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Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-04
$4,000 " ,rkers
Idle in j. s.
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trucks, taxis, chartered buses and
bicycles as transit system operators
remained out on strike to enforce
their demands for a closed shop.
IDLE AT ST. LOUIS
-Four thousand non-strikers were
reported idle at St Louis, Mo-, where
300 Negro clippers at the General
Steel plant remained on strike pro-
testing alleged abuse by white
foreman, halting production of
tanks, casting for gun turrets and
railroad equipment
In western Pennsylvania war
plants approximately 1000 workers
were idle.
1000 employees of the Houde En-
gineering division of the Houdaille-
Hershey Corp. at Buffalo, N. Y,
were out because of alleged dissat-
isfaction with the progress of a
grievance arbitration. A strike of
$4,000 workers at the John A. Roeb-
ling Sons Co. plants at Roebling and
Trenton. N. j., entered its eighth
day in defiance of war labor board
back TO work order, bringing pro-
duction of aircraft control cables.
signal wire and anti-torpedo nets
to StandStill.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-04
Joint Farm Bureau Meetinq Set

The seventh annual joint regional
meeting of the California Farm
Bureau will be held August IL at
the Baldwin Park Grammar school,
Secretary Scott B. Fould of the
Imperial County Farm bureau said
Friday.
At this time farm bureau men,
bers from Regions l and 2 will
confer. The meeting will start at
9:30 a. m. Departments scheduled
to hold meetings during the morn
ing include subtropical fruits, poul-
try, dairying. livestock, field crops,
home department and county dele
gates.
Luncheon will be served in the
Women's club house at noon.
Ray B. Wise, president CT the
California Farm Bureau federation
will speak on America Can Re-
main Prosperous; Here and There
With the California Farm Bureau
is the subject of a talk to be given
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-04
Air Medal Won
By EI Centran

On July IL Technical Sergeant
James V. Schofield, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. James A. Schofield of 848
Olive, El Centre, was awarded the
Air Medal. it was learned in Ell
Centro Friday.
On July l9 his plane was almost
shot down while he was out on a
mission, the plane getting back to
base practically on one wing. He
was wounded at that time and re-
ceived the Purple Heart Award
He has recovered sufficiently, how
ever TO be back in the air again
serving as a radio gunner.
He is with the fifteenth air force
based in Italy and was on the
famous shuttle bombing mission be-
tween Italy and Russia.
When last heard from, Sergeant
Schofield had cnly three more OF
the required so missions to COM
plete.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-04
22OO U. 5. Planes
Hammer Germany
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western Europe. smashing at Ger
man positions on the French battle
fields and other continental tar
gets.
At the same time. the British
press association reported that a
fleet of RAF Lancasters and Hall
faxes, possibly the biggest ever
dispatched by the British on a day
light Mission, took off from an east
ern airdrome shortly after two pm.
Employment Of the relatvely-slow
and hght-armed British heaVeS
suggested they might be striking
again at enemy robot bomb install
lations in France, where the luft-
waffe's fighter defenseS have been
noticeably weak.
Allied light and medium bomb
ers also were on the attack over the
continent, and observers believed
the days operations would exceed
those of Thursday. when at least
5000 sorties were flown, contraSted
with 54 reported German sorties.
WREAK HAVOC.
Official figures released showed
that on 80 of the 81 days in July,
heavy bombers of the U. S. strategic
airforce based in Britain, Italy, and
Russia dropped a total of $4,000
tons of bombs on Germany and
German-dominated Europe.
The bombers, with the aid of
fighters. destroyed 1913 of the
luftwaffe's dwindling stock of
fighter planes in the air and more
than 300 on the ground. Oil refin-
cries, aircraft factories, tank depotS
and ballbearing plants were the
principal targets during the month.
More than 23,500 bomber and
1880 fighter sorties were flown
during the month by the Eighth air
force. Losses during the month were
listed as 244 bombers and l12 fight
erS.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-04
RAMBLING REPORTER

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clicked. The telephone rang IN
Vivian's ear.
This is Captain Hebblethwaite,
said a voice at the other end OF
the wire. what did that teletype
say?" Vivian repeated what she had
told Betty. j.,
only 20 per cent?" chnckled
Hebblethwaite, Il expected more.
Goodbye" The telephone ouzzeo
again in VivianS ear. 1t was Mary
Derrick from the highway patrol
office, demanding thet the message
be read to her Vivian went through
the deal again. The telephone
clicked. Ii rang again in minute.
Vivian, catch on Mary howled.
I'm going to stay awake nights
thinking up ways to get even. Now,
what did that message say.
So Vivian read her the real mes
sage.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-04
OPA RULING CHANGES
VIOLATORS' STATUS

