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Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-22
Par|ey Studies
Location of
Peace Center
Three Powers Agreed on
Outlines of Set-Up
At Washington Meet
BY II. II. SHACKFORD

WASHINGTON. Aug. %. CUP)-
The United States, Britain and
Russia, already agreed on the broad
outlines of a world security organi-
zation, will discuss early in their
current Dumbarton Oaks confer
ence where to locate the new world
league, it was learned Tuesday.
There is expected to be strong
opposition to returning to Geneva,
the seat of the old League of Ma
items, and there may develop strong
support for suggestions that at least
the council of the new organization
meet in various capitals.
MAY GET DATA
Some of the subjects that the
American. British and Russian
delegates will discuss at the Dum-
barton Oaks estate may be revealed
Tuesday when the press receives its
first statement on the progress of
the conference.
The chairmen of the three dele
cations, Edward r. Stettinius Jr.,
Sir Alexander Cadogan and Andrel
A. Gromyko, met Monday afternoon
to discuss arrangements and pro-
cedure.
The conference got off to a big
start Monday with a ceremonial
session at which the three most
powerful nations in the world prom
ised to give the little nations a
voice in the future organization,
and to allocate them reSponsiblli-
ties commensurate with their power.
The working sessions OF the con-
ference are expected to continue
several DAYS before coming to major
controversial problems. The really
tough one will be how, and with
what kind of forces, to suppress fu-
ture aggression That whole subject,
however, may be postponed until
lesser questions are answered.
These include the problem OF
Continued on Pg. 6, Col. ID
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aCo"oyNa ihAhoeAJ
installations and abandoned Iasi, a
DNB news agency commentator re-
ported after Russian tank and in
fantry formations followed up
heavy artillo-y Darrage with thrusts
on both sides of the town.
BITTER FIGHTING
Bitter fighting was in progress
along the southern front extending
from Targul Frumos, 81 miles
northeast of Iasi, to Tighina, 80
miles southwest of Iasi. The strong
hold the Germans admitted aban-
doning is the gateway to Galati
Gap, 100 miles to the southwest,
and to Bucharest and Ploesti, ap-
proximately another 100 miles be-
yond.
In a desperate attempt to rescue
their Baltic armies in the north,
the Germans hurled six additional
panzer divisions - perhaps 10000
men and 900 tanks-into the coun-
teroffensive below Riga, Moscow
dispatches said Tuesday.
GA Moscow broadcast heard in
London quoted. the semiofficial
newspaper Pravda as saying that
the Red army was firing on and
attacking the soil on East Prussia" :"
but the broadcast did not say Spe-
officially that the Russians actually
had crossed the frontiero
A Soviet communique Monday
midnight acknowledged that the
Germans at frightful cost had
blasted a narrow corridor along the
coast of the Gulf of Riga and re-
established contact with elements of
some 80 German divisions encircled
in Latvia and Estonia.
NEARS RIVER BUG
Marshal Konstantin K. Rokossov-
sky'S 1st White Russian army reach
ed or neared the south bank Of the
Bug on broad front in major
breakthrough of German strong
points along the Warsaw Bialystok
railway, capturing more than SO
towns and villages in advances OF
three to nine miles.
Moscow dispatches failed to
mention the new Soviet offensive in
Romania reported in German
communique Monday. However, the
Russians customarily delay an
nouncing new offensive until a
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PEARL HARBOR, Aug.
%. (UP)-A recapitulation
Of casualties in the Marianas
campaign showed Tuesday
that 44,956 japanese were
killed at a ratio of 1O-to-one
for every American lost in
slightly more t h an two
months of fighting on Guam,
Saipan and Tinian.
The figure for the Japan
ese was the actual count Of enemy
dead, but many others undoubtedly
were killed in the invasion bonn
bardments and groups were destroy
ed in caves blasted shut with ex-
plosives.
The losses among army and ma
rine forces in the successful con-
quest of the three islands were:
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-22
Germans Arrest
Aged Petain;
Taken 10 Reich

