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Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-03

ice in the wars which have
been fought since the Span
ish-American, Saturday was
on record as advocating re-
tention by this country of all
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-03
p AMsL!xe AAuLM!e
REPORTER
Soldiers Lost
Papers Found

RR is gratified to know that
young convalescent soldier at Camp
Lockett hospital need worry no
longer over having lost all his i'm
portant papers. In less than an
hour Thursday after the paper
containing RR's appeal about the
papers. the phone rang and, presto!
there was the envelope. On the
phone was Carl Gent, ticket clerk
at the Southern Pacific passenger
station. He had asked Gent to keep
it for him and apparently could
not remember where he had left
it. RR also is glad to know through
the field office of the American Red
Cross that the soldier is improving
at the hospital.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-03
This Should BE
A Fl Id Day

A dark shadow is lowering over
w. A. Tondro. city councilman. and
Police Judge Lee Nuffer. and we
ore tickledD Both have been nOti-
fled TO get busy and clean up their
premises as the city-wide drive is
assuming a Patton tank speed. The
Continued on Pg. 6. Col. q
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-03
Loss Is Estimated
Up To $125>000
Board Acts Speedily to Prepare to
House ESQ "Orphaned' Pupils;
Start Thought TO Have Been in A++ic

Two hundred fifty pupils made homeless, the
entire text book supply for three schools wiped out
and every piece of equipment lost when fire razed Wilson
school on West Main street Friday night.
Estimated lOss building and equipment, is set
high as SI25,OOO as school officials open Surveys
Cause is mystery, although defective Uring spOn-
tanecus combustion the basis the nUesti-
cation under lUdy.
Vandalism is considered by school heads of the
picture nasnuch the building knOWn to hare been
locked securely.
immediate steps taken to house the pupils and
obtain text books the school board
Saturday morning.
These the hghlghts in Ell Centros disastrous
fire in years. '.-@.e7&f
BLAZE SWEEPS OYER WHOLE BUILDING
Once started the fire spread rapidly and with such
intensity that it impossible to attempt fighting it from
the inside Assistant Fire Chief R. O. Bennett refused to
endanger the lives of his by sending them inside with
only masks protection It would have been danger
ous,' declared the assistant chief.
The alarm received at fire headquarters at :35,
according to Bennett.
''When arrived there sign of blaze any
part of the roof but the and above the furnace
at the and to the west side of the building
roaring of flames. Comparatively little smoke
could be believe had been burning at least twenty
minutes before the alarm given and at that time the
interior bursting with flames and the blaze broke
through the roof after started the water going
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-03
Russian Armies
Pass Bucharest,
Near Yuqo Border

MOSCOW, Sept. 2. (UP)-RusSian
armored columns drove 10 miles or
more beyond Bucharest Saturday
capturing or by-passing the railway
center of PiteSti in faSt-breaking
advance that already has carried
to within 100 miles of Yugoslavia.
Other elements of Marshal Rodio
Y. Malinovskys Second Ukrainian
Army linked up with General Feo-
dor I. Bolkuhin's Third Army to
present solid front touching the
Bulgarian border at key points along
150-mile stretch from the Danube
river oil port of Giurgiu to the
Black Sea.
BULGARIA ILL AT EASE
Important developments were an
ticipated in Bulgaria as the two
armies massed for their next move
simultaneously with the fall of the
Bagrianov government. Facing COM
plete isolation from Germany, Bull
garia was expected to reach mo-
mentous decision in the light of
Russia's rejection of its declaration
of neutrality.
CThe reference to important de-
velopmentS" and 'momentous de-
CisiOn" may mean that Bulgaria is
contemplating break in relations
with and perhaps declaration of
war against Germany Bulgarian
armistice negotiations with the
United States and Britain at Cairo
has been suspended temporarily
pending the installation of and in
structions from new government
in Sofia)
TRAPPED IN GREECE
Malinovsky'S westward advance
from Bucharest past Pitesti was
disclosed in front dispatches and
foreshadowed an early injunction
between his army and Marshal
Tito's partisan forces in Yugoslavia
that would forge solid Allied front
across southeastern Europe and cut
off German occupation troops in
Greece.
The advance presumably was
made along the Bucharest-Buda-
pest railway, which loops southwark
from Pitesti. Only 108 miles west
of Pitesti lies the Yugoslav border
Continued on Pg. 6, Col. g.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-03
Notice!

