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Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-14
Killer Hurric une Sweeps
Coasts of Two CuroIinos

ty in the center at l4O miles per
hour.
Residents along hundreds of miles
of the coast from Charleston to
the Virginia Capes battered down
their homes and boarded up VIM
dows for the blow. and scores OF
army and navy planes had been
flown inland to safer airfieldS.
Resort beaches and hotels along
much of the threatened coast had
been evacuated and other precau-
tions taken which We're expected to
preclude heavy casualties.
Outer fringes of the killer" blow
lashed at the great shipbuilding
center of Wilmington, where
launching of the U.S.S. Suffolk was
postponed until Friday.
Indicating the rapid northward
movement of the storm the baro-
meter at Wilmington began to rise
as full force of the hurricane swept
toward Beaufort.
The weather bureau in Washing
ton reported the storm was pass
ing northward over the outer north
Carolina coast" and may be headed
toward New England.
THE storm is passing northward
at 25 miles an hour" the advisory
said, and warned its forward speed
might increase.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-14
U. S. Jury Indicts
Borox Compani
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. IA. CUP)

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. IA. (UP)
"A federal grand jury returned a
cri m n al antitrust indictment
Thursday charging that a German
and a British corporation, acting as
a cartel, exercised a world wide
monopoly on the mining, production
and distribution of war-valuable
borax and eliminated American
competition.
A supplementary civil complaint
filed in federal district court charg-
ed that the cartel and its subsidiar-
les obtained control of 95 per cent
of the worlds supply of borax by
driving other companies out of bus
mess and dynamiting borax mine
shafts.
The indictment was announced
by Wendell Berge, assistant attOr-
rey general in charge of the anti
trust division of the department OF
justice. 1t completed a lengthy,
secret grand jury investigation.
Companies named in the indict-
ment are:
Borax Consolidated, Ltd, of Lon
don, and its subSic iaries, Pacific
Coast Borax Co. Los Angeles, max
ers of 40 Mule Team" borax, and
the u. S. BoraX Co., of Los Angeles
The indictment charged the two
subsidiaries are controlled and DOM
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-14
Fall Paintings
Get Under Way
In Valley Areas

Farming ac tivity accelerated
somewhat this week but had not
reached the high point of the fall
season.
Lettuce and carrot planting is
still going on, County Agricultural
Commissioner 3. A. Harrigan said
in his monthly report to the county
board of supervisors. Early plant
ings are ready fer the first water
and irrigation probably will start
on first paintings between Septem-
btr Is and 90 The lettuce acreage
is expected to be about the same
this year as last but a reduction
in the carrot acreage is anticipated.
Alfalfa shipments are slightly be-
low normal with the movement to
the coast areas slow and markets
generally weaker, the report said.
Considerable hay is in storage.
Early paintings Of rice are in
good condition and it looks as
though the crop will be normal.
Considerable milo maize acreage has
been planted and the stands are
generally fair.
Farmers are preparing their land
for squash planting The acreage
is expected to be about as usual.
Early paintings of tomatoes are in
good condition and the acreage
probably will be about the same as
last year, Harrigan said in his re-
port.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-14
Eden Will Join
Quebec PorIeV

QUEBEC, Sept. Ia. tUP)-British
foreign secretary Anthony Eden will
Join the Roosevelt-Churchill con-
ference shortly to discuss a broad
range" of political problems which
are accumulating rapidly in Europe
and Asia in the wake of Allied mill
tary success, it was announced Of
ficiaily Thursday.
The announcement was made at
a special news conference by a
British spokesman, who said he did
not know whether secretary of state
Hull would join President Rcose-
velt and Prime Minister Churchill
in their discussions at the ancient
Quebec citadel.
An American information official,
who was present at the press meet
ing, said he knew nothing concern
ing the likelihood of Hull's attend
ance. 1t was recalled that both
Hull and Eden Joined the talks at
the previous Quebec conference.
High on the political agenda were
certain to three of the most diff
cult problems before the Allies.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-14
E| Centro Picked
For S150,000
u. 5. Housinq Site

