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 i've always worked hard and I don't know how to do anything lese," he said. 1T expect to work as long as I can totter around: un- til I drop, probably"
 Remembering what people who reach three score and ten sometimes like to tell how they did 1t, this re- porter asked Ickes If he had any advice on the subject. He said that people ought to live their own lives in their own way and that he didn't believe in giving 0dvice--not that kird anyhow. But then, since he was being philosophical, he gave some anyway:
 1. Live your life In natural way:
 2. Don't worry about the future; and
 3. Have as good e time as you can, going along from day to day, but don't overdo 1t.
 Three Years Longer
 1ckes not only haS lived for 70 years, but come tomorrow, he will have been secretary of the interior for Il years--three years longer than anyone else ever held the job.
 Tt seeiGS like an eternity" he said. Eleven years ish long time. There's been 50 much to do here that l can hardly remember ever doing anything else"
 What did Ickes think was his greatest achievement?
 He dndn't know, he sald rumlna- lively. Maybe public works. maybe the Indians, maybe the great reclamation projects, maybe oil, maybe Saudi.Arabin. Only time would tell, If anybody in genera tionS to come was interested in gauging achievements later.
 What would 1ckes like to have for birthday present?
 Nothing in particular, he de- clared. But then, thinking better of 1t, he said, yes he would like to have something.
 One day, he recalled. Justice Oliver Wendell Homes, who was in his sos, wns walkingfi down the street with JupStice Louis D. Bran deiS. They passed Q young and pretty girl. Justice Holmes looked Ht the girl, turned to Brandeis, and said, "Oh, to be 70 againl"
 That's how I feel, said Ickes. "Oh, to be 60 againl"
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HoIifox Gets Baldwin Gift
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 The Charter, Gov. Baldwin told Lord Halifax. served as the Consti- tution Of Connecticut until 1918 when c new constitution was adopted which incorporated the Fundamental principles of liberty and freedom set forth In our orig inal charter. We are therefore in- tensely proud of this great docu- inent. We still have It and will never surrender it."
 During the presentation in the governors office, the governor re- lated to the ambassador that "our tradition Of liberty and freedom, however, are very closely intertwined with Great Britain. Today we arc fighting side by side In Q great war to determine whether or not free Institutions of government for free people shall forever survive. We are determined that they shall survive. That determination can and will be carried into effect In Q large part through the mutual friendship of the people of Great Britain and the United States of America"
 T know the people Of thls state," he said, would want me to give to you some visible token of our sincere and abiding friendship, and our unity in thls great cause for the preservation of human freedom. I therefore am happy to present to you facsimile copy of the original charter granted by Charles II to the colony of Connecticut, and also a piece of the ancient oak tree which served as q hiding place for this charter In difficult and trying times, aS symbols of friendship and com. mon interests in this great war be. tween the people of the State of Connecticut and the people of Great Britain"
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 the Nazl command would try to hold out at Nikolaev after the liquidation of the pocket, since the city lies on the east bank of the Bug and It's eastern approaches then will be broken.
 To tho northwest, other Soviet forces broke through to the Middle Bug River, one of the last natural defense lines in Southern Russia, on 0 40-mlle front.
 (German broadcastS aclnowledg- cd that several Russian spearheads already had crossed the Bug River md said the Vinnitsa- -Nikolaev de- fense line was only intended to be temporary" The Germans also re- ported new Russian attacks ct the northern and eastern ends of the isolated Crcima).
 Pluneing through NaA defenses seemingly at will. the Russians also pushed to within 2i miles east of the Black Sea Naval base of Niko. laev and threw Q siege arc around VInnitsa, whose fall would all but split the Ukrainian front in two.
 Two columns of Gen. Rodion w. Mallnovskys 3rd Ukrainian Army joined forces near ShigireVka, 30 miles north of Emerson, yesterday to complete the second encirclement of q Germany Army since Stalingrad. The other enemy pocket was li- quidated below Cherkasi last month.
