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Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-29
Eastman Lauds
Travel Curb

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. (UP)
Defense transportation director
Joseph ID. Eastman today praised
as good Americans" those civil
ians who refrained from travel
ing during the Christmas holi-
day, and urged that unnecessary
travel be avoided during the New
Years weekend.
He said travel conditions would
remain tight until at least Jan.
10.
Eastman revealed that though
holiday train travel this Christ
mas was 10 to 20 per cent higher
than last year, civilian travel
amounted to as little as 80 per
cent on some trains.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-29

of l943, just as the offensives of
the United Nations will lbe bigger"
he said.
Wilson warned against any "un-
due optimism" as to early return
to general civilian production. He
said that "the shooting stuff" will
continue to come first.
The next most important item,
he added, is provision for bed
rock civilian needs to maintain
health sanitation and transporta-
ton, thus enabling war workers to
do their jobs at "a peak of eff
ciency."
He said WPB will strive to pro-
duce as many additional needed
civilian items as can be made with
out interfering with war produc-
ton.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-29
Roosevelt Stirs
18th Term I ak

ference during which. he read
partially prepared statement tc
nearly 200 reporters who somehow
felt they were participating In an
historic occasion.
Mr.. Roosevelt's discussion was
touched off by question why he
no longer liked the term new deal. :
He said it came down to rather
puerile, political side OF things, but
after all some people had TO be told
how TO spell cat.
Therefore, he added, he had iot-
ted down lot of things that people
of this type had forgotten. They
added up, he said, to the fact that
the new deal came into existence
originally because there was an
awfully sick patient-the United
Continued on Page o, Col ~
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-29
Board Would Fill
Probation Post

Members of the Imperial county
probation committee Wednesday
unanimously recommended tn a =
Mrs. Mildred Standlee of Brawley
be appointed county probation Of
ficer to take the place of Leona
Jacobs, resigned.
The recommendation was made
to Judge Vaughn N. Thompson,
head of the juvenile court.
Since Mrs. Standlee is a deputy
probation officer, it will be neces-
sary to fill two vacancies if she is
appointed and accepts the position
Mrs. Jacobs and E. A. Nance,
deputy, both resigned and then
designations become effective next
month.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-29
New Commander
Takes Over
HoItvi|Ie Unit

Lieutenant Commander Emory E.
Bronte, United States Naval Re-
serve, commanding officer at the
Holtville auxiliary naval air station
since last June, Tuesday was de-
tached from the station and ordered
to command a unit outside CONT
mental United States.
He will be relieved by Lieuten-
ant Commander Henry j. White.
Bronte came to the Holtville air
station before construction was
complete, fitted it out, commission
ed it, and took command.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-29
y AMBlINe
u EpoRTER

Give Him Time
Newman Longs nine-months-old
son, Bill, is the pride and joy of
his life. Long always speaks of his
son with great pride and, like most
proud papas, shows pictures of the
baby and explains that he was born
in Texas and not in Ell Centro
where he now lives.
Just before Christmas friend
asked Newman what his baby want
. ed for Christmas.
HE hasn't said" Long replied.
HE can't speak English yet"
II Doesn't Pay
Everyone always has been warn
ed not to monkey with a buzz-saw
George Kirk didn't heed the
warning and now look at his thumb
It's Strategy
Pop Livingston of Tujunga feels
a great responsibility since his two
sons, Bill and Chan, are away fight
ing for Uncle Sam. He feels that
he must Journey to Ell Centre az
intervals to check up on the two
war widows, Hazel and Estelle.
He decided he must make the
trip to Ell Centre SO they would not
have to spend Christmas alone.
Everyone discouraged him because
of the difficulties of travel in war
time and the crowded trains and
buses over the holidays.
Don't worry about me-" said
Pop, I'm an old campaigner.
know my way about"
And he does.
Pop appeared at tke bus station
in Los Angeles before Christmas
all dressed up in his Spanish war
uniform, complete with campaign
hat, service stripes, medals, and
Whatnot.
"Servicemen line up over here for
first chance at the seats" an at
tendant shouted. Pop took a place
Continued on Page 6, Col. D
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-29
British Sink ; Nuzi Wurships

