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Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-08
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atics. into the heavily-wooded area
northeast of the Epinal-Montbel-
lard arc protecting the Belfort gap
into Germany north of the Swiss
border. They were fighting without
regard to loss.
Far to the north, the CanaCian
First army linked up its several
bridgeheads across the Leopold can
al in northwest Belgium for a solid
front nearly three and a half miles
long and mile deep.
HEAVY FIGHTING
The daily headquarters commu-
nioue reported. heavy local fight
ing" northwest of Niimegen at the
tip of the British bridgehead in
Holland across the Rhine river, but
an official spokesman declined COM
ment on a German report that the
British had made a new crossing
of the lower Rhine.
German broadcasts Friday said
the British had established a
bridgehead across the lower Rhine
west of the area where the Red
Devils came to grief in their abor-
tive attempt to seize Anthem last
week.
American forces north of Aachen
were driven from Beggendorf, two
miles east of Ubach, by a German
counterattack Friday, but the
Americans rallied. surrounded the
ruined town and pressed on to the
east. The situation inside Beggen-
dorf was obscure Saturday, but there
was an unconfirmed report that it
had been recaptured by the Ameri-
cans.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-08
PYRES STILL THERE

AT one site in the Clooga camp
there lay hundreds of bodies burned
black as cinderS. At another point
stood three great pyreS upon which
the Germans had burned many OF
the bodies. Some bodies were still
frozen in convulsive horror and
some handles arms still lifted tc
the sky in supplication.
The Clocga camp was one of le
in Estonia operated by the Todt
labor organization and policed by
the GeStapo.
Most prisoners in the camps were
remnants of the Jewish ghettoS in
Wono and other East European
cities.
We rode to Clooga in two busses,
travelling through rich farmlandS
with fine gabled houses of stone
or wood. 1t is pleasant country and
cur road lay parallel to the cost
not far from the Gulf of Finland.
The Clooga camp was a group of
stone buildings. surrounded by barb
wire.
AS We approached we saw two
long rows of bodies in front CT the
main building. There are about so
in all, including one infant All had
been killed with heavy caliber am
munition. Some must have been
shot with the muzZle at their skulls
because many of the heads had
been shattered by the explosion.
Inside the building there were
more bodies sprawled near the door,
evidently shot as they tried to es-
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-08

would have been mentioned only in
shocked whispers, birth advice clin-
les are springing up all over the
country and the younger generation
is being made painfully aware that
the drive is on to make postwar
Britain more populous.
The "companionate posting" pro-
posal in Cairo, under which TOM
mics with long military service
overseas would be granted a So
called baby leave to go home and
start family, is one of the signifi-
cant symptoms of the population
aWareness that is sweeping Britain.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-08
MOLASSES QUOTA CUT

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 7. CUP)-
The war production beard an
nounced it had restricted the Har-
rison-Riedy Grain company. San
Diego, to one-half of its annual
quota of molaSses used in processing
animal and poultry because the
company had used 31,537 gallons in
excess CT its 1943 quota. The order
was effective October |.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-08
Bv ROBERT S. MUSEL

LONDON, Oct. 7. (UP)-Britain's
declining birth rate and the blush
ing younger generation came under
a barrage of criticism frCm Elder
statesmen, military leaders and
sociologists who are worrying
aloud about the situation in man
ner pointedly suggesting that Eng
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-08
R0iarians Hear
Doctor Relate
War Experiences

Rotarians at their regular meet
ing at the Barbara Worth hotel this
week heard Lieutenant Commander
Mac Cutshaw, medical corps, of
Brawley relate his experiences in
the South Pacific.
DR.. Cutshaw told of the hardships
undergone TO establish and MAIN
tain an air strip on Mundo.
A musical program, under the
direction of Mrs Margaret Rau. in
eluded a clarinet solo by Naomi
Cox. accompanied by her sister,
Ruth Cox. a coronet duet by Ken
Owens and Danny Pavao and songs
by Clifford King and Ethel Hart.
ali Imperial High school students.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-08
CALIPATRIA PUBLISHER
is LICENSED TO WED

