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Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-14
FL CENTRAN'S HUSBAND SENDS
WAR STORY FROM GERMANY

Fl Centrans particularly inter-
ested in a United Press article on
the front page Of this publication
Wednesday which was dispatched
from the German Belgian frontier
by Jack FrankiSh, husband of the
former Barbara Tondro of FL Gen.
tro.
Frankish left the United States
some months ago for cuty overseas.
He apparently entered German ter
ritorv with the first Americans to
capture Nazi homeland territory.
He has been with the armed fore
es in many dangerous spots, carry
ing out his duties as a foreign cor
respondent delegated to get the
news for the United States.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-14
Air Force Girds
For Pacific Blow
(Continued from Pace I

Continued from Page II
te are islands in the central Sec
tor. Legaspi is a town near the
southeastern tip of Luzon. Zambo-
anga is port on the southeastern
point of Minianao.
200 JAP PLANES DOWNED
Admiral Chester w Nimitz. in
announcing the raid in which more
than 200 japanese planes and many
cargo vessels were CeStrOyed. said
fragmentary reports indicated the
air operations against the Philip
pines ARE continuing against strong
enemy opposition"
The scope of the campaign was
indicated by General Douglas Mac
Arthur's disclosure at his southwest
Pacific headquarters that Far East
ern air force bombers carried out
new attacks on the Philippines and
the protective bases from Palau
in the east to the Moluccas in the
south.
The weight of the intensified Of
fenSive was being carried by AG-
miral William F.. HalSey's Third
fleet-a powerful fighting force of
battleships, cruisers, destroyers and
aircraft carriers.
NEW ATTACKS
In the new attack, HalSey's car
rier piane, concer--lied on Cebu.
Negros and Panay islands, the lat
ter less than 200 miles south of
Manila and Bataan where Mac
Arthur intends to return in triumph.
More than SO japanese planes
were shot down anG upwards of
$50 We're destroyed on the ground
at the three Islands. living strategi-
cally in the center of the Archipela-
go. In addition, several ships and
numerous small cargo craft were
sunk.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-14
THIEF GETS BICYCLE

Theft OF a Victory bicycle. belong
ing TO Kenneth Ray Collision. COS
Commercial street. was reported
stolen Wednesday It IS described
as grey and white. with broken
rear fender.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-14
BIKE REPORTED STOLEN

A Goodrich bicycle. belonging to
Richard Oliver Irich, 685 Oranpe
avenue, was reported stolen We'd
nesday. Police files described the
missing vehicle as blue and yellc W
with black tenders. The theft oc-
Cured near Main street theater.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-14
RAMBLING REPORTER

Continued from Page II
ters. Jims fascinated eyes swer-
we'd to the young lady and stayed
there. The cops never found out
whether he knew the tiny tot or
not but they do know Jim will rec
ognize the pretty young lady the
next time he sees her.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-14
CAR RECOVERED

A l94l black Chevrolet coupe.
California license number, 8-W-
1906, reported stolen from the Bar
bara Worth hotel Tuesday was re-
covered the following morning near
the IL Centro Air Base by its own
er, Warrant Officer Anthony Gia-
lanelle Jr.. stationed there.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-14
REPORTS CAR DAMAGED

f. D. Soper, Los Angeles, reported
to police that a truck was backed
into his car tearing off the rear
of the car body. The accident oc-
Cured Wednesday in the 500 block
on State street Soper said the
truck driver fled.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-14
Council Approves
Sewer Pay Scale

uniskilled labor, 70 cents. Time and
a half overtime is authorized by the
resolution and will be paid on Sun
days and holidays, except to watch
men, guards anGl flagmen.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-14
SET GERMANS BACK

Gorrell reported that the armored
division he was accompanying bat
tered steadily forward all day de-
spite stubborn but uncoordinated
resistance which cost U. S. casual
ties described as not too heavy
Observers looking down on Aachen
from the commanding heights seiz-
ed south of the city saw German
train destroyed in the city as U. S.
artillery lobbed shell after shell
into the first fatherland prize to
come within reach of Lieutenant
General Courtney H. Hodges in
vaderS.
The security blackout over the
front obscured the situation in
most sectors. Lieutenant General
George S. Patton's Third army was
reported by the NaZi high COM
mand to be advancing we'll beyond
the Moselle southeast of Nancy,
reaching the outskirts OF Luneville
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-14

Passenger automobiles in the U.
S. are being scrapped or stored at
the rate of 100000 per year, the
Office of Defense Transportation
estimated.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-14

