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Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-20
Stranded Plane
Drifts Toward
Sea on Ice FIoe

MONTREAL, March 20 (UP)-
A Canadian Pacific Airlines plane
with three men aboard is down on
an ice floe in the st. Lawrence
which is drifting out to sea, CPA
officials announced Monday.
The plane carried one passenger
and two-man crew. 1t was forced
down on big pan of ice near Har-
rington Harbor, Que, Tuesday night.
1t was located by air on Wednesday,
but contact was lost later in the
day due to bad weather. 1t has
not been seen since.
The names of the three men who
were seen walking near the plane
on Wednesday, were not disclosed
pending notification of relatives.
The search was being pressed by
OPA planes assisted by aircraft
from the RCAF's eastern air COM
mand and the U. S. army air force.
The RCAF sent an amphibiOus
jeep to search by sea while an ice
breaker was being rushed to the low
er st. Lawrence.
Food, rubber boats, fuel and emer-
gency equipment were dropped by
parachute to the men on Tuesday.
They were seen picking them up.
The plane had been on flight
to Harrington Harbor, 300 miles
east of Quebec City.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-20
Hay Pay Ceilings
Garry Penalties

If a ceiling is placed on
wages to be paid men en-
ployed III harvesting Impe-
rial Valley alfalfa, it was revealed
at a hearing in Ell Centro Satur-
day. severe penalties will be i'm
posed on violators.
Both employers and employees who
violate the ceiling orGer will he
subject to a fine of not more than
$1,000 or year in prison. In case
of violation the money involved
cannot be exempted from income
tax payment, said Dave Davidson,
chairman of the California wage
board, War Food Administration,
who conducted the meeting.
Local people will be called upon
to take an active part in acminis-
tration of the ceiling order if it is
placed in effect by the War Food
administration within, it is ex-
pected, the next two weeks. The
county agricultural war board will
be asked to appoint a committee
composed of workmen, producers,
and representatives of the general
public to assist in the acministra-
ton.
Some of those who testified at
the hearing thought ceiling price
would be good thing to keep wages
Continued on page !, col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-20
Chamber Official
Hits Water Pact

II LOS ANGELES, March 20. (UP)
ALLEGATION of 100000 additional
acre feet Of Colorado river water
to Mexico will bring commitments
of the lower basin to 100000 acre
feet, more than 100000 feet great
er than the available supply, James
Mussatti, general manager of the
state chamber of commerce, warned
Monday.
California and other lower basin
states will be denied vitality needed
and irreplaceable water, if the pend
ing treaty goes through he said in
statement to California congress-
men.
Southern California communi-
ties and districts already have obli-
gated themselves to pay more than
$525 100000 for facilities to use and
distribute this water" Mussatti said.
And every drop of it will be needed
for the growth and development of
southern California"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-20
British SIoops Sink Six
U-bouts in Convov Run

ing the 20-day patrol and the rug .
ged little vessels made so man.
attacks that the Startling. Walker =
ship. ran out of depth charges ard
sank the final U-boat victim with
deck gun fire. Other sloops partici-
pating in the sinkings were the
Magpie and the Kite.
Fifty-one prisoners were taken
from the submarines sunk by Walk
er's group, all In their early 20s
and all apparently we'll fed. but the
British crews reported that there
was not "much bounce or he'll Hit
ler" left in them when they were
pulled aboard.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-20
Fortresses Rib
Several Towns
In Reich Areas

LONDON, March 20. UP)-Fly-
ing Fortresses and Liberators bomb
ed southwest Germany for the sec
ond time in three days Monday,
and the Berlin radio reported that
several towns were attacked through
a heavy cloud cover
Hundreds of United States Mus
tang, Thunderbolt, and Lightning
fighters maintained a protective
shield around the heavy bombers
which went back to Germany while
American Marauder medium bomb
ers and other Allied planes swarmed
over wide stretches of western Eu-
rope.
Marauder medium bombers mean
while struck the Creil rail junction
IS miles north of Paris and numer-
Gus targets on the French invasion
coast, while Thunderbolt fighter
bombers of the Ninth air force
bombed two airfields in France.
Two waves of Marauders totaling
nearly 100 bombed the Pas De Calais
area.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-20
vesuvius PeriIs
Many Lives

