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Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-11
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SHOES
Ration book l, stamp 18, good for
one pair uf shoes through April
30 ration book 3, airplane stamp
/. good indefinitely for one pail
of rationed shoes.
MEAT. BUTTER. CHEESE, OILS
Red stamps A8, B8, CO, D3, E8
F8, G8, H8, J8, K8, L8, M8 leach
good for 10 points,, valid indef-
initely.
Salvaged fat. good for four cents
and two meat ration points per
pound.
SUGAR
Book 4, stamps No 80 and 81
(marked sugar. good indefinitely for
five pounds each. Special stamp
No. 40 tmarked sugar. good through
February %, 1915, good for five
pounds.
GASOLINE
Coupon II, A ASook, good through
June 81.
CANNED GOODS
Book 4, blue stamps AS, B8, C8,
D8, E8, F8, G8, H8, J8, K8 each
good for 10 points, valid indef-
initely.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-11
Easter Breakfast
At Church

Young people Of the First Baptist
church had an Easter Breakfast
Sunday morning in the church Soc
ial hall, the affair taking place
after the sunrise service in the
park.
YellcW and lavendar decorations
were used, with Easter eggs and
bunnies completing the attractive
picture. Special guests included the
Rev. Mr.. Charles H. Burrill, pastor
of the church. Mrs. Burrill and Miss
Betty Fitzgerald.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-11
Junior Ten Thousand Club
Plans Election, Program

In aooition to the election. the
club members Will enjoy program
of games and the committee in
charge has suggested that members
come garbed in slacks or other types
of sport clothes, prepared for an
active evening.
Hostesses for the evening are Mrs.
Jean Davis and Mrs. Thomas Hem
derson.
The meeting is o'clock, Thurs
day night, in tie Ten Thousand
club house.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-11
Phone 300

Junior Ten Thousand club mem
bers have an important meeting on
Thursday of this week since the
annual election of officers will take
place
The nominating committee has
already presented a slate of officers
and nominations may be made from
the floor also Those nominated by
the committee are: Janet Bradshaw,
president; Betty Gillett and Frances
Sunstrom, first vice presidents;
Dorothy Blakely, Eleanor Hanson,
second presidents; Patricia
secretary, and Ernestine Waggoner,
treasurer.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-11
Imperial Junior
Class PLAY

IMPERIAL, April 11-Imperial
high school Juniors will present
their class play Friday night at 8
O'Clock in the school auditorium,
Johnny -the-Spot," involving the
adventures of a sailor who comes
home as a hero.
Eugene Varney is director and
the main characters are portrayed
by Leroy Jackson, Joyce White Joy
Harper, LaVerne McCollum, Gwen
meth Burrow Raymond Silva, John
Pavao, Ethel Hart.
The play is open to the public
and promises to be a decidedly en-
tertaining one, we'll acted and
staged.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-11
IT'S BEEN A DAY, FOLKS


There was Maria Montez, who
said she wanted to get out of those
sarongs and those Arabian princess
pantaloons. There was Laraine Day
wearing a clinging gown and a
seductive pout and challenging Tai
lulah Bankhead in the kissing de-
partment. And there was Ginny
Simms and her beautiful back.
Never again are we going to make
Gates with three lovely ladies of
the screen in one day. Our blood
pressure can't take it.
Laraine and Ginny were crash
ing the oomph department for the
first time. And Maria was trying
to get out of it, Imagine Maria not
wanting to display her curves.
II figure it like this" Maria said.
People get tired of turkey every
day, Cont they? They're probably
tired of seeing me running around
in pantaloons."
Maria said she was in a techni-
color rut, that was it.
Imagine" she said, "all six of
my big pictures have been in tech
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-11
P.-T.A. Board
Has Mee+ino

Plans for Fridays meeting of the
Mckinley Parent-Teacher associa-
tion were discussed at a meeting
of the board Monday morning at
the school. Details of the pro-
gram will be announced later.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-11
New Chairman
For Section

Mrs. H. c. Diller is the new
chairman of the Parliamentary law
section of the Ten Thousand club,
having been elected to that office
at the meeting Monday night at
her home.
Mrs. Dan Scott is vice-chairman
and Mrs. Zoel Turner secretary
treasurer.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-11
News Items

Mr., and Mrs. C. T. Gilkison of
Eagle Rock, former Ell Centrans,
are in the city Tor a few days
visiting friends.
Jimmy Dizney, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. M. M. Dizney. is home from
Thacher for the Easter vacation.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-11

