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Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-04
Imperial County
Farm Bureau
Elects Officers

Alex Meyer of Meioiand is the new
president of the Imperial county
farm bureau
He was elected Saturday to re-
place Baxter Loveland, who served
as president four years, the longest
term OF a bureau president to date.
Directors advanced Meyer from the
position of vice-president, a post he
held for the last four years. Ralph
Congreve was made vice. president.
Scott B. FouldS was reelected
secretary-treasurer and delegated to
serve in that place for the seven
teenth year.
Prior to the election of the cffi-
GERS for the coming year, the fol-
lowing directors at large were re-
elected: Mrs. Paul Alvey, j. E. Brock,
Ralph H. Congreve, Mrs. C. E. Cooke,
G. G.. Halliday, j. E. Harshman,
Evan T. Observation-Disclosures
Kamm. w. A. McFadden, l.. E. Sim
clair, Clarence Walker and Leslie
Mcconnell.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-04
Utu uhns
Study
Group Confers
In E. {. After
Tour Of District

They came as partiSans
of the Colorado River treaty.
They departed almost per-
suaded' to join California
forces to defeat ratification
of the state departments Sc
cret attempt to deliver the
river to Mexico"
This, in short, was the result
of weekend visit to the Valley.
tour of the All American Canal
and a trip to the cotton areas
below the border by a party from
Utah under leadership of William
R. Wallace, president of the Utah
Water Users Association and a men,
ber of the committee of fourteen
Wallace, a vigorous supporter of
the, treaty made no public state
ment, but it WAS understood he had
not altered his stand, but other
members of the party, heretofore
aligned with Wallace. left the VAL
ley pretty much on the fence.
Included in the party of Utans
were Ed H. Watson, state engineer
and seven members of the users as
sociation or members of the advis-
ory committee. They were: T. w.
Jensen, Horace L. Alfred, w. B.
Mathis. Chauncey Sandberg, presi-
dent of the Civics Clubs of South
ern Utah. Byron Howard, c. S.
Thompson, G.. o. Patterson and
o. N. Malmquist, political editor of
the Salt Lake City Tribune and
spokesman for the visitors.
TOUR WHOLE VALLEY
The inauiring visitors. seeking
first hand information on conditions
in the Lower Colorado regions, were
conducted on the sweeping tour by
Evans Hewes, chairman of the dis
trict and M. J. Dowd, consultant
engineer, B. A. Weiss, assistant to
the executive superintendent of the
district and Walter Bowker, man.
ager fthe Mexico firm which han
dies the irrigation system below the
border.
We welcome the opportunity at
any and all times, to show the re-
velopments and what is proposed in
the valley, and to impress on all
who seek information. why Califor-
MIA opposes the treaty" said Chair
man Hewes, greeting the visitors.
After the tour of the valley Hewes
continued on Page 8, Col. %
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-04
B-2qs Set Fire
To Tokyo Works

one of the most if not the most
successful yet made by the goth
air force on Tokyo.
The attack came simultaneously
with an admission by Japanese pre-
mier Gen. Kuniaki Koiso that the
war situation was critical for
Japan with her most urgent need an
increase in planes, arms and other
material fighting power"
"ConditionS of our material fight
ing power do not permit any optim-
ism whatsoever" and are far from
reassuring,' Tokyo radio quoted
KoiSO as telling a conference of
government munitions superintend-
entS. The broadcast was recorded by
FEC monitors.
The B-2ts ran into heavy fighter
opposition over Tokyo Sunday and
returning crews told of battling en-
emy planes for as long as so min
utes at attitudes up to six miles
They told United Press War Cor
respondent Mac r. Johnson at Sal
pan that single and twin-engined
fighters dived on them with blaz-
ing guns in groups of three and six.
But the crushing superiority of
flrepoWer of the big four-eneined
bombers proved conclusive Four
and perhaps IL enemy fighters were
destroyed. while only one B-29 was
lost to fighter action over the tar
get. Anti-aircraft fire was describ-
ed as moderate
Tokyo radio acknowledged the
loss of six japanese planes and
Booster earlier claims of five. then
10 superfortresses shot down to a
final total Of q
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-04