ON THE UPPER SLOPES OF
MOUNT VESUVIUS, March 90
(UP)-Thousainds of Italian viii
layers fled from their homes on
the northwestern slopes of Mount
Vesuvius MonoaJ night as the vol
cano's worst eruption of modern
times spewed a stream of molten
lava down the mountainside.
The eruptions began Saturday,
sending four streams of flaming
lava down the mountainsides. The
main stream, estimated to be a
quarter of a mile wide and seven
feet deep, Sizzled toward Tore Del
Greco and Tore Anunziata, both
near Pompeii.
Forest and crops already have
suffered considerable damage, but
no serious damage to dwellings has
been reported thus far.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-20
so Feared Killed
When N. J. Bus
SkidS into River
Plunged From
Icy Bridge;
Two Rescued Die

PASSAIC, N. j., March
20. (UP)-A crowded Com
fort Lines bus skidded in q
f ezing snOwstorm and
plunged through the railing
of the Market street bridge
into the deep channel of the
Passaic river shortly after 8
am. Monday, carrying an
undetermined number of per-
sons to their death.
The number aboard the bus Was
unknown, but company officials
said that a bus during the rush
hour might have carried up to SO
passengers.
Eight persons were known to
have been rescued, but two Of them,
an unidentified woman and ped
estrian thrown into the river ny
the careening bus. died later.
The dead man was Walter Leroy
Thomas, SO, of Rutherford, N. j.
Thomas, foreman at U. S. Rub
ber company plant, who was walk
ing across the bridge when he was
struck
The bus was reported submerged
The Passaic river is $50 feet wide
at that place, where the channel Is
between 20 and 30 feet deep.
The bus was enroute from Pas
sale to Wellington and is believed
to have skidded on the icy bridge,
whose pavement is said to be con-
structed partially of rubber as an
experiment.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-20

ALGIERS, March 20. UP)--
Pierre Pucheu, former Vichy min
lister of interior, died with great
dignity" Monday as he gave the
final command to a French firing
squad which executed him as a
traitor to France.
He stood proudly erect, without
bandage on his eyes and with his
hands united while he faced the u
selected riflemen shortly before 8
am. at Hussein Dey rifle range on
the outskirts of Algiers.
Pucheu's last request was that he
be given the privilege of issuing
the final commands to the firing
squad. A brief communique sad
he "cied courageously."
Gen. Charles de Gaulle, president
OF the French Committee of Ma
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-20
Blast
Sinks
Vessel
Escort Ship
Goes Down.;
$50 on Board
WASHINGTON, March 20.

WASHINGTON, March 20. (UP)
The navy Monday announced the
loss of the l,3OO-ton destroyer es-
cor vessel Leopold as the result
of an underwater explosion on
March 10 in the Atlantic.
The Leopold was the first de-
stroyer escort and the 145th naval
vessel announced lost by the navy
thus far in this war.
The vessel, which was manned
by coast guard personnel, carried
a normal complement of $50 men.
The navy said next of kin of all
casualties have been notified, but
the number of casualties was not
announced
Skipper of the vessel, Cmdr
Coy Phillips of the coast guard,
has been listed as missing in ac-
ton. His wife lives at Glenbrook,
Conn.
The ship was launced on June
IL, l943.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-20
SQuod Executes
French Traitor

tional Liberation, presumably re-
jected Pucheu's appeal for mercy
Sunday night and the execution
was carried out secretly early Mon
day morning.
Pucheu convicted of treason by
a French military tribunal last
week on evidence stemming from
his record of collaboration with the
Germans while a member of the
Vichy government.
The prosecution held him respon-
sible for the execution of a num-
Der of French hostages and patriots
whom he had turned over to the
Germans on demand. Pucheu as
serted that actually he had inter-
ceded for many patriots and oe-
manded that his trial be delayed
until after the war when documents S
now In Vichy would be available.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-20

voys guarded by Walkers rowing
second escort group reached port
safely but one of the sloops, the
Woodpecker, sank at sea eight days
after she was torpedoed. Her crew
was transferred to other vessels.
THE chief creGit for this SOCK
on the nose for Admiral (Kar9
Doenitz must unquestionably go TO
H.M.S. wild Goose" Walker said.
"Of the six U-boats destroyed, four
were initially detected by the Wild
Goose who also played a major
part in their destruction"
Each ship in the escort group
steamed more than 5000 miles dur
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-20
Ten Army F|iers
Perish in Crash

TUCSON, Ariz., March 20. CUP)
Ten army airmen from Hamilton
Field, Calf, we're killed Saturday
afternoon when their B-24 Liber-
ator bomber crashed in the Santa
Cataline mountains approximately
80 miles northeast of here, Col. e.
K. Rich, commanding officer at
Davis-Monthan field announced
Moncay. E..
A search party discovered the
wreckage late Saturday afternoon
and medical officers recovered the
bodies Sunday. Cause of the crash
is undetermined but is being in
vestigated by a board of Davis
Monthan officers.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-20
States Disclose
Stand on u. 5.
Soldier Ballots

