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The Omaha guide., 1944-12-30
WESTERN FRONT:
History Repeats

To many, the mighty German
counter : offensive Field Marshal
Won Rundstedt launched against Al
lied armies on the western front was
reminiscent of General Luden-
dorff's last desperate throw OF the
dice in 1918 in an effort to improve
Germany's position for the negotl-
alton of a peace.
Then, Ludendorff's drive failed;
this time, resolute U. S. troops
moved in to stem Won Rundstedt's
attack, with decisive Allied counter
measures expected to not only blunt
the enemy's thrust but also sap the
most formidable part Of his force
and reduce his war potential for
next spring.
There was one difference between
Ludendorff's suicidal gamble in 1918
and Won Rundstedt's of this war,
however, and that lay in Helm
rich Himmler's ucces in holding
the German home front together to
supply the wehrmacht with men
and materials for the big drive. In
1918. on the other hand, Ludendorff
was faced with a crumbling home
front, once rising Il a bawling rage
in those months because a lettering
government failed to provide suffi-
Gent troops and supplies.
As the Germans desperate
drive developed, it followed the
pattern of other major Nazi at
lacks of World War III, with pow
erful armOred spearheads
punching through forward de-
lenses and then speeding on
ward to let the trailing infantry
deal with opposing elements sur
rounded to the rear.
1t was thus that the Germans
wiped out the Poles; broke France.
and marched a third of the way
across Russia. This time. however,
the enemy faced a stronger, better
equipped. more resolute foe, and
as his attack developed, U. S. re-
serves thrown into the battle moved
TO dam the surge.
In launching the offensive, Won
Rundstedt followed the 1910 inva-
sion pathways. pointing spearheads
across Belgium and Luxembourg.
In choosing this battle-ground be-
low Aachen, the Nazi field marshal
concentrated the bulk of his forces
against the First army, which had
thrown the Germans onto the edge
of the Rhineland plain.
In the early fighting, the Nazi
thrust against Monschau was ap-
preciably contained by the Yanks,
but the spearhead farther south
probed as deeply as % miles to
the important road juncture Of
Stavelot in Belgium. Still another
Nazi force pushed across the Bel
GUM border and threw a pincer
around St. With.
In Luxembourg to the south, the
Germans drove through the Ar
dennes forest beyond Echternach
d1lCI liSStiS StuA u. d ACSiSLdAlIC.
Once the German attack got
underway, the battle turned into
a slugging match, with the enc
my pouring men into the initial
breaches to exploit their breaks,
while the Allies moved reserves
to the front to check the drive.
C%oincident with Won Rundstedt's
smash to the north, Gen. George S.
Patton's U. S. First army encoun-
tered ~stiffening Nazi resistance in
the Saar, with the enemy following
his favored pattern of throwing in
short, sharp armored counter-at-
tacks in an attempt to momentarily
check the Yanks' push.
Meanwhile, it was announced that
Himmler himself had taken over
command of German resistance in
the Colmar pocket in Alsace, throw
ing in strong attachments Of his
motley but fanatical home guard
units.
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l. Clayton.
al U. S. foreign policy, to which
nator Connally (Texas) replied
at President Roosevelt would
chart the country's course regard
less of the reorganization.
AS the storm over the state de-
partment reorganization first
mounted then subsidized under presi-
dental pressure, Mr.. Roosevelt told
newspapermen that the Atlantic
Charter was not a formal document
signed by this country and Britain,
but merely a statement of principles
to guide the Allies war aims.
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Many churches of America, of all denominations, will keep their doors
open Sunday and Monday in order that relatives and friends of American
hghtng men and women throughout the world may offer New
Years prayers at the time their loved ones r. welcoming in the New
Year, n matter where they will be. These services III in addition to
regular watch night services.
When 1945 reaches New York City in a blare Of noise O. a silence
OF prayer, it will already be early Monday evening just east Of Australia
in the Chatham Islands. Meanwhile. at Honolulu the clock will register
$3.50 p m. Sunday. The New Year is born on the lonely Chatham islands
Ala miles southeast of New Zealand, and races westward at 1000 miles
an hour. About 200 shepherds and fishermen, augmented with troops
in the Chatham group, win celebrate the New Year by ringing the church
bell on Hanson island. The international date line, near these isles, a
set by the British admiralty and runs near the l80th meridian Of longitude.
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Without Deeds

The one who can boast only Of
what his ancestors have done is like
a potato-the best part is under the
ground.
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Trouble With Habits

Some people have so much trou-
Bile with bad habits that they find il
difficult to cultivate good ones.
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Uniform co-rO-
International oOHOOI
-:-LESSON-: :
By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST. d. d.
The MOODY Bible Institute OF Chicago.
Released by Western Newspaper Union.


