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Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-27
Lands Secretary
Refuses Post

CHICAGO. Nov. 27. UPl-Specu-
lation as. to who will succeed the
late Judge Kenesaw Mountain Lam
dis as commissioner of baseball was
rife Monday with the most logical
choice for the post definitely on
record as saying he would not ac-
cept it.
He is Leslie O'Connor, Lands
long-standing friend and hand
picked secretary, who told the Unit
ed Press recently, Il positively Will
not take the commissioners post II
it is offered 70 me"
The body of the aged commits
sioner was cremated Saturday, short
" after his death, and in confor-
nance with his wishes, no funeral
service was held. Another request
that friends refrain from senoing
flowers apparently was observed.
The approaching choice of a man
to pick up where the Grand Old
Man" left off has brought a deluge
Of unofficial nominees, ranging from
a defeated gubernatorial candidate
to a U. S. general on duty in the
Pacific
The list includes: Thomas ].
Courtney, Cook county states at
torney who was defeated in his bid
for governor, November /, and who
is very good friend of Connie
Mack's: James A. Farley, former
postmaster-general and long stand
eral Douglas Macarthur, who was
first mentioned for the post during
the World series in st. Louis.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-27
L. A. PRODUCE

Los Angeles. Nov 27 tGP1-
ArtichokeS: Steady; Santa Maria ass
Sos, 4.004.50 Sos, .. 25-2.50
Avocados: Weaker Per pound: FuerteS
25-35c. No. 2s, 1920, pueblas. 25c'
Henry's select 25-35c; flats, FuerteS, 4.5o'
$50.
Beans: Stronger. Per pound: Kenuckys
all districts, 13-15c: fair. 9-l0,; ordinary
Csc; Blue Lakes. 10-l2c; Limas fair, sc.
BROCCOLI; Firm; Santa Maria iced crates,
4.50-4.75; fair. 400; local. s-9c pound
Bunched vegetables: Steady Per crate
beetS. 2-2ia dozen, 2.00-2.25; chard. ,
dozen. l.50; green onions, s dozen. 3 90
$50 fair $50; parsley, dozen. $50
$50; radshes, small. red. dozen, 90
$50; fair, $50; spinach, ; dozen, $50
200; ordinary. 75c-lOo; turnips, 2-2i4
dozen, I. 1.25-1.50; ordinary, 100
Carrots: Steady; 3 dozen, 1.25-1 so; few.
TO; iced crates Santa Maria, 6 dozen,
3.75-3.95; dozen, S.00-3.30 local. 80
pounds, best l.5O-1.6O; fair. 125.
Cabbage: Firm. Cannonball crates, best.
so pounds, local, 200; Savoy crates. l.5o;
red cabbage, crates, zoos. 50.
Caullflower: Steady; SNOWFALL lettuce
crates, 10000; best, lis; ordinary,
75c-1o25.
Celery: Steady; Pascal. 20-22 in. crates.
1.15-2.OO; fa.ri 1.50 Sturdee crates. Santa
Maria, 3.5O-4.G0..
CucumberS: Steady; all districts, lugs
best. 275-3,25 fair. 2.25-25O.
Lettuce: Weaker; dry pack Santa Bar
bara San Luis Obispo crates. as Dozen
4.00-4.10: best. 4.lO; SIS. best 4O0-4.l0
fair. $50; san Fernando IS. ordinary
1.50-2.50; Is, 2.50-3.OO; Delano Is. 40
dozen. l 50-2 90; ordinary 100.
Onions: Steady: street sales 50 pounds
Spanish, 90c-lO0; fair 1850: white
Globes, 1.50-2.00 boilers. whites. $50
2.75.
Peas: Dull Per pound; Imperial, 1O-I2c:
fair. Sc.
Pears; Steady. Per pound Bartlett Lit
tlerock. 9-9aic. small. 7-sc: ordinary, &c.
squash: Stronger; white summer, all
districts, lugs. 2.5O-3.O0: fair. 200-2. .25:
ordinary, $50; Imperial crates, best. = %
$50: fair, 1852. 90; Italian. all districts
!ugs. 200-2.50; fair. It's; No. 2s, 75c-1. .25:
Imperial crates. 2.O0-2.25.
Tomatoes: Steady; lugS 4x5s to SKIS.
fair. 3.0o-4.00; 6x6s. fair. 2.25-3 IS: SKIS
fair. 2.00-3.00; San Luis Obispo and Santa
Maria 4X5s to 5X6s. 3.50-450: Santa Bar
bara player 4x5s to 5X6s, 35O-4 So Santa
Barbara player 4x5s to SKIS. 3 25-3. rs:
3-layer Gx6s, 3.50-400: San Diego county
player 4x5s TO SKIS, mostly $50; MS
2.50-2.75.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-27
Winter Baseball
Season Opens
In Valley Towns