Ell Centre will be the site of a
$150,000 housing project providing
so temporary, portable shelter units
for civilian employees of the Ell
Centre marine air station and the
HoltVille naval air station
Officials of the Federal Public
Housing authority conferred with
F.. A. Nance, local housing author
ity representative, Wee nesday and
started arrangements to get neces-
sary land adjoining the federal
housing project on Fourth street,
Ell Centro. 1t is expected The port
able units will be erected on the
Third street side of the area. This
will boost the number CT shelters
there to 90, Nance said.
Nance was delegated to look after
the preliminary details mandatory
before the new units may be erected
Housing authority officials said
the units will be available to the
civilian employees of the air stations
at FL Centro and Holtville, the site
being close to transportation facil-
tiles and in a convenient location.
In a telegram received from WASH
ington last week, it was revealed
that the new portable units will be
furnished and equipped with COOL
ers. They will cost approximately
$4,000 each.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-14

mated in policies and practices by
Borax Consolidated.
The American Potash and Chem
ical Corp, New York. Ninety per
cent of its stock assertedly is owned
by Germans, 1t was taken into GUS
tody by the alien property custodian
in october, 1912 after it was learn
ed from Dutch refugees that the
company was German -oWned
Management of the American Po-
tash & Chemical Corp, according
TO the indictment is held by Gold
fields American Development Co.,
Ltd, of London. Subsidiaries are
the Three Elephant Borax Corp,
of New York, and Borax and Chem
icalS, Ltd, of LonCOn.
In addition, II individual de-
PENDANTS were indicted. Conviction
under sections one and two of the
Sherman Act would carry a maxi
mum penalty of $1,000 fine and-or
one years Imprisonment on each
section.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-14
Russians Sweep
Unhind on
SIovuk Borders
Gigantic Tank
Battle Rases
Around Warsaw
BY HENRY SHAPIRO

MOSCOW, Sept. IA. (UP)
Combined Russian and Po-
lish armies in the eastern
suburbs of Warsaw were
locked in a gigantic tank bat
tie with the capitals Nazi
defenders Thursday while
other Soviet forces swept
through southern Poland to
the Slovak border in a mile
an-hour advance that may al
ready have carried into that
revolt-torn puppet state.
Striking with massive force to ex-
plot the Soviet breakthrough at
Lomza rs miles northeast of War;
saw, Marshal Konstantin x. Rok-
ossovsky hurled his First White Rus
sian army and the Russian-trained
First Polish army into a full-scale
assault against Praga, eastern sub
urb of the capital.
TANKS LEAD THRUST
MaSsed tank forma tions, sup
ported by Russo-Polish shock troops,
spearheaded the attack, storming
Continued on Pg. 8, Col. g.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-14
Artillery Fire Weakens
Siegfried Line Fort;
Whole Reich Line Bends
City Of Aachen
Due to Fall;
Is Vital Point

SUPREME HEADQUAR-
TIERS, Sept. Ia. (UP)-The
American First army drove
as deep as eight miles into
Germany in a general ad-
vance on a broad front
Thursday and its left wing
struck within one mile of
Aachen, Sic g f ri e d line
stronghold which was SUBJ
jected to a shattering artil-
lery bombardment. $
81 believe the fall of Aach-
en- can be expected shortly"
United Press Correspondent
Henry T. Gorrell said in a
dispatch from First army
headquarters reporting the
capture of the neighboring
villages of Forstbach, Kop-
sechen and WumhOf.
UO EtgHt MueS
Gorrell said the deepest
penetration of the Reich by
the U. S. forces slugging
through the Siegfried line
was in the area of Prum, 40
miles below Aachen, 13 north
east of the LuXembourg-Ge
man-Belgium frontier juno
ton, and eight miles east of
the border.
United Press Correspond
ent Jack Frankish reported
from the front before Aach-
Ell" that U. S. troops fought
savage 'hand-tO-hand battles
with the Germans Thursday
and broke out on the north
side of the Aachen state for
est, where they overlooked
the city Of 100000.
Tough Fighting
1T is the hardest, most
personal kind of fighting"
an officer told Frankish. The
woods and dragon-tooth type
of tank traps we run against
make this a job for the infan-
try. They had to reduce each
Continued on Pg. 8, Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-14
Chinese Ca pture
Ten9chun9 City

