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Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-11

WASHINGTON, July II.
(UP) - President Roosevelt
Tuesday announced that he
would accept fourth h-term renomi-
nation by next weeks Democratic
National convention.
Mr.. Roosevelt broke the news at
his regular Tuesday news confer
ence, first ordering the doors locked
to prevent repontial stampede to
telephones. T he announcement
Chairman Robert E. Hannegan, of
the Democratic national commit
tee, who had written the President
that his nomination was assured.
MAKES ANNOUNCEMENT
Il would accept and serve" Mr..
Roosevelt said in his reply to Han
negan, but l would not run in a
partisan, political sense. But II the
people command me to continue in
this office in this war l have as
little right to withdraw as the SOL
dier has to leave his post in the
line. If the convention should carry
this out, and nominate me for the
presidency, l shall accept. II the
people elect me, I shall serve"
With this advance announcement
he abandoned the only means at his
disposal of compelling selection OF
Henry A. Wallace to run with him
again.
Mr.. Roosevelt's denomination is
assured. 1t appears now that the
question Cf Wallace's denomination
will be matter for free choice by
the delegates who will assemble
july 10 in Chicago.
FOUR YEARS AGO
Four years ago Mr.. Roosevelt
withheld his acceptance of the
Democratic presidential nomination
until he had been assured that an
unruly convention would reluctant
ly nominate Wallace fer Vice-Pres-
ident. Now that the President has
committed himself to accept the
1914 denomination, he can only
hope to suggest choice of Wallace
again = assuming that he wants
him-but not to compel the conven-
ton to do his vice-presidential bid
ding.
Coincident with the Pres ident's
announcement it was reliably re-
ported here that Wallace might
himself say something tonight or
Wednesday which would take him
out of the race. Meantime there
were reports that Thomas G.. Cor
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Nazi Reserves Fall
Back I'm Normandv v
Americans Push
Nea St. lo
To Crack Front

SUPREME HEADQUAR-
TIERS, AEF, LONDON, July
II. (UP) - American troops
hit the center of the Nor
mandy line Tuesday and
plunged to within two miles of the
big transport hub of st. Lo, field
dispatches reported, and to the east
the Canadians drove an armored
spearhead to the Orne river below
Caen.
Relentless pressure by the Ameri-
can, British and Canadian forces
on Marshal Erwin Rommel's door
die line was beginning to bear fruit,
and the Germans slowly were Civ
ing ground at both ends and in the
middle
GO OVER TOP
Lieutenant Gen. Omar N. Bradley
sent his United States assault forces
over the top north of st. Jo in a
new attack aimed at the core OF
the entire transport network below
the Cherbourg peninsula, and was
reported in front dispatches to have
scored initial gains of several hun
Cred yards
German Marshal Erwin Rommel
threw nearly 100 German tanks, in
Guiding some Cotton Tigers, into fu-
tile attempts to smash the British
threat to his flank below Caen yes
terday and all signs indicated that
he was using his reserves at a rate
that may cost him the battle of
France.
The nazi-controlled Vichy radio
said British patrols reached the
Orne river, but later withdrew. The
fighting south of Caen has develop
ed into great battle which is now
raging with fury" the broadcast
said.
SEIZE Is TOWNS
Though stiff German resistance
slowed the British advance. the
American First Army captured Is
towns and villages in advances of
up to a mile anC a half yesterday
on the central and western sectors
OF the l1l-mile Normandy front.
In their main thrusts, the Amer
leans seized Pont Hebert and LIE
Meauffe, four miles northwest and
five miles north of the forthress
town OF st. Lo, advanced down the
Carentan-Periers highway to with
IN four and three quarters miles
northeast of Periers, ancl gained a
mile and half on a half-mile-Wide
front south of La Haye-Du Puts.
dispatch from First Army head
quarters in Normandy said the
Americans were meeting little or no
resistance in their advance west of
the La Haye-LesSay road, the first
report OF a voluntary enemy retreat
since the start of the American
phase of the offensive a week ago
yesterday.
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhowers list
communique of the invasion saicI the
lighting was particularly severe"
between the Odon and Orne rivers
south and southwest of Caen with
the enemy "hotly contesting" the
British advance to high ground ov-
erlooking the Orne.
Another front dispatch said that
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LONDON, July IL. (UP)-Ameri-
can bombers estimated at more
than 100 strong and escorted by
a large force of fighters braved bad
weather and violent anti-aircraft
fire Tuesday to bomb Munich. deep
in southern Germany.
Ignoring the inclement weather
which had forced lull in the at
tacks on interior Germany recent
ly, the Flying Fortresses and Lib
orators flew over their targets in
the Munich area and carried out
the bombing by Instruments.
SUPPORTING PLANES
The bOmberS We're accompanied
by Thunderbolt, Mustang an
Lightning fighters.
Berlin radio, acknowledging the
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Navy
Bombs
Guam
Task Force Hits
Isle Close
To Philippines
PEARL HARBOR, July

