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Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-12
u. s. Bornbers
Raid Sofia

LONDON, Dec. IL. CUP)-U. S.
heavy bombers blasted Sofia Friday
an Algiers communique announced
Saturday, as the Bulgarian crisis
mounted with tine reported resig-
nations of Premier Dobri Bojilov
and two other Bulgarian cabinet
ministers.
In an apparent attempt to hasten
Bulgaria's abandonment of the Axis,
a strong force of four-engined Lib
orators with an escort of Lightnings
subjected the capitals railway yards
to an accurate and effective bomb
ardment," allied headquarters at
Algiers announced.
tBritish-based Mosquitoes of the
RAF bomber command attacked OBJ
jectives in western Germany with
out loss last mighty
A Budapest dispatch printed in
Sweden said the raid, beginning
shortly before noon, lasted nearly
two hours and caused heavy damage
in the vicinity of the central rail-
way station and military barracks
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-12
PIunlmer Quits
As Warden;
Denies Laxity
Board Gets Resignation
In Midst of Probe;
Will Announce Decision

SACRAMENTO, Cal, Dec. II.
(UP) Warden Clyde I. Plummer
removed himself from the storm of
controversy surrounding CALIFORNIA;
Folsom prison Saturday by submit
ting his resignation to the state
board of prison directors.
Plummer was suspended two weeks
ago after disclosure of overnight
leaves taken BY life term bank
touched off an investigation of as
sertedly lax conditions in admins
tration of the prison for two time
losers.
Judge Isaac Pacht, president of
the prison board, announced in Los
Angeles that he had received a
written resignation from Plummer,
who had headed Folsom since 1897.
I'm view of the criticisms which
have been aimed at me in the ad-
ministration of Folsom prison and
Notwithstanding my conscientious
belief that they are unjustified, 1
have decided to resign" Plummer
said.
Stating an efficient, humane pris-
on program at Folsom could not be
attained so long as "schisms, dissen-
tionS, and internal feuds continue"
Plummer declared my usefulness
as warden has been SO impaired it
is impossible to function effective
ly."
Pacht said Plummer's decision in
dicated an ''unselfish and commend
able" attitude and announced the
prison board would consider the
resignation at it's meeting next Fri
day at Chino prison.
NO COMMENT
Governor Earl Warren, who had
declared conditions at Folsom "out-
rageous" and appointed a special
six-man investigating committee to
recommend a complete overhaul of
the state prison system, was not
Immediately available for comment.
The investigation of the Folsom
administration began when Lloyd
Sampsen, Berkeley bank robber, was
discovered to have taken several
overnight leaves from a prison har-
vest camp to visit woman friend
in San Francisco.
His resignation came shortly after
the governors special investigating
committee had asked the prison
directors to. meet with it in a Joint
executive session at Sacramento
Sunday to give immediate consid-
Grafton" to conditions at Folsom
uncovered by the committee.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-12
War Prisoners
Held i'm u. s.

Many temporary camps have
been set UP in areas of labor short
ages. Originally prisoners camps
were located with the advice of the
war food administration in areas
where acute agricultural labor
shortages existed, with due regard
to strategic conditions barring
them from coastal defense areas.
Subsequently camps were establish
ed on the basis of war department
and war manpower commission
needs, resulting in a wider distri-
button of prisoners. Many are en-
ployed by the war department in
maintenance labor in existing army
camps, posts and stations which
utilize the services of about one
fourth of all prisoners.
They have been employed in
brick plants, land clearing projects,
canning plants, dry leanin G
plants, pulpwood manufacture and
construction of reservoirs for public
water supply and power. They have
harvested potatoes, tomatoes, pea
nuts, cotton, sugar beets and corn
in such separated areas as Georgia,
Colorado, Texas and New York.
Employers may obtain services of
the various army service commands
and army air force procurement
districts. They must pay prevailing
wages, of which the prisoner re-
ceives 80 cents day in canteen
script plus his keep, the balance
going to the U. s. treasury.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-12

WASHINGTON, Dec. II. CUP) -
Enemy prisoners of war in this
country now number approximately
10000, it was disclosed Saturday
at the war department as censor
ship relaxed some of the restric-
tions on information concerning
prisoners.
OF these, about 10000 are Ger
mans and $4,000 are Italians. In
october it was announced there
were approximately 100000 prison.
ers here, about three-quarters being
German.
Japanese prisoners are negligible
since the japanese usually fight
until the bitter end, preferring
death to Imprisonment. The latest
figure on Japanese prisoners, issued
last July, showed only 81 in the
United States. There are only a
handful more now, it was under
stood.
Relatively few Italians have ar
rived lately; and despite the
changed status of Italy - no a CO.
belligerent Italian prisoners
status in this country has under
gone little change. One concession
has been made: prisoners who
have been here six months and
have proved trustworthy are per-
mitted to go from camp to work
without being under guard.
Prisoners are housed in more
than Sc permanent and numerous
temporary camps Throughout the
United States.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-12
British Planes,
warships Sink
Five Nazi Subs
Damage 3 More in Bittex
Battle Around Convoy;
Fleet Has Slight Loss

