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Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-12

CHICAGO, May IL. (UP)
The Rev. Stanislaus Orle-
manski, who is on his way to
his home at Springfield,
Mass, after a visit to Russia, sale
Friday he made the trip at the
personal invitation of Premier jas
eff Stain and with the permission
of the U. S. state department to
study the Polish question.
Father Orlemanski, whose trip
caused nationwide comment, said
that last January he applied 20
Secretary of State Hull for per-
mission to go to Russia ano receiv-
ed no answer.
"Some time later 1 asked again
for permission to go to study the
Polish question" he said.
OKEH FROM MOSCOW
THE state department said the
United States government would
have no objection but said must
get Russian permission"
He sai6 he went to Moscow not
as a representative of the Catholic
church nor as an ambassador OF tlIt
United States state department, but
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-12
Court DissoIves
Injunction in
Ward Store Case

CHICAGO May IL. (UP)-Fed-
eral Judge William H. Holly ended
the court phase of the Montgomery
Ward seizure today by granting the
governments request for dismissal
OF the case without prejudice.
Counsel for the company had
asked that the injunction proceed
ings be dismissed with prejudice, a
ruling which would have prevented
the government from reopening the
same injunction case.
The agreement to dismiss the pro-
ceedings was made by opposing
counsel Wednesday after Judge
Holly announced that return of the
Chicago properties of Montgomery
Ward TO the company had made it
unnecessary for him to rule upon
the injunction. The government,
after seizure of the plant April 26,
had asked Holly to enjoin company
officials from interfering with gov
ernment operation.
EXPLAINS RULING
Judge Holly, in dismissing the
case without prejudice, said that
after reading the records of similar
cases which had gone before the
supreme court he could not see
what other thing I could do"
He made no other comment on
the close of the case which had
started out as a showdown on the
legality of the Presidents wartime
powers of seizure.
Counsel for the company said
they would abide by the decision
and would not attempt to reopen the
proceedings.
Another court development in the
Ward controversy was scheduled
Friday before Superior Judge John
j. Lupe when arguments will be
Continued on Page 6, Col. g.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-12
Polish Priest DiscIoses
Promises Made by Stain

church,"
A. LAS an advocate of the free
dom of conscience and that OF wor-
ship l consider such a policy to be
inadmissable and precluded."
@. do you think that the coop
Grafton of the Holy Father Pope
Plus XII in the matter OF struggle
against coercion and persecution
of the Catholic church is possible /"
A. II think 1t is possible"
The questions and answers were
signed by Stain, he said.
Stain told Orlemanski that he
had no objection to publishing the
questions and answers and left that
20 the priests discretion.
In his formal statement issued TO
eporters, Father Orlemanski add
ed.
II am an American and I lay
itress on this one point, namely: I
vent alone TO Moscow and came
pack alone I belong 10 no clique,
10 faction nor party. In my 80 years
If priesthood this was my first va
ation--a mission to Moscow 70 help
ny church and Poland"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-12
Grade Label Act
Hurts Farmers,
craemer Asserts

LOS ANGEL ES, May IL. (SpeciaD
--Justus Craemer, member of the
state railroad commission and can
didate for U. S. senator. told Los
Angeles audience that the new deal
grade labelling program would be
rulinous to California agriculture,
and pledged himself to oppose the
program if elected to the senate.
THE new deai, taking advantage
of the war emergency to put over its
social experiments, is still attempt
ing to put over program calling
for grade labelling of the products
of our farms, canneries and facto-
rieS," said Craemer.
"California's leading place in the
field of agriculture and industry
would be sacrificed if that bureau
cratic scheme is foisted on us, for
this state has spent millions in de-
veloping its trade names and brands
and a reputation for quality prod
uctS."
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-12
1000 u. s. Planes
Wreuk Havoc i'm
Central Germany
Bombers Cross
Reich TO Hit
Czech Sectors

