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Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-18
French Guerri|Ias
Take Heavy Toll Of
Axis Armed Forces

LONDON, March 10. -. (UPD-
French patriot forces retreated
deeper into the Snow-coVered Savoy
Alps today, sending boulderS and
landslideS crashing down the noun
tain slopes in the path of a heav-
ily armed italian column moving
against them.
Reports from the Swiss frontier
said the guerillas had split into
small units placed at strategic
points along the winding mountain
road leading into the Thoron area.
GREAT LANDSLIDE
These reports told of one tre-
mendous landslide believed start
ed by guerilla dynamniters. 1t was
said to have reached such propor-
tions that families living in the
foothills had to evacuate their
! homes.
The Italian column, which in
cluded Vichy militia, was said to
have been stalled by the guerilla
tactics.
Reports from the Morocco and
Algiers radios, Zurich and towns in
the frontier area, said French mo-
bile guards still were confined to
their barracks at Thonon and Evian
lest they join the partisans.
NAZIS IN SWITZERLAND
Radio Morocco said German
boats were patroling Lake Geneva
with German troops occupying
Thonon, Evian and ST. Gingolph.
Radio Algiers again appealed tC
the French police not to help il
the Axis roundup of the patriots
The broadcast urged the followers
Of the late Admiral Francois Darlar
and the French Fascists jacques
Doriot not to add another for
felt to your betrayal" adding that
vengeance would be taken for helr
given to the Axis when the hour Of
deliverance strikes.
KILL SOLDIERS
Elsewhere in Axis occupied OF
dominated Europe, patriot uprisings
took rising toll of German anc
Italian soldiery.
Radio Algiers said Serbian pa
triotS during February killed more
than 10000 German soldiers anc
wounded a great many others, nee.
essitating German requisition of Il
schools for hospitals.
Radio Moscow said recent reports
confirmed the renewal of heavy
fighting between Jugoslav parti-
sans and Italian occupation forces
-Four hundred italians were re-
~ 1at y
South of Serejevo, guerillas were
reported fighting combined Ital-
ian-German forces. Dalmatian par
tisans were reported clearing the
enemy from "a considerable area.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-18

Stolmovik assault planes were tear
ing into the German bomber fOrma-
tions and sending many bombers
hurtling to the ground in flames.
Other Soviet planes raked German
tank and infantry columns.
ABOVE CHUGUEV
The fighting closest to Kharkov
was in the area just above Chuguev,
% miles southeast Of the important
Ukrainian city.
One of the newly ptured vii
lagos fell TO the Sovlets in q coun-
terattack that followed close on
the heels Of the repulse of q Ger
man assault, the midday communi-
que reported.
About 600 German officers and
men were killed and material and
wal prisoners were taken, the
communique said.
In another sector, the SOviets de-
stroyed seven tanks and killed 100
German automatic riflemen who
had broken into the Russian de-
fenSes in depth.
KILL 1000 GERMANS
Only 2 hours earlier, the Soviet
midnight communiQue reported the
Staying of upwards Of 1000 German
officers and men in the Wrecklng
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-18
Grew Back Home
Jack-the-Rippef

ORLANDO, Fla, March 18.-CUP)
The crew members of Jack the
Ripper" four-motored bomber
which raided st. Nabaire, Lorient,
Brest, Rouen, Lille, Wilhelmshaven
and Romilly-Sur-Siene, and shot
down seven enemy fighters, are
back home today full of praise for
their damned good Flying Fort
ress."
Unfortunately, they will never see
Jack-the-Ripper again. In the
hands of another crew, 1t was lost
over the North Sea.
On the Romilly- Sur Seine raid
the big bomber fought off $50
head-on attacks by Nazi fighters.
The veterans of Jack 1.-the Ripper
include Capt. William j. Crumm.
%, Scaredale, NY, boyhood friend
of "Scaredale Jack" Newkirk.
famed Flying Tiger; First Lieut..
Mark H. Gilman, Santa Ana, Calf.
co-pilot, and Tech. Sgt. Karl L.
Master, Paola, Kan. top turret gun
ner
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-18
Italians.
FIGHT IMMINENT