OIllJcu IISSS OloPdeSil AAoAAi
Athens said Premier Georges Pap
andreou and other cabinet members
abandoned their government offices
and took refuge in the Hotel Gran
Gle Bretagne. Undersecretary OF War
ptolemeos CarigianiS resigned.
The Greek crisis, carrying the ma
ton to the brink of civil war; was
precipitated by the refusal of leftist
guerilla forces to demobilize and
turn in their weapons.
Lieutenant General Ronald Sco-
bic, commander of Allied forces in
Greece, declared martial law in
Athens and said he was standing
firmly behind the Papandreou gov
ernment.
DISARM REBELS"
British troops carrying out SEQ
bie's orders diSarmec about 800
Elias troops during the night. But
more appeared in the streets today,
taking over outlying police stations
and converging on the heart of the
city.
Scobie was reported to have Or
dered the Elias forces to withdraw
from Athens an6 its neighboring
port of Piraeus within y hours,
beginning Sunday night.
The order. Athens dispatches said,
was backed up with warning that
unless it was carried out the Elias
forces would be treated as the enc
my.
At the same time a general strike
took effect. All shops, factories, min
istries, and public and private in
stallations were paralyzec. The nor
NAL life of the city came to a halt
1t was without electricity. street
car service, and other utilities.
SET UP COURT-MARTIALS
Authorities set up summary courts
martial in an attempt to implement
the proclamation of martial law
Funeral services Monday for 13
persons killed in the riotous demon
strations Sunday were attended by
o huge crowd carrying black ban
Continued on Page 8, Col -
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-04
Pear! Hurbor Anniversary
To See War Bond Contest

bond at the theaters on that day,
it was announced at the chamber
of commerce in FL Centro Monday.
There will be a parade on Main
street in FL Centro at noon, and
other special events are to be pro-
vided it was said.
TO BE NATIONWIDE
Plans for a special Pearl Harbor
Day drive got under way following
a special request from the U. S.
Treasury War Finance committee,
which asked amons other things
that, on that day. when customer
approaches a clerk in a retail store,
the clerk should first sell him or
her war bond, merchandise there
after. Men who deliver milk and
bread will be asked to solicit bond
purchases when they make their
deliveries.
Further to stimulate bond sell
ing activities Of retail clerks in
Ell Centre as the Sixth War Loan
Continued on Pg. 8, Col. II
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-04
President Names
Grew TO Post

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4. CUP)-
joseph c. Grew, who was u. S. am
basfador to Japan at the time of
Pearl Harbor, was nominated Mon
day to be undersecretary of state.
He will move into the spot that was
held by Edward R. Stettinius until
he was promoted into the secretary
ship vacated by Cordell Hull.
President Roosevelt also nomi-
mated three new assistant secretaries
of state:
William L. Clayton, Texas cotton
broker, who is. retiring as surplus
war property administrator.
Archibald MacLeish, now cen
greSSional librarian.
Nelson A. Rockefeller, now coordi-
nator of inter- American affairs.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-04

"A power alcohol plant will have
a wonderful future in Imperial
county if it does not attempt to
compete with outside plants and if
it has the best equipment, facilities
and methods possible" Dr. G M.
Hobbard, chemical engineer told
Imperial county farmers Saturday.
DR.. Hebbard prepared detailed
statement of the conditions in I'M
perial county for the county power
alcohol committee to present to
federal authorities i'm getting prior
tiles. He presented the statement to
the committee Saturday.
Get a good plant with new equip
ment," he recommended after he
had completed his survey, investiga-
ton. and summary of conditions.
Don't try to revamp an old plant
Get the newest and latest equip
ment and methods. If you do that
the plant will play an important
part in the utilization of surplus
farm products. Stick to your own
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-04
Youth Assaults
Mairon, Pair
Flee From Home

