
meeting at Cairo with Generalissi-
mo Chang Kai Shek of China.
NEW INVASION
A subsidiary conference at Cairo
on Mediterranean strategy under
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower gave
rise to reports of plans for new
invasion of southern Europe, per-
haps in the Balkans.
The second front" in western
Europe was expected to be of Sec
ondary consideration in the report
ed Tehran meeting. Experts point
ed out that Anglo American plans
for such an invasion were presum-
ed to be we'll advanced-perhaps
astemmine from the Churchill
Roosevelt meeting at Quebec-witn
the approximate date presumably
conveyed to Russia at the Moscow
conference of foreign ministers.
London sources speculated that
Stain, Mr.. Roosevelt and Churchill
were devising the final plans for
final subjugation of Nazi military
power and throwing the burden of
European reconstruction on Ger
many as means of blocking any
military resurgence within a mat.
ter of decades.
IN FULL ACCORD
The first reserved accounts of the
Cairo conference made it plain that
American, Britain, and China were
in complete agreement on measures
for crushing Japanese military
power.
The allies propose to wrest from
Japan all the islands in the Pacific
Japan has seized or occupied since
the beginning of the first World
war, and all the territory she has
stolen from China such as Man.
churia, FormoSa and the Pescadores.
as we'll as liberating Korea.
Axis propagandists took the
floundering stand that the meet
ings were no more than could be
expected, with the allies striving
to intensity the war nerves and
cover up alleged defeats" in the
Pacific.
LONDON, Dec. 2 (UP)-President
Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill
and Premier Stain were reported
comforting in Tehran today and OBJ
servers believed they were mapping
postwar program to quarantine"
Germany and saddle her manpower.
raw materials and production for
rebuilding stricken Europe.
Through such program, OBJ
servers were convinced, the big
Three Allied western powers plan
to punish Germany and smash her
ability TO make future wars as
completely as President Roosevelt,
lContinued on mage .. col l.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-02
&c. Chamber
Ewes Park Plan

An attempt to get definite atti-
tude of the Imperial county super
visors regarding the county park
property will be made by the Ell
Centre chamber Of commerce park
committee following meeting of
the chamber directors held Wednes-
day night at which the committee
reported no progress.
The committee, M. D. Zinn, r. B.
Dessert and Arno Yaeckel, will con-
tact the supervisors who have been
indifferent to beautifying the prop
erty. The chamber has previously
tried to obtain permission of the
county, to landscape the park.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-02
Ditto. Ditto! DittO!-

May we again call attention to
the rag tag appearance of the al
legged park across the street from
the county court house in Ell Gen.
tro?
We dislike being an old naeger
but cid you ever see such limp
collection of sick grass and trees
in your life?
Since the fire the park 90 more
than ever. has resembled a night
mare.
Isn't it about time the politicians
stopped using that park as politi-
cal football?
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-02
WINS PROMOTION

ALLIED HEAD UARTER S,
Southwest Pacific. Dec. 2. (UP) -
Brig. Gen. Spencer B. Akin, chief
signal officer for Gen. Douglas
Macarthur, has been promoted to
major-general. Akin, who left the
Philippines with Macarthur in
March, 1912, won the distinguished
service cross on Bataan and the
distinguished service medal for di-
recting signal corps during the
Philippines campaign. He later won
the silver star at Buna
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-02
PLUNGE TO DEATHS

NEW YORK, Dec. 2. (UP) =
Mrs. Mary Tomlinson, "a, and her
two small, pajama- a-clad sons plunged
to death from a 18th floor window
OF a midtown hotel today, conclud-
ing an unhappy life in which her
first husband was killed in North
Africa and her second husband was
beyond her reach at an Raj base
in England.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-02

commurinue revealed today.
In their deepest penetration of
waters once controlled by the Japa-
nese in the southwest Pacific, the
vessels steamed through the seas
between the two islands to carry
out the attacks which, in effect,
cut vital enemy supply lines.
HAMMER SHORELINE
The attacks conceded with a night
shelling of Sio, japanese supply
point on the north New Guinea
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-02
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, AL

giers, Dec. 2. (UP) American
Flying FOrtresses of the north
west African air force blasted the
German submarine pens and
shipyards at Marseille today in
their first raid of the war on the
great French Mediterranean port.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-02
PATROL