Imperial Valley Winter Baseball
league got away to a flying start
Sunday afternoon. Winners in the
three openers were; FL Centre Mer-
chants over Brawley Merchants, 7
to 2: Naval Air Station over Heber,
l6 to l, and Brawley Aztecs for
merly Brawley All-Stars) against
Golden West Sports, l3 to 0.
The game in Ell Centre, with the
Brawley Merchants, was highlighted
by the pitching of Womack and
Dumler Womack struck out five in
five innings and Dumler moved
down eleven in the last four innings.
The E. C. batters had a total of
13 hits to Brawley's seven.
The Brawley Aztecs piled up 10
hits to bring in 13 runs while Naval
Air pitchers, Govero and Helm, had
the Heber batters muzzled all the
way through.
With six teams in the league and
only three parks available, the sea-
son will see games every Sunday at
Ell Centre, Heber and Brawley.
Unusually large crowds were on
hand for the openers. AS customary,
there is no admittance fee.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-27
Tennessee Gets
Rose Bowl Bid
Against So. Cal.

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 27. up
The Southern California football
team Monday looked forward to a
second meeting with the University
CT Tennessee, Southeastern Confer
ence champion selected to oppose
the TrojanS in the Rose Bowl at
Pasadena January /.
Arnold Eddy. chairman of the
Pacific Coast Conference Rose Bowl
committee, extended the invitation
en- behalf of the coast conference
champions, who were to be formally
selected Monday as the coasts rep
resentative in the annual intersec-
tional game.
Tennessee, which has a record of
seven victories, one tie and no de-
feats this year, lost ID TO 0 to South
ern California in the 1916 Rose Bowl
game, the only time the two schools
have opposed each other on the
gridiron.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-27
5. F. Golf Tourney
Waits Big Shots

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 81. CUP)
The $4,000 San Francisco open golf
tournament which will be held here
December l, 2. 3 and will card 81
entries, including most of the top
flight professional golfers.
Among those entered are Ralph
Guldahl, Jimmy Hines, Sammy
Snead, Leonard Dodson, Byron Mel
son, Harold jug McSpaden. Denny
Shute. Mike Turnesa, Ellsworth
Vines, Craig Wood and Bcb Hamil-
ton.
Other entries include: Clayton
Aleridge. Huntington Beach, Cali
fornia; Harry Bassler, Culver City,
California; Mike Demassey, San
Jose; Olin Dutra, Los Angeles; Jack
Gage, Santa Barbara; Art King,
San Diego.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-27
u. S. Planes Hit
In China SEQ

PEARL HARBOR, Nov. 81. CUP)
China-based Liberators, joining
the battle of attrition against Japa-
neSe shipping, sank a submarine
chaser and damaged two light cruis-
ers in the South China sea Satur-
day night, a Chungking commu-
nique announced Monday.
The attacks followed by only a
few hours the sinking of Is more
japanese ships, including a heavy
cruiser of the 8500-ton Humane
class and a destroyer, in the car
rier-based assault on Luzon in day.
light Saturday FRIDAY, Pearl Har-
Dor time).
General Douglas MacArthurs
Southwest Pacific fliers accounted
for another IL ships sunk or DAM
aged in a round of attacks in Philip
pines and East Indies waters.
A China-based Liberator of the
18th air force damaged the two
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-27
German Defenses
Crack in Italy

