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Evening star., 1944-08-30
Win,Lose or Draw
Cords Foee Huge Tosk to Set New Marx for Wins
By DENMAN THOMPSON.
Star Sports Editor.

Cords Foee Huge Task to Set New Mark for Wins
As Of this morning glance the standings would
indicate that your cellar dwelling rmen for all their neptud
constitute good ball club Pittsburgh
National League
This rather startling observation based the
Identical distance back of the gamebu that
than real k
OF the two St. Louis clubs with the Cardinals
CHASING all opposition in their organization
having only slim edge their mediocre rivals
An aesng fact concerning
cinnats Reds that
victories the earliest date history previous
mark OF August 49, having by Chicago
Thus revived speculation the
time high percentage 1853 being year by
the rampagng Red Birds The Chicago
and SO of their scheduled
that yearand assuming the
they will have ~ Of their
six to wind with a high of 1885 1885,
Evening star., 1944-08-30

Brooklyn scoring: Touchdown--McGib-
bony to johnson Point after touchdown
Kinard placement.
Washington scoring: Touchdown
Baush to Asuirre, Zeno. Point after touch
down, Aguirre, . tplacementt.
Evening star., 1944-08-30
Upset Of Mighty Cubs by Weak Chisox Is Recalled

The magnitude of this assignment apparent
TACT at even the sWasbuckng Yankees 1927
no than 110
ever recorded in the American
Geung back to the Cubs the
sned those OF the fans who like the
to grab the odds likely
favored Cards this happened
rack outfit in the 1906 World Series.
Old t'rs will forget the surprise sprung
ths Peerless Leaders, decivey 8game
by the White who had
fewer and losing % than their opponents.
In it's just history entirely
those 1906 White Sox Fielder
they known the ess wonders popular appraisal
they didn't have chance" in the jousng
ing Bruins.
This debace in which pair Of present neghborsUnce
Nick Arock and Doc White played prominent pitching prob
ably ranks the biggest
covering championships oncedng that the daddy Of
them all was that Of 1914
Evening star., 1944-08-30
League Statistics

WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 20, 1914.
AMERICAN
Results Yesterday.
Philadelphia. 3-1l: Washing ston. IA
twilight and night.
Detroit. :: Chicago. q.
Boston. So; New York. Ill.
St Louis, S; Cleveland, 2 lnishD.
Evening star., 1944-08-30

Referee. Ronald Gibbs (St. Thomas) :;
umpire, E. c. Krieger tOhio University
Judge H. G. Hedges Dartmouth.
Starting time-s:46 pm. tCWT.
Evening star., 1944-08-30

81. Z. at CIeFe. OnIy games.
Chi. at Det.
NATIONAL.
Results Yesterday.
New York, 4: Boston, 9
Brooklyn. .: Philadelphia. !.
CHICAGO. 15-4: Pittsburgh. 4-5.
St. Louis, 3: Cincinnati, tnightj,
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1944-03-17
Growers Reveal
Price Upsets
On Vegetables

Imperial Valley farmers are in
complete confusion again because
of an OPA ruling.
This was pointed out in Ell Cen
tro Thursday night at a meeting
of growers which was called by
c. E. Bunch of the OPA.
A ruling permits OPA inspectors
on the various markets to fix re-
tail ceiling prices SO low on certain
products that it automatically forces
roll back Of farmers ceiling prices.
The roll back is forced in order for
the retailer to sell at the retail
price set by the OPA. This, Bunch
was told, in many instances does
not give the farmer the cost of
production.
CONFUSION SHOWN
Some idea of the confusion may
be obtained from review of the
situation, it was brought out at the
meeting. Retail price ceilings on
the various markets are fixed every
Thursday morning by OPA inspec-
tors. These prices are based on
what the retailer had to pay for
produce that morning. The in
spector fixes the retail ceiling price
so the retailer only makes 40 per
cent on his investment. One grow
er selling peas FOB. Imperial VAL
ley for San Francisco market re-
ceived a price below the OPA CELL
Continued on page 8, col 81
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1944-03-17
Soviet Expands
Gains on
Way TO Odessa

