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Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-13
Allies Maintain
Advances

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thanked village Of Cervaro in
savage assault from both sides of
the Rome road.
Meanwhile, a mixed force of
American and French troops pen
etrated the enemy's left flank in
the Acquafondata sector in a sud-
den thrust through the mountains
north and northeast of Casino.
In White Russia, the Soviet forces
of General Konstantin K. RokoS-
sovsky, nemesis of the German arm
les at Stalingrad, struck westward
in a spirited advance that engulfed
30 localities in the first "a hours
of fighting and cracked an 18-mile
gap in the defenses north, north
east, east, and southeast Of the
German fortress town Of Mozyr.
simultaneously, 130 miles to the
southwest of Mozyr, vanguards OF
General Nikolai F. Vatutin's lSt
Ukrainian army were driving up
the Wilno-RoWne railway from
captured Sarny in drive to squeeze
the German forces into the soggy
almost roadleSs, Prlpet marshes,
where they would be at the mercy
of Cossacks and guerillas.
Rokossovsky's rapid advance, made
in the face Of repeated enemE coun-
e.attacks, virtually severed all Ger
man communications with Mozyr
a city of 10000 some 125 miles
northwest of Kiev. The sole remain
ing escape route, the Mozyr- -Brest
Litovsk railway already was under
threat by Vatutins hard driving
forces.
To the southeast insi prewar
Poland, the lst army's widened
its front to 95 miles By capturing
the border town of Pischev, II
miles west of Novograd Volynski.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-13
TRUCKS CATCH
On FIRE

Two truck fires resulted in calls
TO the El Centre fire department
Wednesday. A county forestry truck
was called to fight a fire on the
highway 212 miles north of Impe-
rial where van of the Atlas Trans
fer of Los AngeieS loaded with
meat caught fire. An outside tire
became flat and the attention of
the driver was called TO the fact
when the deflated tire caught fire
and exploded the inside tire. DAM
age was done mostly to the tires
and rear of the van. Fire in a truck
parked at the Ideal Auto Courts
was quickly extinguished by city
equipment Wednesday night. The
blaze had started in the cab and
damage was estimated at s100
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-13
President Asks
100 Billion

Here ajor budgets
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-13
MAY HIT 397 BILLION

With additions from this new
budget, the overall war program will
swell to an aggregate Of 1897 ,000,-
100000 The budget estimated thai
1921 ,0OO, 100000 of this actually will
be spent by June 80, l945.
The national debt will reach $193,-
010,000,000 on this June 80 when
the 1914 fiscal year ends and will
be more than a quarter of a tril.
lion dollars by the end of the 1945
fiscal year. Mr.. Roosevelt there
fore informed congress that it will
be necessary to increase the S210,-
000,000,000 statutory limit upon the
public debt
1t will cost the taxpayers $5000,-
000,G00 annually just to pay inter-
est on the ,OO0,0OOOO0. But Mr.
Roosevelt told congress that this
interest load and some provision
for gradual debt retirement should
not prove oppressive if the national
income can be held at $l25,000 000,-
900 or more year. National income
was about $135, ,00o0O0,00O in 1943.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-13
Three Boys Held
On Theft Quiz

Acting on a tip given El Centre
police, Wyatt Briggs, city officer,
and Frank Raney, deputy sheriff,
Wednesday evening and held them
in connection with the recent steal
ing of auto accessories and identi-
fled their car as the one that had
been shot at by a Brawley citizen
Monday night.
The boys admitted theft of hub
caps and skirts from cars in El
Centre and that the shot car be-
longed to one Of them. They were
turned over to Imperial county
juvenile authorities.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-13

1914
S99,276,000,000
41,1S6,OOO,0O
5S,C90,0 100000
4,S01,000,000
2,650,00O,000
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-13
PIN-UPS SWIPED

BUFFALO, N. Y, Jan. l3. CUP)-
The big question today of 500 cadets
at the 23d college training detach-
ment of the University of Buffalo
was: Who unpinned the pin-ups?'
The cadets returned from classes
Wednesday to find their barrack
walls stripped of their Gil Mona
Lisas.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-13

