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Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-05
First WAVES Get
&c. Assignment

First WAVES, five OF them, to be
permanently attached to any sta
ton in Imperial Valley arrived at
the Ell Centre air station Saturday
and Immediately requested plane
and jeep rides.
The five y,ung wtmen are third
class pharmacists mates and belong
to the women's unit of the U. S.
navy, They will be attached to
the base headquarters squadron and
will be on duty in the station dis
pensary. The navy takes care of the
marine medical and hospital details
and therefore THE dispensary is
stated with navy personnel. They
are corpsmen and will assist doctors
and nurses.
After touring the station in jeep,
the WAVES were taken for tour
of the women's quarters at the sta
ton, the place where they will live
Their guides we're overwhelmed with
the enthusiasm the WAVES ex-
pressed for their quarters.
The group includes Ann Tumlin-
son of San Antonio, Texas; Mar
jorie Ward of Duluth, Mimi; Odette
Reynolds of lie Mars, Iowa; Mar
garet Taylor of Terre Haute, Ind;
and Ruth Overmeyer OF Cornell,
Wis.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-05
By RAY COLL, Jr.
Representing Combined Press

WITH THE 7TH AAF, Central
Pacific, Dec. 4. tUP)-The Pacific
Tramp flagship of Brig. Gen.
. Truman Landon of the seventh air
force bomber command, limped
home from the conquest on Tarawa
on a piece of baling wire and a
song, its crew related today.
The Tramp, veteran of Pacific
bombing missions, roared over
japanese positions on Tarawa at
little more than 1000 feet, strafed
the Japs on the ground and had
just opened her bomb bay doors
when heavy machine gun fire sent
burst of bullets into the open
bomb bay, the crew which brought
the bomber in safely despite heavy
damage, revealed.
1.-THE tramp's rudder controls
we're shot away, gas line severed,
the hydraulic controls damaged and
the bomb bay doors jammed," Col.
c. F.. Hegy, Hartford, Wis, pilot,
recounted.
I'VE had gotten only three bomb
away when we were hit I ordered
ycease firing because we we're leak
ing gasoline, but we released all
our bombs on the target.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-05
E Of T. Unit Asks
Road Markings

An effort to interest the Imperial
county supervisors in a more clear
designation of the county high
ways and roads will be made by a
committee from the Associated
Chambers of Commerce it was de-
cided Friday night at a dinner
meeting in inland.
The present system of showing
north south roads with numbers
and designating the east-west roads
with letters could become a valu-
able means of location according
to Clarence Parks of Ell Centre if the
public were better acquainted with
the system.
Other matters discussed by the
chambers group was the coming of
Western Air Lines into the valley.
First flight gift packages may be
mailed to a selected list of officials.
Charles Bramkamp of the Golden
State Co., informed the group that
the recent ODT ruling that there
be no Sunday deliveries of whole
sale mikl to cafes, hotels, and gro
GERS. Retail deliveries are not af-
fected However, Bramkamp said
the wholesale customers could have
Sunday deliveries if they would
agree to cut out deliveries on an
other day of the week.
Col. Mackin, commanding officer
of the Marine Camp Dunlap, Nj
land, addressed the group on the
progress of the war. Thirty men
attended the meeting representing
four of the valleys chambers of
commerce.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-05
tooth Ship Bears
Name Of Slain
War Writer Webb

SOUTH PORTLAND, Me-, Dec. 4
(UP) The Tooth Liberty ship built
at the New England Shipbuilding
Corp. yard here will be launched
tomorrow when the Webb Miller.
named for the late war correSpon-
dent of the nited Press, goes down
the ways.
Mrs. Mary Miller of Westport,
Conn, widow of the correspondent,
will christen the 10000-ton ship,
with her son, Pfc. Kenneth Miller
of the U. S. army, as co-sponsor. A
delegation from the New York
headquarters of the United Press
also will attend the ceremony.
Miller was killed in blackout
accident in London in May 1910.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-05
Insane Man Would
IoyPresident