Mrs. Tracey Sorensen. A. pub
Usher of the Calipatria Herald, and
George Kenneth Henderson, 36, of
calipatria, made application for a
marriage license in the Riverside
county court house last Tuesday.
Date for the nuptials has not been
announced.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-08
Scanningl.V. |.
News Horizon
OBTAIN MARRIAGE
LICENSES FRIDAY

County Clerk w. ]. McClelland
Friday issued marriage licenses to
Charles Warren Smell, %, Maine,
and Carolyn Joan Kee, l8, Brawley;
and to Daniel George Christensen,
21. marine, and Maude Amelia Ros-
en-. %. member of the marine re-
serve.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-08
STATE EMPLOYEES
MEETING POSTPONED

The meeting of Imperial Chapter
No. 81. California State Employees
association called for october l3,
has been postponed to october 27.
at the request of Thomas j. H.
McNight, regional director. The
meeting will be helc in the Impe-
rial county court house.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-08
DRIVE ON YELLOW JACKETS

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 7. CUP) =
Police have opened a campaign
against druggists selling nembutal
tablets, known popularity as yellow
Jackets to youths who claim the
drug gives them pep"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-08
DENIES MOTION
FOR NEW TRIAL

Eugenio Cagigas filed a motion
for a new trial which was denied in
Imperial county superior court Fri
day. After the motion was oenied,
he asked the court to grant him
probation. He was found guilty by
a Jury this week on a charge OF
failure to support his family.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-08
CAR REPORTED STOLEN

A 1885 black Plymouth. California
license number O9P630,, was report
ed stolen in front of his Mission
apartments. 235 North 9th street,
Friday night. The vehicle is regis
tered to Sergeant w. E. Rogers.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-08
SUES FOR DIVORCE

Rudolph ApodacO Friday sued All
cia Marlet Apodaco for divorce and
Carmen fecrin sued John Pedrin
for divorce. Mrs. Pedrin asked that
her husband be restrained from
taking their child and their COM
munity property to Mexico.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-08
FOUR HUB CAPS TAKEN

Carl Maggie, Ell Centro, COM
planned to police that four bar type
hub caps were stolen from his 1888
Ford automobile during the foot
ball game at the Imperial ball park
Friday night.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-08
PYLE HONORED

ALBUQUERQUE, N. NJ, Oct. Z.
CUP)-Ernie Pyle will receive the
honorary degree of doctor of laws
from the University of New Mexico
in recognition of his war reporting,
university authorities said Satur-
day. The degree will be conferred
at the fall commencement exer-
ciSeS on Oct. 25.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-08
RN MEYER HANDLER

TALLINN, Estonia, Oct. 7. de-
layed UPl-In a wooded glen
about 25 miles southwest of here
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-08
RELEASED ON BAIL

Ann Evans, 30, arrested for va
grancy, appeared before Police
Judge Lee Nuffer and was released
on S150 bail.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-08
DRAWS Sl4 FINE

Phillip Newell. SO, pleaded guilty
before Judge Lee Nuffer in police
court Saturday to a charge of being
drunk and was fined S14.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-08
SURVIVORS TALK

bunkS where men and women lay in
their own dried blood.
SURVIVORS TALK
Survivors told us German tommy
gunnerS went from room to room,
shooting down the prisoners.
Survivors said the victims were
forced TO lie face down on a layer
of logs. forming a great square.
Gestapo men then shot each in the
head. A second group of victims was
then forced to cover the dead with
another layer of logs on which they
were made to lie. The second group
was then shot This went on until
there were four TO eight layers OF
legs and bodies.
When the pyre was completed
gasoline was poured on and the
victims were burnt.
Survivors of the atrocity included
Al men. IL women and three chill
dren.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-08
How about spending
the next ; minutes in hell ?

