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Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-22
MacArtker Flaws
Island Hopping as
Pathway to Japan
ALLIED HEADQUAR-

ALLIED HEADQUAR-
TERS, Southwest Pacific,
Sept. %. (UP)-Gen. Doug
las Macarthur implied to-
day in a carefully worded
statement that his command and
his strategy of direct strokes
against Japan have been showed
into the background of the Pacific
war in favor of an island hopping
campaign involving "extravagant
losses and slow progress.
The tenor of the statement left
no doubt Macarthur felt he had
been given a secondary place in the
war against Japan. !.
However subordinate may be my
role" he said, II hope to play it
manfully :. have no personal
military ambitions whatsoever and
am perfectly content in such role
as may be prescribed for me-"
ANSWERS REPORTS
Observers regarded MacArthur's
statement, which was Issued in an
swer to press reports from the Unit
ed States and Britain implying his
command would be reduced to a
secondary and subsidiary role, as
meaning:
l. He had been informed that
The southeast Asia command, de-
cided upon by President Roosevelt
and Prime Minister Churchill at
Quebec and headed by Lord Louis
Mountbatten, would get first call
for a drive into Burma.
- 2. His repeated requests for men
and materials and his plans to
strike with massive" strength for
his avowed goal--the Philippines
and move swiftly against japan had
been rejected.
Informed military sources close to
Continued on page 6, col. A.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-22

The push against Naples follow
ed the capture of four more towns
by the Fifth and Eighth armies
now drawn up abreast for the drive
to the north after the Allied line
across Italy had been Strengthened
out.
French reports of swiftly mount
ing successes in the COrSican cam
paign disclosed that the commando
trained American Rangers had gone
in with Gen. Henri Honore Giraud's S
counter invasion forces which were
pinning the Germans back against
the northwestern beaches of the
island.
The reports indicated the Ger
mans were seeking to disengage
themselves from the French and
American forces for hazardous
evacuation dash to the mainland.
TO GIVE UP CITY
The enemy, apparently preparing
to abandon Italy's third largest city,
was said to have killed thousands
of civilians and to have left Naples
a scene of destruction and horror.
CA Cairo broadcast reported the
German military governor of Naples
had ordered 100 Italians shot for
every German soldier wounded or
killed.)
Field dispatches said great pail
of smoke could be seen over Naples,
some 20 to 25 miles northwest of
the Allied advanced positions. An
Italian officer who slipped through
the German lines said the city was
being mined. Disease has broken
out among a population of 100000
as the water supply and electricity
were cut off, according to reports.
Food distribution was a major
problem and there were indications
that famine threatened.
The American Fifth army swung
northward against the Germans
from the Salerno bridgehead after
taking three towns in the Picentini
foothills, San Cipriano, Monte
corvino Rovella, and Campagna.
The British Eighth advanced
northward and took the vital road
juncticn Of Potenza, SIS miles east
of Salelnc.
BACKS TC BERLIN
The fighting has swung around
so that the Germans have their
backs to Berlin. The Americans
hold the east flank and the Brit
sh the west flank. The Americans
captured Montecorvino Rovella and
the British took San Cipriano.
The Eighth army took Potenza in
story-book fashion. Several days
ago, a British patrol climbed into
Continued on page 6, col. q
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-22
kazi Demand for
Free Hand Reason
For Hess Journey
Eden Tells Official
Version of Story; No
Dealings with Churchill

LONDON, Sept. %. (UP)
An authoritative statement
which Foreign Secretary An
thony Eden circulated in the
House of Commons disclosed
today that the sensational journey
of Rudolf Hess by Nazi air rplane to
Britain was an effort to GUST the
government of Prime Minister Win
ston Churchill and make "perma-
nent" agreement giving Germany a
free hand in Europe.
Many reports have been circulated
about why Hess flew Nazi fighter
over Scotland. May 10, 1941. bailed
out, and sought to deliver a peace
message to Britain shortly before
Hitler invaded Russia, but no Off
cial version ever was made public.
1t was known, however, that his
journey to captivity in Britain re-
suited in a warning being sent to
Moscow and it was assumed that
he sought to enlist British aid in a
war against Bolshevism.
PROPOSES PEACE
The statement circulated by Eden
revealed that when Hess, who was
Hitler's deputy, landed in Scotland
he proposed peace which would
have provided
IA free hand for Germany in
Europe.
"A free hand for England in
the British empire, except that
former German colonies would be
returned.
3.-Russia would be included In
Asia, but Germany also had certain
Continued on page 6, col. a
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-22


