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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-28

oGNHt' tN@A4NN A~hNANA~N
Of Utica and we'll known il
Mount Clemens, is on a 6-day
furlough at the home of his par
entS. Mr.. and Mrs. John Emer'
lex on Ryan road. He is an in
structor on big guns at Fort
Knox, KY.
PFC. THEODORE MACKIE.
WICZ has been transferred q
Sioux Falls, So. OAK, to attend
Radio Oper tor Mechanics
School. He was stationed at Se.-
fridge Field. Mrs. Mackiewiscz
and infant son, Theodore Ray
mond, remained in Mount Glenn
ems, and are residing with her
parents.
WENDELL FURTON S &c
has completed his boot training
at Great Lakes Naval Training
Center and is spending a 9-day
leave with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Arbra Furton, 4774 Sugar
bush road, New Baltimore.
IEUT. RITZ J..
SCHWAN has been awarded the
Air Medal according to word re-
ceived by his mother, Mrs. Clara
Schwan. Lieut.. Schwan is a
Navigator on a B-24 Bomber and
Is stationed in India.
ERGT. PLEASANT M.
PLYLER, whose wife resides at
1853 Burr street, arrived at the
Army Air Forces Redistribution
Station in Miami Beach for re-
assignment after completing
tour of duty outside the contin-
entail United States. Sergt. Ply
Ter was a motor sergeant and
mechanic during q months in
the European Theatre of opera
tons.
M / SERGT. ROB- RT w.
SKILES arrived at the A. A. F.
Redistribution station in Miami
Beach for reaSsignment after 20
months Of overseas duty in the
European an d Mediterranean
theatres Of operations, where he
was an engineering and techni-
cal inspector. Sergt. Skiles was
awarded three Presidential Unit
Citations. His wife, Elizabeth,
lives in Mount Clemens.
ROY M. PERRY, JR., husband
of Mrs. Margaret Perry, $50
South Bailey street, Romeo, a
gunner of a B-24 Liberator, has
been promoted from Corporal to
Sergeant. He is the son of Mrs.
Irene Perry of Cass avenue.
Sergt. Perry is at an 9th Air
Force Liberator Station in Eng
land.
His squadron, one in the 446th
Bombardment Group, has twice
flown twenty-five consecutive
combat missions without the loss
of aircraft or crew. This inn
pressive record was only made
possible by a high degree Of
teamwork by all elements of the
squadron and group, both ground
and air.
The group, upon completion
of its Tooth mission was cited by
the Second Bombardment Divi-
sion commanded by Major Cen
eral William E. Kepner, for out
standing performance Of duty in
combat. Dropping tons of
bombs on targets in both Ger
many and the occupied countries,
this unit contributed immeasur-
ably to the success Of the aerial
war against the enemy. Beating
down all opposition as they
fought their way to targets vital
to the enemy's war effort, this
group was able to accomplish
these many dangerous missions
with a minimum of loss.
after completing a tour of duty
the continental United
States. Lieut.. Strong was an
engineering officer and technical
during IS months in
the North African Theatre. His
wife, Mrs. Fleta Strong, resides
at II Washington street in Mount
Clemens.
JOHN (JIMMIE) ROSTECK,
USN, is home on 9-day leave
from the Great Lakes Naval
Training station, III. He is the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur RoS-
eek, 1921 IA Mile road, Fraser.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-28

BONDY, Center Line, a daugh-
ter, November %.
MIR. AND MRS. JOSEPH E.
GREENE, st. Clair Shores, a son,
John Dennis, November Is.
MIR. AND MRS. FREDERICK
o. CAMPBELL, st. Clair Shores,
son, Robert JameeS, November
26.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-30
Marines Parents Get
Bob Hope Souvenirs

diens visit 10 his base, and a
tooth powder carton bearing
Hopes autograph.
Sgt. Gilbert has been in action
with the marines since they
landed on Guadalcanal.
Before the war, he was in
business with his father, Samuel
Gilbert, 2999 Sturtevant, a drug
Jtr4~;LHt@,.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-30
Army Promotes
9 in Michigan