Railway passenger traffic is ox-
pected to show an increase CT 1C
to 20 per cent in 1914.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-11
Cards of Thanks

BECAUSE we cannot thank each
of you personally, we take this
means of telling our many friends,
relatives, and employees how much
we appreciate your sympathy
and flowers during the illness and
death of our beloved husband
and father.
Mrs. Pollard and Family
Alp
Evening star., 1944-07-24
9. VS. Founders

The part which members of the
Baptist branch of tine universe,
christian church have played in the
oevelopment of the cultural life of
washington is illustrated in a cow
OF the so-called historical cata-
logue' OF the Columbian University
Tor the period 182l-1891 which re-
Gently has come to light. It was in
the interest of IAN educated min
istry" that the school now known by
the name of the principal founder
OF the Nation was intended by its
original sponsors. The project first
was conceived by the Reverend
Luther Rice, former missionary in
India. He wanted especially a theo-
logical institution. but he wished II
surrounded" by academies of sci
ence, philosophy and classical
learning.
To the end thus indicated. Mr..
Rice. the Reverend Obadiah B.
Brown, the Reverend Spencer H.
Cone and Enoch Reynolds, "all
citizens Of the District Of Columbia !"
IN 1919 organized a literary associa-
ton" for the purpose of buying
forty-six and half acres OF land,
Subscribers to the fund Of $1,000
needed for the purchase included
John Quincy Adams, william H.
Evening star., 1944-07-24

eventually had to yield to the superior
Allied force. In. the meantime Marshal
Won Rundstedt. who served Hitler only
because he saw in him the standard
bearer OF a great Germany, came to the
conclusion that all further sacrifice Of
German lives was useless.
Whether Won Rundstedt actually con.
tacted the British as reports from
neutral countries seem to indicate or
whether he merely talked about his de-
sire to negotiate an "honoraple surren-
der" with some Of the men who are
around Marshal Petain Is not known
here. But his attitude became suspicious
to the Fuehrer who deprived him of his
command at the height of the battle in
Normandy. That Hitler more than sus-
pected Won Rundstedt is evident now
from the fact that the German off1cial
sources announce the purging of Col.
Ludwig Beck. close friend of Won
Rundstedt. Liquidation OF Won Rund-
stedt also has been indicated in uncon-
f1rmed reports.
Beck had succeeded Gen. Fritch As
chief Of staf7 before the outbreak of the
war In 1899 and although he had taken
no part In the war he had a considerable
following In the German Army where he
was respected for his Patriotism and
outstanding military qualities. He was
considered by intelligence observers as
a likely man around whom the anti
Hitler officers could rally.
The German high command now ap-
pears to be divided into two groups.
Some like Marshal Rommel and Col.
Gen. Heinz Guderian realize that defeat
Is inevitable but since they have been so
closely associated with the Nazis they
desire to fight to the finish. Manv
others believe that Germany has def
nitely lost the war since the Wehrmacht
was able to fight only delaying action
against the Allies on the western and
southern fronts. Consequently any
further killing OF young Germans is con-
sidered useless and Hitler and his group
ought to make room for another gov
ernment to negotiate the best obtaina BILE
peace with the Allies. For the time be-
ing 1t appears that Hitler can still hold
out with the help OF his party gen.
erals and that of the Gestapo which
has been ordered to be more ferocious
and ruthless than ever before.
But now that the spirit of detection
has begun to spread among the soldiers
who for more than IL months have
known only defeats it is believed that
not even the stern Nazi measures will
be able to avoid the complete collapse
OF the Reich for any considerable length
OF time
Evening star., 1944-07-24
Jopun's New Government

AS was generally anticipated, Japan
has done away with the dual pre-
mlership setup after the resignation
of the discredited Prime Minister
Hideki Toto.
The new Premier is General Kuni-
aki Koiso, one Of the toughest and
ablest of Japan's military men,
former governor general of Korea,
and a prominent figure in the noto-
rious Kwantung Army high COM
mand, which has often intervened
in home politics and has seldom
hesitated to act on it's own initiative
for ultraimperialistic ends.
Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai, who
served u..,d4- the reorganization in
terval as co-pren.ier, takes over the
navy ministry in the new cabinet.
post he held from 1887 to 1899. He
has been as ardent an advocate of
expansion in the Pacific as General
koiso has been of strong continent
tai policy in Asia, and, despite
tIle inclusion OF some S0-called con-
servatives in the new cabinet. this
governmental reorganization should
not be interpreted as a sign of weak
ening in Japan's warlike determina-
ton. On the contrary. it portends
an intensification of the desperate
fury reused by recent disasters.
1t may be asked why so unprece-
dented shake-up was deemed nec-
essary. The fallen TOTO was Just as
militaristic as his successor, and was
likewise a prominent member Of the
Kwantung Army crowd. But TOTO
had to shoulder responsibility for
the defeats Of the past year. and
"face" is paramount in every aspect
Of japanese life. Perhaps. also, TOTO
Evening star., 1944-07-24
Grapevine Swing

