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Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-15
Crop Conference Scans
New Valley Products

mercially.'
Beyschlag said Imperial Valley
growers will be interested in try
ing out a new SWeetcorn, Ioana.
This is a yellow hybrid now being
developed in Coachella Valley. The
cubit variety of cucumber is new
one which will be tried in the val
ley. Also there was considerable
discussion about an edible soy bean
but this was not recommended for
interior valleys.
Imperial Valleys "Imperator'
carrots were found to be of first
quality, the university experts oe-
clared after a series of experiments
and tests made to break down the
government specification demand
ing the "Chantenay" variety.
valley growers already knew the
"Imperator" variety was best"
Beyschlag sale, but the tests had
to be made to convince the gov
ernment buyers"
WEED CONTROL
Il was also interested in the
two improved methods for control
ling annual weeds by spraying,
Beyschlag said. "The first of the
two types is the pre-emergence
variety to be used before the crop
comes up. This is stove top oil to
be sprayed at the rate of rs gal
Ions an acre. The soil should be let
alone after this spraying and not
Continued on page 8, col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-15
Colorado Storm
Maroons -Four:
Lives in Peril

RICO, Colo, March Is. (UP)-
Railroad workers, highway crews,
an airplane and a party of skiers
fought binding storms and lC-foot
snow drifts Wednesday in an effort
to reach four persons trapped in
stalled bus on a southwestern
Colorado railroad
The bus, carrying the driver, an
other man, a woman and a baby,
haG been stalled since Monday aft
ernoon at an altitude of 10000 feet.
The bus, which operates on rails
of the Rio Grande Southern rail-
way, was equipped with stove and
carried a small amount OF coal, but
probably not enough for more than
a few hours.
Also stalled some place in the
mountains was sn engine crew
which left Tuesday to get the bus
but at last reports had not been
able TO reach it and had not been
able to get back to its headquarters
because of the snow drifts.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-15
Auto Industry
Due for Boom,
Visitors Say

Automobiles of the future will
not be much different from those
we are familiar with but they will
be lighter cars, the motors will be
lighter, and the upkeep will be less
was the prediction made in Ell
Centro Wednesday by Charles W..
Bloom, regional manager, and Will
lard Karl, district manager of the
DeSoto Motor corporation.
They quoted recently completed
survey of the United States which
indicated that 100000 former auto
mobile owners now have no private
transportation and that 100000
Americans are driving vehicles
worth less than $l00
by the end of this year." they
said, 100000 persons should be
in the market for automobiles. The
public has saved, exclusive of war
bonds, 100000, 100000 during these
times of high salaries. The public
also has paid off its old debts and
will be in good financial shape to
buy new cars when they are avail
able.
Manufacturers C. automobiles
figure that it will take five years
OF automobile production at a 60
per cent greater level of production
over l2-year pre-War level to
bring American Transportation back
to the l94l level. 1t will reuire
production of 100000 a year for
five years to rehabilitate transpor-
tation. The normal level below the
war was 3,500000."
They predicted that soon after
the war the prices of cars will be
higher than formerly but time, dis
coveries and inventions are expected
to lowe rthe prices.
Bloom and Karl were in Ell Gen.
tro comforting with Russell Haas,
DeSotu dealer.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-15

Efforts to obtain a $15,-
100000 low elevation road
to San Diego from Imperial
Valley have been started.
At q luncheon meeting in the
UNIVERSITY Club at San Diego,
Mayor Harley Knox tcld highway
and civic representatives that the
need for this road are Imperative
and should be an important post
war program for Southern Califor-
mia.
He called the meeting at the IN
sistence of military and naval
procurement oT--;cer. IN San Diego
area who have decried the fact
that Imperial Valley fresh pro-
duce arrives at their stations day
late. The produce now must be
hauled to Los Angeles and then
rerouted to the San Diego area.
Produce trucks and heavy equip
ment cannot negotiate the high
grade from Jacumba to the coast,
he told the meeting,
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-15

Ben Herring, Ell Centro Chamoer
of Commerce secretary, the only
man from outside San Diego coun-
ty to attend the meeting, and VINO
was self-invited to the meeting,
tolc those attending that San Diego
never will be an important South
ern California metropolis unless
they bring Imperial Valley along
with them.
Imperial Valley is your food
basket, and unless you recognize
this in your postwar plans, San
Diego will never grow" Herring
said.
Representatives from the San
Diego city council, county super
visors highway representatives, and
state legislators, adopted four reso-
lutions approving road along the
Mexican border through the Barret
Lake area hooking up with the
present Highway 80 at Jacumba.
Later efforts may be made to have
the Mountain Springs grade aban-
6oned for a new route Of lower
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-15
Processing Plan
Aids Egg Mart

