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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-05
.RushPeniiCil|in
To Save Boy
By FRANCES DHoNDT

Ten-year-old Eddie Draheim
dangerously Ill with peritonitis,
had an excellent chance for his
life today.
The strongest ally on has side
is the wonder drug penicillint
which has Just been made avail
able in generous quantities for
civilian use in Detroit
II was only a precious bit of
The drug that Eddie received at
first. but a decided reaction in his
condition is expected within a few
days.
Eddie. who lives at l4S02 Coyle,
is a fourth grader at the Robert
Burns School His condition is
the result of an attack Of APP
pendicitis.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-05
PREVIOUS TRAVEL

When such prewar Derby kings
as War Admiral scored their VIC
tories. DctroiterS packed FIVE spe-
clal trains, several special cars
and all the regular trains 20 see
the big race.
Since II h. ODT'S concern TO
insure the orderly movement Of
men and materel for the war
effort. IT IS easy 20 understand
why this has been declared a
soldiers Derby %
Gen Charles y Young deputy
director of the ODT. has asked
all tot -towners 10 stay away
from the race which used 10 re-
Quire 3 special trains and 276
additional railroad cars merely 10
transport spectators. and regular
box holders outside the Louisville
area have been asked 10 give their
seats 20 Servicemen stationed in
or near Louisville
If a few misguided Detroiters
ignore these pleas and sneak out
for Derby town by automobile
today. they may find themselves
in more of q pickle than any OF
the 81 who went by train.
MAY FACE BOARD
They definitely should not
waste all their breath singing
My Old Kentucky Home. They
may have 10 do some singing
before their gas rauoning boards
when they return
Louisville OPA officials are
almost certain to check out-Of-
town licenses and report any
probable violatorS To us" said
a Detroit OPA aide today.
at was such checkup nj
Hialeah Park that recently cost
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-05
Battalion Holds
Surprise Alert

The 72Sth Military Police Bat
talon at River Rouge opened It's
summer training today with sur
prise alert at 7 40 al m. which
sent three companies in full battle
dress maneuvering through the
city 10 Chandler, Pingree and Me-
mortal parks
AS the alert sounded the troops
rushed 10 get their equipment and
packs together. Then al $50 a m.
Company a started for Chandler
Park
Company G left the encamp-
ment az S45 a. m bound for Me-
mortal Park and Is minutes later
Company y moved out in bat
talon vehicles The rate Of speed
for vehicles in all three companies
did not exceed 3 miles an hour
Military authorities stressed
that the maneuVerS were only
practice and appealed 10 citizens
not 10 be alarmed al the sight OF
troops in full equipment.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-05
Robbers Slug
Man i'm Alley

John WaldingeF SIS Of 22455
Beech. w Dearborn, was found
beaten into inconsistencies and
robbed in an alley in the rear OF
the Webster Hall Hotel early to-
day
Fred Haddock. 30. OF 9201
Steele who found Walldinger said
both were attending a party Of
Ford aircraft employees when the
latter left 10 get something in his
car. When he failed to return in
a reasonable time, Haddock went
in search OF him
Walldinger was treated at Re-
ceiving Hospital for a possible
fracture Of the skull and a broken
nose. His pockets had been turned
inside out
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-05

union boss Matt Smith his gas
for six months, YOU know"
As an afterthought. the OPA
aide said
"Of course, any one who can
il permitted 10 drive To me
Derby on his \ gas, although
I wouldn't recommend it,"
HaSty calculation revealed the
flaw The Derby fan using his
full strip Of No. II A coupons at
Is miles a gallon would. still find
himself short Of Louisville by 50
miles. a little too far for his
binoculars. Then he would have
10 wait until his No y tickets
became valid June 2l TO come
home legally.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-05
Scores Shaken
I'm DSR Crash

More than hundred persons
IN a crowded DSR bus and a
Kercheval streetcar we're shaken
up in collision at s a. m. today
at Kercheval and Pennsylvania.
George f. Kunz. 81, of 35l2
Montclair, was given a ticket for
driving left Of street center by
Patrolman Burton Skibbee and
Willard jackson of the Accident
Prevention Bureau.
Fronts of both coach and car
were damaged.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-05
business Calls 81
To Visit DerbyfOWn
Times Pinot,
BY LEW WALTER