SACRAMENTO, Dec. 2. (UP) =
Chief E. Raymond Cato of the Cali
fornia highway patrol today an
nounced assignment to county units
of the patrol of 43 recruit officers
who have completed their prelim-
mary training at the Camp Chris
tianSon patrol school.
Assignments included one for I'M
perial.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-02
Leaders Voice
Approval of
Cairo Program
Congress Members
Air Views on
Crushing of Japan

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2. (UP) =
President Roosevelt, Prime Minister
Winston Churchill and Soviet Pre-
mier Josef Stain are now prepar-
ing plans to crush German finally
and prevent her from ever again
scourging the world with war, con-
gressional leaders predicted today
in the wake of the Anglo-Ameri-
can-Chinese conference which they
praised generously.
Reports of a Roosevelt Churchill
meeting with Stain were accepted
in congressional circles as COM
pletely factual. This meeting was
presumed to follow the announced
session in North Africa at which
the President, Churchill and Chin
ese Generalissimo Chang Kai-Shek
worked out plans for the conquest
and dismemberment of the Japan
ese empire.
LOOK FORWARD
News of the North Africa con-
ference last night found most
members OF congress prepared, and
receptive. Many knew for weeks
that such a meeting was to take
place and now looked forward to
news fro mthe long-sorght Roose-
t-Churchill-Stalin conference, re-
portedly in progress at Teheran,
Iran, near the Russian border.
The Cairo agreement to strip
Japan of land-prizes obtained at
the expense of China was described
by Senator Lister Hill, D., Ala, as
meaning "the complete defeat of
Japan and absolute determination
that Japan will not again be in
position to bring the source of war
upon innocent people"
Il believe" Hill added, "a SINH
lar agreement will be reached by
Mr.. Roosevelt, Churchill and Stain
in reference to Germany"
Sen. Styles Bridges, r., N. H.,
commented that 1.-The agreement to
reduce Japan at the end of this war
to third-rate nation certainly has
my approval - Japan has demon
strated her unworthinesS of higher
rank"
OFFICIAL NEWS
While congressman examined the
importance of the Anglo American
G h hineSe agreement developing
strategy for the Pacific, it was
learned officially that Mr.. Roose-
welt and Churchill had left Cairo
for new rendezvous and con-
tinued conferences.
This meant only one thing: the
time had come for the long g-await-
ed conference with Stain and the
Red army general staff to map
plans for joint operations to finish
off Germany and permit greater
concentration of Anglo-American
power against Japan.
First congressional reaction to the
Cairo communique was generally
laudatory, with members thankful
the Allied leaders were determined
to break Up the empire acquired
by Japan in years of aggression and
conquest.
SEES LONG WAR
House Speaker Sam Rayburn,
D., Tex, said "a nation like Japan
with inordinate ambition for world
domination and empire should be
pushed back into Japan and kept
there" Sen Henry Cabot Lodge,
R., Mass, remarked that mote
worthy" in his mind was the state
ment that this is going to be a long
war against Japan"
Sen. Rufus c. Holman, r., Ore,
was unimpressed with premature
distributions of Vet unconquered
saying that final victory
would be the time for such deci-
sions.
Chairman Sol Bloom, D., N. Y,
of the house foreign relations COM
mittee, praised the strong and
qualities of the Cairo
statement in addition to predicting
highly beneficial results from the
Anglo conference.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-02
y AMBl'Ne
~ EpORTER
Leave 1t To Nature

IVINV IT. To INdVUTV-
In superior court the other day
a witness was instructed to identify
letter that was involved in a case
on trial.
The witness took the letter. At
tOlney Harry Horton walked up
behind the witness and looked at
the letter over his shoulder Hor-
ton trowned and shook his head.
Then he whisked off his spectacles
and rapidly read the letter with
his naked ege.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-02
U.s. Warship ps Hi
RQbQuI Routes
She'll Medans. New Guinea, Gasma+a
On New Britain in Sweeping
Drive to S+renq+hen Invasion Line