 Several German divisions, perhaps totalling 46,000 or more men, were trapped in the 300-square- mile poe ket roughly 28 to GO miles north of Emerson. The enemy counter attacked repeatedly in on attempt to escape, but was beaten back with losses of 10000 killed and 4000 captured. More than 300 German guns also were captured.
 "soviet troops are pressing to. gether the encircled German divis. ions and are inflicting enormous losses in men and material" the Societ high command said in its midnight conamunique.
 Malinosgys veterans of Stalin- grad also advanced at the rate of nearly n mile on hour through mud to capture Kiselevka. 21 miles east of NikolaeV. and more than 60 other towns. including some B miles northeast and 2S miles south east Of the Black Sea Port. next major objective at the southern end of the front.
 The 2nd Ukrainian Army under General Ivan s. Konev engulfed another 60 towns in extending it's hold on the north bank of the middle Bug River. where the Ger mans were expected to make their next stand, to 40 miles.
 Front Dispatches
 Front dispatches said the Russians were advancing toward the Bug ct on extraordinary pace, running roughShod over enemy attempts ct rear guard action. Advance guards appeared on the point of entering northern Odessa province on q wide front.
 Tho Germans also were reported retreating hurrtcdly over the eastern and southeastern approaches to Vinnitsa, where 90 localities were overrur by Konevs forces yesterday.
 one column captured Komarov, 12 miles southeast of Vinnitsa and only nine miles from the railway link ing that city with Zhmerinka, june. Lion on the Odessa Warsaw lifeline out of the southern Ukraine. With almost all of Vlnnitsas conimunica-
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 removed furniture from their rooms and stacked 1t in the middle of the square.
 Tho bombers came over In two waves, one from the south coast md the other from the east, In an attempt to confuse the London de- lenses. Some turned back In the face Of the heavy barrage before reaching the capital and dropped their bombs in East Anglia, south and southeast England.
 The raid lasted less than an hour, and the bombers fled homeward in an attempt to reach their bases before moonrise. They were pur- sued by British night fighters
 Observers believed more incen- diary bombs were dropped in London last night than on any previous occasion since the blitz of l940- 194l, though the tonnage probably was far below that period.
 The number of planes partlcipat. ing was estimated at approximately the same as that which hit London during the series Of retaliatory raids last month. The alert was the first general alarm sounded in London since tho night Of March 8.
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single fighter plane to oppose the Allied bombing fleets and there was no anti-aircraft fire from Casino, suggesting the defenses had been smothered by the first attacking wave or the Germans had with drawn their f1as batteries from the town.
 The Allied hammer blow, appar- ently aimed at forcing a major breach in the Nazi mountain lines and relieving the embattled Fifth Army beachhead rtoops on the An- zio frort, ended a six-week lull in the fighting around Casino.
 Mud and flood waters had con- bined to pin both opposing armies down and limited fighting to rela- lively minor patrol clashes.
 British infantrymen on the heachhead front launched q sur prise attack yesterday that drove the Na2is from strong point in the ravines south of Aprilia.
 Front reports indicated the Brit lsh had effected deep penetration of the enemy lines near the AnSio- Altano highway, where the Ger mans had been concentrating in strength in an effort to split the Allied beachhead.
