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Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-24
Begin Series Of
Discussions

First event in a series of open
discussions took place Sunday
afternoon in Douglass high school
with Charlcsetta Mason as chair
man.
Under the leadership of 1t. Evan
Reese, musical numbers were fea-
tured, Cpl Plummer leading the
group in singing God Bless
America" and later being heard in
a vocal solo.
The Palm Springs quartet also
provided an excellent musical num-
ber. Frank McGaughy acted as
pianist.
w. A. Payne, principal of Dou-
glass, was the speaker of the after
noon, talking on the subject Of
Juvenile delinquency.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-24
tuesday P.-T.A.
Oav at Cen+er

Tuesday is Mckinley PIT. AS
day at the Red Cross surgical
dressings center, the members of
this association having combined
their study and business meetings
into one to give them more free
time for this work.
Members of the association are
to be at the center in the Ten
Thousand club house from 10 a. m.
until 2 p. m. and may bring their
luncheons if they desire.
The center is in need of help and
officers of Mckinley PIT. A. have
urged that as many as possible
turn out Tuesday
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-24
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Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-24
New Officers

Eva Ward was elected president
of Woleha Camp Fire group recent
ly tie other officers including
Virginia Lee Pinkney as vice.
president, and Fredes Smith as
secretary scribe.
At the next meeting five new
members and the two torch bear
ers will begin new books.
This group is also asking for old
hats as they plan to use the ma
teriaiS in their craft work.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-24

One Of the most SUCCESSFUL dad
daughter play days in the history
of Camp Fire, Sundays event, held
at the high school, found 1872 girls
and their fathers registered as ac-
tive participants, coming from
Brawley Imperial, Holtville and Ell
Centro.
Various sports wee entered into
Fundamentally with no casualties
save few charley-horses and
strained ligaments on the part of
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-24
Announc emen+s
Of Mee+in

Arts and Crafts section OF The
Ten Thousand club will have its
regular bi-monthly meeting We'd
nesday, at 10 a. m. in the club
house, a group of hostesses serving
lrslcheon at noon. Members will
devote the day to the making of
surgical dressings and to their
craft projects.
ST. Paul's guild will meet Tues
day for luncheon, l p. m. at the
home of Mrs. c. R. Hayden on
Sandalwood Drive, with Mrs. Hay
den and Mrs. Reginald L. Knox, Jr.,
as the hostesses.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-24

com C home
soon and safely.
You won't be
very happy If
that empty chair
will still be
empty when the
BIG DAY at
long last comes.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-24
To the People
of this Community
nnNnc rI-r- nIz,rr

What is nearest and dearest to you
is the safe return of your son or
brother or husband. You want to see
all the boys from this community
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-24
Society
Clubs
Of Interest to Women
Edited By Anne Hardy Davis
CALENDAR


MONDAY
Toastmasters, 6:15, California
hotel.
Surgical dressings, 1880, 10000
club.
American Legion Auxiliary, 1880
10000 club.
Sea Scouts, 7:30, Scout hut.
Carpenters, 7:30, Labor temple.
Ell Centre lodge No. 384, f. and
A. NJ, 7:30, Masonic temple.
Parl. Law section, 7:45, Ben Hulse
home.
TUESDAY
Surgical dressings, "a. 1880,
1000 club.
Mckinley PIT. A, 1872, 10000
club.
ST. Paurs guild, l, 625 Sandal
wood.
W.C.T.U., 1870, 53S Euclid.
Community chest Com, 5. cham
Der of commerce.
Rotary club, $3.50, 10000 club.
Oasis Shrine No. 20, w. 5. of j.,
6:20, Barbara Worth.
Night school, !, high school.
Girl Scouts, I, Scout hut.
Troop 73, 1880. fire hall.
Business Women, 7:45, Gibson
studio.
Central Labor Council. 8, Labor
temple.
American Legion, 8, Veterans hall.
Oasis Shrine No. 20, 8, Masonic
temple.
Eagles, 8, $50 Broadway.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-24