The overall war spending pro-
gram and the national debt provid-
ed the most spectacular bulge.
figures.
The total war program for three
and one-half years from June 1910
through December l943 already
totals 344,0O0OOOOO0. In that time
we actually have spent s153, 100000
600 for the war, the remainder hav-
ing been committed b. contract
obligations or otherwise. Actual war
spending runs more than year
behind the authorized program. b.
the end of this fiscal year on June
80, 1914, it is estimated that we will
have spent s2O2, 1000, 100000 for the
war
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-13
Escaped italian
Prisoners Nabbed
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great rolls of baloney TO clean
shirts and underwear. The Officers
awoke the weary men and they
stood up. blinking in the sunshine.
Aren't we in MeXico?" one Of
the Italians asked in good English.
NO, bays, you're in the United
States" they were told. The Ital-
ians made no resistance. They were
without firearms.
TREK BACK IN SAND
They were lined up by the Off
GERS and the whole group started
the long rex back across the dunes
and sandy levels t5 Klyne's car.
Meanwhile the search for the
fugitives reached the greatest pro-
portions of any manhunt in this
area. Military planes carried on
the search from the air. Many types
of military equipment designed for
travel through rough country were
pressed into service. The whole
Southeastern area ot Imperial coun-
ty was literally combed. Across the
border in Mexico Mexican officers
carried on the search. Arizona Of
ficers patrolled the area along the
eastern hank of the Colorado river.
Army officers from the prison
camp greeted the Italians when
ther arrived at the county jail in
e. Centro.
The italians said they slipped out
OF camp in the night. They said
they Were tired of army and prison
life and wanted to go TO Mexico
to get jobs as civilians. They had
prepared fer the break while pick
ing cotton in the Blythe area, they
said.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-13
OBTAIN LICENSE

Delbert E Anderson, 10, marine,
and Geraldine Wigg, 10, Brawley,
obtained a marriage license in I'M
perial county Wednesday,
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-13
TO CONFER DEGREE

FL Centre Lodge No. 384, F. and
A. M, will confer degree at a
meeting Monday night at 7:30 in
the Masonic temple.
Evening star., 1944-04-19
laWRahoni;nq
.Remiindery@a

Canned Foods, Etc.-Book No. a.
blue stamps AS through K-8 good
indefinitely. Blue stamps L-8
through Q-8 valid May / and good
indefinitely. Each stamp worth 10
points. Blue tokens are peing used
as change.
Meats, Fats, Etc.-Book No. 4, red
stamps A-8 through M-3 good in
definitely. Red stamps N-8, Pa
and Q-8 valid April %. Each
stamp worth 10 points. Red tokens
are being used as change.
Points for Fats-Your meat dealer
will pay two ration points for each
pound of waste kitchen fats YOU
turn in.
Sugar-Book No. 4. stamp 80 valid
for pounds indefinitely. Book
No. 4, stamp 40 good for pounds
for home canning through Febru-
ary %, l945. Stamp No. 81 good
for pounds indefinitely.
Gasoline-No. ga coupons good for
3 gallons through May 8. b.
CO, B-3 and C-3 coupons good
for gallons each.
Fuel Oil-Periods No. 4 and S cou-
pons good for 10 gallons per unit
through September 30. Consum-
ers in this area should not have
used more than "a per cent of
their total yearly fuel oil ration as
of April II.
Evening star., 1944-04-19
Army Starts Search
For 1000 Accountants

The War Department wants tc
employ approximately 1000 account
ants and auditors throughout the
country to aid in prompt settle
ment OF terminated war contracts
so that nanpower and productive
capacity Of the plants can be
shifted to other wartime produc-
tion, it was announced yesterday.
Employment will be under civil
service, with salaries ranging from
SO ,S28,to $6,228 a year. Eligibility is
limited to certified public account
ants, college graduates who ma
tored in accounting, or controllers
or accountants from industrial COM
panies.
The Officer Procurement Service
OF the Army Service Forces will aid
in locating and determining the
availability and qualifications OF
auditors and accountants for the
positions. Actual employment will
be handled by the Technical Serv-
ices OF the Service Forces, including
the Ordnance Department, Quar-
termaster Corps, Corps of Engi-
neers, Signal Corps, Surgeon Gen
erals Office and the Transportation
Corps.
While those employed will receive
neither uniforms nor occupational
draft deferments, they will be doing
work which is vitally important in
the war effort, the War Depart
ment said.
Evening star., 1944-04-19
Legion AuxiIiaryHears
Talk on tuberculosis

