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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-07-16
BLOOD PLASMA

The latest miracle of TRANSMISSION
-plasma-has been described as the
No. l agent in saving the lives Of
our American soldiers.
Plasma is the liquid element in
the blood in which the red and white
cells float. BY adding salt of So
dunn citrate to fresh blood, the
blood remains unclotted and is al
lowed to stand for two or three
days, during which the cells settle
and the plasma then is poured off.
Formerly, it was necessary to
"type" blood since it was discov-
cred in 1900 that substances in GER
tain bloods destroyed red corpus
cles in other kinds. Plasma, how
ever, removes these substances and
makes use of the fluid general.
Dried or frozen, plasma can keep
for weeks or months. 1t can be
shipped to any part of the world
and used. Through the agency of
the American Red Cross, blood do
nors throughout the country are
making plaSrna possible.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-07-16
MINERS:
Return Ickes Pleads

Despite the plea of Secretary Of
Interior Harold Ickes to return to
work, about 15O, 900 miners remained
idle. Most seriously affected were
the steel companies coal fields in
Pennsylvania.
Declaring the miners wage de-
mands were among many received
in Washington, Ickes said it was
necessary for particular groups to
submerge their personal considera-
tions for the general welfare. He
then asked the miners to return to
the pits ION the eve of the greatest
military operation in history"
More than 100000 other miners
were back at their jobs following
their unions decision to return to
work only if the government MAIN
tanned control of the mines. Al
though granted a wage concession
amounting to 20 cents a day, it was
expected that the miners might
press efforts to obtain compensation
for travel to and from their working
stations.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-07-16
ARMY:
Arms Program, Cut

Emphasis Of war production on
aircraft, cargo ships and navy COM
bat vessels has resulted in reduc-
ton of the army ground supply pro-
gram and delayed full equipment Of
its forces until 1914, Lieut.. Gen.
Brehon Somervell declared.
Because of the production drop,
Somerven said, the army has been
compelled to ship equipment in
camps to the fighting front. Not only
does this affect the training Of
troops, he remarked, but it also
tends to lower morale.
Somervell said U. S. and British
military chiefs had planned opera
tons for 1913 predicated on 95 bill
lion dollar production program. But
the War Production board stated
the industrial output Of this country
could only approximate rs billion
dollars.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-07-16
EUROPE: M
Clearing a Path

Europe rocked from all sides as
British and American air squadrons
continued pounding vital Axis in
dustries, installations and air.
dromes.
Nowhere did the Axis find rest.
British bombers flew into Germany's
Ruhr to strike at the already badly
battered industrial centers, and even
while the blockbusters and incendi-
aries plummeted roofward, the
Nazis Munitions Minister Walter
Speers complained that Axis work.
men were compelled to labor in the
open in many places.
/ In the Mediterranean American
Flying Fortresses, accompanied by
Lightning fighters, struck at air.
fields in Sicily, apparently striving to
cripple bases from which Axis craft
could oppose Allied landing expedi-
tons. s.l
Off to the east, American bomb
ers began lambasting Axis air.
dromes and installations in Greece,
along the route an Allied army
might take to invade the Balkans.
In anticipating a major Allied drive
in this direction, the Axis reported
fertilization of mountain passes
along the whole rugged Grecian
coast.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-07-16
HOGS:
Flood Market

With principal markets flooded
with heavy receipts, prices on hogs
dropped and government and indus
try representatives appealed to
farmers to restrict shipments.
Although the government had
promised to support prices for 240
to 270 pound pigs at $13.75, hogs
of this weight brought less as a re-
suit of the large receipts. It was
explained packers lacked the labor
to handle such huge supplies.
Prices for hogs over the 27C pound
weight sagged as the government
made no commitment to prop re-
turns at the $13.75 mark. The action
was seen as move to induce farm
ers to market pigs at lighter
weights to relieve the critical corn
situation, which continued to plague
professors and manufacturers, who
said they would be compelled to
seriously restrict operations unless
further grain was forthcoming.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-07-16
CORNSTARCH:

C0RNSTARCH: Corn refneries
are facing shutdowns because of IN
sufficient supply of corn, executives
OF the industry warn. Only about s
million bushels are believed to be
available to professors for the year.
SERVICE: A law making almost
all adult men and women subject
to wartime service wherever need
ed.iJis being : Urged fbx .Rep. Wads-
worth of New York; snsraA
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-07-16
BRIEFS. BY Baukhage

