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Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-06
PATTON CROSSES FIRST

Pattons Scouts were the first
Americans officially disclosed to
have reached German soil, although
Unconfirmed reports broadcast by
the Paris and Swiss radios said
American troops had captured
Aachen, just across the southeast
ern border of the Netherlands, and
Saarbrucken, 38 miles east of Metz.
Neither report had official back
ing, and the seizure of Saarbrucken
seemed highly improbable in view
of the admittedly stiff fighting in
progress along the MoSelle between
Metz and Nancy.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-06
Biu Canadian Convoy Makes Port

OTTAWA, Sept. 6. CUP) - The
largest convoy of the war, carrying
more than 100000 tons of cargo,
has arrived at United Kingdom
ports under escort of the Royal
Canadian Navy, Naval Minister
Angus L. Macdonald announced
today.
Senior officer of the escorting
ships was Commander George H..
Stephen, o. B. E., d. S. c., OF Hall
fax. Ships under his command were
Canadian frigates and corvettes,
some of them virtually new, others
veterans of the narrowing winters
of 1941-42-43, when the Germans
claimed to have sunk 100000 tons
of shipping each month.
An officer of the group, whose
ship was detached to check on pen
nant numbers of the merchantmen,
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-06
Rural Schools
Arrange for
Start of Tern,

Continued From Page Il
clal studies; and health education
and child welfare handled bv Mrs.
Eva Payson, school nurse; DR.. Miri-
am Hubble, county health officer.
Loretta Bechtol, school nurse. and
Mrs. Liefy Upholt, attendance su-
perviSor
The first afternoon Miss Seeds
will discuss what Is the Meaning
of Control in a Democratic Class
room" and Mrs. Upholt "The Impe-
rial County Program for Child wei
fare and Attendance" Miss Seeds.
Mrs. Kepley, Mrs. Gibson, Miss Hef-
fernan, Mrs. Payson and Mrs. Up
holt will lead the afternoon section
meetings.
EVENING PLANS
Winifred Van Hagen will have
charge of an evening of recreation
and games beginning at 7:30 p. m.
At 9 a. m. September Is Miss
Seeds will discuss How Children
Learn" After that Mrs. Violet
Thompson, acting county librarian,
will talk on the subject, "The Serv-
ices of the County Library" The
section meetings will be handled by
approximately the same group as
officiated the first day, with the
addition of Susie Stewart Music
will open the afternoon session. Miss
Van Hagen will speak on the sub
ject, THE Physical Education Pro-
gram in California" Mrs. Payson's
subject will be THE Health Pro-
gram in Imperial Valley" Section
meetings will follow.
At a. m. September 16 Miss Hef-
fernan will speak about THE Teach
ing of Arithmetic in Elementary
Schools" At the section meetings
Miss Heffernan will explain the Ian
guage arts for lower grades. This
will include brief consideration of
reading, oral and written express
sion, spelling, and writing. Miss
Seeds will deal with the same sub
jects from the standpoint of the
upper grades.
INFORMAL SESSION
The last afternoon will be de-
voted to informal meetings in all
conferences rooms, examination Of
exhibits and materials, the consid-
Grafton of individual questions,
check Of questions in notebooks.
Mrs. Upholt will help new teach
ers in the matter of keeping rec
ords and confer especially with
principals and teachers from union
districts.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-06
Army Presents
Discharge Plan
Continued From Page y
hnStilitieS in E,lrnnp-

OF nOStllltleS IN Europe.
But although military require
ments in Europe will be drastieally
curtailed" when Germany has been
beaten, the war against Japan will
still be going on, the war depart
ment emphasized, and that war will
receive first priority" in everything,
including men and the ships TO
move them.
The Pacific theater, the war &C.
partment said, will be transported
millions Of fighting men, millions
of tons of landing barges, tanks,
planes, guns, ammunition and food" ;"
Therefore, 1T may take months"
before surplus men from no longer
active theaters can be returned to
the United States to join the sur
plus pools" from which nonessential
soldiers with the highest priority
scores will be chosen for discharge.
Anc in any case, regardless of
individual priority standings, Ger
tain types of personnel can never
become surplus as long as the war
against Japan continues"
The war department did not say
how many men would be returned
to civilian life. Last month, how
ever, Major General Lewis B. Her.
shey, director of Selective Service.
estimated that 100000 to 100000
men might be dropped by the arm
ed forces from the time of Ger
many's defeat to the collapse of
Japan.
Present army strength is 100000
with 100000, to 100000 men now
overseas, more than 100000 of
them in the Pacific.
The size of the military estab-
lishment that will be needed after
the defeat of Germany" the war
department said, has been calcu-
lated with the same exactness as
the size of the army needed up to
now.
mo soldier will be kept in the
military service who is not needed
to fulfill these requirements No
soldier will be released who is need
ed"
The house military affairs COM
mittee was given a preview of the
army's "readjuStment and partial
demobilization plan" at a hearing
Tuesday. Chairman Andrew ]. May,
(DD, Kentucky, said afterward that
the plan had been made solely and
only with a view to fair treat
ment" to all concerned, subject to
military necessity With that, he
said, the committee agrees"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-06
Teachers Named
For FL centr',