The war department today an.
nounced the temporary promo
tons OF nine Michigan officers.
four OF whom are from the De-
troit area. They are;
Captain 10 Major
william Lsrl Gilmore. &c, 74s L. A.s1.
Andrins Dstrol,
William Herman kaufman. NC. it7El
LoaI Henry K.Gn. &c. IS NuIE'n 20,
Crosse points
calvin william Upton. s!I c. MuhEssoa
He!ghu.
Id Lieutenant to Captain
Anthony Lawrence Tryban. "a. chsooyTan.
I'd Lieutenant 10 IR Lieutenant
Richard CAR Lane. &C. BA't!s Creek
Peter EdGH Hoyai. &C. 1887 vaughn.
Detroit
Carleton H,rsy Roi cIr!Ion. cNc. Grand
Isis AlvIr ssv,l. Inf. Ironvooa.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-30
TOP PRIORITY

Pvt. Ted Robbins of Bloomsbury, Pa,
delivering ballot request cards to sgt. Sea-
born W. Ever (righD and Pvt. Tom L.
Lloyd Of Waco, Tex, as they work on a
Iiberator bomber somewhere in the south
Pacific, where the ballots to our fighting
men are now receiving a top priority.
International Photo
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-30

Two prize souvenirs of his
South Pacific fighting came today
to the Detroit home Of Master
T/Sgt. Nathan Gilbert OF the
First Marines, along with letter
in which he said he hoped 10
follow them home soon.
The souvenirs were a battered
snapshot of Gilbert and Bob Hope
in a ieep. taken during the come
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-30

Pvt. Thomas Poszywak
Of Detroit (third from left,
with the phone), a member
of an anti-aircraft crew,
watching tn e sky over
France for German raiders.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-30
Final Tribute to Fallen Mates

Members OF an aircraft
carrier crew somewhere in
the Pacific paying final
tribute to two members of
the crew killed when a Jap
plane attacked the ship.
International Photo
Smyrna times., 1944-08-31
BRIEF SMYRNA
LANDING NEWS
Budget of News and Person
ais Cleaned About Smyr-
ma River Wharyes
CITIZENS MAKE VISITS

Smyrna Landing, Aug. 30 Mr..
and Mrs. Dayton Pierson,Sr., spent
the weekend with their son, Mr..
and Mrs. Dayton Pierson, Jr., at
West Chester, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold jackson of
Wilmington, spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Steve Jackson.
Mrs. T. C. Holland of Kan
noplis, N. c., is visiting her sister,
in-law, Mrs. Thomas Wrench.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Slaughter
of Middletown, visited with her
mother, Mrs. Louis Gaulke Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Boyles of
Smyrna, Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Col
Inns and son Louis, of Odessa, were
recent visitors of Mrs. Emma
Davis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilmer Ford of
Dover, were Monday visitors of her
mother, Mrs. Thomas Wrench.
Mr.. Howard Marshall is building
a bungalow on his lot here which
will be quite an improvement.
Smyrna times., 1944-08-31

All those IN service, their families and
friends. are urged to inform Dribbles
Editor of new. or changed, addresses. Keep
him supplied with interesting news items.
The success. and continuation, OF this new
Service column will depepd largely mon
this kind of cooperation.
Smyrna times., 1944-08-31
SOME TAYLOR'S
BRIDGE ITEMS
News of Community Interest
Cleaned From Around
ThOrOughfare Neck
BUDGET OF PERSONALS

Taylor's Bridge, Aug. 80 Mrs.
William Daniels and family are
spending this week at White Crys-
tie Beach.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar David, Jr.,
and family of Holly Oak, spent
Sunday with her father, Mr.. and
Mrs. Earl v. Francis.
Friendly Neighbors Home DEM
onstration Club will meet Tuesday,
Sept. 5th at IL o'clock with a pic
mic lunch with Mrs. Clifford Pryor
at Blackbird.
MIR. and Mrs. Wilson David en-
tertained at dinner Sunday Mr..
James H. David and daughter
Nora of Smyrna; Miss Blanche
Kemp, Mr.. John c. David of Black
bird, Mr.and Mrs. Charles 2. Dukes
and daughter Jane, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Lee w. David.
Miss Frances Daniels is spending
this week with relatives in Balti-
more, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Warner and
family spent Saturday with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Walker War
ner.
Smyrna times., 1944-08-31

