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Evening star., 1944-02-29
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Evening star., 1944-02-29
The silence that's heard round the world!

"M'MM-lets see that steak weighs
Iva three pounds, says the butcher. "Just
give me $2.25 and we'll call it square, Okay?"
You think, "Ouch, that's expensive! The
ceiling price is only 46f pound. But he's not
asking me for any ration points this time"
There's little silence ~ while you hesitate
On the other side Of the World
It's 1913 degrees in the shade of the tarpauln
that Constitutes Field Hospital -. There lies
Private Bill Dempster. One pain-twisted hand
holds letter from his wife back home He
reads:
Honey the way that son of yours eats these
days - Just supplying him with eggs and
meat and fresh vegetables takes more ter
rifying bite out of your allotment check
every month. But I'll manage - don't you
worry
The head of Private Dempster rolls weakly to
one side.
What's going on back home, anyhow?
Prices gone sky-high. Profteering and boot
Logging and black markets. Cripes! They've
got ration system and ceiling prices. Can't
people play square and make EN- stck2"
rs Evsryons's Job
Making them stick is personal responsibility
Evening star., 1944-02-29

Save your waste kitchen fats.
Evening star., 1944-02-29

studied it will be found that Con-
gress did pursue a sound policy. In
Evening star., 1944-02-29

@. What are the dimensions of
tank?-K. C. w.
A. The light tank is about 16
feet long, the medium about 90.
Usually, tank is as high as it is
wide and twice as long.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-08
Landlords lag
In Rent Set-up

At least $500 Imperial Valley
landlords have yet to register with
the U. S. government area rent con-
troll office, K. r. Edmunds, area
director, said Friday.
Edmunds observed that approxi-
mately TOO of total of 1900 land
lords have complied with govern
mental Stipulations, which specify
that they must report to the rent
control offices.
"A lot of the apparent lassitude,"
EdmundS said, "can be laid to va
cations But there are those people
who are inclined to procraStinate,
who put off registering today be-
cause they can do it tomorrow
Registration deadline has been
set for October Is.
But" Edmunds admonished, If
the landlord has been charging
rents above those of March l, l943,
and the necessity for his lowering
those rents arises, he will find it a
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-08
Patch Advances
Against Hard
Fighting Nazis

ROME. Sept. &. tUP)-T'he bat
tered German 10th Army was MAX
ing intense rear guard stands
through south central France Fri
day fer the first time in nearly two
weeks but failed to halt fast driving
American and French troops now
within 40 miles of the Belfort Gap
into Germany.
All along the Allied line from
near the Swiss border to the Saone
river. Lieutenant-Ge Alexan-
der M. Patch's Seventh army forces
were encountering stiffening resist
ance as the Germans fell back to-
ward Belfort and the fatherland.
In one sector the Germans even
drew from their meager tank re-
sources in a desperate attempt to
stop the rapid Allied drive, but
without success.
American troops, driving along
the main highway to Belfort, ran
into heavy machine gun, mortar
and tank fire when they reached
the outskirts of Besancon, an i'm
portant communications center on
the Doubs river and the Rhone-
Rhine canal.
The Germans put up series of
Continued on Page 8, Col. q
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-08
bombers Blast
for Patton

targets, but holes in the clouds per-
mitted some pin-point visual bomb
ing at Ludwigshafen.
An official announcement of the
bombardment, virtually tactical
operation in direct support of the
land armies driving against Ger
many, said the targets were chem
ical and synthetic oil plants at
Ludwigshafen. an ordnance depot
at Kastel, and a tank and armored
vehicle plant at Gustavsburg.
Improving weather enabled the
Eighth Air Force to resume opera
tions on a major scale. and large
forces of planes headed by U. S.
heavy bombers were reported shut
Ting over the channel
A strong force of Lancasters of
the Royal Air Force bomber COM
mand again attacked the German
garrison and fortified positions at
lie Havre.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-08
B-29s Hammer Jap Steel
Plants I'm Munchuriu

