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Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-27
Bajja California
Aids Replaced

TIJUANA, Baja, CFA., Mexico,
Aug. 26. CUP)-General de Divi-
sion Juan Felipe Rico, newly ap-
pointed governor of the northern
district of Lower California, has
replaced two city officials who had
been appointed by former Gov
ernor Coronel Rodolfo Sanchez To-
boada.
Toboada was replaced by Rico
Aug. 2. following a series of attacks
against him by local newspapers.
Three editors were jailed as a result
of these attacks but have since been
released.
Silvero Roma Romera, Tijuana
business man and large scale prop
erty owner, was appointed mayor
replacing NOborto Avaler.
Joaquin Aguilar Robles, interna-
tional detective and newspaper pub
Usher, was appointed chief Cf po-
lice, replacing Augusta Vigus Her
rera, who is in federal jail here
charged with the murder of Hum
berto Diaz Guerrero, prominent
lower California and Guadalaiara
attorney.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-27
BALKANS WAR BALLOON
BEGINS TO DEfLATE

True to form, the big Balkan war col
lapse appears all under way as Romana
leads off with surrender to the Russians
and her soldiers attempting to turn again
st their old foes, the Germans. Hungary
and Bulgaria are in similar mood and
there can be little doubt that the Hitler
satellite nations will be out Of the war
in a matter of days. Thus does history
repeat itself. This group Of principallt-,
les has been much the "problem child
over long period of years, as much a
bone of contention in European disturb
ances as Poland The one difference IS
that Poland has been more sinned against
than SHINING. 1t is no surprise to keen
observers that the Balkans are begin
ming to back track. The wonder is that
it hasn't started sooner.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-27
WAR OUTPUT FALLS OFF,
WHO IS TO BLAME?
Clos Angeles Times)

Clos Angeles llmeS)
Fixing of the blame for the falling OH
in production of vital war items, pointed
out of the senate war investigating COM
mittee by Maj. Gen. Lucius ID. Clay
army service forces director Is at the
moment Of less importance that the
prompt and effective action that may
be necessary to make up for the slumps
in output. Gen. Clay's assertion that
the drop in June amounted TO as much
as 53 per cent in equipment as essential
as certain kinds of ammunition Is some
thing, however. that somebody IN author
ity should have to account for sooner or
later His statement that the situation
is in part due to war fatigue and
public optimism that has "dulled the
sense of urgency can doubtless be ac-
cepted as fact, as can his observation that
discussions of alleged excess supplies
have contributed to a popular mlsunder-
standing of conditions. But there is more
to it than psychology, as he himself
makes plain. in his reference to the man
power shortage.
News reports do not indicate whether
he went into the question OF strikes as
affecting the production OF badly need
ed shells, trucks and tanks for use by
shinment to Allies. 1t is a shortage
cansa that the senate committee certain
w cannot overlook. And switchings from
war work to normal industries have un-
questionably involved large numbers OF
persons whose services in keeping the
battle fronts supplied are just now SO
imperative 1t is, of course, encouraging
10 know that output in July, although
below expectation, had picked up again,
but the prediction of another lag for
August rather offsets that satisfaction
1t is a bad sign indeed when an army
leader must report that vital material has
to be sent abroad in quantities less than
commanders in the field are asking for,
and Gen. Clay cited instances to prove
this had been happening. Management
and labor must respond with all they
have to give if the war is to be rushed
to the swift conclusion now envisioned.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-27
CorporaIs Togo
Would Meet
With Other Togo

WASHINGTON. Aug. 26 up
Cpl TOTO of Hollywood and Cpl.
TojC of Hawaii are interested in
meeting Gen. Tojo Of Japan. Their
intentions are not tICtherly
No relatives of the former Jap
anese premier, the Corporais Tojo
are now fighting in Italy as men,
bers of the 442nd Japanese Ameri-
can combat team, but their main
interest, according TO the war de-
partment, is in getting into action
in the Pacific.
Cpl. Tojo from Hawaii-Tadashi
is his first name, and it means
straight" in Japanese which is
good because hes a gunner - was
an eyewitness to the japanese at
tack on Pearl Harbor Dec. 7, 194l.
4 saw them cut down defense
less people, among them q lot of
personal friends he said. I'd like
to meet TOTO of Japan and on
the business end of my hoWitzer.'
Cpl. Rufus TOTO from Hollywood
blame6 the Pearl Harbor blow for
the evacuation Of japanese -Ameri-
cans from the west coast and their
detention in relocation centers, one
of which now holds his mother and
father.
Because we looked like the Japs
who attacked Pearl Harbor. we were
placed under suspicion and evac-
uated." he said Nov we're fight
ing to chow the skeptics that we're
as good Americans as those of ether
ancestry. God willing, we won't
fail"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-27
copitaI TaIk
by
Peter Edison

