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Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-06

Identified dead, inclding three
crew members and enc civilian
were:
Captain A. T. Bethel, 80, Bur-
bank, California.
First Officer G.. E. Smith. 80, Hol-
lyWood, California.
Hostess Ruth Miller. 23, North
Hollywood, California.
B. D. Saklawalla, Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania, repeatedly a metal
lurgical consulting engineer.
Witnesses said the plane diSinte-
grated in the rain-swept sky, ex-
ploding and showering mail sacks
and engine parts over the field.
Rescue workers search e d for
hours before recovering the bodies
StreWn from 200 to 600 feet from
the Wreckage of the Douglas DC-3
transport The forward section of
the plane, in which the bodies of
the pilot and co-pilot were trapped,
was found nearly half a mile from
the tail assembly. A blanket bearing
TWA markings dropped cn the
porch of EStodo Vega nearly mile
from the crash scene
The crash occurred during a heavy
rainStOrm
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-06
1887 Absentee
Ballots Sent
our in County

Results of the election in Impe-
rial courty will be tremendously af-
feCted oy the 1887 civilian and SOL
dier absentee ballots issued by
County Clerk w. J. McClelland, he
said Monday.
Segregation of the solcier and
civilian absentee ballots has net
been completed.
McClelland pointed out that he
had received applications for and
had mailed 1887 ballots. Several
hundred of these alreacy have been
voted and returned The voted bal
les may be received up to and in
cluding November "a.
Total registration in Imperial
county is 14,394, the lowest in Is
Years. The great register shows a
total of 1896 Democrats registered
1923 Republicans. 1876 who decline
to give a party affiliation. three
Progressives. eight Prohibitionists
Is Socialists, SO Townsendites, and
one Communist.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-06
Airpldne Crash
Ends "a Lives

HANFORD, Cal, Nov. 6. CUPD-
Names of five members of the u. S.
coast guardsmen aboard the Trans
continental and Western Airlines
twin-engined transport which
crashed here Saturday killing "a
persons were released Monday.
They were:
Lieutenant Commander L. F.. Har-
rington, Dorchester, Massachusetts
Kenneth l.. zook, Kingsford Heights,
Indiana.
George E. Lang, ST. Louis.
James K. Deans, Tilden, Illinois.
George Greene, Chicago
No rank was given for those other
than Lieutenant Commander Har-
rington.
TWA officials, who released the
names, said army and navy officers
were awaiting notification of next
of kin before announcing the names
of the remaining Is service person.
mel.
According to witnesses. the plane,
Flight Eight from San Francisco to
Burbank, California, loaded almost
entirely with military and naval
personnel, exploded and crashed in
a field two miles east and one mile
north of here.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-06
Farm Bureau
Fay0rs No. II

ReaffirmatiCn Of their unanimous
approval of proposition No. IL, the
right to work. was spread on the
official minutes of the Imperial
County Farm Bureau directors at
their regular monthly meeting In
Ell Centro Saturday
The official minutes of the I'M
perial County Farm Bureau show
that we indorsed proposition No.
II at our meeting September g. Sec
retary Scott B. Foulds said.
J. E. HarShman, state delegate.
read a letter from Ray B. Wiser,
president of the California Farm
Bureau Federation, in which he de-
clared that he personally does not
oppose No. IL and the Farm Bureau
Federation does not oppose 1t.
Every effort has been made TO
stop reports that Wiser and the
federation oppose No. H. Wisers
letter said.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-06
4-H Dairy Plans
Receive Help
Of Farm Bureau

Dairymen composing the dairy
committee of the Imperial County
Farm Bureau Saturday pledged
themselves to take over the spon-
sorship of the All club dairy prcj-
ects throughout the county.
This is the first Farm Bureau ever
to pledge itself 10 active participa-
ton in Al club projects.
We are going to help the club
members get calves for their prof.
ects,' said Joe Enz, chairman of the
dairy committee, after a meeting
of the committee early Saturday
afternoon. I'VE are going to help
them with the benefit of our expe-
rience. We will take an active in
terest in their projects and prob
lens. We aren't just going to talk
We are going to do something con-
structive and really helpful.
Already several members CT the
dairy committee have seen bankers
IN the various communities to offer
our services in helping the club
members get loans for their prof.
ects. The bankers we talked to ex-
pressed interest and promised to be
helpful in every way possible. We
are busy with creameries, the milk
producers association, and hay and
grain associations to enlist their
help in the Al club dairy projects. "
Enz said that he agreed to carry
on the work with the clubs in the
eastern section of the county, How
ard Farnsworth in the southern
area, and Hal, Russell in the north
ern part of the county.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-06
80 Per Cent Of California
Voters Expected dt Polls

