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Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-11
Yankees Capture
LUXEMBOURG

Continued From Page Il
British troops plunged on a mile
and a half to and over the border
for what front reports described as
the first penetration of Holland The
Dutch government in London re-
ported a week ago that Breda fell
in a British invasion of Holland
north of Antwerp.
ENEMY HINTS SUCCESS
The enemy hint that Americans
might also be in Holland was con-
tained in a broadcast by Ludwig
Sertorius, Nazi military commen-
tator. He said Hoo ges tries to drive
forward his tank formations into
the Aachen basin. At MaaStricht
as well as near Vefviers he met
stubborn German resistance"
The security blackout still obscur-
&c front operations, and news from
the armies was skimpy as the Allies
drove through the final miles be-
fore Germany itself.
battle ALONG CHANNEL
Meanwhile, the battle of the
Channel ports continued unabated
as die-hard garrisons held on grim
ly under a torrent of bombs and
shells to delay their use by the AL
lies TO the last possible moment.
Canadian troops inched forward
through the outer works of lie
Havre against fanatical band of
NazlS who took an unprecedented
blasting from Warplanes yesterday.
The bombardment was climaxed in
the evening wien a great fleet of
Raj heavies dropped more than
5000 tons of bombs probably the
biggest aerial blow in history.
Equally bitter fighting continued
around the besieged Breton port
of Brest, where American troops
made slight gains yesterday under
cover of shattering naval barrage
FROM the 15-inch guns of the Brit
ish battleship Warspite and the
Monitor Erebus.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-11
Labor Shortage
Hold i'm Valley

Imperial Valley continues to be
critical labor shortage area, ac-
cording to a statement issued Mon
day by u. S. Employment Service
Director Tom Finney.
Certainly the labor need has not
eased," the employment leader
pounded, when every essential
firm or organization in the valley
is short much needed help :.
Construction work at the Ell Cen
tro Marine Air Base is proceeding
slowly, handicapped by a lack of
skilled labor, such as plumbers,
electricians and carpenters. The
same fact is true of the Holtville
Air Base enlargement being accom-
plished by the A. Farnell Blair
construction company
Finney continued by pointing out
that the navy is contemplating eX-
ending the Salton Sea Air Base and
that Camp Lockett, newly converted
convaleScJnt area in the Laguna
Mountain district, has suffered
much from inability to obtain
help.
He attributed a large part of the
shortage to the fact that more than
5000 valley residents have entered
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-11
Farmers Demand
Death To Ducks
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stock pay for the damage. Couldn't
some such an arrangement be made
relative to duck damage and let
the sportSmen pay the damages?
If bear damages farmers prop
erty, the farmer can kill the bear.
Couldn't it be arranged that he
could kill the ducks, too, without
having to get involved in federal
court?" No one seemed to know
exactly.
Thereafter everyone laughed and
went on talking about herding ducks
around with airplanes and planting
special feed so the farmers crops
will not be so tempting to them. 1t
was agreed that little good came
from trying to shoot the birds at
night and no one could be expected
to herd them with planes at night.
The ducks in the valley eat at
night" Director Ralph Gilbert said.
They spend the days on the refugees
when hunting is good. They eat all
day at the reiuges and eat all night
on the farmers fields. In my opin-
ion the fewer refugees We have the
better off the farmers will be-"
NO BOTHER TO DUCKS
The farmers seemed to think that
herding ducks from one field meant
they merely flew to the field of
another farmer and went on eating,
resulting in no solution of the prob
lem.
What I would like to know"
Arthur Hofmann of the Imperial
Rice Mills asked Horn, us how
many ducks does your bureau think
should be in Imperial Valley to
provice the hunters with normal,
adequate Sport?"
IF l asked a farmer how many
it would be a good idea to permit
in the valley" Horn said, "he would
say none at all If I asked a sports
man he would say we haven't en-
ough.'
Sinclair suggested getting in pro-
feSSional hunters to clean out the
cucks in a Workmanlike manner.
Some of these amateur hunters do
more damage than the ducks" ne
mourned.
MOVE FOR PERMIT
The discussion sort of petered out
and Elder then advised the farmers
that if they wanted permission to
let hunters shoot Widgeons and
pintails without limit "a hours a
Gay during the duck damage sea-
son, it would be well to make the
request early.
Loveland then instructed the
wildlife committee of the bureau
to apply for a community depreda-
ton permit to be effective during
January and February.
And thus ended the red hot duck
damage discussion for the time
being.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-11
FORFFITS sis BAIL