bonuses and incentive pay, shifts
from high wage to low wage indus
tries, the dropping from the labor
force of some millions of war
Workers-all these will mean a re-
duction III total national take-home
pay of l5,0O0,OOO,OOO to $4,000
O00,0OO a year. They'll have a def
mite effect on price levels.
The riddle is how to keep from
going back to 1899 or still earlier
levels of national income, wage pay
ments, production, employment and
unemployment.
Politicians in or running for Of
flee may well note the end resulting
effects of all these things on the
Mr.. Joe Doakeses of this country,
who will be casting a lot of votes
this fall.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-27
Safeguards lack
Blamed for Wreck

wASHINGToN- Aug 20. 'UP)-
Absence of adGQ Eate Sa1eguards 10
r1revent excessive speed on curves
was assigned by the interstate COM
rDerce commission as the cause Oh
ne derailrner1t of an Atcfllson To-
DeLxa & Santa E'e PaSSerlger tfalll
near Maine Arizona, IaSt July D.
resulting in the death OF tour per-
sons and the injury Ct 126
--CornIIiance with the prescribed
speed rest rrict1Of1S "S4S Ctpeilaeilo
1900 the enoineer'S knowledge OF
the physical cI1aracteristlcS OF the
track and his ability to see the
sneed-lirr1it sign about IL feet to the
left of the track and several hun
dred feet in advance of his train,
which running at high speed,
the report said
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-27
AMERICAN BUSINESSMEN
LOOK TO FUTURE

Business of the nation is making an eff
fort to paddle its own canoe" after the
war and can do so if freed of hamperlng
rulings and RECOMMENDATION which had
gone far to stifle il before the war emer-
gencies appeared. Already great strides
have been made in planning.
Recently there has been set up Com
ittee for Economic Development. 1t Is
non-poitical corporation of American
business men.
This group points to the fact, which
few may know, that there are 100000
separate business establishments in the
United States and within these are tied
up the living of several million people
directly and indirectly. They account
for very large segment of the nations
progress and prosperity and it Is vitality
important that they be fluid and permit
ted to expand.
By far the greater number may be
classed as so-called little business since
100000 employ less than 100 persons
while 100000 are Self-employed and
who have not other employees. There
are about $500 which employ between
100 and 1000 workers and $500 only that
use more than 1000 employees each. Rough
ly, as per cent are in the 100 or under
employe class.
Topping the objectives of the committee
is a wall-defned plan for the health and
welfare of the employees. This is tied
closely with looking after the health
and welfare of the businesses them
selves
The problems of small business have
been many always, but have become
much more striking and aggravated dur
ing the war. And those who are directly
interested see even harder problems to
solve as the business world begins to
emerge from wartime conditions.
In future planning this now active
nationwide committee has set up pro-
gram calculated to insure full stability
for these businesses. 1t is a siX-pOnt
program that says:
Small business should have fair and
special consideration in the recOnverslon
period.
1t should be assisted in finding adequ-
ate capital.
Relief from excessive taxation before
it is too late.
Information on business techniques,
financing. etc, should be channeled down
to small business.
All educational, scientific and tech
ncal institutions should offer laboratory
facilities for the development of new
products and testing old ones for small
business.
All efforts should be made to estab
lish new local industries.
This, it would appear, is a program
consistent with any postwar planning
Set-up.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-27
Night Clubs Must
Brighten Lights

SACRAMENTO, Aug. 26. tUP)-
Therell be no more soft lights"
in night clubs which operate in
the board of equalization district
No. 8, James H. Quinn, board MEM
ber for the district, revealed Friday.
Quinn instructed his liquor law
supervisors to enforce a section OF
the state liquor law which requires
any place serving alcoholic bever-
ages to be illuminated sufficiently
to enable the conduct CT patrons to
be observed lat all times"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-27

h a d PUT IN / 5
crea m = cOlOred
handkerchief over
them to stop the
bleeding. AS the
wound dried, the
h a n d K e r.
chief stuck to his
fingers, a n q { O
pull it off would
have been painful
It still stuck to
his fingers all
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-27
By ERNIE PYLE

ON THE WESTERN 'FRONT.'
BY WreleSs)-You may have WON
dered hcw the British pilot hap
pened to be found after lying for
eight days unnoticed, trapped in
his wrecked plane.
Well. as 1 told you, bullet had
clipped the balls of his right hand
forafiOoerS clear TO the hone He
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-27
VAGRANT SENTENCED

