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Evening star., 1944-04-24
Investment of $3.50

The practical social value of
modern philanthropy has been DEM
onstrated too many times to be
doubted, yet now and again it hap
pens that proof of exceptional in
terest appears and a case in point
Is that of penicillin. In his recently
published report as president of the
Rockefeller Foundation, Raymond B.
Fosdick explains how as far back as
May, 1886, funds were supplied to
finance the researches which later
brought to light the chemothera-
peutic principle which currently is
saving thousands of lives in the
armed services and among the
civilian population.
A grant in aid of $1,28O was all
that was asked of the foundation at
the start. The appeal came from
DR.. H. w. Florey, professor of
pathology at Oxford University. He
wanted laboratory equipment for
a new approach" to problems of
human disease. The money was
forwarded Immediately, and the re-
suit is the prevailing clinical use of
penicillin, byproduct of a greenish-
blue mold originally discovered by
DR.. Alexander Fleming at st. Mary's
Hospital in London. According to
Mr.. Fosdick's review, DR.. Florey and
his associates carried on from the
place at which Dr. Fleming left off
the realization Of the ability of
the basic element technically known
as pendulum notatum ito clear up
colonies of microbes in test tube
a remarkable phenomenon of
bacterial antagonism.
The Rockefeller Foundation capi-
talized the enterprise with several
larger contributions as they were
needed. DR.. Florey and his COL
league, DR.. N. c. Heatley, eventually
in 1941 were brought to the United
States ito make the experience OF
Evening star., 1944-04-24

groups who were not of his own
immediate flock. His beliefs were
conservative and he always was
ready to do battle for them, yet he
was not bigoted nor unreasonable.
For nearly thirty-three years he
symbolized modern New England in
the Sacred College. He was eighty
when he went on his last journey
to the Holy See to share in the
election of Pope Plus XII. Now his
striving is done. He leaves many
magnificent buildings with which
his name always will be associated,
but the monument which longest
should endure is that which he
raised in the recollection of the
public which he served.
Evening star., 1944-04-24
Letters to The Star
American Legion Officer Sees
Flyers Condemned to Kitchen.

Flyers Condemned to Kitchen.
To the Editor of The Star:
Thank you for the article on the
WASPS and the CPT-WTS program.
Something has got to be done to keep
faith with these men.
Let me call your attention to the hear
ing on the WASP bill March % when
the head of the air forces gave a very
forceful talk.
might call your attention also to the
statement that some of the men, $4,000
in number, have the CAA brand on
them. If this is brand, then the air
forces should have more men like Maj.
Bong and Maj. Foss and some $50 more
who wear this same "brand"-and $50
medals. The authority for this is in the
Congressional Record for February II.
In your article you say there are, ac-
cording to the Army, 4,687 trainees and
651 instructors. According to the pro-
curement department of CAA, Depart
ment of Commerce, on January IS, the
total number of instructors was 4845,
of which number 3441 were enlisted
reservists. On April there were 3,43o
instructors, 2,496 of whom were reserv-
lists. In each bracket the balance are
civilian instructors, not in the reserve.
There likewise are some 5000 men in the
ground crews, many of whom are en-
listed reservists.
Somehow, the Army does not seem to
have the right figures.
am not including any of the 1900
trainees who were trained up to 100
hours Of fight time and who now are
washing pots and pans. Hundreds of
these men have college degrees; others
were successful businessmen.
The Army shows just a few men in
the program, SO that it will not look
quite so bad. But when the real figures
come out, it looks lot different.
These men have had raw deal. They
have worked for more than two years
and now that they are ready for active
service in the field, they find themselves
in the cook and baker school while wom-
en- are taught their jobs at $3.50 a month.
These men need help and hope that
you will continue your articles in their
behalf. BRADLEY r. TAYLOR,
Chairman, the American Legion
Aviation Committee, Department of
Wisconsin.
Evening star., 1944-04-24
Praise for Editorial.
TO the Editor of The Star:

TO the Editor of The Star:
There are innumerable things wrong
with the world. But think how much
worse 1t would be If only those who can
write or paint could enjoy the results
of their work?
do not recall ever having read any,
thing at the time Of its original printing
that struck me as being better done
than your leading editorial April 90,
His Birthday"
Many will admire it, fewer will have
the time or take the trouble to tell you
about 1t. Please pass this little bit of
fan mali along to the person who
wrote it, with the congratulations Of
one who thinks it was an excellent and
timely Job. CLARENCE G. SMITH.
Waynesboro, Pa. ~
Evening star., 1944-04-24
Russo-Finnish Impusse