Among dim shddotus of the elm and red
hdU
And from a ,ooodsv hillside, fraorant.
sDeet,
The ooy swfngs out upon sturdy
grapevine
While from the glen beneath hts
dangling feet
breath arises that is calm and cool.
And circles him as Ddter In q pool.
Thus back and forth he st0ings In rapt
enchdntment,
Singing in fullness OF delight. The
song,
The sDoyin0 motion, and his ,pnrm
heartbeat
Are like a harmony of rapture. Lono
May be his journey. but his heart ,oiil
keep
This 0lddress buried .eper safely deem.
ROSE MYRA PHILLIPS.
Evening star., 1944-07-24

~ w ray. oeRT1
1t should not be thought that all
German Army of1cers are anti-Nazi or
anti-Hitler. Some Of the younger gen.
erals. and the less experienced staff
cf1cers of junior grades are devoted
to Hitler There ARE nowhere any clear.
cut lines of demarcation: There are
deep cleavages within the army itself,
even within the general staff.
Very few officers of the army, however.
ere devoted to Heinrich Himmler; it
was the rise OF Himmler toward supreme
military as well as civil power that ap-
pears to have precipitated the present
crisis. Hitler, having lost the confidence
Of his best generals by his hold every.
thing policy was apparently compelled
to turn to Himmler, to yield to Him
mler's demands for authority over the
atmy-which he had not hitherto pos
sesseo-in order to remain i'll power.
The instrument which holds the Ger.
man people firmly in line and preserves
the authority to Hitler and the Nazi
party Is Himmler's Gestapo, backed by
the weapons Of the internal So units.
Now 1t begins to appear that the mill
tary arm of the Elite Guard, the Waffen
SS may be the instrument by which
Hitler will seek to continue his authority
over the army
In the Immediate background Of the
present crisis apparently is the five-day
convention In May of this year, at
which Hitler, Himmler, Goering Keitel
and $50 German generals and admirals
were present. This convention is de-
scribed for us by 1t. Gen. Edmund
Hoffmeister, former commander of the
4lst Panzer Division, who was there,
and is now prisoner OF war In Rus
sia following the destruction of his
corps at Bobruisk in June.
Hitler, he says, made a Commute
speech about past achievements, wind
ing up with statement about the
necessity for holding on until COM
plete victory would come" To hold on
he recommended to us generals that
we study National Socialism. Here was
the hint OF coming party control of
the army the entering wedge for
Himmler.
"The elder and more experienced
generals" Hoffmeister continues, took
very skeptical attitude" The breach
between these generals and Hitler ap-
parently widened as a result Of this
conference; 1t must have been possible
for Himmler to produce the most con-
vincing evidence that Hitler must give
him power over the army or lose power
over 1t himself.
The disasters in italy and White
Russia and the preaching Of the At
lAntic wall should. however. have con-
vinced even Hitler that the "hold
everything" policy was unsound and
Evening star., 1944-07-24
Letters to The Star
Deplores Public Ignorance Of
Great Benefactors
70 the Editor Of The star.

To the Editor Of The Star:
Sunday night on quiz program the
question was asked: What is the name
Of the doctor who discovered penicil-
lin?"
Rarely have received greater shock
than when 1t was announced that not a
single contestant knew the name OF the
doctor who had made this valuable dis
covery that will not only prevent untold
suffering, but also will save millions
Of lives. Just think of 1.-THE name Of
DR.. Alexander Fleming is unknown to
vast adult population. What a shame! !!
However, what is one to expect when
only last year when the announcement
was made that DR.. Karl Landsteiner,
who won the Nobel Prize for his re-
searches in blood composition, had died
the radio announcer sandwiched men,
ton OF his death between the winning
scores at the Polo Grounds and at Eb-
bets Field! What a travesty. The men,
ory of the man who made blood trans
fusions safe OF less Importance than
the baseball scores!
1t should be the duty of every teach
er to give detailed description OF the
unselfish labor Of DR.. Fleming, the Scot
tish physician, and his discovery Of this
almost miraculous drug, penicillin. And
when DR.. Landsteiner died, every public
school child should have been impressed
with his invaluable contribution to
scientific research and of the inesti-
mable BENEFITS OF his work to mankind.
Perhaps when our educators place
more stress upon the achievements of
our benefactors and direct the minds
OF our children to more important and
more worthy channels OF thought. It
may prove highly beneficial in solving
the problem Of juvenile delinquency with
which We are confronted today.
JOSEPH LEWIS.
Purdys, New York.
Evening star., 1944-07-24

