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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-05

ward 10 day when the Harms
worth viii again be an annual
event, He believes the progress
made IN boats IN the last few
years Will result in speeds OF
200 miles an hour, or more,
when the competition is re-
stunned
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-05
LOUIS 4 SERGEANT

When The Detroit Times had
its famed -C-ty -ef Champions
banquet IN 1885 Joe Louis was
one of the guests Joe hadn't
won the heavyweight title yet,
bur most fight experts agreed
thar was Just awaiting the ape
pcaIancc of lno champion and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-05
The Greater Same:
lie Baseball
Coach Moved
To Florida
The Greater Game:
BY EDGAR HAYES

1t. Charles ZeHo. baseball
coach al Crosse Tie Naval Air Sta
ton. has been transferred 10
Florida -. He formerly coached
al sports AZ Akron o.. His
team won The Detroit Times Serv-
-IccmenS baseball title last fall
&C.. NJ Sgt Hugh DAILY, who pitched
for The editorial department m
the Times Softball competition
was home last week He is al
Camp Grubcr. Oklahoma
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-05

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-05
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Evening star., 1944-04-20
American U. 10 Present
Science Show Saturday

The sixth biennial science show
presented by the science depart.
ments of American University will
be opened at 7 pm. Saturday in
Hurst Hall on the university cam
pus. The show will also be open
from 2:30 pm. to $50 pm. Sunday.
AS a special feature of the show,
which is open to the public, the
"Microvivarium," which magnifies
and projects living micro-organisms
invisible to the eye, will be shown in
the campus gymnasium at 8 pm.
Saturday. The protector will be
presented by its originator, DR..
George Roemmert, physician and
biologist from New York.
Visitors may participate in tests
of their heart beat, blood pressure,
hemoglobin and may have a mi
croscopic view of the bacterial
dental ZOO" found in their mouths.
The show, under. sponsorship of
Beta Beta Beta, national honorary
biological fraternity. will be under
direction of students as well as fra
ternity members.
Evening star., 1944-04-20
BY NEWBOLD MOVES,

AMERICAN BOMBER BASE IN
ITALY By Wireless) 1T is S am.
and the stars are cold in the sky.
The pilots, navigators and bombar-
diers have hurried through a sleepy
breakfast and now they trudge
through the mud to the briefing
room, which is in low wooden
building off by itself. There they
sit on benches and learn about the
days job.
The group operations officer talks
to them first. He Is a major, "a
years old.
Here is the schedule" he says,
Positions at 5:45, warm up at 6:15,
taxi at 6:32, take off at 6:44."
He gives them the exact time,
places and heights at which they
will take their formations, rendez-
vous with other groups and meet
their fighter escort. He gives the
radio call signs for all the groups
involved-fantastic words like gar
bage" or "drumstick," with numbers
thrown in for good measure.
We're leading the third wave"
he says.
Next Comes Weather Man.
Next comes the weather man."
He describes the predicted weather
and cloud conditions all the way to
the target and the estimated wind
velocity and temperatures at various
heights up to over 10000 feet. The
men bending over their pads as they
take notes look like college boys at
a lecture. Only their clothes are
different. This is a class which they
do not cut, in which they do not
sleep, for their lives may depend on
their understanding Of what is
said.
Conditions over the target should
be ceiling unlimited, visibility to
6 miles-it says here"
The group intelligence officer
takes over, a plump, fatherly little
man with gray hair and twinkling
blue eyes. He swings his pointer
to the wall map and brings it down
with q snap on town in Northern
italy.
"The target is near Treviso. Tre-
viso Is a walled city and in It there
are some historical monuments that
you don't want to hit"
Gives Them Alternate Targets.
A nurmur runs through the audi
ence as the intelligence officer To-
Gates the target precisely with re-
|spect to the walled city. He gives
them an alternate target, to be hit
in the event that they cannot reach
their primary objective.
"You all know" he goes On, "that
enemy fighters are thick in that
region. They may or may not come
out. You might get through with
very little opposition. If The enemy
comes out, on the other hand, you
know as well as I that you will
have your hands full. A good deal
|of ack-ack has probably been moved
into that area recently, because they
have been making so much use of
this military installation which is
your target"
He smiles cheerily and then sits
down. It Is the group commander's
turn. A 30-year-old lieutenant colo
mel who looks like a younger and
tougher Cary Grant. He rises to give
his flyers a parting admonition. He
takes a piece of paper from his
pocket.
II have here" he says, "a mes
sage from the fighter boys. You
know what s wonderful feeling 1t
is to see those babies weaving back
and forth across the top of our for
nations. Well, they don't like 1t
as wen as we do. They are getting
fed up with us because we talk too
damn much on the radio and be-
Evening star., 1944-04-20
D. 6. Man Found Guilty
On Punderinq CHARGE

