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Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-08
A DOCUMENT WORTH
STUDYING

The resolution of the Fathers of Fight
ers is so rich with reason and rlghtneSS,
that we here reprint it and urge that
everyone study it.
Don't Just read and forget. Read, re-
member, and write state senator's Down
ey and Johnson, and your congressman,
John Phillips.
Here is the resolution of these men,
who have taken up burning brand IN
behalf of worthy cause:
WHEREAS: this nation is engaged in
a titanic war to preserve in these United
States the priceless gift of liberty, and
in this struggle the flower of this land
is being laid upon the alter without re-
servation as to hours of labor or condi-
tions of service, and in fact, they bleed
and die that this nation might live,
Now therefore, we, the fathers OF the
fighters, demand that the civilian popu-
lation do its part, also:
That our legislators and congress pass
laws Immediately that prohibit such evil
and wasteful practices as cost plus con-
tracts in building war material, with the
accompanying WastefulneSS OF manpoWef
inherent in that system; that no man or
group of men whether on the farms, IN
the factories, or in the management OF
the various businesses of this nation be
allowed in this crucial time to fail to do
his or their duty; that no man or group
of men be allowed to indulge in work
stoppages. for any avoidable reason what
ever: that such things as recent work
stoppageS which are continually occur
ING all over the country be prohibited by
law for the duration Of the war; that. IN
short, every civilian of this nation, wheth-
er in management, in industry or on the
farm be compelled to either work or
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-08
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
No. 3406

ESTATE OF OMA GREEN, De
ceased.
Notice is hereby given by the UNI
dersigned, INEZ THOMPSON, as
Administrative of the estate of OMA
GREEN, deceased. to the creditors
of and all persons having claims
against the said deceased, that with
in six months after the first publi-
cation of this notice they either file
them with the necessary vouchers
in the office of the Clerk Of the
Superior Court of the State o! Cal
ifornia, in and for the County oil
imperial, or exhibit them with the
necessary vouchers to the said IneZ
Thompson, as administrative of said
estate. at the office of d. B. Rob-
crts. 2O7 Bank of America Bldg
FL Centre, California, the same be-
ing the place for the transaction OF
the business of the said estate in
the County of Imperial, State OF
California.
Dated at Ell Centre, California,
this 18th day of February, 1943.
INEZ THOMPSON,
Administrative of the Estate
of OMA GREEN, Deceased.
mo. 500 -22-M1-8)
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-08
PREPARING YOUTH
(COluSa Sun-Herald)

(Colusa Sun-Herald)
As America enters its second year of
war the high school student is being af
fected more and more directly. The high
school, itself can do something to help
him.
A series of pre-induction courses, which
have been planned to meet governmental
suggestions, are being made ready for
those young men who will soon be in any
of the branches of the service Basic
military training is available to every
student through the cadet corps. Every
course, in which it is at all possible, is
being geared to prepare students to take
their place wherever it may be in our
country's war effort.
The problem of the high school is, how
ever, two-fold. Young men and women
must be provided with a normal healthy
outlook on life when they meet it face
to face. In the mind of every high school
student lie the questions, why has all Of
this been brought upon us? Is it all
necessary? They must be shown the an
Swers to these problems. At the same
time young people must have all of the
healthful recreation and fun which will
insure their normal development. Their
schools must provide a large part Of this
necessary element in their growth.
This is an all-embracing, personal
war and American schools cannot turn
our misfits to meet its problems. On the
youth Of America, now more than ever,
rest the future hopes of our people.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-08
Pre.Invasion Raids
End; Germans Try
Feeble Retaliation

LONDON, March 8.-CUPD-Lon-
don'S anti-aircraft barrage last
night hurled back all but one bomb
er out of a small Nazi force seeking
token retaliation for the devesta-
ton wrought by 10000 tons of Al
lied bombs dropped on Axis Eu-
rope in a record breaking Today
offensive
The lone plane Scooted across the
city without dropping single
bomb. Bombs were dropped dur
mig the night, however, at widely
separated points in Southeastern
England and the home counties.
Three raiders we're shot down.
Rare TYPE PLANE
One of the German planes de-
stroyed was a four -engined Heinkel
1T bomber type rarely used
against Britain The other two
planes were tWin-engined Dornier
2l7's.
The German radio boasted that
strong German formations" at
tackled South England harbor
town, but made no mention of the
abortive London attack.
The virtually nonstop Today Al
lied air offensive, the most sus-
tanned in history, ended Saturday
with attacks by American Flying
Fortresses and Liberators on Lo-
rient site of Germany's biggest
submarine base on the French At
lantic coast, and the docks at Brest.
also on the French coast.
HIT ARMS WORK
The daylight assault followed the
10th straight Raj night attack on
Germany with Essen, site of the
giant Krupp arms works, as the
target for $50 two-ton block bus
ters, hundreds of other demolition
bombs and tens of thousands of
incendiaries
1t was estimated that British and
planes dropped on Eu-
rope during their Today, day-and
night offensive a greater weight of
combs than German planes dump
ed on the greater London area
during their 11-month offensive be-
ginning in September, 1910. Off
;ial sources have placed the ton
lage dropped in the London raids
It 1900
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-08
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
CERTIFICATE OF TRANSACTING
BUSINESS UNDER FIC-
TJTUOVIS NAME

