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Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-12
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Yap Island

LIED HEADQUARTERS,
Southwest Pacific. July II. CUP)-
Far Eastern air Iorce i-iherators hit
Yap island with 80 tons of bombs
Sunday for the eighth time this
month in the campaign to neu-
tralize the japanese base in the
western Carolines, it was announced
Wednesday.
Five of 20 enemy intercepting
fighters were shot down as the Lib
erators pounded the township area
and the airdrome, where several
grounded planes were destroyed.
The long-range bombers also at
tackled Palau, Woleai, Sorol and
the Sonsoral islands in widespread
attacks through the Carolines.
Allied air patrols, operating off
the western end of the Dutch New
Guinea coast, attacked and beached
two small merchant vessels at
Ceram and scored near misses on a
lO,O00-ton enemy tanker off Moro
tai island, near Halmahera. A COM
munique said the big vessel was left
dead in the water.
Torpedo planes and fighters
dropped 80 tons of explosives on
the Rabaul area on New Britain
sinking a japanese float plane and
a patrol boat and damaging several
small craft.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-12
SPORTS PAGE
Nationals Take
AII-Sfar Game
In Stellar Ball

PITTSBURGH, july y. up
The bottom half of the National
league had proved too tough We'd
nesday for the top half of the
American league and the senior
circuit boaSted its most impressive
An-Star game triumph in the 12-
year history of baSeballs mid-sum-
mer world series.
For it was Phil Cavaretta and
big Bill Nicholson, whose Chicago
Cubs are buried deep in seventh
place in the National league PEN
nant race, who led an assault that
blasted a three year American
league victory streak by a 7-to-l
score and gave the Mats their
fourth triumph of the series.
The victim of their murderous
hitting before a sweltering crowd
of 29.589 at Forbes Field Tuesday
night was none other than Tex
Hughson of the Boston Red Sox.
Big Tex had won IA against only
three losses in the American league
pennant chase this year, but that
made little difference to the two
Chicago clouterS and their National
league teammates.
They hoped en- the Texas tosSer
from the Second-place Bo-SoX in
the fifth inning and before they
batted around the lineup they had
touched him for five hits and four
runs that made All-Star history. 1t
was the biggest inning the Mats
ever had in IL games against the
Americans, and it blew the ball
game wide open.
The Americans used five hurlers,
Borowy, Hughscn, Bob Muncrief,
Hal Newhouser and Bobo Newsom,
and they gave up II hits. The Mats
used four, Walters, Ken Raffens-
berger. Rip Sewell and Jim Tobin,
with Raffensberger getting credit
for the win in his first All-Star
start. The foursome gave the
Americans only six hits.
AS losing manager Joe Mccarthy
summed it up:
They out-pitched US, out-hit us
and made more runs. And they had
two tough lads named Cavarretta
and Nicholson"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-12

SOUTHEAS ASIA HEAD
QUARTERS, Randy, Ceylon, July
l2.-UP)-The japanese lost $4,000
dead in India last month while be-
ing driven almost back to the Bur-
mese border, it was announced
Wednesday as Allied troops in
northern Burma broke the last
enemy resistance on the Kamaing-
Mogaung road to free completely a
3OO-mile section of the vital Ledo
road.
Enemy positions in the Ukhrul
area were deteriorating rapidly,
with 600 japanese being routed at
Chepu and their escape points
blocked. A communique also report
ed further Japanese Withdrawals in
the Bishenpur area, southwest of
Imphal.
Chinese troops, which swept
around the Kamaing- -Mogaung road
several weeks ago to capture the
two enemy strongholdS, removed
the last blocks today.
In driving the enemy from the
Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-12
M AR K ETS
L. A. STOCKS

