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Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-25
Soviets
Estonid
Entire German
Defense in
Battles Snaps

LONDON, Sept. 25. (UP)
The Red army has COM
pleted the liberation Of EstO-
MIA, a Moscow dispatch said
Monday, and far to the south
was reported driving deep in
to Hungary and Slovakia.
United Press Correspond
ent Henry Shapiro reported
from Moscow that Soviet
forces which Sunday seized the big
Latvian transport center of VAL
miera had smashed 40 miles west
ward to the Gulf of Riga, merging
with Marshal Leonid A. GovorovS
army which had swept through Es-
tonia.
CLEAR ESTONIAN COAST
Russian naval forces which clear
ed the whole Estonian coast sailed
down into the Gulf of Riga to join
in a land-sea assault on the Lat
Wan capital. the suburbs of which
alreacy were invested by Red army
| troops.
The Moscow report of the end of
the whirlwind campaign through
Estonia indicated that sizable Ger
man forces might have been trap
ped in the western hump" of the
Baltic state and by the squirt west
ward from Valmiera, and that
whatever Nazi elements had failed
to escape now hao been destroyed.
The entire German defense sys-
tenn in the Battles appeared to have
collapsed. Rigas fate evidently was
sealed, with two Soviet columns
converging on the city from the
north and east while the vanguard
battered at the suburbs.
BREAK ACROSS BORDER
Word of the invasion of Hungary
came in Romanian high COM
mand announcement that a COM
bineo Russian Romanian arm
broke across the frontier lis miles
Continued on Pg. 8, Col. g.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-25
Hull Says Plans
For Reich Lag

governments most interested and
that includes this government and
the state department"
His statement skipped a discus
sion OF a reported disagreement
among high American officials en-
plans for shackling Germany after
her defeat.
1T would serve no purpose" Hull
said, ito say more at this time ex-
cept that the higher officials of the
governments concerned will reach
mutual understandings. I hope, az
an early stage"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-25
4O3 Planes DoWned
BY HaIsey Ships
Two-Day Assault From Sea Wrecks
Nips In+er-|sIand Defense;
Tokyo Nav Send Out Major Fleet

PEARL HARBOR, Sept. Is. (UP)-Admira1 William
aseys Third fleet smashing 103 ships and 4O3 planes
in two-day assault the Manila revealed Mon
day have knocked Japans air power in the Philip
pines and wrecked the enemys communications
The heavy assault, Wednesday and Thursday,
brought the japanese face to face with the problem of
whether their fleet and air force into battle
repel American invasion of the islands, which Tokyo
insisted was Imminent.
The situation of the Japanese in the Philippines
emphasized by Admiral Chester w. Nmtz official report
of the results of Halsey's powerful attacks.
ha operations of the Third fleet have forced the
nv to withdraw forces from their former anchor
ages in the Philippines and to seek refugees in the
same general area have disrupted ntersland commune
cations and broken his arforce in the Philippines.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-25
CREWS RECOVER BODY
OF FLIER FROM LAKE

ABILENE, Tex, Sept. 25. VUP)-
Abilene army air base authorities
revealed Moncay that searching
parties had recovered the body of
Cpl Edward J. Petersen from the
waters of Lake BroWnwood where
he drowned when a training plane
crashed an6 sank Saturday.
Petersen, whose home Was in Los
Angeles, was a mechanic aboard a
plane piloted by Lieutenant Ernest
F.. BuroWSki, Jr., of Des MoineS, To-
wa. The pilot was under treatment
in the Camp Bowie station.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-25

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.
(UP) = Military observers
Monday looked upon the
Forthcoming American drive
into the Philippines as the
first of a series of grand
scale thanking and diversion
ary operations designed to
clear the way for invasion of
the japanese homeland it
self.
These operations, they believe,
will take place during the next sew
eral months and require perhaps
as much as half year to complete.
BY then, it is hoped that the bulk
of Anglo American power can be
shifted from Europe to the Pacific
for the final blows against Japan,
in accord with plans drawn at the
recent Quebec conference. Much will
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-25

line roughly from fortified Metz
southeast into the general area
north of Baccarat.
German resistance was diminish
ing north of Baccarat. but there
were steadily increasing nuisance
counterattacks to the north between
Metz and Dieuze.
Despite heavy tank losses in the
past two weeks. the Germans still
retain substantial armor east of
the Mozelle and smaller concentrat-
ed forces on the west side of the
river from Metz.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-25
Philippines Seen as Step
For Invasion Of Japan

