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Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-02
Crash Kills Two
Mexicaii Men

MEXICALI, Jan. / Many New
Years celebrations were cancelled
in Mexicali Saturday because OF the
death of Antonio Eguia and DR..
Rafael Valero in a traffic accident
near Yuma, Ariz., early Wednesday.
Eguia was manager of a Mexicali
radio station and DR.. Valero was q
prominent physician of the border
city.
With them in the car were Mr..
and Mrs. Jesus Agia and their two
children, all of whom were injured.
They were taken to Yuma hospital
for treatment of their injuries.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-02

The United States war depart
ment announces that Pfc. James C.
Schrivner, son of Mrs. Mary Marie
Schrivner of Holtville, was among
the 485 United States soldiers
wounded in action.
Lieutenant Al.reo =. Spicy las
been at Georgia officers candi-
date school as a tactical officer
since he was commissioned in
August.
Laughlin Field, Texas, is the
present address of Second Lieuten-
ant William F.. Allard, %. He is
taking a nine week specialized
course in plotting the Martin B-26
Marauder, the worlds fastest med
ium bomber. 1t. Allard is son of
Mrs. Mary Allard of 381 Holt, Ell
Centro.
One of the happiest events of
Christmas at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs M. L. Boone in Ell Centro took
place when they received a radio
gram from their son, Pfc. Philip M
Boone, who is in North Africa.
Ray Barnes, former managing
editor of the Post-Press, reported
for training with the army air corps
at Buckley Field, Colorado, last
Wednesday. He surprised his family
and friends last Wednesday by ar
irving home for the day.
Among the servicemen home for
Christmas was Otis Hinson of the
Seabees. He has been stationed in
Newfoundland. He was ordered to
report in Rhode Island Jan. 5.
Edgar Nichols, seaman second
class, is home from the south
Pacific He is a son of Mr.. and
Mrs. F. E. Nichols of Ell Centro.
Lieutenant Alan Munson, son of
Mrs. Arlene Munson of Ell Centro,
has landed safely in North Africa
The letter his mother received was
written December 16 and arrived in
Ell Centro last Tuesday He left the
United States before all his baggage
reached him from the west coast
where he left it when he flew east
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-02
Return from
Funeral,

MI and Mrs. B. G.. King have re-
turned to Ell Centre from San
Bernardino where they were called
by the illness and death of Mrs
Kings brother, William Stancer,
who passed away Monday. Funeral
services were conducted Thursday.
Mr.. Stancer was with the U. S.
postal service for 80 years and upon
his retirement became greatly in
terested in horticulture. developing
several fine varieties Of lilies. He
visited the valley number of times
and has many friends who will be
shocked to learn of his death. Sur
vivors, in addition to his sister, in
clude his wife and one son.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-02
S. F. Celebrates
DESPITE Ban"

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. l. UP)
San Francisco greeted the New
Year boisterously despite tempo
rary gasoline shortage and prompt
closing of public bars at the stroke
of midnight.
Market street was crowded with
celebrants and fully lighted for the
first New Years eve since war be-
gan. Hotels. restaurants, night
clubs and theaters were filled to
capacity, with service uniforms pre-
dominant in the crowds.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-02

ministered by the Rev. Mr.. Hayden
S. Sears, pastor.
AT the Imperial community parish
hall a gay party for young people
ushered in 1914, and for members
of the Walther Leagues of Imperial
Valley Lutheran churches, a watch
night party took place at the John
F. Waterman ranch.
NEW YEARS DAY
New Years day among the many
pleasant open house affairs w.
that given by Mr.. and Mrs. H. c.
Diller who invited group of
friends to join them at their home
and to hear the New Years game.
Mrs. Reginald l.. Knox was to
entertain informally at dinner New
Years night for Mr.. and Mrs. Sam
Foster of Los Angeles who are
visiting Mrs. Fosters parents, Mr..
and Mrs. H. w. Going of Calexico.
Other guests were to be Mrs. James
H. Hall, Mr.. and Mrs. George B.
Willoughby, Capt. Ken Herschel.
Ensign Knox will arrive Sunday
from Cambridge, Mass, where he
has been taking special training.
He will spend few days in the
valley before reporting for duty at
Mojave
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-02
EASTMAN VIEWS "a

WASHINGTON, Jan. /. tUP)---.
Director Joseph B. Eastman of the
Office of Defense Transportation
said today that, although the ma
ton faces the most difficult period
for transportation since the war
began" there will be no break
down of facilities "if everyone con-
cerned" does his part.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-02
HoEtviIIe Market
MANAGER Dies

