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Evening star., 1944-02-05
Reformation Lutheran

DR.. Oscar F. Blackwelder will give
his eighth sermon in the series, Re
ligion. Health and Life Today"
speaking at 8 pm. on "Is Life Worth
Living?"
Evening star., 1944-02-05
Third Baptist.

DR.. Mordecai w. johnson, presi-
dent. OF Howard University, will be
guest speaker at annual Howard day
services at II am. Sunday.
Evening star., 1944-02-05
National Tabernacle.

Chief White Feather, Sioux
indian, will speak at IL am. and
8 pm. tomorrow and at O'Clock
every night next week.
Evening star., 1944-02-05
ROSedale Methodist

The Rev..W. D. D.>Keene will preach
at II am. on THE Cross Speaks, y
and at 1880 pm. on Three Good
Cheers"
Evening star., 1944-02-05
Congress Heights Baptist.

An evangelistic service will be held
at pm, when the Rev. Aaron B
Kelly will speak on "Demas, the
|Deserter."
Evening star., 1944-02-05
PEOPLES Conversational.

February is young peoples month
in the program of the church.
Church night Is next Thursday
The Young Peoples Fellowship will
make arrangements for q social.
Evening star., 1944-02-05
CIR Congregational Glrurrhra
CLEVELAND PARK
3400 Lowell St, NV.
am-Church School

9:45 a.m.-Church School.
IL am,-The young peonie with tho
choir will present The Life Of
Christ" words and music Rev.
Widenheuse of the Federation OF
Churches will preside.
Evening star., 1944-02-05
North Washington Baptist.

The Women's Organization will
sponsor an entertainment on Feb
ruary 10 at Stansbury Hall.
Evening star., 1944-02-05
White Cross Church,

Due to the blackout tomorrow
evening, the church, at 1922 Ver-
mont avenue NV, will omit the
regular service.
Evening star., 1944-02-05
River Road U. p.

Youth week activities will close
at the II o'clock service Sunday
with the Rev. Virgil Cosby speaking
on Holding Our Youth or "Juve-
nile Delinquency-Who Really Is TO
Blame?" The junior high group
meets at pm. at the home of
Evening star., 1944-02-05
LincoIn Conversational.

At the fellowship session at 1890
am. Sunday Dr. Edward S. Jones
will continue his discussion of
Keeping Well at This Season OF the
Year."
Evening star., 1944-02-05
Dauphters of the KIM

Self-denial offering will be held
at the church Of the Good Shepherd
on Sunday at II am. All chapters
are urged to be represented.
Evening star., 1944-02-05
Universalist Memorial.

Open house for service men and
women and young people will be
held at 7 pm. tomorrow.
Evening star., 1944-02-05
West Washington Baptist.

At II am. will be recognition
service Of Joseph A. Baker, whose
name has been placed upon the
honor roll and star added to the
service flag. At pm. prayer meet
ing for every one from this church
in the armed forces.
Quarterly church conference
Thursday evening.
Evening star., 1944-02-05
Transformation.

The annual social for young peo
pie will be held at 7:30 pm.
Evening star., 1944-02-05

Lutheran Laymen.
DR.. Q. Frederick Nolde, professor
IN the Lutheran Theological Semi
Evening star., 1944-02-05
Spiritual Srirurr

REV. LOLA M. MILLER-Messagc Service,
Wed, 80 p.m., assisted by mediums
1929 N st. NV. All reached.
Evening star., 1944-02-05
Fifth Baptist.