 Position Improved
 Headquarters spokesmen said the British position was improved con- slderably" but gave no details on the action Scattered Nazi rnits by passed in the British adv e yes. terday now are being me ed Up these sources said,
 Elsewhere on the win 6 beach, head front, bitter patrol clashes were reported and Allied md Ger man artillery and mortars exchang- cd heavy fire, but there was no change In the battle lines,
 Combat patrols also were active on the main Fifth Army front south of the heachhead, where bit- ter skirmishing continued all the
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champagne-laden table Cand three lovelies) with tears flooding his face. A famed refugee physician = who saw his estranged wife necking with a wife-burglar in a dlInly lit corner of the same ioynt Anita Colby (the screen actress -modeD who kept running away from an adInirer. His farewell gift was box of cracker jack. Weeks later, when she opened the box she looked for the usual prize and discovered he had inc serted @ diamond and ruby set of earrings plus @ diamong ring The married couple from RoSlyn, l.. T., who (week-ending at the Broad plays and clubs) were the victims of e stupid house detective. He "ar- rested" her for allegedly being a sinful woman Next day the ho- tel management was hysterical, of- fering the respectable pairs lawyer a sum of money ito pay for any inconvenience. The shocked hus- band mixed the offer and has start ed a lawsuit. demanding Sl00,0o0 for false arrest and defamation of character Holy Smokel Amt a man and his wife safe at New York hotel anymore2
 Times Square Smalltalk: Sergeant Marion Hargrove of the Tank staff says the army papers serial C"Artie Greengroin'D was yanked long ago. It wasn't resumed because too few soldiers wrote in inquiring .. Bill ingsley'S shadow (the popular Greg ory') becomes a soldier shortly. Life will profile Versailles, one of its favorite night places |. Sign over & Broadwayite's desk: "A hard days work never killed anyone
 neither did long days resti" .. :. Now it's the restaurants that are feeling the hooch shortage. Hi- jackers are thefting their shipments . When Sharkey, the seal, enter tained at the White House last week, one reporter got howl with: 'The next time they throw him fish how about throwing him HamiltonW
 Sounds In the Night: In Jack Denpseys: Every time he opens his mouth, wanna put my foot in itW At Afmando's: Get them! That's the firstt ime I ever saw Q cat out with Q rat' At Green wich Village Inn: "Is he hammy? When he dots his Is he uses ex- clamation points At Ruby Foo's Den: What We need Is a St. Pat rick to chase the snakes out of America and the jack -ostrlches out of Washington" At Kelly's Stable --"T'he phonies never start calling you names until you've made your own" In the Stork: Her figure Is challenge to any mans common sense" At the Zanzibar: He's so small you have to look twice to -e sure you're seeing nothing. ... At Leon and Eddie's: "She's old fashioned until she's had six of 'em" . At the Monte Carlo: He's gentleman wolf. Takes his time"
 Broadway COnfucius: Wise Man Has Women. Not Woman.
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N0zis Must Decide
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NC0Ubt4N&0 AAVAA E9kS ~ has used the Holy City of Rome as Q military center"
 "It is only the latest of Hitler's many affronts to religion" he said. '1t is Q logical step in the NaEi policy of total war "a policy which treats nothing as sacred"
 Mir. Roosevelt made no Allied promise of sparing Rome as long as the Germans use 1t for military purposes, saying only that i've have tried scrupulously often at con- siderable sacrifice to spare reli- gious and cultural monuments, and we shall continue to do so."
 Judging from this and earlier statements by Mir. Roosevelt, the only possibility of saving Rome from a destructive war would be for the Germans to declare 1t an open city and move out. It has been @ con- tinuing policy of this government that the Germans are responsible for military damage to religious and historical sites and structures AAA VAhS 4bAAAabA ShAAPHAkAs
 When the American forces on the main Fifth Army front below Rome were being held down by German fire directed from the an- cient Monte Casino !. Abbey, MT. Roosevelt explained the necessity of destroying 1t by saying the Ger mans had artillery range finders and guns there which were killing American boys.
 He recalled the orders Issued in December, l943, by General Dwight D. Eisenhower, then commander. in-chief of Allied forces in Italy, saying If we have to choose be. tween destroying 8 famous building and sacrificing our own men, then our mems lives count infinitely more and the buildings must go,"
 That remains the Allied policy to. day. If the Germans choose to light for Rome, Allied Forces are expected to show only strategically feasible reticence in attacking the German positions,
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 bill yesterday. There was nothing more concrete, however, to link the two events.
 Two other factors will enter into MT. Roosevelts consideration of the bill: A Republican warning that a veto would make him subject to charges Of having made 1t impos- siblc for soldiers to vote; and the fact that Kentucky and New Mex ico servicemen away from their home states would be disenfranchis- cd if he signs the measure,
 The Kentucky and New Mexico supreme courts have held that state soldier vote laws are unconStitu- tional because their constitutions rec quire that voting be done in person. However, soldiers of those states rec cciyed the right to cast absentee ballots under the le42 soldier vote law which, as . federal statute, superseded state laws.