Los Angeles. July II UPl-Van De
kamp Bakers led advances on the Los An
geleS stock exchange Wednesday with a
Is rise on very active market. Twelve
issues went up, six down and 1S un-
changed. with D 500 sold The list:
Barker Bros. common 100 at Il, down
= ranSamerica 100 at 10S. unchanged; /;
Edison common 200 at 24A. unchanged; !;
Southern Pacific 100 at 32a. up Is;
Bandini 100 at ;, down \ Sinclair 100
al Ia unchanged Richfield 100 at 107S
down L Republic Petroleum 100 at So
unchanged, Standard oil 100 at 80 un-
changed; Sunray 100 at ~. up i Union
Oil 100 at 20k, unchanged; Aircraft Ac-
cesSories 100 at 5@S. up \ Cessna 100 at
a.. up *; California Packing 100 at 29A,
up * Consolidated Steel common 100 at
139s, unchanged; preferred 100 at 24L,
up 4 General Paint common 100 at l0ie,
up l. Hupp 100 at 3ss, unchanged; Men
asco 500 at lis. unchanged; Ryan 100
at 80. up Is Solar 200 at Al. down i
Van De Kamp 100 at y. up Is; Farms
worth 200 at 14h, up 3k.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-12
SPORTS
PARADE

NEW YORK, July IL. (UP)-FiVe
or six years hence, baseball players
will be recognized Immediately IN
any crowd by their pallor. They Will
be distinguished as readily as were
old-time gamblers of Abilene, Dooee
City and Tombstone-men VINO
never saw the sun.
For the past 104 years baseoali
performers have been oroh2eo
young men who were as intimate
with Old Sci as sundials. But tne
die has been cast to cause an
about-face in compilations on the
diamond, and to bring about other
changes perhaps in the trapplhgs
of our national paStime.
That historic proclamation a
Pittsburgh yesterday, in effect
changed baseball from an after
noon sport to nighttime diver
tissement. 1t disclosed that all ma
ior league clubs will be permitted
TO plav their remaining week-day
games at night during the current
campaign. Only Sundays were sal
vaged for the sun.
DESPITE the opinions of some re-
actionaries-like Ed Barrow, Bill
Benswanger, Horace Stoneham ana
Branch Rickey-that this "unllm-
tied" night ball positively cannot
prevail in peacetime, you can bet
YOUR last frcgskin on the likell-
hood that there will be no back
tracking, now that the doors have
been thrown wide open and the
lads have rushed pell-mell out into
the moonlight. Particularly after
they become convinced that the
lunar rays grow more box-office
cabbage, at all times, than the
warmer slants of the sun.
Since night ball was introduced
into the majors by Larry MacPhall
at Cincinnati in 1885, it has mus
cled in considerably upon the day
game-gradually at first against
robust opposition, but with surpris-
ing speed later under wartime con-
ditions. Eleven of the 16 major
league clubs have joined the night
parade; and the other five
Yankees. Tigers, Red Sox, Braves
and Cubs-doubtles will fall into
line as soon as they can obtain
lighting equipment.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-12
Mexican Worker S
Pdpers Reissued

Theodore Robles Rodriguez, n,
brought from Mexico to work on
the railroads, recently had all OF
his papers and money burned in a
fire at Southern Pacific Section
House 50, north of inland.
In order to continue his work, he
had to be fingerprinted and pho o.
graphed again, according to Tom
Finney of the Ell Centre War Man
power Commission.
The ration board wanted him to
advertise according to custom for
a new ration book but decided this
was unnecessary since the coupons
were burned.
Finney acted as interpreter and
it required approximately week
to straighten everything out.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-12
$4,000 Jops Die
In Burma Drive

highway, Lieut.. Gen, Joseph W.
Stilwell's forces opened one of the
most contested sections of the Ledo
road and left only 75-mile stretch
of the former Allied supply route
still in japanese hands.
The enemy-held section runs
from Myitkyina in Burma to Teng-
chung in China. Both the functions
are under attack by Allied forces,
with American and Chinese deep
into Myitkyina and other Chinese
almost completely surrounding
Tengchung on the Salween front.
The Ledo road, going eastward
from Tengchung, joins with the
Burma road at Paoshan and once
was one of the main supply routes
from northern India to China.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-12
L. A. LIVESTOCK
Los Angeles, July Il. CUP

