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Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-19
Seven Face Terms
AS Nazi Agents

NEWARK, N. j., May 10. UP)-
Two German-American corporations
and seven individuals were convict
ed Thursday night of conspiracy to
avoid state department registration
as Nazi agents and will be SEN
fenced June 2.
A jury of eight women and four
men found them guilty after 33
hours of deliberation. Five other
individuals were acquitted and the
jury failed to agree III the cases of
three more.
The maximum penalty for the
corporations is a $1,000 fine. The
maximum for the individuals is a
$4,000 fine, two years in prison,
or both.
The corporations were the Ger
man-American Vocational League,
Inc, New York, accused of a link
with the German labor front, and
its subsidiary, the DAB Recreational
Resort, Inc, owner of Camp Berg
valid, Pcmpton Lakes, N. j.
Individuals convicted included
Fritz Schroeder of New York, a
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-19
U.S.. Announces
New FLAX Gun:
Hits Sky Top
Will Hurl 5O-POund
PrOiectile Far
Into StratOsphere

CAMP DAVIS, N. c., May 10.
CUP, - A new "stratosphere-ple
ing" 100 millimeter antiaircra1t
weapon has been developed here
and is ready for use on the world S
battlefronts ty trained crews, it was
ammo unced Friday.
Brigadier General C. V. r.
SCHUYLER, commanding officer OF
the center and Col. Parry Lewis,
head of the antiaircraft artillery
BOARD announced the completion OF
the gun for combat action.
Vertical range of the gun was
given as four miles more than
that of any other antiaircraft ar
tillery weapon, with a horizontal
range somewhat longer"
Firing a 5O-pound projectile at :
muzzle velocity exceeding that OF
the almy's best rifles, the 100 nm
can blanket huge areas OF the
stratosphere and sub-levels with
deadly flax and afford a highly
efficient defense against any super
armadas the enemy might conceiV-
ably send forth" the announce
ment said.
The weapon was described as
"compactly designed and quickly
mobile
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-19
Hitler
Line
Breaks
Abandon Bio
Guns in
Wild Fiiqh+

A LII | E d HEADQUAR-
TIERS, Naples, May 19. (UP)
Defeated German forces
were falling back in disorder
ly retreat on the lower Ital-
ian front Friday before American
arc French troops racing westward
through Notifications of the Adolf
Hitler line.
The German retreat approached
but had not yet reached the pro-
portions of rout. Yielding the
right wing of their vaunted Hitler
line, the Nazis were abandoning
rich stores of equipment, including
the big guns of two entire divisions.
BURN GAETA .
Front dispatches revealed that
American mobile forces were speed
ing westward beyond captured For
mia in the coastal sector, and that
the Germans had put the torch to
Gaeta, which belched smoke and
flame throughout the afternoon.
Tanning out north and south be-
Way to Rome, the United States
units wheeled around the gulf of
Gaeta coast toward the town of
the same name at the opposite tip
of the half moon arc,
The prospective or actual aban-
donment of Gaeta was indicated by
the Nazi demolitions as they fell
back into the Hitler line, putting
! up. only token rearguard resistance
! against the American sweep.
Reconnaissance showed the big
gest buildings in Gaeta covering
several blocks aflame as the Nazis
carried the scorched earth policy
to it's extreme, and American out
riders pressed forward cleaning out
the stragglers beyond Formia.
On the Filth army front below
the Liri Valley, the disorcerly re-
treat was characterized by the fact
that the Germans were splitting up
into small units, each scrambling
to save itself, rather than pulling
back as whole by any pre-arrang-
ed plan.
The enemy disorganization facili-
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Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-19
WuIkouts Hold
Across Nation
BY UNITED PRESS