For a late crop, plant leaf lettuce
and globe radishes in the cold-frame
by the first of September, says
Better Homes & Gardens magazine.
Also onion sets, if available, for
green onions. Keep the frame open
until froStS are predicted.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-14

The Rascal
William Kluck. 78-year-old Ell
Centran, has been having a bad
time with his eyes, an operation
and treatments. He and his wife
went to San Jacinto. He wrote his
daughter Mrs. Bill Wallace, as fol-
lows
you think I'm sitting out at the
camp. moaning like one of Frank
Kumberg's bulls. But I'm not. I'm
up in the city, bowling like wolf >
Too Much
i've a new business" Bill Reed
said while busily welding a broom
at his garage.
How come and what is it?" he
was asked.
I'm going to sweep up all these
crickets and sell them for fish bait.
said Reed. The bulk of the pdSl-
ness will make me rich. l have 10
sweep them up anyway SO l might
as well cash in on the deal"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-14
SUES FOR DIVORCE

Helen Y Freeze Thursday sued
Stancil w. Freeze for divorce. al
leging extreme cruelty.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-14

Ell Centro's City Council by resolu-
ton Wednesday night passed on
the reestablishment of wage rates
for repair work on the city's out
fall sewer.
Action ON the resolution was re-
quested by E. Paul Ford, city en-
gineer and director of public works.
The resolution lists skilled labor
wages as follows:
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-14

Your dealer has II or c. = j.
get it from Nash & Kinsella Lab
oratories, Inc, ST. Louis, Mo.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-14
Yankees Batter
Far into Reich

on the Meurthe river II miles from
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-24
TO THE EDITOR;

TO THE EDITOR:
WHAT is the score on this
w soldier vote? j understand
that Michigan has some sort of
system worked out but don't
Know anything about il.
There has been quite a bit of
stink raised over here by the
boys about IT,. By gely if We
aren't allowed 10 vote it would
be only fitting and proper if the
boys would say Ito he'll with it
air and 60 over the hill.
They hand us long spiel
about what a great job is being
done and all about saving the
world.
After all we are fighting for
the things we believe in and
which we hope TO come home TO
some day.
II they arc going 10 take
away one Of our most highly
priced possessions. one OF the
things we value most in our
form of government, then just
what the hell is the use of fight
ing at all?
We may just As Well lay down
our arms and say. Hitler, old
boy. the country is yours II
used 10 be a democracy but none
of us are quite sure what it is
now. Some one has TO take
over, il may as we'll be you"
The boys all figure and ! do
too. that If We are good enough
10 fight for what we believe in
then we are sure good enough
To vote for what we believe in.
There also seems 10 be a lot
of talk over here at one time
and another about mastering
out pay and getting old Jobs or
new and better ones when we
get back home.
Personally, l don't give
hang about the muStering-out
pay, but the job idea has me
a little bothered. / am Just
keeping my fingers crossed that
when l do return 10 civilian life
] will be able TO find some de-
cent Job in the advertising buSI-
ness again. / am awfully afraid
though that III have 10 take
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-24

A CG0RDlNGtN, there was set
a apatt a-eertain day of each year
in San Francisco when the represcn-
tatives of all religions would get to-
gether and discuss their common
brotherhood - which the beloved
poet. Edwin Markham, had once
called "the crest and browning Of all
good "
The Hearst newspapers, which
had their origin IN San Francisco
were impressed by the earnest re-
Spouse of the varied religious groups
in the city to this sincere enterprise.
And since the Hearst newspapers
were published in many cities
throughout the land, they were re-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-24
Quick Questions

/ This is 59th birthday Of
the man who in official
naval communications is
CINCPAC. Who's that. King,
HalSey. Nimitz. Spraunce
2 The birthday of the man he
succeeded in this command
is Saturday. Who's that
Short. Kimmel. Leahy, Hol-
COmbe2
3 Are YOU or are YOU not
prehenSile animal?
4 The Vikings when they made
N the first voyages 10 North
y America. sailed under a flag
that depicted what bird -
cuckoo, turkey raven, spit
FREE
; what insects make paper
-MaSpS- spideHs, eaterPillsrs,
bees >
S How many inches Of snow
equal one inch of RAIN
. ANSWERS on Opposite Page,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-24
MICKEY ROTH.
(lI-time donor.)
TO THE EDITOR:

4 FEW days ago I read PVT,
~ r. s Dozens letter IN your
letter column IN which he asked
"Why doesn't some one start
a free furlOugh plan ."
The American Mothers have
been active many months in the
interests of free furlough trans
portation. We We're successful
in having a bill brought 10 the
floor Of Congress. II was not
passed because the war depart
ment did not feel II could be
worked out.
I addressed a letter 10 the
secretary Of war, setting forth
why We felt this service should
be rendered, and received, IN
part.
The objection of the war de-
partment was based pri-
marlly on the facts that, while
on furlough an enlisted man
continues 10 receive his pay;
and, in addition, is entitled 10
the So-called "furlough allow
anceS that the reduced rate
II &c per mlle) now available
for furlough travel under cur
rent agreements between the
armed services and the railway
carriers bring the actual costs
of travel down well below travel
costs for civilians; and that a
system of furloughS admins
tered under the proposed legiS-
lation could not be adjusted 10
the requirements Of the training
program.
THE opportunities for fur
loughS are literally availed Of
by enlisted personnel, and the
department has no reason To he
lieye that men are suffering any
deprivation which would war
rant the assumption " the pro-
posed additional expenditure by
the government"
/ hope Pvt DOcn'S appeal will
stir many OrganiIatlonS 10 Scud
revolutions 10 Congress, asking
that the Hall furlough tranSpor-
tation he adopted ~ once, and
that every one having loved
ones in the 'armed forccS viii
write letters To them reprcSen-
tatIVcS.
BEATRICE VI KNOWLES,
National Chairman
American Mothers
THsOn DfaIr ,nnt
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-24
DISGUISED UNION
MEMBER.
TO THE EDITOR:

MI kMBf.kS OF NJ I n w
vi Smiths Mechanical Educa-
tlonal Society should graduate
about now, unless they wish 10
keep on learning the hard way.
They walked off the job because
Matthew told them to-WIthout
d strike vote.
When they realized what
CHASTITY thing il was, an attempt
was made 10 put all the reSpon-
SIbility on Smith.
The writer graduated from
Smiths educational society,
class Of '35, after a course of
two months taken the hard way
10 days IN a picket line but
not on strike On, no. Not that
Only TO show strength" AS
Matthew puts il. ! wouldn't say
that ! was highly skilled after
working > years at the tool
trade. However, ] do know all
about the Smith Setup and so
could any one else who cares TO
look up the record.
II takes a certain amount OF
moral stamina Ia stay on the
Job. Just about J 2 Of | per cent
of what our brothers are show
ing us in destroying our enemies
on the battle fronts.
The NLRB and WLB have
shown a lack of common gump-
ton i'm handling labor problems.
They now dump this one in the
lap OF the President. They run
10 Mr.. Roosevelt every time
they are called upon 10 solve
dispute Perhaps the President
viii again quote from Shakes
peare and say. "A plague on
both your houses "
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-24
knowledge Test
BY DIR. sABINA II. CONNOLLY

/ What is the name of the
Russian Secret Police: (a)
~ OGPU; Cb) OGRES; (c)
OLENIN?
, If you are an expert in
legerdemain: tal YOU are
bookkeeper; (h) you tell tall
stories; (c) you do Sleight of
hand tricks?
3-If the Scandinavian coun-
tries were 10 unite, how
many nations would be eff
fected: (a) five; (b) four;
(c) three?
4 Anne Boleyn was: (a) a
wife Of Henry VIII; Oh
queen Of Spain: (c) a sweet
heart Of Lincoln
5-If you are nicknamed Mar
clSSuS. il is because: ca YOU
love nature; (bl you love
your mother; (c) you love
yourself?
S Match these columns cor
Tectly. The so ldiers in
column two made the state
mentS i'm column one.
ca Il propose 20 90 Duke ~ Wei
hght If ont Hngt0n
on this line
~ n takes ell
summer
(bJ ~ came (vf a. A Grant.
saw N CON
Quered "
Ce) England et. * Ger. sherman.
poets every or
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-24
MRS. FLORENCE ADLOFF

TO THE EDITOR:
/ HAVE Just finished reading
Il Scores Answer Blood Call
IN the Times.
l am happy so many are
willing 10 do what they can 10
save "A chIld's life.
The Red Cross needs blood
FOR boys over there fighting so
that not only thousands Of
children like Lorraine Woidan
may live in a happy, carefree
country but also for loved ones
left behind.
! work in a defense plant and
there is hardly a day ! don't
hear some one say.
II would 20 hut l never have
time"
He COULD take time. Our
hoyS won't have time 10 live
and continue fighting for US
either If they do not get our
blood 10 help when they need II.
MICKEY ROTH
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-24
MATTHEW MOONEY,
1861 Sorrento.
TO THE EDITOR:

| WONDER when we people arc
going 10 wake up and know
that the JapS ON our West Coast
are being babied mollycoddled
and what is me reason?
Some. or most Of them have
taken out citizenship papers
which | believe entities them, 10
vote. - A., u\
we don need Their Votes
next fall
Give them what our poor boys
are getting over there.
MRS. r. L.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-24
brotherhood Week

