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Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-29
British 9Th Army
Pursues Germans

wound up the greatest weekend
bombardment of the war with a
haymaker attack against the Ger
man. submarine headquarters for
/ the Atlantic coaSt-St Nazaire.
VERY HEAVY ATTACK
An unprecedented heavy air at
/ tack on Europe had been going on
for 48 hours. and doubtless will
continue as long as good bombing
weather holds out.
All wings of the Allied armada
took part in the record pounding.
highlighted by the heaviest attack
ever made on Berlin by the Royal
air force. The American part was
another heavy bombing raid on the
key rail center of Rouen. while
British day bomberS and fighters
hit Rotterdam and Liege.
1t was believed significant that
Immediately after the Berlin rec
ord d-breaker the Raj switched tar
gets and again lambasted ST. Naz-
aire, general headquarters for the
Nazi submarine offensive which Axis
radios claimed had sunk 972,500
tons of Allied shipping thus far in
March.
THEORY OF IT
It was the second heavy Raj
night attack on ST. Nazaire in less
than 10 days The attacks general
T. were designed to smash up the
docks, harbor. rail and storage ia
cilities to leave the Germans with
out means of Servicing and supply
ing the U-boatS installed in virtual
ly bomb proof concrete pens. The
theory was that the pens are not
much good if submarines cannot be
moved in and out of them.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-29
Service for Mrs.
Davis to Be Held

Last rites for Mis-. Clara Louisa
Davis. "a who died at her home in
FL Ccntro early Monday, we're sch
duled in FL Centro late this week
The Rev Mr.. r. c. Rogers. pas
tor of the Church of the Nazarene
will officiatc at the services.
Mrs Davis, who lived at TIA
Grange avenue, was born in La
Fayette, Ind, Nov 90, 1868, and
had lived in Ell Centre since 1926.
She is survived py her daughter.
Mrs. Maurice Graves of Ell Centre;
two sons, Newton Davis of Wood
burn, Ore; and Fred E. Davis of
Oregon City, Gre; seven grand
children; one great grandchild
two sisters and three brothers.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-29
Yankees Begin
Push TO Sea
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point they gained three-quarters of
mile and at other points slightly
more
At dusk the Americans had cap
tured the northern half of the
horseshoe. but the Germans still
were clinging stubbornly to the
southern end.
The German air force was absent
from the battle and American
planes were handicapped by low
mist most of the daE.
LOOKS OVER VALLEY
Lying on an overcoat left by an
italian soldier in hasty retreat.
could look forward across the semi
arid valley to the southern Shoul-
der of the hill.
American vehicles crept forward
along the foot of the hill raising
clouds of dust and lodging into a
gully as German artillery laid sal
voeS along their path. The enemy
guns were aimed particularly at a
small clump of trees in the right
center where the Gabes road dis
appears over the ridge between
Ncheltat and Berda hills.
Our own artillery, firing from be-
hind this position, laid shells on
the slopes of Mcheltat. One could
hear the BOOM BOOM boom of the
guns and the whistle of the shells
and finally could see blotches of
white smoke and dust Towering
from the lower edge of Mcheltat.
During a one-minute period of
the morning, a concentrated Ameri-
can barrage laid on Mcheltat 1000
pounds of explosives. but the Ger
mans did not leave their position.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-29
Public Mourns
For Famed Pianist