able for military service or made
themselves available for agricul-
tural employment.
2-Many men now In this area
have been deferred because they
said they were agricultural en-
ployes but who won't work on farms
when they get chance, are regis
tered with selective service boards
outside the county.
WON'T TAKE WORK
"In addition to the men deferred
because of their supposed connec-
ton with agriculture" Farm Labor
Director George Garrigues said
Wednesday, II have found men who
have been in federal construction
work but who are not employed
now. When I offered them work on
farms, they won't accept it. found
that some of these men were not
registered under the boards in this
county and that temporarily halts
the plan, to make them work or
fight and stop loafing around.
II also find that some of the men
deferred because of their alleged
work in agriculture and who won't
accept Jobs I offer them, are also
registered under boards outside of
the county"
SEEKS ANSWER
Garrigues said he was interested
at present in finding out how the
problem could be handled for the
best interests of the country.
Meanwhile the Selective service
boards of the country launched a
drive to help skilled workmen utilize
their skills to the greatest extent.
They asked that skilled men be-
tween the ages of 18 to 38 years OF
age contact the United States En-
ployment Service where plans will
be made to obtain work for the men
where their skills will be best util-
ized.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-22

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22.-(UP)
Soviet Premier Josef Stain, in a
unique message to the American
people read at a war loan drive
ceremony here, said today that sue
cess of the $l5,0O0O00.0O0 bond
campaign would help bring victory
''over the bitter enemy within the
shortest time"
The message said that American
manufacture of war material rend-
ers great support in the fight with
our common enemy"
The message was read at the
back the attack" show here by
Maj. Gen. A. I. Beyaev OF the Sow
let air forces. Beyaev, chairman OF
the Soviet purchasing commission
was introduced by secretary OF the
treasury Henry Morgenthau, jr.
Stains message said:
COMMON ENEMY
For 26 months the Soviet Union
has been engaged in a difficult war
of liberation against our common
enemy, Hitlerite Germany, and her
Satellites Finland, Rumania, and
Hungary. In this gigantic war
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-22
full HOUSE
Ticket Holder List Grows

War bond sales indicated We'd
nesday that the big Post-Press and
United Artists war bond show at
the theater in Ell Centre Sept. 70
will play to full house.
! When the show begins at p. m.
Sept. 20, it is expected that every
seat will be filled, every seat repre-
senting the purchase of war bond.
Highlights of the entertainment
will be Sonia Henie in Winter
time" and a cartoon review.
Some of the bond purchases have
mounted high and some of the pur-
chasers have purchased several.
In addition to the list of pur-
chasers announced in the Post
Press Tuesday, the list of bond buy
ers included:
Samuel Harrelson, Paul Edward
Hill, jr.; Mrs. Cecilia Plummer,
Marshall E. Belch, Lame c. Salassi,
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-22
Aussies Seize New
Japanese Base in
Airborne Assault
kaiapit, 60 Miles from
Lac, Falls Before Swift
Attack, Madang Bombed

ALLIED HEADQUAR-
TERS, Southwest Pacific,
Sept. %. (UP) - Airborne
Australian troops, in a sur
prise attack, seized the Jap
anese base and airfield at Kaiapit,
extending Allied New Guinea posi-
tions go miles inland from Lac, a
communique announced today.
Coordinating their attack with d
raid by more than SO Flying For
tresses and Mitchell bombers on
the road to Madang. ,85. miles to the
northwest, the troops beat off sew
eral enemy counterattacks to cap
ture the outpost.
Reports indicated the Kaiapit
airstrip could be repaired for quick
use against the enemy's coastal
strongholds, including Madang,
where 81 tons of bombs and l20,-
900 rounds of ammunition were
used Monday to blast the roads
southwark, knocking out four
bridges, damaging three others and
setting 20 to 80 trucks afire.
At Wewak, above Madang. other
Continued on Page 6, Column 81
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-22
E4 e..
La ss in
Drive
Other Cities far
Ahead of County
Seat in Race