In the frst year OF the war. when
was regularly broadcastins to Germany
short-wave, I addressed myself to a
specific person called Hans" who was.
and perhaps still is, an oficer OF the
German ReichSwehr. My reason for so
doing was that an overthrow of the
Hitler regime must. If 1t is internally
possible, come from the top, not the
bottom, and because. historically, the
longest and bitterest opposition to Hit
ler-as we'll as his most powerful sup
port-has been within the ranks OF the
German Officers' Corps.
That officers corps is now In full
state OF dissolution. Nothing else ex-
plains the news that has been seepine
out OF Germany for weeks. Officers
have been mysteriously retired. among
them Field Marshal Won Rundstedt.
hero OF many campaigns. The number
OF generals who have been taken prison.
er on both fronts is unprecedented in
German military history. The day be-
lore the attempt was made on Hitler's
life by Col. Count Won Stauffenberg the
Greek government In exile reported
from Cairo that high German oficers
who met in Athens for a conference
disagreed so violently that the confer
ence ended In shooting match in which
five were killed while the sixth. re-
ported to be the chief administrative
omcer for Greece. was shot to death by
one OF Himmlers So Guards.
-
Since the first name OF ,Hitlers would
be assassin has not yet been given out
1t is impossible to identity him exactly
But the Won Stauffenbergs are an old
and honorable family from Wuerttem-
berg in Southern Germany, known for
their intellectual and cultural interests.
Hitler is correct in saying that the deed
is unprecedented. German offlcers have
often disagreed with the regimes which
have governed them. but n1utiny has
Evening star., 1944-07-24
On the Record
BY Dorothy Thomson


been unknown in the German Army.
The officers tradition has been to serve
with nonpolitical loyalty any German
government which commanded them,
Yet 1t was the Hitler movement itself
and its theological predecessors which
first broke down this morale. For the
Hitler movement originally grew out OF
the so-called Black Reichswehr," made
up for the most part of dissruntled and
demobilized World War officers under
the rank of major. who conspired against
the German Republic Niccolo Machi-
aVell once said that all leaders are
eventually the victims of their own
policies. Hitler first undermined the
traditions of the German Reichswel,,,
1t has never been possible to restore the
original morale.
Hitler is now in position where he
can trust nobody in the officers CORDS
He can dismiss in public the whole af-
fair as conspiracy of a small group
But his warning to officers to check on
orders lest they come from "usurpers"
reveals the truth: He does not know
who Is loyal and who is not The man
who threw the bomb was in his immedi-
ate encourage Whose pistol. in whose
belt, may hold the next bullet for him?
The Nazis fight now for themselves.
every one for his own head. They
will fight to the last fortification, which
will probably be in Berchtesgaden. There
they have accumulated the loot of
Europe-the greatest works of art--and
the last hostages they will threaten to
destroy will be the cream of European
culture
But nothing will save the German
armies. Armies in which the officers
corps is dissolving cannot win a war or
long continue it. Over Germany looms
chaos collapse and inutterable darkness.
Hans should have listened sooner.
released by the Bell Syndicatf IncN
Evening star., 1944-07-24

has been . little too personally
ambitious to suit his hackers. His
pose as a national hero offends the
Japanese tradition OF group action.
1t is a mistake to have thought OF
TOTO as a Japanese version OF either
Hitler or Mussolini. At the most, he
was the voice and front" for the
omnipotent oligarchy behind the
scenes. That is the way the war
lords have previously preferred to
run the show. But the growing ma
tional emergency has compelled
more direct tactics. The mask is Oh.
The army and navy are now out in
the open. And fireworks are prob
ably due.
Evening star., 1944-07-24
Hirnmler Control
By MAJ. Georqe Fieidine Eliot