Secret service agents seized Best
on No. 13 in a hotel not far from
the White House where he had
been taken by local police after he
was caught jaywalking across
pennsylvania avenue facing the
White House.
Arresting officers found a loaded
.38 revolver and 10 extra shells in
Best's hotel room. Best explained
that he had hoped to get" the
president while Mr.. Roosevelt at
tended church near the White
House.
He told agents that he once was
able to steal through the heavy
guard surrounding the White
House soldiers were busy unloading
a truck and was debating whether
to steal a gun from one OF the
soldiers when he was seen and Or
dered from the restricted area.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-05
Subsidy Bockers
Seek Truce

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 CUP -
Proponents of the administration s
much-criticized food subsidy pro-
gram today repeatedly were con-
sidering a compromise to authorize
limited subsidies to be paid only SO
long as the wage stabilization pro-
gram is strictly enforced.
Administration forces, faced with
strong senate opposition and an
overwhelming house vote to end
virtually all consumer subsidies Jan.
|, are banking ON some form of
compromise to save the existing
program.
The reported proposal, patterned
after the recommendations OF Rep.
A. S. Mike Monroney, D., Okla,
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-05
I British Planes
Rip Leipzig;
Hammer Berlin
Mosquitoes Heap Ruin
Anew on Capital;
Coup Fools Defenders

LONDON, Dec. 4. (UP)-An un-
usually large force of British Mos
quitoes heaped new destruction on
burning Berlin last night while u
mighty parade of four-engined
bombers, after feinting toward the
capital to confuse enemy defenses
rocked Leipzig with nearly 1,700
tons of explosives.
Though the weight of the new
attack on Berlin did not approach
that of the block-buter raids by
the RATS four-engined heavy
weights, returning airmen said it
probably was the heaviest ever made
b. the twin-engined Mosquitoes.
FOLLOW-UP RAID
The raid came only "a hours after
huge area of Berlin Thursday night
The Mosquitoes stocked fires still
burning from the previous raid and
set new blazeS.
Leipzig, key arsenal city on Ger
many's second line of industrial de-
fense, was left blasted and flaming
by the Thunderbolt raid that con-
stituted last nights main attack.
The RATS new feinting tactic
plus widespread intruder attacks on
enemy airfields, cut the nights
loses to % bombers and one fighter
Mines also were laid in enemy wa
terS.
The estimated 500 to 600 big Lam
caster and Halifax bombers, along
with the Mosquitoes, took off from
Their British bases several hours
later than previously and headed
straight for Berlin, more than one
third of which has been devastated
in five block-buster raids in the
TURN ON LEIPZIG
When within sight of the burning
past l6 nights.
capital, the four-engined bombers
abruptly turned southwark and min
utes later we're cascading 1,5O0 Brit
ish long tons-1 $50 American short
tons of bombs on Leipzig, 80 miles
away. ..-..a.,4.,....,,e. 49,. ...s.=s#
The feint at Berlin took the
swarms of German night fighters
by surprise and the number of
bombecs missing was only about
Continued on page 6, col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-05

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3. CUP =
Walter w. Best, 38, Pontiac, Mich,
was being held in st. Elizabeth's
mental hospital here today follow
ing a Today vigil near the White
House last month during which he
hoped to get pot-shot at Presi-
dent Roosevelt" according to the
U. S. secret service.
Best, secret service said, has been
judged insane and is in st. Eliza
beths awaiting commitment action
by federal authorities.
According to secret service, Best
was discovered in his assassination
plot by letter to his wife in which
he disclosed that he planned to
get rid of Roosevelt The presi-
dent, however, was out of town,
and when Best wrote that he
planned to wait and try again, his
wife turned over the letter to the
secret service.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-05
Fl Centre Reaches
War Chest Goal