Ernie Pyle apparently is ON the
move to a new front. No word
from him this date.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-03
WEATHER

Maximum FriGay 1903, minimum Sat 81; 5 am
Saturday 65 humidity IS; noon Saturday 81, bu-
midity 81; pm Friday 100, humidity 16.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-03

L. A. HAY-U. s. No. S31 1880; u. s. No. 2 Ieafy
l. " s3o.5O- $3.50; No. 2 5000 -S31Oo; Sept. fla.
s296%.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-11-24
JUNEAU MEAT DEALERS
 SUSPEND ALL SALES

JUNEAU, Alaska-The five lead ing meat markets suspended opera tions in both wholesale and retail sales Wednesday, November 22, as a protest against ceiling prices on beef ordered by OPA Administrator Mildred Hermann effective Noyem- Der '.
 They claim they would have to operate at a loss. They have not sold beef at retail since the order went into effect. The dealers had agreed to a cutting test to prove their position.
 It was understood here that all markets in Alaska except Ketchi- kan have barred the sales of beef since November '. The OPA was si- lent today but it was understood local dealers had refused to show their profit and loss statements or complete figures on operation costs, and had not thus convinced her that they would have to operate at loss.
 Fairbanks and Anchorage deal CTS are considering general shut downs.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-11-24
FAIRBANKS EXCEEDS QUOTA
 FIRST DAY OF BOND DRIVE

FAIRBANKS, Alaska-If there is ever a third world war, Fairbanks will be ready and waiting for It, declare directors of the city's sixth war loan campaign.
 The drive for bond sales opened Monday and it was announced that the city already had gone over it's quota. The quota was $220,000 and sales of S283,O91 were made last week in a house-to-house canvass that ended Saturday night with an auction of merchandise donated by merchants. The goods went to per sons bidding the highest on war bond purchases. Some $90,0O0 in bonds were sold at the auction which was under auspices of the new Lions club and Rotarians.
 Fairbanks was the first under the American flag to meet it's 5th war loan quota, meeting it fully on the opening day. Chairman Les lie Nerland believed it had repeat ed as the first city on Monday s performance.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-11-24
PRICES ON TURKEYS
 REVISED BY 0PA

Pre-holiday turkey shoppers will find the retail ceiling prices on turkeys have been revised over those in effect last year, according to statement made today by Don aid J. O'Connor, Territorial price executive. for the Office of Price Administration.
 Dressed young turkeys will tend to be slightly less and at one price per pound whether light. medium or heavy birds This simplifies pric- ing requirements for dealers too.
 The ceiling prices on drawn and quick frozen eviscerated turkeys in light, medium or heavy weights had to be adjusted upward to reflect increased wholesale costs to dealers. This increase however has been held to a minimum in figuring the re- vised ceilings, by taking advantage of the decrease in surcharge Il other acquisition costs from those prevailing last year, MT. O'Connor said.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-11-24
RADIO TUBES PLACED
 UNDER PRICE CEILINGS

Effective November %. maximum prices. uniform throughout the ter ritory. are established for all retail sales of new standard radio receiv- CT tubes as announced today by Mildred R. Hermann, Alaska direc- tor of the office of price adminis- tration.
 Prices thus set will include stan dard guarantee extended by manu- facturer of tube, in no case less than 50 days. Full credit or refund must be given if a tube proves de- fective and cannot be replaced within reasonable period of time.
 In addition to dollars and cents ceilings thus set on a long list of standard type tubes, this new amendment to Alaska's price regu- lation stipulates that no charge may be made for testing tubes brought to sellers establishment by customer, Mrs Hermann said.
 Detailed information on ceiling prices on radio tubes is available at all War Price and Rationing board offices.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-11-24

The town council received nu- merous replies to a Questionnaire sent to all residents of Wrangen for their opinions on the subject of liquor sale and control. Sample re- ply. "Too many laws now and no enforcement. Minors buy booze in Wrangen, a fact well known by city officials. so why the having of more laws-a lot of bunk in my es- timation"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-11-24
GENERAL IKE REQUESTS

This week comes the formula for victory from the man who ought to know, General Dwight D. Eisen- hover supreme Commander of the Allied Armies on the Western Front. This formula is simple and full of common sense. Send us more planes, tanks. ammunition, and other implements of war, and we will lick the Germans is the gist of it.
 General Eisenhower's armies are ahe finest in the world, and they include Wrangell men. Their nor ale is high, and this is attributable in large part to the fact that they know all Americans are behind them. They know how we have oversubscribed previous War Bond drives, and are entirely confident the good work will go on with the Sixth drive which started Monday
 For some of us, there is little that we can accomplish in winning the war in comparison with those actively facing the enemy, but these small contributions are vital. We can do our daily work as well as our abilities permit, we can write cheerful letters to those in service, and provide the implements for our fighting men, keep our economy stable and our country on a sound financial basis by systema- tic War Bond buying. Your money will buy more alter the war. Put it in War Bonds and hold them.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-11-24
AIR-sEA RESCUE DUTY
 GIVEN COAST GUARD