Joseph r. Pastel drew a Today
jail sentence in FL Centre police
court Saturday morning on a vag-
rancy charge. The sentence was
suspended on orders of the court
that the culprit get out of town.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-27

The population Of India is increasing
at a very alarming rate, about 100000
yearly, but the recorded crop output
shows no comparable increase.-Earl of
Munster, undersecretary Of state for
India.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-27
Editorials and Comment

EDITORS NOTE: The fOiioI0ing edit
0ridlS are presented as interesting 0pin-
ions UOiced by editors elsewhere. Ihey
do not necessarily reflect the opinion OF
this paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-27

A reasonable facsimile of thoughts
running through the heads OF Joe
OF Jane Doakes, war workers, at
this crucial period in the countrys
history could be set down in words
approximately as follows.
THE war news is sure great.
Looks like it won't be long now.
When it's all over, l wonder where
it leaves me.
"On The whole the war has treat
ed me better than most. Havn't been
bombed or shot at. Suppose l
shouldn't have any kick coming.
Best money l ever made. Average
around 90 cents an hour, which Is
$50 for 40 hours, plus eight hours
overtime at time and a half which
is 5000. Yes, $4680 a week, which
I see by the papers is about aver
age for the whole country.
THE first thing that happens, l
lose that overtime l suppose. That
means I get along on $36 again,
and with food prices higher than
they were before the war.
with the war over, l suppose
there won't be any more war bond
drive so I'll have the four bucks
they've been taking out of my pay
every week for that. And maybe
lower taxes.
IF this plant where I'm working
has TO close down for a while for
this reconversion, 1 go on stateun-
EMPLOYMENT compensation which
will average around S13 a week, they
tell me. If it lasts long, I'll have
to sell some of the war bonds
I've got, to get by. But I sure would
like to hang on to the few hundred
bucks I've got saved now-just in
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-27
THEY'LL HAVE TO MAKE
PLACE FOR SOLDIERS

II run my chances, sticking
around here. If this plant don't open
up full tilt, I may have to take a
job that doesn't pay quite as high
a rate. They'll have to make places
for the soldiers first. Probably can't
expect that everybody will keep on
having top jobs like they do now.
Or it may be a couple of years be-
fore they get going full blast But
I sure will hate to take a cut.
Il can go back to the sticks
where 1 come from. where it don't
cost as much to live. But the jobs
don't pay as much back there, either.
Even the good jobs.
Il might get another job here.
There should be plenty of things
opening up again that have been
closed down by war Building ought
to be on the boom, if I could get
into it. Maybe filling station job
or a garage, or selling vacuum clean
ers-wnen they get any autos OF
sWeeperS to SELL
Maybe I don't get any job at
all-join the army of unemployed
again. No WPA left to go to now
So Wbato"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-27

One reason | was welcomed at (Soviet
'front.' headquarters, think, was because
! followed right behind the 3OO,OOOth
United States truck that had Just arrived.
Maj. Gen John r.. Deane, chief of U. S.
military mission to Moscow.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-27
BROTHER, IT'S AN
ECONOMIC RIDDLE

This purely imaginary monologue
isn't intended to be any sob SOL
oliquy over the plight of the poor
working man, but a statement on
the problems confronting congress
and the postwar planners in Wash
ington, boiled right down to the
fundamentals of an individual case
which is what all these things are
reduced tc eventually.
A good bit of what you have been
reading or skipping-on Senator
Georges reconversion bill now be-
fore congress, on Donald Nelson's
relaxation of war production board
controls over civilian production, on
Paul V. McNutt's latest war man
power commission regulations -
can be found in the case of the
Hypothetical joe Doak15, quoted
above.
So, the musings of the aforemen-
toned DCakes spell an economic
riddle.
Payments in wages to the Ameri-
can labor force today are around
/ 100000, ,000,000 a year. With the
enc of the war, even granting that
wage rates are not reduced one cent,
curtailment of overtime, loss CT
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-27