LONDON, Dec. 20. (UP)
British wars h ps and
planes, in a smashing follow
up to the destruction of the
Scharnhorst, have sunk three
German destroyers and homeward
bound Axis blockade runner in the
Bay of Biscay, a communique an
nounced today.
Some other" deStroyers were
damaged, the joint announcement
of the admiralty and the air min
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-29
Jap Tells Of Big
Pacific Plans

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 30. CUP)
Japan will open a mighty often
sive" against Anglo American mill
tary power in the Pacific and Asia
tic theaters of war during 1914,
Sadao Iguchi, spokesman for the
Japanese board of information, told
his nation in broadcast Wednes-
day by Tokyo radio.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-29

New Guinea overlooking the Japa-
nese stronghold Of Madang.
The Japanese on New Britain
threw four strong but futile counter
attacks against marine column
advancing east from the Cape Glou-
cester beachhead toward Bergen
Bay, but the main force encounter
ed little opposition in driving to q
river within mile and half
of the bomb devastated airStrips.
CASUALTIES LIGHT
Gen. Douglas MacArthurs COM
munique said American casualties
were extremely light" and reported
that huge quantities of supplies,
ammunition and artillery had been
captured.
Heavy, medium, and attack planes
in support of ground forces, dropped
$50 tons of bombs on enemy defens-
es and strafed enemy airdromes.
Four of 36 enemy planes which at
tackled the Cape Gloucester beach
head were shot down by ship anti
aircraft guns.
Some so miles to the southeast,
elements of the u. S. Sixth army
beat off enemy thruSts and reSum-
ed their advance eastward after
having been forced back to Umtin-
galu Sunday. Allied planes broke
up a strong enemy raid by 80 Japa-
nese divebombers and 20 fighters
Monday, bagging 80 planes while
ground units destroyed three and
naval craft shot down four more.
ENDS LONG STALEMATE
The Australians capture of 5000
foot shaggy ridge" broke a two
month stalemate in New Guinea's
anu valley below Madang and gave
them dominating position from
which to mount an assault on Bog
adiim and eventually Madang, both
Of which can be seen from the crest.
A combined aerial and artillery
bombardment paved the way for
the successful Australian advance.
Australian 25-pounder guns loosed
5000 rounds on the ridge in two
hours, after which American War
hawks dropped seven tons of bombs
and joined Australian Boomerangs
in strafing positions with 1900
rounds of ammunition.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-29

istry said, thus nipping what may
have been a German attempt to
resume surface raids on Allied con-
voys pouring men and arms across
the Atlantic for the coming inva-
sion of western Europe.
The sudden re-appearance of Ger
man destroyers in the Bay of Bis
cay, coupled with the emergence
of the Scharnhorst from it's Nor
wegian hideout last week end, was
interpreted by some sources as
evidence that the Nazi command
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-29
OPA FILES ACTIONS

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 20 UP -
Frank S. Balthis, Jr., Office of
Price Administrator district direc-
tor, Wednesday filed IL injunction
actions against market operators in
the San Bernardino area and served
license warning notices against
nine others. The merchants were
charged with disregarding OPA
price ceilings in the sale of meat
and vegetables. Restaurants named
were charged with selling meals at
prices far in excess of those au-
thorized by the OPA.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-29
Germans Boast
Of Defeating
Commando Raids
Declare British, U. S.
Fail to Reach
Channel Objectives

