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Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-18
American Troops
Gross River
On Italy Front

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Al
giers, Jan. 18. CUP)-American stu
army patrols crossed the Rapido
river north of Casino while French
mountain troops stormed and cap
tured the town of San Ella, north
ern anchor of the German line bar
ring the inland road to Rome, AL
lied headquarters announced to-
day.
Striking under cover of a bowling
winter storm, advanced American
units forded the narrow mountain
stream and found that the Nazis
had pulled back their lines 300
yards from the west bank.
CThe dispatch did not make clear
where the crossing was effected,
but it indicated that the American
patrols had probed almost to the
outskirts of CassinoD
North of the American sector,
French units of Gen. Alphone Juin's
command fought their way up to
the banks of the Rapido and drove
the Nazis from San Ella in an en- :
circling sweep that apparently
turned the left flank of the enc
my's Gustav line.
On the Adriatic coast, Canadian
units of the British 9Th army
attacked north of Ortona and
achieved limited advance
against stiff enemy opposition, the
Allied commu',.que said.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-18
Ghost Of Deed
haunts Park:
'Scares' Board
Poor old courthouse park I!


The park north of the court
house in Ell Centro, step-child of
practically everyone, may be found
guilty of casting a shadow over the
title to the courthouse property. it
was revealed at a meeting of the
county board of supervisors Mon
day.
Milton zinn, beWi,dered member
of an Ell Centro chamber of COM
merce park committee. appeared
before the supervisors and asked if
the supervisors would agree to let
the city of Ell Centro improve and
maintain the park if the city coun-
Gil would consent to assume this
responsibility.
The board unanimously agreed to
the suggestion and, after gazing
sadly across the street at the bed
raggled looking open space, mur-
INJURED that it at present was not a
thing of beauty and a JOY forever.
Far from it.
So far so good. But it didn't last
long.
District Attorney Charles G. Hal
liday began to talk about legality
and referred to a deed he said the
city of Ell Centro obtained one
time in attempting to do the coun-
ty out of half of the park site -
Zinn never had heard of this deed.
Halliday recalled that years ago the
property on which the courthouse
and Jail stand and the park site
across the street were decided to
the county "for courthouse pur-
poses" He said the county should
do nothing that would endanger
this title to the property.
This was too much for Zinn, a
young man who thought a deed was
deed and if the courthouse was
built on the site and the park acted
as sort of front yard well.
everything had been done. The
supervisors agreed with Zinn but,
of course, didn't want to do any
thing to upset the title.
THE city has a reverSionary deed
to half of the coursehOuse site, ,
Halliday said II saw it one time.
The city got this deed from w. T.
Continued on page 6, col 81
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-18
Grange Would
Return TO
Standard Time

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 18. CUP) -
George Sehlmeyer, master of the
California State Grange Tuesday
urged Gov Earl Warren to issue a
proclamation without delay" turn
ing the states clocks back one
hour to standard time.
I'VE are confident" Sehlmeyer
said in a letter to the governor
mot only the rural section of Cali
fornia, but large majority of all
the people IN the state would well
come a return to standard time"
The grange adopted a resolution
against war time at its annual con-
yention.
Warren, who was in Los Angeles
today, said recently he was PLAN
ming to ask federal officials ano
that Warren had asked Attorney
General Robert w. Kenny what
legal steps were necessary to set
California clocks back to prewar
time.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-18
Bonds
Drive
Opens
County Swings
Into Campaign
With EarIy Sales

Imperial county S war
bond drive got off to a fly
ing start Tuesday with near
ly 100000 in sales reported
by noon.
Ben Herring, county secretary,
advised that early reports indicate
every city in the county is deter
mined to be the first to go over
the top. Each city's chairman re-
ported new activities and groups
organizing behind the Fourth War
Loan Campaign.
John McNeece, Ell Centro's city
campaign chairman, reports early
contributions have started to come
in and predicts Ell Centro will head
the list of towns to reach their
goals.
M. O. Kings third retail army
is mobilizing on all fronts. From
Holtville comes the report that the
schools have been placed on de-
tached service to the retailers Army
there.
The Ell Centro war bond booth
will be officially opened Thursday
noon. A parade by the city school, )
band and sergeanettes will form az
Eighth and Main and march to
the 500 block on Main where prom
inent city and county officials will
dedicate the booths opening by
addresses.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-18

pendents as well.
1--WE ask the board to make a sur
vey of the situation and arrange to
include the cost in the budget next
summer so that the funds will be
available when needed. No one can
tell when the need will be here but
we know it will not be long. We
believe there already are more than
200 men in Imperial county who
have been discharged from the
service because of physical disabil-
tiles. 1t is estimated that more
than a million ex-servicemen will
be in California after the war, men
who have not made California their
home before the war. Imperial
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-18
SaIvaged Paper
TONNAGE Grows