Peace officers throughout
the southwest sought two 49,
year-old boys Monday for
wounding a matron in max
ing their escape from the
Juvenile Detention Home in
Imperial Sunday afternoon.
Glenn Gilman, runaway from
Portelles, New Mexico. struck Mrs.
Hattie Sutterfield, assistant matron,
on the head with a brush handle,
cutting long cash, investigating
officers said. Glenn and Byron Har-
bord, kept in the home at present
because there is no place else for
them to live, then pushed out a
screen on the front coor and ran
away. #
TAKEN TO HOSPITAL
Mrs. Sutterfield was taken to a
hospital where it was necessary to
take three stitches in dressing the
wound.
Meanwhile the hunt for the two
boys was started. Their descriptions
were broadcast and likely places for
them to go were considered Both
boys are said to be tall for their
ages. Both wore blue overalls, Byr-
on's polo shirt being blue and
Glenn's white.
Mrs. Mildred Standlee, county
probation officer, saif Glenn was
being cared for in the home while
she attempted to get money to send
him back to his parents in New
Mexico. They said they did not
have the money.
MOTHERLESS BOY
Byron, motherless boy, was in
the home while Mrs. Stanc lee tried
to get a place for him in a school
suited to his needs. He had been in
convent but was too old to be kept
there any longer.
Two other schools would not ac-
cept him because the officials in
charge said they were too crowded.
Mrs. Standlee said she had been
trying to get someone on a farm
to take him as he is adapted to
that kind of life and certainly should
not be kept in an institution if it
can be avoided. He has no delin-
quency record at all. He just has
no place to live and no family to
take care of him.
Officers said they hoped to find
the boys soon as the weather is too
cold for them to be sleeping out of
oorS and to be wandering about
without sufficient clothing and
food.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-04

WASHINGTON, Dec. a.
(UP)-A major portion of
the big Musashina aircraft
works in the western suburbs
of Tokyo was believed in
smouldering ruins Monday
following Sundays heavy at
tack by upwards of 100 B29
SuperfOrtresSes.
Striking at the japanese capital
for the fourth time and the Mus
asthma works for the second time
in nine days, the giant raiders laid
their bombs in perfect strings across
rectangular factory buildings and
saw eight to 10 fires burning as
they headed back to their Saipan
bases.
WIND CARRIES FIRE
Near-gale winds probably turned
the fires into more than one con-
flagration. The raid was considered
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-04
u. s. Subs Sink
Twenty More
Japanese Ships

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4. CUP. :
american submarines, maintaining
an unending offensive against Japa-
nese shipping, have sunk an enemy
light cruiser, destroyer end Is
more merchant vessels, the navy
announced Monday.
In addition to the two warships.
a communique said, the undersea
craft destroyed Is cargo vessels, four
cargo transports and tanker.
Including Mondays bag. U. s.
submarines have sunk 874 JapaHesa
vessels, probably sunk at least 81.
and damaged 1879, for a total of al
least 1890 Japanese vessels hit dur
ing this war.
Enemy combat ship losses from
American submarines include 81
sunk, II probably sunk and 16 DAM
aged, for an overall total of l09 war;
ships hit by U. s. subs.
Mondays sinkings follow closely
the announcement of the sinking of
27 enemy vessels by u. S. undersea
craft on November 25-indicating
continued higher average of sink
ingS.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-04

pockets of resistance in the eastern
part of Saarlautern.
SLUG FORWARD
United Press Correspondent Jack
Frankish reported from the Roer
front that armies of Lieutenant
General Courtney H. Hodges and
Lieutenant General William H.
Simpson slugged forward in CON
solidating advances today, and that
the desperate German resistance
was weaker on the left wing of the
Cologne. plain defenses southeast
of Brandenberg.
Hodges troops cleared up the
east bank of the Inde river opposite
Incen, six miles northwest of Dur
en-, Strengthened their line between
Lucherberg and Luchem in the same
area, and edged forward for sms II
gains IN the woods west of Merode.
Continued on Page 8, Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-04
WEATHER FORECAST

Clear Monday nieht and Tu,s-
day with slowly rising daytime
temperatures. Maximum tempera-
ture Tuesday around ~ degrees.
Temperatur Monday night gen.
orally lower than Sunday night
due to decreasing wind. General
frost Monday night with lowest
temperatures around 20 degree
in cold spots. There was light frost
Sunday night. rp
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-04
Farm Bureau Board Moves
To Prevent Jdps' Return

"We don't want the Japan
ese in Imperial county, I'M
perial County Farm Bureau
directors declared Saturday
in once again taking a stand
on reports that the Japanese
are to be permitted to return to
his area next month.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-04

The directors declared that they
had passed such a reso-
luton and dispatched copies to
authorities all over the county.
This time the board orc cered cop
les of the resolution sent to Presi-
dent Roosevelt, army and navy
authorities in this region, War Relo-
cation Authority officials, and to the
California Farm Bureau Federation.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-04

