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Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-24
Jups Smashed iE,
Popua's S Junqles

tc those previously reported. Many
more arc yet TO be counted A
considerable quantity of enemy
material and equipment have been
captured. including field suns
trucks and ammunition.
The mopping up squads moved
out this morning to hunt down the
Japanese survivors who singly or
in tiny groups skulked through the
cocOnut groves inland or found
cred through the malarial sWamps.
all hope of escape gone
Four months ago, when they
Started their retreat the japanese
rad threatened to take Port
Morcsby. the Allied base on the
5Duth New Guinea coast, and make
= a Sprinpboard for an invasion
Australia. Macarthur waited
quic'lv until the japanese over
e.tcndod themselves and then,
strikir3 suddenly. drove them back
across the Owen Stanley Noun
aims, took their Buna base and,
finally. ripped to pieces the groups
itl1l felff ieO ~ nv 'o't"t'
from TWO SIDES
americans and Australians p1Sh-
ed in from each side, along the
coast, to take the biggest OF the
enemy pockets which remain u
yesterday, east of Sananand1 Point.
They joined forces pushing the
Japanese inland. and then cut
them up. Two hundred japanese
were killed in this fight.
A second pocket TOO yards in
land was then ta3en and the SO
japanese found there were killed.
The third pocket. $500 yards in
land, the largest of the three, was
then reduced and 475 japanese dead
we're counted The count was in
complete.
AN accurate count is difficult,
headquarters spokesman said
because many snipers in the trees
were strapped to the trunks and
did not fall when they were killed.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-24
RY DON CaSWFI.L

GEN. MacARTHUR'S HEAD
QUARTERS. Australia, Jan %
(UP1-American and Australian
troops after smashing the last or
ganized japanese resistance in
Fapua hunted down today the
handful of tattered, hungry, fever
ridden fugitives who remained of
en- enemy army that, four months
ago, $1,000 strong. was within 70
miles of Port Moresby.
Con Douglas Macarthur an
nounced in a communique that The
list three enemy pockets Of res s.
tanco, TWO fltaking Sanananda
Point en- the north coast of New
Guinea, the third inland, had beer
broken and that 725 enemr dead
had been counted. The day before
$50 japanese had been killed when
the first Of the enemy pockets
WIS taken.
FOUR SHIPS BLASTED
Macarthur announced also that
american BY Flying Fortrcsges
and B-24 Liberators. in an dmaH-
ing pre-dawn raid in which the
Great four -motored bombers swept
Down like fighter planes on Rabaul
tbs biggest Japanese base in the
Southwest Pacific, had destroyed
four enem1 ships totalling 24,O0C
tons.
One of the ships, a 1000 ton
cargo vessel split and sank within
four minutes. An 8000-ton trans
rort burst into flames and blew
I'd A 4,G00- 0-tonner sank in II min
utes and second 8,000-ton shir
was left burning, disintegratine
ON a series of explosions.
announcing the shatterine OF the
tmaininQ japanese strongholds II
rapua. Macarthur said:
"Sananada-a organized enemy
resistance has been overcome
hopping up in a progress. Sever
hundred and twenty-five enemy
dead have been found in addition
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-24
CAPITAL TALKS
by
Peter
Edison

James c. Petrillo. president OF
| the American Federation of Musi-
clans. came off definitely the VIM
mel on points in the second round
of the investigation OF his canned
n,usic ban before n Senate sub
committee on Interstate Commerce.
The first round, the preliminary
Investigation held last September,
went against Petrilo because he
wasn't testifying then-only the
people who were against the Pet
rillo union strike against record
niss But when Petrillo did come
out of his corner for round two.
he showed that he could hold his
own. could duck. and dodge any OF
the questioning punches which the
toughest senators could throw at
him.
Highlight of the Petrillo testi-
mony was his statement:
The recording companies are
making all the money and the
musicians are starving TO death.
The transcription companies
get 1000 fees out of one record.
why shouldn't we get 1000 fees?"
They couldn't answer that one,
and the senators finally declared
this the record-manufacturing
companies. the broadcasting com
panies and the juke box companies
would be investigated just as thor
oughly as Mr.. Petrillo.
The average home variety of Sol
omon might we'll give an opinion
off the arm of his favorite living
room chair that if the music COM
panies are making more royalties
than they are entitled to, the rem
edy for that would not be to pay
the musicians an equal royaly, two
wrongs never making right.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-24
BY LEON KAY