Although there were many signs
that the big Allied drive was about
to start, it was equally clear that
Rommel was not going to give up
without a fight. He made a jab at
the Allied lines west of Sedjenane
in the northern sector yesterday
and gained ground before a coun-
terattack restored the Allied posi-
tions. Fighting cont tinueS in
that section, the communique said
There still was no Allied confirm
alton of Axis radio assertions that
Gen Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
had hurled the British Eighth Army
against the northern end of the
Mareth line.
Today's communique said, how
ever, that the Eighth Army i'm
proved its positions along the
northern end of the Mareth line,
indicating Montgomery was SPAR
ring for positions from which he
could start a general assault. At
the southern end of the Mareth
line, the communiqIe said. Eighth
Army patrols inflicted losses on the
enemy and took some prisoners.
NAME NEW CHIEF
In preparation for the big push
the Americans named new COM
mander for the south-central Sec
tor. Lieut.. Gen. George S. Patton,
Jr., rip-roaring tank fighter who
is known to army colleagues as
! "Old Blood and Cuts" has taken
over command from Maj. Gen
Lloyd R. Fredendall it was an
nounced here at Headquarters.
Patton, carrying a tommy-gun
and with two pistols strapped to his
waist, commanded the us. task
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-18

which Axis troops must pass if
they attempt to retreat nOrthward
from the Mareth line.
CAUGHT IN TRAP
Thus Marshal Erwin Rommel'S
forces would be caught in the jaws
of a nut-cracker with the Ameri-
cans holding them on the north
and the British Eighth Army press
ing them from the south.
Gafsa is the base to which Rom
mel withdrew most of his forces
after an Allied counterattack had
hurled him back through the Kas-
serine Pass a few weeks ago. With
the loss of Gafsa, RommelS gains
in this thrust toward Thala in an
attempt to smash the Allied lines
have been nullified.
French mobile units, assisting the
Americans, helped gain control Of
the hills overlooking the Gafsa area.
Then, without pausing, the Allied
force moved on eastward in pur-
suit of the retreating Germans and
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-18
Tired Kidneys
Often Bring
SleepIess Nights

Doctors say your kidneys contain rs miIea
OF tiny tubes or filters which help to purify the
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When disorder Of kidney function permits
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pont waiti Ask your druggist for Doan's
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Gus waste from your blood. Get Doans Pills.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-18
FIRE VILLAGES
Churchill to Make
War Speech Soon

LONDON, March 18. = tUP)-
Prime Minister Winston Churchill
was believed today to be preparing
q radio address dealing with the
war situation which will be deliv-
cred shortly
The broadcast, his first since No
vember %, is expected to last more
than an hour, and possibly will in
clude an important statement on
policy.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-18

Of l9 tanks. go trucks and four guns
N the repulse of the six Axis
counter-attacks in the Chuguev
area yesterday.
The Russians in fierce fighting
forced back the Germans and oc-
cupied favorable positions" the
communique added.
Thirty-tWo of the towns and ham,
let's seized northeast of Smolensk
were occupied by Soviet forces
pushing southwark over slushy,
muddy roads from Belly, the mid
day communique said. In one ham
let alone. 10 guns and mortars, %
machine-guns and % radio trans
mitters were captured.
FIRE VILLAGES
Field dispatches SAID the Ger
mans were dynamiting and firing
every village as they fell back
southwark toward Smolensk, leav-
ing only a desert" behind them.
Soviet units clearing the forests
below Belly were struggling through
Waiste-deep wet snow.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-18

forces move in on Gafsa, Allied pi-
lots gave the town a pasting. Billy
Mitchell bombers, escorted by fight
ers, roared in, plastered the town
and continued to pursue the re-
treating Germans and Italians. Mo-
tor transport, attempting to flee
along the road to FL Guettar, took
a beating.
That enabled the ground troops
to penetrate as far as u miles east
of Galfa at one point.
Two Allied planes are missing
from all operations on the Tunisian
front, but both pilots are safe.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-18
TYPICAL OPERATION