More than 10000 workers were
idle across the nation Friday, de-
spite temporary settlement OF a
major dispute between Detroit war
plants and the Foremen's Associa-
ticn of America which earlier in the
week had forced, $4,000 men in that
war production center into idle
ness.
A general strike of truck drivers,
also in the Detroit area, wound up
in truce between CIO and AFL
unions, but CIO workers in the
Chrysler plant, where the jurisdic-
tional trouble began over which.
drivers should deliver drinks, re-
fused to recognize the truce. Nine
thouSa and men remained idle in that
plant. The union charged the men
we're locked out, but the manage
ment denied the charge.
LOOKS BRIGHTER
Generally the United States labor
picture was brighter Two news
papers at Wilkes-Barre, Pa, re-
sumed publication, ending a 11-day
strike between the publishers and
printers. Aluminium workers at
Pottsville, Pa, returned to the jobs !;
Mack Manufacturing Co. workers at
Allentown, Pa, ended a walkout,
and at Milwaukee employees of the
Evinrude Motors division of thG
Cupboard Marine and Manufacture
ing Co. went back to their jobs
Continued on Pg. 8, Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-19
Gripshoim Brings
Freed Soldiers

WASHINGTON, May 10. (UP)--
The war department has announced
tentatively the list of ga sick and
wounded American soldiers being
repatriated from German prison
camps aboarG the Swedish exchange
ship Gripsholm, due to arrive in
this country early in June.
The department said the list was
based on preliminary reports and
is subject to official assurance that
the men actually sailed Next of
kin have been notified.
The men, being exchanged for
German war prisoners at Barcelona,
Spain, vii. be given leaves or fur
loughs, as well as disqualification
for those needing it, the department
said.
Among the men were: Private Joe
M. Higuera, infantry, Tucson, Ariz.;
Private Eduardo Perez, infantry,
Bakersfield, Calf; Private Francis
o. Rinaldi, Sacramento, Calf; Cor
poral Clifford M. Conner, armored
force, Richfield, Idaho: Private
First Class Robert G. Anderson,
armored force, Fountain Green,
Utah, and Staff Sergeant Frank
L. Patterson, Marysville, Wash.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-19
Rotary Speaker Sees U. S.
AS TotuIituriun Nation

Colorado river, and congress nor
any other agency could stop such
projects.
Another dangerous clause pro-
vic es that the American commits
Sioner is to see that "all agree
mentS between the two nations are
maintained" Horton explained that
congress has given the President
power to make agreements with
other countries. Under this author
ity President Roosevelt has made
more than TOO such agreements.
One of these, he said, provides
that the United States is to COM
pletely rehabilitate Mexican rail-
roats after the war. How many 9TH
er similar commitments may be in
existence he said he did not know.
Most dangerous clause in the Col
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Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-19
Germans Kill Raj Officers
in Mass Escape Attempt

LONDON, May 10. (UP)
Foreign Secretary Antho-
ny Eden told Commons Fri
day that AZ RAF, Dominions and
Alliec air officers were shot to death
March 26 by the Germans after a
mass escape from prison camp.
The list of slain officers COM
prised 25 of the RAF, six Canadian,
three Australians, two New Zeal
anders, three South Africans, one
French, four Poles, two NorwegianS,
and one Greek. No Americans were
included.
Asked whether he would make
it clear that the German govern
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-19

former league leader now under an
eight-year sentence for conspiracy
to send military information to
Germany; Private Joseph Leiblein
of New York, former vice-president,
treasurer and youth leader of the
league, now at Camp Ripley, Mimi;
Theodore Koehn of New York, for
mer editor of the League magazine;
Albert R. Bertram of New York,
league secretary: GuStave Schmidt
Of Chicago, and Otto Bremmer of
Philadelphia and Guenther Gibbe
of San Francisco, both interned as
enemy aliens.
Those acquitted included Herman
Warth of Gutenberg, N. j.; Emil
Schneider and Paul F.. SieverS of
Denver, both barred from the west
coast by the Western Defense COM
mand.
Those on whose cases the jury
disagreed included Walter Schall
of Seattle, Wash; Karl T. Marx
o. New York, and Albert KieSler of
Detroit, Mich, barred from New
York and the east coast by the
Eastern Defense command.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-19
-Four Suffer Hurts
When Cars Hit

