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Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-01


Allied forces blunted all Axis
thrusts On the North TuniSian
front, appeared to have reoccupied
the strategic town of Feriana to
the south, and moved into position
for a possibly imminent assault on
the Mareth line.
STRENGTHEN POSITIONS
The Japanese were reported
strengthening their positions in the
fringe of islands above Australia
perhaps in preparation for ma
jor operation.
American airmen blasted jap
anese communications in Burma in
mounting aerial campaign
against the barricade across the
back door to China.
A Navy cOmmunique disclosed
that American airmen have sunk
an enemy cargo ship and raided
| Japanese bases in the Solomons
three times and at Kiska in the
Aleutians twice.
against Europe passed the 72-hour
mark amid growing speculation
that it was aimed at softening up
Axis defenses for an invasion.
ONLY FORETASTE
1t was indicated, however, that
the virtually continuous attacks by
American and British planes were
only a foretaste of what the Ger
mans will get in the coming
months. The attack was expected
to continue with ever-increaSing
weight, interrupted only when bad
weather makes operations impossi-
BILE.
Picking uo where the day bomb
ers left off. the Royal Air Force
smashed Nazi targets during the
night with heavy raid on the suo-
marine lair at st. NaZaire and
lighter thrustS at Western Ger
many. The raiders dropped 1000
tons of bombs at st. Nazaire
The stepped-up attack followed
'ecord breaking raids in Febru-
ary, during Which it was estimat-
ed the Allies dropped three times
as great a tonnage of bombs on
Nazi targets as the Germans ever
threw at Britain in a similar Pc
Continued on Page 6, Col. .
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-01

will show the operation efficiency
of the various machines. Also
shown will be the extent the ma
chimes were utilized last year and
picture of the service they rem
dered.
Questions dealing with the har-
veStor labor situation are asked
and when answered are expected to
point out now many additional
workers will be needed during ohar-
vesting time.
The survey will likewise indicate
what valley farmers are in the mar
ket for the purchase of new COM
bineS.
Rudolph Miller, secretary of the
local Triple-A office, is directing
the program.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-01
V.F.W.Forms New
Post in Fl Centro

The new Veterans of Foreign
Wars post formed in Ell Centro
was named the Captain Harry O.
Findley post in honor of the son
CT DR.. Harry p. Findley and Mrs.
Findely of Ell Centre.
Captain Findley was killed in
action in the Pacific war zone last
August. His parents and the
national VFW. gave permission
foi the post to be named for Cap
tain Finley, said Maurice E. Cor
don of 637 Park avenue, Ell Centro.
who is deputy chief of the V.FW.
of the United States.
The post membership is COM
posed of navymen and marines
back from the campaigns in the
Pacific war zone, Gordon said. The
post was scheduled to meet in
Veterans Memorial hall in Ell Cen
tro the first and third Mondays
of each month Veterans of for
eign wars and campaigns are eligi-
BILE for membership.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-01
Sale of Foremost
Equipment,Co.
Of Valley Told
Caterpillar Executive
Witnesses Sale; Tells
Of Machinery Problems

Sale of the FL Centre and
Brawley stores of the Ben
Hu!sc Tractor and Equip
m2nt company to Emile
Faure. former Implement
dealer of Chelalis, Washington, was
announced here Monday.
The deal was consumated after
several days of negotiations and
Faure assumed active management
Of the firm Monday morning, TAX
ing over from Ben Hulse who has
been in the farm machinery bust
ness in Imperial Valley for more
than 80 years.
The company is reported to be
the largest concern of its kind
operating in the district.
SAME TERRITORY
Territory of the new firm will
be the same held b. HulSe which
will include all of Imperial Valley
and Lower California.
Faure said he would continue to
Continued on Page 6, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-01
STRONG PROMISES
War Dept Against
Farm Deferment

