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Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-05
Faces Cut
In Cos Tickets

December fuel quotas.
Leo Gentner, regional adminis-
traitor of the office of price admin
istration, warned in Reno yester-
day that the OPA has every rea-
son to believe" that value. of "a
coupons. at least, may have to be
reduced. possibly within 30 days.
The only bright note came from
Governor Earl Warren of California
who declared in Sacramento Tues
day that Ralph Davies. assistant to
petroleum administrator Harold l..
Ickes, is hopeful other measures
may be substituted for another ra-
ton value cut.
Warren said Davies indicated a
close check is being made upon
allowances for occupational drlV-
ing, as a means of reducing civilian
consumption on the Pacific coast to
within the $4,000 barrel daily
quota established by the petroleum
administration for war.
Both Gentner and Davies en-
phasized the gasoline situation on
the Pacific coast. aggravated by
increasing war shipments to Pa
cific fronts, is extremely serious,
and Gentner added lit will get
worse before it gets better"
A war workers priority system
for the five western states is being
prepared by officials, Russell R
Palmer, PWA assistant director fol
the western region. said in Los
Angeles. The plan would assure
truckers, war workers and other
essential drivers of adequate gaso-
line supplies before civilian needs
are met.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-05
Couple Depart
For New Home

Mr.. and Mrs. R. P. Moore, pioneer
residents of Imperial county and
two of the valleys best known citi-
ems, left this week to make their
home in Riverside.
MI. Moore was called to the
Riverside office of the California
Electric company and expected to
be engaged there until his retire
ment from the company becomes
effective in approximately year.
Mrs. Moore first arrived in I'M
perial Valley in 1908. Mr.. Moore
came in 1906.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Moore have
been prominent in valley activities
and have been identified with many
organizations during their long
residence. Mr.. Moore was especially
active in Red Cross work.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-05

California Highway patrol Off
ces in Ell Centro will be open from
8 am. to 5 pm. every day except
Saturday and Sunday so that mo-
torists may apply for 1914 license
plates during the noon hour as
well as the rest of the day.
Captain M. P. Hebblethwaite said
that the office would be open Sat-
urdays from 8 am. until noon and
closed on Sundays.
1--WE have an office staff ade-
uuate to handle the business" Cap
tain Hebblethwaite said, land urge
all motorists to apply for their
plates Immediately instead of wait
ing until the last minute. Business
has been slow thus far and it has
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-05
Police Find Boys
On Fire Escape

A new method of searching for
lost bicycles was nipped in the bud
Tuesday night by the Ell Centro
police.
Police were called to the Bar
bara Worth hotel where Vergil
Lewis, Is, of 782 Commercial, and
frankie Tice. IA, of 480 Imperial,
had climbed three stories of the rear
fire escape.
When stopped by the officer they
claimed they were looking for
their bicycle which had been stolen
from a bowling alley"
The officer tactfully warned the
hunters that they should not look
for bikes on fire escapes.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-05
RAMBLING REPORTER

Continued from Page II
know. ruined several shirts by put
ting his pen into his pocket with
the top on the wrong end.
That seemed a bit silly to the
sheriff even though he said not a
word.
And now you should see the breast
pocket of the sheriff's highest col
ored suit.
He, too, has a new tangled pen.
And is Heald chuckling.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-05
Russians Close
Dnieper Trap
CONTINUED from Page II