PEARL HARBOR, July
II. (UP) - japanese garrl-
sons in the southern Mari
anas, by-passed by the successful
invasion of Saipan, faced intensi-
fled air and sea assaults Tuesday
with fast u. S. Pacific fleet task
force hammering the isolated en-
emy positions in almost Caily at
tackS.
The prospect facing the enemy
forces was indicated in a commu-
nique by Admiral Chester w. MINI
itz which disclosed that U. S. forces
had carried their campaign against
Guam and RCta, south Of Saipan,
into the fifth consecutive day Sun
day.
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p 1ALn!e AMBl!Ne
NEpoR7ER
Should He Care?-

Should He Care?-
Harry Andres, manager OF cafe
in Ell Centric, told Ell Centro police
that a burglar stole all his uncer-
wear.
Good excuse not to wear any, we'd
say.
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Rubbing II In

Rubbing II In
Remember when the KiWanians
all walked out when it was an
nounced that Bill Outlook was go
ing to make a speech?
Bill was invited to make a speech
at the 20-30 club in El Centre at
the regular meeting this week. He
accepted and it was announced to
members. He appeared at the meet
ing place at the designated hour,
all primed to give WOW OF a talk.
He was met at the door by men,
ber who informed him that the
meeting had been called Off.
why didn't they have their meet
ing?" Bill asked in a puzzle.
They heard Bill was going to
speak, is RR's guess.
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FortreSSeS Bomb
City of Munich

attack, said the raiders encountered
powerful opposition" but in early
broadcasts made no specific men,
tion of fighter interception.
The raid on Munich area targets
was announced by the United
States Second Tactical Air Force,
following up an attack on Berlin
during the night by Royal Air Force
Mosquito bombers.
Second Tactical Air Force Mos
quitos ranged over northeastern
France to attack road and rail
transport along the German supply
lines to the battlefields Monday
night, despite bad flying conditions
TROOP TRAINS BOMBED
The Seine river ferries were as
saulted; six troop trains bombed
and strafed together with several
focal points fer troop movements.
The raids were carried out in the
area bounded by Paris, Amiens,
Lille and st. Quentin by Raj, Aus
tralian and New Zealand squad
rons.
Supreme headquarters announced
that fighter -bomberS and rocket
firing fighters attacked German
tank and troop concentrations md
motor transport south of Caen yes
terday in direct support of Allied
troops.
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They Believe It
1t really is great sport when "us
natives" have a chance to get even
with those who complain about the
weather all of the time. We know
it's hot. We acmit it. But we get
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TASK FORCE HITS

Guam, former American naval
station and the first u. S. territory
to fall to the Japanese, was bonn
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SUPREME HEADQUAR-
TIERS, AEF, LONDON, July
II. (UP) - American troops
hit the center of the Nor
n,aodv limo Tuocdav ond
Evening star., 1944-12-20
|. NJ. PHELPS Stokes

The family to which he belonged
for generations has been noted for
its philanthropic services to human
ity at large, but Isaac Newton Phelps
Stokes probably surpassed most of
his kin in the development of both
a scientific and an artistic approach
to contemporary problems. Dying at
seventy seven, he leaves a name
which is sure to be remembered in
connection with the study of civic
evolution in America.
MIR. Stokes was a practising ar
chitect, sharing in the work of de-
signing monumental banks, schools
and churches when, in 1900, Cover
nor Theodore Roosevelt appointed
him architectural adviser to the
State Tenement House Commission.
The task to which he then set him.
self went far beyond his original
concept of it. He grew with the
years, and his interests increased in
number and in compelling intensity.
From 1911 to 1918 he was architec-
tural member of the New York City
Art Commission. Thereafter, he rep
resented the New York Public LII
brary in the same body from 1915
to 1918 and from 1921 to 1898. He
was president of the commission
from 1929 onward for nearly an en-
tire decade.
But the scope Of Mr.. Stokes en-
Evening star., 1944-12-20

