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Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-13
MARINE OFFICERS WIVES
TO MEET THURSDAY

Wives of Marine officers sta
toned at the Ell Centro base will
meet Thursday at l p. m. at the
Officers Club for their monthly in
formal get-together. Mrs. Karl
Voelter, has issued a special invita-
tion to wives who have recently
moved here.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-13

Inquiries about the east side mesa
lands in Imperial county arrive at
the office of O. p Ostrander yeter-
ans service officer of the county, at
the rate of Is a month, he said
Wednesday.
They are sent by servicemen from
widely scattered areas in the United
States, from Alaska, and from Afri-
ca. The writer's want to know when
the area will be opened for settle
ment and what they have to do to
get some of the land.
SAW MESA THEMSELVES
Many of these servicemen are be-
lieved to have become familiar with
the mesa in the eastern part of the
county while taking desert training
in this area. Others may have read
something about the possibility of
it being opened for entry and that
veterans have preferential rights in
filing on 1t, OStrander SAID,
Because it is impossible for OS-
trander to answer all the inquiries
personally, the mesa lands COM
mittee of the inter-post council of
the American Legion, headed by
Judge Elmer Heald, prepared a
form letter setting forth what in
formation is available at this time,
GIVE DATA
The letter follows:
Dear Comrade:
Your letter of inquiry concerning
public lands available for settle
ment by honorably discharged men,
bers of the U. S. army, navy and
marine corps has been referred to
the mesa lands committee of the
lnter-Post council, county of Impe-
rlal, American Legion, department
or California, for attention.
The committee, ali of whom are
legionnaires, has been actively work.
ing on behalf of eX-Service men
and women desirouS of obtaining
land in this area, since the close of
World war I.
In 1928 the United States con-
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-13
STOLEN AUTO RECOVERED

A 1941 Chevrolet sedan, license
number 18-B-859, registered to the
Crane company, reported stolen
from the De ANA Hotel, Calexico,
was recovered shortly after noon
Tuesday by CaleXico police officers.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-13
FACES BAD CHECK CHARGE

Perry Ross, "a, Negro, was ar
rested in Fresno this week on a
warrant charging him with issuing
a bad check in Imperial. The check
was for $35, Sheriff Robert w. Ware
| said.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-13
OF PERSONAL
INTEREST

Mrs. A. H. Rehkopf has just re-
turned from Today vacation in
San Diego.
Mrs. Virginia Snyder of 59l Holt
street has announced the birth of
a son Wednesday morning at the
Ell Centro hospital. No name has
been chosen for the boy, who
weighed six pounds, five and half
ounces.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bruce Jones of
Imperial are the parents of son
born Wednesday in the FL Centro
hospital. He weighed six pounds,
four and a half ounces.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-04
.JApl SCORE
MORE GAINS,
H0NAN PROV.
Two Columns Advance on
Chinese Held Gap in
Strategic Railway

CHUNGKING, May 4. Jap
troops, striking from the south and
north, have narrowed the Chinese
held gap along the Peiping -Hankow
railway in Honan Province to only
rs miles, field dispatches disclosed
tonight.
The invader column, striking up
the trackless railway, captured Min
kiang, % miles north of the big Jap
base at Sinyang. /Minkiang is only
some 10 miles below Yencheng, men
aced by Jap columns pushing
southwark down the railway. Yen
cheng is 80 miles south of captured
Chenghsien.
The Chinese forces at last reports
still held out, however, at Hsuchang
on the railway nearly midway be-
tween Chenghsein and Yenchang.
The Japs meanwhile have re-
newed their air supported drive on
Loyang, 65 miles west of Chengh-
sien, pushing to within nine miles
of Tengfeng and 30 miles southeast
of Loyang.
The communique indicated that
the Chinese are fighting bitterly
to halt the Jap columns squeezing
from the north and south along
the Peiping- Hankow railway.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-04
EIGHT DEAD,
30 INJURED
FROM FLOOD
Swollen Mississippi Re-
eedes in Some Areas,
Mounting in Others
(By Associated Press

The flood swollen Mississippi riv-
er is receding as far south as Cape
Girardeau, Missouri, but elsewhere
in the midwest and southwest the
threat Of high water is mounting
Central eastern Texas toll has
risen to eight dead and thirty in
jured from torrential rains, hail
and heavy winds along the Naches
River in east Texas, which is 8
miles wide in some places.
The Red Gross at st. Louis an
nounced the damage is much small
Ter than last year because of the
willingness to comply with evacua-
ton requests. Advanced warnings
moved many families, equipment
goods and livestock.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-04
SENATE PASSES
BILL TO GIVE
VETERANS AID