which operate from secret bases far
back in the China-Burma- India
theater.
Arnold did not disclose the num-
Der of planes taking part in the
raid, nor did he Identify the exact
targets.
The Tokyo radio, however, re-
ported that up to 40 American
planes of large type"-a phrase
used before by the japanese to
describe B-29s-had hit the i'm
portant industrial cities of Antung
and Anshan, the latter which felt
B-29 bombs in previous raid six
weeks ago.
One broadcast, directed in English
to the South Pacific and recorded
by FEC monitors, said the forma-
ton comprised several tens" of
large" planes. phrase previously
used by the japanese in describing
the big B-29 bombers.
Another Tokyo broadcast. heard
in London, said the formation con-
sisted of at least 30 TO 40 aircraft.
HIT IRON, STEEL CENTERS
The target in one broadcast was
identified as Anshan. an important
iron and steel center 55 miles SOUTH
west of Mukden. but another Tokyo
report said the Allied bombers were
over Antung, 100 miles southeast
of Anshan.
Antung. a city of 3l5.000 popula-
ton on the Yalu river seven miles
inland from Korea bay. Is the CEN
ter of the Manchuria Light Metala
company. the Manchuria Electris
corporation and the Suiho Hydro.
electric plant
None of the broadcasts claimed
that any planes were shot down.
although two reports heard by FCxJ
said the Allied formations wers
engaged by Japanese planes over
both Antung and Anshan.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-08
.U. s. Arnnored Units
Smash Into Metz
-Four Big Allied
Armies Push
Toward Berlin

WITH U. S. 3RD ARMY
MOSELLE VALLEY,
Sept. 8. 90 p.m.)-(UP)-
American armore d units
crossed the Moselle below
Metz and established three
new bridgeheads, two in the
Metz area and one near Toul,
and a spokesman predicted
the fortress cities guarding
the approaches to the Reich
would fall or be neutralized
within two days.
Four Armies Pound Lines
Four Allied armies : the
American First, Third, and
Seventh and the British Sec
ond-were driving the final
miles up to the German from
tier preparatory to a final
offensive into the Reich, soon
to be opened somewhere
along the 500-mile border
stretch between Switzerland
and northern Holland.
The British Mediterranean
radio reported that the A
merican Third and Seventh
armies had joined in the area
i Belfort, establishing an
1nbroken Allied front from
he North Sea to the Medit-
erranean, but there was no
immediate confirmation.
MOUes Are Yelled
A security blackout OBJ
scured most of the current
operations. Front dispatches
from the Moselle Valley,
however, revealed tnat the
Third army was waging a
general offensive from its
bridgeheads across the river.
They predicted captule of
Metz and Nancy would col
lapse the Nazi defense line
Continued ON Pg. 8. Col. ID
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-08

simpler procedure to make correc-
tions now than later. In the first
place. if such is the case, he will
have less rent to return to his ten
ants now than at the end of the
registration period"
Asked if the organizations per-
sonnel quota had been reached,
Edmunds said that provision has
been made for two additional en-
plcyes should the need warrant.
There are at present five women
and three men, including the di-
rector, employed by the control
agency. he said.
Coupled with announcement that
r. B. Whitelaw, El Centre attorney.
has been named as the legal repre-
sentative of the control office, was
the news that Thomas Malott, re-
gional attorney fer the area, was
visiting in FL Centre Friday and
Saturday. Malott's two-day trip will
effect a conference between White
law and himself on legal matters.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-08

Face
Dim
WildIife Unit
Sends Member
To Map Battle

The duck menace was less
menacing Friday with the
arrival of E. E. Horn, biolo-
gist of the federal bureau of
wildlife, who is determined
to do something drastic and
lasting to protect Imperial
Valley crops from duck dep
relations.
Imperial Valleys crop loss
of between 100000 and
100000 last year wa S
caused, he estimated, by the
31,00O,0O0 ducks making the
valley their port of call while
travelling the Pacific flyway
last year.
Horn will spend his time in the
valley conferring with farmers and
sportsfnen and stddying The situa-
ton from every angle.
AT FARM BUREAU MEET
His first conference will be with
directors and alternates of the I'M
perial County Farm Bureau at the
court house in Ell Centro at 80
pm. Saturday. The regular meet
ing of the organization will begin
at l:30 pm. as usual and Horn
will begin his conference with the
farmers at 2 pm. He next will con-
fer with the members of the joint
war board and farm bureau Wild
life depredations committee at the
court house at 130 pm. Wednes-
day.
Horn said attempts were being
mace to get the game commission
Continued on Page 8, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-08

LONDON, Sept. 8. CUP) More
than 1900 American warplanes
struck a triple blew Friday at the
German war centers of Ludwigs-
hafen Kastel, and Gustavsburg in
the Rhineland directly ahead of the
United States armies closing against
the Siegfried line.
Upward of 1000 Flying Fortresses
and Liberators smashed at Lud-
wigshafen, great industrial and
transport center on the west bank
of the Rhine 35 miles from the
French border, and the neighboring
towns of Gustavsburg and Kastel,
both in the Rhine valley across
from MainZ.
The Eighth Air Force bombing
armada was escorted by United
States Mustang fighters. Spotty
weather forced the bombardiers to
RELY on instruments at some of the
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-08
1000 Trucks Set
For Farm Use
Under Priority