PHOENIX, Ariz., Aug 4. CUP)-
Dealers cannot be prohibited from
buying or selling rationed goods be-
cause of a violation of OPA price
ceilings on a rationed article after
August 7, the district office of price
administration announced Friday.
Before Congress passed the sta
bilization extension act, dealers who
violated rationing regulations or
sold rationed commodities at above
ceiling prices were liable to suS-
pension.
OPA officials said that court ac-
ton could still be brought by OPA
CT consumers against a merchant
for ove rchargeS.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-04
FiIipinos Form
Legion Post
At BrawIey Rites

BRAWLEY, Aug. 4.-Filipinos OF
Imperial county now have an
American Legion post all their own.
Twenty-one members of Corregidor
Post No 597 of the department of
/ California were initiated in Braw-
ley Veterans hall Thursday night
/ by an initiation team composed en-
tirely of post commanders of Le-
gion posts of the county WHO are
under the supervision of Judge
Vaughn N. Thompson.
Napoleon ViSaya is the COM
mander of the new post: Eulogio N
Calamayan is first vice. commander
Juan Orfiano is second vice-com-
mander; Gregorio L. Directo is his
torian; Lacarias L. Directo is ad-
jutant: Erasmo M. Olay is sergeant
at-arms. and Sixto H. Padilla is
chaplain.
COLORFUL CEREMONY
The colorful initiation ceremo-
nies took place during a regular
meeting of the Brawley Legion post.
over which Commander Claude Aus
tin presided. Harry Woodbury. of the
FL Centre post. offered prayer.
With the Filipino Legionnaires
standing in a double line at the
close of the service all lights in the
hall were extinguished except those
focused on the fluttering folds of
the American flag and the Legion
emblem. Then members of the new
post were welcomed by the other
Legionnaires, most of whom are vet
Grams CT World War No. /. A ma
jority of the 81 Filipinos are from
the northern part of the county.
Many prospective members are
away for the summer. so they will
be initiated when they return in
the fall.
TAKE PART IN RITES
Members oi the initiation team
and the positions they filled were:
Woodbury.. commander; Judge Ell
mer Heald, first vice.
Mike Zavala, second vice. command
er: Sheriff Robert w. Ware, past
commander; John Kepley, chap
laln, ana n. n. MCSllllldilS, Se4
geant-at-arnls.
Brawley post provided buffet
supper and Corregidor post the
LIQUID refreshments.
A bottle of very old champagne
was offered as a prize to the Le-
gionnaire who sells the mcst war
bonds in the next drive. 1t will be
awarded at the close of the CAM
paign.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-04
Yankee Bombers
Again Appear
Over Manchuria
By UNITED PRESS

Tokyo radio reported that three
American aircraft, apparently based
in China, appeared over Southern
Manchuria Friday but failed to indi-
cate whether the raiders constituted
another B-29 ariding force following.
The broadcast, recorded by United
Press in San Francisco. said ground
forces drove off the raiders without
dropping single bomb.
A large force of American super
FortreSses (B-29s) amade daylight
attack July % against the great
Japanese steel center of Anshan, 55
miles southwest of Mukden.
That was the first recorded ap-
pearance of Allied aircraft over
Manchuria, which is considered out
of the effective range of smaller
bombers and fighters based in China
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-04
CaIexican' 'sT7iaI
Sef for Oct. 7

A Flea of not guilty was entered
in Imperial county superior court
Friday by George Polos. Calexico
resident, who is charged with two
counts of buying and receiving prop
erty allegedly stolen from the Pa
cific Freight lines warehouse in
FL Centre.
PoloS will be tried before jury
in superior court October 2.
Orval Rice, who is involved in the
same case, will enter his plea in
superior court next Tuesday to
charges of burglary and selling
stolen property.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-04
Trial Date Set
For Quartet
OF WesfmorIand

In Imperial county superior court
Friday the trial of four Westmor-
land residents on charges of resist
ing an officer was set fer october
Is.
Defendants in the case are
Archie 10y CBudD Kissee, 81; Leo
Kissee, 80; John Everett Guess, "a,
and Cecil Edward Swearingen, 90.
They were charged with resisting
Chief of Police Oliver Quick re-
Gently when he attempted to arrest
them during fight in a cafe in
WeStmorland.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-04
FIT OR MISFIT, ARMY
ASSIGNS ITS TASKS