WASHINGTON, May 4. = The
Senate passed the "GI Bill of
Rights" approved by the House
Veterans Committee, with unem-
ployment compensation allowances
sharply reduced and government
guaranteed loans to veterans in
creased.
The bill provides for unemploy-
ment compensation on a flat basis
Of $40 weekly for maximum of 26
weeks out of the first two years
after discharge, and government
loans of $500 to purchase homes,
farms and small businesses.
The Senate bill provided unem-
ployment pay maximum for So
weeks. ranging from SIS to SIS, de-
pending On the family status Of
the veteran. and the Senate put a
81 900 top to the loans.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-04
GOVERNMENT ACTION
DEMANDED

my union won't put up with idle
workers." the NMU leader declared
MY union prohibits members from
staying on shore longer than two
days for each week at sea, or a
maximum of 80 days at any one
time. The Government should en-
force the same rule throughout the
industry"
''Manpower policies should be ad-
ministered without discrimination,
spoke UP E. A. Unison. an official
of the Lykes Bros. Steamship Co
of New Orleans and New York
Everybody should be treated alike
in wartime and made to toe the
mark"
War Shipping Administration Of
ficials replied that they had inves-
tigated Standard Oils bleaching
of workers, presumably done tc
build up a backlog of non-union
employees, but said they doubted
that VISA had authority to dictate
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-04
AIR POWER
OF HITLER
IS BLASTED
Day and Night Sweeps Are
Made BY American,
British Hedvies

LONDON, May 4.--American Fly
ing Fortresses blasting Hitler's wan
ing air power for the twentieth
consecutive day of pre-invasion aer-
ial assaults, bombed German air.
fields in Holland
The new blows by the American
heavies conceded with early morn
ing attacks by both American and
British bombers on German anti
invasion installations in northern
France and fell only a few hours
after two great Allied armadas hit In
night flying. The bombers hit tar
gets In Rumania and bases in Italy
and the big military depot at Mailly.
southwest Of Rheims Possibly $50
Royal Air Force bombers made the
Trip from British bases.
A preliminary announcement by
the United States headquarters in
dicated the Fortress formations
slammed explosives on airfields In
Holland, probably $50 planes in the
ioAt. ANO AhCAlOAoAA 10 hlaoc Va 4A8ANCk
escorts, nevertheless the combined
assault of this streamlined force
brought about 5000 tons in weight
Of bombs loosed on the continent.
Royal Air Force bumbess f1ew IN
a bright moonlight night and met
fierce German fighter opposition.
Forty-nine planes failed to re-
turn from the operations, which
included an attack on the western
Germany chemical center at
Kudiwgshafen.
For once the German radio made
claims of lower losses, announcing
that 40 British bombers were shot
down.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-04
BRIEF is FILED
MANAGER SEIZED

CHICAGO. May Paul Sowell,
Assistant Operating Manager Of
Montgomery Ward, was seized today
by FBI agents at the government
controlled mail order plant and
charged with stealing or injuring"
United States government prop
erty.
First Assistant U. S. Attorney
O'Connor told U. S. Commissioner
Walker that Sowell was seized as
he was taking down" a government
poster. O'Connor said the poster in
formed employees that any dis
charges since April 26, the day the
government took control of the
plant are invalid, and that the cases
would be heard by John Goodloe,
government named grievance officer
dealing with the CLIO United Mail
Order Warehouse Retail Employees.
The poster also said there would
be no further dismissals without
a hearing before Goodloe.
Sowell was released on $3.50 bond
pending a hearing on May II and
pleaded innocent.
Sowell told reporters that when
he saw the poster this morning he
noticed it had to do with relations
between the employees and the
management, land rather than
stand in the hall reading it, I re-
moved the thumb tacks in order to
take the poster to my office to
read it in its entirety, and to abide
by 1t, of course"
Except for this incident calm pre-
vailed in the Montgomery Ward
situation, as Federal Judge Holly
studied briefs and evidence offered
by the company and the govern
ment in the legal fight over the
government seizure.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-04
The w ashington
Merry Go Round d:
By DREW PEARSON
ct COL Robert 8. Allen now on active
service with the Army.)