WASHINGTON, March L
UP)-Actin" Secretary of War
Robert r. Patterson notified
the Senate Military Affairs
committee today that the War
Department is "stOngly Oppos-~
ed" TO enactment of a bill to
defer farm workers from in
ductiOn in the armed forces.
Patterson announced the de-
partments attitude in a letter
to committee chairmen Robert
II. Reynolds, d., NC.
The committee is scheduled
to vote tomorrow on the bill, in
trOduced by Sen. John ii. Bank
head, d., Ala.
Patterson said the bill strong
ly supported, would defer all
farm workers regardless of
their Importance in the total
war effort.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-01
Survey on Flax
Machinery Begins

In cooperation with the local
us. Department of Agriculture War
Board officials of several valley
grain-growers' associations and di-
rectors of large oil-cruShing con-
Germs Monday launched county
wide survey designed to show the
exact number of flax harvesting
machines in operation in the dis
trict and the use each will be put
to during the spring harvesting
season.
Hundreds of questionnaires were
being mailed to valley farmers by
the Imperial Valley Grain Grow
ers' association, Imperial Valley
Flax association, the California
Cotton Oil corporation, Taylor Mill
ing company and the firm of Spen-
Ger, Kellogg and Sons.
SAME LOCATIONS
The war board will attempt to
keep harvesting machines in loca-
tions where they are most urgently
needed and will take steps to
pool equipment and used on a CO.
operative basis in order to obtain
maximum efficiency from each
combine.
The queStionnaires are simple in
nature, but when filled in and re-
turned to the war board will give
interested parties graphic pic
ture of the entire county flax crop
situation.
The survey will reveal the num-
ber of acres of flax now growing
in the county and the location of
all flax fields.
PRESENTS PICTURE
1t will show the various COM
bine owners and who have the
needed operators. 1t will deter
mine the number of additional op-
orators needed In the district and
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-01
Boeing 'DeadIine'
Has No Effect

SEATTLE, March 1-(UP)-TEe
"deadline' originally set by demons
trating Boeing Aircraft workers for
War Labor Board decision on
wage increase demands passed
without incident early this morn
ing with surveys by both company
and union officials revealing pro-
duction was goi.:g on uninterrupted
on graveyard" shifts.
In complete reversal of origin
ally announced plans, the unions
district council began a twenty
four executive session at / am.
with only few workers attending
while off shift.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-01
Families Await
News of Miners

BEARCREEK, Mont, March l.
(UP)-Wives and children - some
tight-lipped and dry-eyed, others
with tear-stained faces = waited
fearfully today as rescue workers
stumbled through the maze of
Montana largest coal mine in
search of SO men trapped and
feared dead.
Since Saturday morning, when
an explosion several thousand feet
below the surface reverberated
through the Smith coal mine, six
bodies have been recovered and
four others had been found. Res
cue workers said there was only
"one chance in a thousand" that
any of the 68 others known to have
been trapped were alive. Three
men have been brought out alive
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-01
allied AIR BLOWS DEvASTATE GERMANY
Islander Dies From
BreadKnifeV' V'ound

Candido Dulay, 35-year-old Flip
inc laborer, was held in the county
Jail Monday on charge of stab
bing Eduardo Dominguez, 81, to
death with a brad knife during a
fight in a Filipino labor camp in
Heber Saturday night.
Islanders who witnessed the fight
took the wounded man to hos
pital while Dulay went on prepar-
ing a meal in the camp.
Dominguez died Sunday from the
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-01
Capital Peanut
Vender Dies Broke