CAIRO, Jan. 23.-CUP1-Gen. Sir
Bernard Montgomery's Eighth
Army captured Tripoli today and
the British flag was raised over
the biggest and richest capital OF
the Italian empire.
Advanced British army units
took over Tripoli at am. today
after a sharp fight in which rear
guards of Field Marshal Erwin
Rommel's Afrika Korps attempted
delaying action.
Eighth Army armored forces
captured Castel Benito air base.
10 miles south of the city, yester-
day. and closed in on Tripoli while
the infantry, advancing along the
costal road went in from the east.
AS British empire troops, Britons,
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-24
Red Storm Troops Drive
On Big industrial City

the North Caucasus in addition to
several of the Voronezh front
where the Russians are advancing
on KuTSk.
RAIL JUNCTION CAPTURED
With the capture of Voroshilov-
grad, one of the great objectiVes
Of their winter offensive, in sight
the Russians reported that on the
Voronezh CKurskD front they cap
tured several inhabited places dur
ing the night, including a village
in which the1 killed 200 Germans.
took $50 prisoners and captured
five field guns, 10 machine guns
and war and food dumps, and an
other where 220 Hungarians, sur
rounded. downed arms and sur
rendered.
The Reu army reacneo within 10
miles of VorOshilovgrad, on the
east, when it took the railroad juno
ton town of KondrasheVSkaya yes
terday. They were closing in also
on the northeast and north, driv-
ing for a focal point of the Ger
man defensive-Off system in
southern Russia.
TANKS TURNED BACK
The Russians also took Novoai-
dar. 81 miles above VoroShilovgrad,
and Evzug farther to the north
AS they closed in on Voroshilov-
grad today, the Russians defeated
the one counterattack which the
Germans essayed, routing 1000 men
supported by tanks. The Germans
lost eight tanks. In another sec
tor zoo Germans were killed and
three tanks destroyed.
On the Salsk front. the Russians
were advancing down the Stain
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-24
BY HENRY SHAPIRO

MOSCOW, Jan. 23-(UP)-Red
army artillery opened a lombard
ment of Voroshilovgrad today while
storm troops drove on that rich
DonetS basin war industry and min
ing city from lines only 10 miles
away.
On the southern front, the Rus
sions advanced on Tikhorets. on
the main Rostov-Ca'S aSus rail-
road, after taking Salsk. junction
point and greatest German air base
in the entire region, IS miles to the
northeast.
In the Caucasus, the Russians
were within 10 miles of Maikop. oil
fields center in the Black Sea
area, after capturing Mikoyan
Shaghar, where the Germans had
made their deepest penetration in
the mountains, and freeing the
towering peak of Mt. Elbours, IS All
feet high, whose scaling the Ger
mans had so proudly announced.
SPEEDY ADVANCE
CThe Moscow radio, heard in Lon
don, reported that advanced Rus
sian troops had entered the re-
gion of Kursk, on the main Khar-
kov-MoscoW railroad through the
Ukraine, where they had last been
reported 85 miles from the city,
The noon communique reported
fresh gains on all three major
fronts
Several new towns and villages
were claimed on the Voroshilovgrad
front, including five taken by
single unit A number of inhab-
tied places were taken on the
southern or Salsk front, the noon
communique said, and dozens" in
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-24
Macarthur Pays
Honor TO Private

GEN. MACARTHUR'S HEAD
QUARTERS, Australia, Jan. 70.
CUP) Gen. Douglas Macarthur has
awarded a Distinguished Service
cross to Pvt Bernardino Estrada
of the 32nd division, whose mother
is Mrs. Lupe Estrada, of Vail, Ariz.
Estrada advanced alone to within
20 yards of a japanese pill box
near Buna, New Guinea, on Dec.
10. He attacked it with hand gren-
AIDES and his rifle and was killed
while clearing away the last opposi-
tion.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-24
Allies Halt Nazi
Drive in Corridor
For RommeI Army