Frank Penning, arrested for
drunkenness, forfeited SIS bail Mon
day when he failed TO appear in po-
lice court.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-11
TWO-WAY FARLEY

Neither Russia, China nor France
will be represented here, but it was
expected that many of the Roose-
velt-Churchill recommendation will
be submitted to them for approval.
The possibility of an agreement
between Mr.. Roosevelt and the
prime minister fnr an American
British-Soviet administration of the
post-surrender Reich was seen here.
Russia, however. might be averse
to such a commission since it is
interested in territorial revision.
And the importation of millions of
Germans to rebuild devastated areas
of the Soviet Union.
Another suggestion heard was that
Germany might be partitioned into
two administrative lonesome to be
under the joint jurisdiction of the
United States and Great Britain
and the other under Russia. What
ever decision is made here concern
ing Germany, Mr. Roosevelt and
Mr.. Churchill will have to bear in
mind Russia's interests despite the
latterS absence from the gathering.
MILITARY DECISIONS
The presence of top British mill
tary leaders and their opposite num-
bers in the American high COM
mand who were assumed to be COM
ing with Mr.. Roosevelt, Indicated
that military decisions of the ut
most Importance would be made.
Of special significance was the
inclusion in the Churchill entour-
age of Major General R. E. Lay
cock, chief of the British combined
operations command. This pointed
to great amphibious undertakings.
Since the need for such operations
no longer exists in Europe, British
participation with the United States
IN sea-borne assaults on the Japa-
nese empire was suggested.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-11
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tContlnueu from rage II
of the car, but spied Mrs. Roose-
welt and shouted, Hello there"
Ibid you have nice trip" the
President asked Churchill, who re-
piled that although there were three
days of beautiful weather" he
vas "frightfully sick" part of the
ttme
fTraveling with the President were
admiral william ID. Leahy, his chief
d staff: Vice Admiral Ross T. Nc
mtire. his physician and surgeon
general of the navy; and mis- mill
tary and naval aides, Major Gen
efal Edwin NJ. Watson and Rear
admiral Wilson Brown.
, The President was preceded here
by the top American military chiefs
and extensive staffs. Similar top
British staffs came from London
and Washington for the important
telks-which are expected to cover
q wide field, but with emphasis on
Allied post-Surrender plans for Ger
qany and a speedier victory over
Apan.
!. Canadian Prime Minister w. L.
Mackenzie King and the Earl of
Athlone, governor general of Cam
Yia. welcomed Mr.. Roosevelt and
Churchill
fThis conference enters a more
difficult sphere than some of the
Mevious ones because the wars both
ip Europe and Asia have reached
crucial stages in which military
planning more and more becomes
involved with semi-political mat
tsrs.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-11
Legion District
Maps "A Plans
Continued From Page II


of Brawley, chaplain; H. c. Daniels
of National City, first vice-com-
mander; Harry Woodbury. of Ell
Centre, second ce-commander;
Gerald High of FL Centre. adjutant;
S. K Weakley of Brawley, finance
officer: and Ole j. Nordland of
Brawley, historian.
Zaxala announced two appoint
ments to the district staff, r. p
OStrander of FL Centre adjutant
and Bill SullinS of Brawley chap
lain.
Reports of the state convention
and plans for the future occupied
the rest of the time.
Free breakfast was served rs
Legionairres by Commander Eugene
Imler, George Satire, l. B. Warren,
Fred Fox, Robert Reece, Ed Bridges,
Bryan Walker, Maurice Owens and
Roy Raines.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-11
Roosevelt Meets
.ith Churchill

While the meeting will be pre-
dominantly military. the military
decisions must De keyed to top-level
designs that only Mr.. Roosevelt and
Churchill can make. Thus on the
European FROM, Vae decisions that
must be MADE on military occupa-
ton and enforcement of peace terms
are bound up with the question of
how much power Russia is to have
over how much of eastern Europe.
And the war against Japan has
advanced so far ahead of schedule
that urgent decisions now must be
made for better integration of the
British and American efforts. That
involves celicate matters of Ameri-
can dissatisfaction with the British
effort from their Indian bases and
the need for a top overall COM
mand such as General Dwight d.
Eisenhower holds in Europe. Un-
doubtedly such a post would go to
an American,
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-11

A closed season on ruffled grouse
was decreed on Long Island in
1791.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-11
STEALS PANTIES;
WOMEN GIVE CHASE