DR.. Frederick E. Reissig, secretary
Of the Washington Federation of
Churches, will be the guest speaker
at the evening service. His sub
ject will be The Christian Youth
in Action" The young people will
take part in this service. Jed John
son will teach the adult class of
the Sunday School.
On February 13 the mems class
will be reorganized and men with
out church home will be welcomed.
Evening star., 1944-02-05

Rhode Island Avenue Methodist.
Youth week will be observed at 6
pm. tomorrow. There will be a
joint meeting Of the youth groups.
They will have charge also of the
8 pm. service. Carroll Kite will
preside. The theme is "One Eel
lowship." Short talks will be given
by Marty Hollander, Jack Wilson
and George Mcpherson.
Evening star., 1944-02-05
Qhriatahrlphiau

the WASHINGTON ECCLEsIA.
IS SO am Services--l1 am
1912 9th st. NV. 3rd Fl. Public Invited
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grifnAa

FRIKNDs MEETING 1ORTHODOx,.
18th and Irving Streets NV.
II a.m.-Neeting. for Worship. Welcome.
Friends Meeting of Washington.
211l Florida Ave.
Meeting for Worship First Day (sunday)
A. III am. All interested are welcome
young People. $50 pm. s. s., 1913 am
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-13
Here Is Closeup on Ernie Pyle,
Worlds Ace War Story Writer
He Sprung From 'Homespun" Parentage
And Followed Democratic Ways;
Read All His Daily Tales on This Page

tice and his discharge from the
navy, he found an opening as a
reporter fer the Laporte, Indiana,
Herald-Argus.
HE GROWS RESTLESS
But rectleSSneSS soon set in again.
Within four months he had changed
jobs and towns, joining the staff of
The Washington News. The ex-
citement of being in TIE nations
capital held him for a while. He
endured staying stationary for three
years, a period relieved cnly by
voyage on an army transport to
Puerto Rico and Panama. Then
he pulled up stakes. set out to
travel about the rim of the United
States in a car. He went broke and
back to The News, there to become
aviation editcr. Except for some
100000 miles of air travel while
he held this post. he was stuck at
a desk.
AS if this ordeal was not enough,
The News followed by sticking him
at another. the managing editors.
At this Ernie performed brilliantly.
But he was embittered by being
rewarded only by promotion. He
Continued ON Pg. 8, Col. y
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-13
Air Offensive
Doon1s laps;
Raids Increase

PEARL HARBOR, June 13. CUP)
An aerial offensive designed to
smash the enemys air and sea pow
er and ultimately Japan itself gain
ed momentum Tuesday following
new task force raids on the south
ern Marianas and a third land
based attack on Palau, near the
Philippines.
Maj. Gen. Ennis C. Whitehead,
deputy commander of the fifth
air force in the southwest Pacific
said at a New Guinea base that
his aerial fleet, strong enough now
to lick the Japs all the way" had
opened a new and accelerated cam
paign first 10 break Japan's sea
and air strength and then strike
the enemy's home industries.
Whitehead predicted that when
the Allies obtain bases in the Phil
ippines, they will deal a death blow
to the enemy's empire.
His statement followed disclose
of a new attack on tie MarianaS
by a powerful u. S. Pacific fleet
task force which struck into STRAIT
egic islands Sunday for the second
successive day to hit Saipan, Tinian
Guam, and Rota islands, and the
third straight raid by land-based
Liberators on Palau, $50 miles east
of the Philippines.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-13

Ernie Pyle was chirstened Ernest
Taylor Pyle. He war born a farm
boy, but not a farmer For If
natural surroundings had any in
fluence upon his destiny, it was the
triangles CT geese flying toward
summer high over his fathers lands
near Dana, Indiana, and not the
triangle of the ploW at his feet.
Taking root, or helping to take root,
was not in his makeup. He wanted
to wander, to see what's around
the bend of the road, ever the
crest of tie hill. on the other flde
of the river. He has always man
aged to do it, too.
College football teams take nice
trips. But men like Ernie Pyle'
who feels beefy when he tips the
scales at lis, don't make the teams.
Ernie was no exception. But nc
did make the trips with the eleven
when he was at Indiana UnlVerelCy'
bv becoming manager OF tie team.
STARTS WORLD TRAVELS
IL NOu tlllIlh ~ WAC i"SNN
terest in football and not Just the
ride that spurred him to action yo'i
have only to look at what ne oio
next. He attached himself to the
baseball team starting out cn a IA
600 mile jaunt to the Orient ne
had no managerial standing TO he'p
him. He simply invited himsei
alcng, working his way as best ne
could. Which was pretty good. he
got as far as Hong Kong.
And when the war came, II neeos
little guessing to know which brahcn
of the service he enlisted in, hungry
as he was to see the world.
About the only thing that ever
held Ernie in one spot very long
was newspaper work. He had been
on the staff of his college daily ana
liked the job. So after the Arlnis-
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-13
County Joins
Boys State
Boys State annual training sckoo.!.