WASHINGTON, March 1-(UP)
Steve Vasilakos, 81, vendor of
peanuts to presidents and kings and
in recent months popular sales
men of war bonds, died penniless.
Steve was known to thousands
of capital tourists in peacetime as
the White House peanut man..
He died at Gallinger hospital yes
terday after a long illness.
His attorney said that although
Steve made thousands of dollars at
his little stand near the White
House which he set up during the
presidency of Theodore Roosevelt.
he was soft tough" for anyone
wit sad story. He had lived for
years in tiny room near his
place of business"
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-01

of the Teamsters union and the
laundry helpers union told the ex-
aminer their side in dispute with
the officials of the Valley Steam
Laundry in Ell Centre, a dispute
which had to do with bargaining be-
tween company officials and en-
ployees.
Because the laundry is consider
ed a vital industry, it was under
stood, the National Labor Relations
Board asked the WLB to conduct the
hearing.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-01

wound in his left side The brea,
kninfe was said to have blade ap-
proximately 10 inches in length.
Dominguez lost so much blood that
physicians resorted to blood trans
fusions in a vain effort to save his
life.
Sheriff Robert w. Ware said Of
ficers were called when the island
ers arrived at the county hospital
with the wounded man. Witnesses
told the officers of the fight and
Dulay was arrested Immediately
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-01

Imperial county because OF the
lands great value In growing veget-
ables. BY this means there would
be about 5000 more dairy cows In
the county. The farmers would
average a saving of about $500 q
year in rent This would, make II
possible for them 10 operate with
the milk prices In effect"
He said they now pay more rent
than the interest and principal pay
ments on the loan would amount
TO every year II his plan Is adopted.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-01

DO you mean you will admit
even the Bible and the works of
Shakespeare if the unions want to
get it in evidence?r Hickcox said.
The examiner, Dean Earl Miller,
explained that the hearing was not
conducted along the same lines as
a court of law and the rules gov
erning the testimony were somewhat
different.
Hickcox and r. l.. Knox, jr., rep
resented the Valley Steam laundry.
After Hickcox left, representatives
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-01
FbI Holds Ex.Army
Officer as Agent
Of Spanish Govt
John Kelly Said to Be
Representative in us.
OF Information Library

WASHINGTON, March l
(UP)-A District of Colum-
bia federal grand jury today
indicted John Eoghan Kelly
of New York and San Fran
cisco on charges of violating the
foreign agents registration act by
failure to register as an agent of
the Spanish government, the de-
partment Of justice announced.
Attorney General Francis Biddle
said the indictment was based on
FBI evidence that Kelly acted as
a paid representative of the Spanish
library of information, a government
agency.
WARRANT ISSUED
Biddle said a warrant for Kelly's
arrest was issued by the United
States attorneT at San Francisco
Immediately after the indictment
and that he will be brought to
Washington for arraignment
Neither the Spanish government
nor the Spanish library of informa-
ton is implicated in the proceedings
Biddle said
The indictment charged that Kel-
ly from April /, 1910, to Feb. /, 1912
delivered numerous speeches in
which he analyzed the political sit
uation in Spain in a manner re-
flecting favorably upon the military
and political activities of the Span
iSh government" and that he pre-
pared speeches and statements is
sued by the Spanish library.
NEW JERSEY RESIDENT
Kelly was said to maintain offices
in San Francisco and New York City.
He is resident of Jersey City, N. j.
The justice department said that
since 1899 Kelly has been one of
the most vocal advocates in this
Continued on Page 6, Col. q
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-01

MIA directo~ of agriculture, that Jes-
persons bill calling for expenditure
of $5,000,000 in California for the
purchase of land to be leased and
later sold to dairymen was a wise
one but that Imperial county alone
could use $3,000,000 for such a pur-
pose.
With this $3,000,0O0," Adams said,
"dairymen could lease or buy land
purchased by the state for that pur-
pose and not have to pay high rents
which they are forced to pay In
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-01
Round d-the-CIock
Bombing Goes on
Over Reich Cities
Gioan+ic Raid on Por+ in Western
Europe CIimaxes Nonstop Offensive;
1000 Tons of Bombs Hit st. Nazaire
: BULLETIN :

LONDON, March (UP)-The a offensive
northwest of Moscow has smashed the German fortress Of Dem
iansk' below killing
days furious fighting special Soviet communique revealed
tonight
LONDON, March /. CAPITALIZED forces around the
world marshaing strength today for the fateful
spring and of 1943 and. from Britain they al
ready turning Adolf Hters European fortress
the form of the greatest anAXs air offensive of the
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-01
Attorney Walks
Out Of fHeurinq