MOSCOW. March II. UP)-Rus-
sian armored forces battled their
way into the suburbs of the Ger
man stronghold of Vinnitsa Friday
while their comrades to the south
east widened a wedge across the
Odessa Warsaw railway that already
has split the Ukrainian front.
German defenses in hte southern
and southwestern Ukraine melted
away like snow under a spring sun
as Red armies swept to within q
miles of the Bessarabian boder,
wiped out the encircled German
pocket northeast of Kherson and
advanced to within 16 miles north
east and southeast of the Black
sea port of Nikolaev.
Gen. Ivan S. Konev's End Ukraini-
an army sealed the fate of Vinnitsa
a city of $4,000, with the severing
of the railroad to Zhmerinka, its
last rail link with the rest of the
Ukraine. Exploiting their gain, the
Russians broke into the eastern
suburbs of Vinnitsa.
At the approaches to the city
from the east, the enemy is losing
one position after another under
the blows of Soviet troops" the
Soviet high command said in its
midnight communique.
At Tyazhilov, only a little more
than a mile east of Vinnitsa, the
Russians killed nearly 1000 Ger
mans and captured four self-pro-
PEELED and Is field guns, as well
as other rich Spoils.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1944-03-17
Russia Ignored
u. S.,HuII Says

: WASHINGTON, March II. CUP
Secretary of State Cordell Hui
disclosed Friday that Russia hao
not consulted this country befors
establishing diplomatic relations
with the italian government OF
Marshall Pietro Badoglio. -
Hull indicated he felt the Anglo.
American-Soviet Italian advisory
council on Mediterranean affair;
ought to have had a chance to dis
cuss the step before it was taken
He also said this country is moi
considering recognizing the Badog-
lilo regime at this time.
He haC some information as tC
Soviet intentions about the time
the action was taken, Hull said, BIZ.
he was not consulted IS the Sovie
government.
Hull indicated that the Soviet
move did not establish q precedent
for this country and that it was
contrary to the Unite' States poll
cy toward the Bac oglio regime.
The secretary added that the
state department is now assembling
all the facts and giving attention
to all phases of the matter.
Would the matter normally be
expected to come before the advis-
DRY council?" he was asked.
The council, he responded, would
primarily give attention to those
local matters as first step.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1944-03-17
Raids
Rel h
Raj Bombers
Travel Afar;
Hit Bul9ars

LONDON, Mar. II. (UP)
RAJ heavy bombers hit
axis Europe from France to
Bulgaria Thursday night and early
Friday, and U. S. Army commun!-
que revealed that American day.
light raiders shot down 125 German
planes in attacks on the southern
Reich THURSDAY.
Attacks by Mosquito light bomb
ers on western Germany and mine
laying operations rounded out the
nights activities from British bases.
All planes returned safely.
On the Mediterranean end of the
pincers, Raj four-engined bomb
ers, presumably Liberators and Ha.-
faxes, joined tWin-engined Well
ingtons in a pre-cawn raid Friday
on Sofia, capital of Bulgaria, for
the second time in little more
than "a hours.
Thousands of incendiary bombs
were dropped, and many fires were
observed, an Algiers dispatch said.
Railway yards were the principal
target, but one tWo-ton block buster
was seen to burst in the eastern
Size of the city. Losses, if any, were
not specified, but four planes were
lost in all operations in the Med
iterranean theater during the "a
hours ended early Friday.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1944-03-17
0PA Conducts
Price Survey

Every food store in Ell Centre
was visited Tuesday and Thursdav
of this week by volunteers and
clerks of the OPA ration board.
The workers checked prices on
ten unannounced popular market
basket foods to be sure they were
correctly priced and marked.
An effort is being mace to edu-
cate both the public and retailers
in their parts in maintaining CELL
ing prices and the need for doing
so.
Firm price control is the aim
of the district Office local clerks
said. IF both groups work to-
gether, we will achieve this, and
also expose any persistent violat-
ors who require stringent enforce
ment measures.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1944-03-17
Macarthur AWAITS RETURN TO BATAA
Offensive PIedqed
To Free Islands
Britain Pays
Tribute to
Pacific Chief