Tens of waste paper are Begin
ming to pile up in storage depots
in Imperial county towns as Boy
Scouts continue their campaign on
Saturdays and Sundays.
Hugh Wilcox, council Boy Scout
executive, said Tuesday that as
soon as a carload is ready all COL
lections will be brought to Ell Cen
tro for shipment to a coast proc
essing plant.
The drive is being made in this
area by the Boy Scouts in the in
terest of the national paper short
age, and in each town, according
to Wilcox, collections are made by
boys either after school hours OF
on Saturdays and Sundays.
In FL Centro the drive continues
by the Troops on these two days
One troop reports more than ten
tons collected.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-18
DeadIine Nears
On CaI.Seeds

All applications for Cal-Approved
seed must be in the office of the
Imperial county farm advisor by
January 25, it was announced
Tuesday.
Assistant Farm Advisor Lee
Landerman said that farmers
should file their applications i'm
mediately if they wanted to avoid
the last minute rush. They must
be in the head office at Davis by
February l. In order to reach Davis
on time, Landerman said, the ap-
plications must clear the local Of
flee by January 25.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-18

AT least IL residents of the three
buildings narrowly escaped death
or injury as the intense flames, fed
by hundreds of gallons of gasoline
from the plane, engulfed their
homes. Residents believed the
pilot may have sacrificed himself
and his crew to save civilian lives
by putting his faltering plane into
a steep dive instead of trying to
level off.
ON ROUTINE FLIGHT
The Hamilton Field public rela-
tions office announced the trans
port was based at Oakland Army
air field and was engaged in a
routine flight when it crashed.
The plane, with one of its two
motors apparently dead crashed
headon into the small house a.
20l0 Thirty-eighth avenue occupie
by Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Jacobso.
Their house was demolished but tn.
Jacobsens escaped uninjured.
The Jacobsens were preparing t.
eat breakfast when the plane hit
their home, shaking other houses
throughout the neighborhood.
Jacobsen was knocked down by
the impact of the plane crashing
into the house.
Suddenly" he said, everything
was in flames except the part of
the house we were in"
DRAGS WIFE OUT
He took his wife by the hand
and dragged her out the back door
OF his burning home. He kicked his
way through the back fence as
neighbors came to their assistance.
Witnesses and police believed the
pilot of the plane, realizing that
a smash-up was inevitable, deliber-
ately put his aircraft into a steep
dive instead of attempting to crash
land. If the plane had leveled off,
observers said, it might have de-
Stroyed several houses in the thick
ly-settled area. -
A two-story apartment house AMI
home at 2012 and 1000 Thirty
eighth avenue, adjacent to the Ja..
obsens, were set afire, and the oc.
cupants fled to safety.
HITS APARTMENT FIRST
The plane struck the roof of the
apartment house before it smashed
into the Jacobsen house. Mrs. Will
liam Jessup, invalid wife of the
owner, was carried outside the blaz-
ing building Other residents who
escaped included Walter and Mil
dred Wahmayer, and their daugh-
ters Maureen, 5. and Marcia, 10
months; and the Jessups daughter
and son-in-laW.
On the opposite side of the JAG
obsens. Mrs Gwendolyn Wright and
her 12-year old son, Charles, were
asleep in the rear of their home
when the plane crashed. The i'm
pact shook plaster from the walls
Continued on page 6, col. q
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-18

pdSSeu through Jllc llOi lildl CClLoOi
ship channels there.
A United Press dispatch from
Cairo said nothing could be learned
there of the rumors cited by the
Communist party organ Pravda
that two leading British person.
alities" had conferred with Ger
man Foreign Minister Joachim Won
Ribbentrop on peace terms.
CENSOR REPORTS
Though the dispatch quoted au-
thorities as saying the report did
not pass through the normal cen
sorship there, it was noted that
Certain communications particular
ly those of official nature, are not
subject to such examination.
British newspapers sounded
chorus of indignant comment on
the report published by the Com
munist party organ Pravda after
they had ignored it until the for
eign office here authorized COM
plete denial"
A United Press dispatch from
Moscow said the greatest confu-
Continued on page 6, col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-18
State Bloc Wins
On Soldier Vote