Yes, sir, the war sure is changing
things in Hollywood. Now Lana
Turner, whose romantic elinches
with Clark Gable and Jimmy Stew
art frequently left the Hays office
censors blushing, will play her big
gest love scene with John Kodiak
in Marriage Is a Private Affair"
by remote control. Furthermore,
there will be over 1900 miles separt-
ing them in their fadeout scene.
She'll be in San Francisco. He will
be at an Army air base somewhere
in Australia. And it will take
three means of communication
telephone, field wireless set and
Army walky-talky outfit = to get
them together
Nigel Bruce is back to work in
Universal's THE Scarlet Claw"
after the eighth operation on his
leg. the result of a bullet wound in
World War l.
II you can believe a story making
the rounds in Hollywood, Paul
MUM passed a theater marquee
bearing his name the other night.
The actor stopped, pointed out his
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-24
HOLLYWOOD
by ERSKINE JOHNSON

name to a friend and said, There's
the greatest actor of this genera
tion."
Basil Rathbone is planning an
early return to the Broadway stage
in his own company.
Although making celluloid love to
Katharine Hepburn in Dragon
Seed Turhan Bey is sending flow
ers to Susanna Foster.
Unusual beginning for Spencer
Tracy's role in THE Seventh
Cross" He's shown as a prisoner
in a Nazi concentration camp and
doesn't say a word of dialog in the
first 81 pages of the script.
Out at Warner Bros. they're
shooting The Horn Blows at Mid
night" on a set which represents
heaven. Outside there's sign, mo
Admittance to Heaven
SAD STORY
Actress Marjorie Riordan came OUT
crying the other night after pre-
view of THE Adventures of Mark
Twain" A friend said, Il didn't
think the picture was sad
oh, replied Marjorie, I'm not
crying because it was sad. I'm cry
ing because I didn't have that
wonderful role Alexis Smith plays
Jack Carson is calling 1914 THE
look before -yOu-leap-year."
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-24

name to friend and said, There's
the greatest actor of this genera
tion."
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-24

Basil Rathbone is planning an
early return to the Broadway stage
in his own company.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-20

heavy hand, the while scandalizinC
Europe by his selfindulgent private
life. He was an example OF moral
breakdown.
Albert, the nephew of Leopold II,
was a victim Of the breakdown Of
Mother Nature. He was mountain
climbing, his favorite pastime, wher
a big rock slipped from under him
and he tumbled TO death.
Bad judgment was the breakdown
of Leopold III, Albert's son. Re was
at the wheel of his royal car on Aug.
%, 1885, when he took his eyes from
the road to examine a map in his
queens hands. The car swerved and
overturned. Astrid was flung against
tree and killed.
Then the omens of the stars were
revealed TO plague Leopold III Dc-
feat, surrender, Imprisonment and
kidnapping followed one another il
relentless succession.
After he laid down arms for his
country he retired 10 his castle with
his memories and his children, except
for the brief period they were in
Portugal Then, on Sept. II, 1871, he
married, at 80, Mary Leila Baels,
commoner TO whom he gave the title
Princess de Rethy
More recently, reports have come
from the frontier of German-occupied
Italy that Eeopold's sister, Marie Jose,
wife of Crown Prince Humberto Of
Italy, soon will sue for divorce. She
has long been known as a foe OF
fascism, and she has always been
well liked by the Italian people. Her
son. now seven years old, is heir
presumptive TO the Italian throne.
First La Panne and now the stars
do they really dominate the destiny
of Belgiums royal family? Til
alone will show whether the Belgi.
dynasty of kings is ended, as told
by Leopold's horoscope.
THE AMERICAN WEEKLY
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-20

" ~ a NI1NVIUIN UItI
who became fabulously wealthy by
personal investments in the Belgian
Congo, which he established after dis
covery of its vast natural resources.
He ruled the natives of his distant
possession with d hard heart and a
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-20

The royal family Of Belgium since
Prince Leopold of Xc-Coburg- Saal-
field landed at La Panne, fishing
village on the coast of the North
Sea, to become the first King of the
Bclgians in 1881.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-20