CANBERRA, March II.
(UP) = Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur, in a statement COM
memorating the second an
niversary of his arrival in
Australia, said Friday that
zone of the greatest offens-
ives of the war" will be
launched at the appropriate
time" for the liberation OF
the Philippines.
when I landed on your soil, ]
said to the people of Philippines
from whence I came, shall re-
turn" Macarthur said in respond
ing to Prime Minister John Curtin
at an official dinner in honor OF
the supreme commander of the
southwest Pacific.
Tonight I repeat those words.
I shall return"
Shortly after Macarthur arrived
in his Flying Fortress "Bataan,'
he was presented with one of Brit
aims highest awards, the Knight
Grand Cross of the Order of the
Bath.
WEARS BATTERED CAP
Wearing his usual khaki field
jacket and battered gold braided
cap, Macarthur accepted the award
from Lord Gowrie, governor-gen-
eral of Australia, and said:
Your Excellency, I thank you
sincerely for this high award. I
regard it as a symbol of the mag
nificerft valor of the soldiers Of
whom 1t was my signal fortune 20
command in the vital Papuan cam
paign. shall wear it in their hon.
or"
A crowd of about 200 was on
hand when Macarthur arrived at
a sun-drenched field. AS he STEP
ped from the plane, he was greeted
by Prime Minister John Curtin
and Nelson T. johnson, U. S. min
lister to Australia.
How nice to see you and how
good it was of you to come down
and meet me-" the general said,
shaking Curtin's hand.
Then turning to johnson, he said:
Hello Nelson, glad to see you
again"
OTHERS PRESENT
Other officials at the meeting
were John Minter, Washington.
first secretary; Mr.. and Mrs. Ran
dolph Kidder, Andover, Mass, third
secretary; Graham T. Smallwood
Continued on page 8, col d
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1944-03-17
Brewers Scion
Faces Quiz
On Spy Activity

CHICAGO, March II. CUP)-
Charles Kunz, 26, whose grandfatn-
er is chairman of the board of the
Minnea polls Brewing company, was
arrested as a deserter from the
army Friday by Federal Bureau OF
Investigation agents who said he
had written letters advocating All
American alliance with GERMANY
and Japan.
Kunz, a graduate of the Univer
sity of Minneapolis and a member
of the reserve officers training
corps while in school, was second
lieutenant in the army when he
deserted from FIT. Ord, Cal, April
6, 1912. Since then he had been
working as a chemist in Chicago
plant producing sausage castings and
living with his wife in South sic e
apartment where he was arrested.
Spencer Drayton. chief of the
Chicago office of the FBI, said let
tiers written by Kunz and found in
his apartment said:
"If we could be Oh the side of
Germany and Japan in this war
it would be better, I suppose, be-
cause I think they are in the RICH.
At least, fighting on that side, we
would have something good To
fight for.
There is no question that the
worst thing that can happen to
the people in this country is for
our present government and those
few it represents to have COM
,)lete victory"
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1944-03-17
Finland Sends
Peace Reply;
Rejection Seen

HELSINKI, March II. CUP)-
Finland's reply to the Russian terms
for separate peace was forwarded
to Moscow at noon Friday
All signs before the disclosure
that the Finnish answer had gone to
Moscow, tended to bear out the
conclusion that a rejection of the
Soviet terms was in the offing.
Friday could be characterized as
a period of marking time on the
peace issue, since there was nothing
more that could be done from this
end.
BY Saturday official quarters were
expected to be free to break their
silence and inform Finland and
the world of the nations decision
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1944-03-17
st. Potrick's Day Eases
High Tension i'm Fire

of cattle, besides much butter. eggs.
and other commodities.
st. Patrick's Day found Fire
united behind Premier canon de
Valera in his stand against the
Anglo demands.
Events of the past fortnight
the Irish Independent said in al
editorial, found the Irish people
not only calm and oignified but
united as never before neutral
ity as cardinal principle of Irish
national policy during the period
of this war has been accepted by
all parties"
De valera. instead of giving his
usual st, Patrick's Day message 20
America through the United Press.
said:
In view of the situation which
has developed. l consider 1t mad
visable to make any statement a.
the moment. Naturally. wish my
countrymen in America every hap
piness and many. more years OF
joy"
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1944-03-17

: to within half mile OF the all
field at Lorengau, the main Japa-
nese base, it was announced Friday.
The landing came less than "a
hours after U. S. forces-units OF
the first cavalry division dds
mounteD-completed occupation of
Hauwei and Butjo Luo islands off
Los Negros and gave the Ameri-
cans their fourth foothold in the
Admiralties.
Strategically located at the north
ern end of the Bismarck Archipela-
go, capture of the big airfield at
Lorengau would bring allied planes
within easy range of Japanese
strongholds in the central and
southwest Pacific. Manus island
would give U. S. bombers anothe.
jumping off place for further as
saults on Madang and Wewak on
the northern New Guinea coast
less than 300 miles to the south;
Rabaul, New Britain, $40 miles to
the east, and Truk, 725 miles to
the north in the Carolines.
"A communlque from Gen. Doug
las MacArthur's headquarters said
the landing on Manus was accom-
plished with only minor losses
Aided by artillery fire from Hauwe
and Butjo Luo, and naval and all
bOmbardment, the diSmounted cav
alrymen swarmed ashore at Lugos
Mission, mile and a half north
of Lorengau airdrome at GAS am
Wednesday, spokesman said, and
divided into two forces, converging
toward the airfield.
By nightfall, the troops had
gained positions only a half mile
from the airdrome after running
through landmines, BOBBY traps
and some machinegun and mortar
fire.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1944-03-17
Liquor Rocketeers
FIout Officials