LONDON, Dec. 80. CUP) = Two
British commando raids on one of
Germany's island outposts off the
French coast and signs that an
Allied invasion of western Europe
was relatively near" were reported
in Nazi broadcasts today.
simultaneously, American troops
were revealed to be rehearsing
with live bullets, bombs and shells
for the coming invasion. The ex-
ercises were causing real casualties,
but high officers were said to have
adopted the theory that it was bet
ter to lose a few men today than
many tomorrow.
MAKE THREE FORAYS
A German DNB broadcast said
British forces twice in the past
three days carried out "unsuccess-
full commando raids on Sark, one
of the channel islands some Is
miles off the west coast of the
Cherbourg peninsula and 100 miles
southeast of the English coast.
when the enemy approached
the beach, heavy explosions were
observed, indicating that beach
mines had blown up" DNB said.
"One dead British soldier later was
found. German defenses did not
go into action"
While British sources said they
could not confirm or deny the Ger
l.
raids can be expected with the ap-
proach of the Zero hour" for the
opening of a second front because
of the necessity of gathering in
formation about enemy positions.
On at least one other occasion,
Continued on page 6. col. s.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-29
WEATHER

Weather forecast for Imperial
Valley.
Partly cloudy Wednesday. Clear
Thursday. Continued below nor
NAL daytime temperatures with
a maximum of 65 to 68 degrees.
There will be local light, white
frost wednesday night but all
temperatures will be above 81 de-
greeS.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-29
Roosevelt Stays
In With Cold

WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. UP) -
The White House announced today
that President Roosevelt is suffer-
ing from a head cold and will re-
main in his residential quarters to-
day.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-29
Raj STRIKE CANCE ELL ID
HoId-Out Unions
Come to Terms
S+imson Announces End Of Dispute
As Deadline Hour Approached;
Workers Leaders Okeh Statement

WASHINGTON Dec. 20. (UP)-The threat of Grip
png wartime strike of railroad employees ended Wednes
day when three holdout unions assured the depart
ment that they 'wil take action that will imperi the
successful prosecution of the and that they will i'm
mediately cancel the strike order"
The unions promise announced in that language
by Secretary of War Henry Stimson after their pres
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-29
Marines Advance
On New Britain

ADVANCED ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, New Guinea
Dec 20 )-Tank-supported u S. marines pushed five
miles through the New Britain jungle to within striking
distance of the Cape Gloucester airsrips it
ed today while Australians seized 5,600foo ridge in
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-29
WEATHER

Maximum Tuesday IS, minimum
Wed. 36; 5 am. Wed. 43, humidity
81; noon Wed. 81, humidity So; 5
pm. Tuesday 81. humidity Al.
Evening star., 1943-05-07
He Never Spiked Fielder

Il never cut anybody the entire
time 1 was playing ball-that is,
enough to draw blood. Wally Schang
once cut himself tagging me, but
it was his own fault. I already
had slid and he slammed his thumb
down on my spikes and cut himself
I like to believe the reason I didn' t
spike anybody was because I made
a study of sliding"
1t was Milans record of SO stolen
bases that Cobb broke to establish
the mark of 96 thefts in one season,
q record that hasn't been leopard
ized, and isn't likely to be. But the
year before Milan stole those 8S
bases he was having his troubles.
Il didn't have any trouble steal
ing" explains Clyde, but I must
have been tagged out a dozen times
oversliding the bag. 1t convinced
me I didn't know much about slid
ing, so 1 made a study of it. From
then on I slid only after getting a
glimpse of the fielder taking the
catchers throw.
IF the fielder showed me he was
going to take the throw on the
inside of the bag, I'd slide for the
outside corner. and vice versa. 1t
gave me that split-second advantage.
Any time the catcher's throw was
above the felder's waist, they didn't
have chance of getting me.
Evening star., 1943-05-07
BY BILL KING,
& Associated Press Sports Writer.