With announcement that 1000
trucks will be released shortly for
civilian use, Rudolph Miller. secre-
tary of the agricultural conserva-
ton association. disclosed Friday
that farmers will hold priority for
vehicle purchase in Imperial VAL
ley.
The agency was assured OF the
vehicle release by a notice issued
by Dave Davidson, chairman of the
USDA war board.
Vehicles will be grouped as fol-
lows: /, standard pickups; 2, stand
ard " ton flat racks; 3. standard
larger than 1h-ton flat racks.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-08
Strike Ties Up
B.24 Output

DETROIT. Sept. 8. CUP)-Produc-
ton of B-24 bombers at the Ford
Motor companys Willow Run plant
was halted Friday by a strike OF
Crane operators and riveters.
A Ford company spokesman said
that the plant was shut at noon,
but would reopen for the p. m,
shift and work would resume then
if a sufficient number of employees
reported.
The spokesman said the walkout
by members of the United Auto
mobile Workers 0CIO union fol-
lowed transfer of approximately 20
riveters from one department, where
they no longer were needed, to an
other at the same rate of pay.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-08
Wyoming Senator Demands
State Rights on Water

will be compelled to stand by and
see it flow downstream unable to
drink of it,
He introduced a resolution asking
congress to recognize the rights of
states to determine the development
of watersheds within their borders
and their interests and rights in
water utilization and control.
The conference was called to
draw up resolutions asking the gov
ernment to amend the omnibus riv-
ers and harbors bills and flood con-
troll bills now pending before the
senate.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-08
Come on Over
To Valley
And Cool Off!

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 8. (UP)
With Thursdays mark of 103,
highest of the year, tn set an ex-
ample, Friday got off to a good
start at 1880 a. m.. with warm
II, highest minimum temperature
recorded since s ,ptember 20, 1899.
The temperature at 10 a. m. Fri
day was 90.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-08
Balkans Become
Graveyard for
Battling Nazis
Revc.+ Smashes
Germans Hope
Of HOLDING Out

LONDON, Sept. 8. (UP)-
Russian tanks and troops
were reported overrunning
all Bulgaria and striking out
for the Adriatic and Aegean
coasts Friday.
Yugoslav sources said the
Red army's Balkan offensive
had touched off q general
uprising against Nazi occu-
patton forces in Serbia.
Reports from Allied and enemy
sources indicated that the greatest
combined operation of the Balkan
war was in full swing, poising an
imminent threat of encirclement
and destruction to possibly 375,000
German troops in southeastern Eur
ope.
DEFENSE CRUSHED
An official statement from Allied
headquarters in Italy said railroads
and highways in Yugoslavia had
been damaged SO badly by bombing
and sabotage that organized Ger
man resistance to the Russian threat
from Romania was impossible.
The success of the combined AL
lice Partisan activity prevents the
Germans from pulling back into
Germany on any planned scale, the
summary said.
Word of the new offensive came
close after an announcement that
Allied commando units landed in
strength in western Yugoslavia.
Joined forces with Marshal JoSip
Tito's Partisans, and were moving
eastward toward the Danube and
a juncture with the Red army
Berlin said the Russians had
Continued on Page 8, Col. .
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-08

CHICAGO, Sept. 8. (UP)
Senator Joseph O'Mahoney
CD, Wyoming, told the wa
ter conservation congress
Friday that "The right of
the people to use the water
as it flows by their doors
should be written into a law
so the housewife and the farmer
won't have to stand by unable to
use the water to wash their dishes
or make their living off the land"
He told delegates from 20 mid
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-08
State and County
Offices TO Mark
California Dav"

The ninety-fourth anniversary of
California's admission to the union
will be observed in Imperial county
Saturday by the general closing of
state, county and city offices, banks
and title companies.
Other businesses and offices,
however, will follow their customary
schedules and carry on business as
usual.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-08
RUSS FORCES SWEEP ACROSS BULCARIA
Soviet Envoy,
To Toxic, and
War Lord Meet
BY UNITED PRESS