Joe Coon, Chinese, manager of
the International Food Market in
Holtville, died in the Ell Centro
hospital Friday night.
He had been i'll approximately 10
days. Funeral arrangements were
not completed Saturday.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-02
CELEBRANT KILLED

SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. l. (UP)
"A 13-year-old Salt Lake City boy
was shot and killed Saturday by
a neighbor who was attempting to
persuade the youth and eight COM
panions to be quiet as they were
returning from a New Years eve
picture show. Young Leon E. West
died from : bullet wound through
the neck that officers said was in
flicted by Pat McGrath, AZ.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-02
SUES FOR DIVORCE

SUES FOR DIVORCE
Suit for divorce was filed in I'M
pcrial county superior court Friday
by jessie F.. Holloway against Floyd
L. Holloway. She alleged extreme
cruelty.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-02
LICENSE ISSUED

A marriage license was issued by
County Clerk w. j. McClelland
Friday to Jay Allen Paine, 81, Camp
Dunlap, and Louella T. Majernik,
%, file clerk, Los Angeles.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-02

during the communion service adj
ministered by the Rev. Mr.. Hayden
S. Sears, pastor.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-02

Edgar Nichols, seaman second
class, is home from the south
Pacific. He is a son of Mr.. and
Mrs. F. E. Nichols of Ell Centro.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-02

Among the servicemen home for
Christmas was Otis Hinson of the
Seabees. He has been stationed in
Newfoundland. He was ordered TO
report in Rhode Island Jan. s.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-06-08
ospitol Buys
Martin Estate
On UnionSt.

Property located on the northerly
side of Union street and extending
through the easterly side of South
Elm street has been purchased by
the st. Mary's Hospital Corp, from
Mary Louise Martin, ct al, for an
approximate purchase price Of $685.
600.
Purchase of this property now ex-
tends the hospitals holding down
the northerly side Of Union street
and around the corner of South
Elm street thus almost completely
encircling the entire block compris-
ed of Cole, Scovill, South Elm and
Union streets. Future plans for ex-
pansion of the hospital calls for
eventual assumption of all available
property within this area.
The property purchased is part Of
the Martin estate which originally
possessed most of the property with
in that area. The original Martin
homestead on Union street was pur-
chased by the hospital and razed
to expand the latter's ground IA
cilitieS.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-06-08
Taunts Lead Bronson
To Shoot Co-Worker

Brooding over taunts and "kid-
ding" by his fellow employees, Mer-
rill r. Bronson, 60 Highland ave-
nue., 51-year old New Haven Rail-
road employee, yesterday afternoon
fired four shots at Charles j. Wini-
gerteman, II, Wolcott, in the
Freight street freight yards, yound-
ing him slightly.
Arraigned before Judge Charles
r. Summa in city court this morn
ing on charge Of assault with in
tent to kill, Bronson was given a
continuance to June % under 81 500
bonds, after Prosecutor Albert w.
Hummed told the court that the
accused bore a good reputation in
the community.
The victim, Wingerteman, was
treated at St. Mary's hospital for
a superficial laceration of the foot,
one-half inch long, involving the
skin only.
Bronson, who has been employed
by the New Haven Co., as a freight
handler for the past II years, told
Detective Lieut.. William Foley that
he was working in a freight car
at ! p. m. yesterday when he saw
Wingerteman pass by on the load
ing platform.
He drew a pistol from his pocket,
and stepped out of the car shout
ing, II will show you I am not kid
ding" and fired two shots at the
boys legs.
Wingerteman jumped off the plat
form and sprinted down between
two rows of cars followed by Bron-
son who fired two more shots at his
legs.
The boy turned out of the yards
at Freight street and ran into the
H. s. Coe store where he remained
for about fifteen minutes.
Meanwhile, Joseph Samples, the
yards freight agent, telephoned
Capt. Richard Kingsley of the New
Haven Railroad police who was in
the station several hundred yards
away.
Capt. Kingsley telephoned the Wa
terbury police department, and De-
tective Lieuts. Foley and Ernest
Pakul a n d Detective Raymond
Grady who rushed to the scene,
found both Bronson and Wingerte-
man back at work in different parts
of the yards.
Bronson surrendered without any
difficulty and showed the detectives
where he had dropped the gun be-
hind an oil drum.
The gun was an 1872 model single
action Colt .38. There were two
((of,tinq,nd IN poua 81
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-06-08
I-ocoI Youth
Casino Hero