pepper, bottled salad or cooking
oil.
Sprinkle cleaned and dry crabs
with lemon juice. Beat egg. Add
milk. Combine cracker crumbs,
salt and pepper. Dip crabs first in
egg mixture, then in seasoned
cracker crumbs. Brown quickly
in about Tb. of hot oil in frying
pan. Or, fry in deep, hot oil (375
deg. F. until golden brown.
Serve on toast points. Garnish
with lemon wedges and tomato
cups filled with Tartar Sauce.
Tartar Sauce: 1c. prepared may
onnaise, 3 Tb. chopped pickle,
2 Tb. finely chopped olives or
capers, u t. minced parsley, / Tb.
minced onion or chives, l Tb.
horseradish.
Chill mayonnaise and then add
all remaining ingredients and
mix well.
Smyrna times., 1944-08-31

Enjoy soft-shell crabs while
they are in season. Fried in bot
tied salad oil, they are crisp and
delicious. Tartar Sauce is easily
made from prepared mayonnaise
and a few other ingredients US
ually on hand.
Grabs should be alive when
purchased to make sure they are
absolutely fresh. Have them
cleaned at the market if possible.
To clean soft shell crabs yourself,
wash, then remove head by cut
ting across crab about half an
inch behind eyes. Lift pointed
ends of top shell and scrape off
spongy substance between shell
and body. Replace shell and re-
move tail. Dry thoroughly.
Fried S0ft-Shell Crabs: To
serve 6, allow one large or small
crabs per person. One Tb. lemon
juice, l egg, 2 Tb. milk, " C.
cracker crumbs, " t. salt, "a t.
Smyrna times., 1944-08-31
KENYON NEWS
NOTES OF WEEK
Personal Mention and Social
Items and Other Parties
Reported About Town
COMMUNITY INTEREST

Kenton, Aug. 30 Mrs. Mildred
Federico and daughter Barbara, Of
Saginaw, Mich, have been visiting
her mother, Mrs. j. T. Burrows.
Cpl. and Mrs. Francis Graham OF
Miami, Fla, are spending fur
Tough with his parents, Mr.. an6
Mrs. c. w. Graham.
Miss Ethel Carey of Wilmington
spent the weekend with her sister
Miss Eva Carey.
Miss Eva Carey spent part of
last week with Mrs. Franklin Shu-
bert in Audubon, N. ].
Mr.. James Bishop, ST., and fam
lily motored to Ocean City, Md, on
Sunday.
Mrs. S. G. Walker and daughter
Sara, Martin Williams and BROTH
er Roger, and Betty Lou Graham
are spending this week at Reho-
both.
Rev. and Mrs. E. N. Wright were
away couple OF days last week.
Captain and Mrs. Ernest Smith.
Jr., and daughter Mary Catherine
OF Orlando, Fla, are home for
three weeks.
Mr.. Franklin Woodall is visiting
his sister Mrs. Virginia Hebb in
Baltimore, Md.
Mrs. w. G. Knots, Mrs. ]. T.
Burrows, Mrs. Mildred FREDERICK,
Barbara FREDERICK and Mildred
Crew and Ralph Comegys spent
Sunday at Betterton, Md.
The w. S. of G. S. will meet with
Mrs. James Rowlinson on Wednes-
day evening, Sept. 9Th.
Pvt. Robert Slower, who was in
Quoted in the service on Monday,
Aug. goth, spent last weekend
with his family.
Allen Ford of the U. S. Navy
Smyrna times., 1944-08-31
CLAYTON NEWS
AND PERSONALS
Budget of Items From Our
Railroad Town and Their
Personal Mention
CHURCHES AND SCHOOL