Commemorative lights in Polish
cemeteries must be extinguished
during blackouts, according to an
article in a German-lAnguage paper
in Poland reported to the Office of
war information.
Iron and scrap collections in
Rhode Island average about 5000
tons a week, or more than 9 pounds
per capita. 3 Il.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-07-16

Tokyo propagandists have added
India to the growing list of coun-
tries they are seeking to dazzle
with promises Of Japanese-style sin
dependence" the Office of War In
formation says on the basis of To-
kyo broadcasts exploiting the re-
ported arrival in Japan of Subhas
Chandra Bose, outlawed Indian ex-
,tremist now very; active in the Axis
camp. AseoS senss So !.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-07-16
HtcHLIcHTs... !. III. .....l:s a.s !.

RICKENBACKER: Capt. Edward
Rickenbacker visited the Russian
front while on an official mission to
Moscow for the secretary of war.
MILK: Synthetic milk, made Of
vegetable oils, was pronounced an
unsatisfactory substitute by the two
government experts. The artificial
product failed to stimulate growth
and, development properly ~ feed,
lng tests. ,.-- r FsssF'tss44A sssss .l1s
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-07-16
Ordinary Glass Can Now
Be Broken as Desired

Ordinary glass is now made so
that it will break in any desired
manner, says Golfers. For in
stance, pitchers, jars and other
containers for the home are man.
ufactured so that they will break in
large pieces, lessening the danger
of glass fragments getting into
food.
Some glass ceilings, like those
in the National Gallery of Art in
Washington, are constructed to
shatter in powder form to elimi-
nate the danger of injury from
falling pieces.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-07-16
CAS- n
Tight Pinch

Completion of the big oil pipe line
in the Middlewest and declining
petroleum production in California
might well spell a Tightening of gaso-
line supplies in those sections within
the near future, Secretary of the In
terror Harold Ickes declared. At the
same time, Ickes could see no relief
in the gasoline situation in the East.
In all cases, Ickes said, the serv-
ices huge consumption of petroleum
is digging deeply into the nations
supply. Ickes cited Lieut.. Gen.
Somervelps estimate that military
demands now approximate 1000, 900
barrels day, exclusive of gasoline
and lubricating products, while
American refining capacity stands
at $3.50, 900 barrels. g
Completion of the big pipe line
IN the Middlewest, Ickes said, will
free many tank cars for haulage Of
oil from the area east of the Mis-
sissippi. However, Ickes pointed
out, it is this area which is suffering
from a decline in production, and
further diversion of its supplies nee
essarily will result in further pinch
In civilian consumption there.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-07-16
CHURCHILL:
Must Cooperate

The United States and Great Brit
ain must continue to cooperate in
peace as well as in war to assure
their security, Prime Minister Wins
ton Churchill declared in a speech
in which he also predicted heavy
fighting "before the leaves Of au-
turnn fall"
Stating that Great Britain sought
no profit nor desired any aggran-
dizement from the war, Churchill
added that it would accept no COM
promise.
Rejoicing that May was the best
month for the Allies in the U-boat
warfare, Churchill revealed that 80
German submarines had been sunk
in that month and new ships were
being built at a rate of sever to
every single loss.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-07-16
H3!l.i{371'I'3
FOR I1||3 513E FOOT PAINS
Billed by Nazis

Germany charges France, Nor
way, Belgium and the Netherlands
a total of $50, 0O0,0 900 a week for
the maintenance of its armies Of
occupation; yet the actual cost is
only $22,OOO,O0 or about AZ per
cent of this amount.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-07-16
WPA
Finis

. Since its beginning in 1885, the
WPA Outlines was charged with
squander, but when the time came
for going out of existence, the agen-
cy returned $3.50, 000, 900 in unex-
pended funds and materials to the
government. -
Officials say that the records will
show that WPA spent 10h billion
dollars and employed more than
eight million persons. Only small
staff was left behind for liquidation.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-07-16

in anaircraft artillery
warning Of approaching planes practice drill and
forcing
attitudes thereby affecting bombing efficiency barrage balloons
destroy craft striking them.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-07-16
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS
Entire Pacific War Strategy Changed
By Latest Allied Attacks in, Solomons;
Raj and u. S. Air Force Rock Europe
With New Series of Nonstop Bombings

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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-07-16
II you suffer from backaches