In the cold rain and bitter wind
on the rocky slope Of Hill 500 along
the top Of the Mt. Cairo-Mt. Cas-
sino mountain range, Pfc. Harold
e. Palmer, an infantryman from
waterbury, Conn, single handedly
broke up q vicious German counter
attack.
The War Department disclosed to-
day the story Of what Pfc. Palmer
did to prove, as so many other
doughboys have proved in the Ital-
ian campaign, that he's a first class
fighting man.
Last February IL, preceding their
push with strong concentrations Of
mortar, artillery, and small arms
fire, the Germans made an extend
! ed and desperate effort to regain
Hill sos, which officers present de-
scribed as q terrain feature Of vital
tactical importance along the
mountain top.
Palmer's platoon leader. End 1t.
William z. Everett. Infantry, Of 1925
East jefferson Street, Baltimore,
Nd, told how the Connecticut Yam
kee Infantryman frustrated the Na1
attack.
Palmer" said 1t. Everett, twas
operating a machine gun on the left
flank of our defensive positions
along the hill. AS enemy grenade
was thrown directly into the ma
chine gun emplacement, knocking
out the gun.
Refusing to withdraw, Palmer
continued TO defend his position,
using . rifle he found near him and
hurting hand grenades to step the
enemy until achievements arrived
at his position.
"TIe then took one Of the men
who had come up and worked his
way forward, under heavy enemy
fire, to another machine gun en-
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-06-08
Demmies Still
DirectHouse
BY LYLE c. WILSON
Press Staff COrresuOnd(

United Press Staff Correspondent
Washington, June 8-(UP)-The
pre-convention by-election skirm-
ishing has ended with a spectacular
Republican congressional victory
but without dissipating nominal
Democratic control Of the House of
Representatives.
Two Democratic vacancies In New
York State Congressional districts
were filled this week. One district
remained Democratic. The other
part Of lower Manhattan Island and
Staten Island-went Republican for
the first time in 80 years.
That left the House political
alignment like THE: Democrats 2l6;
Republicans all; Progressives 2;
Farmer Labor /; American Labor /;
vacant 4. The vacancies are in Cali
fornia, Illinois (2) and Louisiana.
One of the Illinois districts was rep
resented by Republican, the other
three former incumbents were DEM
ocrats. It was understood that the
filling of all four vacancies will
await next November's genreal cleo
ton.
With their 26 members the Demo-
Gratis now and for some time have
lacked an actual majority which is
2l8 votes. But the party does con-
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May Begin At
ANY Moment

Washington, June 6(UP)-The
full fury Of German counter-attacks
in northern France can be ex-
pected to begin at any moment,
Secretary Of War Henry L. Slim
son said today.
He cautioned the public to guard
against excessive optimism and to
await disclosures Of actual accom-
pliShments which Of necessity must
be temporarily withheld from the
enemy.
'"The Germans now are gathering
strength and moving in for their
real counter actions" Stimson said.
He described Allied losses In the
initial landings and in the air as
Unexpectedly light.
The landing Of Allies Forces con-
tinues, he said.
The first step in the operation,
to establish beachheads, has now
been accomplished, he explained.
The second step is to consolidate
them and repell local counterat-
attacks and then move forward.
"The mobile reserves of the enemy
will undoubtedly be developed into
a major action against u.s." Stimson
said.
It is folly to believe that the
time of counter attack will be
short
Conditions will be changing from
day to day and 1t will be to our
own good to avoid excuses Of OPP
timism or pessimism.
The invasion began around II D..
m. EWT Monday night Is a. m.
Tuesday in Europe.) Then the first
parachuters dropped in Normany,
followed by glider troops. Over L.
600 planes participated in the
greatest air-borne troop operations
ever attempted, with losses only
slightly over two per cent from an.
ti-aircraft fire. There was no enemy
air opposition.
During the first phases, German
planes were comparatively few,
supporting the inference that de-
spite all public speculation, the in
vasion caught the Germans by
surprise. However. inroads on the
Luftwaffe by British and American
air forces during the pa styear-
actually the commencement of the
invaSion-played its part.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-06-08
Nchy Mobilizes Militia
To Nab All Aiding Allies

confirm Immediately reports that
Partisans had blown up the Lacluse-
MANUAL ellegarde railway line at
AZ different places. They said, how
ever. that 1t was possible and prob
able, since the units were instruct
ed to attack German sommunica-
tons as soon as D-Day opened.
Vichy militiamen were called from
their jobs by Joseph Darnand, Sec
rotary general for the maintenance
Of order, and told to attack the re-
sistance forces, whom he said must
be considered enemies of France"
Darnand particularly urged the
militia to strike at saboteurs drop
ped by parachute, charging them
to attack straight into the Par
tisans' midst"
Allied airmen had dropped thou
sands Of leaflets on France, imme-
diately preceding the first troops
ashore, calling on key men IN
French transport and communica-
tions services to carry out their
specific tasks.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-06-08
Borough Boy
Prisoner

