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Evening star., 1944-03-19
Gods Front Porch
Bu Ketti Frin1S.

By Ketti Frings. (MorropJ
The. mantle of william Saroyan
seems to have spread over consid-
cradle literary territory. One finds
its shadow everywhere today - if
shadow be the word for an effect
which Is expressed in the most
abandoned and wanton beaming. A
primerlike simplicity expended to
portray men and women who babble
with incoherent benevolence and
glow with an intemperate affection
for everything under the sun-this
Is the stock in trade of a growing
school of writer's. But, though the
reviewer is entirely familiar with
the manifestation as applied to the
human race, she confesses that she
was little surprised to find it here
applied to the Creator. But find it
she did, Notwithstanding. In KEITH
Frings' Interpretation, God is as
William Saroyan would have Him.
The point of view is expressed by
means of story in which a number
of people 60 to heaven. They find
God tired, worried old man and,
out of pity for His distractedness,
relinquish their small faults, and 10
there Is cheer in heaven and God
even feels inspirited enough to per-
form miracle. Well, there you are
One Times One u~~~e.
40
% BY E. E. Cummings. -fHoH.J
E. E. Cummings is a poet. You
have to admit that, though, II you
like poetry, 1t may grind your finer
feelings. But you cannot blink the
fact it is poetry that he writes, the
genuine stuff, though in an irri-
tating guise. So much you can say
for his present volume. It is a
collection Of short verses, and it does
belong.
Evening star., 1944-03-19
The NeV Books
7 he Boy of Silence

By Eduardo Malled. Trans
lated from the Spanish by
Stuart Edgar Grum m n.
fKn0ptJ
The author of this novel is one
of the leading writers of Argentina.
Previous to the appearance Of this
work he has had only one thing
translated in this country, nov-
elette called Fiesta in November
The present book seems to have
commended itself to his publisher
because it is an effort to find and
explain the peculiar spirit Of Argen-
tina, matter which is of consid-
cradle interest to North Americans
just now.
1t seems doubtful to the reviewer,
however, that THE Bay of Silence"
will attain popularity in the United
States. 1t is an intellectual exer-
else carried out in somewhat arid
sphere 1t seems to have been writ
ten for the authors own sake alone.
One could call 1t, indeed. nov
elist's novel, 1t is exquisitely
planned and finely balanced, but it
contains no element which an
ordinary reader will recognize as a
plot, nor do its characters-though
some of them are vividly portrayed
take part in any connected action.
1t is solely the history of one mans
spiritual progress in relation to his
emotions toward his native land.
1t is told in the first person, in
the manner of reminiscent So
liloquy. 1t is divided into three sec
tions. In the first the hero relates
how. in his early youth, he was in
rebellion against the materialistic
spirit which prevailed in his country
and took part in the production of
little magazine Of revolt. Nothing
came of the effort and the young
man went abroad. The second part
deals with the last months of several
years European residence. In Brus-
sells he meets a group Of anti-Fascist
exiles, listens to their arguments and
bootless plans and decides they are
doomed as far as any effectuality
goes. The third part describes his
renewed residence In Argentina
where he sees the materialism which
originally af1ronted him advanced to
frank corruption.
Throughout the three parts there
is relating symbolism. In woman
of an old and aristocratic Argentine
family the young man sees his ideal
of the uncorrupted spirit of his land
She is unapproachable. He never
meets her. He does meet, however
second woman, a working girl
who seems to him the reflection OF
the first woman's noble spirit in
terms Of the people. He strives to
bring this girl from a self-contained
and dark existence, but only drives
her to despair. The book ends with
the hero's reflection that the world
is not ready for rebirth, but that
all the efforts of all the scattered
dreamers are accumulating against
the eventual time.
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Continued From Page CID
Evening star., 1944-03-19
Time FavOrx Enemy.

port of Akyab on the west-central
coast of Burma
Evening star., 1944-03-19


While the tempo of the air raids
against Germany and German
occupied countries was somewhat
slower last week than the week be-
fore there were several heavy at
tacks featured by 1000 planes or
more, one of which at least, struck
a heavy blow at Germanys war in
dustries when Stuttgart was blasted
by 1850 tons Of bombs aimed at the
Bosch ignition works and engine
factories. Nazi fighter resistance
was not so heavy as during the pre-
violS week.
One force of bombers Sunday
raided Pas-de- Calais, in the So
called rocket-gun area and also in
one of the spots at which invasion
might come. This force, Liberat tors
faced no fighter opposition at al
Evening star., 1944-03-19