Ell Centro war bond Off
cials Wednesday were great
ly worried over the compar-
atively small amount invest
ed in bonds thus far during
the third war loan and warned
that unless purchases are acceler-
ated greatly during the next week
the city would fall far short of it's
September quota of 81 1,292,24O
Ben Herring, county bond COM
mittee secretary, revealed that
combined sales for Ell Centre and
Imperial total only $285,142 out of
a combined quota of $1,356,852. El
Centre and Imperial sales figures
are combined, Herring explained,
because of lack of banking facili-
ties in Imperial. ....-
Herring pointed out that Ell Cen
tro, county, seat and main business
center of the district, was far below
Brawley in the purchase of bonds.
Brawley has sold bonds valuing
$436,075, figure far higher than
Ell Centro's sales.
CALEXICO HIGH
Even in Calexico, where the quota
is much smaller than in El Centro,
sales fall only slightly short of those
attained in Ell Centre. Calexico bond
statesmen have sold 231, ,430 worth of
the certificates thus far during the
month, Herring revealed.
At Holtville, another community
considerably smaller than Ell Centro,
$180,252 worth of bonds have been
sold while sales in rural areas total
1890. ......
In addition to their listed pur-
chases an additional considerable
number of bonds were sold in Holt
vile Tuesday night during a spir-
tied rally. ...
A parade was held in Holtville
participated in by the Camp Lock-
EFT band and marchers from the
HOltvine Auxiliary Naval Air sta
ton. Following the parade the
band gave one-hour concert after
which bonds were sold from a plat
form in the municipal park. Motion
pictures were also shown during
the rally.
Herring reported the following
sales, made Wednesday morning.
Automobile Club of Southern CAL
ifornia, $4,000; Coast Counties Gas
and Electric company, 5000; Fried
ley Auto Service, $4,000; Firestone
Stores, $4,000.
In awarding ranks for the sale
of bonds sales are figured on the
face value of bonds sold, Herring
explained.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-22
NO, SIR >

Marshall was under consideration
for the spectacular global command
Spectacular hardly does it justice
A top general over Anglo-American
land, sea and air forces would COM
mand 100000 to 20,000,000 men.
Although only Mr.. Roosevelt or
Churchill would know all the an
swers to all the questions, some
facts are emerging which suggest
that either or both of these military
situations can be persuasively over
simplified.
On reliable authority, Mr.. Roose-
velt has recently been considering
a new assignment for General Mar
shall. On equally reliable authority,
some of Marshall's highest ranking
colleagues have appealed to the
president to leave him right where
he is. They argued that the Ameri-
can Joint chiefs of staff have be-
come a proven team and should not
Continued on Page 6, Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-22
Team From Air
Station Get Zero

1t. John P. Morton and Cpl.
Eddie Cole, who trained at the Ell
Centre marine air station, got their
first Zero Wednesday during raid
on Ballale airfield in the Short
land Islands area, United Press
dispatch from Guadalcanal said.
They had just bombed their OBJ
jective when they spied four Jap
planes readying for a take off.
Swooping low, they strafed and
sent to the ground in flames Zero
which had risen only 60 feet from
the ground. LIT. Morton, USMCR,
is the pilot in a dive bomber and
Cpl. Cole, USMC, is his gunner.
1t. Morton played on the Ell
Centro marine air station basket
ball team while he was stationed IN
Imperial Valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-22

ious government establishments. the
location of which is not necessary
in the capital and important cities,
to other localities and the readJust-
ment of these establishments"
I'm this connection" the dispatch
added. redistribution and disper-
sion of various government build
ings will be undertaken, concen-
trating government business In
those with satisfactory air defense
facilities and abandoning those
which are vulnerable"
The Japanese information--or
propaganda--bo issued long
announcement regarding the meas
ures to be taken for the utmost
strengthening of aerial defense In
nationally important areas. mill
tary establishments. factories and
mines"
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-22
d AMBlINe
~ EpoRTER
Another Lyric

. In order to keep the balance
even, we print herewith a letter and
. poem submitted by F. E. Alexander
of the Ell Centro area.
Rambling Reporter,
POst-Press.
Dear Sir:
always read your column and
enjoy it. Especially was / amused
t. at reading the little poem extoling
, the virtues of the Arkies and Okles,
which. I admit are legion, still for
lust a little friendly banter I sub
init the enclosed answer in verse,
which 1 hope you will print in the
spirit in which it is given:
Here's to the Arkies and Oakies,
In all of their might.
Yep, you took California
without even q fight.
You came rolling In here,
you're telling me,)
Like the mighty waves
Coming in from the sea.
You came in great hordes
over the divide,
And CALIFORNIA; doors
Were thrown open wide.
You came to our state
With your eyes full of dust,
And your poor old Jaiopies
Continued on Page 8, Column 81
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-22