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Southwest Pacific, Dec. 2.
(UP)-American warships bombarded Madang, New Gui-
nea and Gasmata New Britain for the first time Monday
night serving notice the japanese that the allies
control the southwestern invasion toward Rabaul
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-02
9Th Army Drives
BeutenGermuns
Toward Rome
British Batter Way Through Adria+ic
Wing Of Nazis Winter Line;
Both Sides Suffer HEAVY Losses
: By UNITED PRESS

The British 9Th army smashed through the Adriatic
wing of the German winter line in Italy Thursday and
drove the beaten Nazs retreat Rome as official
and unofficial reports from the Middle East indicated that
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-02
WEATHER

Maximum Wednesday IA, minimum
Thurs. 80; am. Thurs. 43, humid
ity 48; noon Thurs. SO, humidity
20; pm. Wed. SO, humidity 81.
Evening star., 1943-04-19
Is Toxic Raid Veterans
Dine With DooIitt|e
BY the Associated Press.

SOMEWHERE IN NORTH AF-
RIGA, April 19-Maj. Gen. James
H. Doolittle and 13 flyers who &C
companied him on the flight over
Toxic and now are serving under
him in this theater celebrated the
first anniversary of the famous raid
yesterday with dinner at a farm
house near advanced headquarters
The general spent the day work
ing before leaving for the party
Two Of the group-Capt. William r
Pound, jr., of Kents Store Va, and
Capt. Howard A. Sessl of Arlington
Mass.-went on missions earlier in
the day
All said they were glad they still
were serving under Gen. Doolittle
and hoped to strike again at Japan
under his command-when the
present campaign is finished.
Other veterans of the Toxic fight
present were Maj. Travis Hoover
Arlington, Calf: Maj. Rodney r.
Wilder, Taylor. Tex; Capt. Thomas
c. Grimm, Chicago; Maj. Charles R.
Greening, Tacoma, Wash; Capt.
Henry A. Potter, Pierre, S. D.; Capt.
James r. Parker, Livingstone, Tex. !;
Capt. James H. Macia, Tombstone,
Ariz.; Capt. Jack A. Sims, Kalama-
zoo. Mich; Capt. Grifnth p. Will
liam, San Diego, Calf, and Capt.
Charles ]. OSuk. Chicago.
Evening star., 1943-04-19
Ball Clubs Need
No Coupons for
Work Shoes
the Associated Press,

Athletic shoes worn by profes-
sional baseball players are work
Shoes" but the same shoes when
used by semi-professional and anna
teur athletes are not.
In an Interpretation of its shoe
rationing regulations, the Office OF
Price Administration today ruled
that baseball clubs may acquire
work shoes" for players without
ration coupons. The club itself must
retain title to the shoes.
Athletes not considered profess
sional may acquire athletic shoes
only in conformance with rationing
regulations IS they apply to the
average consumer. However, men,
Der OF semipro or amateur team
who has used his own stamp II and
has no unused stamp in his family
can apply for supplemental ration
for street shoes, if he has less than
two pair of wearable or -repairable
street shoes.
Colleges and schools may furnish
athletic shoes to their team members
but must keep title to the shoes.
If professional uses stamp
II for athletic shoes, and later needs
street shoes, he can apply to his
rationing board for an additional
ration, provided there are no unspent
stamps in his family. He is not
eligible. however, for extra rations
for athletic shoes.
Evening star., 1943-04-19
III. ). Airmen Attack
a Jap Cargo Ships;
One Probably Sunk
Kuhili Also Is Bombed;
Kisku Base Ruided
Nine Times in Day
BY the Associated Press.