Fy-seven varieties of stories have resulted IN 81 De-
roers getting Pullman reservations for Louisville KY where
by Coincidence the 10th Kentucky Derby will be
tomorrow.
if their don't look right the Office of De-
Tense Transportation they may find themselves pickle
when they get back
Most of these Detr6ers already Louisville having
signed the certificates Of necessity which the ODT requires
the railroads obtain from all persons desiring louis
vile during Derby Week May s.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-05
HOSPITALS GET SUPPLY

Announcement Of the release of
penicillin by the War Production
Board for use IN 1000 hospital
depots throughout the country,
including 80 in Michigan. was
made late yesterday by II. C.
FritSch, general m n ger Of
Parke, Davis & Co
Frltsch. who is 2 member Of
the advisory panel of the office Of
penicillin distribution OF the
WPB. said
We've got plenty of penicil-
lin here in Detroit. Our plant
il in complete operation for
manufacturing and finishing of
the drug"
Thirteen Detroit hospitals and
q others in Michigan will serve
as penicillin depots, IL was an
nounced.
Detroit area hospitals chosen
are Charles Goodwin Jennings, Re-
ceiving, Harper. Grace. Henry
J. ORC. NJ I'd 4AllIA=-AtEIAls - l.
Josephs. Providence, ST. Mary's,
Evangelical BeaconnesS, Women s,
Highland Park General and Eloise
MUST SHOW NEED
These hospitals, which already
have been told 10 apply for their
May quotas of penicillin, will be
allotted the drug on the basis OF
their bed capacity.
In turn, they will furnish peni-
cillin for civilian practice 70 other
hospitals IN the state upon proof
OF need. They also VIII use the
drug in their own practice.
Dr. John w Hirschfield Of
Wayne University said he favorS
an extensive program of educa-
ton so all doctors will know the
limitations of the drug and viii
not believe il is cure-all.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-05
Cody in Race
For Governor

Circuit Court Commissioner
William J. Cody today formally
announced his candidacy for gov
ernor on the Democratic ticket.
Cody's candidacy, however, de-
ponds on whether Federal Judge
Picard decides TO enter the race.
Should Judge Picard become a
candidate, Cody declared that he
would Withdraw IN has favor.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-05
Hospital Day Is May IL

Mayor JcffrieS today proclaimed
May Il the anniversary OF the
birth Of Florence Nightingale.
pioneer OF modern nursing as
National Hospital Day IN Detroit.
The day falls within National
Hospital Week. beginning SUNDAY.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-05
Tourist Cabin
ControIAsked
BY ALBERT KAUFMAN
Times staff Correspondent

LANSING, May 5-Legislation
giving to police powers to super
wise tourist cabins, especially in
the Detroit area. was urged today
by Wayne County Prosecutor
Bowling as a weapon against
juvenile delinquency.
Declaring that delinquency was
rampant in tourist cabins border
ing the Detroit area. Bowling told
Gov. Kelly and members of his
Youth Guidance Committee and
state juvenile authorities:
"Racketeering operators are
making tourist cabins Ravens
for delinquency. Police. under
present law. have no right 10 In
spect them nor can they inves-
tlgate suspicious sites without
formal complaints"
RENTED 80 TIMES
Bowling cited the recent MUIR
der of Joyce RaulSton, 14-year-
old Detroit girl, in which tour
list camp figured, and told how
another Detroit girl, reported
missing by her parents had been
discovered m a tourist cabin rem
devious with an adult
Tourist cabin prOprietOrs
are not compelled 60 make Oc-
cupants register" he said. "Tn
one instance, we discovered
there had been 80 rentals in
one night in a single cabin. This
definitely shows that the cabin
was operated for other than
legitimate purposes.
There are many other in
stances OF delinquency in these
sites. Unfortunately, our con-
troll II weak"
Dowling'S recommendation was
one OF a series advanced by state
leaders TO combat delinquency.
Others included greater recrea-
tionaI facilities I'M overcrowded
areas; improved housing condi-
tons, greater supervision of child
labor; establishments of a central
office 10 keep records on consist
ent juvenile offenders. and closer
cooperation between Law enforce
ment officials and social agencies.
STATE FINDS WAY
Gov Kelly said:
Michigan haS discovered a
new way To take care Of its
youth problem. Instead Of wait
ing until the boy or girl reached
the end of the trail before Of
fcial interest j. shown. today
and In the future, we viii meet
waywardness at the beginning
of the trail"
The governor said that Is laws
were enacted al the special legiS-
lative session in the fight against
delinquency. Now he said, the
problem must be attacked on To-
cal Levels.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-05
CertifiCatesFree
For Seryi(emen
International Photo