Mrs. H. E. Edwards, San Diego
highway, and three others we're
injured Thursday night when their
cars collided at the Four Corners
intersection.
Leroy Jackson and j. r. Mathis
of Imperial and Bill Harper OF Mt,
Signal suffered minor injuries and
the late model car driven by Jack
son was judged total loss by a
tOW-in firm.
Mrs. Edwards, driver CT the other
car was treated for shock and
fractured collar bone at the city
hospital. She was 10 be released
Friday afternoon. The men were
given emergency treatment at the
hospital Thursday night and re-
turned to their homes.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-19

endeavoring to bloc the proposed
treaty with Mexico which would
grant to the nearby country valu-
able water rights to the Colorado
river.
In the treaty, Horton said, the
representatives of the district found
many dangerous clauses which at
first appeared innocent but proved
to threaten the entire status of
states rights throughout the ma
ton.
AUTOCRATIC POWER
One such clause, Horton said
would give to the boundary COM
missioners the right TO determine
what works can be created on the
river. The commission, he sale, con-
sists of one American and one
Mexican. These two men could de-
eide what was TO be done with the
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-19

Whether the United States
swings to the extreme left,
thus affecting the lives of
every person in this country
will be determined in the i'm
mediate future, d e C are d
Harry Horton, legal counsel
for the Imperial Irrigation
District in a talk before the
El Centre tary club
Thursday at the Barbara
Worth hotel.
Many evidences of the dangerous
turn to what would be virtually a
totalitarian federal control of states
and economy were described by
Horton. He summarized his observ-
ations while in Washington, d. c..
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-19

ment itself is responsible under
provisions of International law"
&c en- replied; That is certainly
our position"
Other sources said if any of the
men were shot while they were not
resisting, that would violate inter-
national law, and that Britons were
under instructions to surrender inn
mediately if caught and offer no
resistance.
Information furnished by Swift
zerland disclosed that some were
shot while resisting arrest and 9TH
ers during a new attempt to escape
after being recaptured, Eden said.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-19

OF 76 who participated in the origi-
nal escape, ne said. Is were recap
tured ano IA still were at large.
Stalag Luft 3, the prison camp. Is
situated at Sagan, so miles north
east of Dresden.
The mass escape occurred March
26, but representative OF Switzer-
land, the Protecting Power, learned
of the incident only during a ro,i-
tine visit TO the camp April II.
Eden saie.
The names of the men shot were
furnished by the Swiss representa-
tive and the next-of-kin already
have been informed. he added.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-19
yunks
Bomb
Wake
Big Planes
Strike
Second Day

WASHINGTON, May 10,
(UP)-Army Liberator hea-
Wy bombers raid'ad Wake ISL
and for the second success
sive day on Wednesday and en-
countered intense antiaircraft fire
which downed one of the raiders,
the navy announced Friday.
ALLIED HEADQ UART E r S,
Southwest Pacific, May 10. CUP)-
Capture of the big Wakde air base
by American invasion forces in a
125-mile amphibious jump from
Hollandia presages the re-conquest
of all Dutch New Guinea. whose
western tip lies only $50 miles from
the Philippines, Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur announced jubilantly Fri
day.
The invaders already were
spreading out east and west of the
Wak6e area along the Dutch New
Guinea coast against what MacAr-
thur described as "only trifling op-
position"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-19
|. A. Judge Fights
Speeding Count