Los Angeles, July 7. lUPI-
Cattle: Salable 1900, active. generally
steady with weeks decline; load good
s32-lb. fed steers Is 50: around S0O-b.
heifers 142 common to medium steers
1912. 75; few loads Mexican 10. 35-11 :
common to medium heiferS quoted To-
l.. so; common to medium cows 9-11.50;
cutter to common 7.25-S. so; Gamers down
to s. common to medium bulls $50
1880.
Calves: Salable 300. mostly steady;
load good to choice 42T-lb. slaughter
calves 1875. medium TO good calves and
vealers 1915. 25.
Hogs: Salable 1000. active. 1925 cents
higher; two loads good to choice 200-239
lbs. 145O-15. few 15t15. few packers 300
$50 lbs. 13. so; good light sows 11.5O, load
medium 570-lbs. sows 10
Sheep: Salable 200. nominal; good to
choice spring lambs quoted IA 50-15.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-12
ADMITS KILLING GIRL

SEATTLE, Wash, July IL. CUP)
Ed Heberling, 31-year-old shipyard
worker, who said he went rum
dunn when a 14-year-old girl re-
sisted his advances, beat and
strangled her to death and then
tried to commit suicide, police re-
vealed. The victim was pretty Har-
riett Louise Lindstrom, the only
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. C. R.
Lindstrom, who moved here from
Miami. Fla, month ago. Lind
strom is an inspector at the Boeing
Aircraft company.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-12
POULTRY & EGGS

POULTRY PRICES. (All points Imperial
Valley OPA Maximum set Oct. Il. 1913
First pTice-At ranch 10 wholesaler or re-
taller. Second prlce-Delivered To whole
saler or retailer. Third price-At ranch
to consumer:
Broilers, Leghorns. under 2h lbs, SOC.
pa to lbs, 2ec; fryers 3-4 lbs 29c;
roasters all weights. 2oc; fowl, Leigh orn.
all weights 35isc; colored. all weil hts
25ikc; ducks, all sizes 25c; rabbits, unter
5 lbs, 22-24c.
Los Angeles, July u tUPl-Eggs
Wholesale prices, consumer grade: Large.
Grade a 43-44, Grade 1884; medium.
Grade a 1886; small. Grade A 22-23.
Retail prices to consumer: Large. Grade
AA 53-55. Grade A 4S-51, Grade $40:
medium, Grade AA 42-46, Grade A 4O-44
small. Grade 29-31.
Candled graded eggs 10 retailers
Cases Large, Grade AA 47-49. Grade A
43-45. Grade 1886; medium. Grade A
37-3s; small, Grade 1927.
Butter unchanged al OPA ceilings.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-12
BY UNITED PRESS

The San Francisco Seals clung to
a perilous half-game lead in the
Pacific Coast league madhouse pen
nant chase Wednesday, after drop
ping a 1914 series opener to the
Portland Beavers Tuesday night
while Oakland was returning to a
second-place tie by whitewashing
San Diego. SO.
Seattle, sharing second spot with
the Acorns, was idle while Holly
wood was travelling to the northern
city. Sacramento bopped Los An
geles 1914 to leave the Angels in
fourth, one game behind San Fran
cisco and a half-game ahead of
San Diego.
BEAVERS CRAWL UP
The sixth-place Beavers jumped
to within three games of the lead
by pounding Seal left-hander Bill
Werle and relief hurler Pard Ballou
for IS hits, breaking a A tie with
a siX-run smash in the seventh.
Manager Marv Owen and Charlie
Peterson each hit safely three times
for the Beavers. Clarence FEEDER
meyer, relieving Marino Pieretti,
got credit for the win.
Oakland jumped on San Diego's
Chet Johnson for five runs in the
first inning to sew up SO win in
an otherwise tight pitching battle
between Johnson and Henry Cot
tom Pippen. Pippen allowed but
five scattered bingles while john
son gave up six, four of them in
the first. Singles by Emil Mailho,
Jake Caulfield, Billy Raimondi and
Pippen, combined with three walks,
did the damage.
SOLONS TAKE L. A.
The laSt-place Sacram men o
Solons, winners of their last six Sc
ries, made a good start on the sew
enth by pounding out a 1914 win
Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-12
BOLANOS WINS BOUT