through the Oruell OF SelIl1lS h1II1
out: it was still clasped in his hand
as the ambulance jeep drove away
with him.
To go back through the days OF
his waiting he had that handker-
chiefed right hand stuck through
a little hole in the planes side, NOV
ing it slowly back and forth.
Just after had stepped that day
to talk to Lieutenant Ed SassOn in
the field, two mechanics from an
armored division came down the
road in a eep. They were looking a
the wrecked plane as they drove
along and suddenly they saw tins
slight movement. They stopped and
went over to make sure, and they
| found inside there one of the brave
men of this war. That's when they
came running for us.
The two boys to whom this Brit
iSh flight lieutenant owes his lie
are Sergeant Milton Van Sicke1,
of Brainard, Minnesota, and Cor
poral William Schnke, of Gresha IN
Nebraska.
LIGHTLY CLAD
At last we had the pilot out OF
the wing The doctor took SOM e
scissors and started cutting away
his clothes It must be hot in those
cockpits in flight, for the pilot wore
nothing but short trousers and a
blue shirt.
The doctor cut off the pants and
then the shirt The pilot lay there
naked He was a man OF magn111-
cent physique.
The calves Of his legs were large
and athletic In the calf Of the LETT
leg was a round hole as big as an
apple But to our aStoniShm ent,
there was no deterioration of flesh
around it. The wound already was
healing perfectly. The leg WASH
even burned. as he had told US
What then, could it have been tn at
we smelled in the plane?
We turned him over and then we
saw. His back was burned by spilled
gasoline. from his shoulders to the
end of his spine 1t was raw ana
red
He had been forced to lie on 1t
all the time. unable to move. At
last fostering had started, and then
gangrene We could see the little
blue-green mouldy splCtches. tn u
was what we had smelled. He dion [
know about that The odor had de
veloped inside his little chubby
hole so gradually that he hadn I
been aware of it. He was shocked
bv the smell of fresh air, but he
still didn't know about the 9th er
He had been worried only about his
leg.
DOCTOR IN oUANDARY
don't know what the doctor
really thought. The pilot was OBJ
yiously in wonderful physical shape,
considering such an ordeal. Inc
doctor told him so. But he looked
long time at that gangrenOuS
back. and then they temporarily
bandaged 1t.
AS they were working on him, the
doctor asked if the pilot had a
wallet or any papers. He SAID yes
his had been in his hip pocket. Inc
doctor lifted the blood-smeared
pants and cut the wallet out with a
pair cf scissors. From the other
pocket he cut silver cigaret case
That's good, old boy" the p11Ot
said. I'm grateful to you for tina
We asked him if he had a wrist
watch. He said yes, but it had fallen
off and was probably in the debris
where he had been lying. But we
couldn't find it, and finally gave
it up. :
AS he lay on his stomach on the
stretcher they tied metal spllnt L
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-27
CURRENT QUOTATIONS

There are many who seem to think 1t
the duty of a pre-invasion bombardment
to knock out all defending personnel
guns and emplacements so completely
that the invading troops need only walk
in and run up the flag. But we have
never vet taken the objective without a
ground fight when there were troops
there to defend it.-Lt.-Gen. Alexander
A. Vandergrift, Marine commandant.
Equality of opportunity in the United
States in large part has been founded
upon the proposition that each child and
youth shall have access to educational
facilities which would permit him to de-
velop such talents as he possessed. We
have failed miserably in fulfilling this
proposition.-Prof. John K. Norton OF
Columbia L.
Evening star., 1944-01-28

on the AIR TO-DAY.
Star Flashes WMAl, S.45 I'm. dslIy.
WhAL. 7:0o-"CaN Of ihs TraWIIns p.
jamas." d
WT0P. S:00Ialrd crssr does a. encore
appearance.
VOL, S:3o-Invsntor Donald RosbIlnq re-
tsives IN award.
Evening star., 1944-01-28

Last.nttnute changes r.
radio proDrdn1s son,s-
times Soach TIE Star too
Evening star., 1944-01-28
axe Ny Word for 1t
BY FRANK COLBY.
What Is = "Transcription"?

In radio parlance, transcription
is q euphemism for recording. +"
There is this difference, however: A
standard phonograph record is
either 10 or IL inches in diameter,
and is played at the rate Of 70 revo-
lutions per minute. A radio tran
scription usually is 16 inches In d.
ameter and turns at the rate of
33h revolutions per minute. This
slow speed makes it possible to
record . l5-minute program on q
single record.
The Federal Communications
Commission requires that all re-
cordings, except sound effects, be
identified as such when they are
broadcast by American radio sta
tions. This Is to prevent unscru-
pulous stations from palming of re-
cordings as live talent. The fol-
lowing Is Transcribed" means "the
following announcement or program
Is put on the air by means Of a
recording"
The turntables by which record
ings are played in radio studio are
adjusted so that by twisting q knob
they will revolve at the standard
phonograph speed Of u revolutions
per minute or the transcription
speed of 1914 revolutions per min
ute If the operator of the turn
table Frequently the operator is the
announcer himselD u.s. the wrong
speed, agonizing things go out over
the air ). transcription played at
u revolutions per minute becomes
unintelligible-a high pitched, In
sane gabbling. Likewise, a standard
photograph record played at the
slow speed Of 33h revolutions per
minute sounds like a series of low
moans coming from the bottom of
| we'll.
Years ago, in broadcasting q dra-
matte program about a race horse
that saved the old homestead by
winning by nose, used a sound
effect record of a running horse.
They're off!" I shouted into the
microphone and turned on the rec
ord. But I used the slow speed,
instead of the high, and sometimes
to this day I have Nightmares in
which I hear the slow humping
Of that horrible horses hoofs!
(Released by the Bell Syndicate. Inc.)
Evening star., 1944-01-28