Mr.. and Mrs. j. Reynolds Pratt
were the guests of Rev. and Mrs.
Leon Ross of Delmar, on Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Carey Wis
tied her mother, Mrs. Lillian Wright
of Cheswold, on Sunday.
Mrs. Evans Brown spent the
weekend with Mr.. and Mrs. George
Buckmaster, of Prospect Park, Pa.
Mr.. Oliver Pryor has returned
home from the Memorial Hospital,
Wilmington, where he has been a
patient for several weeks.
Mrs. Alfred Sears, and daughter
Carolyn, Mrs. Edward BORROW, and
son Bobbie, of Philadelphia, and
Mr.. Julius Spencer, of Wilmington,
visited Mr.. and Mrs. John Spencer
on Sunday and Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Hurd enter
tanned on Sunday, their daughter
in-law, Y lie Jeanette w. Hurd of
Philadelphia, and parents Mr.. and
Mrs. w. P. Wilson of Townsend.
Mrs. Bessie Cain of Baltimore,
Md, is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Cliff
ford Harrington.
T-Sgt. William w. Hutchinson is
spending furlough with his wife
In Wilmington, after which he will
report to Sioux City, Iowa.
Mrs. John Hurd and daughter
Janet, of Philadelphia, were the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Hurd last week. Mr.. Hurd joined
them over the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Knox have
been visiting Rehoboth Beach for
several days.
Sgt. Carroll A. Brown has been
spending a furlough with his wife
and parents. He has been trans
ferred from Petersburg, Va, to
Camp Cooke, Calf. Jimmy Brown,
who has been spending the summer
in Oxford, Nd, was home for a
few days.
Mrs. Mary e. Nailor has been
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Carey
of Dover. On Sunday they attend
ed a family reunion at Riverview
Beach, N. J.
Howard Wright spent last week
with relatives near Dover.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Elmer Cats en-
tertained on Sunday, Mrs. Rachel
Amwake, Mr.. Stephen Cats, Mr..
William Cats, and son George, of
Salem, N. j.
Mrs. Erie Rickenback of Will
mington was the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. Earl Moore on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Fleming, Jr.,
and son Billie, have returned from
a weeks vacation at Betterton, Md.
Mrs. William T. Hollett spent
Monday and Tuesday with Mr.. and
Mrs. William Hollett of Whining
ton.
Pfc. and Mrs. Eugene Sullivan
and daughter Mary Denise, spent
the weekend in New York City
visiting his parents.
Mr.. Harry Bostick has returned
home from the Kent General Hos
pital, and his condition has i'm
proved.
Mr.. Ralph Cross and son Rich
ard, of Washington, D. c., visited
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. t. Hollett on
Sunday.
Smyrna times., 1944-08-31

spent last weekend with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Ford.
Smyrna times., 1944-08-31

Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Shockley
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
John Moore in Newark.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Reynolds
and family have been visiting her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert In
solo near Townsend.
Smyrna times., 1944-08-31
BLACKBlRD

items OF Personal aHd Social In.
terest CLEANED From the Vicinity
Blackbird, Aug. 80 There will
be a covered dish luncheon at the
home of Mrs. Clifford Pryor on
Tuesday, September 5, by the
Friendly Neighbors Home Demon
stration Club.
Pvt. Irving FAIRIES of Camp
Shank, N. Y, spent the weekend
with his wife.
Smyrna times., 1944-08-31

PERMANENT WAVE zoe
Do your own Permanent CJ
with Charm-Kurl Kit. Complete
equipment, including 40 curriers' and
shampoo. Easy to do, absolutely
harmless. Praised by thousands in
Guiding Fay Mckenzie, glamorous
movie star. Money refunded if not
satisfied
Smyrna times., 1944-08-31
DRIBBLES
CONTINUED from Page Two)

Pvt. Russell w. Gardner
A. S. N. 33SO7635
A. P. o. 23O, Postmaster
New York City, New York
balance of address on application
T-Sgt. Evan T. Gebhart
A. S. N. 32O66OOO
Hdq. Det., Bird AART Group
Camp Stewart, Georgia
Sgt. Alban L. johnson
A. S. N. 32754S17
A. P. o 493, C o Postmaster
New York City, New York
balance of address on application
William F Melvin, C.S.K.
C o Fleet Post Office
San Francisco, California
balance of address on application
1t. John S. Melvin
A. P. o. 1873, o Postmaster
New York City, New York
balance of address on application
Nelson w. Rash, Sp. (M) &c
N. S. N. 815-14-19
Navy No. 107
Fleet Post Office
New York City, New York
Smyrna times., 1944-08-31
R 100 OF INCOME
VI OUR QUOTA
IN III WAR BONDS
NOTICE