LOS ANGELES, May 10. UP)-
Superior Judge Alfred E. Paonessa
Friday found himself on the wrong
side of the bench in speeding
charge.
He said he didn't do it,
A surprise witness said he did
The judge, who has heard a great
many stories from the other side
of the bench said Officer George
r. Wood arrested him as publicity
stunt.
Il am fighting this case Judge
(and defendant Paonessa said, "as
a matter Of principal and to en-
courage defendants in traffic cases
who are wrongfully cited to demand
their constitutional rights
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-19
Discharged Men
Return Rapidly

LOS ANGELES, May 10. (UP)-
Discharged veterans are coming TO
California to live at the rate OF
5000 a month, according to John
j. MacGillvary, veterans represen-
tative of the war manpower COM
mission.
MacGillvary, describing the work
Of government agencies in veteran
adjustments, told the Pacific Coast
Electrical association that much OF
the veterans usefulness will depend
upon the people around him.
They can build up his self-con-
fidence or they can make him feel
out OF place" he said.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-19
Seven Selected
On Postwar Unit

represent a countrywide interest in
postwar planning and representa-
ton.
Previously appointed were Roy
Womack representing Ell Centre;
Arthur Sprague the labor council
M. j. Dowd the Imperial Irrigation
district; Charles f. Pitzer the coun-
ty fair board and Felix Lehman
the American Legion.
Representatives are yet to be Sc
lected from Brawley, Westmorland,
Calipatria, INLAND, Bard-Winter-
haven, Seeley and Holtville; two
supervisors districts still await ap-
poir,ments as does the county beard
of supervisors and the ministerial
association, farm bureau and Wom-
ems clubs federation.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-19
ForrestaI Sworn
As Secretary

WASHINGTON, May 10. UP)-
James Vincent Forestal was sworn
in Friday as the forty-eighth Sec
retary of the navy at brief cere-
mony attended by members of the
congressional naval committees and
top ranking admirals.
He had been undersecretary OF
the navy since June, 1910, and was
acting secretary following the death
of Secretary Frank Knox on April
%.
The oath was administered to
the 52-year-old New York invest
ment banker by Rear Admiral
Thomas L. Catch, judge advocate
general of the navy.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-19
Berlin Reports
Big Invasion
Force Assembled

LONDON, May 10. CUPD-The
German radio said Friday that
Anglo armies Of "un-
imaginable" size are massed in
southwestern England for an as
sault on western Europe. but it
asserted that the Allied invasion
schedule has been upset by heavy
storms over the channel area dur
ing the past six days.
Lieutenant Colonel Alfred Won
Olberg, Transocean news agency's
military commentator, said in a
broadcast that Allied land, sea and
air forces have not yet reached
the state of maximum preparedness
for the invasion
He acknowledged that enormous
Continued on Page 8, Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-19

Seven more members have been
named to The Imperial county post
war planning commission this week,
Ben Herring, secretary of the organ
izing committee, said Friday.
Named were Fern Young for Ca
lexico; Earl Cavanah, Calexico, for
the supervisors district; Frank
Gardner for Heber community;
Guy Weakley, Ell Centro, for boards
of education Ed Latham Imperial,
for the supervisors district; G. G..
Benne L, Heber, for supervisors dis
trict; Lawrence Niles, Imperial, for
that community.
These appointments bring the to-
tai to l2 members officially deSig-
mated to serve on the 25-man COM
mittee which is being organized to
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-19
Plane Victims
Body Sought

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., May 49, CUP)
Army authorities Friday are
searching for the body of an air
forces sergeant believed to have
fallen through a B-25s bomb-bay
door early Tuesday morning 35
miles east of here.
Coconino county deputy sheriffs
are aiding the army in locating the
body of the unidentified flier. The
army did not disclose the destina-
ton or base of the bomber.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-19
Yugo King Seeks
Tifo's Favors

LONDON, May 10. tUP)-king
Peter II of Yugoslayia has re-
nounced the prime minister and
cabinet of his government-in- n-eXlle
and has named DR.. Ivan SubaSic,
former governor of Croatia, to form
a new ministry in a move toward a
reconciliation with Partisan Leader
Marshal Josip Tito Broz. 1t was
learned Friday.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-19
Training Pilot
Dies in Crash