HOR the next few minutes imagine that
i you're an American soldier.
You might, for instance imagine that you're
2O-year-od kid from Indiana, who got hit at
oaierno' months ago. .@eFt ~. sssasSss
Since then, you've been lying in base hos
pital somewhere, with leg that never stops
hurting and hole in your belly that makes the
younger nurses sick when they try to dress it.
Or you might imagine that you're war pris-
oner in an enemy hospital. For nearly two years
now, you've been ill and weak and hopeless. And
ahead of you lies gray stretch of more sickness
and weakness-whie you try to keep alive the
hope that somehow, sometime, you'll see your
home again.. ~
1t doesn't make much difference where you
let your mind take you-just as long as you put
yourself in one of the spots where, at this minute,
men are going through as real hell as this
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-08
Writer Counts $500 Bodies.
Estonio Cestopo Victims

cape. In the rooms were tiers o.
bunks where men and women lay II
their own dried blood.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-28
FARMERS DEPARTMENTS
M AY BE CANCELLED
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ed in agricultural occupations.
Late in 1912, Selective Service de-
vised yardstick of farm activity
in terms of war units and set
an individual 16 unit objective as
guide for agricultural classified.
ton.
Winston, speaking before the
National Council of Private Motor
Truck Owners, Inc, said some
registrants had been deferred al
though they were credited with as
little as eight war units of produc-
tion. He added:
''It may we'll be that in the forth
coming agricultural season 16 war
units will cease to be merely a
guide and will become the mini
mum of individual activity
He said 1914 food production
goals must be met, but the ques,
ton was whether We need to con-
tinue the deferment OF non-fathers
and exceedingly young men for
this purpose.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-28
National Youth Week
Will Be Observed By
First Christian Church

The First Christian church Will
begin the observance of National
Youth Week Sunday with two spe-
cial services devoted to emphasize
the Christian Youth program OF
the church.
At the II a. m. service the youth
department will have charge OF a
portion of the worship program
and the music, followed by the
sermon, Zone Faith-One FeHoW-
ship-and the Church on Main
street by the Rev. James Lawson
At 7:30 p. M. service, MAJOR
Frand Longino, head of the Saliva
ton Army Young Peoples depart
ment of North and South Carolina,
will be the speaker.
A special invitation is extended
to young people to attend the Sun
day services and other activities
which will be announced during the
week.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-28
Man Admits Selling Dope
To Draftees Before Tests

been under way for the past sew
eral weeks. He was arrested as
he was in the act of instructing
an inductee, posted by police, in
the method of administering the
drug. He was found with tn e
equipment in his possession.
Howard first told police that ne
USED the medicine for an asthmat-
1c condition. Later his confession
developed.
Towards bond for his appear.
ance in Recorders court remains
at $500.
According to Sellers, Alternating
is said to increase the BLOOD pres
sure appreciably. 1t is conceivable
that draftees desiring to fail thell
Army physicals would make USE
of the drug, he added. :.
Sellers observed, also, that there
have been rather high percent
age of New Hanover draftees re
iected on the basis of high bloot
pressure. However, the condition
could result from any ore OF
number of causes, consistent
heavy drinking being one Of them
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-28

After admitting to police that he
had sold adrenaline and assisted
in administration of the drug to
two draftees a day before their
induction examinations, John B.
Howard, 26, white man, of Sunset
Park and Winston-Salem, was ar
rested Wednesday night on tech
meal charge of vagrancy and
awaits preliminary hearing in
Fayetteville on possible charges of
sedition, j. R. Sellers. detective
sergeant of the Wilmington Police
department, said Thursday.
In Recorders court Thursday
morning, Towards vagrancy case
was postponed for consideration
until February S. y
Meanwhile, according to Sellers,
Representatives of the Federal Blu
reau of Investigation expect to is
sue warrant against Howard
charging HIM with violation of the
federal law, and will transport him
to Fayetteville shortly Tor the hear
ing.
Sellers reported that investiga
ton into Towards activities has
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-28
Contributions To N. {.
Teachers Fund Are
Set At $40 Millions