HEADQUARTERS CHINE E S E
EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. Sal
ween Front, Sept. IA. UP)-Chin-
ese troops captured the ancient
walled city of Tengchung, in Yum
nan province, Thursday to liberate
the first large city in China after
almost two and one-half years of
japanese occupation.
More than 1000 enemy troops
were killed in the conquest as the
Chinese armies, in the first big
offensive of the war, cleared the
main obstacle from the Burma
Ledo road and opened the way for
a junction with Gen. Joseph w.
Stilwell's Allied forces in Northern
Burma. The city fell after six
weeks of bitter fighting in which
the Chinese from the 2Cth army
group battered their way through
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-14
Trains
rs Dead
Soldiers Top
Killed List:
Many Injured

TERRE HAUTE, In d.,
Sept. ID. (UP)-The crack
Dixie Flyer Of the Chicago
and Eastern Illinois Rail
road, running at high speed
through a heavy fog, crashed
head-on into a mail train
Thursday, killing at least 25
persons and injuring GA 9TH
arS.
Most of the casualties We're SOL
of the fast train bound from Chica-
go to Miami. Some of the soldiers
had returned to this country only
recently from the fighting in Italy
They had been at FIT. SheriC an
ILL.,, and were enroute to Florida.
20 BODIES TAKEN OUT
The most definite report on the
dead and injured came from the
offices of the Fifth Service Com
mand at Columbus, Ohio, which
announced that at am, five hours
after the trains colliced the bodies
of 20 persons had been carried from
the Wreckage and Ga others had
been removed to hospitals and i'm
provised first aid stations.
The passenger train struck the
standing northbound mail train at
north Terre Haute with such force
that the tops of the first car on
each train were Sheared off when
hurled against the locomotives.
Among the known dead was l..
KaSuch, 55, Evansville, Ind, fire
man on the Flyer. Engineer Frank
Blair, So, Evansville, was injured.
Charles Rohlfer, 55 Evansville, en-
gineer on the mail train, also was
injured. The fireman of the mail
train escaped by jumping just be-
fore the crash.
HURLED FROM BERTHS
The impact which came without
warning hurled passengers of the
Flyer from their berths, but only
the first few cars of the trains were
thrown from the tracks. The en-
gines We're demolished; two baggage
cars and three tourist cars on the
l4-car Flyer were derailed; and
the first two cars on the l5-car mail
train were damaged. There were no
passengers on the mail train.
Carl Bauermeister, chairman of
the Red Cross disaster committee
who began compiling a casualty list,
estimated that 35 were dead and
perhaps as many as 100 injured.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-14
Dewey Puts Blame
On Roosevelt
For Pre.War Slump

SERBIAN, Wyo., Sept. Ia. (UP)
- Governor Thomas f. Dewey,
Thursday placed responsibility for
the pre-war depression squarely on
President Roosevelt.
Dewey said that despite more
power than anyone ever had be-
fore, and despite SO billion dol
lars to spend. the President made
depression last for eleven years,
which is an incredible accomplish
ment for any one man.
Speaking from the rear platform
of his special train, Dewey said
that the issue of the presidential
campaign Involves a choice between
the new deal road to RECOMMENDATION
and totalitarian society, or a free
society with full opportunity of jobs
for all
The r epub an presidential
nominee was greeted by cowboy
band and a crowd estimated by
Hank AmCons, local Republican
leader, at 5000 persons. Sheridan
has total population of about
10000.
The preside ntial nominee, who
will deliver seven major campaign
speeches and sound out local senti-
ment on various campaign issues
on his cross-country tour. sched-
uled conferences with leaders OF
veterans, livestock. agriculture
sugar-beet and COP organizations
during a seven-hour stop at Sheri-
dan and will move on to Billings
Montana, for similar round OF
! conferences Friday.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-14
Boeing Executive
Dies in Wichita