would tend to flank or contain
hundreds of thousands of Japan
ese troops in the Singapore area
and the Dutch East Indies.
3. Seizure of strong points along
the China coast. This would make
it possible to control the waters
between Japan and Formosa and
China and prevent reinforcements
and supplies from reaching the
powerful Japanese army on the
Asiatic mainland Such a move
would not necessarily require link
ing of arms with the Chinese as
has been suggested.
d. Invasion of some of the Kurile
islands. This would be designed
primarily to isolate Japanese air
bases in the island chain and pro-
vide easier accessibility to the
northern enemy home islands for
our fleet. 1t also could open a COR
ridor through which American ships
could reach Russian Siberian ports.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-25

Although Nimitz' communique on
the Manila attack did not specify
the number of combattant ships
among those wrecked. it was be-
lieved they largely were cargo YES
sells and transports, indicating the
Japanese we're making an attempt
to reinforce their large garrison on
Luzon.
TOKYO IN QUANDARY
Whether Japan was willing-or
even able-to send its fleet and air
reserves to defend the Philippines
was problematical In the last size
able engagement-the battle of the
Philippines sea in miC-June, the
Japanese fled after losing more
than 400 planes and two to six car
rierS.
In addition, Nimitz disclosed Sum-
day night that Halsey's fleet, which
includes Vice Admiral Marc A.
Mitscher's famous task force, in a
series of attacks from the Bonins
to Mindanao since August 30 hac.
destroyed or damaged 429 ships and
1865 aircraft.
In the LuZon raids, the commu-
nique said the smashing" attack
caused "extensive destruction"
throughout the target areas and
"the enemy suffered heavily"
Warehouses, buildings, oil stor-
age tanks, harbor installations and
hangers were heavily damaged at
Clark and Nichols Fields and the
| Cavite naval base.
LIST OF SHIPS, PLANES
The toll of enemy ships an6 planes
! for the two days were:
J Sunk-40 ships and six small
craft.
Probably sunk-1l ships.
Damaged-35 ships, II small craft
and two floating drydocks.
, Continued on Pg. 6, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-25

WITH U. S. 3RD ARMY,
FRANCE, Sept. 25. (UP)-
Combined American armor
and infantry were steadily
hammering shut the German
defensive door hinged on
Metz Monday and the Nazis
were being pushed northward
toward their own frontiers
and the Siegfried line.
The drive was running along a
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-25

He accused Dewey OF utterlng a.
"callous and brazen falsehood about
demobilization"-ar reference to Dew
ey's charge on September 7 that
the administration planned to keep
men in the armed forces until they
found jobs-and called COP lead
ers labor baiters."
Swapping back at Republican
charges that he had failed to pre-
pare for this war, the President
said many Republicans had been
isolationists and would be in con-
troll if the COP wins in November.
Mr.. Roosevelt declared that his
administration would lead the ma
ton to victory in the war and to
"the greatest epoch of free achieve
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-25
1900 Fortresses
Pounce Upon
RhineIand Cities ,

LONDON, Sept. 25. CUP)-Up.
wards of 1900 American Flying For
tresses smashed at the Rhineland
cities of Frankfurt, Coblenz and
Ludwigshafen Monday to spearhead
a broadside assault on the continent
by thousands of Allied heavy bomb
ers.
The Royal Air Force sent at least
five big formations of Lancasters
and Halifaxes against Nazi posi-
tions. Their main weight was thrown
into a crushing bombardment of the
stubborn holdout garrison at Calais.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-25

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25. CUP)--
Secretary of State Cordell Hull in
dicated Monday that the United
States. Great Britain and Russia
have not yet reached mutual un-
derstandings" on plans to control
postwar Germany, but he expressed
hope that such agreement would be
reached "at an early stage
Hull asserted that "the whole
question of dealing with the post
war German situation has been re-
ceiving attention by each of the
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-25

ment" afterWard. He said the gov
ernment already is making recon-
version plans, the keynote of which
may be found 'in the one word
jobs"
Dewey came back in a statement
from Belen, N. NJ, in which he
Saic:
Since the man who wants to be
president for 16 years has now
dropped the mask of non-pohtical
campaign shall feel free to
examine his record with unvarnish-
ed candor in the future beginning
with a national broadcast from
.1s,st Continued on Pg. 8, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-25
laps Claim Allies
Lose II Planes
Ry UNITED PRESS