The collapse or peace neg0tla-
tions between Russia and Finland,
officially announced by the Moscow
Foreign Office, comes as keen dis
appointment to many who had
hoped that way would be found
for a practicable withdrawal of
Finland from what appears to be an
untenable situation. Vice Foreign
Commissar ViShinsky' has made
public the seven-point list of peace
terms presented to the Finnish
negotiators. These include formal
diplomatic break with Germany
and internment or expulsion of all
German soldiers on Finnish soil by
the end of April; re-establishment
of the 1910 boundaries with the ex-
ception of an exchange of Petsamo,
Finland's port on the Arctic, for
Hangoe on the Baltic; retirement of
the Finnish Army to the 1910 line
and it's progressive rehabilitation,
and the payment by Finland of
reparations bill of $60O,000,000
within a five-year period in cash
and goods.
Mr.. Vishinsky was bitter in his
condemnation of Finland's action,
charging that the Helsinki govern
ment wants to retain Finland as a
vassal of Germany" and implying
that the negotiations had been con-
Quoted merely to gain time. The
Firms argue, on their side, that the
Russian terms are unfulf1llable. In
the first place they allege that it
would be impossible for the Finnish
Army, concentrated mostly on the
southern border, to regroup them
selves against the Germans, num-
bering around 100000 and mainly
stationed in the Petsamo region,
and expel or intern them within
the allotted fortnight. (The Russians
had proposed to give military aid
for this purpose if the Firms wanted
it, Even more impracticable, accord
ing to Helsinki, are the economic de-
mands. Over the ten-year period pre-
ceding the first Russo Finnish war of
1939-40, Finland's exports averaged
$130,000,000 annually and imports
$4,000, 900, leaving balance of $780,
100000. But this included the
territories ceded to Russia in 1910,
which were among the most produc-
tive in the country. Also, the war
losses and diminished working
capacity of the population must be
taken into account. The required
indemnity, averaging $4,000, 900
annually, would have to be paid in
goods, since Finland has almost no
foreign exchange. This, Helsinki
claims, would be far beyond Fin
lands capacity and would result in
immediate default. That, in turn,
would subject Finnish economy to
Russian dictation, while the relin-
quishment of the strategic 1899
frontiers and demobilization of the
Finnish Army would leave the coun-
try militarily helpless against Rus
sian reprisals. So Helsinki has re-
solved to persist in its belligerency
against the Soviet Union.
The basic difficulty behind this
tragic impasses is complete lack of
confidence on both sides. Moscow
regards the present Helsinki govern
ment as nest of "Fascists" and
German stooges. Helsinki fears
that Moscow has marked Finland
for destruction as an independent
nation and seeks only to make the
task easier by rendering it's intended
victims impotent to defend them
selves. When minds do not meet,
understanding is impossible.
Evening star., 1944-04-24
Looking Aheud
From the Topeka Capital.

From the Topeka Capital.
Regeneration, applied in wartime.
may be swallowed as the public tries
to lean over backward for patriotic
reasons, for every one is reluctant to
stand in the slightest shadow of sus-
picion that the war effort is being op-
posed. But in the postwar period, the
country must throw off the yoke. A
shift in that direction is already under
Way.
Evening star., 1944-04-24

Three Women Criticized.
To the Editor of The Star:
Had Hitler or TOTO been present at
the matinee performance at one of our
uptown theaters on April 10 they would
have been highly gratif1ed at the sight
of three women who remained seated
while our national anthem was played.
Presumably these persons were able
to stand since they walked into the
theater; presumably they had the use
of sight and hearing, since they were
there for the purpose of viewing a
motion picture
In Germany or Japan or any of the
countries under their domination such
display Of disrespect undoubtedly
would be cause for severe punishment
L. K. ADAMS.
Evening star., 1944-04-24
Explains Need for Fats.