Servicemen and women and
their families now may obtain
birth. marriage and death certifi.
Gates free of charge when they
are issued 10 obtain government
allotments and allowances.
The county board of supervisors
authorized discontinuance of the
fees al the request of County
Clerk Lingeman.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-05

Buy War Savings Stamps the
convenient way. Order them
delivered 10 your door from your
Detroit Times carrier-salesman.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-05

Robert V. johnson, division
passenger agent for the Baltimore
e. Ohio Railroad which handles
most of the Louisville business
believes the Detroiters stories
II don't think there are any
of the grandmother's funeral
gags being pulled" said john
son today. "Of course. IL is
remotely possible one or two
certificate signers might find
themselves in Churchill Downs
with their business completed
by the time stir Up and his
rivals 20 To the post, but ODT
checks over the train space and
IL some Of those certificates
don't look right some embar-
RAISING questions might be
asked"
Even If al 81 were kidding
about the need for their trips, the
a assignment OF space for the
haul is but a fraction
Of normal times, johnson said.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-18
Bridge Blaze
Clues Sought

Investigation of the fire which
destr~ec the Southern Pacific rail-
road bridge over the Alamo river
north of Brawley early Wednesday
swept far afield Thursday as Off
GERS searched for evidence on help
ing them solve the case.
They were stuc ying a possible
connection between the destruction
of the bridge and a fire which early
Sunday destroyed 470 tons of hay
approximately mile from the
bridge. FBI agents, Imperial county
deputy shcriffs. and railroad in
vestigatorS were studying both fires
and searching surrounding terri
tory for clues.
In the meantime Southern Paci-
fic trains were routed through
Holtville via the Sandia branch
line.
On Dec. 10. l942 man named A.
Paloukas alias Will Miller was con-
victed in fcCeral court of burning
two railroad bridges in Imperial
county early that year and of him
dering the war effort. PaloukaS, a
Russian, was arrested at Midway
Wells by immigration officers.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-18
PI dneS
Bomb
PIoeStii
Yankee Fhers
Batter at
Big Oil Field

ALLIED HEADQUAR-
TIERS, Naples, May 18. (UP)
"A huge fleet of Italian
based American warplanes,
possibly 1,5OO strong. struck deep
into the Balkans Thursday in a
smashing triple blow at the Ploesti
oil fields in Romania and the Bel
grade and his railway yards IN
YugoSlavia.
Almost $50 Flying Fortresses and
LiberatorS, one of the greatest raid
ing fleets ever dispatched from
Italy, spearheaded the attacking
force, accompanied by Lightning,
Mustang and Thunderbolt fighters,
probably in equal strength.
Some enemy fighter opposition
was encountered but there was no
immec late word on the strength
of the German aerial resistance.
The main weight of the American
attack apparently fell upon the
Ploesti oil fields. Returning crew.
men said heavy cloud formations
prevented full observation of the
bombing results.
Other wings of the raiding fleet
smashed at Belgrade through an
eQually-heavy overcast and at the
Ms yards 120 miles south of the
ole Yugoslav capital. Good re-
suits were obtained in the Mis- at
tack, preliminary reports indicated.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-18
New T. Of T. Head
Assumes Duties

Arno Yaeckel, president of the
chamber of commerce the past year,
handed over the gavel to Charles
Bramkamp, newly elected head. We'd
ncSday nlgnt following a meeting
of the board of directors.
Bramkamp. manager of the Gold
en- State Creamery company, told
the group that he believes III a
more active participation of the
chamber during the next year. call
cd upon the committees to be cf-
fective and asked support Of the
directors.
Other officers elected were Ira
Kinscy, first vice-president; Earle
Davis. second president: Will
liam FOSs, treasurer, and Ben Her.
ring. secretary. The latter two were
reelected
A resolution urging that Cover
nor Warren support the inter-
regional highway through the val
ley was presented to the highway
committee for action.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-18
E. G. Groups Act
To q pen Pool

That swimming pool must
be opened!
At two meetings Wednes-
day night city officials and
civic leaders went on record
to leave no stone unturned in
e f forts to get KenyOn'S
Plunge opened for swimming
this summer.
The Ell Centre city councl. was
visited by nine Boy Scouts, den
chiefs over some sixty Cubs, who
urged the council to do everything
possible toward the opening of the
pool.
The directors of the chamber of
commerce. too, are up in arms de-
mano ing that the pool, which Mrs.
Alice Kenyon has declared she will
not open, either be reopened by
Mrs Kenyon or that it be purchased
by the city or a new pool built
Continued on Pg. 6, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-18
House Committee Speeds
Move for GuoyuIe Fund