 The new bill provides that fed- eral ballots can be used only with the approval of state governors and legislatureS--but New Mexico and Kentucky cannot grant such ap- proval because of their constitutions
 The bill provides that the federal war ballot be made available to over- seas Servicemen whose state legis- latureS and governors have certified by July IS that they will accept them. The servicenlan using 1t would be required to certify that he had applied for Q state absentee ballot by Sept 1 but had not ys. ceived 1t by Oct. 1. Those in this country would have to use state ab- sentee ballot forms.
 Thus far, only California. Mlnne. Sota and North Carolina have agreed to accept federal ballots. Some ad. rninistration sources feel most states will follow the cue of Gov. Thomas Y. Dewey, who has said New York would not accept them.
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(Continued from Page D preted as an attempt to slow down drafting fathers over 25, and at the same time to prevent indis. crimirate drafting of younger men In key positions in industry.
 Effective immediately, Hershey said. no registrant IS through 25 may be considered as a necessary man for occupational deferment unless state or national select serV- ice headquarters recommends 1t.
 Under this procedure, he said, war production will be safeguarded be- cause state directors may recom- mend defermerts for registrants through the age of 25 whose services are essential.
 At the same time, he declared, the order-by making available for induction many men in this age group who are not essential to ir- dllstry--will permit more defer mentS for men 26 or older in critical industries.
 The 22-25 age group includes m estimated 100000 non-fathers, of whom perhaps 450,000 could meet Army.Navy physical standards.
 President Roosevelt at his news conference yesterday pointed out that the War department was "comblng its rolls" to release gen. eral service personnel for overseas duty. The department also is cut. ting to 6 few hundred It's roster of about $500 deferred civilian en- ployes 22-25.
 Secretary of Navy Frank nKox reported that the Navy needed 500,- 900 more men to meet it's goal of 3,006,O by the end of the calendar year. The Army will need about the same amount by July l.
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Armistiee Hope Grows Dimmer
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Continued from Page i) man, telephonlng c Swedish friend from Helslnki today, said "our fu- ture has just been decided
 Another Stockholm newspaper, Morgontidningen, foresaw eventual negotlations' and said Marshal Ba. ron Carl Mannerheim, commander In chief Of the Finnish army. prob. ably would play c leading role in them.
 GA Russian broadcast reported by U. S. Government monitors said Axel F. Heinriehs, chief of Finland's general staff. had been invited by Gen. Alfred Jodl, chief Of the Ger- man joint general staff, to visit Adolf Hitler's headquarters. The broadcast said the invitation was supposed to have come from Hitler hlnlself9
 (Moscow also was said to have reported that the staff of the Ger man embassy in Finland and the personnel of various German offices in the country had been increased considerably" in the last few months)
 A Finnish communique said Pre- lnier Edwin Linkomies presented the governments viewpoint regarding the political situation to parliament at 6 secret session last night and the question. lin accordance with parliamentary constitution. was transferred to the next session."
 This was understood to be equiva- lent to Q vote of confidence in the government, which just has re- ceived & Russian rejection of its ter-proposals that all questions relating to an armistice Do left to negotiation.
 Russia was said to have insisted that Finland intern ell German troops now in Finland and with. draw Finnish troops to their lo4o borders before any armistiCe nego. tiations begin,
 Another official announcement In HeISinki said the Royal Italian Le- Ration had been closed in accord- ance with directions from the gov. ernInent in Naples. The minister and other personnel will go to Sweden and the United States will represent Italian interests in Fin land.
 The move followed RussiaS decis. ion 10 exchange representatives with tho Royal Italian government ur'. der Premier Marshal Pietro Da- doglio.
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mandatory for Q delegate who is pledged to Q particular candidate to continue voting for that candi- date ct the national convention un- til given written permission to vote for someone else.
 Tn the first congressional district, former .. 6. Rep. Arthur D. JcnkS unpledeed but pro.Willkie. and Thomas ]. Manning, pledged to Dewey, were leading in the Six.cor. nercd battle for two district dele. gate seats.
 Tn the second congressional dis. trick. Sherman Adams and Grace Batchelder, both unpledged, were leading.
 Strictly unpledged candidates were leading in contests for dele. gates in each of the states two congressional districts,
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tons in Soviet hands, the severing of this line would doom the Ger- man garrison defending the hinge between the 1st and 2nd Ukrainian armies.
 Other columns moved into posi- tons within artillery range east and northeast of Vinnitsa. Nearly 6,000 enemy troops were killed and 90 guns and 36 mortars captured,
 Reports from the ProSkurov front said Marshal Gregory K. zhukoV's lst Ukrainian Army had seized Sev. eral additional localities despite ceaseless enemy counter-attacks in which more than 300 Germans were killed and 70 tanks and self-pro. pelled guns smashed.
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Has Realistic 6-Point Program
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 {. Rumania to maintain It's soy. ereign independence and no Com. munist regime to be imposed.
 5. Russia to be requested to guar. antec the return to fsumania of Pennsylvania, now held by Hungary.
 c. Rumania asks that any oc. cupylng Allied force to include Brit. ish and American troops as well as Russians.
 Meanwhile pr. Josip smodlacka, 72-year.old foreign minister of Marshal josip (Tito) Brozovich's Jugoslav Partisan government, was en route to London with proposals from Bulgarian Agarlan and Com lnunist leaders who wish to bring their country over to the Allied side, the London Daily Telegraph re- ported from Bern.
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 United Press in New York, said six American planes were shot down.,
 B.26 Marauders of the First Tac. tical Air Force also scored numerous hits on tracks, rolling stock, ware houses and repair shops of the yards, 1t was announced ofilcially last night. Recent reconnaissance reports had indicated large con- centration of rolling stock there.
 While the Marauders were smash. ing rail targets inside Rome, B-25 Mitchell medium bombers hit the yards at Terni. about 70 miles north of the capital on the alternate cen. tral railroad route to Florence while second attack was aimed ct the yards in Orte, on the main Florence line. Returning cfewmen reported direct hits on both targeta-
 Radio Rome reported today that Virginia Oayda, editor of the 0iorfnale d'Italia, who had served as Premier Benito Mussollnfs mouthplece during the hey-day of the Fascist regime, was killed when Q bomb destroyed h." home, where he was at work. Swiss reports said the entire Gayda family was killed.
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 Chile recently observed the 2O0th anniverGayy Of it mint in Santiago.
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First Pres. Primary
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 pledged) )-46e0.
 Burroughs, Willkie's New Hamp. shire campaign manager and wln- ner of one of the delegAtc.nt. .largc seats, hailed the outcome ns Q Slg. idficant victory" for the i940 c. Q. ?. nominee.
 The five candidates who sought delegAte.at.large seats pledged to Dewey ran without tho blessing oI the New York governor.
 Defeat of candidates pledged to Wilikie did not surprise his sup. porters. While here to deliver c pro. primary speech last week, Willkie had emphasized that some of his most ardent adherents. such aS Gov. Blood and Burroughs, were running unpledged. This was duo to e quirk in the state law which makes it
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PRODUCTION UP

Detroit, March i6 = (U.P.) -- Near normal production on Pratt and Whitney aircraft engines wes resumed ct the River Rouge plant aircraft building of the Ford Mo- tor Company today following series of wildcat strikes,
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HELP WANTED!

The Democrat at the present time has an opening for . boy or girl tO work full time. to do erFands and deliver messages. We also have openings in other departments. Cal and Ill out an application at Busi ness once.
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Chile recently observed the 2O0th anniversary of t mint h Santiago.
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Yonks Blast AirCenters

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100 Planes
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Passage Of GI Vote Bill

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On Deferments

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Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-06
DEGREES GRANTED

Interlocutory divorce DEGREES have
been granted in Imperial county
superior court to Kathryn Gllllland
in the suit against Jack G. Gilll-
land; and to Rudolph Shclder IN
the suit against Velma Sholder.