Guy Weakley, Ell Centre superin-
tendent, Wednesday announced the
staff of teachers who will lead ele-
mentary, high school, and junior
college pupils along the paths of
learning in FL Centro this year.
He will be high school principal
again and Eugene Waterman again
will be dean of the junior college.
A. j. Hinshaw is the new vice
principal of the high school, Olin
Gresham will be business manager,
and Mary Jane Neal the school
nurse.
Central Union High school and
junior college teachers will be S. E.
Allen, Flossie Burson, George W.
Burt, r. A. Chestnut, Barbara Doss,
Elinor Doyle, Alice Fakes, Virgil
Fulmer, John Hammond, Guy L.
Hatch, Erma Keller, John M. Lewis,
Agnes Melgaard, Bonnie Meserve,
Lucille Miller, Evalena Moore, Ethel
Parent, Bessie Proudfoot, James
Ibdilhlll, C5lld IDOOu, ". z. opCllSCl, ,
Jean Stengel, Marie Welch, Dorothy
Wilson. and William c. Young.
The Douglass Union High school
staff will include Principal w. A.
Payne, Mercedes Betancourt, Helen
d. Nelson, Gladys Robinson, and
l.. j. Stewart
Wilson, Mckinley, Harding, and
Washington school teachers will be
Pauline Allen, Dorothy Armstrong,
Margaret Atkin, Evalyn D. Beeson,
Emily Besina, Cherrill Brown, Edna
Carson, Blanche Charles, Gladys
Claypool, Claire Cooper, Elsie Couch,
Lucille Culberson, Laura De Celles,
Leo A. De Celles, Dorothy B. Dir
ney, Marguerite Doyle, Sophia Dun
lap, Frances Foulds, Viola Green,
Mary A Griffin, Nilla H. Harris,
Grace Hatch, Margaret Hedrick,
Susie E. Hevener, R. LaVonne Jack
son, Irene KassonS, Josephine King,
Ruth l.. Knox, Ora Beryl Kohman,
CT. E. Lansdowne, Janet Lellelid,
Gwendolyn Main, Fannie G.. Nc
Crory, Leah B. McEuen, Laura Nc
Farland, Elizabeth MCGEE, Zenobia
Payne, Arthur E. Prince, Bstelle
Reid Margaret l.. Reshoft, Gladys
Robinson, Alysmaye Schultz, Alice
Stansbury, Cleona Thomas, Alice L..
Thompson, Madge V. Trexler, Lura
K. Tyler, E. B. Vaughn, Eva H.
Walker, and Winifred Wilson.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-06
Continued From Page u


At the same time other Canadian
elements swung inland around Bou-
logne and reached the coast on
each side of Calais. 1t was possible
that the column east of Calais
would continue along the last miles
OF the coast road to Dunkerque.
Headquarters revealed that the
mopup of big pocket southwest
of Mons had yielded $4,000 prisoners
and the total might go considerably
higher. The cleanup of the pocket
was essential to the advance of the
T. S. First Army, since it was too
big to leave indefinitely. The Third
Army was reported to have taken
10000 prisoners and killed 1850
Germans.
STAND AT MOSELLE
The Nazis appeared to be trying
q major stand in defense of the
fatherland along the Moselle river
line, which runs into the Reich
at the Luxembourg border and
curves away to a distance of about
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-06
Enrolment Set
For Hiqh ScI,oo!