II you suffer from backache0
resulting from fatigue or ex-
posure =. If sore muscles or stiff neck have
got you laid up SoRETONE Is what you
need. 1t is medicinal. analgesic solution
developed in the famous laboratories Of Nc.
Kesson G. Robbins in Bridgeport, Conn.
SOREToNE acts fast-gives soothing relief
right where relief is needed-speeds the SUI
perficial blood flow to the affected area. Also
helps to prevent infection. Not an animal
preparation-made for human beings. Won-
derful, also, for sore. tired feet, and for re-
Neving itch Of Athletes Foot. MONEY
BACK IF NOT SATISFIED.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-07-16
Auiation's GrosDfh

In both cases, we have a tribute
to the tremendous growth of Ameri-
can combatant airpower. Now let
us look at the parallel growth in
non-combatant airpower. We turn
to no less an authority than the
Office of War Information:
"By 1915, it Is expected that trans
port planes in the 100, 000-120. 000-
pound class will be flying in guam
tity, carrying loads of Is tons at a
speed of $50 miles per hour over
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-11
William Russell
Dies In imperial

William R. Russell, so, resident of
Imperial, died Wednesday morning
at Iona Linda sanitorium, where
he went a month ago for an op-
Grafton.
Funeral services were scheduled
at the Lemons chapel in Ell Centre
at $3.50 pm. Friday, with the Rev.
Mr.. Elmer Wilder, officiating at
the rites Burial will be at Ever
green cemetery.
Russell retired from active busi-
ness several years ago and devoted
his time to looking after rental
property he owned in Imperial. His
health had been bad for the last
five years. He had lived in Impe-
rial Valley Tor 25 years.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs
Bessie Russell; two daughters, Mrs
Clayton Rodgers and Mrs. Richard
Faulkner, and a son, Rosser Rus
sell. all of Imperial.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-11
Luce, wherry
Fail To Succumb

WASHINGTON, March ll.-CUP)
President Roosevelt has won lot
of new friends among freshmen
members of Congress-but the con-
verts do not include Representative
Glare Boothe Luce, Republican,
Connecticut, nor Senator Kenneth
Wherry, Republican, Nebraska.
Wherry, the Omaha undertaken
who succeeded George w. Norris
said there Ought to be a law
against anything as highpowered as
the Presidents ability to win
friends and inflence people.
Mrs. Luce smiled as she left the
White House social for new Con-
gressmen last night, but said that
while the Presidents remarks were
most interesting" what impressed
her most was a tragic and beau
tiful portrait of Abraham Lin
coin, that I never noticed before" "
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-11
Yanks Lose 2,242
Soldiers In Axis
Advance, Retreat
StimsOn Lists Loss
OF Men; SO Killed,
2OO7 Reported Missing

WASHINGTON, March II.
(UP) = American casualties
in Tunisia from Feb. IA to
2O-the period of the Allied
retreat and initial counter
attack-totalled 2,242, Secretary of
War Henry l.. Stimson disclosed
today.
These included SO killed, 176
wounded and 2,007 missing, Stimson
said OF the missing most probably
were taken prisoner by the enemy.
Stimson said that in this period
American losses ran heavier than
those of the British and French.
LOSSES SUBSTANTIAL
losses on both sides in Tunisia
during the past month have been
substantial" he said. I'VE probably
have Jared better than the enemy.
More than 1000 Germans and Ital-
ianS were taken prisoner during
the month, and over 100 enemy
tanks captured and destroyed.
Allied forces in TuniSia have had
much the better of the fighting dur
ing the past week. Highly mobile
Axis forces have been extremely
active but the net result has been
decidedly unfavorable to the Axis.
RECLAIMED GSOUND
During 10 days of sharp fighting
Allied forces were soon backed to-
ward the Algerian border but sub
sequently regained most of the
lost ground.
These activities were followed
by several sharp Axis thrusts in
northern Tunisia against the Brit
ish. Then Rommel threw his infan-
try and armored forces in an assault
against the British Eighth Army
near Medenine. All were repulsed,
in both the north and south, with
the enemy sustaining heavy losses
in men and equipment"
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-11
COP Group Backs
Rur1I Plan Turned
Down byCommitte