KETCHIKAN. Alaska Viee-Ad- miral Russell R. Waesche, Coast Guard Commandant. revealed last week that coordinating wartime Air-sea Rescue and organizing peacetime agency for rescue work with expanding commercial n d private flying, has been made a Coast Guard responsibility.
 Organization of the Air-sea Res cue was requested by the Joint Chief of Staff at Washington and .activated on orders from the Sec retary of the Navy. Admiral Ernest .J. King. U. S. Navy Commander-in- Chief. has ordered commanders of the U. S. sea frontiers to establish Air-Sea Rescue Service, the rescue task units of which will be manned by the Coast Guard
 Important in the plans will be the 450 Coast Guard pilots flying anti-submarine and convoy patrol and utilization of the Coast Guard communication system. proved in long distress call experience. T h aviators in all probability will be flying seaplanes and amphibious craft carrying on in a larger scale their present assistance to downed planes and passengers. When helio- copters are developed as expected, they also will be used, the Coast Guard said
 The small boat men and small boats in which the Coast Guard has made it's rescue reputation-called upon for landing craft and rescue duty in World War Twill be used in surface operations coordinated with aviation. Bases of these craft already are established at strategic locations and the craft themselves will be faster and more seawOrthy as a result of war experience.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-11-24
RESIDENTS OF MANILA
 SUBSTSTNG ON LEAVES

WITH THE SEVENTH DIVIs. ION. on Leyte-Residents of Mani la are starving. Eighty-five percent of the populace of that city subsist on sweet potato leaves, according to Filipino college student, "A who said he worked as a messenger for an American officer before the Japs took Manila.
 The youth said the Japs tried to sell the FilipinOs the idea of a pup pet republic. but when the ''inde. pendence celebration" was held a year ago, the Japs had to force Fiji pinos to participate in the parade.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-11-24
HAPPY BIRTHDAY

The Sentinel extends congratula tions to the following persons who will celebrate birthdays during the coming week:
 Frank Winston, Nov 25
 Lew Williams Jr., Nov. 26
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-11-24

Animal consumption of wheat in the U. S. is estimated at about 500 million bushels a year.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-11-24

The Canadian aviation industry employment has increased in war time from 1000 to 75,O00.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-11-24
FROM THE SENTINEL FILES
 November 23, 1884

Children of Wrangell got their first view of a live turkey in Dr. ". M Whitehead's s chicken house. The gobblers were sent to Mrs R. N. Scruby by her brother near Se- attle
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-11-24

Campbell Brothers invited the public to the opening of their new store. Door prizes were given out and refreshments served to all visi- tors.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-02
FOUR CAROLINA
RIVERS RISING

RALEIGH, Oct 1.-LR)-Heavy
overflows OF eastern North Carroll
mas four principal rivers - the
Neuse,. Cape Fear, Tar and Roa-
noke - are expected as result OF
Continuous rains, HE. KichEne,
chief OF the weather bureau, said
today.
Indications are that the Roanoke
river, which had almost subsidized
to normal after flooding last week
will reach 43 feet at Weldon by
Tuesday night . or Wednesday,
Kichline said. Flood stage at We'll
don is 81 feet.
A stage Of 46 feet or more is ex-
pected on the Cape Fear river a.
Fayetteville sometime Monday. At
Elizabethtown, the river may
reach 80 feet by Tuesday night,
the weather bureau chief said.
Although there Is no immediate
threat along the lower reaches OF
the Tar river, the Tar, like other
streams, is rising fast, Kichline
said. The Neuse will reach 10 feet
or more at Snithfield by Wednes-
day, Kichline predicted. Flood
stage there is IA feet.
1.-THE picture may be changed
within the next few hours by fur
Their reports" Kich1ine said. but
at present, heavy flows are anti
cipated." Rains over the river
areas averaged two to five inches
by Saturday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-02
Ample Coffee Available, Says Byrnes;
R1In1ors OF Rationing Are Dispelled|

t.Stocks of coffee in this coun-
try available to civilians Septem-
Der l. totalled $40, 900, 900 pounds
compared with POI, GOO, 900 pounds
when coffee rationing began in
November, 1912, and 487, 000, 900
pounds on July 20, 1913, when cot
fee rationing ended"
Byrnes office said that Brazil
ian Finance Minister Arthur de
Souza Costa, had given assurance
that 1000. 600 bags Of coffee a
month would be provided the
American trade through normal
trade channels.
American importers have had
difficulty in recent weeks in con-
tracing more adequate supplies
from exporting countries and
stocks therefore had been declin-
ing.
OPA said last night that "spec.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-02
DELTA COTTON HIT
BY PICKER SHORTAGE