ROME, Italy, Nov. 81. (UP)-
Troops of the Eighth army, in
thanking drive on Faenza. have
cleared the Faenza Florence high
way for eight miles on both sides
of the city after cracking German
defenses headquarters announced
Monday.
British infantry were reported ap-
preaching Russi, eight miles north
east of Faenza, while Polish troops
have cleared the enemy from the
east side of the Lamone river near
Brisigighella, six miles southwest of
Faenza.
The situation insiCe Faenza was
reported unchanged. British troops
were holding a position on the east
bank of the Lamonte river across
from the city.
American forces Of the Fifth army
threw back a strong enemy counter
attack south Of Bologna, but other
action on that front was limited to
small patrols.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-27
Like to help ru
trains at
exceptional pay7
WORK FOR A COMPANY WHO'S
BIGGEST JOB is STILL AHEAl

This is job for a man who wan
not only good pay, but really inte|
eSting work for a man Wild
sincere and reliable. The job: Brak|
man with S. p No experience neeI
ed to start: we train you in shd
order. You help operate trains
make a team with the Conduct
and Engineer. You get around, keI
the war trains rolling through. "
work with a company whose bigge|
war job is still ahead carryi}
the tremendous war load for Il
stepped-up push against Japal
Frankly, this is a job that gets
your blood C. . makes you feel th|
railroading is different from AMI
thing else. Fine pension plan. Raj
road pass privileges. Medical SER
ice. Good people to work with. Il
vestigate today. Student switchm3
Ito switch cars) needed also. FIJI
wages after short training.
Apply to Local S. p. Agent, or|
S. P. Employment Office,
Room SIS, Pacific Electric Buildi]
9Th & Main. Los Angeles
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-27
l.. A. STDCHs

Los Angeles, Ncv. 81. tUPJ-Moderate
gains were scored IN light trading on the
Los Angeles stock exchange Monday, with
five issues Up, three down and three
unchanged. Midday sales OF 80 100 shares
cent stock.
The list: Blue Diamond 200 at 275, un-
changed; Bandini 100 at AZ, down i
Standard of California 100 at 357s, up / :
Aircraft Accessories 100 at 7ss up a :
Creameries of America 100 at IL. up 4 :
Electrical Products 100 at 1881 up l.;
Lane Wells 100 at 137s. unchanged: Ryan
100 at SIS. up Il: Webber Showcase pre-
ferred 100 at 25. unchanged.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-27
MPLS. FLAX FUTURES
LUCAL BUT1EKFAT
NEW DYE SPEEDS PLAsTICs

NEW YORK, Nov. 81. UPl-A
new dye. which will hasten the
manufacture of plastics, has been
announced by the Wilmington
Chemical Corp. Heretofore plastic
manufacturers had to purchase COL
ored molding powder for e a h
color required, but now plastics
may be immersed in the new dye
and the desired tinting is achieved
almost at once. Under the old syS-
tenn machines had to be shut down
for cleaning after one run Of a
desired color Now manufacture of
one transparent, translucent or
opaque base material is used and
shut downs are avoided.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-27
DIES IN AIR CRASH

SACRAMENTO, Nov. 81. CUP)-
Flight Officer Robert A. Metzger, 20,
of Prescott, Arizona. was killed
when his two-motored army train
ing plane crashed and burned
three miles north of Roseville at
midnight Friday night, Mcclellan
Field officers reported Saturday
Army officials said Metzger was on
a routine training flight from Sal
mas army air base Metzger's body
was pulled from the burning wreck
age by a Roseville clergyman, Rev
A. Lowe, the army report said.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-27
By JOHN w. DUNLAP

PORTLAND, Ore, Nov 27. CUP)
Samuel jackson Snead, the slam
min golfing champ from Virginia,
headed for California and more
honors on the comeback trail of
bigtime competition Monday, the
Portland open golf title tucked
cafely under his belt.
Snead's 26 months in the navy
appeared to have had no effect on
the games biggest money winner in
one year. His GOODNESS under fire
was never better demonstrated than
in his stretch drive with Mike Turn
esa, the dapper pro from White
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-27
EMPLOYMENT FALLS OFF
IN s. F. BAY REGION

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 81. CUP)
Factory employment in the San
Francisco bay area has decreased
to 25C,0O0, a drop of 1900 since Sep
tember, northern California man
power directors announced Monday
Shipbuilding concerns, other than
government yards, employed $4,000
workers during October, a decline of
5000 from September and 43,O0C
from the June, l942, peak of 185,OOO
The number of workers in nom
durable goods industries declined
from 69,5OO in September to $4,000
in October due largely to seasonal
contraction in fruits and vegetable
canning, the manpower officials re-
ported.
The figures were announced by
Paul Scharrenberg, state director of
industrial relations; James G. Bry-
ant, member of the California en-
ployment stabilization commission;
and Sam Kagel, state manpoWer di-
rector of the war manpower COM
mission for northern California.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-27
BOYS TOWN DEFEAT
ST. IGNATIUS WILDCATS So