10 Bavaria and his children to the
German Province of Thuringia.
Whether or not the children con
tinue TO be raised in that foreign
land" or still another one, is some
thing yet TO be determined by the
fortunes of war and the readjust-
mCnts of peace.
ii may be, too, that through those
poacctime readjustments, another
part of the prophecy will be fulfilled.
Increasing croSs.currents in the poll
tics Of his unhappy country may
finally result in Leopold's being the
last King of the Belgians.
The dominant group, the ConServa-
tive Party, is committed TO the mon
archy. But the Socialist Party, sec
ond largest, is determined that Leo
uold be oustcd because of his captu-
lation TO Germany. Also there are
forces which are working for estab-
lishment OF a republic.
Whatever else happens, Leopold is
pursued by the fates. He must feel IL,
for he already has drunk deeply Of
10 August 20, 1914
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-20

LeOpold's Children
Cleft to Right,
Albert, Prince OF
Liege; BaudOin,
Duke OF Brabant,
and Princess JO-
sephine CharlOtte)
Are Being Reared
i'm a Foreign Land,
just aS the Star
gaZer Predicted.
Panne is a French
word that means,
colloquially, bre a k
down. PaTiSians use
IL 10 describe a train
or an automobile
that will not run for
want of re ir s.
Il here have been
TcDcatcd bVpakdOWns
among the Belgians
ever since.
Leopold ], uncle OF
EnGland's q n
Victoria, was a great
and good monarch.
But he was under eX-
cccding train TO
keep his new coun-
Try eHt Of war with
Holland, of which
Belgium was a part
until its declara-
ton of independence
which came in 1880.
Leopold II, his son,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-20

the bitter cup Of
m j $ I o Ttu ne. y
year and a half
after his fathers
fatal plunge from
a preCipice at the
NJ a + c h @ ! g s
Danes, his wife.
Queen a trid,
niece Of the King
Of Sweden, was
killed in an auto
mobile accident
near Lu-ccrn-e-
Switzerland.
AStrid'S death,
too, may have
been in the stars.
For a sort Of jinx
has lowered over
tho rn,.n1 fnn.i1..
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-20

IAN IN 1854; (ZJ That his children
would be raised in a foreign land
and CD that he would be the last
King of the Belgians.
Leopold has been plagued by
that forecast ever since. His mis-
fortunes began TO pile up in 1910
when the German armies
swarmed over his country
and soon reached a sad
:. :: !: !: :: =: :: !: !: :: ::
climax when he Surren-
dered the Belgians TO the
invaders.
For the last four years
Leopold has lived in Lac.
ken Castle, on the out.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-20
BY SYLVIA LYON

THE STARS are fulfilling their unhappy prom
ises 10 Leopold III, King of the Begians. They
predicted privation, peril, tears and tragedy,
and now the heartbreak of war is making their
prophecies true
For Leopold now is not only king without a
kingdom but a kidnapped king we'll separated
from his children and held prisoner in Germany
by the NaZis. And he firmly believes it all
foretold in the stars.
In 1887, two years before Hitler sent his Panzers
into Poland and started World War H. an aStrol-
oyer foretold the dire events that the future held
for Leopold. His horoscope was read and in il the
stargaZer found: Cd fate worse than that of
his father Albert l. who fell TO death from noun
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-20

skirts of Brussels,
TIL gfay-efad
German soldiers
standing guard at
the gates. Just be
tore giving up TO
the NaZis he sent
his children-Jos-
Cphine Charlotte,
now Il; Baudoin,
u u k g Of b "A
bant, II, and Al
bert, Prince Of
liege, lotto Por-
tugal. Some time
! ater, recalling
with alarm the
prop h ecy that
I h @ y would be
raised in a for
cign land, he
called them home
10 share his inn
pris o n mcnt in
Laeken Castle.
But that frantic
effort TO circum-
vent the dreaded
op h ecy was
doomed TO failure.
Il h G n a Zis d e.
Scended on him
again not so long
ago, transporting
him and his de-
voted young wife
10 Bavaria and h
Evening star., 1944-10-24
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The Nome nugget., 1944-06-30
German Troops Flee Northward From Cecina

ROME. June 3o.---tAPj-Ger- man troops on ItaiY's west coast in breaking off contact, fled nofthward yesterday. with the American forces in swift pur- suit. reaching fhe vicinity of cecina- only 20 airline miles south of the port of Livorno.
 Allied headquarters said tha American armored divisions far ther inland stabbed within sever miles of the historic city of Siena 31 miles below Florence,
 French troops to the right o. the American forces are only 1t miles from the same target.
 At the same time strong enemy resistance began cracking under the heavy Eighth Army attacks.
 British forces streaked north. ward and captured picturesqu, Lake Taasimeno and the town o1 Castiglione del Lago, which ha. been a Nazi seaplane base.
 This city is the site of the fam ous castle of the Knights of Nal. ia.
The Nome nugget., 1944-06-30
Folta Tells of
 '
 Injunction ]: :. 7 :. Proceedings, = / . a0I .s