Boys State, annual training ScEOO,
for teaching high echool boys the
workings of a republic from city
council to the congress of the
United States, will have 20 from
Imperial Vall,y in attendance thi
year.
These 20 delegates will join boy
from every nook and Granny Of
California in north Sacramento
June %. Hundreds of boys will
attend and benefit from the train
ing given them by men actually en-
gagged in tie governmental func-
tions they are teaching. The bcy'
hold elcc ions and select their Of
ficials in exactly the same manner
as is actually done in the United
States. Rival candidates will con-
Guct campaigns in bitter political
fights for leadership.
LEGION SPONSORED
Sponsored by the American Le-
gion in California, the Boys State
has developed into big institution
and has earned TIE help of many
ether organizations, it is pointed
out.
Brawley took the honors this year
by sending nine boys. The Legion
post will send three, Earl Adams,
James Auttin, and Monte Grit in.
KiWanians are sending Jack Lee
Consaul; the Eagles are sending
Lawrence Dahm; Wocdmen OF the
World are sending Henry Aldrete
and Arthur Orta; the Elks will send
Billy Gordon; and the Rotarlans
Continued on Pg. 8, Col. y
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-13
Germans Make Bid
To Regain Towns
Ba++l es Rage
As Allies
Cut Peninsula

A LIE d SUPREME
HEADQUARTERS, Lon
don,s June 13. (UP)-A-
merican invasion armies
cut half way across the
Cherbourg peninsula and
patrols were reported
probing the approaches to
the port, but a front dis
patch timed at Ito pm.
Tuesday said the Germans
had rallied around Caren-
tan and Montebourg and
that street fighting again
was underway in b O t h
towns.
Allied supreme headquarters Of
ficially confirmed the capture of
Montebourg an6 Pont Liable, as
reported earlier Tuesday by United
Press War Correspondent Henry T.
Gorrell. Headquarters also said the
allies had captured lie Ham, three
miles southwest of Montebourg, and
Trojan, seven miles east of Caen.
NEWS GRATIFYING
"The news is really gratifying"
it was said at headquarters in COM
menting on reports apparently filed
earlier than Gorrells dispatch say
ing that the Germans had fought
their way back into the streets OF
Montebourg and Carentan under
cover of artillery, mortars, and
tanks.
Meanwhile at quarters good
news-envisaged in some quarters
as excellent news indeed-was ex-
pected within a relatively short
time.
Lieutenant General Omar N.
Bradley's army holds at least two
thirds OF the allies Norman beach,
head, it was revealed, with nearly
100 900 U. S. troops already an
nounced as engaged in combat on
the Cherbourg peninsula.
VIOLENT FIGHTING
The fighting reached new peaks
Continued on Page g. Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-13
Stimson Says
Ban on laps
Return Holds

WASHINGTON, June 13. CUP) D.
Present restrictions against the re-
turn of persons of Japanese an
cestry to Pacific Coast areas have
not been lifted and any future
policy changes will "hinge entirely
on changes in the military situa-
tion," according to Secretary Of War
Henry l.. Stimson.
In letter dated June Z, Stimson
told Representative John 2. Ander-
son, R0, Cal, that 1T is impossible
to predict at this time whel the war.
department estimate of the situation
will warrant their return to the
West Coast"
The policy of excluding all per-
sons of Japanese ancestry, Stimson
said, was based on the 'imposSibility"
of determining quickly their indiv-
idual loyalty. The general exclusion
policy, however. is under constant
study" he added.
In another letter, Anderson was
informed by Director Dillon S.
Myer of the war relocation authority
that there have been "a few in
stances in which permission to re-
turn to the west coast has been
granted to evacueeS.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-13
German Casualty
List in Italy
Reaches 10000