CAMP COG Z Cal, Aug. 4. CUPD
How army rerc onnel placement
works in tho kitchen a,cording to
the llth armored divisi~ q:
TIA Bennie Waterma who half
soled shoes as civilian makes pam
cakes. T/5 William Wallace, peace
time South Carolina dump truck
driver, heads the garbage disposal
squad. ia Robert Hall ran rock
crusher fer the Kentucky highway
department. He mashes potatoes.
Pvt. William Martin, who sees
the men get to their proper places
in the mess hall. used to work on
his dads Arkansas farm driving
mules.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-04
STATE CA 5 FOR OIL WELL
BIDS ON aANT SET Up

LOS ANGELEI Aus 4. J91-
The state land. con issiCn has
called for bids CT slar t-driiled oil
wells that can be sunk without u.
duly marring Santa Barbara County
Beach. Lieutenant Governor Fred
erick Houser said Friday.
Houser said the commission had
learned THAT fhe Standsjd Oil
Co. was to drill a vertical well in
the area that might drain state
owned submarine oil pool
The call for bids provides for
removal of old derricks, sinking
CT ground-level pumps, and land
scaping of surrounding areas. Hou-
ser said.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-04
kazis Face Rout
In All Brittany

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agne nearby, anG were ait Mauron
and st. Meen-La-Grande to the
northeast.
The only formidable resistance
by the estimated $4,000 German
troops in Brittany-parts of four
divisions-was reported in the Rem
mes area. Miller said the fighting
was especially heavy at La Char
bonniere, north of Rennes. and an
airport south of the great trans
port center commanding most of the
communications throughout Brit
tany.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-04
Russians Ready
Dash Across
Prussian Border
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NSollllIlucu lIoill L dSC ~
of Warsaw. the Red army eStab-
lished wide and deep bridgehead
across the Vistula, and now was re-
ported pouring reinforcements over
several crossings for a scythe-like
sweep up against the capital.
Veterans of famous battles for
crossings of the Don. Desna. Dnepr
and Dnestr rivers. masters of i'm
provisation, maintained steady
flow of mechanical forces, infantry
and supplies across the Vistula.
Water-soaked shock troops en-
gagged infantry in hand-to-hand
combat on the rim CT the bridge
head while artillery Numbered on
both sides of the Vistula and air
battles ragged with unabated feroc-
ity
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-04
LICENSES ISSUED

Marriage licenses we're issued
Thursday to Elec H. Laird, Jr.. 81,
Marine, and Ludie Grogson, 10,
Brawley, secretary; and to Charles
Calvin Landreth. %, marine. and
Dorothy Aileen Sullins, 2l, Braw-
lev.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-04

by Bert L. Smith, federation sec
retary.
1.-The Role of the Extension
Service in the War" will be dis
cussed by C. " Castle, Los Angeles
county farm advisor.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-04
UTILITY SPOKESMEN SCOUT
SAVING IN RATE REDUCTION

LOS ANGELES. Aug. 4. CUP)-
Consumers would save only 10 cents
month on their gas bills if the
Southern Counties Gas company re-
moved excess profits taxes from op-
Grating costs and took them out
of profits, company spokesmen said
Thursday.
The utilities company is up before
the state railroad commission to
show cause why excess profits taxes
should not be paid from company
profits.
The gas company contended that
estimates of consumer savings in
volved would be only conjecture.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-04
" SCANNINGS-Garrison
SIZES FOR DIVORCE

Suit for divorce was filed in I'M
perial county superior court Thurs
tlay by Allie Robertson against Mary
Robertson.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-04

Betty Huttcn-An evening gown
worn by Betty in Here Come the
WAVES" carries inch and half
bands of real gold. Before the war
they would have been aluminium
gilded to simulate gold. But the war
has made aluminium too precious.
Evening star., 1944-05-22
19 Scholarships Given
By Gonzaga School