First step in relieving the egg
surplus in Imperial Valley came
Wednesday wit hthe announcement
that a Caiex:oo company will buy
eggs for processing.
Assistant Farm Advisor H. Lee
Landerman announced that Swift
and Company will make purchases
to ship to a processing plant at
Fontana The company wants
load Friday and another Monday.
I'VE have been working hard to
help the egg producers get rid of
their surplus supplies instead of
having to dump the eggs" Lander
man said. This is the first break
we have had"
He suggested that the producers
telephone the company at CalexicO
355 to make arrangements. The
eggs must be graded market and
in cases with filters. Eggs will be
accepted between 8 a. m. and noon
every day except Saturday and Sun
day. The price is to be 81 cents
a dozen as long as the cases net
out at as pounds each. This, Lam
derman said, will enable the pro-
ducer at least to pay for his feed
and will prevent wasting a valuable
food product
Landerman said the surprise oc-
ours normally every year between
March l and the middle of June.
The present deal, he said, will re-
lieve the situation somewhat.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-15

The effort Obvlously designed to-
placate the bomb-battered German |
people, cost the already strained
Luftwaffe at least 13 bombers, in
Guiding two destroyed over their
base in Holland by an RAF in
truder. One plane crashed in
flames in London suburb
THOUSANDS OF BOMBS
Striking just before midnight, the
raiders ran gauntlet CT rocket and
aircraft shells, as we'll as night
fighters, to shower thousands of
fire bombs and scores of high eX-
plosives en- London.
Larger ccnflagraticns than those
kindled in the "baby blitz" last
month sprang up in The wake of
the toEibers and at one time al
most e,4circled one London district.
Numerous casualties were report
ed, but Gems orship prevented pub
lication of a death toll. Rescue
squads still were t~rrelling through
the rubble CT wrecked buildings and
dwellings in scme section for dead
and injured.
One oil pomp blazed furiCuSly on
the top floors CT go foot tall
warehouse during the height of the
raid while 1000 Londoners laughed
and joked in 2 basement shelter
below, unaware of their danger,
Wardens prepared to eyacuate the
chelter, but the flames were ex-
singuished within an hour.
HIT LOAEED BUS
Another bomb fired a bus loaded
with American soldiers outside
Continued on Page 8, Col. %
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-15
Soldiers Vote
Measure Goes
To White House

WASHINGTON, March Is CUP)
The house Wednesday approved
the compromise soldier vote bill
and put it up to Pres:oert Roosevelt
for signature or veto.
The house adopted. ..,e long
disputed measure by vote an
nounced as 273 to Ill.
Administration sources said that
Mr.. Roosevelt was still undecided
and that there was no unanimity
among his advisers as to what he
should do.
The house vote, which ended
months of wrangling among it's
members and between the two
houses of congress, came after only
two hours of debate, contrasted with
the two days # argument that pre-
ceded the ;t.Cta's vote of 47-31
Tuesday.
Chairman Eugene Worley, CD,
Tex, of the house elections COM
mittee urged acceptance of the
conference version of the bill. He
had led the fight in the house by
New Deal supporters for federal
ballot for all servicemen and
women.
Federal ballots can be used only
by persons overseas, only if states
agree to accept them and count
them, and only if the voter is un-
able to get a state ballot. These
provisions satisfied Rep. John Ran
kin, CD, Miss, leader OF the states
rights bloc which so violently op-
posed the original federal ballot
proposal.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-15
Low-Leve| Highway to SD
Receives New impetus

level.
The meeting went on record as
follows; To hold monthly meetlhss
until the road is assured; 10 ap-
point committee to meet WIN
Continued from page u
state highway officials IN Sacf'-
mento and obtain approval lot a
survey and approval for the nign-
way; If the state does not maze
the survey San Diego city ana
county, jointly, will underwrite
special survey; that OF two hlgh-
ways, No. 395 or No. 80. the road
to the east is more important u
the economy of that area than any
other incluo ing north-bound routes:
that the federal government plans
six transcontinental intcr-regionai
highways after the war, one eath
to Seattle Portland and San Fran
cisco and three 10 Los Angeles
which leaves Southern California
without a main route, and that tns
high'va east Is needed both from
a military and economic point-of-
view and 1t should be promoted
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-15
Russians Drive
To River Bug;
Germans Routed
Red Armies Also Push
To Within Few Miles
OF Black Naval Base