George Colbert, 38, colored, yes
terday afternoon was found guilty
by District Court jury of pander-
ing in connection with arranging a
date for an 18-year-old girl last
October in a downtown hotel. JUS
tice Matthew F. Mcclure, who pre-
sided at the trial. did not immed-
lately set date for sentencing.
Two men and a woman already
are serving time on white slavery
charges in connection with trans
porting the girl from Roanoke, Va,
to this city. Colbert was prosecuted
by Assistant United States Attorney
Raw l.. Jenkins.
Evening star., 1944-04-20
Policeman Duvoll Asks
New Trial in Beutino

James Duvall, %, suspended Dis
trict policeman, who was convicted
last Friday in Municipal Court Of
assaulting a 16-year-old boy, filed
a motion yesterday asking for e
new trial. Argument on the mo-
tion was set for April "a by Judge
Thomas D. Quinn.
The motion charges that a hunt
ing jacket, which Duvall claimed
he wore on the day of the al
legged assault, but which had not
been introduced in evidence, was
allowed to be brought into the jury
Evening star., 1944-04-20
Pilots Get Minute Instructions
Before Setting Out for Targets

cause we've been stringing out our
formations.
Straggler Is Dead Duck.
God knows I've preached tight
formations long enough to you guys.
If you're tucked in tight, nobody is
coming in after you. But any one
of you who straggles is a dead duck.
Cut out this bulling over the air
and make those formations close.
We've got pretty good fighter
cover today-for us. In England if
they send out 400 bombers they send
out 300 fighters along with them.
Here we believe in doing it the other
way around"
The boys laugh.
That's ALL" says the group COM
mander.
They 60 out of the hut. 1t is
getting light outside and half of
them are whistling.
Evening star., 1944-04-20
THE EVENING STAR, Washington D. c. Ali
THURSDAY.

room for examination while the
panel was celebrating.
The case was prosecuted by John
Lane, assistant United States at
torney.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-15
Plan
Italy Line Tour

NAPLES, Dec. Is. (UP)-Mem-
bers of the United States houses
military affairs committee began
tour of American installations in
Italy Friday with assurances that
they would be permitted to enter
the front line foxholes if they
wished
Representative John NJ Costello
Cd California, revealed the prom
iSe of frontline visit in a brief
speech following a luncheon in the
senior officers club on their arrival
IL Italy Thursday. The committee
III France had not been permitted
to go closer than 10 miles from the
front, Costello said.
Lieutenant General Ira C. Eakcr
told the committee that the Allies
III the italian theater were only
too anxious to show them anything
they wanted to see.
Representative j. Parnell Thomas
(RD New jersey said the delega-
tion now realized that the war
fronts we're tougher than it or any
one else in the United States imag-
ined.
After motoring to Naples the ma
jority cf the committee members
witnessed a performance of La Bo-
heme from the royal box of the
Naples Opera house. Costello sat
III the chair Adolf Hitler occupied
when entertained by Premier Benz
to Mussolini in 1888, while Thomas
sat in MuSsolini'S chair.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-15
District Lays
Postwar Plans

dents will be interested in what this
huge program covers.
THE EAST MESA
To the east Of and adjacent to the
developed area of Imperial Valley
lies large area of unentered gov
ernment land known as the East
Mesa. Under the terms of the Boul-
der Canyon project act, passed in
December, 1923, lands in this area
have been recerved for war veterans
Under this act and the contract
between the government and Impe-
rial Irrigation District dated De-
cember l, 1882, there has been con-
structed the All-American canal, in
which capacity has been included for
the East Mesa lands. In building the
canal. head gates required to serve
the East Mesa we're installed, anc
under the terms of the contract
the lands have been included within
Continued on Page 3, Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-15
County'sAII-Star
Youths Named