Ross T. HickcoX, attorney, walked out War Labor
Board hearing in Ell Centro Saturday, he said Monday
because the board examiner declared he would admit
thing labor unions wanted to put in the evidence without
placing the union members under oath
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-01
Bill Would Save
|. v Dairy Herds

j. d. Adams of Ell Centre, chairman of the California
Farm Debt Adjustment commission, Monday asked state
officials to aot $3OOOO00 to establish 200 dairy units in
Imperial county of preventing critical milk
and butter shortage He teegraphed State Senator Chris
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-01
Point Rdtioning
Now in Effect
Housewives Make Is+ Purchases Of
Canned Goods in Eight Days; Takes
A Little Long TO Do Shopping

Housewives of Imperial county brushed up their
arithmetic Monday and went shopping for the first time
with their point rationing books
For the first time in eight days housewives of the
ton could purchase canned goods than 200 items
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-01
Jops May Fall In
'43, Says General
ChennauI+ Declares Nipponese May Be
Knocke d From War in Short Time if
Concerted Action Turned on Soon

WITH AMERICAN AIR FORCES IN CHINA, Feb 20
(Delayed) )-lUP)-Brig. Gen Claire L. Chennaut said
today the lies defeat Japan in comparatively short
time when they turn their whole effort into the Pacific
and there is outside chance the job be finished
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-01
nitted the knitting and show
officers the knife he had

The iginal charge against Du-
lay was dssault with a deadly wea-
pom. This charge was expected to
be changed TO murder after an in
quest scheduled in Ell Centro late
Monday. A large group of Flip
mos and Mexicans living at the
camp were said to have witnessed
the fight and were expected to be
questioned at the inquest
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-01
WEATHER

Maximum Sunday 78, minimum
Monday IS; 5 am. Monday So, hu-
midity So; noon Monday 10, humid
ity 38; pm. Sun. ~, humidity 28.
p.NK nE.zrrc
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-01

BANK DEBTS
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-11

room windows or street cars that
ratified by
Others couldn't sleep because
their mates rolled and tossed, or
suorcd still others were chronic
worriers who just couldn't drop
off because of all the annoying
things they had on their minds.
Dnc's devices, which cost 25
cents 10 over 5000, run from
heartbrcak pillows TO bundlng
beds. The photographs on this
page show a few of the Contrap-
tions that he markets as Nor
phcus lures. That many of the
slumbcr props actually work is
seen by The fact that thousands
of nocturnal sheep-countcrs look
up Dine 30 get his advice and his
gadEcts every year.
For the lovelorn, or those that
find tha=tt the only way they can
get 20 sleep is by sobbing TO re-
lease their pcnt-up emotions
Dine recommends a "hoart-oase"
pillow - moisture repellant
heart-shaped affair into which
the .smitten ones can cry TO their
hearts content without worrying
about damaging il.
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-11
IHE TRIUMPH OF MIND OVER MATTRESS

the type shown in one Of the pic
tlires. This makes the world as
dark TO the sleeper as Mammoth
Cave during a blackout. Ear
shoppers OF sanitary wax are also
suggested 10 shut out annoying
noises.
Lots of people find that the
best way TO drop off 10 sleep is 10
smoke nightcap cigarette in bed
dangerous practice at best.
So, for the chronic -got-to-
have-my-cigarctte" victim, the
man who sells sleep has a remote
control gadget which makes the
bed safe for smoking. It is a
thrcc-foot tube attached to a Gig
arctic that is firmly fixed 10 an
ashtray and it enables the smoker
TO leisurely puff away.
A good many people still cling
20 the childish habit of counting
sheep. One customer Of Dimes
reported that he could tag off
10000 sheep put them in a cattle
car. ship them to market, and
figure out his losses or profits on
the transaction. BY the time ne
reached that end of the deal il
was usual time TO get uD
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-11

