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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-01
WLB Orders
Strikers Back
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Clerks Union Local $50. Go, re-
ported for work yesterday morn
ing but left shortly after the
stores opened for business.
The stores are located at 14455
Gratiot. 1851 Michigan, Dear
born. 400 S. Washington. Royal
Oak, and 154Oo Grand River.
Union leaders, who said they
were tired of seeing our people
kicked around by violation Of
WLB directives, refusal to pay
overtime and having them locked
out al Royal Oak" reiterated
that the strike was authorized
and appealed to the WLB for
help In settling the dispute.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-01
OTHER WITNESSES

Mrs. Dorothy Gretchen Sleeves,
member of the British Columbia
Legislature has just returned
from a tour of the Alaska road.
She tells of being attracted by
the smell OF burning rubber. She
investigated and discovered a big
pile of automobile tires being
burned on an army dump.
An official of the provincial
government in thes Peace River
area told me he had been truck
ing on the road He said the
waste was criminal" He said
he had seen automobile and truck
doors laid on the ground and a
tractor run over them.
Men who had 10 carry on the
work of destruction did not like
ii. He related how a Canadian
trucker met a u. S. driver with
n similar bat newer model of the
same make OF truck.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-01
REVOLT POSSIBLE

"a Bern dispatch 10 the
Stockholm newspaper Aitontld-
tningen reported that such po-
: litpal leaders as Bella Imredy
had admitted that revolt
might he expected in Hungary
as a result Of the steady adj
vance Of Russian troops on the
eastern front, together with
IN CIV political complications
coming from the extreme
right
~ All leaves for Hungarian sol
diers were reported Cancelled b,
-tlfe-ehfef of staff. 1t. Gen. Voc
rocs. al Budapest
The anticipated break IN lurko
German diplomatic and economic
relations which -the Germans
frankly admit nay be Forthcoming
when the Turkish naticTai as
ser,blv reconvenes tomorrow -
evil be discussed by Prime Minis
Ter Churchill in his war message
70 the House of Commons TO-
morrow.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-01
EFFECT UPON MORALE

'Is this what we buy victory
bonds for?" Is common cues
ton. us our own money being
misused. as the Americans
money Is being wasted here ?"
Columnist Billy Beaver writing
in the Peace River Block News
published al Dawson Creek, In
the issue OF July 6 summed vi
the general feeling when he de-
mandeds------------------
"Why is there destruction of
good material by fire permitted,
when Tor the past three years
II has been drummed into Cana.
dams by means OF hundreds Of
tons Of printed matter sent all
over the country pressing the
gift OF salvage In the form Of
iron, steel, rubber, paper and
other materials to help win the
ware"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-01
Revolt Likely
In Hungary
Crisis Tied Up With
Expected Turk Move

LONDON. Aug. ! GNS)--Wth
severance Of Duko-German rela-
tons reported imminent, the Bal
kan crisis appeared spreading 10
hungary today,
As the Berlin radio reported
that the NaIl ambassador 10 An
kara. Franz Won PapCn. had
warmed Turkish Premier Saraco-
giu thai the anticipated break IN
diplomatic and economic relations
between the Turks and Berlin
would hiring serious con G.
oenceS." the Turkish radio told
81 cabinet crisis within AXIS
dominated Hungary, where IL was
reported Premier Doeme Sztojay
had resigned.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-01
sILEsIA HEAD CHANGED

In Silesia, which les in the path
of the Soviet forces before War
saw. a former member of the
Catholic Center party was APP
pointed "by the generals who
revolted against Hitler to take
over the government Of the prov
ince, the BIC reported.
The official Dutch news agency,
Aneta. reported last night that
the Dutch Rightists and LeftlSts
had issued a joint proclamation
calling for stronger resistance
measures against the NaZiS
All Dutchmen were forbidden
to do any work strengthening the
German war effort and were or
dered 10 support and commit acts
Of sabotage.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-01
ROADSIDE DECKER

ats too bad" said the Amer
lean. that this truck has got
to he junked. She has a good
engine.
81 wish l had IL, mines kind
of conky."
You want it Welt just
drive In behind those trees"
The drivers went to work and
transferred the good engine into
the Canadians truck. replacing il
with the older one.
l visited the home of a minis
ter. He told me Of protests made
by men employed in taking stuff
te-the dumps, and of men who
had Quit their jobs, appalled, BY
the waste about them.
The action Of the army in de.
stroying disable merchandise is
having a decidedly bad effect upon
Canadian morale.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-25
GoebbeIs Says
Hitler Keeps
In Good Health