Contributions for the State Tea
chers' and Employees Retirement
Fund have amounted to $40, 730, ISL
SO since July 1941, announced
Charles M. johnson, chairman OF
the system.
The first deposit made to the
fund was on August 8. 1941 and
the amount was $42, 218.34. Since
that time, contributions from the
teachers and state employees
have amounted to S4,182, sol. 62, and
contributions from the state have
amounted to Sc, 1856, $3.50. Invest
ments have earned 1851, 35O.32.
Therefore, the total assets OF the
fund have increased from $42,2l8.-
81 on August 8, 1871 to $40, 730, ISL
SO on December 81, 1913.
The North Carolina system has
more members than any state
with the exception of Pennsyl-
vania, and is operating at less cost
according to the number OF mem
bers. One of the reasons being
that practically all states have
one full-time employee to make in
vestments, while in North Car
clina this is done by the State
Treasurer, a report showed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-28
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cal surprise achieved in the land
1ngs.
Availability Of the Pontine
Marshes as natura: barrier to
Nazi successful counter attack
from the souIIi figured important
ly in planning Allied operations.
That Allied flank obviously has
been we'll secured as first step
toward cutting through all enemy
road and rail connections between
the Rome transportation hub and
the trans peninsular battle line to
the south.
South of the Pontine Marsh
skirnish lines the main Rome
Naples highway runs along the
seashore at two points, at Tar
racina, northwest of Gaeta Gulf,
and at Formia at the head of that
gulf. Both sectors are under Al
lied air and direct naval lombard
ment That seriously restricts Nazi
use of the Appian Way as a spring.
board for powerful attack from
the south against the Nattuno
beachhead.
The main cross road between
the Via Appia and the Via Casilino
farther inshore runs between Cep-
rano and Itri, the latter junction
with the Appian Way lying just
northwest Of Tarracino. It also has
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-28
REDS LIBERATE
NORTHERN CITY
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tiles have been rewon in the two
weeks-old offensive, and the Ger
mans have been hurled back ~ to
60 miles from Leningrad, the o.
der of the day said.
A total OF $500 Germans and
Standards were killed yesterday on
the entire Russian front, a Mos
cow broadcast said at midnight.
These included 1900 Germans cut
down in a violent all-day action IN
the Novosokolniki sector 23O miles
below Leningrad, and 5000 slam
east of Vinnitsa in the Ukraine,
where the Germans have been
counter-attac king in an effort to
forestall Russian break-through
to RumanIa.
The two rail functions taken
we're Tosno, 30 miles southeast OF
Leningrad, and Volosovo, Al miles
southwest.
The Russians rapidly were GUST
ing the Germans from their last
foothold on the Leningrad-Moscow
railway, fighting in the outskirts
of the town of Lyuban, % miles
north of Volkhovo where the Ger
man hold ended, said the Moscow
broadcast communicate, recorded
by the Soviet monitor.
Tosno is on the junction OF a
spur line west to the Leningrad-
Vitebsk railway and Volosovo is
on line connecting the Lenin-
grad-Reval line with the Lenin-
g-ad-Warsaw line.
Fourteen more towns were tax
en- to the south in the Novgo-od
area, the communique said.
Russian spearheads reached to
within four miles of the Lenin-
grad-Vitebsk railway in this area
at two points "a miles west OF
nIovgorod. They were Glukhov
Berezhok and Umomer. The rail
way. within range of most Soviet
artillery, now was useless to the
Germans as an escape route. AL
traffic out of the Leningrad area
will now have to 60 along the last
line left-the railway to Luga ane
Pskov.
The drive was along the south
bank of the Luga River and rep
resented a five mile gain ovel
previous positions in the OstroI
area.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-28
MILK CONFERENCE
IS SLATED TODAY
Continued from Page One)

