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Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-18
Rotarians See
War Pictures

Members Of the El Centro Ro
tary club Thursday viewed official
government motion pictures of war
scenes following the regular week.
ly luncheon at the Barbara Worth
hotel
The pictures included captured
German films revealing many
events as viewed behind the Nazi
oattlefronts, and showed American
troops being killed and ships eX-
ploding and sinking.
Club President Earl G.. Davis an
nounced that all Rotary clubs Of
the valley will lunote on an inter-
city meeting March % at the Del
Rio country club of Brawiey.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-18

statement he started to arise.
Just a minute" ASsemblyman
Lee Bashore said, this is legis-
lative committee and you have
made a statement that I should like
to have clarified. What did you
mean when you said, I am a Red?'" "
Robinson said he was only joking.
During the afternoon session
Walter Farley. Charles G. Halliday,
G. G. Bennett and B. A. Harrigan
gave the committee their views on
the agricultural situation.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-18
Attack on Truk
Hit at Nest
Of Jap Warships

Continued from page u
on a group Of 10 islands protected
by a great encircling reef with a
radius of 80 miles. inside of which
the whole Japanese fleet could an
Choir
The photographs brought back by
the two marine Liberators that flew
1900 miles over enemy waters
from a south Pacific base showed
huge ship concentrations in the
lagoon, one island almost literal
" covered with airfields. heavy
coastal guns on all five major is
lands, and palatial living quarters.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-18
Our Men i'm the Service

cember. He attended the FL Centro
schools. He wrote that he received
Christmas gifts February g. among
them hosiery for his wife and
panda for his baby. His wife and
baby are in San Diego. His brother.
Private Edward Wylie, is attending
an army air corps radio school in
Tampa. Fla. He has been there a
year and his wife and baby are
with him.
Private First Glass Kenneth CLAW
pool is with the army military po-
lice at Camp Swift, Texas. and is
guarding German and Italian pris-
oners. He entered the service before
the Pearl Harbor attack and re-
manned II California until last
July, wheh lie was sent to Texas.
Two years with the army in the
Aleutian Islands is the record of
private First Glass Donald w.
Wlthrow. son of Mrs. John Rob-
erts of Ell Centro. He is with the
army engineers.
Lieutenant Glen D. Poole. son of
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-18

o. c. TEX Norris, son of Mrs
r. f. Edwards, is an aviation ma
chinistS mate third class with the
navy and is in the south Pacific,
where he has been for a year. He
recently had a weeks rest from his
duties and went to Australia. He
attended school in El Centro and
would like to hear from some of
his friends. His address is VISA,
navy 252 Fleet Post Office, San
Francisco, Calf. His brother, Bobby
Norris, seaman second class, is in
radio school at the naval training
station in San Diego.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-18

Alonzo Poole of Eel Centre, returned
to Langley field, Virginia. this
week after a trip to California. He
is a bombardier with the armv air
corps. He attended Central Union
High school and Junior college,
playing football at J. c. in 1910.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-18
LICENSE ISSUED

A marriage license was issued by
County Clerk w. j. McClelland in
El Centre Thursday TO Henry
Franklin Brandon, %. marine, and
Dorothy Ann Hagey, 81, of El Gen.
tro.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-18
NO COMEBACK

Not a single German gun took up
the American challenge. The in
tensity of the bombardment indi-
Gated that American infantrymen
massed in the Eapido valley and
along the sides of Mount Casino
were about to launch a general
offensive-if they had rot already
done so.
With that threat looming IN
their rear, the Germans on the
perimeter of the Allied beachhead
redoubled their attacks on the
American and British lines in n
desperate attempt to drive the in
vaders back into the sea.
Official reports said the Nazis
threw as many as 1000 men into 4
single sector, often with 35 heavy
tanks leading the way.
But the British and Americans,
fighting from improvised trenches,
half-filled irrigation bitches and
farmhouses, rose TO meet every as
Sault and held fast to their forward
positions.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-18
SEES LIVING COSTS UP