Most Of the students planning to
enter Central Union High school in
Ell Centro this fall were enrolled
last spring as was the case with a
majority OF the elementary school
pupils, it was revealed Wednesday.
New high school pupils or those
who were out of town or for some
other reason did not enroll last
spring may enroll any day now,
Guy Weakley, school superintendent
said. They may go to the high
school office during office hours
any day where schools officials will
be available to assist them.
New elementary school pupils have
nothing to do but go to school the
first day when teachers will enroll
them.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-06
Russians Capture
Key City in
Warsaw Offensive

Continued from Page II
sea to hte Danube ferry crossing
at Giurgiu.
In the breakthrough north of
Warsaw, General Georgi zakhaD
ov's Second White Russian Army
and Marshal Konstantin Rokossov-
sky's First White Russians joined
on the Bug river in a thanking drive
that threatened to split the Ger
man forces between East Prussia
and the Polish capital.
Almost the entire territory be-
tween the Bug and Narew rivers
was cleared by Zakharov's troops
and was expected to open the way
for frontal assault on Warsaw
by the armored forces under Rokos-
Sovsky.
The First White Russian army
last was reported at Cegielne, nine
miles northeast of Praga, a heavily
fortified bastion protecting the
eastern approaches to Warsaw.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-06
RAMBLING REPORTER
Continued From Page u

Continued From Page i
Pacific. She has not heard from
him in a long time. Here is the
poem she composed:
Was 1 with him when the darkness
came?
Could I know the terror, feel the
flame?
IN the hour they took a chance and
lost,
Was I there. too, counting not the
cost?
AS the oily waters shone with fiery
light,
Did he see my eyes bravely face the
night?
When he gave his life in glory for
our land,
wonder, did he know 1 held his
hand?
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-06
Labor Shelter
For {. {. viii
Be Constructed
Continued from Page


will be completed py October 10.
The shelter camp, designed to
house 35 families, will be occupied
by Mexican nationals this year and
probably next, he said. The plan
was conceived to proffer living
quarters to agricultural workers.
We're cognizant of the fact that
the camp is scarcely large enough
to house the number of workers
needed in this section" Mr.. Gelter
said. But the administration is
opposed to constructing larger
one at the present time
Stressing the necessity for such
a project can not be overemphaSiz-
ed, Mr.. Gelter pointed out that the
VIA, in conjunction with the I'M
perial Valley farmers Association
will, by means of the camp, lessen
the critical farm labor situation.
MUST REGISTER
Families to be housed there will
register with the VITA and will be
assigned shelter Applicants for
quarters must be certified as agri-
cultural workers.
The engineer commented strongly
on the cooperation afforded the
VIA by E. Paul Ford, city engineer
and director of public works, of Ell
Centre.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-06

said It required live hours. travels
ling at full speed. 10 go up and
down the convoy lanes.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-06
Yankees Invade
Inner Fortress

40 miles in the area east of Nancy.
The rout of the German armies
in the Low Countries was in full
swing, as units of the American
First and British Second Armies
linked up beyond Antwerp to drive
an armored wedge deep into Hol-
land. Unconfirmed reports said the
Allied columns were across the
Rhine estuary within sight of Rot
terdam after an advance of almost
60 miles from Antwerp.
Front reports said the Nazis were
fleeing in wild disorder, with thous-
ands Surrendering daily as Allied
troops cut across their line of re-
treat
The breakthrough across the Nc
selle came after two days of hard
fighting, during which the Ger
mans poured a murderous rain of
artillery and machine gun fire
down on the Americans from steep
heights overlooking the narrow
river.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-04-27
Wage Policies

Some of the bureaucrats and autocrats
of the Federal government will tell you
that our wage policy is founded upon the
Sterilization Act of 1912 and the Pres
ident's hold-the-line order issued about
year ago. The latter Act is often called
"Vinsons BABY. The War Labor Board
has had a hard time trying to keep the
"baby" alive, particularly in view OF the
rule that "there are to be no further
increases in wag rates or salary scales
beyond the Little Steel formula except
where it is clearly necessary to correct
sub7standards of living" according to
the President There have been many
cases where the word Except" seems TO
have been spelled with capital "E'.
Big labor leaders took many "ex.cep-
tions," and wages began to rise at times
all the way from portals of coal mines TO
the affairs of the railroads and other
industries. Apparently the War Labor
Board has done some shadoW-boxlng
about the sterilization policy.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-04-27
Views OF The Press