Bradley f1elu, Windsor LOCKS.
Conn.,, June 8.-(UP)-Six air heroes
will receive flying awards, one pos
thumously, at presentation cere-
mony and review of enlisted men
and WACS here Sunday, it was an
nounced today by Case Commander
Col. Hubert Johnson.
Robert D. Mace regor, West Hart
ford, whose son, End 1t. Rodney
j. MacGregor was killed in action,
will be presented with the air
medal.
Other awards
Staff Sgt. Frank J. Chiarello,
Bridgeport, missing in action, Dis
tinguished Flying Cross and Air
Medal, to be received by his mother,
Mrs. Elizabeth B. Krouse.
S-Sgt. Robert J. LaFontaine, Maui
gatuck, prisoner of war, Air Medal,
to his mother, Mrs. Blandine La
Fontaine.
S-Sgt. Henry w. Ley. New Haven,
missing in action, Distinguished
Flying Cross, to his aunt, Mrs. G. G.
Hines.
Opt. Victor G.. Harter. Bradley
Field. two Oak Leaf Clusters to the
Air Medal.
LIST. 1t. Harvey L. Dunbar, Brad
ley Field, Distinguished Flying
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-06-08
Wounded Germans
See End Coming

A South Coast Town, England,
June 8. (UP)-British motor gun
boats arrived late yesterday with a
large group Of German prisoners in
GLIDING four ambulance loads of
seriously wounded and q number
who were convinced 1.-The war will
soon be over.
Wearing steel helmets and clutch
ing bundles, some the prisoners
smiled and gave the thumbs-up sign.
None gave the Nazi salute or Hell
Hitler"
Many of the prisoners were SAL
low-faced teen aged boys who gave
the impression that all the spirit
had been knocked from them.
Asked by a military policeman
how he felt about the war. one
prisoner replied slowly in English:
1T does not matter now. 1t is
soon all over. We are beaten ]
know"
Another said: "You have started
now it will not last long"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-06-08
Clash Studs
Noxon Trial
In PittsfieId
BY JOSEPH NOLAN

United Press Stan Correspondent
Pittsfield, Mass, June S-(UP)--
Re-assembled scraps of torn notes
in which Attorney John +. Noxon
purportedly analysed events sur
rounding his embecile infant sons
electrocution were admitted in evil
dence in his superior court murder
trial today after clash between the
prosecution and defense.
The three pages Of notes were In
troduced during the testimony OF
Police Capt. Camille l.. Marcel OF
pittSfleld who said they were found
In o waste basket at the Noxon's
$4,000 mansion last September 81
the day the socially-promineht de-
PENDANT was arrested in the death
Of his six-month-old son Lawrence.
Highlights of the notes that were
read to Judge Abraham e. Pinanski
and the jury by District Attorney
Charles A. Albert were these
phrases:
II suppose I had a motive. About
Belchertown ca mental SCHOOL,
meant that when an accident hap
pens to q defective baby, parents
are suspected.
1.-THE maid would have been out
the next day and would have
picked that day.
If I had done it, could have
made sure the cord was wrapped
around the baby's arm when the
doctor came. I would not have de-
stroyed cord, would have picked an
other day and hour.
II did not know Peggy (Noxon's
wife, would bring baby downstairs.
"Cord-seen by DR.. England (the
medical examiner). wanted to de-
stroy 1t so 1t would not be lying
around when John (NoXons l5-year-
old SOM or someone else might hurt
themselves with it."
Prior to the reading, defense coun-
sci Joseph B. Ely objected to the in
PRODUCTION of the notes on grounds
that Marcel, himself, did not take
them from the home - that they
were found by another police offic-
er.
1t was expected that later today a
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Pope Re-AHirn1s Vatican S
Firm Policy OF Neutrality