Reports reaching headquarters
said Patton fought a typical opera
ton in capturing Gafsa. The
French forces approached the town
from the south and Patton sent his
Americans in from the other direc-
tions. AS soon as Gafsa was occu-
pied, the commander living up to
another nickname-"Hell and High
Water" Patton-by sending hi
forces racing on east and south
east until they had occupied a
strategic hill six miles farther to-
ward Gabes.
Before the infantry and armored
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-18

lorce which took Casablanca, scene
of the heaviest fighting during the
Allied occupation of North Africa.
Patton is recognized as one of
the ablest American commanders in
the art of tank warfare, and his
appointment indicated that consid-
cradle United States amor is ready
to be thrown into the scales for the
battle of Tunisia.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-18
Sub Offensive
Takes potIisht

LONDON, March l8-CUP)-In-
dications multiplied today that
Germany is now pushing her great
est submarine offensive since the
spring of 1917 in an effort to delay
the impending Anglo-American in
vasion of Europe until her armies
can make a final attempt to crush
Russia.
London and Washington released.
almost simultaneously, vivid de-
scriptionS of two past battles be-
tween Allied WarShips and Ger
man submarine wolf packs" posi-
bly, to prepare the public for the
bitter battles TO come which the
Allies must win, most observers be-
lieved, before they can attack Hit
ler's European fortress.
Ii SUBS SEEN
At least IA submarines We're
sighted on the Surfact and many
others were known to have been
beneath the surface during a three
day running attack on an Allied
convoy in the North Atlantic last
months, the British admiralty re-
vealed.
Three of the U-boatS were de-
seriously by Allied warships and
planes, the admiralty said. but il
acknowledged that the convoy
throughout the battle suffered
loss"
Another Wolf-pack of at least 81,
submarines was reported by the
US. Navy Department in Washing.
ton to have been laying in wait fol
another Allied convoy in the Nortt
Atlantic last month.
RAMS SHIP
The 2216-ton Coast Guard cutie
Campbell drove off five of the sub
marines and rammed and sank th'
sixth in q 12-hour duel, the Nav,
said. 1t did not reveal whether TIL
convoy which the Campbell was es
corting suffered loss,
Other developments indicating
the increased tempo of Germany
submarine offensive were:
/. A statement by Director Ell
mer Davis of the us. Office O
War Information that March look
like a bad month from the aspec
of ship sinkings.
2. Prime Minister WinSt oil
Churchill's announcement in Com
mons that the battle of the Atlanti
has been given first priority" il
Allied plans.
GERMAN CLAIMS
8. An unconfirmed, but obvious
ly exaggerated, German claim tha
Axis submarines have sunk to Z
ships totalling 100000 tons durinI
the first half of March.
Allied authorities also were Civ
ing their attention to a Swedish re
port that Germany is massing he
entire high seas fleet, including a
least three capital ships and tW
aircraft carriers, in Northern Nor
way for attacks on the Allied sup
ply route to Russia and Anglo
/. American conveys to Britain an,
North Africa.
The German claim to have sum
100000 tons in the first half o
March was a grim reminder tina
during the last war the German
stepped up their U-boat offensive Il
the point where in April, 1917, the.
sank 430 Allied and neutral ship
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-18

totalling S52 900 tons, including one
out of every four vessels that left
the British Isles.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-18
American FLYING
Forts Raid Jdps