condition of the crop as of this time
of the season. Heavy rains in the
Kansas hard wheat belt have come
at the right time.
Federal crop experts estimate that
the yield has improved by Is, 900 900
since April when the prediction
was for $4,000, 900 bushels. All dan
gers to the crop are by no means
past. Hail storms and high winds
accompanying downpourS can do
considerable damage in limited
areas but the chief menace turks in
too rank growth or black rust, both
of which cause the stems to break
before the grain is ready for har-
vest. The latter two conditions re-
suit from too much moisture.
The favorable outlook for good
wheat crop, perhaps a bumper one,
removes likelihood Of bread ration
ing. The United States holdover
supply has shrunk to the smallest
proportion in four years but Canada
has carryover Of 400, 600, 900 bushels
The spring wheat outlook is still
uncertain as planting has been de-
layed by wet weather. This type Of
wheat figures as a stock feed rather
than as human food and represents
less than fourth of the total wheat
crop.
At a time when food is an essen
tial weapon of war, 1t is encouraging
news that the staff Of life"
promises to be equal to the demand
that will be put upon it. I
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-04-27
1--WE" Made 1t Work

The cost of living has been virtually
stabilized for nearly year, according
to the u. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Thus the danger of an uncontrolled
price rise disrupting production in a
crucial phase of the war, is apparently
eliminated.
Credit for this all important, though
possibly temporary victory over infla-
ton should not go entirely to govern
ment sterilization agencies. For exam
pie, how would the people have learned
to live under maze OF regulations Is
sued thousands of miles from their
homes if local newspapers and other
sources of information had not volun-
tarily burned the midnight oil to enlighten
them?
Retail merchants, too, are responsible
for the success of price fixing and ration
ing. They have sought by every means
at their command to impress upon con-
Sumers the Importance of supporting the
government in its program to MAINTAIN
stability They have often been step
ahead of the government by inStitutlng
voluntary controls over distribution of
scarce article And it is not surprising
to find that chain stores have played a
leading role in helping the retail distribu-
ton industry enforce cost-of-living regu-
lations. Efficiency and maximum serv-
ice at minimum cost are the key to their
existence. Uncontrolled initiation is ana
chains. AS result, they have become the
thema to the operating methods of the
consumers strong ally in the fight against
initiation.
The best guarantee that the present
victory over infaltion may not be temper
ary, lies in the fact that it came from the
combined efforts of the people and private
industry.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-04-27
Equal Pay for Teachers

School teachers in about one-third of
our cities work on "single salary sched-
ule," by which instructors of equivalent
training and experience receive equal pay,
no matter what grade they teach. Ma
tion-wide adoption of this practice is
urged in a recent article by Claude v.
Courier, superintendent of Cincinnati
schools.
It is hard to find any argument with
Mr.. Courter's proposal. Surely primary
education is just as important, as strenu-
Gus, and requires as much ability as
teaching in senior high school.
Particularly now, when many low-paid
elementary teachers have gone to better
Jobs and requirements are increasingly
difficult to find, this equal-pay suggestion
deserves consideration.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-04-27
Big Dog Eats Little Dog

One of the prominent papers of the
nation which has always believed in
municipal ownership of electric power,
now comes out "flat footed' in oppos!-
ton to program for one of the greatest
Federal power projects to take over a
local private electric company. 1t bases
its objections on two grounds: First,
that thousands of local stock and bond
holders would not be adequately protect
ed, and second, that it does not want to
see the Federal government get further
grip on the affairs of the state
A lot of good people in sanctioning a
city going into the electric business and
putting private citizens out of that line
of industry, have overlooked the princi-
pie involved, namely, that you cannot
have free industry and socialized indus
ny at the same time The Socialized in
dustry, with all the taxing power and
authority of government behind it, once
- Is given fOothold, is bound to absorb
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-04-27