uOJ COlllEcl liicoC COAi'1d eNtiNS"'
he said.
SEES LIVING COSTS UP
The President said that while
prohibition of consumer subsidies
would increase the cost Of living, i;
would not add one dollar to the
income of the farmers" and the bill
would in effect reverse the policy
of Congress and repeal the stabili-
zation act of Oct. 2, l942-the
foundation of his campaign agains;
initiation.
Tt is clear that we cannot hold
the wage line if the Congress de-
prives us of the means necessary
10 hold the cost of living line" he
said. mo major country at wal
today has been able to stabilize the
cost of living without the use OF
subsidies.
IF the wage line breaks-and !
do not see how it can be held if
this bill becomes law-not only will
food costs rise still further but all
other costs will rise-including the
cost of all munitions and supplies
for the army and navy by many
billions.
Not only will it cost every
American family more to buy the
necessities of life, not only will it
cost more to run our factories and
our farms, but also the costs of
conducting the war will rise pro-
portionately day by day"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-18
FILES FOR CONGRESS

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 18. UP)-
Bryldon R. Greene. Inglewood real
tor, today filed nomination papers
with the county registrar Of voters
for the congressional seat now held
by Cecil King. Greene filed on the
Republican ticket.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-18

Private Herman r A,aliin, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Luallin of Ell
Centro, is with the army air corps
at Amarillo, Texas. He has been
training as gunner there for the
last four months and will be there
for three more months. He lived in
El Centro all his life, attending the
schools there.
England is the address of First
Lieutenant Arthur j. Wylie, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Wylie of Ell Gen.
tro He is in the army air corps and
has been in England since last De-
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-18

RED CROSS TO MEET
Monthly meeting of the board of
directors, Ell Centre Red Cross
chapter, will take place Monday
night, 1870 O'Clock at headquarters
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-18

Sergeant Vernon Allen, army air.
plane mechanic, has been attend
ing training school at Seymour
field, North Carolina, is home or
leave visiting his parents, Mr.. ano
Mrs. w. H. Allen of Brawley. He
expects to be sent back to Bermuda
soon.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-18
Allies Hammer
Nazis Back

Continued from page /
were blasting into the mountain
slopes at the rate Of 20 a second.
and the entire German line was
blanketed by smoke and flames.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-18
Veto on Subsidy
Measure Upheld

consequences
Il hope that the Congress will
not compel these consequences.
he said.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-18

Lieutenant Glen D. Poole, son of
Evening star., 1944-09-24

Even In the tangled wiIds Of remotest Asio,
where secret roads creep closer every doy to Toxic.
our men must be armed with vitomin c. And 50 >.
among those roons. Jungle knives, and rifles poro-
chuted from the skies, Of Florida grapefruit
ivice-rieh sources Of vitomin c thot never foil.
Evening star., 1944-06-26
The Great FoIIs Dam

AS Secretary Ickes told the Park
and Planning Commission last week,
he probably has built more power
dams than any other Government
official. Certainly there is no ques-
ton about his advocacy of hydro
electric development where the need
exists. His opposition to power
development at Great Falls, now
under study for Congress by the
Corps Of Engineers, is peculiarly
significant. 1t Is based on his own
conviction, shared by many others,
that the advantages Of a power dam
at Great Falls are not enough to
outweigh the permanent loss to the
people of the unique scenic and rec
reational values of the Upper Poto-
mac, to be realized when this region
becomes the great national park now
planned. Mr.. Ickes will be in a posi-
tion to lend his influence to defeat
the power development project
again, as 1t was defeated once be-
fore, when the engineering report
makes it a live issue. His own views
in opposition will be supported by
studies by the Park and Planning
Commission, which find no evidence
of any compelling need at this time
for hydroelectric power development
at Great Falls.
Evening star., 1944-06-26

is an indication OF what is in the
hearts Of the French people in spite
Of their ordeal. They smile because
they know that the hated enemy is
on his way out. that liberation is in
sight for them. and that the day
is not too far off when they will be
able to rebuild their world.
In his D-day message to them,
General Eisenhower told the French
that although our Allied forces
would keep it to minimum, there
would be some destruction which
they would have to bear in the
course of their liberation. This
they are now doing, and they are
doing 1t in that spirit which has
distinguished them ever since the
storming of the Bastille-the spirit
OF free men who know that there Is
a price to pay for liberty and who
are ready and willing and resolute
enough to pay it.
Evening star., 1944-06-26