MOSCOW, March Is. (UP-Red
armies of the Ukraine Wednesday
frightened their encirclement of
tens of thousands of German troops
above Kherson and broke through
to the middle Bug river, one of the
last possible natural cetense lines
in southern Russia, on a 4c-mi,e
front.
q German proadcasts aCxnowlec ge(l
that several Russian spearheaus al
ready had crossed the Bug river
and said the VinnitSa- -Nikolaev de-
fense line was only intended to be
temporary" The Germans also
reported new Russian attacks at
the northern and eastern ends o.
the isolated Crimea.
NEAR BLACK SEA
Plunging through Nazi defensas
seemingly at will, the Russiails also
pushed to within 81 miles east Of
the Black sea naval base of Niko-
laev and threw siege arc around
Vinnitsa, whose fall would all but
split the Ukrainian front in two.
Several German divisiU..s, per-
haps totalling $4,000 or more men,
were trapped in the 300-square- mile
pocket roughly % to 60 miles north
of Kherson. The enemy counter
attacked repeatedly in an attempt
to escape, but was beaten back with
losses of 10000 killed and 4.0nD
captured. More than 300 German
guns also were captured.
Soviet troops are pressing to-
gether the encircled German divi-
sions and are inflicting enormous
losses in men and material" the
Soviet high command said in rs
mic night communique.
MILE AN HOUR
Malinovsky's veterans of Staliu-
grad also advanced at the rate OF
Continued on page 8, col. D
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-15
Allied Air Attack
RozeS Casino

heaviest aerial bombing ever con-
centrated in so small an area.
Mastering every plane in their
Mediterranean arsenal from tiny
Spitfires to giant Flying Fortresses
and Liberators, the allied airmen
sent 1,400 tons of bombs crashing
down on Casino in celuge un-
broken from the first light of dawn
until noon when the 5th army's
ground troops moved into the shat
tered enemy positions which had
held their advance in central Italy
toward Rome for weeks.
Another 1,40O tons of high ex-
plosiyes and augmentation bombs
were dumped on Nazi gunners
crouching in foxholes and trenches
in the hills north and northeast
of Casino.
The twin aerial blow, combining
a weight Of explosives not surpass-
ed even in the heaviest of the mass
raids on Berlin, was the opening
phase of the big push by the
allied Fifth army to crush the Nazis'
stubborn resistance In the noun
tains of central Italy.
Observers said Casino, the focal
point of the German defenses, was
wiped from the earth under the air
assault and the storm of shellfire
from massed artillery which follow
ed it.
United Press War Correspondent ut
James E. Roper counted some 500
planes-Fortresses, Liberators, Nit
chells, Marauders, and fighters
sweeping in over the town to un-
load hundreds upon hunc reds of
bombs on the Nazi-fortified build
ingS.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-15
NAz|S bL|Tz LONDON
Death Summons
0DT Director;
Gained Renown
WASHINGTON. March I5

WASHINGTON, March Is. CUP)
Director Joseph B. Eastman OF
the Office of Defense Transporta-
ton, the man who was responsible
for extracting the last ounce OF
war effort from the nations rail-
roads and motor trucks, died in
Emergency hospital "Wednesday of
heart ailment which struck him
down last Feb. 10.
Eastman, who would have been
62 on June 26, died nearly three
weeks after celebrating the 25th
anniversary of his appointment By
President Woodrow Wilson to the
Interstate Commerce Commission,
a post he held under five preSi-
dents.
Since the war it has been East
mans task to coorc mate the ma
tion's transportation facilities and
to obtain their maximum use for
the war effort.
TROUBLE SHOOTER
Long before the war, however.
Eastman was chief trouble shooter
for the country's railroads as fed
eral coordinator of transportation
a post to which he was appointed
early in the Roosevelt administra-
ton.
In that capacity he was called
"teamSter for the iron horse" and
won the reputation of being one
of the hardest working government
officials in Washington.
Eastman was born at Katonan.
N. Y, on June 26, 1882, the son of
a Presbyterian minister. He spent
his childhood in Pottsville, Pa,
and was educated at Amherst COL
lege.
KEPT TO POST
Eastman became a transpOrta-
tion expert in the early 1900s and
in 19l5-was appointed to the Mas
sachusetts public service commits
sion. He was appointed to the ICC
by President Woodrow Wilson on
Dec. 10, 1918. He was reappointed
by Presto ents Warren G.. Harding,
Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover,
and Franklin D. Roosevelt.
He was credited not only with
great vigor but with great clarity
of mind, great responsiveness ii
dealing with conflicting Interests
and with a considerable amount of
Continued on Page 8, Col. g.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-15
D 4Ms5!xs 4.s!Mts
WOMAN TROUBLE

WOMAN TROUBLE
In the course of human events
it becomes necessary for deputy
sheriffs to take charge Of difficult
situations. Several such situations
faced Imperial county deputy sher-
ifs Tuesday.
Slim Lyons was sent out to a
camp ground north of Sandia. A
woman was injured and couldn't
get doctor Slim drove out there
pell nell. He discovered that a
couple C.. women had had fight
and one Of them had been kicked
in the ribs. Since the fight was
over and the antagonist no where
in sight, all Sim could do was send
for an ambulance to take the wom-
an to hospital.
There Z naked woman out here
swimming in a ditch" someone tele-
phoned the sheriff's office. Slim,
Art KnudSen, and Mrs. Lottie Ma
son, matron, braved the cold wind
and drove four miles into the coun-
try.
Chilly wind Notwithstanding, a
woman weighing better than 230
pounds was nonchalantly walking
in and out of a ditch full of water,
sans clothing of any kind.
Here, Mrs. Mason" Slim sput-
tered, hastily thrusting blanket
at Mrs Mason, wrap her up in
this" Clutching the flapping
blanket, diminutive Mrs. Mason in
duced the woman to wrap up in
the blanket and get into the car
There's family disturbance a
mile cast of McCabe," came the
telephone call Tuesday night. Pete
Klyne and Dee Kissee were sent
out. AS they approached the house
they could hear woman scream
ing.
"What's the matter with her.
Dee asked Pete as soon as they
entered the house.
shes going to have baby and
needs a DOCTOR" Pete said. "They
say her doctor has moved away
and she didn't know it,"
Let's get out of here" Dee stut-
tered Pete demurred. insisting
they would have to get an ambu-
lance.
Send an ambulance" Pete tele-
phOned the sneriff'S office, "Dr
Kissee needs help"
Somebody ought to write a book.
NO FALSE COLORS
EStelle Livingston baSked Tues
Continued on page 8, col 81
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-15

DETROIT, March Is. -tUP)-
More than 1000 workers were abb
sent from their jobs at the Ford
Motor company's River Rouge
plant Wednesday as a result of
a series of demonstrations by Wild
cat strikers described by company
spokesman as another prize ex-
ample of hoodlumiSm In unionism.'
Accompany statement said 1901
workers including 2,203 of 5,4l4 on
the aircraft buildings morning
shift, failed to report following estab-
lishment of two blockades at the
Rouge plants main gate.
However, the company said pro-
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-15

Highlights of a truck crop
conference held in Riverside
recently by the truck crop
division of the University of Cali
fornia extension service and irriga-
ton experts was a description Of
new varieties, County Farm Ad-
visor Frank Bcyschlag said We'd
nesday.
'Beyschlag said that he was most
interested in new variety of as
paragus which was called NO. 500.
1t will come out next year and is
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-15
Finland Rejects
Russ Peace Plan

HEISINKI, March Is. UP)-
The Finnish parliament was re-
ported most reliably Wednesday
to have approved a government
proposal to reject the armistice
terms which Russia offered to
Finland.
Premier Edwin Lindomies' gov
ernment was represented authori-
tatively as seeing no chance what
ever to negotiate with Russia on
the basis of the six-point peace
proposal advanced by the Soviets.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-15
German Planes
Strike Naples


NAPLES, March Is. (UP)-Ger-
man night bombers, striking back
savagely after a series of Allied
air blows that ripped up Nazi rail-
road lines from Pisa to Rome,
swarmed over Naples in the early
morning hours Wednesday and gave
this Allied headquarters city it's
heaviest raids in months.
The German DNB news agency
said the raiders struck at the Ma
pies port area and that great dam
age and large ,conflagrations" we're
caused. Four transports totalling
10000 tons were damaged badly,
DNB said.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-15

LONDON, March l5. (UP)-Fur-
ther steps to prevent leakage of
news to the enemy through Fire
were considered Wednesday as plans
were drawn to isolate the country
if it is deemed necessary to pro-
tect the Allied forces stationed IN
Britain.
Among measures examined by Al
lied officials were proposals to close
the entire border between Fire and
north Ireland with guards, police
and troops patroling the frontier,
and the severance of all telephone
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-15
Yanks Advance
In New Britain

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, South
west Pacific, March Is CUP)-U. S.
marines won a new foothold on the
northern New Britain coast in their
drive toward Rabaul while Ameri-
can troops nearly 300 miles to the
northwest cleared the e1erly from
Hauwei and Butjo LuO Islands to
bring the Japanese main admiralty
island base within artillery range,
it was disclosed Wednesday.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-15
Rep. Phillips
III in Fresno