WASHINGTON = Miracles don't
often happen in labor relations, but
peace and love now reign between
the tough maritime workers and
the ship lines.
Though the main factor is a
common desire to pull together for
the war, one factor has been reg
ular meetings between all union
chiefs and all ship-line executives
in the Maritime Commission in
washington. There, both sides lay
their cards on the table and tell
what they think of each other.
Last week, husky, hard-boiled Joe
Curran, head of the National Mari
time Union, actually went SO far
as to invite the operator rep
resentatives into his union hiring
halls to assist in the shipping as
signments of seamen. Ship oper-
ators almost fell off their chairs
when Curran made this astounding
suggestion.
TUT ScVCA yCd1o, LAC oOAAitoCS'
II have fought to keep the COM
panies out of the hiring halls. But
now I'm inviting them in SO we
can work together for the war.
THAT" he chuckled, lis what a
war will do"
However, Curran coupled his olive
branch with an attack on one OPP
erator-Standard Oil-for boarding
manpower He charged that Stand
ard Oil operated private pool OF
seamen for its own tankers. These
extra seamen. he said, were being
kept ashore and used in other jobs,
even though they had been given
draft deferments as essential sea-
men supposed to be at sea. BY this
process, Curran claimed, Standard
attempts to build up backlog OF
non-union seamen and thus have
enough in reserve to escape using
union men.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-04
HERE'S LATE
RETURNS IN
FOURTH DIV.

FAIRBANKS. Alaska. May A.
With 40 precincts heard from.
Democratic candidates leading the
House race are Jesse Lander, Mrs.
Alaska s. Linck. Robert Hopes,
Harry Badger and Thomas Jones.
Republican nominees for the SEN
ate on the four-year side apparently
will be John Butrovich, Jr., and
George E. King, with Andrew Ner-
land for the two-year Senate term.
Republican candidates leading for
the House are Louis D. Colbert.
Albert Dorsh, Maurice johnson.
Henry Karstens and Patrick Savage,
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-04
NAILS ARE SEEING
THINGS ON COMING
INVASION, EUROPE
Reconnaissance Pilots Re
port Troops Loaded
Aboard Vessels

STOCKHOLM. May 4. = London
newspaper today quoted Stockholm's
Aftonbladt as saying German re-
connaissance pilots observed ALLIED
invasion troops embarking on in
vasion vessels from British ports
ready for action but the troops later
were landed again"
The Berlin correspondent of the
Aftonbladt added that "embarka-
ton is not intended yet but is be-
heved to be just Q feint to lure the
Germans taking premature counter
measures"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-04
THREE KILLED AND
THREE MISSING IN
NAVAL COLLISION


WASHINGTON. May A.. The
Navy Department announced today
that three enlisted men were killed
and three others are missing after
collision between the destroyer
Parrot and the merchant ship John
Morton at Hampton Roads. near
the naval operating base, last Tues
day.
A large hole was torn in the de-
stroyer's starboard side and it was
several hours after the collision
before she was towed to the Norfolk
Navy Yard. She was observed list
ing badly in her berth at the naval
base.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-04
BUCHAREST
RAIL YARDS
ARE BOMBED
Repair Shops Are Set Afire
New Aerial Stab
Represents Shift

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
NAPLES, May 4. - Executing the
wars first night attack on Buchar-
est, British Halifaxes, Lancaster and
Wellingtons last night blasted the
Rumanian capitals two-mile-long
rail yards and German freight
cars concentrated in the yards.
Repair shops were set afire by a
shower of bombs.
Returning filters said the aerial
stab in the Balkans represented a
shift from series of steady attacks
during the past week against Ger
man communications in northern
Italy.
Medium bombers kept the air Of
fensive going in italy by bombing
bridges and number OF other
points beyond Rome.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-04
CAMILLA
IS INDICTED,
GRAND JURY
Civilians and Corporations
Also Involved in Money
Solicitation, South

LOS ANGELES, Calf, May A.
Col. Joseph James Canella, Post
Quartermaster at the Santa Ana
Army Air Base, has been indicted
by q Federal Grand Jury, with three
civilians and two corporations, on
charges Of conspiracy to defraud
the Government.
The indictment charges Col Can
ella solicited money from persons
having matters pending before the
quarterrnaster and accepted money
from such persons.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-04
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, May A. = Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 5A, Anaconda 25h
Bethlehem Steel so, Curtiss- Wright
42as, international Harvester II,
Kennecott 31ss, North American
Aviation 8is, New York Central IT'S
Northern Pacific 145s, United States
Steel 5lM.
Dow, Jones averages today are as
follows. Industrials, 1875; rails,
1898; utilities, 22-57.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-04
GIVE MORE
FOR THIRD
DIVISION