though the secret places may be
odd furnishing to be found in home
aquariums and, Of course, the sand.
The young swim about In schools
with their parents, and it is said
the form Of amusement enjoyed by
these small workers is that of filling
the mouth with sand and squirting
1t backward through the gills with
as much force as the weather fish
can muster.
Evening star., 1944-01-28

Der Of varieties native to Europe
and Asia. They are very freely
imported and, fortunately enough
are not expensive.
When these scavengers are not
touring the aquarium floor for bits
Of decomposing matter, they burrow
into the sand, leaving only their
head exposed, thus creating a most
unsual appearance. The head
jutting from the sand blanket looks
abnormally large and weird.
When busy about their affairs
they 60 about their business In
rather efncient fashion. The tor
sand and the dirt are taken into
the mouth in as large an amount
as possible and rapidly shot out
through the gills. Any particle OF
food considered edible and worth
retaining is automatically separated
from that which is to be tossed OF
One not acquainted with the
weather fish's method OF feasting is
quite startled to observe the table
manners of the scavenger.
Weather fish are strictly fresh
water loaches. They are Shiny and
long-lived and famous because OF
their sensitiveness to electricity
Electrical storms apparently affect
them so much that they become
very restless. Scientists say they
are affected internally.
These fish are usually orange and
brown, with lateral black stripe
from gills to tail. Some are beau
full combination Of green. blue and
yellow.
Whiskers or barbels to the num-
Der Of 10 about the mouth add to
the unusual appearance Of the
scavenger. During part Of its day
it loves to hide under stones or mud
in Its natural habitat. When a star
boarder this habit is not changed
Evening star., 1944-01-28
Drives 267 Miles for Nail

ROY, N. Mex. (R.-Rancher Dave
Ellis and his mail were separated
by IL miles of snowdrifts for more
than month. The weather still
didn't show any signs Of improving,
SO Dave drove to the post office
over q 267-mile detour,
Evening star., 1944-01-28
Natures Children
ly LILLIAN cox ATHEY,
WEATHER FISH
/Tahsf:e SaessJ;.I

WEATHER FISH
(Cobitis tossilis).
Weather fish play an important
role in keeping the aquarium free
from Objectionable matter. Scaven-
gers never receive the full credit
due them. They are looked down
upon. spoken Of in hushed tones and
rarely mentioned in polite society.
Yet they are necessary, and they
do work that is offensive to others.
The weather fish thus employed is
an eel-like fish. There are 4 num-
Evening star., 1944-01-28

| Mop. s:oo-Josa Foniains In Magnificent
0bsession.'
wMAl. 9:00-Roui Of he Polka bot gang.
WINK, 9:05-0ffsnbseh's "6aits p.
fsisnns and 1xhakswskYs Swan Lake" On
records.
W, 9;30-A bear Is guest.
VOL. o;30-D. Walker Wear Of ne H..
Evening star., 1944-01-28

fsniiIs Foundation Is featured participant.
Wd. to:oo-EthsI Waters. guest.
Wop. fo:oo-Dwsnts goes 10 Washington
VOL, i0:00-Ssau aek w. Sammy Anoet
IN . i0fsund aen.ttIs sAair.
w1oT. to:3o-Frsdstie March, Florence
Ehidas sad Eric bIors entertain.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-11-07
Jap Pincers
Closing In
On Chinese


N~hunGkjnG. Nov. 7.-(APD-lap-
"Nc>c plnccrs closing upon kWan-
R>I province and the center Of LA
CHOW nov are only about 80 miles
apart, tho Chinese high command
disclosed tonight.
Foreign observers arriving IN
'~hungfIng from the combat zone
Sdld the enemy forces had all the
necessary weapons for modern war
ana that the Chinese units oppoS-
nag ,hem were poorly equipped n
uUtclasSed.
Below this active theatcr, Ja"an-
Csc troops pushing westward from
AWelshlen We're about 20 miles from
plnyang. Capture Of Pinyang would
De a distinct step forward IN the
japanese plan to establish an over
s7nd link with French Indo-Chlna.