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov.
6. OUP)-An 80 per cent
turnout Of California's rec
ord 1,11l, ,331 registered vot-
ers is expected Tuesday as
both Republicans and Demo-
Gratis claimed the states 25
presidential electoral votes,
a U. S. senate seat and con-
troll of the 23-man congress
sional delegation.
Mere than 100000 ballots prcb-
ably will be cast, with perhaps 3OO,-
coo service votes coming in until
November "a for delayed tabula-
ton.
Democratic campaign headquar-
ters claimed a 100000 majority for
President Roosevelt which WoulC
make the service ballcts indecisive,
while Republicans c0unt"red with
g 100000 margin prediction in favor
OF Governor Thomas E. Dewey.
u. S. SENATE RACE
Both sides claimed similar major
lties for U. S. Senator Sheridan
Downey. Democratic incumbent, and
for his Republican opponent, Lieut.
onant Governor Frederick F. Hous-
er
Clear weather was predicted for
balloting to lie held from 7 am to
pm. in all counties except San
francisco, where voting will be from
am. to 8 pm.
In 1910 an 81 per cert vote gave
Roosevelt $4,000 naioritv over
Wendell Willkie in California Re-
publican hopes for victory this year
we're based on the claimed shifting
OF large number of Democrats to
the Dewey banner, enough to offset
an 100000 registration ajority held
by the Democrats.
The COP, with four congressman
already elected at the May primary
to three Democratic incumbents re-
seated, also hoped to win control
OF the state Celegaticn, now l3 to
10 in favor of the Democrats.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-06

Jack FTanklSh said the Germans,
striking in from the east overran
the entire eastern half of Vossenack
before they were halted by Ameri-
can armor and riflemen.
Fierce fighting swirled through
the streets all morning, Frankish
reported, with the Germans battling
desperately but unsuccessfully to
break into the western end of the
town. The Americans held fast Just
east of a secondary road leading
southeastWard to Schmidt and by
d-afternoon pushed the Nazis
hack several hundred yards from
the road junction.
CLOUDS LIFT
Low-hanging clouds lifted just
after mid-cay, permitting Ameri-
can fighter-bombers to join in the
battle. hammering enemy concen-
trationS of troops and armor gath
ering at Schmidt and near Berg
stein, 2l2 miles east of Vossenack.
The German counterattack APP
parently was aimed at cutting off
Americans that succeeded in fight
ing their way back to within less
than a half-mile of Schmidt, over
running the town of Kononerscheidt
in their advance.
On the Holland front, American,
British, Canadian, and Polish troops
seized virtually all the south bank
Of the Mas and the Holland Deep,
climaxing three-Week struggle
that cleared the sea approaches to
Antwerp, broke the last German
hold on Belgium and turned the
Dutch salient into a solid front for
the next phase of the crive ON Ger
many.
POCKET TROOPS POUNDED
/ Allied artillery and warplanes
| poured a steady drumfire of bombs
and shells into the pocketed Ger
mans on the south bank, hamper
ing their attempts to flee across the
water barriers by barge.
Unconfirmed reports said the great
Ioerdijk brio ge across the Mas,
rear which one of the German
forces was pocketed, had been dam
aged heavily by Allied fire. Two of
the bridges railway spans and one
high span were reported under
water
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-06

mapped a last-minute campaign
Whirl around Albany before COM
ing here to vote. Mr. Roosevelt will
motor among his Hudson Valley
neiphbors giving his femous cam
paign fedora another farewell ap-
pearance. His polling place is Hyde
Park.
Democratic Vice Presidential Can
Gidate Harry S. Truman and Re-
publican Vice Presidential CanCi-
date John w Bricker are back home
III Missouri and Ohio, respectively,
to cast their ballots A comparative
silence calms the hustings.
WORLD WAITS RESULT
On five continents and most of
the worlds islands urgently inter-
csted persons are awaiting our cleo
ton returns.
The foreign consensus is that this
United States election will have
terrific impact on foreign affairs.
1t has been an angry, bitter con-
test, one of the most unkind in our
recent history. 1T may easily be the
closest election since 1916 when
the votes of Eureka, California, had
finally to be talliec before it was
known whether Woodrow Wilson or
Charles Evans Hughes had won
that state and the election in which
its votes were decisive.
Final returns this year will be
delayed for weeks until the absentee
armed service vote has been count
cd. If the poll of civilian voters is
closed, the winner Of this rresiGen-
tial contest may not be known until
the battlefield ballots have been
checked.
Eleven states will delay the count
OF absentee armed service ballots.
They are California, Colorado, Flor
ida, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska.
North Dakota. Pennsylvania. Rhode
Island, Utah and Washington. The
Continued on Page 8, Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-06
21,500 Mechanics
Return to Jobs