GEN. MacARTHUIS = H E a D :
QUARTERS. Australia, March ID
CUP)-Flying Fortresses have blast
ed Rapopo airdrome at Rabaul, vi
tai japanese base on New Britain
island, with 1872 bombs, lighting the
skies with flames, and heavy eX-
plosions, a headquarters communi-
que said today.
The FortresSes eluded search
lights and enemy anti-aircraft fire
in the raid Tuesday night, center
ing their attack on runways and
dispersal areas The fires 'indi-
Gated heavy destruction Of enemy
aircraft caught on the ground, an
army spokesman said
ALL RETURN HOME
Two japanese night fighters at
tempted interrogation, but the raid
ers fought past them and all re-
turned TO base
Allied ground troops, cleaning out
abandoned japanese positions near
the mouth Of the Mambare river on
New Guinea's north coast, found
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-18

pill boxes, a hospital, and other in
stallations prepared for occupation
by a large force.
The positions were built in prep
aration for & future offensive b.
the troops recently destroyed in
the annihilation OF the 22-ship Jap
anese convoy in the Bismarck Sea
battle, the communique said.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-18
ONLY FIVE SURVIVE

Yesterday Elmer Davis, head Of
the office OF War Information. an
nounced in Washington that only
five out of 1900 japanese troops
III the convoy had escaped
Allied medium b0mbers attacked
the Japanese-held Kai islands, be-
tween Australia and Dutch New
Guinea. at daylight Wednesday,
A Hudson patrol bomber strafed
two japanese luggers off Kaidoelah
island. while BPS Mitchell mediums
raided the occupied town
Of Langgoer, causing fires and
heavy damage to houses. barracks.
shops and WharYes.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-18

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La gaceta., 1943-05-05
LA "AL|ANzA ESPANOLA
UN MUNDO L|BRE"
Bases de la Organization

1.-Se constitute la Alianza
Espanola por un Mundo Libre, a
la que podran pertenecer todos los
espanoles que Sc adhieran a los
principles de democracia politica,
economical e international, por los
que lucha la Association por un
Mundo Libre Gree World Asso-
ciation), a la cual Sc declara aft
liada en- ell acto mismo de su cons
tituci6n.
2.-Esta Alianza nombrara I'm
Consejo Permanente Residente
que la representara en- ell seno de
Free World Association, donde
gozara de todas las prerrogativas
y tendra los mismos deberes que
los demas Consoles componentes
del ORGANISING central de dicha
Association.
3.-La Alianza Espanola por un
Mundo Libre, delegara en- sus Dr.
ganismos superiores la facultad de
elaboration de los planes a que
ajustara sus actividades.
4.-Se constituira un Secreta-
rio en- la ciudad de Nueva York,
cOmpuesto por e1ementos espano-
les residences en- los Estados Uni
dos, a los efectos de establecer
una ligaz6n directa y permanente
con ell ORGANISING central de Free
World Association Y asimismo or
g%anizar y reglamentar la distribu-
ci6n del trabajo, centralizaci6n Y
coordination de la propaganda y
de otras funciones que los orga-
nismos ~superiores de la Alianza
Espanola por I'm Mundo Libre lie
asignen.
5.-Estas bases estatuarias res
ponden a necesidades pe~rentorias
de orden practice, creadas por la
%situacion anormal ~presente de
Espana y podran ser modificadas
una vez restablecida la vida cons
titucional de la Republica Espa-
nola.
Nueva York, Enero de 194S.
La gaceta., 1943-05-05
.VEREDICTO DE UN JURADO
EN- FAVOR De Los DUEN0S
DE UNA CASA DE V|VIENDA

I'm jurado reunido bajo la pre-
sidencia del juez Cornelius decide
aver que los esposos Alfredo O..
Knapp tienen derecho a la inme-
data possession de su casa, 210 de
la avenida South Edison, la que
habian alquilado a j. A. MOrtland.
Alegaron los esposos Knapp que
ellos desean mudarse para su casa.
Mortland sostuvo que sc trataba
de un subterfugio para echarle a
la Gale.
Ostentaban la representation de
Mortland los letrados w. K. Ze-
wadski y Allie Thomas, y la de
los esposos Knapp, los propieta-
rios, Robert Patton, A. F. Corne-
Illus y E. R. Dickinson.
En- un primer juicio ell jurado
no pudo llegar a un acuerdo y fue
disuelto.
La gaceta., 1943-05-05
MANANA Sc EFECTUARA
Il ENTIERRO DEL SENIOR
A N 7 Mo LOPEz