GENEVA, Aug. %. CUP) - The
Journal De Geneve reported in a
special edition Tuesday that Mar
shal Henri Philippe Petain, French
chief of state. was arrested Sunday
morning by the Germans in the
Hotel Pare at Vichy.
The newspaper said the aged
Marshal was taken to an unnamed
destination in Germany.
Two military officials and several
other persons were arrested to-
gether with Petain, the newspaper
added
Before leaving Vichy. the article
said, the Marshal wrote short let
ter of farewell, copies of which al
ready we're reported circulating in
France.
The two military officials were
identified by the Journal only as
General Bridoux and Admiral Bel
haut.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-22
Moriunus Drive Cost Jdps
Nearly rs, 900 in Dead

from the northern Kuriles. through
the Marianas to the western Caro-
lines.
Navy Ventura search planes bomb
ed and strafed airfields at Para
mushiro in the Kuriles. without aer-
ial opposition although three Jap
anese fighters were sighted taking
off from the air base.
Seventh army air force Liberia
tors from Marianas bases made
their first attack on zap, in the
western Carolines; Alamagan island,
200 miles north of Saipan, and Pa
gan, in the northern Marianas.
Other Central Pacific forces made
another strike on Nauru, southwest
and Mile atolls in the Marshalls.
of Tarawa in the Gilberts, and Wot-
lie and Mile atolls in the Marshalls.
CA Japanese Domei news agency
dispatch, recorded by FEC, said AL
lied planes raided Truk and Yap in
the Caolines Monday)
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-22
Subbed Turkish
Vessel Takes
255 TO Deaths

WASHINGTON, Aug. %. CUP)-
All but five of 260 persons aboard
the Turkish ship S. S. Mefkura per-
ished when it was sunk by German
surface craft in the Black Sea Aug
ust 5 while attempting to carry Ro-
manian refugees to Turkey, the war
refugee board reported today.
A statement based on survivors
reports said the Germans opened
fire with cannons and machine guns
and then set the vessel afire with
incendiary bullets. 1t said the Ger
mans continued to fire at passen-
gers floating in the water in life
preServerS.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-22

4,47O dead, 2O,345 wounded and 721
missing.
Pacific fleet headquarters said
nlopping up operations were con-
tinuing in the Marianas. where or
ganized resistance ended 13 days
ago. The new casualty figures in
cluded both the American and Jap
anese losses incurred in that period.
For the entire campaign, which
began June IA with the invasion of
Saipan, the casualties were:
Guam - Japanese: l4,067 dead;
American: 1895 killed, 5,765 wound
ed, 800 missing.
Saipan - Japanese: 25,144 dead;
American 3.049 killed, 1904 wound
ed. 1853 missing.
Tinian Japanese: 5,745 dead;
American: 1876 killed, 1895 wounded,
"a missing.
Headquarters also announced new
air attack Saturday ON enemy bases
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-22
LEST We FORGET
HE DIED FOR US
Braw|ey Man
Killed on
Invasion Day

Kenneth D. Foster, %, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Dee j. Foster of
1865 East B street, Brawley, died
in action in. Normandy. A tele-
gram Tuesday from the war de-
partment to his family bore the
news. He had been listed as miss
ing since D-Day.
Foster was a member of the
508th paratroop division, one of
the groups to land in Normandy
on invasion morning. He is sur
vived by his parents and his
wife, LaVada D. Foster and two
young children.
He was inducted September
"a, 1912 obtaining his training
and wings al FIT. Benning, Geor-
gia and went overseas in Dec
ember, 194o.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-22
BEATEN NAzIS SEEK ESCAPE IN France
Allies Surround
TouIon, Press
Near MarseiI|e
Patch's Troops Drive 60
Miles inland as Nazis
Find Escape Channel Cut

ROME, Aug. %. CAPITALIZED as
sault forces completed the encircle-
ment of the big naval base of Tou-
Ion, thrust to within eight miles of
Marseille and drove 60 miles inland
Tuesday in series of fast-break-
ing advances that Major General
Alexander Patch proclaimed had
set the stage for decisive vic
tory"
(Radio Cairo and the clandestine
station Atlantic said the French
had captured Toulon. A London
broadcast recorded by CHS placed
the Americans within a little more
than six miles of MarseilleD
PATCH PRESSES GAINS
Patch, in an order of the day at
the end of the first week of the in
vasion of southern France, ordered
his forces forward with the utmost
speed and effectiveness :. regard
less of fatigue or possible shortages
of food CT equipment
1--WE have achieved a great initial
victory" he said. "The enemy in
our area are perplexed and stunned.
Except for his coastal defense forces,
he is in full retreat. The op-
portunity for decisive results is in
front of u.s."
General Sir Henry Maitland Will
son, supreme Allied commander,
announced in his daily communique
that the bridgehead in southern
France now comprised more than
2OOO square miles-an average OF
285 square miles day liberated in
the past week.
WARSHIPS AID
French tanks and infantry, COW
cred by barrage from two battle
ships, six cruisers and swarms OF
bcmbers, completed the encircle-
ment of Toulon with the capture OF
Continued on Pg. 6, Col. A.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-22
PapaI Secretary
Succumbs at 81