TO the Editor of The Star:
An article appearing in The Star
for April 10. signed by Mrs Ultman,
implies that she has been fooled into
saving her used household fats. She
claims she was told to save these in
edible fats because Of the need for
glycerin, and that this need no longer
exists because stocks of glycerin are
easier at present.
What Mrs. Ultman does not know,
apparently, is that used household fats
contain only about 10 per cent glycerin.
The other 80 per cent of these inedible
household fats Is made up of soap, oleic
acid, stearic acid, lard oil and tankage
(animal feed and fertilizer). These are
necessary in the manufacture of mill
tary, industrial and essential civilian
products.
Soap-Besides contributing to clean
illness and the prevention Of disease in
the Nation and among our armed forces,
it Is essential to the manufacturing Of
synthetic rubber, greases and lubricants,
metal polishers, paints, pharmaceuticals.
printing inks, waterproofing textiles and
as spreader of insecticides A wire
mill could not produce wire with
out soap.
Oleic acid-This Is used IN the manu-
facture of synthetic rubber. in soften
ing reclaimed rubber, in the fabrication
of synthetic fibers (rayon and nylon)
for cannon powder bags, aviation para
chutes, bomb and flare 'chutes; also as
a metal processing agent in cutting and
processing intricate parts of delicate
mechanisms. 1t is necessary also in the
manufacture of leather and In mining
operations. Army tents are processed
with coating which includes oleic acid
and which prevents rotting and mildew.
Stearic acid-This is used in the
manufacture of synthetic rubber, in
highly specialized lubricants capable of
withstanding temperatures as low as go
degrees below zero. Zinc stearate con-
tains stearic acid and it is frequently
prescribed for wet dressing on wounds.
Ropes of naval vessels are treated with
stearic acid to make them resistant to
chAo W6oSk oooaShs AAAO NOAAAt1CSc
ber of candles needed by our armed
forces are treated with stearic acid to
make them dripless.
Lard oil-The chief use of lard oil Is
as metal-processing medium. Every
lathe, drill press and grinding wheel
running throughout the country's de-
fense plants requires lard oil to cut
steel shaft surfaces, grind the gears
and drill the holes into the toughest
Of metals.
Tankage-The residue of used house,
hold fats is an important source of ami
NAL feed and fertilizer due to its high
content of protein, calcium and phos-
phorus.
Trusting this information will clarity
any misunderstanding which may arise
as to the necessity of saving used house,
hold fats, remain,
HOMER METZGER,
Chief, Fats Unit, General Salvage
Branch, War Production Board.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-27
Americans Strike
korthward A|onq
Valley Of Rhone
Powerful ArmOred Drive
Captures River Points;
Now Near Italian Border

ROME, Aug. 26. CUP)-American
armored columns captured Avignon,
Tarascon and Aries on the Rhone
river and swung northward Satur-
day in a powerful drive up the
Rhones valley, ancient invasion
route to central France and Ger
many.
CA London broadcast said Ameri-
can spearheads were reported II
miles northeast of Avignon.)
SEIZE FORTRESS TOWN
To the northeast, other American
forces seized the fortress town of
Briancon with the aid of French
Maquis after a 1C-mile advance
through the French Alps from
L'Argentiere to within five miles
of the italian border
Briancon lies 20 miles south of
the Turin-Lyon railway and only
SO miles west of the Italian indus
trial center of Turin itself.
Except for pockets of enemy re-
sistance, notably at Toulon and
Marseille, nearly all CT southern
France east of the Rhone and south
of Avignon and Briancon now has
been liberated" General Sir Henry
Maitland Wilson, Mediterranean
Continued on Pg. 6, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-27
Invasion Spearhead
Nears Reich Line
Patrons Tank Columns Smash Way
To Within 100 Miles of Border;
Eisenhower Warns People of Peril

SUPREME HEADQUARTERS, AEF, Aug 26 (UP)
American armored spearheads reported striking
for the German border beyond royes and Rems Saturday
General Dwight D. Eisenhowers headquarters warned
the people of Luxembourg and that Allied
invasion armies may very soon roll through their lands
into Germany.
Sashing almost unopposed through the rear of the
dsntegrating German armies in northern France Lieu
tenant General George S. Patons American tank columns
reported barely 100 miles from the German frontier
after crossing the Marne river below Reims.
Headquarters announced that American force
broke into the railway hub of Troyes 65 miles south of
Reims and about twice that distance from the Reich.
Race Straight ToWard City of Reins
The Yanks famed out beyond the city and, according
to still unconrmed German report raced northwest to
Rems thrust pointed straight at Sedan and the forest
of Ardennes where the German broke through the
French hinge in 1910 and the battle of France.
Luxembourg barely 80 miles beyond the American
spearheads and AsaceLorrane only about 65 miles
The Allied warning made clear that Eisenhowers armies
their way into the Reich itself.
high staff officer broadcast the invasion procama-
ton early Saturday. warning residents of the threatened
against helping the fleeing exposing them
selves to the Allied air attacks which, he said will he
red by night and day wherever the German armies
to be found.
Tells German People of Dangers
'Ihe elimination of the German seventh army
fighting entity has decided the battle of France" he said
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-27
months.

months.
Mayor P. L. Moore, of Ell Centre
was named section president and
Fern Young, Calexico vice president.
Richard S. Emerson, Calexico be-
comes secretary treasurer of the
section and also was named as the
county's representative on the state
board of directors. Only three cities
were represented at the meeting.
Imperial Calexico anG' Ell Centre.
Plans were put forward to hold
a meeting soon and invite an official
of the state league or some other
official to talk on definite postwar
planning as it is set up in the state.
1t was agreed that the county
section of the league should be in
position to render all help pos
sible in developing and putting
through any postwar program and
to this enc also was agreed such
meeting as proposed should be
called at an early date.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-27
Officer Receivers
Stolen Auto
In No Time Flat

Friday at 1890 a. m. C. l.. Black,
Yuma, reported the theft cf his
1889 Buick sedan. The report was
picked up by Highway Patrolman
George Shuck out of the Ell Centre
station. At 1890 a. m. Shuck had
spotted the car hidden in sagebrush
five miles east of Holtville.
No mistake about the 1890. But
the catch is that Yuma is on Noun
tain time. At that Shuck had the
car tabled in an even hour. The
thieves had done good job of hid
ing the car, but the eagle-eyed pa
trolman spotted it just the same. No
gas was in the tank. The car was
undamaged. Locked in the glove
compartment were-of course-gas
coupons.
Shuck brought Black to Ell Centre
to pick up the car. 1t had been
towed in .y highway patrolmen.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-27
Showdown Battle
Races in Warsaw

LONDON, Aug. 26. (UP)-Russian
forces have launched new often
sive "of the greatest possible extent
northeast of warsaw, the German
Transocean news agency said. Sat
urday, quoting Berlin military
spokesman.
The spokesman said fresh Soviet
troops were thrown into the often
sive in an attempt to roll up the
German flank above Warsaw and
asserted that bloody battle was
in progress.
THE climax of the fighting has
not yet been reached" he added.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-27
Hull Denies japan Fooled
u. s. in BottIinq Fleet

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26.
(UP) = The state depart
ment denied today that at
any time during the conver-
sations with Japan in 1941 it
had asked the navy or war
departments to curtail naval
and aerial patrols in the
Central Pacific before the
japanese struck at Pearl
Harbor.
Representative Warren =. Mag
nuson, Cd, washington, was quoted
as telling the Seattle Post-1ntelli-
gencer that he had heard reports
in washington and on the west
coast that the U. S. fleet was with
drawn to Pearl Harbor and air pa
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-27
Allied Bombers
Sink Il Jap
Ships in Indies

ALLIED HEADO UARTERS S,
Southwest Pacific. Aug. 26. up
Allied bCmbers sank or damaged II
japanese vessels, including ! crui5-
er, and wrecked scores OF cmaller
craft in assaults on shipping
through the Dutch East Indies
Thursday, it was announced Satur-
day.
The main attack was centered on
Menado harbor, on the northeast
ern tip of Celebes island, where a
light force of Mitchell bombers
skip bombed every ship in the port,
sinking tive freighter- transports and
leaving a light cruiser and two
merchant vessels sinking.
A Liberator bomber. while on pa
troll, struck in Menado bay. where
it severely damaged a 4000-ton
barge tender
Liberators continued the soften
ing-up of Halmahera island, south
of the Philippines, hitting the base
with So tons of explosives Thurs
day, while night patrols returned
to attack KaCe village for the sec
Continued on Page 2, Col. d
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-27
Air bIitz Slated
Combat Ducks

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 26. CUP) -
Prompted by Imperial Valley farm
erS whose crops are being ravaged
by night feeding ducks. the state
fish and game commissions Satur-
day moved for army approval of a
plan to use the Salton sea as a
practice flying and bombing range
to keep the ducks stirred up during
the day.
The crops, the farmers hoped,
would then get a rest at night.
WILL ASK S5O0,O0O
Commissioner Dom A. Civitello
said 100000 appropriation will be
asked of the state legislature to
make feeding grounds of poor agri-
cural lands, to be opened for shoot
ing during the season.
Commissioners approved federal
migratory bird dates, except for
moving dove shooting in Imperial
Valley back from September to
September Is. 1t closes throughout
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-27

the state on October II.
Other dates.
Waterfowl = October 14-January
|, except San Bernardino. Riverside,
anc Imperial counties. where the
season will be November 2-January
20.
Pigeons-December 1-20.
Observation-Disclosures 26-December
10.
POOR QUAIL SEASON
A poor quail crop in the Inyo-
Mono district moved commissioners
to cut the 45-day season to two
weeks in that district, December
1871.
Charles f. Nice, secretary of the
Brawley chamber of commerce. had
asked that the state finance plane
flights over the Salton sea to break
up the sleeping congregation Of
ducks. and possibly discourage them
sufficiently to drive them into
Mexico
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-27
Giant
Sprung
10000 German
Troops Must
Give up or Die