A las cuatro de la tarde de ma
mana Sc verificara ell entierro del
Unfortunate senior Antonio Lopez,
esposo de la apreciada sonora Do
lores Fernandez de Lopez, que ia
lleciera en- la madrugada de aver,
victima de graves lesiones.
Sobre el cayeron varias tonela-
das de hielo y la ciencia NADIA pudo
hacer para ~salvarle.
Ademas de su viuda, lie sobre-
viven su hijo, Antonio, Jr.; SUI hi
ia Norma; tres hermanas, Carroll
ma, Hortensia y Sara Lopez, Y Qua
tro ~hermanos, Francisco, Jose, Ge-
rardo y Laudino.
Partira ell cortejo funebre de
la casa n1mero 1922 de la Gale
Elmore.
Ell cadaver recibira sepultura
en- ell cementerio del Centre AS
turiano.
Llegue nuestro pesame, por ell
triste suceso, a su viuda, hijos y
todos sus familiares.
La gaceta., 1943-05-05

oluhey AZ ClorA qua
para los centenares de turistaS
Y viajeroS que vayan a las re-
pIblicas de la America Meri-
dional, nuestras buenas veci-
mas.
Clark es autor de mas de una
veintena de libros sobre Wales. Su
nuevo volumen es para ell viajero,
en- primer lugar, una gufa cor va
riadfsimos datos, informes e i'm
presiones perSonales acerca de
TODD 10 que posiblemente ha de en-
contrar por aquellas tierras, ade-
mas de los detalles sobre excur-
stones al interior, va sea por ell aire,
ell ferrocarril o la via fuvial.
Parte escrita en- Brasil
Ell autor escribi6 parte de su obra
en- Rio de Janeiro, donde vivid por
largos amos acompanado de su IA
milia y en- donde sus hijos apren-
dieron ell portuguese cast antes de
aprender ell idioma ingles. He aqui
inc de sus pasajes sobre Rio:
"Rfo de Janeiro ha cambiado
prodigiosamente con los amos, 10
cual deploran mucho los que suelen
deplorarlo TODD, pero, en- realidad,
La belleza del lugar es mas embria-
gadora que nunca. Els una ciudad
seductora que jamas Sc ha sabido-
haya causado desilusi6n al visi-
tante. Todos los que retornan de
ella-la pintan a sus amigos con
una exagerada y calurosa extrava-
gancia que dista I'm POGO de Ia reali-
dad. Los escritores que la han
visitado han tenido que recurrir a
u mas preciosos fuegos de arti-
icio lterario para describirla con
intense derroche de emoci6n -
de futilidad tambien. Rio es una
de las mas hermosas ciudades sobre
la TERRA"
LA personalidad del Presidente
Roosevelt, dice ell autor en- otro
pasaje, ha sido quizas ell envfo mas
valioso hecho por Estados Unidos q
Ia America Latina, 10 cual fue COM
pletado por la proverbial amabili-
dad y buenos oficios de Cordell Hull.
La gaceta., 1943-05-05
Los TRABAJ0S NH
LEGISLATURE i
CAMARA

Fue aprobada, con Nm. b,
de referendum, la ley On.
derechos legales a las mn;,.
sadas.
Sc acordo extender y.
amos ell impuesto de Gin.
ciento que Sc anadiera ,,,
apuestas en- las carreras A.
Hos.
Quedo aprobada una rea
en- la que Sc califica de t,,NI
lider obrero, jefe de los nj
Unidos, John L. Lewis, con v.
de la orden de paro que do,
semana pasada.
Fue rechazada una ley On.
cia motive de divorcio una ,
racion de cinco amos.
La gaceta., 1943-05-05
DERRIBADOS A LOS NAZIS, EN- 48
HORAS, LIS AEROPLANOS
ADMITEN LOS ALEMANES HABERSE RETIRADO DE
KRYMASKAYA