BEERLY HILLS. March 29-GUPl
Music lovers today motwned the
loss of Sergei Rachmaninoff. noted
Russian-born pianist and compo-
ser whose talented fingers we're
stilled by death yesterday.
Requiem Mass for the tall. SOL
emn-faced artist who once said the
United States has the best SYM
phony' orchestras in the world
will be held tonight at the Russian
Orthodox church. Funeral services
will be held tomorrow.
Rachmaninoff died at the age of
50. His death was attributed to
complications resulting from pleu-
risy
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-29
COP Member Asks
No Compromise in
Rum! Plan Fight
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time. but Rep. Harold Knutson, R.,
Mimi. replied: there is absolutely
nothing to indicate that Mr.. Martin
is in favor of a compromise
Miller then said:
IF we're going to forgive any
thing. let's forgive the taxes for
the first half of l943.'
Carlson contended that a COM
promise plan would not be adopted
because both the supporters of the
Ruml plan and the committee pro-
poSal were refusing to yield.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-29
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armored columns smashing through
south-central Tunisia toward the
coast If the Americans win. it will
mean battle to the finish between
the Allies and the Axis forces of
the south, even while a still big
ger pincers is pressing in against
the Tunis-B -Bizerte bridgehead to
the north.
As the African prelude to the
land attack on Europe whirled to-
ward a climax, the Allied air forces
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-29
Army Thanks &c.
Residents for All
Of Hell p to Troops
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mems canteen received special ap-
probation for their tireless efforts
in caring for the visiting soldiers.
Numerous dances wee also ar
ranged for the men and the cham
ber of commerce provided sleeping
quarters and other facilities for
them
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-29
~ More I.V. Men
Take Their Places
In Nations Arny
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Herman Bell, Kenneth Pipes. Cliff
ford Cogan, Andrew Van Derpoel,
Robert Leaman, Pong Guam. An
thony Dutro. j. c. Bell, Porfirio
Olague, Ambrocio Arellano. Estan-
eslaw Mones. James Hileman, Aubie
Arnold, Alfonso Vale.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-29
so Per Cent Of Nations
Foodstuff Now Rotioned

WASHINGTON. March %. CUP)
Point rationing of meats. butter,
cooking fats and cheese began to-
day, bringing about so per cent of
all foodstuffs under ration restric-
tionS.
One of the widest buying sprees
in history ended Saturday night
with consumers besieging meat
markets from coast to coast for
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-29
AUXILIARY POLICE
SCHEDULE MEETING

Auxiliary police were scheduled
to meet at the Ell Centre police sta
i. ton at pm Monday for an inn
portant session. Patrolman Jack
Tackett said he had some equipment
to distribute so all auxiliary police
must attend.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-29
Rambling Reporter

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races with the Den IS pushmobile.
these two dens will compete for the
pack championship trophy Thurs
day.
This seems to be a pretty fair
deal. How race horses would love
a similar arrangement!
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-29

ticallY for all fruit and vegetable
juices and dehydrated soups and
were increased for more than half
adozen other canned items, includ-
ing applesauee, peaches, pineapple
and canned fresh lima beans.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-29
Scanning Y.
News Horizon
DIVORCE GRANTED

An interlocutorg divorce decree
was granted in Imperial county su-
perior court Monday 10 Mildred
Melvina Lindlow in her suit against
Lester LindoW
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-29
OBTAINS DIVORCE

Fernando Ortiz Monday obtained
I final divorce from Leonardo
ortiz.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-29
SUIT FILED

Bessie L. Kemmer Saturday sued
c. w. Kemmer for divorce, alleg-
ing extreme cruelty.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-29
Signs of Spring

oIgHS OT SPRING
In the hallway at the court house
one day recently, DR.. john Pace
met Dr.. E. B. Godfrey Godfrey
pointed to a straw hat he wa.
wearing
See that straw hat, Godfrey
said. it's summer"
What are you Dragging about?"
snapped Pace You've been wearing
that old straw pile all winter.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-29
a Great Day

a Great Day
Tuesday will be the day 10 wish
Sheriff Robert w. Ware and Deputy
Sheriff Frank Raney happy birth
day"
These miss s-matched twins OF the
law enforcement family celebrate
their natal days on the same day
every year, spending the time t:y-
ing to make the other admit ne is
the elder of the two.
It's been a draw 50 far.
Evening star., 1943-12-13
Showdown in Russia

The coming of full-scale winter
with its iron frosts and enduring
snow cover will probably soon reveal
whether this climatic sterilization
will herald resumption of the Rus
sian general offensive on the scale
OF last summer and early autumn.
For 1t should be recognized that,
during recent weeks. the momentum
OF the Red Army's advance has
notably abated.
For the general public this slow
down has been obscured by a playup
Of Russian local successes, with
lesser emphasis on local setbacks
and no mention at all of sectors
where a military deadlock has pre-
vailed. AS matter of fact, the Rus
slams have gained no outstanding
victory since mid-November, this
being the time when the Germans
began their counterattack in the
Kiev sector which has pushed the
Russians back about halfway to
that key city and Is still going slowly
onward.
It was probably too much to ex-
pect that the Russian offensive could
continue uninterruptedly as it had
done from its beginning in mid-June
until early November. The most
surprising exhibition Of Russian
strength came two months ago when
the Red armies reached the line Of
the River Dnieper. behind which the
Evening star., 1943-12-13