Lesson subjects and Scripture texts Sc
lected and copyrighted by International
Council of Religious Education; used by
permission.
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We grow to be what our daily
thought, feeling. and conduct de
termine.
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WAR
Big Profits

With nine American steamship
lines having made $26, BAT, 900 in
profits on $31, 1854, 600 worth of bust
ness from April to September on
lend-lease runs to the Middle East,
the U. S. maritime commission
started court action against seven
of the operators to recover excess
income.
Operating on rates that the
commission itself set at the
time when subs were scourging
the seas and ships were needed
to haul material to the British
in the middle eastern and north
African sectors, the companies
averaged $500, 900 profit per YES
sci, or $40 per cent of the book
value of each.
have refunded $500, 900, the others
have refused to make remittances,
claiming that they merely charged
prevalent rates, recognized by the
British themselves.
TIRES
With increased military demands
and manpower shortages limiting
supply, no passenger tires will be
available for IA" card holders or
less essential "B" card applicants
through the first three months OF
l945, trade circles reported.
At the same time, it was said.
the supply OF heavy truck tires dur
ing this period viii be the smallest
for any quarter since 1941. Release
of experienced workers from the
army was proposed to help remedy
the truck tire shortage.
CASUALTIES
With 57.775 casualties reported in
November. U. S. losses in invasion
operations in France, the Lowlands
and the German border region total
258, l24. the war department re-
ported.
OF this number, A, l43 were killed,
l89, lib were wounded and "a, 1863 are
missing, the war department said.
Announcement of the casualties
came as selective service revealed
that it would increase its January
and February calls from 81. 200 te
8 1000 men each month.
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-WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS-
German Drive Reminder Of Last
Desperate Fling in World War /;
Harvest Banner Crops

--Reeas by Western Newspaper Union -."
Newspaper unnns W analysis and not nec.sarny Of this ewspaperJ
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LESSON TExT-Matthew 2:13-23.
GOLDEN TExT-Behold. l am with
thee. n vii keep thee In all places
whittier thou goest--Genesis 28:15.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-11
Country Awaits
Pacific Report
fCOntinued from paoe

Of that phase of the global conflict
In general. congressional COM
ment was divided pretty much along
party lines. Acting House Demo-
cratic Leader Robert Ramspeck
Georgia. hailed the trip as indi-
eating that even bigger blows are
10 be sTuck against the japanese
in the future" But Representative
Paul W Shafer Republican. Mich
igan) viewed it as strictly a vote
getting move He said that the
President knows the war in Europe
is about to collapse but he needs a
war to direct SO he can win the
election"
IF Mr.. Roosevelt does take
the occasion of his forthcoming re-
port to review the Pacific war, he
will have much good news to re-
port. He can recall the mighty
Superfortress raids on Japan's
homeland, the latest carried out
only Thursday: the speedy con-
quest of Saipan, Tinian, Guam and
other Islands. and MacArthur's
steady march back toward the is
lands where japanese forces peat
down his handful of men at the
start Of the war;
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-11
Butterfly Pest
Hits Valley

Eurymus Eurytheme is with us
again.
Alfalfa butterfly to you. of course.
These fluttering little yellow pests
again are attacking the crop and
forcing growers to hurry the last
cutting to salvage what they can
before the pest gets too well fed.
These pests are in Imperial VAL
ley every year and have been for
many years. In fact, they are pre-
yalent from the Rocky mountains
tossthe Pacific ocean. They do con-
Siderable damage to the last alfalfa
cutting of the season.
1t is the larvae which eat the
alfalfa but valley residents in gen.
eral don't see them at the dinner
table dining at the expense of the
growers. Most residents see only
the fluttering hordes which dance
around on fields. lawns, and high
ways with most of them. apparent
", ending up in automobile ano
trllck radiators.
They are worse in the valley than
in colder climates because they
have six or more broods in the val
ley. In colder climates there are
only two broods a year.
~Several things are done to es-
cape the full damage these little
creatures are capable of doing.
Hush the crop. irTigate especially
to drown them out, and cut the al
falfa before they eat it.
II Is just one of those things.
these pests.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-11
Western Mininu
Men Hit Plan
For Free" Gold
Continued from Page Il