American flyers. in an attack
! Saturday on four japanese cargo
vessels in the Solomons area of
the Southwest Pacific, damaged
two of the ships, probably sink
ing one of about 10000 tons, the
Navy reported today.
Big fires were started at the jap
anese base of Kahili, in the Short
land Island sector, the Navy also
said
At the same time. other bombers
striking at Kiska nine times in one
day scored hits in the camp and
hangar area, destroyed one un-
identified building. knocked out
gun positions and strafed three
beached planes at the Japanese
outpost in the Aleutians.
The text of the communique:
South Pacific: Cali dates east
longitude)
q. On April II.
"(A) In the Afternoon, Dauntless
Douglas light bombers and Wild
cat (Grumman F4F) fighters bomb
ed the Japanese disperal and run
way areas at Munda in the Central
Solomons.
"B) During the night, Avenger
(Grumman TBF Torpedo bombers
attacked two Japanese cargo vessels
in the Shorthand Island area. Five
hits were scored on large cargo
ship of about 10000 tons which was
later seen in a sinking condition.
Two other cargo vessels were en-
countered by Avengers and two
hits were scored on one ship and
a number of near hits on the other
vessel.
"(C) The same night. formation of
Liberator Consolidated P-24) and
Flying Fortress (Boeing BID heavy
bombers and Avengers attacked
Kahili, in the Shorthand Island area.
Hits were scored on the runway and
dispersal areas. resulting in fires
visible for 30 miles.
North Pacific:
"2 On April II:
"(A) During the afternoon a
formation of Army Liberators
bombed japanese installations on
Attu Island.
COB On the same day, Army
Mitchell North American B-25>
medium bombers, escorted by War;
hawk tCurtiss P-40) and Lightning
(Lockheed P-3B fighters, carried out
nine attacks on japanese positions
at Kiska. Hits were observed in the
camp and hangar area One building
was entirely destroyed. gun positions
were silenced and three beached
planes were strafed
Six Planes Destroyed.
Six Japanese planes were de-
stroyed, two enemy surface ships
(See SOLOMONS. Page ABB
Evening star., 1943-04-19
Continued Rain TONIGHT;
Warm Weather in Siqht

Spring finery continued to hang
in closets today as the Weather
Bureau forecast continued rain,
with no letup in sight tonight. A
slowly rising temperature and the
promise of warmer weather brought
hope, however, that spring would
return before the end of the week.
The thermometer this morning
registered a chilly 43.
Meanwhile, the Office of Irving C..
Root, superintendent of Parks and
Buildings, reported a pink glow"
on the double cherry blossoms
around Haines Point and predicted
the blossoms would be in full flower
by Wednesday. More seasonable
weather will produce an excellent
exhibition over the week end.
Evening star., 1943-04-19
Surprise Afraid Test
Slated Between April 27.30

A surprise air raid test for the
Washington Metropolitan Area will
be staged sometime between 1901
am. April q and midnight April
30, Civilian Defense Director H. c.
Whitehurst, announced today.
One official described the drill as
a "blackout," but Capt. Whitehurst
said it had not yet been determined
whether the test would be held in
daytime or at night.
This will be the fifth AFRAID drill
this year. The last blackout was
held March 16 and the last daytime
drill March 2. Previously this year
there were tests on February % and
January s.
Capt. w. L. Clemens, executive
assistant to the District Department
of Civilian Defense. reported today
a standard uniform would be
adopted for both men and women
members of the District civilian de-
fense protective services. Capt.
Clemens suggested there would be
an arm insignia to designate the
branch of service as we'll as ths
rank and length of service.
Evening star., 1943-04-19
Admiral Horthy Concludes
Conference With Hitler
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, April 19.-Admiral
Nicholas Horthy, Hungarian regent,
concluded a two-day visit to Adolf
Hitler's headquarters yesterday, the
third recent conference of the Ger.
man dictator with leaders OF satel-
lite. Balkan countries.
The discussions were not revealed
by Axis broadcasts, but British
sources speculated that Hitler might
have increased pressure on Hungary
for further military aid.
Hungarian legions on the Eastern
front have taken a mauling from
the Red Army in recent months, and
there have been reports that Hun
gary had sought withdrawal of many
of them.
King Boris OF Bulgaria, and the
Rumanian dictator, Marshal Ion
Antonescu, recently talked with Hit
Ter, and the Feuhrer last week con-
cluded four-day conference with
his Axis partner, Mussolini, in q
series of moves that British sources
believed were designed to create an
appearance Of solidarity among the
Axis nations.
Evening star., 1943-04-19
Tom Harmon Wandered Alone
In Jungle 4 Days, Coach Says
Others of Bomber Crew Still Missing After
Having Boiled Out Over Dutch Guiono