ROME, June 13. (UP)-Lieuten-
ant General Mark w. Clark, COM
mander of the allied fifth army,
sai6 Eesday that 10000 Germans
had been killed, captured, or wound
ed during the current offensive in
italy.
Clark made the disclosure of es-
timated German casualties when he
spoke to 1000 fifth army troops in
opening a rest center for his men
here.
The fifth army now is 10 miles
north of Rome ano chasing the enc
my" he said. "Since the attack be-
gan we have killed, captured, or
wounded some 10000 of the enemy.
There is no doubt we have severely
punished the German army"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-13
New District
Director
Assumes Duties

C. P. Denny, cattleman, rancher
and member CT the city council at
Hol'ville, assumed his office as
member Of the board ot directors
of the Imperial Irrigation district
Tuesday morning, to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Mark Rose
last month.
He took the oath from the county
clerk last week after qualifying and
furnishing bond.
The district directors authorized
the purchase of 100000 in govern
ment war bonds from their reserve
funds.
They also awarded the contract
fer manufacture and purchase of
transformers for the Ell Centro mar
inc base.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-13

The Retailers Third Army
was modified in four Impe-
rial county towns by noon
Tuesday as salespeople rallied to
the recruiting call to form the re-
serves that will maintain the at
tack on the Fifth War Loan quota,
Ben Herring, county secretary an
nounces.
At Brawley 24O statesmen and
women were sworn into the Third
army at theater rally Tuesday
morning by Harry CAN'T, master OF
ceremonies. The responsibilities and
obligations of the Third Army pri-
Yates were related and sales mate
rial issued, Gene Anderson, city
chairman advised. The five people
who led the army in the Fourth
War loan drive were introduced,
Mrs. v. H. Bergstedt, Mrs. V. M.
Montgomery, Ann Honeysuckle. Mr..
Andy Atadero, and Mr.. Lee Lam
berson. The signal corps film Tar
AVA was shown at the meeting.
HOLTVILLE IN CONTEST
The theater at Holtville was the
scene of the naming Of two Third
Armies for that city. Norman Hin
die was named field marshal for the
Red" army and John Hinshaw for
the Blue army The city has
been divided and prizes will be Of
fered for top dollar. volume of sales
and top number of sales. The losing
army will be assigned KIP" duty
to serve the winners a feed at the
close of the drive, city chairman
F. Roy Thompson said. Lieutenant
Ben Mcclure of the Holtville Naval
Air station swore in the privates.
Meanwhile in Ell Centro it was
reported that Lee Whitted, pri-
vate jumped to a full colonel and
SITS short of being a brigadier gen.
eral the first day of enlistment.
Leaving the theater mobilization
meeting Lee "buttonholed" Elks
club members and sold $1,875 the
first day.
CALEXJCO STARTS OFF
Calexico's retail chairman. Earl
Cavannah reported Tuesday morn
ing that several reports of lieuten-
ants and captains have been re-
ceived as the army moved for
ward to battle stations.
The county quota of 100000 re-
quires that S1,85O,00O in Series E,
individual bonds, must be sold by
July 8. Sales over to county by
Monday evening were estimated to
be in the neighborhood of $3.50 900,
Herring said.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-13
rn1
Fund
Voted
Bill Carries
$I,0I4,000;
Waits Signing