MOSCU, mayo 5.-Furiosamen-
tie Sc combate hoy al nordeste de
Novorossisk y la aviacion ataca a
los nazis en- ell vale del Kuban.
En- los dos Gltimos dias ell enemi-
go ha perdido 125 aeroplanos de
GAIA y bombardeo.
La efectiva artilleria ~sovietica
de grueso calibre bombardea a los
nazis al noroeste de esa important
tie base en- ell Mar Negro. Los sol,
dados rojos dominan desde hace
alg1n tempo ell SUI y ell este de
Novorossisk.
I'm mapa de guerra publicado
pOr ell mando rOjo muestra que
las lineas rusas Sc %extienden al
norte desde ell Mar Negro al Mar
de Azov, a traves del delta del
Kuban, pero con un considerable
Obstaculo en- ell centre de la Inca.
Ell territorio divide en- dos una
importante carretera y ell ~ferroca-
rril que va hacia Novorossisk des-
de otras secciones del Caucaso.
Los alemanes admiten por la
Radio una retirada de 20 millas
sobre ell puerto disputado y la en-
trega a los rusos de la poblaci6n
de Krymaskaya, a solo II millas
de la parte noroeste de la base ma
val dominada por ellos.
LA retirada Sc hizo," alega la
propaganda nazi, "despues de re-
sistir violentos ataques, durante
cuatro dias, en- ell delta del Ku-
ban"
Los communicates rusos, sin en-
barge, NADIA dicen en- cuanto a la
toma de S posicion.
Krymaskaya es una importante
NNAJNiNlOH uS lOS I v
~carreteras que unen a N~ovorossisk
con Krasnodar Y la orilla del Ku-
ban con ell estrecho de Kerch.
Las divisiones rojas continuan
recibiendo, por haber sido mejo-
radas las comunicaciones, grandes
cantidades de material de guerra
de fabrication americana.
Procede ell material de ~Irania,
dOnde ell ejercito de Estados Uni
dos mantiene una importante base
para ayudar a Russia.
"Estrella Roja" afirma que aho-
"a las batallas aereas Sc libran So
bre las posiciones del enemigo,
significando asi que la iniciativa
p%ertenece a la aviaci6n sovietica.
La gaceta., 1943-05-05
SENADO

Apesar de oponerse la Jpns
Production para la Guerra. m
mite aprobo la ley que estay.
para la Florida la bora centrs
Propuso ell senador Shands \
enmienda constitutional que \
menta ell periodic de los coris|
nados del condado desde dos Al
a cuatro.
Hizo ell senador Franklin NJ
proposition para que sea aboE
ell precepto constitutional que
a las ciudades derechos exclusr
para tasar todas las propiedat
enclavadas dentro de sus Unite
Sc acord6 concurrir con Ia
mara en- la resolution que demi
da creditos suficientes para duJ
car ell programa de beneficen
p1blica.
La gaceta., 1943-05-05
DERROTADO ROLLINS
EN- PORT TAMPA

Ell alcalde de Port Tampa, A.
T. Rollins, fue derrotado en- las
elecciones de aver por H. j.
Hanks, IN corredor de terrenos,
por 1913 votos contra 88.
No tiene sueldo ell puesto, pero
Hanks ganara $40 mensuales CO.
mo juez municipal.
Venci6 ell jefe de policia R. B.
Wright al ciudadano T. P. Wa
tiers, con solo seis votos de dife-
rencia.
La gaceta., 1943-05-05
ALCANzADO POR
UNA LOCOM0T0RA

I'm obrero de la compania Tam
pa Gas, j. M. Killibrew, de 81
amos, fue alcanzado aver por una
locomotora que maniobraba y SUI
fri6 lesiones graves.
Observable Ell los movimientos
de un tren de carga y no pudo yer
que la locomotora Sc acercaba.
Presenta heridas, contusiones Y
una possible fractura de la cadera.