The thing was dropped, but according
to available information which Is con-
sidered reliable Petain cut the interview
very short, telling the Nazi representa-
tive that since all his intimate friends
had been transferred" to Germany as
political prisoners and the Germans
controlled the French radio stations he
was compelled to yield.
However, the French Senators and
Deputies, who have been keeping low for
the last two years, have shown signs of
regained courage. M. deMonzie, a Mod
crate Socialist in the day of the Third
Republic, addressed letter to Petain
demanding that Parliament be sum-
moned again. Fewer than 100 parlia-
mentarians have been able to leave
France for North Africa, England and
the United States. The rest are still in
France and many of those who were
strong collaborationists In the earlier
days seem to have changed their minds
and claim now to be faithful servants
Of their constituents.
The legislators plan seems to be to
get together as soon as the Nazis are
kicked out Of France and present the
They urge Petain to return his powers
to the Parliament in order to Offset any
kind Of puppet government after the
deliverance of the country.
Petain intended. according to reports,
to play along with them, but this was
prevented by Laval and the Germans.
In spite OF this pressure he is said to
have agreed to leave a document In case
he dies before the Allies enter France.
Evening star., 1943-12-13
Fur-Off Echo

He loved the ,Day the wagon bridge
angled
Aslant the stream, its stee. work
painted red,
Plank floor sounding board for horses
hooUes;
The creek, unrestrained to natural
grooves,
Went ,0ild in spring, rose to meet the
bridge foor
Spread over planted fields, and some
times tore
From, earth giant sycamore. elm or
oak,
TO tau uprooted in the stream and
The channel more The bridge we,p
wds the best
For nutles-ott had he stopped his team
to rest
That he might gaze upstream and down,
and steep
His poet soul till he felt switt jon
leap
At wild autumn fame or wtnter
And no,D, In troptc voY zone, teper-
sick,
He hears the old teams rythmic, heavy
pound
Across the bridge, the ,pdgon's run1bling
sonnd.
AnEEN J. POPE.
Evening star., 1943-12-13
Constantine Br01Vn

In It he would appoint the legitimate
Parliament rs his successor until fres
elections can be held.
1t Is pointed out that according to
the French constitution the present Par
lament Is still In existence. That Is to
say that the mandates Of the Senators
and the Deputies are still valid, although
the Senate and the Chamber have abdi-
Gated their powers to the head Of the
state. This does not mean that the
same head Of the state cannot return
the powers intrusted to him.
The question Of the future Of the
French Republic is much debated in
Washington and in London. 1t Is OBJ
Wous that the present head Of the Com
mittee of National Liberation, Gen.
Charles de Gaulle, wished to place him.
self at the head Of a temporary govern
ment as soon as the Germans are ex-
PEELED from France and order elections
under the control of his henchmen.
This, the parliamentarians wish to
avoid; they consider 1t a usurpation of
their rights. They intend, according to
reports received here, to re-establish
their secretariats and appear before the
liberators of their country as fully re-
sponsible body ready to take over ths
government Of France
The fact that neither the United
States nor Britain has recognized the
Algiers Committee as full-fledged gov
ernment leads the legislators to believe
that there will be no opposition on the
part of the invading armies to their
functioning as a legitimate Parliament
all ready to elect a new President.
Evening star., 1943-12-13