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS,
North Africa, Jan. 23.-UP)-Al-
lied troops have halted a two-col-
rnn German drive in northeast
ern Tunisia and American planes
continued to hammer the corridor
through which the routed Afrika
KorpS must lice from Tripoli, it
was disclosed today.
The northern column of the twin
German advance was driven back
four miles to a point six miles
rOrth of Robaa, Il miles southeast
Of Pont Du Fahs, by the combined
efforts of American and French
troops.
There were indications that the
Germans planned to abandon this
thrust and concentrate on their
other spearhead moving toward
Cusseltia, 25 miles south of Pont
Du FahS. The Axis tank and in
stopped at least temporarily on
that salient also.
French headquarters announced
that French and British troops had
driven back the Germans several
kilometers in the Wadi Kebir,
which runs through the mountains
southwest of Pont Du Fahs.
American aircraft supported the
ground fighting with blistering at
tackS throughout northeastern Tu-
nisia, an Allied communique re-
ported.
Heavy and medium bombers
made three strong attacks within
three and half hours yesterday
on the main airdrOme at Tunis, in
illcting heavy damage on buildings
and parkpJ oirplapac
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-24
TripoIi Falls to British

South Africans NeW Zealanders.
Australians and Indians. poured to-
ward the city the Allied air force
maintained a ferCCiouS attack on
the last Of the Axis transport NOV
ing toward the funisiau border l05
road miles away,
With TnpOl fallen The Germans
and Italians trirj irantically TO
ovacultc the last oil their picked
civilian and other officials by small
boat from Baura. 20 miles west OF
Ttipoli. last port ~ Libya IN ltal-
ian hands
Airplanes opened "a heavy attack
on the ships and II was said Off
cially that damage was done to
them.
Throughout the night by MOON
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-24
PAVING BLOCKS

1t seems strange to the average layman
that there should be SO much controversy
possible over the publicly owned Belgian
paving blocks which were laid by New
York municipal laborers in the court
yard of Boss Edward Flynns private
estate.
These points are not in controversy,
apparently, in senate hearings on Presi-
dent Roosevelt's nomination of Flynn as
ambassador to Australia:
The paving blocks were owned by the
city of New York.
They were put down by laborers on the
public payroll.
That leaves two major points in con-
troversy:
Did Boss Flynn know Of the deal? Af-
ter he found out about it, did he reim-
burse the city?
Flynn says he didn't know that the
paving blocks were public property and
the laborers hired by the city. He says
he did reimburse the city when he found
out.
We can imagine circumstances under
which it would be impossible to prove
that he knew or didn't know of the deal.
But we cannot imagine fiscal system so
loose that records would not show wheth-
er the city was reimbursed.
Why not use the records, and stop the
arp1mpnt2
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-24

German line at FL Alamein anu
started his 1500-mile march.
Among the blazing supply and
arms dumps set afire by the re-
treating Germans and Italians i'll
the Jewel city of the Italian en-
pire, an estimated 10000 italian
colonists, herded westward as the
Eighth Army advanced, awaited the
British arrival along with civilian
police and administrative officials.
ITALIANS HUMBLED
To the Italians had come the
final humiliation. after seeing the
fall of Tripoli, of accepting British
charity for their bread, and Brit
ish protection from the 100000 Bit
terly hostile Arabs, whose land
Mussolini had stolen and who has.
slaughtered or put in concentrNV
ton camps thousands of them.
When Mussolini started to make
of Tripoli an African Riviera a
monument to the castor oil and
stiletto Italian second empire,
there were 100000 Arabs in t4A
area.
1t was reported here that despite
the heavy Allied aerial attacks on
Tripoli, the bomber crews had
stuck to military objectives and
many of the fires blazing were set
by the Germans, trying to destroy
everything OF value to the British.
CITY INTACT
Hence it was believed that Gen.
Sir Bernard Montgomery found the
city proper, with its government
palaces and expensive public build
ings its modern shops. hotels and
sea front promenade fairly intact.
Many of the Italians who lived
in Tripoli had been taken home by
ship or plane.
Two days before his final drive
started, Montgomery in one OF the
orders of the day which have hclp-
ed-With his victories - to MAKE
him famous, said:
Leading units of the EiehthA
Army are now only about 200 milNS
from Tripoli The enemy is be-
tween us anu llldI pOllll' iiol'iii7 W.
hold us off. The Eighth Army Is
going to Tripoli
MONTGOMERY'S BOAST "
"T'ripoli is the only town in the
Italian empire overseas still re-
naming in their possession. There
fore we will take it from them.
They will then have no overseas
empire.
IF each one of Us. whether front
line soldiers of officer. or man
whose duty is performed in some
other sphere, puts his whole heart
and soul into this next contest
then nothing can stop us.
Nothing has stopped us since
the battle of Egypt began October
%. 1912. Nothing will stop us now.
Some must stay back to begin with
but we will all be in the hunt even
tually.
"On to Tripoli. Our families
and friends in the home country
will be thrilled when they hear we
have captured that place
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-24