LONDON, May IL. (UP)
A 2,O0O-plane American
raiding fleet blasted five
synthetic oil plants in cen
tral Germany and Ole Czechoslovakia
FriGay, in the wake of a day-and-
night assault b. equally-strong al
lied air forces against the heart OF
Hitler's western invasion defenses
in France and Belgium.
Laying down thunderous chal-
lenge to the battered German luft-
waite, an estimated 1000 American
Flying F'ortresses and Liberators
flew Ceep into the Nazi homeland
to bomb and burn vital oil installa-
tions at Merseburg, Lutzendorff,
Bohlen and Zeitz, in south-central
Germany, and Brux, just across
the frontier in pre-War CZechoSlo-
Vakia.
OTHER TARGETS HIT
Other enemy targets in the Reich
also came under the bombsights of
the American raiders.
A powerful fighter escort, total
ing perhaps another 1000 planes,
covered and supported the bomberS
against savage enemy fighter oppos-
ition.
Excited German radio broadcasts
said violent air battles sWirled
across hundreds of miles of Nazi
territory from the Rhineland to
the target areas and back, and re-
turning American fighter pilots
agreed that they had run into some
of the toughest opposition of the
war.
The German transocean news
agency saiG the assault was "one
of the most widespread and most
Continued on page 6, col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-12
SeIective Service Set-up
Defers Most Men Past 2b

effect a stay of induction for LAS
26 anG older pending review and
reclaSsification, was prompted by
these factors:
The armed forces demand for
vigorous and physically fit young
men,
The fact that the armed forces
calls are now relatively small" the
army having reached its goal of
100000 men. Army-navy calls for
the rest of the year are expected
to be 100000 to 10000 a month.
Meanwhile, for physically fit reg
iStrants l8 through 25 who do not
meet specific and rigid conditions
for deferment in a few special war
misunderstanding only a slight
Continued on Page 6, Col. g.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-12
Huge Japanese
Force Strikes
New China Blow
Army of 100000, Protected by ArmOred
Screen Hits Westward tn CruSh Ont

CllUNGKlNG, M ay II.
(UP) - More than 100000
japanese troops were report
ed striking westward through Ho-
nan province behind a powerful
armored screen Friday in an Of
fensive to crush all Chinese resist
ance in the province and secure
their grip on the Peiping- Hankow
railway linking southern and GEN.
tral China.
The main japanese striking force,
Chungking military spokesmen said,
has thrown a great encircling loop
around the ancient walled city of
Loyang, former Chinese headquar-
ters in Honan province, and is con-
verging on the city from four sides.
The spokesmen said 600 enemy
tanks and armored cars have been
brought into the battle for Loyang
anc Japanese columns already have
cut across the westward line of
retreat of the embattled Chinese
garrison in the city.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-12
ALLIES LAUNCH new DRIVE FOR ROME
-Four Meet Death
As Fire Races
Old 0roviIIe Hotel
Wreckage Searched for
More Feared Dead;
Guests Leap to Safety

OROVILLE, Calf, May IL. (UP)
AT least four persons were killed and
an undetermined number injured
early Friday by blaze which swept
through the 50-year-old Union no.
tel.
Identified victims were Luella
Knott, former Butte county auditor;
S. l.. Harrigan, Stockton, a Western
Pacific railroad sWitchman, and II
C. Brown, former Oroville taxi OPP
orator. Firemen said they had To-
Gated one other body in the wreck
age.
TIE Identification of Harrigan and
Brown was tentative. Nine other
persons were still unaccounted for at
noon as the Wreckage of the hotel
Continued on Page 6, Col. A.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-12
Truk Hammered
As U.S.. Planes
Reke Carolines

ALLIED II EA D @ U A R T E R S,
Southwest Pacific, May IL. CUP)-
American planes from the central
and south Pacific joined in three
day sweep of the Caroline islands,
centering the attacks with double
raid on the Japanese base at Truk,
it was disclosed Friday.
The new blows on the strategic
New Guinea coast to near Cape
Croisilles. l6 miles north of Alex
ishafen and U. S. cavarymen mop
pee up scattered japanese remnants
in the Admiralty islands.
A spokesman at General Douglas
MacArthur's headquarters said that
1902 japanese were killed in the
Admiralties through May 9, and
only 1863 taken prisoner since the
American landing on Feb. 20. He
estimated that only few hun
cred" Japanese remained on the
islands, with most of them i'll and
in bad physical condition.
Long-range Liberator bombers
from the 7th and 18th air forces
carried out the raids on Truk, hit
ting the once-mighty enemy base
Monday night and in daylight We'd
nesday to complete the And land
based attack on the atoll.
The former American possession,
Wake, was attacked again by U. S.
planes Tuesday night, while army,
navy. and marine pilots joined in
new raid on the enemy positions
in the MarshallS.
South Pacific bombers continued
the steady assault on Rabaul, New
Britain, the most bombed" target
in the Pacific.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-12
Nuzi Satellites
Warned to Quit