Continued from Page u
miles above the Bug, indicating that
that anchor post was crumollng
and a collapse of the defenses north
of Vinnitsa was in prospect
Military advices suggested that
Vatutin had decided to consolidate
his positions around the north
west arc of his bulge west of Kiey
and make the German positions
in the Dnieper bend untenable be-
fore undertaking a full scale push
across the 1889 frontier into old
Poland.
WELD IRON RING
A synchronized squirt from cap
tured Belaya Tserkov, southwest Oh
Kiev. was designed to throw an iron
ring around the NaZis still holding
bridgeheads on the west bank OF
the Dnieper toward Cherkasl.
Belaya Tserkov, ancient Ukrain-
ian town of 10000 famous for Its
cherr; orchards fell after violent
street battles which liquidated the
last important German military and
air base in the Kiey-Cherka5
stretch west cf Dnieper.
Strongly entrenched in perma-
nent Notifications, the Germans
clung stubbornly to Belaya Tserkov,
which finally fell to a concerted
attack by Soviet artillery and in
fantry followed b. bayonet and
grenade fighting through the streets.
Other elements of Gen. Nikolal
F.. Vatutin's lst Ukrainian army
hammered their way on a broad
front toward the Odessa-Lwow rail-
road, last practical escape route
for the remainder Of the Germans
in the Ukraine, and slashed deeper
into the strategic network of high
ways and railways on the approach
es to pre-war Poland, with gains
ranging up to eight miles.
(The London News Chronicle
placed the Red army six miles
beyond the border. A Paris radio
Commentator estimated Vatutin'S
army west and southwest of Kiev at
100000 men. which he said was
being fed By division after divi-
sion" for the most gigantic often
sive ever mounted by the Russians
1920 NAZIS KILLED
Altogether, more than 1000 Ger
mans were killed west and south OF
Kiev Tuesday. Sixty-five German
tanks were destroyed or disabled
and % field and self-propelled guns
wrecked. Booty included seven tanks
and AZ guns.
Blaya Tserkov, German defense
hub south of Kiev, fell after a A.
day battle, during which the AXIS
rushed up reinforcements in an
1lth hour effort TO save the city.
Some 40 other towns and villages
on the 1St Ukrainian front also
were captured, including Ploskoye,
"a miles southeast of Belaya Tser-
kov: Slobodische, nine miles north
west of Berdichev, and Chernyavka,
81 miles east of VinnitSa.
On the central front, the Rus
slams cleared the entire 4l-mile
Nevel-Velikie Luki railway in q
move that probably will speed up
the Soviet advance toward the Bal
tic states.
More than 100 localities were lib
Grated in the final phase of the
clearing of the line, including IZo-
cha, II miles north of Newell More
than !, 400 Germans were killed.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-05
Retailers Enlist
In Bond Drive

One hundred Ell Centre retailers
have agreed TO participate in the
Retailing'S National War Bond
Promotion during the Fourth War
Loan, according to M. o. King, re-
tail chairman for the city's War
Finance Committee.
These 100 retailers employ ap-
proximately 600 people, most of
whom are trained sales experts.
Mr.. King said These recruits in
the Third Army have agreed to ac-
cept the challenge of the per
capita sale of 5000 in the war loan
drive.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-05
CITIZENSHIP CLASSES
OPERATE IN SCHOOL

Glasses open to anyone planning
TO become naturalized citizens of
the United States are held Tues
day and Thursday nights each week
in room No. II at Central Union
High school in Ell Centre.
Glasses begin at pm. and con-
tinue until pm. Basil Nichols is
instructor. The course of training
is planned to prepare applicants to
pass naturalization examinations
held twice each year in Imperial
county.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-05
Russ Press Hits
AT WiIIkie

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questions had better familiarize
himself with the Soviet constitution
and the fact that a democratic
)lebiscite once was carried out in
the Baltic republics, and let him
remember that we are able effec-
lively TO defend our constitution.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-05
Treasury issues
Income Data

The u. S. treasury department
has issued to newspapers a booklet
including a series of articles on
filing of income tax returns. Copies
have reached Valley newspaper.
These pamphlets have 60 pages and
cover some "a subjects which have
to do with individuals, farmers and
firms in filing returns before
March Is.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-05
Lost Purse, $50
Found, Returned

Mrs. j. E. Baird, of 666 Orange
avenue lost a change pure Tuesday
afternoon while shopping on Main
street. She tearfully sought the
aid of police expecting it would
never be returned as it contain
ed $50.
Mrs. James B. Rankin of 1893
Brighton avenue. who found the
purse, apparently just few
minutes after it was lost, notified
the police who returned it to Mrs.
Baird.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-05

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 5. CUP)-
Unhappy civilian drivers in the five
western states looked forward We'd
nesday to more trouble with their
gasoline supplies and a possible
slash in "A" coupon values within
80 days.
Expiration of No. 9 "A coupons
on Jan. 2l was expected to cause
anther heavy run on service sta
tions many of which have not yet
recovered from the year-end crisis
caused by premature exhaustion of
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-05
STREET FIGHTING