For this type of person, Dine
usually hands over a small woolly
lamb OF the kind pictured here.
Inside il is a bult-in music box.
The sleep shop mans advice is
not to count the creatures but
instead TO soothe tangled nerves
by listening 10 soft mllabies.
Radios, fitted, into pillows, and
which automatically shut them
selves off, arc also 10 be had
They play so softly that "A person
sleeping in the same bed can not
hear the music.
Dimes bundling bed, with its
hump i'm the middle, is designed
10 keep lightweight bed partners
from rolling into the heavy
Weights self-made declivity. For
the toe wiggler, whose style is
hampered by even lightweight
blankets, there is an ingenious
blanket lift.
Among some Of his other sleep
come-ons, Dine has rubber faces
designed to make you yaWn, air
filters for hay fever sufferers,
head coolers for chronic head
ache victims -N-sAaPed PA4e~s
for those who want 10 snou2e on
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-11
STILL TRYING TO HOOK
NAMES TOUGHEST TROUT

Recently. however Mrs Ado
line Smith. who lives near the
site Of the ~ SPraguc dam on
tFc ToUUaWaquau reported see
ing "oId IRON jaw" slithcring iu
elee--te- tlte- bHHt she get a
look a. hm and said that ne was
to.irc around more hooks than
ever
For wears thc Tcmauaquau.
which rises I'm a cold spring on
She Charlotte road short dis
taucc from Calais and cmp;ic~
into Lake ponnamaquau has been
recognized as one of the finest
trout streams in Maine. Every
year. St.. decades spcckIed bean
ties $50, hing from four 10 five
pounds htec been taken from its
aeep h.a0E POOLS
Al--L-lL-- To- -WAl41a- Cook Llt
HoWdaHr.w "olj Huu jaw .- o.
3He common species taken from
the stream e>.opt that he apper-
emily Weighs at twice the usual
size Evidently he is a survivor
~ -----+-------- r. -.
FHe p.rsa, srho finally catches
'hs amr ruW-if ho is ,.,-
caught not only WuI have
-r.y. fish I.t .t. rf Ga. f,,.t.
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-11

est businesses in America was
'Uuf4c3
As-hc tossed and twisted, Dine,
a New Yorker wondered how
many Of his millions Of fellowmcn
suffered in similar fashion from
insomnia The mex, morning,
',r q frc'ul night he set him.
s.,t thc task ~ finding ont every
thing he could about sleep, and
the proper methods for inducing
IL. That was several years ago.
Today. hc runs "a unique husi-
ness a sleep shop WhiCh
ne sells over GOO Eadcots de-
Ened to help The mind triumph
tt-rr- the mattress.
Dine. in making his unusual re-
search discovered there are
about as many different types Of
insomnia as there arc people.
each one calling for special at
tenton
he found. for example, that
some city dwellers couldn't get
20 sleep because Of electric signs
that flashed outside their bed
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-11

For those who can't dozc off
because of the flashing lights,
or because their work requires
them TO sleep in the daytime.
Dine recommends cyeshadcs Of
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-11

\ Bedtime
smoke
Helps
Some
People
Ian Into
the Arms
Of
Morpheus
And This
Sensible
tiadgct
Induces
Relaxation
Without
The Danger
of setting
the Bed
on Fire.
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-11