ANCHORAGE, Alaska. May A.
On the basis of returns from IS out
of 81 precincts it appears that Don
Carlos Brownell and Ed Coffey viii
win the Third Division Democratic
nominations for the four-year terms
In the Senate.
Democratic candidates leading for
the House are Diamond. Taylor,
Pollard. Stanley McCutcheon, Wad-
man and Huntley.
Republican candidates for the
House probably will be Peterson,
Gill, ANDERSEN, Martin, Chadwick,
Bugge and McVtcker.
Joe Diamond. oldtime grocer. is
leading all In the election with 1888
votes so far, and the theory is that
his name is similar to that Of the
Delegate to Congress.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-04
DAY IS
PROCLAIMED

WASHINGTON, May 4.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt has proclaimed June
IA as Flag Day and asked that it
be observed as a day of earnest
rededication to those high prin-
ciples of humanity and civilization
which constitutes the foundations OF
this Republic"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-04
JAP BASES
CAPTURED
AT k0HIMA
Move Lessons Jap Pressure
-SfiIwelI's Troops
Advance

BULLETIN - LONDON, May
4. = The German radio this
afternoon quotes a dispatch
from Tokyo declaring the Brit
ish troops have evacuated Inn
phal and taken up positions out
side the town and there are
about 10000 Allied troops in the
area"
There is no confirmation to
this Tokyo report.
THEAST ASIA HEAD
QUARTERS AT HANDY, Cey1on
May 4.-Allied troops have captured
several additional enemy strong
holds north of Kohima in assaults
designed to lessen the Jap pressure
on the Indian frontier base, Adj
miral Mountbatten's headquarters
announced.
At the same time forces at the
southern end of the Burma front
evacuated the village of Paletws
"readjusting" their positions.
In northern Burma more enemy
ground has been won by 1t. Gen
Joseph Stilwell's American anc
Chinese troops who are still ad-
vancing.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-04
will PROBE
SEIZURE OF
NV. PLANTS
Senate Unanimously Pass
es Resolution for Com.
|. Investigation

I WASHINGTON, May 4. The
Senate has approved unanimously
the resolution of Senator Harry
Flood Byrd authorizing the Senate
Judiciary Committee to investigate
the seizure of the Montgomery,
Ward plants in Chicago.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-04

Advocates Of the new system don't
figure the profits would come SO
much from increased sales as in
the reduction of manpower. It's
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-04
FROM FAIRBANKS

A recent arrival from Fairbanks
is Mrs. X. r. Howard. She is reg
istered at the Baranof.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-04
New Postal Rate Boon
For Banks; Money Orders
May Now Take Nose Dive
BY JACK sTINNETT

WASHINGTON, May 4.--Some-
times Congress can't see beyond the
end of its nose. The example at
hand is the increase in the cost
of post office money orders Gas
high as 66 per cent in some cases.
voted In the recent revenue bill
If the bankers lobby had worked
night and day for months, it couldn't
have hoped for as great a benefit
as Congress may have handed them
in this seemingly minor item of in
creased public charge for services
rendered.
The House Ways and Means Com
mittee glibly estimated that in
creases in the cost of local postage
airmail stamps and money orders
would bring an additional revenue
of $96,000,000 year The govern
ment has monopoly on the sale
of stamps and. for the most part
for services rendered hereunder. II
doesn't have any monopoly on
money orders. Its principal hold
on this most lucrative source OF
post office profits was that it could
safely transmit money in certain
amounts as economically as any
private agency.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-04
AFL SUPPORTS wLB


( PHILADELPHIA, Pa, May A.
The Executive Council of the Am
erican Federation of Labor jumped
into the Montgomery, Ward con-
itroversy with the declaration of
Support to the War Labor Board,
r'regardless of particular circum-
stances or type of union involved
in the controversy and we are
primarily concerned with upholding
the authority of the WLB."
I The statement said labor has ac-
cepted some WLB decisions most
reluctantly" and has been required
to exercise self discipline.
BRIEF is FILED
CHICAGO, May 4-The Mont
gomary, Ward brief has been filed
jim the Federal Court and declares
that "totalitarian government in the
United States is a logical conse-
quence to the governments claim
for unrestricted power"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-04

