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Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-18
ChiirChes
Schools
Rusty Johnston
Married Aug. %,
To English Girl

Whei Private Hugh r. RUSTY
Johnson returns from overseas, h
will bring with him his EngI,,,
brid, the former Miss Ivy 80 ~
Buchmore. whom he met Whi' ''
tided in England. 81, .,,.
Details of the wedding, " vi 'ooN
'lace August %. have j. a~d nod" NJ
ceived by his parents. Il T., ''5r 49, w. .
Hugh r. Johnston n ~ 1919 Io,,
Private Johnston -poi % o,oaa ,ia' - tV" ct
BILE ring ceremon, n,anr ,oon l}ir'o Hcr,oi dc 1si
Johns church. Boxmoor' Hemel
Hampstead, Hrts, England with
the Rev. C. C Hamilton officiating.
Given i'm carriage by her uncle,
william s Burchmore, the bride
wore a wrte satin dress and veil
fastened by wreath of orange
blossom, with silver shoes setting
off he bridal costume. She also
wore a single strand of pearls and
CARED bouquet of red roses.
Srving her cousin as bridesmaid
WIS Miss Iris Wooten, who wore a
nue satin dress, set off by white
gloves dlltI utCCooOl anu Npi ~
a bouquet of yellow roses. Pic
Merle M. ODaffer was the best
man.
Following the ceremony a recep-
ton was held at 63 HorSecroft Rd.
Boxmoor, and the traditional re-
freshments were served. The groom
then presented his bride with rose
gold wrist watch and band, while
her gift to him was leather bricl
case. They then left for a honey
moon at Windsor Castle.
Pvt. Johnston has served over
seas for two and a half years with
the Army Air Corps. He is nov
stationed at a Fortress base some
where in England. Before enlist
ing in the air corps, he was en-
ployed at the Post-PreSs.
The bride, who is a private N the
ATS. works in the headquarters Oh
an anti-aircraft division plotting
enemy aircraft and flying hmbs.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-18
WE
the Women
BY RUTH MILLETT

The headline over the short news
story said: Court Gives a Family
Status to Mother-in-Law.
Such a decision may be legal
news-but It shouldn't be news to
many young war wives, who are
finding out just what an important
family status a mother-in-laW has.
There are all those thousands of
girls who have gonr to live with
their husbands mo ihn~-many of
them taking along a child or two
who have discovered that mother
in-law is a pretty handy person to
have in the family.
Then there are the many war
wives who have found a mother
in-law willing to look after Junior
while they travel across the country
to be with their husbands while,
CT while they take on war jobs be-
cause they find it hard to live on a
service mans allotment.
And then there are all the moth
ers-in-law who promise their sons
to stand by their daughters-in-laW
in case of trouble or sickness.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-18
A+aIoa Circle Has
First Ne citing

The newly formed Ataloa circle OF
the First Baptist church met Thurs
day night at the home of Neva
Thomas. Plans were made for the
coming years work. Refreshments
were served by the hostess at the
completion of the business meeting
Officers for the year are: Lu-
cinda Wood, president; Jane Boer-
man, Vice-president; Myrtle Jen-
sen, secretary; Yvonne House, treas
urer: Neva Thomas, social chair
man; Margaret Greer, white cross
chairman; Loretta Boctchle, read
ing chairman, and Rowena Evans,
devotional chairman.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-18
SERVICEMEN'S WIVES HOLD
RJTFFET LUNCH AT USO

Fourteen servicemens wives met
last week end in the Service Wom-
ems Lounge at the USO for their
weekly get together.
A buffet luncheon was prepared
by Mrs. Carolyn Speck and Mrs
Josephine Harrison. Miss Lillian
Lennards of the Santa Monica USO
was in charge of arrangements.
Plans were made for a pot luck
luncheon to be served next Friday
at the clubhouse at 1:30 pm.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-18
BARBARA DELL WEEKS
HAS APPENDIX OPERATION

Barbara Dell Weeks, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Weeks, under
went an appendicitis operation Sat
urday at the Ell Centre hospital.
She is reported to be doing well but
will not be allowed to have visitors
for several days.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-18
A REAL FRIEND

There are even mothers-in-law
welcoming new daughters-in-laW
into their homes from strange
countries, as the men who marry
overseas are able to send their
! wives back home.
Despite all the mother-in-law
Jokes, many a lonely war wife is
finding that her mother-in-law is
real friend, one that she can
count on.
It's nice to read that a mother
in-law has been judged to have
: family status any other status,
/ for that matter, that is more flat
tering than her longtime status as
, the target of any comedian who
wants a sure laugh.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-18

We're interested i'm what you're
doing. And there are lot of our
readers interested, too. SO please
call 300 and T. il us about we'd
dings, showers, parties, vacations,
where you spent the week end or
who you had over to dinner the
other night. It's all news!
MARJORIC ii. KINDER.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-18
CALENDAR
MONDAY

Toastmasters lub, 6:l5. CalifOr-
MIA hotel.
Carpenters. 1870, Labor Temple.
III Centre Iadge No. 3Si. Y. and
A. NJ, 1870, Masonic Temple.
Red Cross board. 3, 100 North
Fifth street.
II. O. Findley Post VFW. 3. VT
Grams hall.
TUESDAY
Central Labor Council, 3, Labor
Tempt.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-18

children. Deborah, Iavid and Billy,
arrived Sunday from Watsonville to
spend two weeks With Mrs. Dickey's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Chris
tian.
Mrs. ]. D. Aeams enjoyed trip
back to New York this summer,
stopping on hr way to visit friends
in Oklahoma City, her former home.
Mrs. Don 3itler has returned from
a three-wek vacation in San Diego
and Los angeles. She spent some
time will Mrs. J. ROllo Ford, i'll
Altadens a former valley resident.
Mr.. md Mrs. Guy l.. Hatch and
their daughter Mary spent week
at I've Oaks early in September.
Darel Hatch has just returned TO
wok following a tT o-Week vacation.
Among the many Ell Centrans re-
urning for the opening Of school
were Mrs. j. w. Asher and her son,
Jerry, who will attend high school
here this year. The Ashcrs spent
the summer in La Jolla.
Also returning from La Jolla this
wce-end were Mr.. and Mrs. Earle
G. Davis, who spent two months in
the seaside town.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. l.. Sessions and
their daughter Shirley returned
Sunday from ten-day trip to San
Francisco where they visited Mr..
and Mrs. Richard S. Faulhaber and
their small daughter Sandra Lee.
Mrs. Faulhaber is the former Ruth
Sessions. Her husband is metalsmith
2-class at the U. S. Navy Air station
Alameda.
Mrs. John B. McNeece and her
children Paul and Robert returned
this weekend from Pine Valley
where they spent the summer Mrs
j. B. McNeece and her family also
returned from Pine Valley over the
weekend. Her daughters Sharon
! ana Patsy nave Iclul lieu W Dui
Lady of Peace Academy in Saf
Diego.
Lieutenant G.gD and Mrs. Regi-
nald l.. Knox Jr. left Saturday fol
San Francisco, where 1t. Knox viii
BID stationed until the ship to which
he is assigned is commissioned
Their daughters Mary Marvin ant
Nancy will remain in Ell Centro will
Mrs. Knoxs mother, Mrs. Harr,
Horton.
Mrs. Neal Gavin and her sol
Jimmy returned Saturday from Ca
lexico Lodge, where they spent tn
summer
Also returning from a summe
at Calexico Lodge were Mrs. Nor
man Deatonr and her son Jon. The
arrived home Sunday.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-18
|OlLYWOOD
RSKINE JOHNSON
the story of a three-day drunk.

the story of three day drunk.
Eddie Cantor will m. C. a SOON
TO be aired non partisan radio
show urging voters to register.
News item: A new Hollywood
milestone was achieved with the
filming of the first movie blush in
technicolor. The blush was by Rita
HaywCrth for her final scene in
Tonight and Every Night Ho-
hum!
Sign in a Hollywood department
store: please keep in mind that
the customers memory will last
longer than the war
Hired to write on song for 80
Have and to Have Not" tunesmth
Hoagy Carmichael wound up wilt
ing several numbers and singing
in the film. Director HWard
Hawks just presented him nth
wallet inscribed: For servce far
beyond the line of ditty."
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-18
love SEST"

Bob Mitchell. conductor of the
films Bob Mitchell Boy Choir, is
now in the Navy somewhere in the
South Pacific. In a letter to a
gil friend the other day. Bob
wrote: Darling, what setting for
the two cf us. A sleepy lagoon, a
tropical moon. Visualize the pair
we'd make. all alone except for
clouds of flies, squadrons of mos
quitoeS, armies of mechanical fleas
and ants. walking knee deep in
wild orchids and mud. Then per-
haps a summer shower would kiss
us with two days and two nights
of steady downpour."
Conductor Werner Jannsen's Bel
gian police dog came home the
other day after serving two years
with the Coast Guard. Werner
went up to San Francisco to check
him out of the service. Instead CT
bounding, yelping puppy he
found a restrained, well-behaved
dog. Just sort of wagged his tail,
Werner told his wife later. well,
asked Mrs. Jannsen, did you at
least greet him affectionately?'
NO" replied Werner, Il didn't
want to embarrass him in front OF
his friends"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-18
WILLIAM CORNETTS ARE
PARENTS OF NEW SON

Mr.. and Mrs. William Cornett are
the parents of baby boy, weighing
eight pounds, cne and half ounces
born Sunday morning at the El
Centre hospital. He has not been
named yet.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-18
SON BORN SUNDAY
TO MARTIN BLACKS

No name has been chosen yet for
the son born Sunday at the Ell
Centre hospital to Mr.. and Mrs.
Martin Black He weighed nine
pounds, two ounces.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-18

The Japanese are eating some of
the silk they used to export. They
are extracting vitamin B from silk
worm cocoons to improve their dit.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-18
Grace Massio's Marriage
To RAYMOND Osa Annonced

of Miss Grace Maggie oaughter OF
Raymond Richard OF MI
given Tor the
E. L. Bennett at the aters home
night.
!
was revealed Sarta married quiet ceremony
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-18
LICENSE ISSUED

A marriage license has been is
sued Friday to Jesse B. Fields, d.
laborer, and Ruby McClinton, "a
maid, both Negro residents of Braw-
ley.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-18
'tJII' -

es Boyer gets new title in
Dlumbia flicker Together
In one scene a gal de-
(him as "wooful." It's charm,
|slamor-or something.
Sheridan will star in two
quick, now that she is home
kerseas. One is when Old
brk Was Young" the other,
|ity Jane"
Olivia dc Havilland-John
romance is colder than a
directors heart.
: have been more write-in
nts for the job of technical
on The Lost Weekend"
ny movie filmed in years. It's
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-18
OF PERSONAL
INTEREST

Mrs. William j. DiRey and three
children, Deborah, Tavid and Billy,
arrived Sunday fror WatsonVllle TO
spend two weeks With Mrs. Dickey's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Chris
tian.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-18

lively yours: Betty Cradle is
hing to retire. Says she
10 stay home with husband
James and the baby. Now
have we heard that story
Fred Astaire is seri-
ut quitting greaSe-paint and
up his dancing shoes. He'll
four more films at RKO
IN turn producer. He's been
about joining the executive
motion pictures for the last
rs.
Shirley and Adrian Scott,
| . producer. are planning on
ksglving wedding.
b Hayward is still under suS-
at Paramount for turning
be lead in High Above the
/ is now an official Hays
ban on revealing celluloid
BOGUS since that expose of
| n camera tricks in a nation
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-18

Mrs. j. D. Asams enjoyed a trip
back to New York this summer,
stopping on hr way to visit friends
in Oklahoma City, her former home.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-18
"COLONEL" GREENSTRGET

For the first time in 40 years on
stage and screen, Syney Green-
street is in uniform He plays an
Army colonel in "Pilar to Post"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-18

And it's Arthur Murray's 6finl-
ton of Hollywood conference
"a group of men who Individually
can do noping, but as group
meet and eCide that nohing can
be done"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-18

Ida Lupino. VIII, is more thar
an amateur at musical composition,
has completed tree new tunes IN
collaboration win Nick Arden.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-18

Mrs. Don 3itler has returned from
a three-wek vacation in San Diego
and Los angeles. She spent some
time will Mrs. J. Rollo Ford, in
Altadens a former valley resident
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communicate, Moscow said that the
German General. Wilhelm Stem
mermann, commander of the en-
circled Nazi eighth army troops,
was among the dead.
The Russians have never given
figure for wounded but in Lon
don it was unofficially estimated
a 10000 which would make total
German losses $4,000. The Rus
SLAMS also had announced that Ger
mans outside the ring had lost TO-
600 men in trying to break through
to the encircled groups. It was
never made clear, however, wheth-
er these were included in the an
nounced totals.
Lose Material
The Moscow statement, sunmar-
izing the German losses in ma
terial in the 14-day battle, said 400
German planes, $50 tanks, 376 Ger
mans, SO self-propelled guns, 269
mortars and 900 machineguns were
destroyed.
Material declared captured in
cluded Al planes, 116 tanks, 80 arm
ored cars, 618 guns, 81 self-propel-
led guns, 267 morta2s, 789 mach.
inguns, IS armored tank transports.
10000 trucks, seven locomotives,
415 railway fuel cars, 1850 carts
loaded with war material, more
than 5000 horses and "a food
dumps.
Berlin, meanwhile, continued to
deny that the encircled troops
were erased from the war, con-
tending that the bulk of the forces
had forced corridor through
Soviet lines and reached the main
German forces.
Over 80 towns and hamlets were
taken by the Russians coming down
the rail line from Luga on the way
to Pskov, the communique said.
Eastward, south of Lake linen.
the Russians captured over 100
populated places as they cleaned up
the western shore of the lake be-
tween Shimsk and Staraya Russo.
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'DESTROYERS SHELL
RABAUL, KAVIENG
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-
cover of smoke screen. The op-
posing shore batteries were
knocked out. Flames were spread
over the docks by the warships'
shells.
The warships at Kavieng, 100
miles northwest of Rabaul, hit a
tanker which exploded. Other
shells fell on small coastal vessels
in the harbor. The docks were en-
quilted in flames after being hit.
Coastal batteries were rendered
ilnpotent to resist the naval raid
ers.
The Commandments were dis
closed today in communicate of
Gen. Douglas Macarthur. He also
reported that only the day prior
tc the Smelling OF Rabau torpedo
and dive-bombers from the Solo.
mons hit IL ships and 20 barges
IN the harbor there. Four medium
sized cargo vessels and a tanker
were believed sunk. Heavy dam
age was caused to two destroy
ers, q tanker and a patrol YES
sci.
Add to Disaster
The air blasting of shipping at
Rabaul and the naval blows at
shipping at Kavieng added to the
disaster wrought Monday, Tues
day and Wednesday just north
west of Kavieng on 17-ship con-
>oy rushing supplies to those two
bases. Fifteen of those ships-12
merchantmen, destroyed and
two corvettes-were wiped out in
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repeated attacks by Catalinas, Ii
perators and Mitchells.
In the Thursday air strike at
Rabaul, $50 Dauntless dive bonn
5ers, Avenger torpedo bombers,
Corsairs and Warhawks got in
their heavy ticks despite the op-
position of so Japanese planes of
which eight were shot down. The
ladders lost four planes.
The bombardments of Rabaul
and Kavieng occurred approx
mately at the same time. The
kavieng Smelling lasted for so min
utes-from $40 to 7:3O am.
The shelllng or Rabaul was
slightly shorter in duration.
Daring Positions
The Warhawks at Rabaul moved
into positions they would not
have dared take even a few
months ago.
For a brief time. the destroy
ers there dueled with Jap shore
batteries but silenced them. A
Japanese destroyer came out to
oppose them but thought better OF
It after a few sa1vos were sent
its way and it retired.
In the darkness of the tropical
early morning, the American
warsnips started fires within the
township from a distance which a
spokesman said as no farther
than four miles" The Americans
could see fires blazing in troop
bivouac areas.
At Kavieng, the japanese sent
one flight of planes against the
destroyers but the raiders were
driven off. Immediately after
that attack started, some ship
ping in the harbor got under way
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RUSSIANS KILL OR
TAKE 1000 NAILS
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\NontinueQ from Page One)
sian advances in the north where
l30 more communities were cap
tured in the three-way drive on
Pskov, gateway to the Baltic
states.
The rail station of Plyussa, So
miles northeast of Pskov on the
Leningrad-Pskov railway, was
taken after a tense fight which
cost the Germans hundreds of
dead, the late bulletin said. Much
war material was captured on that
front and many prisoners taken.
Ski troops were active. making
surprise raids behind enemy
strongholds and suddenly thanking
positions the Germans had counted
secure.
To the east the Russian forces
which captured Staraya Russo tore
great semi-circle OF territory
out of German hands to the west
and southwest of Staraya Russo.
The rail station of Tuleblya II miles
west OF Staraya Russo on the rail-
road to Pskov, was captured and
Kharino, 81 miles southwest of the
ancient city, also fell, the Russians
said.
Bomb PSkOv
Moscow also announced that Rus
sian planes bombed Pskov Friday
night as dozens of German army
trains were being loaded. Eighty
fires broke out and the entire juno
ton was wrapped in flames, the re-
port said.
In a statement broadcast i'm
mediately after the short daily
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ROWLING Will BE
INSTALLED TODAY