WICHITA, Kan, Sept. IA. CUP)
Philip G.. Johnson, so, president
of the Boeing Aircraft corporation,
died Thursday in ST. Francis hos
pital here.
Johnson suffered a stroke Tues
day night in a hotel room here. He
had stopped in Wichita en- route
from New York and Washington
to Seattle to confer with officials
here of the Boeing corporation plant.
With him at the time of his death
were his wife. their Daughter Es-
ther, 18, and son, Philip. Jr., IA.
They flew to Wichita Wednesday
from Seattle.
Johnson's company is the builder
OF the famous B-24 Flying Fortress
and the B-29 Superfortrsss.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-14

LONDON, Sept. IA. (UP)
-RAF Mosquito bombers
IA d e d Berlin Wednesday
night for the fourth consecu-
tive night, but bad weather
Thursday virtually halted
the wars greatest air often
sive in which Allied bombers
had hammered Germany Tor
six davs and nights.
Cloud banks to 300 feet PRACTICAL
ly eliminated medium or heavy
bomber support of the troops, al
though coastal Observers reported
some air formations apparently
fighters, crossed the Straits Thurs
day morning.
Except for the Mosquito attack
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-14

1.-The plans for occupation of
Germany, the peace terms to be
imposed on her and the extent to
which France be given a share and
voice in the forcement CT these
terms.
2-The long standing Polish
Russian dispute, which includes ter
ritorial matters. Eden has just
completed series of London talks
with the prime minister and for
eign minister of the Polish govern
ment.
3.-Delicate questions involving
the British attitude in the Far East
The United States has in the past
urged gre ater independence for
India tC remedy the somewhat
lethargic role of that country in
the war against Japan. Running
through the entire political situa-
tion in the Far East was the basic
protiem of how far self determine
lion will be extended to British
French and Dutch territories now
held by Japan.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-14

the stone walls and cleared the
Japanese in hand to-hand combat.
The Japanese fought desperately
for the city and its outer defenses
across the mountain of Lai Feng
Shan, mile from Tengchung, over
the 30-foCt high stone walls, along
pill box -studden streets and
through fortified temples and
homes.
Tengchung, third largest city in
Yunnan, once was a prosperous
main trade center between Burma
and China, even when Marco Polo
visited it ceturies ago. Today 1t was
nothing but ruins
During the long seige. the Chin
eSe dropped more than 1000 tens
of artillery and mortar shells on
the city, in addition to hundreds of
tons of bombs dropped by the l4th
and 10th airforceS.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-14
u. 5. Casualties
In Armed Forces
Mount TO 389,125

WASHINGTON, Sept. IA. CUP)-
Announced U. S. combat casualties
in this war have reached a total
of 389,l25, official reports disclosed
Thursday.
Secretary of War Henry L. Stim-
SON said at news conference that
army casualties in all theaterS
through Aug. 30 were 3276l6, in
cluding 62,357 killed, 1902 wound
ed, 48,l8l prisoners, and 45,036 miss
ing
Navy, marine corps, and coast
guard casualties announced as of
totay total 81 ,509, including 24,45O
dead, 23.O64 wounded, 9,529 missing,
and 4.466 prisoners.
In addition, the navy reported as
OF today that the merchant marine
had suffered 58O3 casualties as a
result of enemy action in this war.
The total included 722 dead, 1921
missing, and $50 prisoners.
Stimson said that of the total
army wounded, 72,542 have returned
to Cuty.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-14
Mexican Youth
Gets Excited,
Sleeps in Jail

If Luis CASTILLO, 2O-year-old Mex
lean, had kept his head Wednes-
day night, he might not have spent
the night in Jail
The youth apparently became eX-
cited when police investigating a
fight report, entered pool hall
in the 400 block on Broadway. He
threw himself through a glass door
and literally into the arms of the
law
Thursday he had been booked at
the Ell Centre police station TOR
investigation of theft and no pass
port, had been charged with break
ing a glass door, had suffered cuts
and decorations about the face and
neck and was awaiting the arrival
of immigration authorities, sadder,
but wiser young man.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-14
BIockbusters Smash Berlin
For Sixth Straight Day

on Berlin, which was hit from clear
skies with two-ton blockbuSters, the
weather apparently stopped RAF
heavies Wednesday night.
During the last six days, Ameri-
can Flying Fortresses and Liberat-
orS and Raj LancaSters and Hall
faxes from British bases alone
dumped an estimated 10000 tons OF
explosives and incenG iaries on Ger
many.
In addition, Italian-b based bomb
ers dropped an uncounted tonnage
on southern Germany and adjoin-
ing occupied countries.
During the last three Gays OF the
offensive, Allied bombers and fight
ers destroyed at least 388 German
planes as the Luftwaffe made its
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-14

first determined stand In the bat
tie of Germany.
More than 5000 planes we're
thrown into the offensive Wednes-
day from Britain, France and Italy
in attacks on oil refineries, war
plants, troop concentrations and
transportation lines.
Flying FortreSses OF the Eighth
AAF completed the second leg. the
Americans met intense air opposi-
tion, but on the trip from Russia
to Italy they encountered only
slight flax and not single enemy
plane.
In the operations Wednesday.
which also included support Of the
Allied troops In northern italy and
southern France. the Allies iost
rs planes, OF which 50 were heavy
bombers.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-14
Council Raises
Enqineer's Paw

City Council members We6nes-
day night approved recommenda-
tion that the salary of E. Paul
Ford, city engineer and director OF
public works, be raised 500 a
month.
Ford came to Ell Centre from San
Diego last spring and assumed his
present cuties March i6 at the
salary level existing at that tire.
The wage boost will bring the en-
gineer's monthly salary figure to
500.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-14
Air Force Girds
For Pacific Blow
. PEARL HARBOR, Sept. IA. CUF

!. PEARL HARBOR, Sept. IA. CUP)
"A major aerial battle was develop
ing Thursday over the Philippines
where American carrier planes hit
the center of the Archipelago Mon
cay and probably still were attack
ing.
"a Japanese broadcast, recorded
by FEC monitors, said American
carrier based planes hit the south
ern Philippines on Tuesday and
Wednesday and attempted" to raid
Legaspi, Negros, Leyte and Zambo-
anga this morning. Negros and Ley
Continued en- Pg. 8, Col. d
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-14
Maupin Becomes
New CITY Clerk

Appointment of Irwin Maupin,
deputy clerk, to the position of city
clerk and tax assessor was recon-
mended and approved Wednesday
night by the city council.
Maupin, who has been acting city
clerk, now takes the office made
vacant by the resignation of Neal
H. Gavin, September !.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-14

in waves nearly so feet high.
The full force of the storm was
yet to strike and the weather bu-
reau said the hurricane center pos
sibly might veer to the northeast
and bypass the coast.
Storm riding army and navy pi-
lots who had charted the course of
the hurricane northward from the
Bahamas estimated the wind veloci-
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-14

BEAUFORT, N. c., Sept.
IA. (UP)-A killer" hurri-
cane, with wind velocity
reaching 85 miles an hour,
lashed the North Carolina
mainland Thursday, accom-
panied by torrential rains
and pounding seas which
whipped across beaches here
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-14
p A!Mt AMBL!Ne
EpoRTsR
No Hope Yet