WASHINGTON, Jan. Is. CUP) -
The approaching house floor battle
over soldier vote legislation was
given a previeW Tuesday in the
clashing views of members of the
house elections committee.
Three Democrats and four Re-
publican members Joined forces to
get committee approval of a bill
leaving the servicemen's balloting
problem up to the states. A min
ority promptly issued report
voicing its lack of "sanguine faith"
that each state would make neces-
sary arrangements In time for the
1914 elections.
The house rules committee was
expected to set aside period early
next week for floor debate.
The minority answered charges
that their federal ballot plan would
be unconstitutional by referring to
the 1912 act of congress which
waived for soldiers the require
ments of registration and poll tax
in voting.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-18

county will get some of these new
residents, many of whom will be
disabled" Brents declared.
Brents said legionnaires want the
supervisors to decide whether to
create a veterans service depart
ment or have the work handled by
another office. They also asked
the board to have someone trained
to handle the veterans problems as
there are many regulations and
rules with which the veterans SER
vice officer must be familiar
Supervisors told Brents they
would look into the matter and
take it up when it came time to
adopt the budget next summer.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-18

but his words left little doubt that
the 15-man council would take
immediate action to combat the
measure which he described as
"totalitarianism" and "the very
thing we are fighting against on
the battlefields of Europe"
The counci, pledged the unions
support OF the 1,000,000,000 food
and subsidy program and Green
said all AFL members would be
asked to urge their congresmen TO
vote for the plan.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-18
AFL Chief AsSui|S Draft
Plan. Rulings on Wages

MIAMI, Fla, Jan. 18,
(UP) = President William
Green and the executive
council of the American Federation
of Labor, fresh from a preliminary
attack on the administrations pro-
psed national labor draft, wera
critical Tuesday of the powers of
Economic Stabiliztion Director Fred
M. Vinson and War Mobilization
Director James Byrnes.
Green, bitterly protesting the au-
thority of Vinson and Byrnes to
veto war labor board decisions in
wage adjustment cases, said I'VE
might as we'll have all wage cases
go directly to Vinson or ByrneS
if that is the way they are going
to be decided"
The AFL leader said he had just
been informed that the stabiliza-
ton director had vetoed eight
more" WLB decisions involving
wage adjustments for workers in
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-18
Mazis Recruit
Death Squads

MADRID, Jan. 18. (UP) = A
Berlin dispatch to the newspaper
Informaciones said Tuesday that
the German army had organized
special units of volunteers, called
commands of DEATH for eXclu-
sive use against Allied invasion
forces.
The high command has re-
ceived thousands" of applications
from both men and women eager
to ioin the units, the dispatch
said.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-18
Mounts
At ChrysIers

arsenal, the DeSoto unit, DeSoto-
Warren plant, the Dodge truck div
ision and the main Dodge plant In
suburban Hamtramck.
Production of assemblies for heavy
bombers. tanks, guns. tank destroy
ers, and trucks has been seriously
impaired spokesmen said.
The strike is the result OF efforts
by the Foremens Association OF
America, an independent union, 10
secure company recognition.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-18
Full Time Service Officer
Sought by Le9ionnoires

Max Brents, commander
of the fifth area of the
American Legion, Monday asked
the Imperial county board of SUI
pervisors to prepare to employ
full time veterans service officer
when the need arises.
"At present Phil Holman is act
ing as veterans service officer as
we'll as county welfare director" ="
Brents said. This is satisfactory
now but we all know there will be
too much work to be handled under
this arrangement when all the SER
vicemen come home. The veterans
service officer will have to look
after the veterans and their de-
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-18
Railway Wage
DISPUTE Ends

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 CUP -
President Roosevelt Tuesday an
nounced the settlement of the wage
dispute involving Is Incorporating
railroad labor organizations and
said he would notify Secretary of
War Henry l.. Stimson Immediately
that he has the authority to re-
linquish government control of the
10 ilrnolc
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-18

aircraft plants. That makes the fl
nal decision a one-man affair" he
asserted. Another official of the
union described Vinson as a "czar
and a dictator"
Members of the executive coun-
ell, opening a Today meeting here
Monday, voted to appeal to Presi-
dent Roosevelt to restore to the
WLB final authority in wage dis
puteS.
Green touched only briefly on
the proposed national service act,
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-18
WPB DELETES PIIORITIES
ON HOUSEHOLD ITEMS