Japanese air raiders set afire or
damaged II Allied planes at Liu-
chow airfield in Kwangsi province
in week end assaults, Tokyo radio
asserted Monday.
A Japanese air attack Sunday on
the Chihkiang airfield in Human
province resulted in the destruction
of seven Allied aircraft by fire or
explosion, another broadcast stated.
Tokyo also claimed that the jan
anese now control approximately 315
miles of the 81 river waterway be-
tween Canton and Wuchow III
KWangSi province.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-25
ALLIED ARTILLERY b0MbARDS RH|NEL AND
Bitter Campaign
Begins Shaping
Dewey Views Roosevelt Speech
As Challenge to "Pull No
Punches" From This Time Forward
: By LYLE C. WILSON

Roosevelt
the electorate wide awake the
extraordinary bitterness likely to be marked
who's iar?" and you're another.
political advisers enthusiastic the sound
Brother
(AFI which he charged Dewey with lying in
h administration policy.
Republicans beatedy
"the
most O fraud"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-25
Big Guns Open
Invasion Path
For yonk Force
Scores of German Towns Battered
To Pieces on 50-Mie Front;
Be|eaguered Para+roopers Holding

SUPREME HEADQUARTERS AEF, Sept 25. (UP)
One of the greatest bombardmens of the softened
up the German Rhineland in the path of the American
First army Monday while 100 miles to the north Allied
armored forces fought desperately to build their mar
supply link to dwindng band of British paratroop
clinging to the Rhine gate at Arnhem.
Big American eight and 10nch field guns, massed along
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-25
ChumberIin Hits
At Complaints

Commander Colonel Frank T. Chamberlin at the Camp
Locket army convaesen hospital has entered denial of
charges of incompetent management asseredy contained
in petition sent to Fort Douglas which evenuated in
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-25
y AMBlINe
EpoRTER
Listen 10 This

Listen TO This
Away back in Aberdeen, Mary
land, at the army proving ground,
lieutenant Cole mel J.~E. Englera and
Ma jors Berg and Harper were en-
joying a reunion.
All three formerly were stationed
at Camp Sceley for long time with
the army test command. Colonel
Engler has been in Washington, d.
c., for some time and went to
Aberdeen for visit with Berg and
Harper.
OF course they talked about I'M
perial Valley,
I'VE would like to be in Imperial
Valley they agreed emphatically
"even if we had to walk to get
there"
Pop Goes tn, Turtle
1t is well-known fact that
Harry Woodbury. is great turtle
fancier. He probably is turtle ex-
pert, if it comes to that. He can
lecture on the subject.
However, he never has gone into
the business CT turtle Matching to
any great extent until this year. 9
Mama turtle, at least the desert
variety, lays lot of eggs and buries
them in the sand. Then, as far as
Woodbury. can find out, she ignores
them. He noticed the turtles had
laid some eggs and awaited the
Matching day with interest. Nothing
happened and still nothing hap
pened. He decided there wasn't 60
ing to be a turtle crop this year
Then turtles began popping up
all over the neighborhCo How they
got out CT the Woodbury. turtle pen
is a mystery.
So, you see, he has a whole crop
of turtle juvenile delinquents
The Barricade-
OF all things in the world Mrs.
Viola Munsie is afraid of it is
bugs.
About 0 p. m. Saturday she went
into the backyard TO collect some
laundry from the line. When she
reached the back door again there
was a mammoth dragon fly bobbing
about on the screen. She was afraid
to open the door. She was afraid
to shoe the critter away.
Along came a black cat and
Continued on Page 3. Col. q
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-25
WEATHER

Maximum Sunday 106, minimum
Monday 63; S am. Monday 20, hu-
midity ID; noon Monday 98, humid
ity 38; pm. sun. 100, humidity 10.
Evening star., 1944-07-20
Who's Who Expectont
BY Dapid Laurence
From the Providence Journal