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a critical time.
This at least is what can be gath,
cred by observers in reading be-
tween the lines of various news re
ports Of diplomatic character. N,
official statement is made from
those responsible for the politica
conduct of the war Any insistanc,
on finding out the truth is brushed
aside with a confidential whispe
that We must first win the war ant
that the Russians are killing man,
Germans. Hence. it would be poo
policy to annoy the executioners o
the Hitlerites. Diplomats, VIII,
ought to know from reading histor,
that war is not a policy but an in
strument of policy, overlook thi
fundamental principle.
The diplomatic theater of opera
tions is more active today than eve
before. What is behind the British
abandonment Of the Serbian Chet
hicks and possibly the Yugosla
King in favor of the Soviet-spon
sored Marshal Tito, and our joinin
them by cutting off nominal assist
ance to Gen. Mihailovich, is one O
those deep diplomatic mysterie
which is answered by the stapl
sentence: After all, my aear fel
low, Mihailovich is doing nothin
while Tito is killing Germans.
None Of these facts involving tn
two small states of Yugoslavia an
Poland, to say nothing about tn
Baltic republics, can dovetajl by tn
widest stretch of the imagina tiol
:; with the fundamental principles O
the Atlantic Charter. 1t is no
i. likely that the British government
conceived the charter merely to Civ
a cop to American public opinion
in whose hands fundamentally rest
the question of war and PARTICULAR
) postwar policies. The charter wa
5 accepted formally and definitely b
!, this entire Nation as the best solu
. ton for an improvement in tn
, world situation. Today it is some
thing one talks about only in whis
! pers at diplomatic gatherings les
some Of our principal associate
might become annoyed at being re
l minded of its implications.
The moves behind the diplomat
!, scenes today are a deep secret il
5 which the people in this countr
are not invited to participate. Wa
news can be given out because W
7 are certain that even if things d
5 not always go as We may wish, W
t are no longer afraid of our oppo
, nents. 1t Is different with politics
5 and diplomatic news, concernin
: which the repercussion is lasting
and premature disclosure nigh
, spike many plans which have bee,
formulated behind diplomatic close
doors.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-22
Toastmasfers
Join at Meet

Brawley ToastmaSters club. the
Winter Garden, joined the FL Gen.
tro Cactus Gavel Toastmasters in
their dinner meeting Monday night
at the California hotel. Eight
members from the northend club
attended the meeting.
Carl Schooss of the FL Centre
club was voted best speaker of the
evening and Red Mitchell, of e.
Centre. the most improved Other
speakers were Bill Duflock. Cliff
Reed of the FL Ccntro club and
Art Knudsen of Brawley.
Bill Fox, El Centre. was toast
master and the chief critic. Gene
Heiss of El Centre, Brawley sup
plying two critics, John Rhodes
and Leo Schroeder, and El Centro,
three: Don Young. Everett Shaw
and Viggo Hansen.
Foster Mcclure, president of
the El Centre club, has been acting
as president since c. A. Irving,
president, entered the service. Mon
day night he was voted in as presi-
dent for the remainder of the term.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-22
Chairman Named
By Red Cross;
Drive Discussed

Leo DeCenes will head the FL
Centre Red Cross chapter as chair
man and George Kirk, as vice
chairman. They were appointed to
those two vacancies Monday night
at the monthly meeting of the
chapter board of directors at head
quarters.
+. C MisSildine, chairman. pre-
sented his resignation, due to i'll
health, as chairman. and r. P.
Moore, vice-chairman. has moved
from the city, leaving his office
vacant
j. d. Nesbitt was elected to fill
the vacancy on the executive COM
mittee.
Both DeCelles and Kirk have
been members Of the board OF di-
rectors for some time, Kirk being
also on the executive committee
which handles chapter business he
tween - ard meetings.
Aside from the appointments the
chapter devoted the greater part of
the meeting to routine reports and
TO discussion of plans for the an
nual war fund drive which opens
on March J.
w. A. Tondro is chairman for
the drive The quota for the chap
ter. which includes the Imperial
and Holtville branches, has been
set at $4,000.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-22
Graham to Seek
Reelection

z. M. Graham, imperial county
supervisor from the Brawley dis
trict for the last ~ years, an
nounced Tuesday that he will be
a candidate fer reelection
He said he planned to take out
nomination petitions Wednesday
and they would be circulated imme-
diately.
Graham has been engaged in
farming in Imperial Valley for
many years and is interested in ag-
ricultural development and prog
ress Of the county in general
His announcement made the list
of incumbent supervisors running
for reelection complete, Super
visors Hugh T. Osborne and A. Y.
Preble already having officially de-
clared their intention to run and
filed their nomination petitions.
The two other members of the
board of supervisors, Dave Vencill
OF Holtville and l. Schlatter of
Calexico, do not have TO run this
year.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-22
Conferees Scan
New Plan on
Soldiers Vote