faltered," Mr.. Crisler said, land all
the crew bailed out somewhere over
Dutch Guiana. Somehow Tom be-
came separated from his crew men,
bers.
For four days he beat his way
about the jungle. and was finally
picked up by some natives. They
took him to their village, over Tom S
protests that he ought to 60 back to
look for the other men in the crew
They refused to allow him to do this,
of course.
After nursing Tom for short
time, the natives took him to a base
hospital He still wanted to go back,
but again Army officials refused. An
Army expedition was sent out to
search for the crew, but they ap-
parently haven't reported anything
yet.
From my information, Tom We
not injured. except from the beating
and exposure he took in the jungles. -
Evening star., 1943-04-19
House Factions
Far Apart on
Tax Proposals
Sunday Session Fails
To Bring Agreement;
Conference Today
BY the Associated Press.


Notwithstanding optimistic
prophesies by congressional lead
ers, Republicans supporting the
modified Ruml plan to skip an
income tax year and the oppos-
Ing Democrats still are far apart
today in their friendly joint
search for pay-as-you-go COM
premise.
Having reached no agreement in
night and Sunday conferences. the
compromise Committee" - COM
posed Of ranking members of both
parties on the Ways and Means
Committee-arranged a meeting for
TO-DAY with Speaker Rayburn, Re-
publican Leader Martin and Demo-
cratic Leader Mccormack with the
hope that middle ground can be
found.
While members of the compromise
group would not speak for plblica-
tlon the situation apparently could
be summed up like this:
Two Plans Sponsored.
Democrats-Favor a plan orig
lnally suggested by Chairman
Doughton of the Ways and Means
Committee to apply the much softer
1871 rates and exemptions to 1912
income, and amortize the reduced
liabilities for that year over a period
| OF years. This would wipe out the
ls4A obligation completely for some
I000,OOO taxpayers and mean a SUBJ
| stantlal reduction in the liabilities
OF others, while putting all taxpay-
ers on pay-as-you-go basis.
Republicans-Want a plan that
would abate three-quarters of one
years taxes, to ease the transition
10 current payment basis. The
| republican members of the commit
tee were reported reliably to have
taken the position that they would
agree to no compromise that did not
cancel out more than one-half of
tax year. They previously stood
for abatement of full year.
The parties were in COMPLETE
agreement, as they have been all
along, on 20 per cent withholding
levy against the taxable portions
OF wages and salaries, effective July
l, as a part of any pay-as-you- go
plan to be considered.
Members of the Compromise Com.
mlttee are Representatives Dough-
ton, Cooper, Democrat, of Tennessee;
Disney. Democrat, of Oklahoma;
Knutson, Republican. of Minnesota; !;
Reed, Republican, of New York. and
Woodruff, Republican of Machigan.
Leaders Hopeful.
They held a Sunday meeting on
capitol Hill, an event without prece-
dent in recent times. and emerged
with Chairman Doughton and Rep
resentative Knutson predicting an
agreement would be reached and
expressing hope that vote could
be had in the House this week
or next.
Said Mr.. Doughton: There is
now very good possibility of enact
ment of pay-as-you-go legislation. -
Said Mr.. Knutson: Il feel very
hopeful therell be an agreement by
Tuesday. We are much closer to-
gether than at any time"
However, some Capitol observers
viewed the compromise efforts with
pessimism, in view of the bitterness
engendered and the uncompromis-
ing battle put up by both sides
three weeks ago when the Demo-
Gratis succeeded in defeating, 215
to 1913, the Republican-sponsored
measure embracing the modified
Ruml plan to abate full tax year.