CAMBRIDGE, Mass, May T.
Disregarding the hopeful attitudes
of most of it's traditional rivals,
Harvard, for the third time in Its
69-year-old football history, today
was out of intercollegiate gridiron
competition.
Announcement that Harvard had
suspended formal football for the
duration, an action that has been
expected since Head Coach Dick
Harlow, most of his coaching aides
and Athletic Director Bill Bingham
entered the armed services months
ago, was made by Carroll F. Getch-
ell, acting manager of the athletic
association.
Termed Game Too Rough.
Back in 1885, when college football
was being developed in the East,
the Crimson was ordered to drop the
game because the faculty consid-
cred it too rough to be a sport"
The second interruption. in 1918,
resulted from the First World War.
Getcheu said that all of the COL
leges on Harvard's 1943 schedule,
Columbia, William and Mary, Dart.
mouth, Army. Holy Cross, Princeton,
Brown and Yale, had been request
ed to cancel.
The immediate reactions from an
cient rivals were varied. Sorry over
the action" commented HOWE Odell,
Evening star., 1943-05-07
Harvard Hu|ts intercollegiate
Football, Keeps Intromuro|s
Crimson Took Similar Action Twice Before;
Reactions Among Ancient Rivals Varied

the Yale head coach, but it won't
affect us at all. We don't expect
any trouble filling the date"
Asa Bushnell, acting director of
athletics at Princeton, said: plans
for continuing football at Prince
ton have not been abandoned. )"
Dartmouths w. H. McCarter re-
ported that sufficient detailed in
formation upon which to base a final
decision was lacking but that Dart
mouth hoped to maintain modified
intercollegiate schedules in all
sports.
DR.. Eddie Smell of Brown said
that his college would not make any
1943 football plans until after the
new semester opens on July l, and
Columbia S Dr. Edward S. Elliott in
dicated that the Lions would at
tempt to schedule service team
to replace Harvard on October 2.
Plays Intramural Football.
Getchell said Harvard would con-
hlnue football on an intramural
basis next fall and had hopes of
arranging informal games with
neighboring teams. He explained
that the intercollegiate football
suspension was the result of the
reduction in the number of under
graduates available for sports, the
heavy war demands upon the uni
versity's facilities, the training pro-
grams OF 4ts huge Army and Navy
units and the accelerated academic
schedules.
Evening star., 1943-05-07
Major Clubs to- Get New Lively Ball Within Few Days
Bikes SOUGHT cOnyey Roekneom Race o 9ht he!

Wright, who always thought
training was getting aboard a
train, turned up at the gym yes
terday for the first time in seven
weeks, Mike Belloise greeted
him: What are you doing here.
Chalky? Are you sick?" NO"
admitted Chalky gravely, I'm
just hungry"
Shorts and shells-Connecti-
cut high schools have been in
vited to schedule football games
with Yale teams of equal weight
and experience next fall. The
Boxing Service and Athletic
Fund now has distributed equip
ment to 48 Army camps in the
United States and one outfit
overseas. A couple of baseball's
prize offseason jobs are held by
Braves rockies. Connie Cree
don is a detective, and Ben
Geraghty is superintendent of a
cemetery. They both want it un-
derstood that they don't work at
those jobs during the summer.
The New York Boxing Commis-
Evening star., 1943-05-07
PimIico Results
By the Associated Press.