LOS ANGELES, July Y. CUP
Enrique BolanoS, 122, Mexico City,
recovered in the late stages Tues
day night to win a highly unpopu-
lar decision over Tony Olivera, 121,
San Francisco veteran, in a 10
round bout at Olympic auditorium.
Olivera OutboXed the Mexican
fighter in the first six rounds, but
was sent to the floor in the sew
enth round with a left hook to the
jaw. The final two rounds went to
BolanoS by a shade.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-12
SUES FOR ANNULMENT
OF MARRIAGE

Victor Henry Balthasar Jr. Tues
day sued Pearl Anne Balthsar Jr
for annulment of their marriage,
He said he was of unsound mind at
the time of their marriage June "a,
1914. and didn't recover his reason
until the next day.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-12
CHICAGO GRAIN

Chicago. July IL UP)-Grain futures
staged a partial recovery on the board of
trade uesday following early weakness
brought on by the bearish implications of
the government crop report. Rye MAIN
tained' relative firmness and finished
strong
Wheat finished the day unchanged to
off * cent a bushel; oats was quoted
up y TO off ss rye up y to 1ls cents a
bushel and barley quoted up y to ! cent
Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-12
l.. A. HAY

Los Angeles. July -. (UPt-
U. S. No. l ,cSira ieafy 754. 50-36.50 y.
S. No. S31. .50-33. so: U. S. No. S31.5o-
33. so; U. S. No. ? leafy or No. green
$50 So 70 20; U. S. No. 2 S29-31 per ton.
No / barley hay S3o-31; No. l oat hay
N .3S
Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-12
Local Games

July 12-Telephone Co. VS.. Acmes
Imperial.
July 13-Sandy Beach VS.. Marine
Flyers.
July 14-Marine Group VS.. Bap-
fists.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-12

A particularly satisfying feature
of the fighting has been the fine
performance of troops-American,
British and Canadian-committed
to battle for the first time.-Gen-
,ral Eisenhower.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-12
ACE MILLER LOSES

SAN JOSE, Cal, July Y. CUP)-
Sammy Brown, Fresno lightweight,
decisioned Ace Miller, Los Angeles,
Tues day night. Miller finished
strcng but lost the fight in the
early rounds when the speedy
Brown outfought him.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-12
l.. A. GRAIN

Los Angeles, July -. CUP
No. . hard or soft white wheat. sacked.
2. 2.s2i4 . s7l5; grading barley as lbs.
sacked. 2.52lA :. IS; No. oats, IS lbs.
sacked. . 7o-2. IS; No. yellow corn, tulk.
no offers; No. . milo. sacked, no offers.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-12
Seals Hold Onto
Half Game Lead

over Los Angeles at the Angel park
The Solons battered four Angel
tWirlers for 13 hits, sinking Red
Adams with five tallies in the
fourth. Earl Porter got the win,
which left Sacramento five games
behind the Seals and but a half
game behind idle Hollywood.
Linesccrec:
Team R.H. E.
San Diego 900 600 OO0-O 5 0
Oakland 800 900 00x-5 6 l
Johnson and Salkeld Pippen and
B. Raimondi
Team R.H.E.
San Francisco 02O 200 OOO-4 8 3
Portland 900 022 60x-10 IS /
Werle, Ballou 90 and Ogrodow-
ski; Pieretti, Federmeyer 90 and
Adams.
Team r. H. E.
Sacramento 200 500 003-10 IA /
Los Angeles oil oil OOO-4 3
Porter, Powers 90 and Steiner:
Adams, Stein A, Horton %,
Rager 80 and Fernandes.
Hollywood at Seattle, travelling
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-07