WASHINGTON, Feb %. up
Senate-house conferees turned their
attention Tuesday to a new COM
promise soldier vote plan which
pointed to a possible settlement of
the complicated issue that has kept
congress in an uproar for almost
three months.
The plan. offered by Representa-
tive Eugene Worley Dem, Tex
house conferee, would abolish the
anti-pcll tax provisions of the 1912
soldier vote law but would retain a
federal war ballot.
Representative John E. Rankin,
Dem, Miss }, leader of the fight
for the house-approved states
rights plan, indicated that Worley's
proposal would prove the way out
He said modification of the 1912
law to eliminate restrictions against
state poll tax and registration re-
quirements would remove the con-
stitutional issue from debate.
Senator Theodore F. Green
Dem. r. l., a senate conferee and
4 backer of the senate-approved
federal plan, also indicated a readi-
ness to accept Worley's proposal. He
said it would retain the federal war
ballot but leave it up to the states
whether they would accept it.
Some of the conferees are hope
full that the Worley suggestion will
furnish a basis for agreement, !"
Green said.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-22
President vetoes
Tox Measure

ton allowances. questionable in
any case for producers of vermi-
culite. potash, feldspar, mica, tale,
lepidolite, barite. and spodumene.
3. The lumber industry is per-
mitted to treat income from the
cutting of timber, including Selec-
tive logging, Ss capital gain
rather than annual income. AS
grower and seller of timber, think
that timber should be treated as
a crop and therefore as income
when it is sold. This would en-
courage reforeStation.
4 Natural gas pipelines would be
exempted from the excess profits
tax without justification and in
manner which might we'll lead oil
companies to request similar treat
ment fer their ripelines."
5. Commercial airlines are grant
ed an unjustifiable extension of the
tax subsidy on their airmail con-
tracts"
NEEDS FUNDS"
The sociay security tax freeze"
provision to which Mr.. Roosevelt
objected provides that the levy
should remain at its present rate
of che per cent each on employers
and employees for the remainoer of
this year. Without that clause.
the rate would go to two per cent
each on March l.
The elimination of the auto
matte increase provided in the Sc
cial security law" Mr.. Roosevelt
said. comes at a time when indus
try and labor are best able to ad-
just themselves to such Increases
These automatic increases are re-
quired to meet the claims that are
being built up against the social
security fund Such postpone
ment does not seem wise"
Because of the custom of holding
holiday business to minimum and
the tentatively scheduled Wednesday
debate on the new subsidy bill, house
leaders delayed until Thursday a
vote on sustaining or overriding the
presidents veto. But Republicans
and many Democrats already were
at work seeking to line up the two
thirds vote necessary to override.
House Republicans, who had
warned previously that veto may
mean no new revenue bill at all in
1914, made it clear that they would
oppose Mr.. Roosevelt's veto unless
the arguments in his message were
convincing and nonpolitical."
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-22
Craenner Heads
Press Group

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. %. tUPD
-Justus F. Craemer, publisher of
the Orange Cali Daily News. was
elected president of the California
Press association Tuesday.
Craemer, who will run for United
States senator from California, will
be succeeded as e-president by
Louis Meyer, Oakdale leader.
Harry Lutgens, San Rafael, of the
Coast Banker. was reelected secre-
tary. Lutgens now is serving in the
army Phillip McCombs, Aliens
Press Clipping bureau, San Fran
cisco, was elected treasurer.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-22
Nelson Sees Cut
In Dam Jobs

WASHINGTON Feb. %. UP)-
Chairman Donald M. Nelson of the
war production board said Tuesday
that little if any materials or man
power will be available in the near
future for construction of dams
and flood control or electric power
Testifying before the house flood
control committee, Nelson said the
manpower situation is acute and
that until the military chiefs of
staff say they no longer need Ger
tain materials, those items will not
be available for civilian use.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-22
Cult Puts buds
Back After Fefe