WASHINGTON, March ll.-CUP)
The Republican House steering
committee today voted to support
the Ruml "skip-a-year" plan for
placing income tax collections on a
pay-aS-you-go basis.
Meeting with Republican Leader
Joseph w. Martin of MasSachu-
sets, the committee decided to op-
pose the plan adopted yesterday by
the House ways and means COM
mittee to retain the present collec-
ton system and levy 20 per cent
withholding tax on July l.
Unless everybody in the country
is going to pay more than one
years taxes in one year." Martin
said, I'VE can't possibly get current
Under the plan proposed by the
House ways and means committee. "
The Republicans plan to back
the version. of the Ruml proposal
embraced in a bill by Republican
Frank Carlson, Republican, Kan
sas, which could combine a 20 per
cent paycheck withholding with a
plan to cancel a full years taxes
for all income taxpayers.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-11
Robinson Tells
Of Labor Plans

Nearly 80 members of the 1mpe-
rial Valley agricultural war man
power committee gather in the farm
advisors office in the court house
Thursday to discuss current labor
problems and hear Sam Robinson,
member of the manpoWer commit
tee of the state war board, tell of
plans to bring relief to farmers who
are facing labor shortages.
Robinson, a district farmer, told
the group how unframed men from
various sections of the nation would
be brought TO California to attend
agricultural training schools and be
distributed to various farming sec
tions. He said plans for the op-
GRAFTON of this set-up were being
made now.
The farmers discussed manpower
recruiting and wages to be paid op-
orators of combines, tractors and
baling machines.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-11
Senate Kills Unit
Deferment Plan

WASHINGTON, March 11.-(UP)
The Senate today defeated the
O'Mahoney plan to defer farm
workers from the draft only
when they meet fixed food produc-
ton quotas.
The vote was 40 to 80.
The proposal offered by Senator
Joseph c, O'Mahoney was in the
form of substitute to the bill by
Senator John Bankhead, Democrat
Alabama which proposes to give
blanket deferment to farm work.
erS.
O'Mahoney's pan would have
continued, in general, the present
system of deferments for farmers
who fulfill certain units" of pro-
duction fixed by the Department
of Agriculture.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-11
Nephew Of Walter
Heinecke Downs Il
German AirpIanes
Frequent Visitor Here
Now Tail-Gunner on
US. Army Bomber

Walter Heinecke, director
of public works for the city
of Ell Centre, disclosed
Thursday that a nephew, Sgt.
John B. Heinecke, frequent
visitor here before the war, had
recently participated in the destruc-
ton of 10 German Messerschmitts
over the Tunisia front.
Son of Mr.. and Mrs. Win Heinecke
of Upland, Calf, the youth is
U. S. bomber tail-gunner.
Sharing honors with Sgt. Helm
ecke in the destruction of the Ger
man fighters was Sgt. Howard
North of San Bernardino.
In a recent letter to his father,
Heinecke said, I'm glad you taught
me how to shoot ducks when l was
a boy Don't worry too much about
me if l see them first"
He has a brother in training at
an army airbase, a sister is en-
Pioycu dO oil dAiiiJ iii ucpOO aiiu iito
mother works at Lockheed Aircraft
company in Burbank.
Walter Heinecke said Thursday
that the war hero had made numer-
Gus trips to Imperial Valley and
frequently accompanied him on
hunting trips. His last visit to FL
Centre was made just prior TO his
enlistment in the army air corps
in 1910.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-11

up to S165 month. Before the war
the same jobs at one time paid 500
a month.
The motion passed by the group
provided that all city personnel
with current salaries of 5000 a
month or less were to receive flat
10 per cent jumps. Others making
between 5000 and $500 were to be
granted a seven per cent increase.
MAYOR SAYS
MAJOR R. w. Hatton said the ac-
tion was taken so that the pay of
city employees would be on an equal
plane with wages being paid to
outside workers currently and to
take care of increased living costs
as well as inevitable tax increases.
Earlier pay boosts had been
granted in order to equalize the
wages paid for various types of
labor, he explained.
Initial increases were smaller and
varied greatly depending on the
position the workers held, the may
or said
The wage hike voted Wednesday
night is to go into effect on March
Is and will take in every employe
other than part-time or hourly
Wo 'kerS, some of whom have pre-
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Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-11
83 DAYS ADRIFT
Dreams of MOm's Cooking