The state federation was to be ask.
ed to send copies on to the nationa /
federation.
In ado ition it was recommends !
that copies of the resolution he ser,t
direct TO the Japanese at Poston.
Arizona, and T'ule Lake relocation
centers so they will know the atti-
tude OF Farm Bureau embega
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-04
p AMBllNe
EpoRTER

Bang! Bang!-
BY dint of a protracted session
of stalking ana crawling around,
Cal Rector freed pheasant in a
good siZeo bush and settled down to
shoot it when it moved out of cover.
Time went slowly with Cal sulking
around in the brush intent on
Staying the first thing that moved.
Whirrrr Out came something
Cal fired. Feathers flew. An owl
screamed and darted back toward
the bush where ne pheasant lurk-
ed.
whirrrr!
Owl!
Bang!
Feathers!
Bush!
Something moved again. 1t was
the pheasant coming out. But the
owl was in front of the pheasant.
Bang!
Feathers
CIVIL and pheasant disappeared,
the owl still running interference
Changing Times
They always say service in the
army changes men.
We believe it.
So will you when you see Private
Ray Barnes in that devastating
mustache he cultivates at Camp
CroWder Missouri.
1t is mustache, honestly. We
know because we used magnify
ing glass.
Command Performance
At the Farm Bureau meeting Sat-
urday there was reference to a male
quartet which, sang at the state
Continued on Page 8, Col. a.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-04
CUjER|il LAS Threaten civil WAR IN GREECE
9Th Army Battles
In, Ju|ich Streets
Strategic Gains Mark Yankees
Dossed War on Long Front;
SaarIautern Fortress Weakens

PARIS, Dec. a. (UP)-American forces hammering at
the gates of Germanys greatest arsenal hacked
strategic gains toward the Ruhr and Rhneland Monday
and frightened their grip springboard into the Saar at
ruined and almost conquered Saarlautern
United States Ninth army troops battled bloody
through the streets of Juch baston of Roer river line
blocking the to both the Ruhr and Rhineland while
First units to their right Strengthened their line prep
aratory to a frontal assault on Duren
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-04
TINT Blast Kills
300 Germans

INSIDE FORT MUTZIG, NEAR
STRASBOURG. Dec. A. UP)-
American army engineers blew up
possibly 300 die-hard Nazis inside
central bunker of this fortress
Monday by sending a captured Ger
man tractor, loaded with 1000
pounds of time-fused TINT, careen-
ing up to the concrete walls of the
emplacement.
The TINT blew a terrific hole in
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-04

the bunker where the Nazis were
holding out and refuting TO sur
render. Among those inside the
bunker were believed to be one Nazi
general and some Gestapo officers.
1t was doubted that many of them
could have survived the explosion.
The INT detonated with crash
even louder than that of a Va
rocket and shct lCO-foot pillar OF
tlamts into the air
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-04

A special drive to increase
bond sales in FL Centre will
be made Thursday. December
7 on the third anniversary of
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-04
Violence Marks
Opposition to
New Government
Left Wing Followers March En- Masse
Into Athens to Defy Martial Law;
British Troops Back Up Premier

LONDON, Dec. A. (UP) Violence broke out anew in
Athens Monday when left wing elements, defying
lamaon of martial law seized many of the capitals police
stations and marched on the center of the city
Divergent factions of the left wingers fired each
other in Thsson Square. In clashes Sunday at least 6
persons killed and more than $50 injured.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-04

the Jap sneak attack on Pearl
Harbor.
All FL Centre theaters will
admit free anyone who buys
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-04

TO tIle Soutn, The American Third
army, massed along the Saar river
on a solid front of Is miles and the
first forces to cross the barrier to
the industrially rich Saar basin.
were beating down the dwindline
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-06
St. Anthonv,, In Litch6eld