lIiOVc MdTSIldll lTOill Ills posi-.
Testifying on the Wheeler bill to
defer fathers until Jan. l, Baruch
said:
MY own attitude is simple: Sup
port those we have entrusted with
responsibility, perhaps the gravest
that our beloved country has ever
known. The armed forces, speaking
through the commander -in- chief,
are entitled to fulfillment of every
war demand That obligation be-
comes greater when it is made at
the insistence of our chief of staff,
Gen. George Marshall, who has had
my respect and admiration for Is
years, and Admiral ernest j. King,
whom I regard. also, as an excep-
tional man.
NO TRADING DOWN
"If George Marshall says speci-
field force is required by our Strateg-
ical planning, give him what he
wants. If you don't, then throw him
out. No cheese-paring. No trading
down. Give him what he needs"
Baruch did not mention fathers"
or the proposed deferment of their
draft for the armed services, but
he obviously was asking for support
of pleas voiced by Marshall and
King, commander in chief of the
U. S. fleet, that the father draft not
be delayed.
Marshall and King told the COM
Continued on Page 6, Col. T.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-22

some congressional sources con-
fidently expect Marshall, now chief
of staff, shortly to be named COM
mander-in-chief of all'Anglo-Amer-
ican armed forces throughout the
world with headquarters in Lon
don. That is the latest speculative
phase of the Marshall mystery.
The mystery of Macarthur. Allied
commander in the southwest Pacif-
ic, is: what caused him in a public
statement to denounce the Roose-
velt- Churchill strategy being pur-
sued against Japan and imply that
his command was being relegated to
a subordinate position in the Pacif-
ic?
SPECTACULAR JOB
MacArthur's tart statement from
Australia was arriving here yester-
day just about the time Washing
ton was swept with reports that
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-22
Vegetable Acreage
Increases in |. Y.

In spite of uncertain economic
conditions and the possibility of a
fertilizer shortage, Imperial VALLEY
growers plan to increase their
paintings of winter vegetables.
Increased acreages of winter
vegetables are indicated, the
monthly report of County Agri-
cultural Commissioner B. A. Har-
rigan said Wednesday. Growers
are uncertain as TO the availability
of fertilizer for field crops but it is
expected some single phosphate
will be available through govern
ment agencies.
A possible reduction of beet
acreage in Imperial Valley was due
to the fertilizer shortage, Harri-
gan's report said.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-22

Marjorie Sue Hodgson, Patsy Jane
Hodgen, Loretta 10 Hodgson, Mrs.
Ruth E. Gibbons, Richard p Glib
bons, Anthony Benfatti, Phillip j.
Linde, Alberta M. Witt, Sylvia Kay
Wallace, Mrs. Maxine Lillian Nor
ris, Mary l.. Roberts, Kit Carson,
Lloyd o. Mordah, j. Clifford Bur-
ton, Walter F.. Mordah, James T.
Waldrop, Roscoe Cook, Joe Milburn
Reece, Thomas G. Roberts, William
o. Bryant, Herschel Jones, Floyd
M. Womack, Edward L. Bisgaard,
Ho Quock On, Young @. Yee, Frank
o. Beatty, Philip j. Gardener, Rex
Meyers, jr., Estill E. Wallis, Glen
E. Shumard, David Diamond, Clyde
E. Daily, Evonne Henderson, Joe
Maloof, Norman p. Pearse, Rhoda
P. Howard Captain Peter Flicker,
Esther NJ Flicker, Mrs. Cosette S.
! GargOn.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-22

and that conScription for military
service or war work was being put
on a universal" footing.
Premier Hideki TOTO took to the
radio to tell the people that time
of emergency" existed and that the
government was moving to intensity
the country'S defenseS and utilize
it's entire strength for war purposes,
direct or indirect.
Radio reports from Japan, re-
corded by government monitors and
other sources, told of plans for the
evacuation of Tokyo and other Jap
anese cities against the threat of
bombing raids and for the total
mobilization" of civilians, including
women.
A Domei news agency dispatch
said that among the measures on
which the cabinet had agreed was
one calling for "the removal of var
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-22
RANGERS HELP PUSH NAzIS FROM CORSICA
40 Carloads of
Fertilizer Here

Forty carloads of phosphate,
to be used for fertilizing war
crops, have arrived in Imperial
Valley Agriculture war board,
announced wednesday.
Miller said % cars had been
unlOaded in Ell Centre and that
10 more carloads are waiting to
be unlOaded. Four cars have ar
rived in Blythe and four In Bard,
Miller said.
So far the county has been al
lOtted 81 cars and the additional
shipments are scheduled TO be
made in the near future, Miller
stated. His department is negO-
tiating for still more fertilizer.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-22
Germans Admit
Guerilla Success