Cyril had been placed unoel iioooe
arrest.
STREET FIGHTING
Street fighting was reported IN
Sofia. and a state of siege was SAID
to have been proclaimed at an urg-
ent meeting of the regency council
Soldiers throughout Bulgaria were
reported openly demonstrating
against the possibility of war with
Russia, whose armies were thrustlng
RAPIDLY toward the Nazi satellite
nations.
The Hungarian government, FAC
ing growing peace demonstrations.
was said to have issued an appeal
for calm, assuring the people that
troops were being withdrawn from
the Russian front to defend the
country'S vital interests.
LONDON. Jan. 5. CUP)-Rein-
forced Jugoslav partisan armies in
a sudden burst of strength have
captured three strategic inland
towns and the offshore island OF
Pag. have crushed a German Of
fensive in eastern Bosnia, and now
threaten to envelop part of the
Nazi second tank army, a communl-
que reported Wednesday.
Marshal Josip (Tito) Brozovich'S
Headquarters announced the occu-
patton of Vlasenica, 35 miles north
east of Sarajevo, and the towns of
Novovaros and Pacina in an up
surge of fighting all along the
Jugoslav front.
The heaviest battles were in prog
I ress along a 3O-mile front in west
ern Bosnia, while other units OF
the partisan mountain fighters
failed the Nazis in number Of
sectors.
HOLD TO LINE
The partisans were holding line
running from Novi through Projedor
and beyond Banja Luka, key strong
hold where the Germans established
armored headquarters The Jugo-
slavs were reported battling through
Danja Luka in bloody street fight
ing.
Smashing the German offensive
in eastern Bosnia, the partisans
went over to the attack and recap
tured all the territory they had
lost in the last two weeks.
The new offensive operations ap-
peared to signalize a general par
tisan offensive, designed in part to
offset German attempts to launch
large scale attacks in central and
western Bosnia.
A communique said Nazi forces
were concentrating in the regions
of Doboj, Derventa, Traynik, and
Sarajevo in evident preparation for
major thrusts.
In Slovenia heavy fighting was
reported in the area of Dvor, where
more than 300 Germans we're killed
and several hundred wounded by
partisans who captured or destroy
ed quantities Of war materials.
A report from Zagreb to the
Stockholm Dagbladet said that King
Peter had met with Gen. Draja
Milkhailovitch somewhere in Jugo-
slavia in an effort to coordinate
his forces with Titos partisan
troops. 1t was said that Peter had
asked Mikhailovitch to accept Tito
as the supreme commander of all
Jugoslay forces fighting the Nazis.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-05
LICENSE ISSUED

COUNTY Clerk w. j. McClelland
Tuesday issued a marriage license
to James Nattinger, so, carpenter
of Somerton, Ariz., and Pat Pollock,
40, beauty operator of the same
city.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-05
President Calls
Board TO Study
Rail Wage Plan
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Continued from Page II
order was merely a device" and
that in no event would an actual
strike have resulted.
David B. Robertson, president OF
the locomotive firemen and engine
men, and H. w. Fraser, president
of the conductors, commented that
a strike probably would have been
averted if their wage dispute had
been left in the hands of the ma
tional meditation board without
White House Intervention.
But under the circumstances,
with the case handled as it was"
they said. there was no opportun-
ity to make a settlement and the
only thing that avoided strike
was the taking over of the rail-
roads"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-05

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. CUP) =
Criticizing the army for failure to
appreciate the war value of the
railroads. interstate commerce
commissioner j. Monroe Johnson
asserted that all 25O,000 railroad
men in the armed services should
be returned to their jobs to pre-
vent a manpower catastrophe" this
winter.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-05
U. 5. Airrnen Blast
KieI in Drives

Continued from Page II
at Munster, both in northwest Ger
many.
Huge fires and a heavy pail of
smoke were observed after the at
tack on Kiel, one of Germany's
principal submarine and warship
building centers, the communique
said, while fires and explosives also
were touched off at Munster, juno
ton through which most reinforce
ment and supply trains for the
French, Belgian and Dutch inva-
sion coasts must pass.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-05
Hitler's Trouble
Grows in Balkans

Continued from page II
Cyril had been placed under house
arrest
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-05
HIT FRENCH CITIES

While American heavy bombers
concentrated on Germany, 1850
American medium bombers and
other allied aircraft gave the Pas
De Calais area of the French in
vasion coast its heaviest pounding
of the war yesterday.
More than 200 u. S. MarauderS
opened the attack at dawn with
good results Raj TyphoonS, Hur-
ricaneS, Bostons, MitchellS, and
Mosquitoes followed through and
200 more MarauderS wound up what
the allied air forces regarded as 8
highly satisfactory day.
The targets were not announced
but they were believed to include
gun installations, army barracks
supply dumps, airdromes, and SUP
ply installations. With the after
noon raid, the Marauders complet-
ed their 1,500th sortie against the
Pas De Calais area since Dec. &c
without loss.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-05

Full nodded and non- glazing. Cut drilled,
and countersunk for exoct fit. Rivets in
cuded Each set for two wheels.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-22
Kitchen CLEANING