MEMPHIS, Oct. 1.-R)-A great
deal of delta cotton may be left on
the stalks this year because work
ers are not available to pick it, a
Commercial Appeal survey report
ed tonight.
The paper said cotton gins in
the area reported only one-third
as many bales had been ginned by
Sept. Is this year as for the same
period in 1943. ~
Planters were quoted as saying
the labor supply was 20 to Is per
cent below that OF last year with
the crop considerably larger.
Many Of them said they doubted
that they could get their full crop
picked. go
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-02
CHINESE PARLEYS
OPEN AT CAPITAL

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1-tR-Chi-
nese talks with American and
British delegations beginning to-
morrow morning at Dumberton
Oaks are expected to reach quick
agreement On most major points.
Knotty questions on details, how
ever, mya require thorough ex-
ploration, at Chinese suggestion,
before these initial conversations
on a world security organization
are wound up and the results are
forwarded to United Nations gov
ernmnets and announced to the
world
Ambassador Wellington Koo,
Chinese delegation chief, has out
lined China's desires in consider
able detail and they appear to
dovetail smoothly with the prin-
ciples which generally are under
stood to have been agreed upon
by the Russian, British and
American delegates in the first
six weeks Of the talks.
Koo stressed the necessity for
a security system which could
move unhesitatingly and force
fully to forestall aggression and
which would be flexible enough
70 adapt itself to changing con-
ditions.
1t is precisely in the working
out of such machinery, even
though basic principles are agreed
upon, that difficulty is expected.
For example, China's century
(Continued on Page 2: Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-02
FOUR OF CREW
DEAD IN CIR ASH

coURTLAND, Ala, Oct. ID.
-Four crew members. were Killed
and three Others injured today
When a B-24 bomber on training
light from the CORTLAND Army
field crashed near the field, Col.
Walter w. Gross, commanding OF
ticer, announced. Z: ::
The dead were identified asst
Second 1t. Joseph Kupa, 10, son
Of Julian Kupa, 664 North Main
street, Bristol, Conn.
Second 1t. John G. Ronning, 26,
son of MIR. and Mrs. Sam ]. Ron
hing, Bainville, Mont.
Second It. Robert Rutley, 20,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Harold B.
Rutley, 107 Nova Drive, Piedmont,
Calf.
Pvt. Voster Scorboria, IS, engi-
heer, who died q few hours after
the crash. He is the son Of Mrs.
Marie Scoboria, 80, Nottingham
road, Malverne, N. y.
The three injured were listed al
follows:
Second 1t. Robert v. Kelsey
Blacksburgn, Va.
Second 1t. Robert c. Schad
Cincinnati.
Flight instructor First 1t. Will
Ham R. Hill, New Hampton, N. Z
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-02
] Troops
Increase Wak
Against j
2lo JAP sH
Admiral Mimi For
Increased War TO-
duction

ALLIED HEADQUAR-
TIERS, New Guinea, Oct. r.
up - Ending one of their
most successful months in a
blaze of Japanese destruction
Gen. Douglas MacArthur's
flying forces ranged from &C.
lebes to the Philippines, dam
aged or sank three Japanese
ships, set fire to airdromes
and destroyed a number Of
parked planes, today's COM
munique announced.
The month-end's bag of ships
brought to a total of 210 ships and
smaller craft, including barges.
that Macarthur men have sunk
or damaged in the southwest Pa
cific in September.
(These figures are in addition to
those included in a Pearl Harbor
announcement last Thursday that
the Third Fleets carrier planes
had destroyed 100 surface craft
Of all types and had damaged 200
others, Of all types in seven days
raiding the Philippines.)
Two of the largest ships Of the
lot were accounted for Saturday,
when a 10,000-ton tanker was dam
aged off Zamboanga, southern
Philippines, and an $500 ton
freighter-transport was sunk in
Tiwero Strait, southern Celebes. A
coastal vessel also was damaged
near Zamboanga, second largest
city on Mindanao.
Heavy bombers extended their
Celebes attack to enemy aircraft
facilities at Kendari, where three
grounded planes were set afire and
others damaged.
Meanwhile carrier planes and
air patrols pounded the enemy's
Halmahera airdromes day and
night.
Raids on Ceram and Boeroe air.
drones sby. Allied sheayyss4nedium
and. fighter bombers viii c h
dropped a total Of 10 tons OF ex-
plosives put the airstrips out Of
CONTINUED on Page ;; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-02
AUTO TOOL PLEA
DENIED BY KRUC