1, the undersigned, do hereby
certify that I am tranSacting buSl-
ness at 1414 Main Street in Ell Cen
tro, California, and at 2l0 Main
Street in Brawley, California, un-
der designation not showing the
name of the person interested in
such business, to wit: Eau RE
TRACTOR AND EQUIPMENT
COMPANY.
DATED March 4, l943.
EMILE L. FAURE.
Place of Residence: Ell Centro,
California.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
SIS.
COUNTY OF IMPERIAL)
On the 4th day of March, 1943, be-
fore me personally appeared EMILE
l.. FAURE, known to me to be the
person whose name is subscribed
to the foregoing instrument and
acknowledged to me that he eXecut-
ed the same.
WITNESS my hand and seal at
my office this 4th day of March,
1943.
CLARENCE B. SMITH,
CScaD Notary Public in and for the
County of Imperial, State
of California
mo 81. (M3-15-22-29
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-08
4 WHEEL WITHIN A WHEEL

(Nation'S BuSineSS)
The battle against federal control of
insurance is more than Just fight lin
principle" for declining states rights
it's filled with meaning for every citizen
who believes in our present private en-
terprlse system.
Thus reasons H. c. Atkinson, admins
traitor for the Ohio bureau of unemploy-
ment compensation, who makes the point
that the battle involves this question 5
answer:
Shall unemployment compensation
insurance remain insurance, or shall it
become an instrument for social REFORM"
Atkinson says that under state control.
unemployment compensation pays an un-
employed worker ON insurance princ-
Piles, keeping merits and demeritS of each
case in mind. Under federal control, he
believes its characteristics would be to
standardize payments throughout the
nation for similar industries, regardless
of price standards, honest or dishonesty,
skill or the lack of it.
Also at stake. the writer says, is the
small matter of control of the almost
threebillion-dollar reserve fund built up
through the years and still a-growing.
He says the men favoring federal con-
troll do not consider Solvcncy of this
fund as important. since they look to
other Federal subsidies to support any
deficiencies developing from their poll
cieS.
On the other hand, he would like to
know how the states have fallen down in
administering the various funds SO far,
no evidence of any failures has been dis
closed by leaders faVOring change in the
the present Set-uD
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-08

cut victory III the opening phase
of the battle which the Allies hope
will drive Rommels forces north
ward into the sea. The Axis made
six separate attacks on Saturday,
ana after all of them failed the
retreat toward the hills began.
With an American British army
advancing from the west and the
Eighth Army beginning to move
northward, Rommel was caught in
a pincers operation which the Ger
man army used with such success
in the early days of the war.
BOTH BEATEN BACK
The first attack by the Afrika
KorpS was made at dawn Saturday.
II was repulsed but an hour later
the Germans tried again. This one,
too. was beaten back.
AT 2:30 pm, the Afrika KorpS
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-08
Second Look Gave
Allies Sea Victory

SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA.
March -(Delaycdl-CUPD- The
decision of First Lieut. Walter Hig-
gins, Fort Worth, TeX., to take an
other lock see" enabled The Allies
t. score its smashing victory in the
battle of Bismark Sea.
Higgins was plotting B24
bomber on reconnaissance last
Monday heading home through
thick clouds, towering 25,000 feet,
and battling fierce tropical storms
He decided to make a break below
the weather over Jacquinto Bay.
we came down at the weather
front side looking under the cloud
ceiling, and there was a convoy
sure enough with fighter escorts
fore and aft.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-08

attempted TO storm the British
lines with tanks and infantry six
miles northeast of Matamour where
the land slopes down to both the
southeast and southwest. After it
failed, Rommel tried again at f:30
pm, STRIKING rom The north this
time i'll the Matanmour region
That thrust was turned back. and
then Montgomery ordered coun-
tcrattack by British tanks and in
fantry.
Meantime, two other German at
tackS had failed and by dusk the
British controlled the field.
American troops entered Pichon
Saturday but then Withdrew and
took up positions west of the town.
Eighteen miles west of Gafsa AM
erican armorcd patrols took 95 IT.
allan prisoners.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-08
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
TIE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
IN AND FOR TIE COUNTY OF
IMPERIAL.
No. 2U2d7
- II nj NJ q N =