Members of the American Legion
Auxiliary last night heard DR.. A.
Barklie Coulter, director of the
Health Departments tuberculosis
Bureau, discuss the cause, preven-
ton and cure of tuberculosis. Tho
session was the first In a two-week
course designed to prepare the
auxiliary for work in caring for war
veterans suffering from tuberculosis.
The course is being conducted by
the District tuberculosis Association
at its headquarters, 1901 Eighteenth
street NV. The association said it
has been informed by the Legion
that, as Of last October, 1900 vet
Grams of this war have been hos.
pitahzed for tuberculosis.
DR.. Coulter praised the auxiliary
for undertaking the program and
declared 1t is necessary to keep the
veterans hospitalized. About 80 per
cent OF those hospitalzed are leav.
ing, despite the fine facilities pro-
vided for treatment by the Veterans
A Administration, it was pointed out.
DR.. A. N. Baggs. of the Legion will
speak tonight on rehabilitation of
the veteran suffering from tubercu.
losis; DR.. c. w. Yokley of the Vet
erans' Administration will speak
next wednesday on factors which
cause patients to leave hospitals
against medical advice, and Miss
Irene Grant. case supervisor of the
veterans Administration, will be
heard May in a discussion of the
family's responsibility.
Evening star., 1944-04-19
Boy, 3, Is Critically Injured
In Beating by Youth, ID

Three-year-old Willard Walker is
IN critical condition in Suburban
Hospital in Bethesda, Md, today
suffering from a skull fracture and
other injuries inflicted by l4-year-
old youth who, Montgomery County
police said, has admitted he beat
the child about the head with a
stone, ducked him in a spring sew
eral times and then left him living
unconscious in a clump of bushes
late yesterday.
The child, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Raymond Walker, Route 3. Be-
thesda, in the Potomac section of
the county, was found after his
screams attracted his grandmother
Mrs. Emma Walker.
Detective Sergt. James McAuliffe
said the Older boy, found later at
a neighbors home about a mile from
the Walker house, told police he
lost his temper when the child
knocked his hat off.
Hospital physicians said the child's
skull was fractured in five places
and that his face was badly bruised
Physicians said he had regained
consciousness this morning but that
his condition was still critical.
The older boy, whose name was
withheld pending the outcome of
The child's injuries. is being held In
the detention room In Rockville.
Evening star., 1944-04-19
Suit Against Union
For Accounting 10
Open Tomorrow
Building Loborers
Also Seek Election
Under Supervision

Trial of the civil suit filed last
fan by members of the Building
Laborers and Hodcarriers' Union
against. the International Union,
Local No. "a, and the District Coun-
Gil of the union, seeking an ac-
counting of funds and a court
supervised election of officers. is
scheduled to begin tomorrow in Dis
trict Court.
The suit names as defendants
some of the union officers who re-
Gently were indicted on criminal
charges of conspiracy to steal and
embezzle union funds, to receive
stolen property and to violate So
called liquor floor tax laws. All the
defendants in the criminal case have
entered pleas of not guilty.
Likewise, in the civil suit, the
defendants have entered denial OF
the charges that there was a con-
spiracy among them to gain contro
OF the union by illegal means. as is
charged in the civil suit. Among
charges in the suit is one that ar
election of officers of Local No. "a
was fraudulent.
The defendants also denied claims
in the civil suit that they conspiree
to use union funds for private pur.
poses. The defendants in the civi
suit further deny misappropriation
of funds, as alleged in the suit, ane
claim the financial condition of thu
local has been substantially bettered
The 40 rank and file members whe
are plaintiffs in the action, are rep.
resented by Attorneys Hyman N
Glickstein of New York and Samue
Levine of Washington.
Evening star., 1944-04-19

Sergt. McAuliffe said the grand
mother told police that the older
boy was known to the Walker fam
lily. She said he had come by the
house and requested permission to
pick wild flowers along path lead
ing to the spring in the woods
about block and a half from the
house.
The grandmother said Willard
was playing outside the house and
probably followed the youth down
the path. 1t was not unusual, she
explained, for him to play along the
path to the spring, where the
Walkers get their water.
Mrs. Walker told police she ran
down the path when she heard the
child scream and found him in the
bushes. His clothing was wet, and
he was covered with slime.
Sergt. McAuliffe said full report
OF the beating would be made today
to States Attorney Joseph B. Simp-
son, jr. He added that the boy was
not attending school and could not
be called normal.
Mr.. Simpson said he could not
determine what action would be
taken in the case until he has
studied full police report. He said
he will decide after reading the re-
port whether the older boy will be
placed In a mental institution for
observation.
Evening star., 1944-04-19
Two D. {. Men Sue Firm
Over Fuse Contract