ROME, Aug %. CUP) - Luigi
Cardinal Maglione, 81, papal secre-
tary of state, died at a. m. Tues
day at Casoria, near Naples, after
a long illness.
The cardinal died of heart at
tack after suffering several months
from neuritis and circulatory trou-
bles. He went to CasSoria to take
thermal bath treatments almost i'm
mediately after the Allies occupied
Rome anc since then had been un-
der the supervision of American
doctors.
Pope Plus XII was informed of
his death at a. m. after which
the secretary of state notified all
diplomatic representatives to the
Holy See. All papal nuncios abroad
were instructed to announce the
death to the governments to which
they were accredited.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-22
Red Gross Speeds
Blood Shipments

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 CUP) =
The Red Cross announced Tues
day that 1000 pints of whole blood
are now being flown to Europe
each day to meet an urgent" army
navy request for blood to supple
ment plasma treatments to serious
ly wounded servicemen.
The first of the daily shipments
of whole blood, collected at Red
Cross donor centers in Washington
and New York, went out by air
Monday. The Red Cross said the
blood was intended for overseas pat
tents who need the red blood cells
discarded in processing plasma.
Red Cross Chairman Basil O'Con-
nor made public joint letter from
Major General Norman Kirk and
Vice Admiral Riss T. McIntire, army
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-22

LONDON, Aug. %. CUP)-A fleet
of approximately $50 American
heavy bombers based in Italy raided
targets in the Vienna area and up
per German Silesia Tuesday, and
for the first time in two weeks the
Allied raiders encountered strong
resistance from enemy aircraft.
Numerous aerial ccmbats oc-
Cured over the target areas, but
Rome dispatches said the results
had not been tabulated late today
The bombers also fought their way
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-22
Yankee bombers
Strike Vienna

through intense flax to bomb by
instruments enemy objectives pro-
tected by dense smoke screens.
The formations we're escorted by
Lightning and Mustang fighter
planes, which shct down an unan-
nounced number of the enemy in
terceptors.
The raid from Italy was carried
out as channel weather, officially
described as "frightful,' virtually
halted aerial operations from Brit
ain and Normandy for the second
straight day.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-22
Court house bond int. .....0370
Unappropriated reserve .........l591
Road improvement dist .......1270
High School tuition .0286
HOW TO BE RAISED

INV ~ LII
The amount to be raised by the
county is only portion of the total
amount budgeted against possible
maximum expenditure by the county
the balance being made available
from long time accumulated surplus
es against emergency, or sources
other than local county taxation.
The aggregate general fund items
amount to 81 ,448,505, of which only
$762 200 is to come from current
taxes, according to the general over
all budget plan.
USE OF INCREASES
This is an increase on total maxi
mum expenditures of approximately
$400,000 over actual expenditures in
similar categories during the past
year 1943-44. Major increases con-
templated are in the general fund
which would cover most of the
road hospital and building improve
ments; the salary fund which has
been expanded to meet actual con-
ditions and provide against pos
sibility of greatly increased veterans
service costs in event of partial war
cessation; welfare and security fund
which has been increased to insure
against a cessation of wartime in
dustry anG consequent possible in
crease in such social security ex-
penditures.
Continued on Pg. 6, Col. q
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-22
j. S.. onk Forces
Cross Seine;
Battle to Murne
Swing Half Way Around Paris With
Speed as Thousands
Of Trapped Germans Give up Battle