MOSCOW, Aug. 26. (UP)
- Russian horsemen, tanks
and infantry drove into the
outskirts of Ismail on the
Danube river estuary in Ro-
mania Saturday and to the
west began an assault on the
Galati Gap, last important
barrier to Bucharest and Ro-
mania's rich oil and wheat
fields.
Field dispatches indicated that
Don Cossacks who had vowed to
water their horses in the Danube
probably were doing so.
Far behind the front, now only
100 miles from Bucharest and per-
haps IS miles from the oil center
of P1oesti, othdr Russian forces
were chopping up IL encircled Ger
man divisions-probably 100000 men
Continued on Pg. 6, Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-27

be taken off Admiral Kimmel and
General Short. On the other hand.
If it is not true, then the report
should be promptly scotched by an
immediate and official denial here
in Washington"
A state department spokesman Is
sued the following statement with
direct quotation.
"At no time cid Ktl1lsu during
the course of his visit here In l94i
or did any other japanese repre-
sentative-raise question with this
government that the disposition OF
our naval forces In the Pacific was
likely to prejudice the success Of
the conversations then taking place
between the two governments Fur
thermore, the state department did
not at any time raise this question
with the navy or war departments,
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-27

trolls curtailed by the army and
navy at the request of Saburo Kur-
usu during his conversations with
secretary of state Cordell Hull
Kurusu, according to the Mag
nuson report, had declared that his
efforts toward peace were being
thwarted by Japanese militarists,
who pointed to the fleet and air
patrols as Indications to the jap
aneSe people that the Americans
would attack Japan shortly.
The story is" Magnuson is
quoted as saying, that the Japs
made patsy out of the state de-
partment. contriving 10 nave our
fleet bottled up in Pearl Harbor
where 1T could easily be dealt a
death blow d. E. if the story is true,
some of this heat should certainly
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-27
clio Strikers Stay
Off War Jobs
In Detroit Plant

DETROIT, Aug. 26. fUP)-igncr-
ing appeals of local and regional
leaders of the United Automobile
Workers (CIO), 5000 employees of
the Ford Motor company Highland
Park plant remained on strike Sat-
urday, protesting against lay-off
procedures and pay classificationS.
The company said that no griev-
ances had been presented, and
charged that the strike was the out
growth of a bitter factional fight
within Local 400"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-27
p AMsL!xe AAM!M!e
IL EpoRTER
Get a New One

Get New One
Whatever are we going to do when
1t can't be said any more, "Dicn't
you know there was a war on?" And
likewise what a calamity when
someone puts ban on talking
about the weather. RR just can't
prescribe in either case and we shall
be as hard put about it as anyone
But all this rambling leads up to a
combination of the two subjects
Seems as how someone had a
grouse on about the hot weather
prevailing now in the Valley (And
we rise to murmur. who said it was
hotD This somebody queried the
weather man hereabouts with the
complaint, rs there any relief in
sight?" To which the weather man
enCed the conversation with no re-
lief in sight. Don't you know there
is war on. You'll have to take
what you can get"
Now wouldr t that "het you up?"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-27
vichy Is Freed.
French Report

LONDON, Aug. 26. CUP)-A fight
ing French radio station announced
Saturday that French partisans have
liberated Vichy.
The transmitter, giving its loca-
ton as VicEy, said French forces of
the interior control the former capi-
tai of the Petain government.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-27
Jap Ships Sunk
In China Areas

CHUNGKING. Aug. 26. UP)-
American Liberator bombers, in a
series of sweeps throughout China
Thursday, sank two freighters, to-
falling 100 tons near Kongkong, at
tackled the docks at Annoy, on the
Fukien coast, and severely pounded
Japanese rail and river transport
in Human province, Gen. Joseph w.
Stilwell's headquarters announced
Saturday.
Chinese forces, battering at the