SACRAMENTO, June 13.
(UP)-T h e S t a tie senate
Tuesday unanimously pass
ed and sent to Governor Earl War
rem for signature bill giving the
California farm production council
new appropriation of $l,0l4,O0O
chiefly for feeding and housing
Mexican farm hancs.
Passage of the farm production
bill followed disclosures Monday
that a firm which built housing
units for the council made huge
profits and that former employe
of the council assertedly received
money from the firm.
SEES NEED
Senator Bradforc S. Crittenden
(R.o Stockton, said that in spite Of
the unfortunate incident" he be-
lieve the activities of the council
should go on. He said the council
after its formation last spring CO.
ordinated state, federal and private
procurement anC handling of farm
labor and played large part in
assuring that crops were harvested.
Senator H. r. Judah tRD Santa
Cruz, declared that the work of the
council had been "eminently sue
ceSsful."
The senate also passed, and sent
to the assembly, bill setting up a
$l0,0O0,000 state fund to aTsisf
counties, cities and other local gov
ns.ents in preparing plans for
postwar public works.
AS approved by the upper house,
the bill would entitle each county
of the state to at least $4,000 half
of which would have to be matched
Continued on Pig. J. Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-13

invasion of France-had been cost
ly.
From the standpoint of our enc
my we have achieved the impos-
sible,' he said. "We have broken
through their supposedly impreg-
nable wall in northern France. But
the assault has been costly In men
and materials"
Germany, he said, "has her back
against the wall-in fact three walls
at once" For besides the newly
launched French invasion, he con-
tinued, Germany faces in the east
the crushing blows" being initiat-
ed by the Red armies and in the
south the might of allied armies
forcing the Nazis to retreat north
of Rome "in ever growing confu-
Sion."
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-13
Chinese Engage
In Death Crip

; CHUNGKING, June 13. CUP)-
The encircled Chinese garrison in
side Changsha fought life-and-
death struggle Tuesday with a
japanese army attacking furiously
on three sices of the city, front
line dispatches reported.
Retreat was impossible. The ene-
my struck in force at the south,
east and north gates of the city.
On the west, escape was blocked
by the Hsiang river. Sampans and
river boats were removed to pre-
vent them from falling into Japa-
nese hands.
Reports from the city showed that
the fourth and greatest battle of
Changsha had been joined in the
suburbs.
Defenders of the Human province
capital either must fight their way
to freedom by crushing the enemy
attacks or be annihilated within
their city. The Japanese fought to
obtain their prize, key to the Han
kow-Canton railway.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-13

WASHINGTON, June 13.
UP) - President Roosevelt
left with the nation Tuesday
a heartening forecast that the de-
feat of Germany, now being pressed
simultaneously from three direc-
tions, will make it possible ito force
the Japanese to unconditional sur
render or to national suicide much
more rapidly than has been thought
possible"
. In a nationally broadcast address
opening the $4,000, 100000 Fifth
War Loan drive, Mr.. Roosevelt Mon
day night gave an up-to-the-min-
ute review of the global war in
which he acknowledged that the
start of the northern arm of the
allied drive against Germany-the
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-13
Nations Chief Launches
Fifth War Bond Drive

All the while, he said, the allied
air war over Europe is continuing
and will continue-"with increasing
power"
Mr.. Roosevelt cited figures to
show that the war on Japan has
not been neglected by the beat
Hitler-first strategy.
"We have reduced the Japanese
shipping by more than 100000
TONS" he said. 1--WE have overcome
their original advantage in the air.
We have cut off from return to
the homeland tens of thousands of
beleaguered japanese troops who
now face starvation or surrender.
We have cut down their naval
strength so that for many months
they have avoided all risk of en-
counter with our naval forces"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-13
laps Lose 141
Planes, Is
Vessels in Week

WASHINGTON, June l3. CUP)-
Carrier aircraft of a powerful U. S
naval task force sank l3 Japanes'
ships, damaged Is other and de-
stroyed l41 planes in TIE week end
assault on the Mariannas Islands
and in a subsequent attack on ar
enemy convoy. the navy announced
today.
Four of the sunken craft and nine
of those damaged were combat ves-
sells, all either destroyers or escort
ships.
American locseS were listed at l!
planes and Is members of their ali
crews. There was no mention OF
any damage to the U. S. surface
force, which japanese planes at
tempted TO attack once.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-13
Three Tremblors
Are Recorded