No Hope Yet
This Is a great blow but read it
anyway.
Mrs Max Brents remembers that
we did not get cool west wind
until November 18 last year
Start concentrating on west
wind and let's beat last years rec
ord. When we get west wind all
will be we'll.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-14

Goodbye Jim
Tricycle. Jim Smith is leaving us.
He resigned from the FL Centre
police department and will go to
work on the Oceanside department.
Just SO Tricycle. Jim will go away
Inundated, we will tell you little
incident.
A tiny girl was brought to the
police department.
do you know this little girl?'
someone asked Jim. At that second
a beautiful young lady, clad in
shorts, dashed into police headquar-
Continued on Pc. 8, Col. g.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-14
WEATHER

Maximum Wednesday 105, minimum
Thurs. IS; 5 am. Thurs. 78, humid
ity 80; noon Thurs. 81, humidity Al;
5 pm. Wed. 1O3, humidity 80.
Evening star., 1944-05-04
Washington Highlands
zoning Plans Opposed

Opposition to three rezoning pro-
posals pending before the District
Zoning Commission was voted last
night by the Washington Highlands
Citizens Association, which ap-
pointed a committee to appear at
hearing on May Is.
Two of the proposals request re-
zoning of class A semi i-restricted
residential areas to class A unre-
stricted, and apply to plots on South
Capital street between Atlantic and
Chesapeake streets S.W. and at the
northwest corner of Nichols avenue
and Chesapeake street S.W., re.
spectively. The third proposal re-
quests rezoning of the west side OF
South Capital street between Ell.
mira and Forester streets S.W
from class A residential to class c
commercial.
Mrs. Ruth Huddleston of the
American Theater wing spoke on
Evening star., 1944-05-04
Church Federation
To Present Award
10 Layman Monday

The annual award for outstand-
ing work by District layman will
be made at the oath annual meet
ing Of the Washington Federation
Of Churches at 8 pm, Monday, at
the statler Hotel, Dr.. Oscar F..
Blackwelder, chairman of the Min
isters' Committee on the Annual
Award, announced today.
The award, first presented in 1898,
is given by the Washington Fedora
ton Of Churches to a layman "in
recognition Of distinguished service
rendered in the development Of the
moral and religious life of the city"
Each year awards are given for serv-
Ice done the previous year. Mem
bers OF the committee for the 1914
presentation, in addition to DR..
Blackwelder, are the Rev. DR.. Seth
r. Brooks, pastor OF the National
Memorial Church, and Col. william
O. Tufts, 1912 winner.
A feature Of the Monday meet
ing will be q religious quiz program
In which DR.. Paul Douglass, presi-
dent of American University, as
master Of ceremonies, will put ques-
tions to DR.. Mordecai johnson, presi-
dent Of Howard University: Charles
P. Taft, of the State Department;
DR.. G. Syerre NorberR, University of
Minnesota, and Army Chaplain DON
aid Stuart.
Dr.. John w. Rustin, president of
the Federation and pastor of Mount
Vernon Place Methodist Church,
at the meeting, will report
on the past years activities.
Other participants in the program
will be DR.. Ira Ernst, pastor of Me-
mortal United Brethren Church; DR..
G. T. Murray, pastor of Vermont
Avenue Baptist Church, and the Rev.
Evening star., 1944-05-04

Ralp Tabor. pastor Of Luther Place
Memorial Church.
The fellowship and refreshment
period will be sponsored by the
Young Adult Forum of the Chevy
Chase Presbyterian Church, Miss
Ruth Russell. president. announced.
Evening star., 1944-05-04
"a D. {. Men Sworn
Into Armed Services

Thirty-four District men were
sworn into the armed forces yester-
day. Eighteen went to the naval
forces and 16 to thee Army. They
are:
Evening star., 1944-05-04
Prince Georges Exceeds
Red Cross Fund Quote

Clay Whiteford, chairman of the
Prince Georges County Red Cross
war fund campaign, announced to-
day that the county exceeded its