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 81. CUPl
Father Flanagan's Boys Town, Ne
braska, eleven Sunday defeated the
st. Ignatius Wildcats, So. in an in
tersectional grid game before a small
crowd of $500 fans that sat huddled
in the fog and rain at Kezar sta
dium.
The visitors scored the winning
two points in the third quarter
when right tackle Don Tunnel
broke through to block a Wildcat
punt en- the 33-yard line. The ball
bounced off his chest and rolled 40
yards back through the end zone for
an automatic safety.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-27
STUBBORN OIL WELL
FIRE CONTROLLED

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Cal, Nov.
81. CUP)-After battling almost 20
hours, firemen finally brought un-
der control Monday an oil we'll fire
here that was menacing an adjacent
plant containing more than 4O,O0O
gallons of highly inflammable bu-
tame.
The firemen and oil workers had
the fire out early Sunday afternoon,
but it broke out anew and they
battled desperately to keep the TO
foot blazing oil tower from topping
over on the butane plant less than
Sc feet away.
Damage was estimated at more
than $4,000. Friction of drilling
tools was blamed as the cause OF the
fire.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-27
SPORTS WRITER DIES

VAN NUYS, Cal, Nov. Y. tUPl-
Funeral services were being arrang-
ed Monday for Ed Frayne, national
ly known sports ecitor, who died
last night at his home here of a
heart attack. He was SO. Frayne,
sports editor of the old Los Angeles
Record, went east in 1926 to take
over the sports desk of the New
York American. He returned to Cal
ifornia in 1889 to become editor and
publisher of the Turlock Journal.
His heart condition forced his re-
tirement three years ago.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-27
HOCKEY SLUGGERS BATTLE
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 81. 4

SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 81. CUP)
Everett Smith led the Oakland
Oaks Hockey club to a 10-6 victory
over the San Francisco Shamrocks
Saturday night in a match that
just fell short of slug-fest. Smith
scored two goals and two assists
for the Oaks. Tom Mccormick,
Oakland defense, led the knuckle-
attack but officials refused TO count
his scores. Mike McGibbon was the
only Shamrock to break through the
Oaks defense. scoring two goals in
the final period.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-27
CONSERVATION GROUP
SELECTS OFFICERS

The election of Community "A" OF
the Agricultural Conservation As
sociation was held in the Jasper
school Fri6ay night.
L. C. Hawk was elected chairman;
John Fiala, vice-chairman; G. w.
Anderson, first alternate; Arthur
johnson, second alternate.
Hawk and Anderson were named
delegates to the county convention,
which will be held on or about De-
cember Is, in the office of the AAA
in El Centro.
The next election will be that
of Community "F' which will be
held in the Eastside Sunset school
at 7:3O PM, next Thursday.
The announcements were made
by Rudolph Miller, chief of the Ell
Centre AAA office.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-27
PIANO CHEERS AIRMEN

A SEVENTH AAF FIGHTER
BASE IN THE MARIANAS, Nov. 81.
CUPD-A battered piano which ar
rived at this AAF forward base
piecemeal, is affording relaxation
for filters busy in pounding the enc
my. The instrument was bought at
Honolulu auction and was carried
into the Marianas in sections, some
of the pieces in pilots pockets, and
now it is the pride of the ready
shack" It's the only piano in the
Marianas and despite a few missing
keys and few warped parts, it is
dear to the hearts of the boys whose
job is to destroy japanese.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-27

light cruisers, one of them with "
direct hits, in an attack on a nav
convoy north of Tourane, Frent
Indo-China. Chungking said. RI
submarine chaser was sunk by al
other Liberator so miles mortified
of TOurane.
The success of the attacks wi
offset, however, by an announc
ment that the 14th air force Id
destroyed and evacuated it's big
base at Manning in southe|
Kkangsi province last Monday
escape advancing Japanese troop3
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-27
CHTCAGO GRAIN