j. J. OMAR and c. ]. Matsch
trading as the Fuse Indicator Sales
Co., with Offices in the Chandler
Building here. yesterday filed suit
IN District Court against the Fuse
Indicator Corp, which has offices in
the Colorado Building, charging
breach of contract for alleged fail
ure to provide patented fuse in
dlcator and appliances for sale.
The suit asks for damages. an
accounting and declaratory judg-
ment IN behalf of the plaintiff firm
1t claims the corporation has agreed
to provide $4,000 worth of its prod
ucts Semiannually for sale over a
period of 10 years, or a total of ST.
100000 worth of the products. The
contract, the suit said, was made
in 1910.
Attorney T. Edward O'Connell
who filed the suit in behalf of the
plaintiff, said the patented fuse in.
dlcator is widely used on naval YES
sells and in factories. 1t has a light
device, he said. which shows i'm
mediately when fuse has blown
out,
Evening star., 1944-04-19
D. {. Congestion Blamed
For Gain in tuberculosis

CongeSted living conditions in
Washington were blamed for an in
crease in tuberculosis as well as in
crime and juvenile delinquency by
DR.. Robert Eaves in talk last night
before the East-Central Civic Asso-
citation.
DR.. Eaves said he had made q sur-
Vey OF the area bounded by Sixth
and Fourteenth streets, Florida and
Massachusetts, avenues NV, to OBJ
tain factual data. In one place. he
said, he found living quarters un-
oelievably crowded. These condi-
tlons can best be remedied bv the
NCHA rather than private builders
he said.
Miss Alexine Tanner of the Dis
trlct of Columbia tuberculosis AS
sociation urged support of a drive to
nave every citizen submit to free
x-ray examinations to halt the dis
eases spread.
Others who spoke were John C.
Payne, William o. Nixon, Miss Effie
Simmons, Mrs. Marion Burke and
Elder James M. Fountain of Ephesus
Church.
Evening star., 1944-04-19

responsibility TO Jnem ana 10 nlm-
self.
No More Turnbacks.
That boy is still flying and now
there are no turnbacks.
"Of course there are many you
can't treat that way" Capt. Dugan
added.
For instance, there was bonn
bardier, good man, very eager.
During his training back in the
States he had made a parachute
jump in which his chute had ripped
on the way down. He came through
it all right, but I think he was
shaken up a good deal mentally.
Shortly after he came here his
cheek was cut by flying glass when
some shrapnel hit his ship. I
grounded him for day. That day
his plane was shot down. He was
assigned to a new crew and flew
a few days with them. Then he got
an upset stomach. I grounded him
a second time and again the crew
that he would have been with was
shot down.
From that day he became pro-
gressively nervous. He smoked about
80 cigarettes day, chewed his nails
to the quick and took up serious
drinking. I talked it over with him,
and we tried giving him months
rest. 1t was no good. He was so
uncontrollably nervous when he
came back that it scared the rest of
his crew. He never complained at
all, never asked to be taken off fly-
ing. But we had to send him home F."
Flight Surgeon Highly Regarded.
This squadron thinks highly of it's
flight surgeon. They know that he
is no coddler, no dispenser of pink
pills to soothe their troubled spirits.
But they know that he will fight to
get them time off when they need
1t. They know that last August.
attempting to extricate a trapped
crew, he rushed into a Liberator
which had crashed in flames and
which was in the process of ex-
ploding. For this he wears the
Soldiers Medal. They know, too.
that he is at the runway each time
his squadron takes off or lands.
II think it makes the boys feel
a little better to know I'm there"
he said.
Capt. Dugan was born in Wash
ington and attended st. Johns Col
lege. He was graduated frem
Catholic University in 1887 and
from Georgetown University medi-
cal school in 1941. He interned for
a year at Georgetown Hospital, en-
tering the Army as a first lieutenant
in July, 1912. He got his flight sur
geon's wings at the School of Avia-
ton Medicine. Randolph Field,
Texas.
Before entering the Army he lived
with his sister, Mrs. j. Burton
Morris, 4312 South Dakota avenue
NE. His brother, John j. Dugan.
lives in Silver Spring, Md.
Evening star., 1944-04-19
OPA States Cor-Shorine Drive
To TiQhen Ration Control

than two and one-half passengers.
The OPA wants this increased to
three and one-half passengers per
car.
I'm view of the continued critical
situation with regard to tires and
gasoline, conservation of our trans
portation facilities must be in.
creased" Mr.. Thompson declared.
Another phase of the program
calls for the establishment of two
central files of names of prospective
riders, one in Washington to serve
residents of Maryland and the Dis
trict and one in Virginia to serve
that part of the Metropolitan Area.
In addition transportation COM
mitees of Federal agencies will be
brought into operation to serve as
collection points for names.
Mr.. Thompson said the success Of
the plan will depend almost entirely
upon the cooperation Of the public.
1T will be up to them to apply for
rides" he declared.
Evening star., 1944-04-19
School Board 10 Get
Revised Schedule
On Salaries Today

A revised salary schedule for. Dis
trict school teachers and officials,
including an increase for the super
intendent of schools, the appoint
ment of another first superintendent
and reallocation of administration
Of the two teachers colleges under
the supervision of the first assistant
superintendents, will be presented
to the Board OF Education for ap-
proyal today.
The schedule approved in princi-
Pile" yesterday by the Personnel
Committee of the board will be &C
companied by a series Of principles
efecting the revision which was
drafted from suggestions by public
school principles.
Raise in Salary Scale.
The revision also includes a 5000
increase in maximum salaries for
all school teachers over the scale
suggested previously, to bring the
District third place in the Nation in
salary scales, Mr.. Haycock said. The
proposed revision of the 20-year-old
salary schedule, which starts as low
as $1,400 for elementary schools,
with maximum of $4,000, would
raise the scale to $1,000 minimum
and $500 maximum. Librarians
would receive the same salary grade
as teachers.
The proposed increase for the
superintendent would raise the SAL
ary scale for that Office to $4,000
minimum and $4,000 maximum as
compared to the present scale of
from $4,000 to $4,000.
The reallocation of administration
of Miner and Wilson Teachers Col
leges was suggested as a solution
TO the problem raised at the last
meeting where college presidents
were earning salaries equal to or
exceeding those of their immediate
superiors, the assistant superin-
tendents. The schedule provides,
however, a substantial increase for
both positions.
New Post Held Essential.
Under the proposed system, a new
first assistant superintendent in
charge of white schools would be
essential, provision of which was
made in the original bill of 1906.
Robert L. Haycock, now superin-
tendent of schools, was the last
person to fill such a position, the
District falling to appoint a new
one.
In the new salary scale college
presidents would receive the same
salary as assistant superintendent,
although they would be included
in the new bill in separate cate
CORY. 1t was also suggested and
approved by the committee yester-
day that the term assistant should
be changed to associate.
The schedule. if approved by the
board today, will 60 to the legal
committee to be drafted into a
measure for congressional action.
Evening star., 1944-04-19
Witness Held
fterCar Kills
Father ofFour
Girl, 5, Suffers Leg
Fracture When Struck
While at PIoy

Alvin Dayhoff. Al, a carpenter EN-.
ployed in the construction of wal
project at Cedar Point, Md, anc
father of four boys, was killed last
night when struck by an automobile
at Thirteenth street and Maryland
avenue NE. The accident occurred
about 10 pm. while Mr.. Dayhofl
was on his way to his home at 1911
Florida avenue NE. He died al
Casualty Hospital shortly afterward
His death was the 31st traffic
fatality this year. Last year at this
date "a deaths had been Secorded.
First precinct police today were
OBTAINING for further questioning
and investigation a driver who
reported witnessing the accident
He is Horace Wells, 80, of the $500
block of G street, Seat Pleasant, Md
Police issued a lookout for a cal
yesterday which was the same type
as the car Mr.. Wells said struck Mr.
Dayhoff.
Wells was detained by the police
soon after the accident. No charge
has been placed against him. De-
tective A. D. Clarke of the accident
investigation unit said he is in
vestigating a broken grill on the
front of Wells automobile which
the man said was received a week
ago when truck backed into it.
Mr.. Dayhoff is survived by his
wife, Marie, and four sons, Alvin
jr., Is; Robert, 10; William, S, and
Wayne, 3.
A 5-year-old child, Betty Davis,
735 Sixth street NV, was taken to
Sibley Hospital yesterday with a
broken leg. She was struck while
playing near her home, according
to police, by an automobile driven
by Ellen D. Smith, colored, 20, of
the 1700 block of Swami street NV.
Anna E. Milstead, so, of Bethesda,
Md, was taken to Emergency Hos
|pital yesterday with a possible frac-
ture of the right hip, when she was
struck by an automobile at Seventh
and K streets NV. Police reported
that the car was driven by Kneeland
S. Leith, 1900 block of Penn street
NE.
Ernest Williams, colored, 10, $40
Callan street NE, suffered face and
scalp wounds when he was struck
lat Sixth and Callan streets NE. by
an automobile, driven according to
the police, by E. j. Hef1in, of the
500 block of M street NE. The bow
Is in Casualty Hospital,