Five full scholarships and IA half
scholarships at Gonzaga High School
have been awarded to eighth-grade
parochial school students, it was an
nounced yesterday.
Full scholarship winners are Will
liam Hitselberger, 1923 Buchanan
street NV, Sacred Heart School;
Robert j. Falabella, 4606 Fort Totten
drive NE, ST. Gabriel's; John Dale
Painter, 1920 Twenty first place Sc,
st. Theresa's; Melvin j. Deale, 1902
G street NE, and George Davis
1406 Morse street NE, both of Holy
Name School.
Half scholarships were awarded to
Joseph Walsmith, 1925 Rittenhouse
street NV, and Donald Hogan, 433
Oglethorpe street NV, Nativity;
william Quigley. 11o5 Norwood
drive, Takoma Park, Md; Robert
Stewart, 1905 Fifth street NV, and
Bernard Day, 312 Upshur street
NV, ST. Gabriels; Edward Terry,
COL Fourteenth street NE; William
Stilwell, 1888 Morse street NE, and
Aloysius Schwartz, 1643 Gales street
NE. Holy Name School.
Other scholarship winners
were John Rodler, 1874 Shepherd
street NE, Catholic University
campus school; Charles Fahy, 37OO
Northampton street NV, Blessed
Sacrament; John McPhaul, jr., 81
Girard street NE, st. Martins;
Timothy DAILY, 1906 Alton place NV,
st. AIMS; William Bakley, Rockville,
Md, Our Lady of Lourdes, and
Vincent Scott, TIT North Tazewell
street, Arlington. Va, Holy Trinity
Evening star., 1944-05-22
Steuurt
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both the judicial and the admins
trative function to make additions
to those which Congress has placed
behind the statute Hence
we would have no difficulty in agree
ing with the petitioners (Steuart)
contention if the issue were whether
a suspension order could be used as
a means of punishment of an offen-
der. But that statement of the
question is a distortion of the issue
presented on this record. ..
ALLEGATION, or rationing, is de-
signed to eliminate /" inequal-
tiles and to treat all alike who are
similarly situated. The burdens are
thus shared equally and limited
supplies are utilized for the benefit
OF the greatest number. But middle
men-wholesalers and retailers
bent on defying the rationing sys-
tenn, could raise havoc with it. BY
disregarding quotas prescribed for
each householder and by giving some
more than the allotted share, they
would defeat the objective of ra-
tioning and destroy any program
of ALLEGATION.
Certainly we could not say that
the President lin delegating author
ity from the OPA) would lack the
power under the act to take away
from wasteful factory and route
to an efficient one a precious supply
OF materials needed for the manu-
facture of articles of war"
Parallel Is Drawn.
If the President has the power to
channel raw materials into the most
efficient industrial units, the court
said "it is difficult to see why the
same principle is not applicable to
the distribution of fuel oil"
The court added that If the COM
pany had established that the re-
strictions were being applied "for
reasons not relevant to ALLEGATION or
efficient distribution of fuel Oil,
quite different considerations would
be presented. But we can make no
such assumption here. The suspen-
sion order rests on findings of seri-
Gus violations repeatedly made"
The court concluded that in re-
stricting Stewards quota of oil "the
Office of Price Administration was
doing no more than protecting a
community against distribution
which, measured by rationing stand
ards, was inequitable, unfair and
inefficient"
Evening star., 1944-05-22
Is Of Is Nazi Divisions
Occupied in North,
Italian Patriots Saw
BY the Associated Press,


ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Ma
pies, May 22.-The first communiuue
to be issued by Italian Patriot forces
declared today that of the Is Ger
man divisions now in Italy six had
been dispatched to the north to
fight against the Patriots and
against Yugoslav Partisans along
the italian border.
"The danger of further develop
ment in the battle on the Italian
liberation front which may arise
from one moment to another pre-
vents the Germans from using these
six divisions against the 5th and
9th British-American armies" the
communique said
The bulletin was made public
throughout the headquarters of Gen
Sir Harold Alexander, Allied COM
mander in Italy.
Z The Patriots asserted that in re-
cent operations they had cut the
main railway near Verona in two
places, causing two derailments in
which II cars loaded with war ma
terial en- route to the Southern
italian front were destroyed.
They also reported attacks on q
German truck convey near Lecco
firing of an industrial plant engaged
in work for the Germans, and skirm-
ishes with Nazi troops at Vicenza
and Piedmont.
Fighting also was reported % miles
northwest of Florence, where the
Patriots said Germans had tried un-
successfully to surround one of Their
groups.
Later the Algiers radio announced
formation in Naples of a military
council, composed of Gen. Alexan-
ders representatives and members
of the Italian staff, whose main
function will be to guide the opera
tions of Italian guerrillas in North
ern and Central Italy by providing
them with daily instructions. The
council will issue daily communicates
Evening star., 1944-05-22
EBEST water
man CAN Drink