shipments until ''some' agreement
is reached" He said today's de-
liveries would take care con-
sumner sales through tom -rrow,
however. ;. = -. ..,...- ...t.
The Coble firm produces approx
mately $4,000 gallons of milk daily,
gathered from SO counties and out
of-state points. Eleven war con-
tracts are served directly from
the Lexington plant, while distri'
butors who purchase milk from the
firm serve a number of other war
contracts.
Coble said he would continue to
supply the II Army and Navy con
tracts attached directly to his Lex
| ington plant. Processing Of milk
condensing and powdering opera
tons will continue, he added.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-28

ance with the length of their ser,
ice in the United States Next wy,
come those over 80, with w.
youngest to be reassigned fir VIC
Passed over will be men who 81 "
ready have served overseas sin a.,
Pearl Harbor and men Who ba..
highly specialized skills which oag
not be used overseas. '''
Requirements for reassjgn.a
enlisted men, Stimson anno,' msa
ed, when necessary, will be NAY n.y.
first from civilians, next h., W. ae
mans Army Corps personnel tbaU vow
in order, by men permanently ii,
qualified for overseas service NJ"
who have served overseas reront
ly indicted men with pbvsic,,
handicaps, enlisted men with Iss.
than II months service in fiysS
installations in the United States u
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-28
Site of Nazi Attack In Italy
Indicates Enemy Is Desperate

heen under Allied bomb and naval
gun fire.
The indicated Allied defense pat
tern for protection of its Nattuno
lifeline seems too formidable in
the Pontine Marshes to assume
that the Germans will risk main
counter attack there.
By every military yardstick it is
to be expected in the Velletrl-Val-
montone sector farther north, un-
ouestionably the route on which
the Allies intend to push on across
both Rome-Naples highways in the
rear of the Cassino-Minturno line.
A Nazi secondary attack down the
Rome-Anzio road, mounted by re-
serves from the north, would be a
logical move. The Allied command
presumably is organizing beach,
head fronts in that expectation.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-28
WAR BOND SALES
DROPPING BEHIND
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county and get citizens to con-
vert stamp books into bonds and
also take pledges for the pur'
chase of additional bonds"
The huge thermometer erected
by the Junior Chamber of Com
merce on the postoffice lawn is
measuring the progress of the
drive and also the degree of local
indignation against the Axis by
the purchases of bonds.
The ITALIAN association is one
of the latest individual groups tt
cooperate in the drive. The associ
alton is sponsoring the two-ac'
musical comedy. This Amt the
Army" written by 'Pvts. Bob Alex
ander and Gilbert Cowan of Camp
Davis, on the ITALIAN stage Satur
day, February 5, at pm.
Tickets of admission will be Civ
en- with the purchase of Wal
bond, bought through the theate1
group members. A SPECIAL booth
is to be opened at the Tide Water
Power company next Friday, and
will dispense bonds and tickets
through Friday, February 4, Thai
ian officials said Wednesday.
The ITALIAN board is offering q
$25 bond to the person occupying
the lucky seat in the audience and
there will be other prizes.
The production will boast some
of the ablest talent at Camp Da.
Wis. Capt. L. B. Wantuck, special
service officer at the camp, is in
charge of arranging the produc'
ton. Sgt. Sidney Foreman, concert
baritone, will serve as master o.
ceremonies.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-28
Obituaries
MRS. ANNIE WELLS