convoy. It is now rather a question OF
attacking or even approaching to attack
IN the full knowledge that, once detected.
the submarines will be Immediately as
sailed by powerful surface and air forces
and relentlessly bounded to destruction,
with ample margin Of defensive strength
left behind to protect the convoy against
attack from some other quarter should
1t appear.
This state Of affairs h Of vital inpor.
tance now that the vast striking power
Of the United States is being assembled
in the British Isles for the final cam
paign against Germany, including both
the great air operations now In pros-
ress and the decisive landing tn Western
Europe which will como when the time
Is ripe.
The Germans have never needed their
U-boats - they need them now, to
whittle down the flow Of that American
power across the ocean, to make tho
lines Of supply Of that great effort un-
war;" as Admiral of the Fleet Sir An
drew Browne Cunningham once re-
marked, rs replete with instances Of
military failure due to attempts to carry
on offensive operations at the farther
end OF insecure lines of communication.
The Germans learned that bitter lesson
at stalingrad, ut Ell Alamein and in
Iunisia. They had hoped to teach It
to us In Western Europe, but the tnstru-
ment on which they depended for that
purpose Is proving inadequate in face
OF the rising tide Of counteractive power
which the Allies are able to bring to
bear to defend their North Atlantis
sea lanes.
fNo-~rs.SS sala
Evening star., 1943-12-13

not q military figure. He was every
thing.
I'm spite Of the white heat OF the hres
OF liberty kindled by the Revolution,
there were no military figures even
seriously considered for. the presidency
from Washington to Grant with one
exception, space of IS years, during
which we fought three important wars
That statement is made deliberately
provocative, because those always ready
to leap upon a mistake will chuckle as
they plunge to rectiflcation, shouting,
Andy Jackson Don't let them fool you.
Jackson was no military figure. At
least, not at the time he was elected
President He fought the battle OF New
Orleans in 1914. He was elected Presi-
dent in 1928. I submit, IA years is
hellish long time for a military figure to
keep his buttons bright. In the mean
time, Jackson had become political. He
had been both Governor and Senator,
and the leader Of his party.
- =
After Jackson, we had, for q little
more than one month, in the White
House, Tppecanoe-William Henry Har-
rison. II he was a military figure, so
was Sir Joseph Porter Besides, VIII
liam Henry Harrison 'fit' the Battle Of
Tippecanoe in 1911. He served in the
War of 1872. He was elected to the
Senate in 1924. In 1886 he was the
Wing candidate for President and was
defeated. He was elected President in
1910, % years after his record of mill
tary service. Another long lapse of
time. Zachary Taylor emerged from
the Mexican War not the chief military
figure of that somewhat questionable
enterprise. He was hesitant sort of
hero. 1t took him almost year to get
into the war Winfield Scott was the
dominant personality of that period, but
political expediency made Taylor avail
able. He sat on the chair for some
thing like one year and half; he had
been a scratch winner over Lewis Cass
and Martin Van Buren. Van Buren had
heavily cut down Cass' vote. Incident
ally, Scott tried in the next campaign
for the presidency, but even the uni
form of lieutenant general (our frst)
Evening star., 1943-12-13
Dorothy Thompson

1t was scrapped at Munich, by France,
Britain and Germany, without even the
presence OF Czech or Russian
The conclusion that Benes has Ger
tainly drawn is that If there can again
be bridge between east and west it
must this time be built with its first pier
in the east. For Russia offered to full
fill her obligations under the treaty.
We may be sure that Czech policy will
center around Russian policy in the
future as it centered around French
policy in the past We may also DO
sure that Czechoslovakia will do her
best to support the bridge constructed
in Moscow and Teheran. for 1t is In her
interest and tradition to be part Of Eu-
rope and not mere appendage Of
Russia.
But this alliance represents another
defeat for Anglo-American policy prior
to the two recent conferences. Both the
British and Americans attempted to
prevent 1t. 1t is drastic defeat for the
concept-f 1t existed-of making a
cordon-sanitaire against Russia Benes,
who was the one man in London who
believed from the beginning in a Rus
sian victory, has been perfectly consist
ent and has warned his colleagues In
the other eastern Allied governments to
come to terms with Russia.
1t is regrettable that from France to
the Balkans We have misestimated the
political forces and realities. The result
has been a series Of diplomatic defeats.
The questions are not even theological.
They play In the realm Of power STRAIT
egy. Czechoslovakia will not be boil
shevized. She has saved her domestic
freedom.
CReleased by the Bell Syndicate, Ine)
Evening star., 1943-12-13