SANTA MARIA, Cal, June l3.
UP)-Three earth shocks were felt
here early Tuesday, beginning at
l.28 am.
No damage was reported.
Reports from California Institute
of Technology. however, said the
quake was strong enough to nave
caused damage in the area where
it originated The first jolt came
at l :28 am, the next at l:47, and
another at 4:22.
There was no connection with
quake which shook the Riverside
area Monday, Caltech said.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-13
Russ Hit NoziS
At Murmonsk

STOCKHOLM, June 13. tUP)-
A Helsinki dispatch to the news
paper Aftonbladet said the Red
army had opened an offensive in
the farth north, attacking German
positions along the Litsa river
which empties into the BarentS Sea
35 miles west of MurmanSk.
The reported offensive at the
northern end of the Finnish front
followed by three days the Red ar
ny attack on the Karelian ISthmus
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-13

above Leningrad, where the Firms
were being driven back toward Vii
puri.
The Helsinki dispatch said the
Russians attacked on the Arctic
front after a violent artillery bar
rage.
Colonel General Eduard Dietl Is
reported to have about seven Ger
man divisions along the upper end
of the Soviet-Finnish front. which
has seen relatively little activity
in this war.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-13
FORFEITS S1OO BAIL

Claire Freeman, "a, unemployed, ,
forfeited 500 cash bond Tuesday
morning following her arrest on a
charge of vagrancy at the Santa
Rita rooms. Clarence Evans, 43, Ne
gro, 102 Orange, charged with bat
terry by his wife, was given a 90
days. suspended sentence by Judge
Lee Nuffer in police court.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-13
BeIgium's S King
Moved by Nazis

LONDON, June 13. CUP)-King
Leopold III, who has been as pris-
oner of war since May %, 1910 fol-
lowing the German invasion of Bel
gium, has been removed from the
palace at Laaken to an unspecified
place in Germany, the Belgian gov
ernment in exile announced Tues
day.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-13
ERNIE PyLE---

NORMANDY BEACHHEAD (By
to a laSt-minute
alteration in the arrangements, |
didn't arrive on the beachhead
until the morning after D-Day.
after our first wave of assault troops
had nit the shore.
by the time we got here the
beaches had been taken and the
fighting had moved couple OF
miles inland. All that remained
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-13

SuUmtlBtu uatIkS ana OVerfurneu
boats and burned trucks and she'll
shattered jeeps and sad little per-
Sonal belongings we're strewn all
over these bitter sands. That plus
the bocies of soldiers lying in rows
covered with blankets, the toes of
their shoes sticking up in line as
though on drill And other bodies.
uncollected, still sprawling gro
tesquely in the sand or half hid
den by the high grass beyond the
beach.
WORK WEARY MEN
That plus an intense, grim ceter-
Dination of work weary men TO get
this chaotic beach organized and
get all the vital supplies and the
reinforcements moving more rapid
ly over 1t from the stacked-up ships
standing in droves out to sea.
Now that 1t is over 1t seems 10
me pure miracle that we ever
took the beach at all. For some OF
our units 1t was easy. but In this
special sector where l am now our
troops faced such od6s that our
getting ashore was like my whip.
ping Joe Louis down TO pulp.
In this column | want TO tell yolf
what the opening OF the second
front in this one sector entailed.
so that you can know and appre-
ciate and forever be humbly grate-
full to those both dead and alive
who did II for you.
WERE OUTNUMBERED
Ashore, facing us, were more enc
my troops than we had In our as
sault waves. The advantages we're
all theirs. the disadvantages all
Continued on page 8, col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-13

on the beach was
some sniping and
artillery fire, and
the occ a S | o n al
startling blast of
a mine geysering
brown sand into
the air. That plus
a gigantic and
pitiful litter of
wreckage a 10 n G
miles of shoreline.