fC0ntlnued from Page Il
wide managed paper currencieS.
= Palmer also declared the domeS-
policy of the U S in favor of world
tic price of geld-now pegged at
S35 an ounce-should be allowed to
reach a figure between $50 and SIC
an ounce to match free markets in
India. Turkey and Egypt where
gold has been selling at from $50
to $50 an ounce.
Palmer represented western min
ing interests as an observer at the
Breton Woods conference in July
which created an international
Monetary fund of $3.50. .000. 900 and
an international bank of recon-
struction and development.
The vests basic industry of min
ing. he declared. would be imperiled
by what he described as plans to
make gold a nominal monetary
standard, and to ignore silver al
together in postwar financial plans.
MUST ACT
@"Unless mining people and those
Interested in the welfare of the
basic industry of the west. prepare
a strong case for the Congress con-
vening in January. they can expect
the eventual adoption of managed
currency programs in the world of
finance" Palmer said.
He accused the u. S. Treasury
department of being dominated by
officials subscribing to the the
cries held by Lord john Maynard
Keynes. noted British economist, in
opposition to American metallic
money tradition.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-11
Breeding Herd
Of Brahmas
Reaches Valley

Imperial Valleys first breeding
herd of Brahma cattle arrived at
the Harold Hunt ranch east of He
bsr this week.
This is the third breeding herd
of these cattle to be established in
California, the others being in the
Palo Verde Blythe area.
There are Il head in the Hunt
herd. which is composed partly of
young calves. Hunt already had a
purebred Brahma bull on the ranch
The cattle which arrived this week
were transported by freight car
1900 miles, from Houston. Texas.
In an attempt TO get beef cattle
adapted to Imperial Valley climate
and able to do we'll in the summer
Hunt explained. he will double cross
breed with Herefords In this man
nPr he will determine which cro5s
will get the cattle best adapted to
Imperial Valley
Il believe we will be shipping a
hybrid as Imperial Valley beef.
Hunt declared This will enable u
to market cattle produced in -
valley instead of having TO import
beef cattle. fatten them and ship
them before the weather gets too
hct. The Brahmas arc adapted to
hot climates. of course. and cross
ing tf,m with Herefords, which
don't sand hot weather we'll w
should get what we want and need
S. valleV beef CATTLE
Cattlemen and farmers through
out tho valley have expressed in
terest in Hunts herd and the cx-
pertinent he Is carrying on.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-11
RAMBLING REPORTER

Continued from Page l.
down to read in sight of the mec-
icine cabinet.
Along comes Mr.. Rat, or possibly
Mrs Rat, and enters the medicine
cabinet.
"Ah. milk. enthuses Rat. the
pride Of the Rat family, and begins
to drink, leaving his tail hanging
out the door because the cabinet
Is too small for all of him.
Mrs. Conn then springs into
action. She slams the cabinet door
on the rats tail and screams loucly
for the cog, who is the sole member
of the rat demolition squad.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-11
Over The Cling

O. L. HIS pigs dined off $50 bills.
gasoline ration books, automobile
operators license, and small change
Hill dropped his billfold in his pig
pen half mile east of Ell Centre.
He fonnc il later with two $40
ellis badly mutiis,ed and a third
cut to ribbons The bank redeemed
two but the pigs had wallowed the
other beyond recognition.
Well, Hill. maybe You can charge
$50 over the ceiling price for at
leaa. one zig. CT possibly spread the
loss over several.
This may or may not be expensive
feec for pigs. Ask the OPA.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-11
WILL BE SENTENCED