LONDON, Dec. 25. UP)-Nazi
Propaganda Minister Paul Joseph
Goebbels, "ghosting" for the elusive
Adolf Hitler, assured the German
people in a Christmas Eve grafton
that the fuehrer is alive and well,
and apparently suffering frcm Moth
ing worse than insomnia.
Goebbels reiterated the now-fa-
miliar theme that problems of high
military strategy have kept the
fuehrer out of public life since the
attempt on his life last July.
I'm spirit he is with everyone
who in this hour bears with pride
and dignity the harsh trials of this
war;" said GCebbels in a nationwide
broadcast.
"All his thoughts center around
his people by day and in his sleep
less nights"
Goebbels dismissed reports THAI
Hitler is sick or dead as "wishful
thinking" on the part of the Allies.
THE fuehrer enjoys the best Of
health and as always is imbued with
the highest spiritual energy" he
said. THE world will learn in good
time what he has to say. The world,
in fact, in these days is learning
more than may be welcome to them
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-25
SUBJ ero Spell
Hits Wide Area
By UNITED PRESS

Sub-zero temperatures were re-
ported in the northern plain states
Monday morning, with the mercury
dipping to ID degrees below zero at
Pembina, North Dakota, and the
Weatherman warned that much
colder weather could be expected
throughout the midwest in general
Monday night.
Snow fell throughout Illinois, In
diana. Ohio and Michigan during
the night, while in the east rain
mixed with snow ushered in the
Christmas holiday. However, the
rain probably will turn to snow by
Monday night, the federal weather
fcrecaster at Chicago predicted.
Light snow also was reported
throughout the northeastern states
and zero weather was recorded in
some sections of Maine.
Zero weather was predicted for
Monday night throughout Nebraska,
Illinois and Iowa, with the mercury
dropping to degrees below zero in
Nebraska.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-25
Searchers Seek
Crash Bodies
On Mt. Gleason

MONTROSE, Calf, Dec. 25. CUP
-Jeep loacs of soldiers Monday
travelled a winding, dirt road up to
Mt. Gleason in the search for three
bodies still Indicated at the scene
of a B-24 bomber crash.
Seven bodies were found by search
parties who were hampere6 by the
difficult mountainous terrain on
which the plane crashed and ex-
ploded late Friday. Wreckage and
bodies were strewn over the slope,
and some of the boo les badly man.
gled and burned.
Ten men aboard the bomber,
which was returning to Muroc Army
airfield on routine training flight,
included
Scond Lieutenant Barrett d. Cor
nellie, 81, pilot, Oglesby, Illinois;
Second Lieutenant Robert H. As
plund, 20, copilot, Los Angeles.
F/O Donald M. Pipkin, 81, South
Gate, California.
Corporal Eugene l.. Ferrin, 25,
Columbus, Ohio;
Corporal Elliot r. French, 10,
Tucson, Arizona.
Corporal Jerry K. Stillinger, l8,
Columbus, Nebraska.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-25
d AMBlINe
EpoRTER
Away Back When


This is about the first community
charity event ever held in Ell Centre.
Away back in 1914 group of Ell
Centrans decided to have a party fer
all the men who had no place to go
for Christmas dinner. Mrs. Eliza
beth Embury acked that the dinner
be held at her house, most of the
other people living in tent houses at
that time. Two or three women
frcm each church were appointed to
get the dinner.
What a scurrying about there
was! Some of the women shelled a
gunny sack full of peas. There was
only one table in town big enough
for the occasion. The women bor-
rowed the wooden horses and long
boards from the Masonic Temple.
The table was set on the big porch
at the Embury home. All the fami-
lies of all the women engaged in the
community project also were in
vited. There were 100 men, women
and children present. The men for
whom dinner was given numbered
35.
Turkey, cranberries, cigars and
cigarets fer all the men who had no
homes. They even had spittin' to-
bacco for those who preferred it.
And a big Christmas tree with
gifts for everyone.
Now, you know little more about
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Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-25
Murray May Head
World Trade
Union Congress

WASHINGTON, Dec. 25. (UP)-
President Philip Murray of the Con-
gress of Industrial Organizations
Monday was believed to be the
likely choice to Head the proposed
World Trace Union congress-an
organization he hopes will be ia
bor's voice in international affairs. "
Already indorsed by the other II
CIO delegates to a conference on
the proposed congress which will
convene in London February 6,
Murray is reported to be looked on
with approval by British and Rus
sian delegates.
He also is expected to have the
support of President Harry w.
Fraser of the Order of Railway Con-
ductors who will represent Ameri-
can independent railroad unions at
the conference.
On top of that, Presidents Will
liam Green of the American Fec er-
alton of Labor and John l.. Lewis
of the United Mine Workers, Muir
rays arch-rivals, have rejected in
vitations to the conclave where the
CIO leader will make the keynote
address.
The AFL, however. probably will
have an unofficial observer there
in Robert Watt, its international
representative. Watt first will at
tend meetings of the International
Labor Organization and Interna-
tional Federation of Trace Unions
in which the AFL has sole Ameri-
can membership. The AFL has op-
posed CIO membership TO both
groups.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-25