WASHINGTON, May IL. (UP)-
The United States, Great Britain
and Soviet Russia Friday in joint
declaration warned the four Axis
satellites-Hungary, Romania, Bull
garia and Finland-that the longer
they continue in the war against
the Allies 1.-The more disastrous will
be the consequences to them and
the more rigorous will be the terms
which will be imposed upon them"
The declaration limited that the
terms for the satellites might be
less than unconditional surrender"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-12
Clark Delivers
Conquest Talk
As Battle Opens

WITH FIFTH ARMY, Italy, May
u. tUP)-Lieutenant General Mark
w. Clark sent his fifth army into
action with the assurance that I'VE
can and will destroy the German
armies" it can be revealed Friday.
A special order of the day by
Clark was read to all fifth army
troops at p. m. Thursday. He
told them that the enemy knows
Allied forces will eventually over
run him from two directions
Clark predicted that the fifth
army will press on tc great and
decisive victories" adding:
HAVE WHAT Is NEEDED
You have what you need tC
! strike smashing blows and follow
them through - training, superior
equipment, heroic courage, and the
stroy the German armies"
1T may appear to you, since the
fifth army progress in terms Of
territory gained during the past
few months has been slow, that our
campaign no longer is major one,
or that it is not having signifi-
cant success in the war as a whole"
| ClarkS' order said.
Nothing could be further from
the truth. You have made a con-
spicuously successful invasion CT
the continental fortress which the
Germans boasted was impregnable.
20 DIVISIONS
You have required the Germans
to devote more than 20 divisions to
a costly and losing task of retard-
ing the Allied progress to the north.
You have inflicted heavy lcsses up
on their troops and have taken
| more than $4,000 prisoners.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-12
Fighting RACES
On Dnestr

MOSCOW, May IL. CUP)-The
Germans were reported attacking
in ceaseless waves today in an at
tempt to wipe out Soviet bridge
head on the west bank of the
Dnestr northwest of Tiraspol.
UP to 5000 enemy troops were
killed and 60 tanks knocked out in
the first "a hours of furious attacks,
the Soviet high command reported,
and at last reports the Russians
still were standing firm.
"a Romanian communique broad
cast by the Nazi transocean agency
said German troops had complete
ly liquidated" the brio gehead and
inflicted bloody losses" on the Sow
ietSD
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-12

if they got out of the war now. All
of the Allies have been putting tre-
mendous pressure upon the satel-
lites to step aiding the Axis cause.
The declaration asserted that the
Axis satellites were contributing
materially to the strength of the
German war machine and said that
it was possible for them to shorten
the war, diminish their own ulti-
mate sacrifices and contribute to
the Allied victory" by ceasing their
collaboration with Germany imme-
diatelY.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-12

WASHINGTON, May 12
(UP)-Selective service Fri
day ordered deferments for
the bulk of men 26 and older
now classified IA.
The order removes the threat OF
early induction for the majority Of
the l,650,000 LAS who were in the
age group as of April l.
For necessary" men 26 through
80 who are regularly engaged in
war or essential civilian work, in
oustrial deferments will be granted
for the time being" Even if they
fail to meet the necessary" test
and are kept in IA, indications
were that few in the age group
would be drafted before Dec. l.
For men 80 through 81 who mere
ly are regularly engaged in" essen
tial activities, deferment will be
for IAN indefinite period" This
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-12
States Pasture
Areas Reveal
Sharp Shortages
Outlook on Range Feed
Continues Gloomy;
Strengthening Increased

SACRAMENTO, May II. CUP) -
The California crop and livestock
reporting service said Friday that
last month produced no halt in
"dlsas trouS declines" in pasture
condition for most areas CT the
state.
Pasture and range feed is we'll
known to supply vast loW-cost
feed reservoir, but this reservoir is
now much lower than during any of
the recent favorable feed years" ="
the service said.
CITE DRY YEARS
Comments by stockmen, the SER
vice said, frequently compare pas
ture and range conditions with those
of 1888, dry year, or with 1924
which was a year that started out
badly and got worse as the season
progressed"
March slaughter of cattle and
sheep exceeded that of March, l943
by about 25 per cent and was l3
per cent higher than a five-year
average, according to the service.
In a separate report the service
pointed out that the present wheat
production forecast of 8,492, 900
bushels for the state is slightly
above last years production but
more than 100000 bushels below
the 10-year average from 1933-42
BARLEY FORECAST
The barley forecast of 33,640, 900
is slightly above the 10-year aver
age but down from last years &c.
372 COO bushels.
Condition of alfalfa hay lis tie
lowest en- record for May l, ex-
cept 1929" the service said.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-12
y AMBl|Ne
NEpoR1ER
ManpOwer Shortage