Ell Centre has reached its goal
of $4,000 in the Community War
chest campaign and in announcing
that good news Saturday, Roy Wo-
mack, chairman, said: &
Our Community War chest is
full Now. let's put heap on 1T.
The response of our citizens to this
patriotic wartime appeal has been
thrilling
Great credit is due the army
of volunteer wokerS whose untiring
efforts have made this achievement
possible. 1t is my sincere hope that
we won't be satisfied just to reach
our goal. There are still quite a few
of our good citizens who have not
vet responded to this appeal. We
are faced with needs on the fight
ing front, on the home front and
on the United Nations front that
are daily growing more imperative.
A starving child can't wait-to-
morrow will be too late. Let's con-
tinue this campaign until the last
person has been given an opportu-
nifty to share in this humanitarian
effort. I appeal to you who have
not given to put a heap on our
war chest which others have filled
Warren Currier, county chairman
for the Community War chest said
that in a few days he hoped to be
able to announce that the entire
county had reached its goal OF s75,-
600.
Westmorland, the first town to
reach its goal oyersubscribed the
budget by about l25 per cent. Braw-
ley reached it's goal with an over
subscription as has Calipatria. Cal
exico is over the top and Holtyille
and Imperial are both within sight
of their goal. inland has made no
report on results.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-05
Russia Forces
Speed Drive
To Clear Huon

ALLIED HEADQUAR TER S,
Southwest Pacific, Dec. 4. (UP)-
Australian forces brought the Jap
anese stronghold at Wareo under
close artillery fire today after cap
turing Kuanko, a half mile away,
in their drive to clear the enemy
from New Guinea's Huon penin-
Sula.
The attack went forward as AL
lied planes ringed the south end of
New Britain with new raids, carry
ing ahead an aerial offensive begun
Nov. 20 to smash supply centers and
Fortresses on the invasion route
toward Rabaul.
WILL TAKE TIME
Gen. Douglas MacArthur's spokes-
man indicated the Australians,
closely backed by land guns and
planes, would require some time to
knock out Wareo, situated in the
heights 10 miles north of Finsch-
hafen. Fighting was taking place
at three points on two-mile front
from Wareo to Bonga, on the coast
Mitchells and Marauders support
ed the attacking forces Thursday
by hitting Kanlagidu, just beyond
Bonga, and other aircraft made
harassing raids up the New Guinea
north coast.
A communique reported that
enemy planes ripped at both the
north and south coasts of the west
ern end of New Britain. Mitchells
dumped SO tons of bombs on the
Bergen Bay area, swooping down to
tree-top heights in the riads. At
tack planes swept the coast above
Bergen Bay from Alamo to Ia
muniai islands.
START BIG FIRES
Medium bombers touched off big
fires and explosions in a new raid
on the south coast airdrome at Cas-
mata, and Airacobras strafed Cape
Busching. In the Vitu islands north
of New Britain and west of the
big base at Rabaul, a Liberator
probably damaged a tanker.
Fifty-seven tons of bombs were
dropped by American planes on
the Kara airdrome and adjacent
Ballale island off the south coast
of Bougainville, in the northern
Solomons, and torpedo planes, dive
bombers and fighters strafed en-
emy positions around the Empress
Augusta Bay beachhead. One plane
was lost in all attacks, including
raids i'm the Blka area on the
north.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-05

Germany sometime next year.
A communique was expected mo-
mentarily that will call upon Axis
Europe to yield or die" and pro-
claim Germany's postwar fate in
broad terms that become increas-
ingly stringent for every additional
month she resists.
AIM AT BALKANS
The communique probably will
touch off an explosive crisis in the
Balkans, perhaps leading to the
early collapse of Hungary, Rumania
and Bulgaria and hasten Germany's
doom.
First authentic details of the
'big three" conference, about which
the whole world has been speculat-
ing for nearly month, were dis
closed by the official Russian news
agency Tass early today in a trans
mission over the Moscow radio for
Russian provincial newspapers. The
Tass dispatch later was repeated in
the Moscow home broadcasts.
The dispatch, consisting of only
three paragraphs, said:
"A few days ago, conference OF
the three leaders of the Allied
President Roosevelt, Prime
Minister Churchill and Premier
Stalin-occurred at Tehran.
Diplomatic and military repre-
sentatives participated in the con-
ference, at which problems of the
warfare against Germany were dis
cussed, as well as series of politi-
cal questions.
WILL BE PUBLISHED
Decisions. were taken which will
be published.
Though Tass did not indicate the
duration of the conference, the Ber-
lin radio guessed that it began Nov
28-two days after the conclusion
Of the Roosevelt -Churchill-C Chang
crush japan" meeting at Cairo
and ended yesterday. The three
heads of state conferred behind
Continued on page g. col. d
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-05