SUPREME HEADQUARTERS AEF, Aug o. (UP)
American tank troops swept down the Seine toward
the channel ports Tuesday in great offensive that
closed bare 60 miles the last escape corridor for the
fleeing German 7th in Normandy while other tank
columns reported halfway around Paris in light
ming thrust to the River Marne
huge Tightening swiftly around tens of thou
sands of bate-weared Naz caught south of the Seine
the Americans ashed out for the channel and veteran
Canadian troopers drove eastward along the Norman coast
to within 12 miles of the Seine estuary.
Remnants of Army in Flight
Between the two converging armies, the remnants of
the German army were in headlong flight toward the
handful of pontoon bridges thrown the
Seine between Ebeuf and the estuary that offered their
last hope of escape.
Headquarters gave no details on the progress of the
American thrust, beyond the fact that Lieutenant
General George Pattons Yanks driving hard along
the south bank of the Seine from the Nantes
The Germans themselves, however had reported Amer
can around Gallon Fl miles to the northwest and
bare II miles from the river port of Ebeu where thou
sands of Naz troops and transport vehicles jammed
IN tight mass, waiting their turn to cross the Sene
Cross Stream and Smash On
Other American units were across the in force
Nantes and Vernon 3 miles to the north and tanning out
Paris.
Canadian British American troops, supported by
Belgian and Dutch units herded the Nazs into the Seine
river funnel from the east advancing much 10 miles
along 5O-me front from the channel coast to west of
Argentan.
Far behind the easbound Allied line, many thousands
of Germans mled in the trap bounded by Argentan Cham
bois and Trun. Some 10000 Naz prisoners already had
been taken in the pocket and headquarters spokesman es
mated that 100000 would be qudated there when the
full count of dead and captured is in.
Battle of Paris Ends
The battle of Paris appeared to be nearing show
down American pressed in the city from three
sides against slightly stiffenng enemy resistance
Berlin admitted the loss of Etampes, ID miles south
southwest of Paris and Malesherbes the Orleans Fon
tanebeau highway 35 miles south of the former French
capital Headquarters spokesmen refused to confirm or
deny front reports that other American units had plunged
the Seine Fontanebeau and driven 40 miles north
of the Marine at Meaux 22 miles eastnortheast of Paris
The report thrust appeared highly possible however,
the Germans believed to have sufficient force
in the Paris area for an aout defense of the city
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-22
Hit.Run Trucker
Wrecks Auto
Driver Escapes

Side-swiped by dump truck at
Q 80 p. m. Monday on the Calexico-
.Seeley highway. an automobile
driven by John Werley King, 43, 237
Eighth street, Cbula Vista, turned
over, caught fire and was de-
molished.
The driver of the truck made no
attempt to stop, highway patrolmen
reported.
King managed to escape from the
car. A passing motorist picked him
up and took him to Calexico, where
he was treated fer minor injuries.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-22
Why Not Make 1t
December 32nd, Bill?

How come Bill Outlook rates six
weeks vacation? That is question
being bruited about after FL Cen
trans pass Bills office and see a
sign "On vacation, be back Sep
tember 31st.' Of course Bill will
swear that some wag put the "31st"
part of the sign on. But unless Bill
is back August 3lst we insist he will
have to stand up in the corner and
repeat thousand times. Thirty
days hath September, etc, etc"
Because we are sore If he does take
six weeks vacation when the rest
Continued on Page 8, Col. ~
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-22

and navy surgeon generals. In which
they emphasized that the whole
blood requirements are in addition
to the 100000 pints of plasma need
ed weekly.
"A pint OF blood TO save the life
of a wounded soldier or sailor Is
the most contribution any American
at home can make whether IL
is flown overseas as whole blood
for hospitals or processed into plas-
ma for use in the front lines"
their letter said.
The Red Cross said the new
whole blood shipments bring 70
10000 pint sthe total amount OF
blood that must new be procured
each week by the 80 Red Cross
blood donor centers and their mo-
bile units
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-22
Board AIIocates
Gas Tax Cash

FL Centre county board of super
visors on Tuesday afternoon al
located $l0,907.08 to each of the five
supercisorial districts. The funds
were received from the state of
California as the county's share
of gasoline tax.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-22
y ANBlINe
EpoRTER
Sitting 1t Out Easy Like

6ltthuS oue AsnS
"One excuse is as good as an
other says an old saw and the
expression applies pretty we'll when
one wants to slip out of the Valley
to the mountains-at least that's
the way it looks to man up tree
when he reaCs sign This lot
closed temporarily until we can buy
more used cars" The sign in red
letters is posted at the car lot of
Robertson and Duringer on Main
street. In the meantime there are
those who swear they have seen
Clyde Duringer taking it easy,
propped up against shade tree
up Calexico lodge way. Huh, does
he think used cars grow on trees?
But more power to you Clyde, wish
1t were us.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-22
Russians Smash
Way Toward
P|oeSti Fields
Drive Takes Pivotal Iasi Town to
Lead Directly for Bucharest;
Nazis Battle to Save Baltic Army
Nv JOsEfH w. GRIGG

LONDON, Aug. 90 (UP)-Soviet armored forces cap
Romanan stronghold of Ias and swept down
Bucharest and the PlOesti oil fields 120mie front
Tuesday, Berlin reported, while Germans in the north
launched bloody counteroffensive below Riga in all
out attempt widen and hold escape corridor for their
trapped Baltic armies.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-22