Soviet Ambassador to Japan
Yakov Malik and Japanese For
eign Minister Namoru Shigemitsu
conferred for an hour and a half
Friday. following Malik's return
from Moscow, Radio Tokyo said
Friday.
The broadcast, heard by United
Press in San Francisco, said Ma
lik called at the foreign minister's
official residence, presumably as
a matter of courtesy. but added
that they "conversed on various
matters" during the one and a
half hour period.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-08
Phosphate Waits
Valley Farmers

Approximately 1900 tons of 20 per
cent phosphate to be used as farm
conservation material will be ready
fer distribution September 20, Ru-
dolph Miller, secretary of the Ag-
ricultural Conservation association,
told Imperial valley farmers Friday.
Miller said the phosphate. shipped
from Florida, will be available to
farmers from the opening date of
distribution through the month of
October.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-08

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8.
(UP)-B-29 Superfortresses
struck Friday at important
industrial targets" in Japan
ese dominated Manchuria,
the war department announc-
ed, and the Tokyo radio in
dicated that the targets were
the factory cities of Antung
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-08
Three Navy Men
Die in Crash

FALLON. New, Sept. 8. (UP)-
Three navy airmen were killed late
Thursday afternoon when their dive
bomber crashed at the Fallon naval
air station, the 18th naval district
disclosed Friday.
The bomber. which was circling
the station on training flight,
crashed from an altitude of 800
feet.
Names of the airmen killed are
being withheld pending notification
of next of kin.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-08
Economist Cites
Postwar PeriIs

in the stock market. These tell us
about the big railroad profits, the
new uses for plastics and alloys
and the other new products which
are going to revolutionize our way
OF living" Electronic, television and
other stocks are being ballyhooed to
an unreasonable degree.
If Germany cracks some time be-
Continued on Pg. 8, Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-08

western and western states that he
favored states rights in the matter
of water control to harness to-
gether all the beneficial uses of
water in accordance with the. de-
gree of service to the people"
O'Mahoney said he advocated the
construction of engineering works
"of such a gigantic character that
they can affect the entire river
system,
primarily we of the western
states are interested in seeing that
water that rises in the upper basin
will not be taken away so that we
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-08

and AnShan.
The new assault by the mammoth
bombers against Japan's war-mak-
ing potential was announced by
General Henry H. Arnold. chief of
the army air forces and head of
the goth Bomber Command, which
guides operations of the B-29's.
EIGHTH MISSION
1t was the eighth attack mission
by the big four -engined bombers
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-08
Death Summons
Ex-senator

ALPENA, Mich, Sept. 8. (UP)--
Ex-Sen. James Reed, 80, Missouri,
Democrat, died of a bronchial all
ment at his Oscoda county ranch
Friday after weeks illness.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-08

Editors Note: With this issue
the Post-Press announces that Mr..
Babson becomes a regular con-
tributOr.)
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-08
Dewey Declares
New Deal Fears
Peace Depression
BY JOHN L. CUTTER

ABOARD DEWEY CAMPAIGN
TRAIN, Sept. 8. CUP)-Governor
Thomas E. Dewey sped toward
Louisville. Kentucky. Friday to out
fine his views on how TO prevent
future wars in a speech to con-
vention of Republican women Fri
day night.
Dewey formally opened his cam
paign in Philadelphia Convention
hall Thursday night. In the first
of seven major speeches scheduled
for his three-week swing to the west
coast. he told a visual audience es-
timated at 1880 and nationwide
radio audience that the Roosevelt
administration is "afraid to let men
out of the army" because it lacks
confidence in Americas ability to
return to peacetime economy.
QUOTES HERSHEY
Quoting Selective Service Direc-
tor Major General Lewis B. Her
shey as having announced that de-
mobilization of the armed forces
will be gradual process because
I'VE can keep people in the army
about as cheaply as we could create
an agency for them when they are
out" Dewey declared:
1.-The New Deal prepares to keep
men in the army because it is afraid
of resumption of its own depres-
zion" he asserted. They can't
think of anything for us to do once
we stop building guns and tanks
Dewey said he believes that mem
bers of the armed forces should be
Continued on Pg. 8, Col. A.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-08
GETS JAIL TERM

GETS JAIL TERM
Leroy Thorpe, 18, Negro, who
pleaded innocent to a charge of
destroying state property. was found
guilty Friday and sentenced to
spend 10 days in the county Jail
by Judge Lee Nuffer in police court.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-08
BY ROGER w. BABSON