In those certain amounts, that
may no longer be true. When the
public realizes banks can supply the
same service for less cost, the money
order profits may nose dive.
The first reports on the new reve-
nue. bill won't come in until the
middle of this month and then only
from the larger cities, but SO posi-
tive are post office officials that
their highly profitable money order
business has been dealt serious
blow, they already are revamping
the whole system.
What is proposed is the issuance
of postal notes" similar to travel
ers' checks. BY buying these blanks
zen bloc" the cost would be re-
duced to compete with those banks
which now perform the same serv-
ice for about half the charge.
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-29

Shirts many seconds patterned, sl4, 123-lS liz
1l2 prs. Jr Boys Twill Slaeks rayon.coon to IL. 295
11S prs. Jr Boys Sanforzed Cotton Overals 40
80 Boys Casual Wool Coats; two-tone solid 795
"a Junior Bows Long Pant Suits. wool. rayon. 7e5
al Jr Boys Knicker Suits; wool, to IL 9e5
52 prs. Boys Golf Hose seconds, patterned 27e
As6 mrs. Golf Hose; seconds finer weave 35e
prs Boys Crew Socks; seconds, to IL zee
81 Jr Boys Corduroy with wool Suits 1850
81 Junior Boys Wool with Corduroy Suits to IL $50
81 Grained Leather Jackets .ldefasener, to 1S 795
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-29
965 yds. Rayon, Wooden Fabrics, Reduced

| REMNANTS. u to 5H yard lengths. Woods, rayon-
andwool, rayons in assorted weights and weaves.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-29
Sketches of War Casualties

achievement in aerial flight. Lib
orator gunner and veteran OF
many missions against German
installations, Sgt. HOLMAN for
merly worked for the Michigan
Bell Telephone Co, and joined the
AAF in April, 1871. His mother,
Mrs. Rose A. HOLMAN. lives at
t29d7 r.. Jefferson.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-29
WOUNDED

SGT. THOMAS =. BCSkO-
NICH. % July l5 IN France.
according 20 word received by
bS parents. Mr. and Mis- George
'Bo>koliCh. 1898 Alden, he Is no"
hack IN. action with The infantry
a forngr student az S. Oregon!
High. ne entered service IN No
NcmbCr. 1912. and went overseas
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-29
DECORATED

Pre-. FLOYD A. THOMS, 10,
whose unit received the Presi-
Genital Citation for establishing
me Normandy beachhead and
being among the first to land in
France. a former Times employe,
he has been in service since March,
2 943. and overseas for the past
10 months. He is the son OF Mrs.
Marjori Mcleod, 1889 Sharon.
FIRST 1T. ARIES Il.
kLEBES JR.. 20. the Silver Star
for gallantry in action while
participating in aerial flight as a
BIS bombardier He is the sen
of MIR and Mrs. Charles r.
KlebeS Sr. 1852 Monica.
S/SGT. EDWARD II. KUHLE.
the Distinguished Flying Cross,
for extraordinary achievement in
aerial flight. a graduate OF
Cooley High. he joined the AAF
in March. 1913, and received
training as "A B-24 aerial gunner
His parents are Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Kuhle 1852 Ward.
SGT. ROBERT n. HOLMAN,
=, the Air Medal for meritorious
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-29

Biographical sketches --ut De
troiterS killed IN action. wounded
and decorated. according t0 Off
cial army and navy releases ana
next of kin TodaN = hsf Includes
two Detroit members oi the
Canadian afuy
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-29

SUI. IAN u ~. bOhN'Np.N'
% June 9. in France \ former
cpployr Of the Automobile Club
of Michigan, ne entered service
.n December. 1912 Since gong
overseas IN MAY, 1919, he has
seen action in North Africa, Italy
and Sicily with the glider lnfan-
try In addition 10 the Purple
Heart Sgt johnson. son of Mr..
and Mrs. Howard Johnson. 1921
Maplewood wears the Silver Star
which he was awarded for the
initiative, leadership and courage
he displayed under heavy cross
fire from the enemy His reGi-
mcnt also received a Presidential
Citation.
PFC. HILBERT ". MORGAN,
Is, July 80. in the south Pacific.
4 former student of Southwest
crn. he Joined the marines i'm May,
1913. and went overseas last jan
aury His parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Glen McChesney, 1889 Downing
have another son, Sgt. Kenneth,
in the narat rooms