WASHINGTON, March 20. (UP)
Here is a box score of President
Roosevelt's survey of the 48 state
governors to determine whether the
federal ballot proposed in the new
soldier vote bill would be acceptable
to their respective states:
States replying-42.
States definitely accepting the
federal ballots.
States definitely rejecting-l5.
States that will probably accept
IA.
States that will probably re-
ject-3.
States undecided-4.
States not replying-6.
The gubernatorial replies, made
public by the White House Sunday
night without comment or analysis,
showed this state by state align
ment:
States that will permit use of
federal ballot (6)-California, Flor
ida, Maryland, North Carolina, Ver-
mont, and Washington.
States that will not 05)-Arizona,
Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho,
Illinois. Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky,
Minnesota, Montana, South Da-
kota, Virginia, West Virginia, and
Wisconsin.
States that will probably not o.
Alabama, Mississippi, and Missouri.
States that will make efforts to
permit use of the federal ballot
u4-Connecticut, Indiana, Maine,
Massachusetts,, Nebrask New
Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mex
leo, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma,
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and
Utah.
States undecided (4-Delaware,
Louisiana, Nevada, and North Da-
kota.
States not reporting (6)-Michi-
gan, Oregon, South Carolina, Ten
neSSee, Texas, and Wyoming.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-20
Autos Co|Iide:
-Four Injured

-Four persons were injured in a
head-on collision between two cars
near the intersection of highways
80 and Ill between Ell Centro and
Holtville shortly after a. m Sun
day.
Injured included Jose Silva, 38,
Ell Centre; Joe Keeler, 46. Holtville:
Cruz Mejias, Is, and Carmen Me-
jas. Is. both of Ell Centre. Silva
was driving west and Keeler was
driving east. highway patrolmen
said, when the collision occurred.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-20
Greek Princess,
King Peter Wed

LONDON, March 20. CUP)-King
Peter of Jugoslavia and Princess
Alexandra of Greece were married
Monday in the Jugoslav embassy
here.
Peter is 20 years old, his bride is
%.
Queen Mother Marie of Jugo-
slavia, Peters mother, was unable
to attend because of illness.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-20

voy route into the sea of Okhotsk.
Col. Kenneth Fogle of Chicago,
intelligence officer for the 1lth air
command, pointed out that when
bomberS were over Matsuwa they
were closer to the main Japanese
islands than they were to their
home base.
1T was the deepest strike made
into Japanese territory since the
Doolittle raio," Fogle stated.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-20
LONDON, March 20. (UP)

LONDON, March 20. (UP)
"A new German undersea
offensive to interrupt the
flow of troops and arms to Brit
ain for the invasion of western
Europe was believed Monday TO
have been nipped by the sinking
of six submarines by British escort
sloops-the worst single defeat yet
inflicted on the Nazi U-boat fleet.
Five rough and tumble little
sloops of the secret Bird class led
by Capt F.. j. Walker, Britain's ace
submarine killer, destroyed the six
U-boats on 20-day Atlantic patrol
sinking three of them within l6
hours-the admiralty disclosed.
Every merchant ship in two con-
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-20
Red Armies Forge
Final Links in
Double Offensive
Sweep into Bessarabia From North
As Southern Troops Batter
For Heavv Gains AIono Black Sea

LONDON, March 20. (UP)-Russa's first and second
armies of the Ukraine burst through two gaping holes in
Htlers eastern wall Monday driving tens of thousands
of Germans into headong retreat into Rumana and the
Carpathan foothills on the border of old Poland.
In two triumphant orders of the day issued only few
hours apart Soviet Premier Josef Stain announced that
his fast rolling armored columns had captured Mogilev
Podosk key Dniester river stronghold the Bessarab
ian frontier and the central Ukraine base of Vnnsa so
miles TO the north
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-20
AIeution Based u. s. Planes
Hit TOO Miles From Tokyo

HEADQUARTERS, II t h
Air Force, March 16. Delay
ed) (UP)-Army Liberator
bombers hit the Japanese base at
Matsuwa island in the central Kuc-
lies islands for the first time in
what probably was the longest over
water combat mission of the war.
Eleventh air force headquarters
announced the Japanese apparently
were taken by complete surprise as
the planes swept in from the ocean
just before dawn to unload heavy
demolition bombs on enemy air
installations. The planes, all If
which returned safely to their AL
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-20
Famed U. s. Pilot
Reported Lost