Christmas to doughboys scattered
throughout the world fighting along
side their brothers-in-arms in his
tory's greatest b attic, but Allied
leaders and the Pope hoped and
prayed that another. Christmas
would find peace returned to the
earth
Despite the turmoils of war,
Christmas trees twinkled throughout
the Pacific from the Aleutians to
the Barren islands outposts. The
trees were delivered by navy cargo
planes to bring at least semblance
of Christmas to the men in far-off
lands. In the embattled Philippines,
U. S. service men ate turkey with
all the trimmings, even in the iso-
lated areas which were reached by
plane.
In the Holy City of Bethlehem,
throngs of doughboys on leaves cele-
brated Christmas in churches and
later feasted on traditional turkey
dinners. The Chapel of Innocence
in the Church of the Nativity was
used exclusively for Americans fer
a Christmas Eve mass.
U. S. troops in northern Italy
heard the advent of Christmas from
the enemy. AS the hour of mid
night was reached, bells in the
churches of German-held Bologna
sounded family to the Yanks on
snow-ccvered Monte Belmonte eight
miles away, and a captain in mud
dy dugout said: 1T is now Christ
mas"
On the Seventh Army sector of
the western front, one outfit got
its first hot food in nearly two
weeks in observance of Christmas.
1t was hct beef sandwiches.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-25
House Probers
Lose Jobs

all of them ought to be abolished.
Most prominent of the committees
headed for extinction is the one to
investigate .un-American and sub
versive activities, headed by Rep
resentative Martin Dies, CD, Texas,
who did not seek reelection.
Dies committee records, including
hundreds of filing cases full Of ma
terial, will be turned over to the
House clerk when the 10th Con-
gress convenes January 3.
Almost as we'll known as the Dies
group is the committee to investi-
gate the federal communications
commission, headed by Representa-
tive Clarence F. Lea, CD, Califcr-
mia, also expected to expire without
a fight for renewal.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-25
Holiday Deaths
Mount to 200:
California Leads
By UNITED PRESS

Holiday week end accidental
deaths over the nation approached
200 Monday, 79 short of the toll
of 279 predicted by the National
Safety Council for the three days
ending at midnight.
CALIFORNIA; loss, As persons, was
the heaviest in the naticn. Twenty
nine of the deaths we're caused by
traffic accidents. New York was
second with 16 deaths, II of them
in traffic accidents, and Michigan
was third with Is. Four Michigan
victims died in a rooming house
fire in Detroit and the others were
killed in holiday traffic.
Oklahoma reported l3 deaths, nine
of them in traffic accidents, and
Massachusetts lost II persons, four
of them in traffic accidents.
Indiana and Texas each reported
six traffic deaths and two in other
accidents. Seven persons died in
highway mishaps in Oregon and
seven in Missouri, while Minne-
sofa reported six automobile ia
talitieS and one other accldent'o
death.
The District of Columbia and
Pennsylvania each reported six
deaths and Colorado, Maryland and
Iowa five There were four fatalities
in Delaware and three each in Con-
necticut, Kentucky, Ohio, Wash
ington and West Virginia.
A soldiers wife was killed by
hit-and-run driver in Illinois, while
another person died in a train wreck
near Poplar Grove. Other states
reporting two deaths were Nebras-
ka, New Jersey, South Dakota and
wyoming.
The toll was one in Alabama, Kan
sas, Louisiana, Maine, New Hamp-
shire, North Dakota and Wisconsin.
No deaths were reported in Arizona,
Arkansas, Idaho, Montana, Nevada,
New Mexico, North Carolina, Rhode
Island, South Carolina and Ver-
mont.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-25

WASHINGTON, Dec. 25. (UP)-
More than a dozen House special
investigating committees that have
gone into everything from un-Amer-
ican activities to the size of ration
tokens will die with the 18th Con-
gresS next week
Their official status ends at mid
night January 2, and the House
leadership-along with many other
high-ranking members-is perfectly
willing to have that happen.
Records show that during the
18th Congress SO special committees
functioned off and on, and accord
ing to Chairman John j. Cochran,
CD, Missouri, of the House commit
tee on accounts which okays funds
for the special committees:
That's entirely too many. Almost
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-25
1000 COAST GUARDSMEN
MAN PEACETIME LINERS