BETTING the dignity Of their human
nature"
Let the ultimate guiding purpose
of your writing be peace" he added.
WAR may be and should be only
means to peace"
The Pope was clad in white pas
toral robes, white cap and crimson
slippers of the Prince of the Church
as he received the correspondents
shortly after p. m. and told them:
You are most welcome. Our
heartiest greetings to your home-
land
The Pope spoke for 10 minutes,
after which he walked through the
room, addressed each person indi-
vidually and gave everyone an auto
graphed picture Of himself and q
rosary which he blessed.
The reception was historic in
several ways. 1t was the first time
that the Pope ever received q wo-
man wearing trousers. Because Of
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-06-08
BY RICHARD d. MCMILLAN

United Press War Correspondent
Representing the Combined Allied
Press
With the Allied Invading Forces,
France, June 8-(UP)-Our tanks
are rapidly widening great bulge
inside the Atlantic wall.
I have Just completed a tour Of
the front line covering nearly 80
miles. We have captured towns and
villages and the whole countryside
is beflagged with Union Jacks, the
Stars and Stripes and the French
tricolor.
Crowds are cheering the British
and other Allied troops, shouting
Bravo Tommies, we knew you
could come. We have been waiting
INr you. Sow we will kill these
hated Germans"
When I entered Bayeux the in
habitantS were crazy with Joy. AS we
reached the town, a squadron Of
our medium bombers flew over low.
Crowds pointed upwards, waving
their hands as If the airmen could
see them.
"That Is what frightened the
Germans most" the French said.
They scurried underground like
rabbits whenever your flyers came
over. During the last few days be-
fore the invasion your air attacks
were terrific. We could read fear
on the faces Of the Germans"
AS I drove into Bayeux. I passed
long lines Of German prisoners. On
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Allies Attempting To Isolate
Cherbourg P acknowledgements
Italian Retreat Disorganized

BY ROBERT v. vERMILLION
UNITED Press War Correspondent
Allied H Headquarters,
Naples, June 8. - (UP) -
Four powerful Allied col
umnS swept is to 40 miles
beyond Rome in headlong
pursuit of the beaten Ger
man 14th Army today and
front dispatches indicated
that the Nazi retreat was de-
generating rapidly into a dis
organized rout.
Harried every step of the
way by the onrushing Ameri-
can and British columns, the
Nazis were reported putting
the torch to everything in
their wake, blowing up
bridges and highway juno
tons in a desperate attempt
to escape.
Low-hying Allied warplanes ma
chine-gunned the fleeing enemy,
while a force Of almost 500 Ameri-
can Flying Fortresses and LIBERIA
tors swung out over the Riviera to
blast their supply and reinforce
ment lines leading into France.
Civitavecchia Falls
One Allied force drove up the
west coast to capture Civitavecchia,
10 miles northwest of Rome. A Sec
ond advanced along the Claudian
way through Bracciano, % miles
above the capital, and a third
column raced Is miles up the main
Rome Florence highway to the out
skirts Of Civita Castellano. captur-
ing Nazi Field Marshal Albert
Kesselring's former headquarters
three miles below that town.
simultaneously, BRITISH, 9th Army
tanks and infantry, joining in the
chase. surged northward along the
east bank Of the Tiber to seize
Monte Rotondo, SAINT Angelo Ro-
mano, Guidonia and Montana, all
about IS miles beyond Rome.
On all four main lines the Allied
advance was reported continuing
at a rapid page, with only the 9th
Army columns encountertng any
important resistance.
Confusion in the German ranks
reached the point where even Bat
talon commanders appeared to have
lost contact with their general off,
GERS, and were attaching their units
at random to whatever higher
echelon they could find. Troops
from more than 40 different Nazi
formations were among the bag OF
prisoners swept up in the path OF
the Allied drive.
An official Allied announcement
said the Nazis now were lin con-
siderable state Of disorganization."
AS the 14th Army began to fall
apart, their 10th Army continued to
fight a stubborn Withdrawing action
through the Sabine hills east OF
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Gen. Mark w. Clark
Received By Pope

Vatican City, June 8-(UP)-
Pope Plus XII received 1t. Gen.
Mark w. Clark, commander of the
Fifth Army, for a 10 minute private
conference in the Vatican library
today.
Later the Pope went to an outer
room and greeted members of
Clarks party which included high
ranking Fifth Army officers and
officers Of the Allied military gov
eminent.
After the conference Clark Wis
tied st. Peters cathedral accom-
panied by Monsignor walter Car
roll Of Pittsburgh, Pa. American
representative in the office Of the
Papal Secretary Of State.