Allied hands. Not until this has been
done can we say that we hold Cher
bourg securely; and the sooner 1t falls
the sooner we shall be able to set about
this task. Of making it secure. There
fore from the German point of view,
the longer that American troops could
be delayed around Cherbourg the
greater the German opportunity-if i'm
mediate counterattack is impossible-to
set up powerful defenses in this ouadri-
lateral, with view to passing over to
the offensive later on If circumstances
permit
1t would seem likely that the Allied
purpose may be to gain additional room
Tor maneuver, for supply depots and
air fields, by pushing on southwark in
the direction of Avranches and finally
establishing a line straight southwest
from Caen to Avranches, thus obtain
ing a foothold of some 5000 square
miles with both flanks protected by the
sea. The barriers to this accomplish
ment are the hold which the Germans
still maintain on the quadrilateral al
ready referred to, and the grim German
resistance at Caen, which is the essen
tlal eastern anchor point of the sue-
gested Allied bridgehead.
1t is therefore Of importance to note
that the British and Canadians, whose
splendid holding tactics have covered
the American offensive against Cher
bourg, are gradually overcoming the
enemy resistance in the area just west
and southwest OF Caen, and are in
creasing their pressure in the direction
OF the main highways south OF that city.
This may shortly force German with
drawal from Caen, which would be a
further assurance of the stability of the
Allied position in France
1t is also good to note that Sunday
was a day of sunshine In Normandy
The probable history OF many Junes
would not show worse weather concen-
trated into so short period The effect
on our air operations and on our land
ings of men and equipment over the
open beaches has OF course been to
slow down the progress Of the entire
offensive. Whether we are now be-
mind schedule or not, of course, can
hardly be said. Certainly we must hope
that the weather, having done so badly
by us, will for a change give our air
forces greater opportunities while the
possession Of Cherbourg will-when the
port Is repaired-make us less dependent
on weather in the matter of supply
and reinforcement.
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Evening star., 1944-06-26
This Changing World
By Constantine Bro,rs

The violent Russian offensive by about
$50 divisions which has developed since
June % in the most vulnerable German
sector of the Eastern Front is taken
here AS an indication that the Soviet
high command is satisfied with Allied
operations in the west.
The Russian steamroller Is now in
full motion. Red divisions from south
of Lwow to Vitebsk are estimated to
total between 800 and $50. During the
lull between the winter and summer Of
fensives the Russians assembled all the
necessary war material and supplies to
insure the success of their new-and pos
sibly last-big push against the Nazis.
There were some suspicious Washington
observers who thought Moscow would be
slow in synchronizing its military moves
with those OF the Allies in the west.
Those who were aware that political
and military problems had been dis
cussed and settled at Teheran had no
misgivings about the attitude OF Premier
Stain.
The Soviet government was given so
much political latitude in Eastern, Gen.
tral and Southeastern Europe that the
Russian leaders would have been short
slgnted indeed had they not taken ad-
vantage OF the Allies successful opera
tions to crush Hitler. And Stain has
never been shortsighted.
The soviets realize even better than
the Government and peoples Of the
United States that a military victory is
OF little consequence unless 1t is followed
by full diplomatic victory. And while
the Russians have indorsed the various
plans for better theoretical postwar
world they are taking no chances and
have insisted that Russia is In such a
position that she will have to fear no
other nation or coalitions after the war
is over.
X
The Polish Premier, Stanislaw Miko-
lajczyk, who had received a great per-
sonal welcome In Washington, left the
United States a disappointed man be-
cause he realized from his converse tions
with President Roosevelt and Undersec-
retary OF State Stettinius that he would
Evening star., 1944-06-26
Nazis Fight for Time
BY Maj. George Fieldina Eliot