explosion. But he did not lay the bomb,
nor can he ignite the fuse. Only we
can do it for him.
What precautions have we taken to
prevent political differences from
paralyzing the success of our armed
forces?
President Roosevelt wanted to take
one universal precaution, which was not
to raise the question of frontiers, or the
internal composition of future European
governments, for the duration of fostili-
ties.
But this precaution contained a large
shot of wishful thinking.
Political issues arise in the wake of
military campaigns. A liberated coun-
try cannot be kept in political vacuum
Mr.. Roosevelt - and originally Mr..
Churchill-had the idea that this
vacuum should be filled with reference
to certain principles, and these were
laid down in the Atlantic Charter. But
hardly was there a three-ally war than
each Of the members of the coalition
began to interpret the Atlantic Charter
as 1t pleased. The Soviet Union dated
adherence to this charter from its own
entrance into the war. which i'm
medlately ruled from its application the
Baltic States, the Polish Ukraine and
Bessarabia.
Mr.. Churchill later, and so far as
know unilaterally, decreed that it had
no application to the vanquished. These
defections opened a wide area for ne
gotiations, which inevitably brought in
disputes.
But, again, the negotiators attempted
10 take precautions. They negotiated
secretly. This also failed Since none
OF the negotiators was completely salts
fed with results, and since the gov
ernments of the small countries ne
gotlated about were much less satisfied
and in some cases deeply alarmed, each
took his case to the public, in one
way or another.
All used the press directly OF through
leaks. The Soviet Union. for instance,
has repeatedly used the Soviet press,
with various degrees of authoritative
ness, to bring pressure for its views,
Mr.. Churchill has used his own speeches
before the House of Commons. Re-
Gently our own Government used a
press release of Mr.. StettInius. And
every one is providing journalists with
the inside dope" So suddenly, in the
midst of great German counter
offensive, we have revelations calcu-
lated to blow the roof off.
The President, who has kept mum
more consistently during this war than
any other leader, is to be supported in
that policy.
CReleased by the Bell Syndicate, Inc)
Evening star., 1944-12-20
On the Record
By Dorothy THOMPSON

Wars are won or lost by combination
OF military and political means.
In military affairs, given approximate
ly equal intelligence of military leaders
on both sides, and no egregious errors
of planning and strategy, the issue is a
test of strength. as measured in man
power and weight and efficiency of
weapons. In that test, either one de-
feats the enemy or is defeated by him.
But war is also politics And in the
Spaere of political warfare one side is
never defeated by the other but always,
If defeated by itself. This may seem
startling statement, but it can be DEM
onstrated in this war.
During 1912 Mr.. Churchill openly
chortled in speech enumerating po-
litical mistakes that Hitler had made
in conquered countries. Churchill at
that time confessed having feared that
Hitler might have won over the SYM
pathy and support of occupied Europe.
But, with relief, he noted that the Nazis
had committed every conceivable blum
der and antagonized Europe from end
to end
II we go farther back, and assume
Hitler would have liked to dominate
Europe without a war, it seems clear
that when he stood in Prague, without
Western Europe moving a weapon, he
could have captured Europe on the
paciflst line, with only slight modifica-
tions Of his domestic policy.
This column is not written to rejoice
over the mistakes of our enemies. but to
illustrate my point-namely, that our
enemies cannot defeat us in the political
sphere, but we can certainly defeat our
selves and are we'll on the way to
doing 1t.
The cumulative divisions and irrita-
tions that have grown up between the
Allies are not the result of German
propaganda or diplomacy. Our enemies,
In fact, are almost the only force which
minimizes these irritations. When DR..
GoebbelS rejoices. over statements or
policies emanating from Washington,
Moscow or London, we think twice
before we go farther The Morgenthau
plan was Gods gift to the German
resistance, and when we saw that, we
stopped it. There are many similar
Illustrations.
The Greek and the Polish situa tions
have not been created by our enemies
to say nothing of the quarrel around
the person of Count Sforza. These
conflicts among the Big Three are self
engineered. They are, of course. i'm
mensely exploited by the enemy. They
are the real secret weapon of the enemy.
retarded time bomb, and the enemy.
nghtlng for time, Is waiting for the
Evening star., 1944-12-20
UNSIGNED Charter