NEW YORK, Dec. 25. (UP)-SiX
former ocean liners now operating
as troop and cargo transports are
manned by more than 1000 coast
guardsmen from the Third naval
district, according to an announce
ment of coast guard public rela-
tions.
All but one of the liners, the
24OO0-ton Wakefield, formerly the
United States Lines Manhattan, are
assault transports which carry land
ing barges and troops directly onto
enemy beachheads The others are
the l4000-ton Dickman, formerly
the President Roosevelt, the Middle
town and Samuel Chase, former
African Comet and African Meteor,
the U.S.S. Hunter Liggett and Leon
ard Pood, converted from the 49,
O00-ton Munson liners Pan Ameri-
can and Western World.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-25
Russian Attack
kears Vienna

LONDON, Dec. 25. (UP)-Moscow
radio reported Monday that Soviet
forces, striking directly toward Aus
tria, had crossed the Huron river
III Slovakia and stormed an impor-
tant, but unidentified, railway juno
ton less than 100 miles from Vienna.
The report, which said the Ger
mans put up fierce machine-gun
fire in a futile attempt to check
the crossing, came as Red army
troops closed in on Budapest after
ccllapsing the enemy's main out
posts and severing the last main line
of escape northwest of Vienna.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-25

on the continent were up in great
strength. Dive bombers of the u. S.
Ninth Air Force were especially
active in building up the deluge of
explosives which an air spokesman
said, already had restricted the
NaZi road movement considerably.
GREATEST AIR FORCE
"The boys are celebrating Christ
mas Day the same way they did
Christmas Eve" an official air
source said, suggesting an encore
on Sundays 7000-plane onslaught
paced by more than 1000 American
heavy bombers, the greatest force
ever modified.
American ground forces, counter
attacking on 25-mile front against
the southern flank of Marshal Karl
Won Rundstedt's bulge into Bel
gium and Luxembourg, rolled the
Germans back in several sectors
and recartured a number of towns
and villages.
German propaganda suddenly as
-
with the arrogant jubilance of The
first few days of the offensive. A
Berlin broadcast admitted attacks
of increasing fierceness" against
the Nazi southern flank, where
Lieutenant General George S. Pat
ton was reported to have wheeled
powerful units of his Third Army
up to the Luxembourg front.
The Luxembourg front on which
the Americans were counteratta ck-
ing with some measure of early
success lay generally north of
Mersch, 10 miles north of Luxcm-
bourg city.
RECAPTURE HALF OF TOWN
At the western end of this front,
the Americans recaptured half Of
Martelange, at the nose of the G"r-
man salient bulging southwestvard
above Luxembourg city. They push
ed to the area of Digonville, three
miles northeast of Martelange, 1nd
scored gains in the rugged coul .ry
around Rambrouch, four and half
miles east of Martelange, w.lere
heavy fighting was going on at last
reports.
In the area west and northwest
of Diekirch, the Americans drove
the Germans from Heiderscheid.
Tank-led German counterattacks
near Tadler were reported, but fur
ther progress was made few miles
west of Diekirch.
At the other side of the German
break through, Rundstedt's units
which had pushed to Habiemont.
cutting the Liege- -Bastogne high
way, pulled back to the area of
Stoumong, just west of tSavelot
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-25
BY MAC X. JOHNSON

HEADQUARTERS, U. S.
21st Bomber Command, Sal
pan, Dec. 25. (UP)-The big
japanese air base on Two
Jima in the Volcano islands
on the B-29 road to Tokyo
was believed Monday to have
been knocked out of action
at least temporarily follow
ing crushing Superfortress
raid on the island stronghold.
A medium force of B-29's from
Saipan dropped hundreds of tons of
high explosives on two enemy air.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-25
Valley
Swe pit
BY Rain
More Than Half
Inch Falls;
More Threatened
And so it rained.