LONDON, Dec. IL. (UP)-Brit-
ish planes and warships destroyed
five German submarines and
damaged three more in two
day battle fought recently in the
North Atlantic, joint commune
cue of the admiralty and air
ministry announced today.
The eight U-bOats destroyed or
damaged comprised a large part
of submarine concentration pre-
pairing for major attack Gin two
valuable conveys, the cOmmunique
said.
More than SO per cent of Ehe
eScorting ships in the conveys
have reached harbOr safely, and
the British warships sustained no
damage or casualties.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-12
Navy Nesotiotes
For More Mars

WASHINGTON, Dec. IL. (UP)-
The navy Saturday was negotiating
for more super flying boats like the
Mars which has successfully COM
pleted a record-breaking, nonstop
4,375-mile flight from Patuxent
river, Md, to Natal, Brazil.
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox
said the crafts cargo was the heav-
lest ever carried-greater than the
combined loads of seven standard
cargo planes-and at that not up
to the planes full capacity.
The Mars was built by the Glenn
L. Martin Co., Baltimore. 1t was
said to have set these worlds rec
ords in its Natal flight: Cd longest
oVer-water flight, PatuXent-N Natal !;
CD heaviest air cargo, $4,000 pounds;
90 heaviest load ever lifted by a
plane, 148,500 pounds gross at take
off; "a longest nonstop cargo
flight.
The mammoth boat was gone
eight days, Knox said, covering
1872 miles in So hours, 81 minutes
of flying time-an average of 1T
miles per hour. It's return trip, he
said, included a full-day's stopover
at Port of Spain where it left 10000
pounds of cargo consigned to that
base.
The Mars, largest heavier-than-
air craft in the world, carried a 16-
man crew commanded by Lieut..
Comdr. William E. Coney, 37-year-
old veteran flier from Baltimore.
This is plane which really can
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-12

OF the ElgnJn air force escorted the
bombers on the mission, which
threw the offensive against Ger
many back into high gear after
weather-enforced lull
The Germans laid smoke screen
over the target area, threw up a
moderately heavy ground barraga
and sent rocket firing fighter planes
against the raiding force
German Messerschmitt and Junk
ers fighters flying six abreast, swept
in against the bombers to launch
their rockets, then peeled off l.,
single fire.
MORE DEFENDERS UP
Crewmen said more twin-engined
fighters were seen than had been in
action for some time. They described
the fighter attacks as vicious" The
Germans came up at the bombers in
a steep climb, launching rockets
which whizzed through the forma-
ton before exploding.
First reports from the airmen
indicated that the Lightning and
Thunderbolts got "a heavy ratio
of the German fighters as against
their own losses.
Second Lieutenant Carl Podlasky.
Los Angeles, navigator on his 14th
mission, said:
CAME UP FROM UNDER
THE fighter opposition was parti.
cularly strong. There were both
twin and single engined planes.
The main wave that hit us came
from beneath, and that was a new
twist"
The objectives of the United
States Eighth air force in its first
major operation since an attack on
German targets in France on De-
cember were not disclosed immed-
lately.
The daylight raid followed a night
sortie by British Mosquito bombers
which attacked western Germany
and returned without loss.
LAY MINES
A Stockholm dispatch reporting
a one-hour air alarm in Oslo Fri
day midnight indicated that some
British bombers may have pene-
trated the Skagerrak and Kattegas
on mine-laying missions.
The Germans sent about 20 bomb
ers over Britain during the night,
but four of them were shot down,
three of them by Pilot Officer P. B.
Schultz of Bashaw, Alberta, men,
ber Of the Royal Canadian air force.
Two of the planes blew up and
IL.
The port engine of Schultz's Mos
quito night fighter caught fire as
he was shooting down the third
raider and he made a forced land
ing on a Strange field.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-12
Allies Improve
Line in Italy