would establish a fixed amount for
subsidies but would end the pay
ments If there is breakthrough In
the little steel wage stabilization
formula. Monroney urged a $780,
000.0C0 fund.
Sen. Francis Maloney, D., Conn,
who Thursday predicted that we
will have subsidies in spite OF the
darkness OF the hour" is said to
favor the compromise.
His confident statement came
during a senate banking committee
hearing at which mayors OF i've
cities, including New York's Fiorello
II. La Guardia, urged continuance
of subsidies TO hold prices In tine
and prevent Booming living costs.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-05


The enemy defenders machine
gunned and mortared the advance
ing forces until the concentrated
artiller'; barrage-greatest ever turn
ed on them in Italy if not the world
left the Germans stupefied wrecks
to BE- picked up as prisoners.
Three main peaks nicknamed
Monastery Hill, Razor Back Ridge,
and Fair Bottom Hill in this many
peaked Appennine mountain bar
rier controlling the Capua-Rome
road, were taken, along with heights
known as Pip Squeak and Wilfred.
On the eastern slopes the heights
OF Difensa and Maggiore also fell
-Difensa to American troops.
The enemy guns answered.
passed American dead on the bat
tlefield on my way up-but it was
nothing like the shelling the Allied
guns set hub to hub, gave them.
After they had worked over the
enemy moving in big concentra-
Continued on page 6, col. q
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-05
Russian Thrust
PeriIs Nazi
line TO Minsk
Driving Offensive
Of Reds Nears
Big Railway Junction
BY HENRY SHAPIRO

MOSCOW, Dec. 4. (UP)-Front
dispatches indicated today that a
mounting Russian thanking threat
may force the Germans to abandon
the keT White Russian railway
junction of Zhlobin and pave the
way TO-. a Soviet drive on Minsk.
The Red army reached the Dniep-
er river on a broad front some IL
miles northeast of Zhlobin yester-
day and were believed massing for
a crossing in force to sever the
Zhlobin- -Movilev section of the
Odessa a-Leningrad railroad.
The river normally freezes in
this sector b. Dec. IL and could
be forced with ease over ice. A
crossing before ice forms would be
most difficult and presumably cost
ly. Cutting of the Zhlobin- -Mogilev
railroad would leave the German
garrison only the railway to Minsk
over which to flee Zhlobin.
CRUMlBLE DEFENSES
Capture of Dovsk, junction of the
Roslayl-Bobruisk and Gomel-Mogi-
lev highways, crumbled the Ger
man defenses northeast of Zhlobin
and enabled the Soviets to push on
to the Dnieper and capture Sver-
chen.
More than 100 towns and villages
also were engulfed b. the Soviet
yesterday as they slowly tightened
their arc around Zhlobin. Moving
up the Gomel-Zhlobin railway, one
column seized Saltanovka, only l3
miles southeast of Zhlobin.
In one area, the Germans sought
to halt the Red army at previously
prepared defenseS, but met diSas-
ter when the Russians attacked
Continued on page 6, col. D
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-05
ITALY COUNCIL MEETS

SOMEWHERE IN SOUTHERN
ITALY, Dec. 3. (UP)-The Allied
government council for Italy held
its first meeting on Italian soil
Friday as guests of the Allied con-
troll commission, it was disclosed
today. Subjects discussed were not
revealed.
The council, composed of Robert
Murphy, United States; Harold
Macmillan, Great Britain, Andrei
Vyshinsky, Russia, and Rene Mas
sigli, French National Committee OF
Liberation, will set administrative
policy for the Marshal Badoglio
government.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-05
NeWsmdn Views
Berlin Inferno