light. the aerial attack was MAIN
tanned on the ships and on Axis
transport fleeing toward the Axis
held TuniSian corridor
Intruder planes ranged all the
way to Sicily. attacking Axis air.
dromes from which planes might
have come TO aid the broken Axis
army
CHASE CONTINUES
II was indicated that already
tank. amOreu car and motorized
infantry were moving ahead on
zuara. 10 miles along the l05-mile
road which lay ahead of the bat
tle-tanned. esert-toughened en-
pire troops
II was three months to the day
since Montgomery had smashed the
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-24
Fall Of Tripoli
Hardest Blow Yet
To Italian People
BY UNITED PRESS

The heaviest blow of the war
fell with deadening suddenness
upon the hapless Italian people
Saturday as their high command
informed them that the British
had taken Tripoli. Jewell city" of
the now vanished Italian empire.
The Italians had been told little
else and there had been no prep
aration for the announcement, but
the geogra phic position of Tripoli
made it perfectly clear to them
that practically all of Libya had
Joined the rest of their "empire'-
upon which so much money, so
many lives, so much effort mad
that Winston Churchill had full
been spent--in British hands and
filled his pledge to rip Mussolinis
overseas possession to "tatters."
MORALE LOW :
Persons familiar with Italy eX-
pected italian morale to fall to
its lowest point. 1t was pointed
out that it was profound psy-
Geological blow to all Italians since
"Tripoli is the last of the Italian
colonies and the only one of which
Italians were really proud" 1t
was the only one with large, pros
porous Italian population and au-
thoritative sources in London said
its loss will strike dismay in the
hearts of the Italian people, who
will see this British victory as the
prelude to an attack on their home
land"
United Press dispatches from
Bern revealed that Italian news
papers as recently as Wednesday
made no mention of the fact that
the British Eighth Army menaced
Tripoli The Italian press had ig-
nored the fall of Misurata, HONS,
and Tarhuna and Saturdays high
command announcement must have
fallen like bolt from the blue
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-24

Frankly and humbly we prayed for
our deliverance | wouldn't tell this if
| didn't have seven witnesses, it's so fan
tastic, but within an hour after our pray
er meeting a seagull landed on my head.
Cant Eddie Rickenbacker
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-24
Editorials and Comment

EDITORS NOTE: The follo,otn0 edit
oriois are presented as interesting opin'
ions Uoiced by editors eiseDhere. They
do not necessarily reflect the opini0s ~
this paper
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-24
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE TO BONDHOLDERS

BONDHOLDERS
We hereby call payment,
peal
lack of
described herewith.
Road improvement District s. numbers l
Road Improvement District No g. numbers TO 1884
Imperial School o
described
mail then
cancelled the
0 the coupons listed in line for a
Jan.
VARNEY,
Treasurer of Imperial County
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-24
SPOILS TAKEN