Helen Elizabeth Worthington. 18
of Imperial, and Elmer Joel Halves
18, of Acacia, Thursday night were
selected as the Imperial county All
club All Stars for 1914.
Both winners were out of the
county when the selection was made
Miss Worthington attending the BIZ
BILE institute in Los Angeles and
Hawes taking his military training
with an army tank corps at Fort
Knox, Kentucky.
Because of the war duties OF
Hawes, Miss Worthington probably
will be the county's sole representa-
tive at the statc All Star COMPETE
ticn in Berkeley next April.
The selection of the All-Stars is
enc of the most important of All
club activities and the winners have
reached almost the peak OF club
accomplishments and hOnors. The
county winners will go tc the state
conference to compete for the honor
of being the Diamond All-Stars OF
California. The Califo: mia winners
Continued on Page 3, Col. q
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-15
Ward Properties
Face Seizure
In Labor Dispute

WASHINGTON, Dec. Is. CUP)-
The government headed toward a
swift new showdown with Montgcm-
cry Ward & Co. Friday with federal
seizure or some other form of drastic
action in prospect for Ward proper
ties in six states.
The labor beard cleared the way
for the showdown when it gave the
firm until Monday to comply with
WLB directives on wages and union
security at four Detroit stores
where strikes already are in prog
ress-under the threat Of possible
sanctions or government seizure"
FAILED TO APPEAR
The WL9 order came after the
company failed to appear at hear
ing Thursday to show cause why it
had not complied with the directives,
which involved virtually the same
issues that led to seizure of Wards
big Chicago properties last April
The company also refused to at
tend board hearings Friday on its
noncompliance in plants in San
Rafael, California; ST. Paul, Min
nesota; Chicago (printing and dis
play factory) Denver, Colorado, and
Jamaica, New York. The board was
expected to fellow the pattern in the
Detroit case and order the company
to comply with its directives within
five days or face drastic action
against those properties as we'll.
The United retail. Wholesale and
Department Store Employees tCIOD,
which represents the 1900 Ward
workers in Detroit, said the strike
and picket lines would continue
there until Monday.
Samuel Wolchok, union president,
told the WLB that Ward workers in
other cities would like to join the
strike and that he feared the De-
troit walkout might spread.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-15

The new invasion of Germany
gave General Dwight D. ELsenhoW-
er's American armies three spring.
boards on the Nazi-styled holy soil"
OF the Reich-the great bridgehead
carved out west of Cologne by the
First and Ninth armies, the foot
hold in the Saarland won by the
Third army, and now the Seventh's
seizure of the Palatinate territory.
MASS ON ROER
Only on the Seventh army front
we're the Americans engaged in a
war of movement against the Nazi +.
The First army was maSsing on
the west bank of the Roer and
hammering down Nazi resistance in
the outskirts of Cologne, while stiff
German resistance had virtually
stalled the Third army push into
the Saar basin.
-Four months to the cay after
splashing ashore In southe rn
France, the Seventh army units
smashed through the dumpy VoS-es
foothills into Germany.
A German frontier sign marked
the border where the first troops OF
the Seventh stepped onto German
soil at 1870 pm. The Siegfried Inc
itself lies about a mile from The
border in that section.
Front dispatches said that an
other crossing into Germany by
the Seventh appeared imminent or
perhaps alrea6y had been achieved.
AT BORDER TOWN
The 77th division was camped
Thursday night at the border tom
OF Scheibenhard, two miles from he
Rhine in the corner of France.
Twin columns spearing up The
Rhine valley north of Seltz reached
Scheibenhard during the night and
were attacking near Lauterbourg at
daybreak.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-15
Christmas Seal
Sales Fall Off

Only 10 per cent of those who re-
ceived Christmas Seals had re-
turned their contributions by De-
cember II. Mrs. M. E. Ryan, cam
paign chairman for the Imperial
County tuberculosis and Health
association, announced Friday.
The associations 1914 Christmas
Seals were mailed November 80
Contributions should be made by
Christmas, she said.
On December IL the sale of
Christmas Seals amount t e d to
S4019.36, which is less than half of
what will be urgently needed by I'm
perial County tuberculosis associa-
ton in the coming year to carry on
its campaign against tuberculosis, it
was announced.
Mrs. Ryan said that at cost of
S2500 the County tuberculosis and
Health association is bringing the
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-15
War Bond Quota
Lacks S147,247

Imperial county, when night falls
Saturday, will have had to invest
$l45,247 in war bones if the coun-
ty's quota of $2,750,OOO is met.
This is the last minute announce
ment made Friday noon by Herb
Fawcett, county chairman. Thurs
days sales failed to reach the daily
quota set to reach the goal.
Directors of the drive reminded
the people of the entire valley that
bonds of $l00 or higher denomina-
tions purchased before Saturday
night will entitle the purchasers to
a tour Of the El Centre Marine Air
base Issuing agencies only are dis
tributing the tickets.
The tours start at l pm. on Sat-
urday and Sunday and all who
take advantage of the offer will be
met at the marine base gates by
Marines who will conduct the tours.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-15
Bombs
Rake
.L-uzon
carrier Planes
Smash Ships
Headed TO Ley+e