WASHINGTON, Jan. Is. (UP)-
Several types of cooking, heating
and plumbing equipment which for
merly could be purchased by con-
sumers only with authorization of
the war production board have been
freed from such priority restriction
Some of the items, formerly re-
quiring an A-l0 priority or better,
are bathtubs, lavatories, toilets,
laundry trays, sinks, showers and
shower stalls, condensation pumps,
chemical toilets, drinking fountains,
septic tanks, grease in.erceptors,
flush tanks, scullery sinks and wash
fountains.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-18

DETROIT, Jan. 18. CUP)-A walk
out of foremen in Detroit plants of
the Chrysler Corporation Tuesday
spread to the corporations gian.
tank arsenal, manufacturer of med
ium tanks.
Corporation spokesman said l25
foremen at the arsenal joined the
walkout, started six days ago
bringing to 8l3 the number of su-
perViSorS absent from work at the
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-18
Marshal Tito
Wounded

LONDON, Jan. 18. (UP)-Mar-
shall Josip cTito) Brozovich, lead
er of the Jugoslav partisans, has
been wounded in military opera
tions, radio Cairo said Tuesday
The Cairo broadcast said Brozo-
vich was wounded in Montenegro
southwestern Jugoslavia.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-18
GANGSTER is PANICKY

CHICAGO, Jan. 18. (UP)-James
Egan, who named his gambling boss
patron as the man behind one vice
war Staying, refused to leave the
safety of the county Jail Tuesday
as the underworld stirred restless
ly over the most recent ''liquida-
ton of rebellious gaming lord.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-18

of the earlier resolution came from
Mrs. Grace Mcdonald of San Jose.
Voting favorably were James Arm
strong, Los Angeles; Charles Bull,
Marysville; Board Chairman A. J..
McF'adden, Santa Ana; w. l..
Smith, Buttonwillow, and John S.
Watson, Petaluma.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-18
FIRE AVERTED

A fire was averted at the H. P
Garin Co. packing shed Monday
when fire extinguisherS confined a
small blaze until the department
arrived. A leaky gas jet on a trac-
tor was ignited when a battery
short occurred. Little damage was
reported due to the quick work OF
the employees.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-18
. lie Was Logical

lie Was Logical
Seven-year-old Paul Kaiser was
practicing his reading lesson with
his father, Karl M. Kaiser, acting
as audience.
After going on with the lesson for
a while, Paul came to a name that
looked like Miss Brown to Kaiser
Paul called the name Mrs. Brown" ."
Just a moment" Kaiser said.
THAT is Miss Brown, isn't it?"
NO, it's Mrs. Brown" Paul said
firmly.
Kaiser took a good look
"Oh, no Paul" Kaiser insisted.
THE woman's name is Miss Brown,
don't you see?"
Il see," Paul said, wagging his
head like a veteran reader of the
first water. 1T has two letters on
the end. The book says Mis- and
then another S. That spells Mis- S,
doesn't it?"
Kaiser had to admit under verbal
fife that there are a few things a
bit puzzling about the English
language.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-18
THE WEATHER

FORECAST FOR IMPERIAL
VALLEY-Fair Tuesday night
and Wednesday with consider
able clOudiness Tuesday night.
Cooler Wednesday with maximum
temperature around &c. Frost
Wednesday night, lowest tenn
peratures around % and 20 de-
grees.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-18
Britain Directs
Query to Russ
On Peace Talks
London Press AssaiIs Pravda's
Story Of Ribben+rop Meet:
Eden Joins in Sweeping Denial

LONDON, Jan. Is. (UP)-Britan has brought to tht
attention Of the Soviet government official denial o
a PraVda dispatch under Cairo datena implying tina
the British have discussed separate peace terms with
Germany, and Cairo authorities said such report hac
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-18
Army Transport
Crashes in
Oakland Suburb
Pilot Dives FaI+erine C-47 TO
Save Lives Of Residents;
Flaming Gas Wipes OUT Houses

OAKLAND CAL, Jan 18. (UP)-An army CAT trans
port plane, diving almost vertically, smashed into bun
gaoW and apartment house thickly populated resi-
dental district Tuesday, killing crew of eight and set
ting off three-aarm fire that damaged third home
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-18
y AMBlINe
EpoRTER
Slips Don't Count

Slips Don't Count
A group Of deputy sheriffs studied
a teletype bulletin about serious
matter.
Suddenly there was shout of
laughter from the group.
The teletype contained a long
sentence about a mans ginger
print" record,
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-18
Practically Perfec,