ANCHORAGE, une 3o:--(AP)- The, need. no longer exists" for continuing the army's. policy for evacuating~ wives and children of. servicemen in Alaska, or pro- hibiting their return to the Ter ritory, George Folta, council-at- large for the Department of In- terior, asserted.
 Folta came. here during the in- junction proceedings brought by Helen Fry of Kodiak, against General Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., and other officials, to re- strain them fro mevacuating her because she married a soldier.
 Folta said in a statement: "Al- though progress has been made in the Pacific, it has had. detri- mental effect on Alaska's popula- ton, and there are many reasons for abandoning the policy"
 Tn conclusion, he said:
 'The Department believes that evidence will be produced to con- vince authorities that all neces- sity for evacuating or prohibiting the return of wives and children of servicemen no longer exists.
The Nome nugget., 1944-06-30
ATC EVENTS

Eon-C Commissioned Officers meeting tonight at 1900 hours in the High School ArmorY.
The Nome nugget., 1944-06-30
Red Army Units Plunge Northeast Of Town of Minsk

MOSCOW, June 9o.--tAp)-- Red Army units in force, plunged into the Berezina river, northeast of Minsk, while engineers of two Soviet armies hurried pontoons into place for a mass crossing Of the last natural barrier before the city of Minsk.
 Field dispatches said the first units met stiff fire from German units on the west bank and .artil- lery fire from positions west of the river, but there were no in- dications that the retreating Ma zis would be able 10 make a stand here. 1
 Great swarrns of StormovikS, Yaks and medium bombers kept up the round the clock aerial of- fensive against the whitening Wehrmacht.
 Russians said Fl Nazi planes were downed in 24 hours, and the German dead, wounded and cap tured scared upward of 150,000, in the past five days in White Russia.
 Describing a scene where the Russians mopped up five Nazi di- visions, killing upward of 16,000 and capturing 18,000 southeast of Bobruisk, one correspondent said, "Only eye-witnesses can have any idea of the magnitude of this de- feat, which looks as if a tornado had passed over these fields of dead"
The Nome nugget., 1944-06-30
B0mbers raid Vienna Area For Second Time

LONDON. June 3G-(Ar,-- .is.isssssses benhess fr0m Italy, were rrported by Berlin to se striking in the Vienna area for the second tinse in, ID, hours, while the task forces f.heavy and ned- ium bombers: from Britain dark ened the skies ever France in at- tacks supporting ;;fhe invasion forces.
 f,'Fortresscs from Britain are pressing, their campaign which is driving, the German air force over 100 miles Back from the French coast since ID" Day.
 :, The "For.s'' attacked three lbasesain ,northeKp France, and an7 'other.ipg. Belgium. ''
 Marauder mediums, along with American Ninth U., S. Air Force Thunderbotts and Mustangs, hit railroads, highway functions and bridges over wide area in France.
 The. enemy also reported that Italy-based bombers struck Yugo- slavia and RAF Wellingtons, HaI- faxes and Liberators bombed the Vienna area last night and this morning.
 The attacks on Normandy rang ed from the Caen.. battlefront, where Marauders bombed Mezi- don Falaise, rail and highway junction, as far as Tours, 100 miles to tue southeast, where five German machine gun emplace- ments were wiped out.
The Nome nugget., 1944-06-30
Tap Islan d Hit By Bomb Loads Of Planes
By FRED HAMpSoN

ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD QUARTERS ON NEW GUINEA -tAP)-Today the strategic Var Island was hit by planes of the Far Eastern Air Force, which roamed over 1000 miles in the raid.
 Headquarters reported that .Liberaters had hammered the is- land Tuesday for the third con- secutive day, smashing the air drome and otwn with 28 tons of bombs. Twenty-seven Japanese planes. rose in interception and two were shot down. There were no allied losses.
 Two parked aircraft on the ground were also destroyed in this fifth raid in seven days on Yap, TOO miles southeast of Sai- pan. Palau, some 300 miles south west of Yap, was also assaulted Tuesday.
 AS the attacks continued far the eastern air arms support ir the Saipan campaign reduced the usefulness of Japan's flank bases
 Air patrols and light naval units destroyed 16 Nipponese barges and damaged four others neal by-passed Wewak, on the coast of British New Guinea Tuesday
The Nome nugget., 1944-06-30
Fourth of July t,7 .s- S- Program Mapped

According to the Fourth of July committee, things are shaping up very we'll for the refreshment and entertainment of Nome.
 It. Morgan says he has lined ID three boxing. bouts between the army and navy for the eye, ming show. which will probably take place. on the Arctic Club ten- his court.
 A Polet reports good after noon program of Eskimo contests, of high kicking, blanket tossing oonaiak and kyak races.
 Prizes will be. given the winners of these contests. ! A full program will be in the July, third edition of The Nome Nugget.
The Nome nugget., 1944-06-30
United States
 Breaks Relations With Finland

WASHINGTON, D. G. June 30. .z----tttApl--The United States today broke off relations with Finland today. because. of the new close alliance between the. governmen, of that nation and the German army,
 The action was announced in a release of a note from the secre- tary of state, Corden Hull, to Alexander Thesleff, charge d'af- fares of the Finnish legation here. The break marks the end ot many efforts over a period of more than two years, by the Unit ed States government to. make peace between Finland and Rus sia.
 Hull's note reflected the long persistent attitude of friendship on the part of the U. S. toward Finland, saying Notwithstanding the esteem with which the Amer ican people held the people of Finland, further relations between the government of the United States and the government of Finland is impossible.
 The note also emphasized the military operations of Finland, which has a direct bearing on the success of the allied effort to defeat Germany,
The Nome nugget., 1944-06-30
Accepts Standard Of Republicans
 With Confidence

CHICAGO. Ill.,. June 3o.- tAP)-Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, of New York. accepted the re- publican presidential nomina- lion in a dramatic appearance last night, pledging "an end 10 'one-man government in Amer
 ica". and 10 crush the German and Japanese will for war. and to devote himself to re winning the freedom ali home.
 Dewey told the cheering, per. spring delegates that the Roose- velt administration had grown old, tired, and quarrelsome in and it is unequal to the pressing problems of war or peace.
 He declared that the military policies must remain completely out of politics and said he want ed to make it crystal clear that any changes in the administration would not involve changes In the high command.
 General Marshall and Admiral King are doing superb job," he said, land thank God for both of them"
The Nome nugget., 1944-06-30
King Island Men
 Return to Nome

Yesterday, three boat1oads of King Island Natives arrived in Nome, landing on the beach just east of the city. Many of the Ma tives, including Chief John, said they had very good winter, hav- ing taken much seal walrus and ivory.
 Father B. F. LaFortline, s. J., who has been living on the island for the past several years, returned to Nome, also.
 Father LaFortune was Nome's Catholic pastor for more than % years.
The Nome nugget., 1944-06-30
President Okays Leg Legislation

WASHINGTON, June 3o.-tApl President today approved a one-years eatension of the price control staeilization acts. and is an accompanying statement. mild. ly rebuked Congress for relax. ing penalties against price law vioiatoYs
 Generally, though, Roosevelt, praised congress in its action ir renewing. the life of OPA ane other stabilizatien agencies.
 He noted that the legislators rejected all pleas" for amend. ments which would upset the ad. minisration's anti-lnflation pro- gram.
The Nome nugget., 1944-06-30
Warships Have SheIled Northern kurile Islands

PEARL HARBOR, June 3o.-- (AP)---Admiral Cmhester w. Nimitz announced that American warships have shelled the Jap anese northern Kuriles, and Tin ian in the Marianas, a thousand miles apart, over the weekend, while carrier planes again raked Guam in support of further Amer ican advances on the vital Saipan island.
 It was also reported that Jap anese torpedo planes made a fu- tile attack on American ships off Saipan.
 Kurabuzaki, the principal town on the southern tip of Paramu- shiro, was shelled Sunday night for the third time, after army and navy planes hit Paramushiro and Shumushu islands, encoun6erfng severe anti-aircraft fire.