THERE has come To be a general
1 observance IN the United States
>of an annual series of programs. in
the churches and schools and other
places suitable for public paricipa-
tion. dedicated 10 human brother
hood.
i is 1allnd- In fialt -RRn-LuER4
HOOD WEEK.
We are now engaged u that
wholesome and beneficial observance
1t will hclpus this year, as it has
helped MS i'm the past, To a better
understanding of our country, a bet
Ter appreciation of lis institutions
and Il better performance of our
patriotic duties.
some years ago, the brotherhood
Observance Was restricted La a single
American city and to single day.
There had been am avarcncSs
among the responsible chmchmcn
and thoughtful laymn Of San Fran
CISCO of the madcquacicS of religious
enterprise within the limitations of
denominations and crccdS.
The consciousness of the people
HAT pet Ef+4 t+-
lies or Jews was being enhanced, not
in In he churches where such conscious
ness is natural and proper, but in
their daily and essential associations
of the social and business worlds.
Tn consequence Of this, there was
n tendency toward division among
the people according to their rcSpec-
tive religious Interests and differ
enceS; and il was seen that such a
division ia-leat= iiffeTfitfii1ii =to=
alnofneSS and tSpieieH, and Hlti-
mateiv to the destructive practices Of
discrimination and intolerance which
were already undermining the secur-
ity and happiness of much of Inc rest
of the world and were SO dreaded
here.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-24
Detroit Industry Helps

THE campaign of the Hearst news
L papers to give jobs and not
corner stands to returning soldiers
has borne fruit in the automotive
industry.
Without pressure from any one,
entirely on their own initiative and
with the foresight that has made
them leaders of industrial progress
in the United States, the automobile
people have started a program TO
assure discharged Servicemen Of Jobs.
training and rehabilitation. a chance
TO return 10 civilian life with as little
dislocation as possible of their eco
nomic status.
The entire industry has gone
wholeheartcdly into the-task Of
"reconverting - soldiers and sailors.
harines and WACs into busy. useful
citizens Whether they are wounded
or ncapacitaled by mental stress,
the plants have been Welcoming
them back.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-24
10 THE EDITOR.


I SPEAK not only for myself
but for thousands disguised
with union tactics and company
management
Chrysler Corp. spends thou
sands of dollars advertising
for help, but why, IN the Dodge
truck plant. does the company
permit shop stewards. union
officials. shop committeeman
and others 10 loaf, perform none
Of their assignments and pay
them for work they never do?
They are of no use as union
representatives. To the mem
berS. they disregard 90 per cent
of all shop grievances. spend
their time in rest rooms discuss
ing politics.
The government agenc
should investigate these charges
and find out how mildly l have
stated these facts.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-24

\XIHERE necessary. The veterans
w have been ajyen traiainc.or re-
training. If their old Jobs do not fit
their conditions on discharge from
the armed forces, new Jobs are being
provided.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-24
WARREN IRVING.

EDITORS NOTE -- Warren
IrvinR, %. is second leu
tenant. radioman and gunner
in England, and writss after
completing his 2sth MISSION
oOer Germany He is a Wayne
University and Highland Park
High School boy. HIS mother.
Mrs. Julia Cancro, iives at 297
Tyler, Highland Park.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-24
FAIR
ENOUGH
BY Westbrook
Pegler

