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Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-08
Cermony's West
Totters

French units of the Seventh army
pushed up from the south against
stiffening German resistance in the
Chalon Sur Saone area, less than
SIS miles from the hird army posi-
tions before Nancy. Seventh army
spearheads also were within 40
miles of the Belfort Gap through
which the Nazi southern armies
were struggling to escape into Ger
many.
BEYOND LOUVAIN
The veteran Tommies in the north
broke across the heavily
Albert Canal at Beeringen, 25 miles
northeast of Louvain and pushed
on another five miles to the north
east to Bourg-Leopold, % miles
from German soil.
simultaneously, American First
army tanks and motorized infantry
swept Is miles down. the valley of
the Meuse from Huy to the out
skirts of Liege, 25 miles from the
Reich.
Opposition was reported relative
ly light on the Belgian fronts, but
United Press War Correspondent
Robert Richards reported that Pat
tons Army was locked in a thunder
ing battle of tanks and infantry
men along more than 80 miles of
the Moselle from above Metz to
Nancy.
Giant American field guns hurled
salvo after salvo into the make
shift German defenses in the hills
overlooking the river. and Richards
reported that the foot soldiers were
slugging their way forward under
cover of the barrage and slowly
pushing back the enemy lines.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-08
Russian Forces
Sweep Bulgaria
Continued From Page L

tCOntlnued from Page II
broken across the Bulgarian from
tier and driven all the way through
that country to the Greco Turkish
border. Another Russian column was
said to be approaching Sofia, in a
march the Nazis said was COM
pletely unopposed.
Following their custom when a
new campaign is developing. Mos
COW spokesmen were silent on the
reported drive into Bulgaria and
Partisan accounts of an invasion of
Yugoslavia.
They limited cautiously, however,
at a massive offensive coordinated
with Anglo American attacks on
the Balkans from the west.
Moscow's early morning war bull
letin said the Red army cleared a
3000-Square-miie area OF southern
Romania and EXTENDED its grip on
the Danube river border of Bull
garia to 226 miles. advancing 80
miles west from Suhaia to capture
the river town of Corabia.
GREAT ARMED CAMP
United Press War Correspondent
M. S. Handler reported from the
Soviet capital that the Russians
were moving a great force of men
and equipment to the Yugoslav and
Bulgarian borders and the battle
for the Balkans was approaching
its climax. Handler said the south
ern Romanian plains were being
transformed into a great armed
camp as a base for attacks west
ward toward the Adriatic and south
ward across Bulgaria to Greece.
For the first time in the war
there is the prospect of Allied arm
les and Russian forces coordinating
their operations on the same front
and making junction" he said
There appears strong possibility
that the Red army and Allied in
vaslon forces may meet in Yugo-
slavia and Greece"
ON WARSAW FRONT
Meanwhile Moscow communicate
reported new Soviet successes at
the northern end of the Russian
-NAAS' "HNiN ibCN
deeper into the German defenses
above Warsaw, gaining three miles
on an ll-mile front along the Narew
river.
The Soviets closed in to within
nine miles southwest of the enemy
bastion of Lomzha. 20 miles south
OF the East PruSsian border and
76 miles northeast of Warsaw, cap
turing Tarnowo after a furious bat
tie.
The Russians also captured Wo-
Jciechowiec, two miles northeast of
the fallen German stronghold of
OStroleka, and Berlin acknowledged
that the REQ army had forged three
strong bridgeheads across the Narew
in a drive that menaced both the
northern flank Of Warsaw and the
southern approaches to East Prus-
Sia.
German tanks and infantrymen
launched II separate counter-at-
tacks against the Russians below
Lomzha. but Moscow reported thev
were beaten off with heavy casual
ties. At least 300 Nazis were killed
IN that sector Thursday.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-08
PUBLISHER DIES

MADEIRA, Cal, Sept. 8. (UP) =
George Adelbert Clark. 78, founder
and co-publisher of the MADEIRA
Daily Tribune, died Thursday night
following four-year illness. Clark,
a native of Woodman, Wisconsin,
came to California 81 years ago and
for time worked as printer in
Fresno. He and A. d. Marshall
started the Tribune on March 81,
1892. Marshall later sold his in
terest which was eventually acquired
by the Clark family.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-08
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and open the way to Ger
many.
A 1000 bomber fleet of American
Flying Fortresses and Liberators
swept in over the Rhineland and
hammered German war plants at
Ludwigshafen, KaStel, and GuStavs-
burg. putting a crimp in the Nazi
plans for supplying the forces strug-
Cling TO ward off the American
thrust at the border.
BOMB lie HhvRE
A powerful force of Royal air
force Lancasters again attacked lie
Havre by daylight while aground
the Canadians advanced steadily
in the cleanup of the Channel ports.
They were in the outskirts of Bou-
logne and Calais. A front dispatch
said troops drawing an arc around
Dunkerque reached Dixmunde, Is
miles from Ostend, and Thielt to
the east.
British troops driving northeast
ward through Belgium broke across
the Albert Canal, primary German
defense line before the Netherlands
border in that sector, and late
front dispatch said the Nazis had
begun to blow up the sluice gates
of the canal with the obvious in
tention of flooding part of the coun-
try"
The dispatch filed from the Brit
ish front by Edward Gilling of the
After withstanding fierce coun-
terattacks, the bridgehead across
the Albert canal at Beeringen has
been further enlarged, and fresh
troops now are pouring across. Enc
my tanks and infantry attacked the
bridgehead without pause for "a
hours, but our troops have thrown
back all these attacks and inflicted
heavy losses. This morning our
forces were tanning out from the
bridgehead along the roads"
HOLLAND WITHIN REACH
The firm British footing five miles
across the canal was about 26 miles
from the nearest point in Germany,
with the appendix of Holland lying
directly within reach
=. All along a from. o. more than
$50 miles stretching inland from
the North sea coast Allied troops
were closing in on the Siegfried
line. making giant strides on the
British Second and American First
army sectors in Belgium and slow
but vital progress on 1t. Gen. George
S. Patton's Third army line.
/. simultaneously, American and
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-08
VIA and BrawIey
Make Contract
For Camp Water

BRAWLEY, Sept 8. VALLEY News
Service)-A new water contract was
negotiated late Thursday afternoon
between Mayor Elmer Sears acting
for the city of Brawley and William
A. Anglin, chief of operations, war
food administration, Berkeley, fer
work supply camp here.
The new contract provides that
the VIA will pay 1925 per month
starting September and ending
December 81, which is the same
amount paid prior to the severance
of service July 81. The contract
also provides that the city will be
given 700 feet of SiX-inch water
main pipes which the city agrees
to install at no cost to the VIA
The contract was negotiated en-
tirely by telephone and by tele-
grams.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-08
Fresh Peach Shorfcuke
q la Mode

! recipe Jiffy Cake u cup brown sugar
BIO peaches pint Golden State ice cfsom
I. While Jfy Cake is baking peel and
slice peaches and cover with brown sugar.
2. When cake is cool, split, and arrange
peaches between layers, reserving few for
the top. 3. Spread ice cream on top of cake
and garnish with remaining peaches. Serves
10 to II.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-08
Patch Advances
Against Hard
Fighting Nazis

Continued From Page Il
fierce battles before the Americans
broke through and swung an arc
around the city of $4,000 persons
The line formed a semi-circle
around the southern half of Besan-
con, with two columns driving up
each side and third fierce carrying
a frontal attack.
The Americans apparently were
attempting to swing around the
city to the highway leading TO Bel
fort, AZ miles to the north.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-08

a report card for ice cream? Yes
indeed, that's part of the system we
Golden Statefs use to bring you good
tasting ice cream. It's the very best ice
cream permitted by present wartime
regulations.
Even though we make ice cream by the
thousands of gallons every week we're
just as particular about purity, taste and
texture as if we made only pint day
and were going to eat every last bit
of it ourselves.
As your own taste tells you, we use only
choice quality ingredients The cream
is homogenized before it goes into the
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-08
How to Mark an Occasion

If there's family birthday to be celebrated
...or Juniors starting to school,. OF service
manor woman-is home from the wars -.
or hubby's bringing the boss to dinner you
naturally want to mark that day red letter
one Do it with dessert that ends the meal
with an unforgettable taste memory.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-08
Jiffy Cake

cup sifted cake flour N tsp. vonlo
N tsp. baking powder u cup Golden Sfo.e milk
" tsp. sot "a cup butter or shortening
"a oJp sugar egg
|. Sift together the dry ingredients. z. Meas
ure ,anila into milk 3. Add the softened
butter cr shortening and Y of the milk to
the dry Ingredients and beat with spoon for
2 minutes. 4. Add the unbeaten egg to
remaining milk md add to cake batter Con
tinue beating for Z minutes longer $. Pour
into creased and liz atly Toured DIN. cake
pan &. Bake in moo rate oven $500 P)
for 80 minutes. Cool and !; lit for fresh peach
shortcake a la mode.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-08
RAMBLING REPORTER
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Continued From Page II
been tossing about. The other half
of the term should suffice to get
Barbara back to the place in high
school English and Spanish where
she was last May when school
closed.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-08

Alleging that her husband DESERT
ed her and their six minor children
Rita Fimbres Thursday sued Ramon
Fimbres for divorce.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-08
USE VOLUNTEERS

USE VOLUNTEERS
Il believe that the occupation CT
Germany ana Japan should very
soon be confined to those who vol
UNFAIRLY choose to remain In the
army when peace comes he said.
Il am not afraid of the future of
America-either immediate or dis
tant. I am sure of our future, If we
get national administration which
believes in our country"
Dewey said that with the winning
of the war in sight there are two
overshadowing problems confront
ing the people. He listed first the
making and keeping of the peace of
the world SO that your children
and my children shall not face this
tragedy all over again.
NEED VIGOROUS PROGRAM
The other problem" he said, lis
whether we shall replace the tired
and quarrelsome defeatism of the
present administration with a fresh
and vigorous government which be-
lieves in the future of the United
States and knows how to act on
that belief
He said this last involved such
things as tax policies, regulatory
policies, labor policies, opportunity
for ,mall business and the bu-
reaucracies which arc attempting to
regulate every detail of the lives of
our people" He promised to discuss
each of them in detail during the
campaign.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-08
OBTAIN LICENSE

OBTAIN LICENSE
Bernard Kelleher, 26, marine, and
Anna E. Bulkinis, 26, hairdresser,
obtained a marriage from County
Clerk w. j. McClelland in Ell Cen
tro Thursday.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-08
Dewey Declares
New Deal Fears
Peace Depression

Continued From Page II
brought home and released at the
earliest practical moment after vic
tory"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-08
Stroigh hit AS on her report card!

ice cream mix. Homogenization breaks
down butterfat globules-helps us give
Golden State ice cream an extra velvety
smOothnesS.
These war days, of course, some favor
ings are not available, or in short sup
ply. We're rationed on the amount of
ice cream we can make and there are
now many more people in California
to divide it.
But we want you to know we're doing
our best to keep your dealer supplied
with his fair share of Golden State ice
cream. Because it's nutritious food as
well as taste-treat, serve Golden State
ice cream just as often as you can!
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-25
Army First
Utah Governor Gives Up
Plane Seat TO Soldier

SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. "a
(UP)-Gov. Herbert B. Nav of
Utah was half day late getting
home from Omaha. but both he
and an unknown corporal had a
happier Thanksgiving because
of it.
The governor was talking to the
corporal aboard a plane as it was
landing in Denver. and learned
that the soldier was going to he
bumped" off and might not get
home in time for his holiday be-
fore going overseas.
Nav promptly relinquished his
own seat and stayed overnight in
Denver so the soldier could con.
tinue on his way.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-25
Hitler Aide
Fails

The governments attempt TO
denaturalize a man who allegedly
boosted he was once close as
sociate of Hitler and one of the
original eight storm troopers in
the Nazi party, failed today when
Federal Judge O'Brien ruled that
the evidence was not direct
enough.
United States citizenship Is
OF tremendous value and Ii
sacred right and evidence TO
remove it must be clear, COM
polling and substantial and not
inferences," Judge O'Brien said.
TELL OF BOASTS
He referred to testimony of
numerous witnesses who related
having heard Albert Versch. "A, OF
Roseville, boast before the war of
his Nazi affiliations and Of hav-
ing escorted Hitler In the partys
early days.
Judge O'Brien pointed out that
many Americans thought Hitler
great man in the early days of
his reign.
Louis M. Hopping, assistant
u. S. attorney, based the govern
ment's case on two elements,
claiming that Versch took his
citizenship oath with mental res
ervations and that bad moral
character during the Ave years
before 1897 when he was sworn
in, made the papers illegal.
VIOLATIONS ALLEGED
1t was testified that Versch
sold liquor illegally at a tavern
he operated in Roseville and that
he rented upstairs rooms to I'M
wed couples.
Judge O'Brien. after terming
the evidence presented "innuen-
dos" turned to Versch and said
II don't want this man to
leave the court thinking he Is
indicated. / repeat that the
evidence must be clear
and don't say the defendant
Ia n model citizen"
Evening star., 1944-06-04
WLB Sets Precedent
In Furnishing Union
Buns Retroactive Ruise
For Muchinists in West
See WAR SERVICES, Page
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The War Labor Board Yesterday
set a precedent in the method of
penalizing members of the San
Francisco local of the international
Association of MachinistS for re-
straining any one from working
more than 48 hours weekly in 104
San Francisco machine shops.
No strike is involved, but on April
13 the local union adopted an order
restraining any Of it's members from
working more than six 8-hour days
contrary to the practice under the
terms of the contract which expired
April /.
The board ruled that no agree
ment on a new contract between the
union and the employers may be
negotiated while the unions re-
straining order is in effect and none
may be approved by the WLB OF
the 10th regional WLB until the
order is revoked.
The most drastic part of the WLB
order held that when an agreement
is finally entered into, none of the
adjustments. such AS possible raises
in pay or other advantages, may be
made retroactive" to the expiration
date of the old contract, as is COM
monty done.
Evening star., 1944-06-04
Forces Withdrawn From Rome
Nuzis Say, Replying to Allies
py the ASsoc;ataS prass

BY the Associated Press
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS,
NAPLES, June 3. - With it's
armies nearing Rome, the Allied
command today placed on the
Nazi military the responsibility
for making the city a bloody
battlefield or withdrawing and
sparing it further ravages of
war, and the Germans countered
quickly with a claim that Rome
can be regarded as a city free
from armed forces"
Issuing special communique,
one day after Pope Plus expressed
hope that Rome "at all costs may
be saved from becoming a theater
of war; the Allied command said
the United Nations forces have
Ionly taken and viii only take mill
Evening star., 1944-06-04
.272 Doctors Punished
In 'Kickbock' Inquiry
BY the Associated Press.

Dy tue ASsOClaleQ IreSS.
NEW YORK, June 3.-Disciplin-
ary measures against more than $50
Brooklyn doctors, resulting from an
investigation of charges of kick
backs" in workmen's compensation
cases, were announced today.
More than 1000 Brooklyn doctors,
accused of accepting rebates rang
ing from 81 to $1,12725, were heard
during an extended investigation
Nine physicians licenses to practice
in workmen's compensation cases
were revoked and licenses of 1853
others were suspended. Official
reprimands were issued to 70 doc
| tors.
Ten physicians were exonerated,
no cause for action was found
against 10 others, further hearings
were scheduled for 3O2 and charges
were filed against 343 now in the
armed services.
Evening star., 1944-06-04
Gable 10 Leave Army,
Subject 10 Recall
By the Associated Press.

CULVER CITY, Calf, June g.
Maj. Clark Gable of the Army Air
Forces will return shortly to civilian
life, subject to recall to duty. Col
Roy M. Jones, commanding officer OF
the Army Air Forces first motion
picture unit, said today.
The former actor recently COM
pleted the special overseas photo
graphic mission to which he was
assigned by Gen. H. H. Arnold of the
Army Air Forces.
Maj. Gable went to England ir
April, l943, and produced a combat
film dealing with aerial gunnery
In this capacity he participated ir
bomber missions over Nazi Europe
as aerial gunner and Photographic
and received the Air Medal. He is
now completing the film made under
his supervision.
Maj. Gable enlisted in the All
Forces as private August 13, 1942
was commissioned a second lieuten-
ant October %, 1942, was subse-
quently promoted to first lieutenant
and then from captain to major
last May 10.
Evening star., 1944-06-04
81 Finnish Firms BIockIisted
In Pressure on Nozi Alliance
Two Cabinet Members Concerns Included
s. Swedish Companies Come Under Ban

in official quarters as the cousin
of the Finnish Minister here, HAL
mar J. Procope.
The Minister, when asked about
it, however, disclaimed any relation
ship.
The two cabinet officers involved
in the blacklisting operation are
the Foreign Minister, Henrick RAM
say, and the Minister of Defense
Gen. Rudolf Walden.
Mr.. Ramsay was identified in Of
flcial quarters as chairman of the
board of misunderstanding Befrakt-
ningskontor which was described
here as a shipping agency and GEN.
ter of Nazi propaganda in Finland
(See BLACKLIST. Page A-60
Evening star., 1944-06-04
Navy Lifts Censorship
On Great Lakes Calls
By the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, June 3.-Navy re-
strictions on radio-telephone COM
munications between shore stations
and Great Lakes ships have been
cancelled. The Great Lakes Car
riers Association was Informed today
by Rear Admiral Arthur S. Carpen-
der, ninth naval district COM
mandant. This leaves such opera
tions subject only to rules of the
Federal Communications Commits
sion.
The Navy censorship, which re-
stricted calls to business conversa-
tions, was instituted early in the war
because it was believed enemy sub
marines off the Atlantic Coast might
pick up weather reports and other
information from broadcasts, Ad-
miral Carpenters statnent declared
Evening star., 1944-06-04

tary action against Rome insofar
as the Germans use the city, its
railways and roads for military
purposes"
Promptly the German propaganda
agency Transocean countered with
what it called an official statement
by German foreign Office spokes-
man concerning the supreme Pom
tiff's pela. 1t said:
"On the German side, everything
has been done for months to preserve
Rome from such fate. Rome today
can be regarded as a city free of
armed forces"
The Allied communique declared
the United Nations forces to be
interested only in the destruction
and elimination Of German forces"
1see ROME, Page A-55
Evening star., 1944-06-04
False Invasion Flash Caused
By Girl 7eIetypist's Error
Newspapers, Radio
Stations in Capital
DeIuged With Calls

The bogus invasion Flash" went
out over all local network stations
at 4:39 pm. yesterday. The flash
originated in the news rooms of the
National, Columbia and Mutual
broadcasting chains in New York.
Independent local stations WWDC
and WINK received the flash over
their Associated Press teletypes but
did not interrupt programs then in
progress to announce the invasion.
Within a few minutes the order to
withhold publication of the news
had followed the original flash and
saved announcement of the errone-
GUS report.
WMAL, VOL, WRC and WTOP
gave frequent accounts Of the ex-
planation and denial and all news
commentators devoted considerable
Evening star., 1944-06-04
Report Is Circulated
Throughout U. S. and
Latin America
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June ga young
British girl teletype operator en-
,ployed in the London Bureau of the
Associated Press punched out strip
of practice tape tonight and within
a matter of moments was RESPONSE
BILE for transmission throughout the
United States and Latin America of
an erroneous announcement that the
Allies had landed in France.
The error was caught quickly
enough so that it did not appear
anywhere in print.
Through almost incredible circum-
stances, the error slipped through
the most elaborate system of safe
guards and censorship ever estab-
lished both by the Associated Press
and Allied authorities.
The girl, Joan Ellis, had been
(Cno EATCr Ar ADM poCo a.
Evening star., 1944-06-04
House Group 10 Study
Inquiry Findings on
WASP Commissions
Unit Nay Act on Report
Before Toking Up Bill
To Put Women in AAF

With a hot political issue said
to be developing behind the
scenes, the House Civil Service
Investigating Committee will
meet in executive session tomor-
row to take up the report of it's
investigators on the Air Forces
plan for training and commits
sioning women flyers.
A somewhat toned down" redraft
of the original report, which was
said to have recommended aban-
donment of the WASP program.
was printed yesterday and should
soon be made public, in the opinion
of Representative Randolph, Dem
ocrat, Of West Virginia, ranking
member of the committee, and sev-
eral other members. Efforts to keep
the report confidential until the
committee could act on 1t have
failed to prevent several news leaks
1t now seems certain the COM
mittee will take definite action on
the results of far-reaching inquiry
by its Investigators before the House
takes up the pending Costello bill
to bring the WASPS into the Army
Air Forces.
Arnold Defends WASP Plan.
Gen. H. H. Arnold recently de-
Tended the WASP program as con-
templated under the Costello bill in
an hour of testimony before the
investigating committee. This oc-
CURED Immediately after the gen.
erals fortnight statements were
credited with settling a strike in
vital war production plants at De-
troit.
Several committee members agreed
at that time they were much i'm
pressed by the generals stand and
feared release of the report might
interfere with the war effort. A
few of these members are said now
to take a different view of the situ-
alton.
Some administrative pressure has
been brought to bear in favor of the
Costello bill, it was said. At the
same time friends of flying instruc-
tors and instructor -trainees being
released by the AAF's termination
Of contract schools have persistently
demanded an answer to this ques-
ton:
Why train women for commits
slons in the AAF at great expense
to the taxpayers when plenty of men
already trained for the jobs are
being thrown out of work."
Program Called Costly"
One committee member, who
asked that his name be withheld,
said the WASP training program
as planned by the AAF was "ex-
tremely costly Some 500 WASPS
are now in flying school. About
go have been graduated and many
OF these, 1t was said, are taking
costly transitional training to quail
fy them to fly multi -engined bomb
ers and hot" fighters. AAF spokes-
men have said the WASPS may be
expanded to 2,500 If brought into
the Army, Representatives were
told, the WASPS will be commits
stoned from second lieutenants up
to and including the rank of at
| least one full colonel.