And so it rained.
Imperial Valley residents
had a rainy Christmas in
stead of a white one.
Christmas Eve throughout
Imperial Valley was a damp
sort Of affair and Christmas
morning it rained and rained
hard. Between pm. Sunday and
t am. Monday total of .55 of an
inch of rain fell, irrigation district
records showed.
Clouds and fog were the order
of the day Monday, the skies look
ing as though they would open up
and dump another load of water
any moment.
The damp weather, however,
failed to campen the holiday fes-
tivitieS and the celebrations and
family gatherings were held just
the same. -
Water backed up on the pave
ments in Ell Centre early Mon
day morning but had receded some
what before noon.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-25
Leyte Cleared
AS Jdps Flee

and strafing the retreating enemy
in their path, drove across the
northwestern corner of Leyte less
than 10 miles from the last Japa-
nese stronghold on Palompon.
Field dispatches said the surviv-
ing Japanese were fleeing in COM
plete disorder, abandoning hun
dreds of vehicles, tanks and artil-
lery and thousands of tons of am
munition and equipment. Observers
at the front believed the island
would be cleared of all organized
resistance in a matter of days.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-25
Bps Wipe Out Air Base
On Barrier to Tokyo

fields on Two Sunday in bold day
light attack to eliminate the ISL
and as a potential threat to the
American bombardment of Japan
The Japanese, already battered
by more than two weeks of daily
bombardment by U. S, army Liber-
ators, offered only feeble resistance
to the giant rai6ers. None of the
B-29's was lost in Sundays attack
and there were no casualties.
Major Lewis r. Riley. Wichita.
Kansas, commander of one attack
ing Superfortress, said great clouds
of dust and smoke billowed over the
fields after Sundays strike.
Il believe the target was devas-
tated," Riley said IT could see our
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-25
Transport Plane
Crash Kills 2

HARRISBURG, Pa, Dec. 25. CUP
Nine persons were killed and nine
injured Monday when an Army
transport plane, attempting to land
at Harrisburg airport in a heavy
fog, crashed at Reese's Summit five
miles southeast of here.
The Midoletown air technical SER
vice command, which is investigat-
ing the accident, said the crash oc-
Cured at 4:37 am.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-25

The move-Which also raised but
ter from 20 to "a points pound and
cancelled all sugar stamps (includ-
Ing outstanding home canning cou-
pons) except No. 34-become effec-
tive at midnight Monday night on
all the items beside meats.
PREVENTS rush"
OPA Director Chester BoWles said
the order on canned vegetables,
butter and sugar was made effec-
tive over the Christmas holiday
weekend to offset rush of
hoarders to "stock up"
Pointing out that it is almost
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-25

combs going right into the areas
where we were briefed TO put them"
Lieutenant Marston T. Westbrook,
La Mesa, California. said; II didn't
see any fires. guess there Just
isn't much left TO burn"
There was no fighter opposition
over the once-formic able enemy
base and crewmen reported that
only one japanese flax gun fired
at them.
The Japanese bombers based In
the Volcanoes have not raidcd Sat-
pan since December 7, the day be-
fore Two Jima was blasted by a
force OF B-29s and army and navy
warplanes and was bcmbardfd b.
naval cruiser.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-25

PHOENIX, Ariz., Dec. 25.
(UP)-Twenty of 25 German
prisoners of war who escap-
ed from the Papago Park
internment camp here Sun
day night under cover Of a
heavy storm, were sought
Monday. Five of the escapes
were captured soon after the
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-25
Ndzi Prisoners Escape
From Camp in Arizona

The rs prisoners crept under the
camp fence during the seasons
heaviest snowstorm. Herbert Fuchs,
who had broken out of the camp
previously, was reported to be one
of the leaders of the break.
Those captured soon after the
break carried heavy packs contain
ing food, clothing and other equip
ment. Two were recaptured at Tenn
pc, Arizona, and three In Phoenix.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-25

ALLIED H E A D @ U A r T E r S,
Philippines, Dec. 25. UP)-Ameri-
can planes and ground troops, chop
ping almost at will through the de-
moralized Japanese en- Leyte is
land, brought that campaign into
the mop-up stage Monday as Gen.
eral Douglas MacArthur's fighter
escorted bombers intensified their
softening-up bombardment of the
enemy's main air bases on Luzon.
Veteran infantrymen of the U. S.
77th division, with fighters bombing
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-25
Fighters Mark
yuIe Hold ov.

American troops, from the frozen
north to the equator, observed their
Christmas in the foXholes of the
Pacific islands and on the blood
soaked fronts of Europe Monday
with only brief respites to observe
Tnts holy day.
1t was difficult to say Merry
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-25
British Rout
Greek Rebels

ATHENS, Dec. 25. (UP)-British
forces have captured the refrigera-
ton plant at Piraeus after two
day battle, it was announced Mon
day. Right wing EDES forces in
northwest Greece still were falling
back to the coast west of Ioannina
before attacking ELIAS troops.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-25
Merchant Marine
Casualties
Near 5000 Mark

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 25. CUP
Admiral Emory S. Land. chairman
of the U. S. Maritime Commission.
Monday was informed by President
Roosevelt that nearly 5000 members
Of the merchant marine we're listed
as killed missing or prisoners Of
war since December T. 194l.