U. S. BOMBER BASE, England,
March 20. (UP)-John Cary (Red)
Morgan, holder of the medal of
honor, Americas highest award for
valor, was lost when his Flying
Fortress was shot from formation
by German flax over Berlin March
6, it was disclosed.
Morgan, 20, of New York City
and Amarillo, Texas, who won the
medal of honor for a mission over
Hanover, Germany, last July 26
was flying as co-pilot.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-20

eutians base, encountered no anti
aircraft fire and no interceptors
came up to offer resistance.
1t. Robert Lockwood Of Entiat,
Wash, veteran Aleutian pilot who
pioneered the heavy bomber mis-
sions over Paramushiro, said when
he went in the target was covered
by the overcast and he had to bomb
through the clouds.
MatSuWa is a small circular VOL
canic island, 100 miles north of
Tokyo and is located in the center
of the long Kurile chain. Matsuwa
dominates the central island group
and guards the strategically i'm
portant Matsuwa Strait on the con-
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-20
Swallows Keep to
Mystic Schedule

ing place an dset to work gather
ing mud and twigs.
According to custom, the swallows
will rear two coveys of young be-
lore starting lor rie.r winter haunts.
Their punctual return Monday ter
minated a lapse of two years when
they were late In arriving.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-20
jap Force Routed
In North burmo

forces have completely smashed tht
resistance Of the Japanese In the
Hukawng Valley" the communiqus
said.
Chinese forces In northern Bur-
ma captured Tasu Bum Friday AMI,
with the support OF the tactical air
force of the western air command,
are attacking Jambu Bum pass,
which joins the Hukawng Valley
with the Mogaung Valley u the
south, II was announced.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-20

CHUNGKING, March 20. (UP)--.
Chinese and American forces have
smashed Japanese resistance
throughout the Hukawng Valley OF
northern Burma, recapturing 1890
square miles of territory, an official
Chinese announcement said to-
night. Four Thousand enemy troops
were killed in the four-month cam
paign.
THE combined Chinese american
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-20
D AMs!!Ne Avn!M!e
PLAYING SAFE

PLAYING SAFE
1t took time and effort to get
George H. Wilson, husky Negro
hay buck, off the witness stand at
the hay harvest wage hearing in
Ell Centro Saturday.
George asked a question that no
one present had authority to an
swer
"I want to do what the govern
ment want me to do" Wilson in
sisted, land l don't want to go to
no Jail house IL i don't do 1T right.
Do I take as much as l kin git fer
buckin hay or mus I take same
as last year? Nobody Wanta buck
no hay no way. Nobody like it and
don't want buck no hay lessen they
gets paid good"
Dave Davidson, presiding at the
hearing, repeatedly told the hay
buck that he could not answer that
question because he had no au-
thority to do so.
George grinned but stubbornly
sat still.
IT jes' wanna know what to do
he went on. "Jes tell me what to
do" It took all manner of Suave
maneuvering to get the Negro out
of the way to make way for other
witnesses. The audience was with
George. They wanted to know the
same thing that George did. George
finally got an answer but he ap-
parently thought 1t was not clear
enough to help him out much. He
left the stand shaking his head and
still muttering about the Jail house.
IRA LA SPRING
It is spring We mean spring
officially has arrived in these parts.
No, the wind is not our barometer
for determining when spring is
here.
We know it is spring because
Ray Forshey has started fOoling
around with the zillion coolers at
the court house. When. he starts
trailing around with excelsior like
an old bird making a nest, we know
warm weather is just over the hill.
HIGH ADVENTURE
Ask Riley Mcbride how it feels
to have the front wheels Of his
car hanging out over a canyon
while the back wheels hang on by
the skin of their worn tires.
While taking load of Boy Scouts
to Five Rocks for an overnight camp
Saturday night, he ran his car off
the grade and balanced the car on
the edge.
All the members of troop 73 rush.
ed to the rescue and lifted the car
back on the road.
P.S.-The canyon wasn't deep.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-20

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calf,
March 20. (UP)-The swallows who
come back to CapisIrano mission
on March 20 each year showed up
early Monday-right on schedule.
Arriving in small groups, the
birds Immediately began searching
old barns, trees and hooks for nest
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-20
OFFERS TO GIVE EYE

LONDON, March 20. (UP)-Sgt.
Forest Vosler. Livonia, N. Y, who
was blinded by shrapnel over Ger
many last month, was offered the
gift of one good eye Monday by a
Berkeley, CAL, woman who read of
his plight in a newspaper
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-20
KILLS SELF IN JAIL

LOS ANGELES, March 20. OUP)
Gregory Leahy, 36, salesman, COM
mitted suicide in his county jail
cell Monday, few hours before
he was scheduled to go on trial for
the murder of his wife.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-20
Three Men Killed
In Army Plane