BRILLIANT, British Columbia,
Feb. q. CUP)-1he fanaticsl sons
of freedom" doukhobors Tuesday
had their clothes on again, .yarm-
ing up after their third strip
tease" in their campaign against
government control.
In an effort TO gain new follow
ers, the demonstrators paraded
nude for 20 minutes here yesterday
in front of the home of John We're
gin, youthful leader of the ortho-
doX branch Of the doukhobors.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-22
Germans Flee
Dnieper City

Continued frcm page Il
the Red army was born in 1918
when it first took the field against
the Germans.
RAW MATERIAL
Krivoi Rog, northeastern prop OF
the German bulge in the southwest
ern Ukraine, represents one of the
greatest sources of raw material in
all Russia. There was no indica-
ton whether the Germans have de-
stroyed the great iron smelters In
the area, but their prolonged de-
fense would indicate they still were
intact.
Molinovsky's troops reached the
outskirts of Krivoi Rog after cap
turing Dolginetsevo, four miles east.
Novy Krivoi Rog, two miles south,
and Vecherny Kut, five miles north,
in a series of lightning attacks that
cut off number of enemy garri-
sons, most of which were annihilat-
ed
Some 1,500 Germans were killed
and 40 guns, 1927 trucks and other
booty captured.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-22
Canteen Manager
Reaches &c.

Mrs. Cora Bell, director for the
USO canteen for Negro troops, has
arrived in Ell Centre and has takeSi
yer operation OF the club.
Mrs. Bell was doing similar work
in Augusta. Georgia, when trans-
ferred to E1 Centre.
Mondly night residents of East
Ell Centre met in the canteen, the
Wcmen's Civic improvement club
house on State street, to discuss
plans for operating the club. Mrs
Bell met with them as did w. A.
Tondro, chairman of the Ell Centre
War Recreation committee.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-22
Treason Suspect
Held on Bail

ALBUQUERQUE, N M, Fe'. %.
(UPl-Private Dale Maple, VIC was
charged with treason after he al
legedly helped two German prison
ers of war escape from Camp Hale,
Colo, planned to so to Germany
to join the Na2i army, United
States District Att-lrey Howard
said Tuesday.
Maple pleaded not guilty aHa
YVES bound over to the grand Jury
and held in default Of Sl0O,0GO Dali,
Maple was arrested with the two
Germans south Of the Mexican bor-
der last Thursday and Houk said
he admitted under questioning that
he wanted to join the German
army
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-22
Allies Hit Nozi is
From Two Sides

aerial offensive against Germany
far beyond the dimensions of any
thing yet employed or indeed imag-
ined"
IN COMMAND
The Eighth air force in Britain
is commanded by Maj Gen. James
H. Doolittle, who led the raid on
Tokyo; the 18th in Italy by Maj.
Gen. Nathan F.. Twining, under the
overall Mediterranean aerial COM
mand of 1t. Gen. Ira c. Eaker.
A Nazi broadcast said allied
bombers attacked targets in the
area of the Danube and the Alps.
The quick shift of the aerial often
sive applied the southern army of
devastating pincers to Germany.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-22
BLAST INJURIES TWO

WILMINGTON, Calif., Feb. Y
(UP)-Tko pipei.:ters were serious
ly injured Tuesday in an acetylene
gas explosion at the California
Shipbuilding corporation yards on
Terminal island. The injured were
I. r. Burch, e8. of Long Beach,
and C. L. Trapp, II, of Lynwood,
both of them taken to Seaside hos
pital in Long Beach.
Three others working in the
small shop where the blast oc-
Cured were unhurt. The shop was
wrecked.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-22