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Al
giers, Dec. IL. (UP)-Gen. Sir Ber-
nard L. Montgomery's veteran
bridgehead across the Moro river
and captured the town of San
Leonardo while American and
British troops beat off continual
German counterattacks on both
sides of the Italian battlefront, IL
was announced Saturday.
Driving the Germans back with
tank fire and artillery, the eighth
took the new bridgehead near
Frisa, village seven miles inland
from the Adriatie coast
Other British elements were
pressing the German defenses be-
fore the coastal anchor OF Ortona.
two miles north of the Moro, and
shelling Orsogna with tank guns.
San Leonardo, two miles inland.
was taken after days OF heavy
fighting.
(The Axis-controlled Scandinav-
ian telegraph bureau, in Berlin
dispatch to Stockholm, said British
warships were heavily shelling the
Adriatic coastal road from Ortona
to Pescara, II miles north, COOP
Grating with superior air forces
aiding Montgomery's storming coll
umns.")
Montgomery's advance was slow
but continuous, Gen. Dwight ID.
Eisenhower's communique said.
while action on the fifth army
front had simmered down TO Local
actions and consolidation OF posi-
tions in the mountain terrain.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-12
BIGGEST us. AIR FORCE BLASTS GERMANY
State Leaders
Ask President
To Clear Japs

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. IL.
(UP)-A state senate fact find
ing committee in a telegram Sat
urday appealed to President
Roosevelt to keep Japanese civil
ians out of California for the
duration of the war, warning
that their presence here will in
evitably lead to violence and
blOOdshed."
The telegram said:
"This committee fears and
knows that the relocation in this
state of japanese during the war
inevitably will lead to violence
and blOOdshed, thus creating an
excuse for mistreatment of Am
erican civilian and military pris-
Oners in Japan, many of whom
are citizens of this state.
Because of the extreme diff
Guilty, if not impOssibility, of de-
termining the loyalty of japanese,
foreign or native-born, we believe
that such action would further
the dangers of sabotage and
espionage, endangering the secur-
ity Of a vital and important mill
tary area of the Pacific coast"
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-12
Western States
COP Leaders
Map 1874 Plans
Nebraska Chief Urges
Farming Freedom"
Fighting Policy Seen

SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. IL. (UP)
Gov. Dwight Griswold of Nebraska
Saturday urged adoption by the Re-
publican party of six point post
war farm program, advocating free
dom of production and an assurance
of return commensurate with the
value of the farmers products.
The proposed program was pre-
sented at the opening session OF
the second day of the Save Ameri-
can Pow-Wow". called by $50 west
ern state COP leaders to prepare
plans that they hope will result
in a Republican victory in the 1914
elections.
Griswold's proposal was built up.
on principles of abundance, price
equality good husbandry, research,
sound economy and individual init
iative.
Condemning acreage control, he
said acreage curtailment fails to
give consideration to weather haz-
ards and prevents farmers from
increasing acreage when planting
conditions are favorable so that
the resulting harvest can carry them
through the lean years." He added
that acreage control "robs the farm
er of his independent right to farm
his ground the way he thinks it
should be farmed.'
Frank o. Horton, National Repub-
lican committeeman from Wyom-
ing, condemned bureaucratic gov
ernment control, saying "our own
homes are not safe as long as our
government is at it is today"
He particularly castigated federal
government land grabs"
Horton believes the main aim of
(Cotinued on page 6, col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-12
HAWAII VOLCANO GIVES
SHORT PERFORMANCE

HONOLULU, Dec. IL CUP)- The
Hawaiian volcano Maunaloa erupt-
ed Nov %, with disturbances con-
tinuing for several days, it was an
nounced today.
The eruption was preceded by a
series of earthquakes, but most resi-
dents of the island were not aware
of the activity because there was
little glow. Last previous eruption
began April 26, 1912, and continued
until May 10, sending wide stream
of lava within eight miles of the
city of Hilo. News of the eruption
was held up for military security
reasons.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-12
BOY KTDNAPER BLAMES
DETECTIVE STORIES

LOS ANGELES, Dec. II tUP)-A
12-year-ld boy who tried to kidnap
Mrs. John B. Hughes, wife of the
radio commentator, Saturday said
he had been reading too many de-
tective stories.
His mother turned him in.
The boy climbed into Mrs,
Hughes automobile at Hollywood
intersection, flourished nickel
plated revolver, and ordered her to
drive him out into the country.
She drove a short way and then
refused to go farther. When she
also refused his demand for her
handbag, he jumped from the car
and disappeared.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-12
German Forces
On Dnieper
Face Collapse
Reports Indicate Wild
Move to Escape Over
Roundabout Channels