SANTA MARIA, Calf, March 90
CUP)-An army plane from the
Santa Maria airfield crashed near
MADEIRA, Calf. Saturday, killing the
pilot and two passengers, public re-
iations officers at the field reported
Monday.
SANTA MARIA, Calf, March 90
(UP)-Wreckage of an army bomb
er missing since last July has been
discovered on San Miguel island in
the Santa Barbara channel with 12
bodies aboard, Santa Maria army
airfield officials reported Monday
Further details were withheld pend
Ing investigation.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-20
WEATHER

Maximum Saturday IS, minimum
Monday so; S am. Monday 81, hu-
midity 43; noon Monday 68, humid
ity Is; s pm. Sat. 7S, humidity rs.
Evening star., 1944-09-29
Embassy Dinner
Last Euening

The Brazilian Ambassador and
Senhora de Martins entertained at
dinner last evening at the Embassy,
having as their guests the Secre-
tary of Commerce and Mrs. Jesse
Holman Jones, the former United
States Ambassador to Argentina,
Mr.. Norman Armour: the United
States Ambassador to Brazil. Mr..
Jefferson Caffrey, the newly-ap-
pointed United States Ambassador
to Colombia and Mrs. John Wiley
the Co-ordinator of Inter- American
Affairs and Mrs. Nelson A. Rookie
feller, the Counselor of the Belgian
Embassy and Baroness de Gruben
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Boyer, Mrs. Robert
Low Bacon, Mrs. A. Mitchell Palmer
Mrs. Nordell Lloyd, Mr.. D. McCar-
thy, Mr.. Randall Harrison of the
State Department, the Minister
Counselor of the Embassy and Sen
nora de Lobo, the Secretary of the
Embassy, Senior Theodemiro Tos
ties; the daughter of the hosts. Sen
horlta Lura Martins, and Senhorits
: Marie Frias.
The Ambassador and Senhora dt
) Martins will spend several weeks ir
their homeland, the Ambassador t.
leave Sunday and Senhora de Mar
tins to leave later next week. They
are expected to return to the Cap.
ltal before the first of November.
Evening star., 1944-09-29
Luncheon Gireu
For Director

The chairman of the Social Sc
curity Board, Mr.. Arthur Altmyer
entertained at luncheon Yesterday
at the Statier In honor of the di-
rector of the National Social Sc
curity System of Peru, DR.. Guillermo
Almenara
The other guests were the Secre-
tary of Labor. Miss Frances Perkins;
the minister counselor If the Peru
Wan Embassy, DR.. Eduardo Garland
the director of the Pan-American
Sanitary Bureau, DR. Hugh S. Cum
mings; the assistant director, DR.
Edward G. Ernst: the director of the
United States Public Health Service
DR.. Thomas Parran, the director O.
the Children's Bureau, Miss Kathe.
rlne Lenroot; the director general o
the Pan-American Union, DR.. Leo
Rowe; tns medical director of tht
Social Security Institute of Mexico
DR.. Gaudencio Gonzales; the oi.
rector of the Division of Labor Rela
tions Of the State Department, Mr.
Otis MullikelI; the director of thu
Bureau o. the Budget. Mr.. Harolc
Smith; tlc executive director of III,
Social Security Board. DR.. Oscar M
Powell: Mrs. Ellen S. Woodward
Mr.. George E. Bigge and Mr.. Wilbu
j. Cohen, all of the Social Securit,
Board: the executive director of tn
1nter-American Hospital Associa
ton, Mr.. Felix Lamela, and Mrs
Mary de'iroat Reed and Col. A. r
Dreisbach, both of the Office O
Inter -Ame, icaa Affairs
Evening star., 1944-09-29
Holland Club Plans
Honor for Queen

A gala affair to be held by the
Holland Club of Washington will
celebrate the return of Queen Will
helmlna of the Netherlands to her
native soil. The party is expected
TO be a Dutch dinner and dance
preceded by Thanksgiving service.
Members of the Holland Club re-
quest all Netherlanders in this vicin-
ity as well as descendants of Meth
erlanders to participate with them
In the celebration.
The president, C. Alberding. has
appointed the following committee
to make arrangements: BARLEY C.
Moor, Mrs. j. Tamson, A. Van Der
Walk and P. Adriani.
In the meantime women members
are intensifying their efforts to sew,
knit and collect thousands of gar
ments and items to be shipped at
a feasible time after their country
men are freed. Donations of cloth
ing, household supplies and toilet
articles will be accepted. The Meth
erlands' Embassy records all gifts
Further information may be OBJ
tanned from Miss Emma Wander
Kooy, RA. 1923.