No. 2O247
SU nj nj o N =
Harry w Horton and George II.
Kirk. Attorneys for Plaintiff.
IMPERIAL IRRIGATION DIS
TRICT, Plaintiff,
VS..
ALVAH C. ROPER aud NANCY
M. ROPER, Husband and Wife,
LAWRENCE 3. DICKERSON and
RUTH J. DICKERSON, Husband
and Wife. ct al, Defendants.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA SEND GREET
INGS TO ALVAH G. ROPER and
NANCY M. ROPER, Husband and
Wife, LAWRENCE B. DICKERSON
and RUTH j. DICKERSON. Hus-
band and Wife, and SARAH E.
DICKERSON, M. L. WORTHLEY
and JANE DON WORTHLEY, his
Wife, S. H. DUNCAN and JANE
DOE DUNCAN, His Wife, PIONEER
TITLE INSURANCE and TRUST
COMPANY, a Corporation, as Trus-
tee, F. w. MCKEE, SECURITY
TITLE INSURANCE and GUAR
ANTEE COMPANY, a Corporation,
as Trustee. DUANE BENNETT,
JOHN DOE, JANE DOE, RICHARD
ROE. JOHN DOE COMPANY, a
Corporation, RICHARD ROE CON-
PANY, a Partnership, J. DOE,
as Administrator of the Estate of
r. ROE, Deceased and j. DOE, as
Executor Of the Estate of r. ROE,
Deceased, Defendants.
You Arc Hereby Directed to APP
pear and answer the Complaint in
an action entitled as above, brought
against you in the Superior Court
of the County of Imperial, State
Of California, within ten days after
the service on you of this Summons
if served within this county; or
within thirty days if served else
where.
And you are hereby notified that
unless you appear and answer as
above required, the said plaintiff
will take Judgment for any money
or damages demanded in che COM
plaint, as arising upon contract, or
it will apply to the Court for any
other relief demanded in the Com
plaint.
Given under my hand and the
seal of the Superior Court of the
County of Imperial, State Of Cali
fornia, this 18th day of February
1912.
w. J. McCLELLAND,
(SEAG County ClCri.
BY Maxine Console.
Deputy Clerk
No. 40D Fl-8-15-22; MI
8-l5-22-29. A5)
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-08
9Th Army r epuIses'
Nazi Africa Korps .

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, North
Africa, March 8. tUP) - Marshal
Erwin Rommcl'S hl..Na KorpS, re-
pulsed by the British Eighth Army,
IS retreating toward the hills north
and northwest of Medenine, and
eff The Tunisian coast, American
bombers have smashed a convoy
carrying supplies to the German
Italian forces.
The German retreat in the south
began yesterday afternoon, an AL
lied headquarters communique said.
Rommel had thrust at the Eighth
ArmyS lines, but ran into heavy
artillery and tank resistance.
Thirtv-three enemy tanks were
destroyed in Saturdays fighting
without the loss of single Brit
ish tank, the communicate said
CLOSELY PURSUED
Lieut.. Gen. Sir Bernarn /. .hUnt-
gOmery'S Eighth Army patrols, vet
Grams at chasing Rommel's men
across Africa. took up the perSuit
of the Germans in the Medenine
area and we're giving them no rest
as they attempted to save their
armor and other equipment.
Seven of tine ships in the Axis
convoy were hit b. American bomb
ers in two-wave attack. In the
first wave. BIS Billy Mitchell
bombers escorted by P-38 Light
nings, made low-lcvel attack
one ship was Sunh, another was
left sinking and two more were
set on fire. Five enemy planes,
seeking to protect the supply ships
were shot down.
ATTACK CONVOY
Three and half hours later,
heavy bombers attacked the convoy,
which was circling a burning ship.
One ship blew up Immediately and
two others were set on fire. No
American plane was lost in either
operation.
The Eighth Army won a clean
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-08
Reds Recopture a
Towns Per Hour

treat to their initial positions.
In the fighting west and north
west of GzhatSk, ono Soviet unit
alone killed some 100 German Of
ncerS and men before occupying a
town, the midday communique
said.
In another sector the commu-
nique said, our detachments pene-
trated the enemy's rear. Threat
ened by cncirclement, the enemy
retreated in disorder"
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-08
Australia Has
Invasion Fears