BABSON PARK, Mass, Sept. 8.
We hear a lot of ballyhoo today
by brokers, investment advisors and
others about the great opportunities
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-08
D 4Ms!!xe AIn!Mte
EpoRTER
Too Much Faith

Too Much Faith
To Salem. oregon, residents I'M
perial Valley apparently is tropi-
cal land of milk and honey where
the weather all the year around is
so mild that the natives go about
clad in smiles and scanties.
Anyway that is what Mrs. Glenn
Holt thought when she found she
was to move from Salem to FL
Centre.
She sold her fur coat and brought
only two blankets.
Heb! Heb! He!
Barbara Small and Central Union
High school teachers have a rough
time ahead of them.
Since early June Barbara has been
doing about half a regular cow
hands work on a cattle ranch in
Sonora, Mexico, about 30 miles south
of the border at Douglas, Arizona.
There are only two American fam
lilies within a radius of 4a miles
of the ranch. This is about equal
to 200 miles compared to things
hereaboutS.
1t will take the first half term
for Miss PrOudfoot to unlearn Bar
bara from the Mexican n-American-
ese she has been using this summer
and for Mrs. Miller to unlearn her
from the Indian-Spanish she has
Continued on Pg. 8, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-08

Japanese Imperial headquarters,
issuing its first communique in more
than a month, Friday announced
the occupation of the United States
air force field at Lingling and cap
ture of the city itself.
Tokyo radio heard by United
Press, San Francisco said the fall
of Lingling in Human province fore
shadowed the fall of another Amer
lean advanced air field at Kweilin,
the Paris of China" across the
border in Kwangsi province.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-08
japan
Base
Struck
u. S. Warships
Bombard
Isle Of PaIau
BY UNITED PRESS

American warships have
shelled Palau, Japan's i'm
portant island base in the
western Carolines only 593
miles from Davao in the
Philippines, Tokyo radio re-
ported Friday in a broadcast
recorded by United Press,
San Francisco.
The enemy report did not indi-
cate the day of the shelling, but
Pacific fleet headquarters announc-
ed that fighter planes from car
rier task group attacked the Pal
aus in force Tuesday.
Tokyo reported other American
raids on Japanese positions in the
central Pacific.
Several planes raided Menado in
the Celebcs Tuesday and on the
same day group of B-24's, escort
ed by fighters. again attacked "the
southern part of Mindanao island"
presumably Davao, in the Philip
pines, Tokyo said.
On Wednesday 16 heavy bombers
again attacked Two island in the
Volcano group, and IL raiders bomb
ed Kavieng, New Ireland, the jap
anese reported.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-08
WEATHER

Maximum Thursday 10S. minimum
Friday IL; am. Friday IS, humid
ity So; noon Friday 104, humidity
33; pm. Thurs. los, humidity 10.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1944-11-22
All In Outfit Offer
Blood for Companion

FORT LEWIS-Pfc. Daniel E.
Williams, of New Orleans, La, a
Negro engineer-soldier stationed
at Fort Lewis army service fore
es training center, was rushed to
the hospital recently for an en-
Urgency operation. Word reached
his outfit via grapevine that. his
condition was critical, due to
serious loss of blood. Immedi-
ately, every man in his unit,
Company E, 93rd Engineer regi-
ment, volunteered blood for
TRANSMISSION.
For several hours. despite a
taxing day in the field, and lack
of sleep, the soldiers stood in
long line awaiting the call. Not
until doctors declared Williams
out of danger did the men re-
turn to their barracks.
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More About
Traffic Director

With a you can't 40 that to
me, Judge" Traffic Director
Butler | Immediately secured a
warrant for the witness, ]. Cha
Wis, and served it on him in the
court room. Chavis Immediately
handed it to Attorney Garvin,
his counsel, who in turn handed
1t to his honor, and with one of
those contempt of court" looks
disposed of it to his own liking.
Same case-same witness same
warrants - same no crime and
again and again and again the
stubborn traffic officer insisted
on using the taxpayers money
by the simple trick, to use the
words of his honor, you can
take steel rod and by some
means stretch it into a wire
We doubted if that traffic Of
ficer caught it's significance. The
only thing that was not done,
his honor should have cited him
for contempt of court, when he
served warrant No. 2.
That Judge Hodgson "Ain't
playing with any of you" Be
sure you are right-then come
into court.
Moral: Should you pass vic
tim, helpless under the wheel
of a car-do not try to extricate
him If in the area of Traffic
Director Roberts. Better jump
in the car and help hold him
down till Director Roberts shows
up.