Twenty-three per cent Of the new
names in Who's Who In America" lust
out. are military officers: 957 generals
(did you have any idea we had 50
manyD and LAT admirals (even that's a
surprise>. But it only goes to show YOU
who Is expected to carry on the show
these next two years. For though all Of
these officers got to be generals or ad-
mlrals on merit, they actually got into
the book on account Of their official DO
sition. All Army officers above the rank
OF colonel the rule says "and all in the
Navy above the rank Of captain are au-
tomatically included" So 1t Is really on
a basis of expectancy that they're In. II
Is one Of the incest features In who's
Who'-this anticipating the expected,
1t shows imagination and resource On
the part Of the editors that they should
include not only the people who have
done things, but those who NAV do
them tomorrow and have everybody ask.
ing who's hep" which, when YOU ston
to think OF 1t, is one of the most solid
questions a nobody outside of who's
Who could ask In this fieetine. ephem.
eral world of shadows and substance.
Evening star., 1944-07-20
This Changing World
By C0nsfanfjns Broom

washington observers expect good
news within the next few weeks from
Ankara, where conversations have been
going on for some time in an attempt
to get Turkey to join the war on the
side Of the United Nations.
The Germans themselves apparently
have given up hope of persuading Tur-
key to remain neutral-or even to con-
tinue what little assistance In the way
OF exports and trade she has been
giving. Ambassador Franz Won Papen
IS reported to have left Ankara for the
summer and the Germans say that jap
anese. Hungarian and Bulgarian envoys
are expected to follow suit. Their de-
parture at this time is seen as a clear
indication Of how the Germans feel.
American Ambassador Steinhardt, who
recently returned to this country, has
predicted much closer cooperation be-
tween Turkey and the Allies, and while
he did not disclose what cooperation
could be expected, he showed pleasure
over the progress OF the negotiations
in Ankara.
Close observers here are greatly
cheered by the apparent turn in Tur-
keys attitude and believe the country
will enter the war in time. However.
they envision number of preliminary
steps before war is declared, probably
including the breaking of OF trade re-
lations and then perhaps diplomatic
relations.
When they stopped lease lend assist
ance last spring 1t appeared that the
Allies did not feel Turkey would prove
OF much assistance to our cause. and in
the public mind, Prime Minister
Churchill'S statement that the Allies
Evening star., 1944-07-20

could win the war without Turkeys help
only served to emphasize the thought.
As q matter Of fact, the Turks long
have been convinced that the Allies
would win the war, but have been afraid
to declare war on Germany chiefly be-
cause NaN air bases in the Balkans are
only about 10 minutes away from Istan-
bul. the old capital Of Turkey, and might
make rubble OF the city before Allied air
defenses could come to the rescue. AL
though the Turks appear to be ap-
preaching break with Germany. defi-
mite action may not come until German
power In the Balkans has been
weakened.
The Turks have taken series Of steps
recently which will hurt the Nazis, even
II formal war declaration never comes.
They have cut out chrome exports en-
tirely. reduced trade with Germany by
50 per cent and have closed the Dar-
danelles to Nazi shipping. In connec-
ton with the latter. 1t was found that
small German vessels (mainly two types,
one Of 100 tons and another of 800
tons), designed to look like merchant
men and heavily armed, were sent into
action against Russian submarines in
the Black Sea.
The Turks were not satisfied with the
results Of the conferences at Cairo the
latter part Of last year and would like
to have assurance regarding their coun-
try's postwar political and territorial in
tegrity, and also desire an explanat ton
of what they can expect from the Allies
in the way Of arms If they do enter
the war.
The Allies appear TO be In a better
position now than formerly to tell Tur-
key exactly what she can expect.
Evening star., 1944-07-20
Getting Under Wuy