FIRST RACE-Purse. 81 200: special
Teishts; maidens; 2-year-olds; Az fur
I,ni. Elsns Shady s,asc w}s!anasts7 $50 9so $50
Milk White tScocca) l. so
.A..I.r AZ rsnschqsk PeTdersd a5n MIX T5sd ed
Bomber, Dunagel Tiz Liz ions.
SECOND RAcE-purse. $1,000: claim
ins 3,year-olds and upward: furIongs,
Eora Eoa NaT5ss Vaoas s5S2 seoce $3.50 ?4S si" So"
oHfFl1n Tfme 'R92a. ol2., so
Also ran..sobriouet Rough Time, Old
Milk Choeolate; Voucher and Pompa Nesri.
DAILY double paid S3sl 9o)
THIRD RAcEPurse $1,000 allow
ances; steeplechase; 4-year-olds and up
Fri Fri ,Sfiss, KG5s 'owens' 1850 sg9SS ESQ 50
Old Doctor lRusselD 500
Also ran-Jolly Tar Fieldfare.
FOURTH RACF-Purse, $1,000: allow
ances; 3-year-olds and upward: mile and
Nell Novice (Renick) 246o 80 $50
Wine Punch TRENT 400 $50
Ariel Patrol tRoberts) $50
Also ran.Reish Star, Brass King, oriole
eennant and Camille.
FIFTH RACE-Purse. $500 added
Pimlico Nursery Stakes; 2year-olds; 41a
furlongs.
Galactic twoolD 1920 4so 800
Elray tkeiperl 80 :}30
Sir Drake tRobertSb > 80
Time. 0:544s
Also ran-Victory Blue. Klssmenov, Bow
Wave, Cramps Image. Tinchel
SIXTH RACE-Purse. l.5O0: claiming.
4-year-olds and upward; l mile and 10
Yards.
One Only tTrentl 1870 $40 :, go
Condalina tScocca) $50 80
Tamil tWrehtl 30
Time, .43As.
Also ran-Wishlns, Barbara ChlIds and
Calls Pet
Evening star., 1943-05-07
Armstrong Menaces
Jessup's Hot Record
New England Ring Star
Has K.O.'d "a in Year
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
BOSTON, May Tommy Jessup,
sensational Springfield (Mass) Ne
gro welterweight, will make his
major boxing debut the hard way
against Hammerin' Henry Arm
strong. ring history's only triple
champion, tonight i'm 10-round
bout at the Boston Garden.
Jessup has knocked out all but
three of his 81 professional rivals
while campaigning in Western Mas
sachusetts
Armstrong, who has won all but
three of his 10 starts since he re-
turned to the ring, is, at 81, about
10 years older than his ambitious
rival, who has yet to battle longer
than eight rounds.
Since Jessup became profess
sional a year ago last February, he
has suffered only two setbacks.
Tonights bout is expected to at
tract 10000 crowd.
Evening star., 1943-05-07

sison won't name a favored con-
tender for Willie Pep's feather
weight title until May 20.
Today's guest star - Alex
Shuts, Seattle CWash.) Times:
Gosh, perhaps the umpires have
some friends, after all. After
insuring its players against ac-
cidents or injuries, the Shipyards
Baseball League is investigating
the prospects of taking out poll
cies on its'arbiters. too"
Service Dept.-Broadway Char
ley Wagner, who owned as many
as AZ suits when he played for
the Red Sox, gets along with
three suits of blues and one of
dungarees at the Norfolk Train
ing Station. Coast Guardsman
Henry Bingham, rated as the
best middleweight prospect to
appear in Baltimore in long
time, learned boxing in 1t. Jack
Dempsey's classes at Manhattan
Beach. All confusion: Colonel
Mills (better S1own as Buster
when he was big league outfield-
Evening star., 1943-05-07
Frick Advises Novikoff
Thot He's Suspended
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, May Lou Novikoff,
the Chicago Cubs 300 hitter last
year, moved farther back into the
doghouse TO-DAY after Ford Frick,
president of the National League,
placed MIN on baseball's ineligible
list.
Novikoff automatically was sus-
pended under the code which calls
for player to report within 10 days
after the start of the championship
season or face ineligibility.
James T. Gallagher, the Cubs
general manager, advised Frick of
the lapse after the Mad Russian
had held out Al days for a $4,000
contract,
Evening star., 1943-05-07
BY HUGH FULLERTON, Jr.,
Associated Press Sports Write-