FORT SMITH, Sept. II. CUP)-
The sergeant will know better next
time.
He grabbed the panties from the
clothesline and ran.
One woman ran to telephone pc
lice, while another leaped into her
car to pursue the disappearing SER
geant.
The woman in the car was on the
soldiers heels when detectives
roared up to nab the painting SER
geant with the panties.
Those were all the panties we
had" one of the women told the
detectives after it was all over. I'VE
couldn't let him get away. We didn't
even have any on"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-11
EI Cenfro Plans
For Victory Day

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dav afternoon from IL to 6 p. m
that merchants shall close for the
balance of the day and remain
closed the ensuing day. Should the
signal be given before opening
hours. business places will remain
closed during the working day not
then begun. If the signal blows
between opening time and noon,
stores will close and remain closed
the balance of that day. They will
open the following day.
FULL HOLIDAY
However. committee members de-
termined that should the announce
ment fall on Saturday after
D. m, the following Monday will
be declared holiday. If the signal
is given prior to that time on a
Saturday, stores will close for the
remainder of the day and Sunday
and will reopen Monday.
If official word of "V-Day" is re-
ceived any time during a holiday,
stores in the city will remain closed
the next day An exception. Ar
mistice Day, was cited by the COM
mittee. In the case of Armistice
Day, merchants will open their
doors the following Monday.
The committee determined that
drug stores should be set apart from
other merchandise establishments
and druggists will work out the
problem among themselves"
Closing signs to be used by mer-
chants will be ordered by the
chamber of commerce.
A three-man committee was ap-
pointed to make arrangements for
a "V-Day" celebration. Members
include Fitzhugh, chairman; War
rem Currier and jenkins.
A closed season on ruffled grouse
was decreed on Long Island in
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-11
Truth Department
COAST LABOR DISPUTES
PASSED ALONG TO WLB

LOS ANGELES, Sept II. CUP)-
Wage differences between south
land industry and labor involving
1928 employees have been certified
to the 10th Regional War Labor
board, Gene L. Green, regional dis
putes director announced Monday.
Largest of the cases concerns
Food Industries Employers Labor
Relations Council. Inc, represent
ing southern California food mer-
chants, and locals no and 324 of
the Retail Clerks Union, AFb.
The union seeking recognition,
wage and overtime schedules, en-
ployes. stores and department clas-
sificationS and the dispute involves
1886 workers, Green said.
A hot weather suggestion from
the Sunkist Kitchen: top that fruit
salad with orange or lemon sherbet
instead of the usual salad dressing.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-11
SOPHISTICATED Blacks
Hiqh Shodes Take Spotlight!

Wonderful because
See the new tunic
Lilli Ann j..
Here in all wool
n the new Flame.
Natural, Deep Blue.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-11

TX on now through fall!
.ht anywhere, anytime! !
xerS by SwansdoWn
Vogue, Mademoisclle.
,thands, wool CrcpcS.
!, Black, Navy. Violet,
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-11

the. armed forces and that So lHr
few are returning"
Ordinarily" Finney concluded
September is a slack month Tor
employment. This September is def
initely an exception. We could place
1900 people this minute"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-11
DRAWS JAIL TERM

Charles Pinkman, who pleaded
guilty to a drunkenness charge in
police court Monday, was sentenced
by Judge Lee Nuffer to serve 25.
days. Pinkman was arrested Sep
tember 7. His trial was postponed.
when he became too i'll to attend
court.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-11
RAMBLING REPORTER
Continued from Page u

continued from rage II
1T was wonderful" said Osborne
later in describing his narrow es-
cape. And I give all the credit
TO the efficacy of the two valley
preachers living near me. They
certainly were effective
Don't fool yourself, Osborne,
Hayden Sears and David Haughton,
the revs. in question, probably were
too busy with their own affairs to
give much attention to the osborne
menage. ..
p. S.-We are ready for them to
file a protest. It's inevitable.
Truth Department
Don't tell Daisy Carr at the
chamber of commerce but. ladies
and gentlemen. this is the YOU
know-whateSt kind CT a day we
ever saw.
SO there.
Evening star., 1944-06-24
Maryland Firm Sues Union
For S5Oo, 900 Over Strike
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, June "A Mary
land contracting firm engaged in
work on airports and highways filed
suit for $4,000 damages yesterday
against an American Federation of
Labor union, charging a strike OF
employees had interferred with essen
tial war work.
The action was brought in Federal
Court under the War Labor Disputes
Act by the James Gibbons Co., Relay,
near here, which employees about so
persons. The concern charged that
the strike was called June Z follow
ing company insistence on collec-
tive bargaining election and with
out giving the notice and carrying
out the procedure required by the
War Labor Disputes Act" and still is
in progress.
Named defendants were the Inter-
national Brotherhood of Teamsters,
Chauffeurs. Warehousemen and
Helpers of America, its Truck Drivers
and Helpers Local No. 355 of Balti-
more, Local President Harry Cohen
"and others whose names are at the
present time unknown to the plain
tiff"
Evening star., 1944-06-24
LOST RATION COUPONS.