Dead or disabled horses, cows
and mules removed FREE of
charge by calling DOVER $685..
No animals removed unless call is
made Immediately and no animals
dying from contagious disease
will be removed.
Smyrna times., 1944-08-31

Subscribe to The Smyrna Times. $3.50
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Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-25
Nazis Prepare for Retreat
Before Russ OnsIouqhts

renewal of heavy attacks by Ger
man armor and motorized infan-
try east of VinnitSa, where Mar
Shal Fritz Won Mannstein was
throwing in everything he had to
guard theapproaches to the Bug
river defense line and the Bal
kanS beyond.
MOSCOW, Jan. 25. CUP)-Rus-
sian armored forces swept through
the suburbs of KraSnogvardeiSk, 25
miles southwest of Leningrad, to-
day and threatened to capture mo-
mentarily that key junction con-
trolling the main escape routes for
tens of thousands of Germans fac
ing encirclement.
General Govorov's vanguards
broke through the outer defense
perimeter of Krasnogvardeisk, juno
tions CT railroads radiating west to
Tallinn, south of Pskov, east to
TCSno and northeast to Leningrad
yesterday and seized 40 towns and
villages, some of them only two
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-25
GROUP
Seems S
Draft
House Unit Hits
At Student
Training Se+-up

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.
(UP)-The house military
affairs committee may rec
ommend that the army and navy
scrap their student training pro-
grams to slow down more drafting
of pre-Pearl Harbor fathers by
making some 100000 younger men
available for combat, it was reveal
ed today.
The committee is now nearing
the end of secret sessions to hear
military officials explain the
schools, and a poll of members
showed they favored abandoning
all training programs except those
pertaining to medicine dentistry
and government of occupied areas
Approximately 10000 men are
now enrolled in the army schools,
about $4,000 Of them studying med
icine and dentistry, while an addi-
tional 10000 students are in navy
schools.
Committee members hoped the
Continued on page 6, col -
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-25

votes on another measure TO leave
the balloting entirely in the hands
of the individual states.
Sen. Scott w. Lucas, CD, ILL.,,
co-author of the measure for
federal war ballot for overseas SER
vicemen, said he hoped the senate
would reach the voting stage late
Tuesday or Wednesday.
He faced vigorous opposition.
however. from coalition of Repub-
licanS who want the soldiers to get
regular state ballots and southern
Democrats who want to write in
repeal of the 1912 waiver of poll
tax and registration for absentee
voting by members of the armed
services.
There was a possibility that Lu-
cas- would yield to the southern
Democrats on one demand-a stip-
ulation that voter qualifications
shall be determined only by state
LAWN order to split the coalition
which last December forced
through the states rights bill now
pending in the house,
Lucas pointed out that his bill
already provided that only loca.
election officials should determine
the validity of ballots cast under
the measure.
Congressional observers believed
that if Lucas accepted an amend
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-25

Guards were on duty with fire
fighting equipment all night Mon
day for fear there might be an
other outbreak of flames IN the
ruins of the bre.ross establish
ments which were destroyed Mon
day during u. nigh wind, Fire
Chief Walter Reynolds said.
LOSSES RUN HIGH
Residents differed as TO the loss
from the seven business establish
mcntS south of the Plaza. SOM
declared the original estimate OF
100000 to $500,000 was a fair one
when the loss Oh business and diff
ficulty of getting new stocks were
taken into consideration. Chief Rey-
nolds said he estimated the proper
ty and stock losses at around 500 =
600 exclusive of the Southern Cali
fornia Telephone company loss, eX-
peCted to be the heaviest.
Holtville was without telephone
communication of any kind from
the moment the fire raced out Of
control in strong west wind
: Ind 1890 am. Monday until
- pm. that day when the tele-
phone company spliced out a burn
ed cable and made it possible to
use magnetic line TO Ell Centro for
emergency purposes. There was no
Continued on page C, col. II
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-25
Japanese Nabbed
In Defense Area