Things have come to pretty pass.
Amos Chick bought some calves
but was unable to get any grown
men to help him move them. He
also was unable TO get any adoles-
cents to help him. He settled for
two wee little boys known to their
playmates as "broonstick cowboys. y
BY dint o. lot of perspiring and
running around, Amos and his
brocmstick cowboys succeeded in
getting the calves from the field to
the road. While Amos was shutting
the gate, the little boys let the
calves get away.
Away they went! They streamed
past the George Whitcher house
and entered a Whitcher pasture.
This caused Mr. and Mrs. Whitcher
to rush to the rescue of their prop
erty. Here came Amos on q run
with his little broomstick cowboys
tagging far behind
II began to get dark. Still the
calves ran around the pasture. 1t
became darker still. At last Mr..
and Mrs. Whitcher and Amos Sue
ceeded in getting the calves into the
road again.
But where were the little broom
stick cowboys? The three adults
paused in CONSERVATION There was
n wall from the darkness far away
in the pasture. The poor little
broomStick cowboys were lost in the
darkness and crying bitterly about
it.
Now, there, ladies and gentlemen,
you have the manpower shortage at
its worst.
Secret Information
The junior hostesses of the USO
will have a dance at the Ell Centro
Continued OH Pg. 6, Col. s.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-12

Judge Vaughn N. Thompson an
nounced Friday that he had re-
signed as president of the El Gen.
tro Community council because of
the press of work and the necessity
of having the president devote more
time to council duties.
He declared that bread pro-
gram dedicated to the solution of
the juvenile delinquency problem
is needed and that the efforts Of
various agencies interested in the
problem should coordinate their
work and eliminate confusion and
duplication of effort.
II feel that l have net the time
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-12


mile-and began an attack on a
small town. An important high
crest also was taken and James A.
Roper, United Press war corre-
spondent with the fifth army, said
the attack in that sector was going
according to plan"
USE FLAME THROWERS
The Germans were reported using
flame-throwers in an attempt to
slow the fifth army attack in the
upper Garigliano valley, and also
stepped up sharply their artillery
and machine gun fire after dawn,
but the allied advance was report
&c continuing.
To the north, regrouped eighth
army troops poured across the Ra-
pido river on an eight-mile front
between Casino and Liri and also
drove westward through the noun
tains above Casino.
First reports reaching allied head
quarters Indicated both the fifth
and eighth armies had reached all
initial objectives.
American, British, French, Polish,
and, possibly, italian troops were
hurled against the entire Gustav
line, from the gulf of Gaeta In
the southwest to the planes below
Pescara in the northeast, but the
main push was revealed to be
against the defenses covering the
Via Casilina and the Appian Way.
the two main roads to Rome. IS
Continued on page 6, col. y
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-12
Mustang Sets
Speed Record

INGLEWOOD, Calf, May II.
CUP)-Colonel Peterson, flying a
Psi Mustang fighter plane, landed
at LaGuardia field in New York
Friday in six hours, 32ls minutes
after he took off from Inglewood,
setting a new speed transcontinental
speed record.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-12
Thompson Quits
Council Post

to devote to this necessary work
and do not want to stand in the
way of accomplishing something
worthwhile" Judge Thompson said.
The work CT controlling juvenile
delinquency is going to be a diff
cult one which will require more
time than my work will permit me
to devote to it.
THE control of the Juvenile de-
linquency Is one of the most i'm
portant problems of modern life
and must be handled wisely and
carefully. My interest in the work
is greater than ever but fear that
I do not have the time to do it
justice"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-12
Subs Sink -Four
More Jap Ships