The important question concern
ing the Atlantic Charter has nothing
to do with the fact that it was not
signed by President Roosevelt and
Prime Minister Churchill. Nor does
it make a vital difference whether
the charter is to be regarded as
formal state document or as a mere
press release.
What is important is whether the
charter is to be respected for what
it has been represented to be by
those who have subscribed to it.
When the text of the charter was
made public on August 81, 1941, Mr..
Roosevelt said that he was quoting
it for the information of Congress
and "for the record" The White
House release expressly stated that
1t had been signed by the President
and by the Prime Minister. That,
Mr.. Roosevelt says, was a mistake.
But there is no mistake about the
fact that it has been held forth to
the world as an official statement
of Allied war aims, and that it has
been widely accepted as being pre-
cisely that.
On the second anniversary of the
charter Mr., Roosevelt put particular
stress on the principle of respect
for the right of all peoples to choose
the form of government under
which they will live A few days
later he said that he was "everlast-
ingly angry" only at those who
assert that the four freedoms and
the Atlantic Charter are nonsense
because they are unattainable. On
that occasion he suggested a COM
parison between the charter and the
Declaration of independence, Magma
Charta and the Ten Command
ments.
OF course, the charter enjoys no
such status. But it has been sold"
to the United States and to most of
the world as solemn statement of
the high purposes of the Allied ma
tions in fighting this war 1t cannot
now be "unsold" without disillusion-
ing millions of men and women who
have accepted it in the literal sense
as charter of human freedom.
Evening star., 1944-12-20

this would be IAN essential contribution
TO the prosecution Of the war against the
common enemy" and he adds to the
urging when he offers the services of the
United States should the gigantic shift
ing OF populations become necessary by
such an agreement. ~
The Secretary of State was in close
consultation with the White House and
President Roosevelt during the four
days which elapsed between Prime
Minister Churchill's speech in the House
OF Commons and his own public an
nouncement. He is aware that one of
the several reasons which determined
Premier Stain not to proceed with an
offensive against the Germans across
the Vistula River was Stalin's dissatis-
faction over the attitude of the British
and American governments regarding
his claims on Polish territory.
+ \
And while our Secretary of State did
not go anywhere near as far as Mr..
Churchill in trying to humor the Rus
sian Premier, he hoped that this gentle
suggestion might be accepted in Moscow
as meaning more than it shows on the
surface. But whether Moscow, which
has always used a blunt and frank
diplomatic language, will be willing to
read between the lines of the American
statement is another question.
The political row between the Polish
government and the U. S. S. r. has not
had any effect on the Poles who are
fighting the Germans on three fronts. in
France, Italy and Poland, and has not
impaired the Russian operations in the
east. Although the political dispute be-
tween the government of former Premier
Mikolajczyk and Moscow was at its height
last summer, the Polish underground
did not hesitate to assist the Red armies
whenever possible. The 9th Polish
Underground Division helped the. Rus
sian armies defeat the Germans at
Wilno
Other Polish forces helped the Rus
slams at Luck in Volhynia And finally
in July when the Red armies reached
the Vistula, opposite Warsaw, the under
ground forces in the Polish capital under
the command of Gen. Bor staged
bloody and desperate battle against
the Germans within the city, and were
decimated because of the lack of
support.
Hence, the Poles take the attitude
that whatever the political situation
may be, their men will continue to
fight Loyalty on the side of the Allies
Evening star., 1944-12-20
Progress of Nazi Attack
By Maj. George Fieldine Eliot

The progress of the German counter
offensive is now little clearer, but by no
means wholly clear.
The latest official word as this is
written on Tuesday afternoon tells us
that the Germans have been virtually
stopped in Belgium, but that the Lux
embourg situation is still fluid How
ever, the check in Belgium may prove
only temporary; We must wait for fuller
information before we can be sure.
1t seems increasingly certain that the
Germans are trying to break into the
communications zone of the 1st Army in
the area between Liege and Aachen. If
they should accomplish this and we could
not throw them out again promptly it
might become necessary to withdraw the
1st and 9th Armies behind the Meuse.
Therefore check to the German ad-
vance on its right flank Gin Belgium)
would be much more important now
than a deep German penetration
through Northern Luxembourg.
~
The most important terrain feature
In the crucial area is a high ridge named
the Hohe-Venn, which runs from north
east to southwest covering the ap-
proaches to Liege and Verviers from the
direction of Monschau The highway
from Malmady to Verviers crosses this
ridge, the River Ambleve winds its way
through it farther west and another
highway follows the river from Stavelot
to Liege.
The Germans are reported to have
reached both Malmady and Stavelot,
but there is as yet no indication that
they have been able to capture any Of
the high ground along the Hohe-Venn
or to penetrate the valley of the Ambleve
northwest Of Stavelot. They may have
done either or both, OF course; 1t can
only be said now that we have no report
Of 1t II they have.
81
II the 1st Army can hold the Hohe-
venn and can build up strong striking
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Farm Shop