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 25. (UP)-
Federal agents Tuesday held Ma
sanobC Hata, American born jap
ancSc arrested at Blythe, Cal, after
he admitted being in Los Angeles
for II hours without a permit to
enter the western defense area.
Blythe police found $50 gas ra-
tiCn coupons in his pockets.
Richard B. Hood, local FBI head,
said Hata formerly lived in St.
Louis, and his family is now at
the jerome, Ark, relocation CEN
ter.
I'VE believe Hood said. that
Hata came here TO get his auto
mobile and in some manner OBJ
tanned coupons for an amount of
gas sufficient to drive the car back
east. From the Blythe reports,
Hata apparently hitchhiked to Los
Angeles.
Hata was believed to be the first
Japanese arrested for penetrating
tn western defense area since the
exclusion order became effective.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-25
Chilling Winds
Sweep Valley

Snow capped the mountains to
the west of Imperial Valley Tues
day for the second time this win
ter with valley residents getting
a breeze of winter chill after the
unSeaSonably warm weather pre-
vailing more than week.
Weatherman Roy Simpson pre-
dicted light to moderate frostS in
the valley for both Tuesday and
Wednesday nights with the lowest
temperature around % degrees.
The present type of winter wealth.
er will be a help to the lettuce
and cabbage crop, county agricul-
tural commissioner B. A. Harrigan
said Tuesday. If the weather gets
no colder the cold snap will be
welcomed by farmers. A freeze,
however, would check the growth
of the lettuce and possibly burn the
wrapper leaves, making it neces-
sary for them to be pulled off be-
fore shipping.
All roads were open through the
hills to San Diego Tuesday.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-25
Bombers Hammer
Steadily on
Coast Of France

LONDON, Jan. 25. fUP)-Hun-
dreds of Allied planes hammered
the French invasion coast for the
third straight day Tuesday and
radio Berlin said Anglo Ameri-
can" bombers were over the Nazi
capital during the night.
Observers along the channel
coast reported that swarms of
bombers and fighters crossed the
Straits of Dover early this morn
ing to resume the aerial lombard
ment of Nazi military installations
in northern France.
Squadrons of Allied warplanes
could be seen clearly over all Sec
tions of the narrow straits, indi-
eating that the attack was on a
major scale.
The German radio said force
of Allied bombers struck at Berlin
in the pre-daWn darkness Tuesday,
although there was no immediate
confirmation from the British air
ministry.
British coastal observers report
ed no activity over the channel
during the night and it was indi-
Gated that the raid, if it actually
occurred, may have been Mos
quito attack.
Radio Berlin said the raiders
were forced to jettison their bombs.
but it gave no details of the re-
Continued on page 6, col -
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-25
Indiana Senator
Dies Suddenly

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25. tUPD -
Senator Frederick Van Nuys, CD,
Indiana, chairman of the impor-
tant senate judiciary committee
and member of the senate since
1892, died suddenly at his country
home in Vienna, Va, early Tues
day.
Van Nuys was 69. His office
said he had not been ill, and that
he had scheduled a hearing Tues
day of the judiciary subcommittee
investing the liqucr industry = an
inquiry he sponsored.
Van NuyS IlrSt won a senate seat
in 1882 in the Roosevelt landslide.
In 1888 he was reelected after a
bitter fight in which he figured
at first as a victim of the purge"
amed at opponents of President
RooSevelts supreme court reforms
Van NuyS threatened to run as an
independent but finally was re-
nominated by acclamation at the
Democratic state party conyen-
ton.
During his l3 years in the sen
ate. Van Nuys opposed many ad-
ministration policies, particularly
new deal legislation affecting busi-
ness. He consistently contended
that the ADMINISTRATORS tax policy
was punitive" toward business. He
Continued on page 6, col o
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-25

LONDON, Jan. 25. (UP)
Berlin acknowledged Rus
sian attacks of increasing
fury below Leningrad Tuesday.
Stockholm aovices predicted a ma
jor Nazi WithdraWay into the Bal
tic states or further, and coinci-
dent with a new flareup in the Uk-
raine, the Bulgarian army was re-
ported in a state of incipient mu-
tiny.
The German high command re-
ported bitter fighting in several
sectors of the ll0-mile front be-
tween Leningrad and Lake linen,
claiming only that Soviet break
through attempts were "repellcd
or held at some points"
HIT DNIEPER AREA
The communique said the Red
army had hurled several divisions
against the northern rim of the
Dnieper bend salient in the Kiro-
vograd region and a penetration
was being narrowed down.
Russian dispatches reported a