WASHINGTON, May 18.
(UP)-C h a r man w. Il.
Poage (DD Tex, and four
other members of a house
agriculture subcommittee Thursday
resumed their fight for continual
ton of the governments guayule
rubber program following senate
restoration of the house killed qua
yule appropriation to the agricul-
ture department. appropriation bill.
The bill, passed by the senate
Wednesday, has been sent to con-
ference for adjustment of differ
enccs between the two versions.
Poage and committee. members
planned to call on Chairman Clar-
ence Cannon, D., Mo, Of the house
appropriations committee which
first voted liquidation OF the $4,000
acre crop and urge that he with
draw his opposition TO the pro-
grams continuation.
PUSHES PLANS
They also expected to place their
case before Reps. Malcolm Tarver,
D., Ca. and Everett Dirksen, r.,
H., who also supported immediate
Liquidation when' the matter was
before the appropriations commit
tee.
Poage said the committee had
"purposely held up its work until
the $5,42O,OOO appropriation was re-
placed in the bill by the senate.
"Now," he said, I'VE are going to go
TO bat for the program"
He and other committee members,
Representatives John Phillips, r.,
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-18
Indian heiress'
Body Found
In Hudson River

NEW YORK, May 18. CUP)-An
autopsy was ordered Thursday on
the body of Valsa Anna Matthai TO
determine how the pretty, 22-year-
old Indian heireSS met death al
though authorities agreed that she
was a drowning victim, and that
lhere was no evidence of foul play.
Several hours after the body Of
the Columbia university student,
who had been missing since March
20, was recovered from the Hudson
river at Yonkers Wednesday night,
Edwin NJ Huntington, acting West
chester county medical examiner,
ruled that death was caused by
"asphyxiation by drowning, possibly
accidental"
He said he found no marks of
violence and that the badly de-
composed state of the body indi-
Gated that it had been in the water
about two months Acting Captain
John J. Cronin, in charge Of the
missing persons bureau of the New
York police department, requested
an autopsy, however, although he
said 1T looks like a simple drown
ing
The body was identified through
clothing and WHIST watch Miss
Matthai wore when she left Inter-
national House, a hotel for foreign
students, during driving snow
storm early on the morning of
March 20.
The body was seen floating about
200 yards off the Ludlow Marine
Basin by Lawrence BierSton, al
tendant at the basin. With the aid
of coast guardsmen, he hauled the
body into his pCwerboat and brought
it ashore.
Miss Matthai was the daughter
of John Matthai, head of the Tata
Chemical company of Bombay, an
affiliate of the Tata Iron and Steel
Company of New York. Ltd. In
veStigators learned the dead girl
was receiving an allowance of $1,000
a month for spending money, and
a bank book in her room showed de-
poSits of $l,400.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-18
Russians Push
New Drive liz
Poland Sectors

MOSCOW, May 18. (UP)-Red
army troops, taking advantage of
heavy German losses on the lower
Dnes'r river in Bessarabia, pierced
the enemy line at several poirl,s
Wednesday 10 expand the month
old Russian bridgehead on the west
bank northwest of Tiraspol, it was
announced Thursday.
A Soviet communique also dis
closed that ground forces made
small gains in strikes from their
lines southeast of Si.anislawow, in
southeastern Poland, and Russian
long-range bombers carried their
aerial offensive on German COM
munication lines into the sixth sue
cessive night.
approximately 400 Germans were
killed when Soviet guardSmen at
tackled the enemy line around the
bridgehead, where the communique
said the Russians occupied several
favorable positions The German
losses raised the number of enemy
dead to $500 in that area since last
Thursday.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-18
Rose Funeral
Rites Set
For Saturday

Last rites for Mark Rose. 10, I'M
perial Irrigation district director
continuously from 1920 until his
death at his ranch Wednesday. will
be held in the Methodist church in
Holtville at pm. Saturday.
The burial will be in Evergreen
cemetery.
Pail bearers will be George Whit
lock, E. w. Lott. Edwin Nilsson, G.
F. Kamm, Laurel Ferguson, and j.
v. Yeargin. The list of honorary
pail bearers was not complete
Thursday.
News of Roses death came as a
shock to his friends throughout CAL
ifornia and large numbers of them
planned to attend the funeral serv-
ices
Valley residents recalled his long
career and his years of public serv-
ice in pursuing his ideal of harness.
ing the waters of the Colorado river
for the use of the farmers of west
ern United States.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-18
Play
Plan
Aided !
&. {. Council
Allows $500
For Program