GEN MacARTHUR'S H E A d :
QUARTERS, Australia. March s.
CUP)-AuStralia was gripped to-
day with apprehension lest the
brilliant Allied victory in the bat
tie of me Bismarck Sea cripple
her demands for increased aid in
the Southwest Pacific area.
The utter destruction of the %
ship japanese convoy did not re-
move the threat of enemy occu-
patton of New GUinea or the posi-
bility oi assault upon Australia, au-
thoritatiVc quarters said. Mean
time, Gen. Douglas Macarthur
cOmmunique told of a double blow
early Sunday by Royal Canadian
Air Force Hudsons and Dutch
manned BIS Mitchell medium
bombers on Tocal, in the Kai is
lands between Dutch New Guinea
ana Australia.
BLAST BUILDINGS
He supported Premier John Cur
tins request for larger share Of
tho United Nations production be-
cause the present Allied strength
in this theater doesn't allow an
adequate safety margin to take care
of rapidly growing japanese Strik-
ing power along the island peri
meter north of Australia"
Military quarters said that aerial
photographs of Rabaul, enemy
base ON New Britain island, taken
shortly before the departure of the
dstroycd 22-shop convoy, showed at
least GO vessels visible to the naked
eye.
"You needn't have any doubts
about japanese shipping concentra-
tions around there still being very
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-08
CURRENT QUOTATIONS

The great mass of laboring people
want the opportunity to save some mon
ey, to start a small business, and to build
it into a big business with their hands
and brains.-Gov. John W. Bricker Of
Ohio
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-08

We must not shirk from high taxation
during wartime If we can draft a moth
er's only son, we should not hesitate to
draft her nelghbor's surplus dollars.
Economic Director James +. ByrneS.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-08
Editorials and Comment

fight, and if too old to be inducted into
the services of the armed forces and able,
but unwilling to work, that he be brand
ed as traitor.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-08
ROLLING FORWARD

The Russians thus were rolling
forward along an arc north. north
east and east of SmolenSk at a
better than four-village an hour
pace despite blizzards and deep
snow.
Other Soviet forces captured a
Strongly-fortified town on the APP
proaches to Staraya RuSSa below
Lake linen on the northwestern
front and pounded closer to the
main Bryansk -Kiev railroad at a
point west of Sevsk, 80 miles north
west of Mursk.
The Soviet offensives southwest
of VoroShilovgrad and before Ia
ganrog on the Sea of Azov were
stalled by deep mud and stiff re-
Sistance. The midday communi-
que said the Germans threw large
infantry forces and so tanks into
a counterattack southwest of Vo-
oshilovgrad only to lose 1000 men
and - tanks and be obliged to re-
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-08

considerable, the spokesman said.
These shipping concentrations
were called one of the most dis
quieting aspects of Japanese prep
arations in this theater because
of the reserve shipping available
to the japanese over and above
what it takes to supply and main
tain armies in this occupied terri
tory
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-08
TREND UPWARDS

Military observers added that al
though the number of ships maSsed
at Rabaul fluctuateS periodically,
the trend has been steadily up
wards in the past few months
Other disquieting developments
were:
l. The Japanese have concen-
trated many thousands of troops in
the islands north of Australia even
at the cost of weakening other
fronts. Their size far exceeds the
number of men necessary for de
fenSive purposes.
2. The enemy has constructed
airfieldS and dispersal bays suf-
ficient to accommodate 1900 planes,
which is more than he now has in
the area.
g. There are other indications
that the Japanese are taking up
a position for either offensive or
defensive operations.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-08
ANNOUNCE CAPTURE

The capture of "a villages west
of GzhatSk and in the general
Osuga was reported in the Soviet
midnight communique and the mid
day bulletin announced that a num-
Der of additional settlements had
been seized.
These two forces were expected
to join in an assault on Vyazma, 35
miles west southwest of GzhatSk.
54 miles south of Osuga and 93
miles east of Smolensk
Russian forces composing the
third arm of the offensive seized
20 hamlets and six strongly for
titled points in a thrust south from
Olenino aimed at the wanna -Smo-
lenSk railroad in an effort to cut
off the Vyazma garrison from the
rear, the night command said.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-08