"a" RATION GAS BOOK, lost, issued in
name Of Clarence Piper, so2 26th st. NV.
Iissse GAS ss'pshi pkshAirroN BOOK. issued to stoy
( stoy, investment, Bldg. Ma. 9233:
sishe ssrios a. A5,rsts9 sook belonging
G S coss. PARK Osisn aa honasV hsnss" Ms
GAS RATION COUPONS a." issued TO
sprine spnGe Md sdl''f sH $40 s4s7 rhia ave- Silver
Charities. 1441 r; l. ave. n.w.: also car
gegistratlon and key; tas numbers las-
GAS eiS r RATION "A" TICKETS, 10, and ""B'
tickets, issued to A. A. Wood, lost in vicin,
ity OF Vermont ave. and l. st. NV Call
Gas Gas RATION BOOK B." issued to George
G; D. yost, on Monday, Arlington, Va
PocIKsTBooK.0 PottI no tan cloth. containing ra-
ton book books and personal papers person
RATION sooks t1j. ,No. !. issued to
SSIeph Wa AsesoR esares
RATION M BOOK No. i. Gss issued lee to Charles
Y Roberts 81 No, Piedmont st. Arl.'
RATION Books NO. 4. issued to oeorse
Henry Jones and Doris Marie Jones. ana
one No book, issued to Doris Marie
WAR RATION BOOK a." issued to Will
WATCH, lady's, Hamilton, Mayfower Ho-
TEL Fam & Bill's, or immediate vicinity.
Telephone EX, 1868 Reward
liam A, Randall I10 st. Lawrence dr.,
WRIST WATCH, gold. lady's. Cruen. ini-
tialed "A. l.. b. between $40 and 5
pm Friday, downtown. Reward. Wo. 4l4O.
WRIST WATCH. lsdy's, name Eugene r.
Kimberly" on back: lost in Alexandria,
Friday. Reward. Alexandria S44S.
2 WAR RATION BOOKS NO. 4, issued to
Louis M. Shipey and Esther l.. Shipley,
both OF Branchyille. Nd: BerWyn 71-J:
Evening star., 1944-06-24
Schubert, Rochmoninoff
Are Water Cote Choices

Government employees have chos-
en- Schubert's Unfinished SYM
phony" and the Rachmaninoff
Second Piano Concerto in C Minor"
as the two major works to be heard
on the Water Gate Concert dedi-
Gated to them next Wednesday
night.
Expressing their preferences
through ballots printed in the news
papers, the Federal workers actually
selected the Tschaikowsky Fifth"
as their favorite symphony, with the
Schubert Unfinished" trailing five
votes behind.
Because the Tschaikowsky Fifth
already has been scheduled on the
all Tschaikowsky program of July
7 it was decided to program the sec
ond choice instead.
Wednesday nights concert will be
under the direction of Antal Dorati
musical director of the Ballet Russo
Evening star., 1944-06-24
Suipun
CONTINUED From First Page.)