WARSAW, Jan. 27.-Mrs. Annie
Carr Wells, rs, of Teachey died
Thursday morning at the home OF
her daughter, Mrs. Edward Will
liams after short illness. She was
the widow OF James Ellis Wells.
She is survived by the following
children; Mrs. S. H. Croker, Stan
tonsburg, N. c.; c. c. Wells, Madl'
son, Florida; Mrs. j. L. Thompson
Wallace; Mrs. Luther Smith, At
lantic; Alton Wells, Wallace; Mrs
Josh Warrington, Grifton, Mrs
Dalton Ezzelle, Woodcliffe, N. j..
and Mrs. Edward William, Wal
lace; two brothers; Tom Carr
Willard and S. M. Carr, of Bur
gaw, one sister, Mrs. Jennie Ward
Teachey and 16 grandchildren.
Funeral services will be hell
from the Rockfish Presbyterian
church Friday at $3.50 p. m. b.
the Rev. M. J. Murray, assisted
by the Rev. S. w. P. M. Currle
i former pastor.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-28
MRS. DOLLIE B. ROUSE

ROSEHILL, Jan. 27.-Funeral
services for Mrs. Dollie Bradshaw
Rouse. rs, who died January % at
ter a short illness, were conduct
ed from the residence Monday by
the Rev. F. M. Balm and the Rev.
John H. Long. Interment followed
in the family cemetery.
Mrs. House is survived by three
daughters, Mrs. Albert Stroud of
Kinston, Mrs. Rufus Carr of Mag
nolia, Mrs. Garland Scott; two
sons, Paisley Rouse and Holmes
Rouse, both of Rosehill; and "a
grandchildren.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-28
BOWLES APPEALS
FOR SUBSIDIES
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fore Confessional committees, he
declared inevitably have been
to explain why we have failed to
raise the price of this product or
that"
II welcome the interest that this
committee has shown in the grow
ing economic threat to millions of
people in the white collar and fixed
income group
Except for the fixed income
groups, he said, the country is en-
:ioying unprecedented prosperi-
ty" with corporation profits run
Ming at the highest in history, fac
tory wages up 81 per cent over
1941 levels and farm income, after
all expenses, SO per cent above
1941 levels.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-28
WEATHER

(By U. s. Weather Bureau)
Meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 1880 p. M, yesterday.
TEMPERATURE
80 am, So, 1880 am, So, 1:30 pm, p,
1880 pm, 81.
Maximum 70, Minimum as, Mean go,
Normal 46.
HUMIDITY
1870 am, 81, 7:30 am, 95, 1870 pm, So,
1880 pm, IS.
PRECIPITATION
Total for the "a hours ending 1880 pm.
600 inches.
Total since the first of the month,
3.13 inches.
TIDES FOR TODAY
(From the Tide Tables published by
U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
High Low
Wilmington -------------- 6:51a
12:16p 7:22p
Masonboro Inlet -------- 10:03a 3:41a
Sunrise 1912 a. M, Sunset, 5:38 p. M,
Moonrise, 1882 a. nan1Ronset, 1922 p. m.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-28
MOST OF u. S. ARMY
WILL BE OVERSEAS
Continued from Page One)

fled for service overseas, and re-
firing to inactive service number
of older officers.
stimson explained t ts'=s the War
Department has. ordered physical
" qualified men in all branches
of the Army who have had more
than a years service at fixed sta
tons or other activities in the Unit
ed States reassigned to combat
units cor mobile activities ulti
mately destined for overseas serV
ice"
First to be reassigned will be
enlisted men under 80 in accord
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-28
VALUE OF CANNED
VEGETABLES CUT
Continued from Page One)

en- a zero rating and lower values
are designated for apricots, cram
berries, plums and prunes.
In new separation of jams,
preserves, jellies and marmalades
as to fruit type, point reductions
are general for two-pound jars,
with lower values also ordered fo-
few one-pound sizes.
Changes in the meats-dairy pro-
ducts chart, also effective Sunday,
raise beef, lamb and veal cuts
one to two points pound and also
boost the values on all types TO
cheese two to four points pound.
Except for loin cuts, which are
increased one point a pound, pork
values are unchanged.