MOSCOW March 8.3UP)-The
Red army captured more than 100
towns and hamlets i'll three con-
verging drives on SmOlenSk III the
past "a hours. the Soviets announc-
ed today.
(The official German news
agency DNB announced in a Ber-
lin broadcast that Axis troops
evacuated Sychevka, ~ miles north
of Vya7ma on the railroad from
Rzhev, according to plan" Sychev-
ka is 110 miles northeast of Smo-
lensk and 33 miles northwest of
GzhatSk)
The Russians were smashing
through crumbling Axis defenses
from newly-captured GzhatSk, 100
miles west of Moscow and 125 miles
northeast of Smolensk; from OSuga.
l6 miles south of Rzhev on the rail-
road to wanna, and from Olcnino.
80 miles west of RZhev.
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-01

treat me and then six setcher beaerstwo for reecay
the Aid Station back the town 1t takes four hours
About 30 times the felers have to put me down and duck
bullets don't remember much keep passing out and waking
up.
They put ambulance and drive me to the beach
and then the Navy ship dmy remember being hosed
aboard that baskeke thing 1t didn't bother me- BY TINS
time don what happens
Il understand three bottles of blood pasma saved me
that and the operation that night on The ship White they
moving under bombardment The docs told me the
ferries hit the ship while they operating on me Some
them docs gotl They cant do enough for you
Pvt Saul smiles proudly, looking more than ever Ike
Uncle sam- Uncle Sam little five feet tall with
whkers and wounded buck private four days back
from the war.
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-01

1t like 200 machine guns let loose from this
mountain he tells it, and know of course they ferries
They pin down there for couple Of hours until crawl
back and feofgantze and plan method Of approach.
We decide to 90 hill TO the left of the road and
dig in dig slit trench half way and then they decide TO
shift another location It's all practically rock there and
by the time get the next dug ere bster all over and
it getting daylight. -.
That he hasn't slept or eaten since the morning before
doesn't his mind We didn't want to eat he says
because raon make you thirsty and we re running low on
water
1t isn't by choice that Pvt Saul is in tie front line Of the
formation the military crest Of our little mountain
It's Just the things happen Pvt Saul And they don
need Gestapos TO tell them what to do
The first sight of the II "a Nazs coming the crest
with the behind them appears Pvt Saul to darken the
whole sky
For one second can hardly move Then yell ferries
and let with forr rounds of ammunition There's other
guy close enough to help but have do most Of the firing
The Jerre crouch down and start firing at me Then one
Of them throws potato mahe grenade that lands about -four
inches above my helmet The explosion only makes my
ring take Of mine and throw il toward a cluster Of
eight of It lands about feet from them but
don { know how make out because have to duck.
We fire couple bursts at each other and then they
throw another grenade that starts roll the slit trench
push 1t out with my left hand but II off and tears my
hand reach for my second grenade and pull the pin
with the thumb Of my hurt hand
The grenade slips out Of my hand and falls my stomach
lying on my back and at first can't find II hear II
ouzzrg and beicve do last searchng Then find
u and heave H. II lands about where the other did
They fire little at and shoot back all the
time yelling for fire power from the guys behind me
but they can't help because they're close enough Then the
ferries throw the third potato masher II lands in the slit
between right arm and the rocky wal reach over
with my hurt left hand but don't make The grenade
explodos
My WT0e aTm r1PTVd Upen and can scr thc pipes
sticking and the blood gushing and of course think I'm
going 10 die There hoering for help because
figure the other guys can get up me The minute they
stick their heads out they get shot at
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-01

Il just lay easy there about 90 minutes waiting to croak
can't say just what thought about remember saying good
bye mother and my sisters and kid brother and my girl
Then have visitors never knew before that bees 60
for blood but they do. NY gets covered with bees
Il begin grow weaker and purposey stop breath
ing If my heart beating Finally get mad either
want stop get something done about it, want to be
away from there
Il stand up and start walking. figure the ferries will
shoot bat don't care lock back and where
up machine gun and couple boxes Of ammunition There
ain ferries They all gone
II walk back 40 or SO feet feer put ourniquet
my tell him take my identification arm band out
Of my pocket and use that for a tourniquet.
The sergeant up then and takes 200 feet back
10 the medcs keel there can't walk no more They