During the night, the noon COM
munique reported, the Russians in
the Novy Yegorik area routed a
battalion of German tommy gum
ners and took prisoners and war
spoils. In fierce fighting, more
than 300 of perhaps 1000 of the
Germans were killed and 10 made
prisoner.
Three tanks, two armored cars,
six field guns, Is trucks and an
ammunition dump were taken in
this fight
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-24

grad -Tikhoretsk railroad on Bel
ava, Glina, 40 miles southwest of
Salsk and 40 miles northeast of
Tikhoretsk
Yesterday the Russians had tax
en-, on this front, Konstantinovek,
65 miles east of RostOv near the
confluence of the Don and Donets,
and Novy Yegorik, 20 miles east of
SalSk.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-24
coLDs'MlSERlES
pENETRu'

For colds coughs, nasal congestion. muscle
aches get tPenetro-modern medicationina
mutton suet base. 25t. double supply 500.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-13
Detroit Livestock Market

and common light grass steers and heifers
salable 81 10. medium grass heifers soldup
20 Sl2, truck lot good s70.lb fed heifers,
2i4 so good cow scarce AZ $40 25Wll 70;
common ana medium beef cows, 81 100 10.
mostly 50 80 down late. Gamers and cutters
closed al s.. SOD 7 80, few light Gamers
down 20 s.: most medium and good bulls,
and beef bulls, $40 80 a. II SO, cutter ana
common buns, $7us.50. some good TO
choice 500 To- feeding steers ti2 Is. hunk
replacement steers. 50 500 ~ short load
OF coiored 55O-ib. stockers 81 So
CALvEs-week's salable receipts I 600
Compared last weeks close about steady I.
late sales good and choice vealers. SIS. so
ale: bulk good Grades SIS so: medium
vealers tl2.50Gi5; culi and common.
S5H12
HoGs-weeks salable receipts II 900.
Compared last weeks close Butchers. $50
lbs up. 90 10 20 cents lower. lighter
weights fully 81 off, dull At decline sows
IS cent? lower. Late bulk 2O0-270 10 butch
ers Sl3 so n 10 10. most 2s0-200-lb. and
270-400-lh. weights. t1a.zo1 ID. 25 i40-
i6O-lb. light lights. mainly 81 30n12.
tically no outlet. Tor feeder pigs: late bulk
sows. .75@i725.
SHEEP-Week's salable receipts, u 500.
Compared last weeks close Good 10
choice lambs steady, iower nrades unevenly
steady 10 50 cents lower medium 20
choice slaughter ewes steady. lower grades
weak 10 fully % cents lower. Good 90
with bucks out ~ 81 less. mixed medium
20 good lambs S13G13.50 medium light
lambs sold down 20 $40: Gull and common
kinds, xtup 80. common 10 choice tlaugh-
ter ewes x30s few culls down "a, 50 so
and below.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-13

The Goodyear official had no
illusions about the economic
status of synthetic rubber versus
crude after the war.
"If the war ends soon, we will
go back to using crude rubber
in tires as quickly rs possible"
he said, ut doesn't seem pos
sible that synthetic can ever
compete with crude on the basis
of price.
But neither do 1 think that
we will ever let the synthetic
program drop entirely. We will
continue to experiment and find
many uses for II. 1t may be
only for standby purposes, but
II will be kept going. The ma
ton has a tremendous invest
ment in it,"
Linforth was high in his praise
of the Jackson plant. He said it
was stepping up production and
would be ready to meet any post
war demand fo- tires, whether
the aut tom o hi lie production
reached 100000 or 100000.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-13
Farmers Market