LONDON, Sept % CUP)- Ger
many acknowledged officially today
an attempt by Slovenian rebels
and Italian Communists" to seize
control of northeastern Italy and
northwestern Jugoslavia, reporting
that the rebels are plundering
and pillaging."
A Berlin communique admitting
powerful uprising against Nazi
authority conceded with a report
from Jugoslav patriots that they
had thrust % miles into Italy to
capture Gorilla and had occupied
the Peljasao Peninsula below Split,
and three more Adriatic islands.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-22
0PA Sets Cei|inq
On Hay HauIinq

A ceiling price of $515 per ton
has been fixed for hauling alfalfa
hay from Imperial Valley to San
Diego, Office of Price Administra-
ton officials announced in Ell
Centre Wednesday.
The OPA warned that farmers
and hay buyers should see that the
hauling rate is not exceeded when
making contracts.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-22
II Jap Planes
Downed in China

CHUNGKING, Sept. % (UP) -
Seventeen Japanese planes, includ-
ing Is bombers. were shot down
last Monday when an enemy force
attacking major l4th U. S. air
force installation was intercepted
by P-38 and P-40 fighters, a COM
munique from Lieut.. Gen. Joseph
d. Stillwell's headquarters said to-
day.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-22
CHURCHILL HAS NO
COMMENT ON REPORT

LONDON, Sept. 92 (UP)-Prime
Minister Churchill, asked In COM
mons whether he had any COM
ment on the possibility Of the
pOintment of a world commander
in chief. replied today:
mo. sir"
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-22
NewAnsIes Found
In Draft Racket

Further devng into the "deerment racket in Imperial
county Wednesday revealed two phases of the stuaton
y MANY men deferred for work federal construc-
ton projects where they made large salaries not
empoyed in such work reported to their seec
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-22
BASEBALL
BY UNITED PRESS
AMERICAN

First game: r H E
Chicago ............-. 1O2 O10 2OO-6 IL 0
Philadelphia 900 900 000-0 4 l
Smith and fresh; Black, Arntzen,
Abernathy and Swift.
Second game: r H E
Chicago ..............O 900 900 OO2-2 4 0
Philadelphia 900 100 000-l 8 l
Ross. Haynes and Turner; Harris
and Wagner.
Detroit ................-...0O0 00l
New York ............... 800 O0l
Trucks and Richards; Borowy
and Dickey.
First game: r Fl E
New York 900 ITO 000-2 8 3
Cincinnati 900 600 22x-4 4 l
Voiselle and Lombardi. Mancuso;
Riddle and Mueller.
First game:
Philadelphia .....,...,....000 600
d. chicago ..,...........,........O5U UUI
Barrett, Kimball and Seminick;
Passeau and Mccullough.
BOSTON ............-......--....--.....lU lUu
Pittsburgh ..........-.-....,-....-.000 900 =
Andrews and Poland; Gornicki
and Lopez.
Brooklyn ....-........,...........,...00
st. Louis ...............,..........00 90
Hiebe and Bragan; M. Cooper
and w. Cooper.
Second game:
New York ......................20
Cincinnati ...............,...-....,.O0
Mungo and ,.ancuso; Walters and
| Mueller.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-22
|JupS to Remove
Govt from Tokyo
= By UNITED PRESS

Japanese broadcass refecting heightened fear of at
tacks the homeland and the situation
said Wednesday that the government had made plans to
offices from Tokyo and other cities
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-22
Boruch Urges Full
u. s. Armed MIGHT

WASHINGTON Sept. %. (UP)-Bernard M Baruch,
special adviser to War Mobilization Director James F.
Byrnes today urged the senate military affairs committee
to support the plea of Gen. George Marshall army chief
OF staff for adequate armed service mapower or to
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-22
Speculation High
About Macarthur,
Marshall Posts
Mystery C|inss TO Reports That Gen.
Macarthur to Be Subordinated and
Marshall TO Be Made Global Chief

~ WASHINGTON, Sept. %. (UP) : Around Generals
George c. Marshall and Douglas Macarthur today center
military mysteries intimately related gobal strategy
that only President Roosevelt Prime Minister Winston
Churchill would be competent to state the facts.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-22
Enemy SIoushters
Naples Civilians
AS Allies Advance
Germans Fighting with Backs to Berlin
As Fifth. Eighth Armies Form Solid Line
To Drive Foe from Mainland Of I+aIy

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS North Africa, Sept. %.
(UP)-American Rangers helping French troops and
patriots drive the Germans of Corsica it revealed
today the Allies closed against Naples big Italian port
which the Nazs were reported burned and paged