WASHINGTON, Oct. l. M =
WPB Chairman j. A. Krug, de-
cIared today the government can
not grant now the request of auto
mobile manufa cturers for priority
on machine tools to give the in
dustry a fast start on passenger
cars after German collapse.
Record bre king munition
schedules for the rest OF the year
described by him. as ''the peak Of
our war needs"-stand in the way
Of the prepar atory move, fhe new
War Production Board chief said
in an interview.
eff WPB did that for the auto
motive industry, we would have
to do it for all other industries"
Krug observed. I'VE haven't the
manpower now to make the ma
chine tools.
Issuance Of such piece Of
paper would simply be defraud-
ing business into thinking it was
getting something it couldn't get"
Krug, acting chairman during
Donald M. Nelson's mission to
China, became permanent chair
man when Nelson resigned yes
terday. Nelson shortly will step
into what President Roosevelt
described as a major government
position to lay foundations for
postwar economic cooperation
with other nations"
Despite his firm ''no" to- the
proposal advanced by automotive
leaders in Detroit last week, Krug
promised that WPB Twill do every
thing we can to assist every in
dustry."
IT have requested each Of our
industry divisions to study with
the industries the additional meas
ures that can be adopted" he
said.
The motor group proposed that
its order for peacetime@ machine
tools and equipment be given pri-
ority equal to the '1ess urgsnt'
class Of war orders and ahead OF
some Of the consumer goods now
given essential civilian" priori-
L ties. -. 49,,
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-02
British8th., American 5th.
Armies Gainingm Italy

ROME, Oct. L. tR British
Eighth Army troops have captur-
ed Savignamo, 10 miles inland
from the Adriatic on the Rimiri-.
Bologna highway, after several
days of bitter fighting, and have
thrown the Germans back at some
points from their strong Fiuni.,
cino river line, Allied headquar-,
tiers announced today.
Despite rains which hsrnpcred
movements, Eighth Army men
have cleared the east bank of the
river from the coast to Savlgna-
mo. Southwest of that town, they
occupied Tribola and MontaIbano.
Americans Of the Fifth Army
knocked back third and power
full German counter blow aimed
at recapturing Mt. Battiglla. a
commanding height IL miles from
Imola and the lateral highway 70
Bologna.
Elements of at least three Nazi
divisions, strongly supported by
artillery and flame throwers,
charged in the vain effort to Dust
the doughboys from the mountains
overlooking the Pc valley.
Lt.-Gen. Mark W. Clark's troops
there threaten the main supply
line of Germans battling on the
Adriatic sector. -
Two miles farther west along
this. central front in Italy, Ameri-
cans attacked neighboring Mt.
Cappe1la, where Germans were
stubbornly defending strong posi-
tons. $500
Still farther west, the Yanks won
ground north on Giugnola, 18 miles
south of Bologna, and cleared enc.
my remnants from Mt. Fredente,
81 miles southwest of that main
city.
The Germans have rushed rein
forcements from other Apennine
areas against the U. S.. thrust
making slow progress through mud
and rain and imperi1ing Field
Marshal Albert Kesselring's grip
on northern Italy. 80.
On the west coastal sector, the
Nazis stepped up artillery fire
against Brazilian, and other Allied
units maintaining pressure on
mountain strongholds. ee.
Despite foul weather. Allied
bonbers struck nine bridges in
the Milan and Venice areas yes
terday in the campaign to isolate
Germans sin,,the Pc valley. Fight
er-bonbers- cut Pc valley rail lines
in 81 places. taking toll of six
locomotives, IA railcars and .16 We
hieles destroyed, with many others
damaged :s SO ',', .e.,esgs -, r.:
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-02
Nv TOM YARBROUGH

\ DOVER, Oct. 1.-RNLiber-
ated Dover, in its. strange new
freedom from shell fire, was
too numb today from four
years of front line terror to
realize right away the mean
ing and goodness Of quiet and,
peace.
There were bright smiles
and that was all-when the
BIC gave first place to the
news:
Calais has been liberated"
Churches had special thanks
giving services and the mayor
raised the town flag in a little
ceremony on top Of the ancient
town hall tower,
Every train into Dover
brought many civilians back to
greet those who had stayed