FRUITs-Apples, Mcintosh, fancy. 81
bu No. !, $50 $50; Wolf River; No; ],
, 81 ,,5 s~ 5, 70 no is ;e5s
No. 2, 81 .50T2; Greetings. No. 1. s3d
3. so bu.; No. p s1.50n2 Northern spys
fancy. $3.50 bu No. J. $500 4: No. 2
Snow sTg 81 No " = 81 40 bui No No. 10y sS5
steeles Red. fancy, 81 rs bu. No. /, s.
13.5o; No. 2. si50N2. Pears. Kieners
No. J s3m $50 bu.; No. 2, 81
Celery cabbage, No ]. sl.25hi75 bu
No. .. 81 Leaf lettuce dollhouse. No l.
son soc lob. basket. Leaf lettuce. out
door. No 1, 75casi bu. Endiye. fancy
Escaros. fancy. $50 bu., No, i
vEGETkBLE GRE MS cabbss,
greens. No. l. NI1.23 bu;. collsrds, No
Mustard. No. ]. 75cfisl bu. Spinach, No,
!. 75c n 81 bu- Swiss Chard. No 1. SOL
75c bu TurnIp greens. No. I. siI IS bu.
VEGETABLES, MISC. -Beets. punched
s2a25o bu; No. q 81 50 broccoli
fancy S35oa4 bu: No. i. s25o@3. No.
2. 81. Cabbage, No /. 81 25pi50 bu.
No ?, ST. red cabbage. No. 1. s1.7s6
No iaias d. Carrots carr huncbs sI01 No.
/. s5c Il.i0 doz bchs: No. 2 s5c
TOPPED. No. l. N.75H 25 bu.; No. 2,
~ So C.nlif.wer fancy 81 bu. No I.
= -Hf 2 'Vs w . Ell OVs 1cltTy fpDts NO.
]. 81 dor. Celery. fancy. SIeri so don.
hchs.; No. 1. 500 Use: No 2. 2on SOC
No. l. 81 don. bchs.: No. 2. So Horse.
radlsh No |. s2d225 peck basket No
? $50 Kohlrabi. No I. 75cdsi doz
bchs Locks. No !. s1al.so doz. bchs
Onions. green. No. l. 81 n LIS dox bchs
dry. No 4. s2.5oa35o Sob sack
Parsnips, fancy s3.50n4 bu.: No 1
81 5oN 2 No 2, 81. Parsley root. No. /
81 p 25 don. bohs. Curly parsley. No 1
&c 2 81 don bchs Peppers. green. fancy
50 bu No l. si 5oG2 Potatoes. No. 4
81 eon 20 ioa.lbs No, ? 81 80. Pump
kins, No I Sf25 y ! 50 bu Rpdishes red
No. SiT I so dor. bohs No. 2 75c
dollhouse No. ! 81 dor bchs ion-
white 10 1. \75cHN doz bchs. Ruta.
baras. 10, Il So 50 bu. squash De
bcious No. J 81 50Ti.75 bu Hubbard
No !. 81 256i7s bu Table queen
fancy 81. so nu. No. 1, Sjat25 TYR.
ntps. burched, No. ! 75c ISL dor bchs
TOPPED. No !. 81 25ais 50 bu.. No . 81
Tomatoes. No. 1. St1s50 bu No. ?
Si.S0f 2 dollhouse No I. $3.50 is-ib
baske, Vegetable oysters, No. 1. 81 81
dor hchs
ECGs-rsrEs ,ls9nso so.dos. case
medium. si6.506i7.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-13
Stocks Develop
Weak Tone in
Late Dealings

NEW YORK, Nov II (INS)-
The stock market turned lower
today after extending its recovery
lightly early in the session. Net
losses on the day exceeded frac-
tons only i'm a few isolated cases.
Liquors, however. continued 10
surge higher although the selling
pared early gains considerably.
American Distilling, up II
points in the last two sessions.
continued its spectacular rise, adj
vancing 9 points to a new 1913
high before falling back. Schenley
and National Distillers also at
tracted buying on the ever-grow-
ING liquor shortage, both gaining
a point or more before meeting
selling.
Building shares. auto equip
ments and specialties were weak,
with u. s. Gypsum. Borg-Warner
and Coca-Cola losing a point or
more. Pepsi-Cola. higher in early
trading, lost most of its gain later.
Communications were mixed,
with American Telephone moving
higher on a good earnings report
and international Telephone drop
ping a point before recovering.
Patino was Independently strong
i'm the mining shares.
Favorable dividend action by
some Of the leading carriers
stimulated early buying in the
rails. but here. too. most issues
eaSed. Pennsylvania was up a
point at one time. Stcels, rubberS
and oils turned easier after early
steadineSs. Motors also were under
slight pressure.
Bonds were easier in moderately
active trading. The curb market
turned easier after early frmness.