Inc capture or st. LO by Amer
ican troops and the thunderous ad-
vance of the British Second Army
under General Montgomery in the
Caen sector have brought to an end
the so-called stalemate on the Nor-s
mandy front.
Despite the success which the
Germans have enjoyed In their
effort to contain the Allied forces
within their Normandy beachhead,
there has never been any valid
reason to speak of the stalled op-
Grafton as a stalemate in the usual
sense of that term. A stalemate
implies an equality of strength
which denies hope OF success to both
adversaries. But the Allied armies,
painful though their failure to ad-
vance more rapidly has been, we're
not without reason for hope.
They have been enormously
handicapped since D-day by weather
conditions seemingly in league with
the defending forces under Mar
shal Rommel During the initial
landings heavy seas caused the loss
of great quantities of equipment
and the bad weather of subsequent
days often made it next to impos-
sible to bring in heavy equipment
across the beaches. The result, of
course, was costly delay in build
ing up the supplies essential to
major offensive.
Now, however, it appears that the
necessary reserves are at hand. In
undertaking any major operation,
General Montgomery has always in
sisted on completing his prepara-
tions down to the last possible
detail. This was the case before
the offensive at Ell Alamein, which,
once under way, did not stop until
the Germans had been driven from
Africa, and we may feel confident
that this careful commander has
not thrown his British and Canadian
CAOOJo AAAVO dCOIOIA CAAlo CllllC WACl1Out
being satisfied that they have
everything they need for the Job
that lies ahead.
Certainly the assault has begun
in auspicious fashion. Ii what is
described as the heaviest air blow
ever struck at a concentrated battle
area, Allied planes dropped from
1000 to 1000 tons of bombs on Ger
man positions. Then, supported by
blasting artillery fire, the troops
moved forward, burst through the
containing lines of the dazed enemy
and spilled out onto the open plain
below Caen. There, the Germans
struck back in a strong counter
attack by picked Nazi armored di-
visions, but this attack was smashed
by the Second Army. OF course, the
Germans will try again and 1t may
be several days before there Is
Evening star., 1944-07-20
Rruzil in Europe

Amid the thunderous climax to
the greatest war in history, the ar
rival in Italy of Brazilian Expedi-
tionary Force has not made the
headlines. And, from the strictly
military aspect, it is unlikely to
make a major difference in the out
come of the Italian campaign. No
details of its size or composition
have as yet been released. the in
ference being that, while it is more
than a token" force, its strength
is not great as compared with the
Allied armies already in the pen
insula.
However, the appearance on
European battle front of an army
from Latin America is an historic
event. For the first time, South
America plays a belligerent role in
Europe's quarrelS The significance
is heightened by the fact that the
interventor is the largest and most
populous Of the Latin American re-
publics. Brazil has an area larger
than that of our own United States,
with a population estimated at fully
IS 100000 and with unexploited
natural resources insuring still
greater national growth. Brazil's
active participation in the war in
sures her a seat at the peace settle
ment and increases the likelihood
that other Latin American countries
will have say in the postwar order
on the other side of the Atlantic.
This would mean the voice of the
entire Western Hemisphere, since
the United States and Canada are
already assured of important roles.
Thus is amplifled the dictum Of
Canning, the British statesman
who. more than a century ago,
called in the New World to redress
the balance of the Old"
Brazils Intervention in Europe is
motivated by several reasons. In
the first place, like her Latin Amer
lean colleagues, she is concerned
with European order which will
insure stable markets for her raw
materials and uninterrupted deliv-
cries Of manufactured products In
exchange. But besides these eco
nomic factors, important political
considerations are involved. Brazil
is deeply interested in the position
Of the Portuguese motherland and
its island dependencies in the At
lantic, from the Azores to the Cape
Verde Islands. She is likewise
vitally concerned with the postwar
situation in West Africa, which
extends to within 1000 miles OF the
Brazilian bulge" When Dakar, in
French West Africa, was in the
hands of the German dominated
Vichy regime, the West African
problem was impressed upon Brazil
as vividly as it was here in the
United States. 1t is for these highly
cogent and practical reasons that a
Brazilian Expeditionary Force is
about to shed it's blood beside it's
allies on European soil.
Evening star., 1944-07-20
Praise for Mr.. Wallace

To the Editor Of The Star:
At this critical time when every atom
of help is needed to overcome the
enormous force of evil now rampant
In the world, do not think we should
lose what has been gained by the broad
experience and intelligent observation
which our Vice President has acquired.
Quoting from The Stars report Of
his visit to San Jose, Costa Rica, on
March 10, would recall the eloquent
words Of President Guardia when he
hailed Mr.. Wallace - knight of Pam
Americanism," saying, THE good neigh
Dor policy has been constructing bridges
OF light and bonds of brotherhood
throughout the continent"
With his knowledge of languages,
especially Spanish. the need for friendly
cooperation in the Americas and the
personal accord between Mr.. Roosevelt
and Mr.. wallace. 1t seems to me that
it would be unfair to both, If Mr..
Roosevelt Is to continue in once, to
deprive them Of this common helpful.
ness after years Of working together.
May NooEss WADLHoH.