Ffeiding Eliot
would be fatal If continued. But his
reaction was to blame the generals.
BY July 18, two days before the bomb
incident. the Himmler affair was ap-
parently coming to a head. On thar
day, six German officers were killed In
a pistol fight in Athens at a conference
called to consider matters of high
policy" What these matters were be-
comes clear in the light of reports from
usually reliable neutral sources to the
effect that Hitler had already decided
to give Himmler authority to appoint
and remove military commanders of
all grades and that a conference was
in progress at which Reichsmarshal
Goering was attempting to persuade
Representatives of the high command"
to accept this decision
xA
On July 10, the Hoffmeister story was
published In all the Russian newspapers.
In this statement, Gen. Hoffmeister
not only gave the full details of the
military convention in May, but laid
the blame for the disasters in White
Russia fatty at Hitler's door and quoted
mis- former superior Field Marshal
Ernst Busch commander of the army
group of the center Of the Russian
'front.', as saying that he did not have
the authority to correct the weak and
faulty dispositions on his front, which
he knew to be too drawn out and in
sufficiently strong, because Hitler had
prohibited any withdrawal and had
ordered him to defend each meter of
ground"
After that there could be no conceal
ment and no postponement. The bomb
incident took place on July 20. It may
have been NaN frame-up to give
immediate excuse for Himmler's ele-
vation to military authority. 1t may
have been q desperate attempt on the
part OF clique of army officers to pre-
vent that elevation. But Its result was
the appointment Of Himmler, not to
complete authority over the army, but
to the command OF all armed forces
within Germany itself. At least, SO the
matter is reported for the time being.
Himmler does not yet-apparently-
have control Of the troops at the front.
But he is a man greedy for power and
able to make the most of Hitler's neces-
stiles; If he commands the home troops
today we may be sure he will And ex-
cellent reasons why he must be given
control over the front.line armies to.
morrow
Therefore Himmler Is master in Ger
many, and cannot be upset by the gen.
erals. The only way any general at
the front can influence the situation
in Germany is by surrendering to the
Allies. Should such surrenders begin
on the part of either senior or subordi-
nate commanders, that might be the
sign OF the beginning Of the end.
(copyright, 1884, New York Tribune, rns.)
Evening star., 1944-07-24

Crawford and John c. Calhoun,
members Of President Monroeb
cabinet; likewise thirty-two mem
bers Of Congress. A charter procured
from the National Legislature in
February, 1891, anticipated college
for educating youth in the English,
learned and foreign languages, the
liberal arts, sciences and literature"
with full power to confer degrees
usually granted. The constituent
trustees" were Mr.. Rice, Mr.. Rey-
nolds, Obadiah and Daniel Brown,
Josiah and Return y. Meigs. jr.;
Joseph and Spencer Cone, Joseph
Gibson, Thomas Corcoran, Burgess
Allison, Thomas sewall and Joseph
Thaw.
Obadiah Brown was elected presi-
dent of the board, Mr.. Reynolds
secretary and Mr.. Rice treasurer.
The theological department of the
college was opened in September,
1921, and the classical department
in January, 1922. A circular quoted
in the historical catalogue" de-
clared: This institution, originated
by the Baptist General Convention
but Of national locality, considera-
ton and benefit, is founded on the
most liberal principles" No religious
test OF any sort was required of any
officer or student. In order that the
"best methods" might be practiced
in the new college. two agents
Professor Alva Woods and James
Staughton-were sent to study pol
icies and techniques at oxford,
Cambridge, Edinburgh, Paris, Gene
va. Venice, Rome and other ancient
cities. These men brought back
contributions Of money, books and
supplementary gifts from Lord
Bexley, Chancellor OF the Exchequer;
the Right Reverend Shute Barring
ton, Bishop of Durham; William
Wilberforce and Joseph John
Quincy, philanthropists; Alexander
Barring, later Lord Ashburton; Sir
James Macintosh and Joseph But
terworth, M. p, as we'll as from
less famous but equally generous
persons who gave what they could
spare.
George Washington University to-
day largely is the result of the
pioneer altruism and activity Of a
century and a quarter ago. It is
proper to remember that.
Evening star., 1944-07-24

Ff"H tHe Abilene Reflector.
One OF the interesting stories coming
from Washington is of the worlds most
luxurious private plane being built in
California for FDR and Eleanor. It has
an the f1xin's-an elevator, a bathroom.
kitchen, parlor and bedrooms. It
costs $7500 900 for this sky traveller which
ought to be handy thing around the
house.
Also 1t is revealed that each cabinet
onlcer has private plane, each stated
by four men who rest during the week
and have the planes ready to carry the
brass hats to their homes out on Lonr
Island. up the Hudson and elsewhere
'on week ends. The Government paws
the bill.