NEW YORK, May THE new
major league baseball, which will
be distributed to the clubs in
few days, is about as lively as the
one the Southern Association
uses. And the Southern League
always has insisted on plenty of
pep in the pills so there'd be
plenty of guys with big batting
averages to sell at the end of
each season. Lou Colman of
Spalding's says there's no danger
of a shortage the rest of the
season.
Lou Smith is trying to round up
500 bicycles, so that race fans can
pedal to Rockingham Park from
the Lawrence tMass.) station,
where all the trains stop. If he'd
install a few mutue, windows at
the station so the riders could bet
on themselves the idea might go
over.
Confession - When former
Featherweight Champ Chalky
Evening star., 1943-05-07
International Loops
Northern Openers
GET Big Crowds
Buffalo, Dropping Eighth
Straight, Draws II, 500;
Toronto Holds Lead
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
Without any references to wealth
er conditions, International League
baseball men will tell you today that
spring is here
They can prove it by these two
facts: Cd That the opening games
in the four Northern cities of the
circuit yesterday drew a greater
actual attendance than the leagues S
opening in the South two weeks ago
and without recourse to high
pressure turnout campaigns like
the ones that annually pack the
Jersey City stadium-and 90 that
the first night game of the season
is scheduled for tonight.
Some $1,000 fans turned out for
yesterdays four games. The top
crowd of 1880 appeared in Buffalo
TO see the Bisons take their eighth
straight setback, a 1874 drubbing,
from the Jersey City Giants.
At Rochester, 10,941 saw the Red
Wings beat the Newark Bears, So.
behind Blk Donnellys six-hit hurl
ing, and more than 10000 Toronto
fans were on hand as the league
leading Maple Leafs routed the Svr-
acuse Chiefs, 10 to 3.
The days smallest crowd, 3,4OO at
Montreal. saw the tightest game
as the Baltimore Orioles held to
two hits, conquered the Royals, 2
to l.
The result of these games gave
Toronto a full-game lead over the
held while Baltimore moved into a
secopd-place tie with Newark.
Tonight the Leafs will play Syra-
cuse under the floodlights while the
other clubs stick to afternoon con-
tests.
Evening star., 1943-05-07
Phi||ies Rout Jesting Scoffers
By HoIving Set With Dodgers
Harris Club Furnishes Newsom in Finale;
Yankees Clip Red Sox in Double Bill

Brooklyn, winning a tight, 1O-in-
ming tussle yesterday, 80. John
Podgajnv held the Dodgers to five
hits, and in the 10th Glen Stewart
tripled and came home with the
winning run on fly.
Their victim was Buck Newsom,
who previously had won two with
out setback. He pitched six-hit
ball and famed nine, but it wasn't
good enough. The Phillies now have
won 4 of II games. Last year they
won only of their first Is.
In the only other National League
game yesterday, the st. Louis Car
dinals were cuffed again by the
Chicago Cubs, 81, and lost their
exclusive hold on second place.
The New York Yankees sent the
Boston Red Sox away from Yankee
Stadium bruised and groggy from
four consecutive one-run defeats
The American League leaders bagged
double header. 81 and Sd, to
conclude the series.
The first game was duel between
Ernie Bonham of the Yanks and
Lefty Oscar Judd, but Charley Keller
settled it in Bonham's favor with a
triple in the seventh, scoring on a
long fly by Joe Gordon.
However, the nightcap was a
loose affair. In the eighth the
Yanks loaded the bases and all
scored. A wild throw by Pitcher
Mace Brown in the ninth gave the
Yanks the deciding run.
The St. Louis Browns doWned De-
troit for the first time this season in
a classic 10 contest in which the
winning run was scored in the ninth
on George McQuinn's triple and a
fly.
The Cleveland Indians entrenched
themselves more strongly in second
place by beating the Chicago White
SOX. 6-3,
Evening star., 1943-05-07
6. ". High Nine Seeks
Third Win in Row
Visits Fredericksburg
After Beating CHINA.

George Washington Highs base
ball team is visiting Fredericksburg
High this afternoon with hope of
taking its third victory of the week
and its second against Virginia Glass
A Conference opposition.
After defeating Fairfax on We'd
nesday, the Presidents continued
their string yesterday with 7-6 win
over Charlotte Hall at Alexandria.
They took advantage of miscues to
score four runs in the fifth and came
up with the winning marker in the
seventh, although held to three hits
by Paul Mister, who famed 13.