ONE SHOULD begin kitchen
cleaning with the shelves. start
ing at the top and working
down. Standing securely on
stepladder, the cleaner wipes off
the shelves and the objects on
them, moving them around TO
allow the cloth 10 get 10 the
wood unless there has been long
neglect
In this case cabinets and
shelves, everything, should come
down for a proper washing and
wiping, especially china and
glassware that has been stand
ing a long while gathering dust.
When all the shelves and cab
inets are clean, windows are
next. II there is a curtain, it
is taken down and shaken free
Of dust, or replaced with a
clean one if necessary.
The procedure for an auto
matte refrigerator is TOO we'll
known by now 10 require repe-
titlOn.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-22

. ADORABLE DIRNDL. Pat
tern 1853 with its sweetheart
neckline. puffed sleeves and
set-in belt. The diagram shows
how very easy il is to make!
Pattern 1853 comes in junior
miss sizes: IL, II, ID, IA. IS, 16,
II and Is. aSize - requires 3
yards 35-inch fabric.
Send 20 cents in coins for
every Anne Adams Pattern.
Write plainly size, name and
style number.
The Anne Adams larger 81
page pattern book OF easy-to-
make summer styles may be OBJ
tanned by enclosing an add
uonal Is cents.
Send 35 cents in coins when
ordering both pattern and book.
Send your order TO the Anne
Adams Pattern Department,
1925 Times Square, Detroit 81,
Mich.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-22

Aecordinstlto the Stars,
July %, 1914.
better, as you can. Turn your
spare timt to useful occupation,
somethingfto help the country's
efforts.
AUG.Is3 TO SEPT. s5
Vrgo-.Don't waste time with
either people or activities be-
meath your dignity. You've i'm
portant wdrk to do. even though
it may be krnenial tasks.
SEPT 81 TO OCT. 90
Librd-Havorable indications.
Give it the, gun. Libra can find
better ways Of doing things!
Enjoy the little niceties of home,
children's laughter.
OCT. ~ TO NOV. 90
ScorpiO -, Hold reins tightly,
especially where passions, emo
tons, impulses are concerned.
protect income from your own
carelessnes
NOV. ,25 TO DEC. 2e
Sdgittdrials-Many favorable
influences Of which you should
take quick advantage. In work
and business, be prompt, in
pleasures. be- cautious.
DEC. o. TO JAN. 2f
Capricorn Some of the finest
planetary asr 'ects in your Zodia-
cal chart tods'y. Go meet oppor-
tunity, in pa rsonal matters as
well as work pand other instances.
JAN. q. TO FEB. 90.
AqudritGs-.Give within reason,
but there is never a limit to the
giving of tolerance, charity in
deed and WORD, intelligence.
FEB. 81 TO MARCH go
Pisces - Be mindful of how
easily money can be spent/when
you're enjoyirty something. Care
with budget, RI oney matters gen.
orally! Watch trend, act with
forethought.
YOU, BORlV on this date:
Personality ytsur keynote, on it
many Cancerites win success.
But it must ts backed by con-
sistency or efk,rt, avoidance of
moodiness, deve lopment of your
talents if youf.would hold sue
cess and happiness.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-22
MARCH FL TO APRIL 90

MARCH 2f TO APRIL 90
Aries-If not sure Of direction
or material you have before you,
find out why's, wherefores. Don't
speak or act with hesitancy or
superficial knowledge.
APRIL 21 TO MAY 90
Taurus - Some friendly as
poets, but on whole you'll be
surer, safer, if you study we'll
your tasks and problems before
tackling them.
MAY 2f TO JUNE 2f
Gemini-This day calls for
more courage, vim, consistency
surely Gemini can give the
first two readily.
JUNE p TO JULY %
Cancer-Help where you can,
rather than where you must, and
you'll be rewarded many times.
If you start and continue right,
you'll bring in the type of re-
suits needed.
JULY ~ TO AUG. 22
Leo-A good day - make it
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-22
Children S
why Stage
by MARY KAY TRENDLE