from 2:l6 until {, with lectures co. cupying the first part of both days programs, to be followed by question panels during which specific proU- lens of individual contractors may be raised and answers received.
 Given over principally to termln- ation matters, Mondays session iS scheduled to include introductory remarks by Major Finder, and then series of qualified speak, CTS on the following subjects: "BirdS.Eye View of Q Termination from Beginning to End. Analysis of Standard Termination Articles in Fixed Prices and CPFF Con tracts" "The Contractor and His Claim" Proper Planning and Con- trol Prior to Termination" and "Ac. counting Phases of the Termination Problem"
 Concerned primarily with issues of property disposal, Tuesdays speakers Will take up "ClasSlfica- ton of Property and Warehousing, Sales of Property" Title Proce. dure," Inventory Control Prior to Termination" Preparation and Re. porting of Inventory Schedules" af. ter which the subject matter of both days lectures will be summarized.
 Major William T. Beaxley, Area ReadjuStment Training Offieor--a native of New Haven-will serve aS chairman of the meeting. Prior to the war, in the real estate, insur.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-07
Reconversion Course
 Offered Contractors
Connecticut Group to Meet in New Haven September
 Il and l2; Question Panels to Be Featured

New Haven, Sept, 7.-Personnel selected by Connecticut Manufac- turers holding Army Air Forces prime contracts win meet in New Haven on September II and l2 for Q working" course in termination and property disposal procedure to be given by Air Forces officers from New Haven, New York and Wright field, 1t was announced today by Major William Finder, Area repre- sentative, AAF Material Command, at Area Headquarters, l09 Church street, New Haven,
 There are more than Q hundred prime contractors in the state, Mai Finder said. with contracts az. gregating many millions. The time Is approaching when terminations will ocoure. To facilitate the prompt payment of claims and tho quick removal of termination in. ventories-in short, to speed recon. version to the manufacture of civ. Han goods and thereby avert any serious disruption of local economy it is strongly urged that contrac. tors personnel become thoroughly familiar with accepted readjustInant methods as offered In this Ali Forces course"
 The two-day session will be held in Sterling Law School Auditorium, Yale University, High street near Grove, running each morning from Q until l2:S0, and each afternoon
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-07
War On Many Fronts

, most completed the collapse of Hit- ler's Balkan Empire.
 Bulgaria meanwhile was reported by the Berlin radio to have broken relations with Germany. The Ger. man transoeean news agency first said Bulgaria had declared war, but later corrected the report.
 The successes of the Allied arm. les on the continent were aeeom- panied by one of the most cheering developments of the war for the harried British people, under the fire of German bombers and more lately the enemys robot weapon for nearly four years.
 London Battle Over
 The British government on. nounced that except possibly for Q few last shots, the battle of Lon. don Is voer," An order was issued abolishing the blaekout beginning Sept, l7, with 0 brownout or half. lighting substituted in most areas. Civilian defense and fire guard du. WSD Wdh w oASuttJ ASAdS0d NhA6 placed on voluntary, part-tine basis.
 While the war in Europe ap. preached It's climax, the Japanese were warned by Emperor Hirohito and Premier Kunlaki Koiso that the Pacific war had reached Its dc. ciSlvo phase and Japan was facing 0 showdown, Hirohito called on the nation In an imperial reseript to parliament to rally for c now stand, and Koiso said there was grave dan. ger of an American invasion of the ohmeland,
 AS they spoke, American bomber continued their assaults on Japans Pacific outpostS and bases close to the main islnads, It was diseloed that Mareu Island, l,lee miles southeast of Tokyo, had been hit for the first time in the war, and that the Volcano Islands, 7S0 miles south of Tokyo, had been attacked again.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-07
JEWRY PREPARES
 FOR NEW YEARS
Special Services to Be Held in Local Syna-
 gognes Sept. IS

On Monday, September lS, Jewish synagogues will celebrate the tradi- tional New Year This is preceded by c solemn religious service on the eve of the day, and in the Orthodox synagogues services are also cone ducted on the day following.
 The day is universally observed by Jews, not because of adherence Co an ancient calendar but becauSe of the religious ideas associated with the beginning of c new year. The American festive celebration of January first dates back to the Roman saturnalian alltecedentg and persists in spite of strenuous efforts of churchfnen to link the days with its solemn meaning.
 The mood of the Jewish observ- anse of Rosh Ha- -Shono (the bee ginning of the year) is one of atone. lnent and expiation. It ushers fin the Ten Days of Repentance that end with the Day of Repentance, ofn Kippur. It is regarded as c
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-07
RISH-AMERTCANS
 MEET TOMORROW