MOSCOW, Dec. H. (UP)-The
Germans were reported in disorder
ly retreat toward the central Uk-
rainian bastion of Kirovograd Sat-
urday amid indications of an i'm
pending collapse of Nazi defenses
throughout the Dnieper bend.
Deprived of their northern escape
lines by the Soviet capture of
Znamenka and the twin junction of
Khirovka, eight miles to the north
west, tens of thousands of Ger
mans inside the bend were expected
almost momentarily to begin with
draWal over the sole roundabout
railroad remaining in their hands.
RUSS RENEW DRIVES
Simultaneously, front reports hint
ed at resumption of Soviet drives
toward Krivoi Rog, Nikolaev, and
Nikopol, principal German strong
holds in the bend.
One Russian force already was
threatening to envelop Kirovograd,
German industrial and operational
base 81 miles southwest of Znamen-
ka, from the northeast, east, and
southeast. The Soviet high COM
mand said the enemy had aban-
doned eight guns. an ammunition
dump and several dozen trucks in
his "disorderly retreat" toward Kir-
ovograd
Another Soviet column pushed
six miles down the Znamenka -Niko-
laev railroad and captured Chaba-
novka, 81 miles above Dolinovka,
where an important line branches
off eastward to Krivoi Rog and
Nfkopol rich mining centers. Ver-
shinakamenka, four miles east of
Chabanovka, also was seized.
A parachute division, tanks and
infantry Joined in a three-day at
tack that reduced Znamenka. The
Germans resisted stubbornly, con-
testing every street in hand hand
fighting, but finally were ousted
from the city after losing 1.5OO
troops and % tanks in the final "a
hours.
SUFFER SETBACK
While intensifying the.r campaign
in the Dnieper bend, tne Russians
admitted by implication a retreat
of some "a miles from the western
most tip of the Kiev bulge under
the impact of overwhelming German
counter attacks during the past
month.
The Soviet high command for
the first time mentioned German
counter attacks south of Malin, 26
miles northeast of Chenyakhov and
SO miles northwest of Kiev.
In one sector, the communique
said, the Germans attacked with
more than 200 tanks and large fore
Continued on page 6, col. a.
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put out for the war effort" Coney
reported enthusiastically. 1--WE all
think this flight proved that. That's
all we're interested in."
The Mars has a wing span OF
200 feet, a two-deck hull lit feet
long with the capacity of a Is
room house, and four Wright Cy-
clone engines each delivering 1900
horsepower.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-12
GREEK KING DEFERS
RETURN TO CAPITAL

) CAIRO, Dec. IT. IUPJ-hnIg
George of Greece announced today
that he was prepared to postpone
his return to his country, now in
the hands of the Axis, until the
desire of his subjects is clarified.
He described his gesture as an
effort to eliminate strife between
the political factions in Greece.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-12
FACES CHARGES

LOS ANGELES, Dec. IL (UP)-
Mrs. Beverly Fitzwater, 19-year-old
wife of a soldier overseas, today
faced charge of child abandon
ment because she left her baby with
neighbor to go shopping and
hadn't returned for him three
weeks later. The 10-months-old
boy was taken to juvenile court.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-12
FATHER, SON JOIN UP

ROCHESTER, N. Y, Dec. IL. (UP)
Victor B. Sage, SO, and his son
Charles, Is, received induction ord
ers from their draft board in the
same mail delivery and were in
Quoted within a few hours of each
other-the father in the army and
the son in the navy.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-12
BUILDER SAYS PUBLIC
WILL ACQUIRE JEEPS

NEW YORK, Dec. IL. (UP)-The
American public can expect to see
the jeep, with some changes, in
civilian life soon after the war ends,
according to w. M. Canaday presi-
dent of Willys.Overland Motors,
Inc.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-12
LIKE MAMMA

LIKE MAMMA
LOS ANGELES, Dec. IL up
Thirty pounds of butter-48O points
worth-fell at the feet of a house.
wife Friday and the truck driver
drove merrily on. He can have it if
he can identify it, she said.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-12
Heavy Bombers
Batter Emden:
Meet Defiance
Defenders Launch Rocket Planes
As yanks Find Main Targets;
Nazis Use New Attack Tactics

LONDON, Dec IL. (UP)-Amercan four-engined bomb
delivering of their heaviest blows of the war;
tackled the naval and submarine base of Emden today and
together with their fighter escorts destroyed 1873 German
planes.
Seventeen bombers and three of the escorting PATS
and P-38s missing. =
Lockheed Lghtnngs and Republic Thunderbolt fighters
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-12