FyCShadcs
Like the
One shown
at the Left
Seem
TO BE n
Great Help
to Men
and Women
Who Find
II Hard
to DoZe OFT
Unless
They Are
Surrounded
by
Complete
Darkness.
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-11

their stomach, and even me-
chanical canaries whose soft
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-11

twittcrines Cfor Is minutesJ az
supposed 10 send one off 10 sleep
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-11

u September -. 1919
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-11

This Heart
shaped
Crying
Pillow
Seems
TO BE a
Great
Comfort
10 People
Who, for
One Reason
Or Another.
Feel Like
Bawling at
Bedtime.
Its Soft
Cover
Rcpels
Water.
Evening star., 1943-09-15

would be compromise peace. which
would leave Germany still strong
among her shattered neighbors-a
peace which would be only the be-
ginning of German preparation for
| the next war"
Praises War Correspondents.
News supplied from the fighting
fronts by United States correspond
ents has been of outstanding excel
lence, Mr. Davis declared. He said
the "belated, confusing and made
quate" reports released during the
! first months of the war by the high
commands, have for the most part
been corrected"
1T is true that these improve
ments in the information supplied
by the armed services have come in
period when they had little but
good news to give U.S." Mr.. Davis
continued, "but I am confident thev
would be able to stand the strain if
we should again have to 60 through
period of uncertain fortunes and
heavy losses-as We may"
News pictures from the fronts
Evening star., 1943-09-15

of 326,047 tons. An additional pro-
duction of 21,795 tons was reported
by Newfoundland during August.
While Canadian mills produced
l86.986 tons less in the first eight
months of 1943, or a decrease of 81
per cent below the first eight months
of 1912, the United States output
was off 92,334 tons, or l44 per
cent, and Newfoundland production
dropped 52,727 tons or 27.4 per cent,
making a total decrease of 332, ,047
tons or Ill per cent less than the
first eight months of 1912.
Stocks of newsprint paper at the
end of August totaled 56,15 tons at
Canadian mills and 1884 tons at
Evening star., 1943-09-15
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CONCERT.
Coolidge String Quartet, Library
Of Congress, 8:l5 o'clock tonight.
RECREATION.
Walsh Club for War Workers, 4
pm. to IL O'Clock tonight. Dance
class, $3.50 O'Clock tonight.
FOR MEN IN THE SERVICE.
Stage Door Canteen, Belasco
Theater. tonight: Fort Washington
dance band. Bill Stricklands Or
chestra and Fourth Army Service
Forces dance band.
Pepsi-Cola Center, $50 m today
to 1890 am tomorrow. First three
floors open to servicewomen.
Masonic Service Center, pm. to
II o'clock tonight. Dance, $50
O'Clock tonight
Officers.
Officers Club of the United Ma
tions, Burlington Hotel 10 am, to
1890 O'Clock tonight. Introductory
cards to entertainment.
Dance. officers Club of Washing
ton, BIS O'Clock tonight.
Servicemen.
sTennis. games, Roosevelt Center,
pm. today.
*Tennis, Macfarland Center, 5
pm. today.
"Badminton. Sixteenth and Colo
RADIO avenue NV, $50 o'clock to-
night.
Square dance and bridge class,
Central Center, Z 80 o'clock tonight
-Ping- pong, NE. USO, Sixth and
Maryland avenue NE. 7 o'clock to-
night.
Spanish, 7:30 o'clock tonight;
community sing. 8 O'Clock; NE. USO
1912 North Capitol street.
Amateur camera and movie guild,
NCCS tUSO), 926 G street NV,
7:30 o'clock tonight.
Dances, Servicemen's Club No /,
Jewish Community Center CUSO),
8 o'clock tonight.
Song fest" dancing YMCA
USO). $50 o'clock tonight
Square dance, symphonic hour,
YWCA CUSO). $3.50 o'clock tonight.
FOR COLORED SERvICEMEN.
+Open house, Leisure Lodge, noon
to midnight tonight.
*Open house, Hearthstone War
Workers Club, 1903 Eleventh street
NV, pm. to II o'clock tonight.
Games, folk dancing, Banneker
Service Club, O'Clock tonight
Drama group. Garnet-Patterson
Center. o'clock tonight.
&WloiSt YMCA fTTCOl
O'Clock tonight.
'Roller skating, YWCA (USOo, 8
o'clock tonight.
+War workers welcome.
For details call USO Information
Booth, National 1881.