cific are growing in intensity in
conjunction with the furious bat
tie around Saipan Island" and
reported new aerial attacks today
on Two Jima, In the Bonin Is
land group, 800 miles south OF
Tokyo.
(The report, recorded by
United States Government mon
ttors, said zap and Palau, west
Of Truk and Tobi Island, midway
between Palau and the north
western tip Of New Guinea, also
were attacked yesterday
Seek to Block on Position.
A pincers drive on Tapotchau
seeks to block OF the strategic posi-.
ton, capture of which would give
the Americans a dominating OBJ
servation point for the entire island
as well as command OF Tanapag
Harbor on the northwestern side.
Other Army units continued a
cleanup of southern sectors, where
possibly 500 Japanese remain hidden
in the caves and crevices of the
Magicienne Bay area. The main
enemy defense force of possibly
10000 men Is In the northern end
of the island.
Ground troops received their first
air support yesterday from Army
fighter planes operating from newly
captured Aslito airstrip, hastily re-
paired by Seabees.
Field in memory of Col. Gardiner
Conroy Of New York, who was killed
in the invasion of Maxim Island in
the Gilberts last November.
Again today, planes were swoop-
ing over enemy positions, bombing
and strafing where artillery could
not reach.
Snipers remained a problem. One
patrol, making an elbow elbow
search of Suspue swamp near Cha
ran Kanoa, which was seized the
first day killed Is japanese and cap
tured two men caught sniping at a
hospital area. Two American SOL
diers were killed and four wounded.
Garapan Evacuation Indicated.
The Japanese appear to have
evacuated the islands largest town,
Garapan, and no activity has been
observed there for nearly two days.
1t is becoming increasingly ap-
parent that the japanese are carry
Ing their dead with them. Marines
came across two truckloads of Jap
anese bodies left behind In one re-
treat. Nearly 500 enemy dead were
found in a field in the southern
sector where installations would't
have required that number of men,
The Japanese are believed to be
burying some of their dead in caves
which are then sealed, and are
throwing other bodies into the sea.
Water is the greatest problem
here, not food. japanese civilians
now in custody in many cases are
working willingly, and they are get
ting the equivalent of three canteens
of water day-the same the troops
are drawing.
Evening star., 1944-06-24
Mrs. Proeope 10 WaiI
For Full Instructions
BY the Associated Press

bS the Associated Press.
Surrounded by packing cases, Mrs
Hjalmar Procope, wife of the de.
parted Finnish Minister, busted her.
self today preparing for whatever
international diplomacy has in store
for her.
II haven't the slightest idea what
I'm going to do after my baby is
born," she said.
Cheerfully slipping a glass of GIN
ger ale. Mrs. Procope wondered out
loud about what to do with her
huge German shepherd dog, how to
pack up her personal belongings
and what hospital arrangements she
could find in crowded Washington.
She said simply that she didn't
know" what were the actions cited
by the State Department as "in-
imical when her husband was
classed as persona non grata and
requested to leave the country.
He doesn't know, either" she
continued.
Mr.. Procope left Washington Wed
nesday, but his English-born wife
was permitted to remain because she
is expecting her third child early
next month.
Mrs. Procope's two other children
are in Northern New York, stayins
with friends, she said.
When she leaves the hospital, Mrs
Procope said, she will just wait tt
see what arrangements her husband
the Finnish government, and tn.
State Department make for her.
Evening star., 1944-06-24
Arrest Of 80 Aliens
In Argentina Reported
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 24.-The New
York Herald Tribune says in a copy
righted dispatch from Montevideo
Uruguay, that British. American
and Dutch nationals, among them
Associated Press Correspondent
Stanley Ross, were arrested by the
Argentine government in a roundup
of foreign residents in Buenos Aires
Those arrested, thought to be
about 30 in number, we're United
Nations nationals, some of whom
were suspected of activities in be-
half of the United Nations" the
dispatch stated.
It added that at least three of the
foreigners arrested we're officers OF
the Inter-Allied Coordination Com
mittee, identified as semiofiicial
Organization Of United Nations COM
munities In Argentina directed by
a board composed of the heads of
the United Nations diplomatic mis-
sions.
Information released earlier
through United States Government
channels indicated Mr.. Ross was
held for i've hours and was allowed
to leave after questioning.
The Herald Tribune dispatch said
Mr.. Ross was questioned extensively
about his activities and was asked
how long he intended to stay in
Buenos Aires. He was not permitted
to communicate with any one out
side while he was detained, the
article added.
It said further that Herman Bing-
ham, American Consul, visited the
police to inquire about Mr.. Ross and
was informed the police knew moth
ing about the case.
Evening star., 1944-06-24
Sanders, Jailed in HoIdup
Sues Prison Officials

Hillard Sanders, serving a term
in the Federal Penitentiary at At
lanta for taking part in a $4,000
holdup of a bank messenger in
Hyattsville, Md, filed suit in Dis
trict Court today asking S25,00O
in damages from James v. Bennett,
director of the Federal Bureau of
Prisons, and Joseph w. Sanford
warden of the Atlanta prison, for
allegedly depriving him of his con-
stitutional right to communicate
with his attorney and others.
The suit was filed by Sanders
attorney James j. Laughlin, who
was indicted in Federal Court at
Baltimore recently on charge of
obstructing justice nthe Sanders
case.
The complaint charges that Mr.
Bennett and Mr.. Sanford and other
officials have prevented Sanders
from writing to his attorney or
from receiving letters from Mr..
Laughlin and have been trying to
persuade the prisoner to make false
statements" against his counsel