ALLIED HEADQUAR-
TERS, Philippines, Dec. Is.
(UP)--The wrecking of three
l000-ton ships and at least 81
planes in air raids softening
up LuZOn was announced
Friday as the Leyte cam
paign approached it's final
stage with japanese casual
ties already totaling 82,554.
"a broac cast Domei dispatch re-
corded by the FEC said about 90
planes hit Manila, "a we're over
LegaSpi. about 10 over Batangas and
about 20 over Lipa. The Japanese
said that in order to make the raids,
a task force appeared "in the waters
east of the Philippines for the first
time since late last month";
CARRIER PLANES
Carrier planes set the pace for the
latest series of attacks with raids
on harbor and -airfield installations,
presumably including those in the
Manila area, Thursday Preliminary
and incomplete reports showed that
at least ID enemy planes were shot
down and II destroyed on the
ground, a Pearl Harbor communique
said.
Land-based planes of MacArthur'S
command added to the destruction
with an attack on Legaspi airdrome
in southern Luzon and the sinking
of three 1000-ton freighters in Verde
passage off the southwest coast.
Other land-based planes harassed
shipping in Manila bay without op-
position, but results were not an
nounced.
Elsewhere in the Philippines. Mac
Arthur's planes sank small freight
er and patrol craft near Mindoro
and bombed airfields on Negros,
where four parked planes were de-
strcyed.
American long-range artillery on
Lcyte also joined in the destruction
of enemy installations. Wiping out
a barge nest in the Antilao river
northeast of Ormoc.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-15

livery or .use of electricity for
christmas lighting display in the
business district or residential
locations If the connecting facil-
tiles now exist"
This means any and all who have
the lights may hook them up as
usual.
Chairman Evan T. HeWeS of the
District advised the PoSt-PreSs as
fellows:
"Imperial Irrigation District has
not received any request from the
War Production Board this year
to curtail the use of electricity
And, he added, christmas light
ing will not interfere with power
distribution"
And so, since there is nothing
against it" let us all get together
and make Ell Centro beautiful to
add to Yule cheer.
War never has, never can destroy
the spirit of Christmas. We shall
make the spirit manifest by out
ward appearances,
The time is all too short. Hunt
up the lights and decorations used
in pre-war days. Go as far as you
can in obtaining new equipment.
Begin now. Remember. too, that
the thousands of servicemen in the
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-15
Churchill Okehs Russiu's
Plans to Parcel Poland

ritorial concessions from Poland in
the east.
In return, the greater part of east
Prussia would be ceded to Poland,
he said, suggesting also that there
would be no objection from Britain
or Russia If the Poles also pushed
out their western borders into Ger
many proper.
The British-backed Russian plan,
Churchill said, envisages the virtual
extirpation of the Prussian state,
with the forced removal from their
homeland of most of the Prussian
junkers who traditionally have been
the heart and soul of the German
military machine.
The prime minister revealed that
the United States is fully aware of
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-15
Tokyo Reports Fire Bombs
From B-2qs Rake City

oWT). Tokyo broadcast recorded
oy FEC said.
There was hardly damage sus-
tanned by our side in the attacks y
he broadcast said
Tokyo also reported lone B-29s
over the Hanshin, or Osaka Kobe,
area and one other district whose
name could not be recorded by FEC
monitors because of atmospheric
conditions. Both planes filed after
econnaissance," Tokyo said.
1t was the first time that Tokyo
has reported Superfortresses over
the Osaka Kobe area and the flight
may presage major air blow at the
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-15
Cities
Budgets
Viewed
State Official
Cites Call
For Fiscal Aids

SACRAMENTO, Dec. Is.
(UP)-In view of increasing
state grants to local govern
ments, Dixwell l.. Pierce, sec
retary of the State Board of
Equalization, Friday suggest
ed the state may find it nee
essary to set up a bureau to
review city and county budg-
cts and see to it that the
grants are used effectively.
Pierce said he was informed there
was a movement to restore the state
sales tax to the three per cent rate
effective prior to July /, 1912, and
to earmark the Y per cent increase
over present rates for city and
county use.
Other plans Tor subventions and
offsets CT state money to local
governments reported are being
prepared for submission to the 1945
legislature, and several already are
IN effect.
Pierce has worked out the budget
Continued on Page 3, Col. A.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-15