to make a running boWline out OF
our line. We hung this over one
side of our raft. Then we hung our
feet over as bait. When the shark
spotted our white toes he made for
them and we caught him with a
rope We never got nipped.
I'VE went all the next ray with
out food About sundoWn we got
underneath the canvas. We were
pretty hungry. Then we felt a
plop on the canvas. 1t was a black
bird which looked like crow One
of the fellows grabbed it and we
had it for breakfast the next morn
ing.
"On the Goth day we saw our
first ship. 1t was a merchantmen.
We burned a couple of flares and
waved a flog, but it disappeared
over the horizon.
SAW SHIP
THE next day we saw another
merchant ship. We had four flares
left. We lit three and waved that
flag again. But it disappeared, too.
About the 23rd days our water
ran out. Then we really started
worrying. 1t hadn't rained those
% days SO we didn't have any re-
serve. Then, about three days lat
er, it started to rain-awful hard.
One of us stood in the center OF
the canvas while the other four
got underneath around the edge
to form trough.
The afternoon before we got
picked up it rained. That night,
about O'Clock we saw our first
plane. The plane didn't see us. We
said our prayers and got under the
canvas for the night. The next
morning another plane roared by
but he didn't see us. That after
noon we saw smoke. Then we saw
a bunch of ships
I'VE prayed that one of them
would see us. A little while later,
we saw a warship heading in our
direction. We were afraid we would
be passed up so one of the Dutch
men said he'd stand up and wave
the flag. We held his knees so
he wouldn't fall down. Then we
saw a signal from the ship show
ing they had found u.s.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-11

A cOmmunlQue signed by tine
high command of France guerillas
and partisans" said the wrecking
of the troop train was a part of big
scale patriot action against the
German occupation forces in the
region of Chalon-Sur-Saone, SOUTH
east of Paris.
SUFFER HEAVILY
In London Sir Archibald Sinclair,
British air minister revealed that
the NaZis are suffering heavily in
their homeland when he disclosed
that heavy bombings have left l.
100000 of them homeless.
The French announcement cli-
NAKED a flood of reports from
France telling of widespread skir-
mishes between German and guer-
lila units in the rebellion against
new campaign to round up 100000
Frenchmen for work in the Reich
Two other German trains were
reported wrecked in the Cote dor
department of the same area. One
carrying war materials was said tC
have been destroyed. The other
train with coal destined for Italy
had % cars destroyed.
Earlier reports said nearly 60(
German troops had been killed by
French patriots in street fights
raids and sabotage in the five days
since the labor roundup began, with
hundreds of thousands of French
youths fleeing to the mountains and
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Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-11

transmitting a series OF hereto
fore unequalled recommendations
for government Uncontrolled economy
Mr.. Roosevelt sent congress two
reports from the national resources
planning board for whose high
purposes" he asked full considera-
ton" at this session of congress
One concerned postwar plans, the
other an expanded Social Security
system.
JOBS FOR ALL
While the recommendations for
postwar economy dealt almost
entirely with domestic affairs on
the theme of Jobs for ALL" the
board reported that it looked for
ward to establishment of Ian effec-
tive jural order of the world out
laWing violence and Imperialism
to permit "energizing the fullest
development of resources and rights
everywhere"
The report asked business and
industry generally to share the re-
sponsibilities of management and,
Ill Viz SioC VI opCSlllC VI uCldl III
duStrieS, suggested tri-partite af-
fair with management, labor and
government as the partners.
SAME PLEA
The postwar theme of work for
everybody at decent pay" REIN
forced plea made by Mr.. Roose-
velt in his state of the union mes
sage in which he called for cradle
to the grave" assurance against "the
evils of all major economic haz-
ards"
Il trust it will not be regarded
as an ISSUE" Mr.. Roosevelt said
then, but as task for all of us
to study sympathetically."
Government partnership was Sug
geSted in the postwar fields OF alu-
minum, magnesium, other basic
metals, synthetic rubber, some
chemicals, shipbuilding. aircraft
construction, air transport, commu-
nications and electric power.
For railroads, the board urged
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Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-11
Bund Aim Was To Upset
Govt, NeWsmon Charges

LOS ANGELES, March 11-OUP)
The aim of the German -Ameri-
can Bund was to overthrow the
democratic form of government and
establish totalitarian dictatorship
in the United States, John Charles
Metcalfe, Washington correspond
ent of the Chicago Daily Times,
testified today in the citizenship
cancellation trial of % former bund
members.
Metcalfe, a prosecution witness,
said in his duties as reporter, he