ferment of certain rail workers,
and the deferment of divinity stu
denies will depend on an inter-
probation of the law which pro-
vides for deferment of ministers
of the gospel.
ARMY DUMPS SURPLUS
The Army now seems to be get
ting rid of surplus material with
the same reckless extravaganza
with which it was acquired.
Diligent Sen. Kilgore of West
Virginia recently unearthed the
act that the Army was planning
to sell five hundred tons of screws
at one of its bases at Memphis,
Tenn. Five hundred tons of screws
dumped on the open market was
more than any one dealer could
buy, Senator Kilgore concluded,
and called this to the Army's at
tention.
He pointed out that, when you
dumped all these screws ON the
market, they would have to be
sold as junk, because no one
man would be able to handle
such q large quantity. He is
now working whit he Army
to get the screws divided up into
smaller lots and to secure bids
from various parts of the cOun-
try.
NOTE: There was another case
where tire Army sold large guam
titles of shirSC or socks worn out
or torn in battle in North Africa.
These were bought by second
hand clothing merchants, re-
vamped at very slight expense,
then sold to Governor Lehman's
relief organization or to lend
lease at three times the price
received by the Army.
copyright, 1914, by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-04-27
A Thought for Today
The American Way

The opening today of the trial of
former Republican selectman on charges
of fraudulent voting as brought by the
Republican registrar of voters and Off
cially charged by the Republican city
prosecutor has created within the minds
of many a tendency to view the matter
more in political light. This should
not be so.
Formal charges have been instituted
against the defendant, himself a former
Republican town official which were
instituted by brother official, the
Republican registrar of voters. The
charges are of technical nature alleged
ly in violation of state statute. There
fore, it behooves the spectator to view
the matter only in terms Of law and
justice.
It would be simple to indulge in po-
1itical implications on the entire matter.
For example, as so many people have
voiced, there is the fact that the former
Republican selectman, now the defend
ant, split with the principal leaders of the
local COP. at a recent convention True
tie former Republican selectman was at
one time Republican party district leader
which under ordinary political procedure
calls for his working as catalySt In
assuring the support of electors to the
party within the district in which he is
party leader True, also, is the fact that,
as selectman, he has been instrumental
in swearing in many potential Republi-
can voters. The fact that it was COM
monty known that he had been in discord
with party leaders while party official
and town official, and in light of other
political factors, should not influence the
spectator unnecessarily. Such facts are
extraneouS.
While prejudice fostered by political
flavoring is not uncommon we should not
permit it to creep into our observations
before this matter has come to trial. The
defendant will meet with justice before
the bar of the American court which will
be in session tomorrow, here. Justice, it
is needless to say, far outweighs politics.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-04-27

the free industry.
So those who favored local commune
ties driving private citizens out of the
electric industry (Which is simply So
cialism on small scale) are now seeing
the logical result of that experiment,
namely, the extension of the Socialistic
idea to larger and larger segments of the
electric industry. Finally, the same po-
litical philosophy that would destroy the
private electric business will reach out
to eliminate other fields of private en-
deavor. From municipal socialism which
destroys local private enterprise, it is but
step to national socialism which de-
Stroys municipal independence.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-04-27
'BATAAN IN REVERSE"
New York SUM


In what appears the most extern
Sive operation to date in the South
west Pacific, the forces of General
Macarthur, in perfect team work
with naval task force under Ad-
miral Nimitz, jumped 500 miles up
the coast Of New Guinea and es-
tablished beachheads at Aitape and
Hollandia, the latter across the bor-
der in Netherlands territory. So well
was the move timed and so adroitly
masked by feints toward islands to
the north that the Japanese were
everywhere taken by surprise. They
fled without effective resistance-in
the major Hollandia landing not a
shot was fired-and abandoned large
quantities of equipment.
Already one major air strip at
Aitape has been taken and Allied
forces are closing in as rapidly as
possible on the three important
fields near Hollandia, the Tami and
Cyciops fields and the main Hol-
landia airport. Thus far they have
been hampered by mud and the ter
rain more than by enemy opposi-
ton. From the captured equipment
1t is evident that Hollandia had
been made the main base for sup
plying the Japanese in northern
New Guinea as far east as Wewak.
AL enemy forces in that area, es-
timated by General Macarthur to
number about 10000, thus find
themselves thrown upon their own
resources. With Admiral Nimitz's
forces in command of the sea and
air, they, like the remaining gar
risons on New Ireland, New Britain
and the Solomons, numbering some
10000 men, are neutralized. That
does not mean that it will be an
easy job to wipe them out, but there
can be little doubt Of the outcome.
AS far as hope Of reinforcement
goes, they can have little. It Is this
which causes General Macarthur,
with natural satisfaction, to speak
Of "Bataan In reverse"