1t is frequently said Mountain
Valley is the worlds finest drink
ing water" We feel this is only
half of it.
l. 1t is delicious to taste-not
carbonated, not laLdtiUe.
2. 1t provides the body with vital
minerals.
8. 1t is mildly alkdline-tends to
offset acidity.
4. 1t promotes kidney function
aids in treating Rheumatism
and Arthritis.
S. It is delivered to you just as it
flows at the springs in Hot
Springs, Arkansas.
Phone nae. 1862 for a eose
Mountain Valley Mineral Water
80 18th st.. NV. ME-. los2
Evening star., 1944-05-22

called me a Fascist. I replied ir
a speech that Roosevelt was the
only Fascist I knew of, and that
the New Deal was Fascist regime
I can't cite many precedents for my
opinion, because, thank God, there
have been few cases in the history
of this country where such prosecu-
tons have been brought.
II apologize to Vishinsky 9TH,
prosecutor in the Russian mas.
purge triaD for calling Mr.. Rogg,
the Vishinsky of this trial. I apollo.
gize to the Communist government
The Communist trial at least wa!
a good show of its kind Compared
with it this is a pretty hammy per.
formance."
The courts ruling stood.
Albert w. Dilling, counsel for hi:
former wife, Elizabeth Dilling, sale
she would not object to standing
trial in court of impartial JUS
tice. He added:
IF this is to be a sort of judicia,
handicap, where the Government
abides by one set of rules and the
defense by another, the defendant
Dilling might as we'll plead guilty
If we cannot obtain justice here we
shall appeal to the higher bar OF
public opinion. which in the end
will decide this case"
Mr.. Laughlin, attorney for Ed
ward James Smythe, planned to
ask the court to withdraw an order
for mental examination of Smythe
which Smythe had requested. The
attorney said Smythe had changed
his mind and did not want to be
looked over by the three psychia-
trists whom the court authorized
The court had specified that such
an examination be made with the
consent of the defendant.
Evening star., 1944-05-22
Sedition
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another petition presented the pre-
siding judge, asked that Eugene
Myer, editor of the newspaper, also
be cited for an editorial assailing
the tactics of defense counsel.
Sues Commentators.
At the same time, Mr.. Laugh1in
filed in District Court a suit asking
damages of $1,O00,0 ,000 from Drew
Pearson, newspaper and radio COM
mentator; the Blue Network and
Station WMAL, charging defama-
tory statements were made against
him. The complaint said Mr.. Pear
son told his radio audience last
night that Mr.. Laughlin would
shortly be charged or indicted for
conspiring with certain criminals" ="
Justice Eicher had taken under
advisement, while the trial was in
weekend recess, the defense mo-
tions for a mistrial. These were
based on the alleged inf1ammatory
nature of Prosecutor Rogge's OPEN
ing statement last week, and the
turmoil that attended this session
of the trial.
In announcing his ruling at the
opening of court today, Justice
Eicher said he had decided that the
Governments statement did not
Transcend the bounds of evidence
which it expected to show. The de-
lfenSe, he pointed out, had the same
right to outline the case it expected
to develop
"Let Us Not Stultify Ourselves"
When Justice Eicher dealt out the
contempt fines and warned the de-
fense that further outbreaks of dis
order and refusal to obey the court
would not be tolerated, Claude
Thompson of defense counsel in
terposed:
"I rise to find out if the statement
emanating from the bench has tn.
effect of intimidation. I respect thi.
court. I respect our judicial system
I love our American institutions.
Il came into this case at the re.
quest of another justice. The wore
goes out to the world that we at.
torneys at the District bar all art
unruly and obstreperous. In tht
name of law and justice, let us no
stultify ourselves by saying that tn.
humblest citizen will not have a fail
trial-whether he is a German or E
Jap or a Hottentot."
Justice Eicher said Mr.. Thompson
misunderstood the ruling and atti.
tude of the court.
Finally, after more than an
J hour of pickering and discussion,
the jury was brought in and Law
renee Dennis, a defendant acting
as his own counsel, continued the
opening statement he began Thurs
day.
When the court refused to allow
Dennis to 60 into the alleged mo-
tives of the prosecution, the de-
fendant obtained permission to
argue the question in the absence
of the jury.
The defendant insisted the mo-
tive behind the prosecution was the
crux of the whole case.
Secretary Ickes," he said