Orvil Rice. soldier and former I'M
pefial Valley truck driver. Frida,
pleaded guilty in Imperial county
Superior court to two counts OF
asking George Pelo5. Calexico ri
dent. to purchase stolen property
He pleaded not guilty to a charge
Of burglarizing the Pacific Freigh'
Lines warehouse IN El Centre. He
will be sentenced next Tuesday OF
the two counts and the date of his
trial on a charge Ct burglary will
be set at the same time.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-11

of the main anchors of the Ger
man right flank in Normandy.
Mortain itself still was in Ger
man hands early Friday. but the
enemy pocket was seriously men
aced by the Mayenne drive as we'll
as by another American force that
struck southwark from Wire into
the flank of the counterattacking
Germans and narrowed their es-
cape corridor to less than 10 miles.
PRESS FOR KNOCKOUT
Far to the real. other American
forces pressed in for the knockout
on isolated German troops defend
ing the Breton ports of Brest and
Lorient and captured the Loire
valley industrial eenterS Of Angers
and Nantes. establishing their
southern flank solidly on the Loire
river line.
On the Caen front. British troops
seized Vimont. seven miles down
the main Caen-PariS road, while
other units deepcne6 their Orne
river bridgehead, capturing Thury-
Harcourt and pushing on TO the
southeast toward Falaise.
The Germans threw at least 20
tanks. loaded with
high explosives. against the attack
ing allies in this sector. but front
reports said they were blown up by
British and Canadian gunnerS.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-11
DATE GROWERS CONSIDER
NEW GRADING RULES

Date growers in Imperial Valley
were without representation at a
hearing conducted in Indio Thurs
day relative to a proposed market
ing order requiring inspection OF
small sizes of dates, requirement
which does not exist at present.
The hearing was conducted for
the purpose of getting both sides
of the proposal. Decisions will be
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-11
BIG SUPPLY CENTER

Palembang, the main town of
Sumatra and approximately 300
miles south of Singapore, was esti-
mated to have furnished 78 per
cent of the aviation gasoline neeCed
by the japanese air force and %
per cent of the fuel oil required by
the enemy's dwindling merchant
fleet.
The Pladioe refinery was believed
to have been operating al or near
capacity, processing approximately
100000 barrels of crude oil a
year
The bombers met light but ac-
curate" anti-aircraft fire. although
no aerial opposition as they ranged
over the clearly visible targets.
sticking out from the flat Jungle
country around the oil capital of
the Dutch East Indies.
Some of the first bombers over
the target reported large fires in
the refinery and storage areas,
bursting aviation gasoline stocks
piled near the refineries because of
the japanese shipping shortage.
sent up columns of flame.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-11
Japan Stronghold
Hit by B-2q's
Continued from Page l

AGOIlllllutu lIOill rage i
targets. Flames spread rapidly
through the flimsy woo6 and paper
buildings of congested agasaki. one
Of Japan's important shipbuilding
centerS and the site of heavy in
dustrial machinery and naval ord
nance manufacturing plants.
ShipwayS and the drydock at
Nagasaki were singled out as focal
points of the raid in which incen-
diaries were used FOR the first time
by the B-29'S against the enemy's
home territory.
The SuperfortreSSes, which flew
from secret southern bases. batter
ed the Bladjoe oil refineries at
Palembang so heavily that it was
conservatively estimated they could
not be rebuilt within a year.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-11
$1,000 Workers
Still Remain
Idle on Strikes

Continued from Page i
allegedly refusing to do the work
assigned to him.
The Montr transportation
strike entered its 10th day, with the
Montreal TramWay Co. announcing
its intention to resume operation
of street cars and buses on. Satur-
day The company asked for govern
ment protection for all employees
willing to rfturn tc wolk
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-11

made later.
Dr. c. F. Duckwor1h. assistant
director of agriculture in Calilor-
MA Ralph Il. Cowine deputy at
torncv general. W j K0hrt, chief
of the California bureau of mar
kets and Romano Young, admin
istratve assistant 10 Agricultural
Director A. A. Brock. and Howard
Parsona. district superrisor OF the
bureau of market enforcement. at
tended for the state.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-11
Right to work"
Stays on Ballot

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. Il. cUPo
The state supreme court has denied
{. G. HapPcrty Los Angeles. a petit
tien fer a writ of mandate to elm
mate the "rieht-to-Works petition
from the state ballot in November
elections Haegerty claimed the pc
tition was unconstitutional.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-11
MAR NAVAL. BASE

Nagasaki, with a population of
252.000, IS approximately 30 miles
south of the Sasebo naval base.
which was bit in an earlier B-29
raid. Also on Kyushu, the main
sacred island of japan. is the big
steel center of Yawata. which was
attacked twice previously by Super
fortresses.
Besides its shipbuilding installa-
tlons and a military post. Nagasakj
is the site of the Mitsubishi heavy
industries. inclucing engine. steel
ana armament works. and the Nit
slolShi electrical Manufacturing
Co, which produces generators
magnetoes. aircraft and hydro an1.
steam power equipment.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-11
Yankees Reach
Paris Defenses