LONDON, Dec. 4 (UP)-The fires
in Berlin set by raiding British
bombers glowed yellow, then flowed
together in great blankets that
burned with a red, Sullen obscene
glare" Edward r. Murrow, CHS
commentator, reported last night
after a flight over the city with at
tackihg Lancasters.
Berlin was kind of orchestrated
hell, terribly symphony of light
and flame he said.
Murrow, one of five correspon-
dents on the Thursday night raid
three of whom were lost-described
how the bombers poured glowing
incendiaries and two-ton block
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-05

busters on the city, attacking
through German night fighters and
beams of searchlights.
THE cookies, the four thousand
pound high explosives, were burst
ing below like great sunflowers gone
mad,' he said. I looked
down and the white fires had turn
ed red. They were beginning to
merge and spread just like butter
does on hot plate
] thought I could make
out the outline of the streets be-
low, but the bomb-aimer didn't
agree and he ought to know. BY
this time all those patches of white
on black had turned yellow and
started to flow together
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-05
Officer Spikes
Reports Of
Strike Violence
Governor Warren Phones
Sheriff on Status
After Union Assertions

Law enforcement officials of I'm
perial Valley Saturday assured Gov.
Earl Warren that there is no
violence in Imperial Valley in con-
nection with the strike of irrigation
district power employees and denied
union charges made to him that
armed guards were terrorizing I'M
perial Valley residents"
Gov. Warren telephoned Sheriff
Robert w. Ware Saturday and ask
ed if there was any violence in
connection with the strike. When
assured By Ware that there was no
violence. Gov. Warren said he had
been told by Leo Haggery of the
state federation of labor that armed
bands of vigilantes were terrorizing
Imperial Valley residents and de-
priving them of their civil liberties.
REFERRED TO KENNY
The sheriff referred Gov. War
rem to Attorney General Robert w.
Kenny, who was in Ell Centre Fri
day to attend a meeting and who
apparently was satisfied that every
thing was going along peaceably.
Ware and District Attorney Charles
G.. Halliday had discussed the
matter with Kenny and in his
presence. Ware said he also told
Gov. Warren that Kenny had heard
Chairman Evan T. Hewes of the
irrigation district board discuss the
boards actions and policies and had
made no suggestions at that time
In the conversation with Gov.
Warren, Ware said he told the gov
ernor that armed guards have been
Continued on page 6, col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-05
CONVICTED DOCTOR DIES

PASADENA, Dec. 4 CUP - DR..
Karl j, Weberg, 69-year-old Pasa-
dena physician awaiting trial on
abortion murder charges and out
come of his appeal from conviction
on two abortion counts, died early
today in Luthern hospital. Police
investigated the theory of hospital
physicians that Weberg's death
might have been a suicide.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-05
MOJICA SENSATION

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. tUP)-
Gil Mojica, 178-pound coast guards
man from Port Point, provided the
sensation of last nights quarter
final bouts in the Golden Gloves
amateur boxing tournament by
knocking out Henry Robinson, sea-
soned Negro fighter from Stockton
army air field, in the first round of
the featured senior heavyweight
match.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-05
SINK JAP VESSEL

CHUNGKING, Dec. 4. UP)-
The United States 14th air force
announced today that 4,000-ton
Japanese ship was sunk and two
other vessels badly damaged in a
raid on Hong Kong Wednesday.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-05
Allies Rout Nuzis
From Strategic
Barrier to Rome
Most Devastating Artillery Barrase
Of All Time Leaves Foe Dazed:
yanks Storm Heights Despite Rains
- By REYNOLDS PACKARD -
United Press Staff CORRESPONDENT

WITH FIFTH ARMY Italy Dec. 3.-American and
British troops cambercd up muddy mountains under a
steel flood from Allied guns today towrest Mount Camino
the greatest barrier the road to Rome from the dazed
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-05
u AMBL|Ne
1\EpORTER
The Least of These