Many men now working in teeming
cities remember the farm shop. It
was a cozy, friendly place on a raw
December day when the sleet was
splitting against the cobwebby, dust
covered window panes. The fire in
the pot-bellied stove cracked and
snapped; the heat was sufficient so
a young man shed his mackinaW
while working on box trap.
The farm shop was a natural
gathering place for the men on
stormy days in fall and winter when
the work in the COW barn and horse
stable was caught up, the henhouse
cleaned and the sawdust in the ice
house shoveled out The shop was
not only gathering spot for the
men from five years of age up, it
was somehow a magnetic pole for
many other things. The tool bench
was always Uttered with a hetero-
geneous mass of tools, nails, bolts,
small boxes, pieces of pipe, straps,
and odds and ends of impedimenta.
Beneath the bench was tangled
pile Of short ends of boards and
two-by-fours, lengths of angle iron,
broken hammers and saws, whifle-
trees that needed new end irons, and
broken hoe handles.
OF course, the sides of the shop
were studded with six and eight inch
spikes and from these hung pieces
OF harness, shovels, rakes, buckets,
old feed measures, odds and ends of
ropes and rawhide, old jackets,
sweaters and raincoats, feed bags,
a fishing creel, steel traps, crosscut
saw. In the corners were axes,
sledges, wedges, nail kegs, logging
chains and crowbars. On the cross
t&mbers overhead were boards,
planks, broken ladders, boxes; from
spikes in the timbers hung traces of
deld corn and sweet corn.
Mother threw up her hands In
L
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Cunudo's S War
From the Toronto Star.

F1Om tHe TOIOnIo star.
Mr.. Cardin, like great many of his
compatriots, appears to regard Canada's
participation in the war largely as laid
to Britain" 1t cannot be said too often
or too emphatically that while Canada
is bound to the motherland by ties of
affection and sentiment the Dominion
is fighting this war as an aid to herself
And as an aid to the continued exist
ence of freedom and decency in this
troubled world. Britain is an advance
post in the defense of Canada against
Nazi aggression which contemplated a
conquest of this hemisphere-a conquest
of Canada
Evening star., 1944-12-20

forces along and behind it then the
farther the Germans advance westward
to the south of the ridge the worse will
be the disaster which will befall them
later on There can be little doubt that
the most favorable outcome of this
battle for the Allies would be cutting
on and destruction of a great part of
Won Rundstedt's strategic reserve.
In general, it may be said that our
first moves must be directed toward
containing the f1anks of the German
thrust and preventing it from spreading
into our vital supply zones, especially
that between Liege and Aachen. If we
can do that and build up our strength
along those f1anks we can presently
pinch it OF and perhaps destroy a good
many OF the troops engaged in 1t. If
not, we may have to withdraw parts of
our own front. That is about the size
OF the situation as it stands now.
Much depends on the weather, for our
tactical air power is our major weapon
Tor the swift-moving battle of inter-
ception and delay. The more use we can
make OF tactical aviation the less will be
the necessity for committing our ground
relnforcements to driblets As divisions
come up to the combat zone it is far
better to commit them as complete fight
ing units rather than have to feed bat
talions and combat groups into the line
as they arrive in order to restore local
situations. The degree to which the
latter course is forced upon us may
affect the subsequent course of events
materially.
This counterattack may turn out to be
the last desperate throw of a ruined
gamester-but for the moment it Is a
dangerous threat which 1t will take time
and lives and tremendous effort to check.
It should serve as q lesson to all of us,
and especially to the wishful thinkers
on the home front, that We are fighting
a war with resourceful and desperate
foes who can never be counted out until
they actually are out.
tcspsrisht 1914. New York Trfbune.)