WASHINGTON, Dec. II. (UP)-
Chairman Andrew j. May, Demo-
crat, Kentucky, of the house mill
tary affairs committee said Satur-
day that selective service boards
will be ordered to classify pre-Pearl
Harbor fathers into age groups and
that those from 18 to % years old
will be called first.
That plan was among those out
lined to Mays committee in closed
session Saturday by Major General
Lewis B. Hershey, Selective Service
director. May said Hershey has
requested local draft boards to use
every possible means to defer faith
ers as long as possible"
May called Hershey to explain
Selective Service policy towards
fathers following the signing by
President Roosevelt of the con-
gressional amendment to the Selec-
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-12
GETS "LOWDOWN"

GETS "LOWDOWN"
General Arnold had American
fliers to shoot the breeze" with
him and frankly discuss their fly
ing problems.
The chief of U. S. army air
forces, wanted to know how their
planes were operating and what
suggestions could be made for i'm
provementS.
The junior officers, invariably
praising their ships, nevertheless
gave Arnold some straight-from-
the-cockpit suggestions which he
carefully noted down.
General Arnold also presented
two distinguished flying crosses to
U. S. veterans.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-12

SACRAMENTO, Dec. IL (UP)-
The induction of pre-Pearl Har-
Dor fathers has been ordered post
poned in California until their
classifications have been reviewed,
State Selective Service headquar-
tiers announced Saturday.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-12
ArnoId Predicts
Many Bad
Days for NaZis

ADVANCED U. S. AIR BASE,
Eastern Italy, Dec. IL. (UP)-Gep1
eral Henry w. Arnold, Chief Of the
U. S. army air forces, predicted
on visit here today that American
super-bombers, aided by the British
and Russian air forces, would bring
every part of Axis Europe under
aerial bombardment very soon.'
"These air raids are going to
cause Germany's defeat" he said
at a press conference. "The Ger
mans have their long-haired boys
frantically trying to develop a trick
method of stopping the Allied
bombings.
NEWER TYPE PLANES
We hope to use planes of newer
types in such numbers that, with
the aid of the Russians and Brit
ish, no part of Germany or the
satellite nations will be secure
against bombing"
CThe -bombers to which
Arnold referred were believed to be
the new B-29s, which officially
were revealed to dwarf the Flying
Fortress and to be capable OF carry
ing bombs nonstop from the
United States to Berlin and backD
Arnold predicted that the inten-
sified Allied air offensive, even if
it fails to knock Germany out of
the war, will at least make her
groggy."
Germany can look forward to an
ever-increasing number of home
less, and greater difficulties in OBJ
tanning the necessities of life" he
said.
Arnold came here directly from
Allied military conferences at Cairo
and Tehran, a fact chat lent added
significance tC his words.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-12
y AMBllNe
1\EpoRTER
One Comfort Kit

One Comfort Kit =.
Mrs. John l.. Arenas of Imperial
received the following letter OF ap-
probation from Corporal M. E.
Scheibli for Red Cross comfort
kit she packed. She enclosed her
name and address in the package.
Dear Mrs. Arenas: Well, today
is Thanksgiving day and l guess
you're wondering who received your
it. I'm the marine somewhere IN
the south Pacific who received It,
I'm in the marine corps aviation
branch. YOU kit really had a lot
of useful things in it and I want
to thank you very much Tor IT,
It's really swell to know that folks
back home think of out here. Do
YOU have any sons in the service?
Because I know it's usually the
mothers that send the things out
for the services. I don't mean that
sarcastically or anything but It's
the mothers who worry most about
the boys. Well, thanks again"
(Mrs. Arenas has no sons in the
service. She just likes to help the
sons ,f other women.
l. uble Protection
George Varney looked a little
peculiar when he came to work one
dav this week. Brown and gray
woolen material was entwined down
his chest. Everybody was puzzled.
All ha!
He had on two vests and in his
hurry to get to work on time, had
fastened a brown button through
gray button hole and visa versa to
get that criSs- effect.
Perfectly Obliging
A California highway patrolman
stopped woman motorist ana
gave her ticket for a traffic Vlo-
lation near Holtville.
II can't go to court" the woman
complained, because I haven't gas
oline enough"
The officer took out his A gaso-
line book, tore out a ticket and
handed it to the woman along with
the ticket.
p. S.LShe appeared in court.
Too Much Efficiency
An officer at Sandy Beach was
interested in an auxiliary genera
tor. He tried it out He thought
it didn't work so we'll. He tinkered
and tinkered with the mechanism.
After a long time he thought
the thing worked much better. IL
had to. While he was tinkering
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WEATHER

Maximum Friday GA, minimum Saturday 40; s am
Saturday 54, humidity IS; noon Saturday 66, hu-
midty 10; s pm. Friday G2, humidity SO.