The Least of These
Long lines of children stood in
front of the United Artists theater
in Ell Centre on Thanksgiving day
Each little hand clutched IL cents
the usual price for a matinee.
Wow" came an excited shout
from the first in line at the box
office. THE price is Is cents!"
CONSERVATION broke out in the
ranks. Pennies clinked against pen
nies. Excited counting, 1-2-3-4-5-6-
7-8-S-1O-11.
I'VE only got II cents" came a
wailing concert. They had not real
lied it was a special Thanksgiving
matinee and higher priced.
"Oh, well, kids said Manager
Herb Norris with grin as he look
ed into the disappointed faces,
come on in for IL cents"
Norris made up the difference
out of his own pocket.
Come On, Girls
There always is need for more
girls at the Wednesday night cam
teen dances for Servicemen in Ell
Centro. Lots of girls from Ell Cen
tro, Holtville, and Imperial go to
these dances. Need we say that
there always are lots of service
men there?
Girls who can sing are given an
opportunity to sing with the mar
inc band which is loud, anyway.
OF these dances it may be said
in all truth "a good time was had
Lby all.
These dances would be 100 per
cent perfect if there were a lew
more girls there. How about it?
She Couldn't Lose
Arrangements hit a Snag the
night Louis Chamlis gave shower
for Marjorie Spear Quisenberry.
The guests arrived, all except the
guest of honor While they awaited
the arrival of Mrs. Quisenberry, the
other guests practiced throwing
darts. They thought they might
Continued on page 6, col. a
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-05
War Farley Ends
At Tehrdn:
ReportAWuited
Observers See One Outstanding
Reaction as Balkan BIow-up;
Complete Report to Be Set Out

LONDON, Dec. q. (UP)-President Roosevelt, Prime
Minister Churchill and Premier Stain revealed today
to have concluded conference at Tehran which they
probably put the final stamp of approval plans for
invasion of western Europe and the complete defeat
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-05
WEATHER

Maximum Friday 70, minimum Saturday 35; S am.
Saturday Al humidity 40; noon Saturday 70, hu-
midity 30; 5 pm. Friday &c. humidity "a.
La gaceta., 1943-06-22
MATRIMONIOS

Fred E. Nelson, de Ga amos, y
S. E. Wilcox, de IS.
Paul w. Pieratt, de 80 amos, y
Mary Lee Roberts, de 20.
Dale B. Dukes, de Fl amos, y
Mcneil Butler, de FL.
George Steven Mclean, de 36
amos, y Phyllis Marjorie Bassett,
de %.
Rodney w. Conrad, de rs amos,
Y Virginia M. O'Grady, de %.
Leroy Burge, de "a amos, Y
Geraldine Margaret Morris, de Il.
Frank M. Martin, de "a amos,
y Dorothy Lewis, de FL.
Paul w. Shumaker, de 81 amos,
y Edna E. Camp, de Al.
Grady Wilson Parker, de 20
amos, Y Eleanor Sivas, de 20.
La gaceta., 1943-06-22
ENTIRE NOSOTROS

Desde ell pasado domingo por la
noche Sc encuentra en- Tampa ell
joven Lingo Rodriguez, estimado
amigo del que estas lineas escri-
be, Y su amante y bella esposa.
Esta distinguida parejita pro-
cede de la capital de la Nacion y
viene el con ell prop6sito de des-
pedirse de sus padres Y demas ia
miliares, va que proximamente
sera llamado para examen fisico.
Ell joven Rodriguez es hijo de
los esposos Rogelio y Dulce Ro-
drfguez, residences del 1914 de la
20 Avenida.
Grata estancia y muchas diver
stones lie deseamos antes de su par
tida.
La gaceta., 1943-06-22
.LICENCIA

Con ell proposito de pasarse o.
cho dias en- esta ciudad arrib6 a.
yer ell Pvt. Rolando Tornero, ell
que sirve desde hace meses al E.
jercito de los Estados Unidos.
Ell soldado Tornero es hijo de
los esposos Francisco Y Francis
ca Tornero, domiciliados en- ell n1-
nero 2511 de la Gale Is.
Apreciamos la vista que NOS
hace v una vez mas lie damos nues
ira mas cordial bienvenida.