,o+ion services for John
q9ow1ing. D. D., will be held
Knox 3he vesper meeting at St. An.
at uio presbvterian church Sum-
drew asT afternoon at S =, o'clock.
day ~ installation will be In charge
Inc me commission of the Whining
Of w v1,resbytery, with Dr.. J. Harry
loh i chairman.
Nn mr william Grove will speak.
D " separate invitation OF St. An
by or and by permission of the
drew Sh y Dr.. Charlton H. stor-
p +. of Aberdeen, former pastor Of
ey a andrews, and DR.. Frederick
St. $. n owls, now Of Sanford, will be
wr w. a to participate In the serv-
ice c;oronrising the Wilmington Pres
C oru are DR.. G. A. Wilson, DR..
6 G'ore. george S. Boylan Of St. An
Crum ,'s and Fred Pearsall of the
o al,'rch Of the Covenant.
NV usss nrblic is invited
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and fled the scene but II or IL
ships were hit and damaged.
The Kavieng shore batteries
ceased operating after firing a
few salvos. Pilots of Catalina spot
ter planes said Kavieng's batter
les were destroyed.
It is interesting to note that
the only aerial opposition to the
nombardment was at Kavieng and
not Rabaul although Rabaul is
considered the most heavily de.
tended position in he Southwest
Pacific
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ruo0p.LADEN VESSEL
spIITS OPEN AT DOCK
Continued from Page One)

r,o IN converted ships represent
i ,.al,,e of 100000, the Post
,s..s1lisencer said, and 100000 tons
II Lifted tjed.up shipping.
Oh c ..os Wallgren was quoted as
.',ino the Alaska ship-cracking
Sas ors will become the immediate
. .o1cern Of he Truman Wa In
vvestipating committee.
's SATithough this ship, the S. S.
chr;stonher Greenup, had wealth
. .rad heavy seas" the senator was
euoted, Its plates parted because
" locked-up stresses, in calm and
VT excessively cold waters"
Nv 7, was reported to have been
.+andine in Cold Bay, Alaska, JAN
us Tbe hull actually opened before
tbe ewes of Chief Engineer W. S.
Randall I of Seattle, the paper said,
as he was reaching for a valve,
preparatory to departure of the
soldier-filled vessel,
The acknowledgements account
continued:
informed that his vessel was
taking water, Capt. P. R. Selig
1otitied It. Gen. Simon B. Buck.
ner Commanding general of the
Alaskan department.
"Ihile water continued to
stream into the engine room. all
military personnel hastily aban-
doned ship on orders Of General
Buckne-, who demanded further
transportation for the troops in
another type of ship
The Gree1up, at sea on her
maiden voyage as "a troop trans
port at the time all converted Lib
critics in this area were ordered
tied up, reached Seattle February
10 with bilge pumps sucking flood
waters from her engine ROOM"
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AWARD SCHOLARSHIP

BOSTON, Feb. 10. -(P)- Boston
University has awarded its first
scholarship to one-year-old Ann
Hamilton Landess of Milton under
3 plan, believed by university Of
ticials to be the first of its kind
in the country, whereby tuition
costs are made available to chill
dren of graduates killed in World
War 2.
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RECEIVE COMFORT KITS

NEW YORK, Feb. 19-4RHThe
Tokyo radio said today that Amer
lean war prisoners interned in
Java had been given comfort
kits" sent from the United States
at the time of the exchange of
japanese and Allied civilians sew
eral months ago. The broadcast
was recorded by U. S. government
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Inc Sunset Park Baptist church pictured
opened February at special afternoon
Herbert of Grace church was prn
clpa speaker At the cornerstone ceremony Rev. Roy
ord pastor of Temple Baptist church,
history OF the church. including
and present officers, glass
Gac6 Of the cornerstone and Ray Pollock
oAA-SA PAoAo"AAoo" viz
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CAPT. DOOLITTLE ARRIVES

LONDON, Feb. 10. -P- Capt.
Jimmy Doolittle, Jr., son of the
commanding general of the Eighth
U S. Air Force, and himself a
bomber pilot, has arrived in Eng
land from another war theater.
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The range of the early piano
was only four octaves.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-05
Gervnons StoFved BeIqion PeopIe

Brussels, Sept. 4-(Correct)- (Up) The Belgian people were so starv. ed by the Nazis that they hardly can walt to rush on the still smoking battlefields, carve up freshly-killed horses and take the meat home to cook.
 At one village outside Brussels American tanks moved down c Ger man horse-drawn convoy. I arrived Q few minutes later to see the vil- lagers hacking freat hunks of flesh from the animals lying in the paved roadway where they had dragged them.
 we haven't seen any meat at all for so long this makes . really juicy steak for us" one woman told me.
 As we went on we witnessed siIn- liar scenes at almost every place where German horse-drRwn trans ports had been slaughtered. Many of the animals already had become skeletons, their edible meat had been removed 90 swiftly by the hungry. At one village the local butcher came out and officiated ct communal cutting Up of the aniin- alB
 As we approached Brussels last night the sky became lurid from the explosions of ammunition dumps bee ing blown up by the Germans be- fore they withdrew from tho city.
 The Allied Vanguards then moved SO fast that residents of Brussels awoke Co find the main body Of our army already through the city and rlimbllslg on to the cast.