A tentative recreation pro-
gram was approved and $500
appropriated for it's opera
ton until JuEc 30 by the city
council Wednesca ay night.
The council also gave approval
to the installation of new six and
four inch water mains on the cast
side in the area between First and
Hope and Orange and State streets.
No mains exist in the territory now
and 80 new applications for service
were filed with the board to obtain
service from the proposed mains.
A uniform salary schedule and
employment standardization was
discussed. A schedule similar to that
used in San Diego was presented the
board
A resolution was adopted declar-
ing that the board finds the I'M
perial county State Guard unit,
and especially that company re-
cruited in FL Centre to be OF. great
Continued on Pg. 6, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-18
Stinnson Cautions
On ''FoIse Tips"

WASHINGTON, May 18. (UP)--
Secretary of War Henry L. StimSon
Thursday warned the country to
beware of spurious invasion news
that might be issued on the German
radio and planted in neutral coun-
tries by the NaZiS.
Such Nazi reports, he said, would
be designed TO create confusion in
this country and hamper the war
effort as D-day approaches.
He said thus far the country has
held steady under the German
propaganda assault and he had no
specific instance OF damage done.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-18

Calf, Victor Wickersham, D., Okla,
James McCord, D.. Tenn, and An
ton johnson, r., ILL.,, were held
chiefly responsible for reinsertion
of the appropriation into the SEN
ate bill after presentation of their
findings on a field investigation
of the crop.
The senate, presumably satisfied
with the necessity for ado itional
processing facilities when the crop
is ready for harvesting. also ap-
proved appropriation of $400,00O for
a second mill and refinery at Bak-
ersfield, Calf, center of the sec
ond largest government leased acre
age.
ONLY ONE PLANT
The only present processing plant
in the country is near Salinas. Cal,
where more than 10000 acres are
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-18
Council Scans
Program for
Burning Trash

The Ell Centre city council We'd
nesday night tentatively approved
a program that wour require all
homes in the city to install incin-
orators and ITO StDsidize the plir-
chase of approved models by the
citizens.
The council heard l.. Paul Ford,
dircc or of public works. report that
the cost of hauling trash in the
city had increased to S2,250 per
month and the necessity of employ
ing three full-time crews.
Ford recommended to the board,
in which Corn Reed, chief of the
fire department concurred. that fire
department approved incineratorS
be required and that action be taken
that would permit their purchase
and use.
NEW ADVANTAGES
The use of incinerators, board
members pointed out, would ac-
complish a. three-fold purpose ID
reduce fire hazards in accllmulating
rubbish and trash as we'll as paper
that is blown about, Co aid in the
cleanup of the city from scattered
paper and trash, and go save the
city approximately $3.50 a month,
at the minimum, if 1000 incinera-
tors are sold and installed in
the city.
A proposed charge for the haul
ing of rubbish was discussed. as
one method of encouraging people
to buy the waste burners.
Representatives of the Bilt-rite
Incinerator company of Los Angeles,
Continued on Pg. 6, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-18
Candidates Win
In Both Parties

major party nominations in Tues
days primary and will be unopposed
in the November election, nearly
complete returns showed Thursday.
United States Senator Sheridan
Downey, Democratic administration
supporter. polled approximately a
half million votes to win strong
Endorsement from his party for his
race with Lieutenant Governor
Frederick F.. Houser, Republicsfl
nominee and new deal critic. Both
candidates cross-filed as permitted
under California law, and each ran
second on opposing tickets.
Only one of 81 representatives
seeking denomination - Democrat
John M. Costello Of Los Angeles
lst III the primary. Republicans j.
Continued on page 6, col. y
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-18
School District
Elections TO
Be Held Friday

School elections will be held in
all elementary an6 high school dis
tricts in Imperial county Friday
when voters will select trustees.
In districts where there are no
names on the ballots, County School
Superintendent E. l.. Hiteman said
Thursday, the voters will have to
write in the names of their selec-
tions. In many districts candidates
die not file their declarations of
candidacy in time for their names
to be printed on the ballots.