LOS ANGELES, May 10, up
Two army training planes collided
in mid-air and crashed five miles
north of Lancaster Friday, killing
a student pilot. The other flier, an
aviation instructor. parachuted to
safety.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-19
ROUTED NAzIS RETREAT TOWARD ROME
The Weather
Over Dover

LONDON, May IS. IUP-Ihe
weather over the Straits of Dover
Friday:
Sunny and warmer after tenn
perature fell to near freezing dur
ing night.
Visibility fair with light clouds
and ground haze. Sea smooth.
Wind variable and light from east
and southeast. Barometer steady
and no change.
Fridays high tides at Dover ana
Calais lO:49 q. m. and ll:O2 p. IN.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-19

It's Diplomacy
P. l.. Moore, newly named mayor
of Ell Centre, has discovered that
mayors are asked to do some pecu-
liar things.
In the mail the other cay Mayor
Moore received a letter from a
woman who wanted him to check
up on man her daughter wanted
to marry She wanted Moore to
find out if the prospective bride
groom was everything perfect a
mother wants for beloved daugh-
ter.
Investigation revealed to Moore
that the man was bit more world
ly in his habits, pursuits, and pro-
fession than he believed the pros
pective mother in-laW would want.
Moore thought the man was pref
ty good man as men go even though
he noted no sprouting wings.
He didn't want to do the young
man an injustice. He cidn't want
to give the mother the wrong i'm
preston. After pondering a long
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Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-19
D AMBl|Ne
NEpoRTER
Deadlv Insult

Keys Mitchell, navy recruiting Of
ficer, was a splendid sight to behold
as he strolled down Fifth street near
the post office in his summer uni
form of pearl gray.
Brakes screamed as a car stopped
at the curb near the natty Mitchell.
Hey, mailman" shouted man
in the car, "can you tell me where
the wholesale district is?"
Oh, well, the mailman doesn't
like the comparison either.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-19
WEATHER

Maximum Thursday 81, minimum
Friday 81; 5 am. Friday 66, humid
ity 81; noon Friday 81, humidity 30;
pm. Thurs. 81, humidity 33.
The Nome nugget., 1944-03-22

This wars "Doughgirls'' must, in addi- ton to dishing out doughnuts, keep up constant flow of Amercan slang, which is music to the ears of the homesick G. l.
 They must always look their best, al- though they live, laundry and sleep in one half of the automobile, for they rep resent 'the girl friend back home" to he soldier and he prefers her in skirts and blouses rather than the more prac- .ical coveralls.
 On space about the size of desk top he girls mix batter by hand in 75 pound 'ots brew drums of coffee, and deep fry he doughnuts
 The doughgirls learn about mechanics rom flat tines and stubborn engines; about electricity from blown fuses, and about temperamental machines from loughnut makers
 They send doughnuts over Germany 2n early morning bombing missions and are on the field with steaming hot coffee when the boys return, often so tired and dispirited they could not meet their "briefing'' if it were not for the hraeing hot drink .*
 Then there are special duties. At an aerdrome in England where planes come directly from America, one unit served 1900 men who had not eaten since mid night the previous day. . t
 The clubmobile program is constantly expanding. Additional units arr being added in North Africa, which also is serving Sicily and Italy.
The Nome nugget., 1944-03-22
THE RED CROSS CLUBMOBILES