Not many miles north of us and located ''in the foothills of the 5erk- shires" is the town of Litchfeld, place of singular beauty and important his torical background. On It's historic South Street not far from "The Green" and surrounded by dated residences, street lined with elms which have withstood the weight of ice storms in January and seasonal hurricanes, stands Cor did stand) the little church of St. Anthony.
 A fire of uncertain origin practically obliterated the entire structure Thurs day, and St. Anthony's is now noth- ing but a ruins, its walls caved in and its interior completely destroyed. St. Anthony's was a part of the life of the town, place for Catholic worship. What was holy and sacred within the taber- nacle was saved before the flames struck the main altar.
 The townspeople and others from neighboring cities and towns flocked there Thursday morning to watch the destruction. The frame, structure ana decorations of sacred depletion are gone, but another St. Anthony's will be forth coming. Sympathy of the parlshioners and others Is extended Rev. James F. Egan, pastor, who in the past few years, has renovated the entire church property, and who has worked so Zealously With his assistants In caring for his flock at St. Anthony'S.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-06
sNUFFING THE sNIFFLEs
(Hartford Courant)

Encouraging reports of success in the never ending battle against the common cold have just been made by Army and Navy physicians after prolonged experiments. More than 100000 soldiers and sailors were given a small daily dose of sufadia- zine, and as a result common colds dropped from 75 per cent to 90 per cent below the normal incidence. Not only that, but scarlet fever, streptococcus sore throat, meningi- tis and other similar infections were reduced almost to zero. At the same time, an untreated control group 5uffered the usual incidence of these diseases.
 Still further evidence of the marked progress that science has made in combating disease in our armed forces is seen in the state- ment of Major General George F. Lull, deputy surgeon general. Acc cording to General Lull, while l4l men in every ten thousand died of disease during the last war, this figure has been reduced more than twenty-fold with death occurring now at the rate of six per ten thou sand.
 War is terrible and cruel thing But it is e fact thak throueh var there ls a tremendous aeeeleHation n almqel eeaFy nsld el 1plance sfA
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-06
AS A MATTER OF FACT

Practically everything fine that could be said has been written Into the record since the passing of Alfred Emanuel Smith Wednesday of this week, However, let's look at the record . Alfred F, Smith, despite the fact that he failed to achieve the Presidency of the United states, was unquestionably the most fas- cinating political figure in seven decades of American politics Not since the days of Abraham Lincoln has there emerged from obscure surroundings national figure that so captiVated the imagina- ton and appealed to the masses because he still spoke their language. ."-Hartford Courant.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-06
End of Slavery

r General Eisenhower has issued two Emancipation proclamations" since our armies entered Germany One was his appeal to the impressed foreign workers in the Reich to begin their fight against the NaZiS. The other was his statement of the conditions of military govern ment in conquered German territory. Both of these proclaim release from slavery. And both give promise of slow and painful fulfillment, For the slave labor seized and transported from occu- pied nations, General Eisenhower's sum- mons brings the prospect of suffering and death to many But suffering and death are not new to these unhappy Vic- tirns of war Now these sacrifices will Dc for the sake of an open blow, If not a strong one. Before, their weapons were the showdown and sabotage. Now libera- tion Is at least close enough for them to rise up, and to haraSS and divert the Gestapo. After all, there are an estimated d1 million foreign workers in Germany. Their very number, and the scores they have to settle, must strike fear to many Nazi hearts.
 The generals other proclamation of- kers freedom to a nation Of apparently willing slaves. It Is a severe document, as it should be. It offers stern justice and swif taction against any infringe ments of military regulations. It de- mands discipline and prompt obedience. Tt remains to be seen whether the occu- patton will invite spying and sabotage, and whether the enforcement of this proclamation will effectively prevent It. After all, we are not liberating France now, but conquering Germany. However, khe Germans are not the French. guess, based on past performance and made far from the scene, Is that there will De no such resistance from the German population as the Nazis encountered in the occupied lands. If the ordinary Ger man had a fierce will to defend his way of life under Hitler, the Eisenhower proclamation would only make him more cautiously determined But 1t Is doubt kul that the Fuehrer's way of life looks as inviting as 1t did even year ago.
 So 1t may be that these rules of mili- Eary occupation will turn out to be less a defensice weapon than a psychological one. Strict regulations, hard discipline, swift punishment, these are things that klle acuuiescent Germans have been used to. Only this time their dictated behavior ns 6 preliminary responsible self-govern' ment-a circumscribed, carefully watched government, but their responsibility nev- ertheless. The days of disastrous pater- nalism are ending. And there must Dc some Germans who are ehilarated at the prospect. If General Eisenhower can ma and trust them, the first step toward the Future Germany maly perhaps be taKen'