California State tuberculosis asso-
citation mobile X-ray unit to the
valley for the period January to
January 16. Chest X-ray and dag
nosis will be provided free of charge
to anyone who wishes this wonderful
service. In order to secure the X-ray
service it is necessary to sign per-
nit which can be had from the
county health office at the court
house, Ell Centro, or from the school
superintendent in any town.
Permits for school children must
be signed by parents. Signed per-
mits must then be sent 10 DR..
Marian Hubbell, county health Off
GER, court house, FL Centro, so that
schedules of appointments may be
completed. The X-ray unit will
spend a day in the different towns
CT the valley for the convenience of
all who wish chest X-rays.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-15
Desperate Nazis
Block Russ at
Gates Of Budapest
BY BRUCE w. MUM

United Press Staff Correspondent
LONDON, Dec. Is. tUP)-Fanatic-
al German resistance appeared to
have stalled the Red army tempora-
rily at the gates of Budapest Friday
but jittcry Axis spckcsmen admitted
that Soviet pressure was increasing
hourly and called on the Hungarian
people to make their capital IAN
ether Stalingrad.'
Moscow, as usual in the climatic
stages of a great offensive, remained
silent on the progress of the assault
on Budapest. The early morning
communique centered on the fight
ing to the north and northeast where
converging Soviet columns struck in
force along the Slovak- Hungarian
border in a bid to trap thousands
of Germans in the mountains OF
eastern Slovakia.
Berlin commentators. however, re-
ported ferccious tank and infantry
battles all along the 50-mile siege
arc extending two-thirds of the way
around Budapest from the northeast
to the southwest.
The Germans said upwards OF
100000 Russian and Romanian
troops had been hurled into the
spreading battle for Hungary in a
gigantic effcrt to engulf Budapest
roll up the Nazi flanks above and
below the capital and lay open the
invasion road to Austria.
Both sides were reported suffer-
ing heavy casualties along the east
bank of the Danube where German
counter-attacks and a formidable
screen of Notifications temporarily
blocked Marshal Rodin Y. Malinov-
sky's Second Ukrainian army drive
through the outskirts of Pest,
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-15

district, $50 miles southwest of the
capital A similar reconnaissance
flight preceded the B-29 assault on
Nagoya, Japan's principal aircraft
manufacturing center, Wednesday
Kobe is Japan's biggest port and
also manufactures railway equip
merit and ships. Nearby Osaka, with
a 1910 population OF 3,252,0 manu-
features munitions, tanks, guns,
planes and other war products.
Tokyo made no mention of any
planes shot down or damaged in any
Of today's sorties, and it was indi-
Gated that all returned safely to
their bases.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-15
Thrust Threatens
Sieqfried Line
Pa+ch's Crossing Gives Yankees
Third Toehold on Holy Soil
As Battle Rases Nearer Cologne

PARIS, Dec. Is. (UP)-Leutenant General Alexander
NJ Pachs Seventh slashed the German border
from Asace into the Rhensh Paanate of Karlsruhe
Friday in the wars third invasion of the Reich by United
States forces.
Pachs veterans of the drive France from the
Mediterranean plunged their first spearhead into Germany
and drew up in the border region 19mile front in
push that threatened to turn the Segred line it's Kars
ruhe elbow
The first frontier crossing made in the area of
sembourg 10 miles west of Karlsruhe and 10 miles
west OF the extreme northeastern tip of France:
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-15

LONDON, Dec. Is. (UP)-
Prime M mist ter Winston
Churchill Friday indorsed
the Soviet Unions claim to a
postwar buffer state" carv-
ed out of eastern Poland and
tacitly invited the United
States to make public it's
stand on the explosive Russo
Polish dispute.
In a far-reaching definition of
the British policy on postwar Eu-
ropean settlements. Churchill told
the House of Commons that Great
Britain will support Russia at the
peace conference in demanding ter
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-15

WASHINGTON, Dec. IS.
Enemy broadcasts said B.
90 SuperfOrtresses made two
more nuisance attacks on To-
kyo with fire bombs Friday
and extended their reconnais-
sance for future raids to the
KObe-Osaka area, Japan's
most important war produc-
ton center.
Three Superfortresses hit Tokyo
about $3.50 a. m. Q1:30 a. m. Thurs
day, PVT, and lone Superior
tress followed through with another
raid at a. m. % p. m, Thursday,