by MARY KAY TRENDLE
I HAS YOUR child the why's" ?
II lis not a disease. it is a form
of development. We must re-
maAnber that we all have TO ask
inNOrder to learn. Our children,
bys their questions, are building
up4 a fund of knowledge that
tlae y, in the future. may use as
a Lhackground-a foundation for
gT eater and more profound un-
de rstanding.
Children do ask some amaz-
ing; questions: Where does the
waa er go when IL goes down the
drain" Why do different foods
taste differently" Where do
the wrinkles 90 when you
AZ ore important than the
quscs tons asked by the children
aret the answers we give. Do
WEI give an answer or do we
ignrIre the child? We have all
seeal the mother or father who
is THO busy looking at maya
Zine'f to take a few minutes TO
help his child to learn.
Be Sure 10 Answer
BY ignoring the child, We
teach hun that there is no place
30 70 10 find answers TO his
que ithonS. Then, when he starts
TO school, he is afraid 10 ask
and may fill because he had no
one 10 whom TO turn.
orr he may find his answers in
books, which is some good, for
he will learn 10 read and look
for his own answers, but will
ignore his parents. Now that
he iss older, they want his COM
panion ship. only to find that he
no 10 niger asks their opinion or
confioes in them.
PERI apps we just say, IT don't
know This no-answer method
can upset the child's nervous
system II is practically the
same '1,s being ignored. II just
stops repetition of the question
more quickly. Eventually the
child decides that his parents
are pretty dumb; they cannot
answer anything.
gAns~er Honestly
Or ;tre we parents who an
swer every question 10 the best
of our liability, and, if we don't
know tine answer, say: II don't
know but l shall find out and
do findA out?
Befn9 a parent is a great re-
sponslbility and one that re-
quires O onstant study and i'm
provement. We must think,
read, an question to find an
swers far the inquiring minds
we bring into the world.
II is DIR duty to answer hon.
estly and in simple language,
understa ndable TO the smallest
child so that, in the future, we
may haN e our reward in pride
of ourH intelligent youngsters
who conf inue to search eagerly
for knowledge. and who grow
closer t6g us in their search.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-22
Children Love
Fudge Cookies

WITH THE youngsters going
to school. planning appealing
lunches is the problem of the
day. Good, substantial sand
witches are always part of the
fare. But for the school child,
the sweet tooth surprise is the
end of a perfect lunch. Try the
following recipe for cookies.
They will be favorite.
Fudge Drop Cookies
IL cups sifted cake flour
u teaspoon soda
a teaspoon salt
4 tablespoons butter or other
shortening
q cup brown sugar, firmly
packed
l egg. unbeaten
2 squares unswcetened choco-
late, melted. or u cup cocoa
II cup sour milk or buttermilk
l teaspoon vanilla
II cup broken walnut meats.
Sift flour once. measure. add
soda and sift together three
times. Cream butter, add sugar
gradually, and cream together
we'll. Add egg and beat thor
oughly, then add chocolate or
cocoa and blend. Add flour, al
ternately with milk, a small
amount at a time. Beat after
each addition until smooth. Add
vanilla and nuts.
Drop from teaspoon on UNI
creased baking sheet and bake
in moderate oven $3.50 degrees)
for Is minutes. Makes 4 dozen
small cookies.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-22
Summer
Suppers
BY PRUDENCE PENNY

oE1NE vi duu Ne ehcih
help themselves. Combine ready
to serve meat and crisp sizzling
bacon for a summer supper
tray. Let family and guest eat
as they wiIl-combining liver
sausage and bacon on rye bread
or bologna and mustard pickles
on whole wheat bread.
Include quantities OF green
salad and plenty of crisp relishes.
Try the following simple and
delicious recipes-excellent ways
to serve these cooked meats.
Fried Liver Sausage
! pound liver sausage, sliced
4 inch thick
pound onions, peeled and
sliced
Salt and pepper
2 tablespoons bacon drippings.
Cook sliced onions in bacon
drippings until tender. 5 to Z
minutes, seasoning to taste.
Remove TO hdk platter. Brown
liver sausage on both sides in
hacon dripuinRs. Serve hot.
Boloens Cups
Have large bologna sliced
twice the usual thickness and
allow two slices for each per-
son. Put a little fat in the
frying pan and heat slices OF
bologna just long enough to cup
them, not fry them. Takes
about l minute for each slice.
Arrange cups on chop plate and
fill with spoonful Of potato
salad topped with a sprig OF
parsley.
Bologna Cornueopiss
] pound bologna
3 cups soft bread crumbs
n teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons minced onion
u cup diced celery
y cup meat drippings
u cup water or milk
cup tomato juice.
Fold single slices of bologna
10 form a cornucopia. Fasten
each with a toothpick. Combine
crumbs, salt, onion and celery.
Add fat TO warm milk Or water
and pour over bread mixture.
Fiji cornucopia. place in a
shallow baking pan. Pour to-
mato Juice over bologna. Bake
in hot oven (400 degrees for Is
10 20 minutes. Serves six.
Baked Thvrineer
Ii pounds fresh Thuringer
sausage
2 cups water
2 tablespoons -four
Salt and pepper.
Arrange sausage links in fiat
baking dish. Add one cup water
and cook uncovered in a hot
oven (425 degrees for 80
minutes. Remove links from
pan. Stir flour into meat stock
until smooth.
Gradually add re m in ing
water, stirring constantly. Place
links in gravy. Reduce oven 10
moderate heat $3.50 degrees
and continue cooking for 30
minutes. Season gravy TO taste
and serve hot.