DETROIT, Nov. 6. CUP) - Off
cials of the Mechanics Educational
Society of America ordered 21,500
members to return to work Monday
in 40 Detroit and Toledo war plants
after effecting a very delicate set
tlement" of their l3-day jurisdic-
tional dispute with the United Au-
tomobile Workers. CIO.
The break came Sunday after an
eight-hour conference of Matthew
Smith, national secretary of MESA,
George White, the unions national
president, and representatives of
the army, management ard the
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-06
Shotgun Shells
Wait Transport

Farm Bureau directors tackled
knotty problem Saturday when
it was revealed that there are plenty
of shotgun shells tc fight the duck
menace but no way to get the shells
from the coast to Imperial Valley
The only person said to be quail
fled and licensed to transport the
shells to the valley is i'll.
Directors decided to get around
this bottleneck by asking navy and
marine authorities and the state
guard tic transport shells when they
are needed This help from the
military will not be needed. how
ever, if the regular transportation
head gets back on his feet.
1t is understood that there are
100000 shells on the docks in Los
Angeles at this time.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-06

Thrust
Grows
Yankees Push
Rapidly Up
w stern Coast

A l. l. ! + d HEADQUAR-
TIERS, Leyte, Nov. 6. (UP)
American invasion forces
Monday stormed up the west
coast of Leyte to within II
miles or less of Ormoc, last
japanese stronghold on the
island, and poured a torrent
of shells and bombs into the
area.
The l4-mile advance threatened
the rear CT the main japanese forces
already tangling with American 10th
corps units north of Crmoc in what
may be the final showdown battle
for Leyte.
The 1Cth corps collided head-on
with the japanese after capturing
Pinamopoan on Carigara bay, 81 air
miles north of Ormoc. The japanese
force was known to include medium
tanks, artillery, ant perhaps q divi-
sion of infantry, though its original
strength had been reduced by Amer
ican air attacks.
Additional japanese reinforce
nents still were reaching Ormoc
through an American air-sea block
ade under cover of darkness, but
the fall of Pinamopoan and the
American advance from the south
incicated that all Leyte soon would
be in American hands.
Amphibious troops first sailed
against Pinamopoan from the sea
last Friday but withdrew in the
face of fierce enemy opposition.
Then other units reached the town
in push along the ncrth coast
Saturday and occupied it with sur
prisingly little opposition
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-06
MexicaIi Night
Spots Closed
In WAGE Strike

MFXICAII, Nov. Ga bartenders'
strike for higher wages closed three
popular night spots in MeXicali
Monday and threatened closure of
similar spcts in the city unless un-
ion demands are met, border Ob-
servers said.
During the week end three night
clubs on the main stem. the Gam
brinus, the San Diego, and Pancho'5
were closed while the bartendcrs
dickered with their employers fol
an increase in wages. 1t is under
stood that the bartenders have been
receiving 35 pesos a day, about S.
and want an increase to around ST
day. The union involved is calleG
Union de CantinercS.
Several hundred persons will be
on strike if the demands are not
met, it was explained, but it is hoped
an agreement will be reached soon
which will result in an amicable
settlement of the wage dispute.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-06
Two Soldiers
Of County
Among Wounded

Official confirmation that two
more Imperial valley residents had
been wounded in action was received
in Ell Centro Monday.
They are Private First Glass Car
los V. Martinez CT Westmorland and
Private First Glass Carl A. Ming
of Brawley, both in the European
area. Martinez mother is Mrs.
Michalea Martinez and Ming's
brother is Carl Ming.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-06
4RM0RED NAN UNITS Dent YANk LINES
Tokyo Boasts
Of Sink.!ngs
On U. 5. Coast
Says Sub FlOtilla
Sends Tankers,
Transports Down
By UNITED PRESS

Radio Tokyo said Monday that
a submarine" unit was operating
off the Pacific coast of the United
States and has sunk several oil
tankers and transports.
The Japanese domestic broad
cast was recorded by FEC moni-
tors.
According to a report reach
ing the Domei agency from a cer-
tain base in the Central Pacific, !"
1t said, our submarine unit ad-
vanced to the Pacific coast of the
United States some time ago and
has been operating there. Sew
eral oil tankers and transport
ships were sunk
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-06
IMPERIAL FOOTBALL PLAYER
SERIOUSLY HURT IN CRASH