Chicago, Nov. 27. tUPl-Evening- op-
erations prompted mixed trend on the
board OF trade Monday. The undertone
appeared easier in wheat reflecting a
weaker cash market and the break Sat
urday at Minneapolis.
Wheat finished the day off q TO up
i cents bushel corn up = To off /. +:
oats up 4 10 l. rye eff u to q, and
harley up 4 10 pa cents a bushel
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-27
Z. A. Lfvr5rUCK

Los Angeles, NOV. q. tUPl--
Cattle Salable, 600. generally steady
medium to good steers. s13. 60 ISL so: com
mon 10 medium. s11. 00-l3. OO;. short fec
heifers, $500; good COWS, S12- 90
common 10 medium cows. ss.50-11 90; can
ners and cutters, Sc. o0-s.00; good bulls
quoted s1ID0; good yearlings feeders,
Sl1.75: stock COWS. 81 90.
Calves -Salable. 200: slow. weak: me-
dunn to good slaughter calves. s13. 90
400; common TO medium, $40. O0-12- so.
Hogs--Salable, 500; generally steady;
good 1s0-240 pounds. $3.50; heavies
S14 75-15 co; good sows. s14. Oo-14 So
Sheep-Salable. none; good TO choice
Aeooled lambs quoted Sl4 OO-l45 50
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-27

MILWAUKEE,, Nov. 81. CUP)-
Paul Krumske, Chicago, Monday
reigned as the new national bowling
singles champion after defeating
Ned Day, West Allis, Wisconsin. de-
Tending titlist, yesterday in a final
30 block match 12,530-12,243 for a
margin of five points and 81 pins.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-27
L.. A. Hal

Los Angeles. Nov. 81. tUPl-
ION: No. / barley hay. 26. GOA % 90; No.
oat hay, 36.0DM37.O0.
Alfalfa ungraded. T. s. No. !. 29.6GM
81 90; N s. No. . green and No. 2 leafy
o7 OD a 10 %; a. S No .. "a GOA go
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-27
POULTRY & EGGS

POULTRY PRICES. IAN points Imperial
valley OPA Maximum set Oct. 1e, 1943.)
First yrfce--At ranch 70 wholesaler or re-
taller Second price-Deivered TO whole
saler or retailer. Third price-At ranch
Broilers. Leghorna, under az lbs. 3oc,
az 10 5 lbs, 29c: fryers 3-4 lbs. 2ec;
ali WEIGHTS y5lc; colored. all weights
nMc; ducks. all sizes sc; rabbits, under
3 lbs, 22-24c.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-27
L. 4. uKAn

No. ] hard or soft white wheat, bulk
o75p2 50; grading barley. &c lbs. bulk
2.35M 2 40; No. . oafs, b lbs, bulk. 2 % =
d267I1: No . yellow corn bulk, 2.36 a
2.4o; No. California milo, bulk, NJ
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-27

Los Angeles, Nov. 81. up
Eggs: Wholesale prices consumer grade
Large. Grade A 57ls-5s; Grade 4l-44
medium. Grade A 52ls SO; small, Grade
A 42l4-43
Retail prices. 10 consumers tcartonsl
Grade AA 69-71 Grade A GIGS, Grade I
45-49; medium, Grade IA 6o-63, Grade
6O-63; small, Grade A 47-53.
Candled graded eggs to e ! e
,cases): Large. Grade "A 81, Grade A >?
Grade A 1854: small, Grade A 43-44.
Butter and poultry prices unchanged.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-27
Sneod Holes Out
Over TurneSu

Plains, New York, for the top prize
in the 72-hole $4,000 Portland tour
nament.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-27
TURNESA UNSTEADY

They were tied at 2l7 Saturday
night but it was Slammin' Sammy,
the national open and PGA title
holder when he entered the navy,
who played expertly for a par 70
Sunday to wind up with 289. Turn
eSa was unsteady on his puts and
required a "a for a total of 291. He
won a S1875 war bond and should
get tougher in coming meets.
Snead carded 10 brides in the
four days and was one of three pres
to fire a sub-par 20, despite torren-
tial rains and soggy footing. His
mettle was tested on the 18th yes
terday, with the S2765 war bond first
prize in sight, when a spectator de-
Elected his ball into some bushes.
His recovery was perfect and he
holed out in par.
GETS THIRD PRIZE
Ted Longworth, long driving
Portland pro, cupped long putt on
the final green to birdie himself into
third prize money of $3.50.
Tied for fourth was l-American
champion Byron Nelson of Toledo,
Ohio, and Bruce Coltart of Absecon.
New Jersey, whose 296's brought
them S1022 each.
National champion Betty Hicks of
Long Beach, California, paced the
womenS field with 327, 13 strokes
ahead of the winning amateur, Babe
Freese, the Portland champion. Miss
Hicks was the only pro entered and
won $780,
Evening star., 1944-01-06
Third District Pupils
Collect 1850 Pound,
Of Waste Paper