Continued from Page L
he Germans had committed four
n8nzer divisions to a bloody and
! nsuccessful attempt to split the
sllied forces in Normandy from the
Americans in Brittany
The new spearhead also was only
Is miles southwest of Falaise, one
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-11

Production of rice in the Soviet
Union, brought to standstill by
the German invasion, will be re-
stored to preWar levels in 1913
through repair of locks and irriga-
ton systems destroyed by Germans
in the Kuban rice fields.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-11
4 Sympathetic Gctter-

lid you hurt yourself?" Irene
Smith asked in sympathetic tone
as she gazed at CORY srct on a
Sailors hand just after she had
welcomed him to the use club in
Fl Centre.
You squeezed my hand TOO hard, 3"
sadly murmufef the sailcr who ap-
parently wanted little sympathy.
The rascal He mad cut himself
With a razor.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-11

Y want II teaes those who think
that in 1861 they might do better
than in 1914. We want to cross
GERMANY with sword in our hands
in order to kill the German love
for the sword for centuries to come.
-pravda, Communist Party organ.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-11

The shoe supply in Bulgaria is
sufficient to meet only 25 per cent
of civilian needs, but a government
financed synthetic rubber factory
will soon produce shoes for peas
ants.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-11

Nazi sources report a new method
of refining contaminated oils by
heating the fluid to fixed tempera-
lures and using paper filters. Ger
man bleaching earth and caustic
soda To remove impurities
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-11

The first shoe factory built in
Ianvers. Mass. now shoe pro-
duction center. was established in
1887 because Zerubbabel Porter, a
tanner, wished to dispose of sur
plus" leather.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-11
CASE DISMISSED

A charge OF failure to support
his family was dismissed in superior
court in Ell Centre Friday against
Jacob RaSul when it was revealed
that he had been inducted into the
United States army.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-11

Unless you happen to be farmer,
OF Golden State milk expert, you may
never have realized this. What dairy
COWS eat today has lot to do with taste
appeal in the milk you drink tomorrow!
Through continuous dairy research,
Golden State milk experts learn which
grains and fodder help COWS produce
milk of most pleasing favor : and
which foods are undesirable for this
purpose.
This hel lpful information is made avail
able to farmers who supply our milk
(which helps to explain why Golden
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-11
How 5o be a "Speciai Chef"
TO Your Family

Win the Gordon Bleu" for cookery accom-
plshment beyond the call of monotony To
earn the admiration of family that's been
taking your kitchen magic in matter Of
course manner, serve these dishes. They're
as full of nourishing goodness as they are of
novel interest.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-11

State fresh milk and other dairy prod
ucts are widely favored for fine flavor.
This Aayor-protected milk is hurried to
our processing plants. Here it is pas
tcurized for purity, and balanced" SO
the butterfat content in each bottle or
carton is uniform, City folks get this
milk only boHrs from the farm.
Golden State is now the largest dairy
company operation in California. This
growth has come, we like to think, as
our reward for extra care in making all
Golden State dairy products extra fine.
Evening star., 1944-07-23
Civil Service Offers
Positions Connected
With AerOnautics
By l. r. Heae[.

In his excellent book Your Ca
reer in Defense" Shelby Cullom
Davis devotes a whole chapter to
Government jobs.
Earnings in Government service
are steady" Mr.. Davis writes, "and
you always can be sure you'll get
them. Averages for the major oc-
cupational groups range from 81 200
for unskilled trade and manual
workers to s3,100 for persons in
technical, scientific and professional
occupations. Employees under Is
years of age average around 81 800,
while those of so around s2050. Av-
erage earning of all civilian en-
ployes is $1,870'
These are intssssting figures. But
there is more to be said in favor of
civil service. Once you enter its
ranks you can look forward to life
time employment, plus pension on
retirement. These are facts worth
considering.
There are many civil service po-
sitions connected with aeronautics.
Engineers, instrument mechanics,
engine mechanics, aeronautical me-
chanics, bombsight mechanics, para
chute mechanics, aviation metal
smiths, fabric workers, wireworkers,
welders and sheetmetal workers are
all employed by Uncle Sam.
From time to time there are civil
service notices hung in conspicuous
places in your post office. Watch for
them. You may find under civil
service exactly the position you are
seeking.