WASHINGTON, March II. CUP)
The liquor racketeer, thought to
have vanished forever with the
passing of prohibition, has come
back to life to cash in on the war
time whiskey shortage, charging
the public fantastic prices on a
black market supplied more and
more by hi-jacking.
Moonshining has failed to keep
pace with the rapid wartime growth
of other types of racketeering chief
ly because copper and sugar, needed
to build and operate stills are diff
cult to get. Tic incentive for
Illicit production may increase, how
ever. as the shortage of licensed
whiskey grows more acute.
The whiskey black market already
exists, and the federal bureau of
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1944-03-17
yonks
Bomb
Vienna
Flying Forts.
libera+ors
Make Attacks

A LII | E d HEADQUAR-
TIERS, Naples, March II.
(UP)-American heavy bombers
attacked military detectives in the
Vienna area Friday.
Flying Fortresses and Liberators
bombed targets in the Vienna area,
meeting no German fighter opposi-
ton, headquarters of the Medite.-
ranean air forces announced.
The Algiers radio quoted an al
lied headquarters report as saying
that Vienna itself was bombed py
American planes striking from
Mediterranean bases.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1944-03-17
Stimson Confirms 470 u. s.
Airmen Killed by Own Guns
WASHINGTON, Mar. /

WASHINGTON, Mar. II.
(UP)-The loss of 41O A.
merican lives was put down
Friday to one of the most freakish
tragedies of the war. in which U. S.
antiaircraft guns helped the enemy
bring down % out of ITO American
planes carrying parachutists to
Sicily.
The incident took place on the
night Of July l0-11 but was official
ly reported by the army and navy
only Thursday night, after an I'M
official account had been revealed
by a correspondent for an army
newspaper. The army-navy state
ment did not explain why the news
had been withheld from the public
for eight months.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1944-03-17

lately in the rear of hostile bomc-
ing attack at night at a relatively
low altitude were the responsible
factors in the loss of the planes"
the official report said. This &C.
ton was made the basis of careful
stuoy designed to improve identifi-
cation and timing and prevent SIM
liar losses in the future"
Sgt. Jack Foisie, an army news
paper correspondent, first told of
the episode Thursday in a speech
in San Francisco. His revelation was
carried to Secretary Of War Henry
l.. Stimson. Stimson said he had
received official reports on it and
that 1t was the result of "confu-
SION.
Seven hours later the army and
navy issued the official report.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1944-03-17

investigation, the treasury and the
Office of Price Administration warn
that increasing amounts of hard
to-get whiskey are flowing there
because the public is willing to
pay exorbitant prices.
Secretary of the Treasury Henry
Morgenthau, Jr., called a meeting
of government officials, industry
representatives, and the senate
liquor investigating subcommittee
to discuss ways and means of check
ing blackmarketing.
FBI officials said more and more
special agents were being assigned
to combat liquor hi-jacking. Gangs
of racketeers were said to be forming
anew, possibly With the veterans of
the prohibition days serving as a
nucleus.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1944-03-17

The statement said the ITO planes,
carrying $500 parachutists as REIN
forcements for American positions
in Sicily, appeared over the battle
area Immediately after an enemv
bombing attack and while flares
dropped by the enemy were still
burning.
The American craft received
antiaircraft fire from enemy ground
forces and from friendly naval and
ground forces with losses of % air.
craft and 40 personnel" the state
ment said. It did not indicate how
many Of the planes may have been
shot down by American forces
who mistook them for enemy craft.
1.-THE combination of circumstance
es involving the approach immed-
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1944-03-17
BeaIe viii Get
Prisoner Camp

MARYSVILLE, Cal, March II.
CUP)-Col A. D. Cowley, command
er of Camp Beale, Friday announc-
ed that German prisoner of war
camp would be set up at the re-
placement center here.
Cowley gave no estimate of the
number of prisoners who would lie
assigned to Camp Beale, but said
some of them would be available
for work on farms and ranches in
the vicinity.
1t had been reported that about
1000 war prisoners were expected
at the camp.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1944-03-17
Young An|,euser
Faces Count
As Draft Sneak