Mahinder Deol, fullback on the
Imperial High School Varsity foot
ball team suffered serious injuries
Sunday in an automobile accident
on Highway 80 while en- route hcme
from San Diego. He was taken to a
San Diego hospital with both legs
and his jaw broken. 1t was thought
that he also suffered internal in
juries. 1t was not Immediately
known the cause of the accident or
whether others were injured.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-06
Dr.. Alexis CarreI
Dies in Paris

PARIS, Nov. 6. CUP)-Dr. Alexis
Carrel. 72-year-old scientist and
former member of the staff at the
Rockefeller Institute at New York.
died at his home here Sunday Cf
heart disease.
Carrel, who had been i'll for the
past few months, was the co-inven-
tor with Charles A. Lindbergh, Of
sciences first mechanical heart.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-06
Younu Farmers
Hear Call
To Take Over"

I'VE must transform the impe-
rial county farm bureau from p
group of gray-haired bald-headed
tired old men to a group of vigorous
forward-looking young farmers" J.
E. Harshman, state delegate, de-
clared at the farm bureau dircc-
tors meeting in Ell Centro Satur-
day.
"The farmers of the future must
come in and take over where we
tired old men have left off" he
declared.
Directors then went into a huddle
to devise ways and means of in
cooperating the young farmers of
the county into the organization.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-06
Polls Disclose
Close Race
For Presidency

NEW YORK. NCv. 6. ,UPD-Na-
tional and local presidential polls
to be replaced tomorrow by the
real thing-continue to indicate a
close contest between President
Roosevelt and Gov. Thomas E
Dewey.
Fortune Magazine announced that
its final survey showed Mr.. Roose-
velt the choice of sos per cent and
Dewey 43.8 per cent of those polled.
The magazine reported that the
remainder still are undecided which
way they will vote.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-06
Crack Troops Pound
AT Aachen Front
Savage Countera+tacks Succeed
In Resainins Lost Ground;
Allies Whi++Ie Holland Defense

PARIS, Nov. 6. (UP)-Crack German armored units
dented the American first army lines with a savage
erattack in the Huertgon Fost southeast of Aachen Mon
day while Allied troops to the north drove to the last
German guards into shelswept pockets the waters
edge
The Germans threw fresh tank and infantry forces into
the sWayng battle below Aachen and precarious foot
hold in the Amercan-held town of Vossenack 2Y2 miles
northwest of Schmidt
field dispatch from United Press War Correspondent
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-06
War Chest Drive
Nears Goal

FL Centro'S War Chest drive mark
I'd time McnCay while solicitors
.ook stock CT the situation.
The teal for the county seat
Monday was $25,742 This is $4,380
Of the goal of $30,l22.
Jerry Robertson, area chairman
for FL Centre, again urged team
Hartman and solicitors to complete
their collections and hand in their
REPORTS.
We are eager to finish the drive
ind avoid a long drag at the close
# the campaign" Robertson sale
Monday. Lets show a little more
pep and go over the top
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-06

ing 20 be filled, and arc expected
to II ain their present majority.
Twelve state propositions also ap-
pear on the ballot, with principal
interest ccntered on the right of
employment" measure, which in eff
feet would outlaw closed shop labor
unlcn contracts, anc on a $50 at
80 pension proposal.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-06

Restore to farmers their
right to protect their own
property against the depre-
dations of wildlife," was the
gist of a resolution the I'M
perial County Farm Bureau
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-06
CARROT GROWERS ASSURED
OF OIL SPRAY SUPPLY

imperial Valley carrot growers are
insured of sufficient quantities of
high grade stove oil for spraying
purr5-es Monday Rudolph Miller
sccrc' 7ry of the gricultural Con-
Sc"v7tion association sadi Monday.
M"l'r said hat difficulties sur
rounding acquisition of the oil for
wcct' and insect control have been
"ironcd out".
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-06

With only two contests remaining
1or state senate seats, the Republic
cans were assured of continued con-
trol in the upDer house of the sta tc
legislature. already holding "a of
the 40 seats.
IN the assembly, the Republicans
won 33 seats in the primary to 20
Tor the Democrats, with l8 remain
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-06
NEW BANK MANAGER NAMED