Continued from page Il
3icity for millions of small income
/ taxpayers.
In the interest of Strengthening
the home front, in the interest OF
speeding the day of victory, l urge
/ the earliest possible action.
MIR. Roosevelt said he regretted
/ having to veto the measure in such
a critical period but felt that he
was compelled to do so in the pub
lie interest"
The president said the bill pur-
ported to increase national revenue
by little over s2000.000000 but ac-
tually the net results would enrich
the treasury by less than $1,000
600 900 As a tax bill, therefore. I
am compelled to decide that it is
wholly ineffective toward that end"
he saio.
Mr.. Roosevelt recalled that many
mcnthS 60, after careful eXamina-
tion of the finances of the nation,
I asked the congress for legislation
to raise Sl0.5oo C09,O0O ever and
above the eXistirE revenue system.
CITES COMMENT
since then" he added. persons
prominent in our national life have
stated in no uncertain terms that
my figure was tco low wendell
L. Willkie recently urged S16,o00,-
0C9 00C in new taxes
The president caid it had been
suggested that he approve the bill
on the ground that having asked
the congress for a leaf OF bread to
take care of this war for the sake
I shoul5 be content with small
of this and succeeding generations,
I should be content with a small
piece of crust"
I might have dcne So he
added, IF I had not noted that
the small piece Of crust contained
so many eXtraneous and inedible
materials"
The president denounced the
bills provision ending the war con-
tract renegotiation authority as OF
Dec. 81, 1914.
at this time because no person can
at present determine what a re-
negotiation time limit should be.
More experience is needed"
SPECIAL PRIVILEGES"
He cited five examples of 'spe-
cial privileges" which he said were
contained in the voted bill:
!. A clause permitting corpora
tions reorganized in Bankruptcy ito
retain the high excess profits credit
and depreciation basis attributable
tc the contributions of stockholders
who are usually eliminated in re-
organization" clause which he
said may open the door to fur
ther windfall profits :"
?. Provision of percentage deple-
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-22
TULE JAP JLEADS GUILTY

SACRAMENTO. Feb. %. CUP =
John Sasaki Kazuso, Sc. today
pleaded guilty to possession of
five-gallon still at the Tule Lake
Japanese segregation center, was
sentenced to two concurrent one
year terms in a county Jail and
fined $500. Seven other related
charges, including doing business
as a distiller without giving notice
and without posting bond" were
dismissed.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-22

Continued frcm page II
the record bombardment by 1000
planes sweeping against Germany
from British bases on Sunday and
Monday.
The twow-ay attack on Germany
coincided with a declaration by
Prime Minister Winston Churchill
that the allies would intensity this
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-22
Churchill Says
Allies Plan
Heavier Blows
Continued frcm page II

will make their force the greater.
!. Germany still has 800 infantry
divisions-at full strength 4,500,000
men-but many divisions have been
reduced numerically.
5. The battle in Italy will be hard
and long against 500,000 Germans,
but Allied leaders are confident of
final success.
6. There has been no cooling in
Anglo -American-Russ fri e n d.
ship or rebirth of suspicion since
he Tehran conference.
Z Some arrangement as to Rus
sian-Polish border should be made
before the end of the war and
Russia's demand for reinsurance
about her western frontiers does not
go beyond the limits of what is
reasonable and just
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-22
NARIf,E CAPTAIN FOUND
DEAD IN HOTEL BED

Captain George Berry, formerly
with the Ell Centro marine air sta
ti0n, was found dead in led in his
room in an FL Centro hotel Tues
lay morning, officer ssaid.
NJ rine officials took charge of
the body.
He was understood to have been
detached from the station and Or
Gered on inactive duty
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-22
Students Pre- pare
For Own CQnteen

also plan tc elect officers and form
rules of conduct for those fire.
uuenting the ccnteen.
1t was expected that the COM
mittee would be selected this week
and go into action Immediately.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-22
SEND OUT QUERIES

Meanwhile the students circu-
lated questionnaires at the school,
asking themselves what types of
entertainment and amusement they
favored
Most of the students put the
canteen at the top of the list" ;"
said Jeanne Delp, student who is
a member Of the city's official COM
munity council. Then several of
them asked if we could have a
weekly student night only at the
bowling alley and the skating rink.
They would like to have those
places reserved for their use at
those times. They think it is bet
ter for the students to have their
own special times to use those
places. They also asked if the
school gym could be kept open one
night a week so that athletic and
games apparatus there might he
used by student"
She said tke-- a.e three possible
lCSol4OiI III tA-C lll5ll ttlIOOl SUI
dents 'canteen. One plan is to
move the toy loan library, which
is not being used, from its present
location across the street from
Mckinley school to the Harding
school park ard use it for cam
teen. This, of course, would have
to be put up to the city council
before anything can be done. There
ic the cid theater building on the
corner Of Seventh and State streets
but the students are afraid it may
cost too much for them. The third
possibility was the old Riddle groc-
cry on Fifth stret which is not
being used as store at present.
we haven't gone into any Of
these possibilities thoroughly" Miss
Delp said, but students have been
making suggestions and the COM
mittee will do whatever possible
when we get started"
Students are considering financ-
ing the c3nteen by nominal dues
if that can be arranged. The STU
dent committee was instructed to
draw up a constitution and make
rules and regulations governing the
students using the canteen. They