ST. LOUIS, March II. CUP)-
Presley Anheuser, 80, son of W.
Fred Anheuser, vice-president of
the Anheuser-Busch Brewery COM
pany, was indicted by federal
grand jury Friday for Justification
of information to his draft board
to obtain an agriculture deferment
If convicted, Anheuser faces a max
imum sentence of five years, a
$4,000 fine, or both.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1944-03-17
Two Pilots Die
In Crash

SACRAMENTO, March II. CUP)
"A BIS medium bomber based ut
Mather Field crashed 10 miles east
of the base Thursday night, killing
two student officers aboard Mather
Field officials announced.
Killed were First Lieutenant
Austin w. Franklin, of Somertou,
Ariz.; and Second Lieutenant Wal
ter B. Arnett, "a, of George West,
Texas.
No explanation was given of the
crash and a board of inquiry was
appointed to investigate.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1944-03-17
CodcheIId Canal
Contract Let

A contract for additional work on
the Coachella branch of the ALL
American canal was granted to the
j. F. Shea Co, Of Los Angeles on
its low bid CT $16S0,68 it was an
nounced in Washington Friday.
This contract covers construc-
ton of 22-mile extension to the
Coachella canal which will bring it
to point near the north city limits
CT Coachella. The work must be
completed within 400 days and will
make ready for use 1897 miles of
the ultimate 100 miles of the canal.
Additional bids soon will be called
for completion of turnouts and
distribution systems There works
will help provide full supply of
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1944-03-17

and informed persons believe that
further action by the allies was
unlikely. The general opinion SEEM
ed to be that IF England does any
thing to us it will hurt her more
than u.s."
There was no doubt but that a
blockade would hit Fire hard, but
informed sources said that every
week Fire sends England 5000 head
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1944-03-17
Fl Centre Leads
In Lettuce Cars

Ell Centre is the lettuce shipping
center of Imperial Valley.
That fact became more evident
this week as shipments to Tuesday
evening totalled 1888 out of Ell
Centre as compared to the county
total of 10,419 rail cars shipped
Brawley shipped so per cent less
than Ell Centre, reporting 2,542
cars.
The nations total shipments of
lettuce reported by the market news
service was 26,O60 rail cars.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1944-03-17
Barracks Burned
AT Marine Base

Fire destroyed one of the bar
racks at the Ell Centre marine air
station Thursday, it was revealed
Friday.
The flames were believed to have
started in the oil furnace used to
heat the building 1t was one of
the smaller barracks and therefore
did not cause as much incOn-
venience as if larger one had
been destroyed. The men were
transferred to other quarters.
1t is expected that the barracks
will be rebuilt.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1944-03-17

irrigation water for 10000 acres of
new land and a supplemental sup
ply TO more than $4,000 acres now
faced with shortages.
The Shea bid was mere than
$500 900 under Official estimate and
more than $250,0OO below the next
lowest bidder, it was revealed in
Warrington.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1944-03-17
Sabateur Wreck
Kills kazis

NAPLES, March IL. CUPj Eight
hundred German troops we're Killed
or injured In train wreck caused
by Italian saboteurs 100 miles north
of Rome. 1t was announced Friday,
The information was obtained from
papers taken from German war
prisoner,
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1944-03-17
IMPERIAL COUNTIAN TRIES
LIVING SOMEWHERE ELSE

After AZ years as a residerl
Imperial Valley. T. D. Mccall -
moving to Fallbrook to find out il
he actually can live anywhere else
He isn't sure he can stand it out
side the valley SO he is keeping his
house in Plaster City. 1t will be
waiting for him, he said, if he
finds he must return. Mccall
planned to leave next Monday.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1944-03-17
Bank CIearings
Reveal Lift
In &c. Business

Ell Centre daily bank debts aye
running approximately 100000 over
1913.
The past week saw the clearings
rise from slump in comparison
with the last year totals, incicat-
ing an increase in business and
labor activities.
Into the bank clearings listed
daily in the Post-Press go several
items all intended to accurately
portray the city's business index
for the day. All outgoing checks
cleared through the two city banks,
all checks coming in written on
the two branches, all savings &C
count debts, public deposits of all
kinCS, and the handling of cashier
checks, money orders and similar
drafts are included in the clearings
report.
CITES PAYROLLS
Arno Yaeckel, manager of the
Bank of America, attributes the in
crease this year to the influx OF
new business, the military payro!ls
and the fact that his bank has
added several new accounts this
year.
Ira Kinsey, Security First Nation
al manager, says that the increased
shipment of lettuce over last year,
plus the larger seasonal crop har-
vest generally over the valley is a
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