BRAWLE4, NOV. b.-E. j. FaDDTI
has been appointed manager of the
Brawley branch of the Bank Of
America. He succeeds John Fox.
Fab5ri comes to Brawley from the
Gilroy branch where he has been
manager since 1886. He started with
Bank of America 81 years ago.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-06

sent federal and state author
tiles as a part of their fight
to keep ducks from destroying crops
In the resolution it was suggested
thst farmers be permitted to sell
or lease the hunting rights on their
farms and thus get enough money
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-06
Farmers Demand Authority
TO Guard Against Ducks

10 paw for the losses they suffer
when the ducks and other bires and
animals eat their crops.
. The resolution wa.5 prepared by
President Baxter Loyeland and Sec
retary Scott B. Foulds in compli-
ance with a request made by Farm
Bureau directors.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-06
Death Summons
A. T.. Johnston
In s. D. Hospital

Allan Conant Johnston, 81, adVer-
Using manager and vice-president
Of the Imperial Valley Publishing
company, died Sunday night in
Mercy hospital in San Diego.
Death followed an emergency op-
eration performed in the hospital
! week ago.
Funeral services will be held at
Bonham Brothers chapel in San
Diego at 80 pm. Tuesday. The
Rev. George F.. Williams. Episcopal
church rector ano an old friend of
the Johnston family who officiated
at the funeral services for john
stons parents, will preach the SER
non. The services will be followed
by cremation. The funeral was ar
ranged for San Diego out of defer
once to the widows physical condi-
ion.
NATIVE OF NEBRASKA
Johnston was born in Superior
Nebraska, in 1888 and la.er lived
in Kansas where he attended the
University of Kansas. He movec to
san Diego in 1909 where he Was
connected with the advertising de-
>artmentS in various business hcuS-
IS. He moved to El Centre in 1917
md had lived here continuously
.incc that date.
During his carly years in FL Cen
TO Johr1'on was connected with
he advertising apartments in diff
'crcnt. s'ores and was mar 1gcr CT
he Ben Soloman store in F. Centre
After that be was advertising man
oger f." the Imperial VALLEY Prcee
and later fer the Morning Post. In
1885 he became advertising man
ger for he combined Pres ant
Post publications. In 1926 he be-
anne vice president of the Impe-
ial V2llcy Publishing company. He
leld the Offices CT advertising man
ger ant president until his
teath.
IN ILL HEALTH
He had been in i'll health for a
Iear and a half end had submitted
q several operations during that
time
I1t Mas Olle Vi JIlt IlCSI NlutN
'inoWn mCn in business circles in
IMPERIAL Valley and in San Diego
He was a member of the FL Centre
Flks ledge ant the El Centro Kiwan-
is club.
His wife. Mrs. Pauline Johnston.
survives him. Her sister, Mrs.
Viola MunSie who has lived in
he Johnston home at $50 Holt
venue. Ell Centre. for a year. is
with Ms. Johnston in san Dicco
md will return 10 FL Cersro with
her after The services TUESDAY
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-06
Candidates Wait
Vote Verdict
After Bitter Fight
Absentee Ballots Figured
To Play Prominent Part;
Lower House Control Viewed

NEW YORK Nov. g. UP)-Frankn D. Roosevelt and
Thomas e. Dewey end their bitter presidential campaign
Monday night for United States election in which the
entire civilized world has cut itself slice of apprehensve
interest.
Both candidates slated to be on the air Monday
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-06
A Little Spanking

"A Little SPANKING
1t has been brought to RR's at
tention that some of our marine
wives do not devote as much time to
making surgical dressings as they
shoul. And, my dears, it was a ma
rine wife who called our attention
to that fact.
I've lived in Ell Centre around
a year. this embarrassed marine
wife said, land I am sorry to say
that a few of the childless marine
wives play bridge three times a
Continued on Pc. s, Col II
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-06
u AMBlINe
u EpoR1ER

In Reverse
Il think desert lilies should be
presented to those who decided to
come to Imperial valley in prefer
ence to any place else" Jerry High
said Monday. Those who decided
to stay shouldn't get all the credit"
Very well, High. Desert lilies to
you and we hope you don't get
snagged on a thorn.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-06

Help Needed
Dear Public-If you have not sent
in your War Chest donation, please
do SO at once. The man-power short
age makes it impossible for house
to house canvass in Ell Centre. Take
or mail donations to the War Chest
office in the court house or to the
Russell Haas automobile agency at
757 Main street.
Thank you, public.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-06

Maximum Sunday 66, minimum
Monday f8; 5 am. Monday 81, III
midity 81; noon Monday 40. humif-
ity f8; pm. sun. 6l, humidity "a.