4 meeting of the Ir4sh.AmsrieAn Social Club viii be held at 7:AS o'clock tomorrow evening at 100 Bank street. William Fitseii will preside. The meeting, according to the committee of arrangements, will be one 0 fthe most important in months. Reports will De received on recent summer activities, iflciuds ing the clubs outing, and . recon. mendation B expected from the committee on permanent club quarters or . new home. Discus sions are expected on the latter report co the committee hopes every member will be present Co participate.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-07
Compensation Agreements

Compensation mmiasioner John j. 0conneli today approved the following agreements for weekly payments during disabils fly:
 James Lombardl of so7 Baldwin street against T. ?, ButterfieId, Inc, of Naugatuck, 80 beginning Aug. %, fracture of right toe.
 Florence D. Eyeritt of Newtown against Gertrude Hutchinson Of iTe Hillside avenue, eD.62 begin- ming Aug. ie, hand injury.
 Mrs. Bridget White of Newtown against Gertrude Hutchinson Of iTe Hillside avenue, ei2.e0 begIn- ming Aug. s, polson ivy on hands and arms.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-07
BY LOUIS Y. KEEMBLE United Press War Editor

The American first and third arm. les pounded towards the Siegfriet line and the borders of Germany against increasingly stiff opposition today as the enemy stood with his back to the west wall for what was developing into Q major battle short of the Rhine.
 Other Allied forces drove the Ger. mans back along the channel coast and through northern Belgium ane Holland, while tho Americans ane French in central France herdee the retreating Nagls towards the Belfort escape gap into the Reich.
 The Germans in Italy were inAk. ing Q stubborn effort to stem the AL lied break through at the Adriatie end of the Gothic line towards tho Pc valley, but were withdrawing in. to their inner defonSes in the cen. tral and western sectors of the front.
 The Russians were reported smashing across the Danube river into YugoSlavia for c junction with Marshal T1to's forces and to the north were hammering the NaSI lines In Q double threat to Warsaw and the southern borders of east Prussia.
 The German stand In western Europe slowed down the progress of the two American armies, but It, Gen, George 6. Patton's Srd army was across the MoSelle river in force between Metz and Nancy, with ad- vance Spearheads reported within ie miles of Germany. The ist army of It, Gen. Courtney II, Hodges struck out from four bridgeheads across the Mouse river In Belgium from Namur Dlnant, Qlvet and Auehamps, The Auchamps spearhead was Inside the Ardennes forest and all four were pointed towards Luxembourg and the Rhlneland beyond,
 Gent and COurtrai Fall
 To the left of Hodges forces, the British took gent (dhent), Courtrai and the French border town of Ar- mentlereS, and an Allied column ad. vanelng through Holland was rec ported unoffioially within oh miles of Rotterdam.
 Towards the seq the Canadians were In the outskirts of Boulagne and Calais and were approaching Dunkerque. The besieged port of Brest In Brittany was under heavy land and air attack, as was Le Havre ct the mouth of the Seine.
 Allied headquarters estimated that German losses in killed, wounded and missing in the battle of Vest ern Europe already exceeded 6o0,-
 The Allied Seventh Army Under It. Gen. Alexander M. Patch gained between % and 26 miles in their advance north and northwest through the Saone River valley, with an American column. driving on Besancon, 4T miles from the Bell fort Gay. Berlin reported the Am orleans nearing the Alpine Passes of Mont Cenis and Little St. Ber- nard on the French Italian border.
 Eastern Front
 On the eastern front. the Yugo- slav radio reported the Russians across the Danube below Tlrnu- and the Iron Gate and said they were nearing Kladovo, which is about 100 miles from Belgrade, the Yugoslax capital. A junction of the Russians with Marshal Tito's forces would cut of an estimated 25 Ger man divisions In Bulgaria, Southern Yugoslavia. Greece and the Aegean Islands.
 Bulgaria meanwhile declared war on Germany, the Berlin radio ar- nounced. The decIaratlon was in re- lponse to a previous one by Russia which forced the Bulgarians Go |ake an uneuuiyocal stand and al-