Congressman John Phillips is i'll
in Fresno and will be unable to
follow his planned schedule in Cali
fornia for 10 days, he telephoned
Fern Young of Calexico, chairman
of the Republican Central commit
tee of Imperial county.
The congressman's physician said
that he will have to remain in bed
because he is suffering from mild
attack of flu.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-15

recommended for home gardens. II
terminates and grows rapidly, per-
mitting the grower to get good
early crop when the market is high
instead of being strung along with
a small yield early in the season.
NEW TYPE ONION
Also next year will see the in
PRODUCTION of the worlds first hy-
brid onion," Beyschlag said. This
type is said to be more vigorous
and productive. 1t grows large and
when sliced will fit bun for d
sanc Wich. 1t is not boosted COM
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-15
Yankee Planes
Hit Brunswick

LONDON, March Is. CUP)--
American heavy bombers and fight
ers struck deep into western Ger
many at the Nazi aircraft center
of Brunswick wednesday and shot
down at least 36 CT the enemy
fighter rlanes tha, warmed up
to challenge them.
Three American bombers ana
five of the strong force of Lightning
and Thunoeroolt lighters that COW
cred the raid were reported missing.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-15
Honor Roll

In presenting Imperial county's
Honor Roll, men in military SER
vices, in the Post-Press Newspapers
special edition, the following from
the south end of the county were
omitted:
AT James G. Nicols Jr. (AC)
Lewis r. Nicols (AC)
James 0. Mcdaniel (A) CD
Willis Barnard Johnson CM)
Robert Nugent johnson (N)
Edgar Leland Edge (N
Leon George Provazek (N)
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-15
Churchill States
Fire bQckout

and telegraph links between ERE
and the outside world passing
through Britain and north re
land
The nature of the suggested re-
strictions was first limited by Prime
Minister Churchill Tuesday Wneh
he told commons that the Allies
intend to isolate Fire completely 10
prevent invasion secrets from leak,
ING to the Axis. He described traVei
restrictions between Britain ana
Ireland as only the first step 70
ward quarantining Fire from 'he
rest of the world. .ts=
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-15
Yank Filler Gets
22nd Nazi Plane

LONDON, March u. (UP)-Lt.
Robert S. johnson of Lawton, Okla,
shot down three German planes
Wednesday, raising his total bag to
% and making him the leading
American fighter ace in the Euro
pean theater On his return to
base he was promoted to captain.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-15
1000 Desert Jobs
At Ford Factory

duction was not seriously Impaired
in either the main plants or air
craft building, working on Pratt &
Whitney engines.
The Ford company, denouncing
Dearborn police for failure to smash
the blockade by wildcat strikers ap-
pealed to Gov. Harry F. Kelly
Wednesday for police protection ito
maintain an uninterrupted flow OF
war materials to our armed forces
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-15
Gripsho|m Lands
With b33 Aboard

JERSEY CITY, N. j., March ID
tUP) = The diplomatic exchange
liner Gripsholm. returning 663 re-
patriates from Germany and Ger
man-occupied Europe, arrived al
her Jersey City pier at 1890 p. m'
(PWT), Wednesday.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-15
Ndzis Boost Plan
To Stop Invasion

said that on the coastal sector near
est British ports the Germans have
stationed three corps made up
of units which have already proved
their fighting experience in past
campaigns"
The broadcast added that the
Germans have begun construction
of second defense line behind the
Atlantic wall" and at varying
distance from it.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-15
RULES ON HIGHWAY

SACRAMENTO, March Is up
State Highway Commissioner Har-
rison r. Baker, Pasadena, said
Wednesday the proposed Los An
geles river freeway project is not
part of the state highway system
and that "it would be an illegal
expenditure of state highway funds
to attempt tC acquire lights of way
thereon"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-15

A LIE D HEADQUAR-
TIERS, Naples, March Is.
(UP)-Allied land and air
forces launched tremendous Of
fensive against the German noun
tain stronghold of Casino Wednes-
day and leveled the mile-square
stone village with five hours of the
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-15

LONDON, March Is. CUP-The
Nazi radio Oslo claimed Wednes-
day that the Germans have three
army corps concentrated on sec
tor of the Atlantic wall" where
they believe an invasion is most
likely to be launched.
Reporting that Marshal Gerd
Won Rundstedt, western European
commander has inspected fortifi-
cations, the propaganda broadcast