why have lie Germans made such a
desperate and protracted defense Of
Cherbourg? What we're they fighting
for, even when all hope was gone?
Obviously they were fighting for time.
The longer they could keep the Allied
troops from taking complete possession
OF Cherbourg, the longer the interval
before Allied engineers can get to work
to restore the shattered port to use
fulness Every day that the Germans
gained by their stubborn defense is a
day longer before big Allied ships can
begin unloading their cargoes of heavy
guns, tanks, ammunition stores and
men over the piers of Cherbourg. There
fore it is day gained in relation to
the moment when a powerful Allied
army, supported by guns of a size and
power which makes it independent of
the support of naval artillery can begin
to press forward deeper into France.
The German high command can make
good use of every extra day.
That is the long range point of view
Is there perhaps something else in pros
pect? Is 1t possible for the Germans
I'NiA SSe " CouIlbGIdJLdCk
which confronts the Allies with diff-
cult situation even though Allied troops
are actually in Cherbourg?
1t is clear enough from glance at
the map that the dangerous part of
the Allied front is the narrow strip of
territory Immediately south of Isigny
and Carentan. The Allies have not been
able to deepen their holdings in that
area, though several attempts have
been made to do so. The vital road
junction of st. Lo Is still in German
hands. If the Germans could get to-
gether sufficient force for the pur-
pose, a counterattack straight north
ward up the valley of the river Wire
would, If successful, cut of the Ameri-
can Army in the Cherbourgh Peninsula
from the British and Canadians farther
east, and would leave it dependent for
its supplies and reinforcements on the
beaches and small ports on the eastern
shore of the peninsula itself, at least
until the harbor of Cherbourg is in
working order.
OF course, as soon as the conditions
allow, we shall see Gen. Bradley turn
his full attention to widening and deep
ing his positions at the base of the
peninsula. We shall almost certainly
see strong drive southwark to occupy
the quadrilateral Carentan-La Haye du
Puts ts-Coutances-St Lo, only one corner
OF which (carentan) y at present IN
Evening star., 1944-06-26
On the Record
By Dorothy Thom mbson

As things look at the opening of
the Republican convention, the chief
issue will not be over the candidate
but over the platform. This will be
true no matter who Is nominated, for
no one Is going to be nominated who
will make platform Of his own. That
issue was settled in the last elections
and resettled again In the recent Wis
consin primaries.
Four years ago Wendell Willkie cap
tured the convention by q popular Re-
publican movement against the "regu-
lars" Everyone knew he would attempt
to reform the Republican Party along
more progressive lines In domestic
policy and to lead 1t to q world view
rather than an isolationist one. But
three months before the campaign
was over, 1t was clear that he could
not control his own party, Actually he
Waged one campaign, while powerful
forces within the party waged another,
and contradictory one. The latter GER
tatnly cost Mr.. Willkie some influential
support and q great number Of tnde-
pendent votes-perhaps enough to have
elected him.
During the succeeding four years, Mr..
Willkie continued to struggle for the
reform and control of the party. In
these four years he has certainly grown
IN stature. He has gone deeper into
both domestic and foreign affairs; his
recent articles are above the level Of
the best speeches he made in the last
campaign. And were he to be nominated
on a platform condensed from these
articles he would be q highly attractive
candidate.
But the Republican machine will have
none Of him. J, And 1t is therefore a
foregone conclusion that no candidate
will be nominated in Chicago who Is
bent on leading the Republican organi-
zation any further than it is willing
to 60. Nobody can be nominated who
Is not regular" It is really futile for
anybody to ask Mr.. Dewey to assume
leadership. Mr.. Dewey, or any other
candidate, will remember the fate of
Mr.. Willkie, and hew to the party line
One must add that Mr.. Dewey seems
eminently fitted for this role. Despite
his long refusal to be considered a can
didate, he is extremely anxious to be-
come President. He has never been
offered to the public as man Of pro-
found thought and strong political will,
but as competent administrator, which
he no doubt is.
Since ne will not shape the platform
the platform will shape him, and it is
therefore the platform that matters.
But II the platform is what matters,
Evening star., 1944-06-26