frequently In polltlcal speculation as the
conventions approach, and that a good
many people regard ore or the other as
likely to be named. In light Of this, it
is interesting to present the views on
the subject military heroes and the
presidency Of that able political analyst,
Mr.. Herbert Bayard Swope, who sum-
mons history to sustain his contention
that America does not like the man on
horseback"
Mr.. Swope writes as follows: Amer
lea does not let its military figures ride
into the White House. Only one Presi-
dent was exclusively a military man
and he was one of our worst Presidents
Everybody knows the man whose mill
tary halo became a presidential moose
Ulysses S. Grant. Let's look at the
record: 1t is untrue that Washington
was lifted to his great eminence because
of his military qualities. He was far
far more than a military figure. The
martial glamour had slipped away in
the seven years that elapsed between
the end Of our Revolution and the be-
ginning Of our constitutional Govern
ment. In that period Washington had
been definitely political. He was
statesman. He was a member of the
Continental Congress. In 1887 he was
president of the convention that drafted
the Constitution No Washington was
Evening star., 1943-12-13
Economic Determinism Held Cause
OF War Among Civilized Peoples.

10 the Editor Of The Star:
Your correspondent, J. J. sperry, says:
"The things that make man an unpeace-
ful being come from his own heart or
mind, not from his economic status. The
little Eskimo, who lives in the most dis
agreeable and materially poorest spot
on earth has never had war to his
credit"
Mr.. sperry should read The Children
OF the SUM-" by w. ]. Perry, and Human
History" by Grafton Elliott Smith,
copies OF both Of which may be found
in the Library Of Congress. These men
have demonstrated, first that war never
became a human habit until the art Of
food production was learned. This gave
people an opportunity to do something
beside search for food. They began to
make things which became property.
1t became possible for people to live by
taking things away from the people who
made them. Ruling classes made war
on each other for the privilege OF ex-
plotting the working people. 1t was the
new economic status Of property owning
that was the cause of war.
Second, the Eskimos are not the only
peaceful people in the world All primi-
tive people who live from hand-to-
mouth are peaceful. All of them have
the habit of sharing their scant pos
sessions. Jesus had that in mind when
He said: Where the treasure Is, there
shall the heart be also" When we have
learned to hold our property in a COM
mon trust for the general use. instead Of
trusting in our private boards for per-
sonal security, peace will be possible.
Mars, Pa. A. CRAIG.
Evening star., 1943-12-13

under Turks Mohammedan rule. But
the Czechs had participated in the most
vital European history. The Protestant
reformation began, with Huss, in Bo-
hemia. One of the oldest universities in
Europe, always an integral part of the
European system, Is in Prague.
II n II
The forerunner of modern western
education, Comenius, came from Prague.
Finally, both Thomas Masaryk and his
pupil and successor, Eduard Benes. were
men Of western philosophy and political
education.
Toward Russia, there was among the
Czech masses, a sentimental affection.
At time when the western and south
ern Slavs had all lost their independence
and lived in state of racial inferiority
there was one great example of Slavic
power, the Russian Empire.
But both Masaryk and Benes opposed
the pan-Slav movement. Neither the
Byzantinism of the Russian Empire, nor
Russian Communism ever appealed to
either the Czech leadership or people.
The ideal and practice OF the Czech
state was western parliamentary demo-
cratic republicanism, based on the wide
Spicdo OiStIlUutlo1 VI pIINdtc pIOpcIby,
popular education, personal freedom and
social security.
The Czechoslovak Republic first es-
tablished diplomatic relations with So
Wet Russia in 1884, IL years after Ger
many had signed the treaty Of Rap
pallo with the Soviet Union. Czech con-
tact with Russia was made as a REIN
surance against Hitler, and in line with
French policy. In 1885 came the
French Czech Russian alliance, under
French instigation-Pierre Laval him.
self went to Moscow Three years later
Evening star., 1943-12-13

never forgotten their liberator and
are pro-Russian, no matter what
the regime there may be. They re-
fused to light against their tradi-
tional friends and are still neutral
In the Axis war against Russia. On
the other hand, Turkey Is the hered-
itary oppressor against whom Bull
garian troops might fight gladly.
Furthermore, the Bulgarians know
that Greece and Yugoslavia are
eager to punish Bulgaria for its
share in their conquest by the Axis,
with all its tragic fruits. So Bulgaria
stands today, faced with a series of
hard choices. No more complicated
dilemma ever confronted a people.