WASHINGTON, May IL. UP)--
American submarines have sunk IA
more Japanese ships in their ac-
celerated campaign against the en-
emys already badly crippled supply
lines, the navy announced Friday.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-12
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Philadelphia 40
Chicago ......... 10
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Cleveland ......ll0 900
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Kennedy, Gromek and Susce;
HughsCn and Wagner.
Chicago go-Philadelphia, night.
st. Louis s-Washington, mite.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-12

, as a private citizen
He said he asked the Russian con-
sui in New York for permission.
and the consul said it would have
to come from Moscow
Shortly afterward. he said, he re-
ceived a personal invitation" from
Premier Stain to visit the Soviet
Union to survey the Polish situa-
ton
The report on his trip made to
reporters at a hotel was Father
OrlemanSkis first comment since
returning to the United States by
air Thursday.
Il am not a Communist and I
finally said so in Moscow in my
public address to the Polish army"
he sale.
STAIN INTERVIEW
Father Orlemanski said that in
an interview with Stain he asked
these questions and received the
following answers
@. DO you think 1t admissible
for the Soviet government to pu.-
sue a policy of persecution and CO.
ersion with regard to the Catholic
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-12
Fifth and Eighth
Armies Advance
On 85-MiIe Front
Terrific Artillery Barrase Opens
Way for Sweep Of Ground Troops:
Main Thrust Centers on Appian Way

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Naples May 12. (UP)-
The allied fifth and eighth armies, launching the first of
the promised out blows designed to crush Germany in
1914 began general offensive along the entire 85me
Italian front Thursday and at mid morning Friday
reported making progress, despite fierce resistance
In the four hours of the resumed march Rome
American troops at Garigano end of the front adj
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-12

Secret Information
The junior hostesses of the USO
will have a dance at the Ell Centro
CONTINUED on Pg. 6, Col. s.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-12
WEATHER

Maximum Thursday 81, minimum
Friday SO; 5 am. Friday go, humid
ity 73; noon Friday 81, humidity 26;
S pm. Thursday "a, humidity %.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1944-12-02
THIS N THAT
BY Your Rowing Reporter

The night was filled with music
And the cares that infest the day
Folded their tents like Arabs
And silently stole away.
Yes, that's exactly what happen
ed last Saturday evening when
Tau Sigma and Alpha Tau Chapt-
ers, Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority,
entertained friends and service men
at their annual dance given in the
beautiful rooms of the USO club
Every symbolic of fun and good
time, these sorors left nothing I'M
done to make the evening one that
would long live in the memory of
every guest-from the moment the
guests arrived and were courteous
ly received by members of the So
rority, until the last note of music,
SO beautifully played by the 201st
AGF band from Camp Shelby was
sounded, the prevalent idea seem
ed to have been, ito have as much
fun as possible" The soft lights and
sweet music made a most fitting
background for the beautifully
dressed ladies, who were all in
formal evening dress, and the cor
rectly attired men.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1944-12-02
Tattling Tess

Johnnie Jones and Rosie Lee
Henderson were having much fun
last Sunday night, what about that
Mary Silas?
Junior Denton says that Dolly
Boone is strictly what the doctor
ordered for him-what goes on
Nelsina?
Effie Lee Love says for L. c.
Hayes not to kid himself, because
She's all out for Charles Head.
Elizabeth knows that M. T. likes
Rose Lee but she doesn't care be-
cause she is tops with Johnnie
Jones.
o. B. Owens why don't you make
up your mind who is it, Orma Will
liams, Mildred, Walter Ream or
Ella Laury? We are betting on
Ella.
|. Celestine Dotson says she isn't
even worried about Samuel be-
cause she knows how she stands
there.
Beulah Patton doesn't have much
to say to the cats these days, would
not be waiting for George Temp
kins, would you Pat?
The Three Musterteers, Sarah
Harris, Bernice Fisher, Francis
Neal are doing alright for them
selves.
| Little hepcat John Thornton
seems to be knocking on Henry
Belins' place as being the mos
popular boy on c. c. campus.
We notice new romance or
c. c. campus between Billy Glover
and Robert Mechanics. Tuesday
night she was singing, rs you is
4
or is you ain tiny baby"
If you want to see two love birds
look at Rev. Aaron Austin anc
Jane Ell Copeland
Iris Richerson was strictly or
the beam with little John McKan-
des at the party Friday night.
What has happened to the love
affair between Bro. Brown ano
| Cherry Norwood, could John Alex.
| ander have anything to do with it!
Moses Boiler has come back tc
town sharp as tack and he is de.