Continuing the excellent pace of
the previous day in spite OF unfav-
orable weather conditions, schools in
the third district of The Evening
Star-P.-TA. Salvage for Victory
paper collection program yesterday
produced 22,6l0 pounds OF paper and
magazines to bring the total to
/ ASS, ,792 pounds.
The total was swelled materially
by Petworth's 2,520 pounds and H. D.
Cookies 2,187 pounds. Several of the
schools exceeded half a ton, these
including Brightwood, with 1924
pounds; Truesdell, with 1903; Mac
farland, with 1911; Adams, with
l.460; Bancroft, with l,545; Mott,
with l,785, and Emery, with 1920
pounds.
In yesterdays rankings of the
schools in the fourth district, Mont
gomery was incorrectly listed as in
fourth place, with 1929 pounds.
Actually, Montgomery's total is 25,-
73l pounds, which places the school
IN second place in the fourth district
and well up in the list of schools
which already have produced 10 tons
or more in the campaign.
Recruits to the program came this
week with the addition of the Be-
thesda Elementary School and st
Martins Parochial School.
Two Prince Georges County
schools, Cheverly and Columbia
Park, turned in q total of $50
pounds for 4 nrst collection this
week.
Collections tomorrow in the NTH
district. together with the five lead.
ers and their poundage to date, viii
be as follows:
Evening star., 1944-01-06
British Firms Chairman
Defends Agreements

LONDON, Jan. s P.-Lord Nc
Gowan, chairman of Imperial
Chemical Industries, Ltd, com
|menting today on the antitrust suit
filed by the Justice Department In
New York, declared that co-opera-
ton between his company and e
I. du Pont de Nemours had proved
beneficial both to the United States
and Great Britain.
He added that the relations be-
tween the companies form a good
pattern for postwar international
agreements. Describing the two
main points in the agreement, Lord
MCGOWAN said:
First is the patent processes
agreement under which the two
companies make known to each
other the fruits of their respective
large research organizations in the
defined fields of chemical science
and cross-license to one another for
use in defined countries, patents
arising therefrom.
Secondly, it Is a joint investment
under which the two companies are
major stockholders in chemical
manufacturing companies in Can.
ada, the Argentine and Brazil, tt
which they make available all theil
technical and commercial knowledge
in the defined fields of chemica,
science. -
Il have already made known the
company's willingness to register al
arrangements of this kind which il
has made or may make in the future
with the appropriate British Gov.
ernment department.
Evening star., 1944-01-06

japanese cruisers and one DESTROYER
were set afire by South Pacific car
rier-based planes on New Year Day.
CataliSas manned by Royal Aus
.tralian Air Force flyers bombed
Kavieng airdromes' supply areas
Monday night, starting many fires,
and the next day American Liberia
tor heavy bombers blasted shipping
in the harbor there. and shot down
three Of 10 japanese interceptors
which tried to interfere with the
Liberators' chores.
Six enemy fighting planes were
shot down over Rabaul, Japanese
plane base on Northeastern New
Britain, Monday by South Pacific
Allied planes Five other of the &c
Japanese fighters which attempted
to. prevent the straflng of Rapopc
Airorome probably were destroyed
Two OF the raiding planes were lost
Advancing From Saidor.
Troops of the American 9Th Army
are patrolling extensively inland and
along the coast from the invasion
point established Sunday at Saidor
on the north coast Of New Guinea
japanese aerial interference cost the
enemy two bombers and three
lighters. The Allies lost one plane.
An enemy fighter and a recon.
naissance plane were destroyed BY
an American fighter patrol ovel
Wewak. enemy coastal air and sup
ply base northwest of Saidor.