A COMMITTEE Of FIVE. In
Guiding two ST. Louis re-
porters, judge OF the federal
court and two officials of the
national government whose Off
cial administration was under
attack, has finished an investi-
CATION of charges that federal
prisoners were beaten up and
otherwise mistreated in the
u. s. Medical Center, prison
for sick and insane convicts at
Springfield. Mo.
The inquiry was the result Of
a protest Struggled out by Lewis
Taylor, also known az Louis
Krawczyk f New York.
member of the War Resisters
League, a group OF nonreligious
philosophical DIRECTORS who not
only refuse 10 submit 10 the
draft but even refuse 10 do any
prison work.
Taylor and Stanley Murphy,
also of New York. another war;
resiSter, had conducted hum
ger strike at the Minimum Sc
eHfity Prison, known as the
Country Club at Danbury. Conn.
and were sent TO Springfield as
patientS-1o-F recover their feaitt,
impaired by their fast, and for
the Strletef discipline OF the
medical center.
Their outside contact is DR..
Evan Thomas Of New York, q
director of the War Resisters
and a brother of Norman
Thomas. the occasional Social
ist candidate for president.
THE pair protested last sum-
- mer that they had been
beaten at Springfield and were
bald -te-44e liars by. 4 committee
which held an investigation IN
August.
This committee, composed Of
Austin II. MacGornack, execu-
tive director of tine Osborn AS
ISOLATION of Prison Reformers;
Charles W. Palmer or The Amer
lean Friends Service Committee,
a Quaker organization. and Or.
Marion r. King. medical direc-
tor of the L. S. Public Health
Service, found that Taylor and
Murphy had not been beaten
hut did criticize the confinement
If inmates 10 absolutely bare
cells IN which they had 10 sleep
naked on The concrete floor. as
punishment for disobedience and
other indisclpllne.
Those who made the more re-
cent investigation are John r
Bell Of the ST Louis Post-Dis-
patch julius NJ. Klein Of the
Siar-TimeS. Judge George II.
Moore. James V. Bennett. direc-
tor Of prisons, and Or. Lawrence
kolb Of the public health serv-
ice. The bureau of prisons and
The public health service are in
the position of defendants.
Bell published his report. en-
tire. in a three-column piece
Tuesday and laid il on the line
that some prisoners were mis-
I treated but with the mitigating
} reservation that like all other
employees the bureau and the
service are hard up for efficient
! employees.
Klein led Off with = recountsl
/ OF testimony IN agreement with
Bells and his report is con-
tlnuIng and he may give an
opinion later.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-24
To The EDITOR
70 ffE EDITOR:

re- ffffs EDITOR:
4 BOUT 10 days ago | received
"A TWO very nice pictures Of
my son, taken at GOOdfellow
Field
] want 10 thank YOU very
much for your kindness. They
mean "A lot 10 me.
MRS. FLORENCE ADLOFF.
EDITORS NOTE-Mrs Ad-
ioF speaks of pictures Of her
soidierson sent TO her BY the
Tunes picture editor.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-24

The program is not TO coddle
the discharged Servicemen but make
them self-respecting, industrious citi-
zens All have co-operatcd, manage
ment. labor and government.
Right now, there are thousands
being discharged from service every
week for various reasons. Most come
back TO their former jobs. The others
are placed where they can do the
most good to themselves and the war
effort.
WYE ARE still fighting war Most
w Of the veterans are anxious 10
do their parts still. They make good
workers. conscientious workers. the
plants report. They make for good
morale among those who have not
seen the sordid side Of the war.
But the important thing is that industry
has recognized its obligation and is fulfilling
it, The far-sighted officials of GIN, Ford.
ChrysIer, Hudson, Nash, Packard and the
others are doing their share to insure an easy
and quick transition from war to peace, some
day soon, We hope.
if government will recognize its obh-
cations as well TO the millions who will be
mustered put, " will be a better world TO live
in Nor ALL world free from want, especially
for those who have made the greatest
sacrifices 10 keep it so.
We IN Detroit are proud Of the part ouH
oUh great indpsttsi IL playing IN MIS- fine step
forward
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-24

some fuHkie job Al a daned
low wage. start from the begin
ming all over again.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-24

QROTHERHOOD Week has, in
IL fact, become the major interest
and the most constructive and Sic
ceSSful enterprise of one of the most
meritotieHs of alt American organi-
zationS-the National Conference of
Christians and Jews, which was
founded in 1928 for the promotion of
Justice amltH- understanding anti
cooperation among ProtcStants,
fftotiipS and tjeWs.
tits impossible 10 exaggerate The
patriotic and spiritual gain the
country has had from the Brother
hood Week observance
1t is indeed impossible to ESTI-
NATE its Importance and signif-
-eaftte.
And il is utterly unthinkable that
public interest in it viii ever lag, for
it has encouraged and taught us to
live in brotherhood and has saved us
from the evil forces Of intolerance
which would have DESTROYED us, and
has given us the moral and spiritual
strength and courage which have
armed us so we'll for our present
great conflict.
Brotherhood Week is an I'M
PORTANT observance in America.
it must be PERMANENT observ-
ance, and always have the earnest
support of the peopIe-in order that
they may always sustain their free
institutions and be enlightened and
enriched by them.