have to give up all hopes of truly SOW
ereign Poland. According to reliable re-
ports, he agreed that Poland would have
to make territorial sacrifices. He did
not oppose them because he realized
Poland was in no position to remain
adamant concerning her eastern boun-
daries But he was not able to obtain
even vague promise that the remainder
OF Poland would enjoy full sovereignty.
Premier Mikolajczyk is said to have
been unable to obtain any definite
promise that the Atlantic Charter would
be applied to Poland in the full mean
ing OF sovereignty" of states as under
stood when 1t was originally drafted by
President Roosevelt and Prime Minister
Churchill. No such commitment was
given him and he understood why
Washington was reluctant to discuss
these matters.
He Is said to have failed to obtain
q cut and dried promise of getting war
material for the Polish undersround.
which is determined to fight the Ger
mans regardless OF the present political
complexities. The Polish underground
Is said to comprise about 100000
trained men, who despite unpleasant
experiences with individual Red Army
commanders which involved the execu-
ton OF some Of their leaders, are un.
f1inchingly on the side Of the Allies.
All the support to be given this organiza-
ton must come from the Russian side.
Lease-lend supplies will not be sent to
Poland through the government In exile
which is fully represented at under
ground headquarters in the occupied
territories
There Is no longer any possibility that
the war win end in a stalemate as
Hitler had hoped ever since the end
Of the Teheran conference. Hitlers
doom is final, and probably will come
In the next few months. The power
OF resistance of the German armies
still is formidable. But the question is
whether the real rulers Of the Reich
the German generals-will feel that it
is better to give up or sacrifice hun
dreds Of thousands Of German lives in
vain
Evening star., 1944-06-26
Progress in ItoIy

Our natural preoccupation with
the crucial struggle in Normandy
need not cause us to forget events
in Italy, which are distinctly heart
ening on both the military and
political fronts. The storming of
the island of Elba by French CO.
lonial troops will increase Allied
pressure on the German forces
swiftly retreating up the west coast
of the Italian peninsula. Further
inland. other Allied columns are
pushing northward up the valley
of the Tiber and collateral lines
Of communication. the farthest
penetration being on the Allied
right flank with the taking of
Assist and Perugia. Those historic
hill towns lie in the shadow of the
main chain of the Apprentices, the
backbone of Italy, which bends in
giant arc literally from the sea,
almost to the Adriatic coast. This
Is natural defense line whose
formidable character has undoubt-
edly been enhanced by the Germans
and where reserve troops sent down
from Northern Italy are believed to
be in position to cover their re-
treating comrades from the south.
AS yet there has been no Allied
crossing of the Apprentices. The
German troops on the Adriatic coast
are retreating slowly, since they
cannot be outf1anked across the
Apprentices and are followed by rela-
lively small Allied forces.
1t has now become evident that
Marshal Kesselring, though badly
mauled, has avoided catastrophe.
The question is just where he will
elect to stand and fight something
more than clever delaying rear
guard actions. The first real clash
seems to have just started at Chiusi
and north of Perugia. A second
stiff clash should come at Arezzo on
the headwaters of the Arno River,
which runs northeastward through
Florence and empties into the Lii
Surian Sea at Pisa. In its lower
reaches the Arno is a considerable
river, and that is where the German
wing retreating up the west coast
will presumably anchor it's defense.
The Germans could. however, re-
hnquish the whole valley of the
Arno before making their decisive
stand along the Appenine barrier.
Unless they have been more weak
ened and disorganized than now
seems apparent, an Allied storming