Practically Perfect
We are going to do everything in
our power to get Charles c. Casey
of Brawley 10 move to CaleXico or
Calipatria. If we can get him to
make this move and run for city
clerk in either city We will have
been instrumental in bringing about
some perfect ALTERATION.
He now is Charles G. Casey, City
Clerk, BraWley, Calf.
Think of the perfection If he
moved to Calexico or Calipatria!
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-18
WEATHER

Maximum Monday 10, minimum
Tuesday 80; 5 am. Tuesday AZ, hu-
midity 46; noon Tuesday 81, humid
ity 43; pm. Mon. ga, humidity 40.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-30
Tips
On Makeup

TO ALL women the country
Il over who have square faces,
makeup artist PeFe Westmore
gives the same makeup and
halrdo advice he gave Alexis
Smith
First Of all a Square-faced
woman has straight hair line
and square jaw line She
should never pull the hair back
tightly al the temple or slick
n flat on top. She should never
create small tight cUrls The
hair should be dressed soft and
loosely with fullness at the sides
10 minimize the sharp angle Of
the Jaw
Cheek rouge should never he
applied IN square or straight
manner, but placed in a circle
beneath the eye and carried
back toward the ear and down
under the jawline very lightly
40 - creates a shadow on the
prominent part of the lower
face.
The natural eyebrow line
should arch slightly 10 counter
act the straight lines of the
face.
The mouth should never he
made too small or in cupid
bow. a thin mouth is not in
keeping with the square face
type. Be careful not 10 give
an extreme arch 10 the upper
LIN or 10 make the lower lptee
fun.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-30
Health Unit S ponsors
Lectures for Mothers

Co. each morning and afternoon.
The institute has been planned
and it's speakers carefully Sc
lected TO be sure that women
receive the right answers on
subjects OF great Importance TO
them i'm this wartime period
A question box will be a fea-
ture Of the Child Health InSti-
tute and following each session.
the speaker will answer as many
questions as possible.
Other highlights will include
exhibit booths OF participating
organizations and consultants
for individual conferences.
At / As p. m. each day a mo-
ton picture will be shown.
They include: Monday. Making
Ends Meet" Tuesday. More
Life in the Living" Wednesday.
Behind the Smile"
Exhibit and consultation
booths will be open from 10 a. m.
10 4 p. m. each Of the three
DAYS snd all women interested
are invited 10 attend.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-30

PATTERN BOG contains a
transfer pattern Of II motifs
ranging from 1Xl13 70 5x8l9
inches; pattern pieces for
Sacque, kimono, booteeS.
This pattern, together with a
needlework pattern OF useful
and decorative motifs for linens
and garments. IS cents.
Send Is cents in coins for
every Laura Wheeler pattern.
Write name and address plainly
Send your order 10 the Laura
Wheeler Pattern Department,
1926 Times Square, Detroit. 81,
Mich
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-30
May Baskets

Roll out dough 4 Inch thick.
Cut with Toured 3-inch cutter.
Place biscuit round on bottom
Of each individual baking cas-
Serole. Line sides of casseroleS
by overlapping 5 biscuits around
each casserole, setting the bis
cults on edge. Press edges Of
biscuits on sides firmly to edges
of biscuits on bottom.
Fill biscuit baskets with
cooked fresh asparagus tips and
eolerfHl slices Of hard cooked
eggs in smooth white sauce A
dash of paprika on top creamed
mixture adds friendly warmth.
Bake baskets in hot oven C4oO
degrees) for 20 minutes.
Pop the biscuits in the oven
as soon as you get home from
church. While the rolls are
baking serve a fresh orange
iuice cocktail with a maraschino
cherry and a sprig of mint for
gsrnish Served with crisp po-
tato chips festive note is
added 10 the occasion.
Top of the meal with the fol-
lowing recipe for A delicious
fluffy pie.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-30
Mothers
Day Brunch
BY PRUpENCE PENNY

OBSERVANCE Of Mothers
" Day has become an annual
custom in nearly all American
homes. Sons and daughters
in facial members OF the
family-pay their respects 10
the mothers of the land on the
second Sunday in May.
You maybe planning some
little gift-fowerS. candy, or
other appropriate token. Why
not give her a really unusual
present. Surprise mother by
inviting few OF her close
friends 10 come in after church
for a brunch.
Inject a touch OF spring by
serving May baskets made with
rounds of biscuit dough.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-30
Potato Salad

FOR COLD Suppers or
lunches have your potato salad
cry for compliments by includ-
ing generous wedges Of ripe
olives. A mustard mayonnaiss
dressing accents the subtle
flavor Of the potatoes and ripe
olives.