Serving mobile army has put the American Red Cross canteen on wheels. In automobiles, trainmobiles, and now in fleetnobiles. some three hundred Amer ican girls are dishing out four to five thousand doughnuts a day in Great Brit ain, Australia, North Africa, Italy, the Middle East and India.
 In Great Britain alone, approximately 5000,000 doughnuts are distributed each month At one dock, arriving American and 22.800 cups@of coffee, in addition to cigarettes, matches, chewing gum and candy.
 With jugs of coffee, trays of dough- nuts, and baskets of supplies, Red Cross girls visit soldiers on trains enroute, or those being hospitalzed back from the front lines. In reconstructed trucks they forge through jungle trails and des- erf to bring refreshments and entertain nent to men in isolated, outlying areas Of the South Pacific, Africa and India.
The Nome nugget., 1944-03-22
NEW CHAMBER BOARD
 HOLDS FIRST MEETING

The new board of directors of the Northwestern Alaska Cham Der of Commerce held their first meeting in the federal building last evening.
 The first business of the meeting was theAsppointing of committees which are headed by the following chairmen; Roads, V. G. Seiffert; Mails, Guy Mish; Harbor and Warner; Aviation and fields, Frank Mining, M. J. Walsh; Entertain ment and programs, Loren Leach; Legislation, A. Polet; Finance and membership, Joe Wallace; Com nnittee at large, Christian Roust
The Nome nugget., 1944-03-22

Seymuor and Mrs. Charles Fag-
 The attendants were Mrs. Ken erstrom. MT. Ken Seymour gave the bride away. The best man was Charles Fagerstrom.
 Miss Lena Paneak, from White Mountain, and member of the armed forces, each sang a song appropriate to the occasion and were accompanied by Miss Juanita Fagerstrom.
 After the ceremony a reception was held at the home of Miss Constance Erickson.
The Nome nugget., 1944-03-22
FORUM HOLDS
 CITY PROGRAM

Community Forum Conducts City Government Program :.- Because of :. the interest IT the coming city election, the Connaun- fly Forum has postponed it's dis cuss3oel on the postwar world in oruer 10 make room for c city government program.
 :. The Forum is particularly in- viting all the candidates running for office in the city election to present their views on ten sub jects which ars the Gohcern 10 the people Of Nome. @"s" = Suggested topscs ..: ]. Police and Fire Dept.
 2. Sanitation and Sewage.
 3. Control of stray dogs. <3'%4. Control Of liquor. !n":5', Den1ocratie and just policy
 for racial groups.
 6: Streets, =; sidewalks, and
 :. rubbish.
 T. Water, light, and heat.
 B. Housing for health
 g. Public library. : -''
 Each topic will be presented by some candidate in 5 minutes or less. The topic will then be open for disci1ssion for. minutes, then the next topic will be presented. This is your community and your
The Nome nugget., 1944-03-22
WEDDING AT METHODIST MISSION CHURCH

Last evening MT. Andrew Mil Ter and Miss Hannah Alexine were united in natrimony by Miss Constance Erickson.
 The bride and her attendants were dressed in lovely evening gowns and the church was candle lighted. .e........
The Nome nugget., 1944-03-22

forum. Let us help our candid ates for office by sharing with them our ideas about good gov ernment.
 The meeting will be held in the Nome High School, Monday evening, March 27, at 7:30 pm
The Nome nugget., 1944-03-22
NAZIS EVAcUATE ROME

LONDON, March, 22,tAP)-Nazi controlled Rome radio announced that the Germans are withdrawing all military installations from the city of Rome, in order to divert all military traffic from. the. city in an effort to place the respon- sibility of the bombings entirely on the allies.
The Nome nugget., 1944-03-22

Tell them you saw it in The Nugget. s.a.-ysa...,.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-03-17

TINE bulldog does is Once he gets hold
L OF something it's mighty hard make him let go!
And that's the lesson about War Bonds you learn
him. Once you get hold of Bond HANG ON TO 1T for the
full ten years of it's life
There least very good why you should do
this One is patriotic the other personal reason
You buy War Bonds because you know Uncle Sam needs
money to fight this And you put of your
into the fight But you don't hang those War
Bonds your money isn't going to stay in the battle.
Another you buy War Bonds because you
aside money for your fam future and yours No
knows just whats going happen after the War But the