Combined with an increase of ST.:
173 ,671 in assessed valuation, the in
creased taxes are expected to:
l. Prepare the county for post
war reconstruction emergencies.
2. Provide so miles of additional
hard surfaced, farm to market
roads during the year.
3. Make available approximately
$4,000 for expanded tuberculosis
facilities at the county farm.
4. Provide $500 toward a county
building in Brawley.
5. Cover costs of new sewer for
the county farm and $500 monu-
ment to world War II heroes.
ACCUMULATED RESERVES
The total of the projects contem-
plated amounts to approximately
$150,000. of which the increase in
rate is designed to provide $84, ,273
the balance to come from accumu-
lated reserves and other sources of
income than taxes.
During the fiscal year, taxation
of 1c per $10O valuation will produce
$4013 it is expected, a meterial in
crease over last year. On the basis
of rate of $2.l5, it is expected to
raise from taxes a total of $81l,-
906 after deducting for tax losses
and expenditures to liquidate the
road bond overload of road districts
No. S and No. which the county
has assumed.
The $2.15 rate has been allocated
as follows:
General Fund ....................78 1888
Sa1a rioc 771Q
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-22
China Press Sees Russia
In War Against japanese

I'VE have not the slightest doubt
that whatever differences may exist
will be ironed out through frank
ness and sincerity and we wish the
conference every success.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-22

''The leaders in the present war,
in considering first the principles
of peace and afterwards the terms
of peace, are going in the right di-
rection," the Herald said.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-22
Imperial County
Board Fixes
S2.15 Tax Rate
Increase From $1.94 Provides for Road
Program and Postwar Activities;
Assessed Valuation Increases ST 1,173,671

Imperial countys tax rate for the 1944-45 fiscal year
Monday set at 50 by the county board of supervisors
The rate increase of 81 cents per $OO valuation
the 194344 rate of 94 and was designed to with
surpuses in providing the county with expanded post
war budpet
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-22

Maximum Monday 116. minimum
Tuesday 68; 5 am. Tuesday IL. hu-
midity 80; noon Tuesday 107, humid
ity 8; 5 pm. Mon. 1l3, humidity IL.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-01
ConteIcos At NauaY Toniqht

Having signed a strong basket bal unit, to go after state hoop championship to add to their base ball andl football laurels, Meriden Contelcos. with Freddy Ferrie, Rocky PetrofesSa of the West Ha- ven Red Devils; Johnny Slab and Mike Criscolo of the M-B Bombers of New Haven and Lou Posner All- American from University of Chi. cago will show in Naugatuck to-. night against the U. 6. Rubber squad, Waterbury IRA league de- lending champions. The game ii scheduled for starting at 8:S0 p. m at the borough Y. M. c. A.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-01
Rangers Surprise .Conodiens 7-5
(Ry United PneSs1

The New York Rangers pulled the surprise of the National League hockey season last night by beating the Montreal Canadiens, defending league and Stanley Cup Champions, 2 to 5 to strengthen their hold on fifth place.
 In the only other game scheduled the Boston Bruins, closing with five goals in the third period, trounced the hapless Chicago Black Hawks, ' to 2.
 The Rangers came through with four goals in the last period of their game at Montreal to hand the Can- adiens one of their few defeats on home ice in the last two seasons. Montreal. however, retained their one point margin in first place ahead of the Toronto Leafs. Phil Watson paced the winners with two goals.
 The fourth place Bruins simply had too much offensive power for the cellar dwelling Hawks, taking advantage of an almost complete collapse of Chicago's defenseS in the final period to make the game 8 rout.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-01
This Sporting World
Army 20, Novyo
By JOHN A. CLUNEY

No, patrons, your ambitious cor- respondent is not trying to predict to a point, the eventual score of to- morrow's football tussle at Balti- more, but, through the kindness of Air Corps Staff Sergeant Danny Sullivan of Waterbury, am in posi- tion t. tell you that the Navy has already been SHUT OUT by Army by twenty points. It happened in England. In White City Stadium (not Savin Rock) to be exact, with some 60,O00 AMERICANS on hand, who were also eyewitnesses to the selection and presentation of the MOST BEAUTIFUL WAC" in the ETO European Theater Opera tions). She is Corporal Ruby Newell of Long Beach, California, chosen from a field" of six contestants, and then presented to General Jim- my Doolittle of raid on Tokyo fame.
 Written by one WHEN Batchelor, an English male OR female writer, (could be either, I'm told). the de- Scription of the game, from the American point of view is priceless; and, on the eve of the REAL Army Navy game, it is offered for your enjoyment, as follows: