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Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-09
u. s. Hits
RdbduI
In Raid
Toxic Radio Saws
yanks Lose d
Planes in Attack

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 8.
(UP)-Two hundred thirty
American planes raided Ra-
baul, New Britain, Friday, the Japa-
neSe high commanl announced in
a communique broadcast by Tokyo
radio Saturday.
The communique said japanese
naval planes intercepted the raid
ers and shot down "a planes in
aerial battles oyer Rabaul. The
japanese admittxa loss of two
planes.
NOT CONFIRMED
There was no confirmation of
the raid from allied sources, gut
the enemy communique indicated
that U. S. air forces had carried
out a major smash against the
much bombed keystone base at the
northern tip of New Britain, now
distantli' threatened by allie q
ground troops
The communique said 40 American
fighters attacked Rabaul Thursday
morning, and that eight u. S. and
Continued on page 2, col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-09
Union Units Sign
No-Roiding Pact

WASHINGTON. Jan. 8 CUP =
The International Association of
MachiniStS fhFL, and the United
Automobile Workers (CIO) have
signed no-raiding agreement
which H. w. Brown, lam president,
said Saturday he hoped would "set
an example for other unions"
The agreement, signed "in the
interest of the National War pro-
gram and as an aid to Uninterrupted
production in vital war industries" !"
pledges the unions for the dura-
ton, to abstain from jurisdictional
disputes and organizational inter-
ference in industries where one OF
them has a contract or is the legal
bargaining agent.
The agreement is of especial
significance in the aircraft industry
The machinists have their strong
est representation among aircraft
workers on the west coast, while
the UAW is dominant in Detroit
and the east.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-09
KiWanis Official
To Seat Officers

w. H. Tyler Jr., outgoing presi-
dent of the Ell Centre KiWanis club
has received word that despite the
sudden death of his wife, r. l..
Mueller of San Diego, lieutenant
governor for the San Diego and
Imperial counties, will conduct the
club installations in the valley as
scheduled.
Mrs. Mueller died Wednesday and
funeral services were conducted
Saturday afternoon at Bonham
Brothers Mortuary. San Diego.
Brawley Kiwanis club officers
will be installed by Mueller Tues
day noon, Ell Centre, Tuesday eve
ming, and CaleXico Wednesday
noon.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-09
County Hits Peak
In Tax Payments

Greatest of all Christmas and
New Years gifts Imperial county
ever received rested in the vaults
Saturday in the form of 1855 ,401
tax payments.
Assessor collector Dan West de-
clared that records showed this was
the greatest tax collection ever
made in the county These pay
ments reduced deilnquencies to a
minimum, he said, and put many
taxpayers way ahead on their bills
because they paid their second in
stallmentS at the same time they
paid their first installments.
Total collections made by the
county since the current taxes be-
came due and payable were $685.
401. This total included the taxes
on personal property which is not
secured by real estate. The charge
against unsecured personal property
was $102,9l1 and the collection was
$101 ,757, leaving only $l,154 uncol-
| lected,
The first installment charge was
$733, 476 and the collection was
$633,780, leaving only $99,696 uncol-
lected.
Second installment charge was
$515,241 and the collection was
$129, 1868, leaving $385,378.
West said that it was impossible
for his office to accept any tax
payments until January 20 as the
books are being used by County
| Auditor Irene MattoX to figure the
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-09

Brown pointed out, however, that
the agreement applies in all indus
tries involving the manufacture of
metal products.
Asked if he thought the agree
ment might help pave the way to
ultimate peace between the AFL
and CIO as Federations, Brown
said "it at least may cut away some
of the underbrush.
The IAM's most serious jurisdic-
tional dispute of recent years was
not with the UAW but with an
other CIO union, the Industrial
Union of Marine and Shipbuilding
Workers The CLIO shipbuilders
unsuccessful sought collective bar
gaining rights at Henry j. Kaiser's
Portland, Ore, yards where the
AFL union already had a contract.
Brown did not appear to be hope
full that the lam and the CIO
shipbuilders would be able to get
together on an agreement similar
to the one with the UAW.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-09
froStS
Hit in
vo IIev
Crops Escape with
Minor Damage;
Temperature 271

Frost nipped fingers and toes OF
Imperial Valley residents early Sat-
urday when temperatures dropped
below 80 degrees in many sections.
Agriculture, however, escaped with
only an occasional frosty nibble
with the visit of winter weather
Coolest spot in Imperial Valley
was at the weather bureau station
on the J. L. Dubois ranch four
miles southwest of El Centro where
the thermometer dropped to 2712
degrees Weatherman Roy Simp-
son said Saturday AT my station
in Ell Centro the lowest tempera-
ture was 30 2I1O degrees"
LOW POINTS
The Holtville weather bureau sta
ton reported a low of % degrees,
Calexicc a low of % degrees, West
morlan3 a low of 30R degrees, Yer
de station a low of % degrees,
Calipatria city 80 degrees, and the
station east of Calipatria recorded
lowest temperatures of 33 and "a
degrees, Simpson said.
Temperatures in the southern sec
tions of the valley were not low
enough to damage citrus. Squash
and tomatoes in the southern part
suffered a little in the coldest Sec
items but in general there was little
or no damage. Beans and tomatoes
which were covered were said to
have escaped unscathed.
PEAS UNDAMACED
Peas were unhurt because it was
above the danger mark in the pea
growing district in the northern
part of the valley.
Young squash may have been
nipped little but apparently was
not hurt enough to cause worry.
Residents recalled Saturday that
last year on January 9 and 10 oc-
Cured the first killing frosts in
the valley in five years. The mini
mum was pe;ow 20 degrees in Ell
Centre. Thermometers stood at
2912 degrees in the Warmest spots.
In fact, Imperial Valley was the
coolest spot in California for those
two days.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-09
Cunning, Deceit
Mark Jap Plans.
HaIsey Asserts

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 3 tUP)-
Japanese naval gun units fight only
at night because their perverted
thinking has convinced them they
can be more deceitful under cover
of darkness, Adm. William Bull
Halsey, commander of United Ma
tons naval forces in the south
Pacific, said in National Radio
broadcast Friday night.
They won't fight any other time
except at night he said Their
naval gunnery Is good, but in night
fighting, it's the one who hits first
who comes out on top.
$50 far we have hit first on most
occasions"
Home from the south Pacific fol
the first time since he assumed his
command 16 months ago, Halsey
was here for an army-navy wal
conference ending today.
THE Japs are very good in their
torpedo work. he explained in his
NBC talk. with their perverted
brains they like to do everything
by deceit and cunning Apparently
they think they can be more cum
ming at night
But that's not exactly how it
has worked out"
Halsey said United Nations SUBJ
marines were hitting Jap supply
lines hard, making it difficult for
them to get food and ammunition
TO their forces.
Our subs are pretty unpopular
down there" he added. They're
doing a splendid job"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-09
= AMBLINe
u EpoRTER
OleanderS All Around

Oleandcrs All Around
Dear Mayor Hatton: AS a way
farer who happened to get stranded
in your city, | would like to express
my appreciation to you and to all
the people with whom we came in
contact" wrote w. C. Capel, whose
business office is in Baton Rouge,
Louisiana. Our enforced stay in
Ell Centro was a pleasant surprise
to me and to my wife and we want
to let you know that we did appre-
ciate it very much. Officials we met
on the ration board fand yoU were
not only courteous but, what is
more, obviously deSirous of helping
us out instead Of treating us as
though we were outcasts. 1t is un-
fortunately true that many of our
cities, large and small, have, pos
Sibly because strangers are no long
er rarity, assumed an attitude
that because you are stranger,
you re hardly worthy of considera-
ton. In your city, however, we
found everyone to be most helpful
and everyone seemed to take a gen.
uine interest in trying to be hos
pitable. Your Mr., Knights at the
ration board, while acting strictly
according to law as was proper,
was human about the matter. The
clerks on the ration office seemed
eager to help someone out instead
of trying to make it as unpleasant
as possible. In fact, sir, your town
contrasted SO markedly with others
we have seen, tht | couldn't help
but tell you SO May l again
express to lou my appreciation foH
your city and for the perfectly swell
reception we had there. A city with
Continued on page 6, col. q
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-09

Will oQ5ii pdAfCilLCS llldl n
ing the greatest German disaster
since Stalingrad
The government organ Izvestia
said great professions of singing,
high spirited Soviet troops were
streaming forward through scenes
of terrible carnage and destruction,
the remains of the once vaunted
Wehrmacht.
The Red army advance was like
a big door swinging down against
the German pocket in the Dnieper
bend squeezing the demoralized
enemy back against the Bug river
Notifications.
PUSH ON IN POLAND
While General Nikolai F.. Vatutin's
advanced elements pushed more
than "a miles in old Poland, Cen
eral Ivan S. Koney's Second Ukrain-
ian arm. in concerted drive pour
ed down into the Dnieper bend
through a 60-mile breach in the
German defenses and tightened the
iron ring thrown around the key
stone base of Kirovograd.
(The MOSCOW radio reported that
important German forces were sur
rounded in the Kirovograd area,
and the Nazis around Krivoi Rog
and along the lower course of the
Dnieper were threatened with p
like fate.)
Izvestia reported that massive
columns OF Soviet motorized infan-
try, tanks, tractor-draWn artillery
and self-propelled guns were speed
ing along the roads of the western
Ukraine.
Special detachments ranged on
ahead, clearing the roads of smash
ed German tanks, guns and vehicles,
and brushing aside thousands of
corpses carpeting the wake of the
Nazi flight.
REDS RACE EACH OTHER
In some sectors Russian units
were engaged in comradely races
between themselves for the honor
of setting the pace westward, Izyes-
tia said, the tank drivers shouting
jubilant greetings as they passed
slower moving detaehments.
The official newspaper said the
Russians Sensed the tremendous
significance of Vatutin's break
through and knew they were taking
part in one of the most significant
strategic battles of history
Motorized units were hogging the
roads, disputing the honor of front
rank position with tankmen, while
a, spirit of irresistible victory pre-
dominates in the forces seeking TO
contact and engage the retreating
enemy" according to Izvestia.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-09
Blizzard Sweeps
Centre! Areas

reported as far south as FL Dorado,
Texas.
Thousands of dollars i'm damage
to livestock and property were fore
seen, although it was believed the
worst of the storm was over.
The U. S. weather bureau at Chi
cago said the extreme temperatures
in the southwest resulted from a
storm which has travelled the
width of the country within the
last two days and has moved slow
ly south from the Dakotas. The
storm did not reach the intensity
with which it struck the southwest
until 1t encountered slightly warm
er weather,
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-09

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS. AL
giers, Jan. g. fUP) American
forces have smashed 1000 yards
north from captured San Vittore
into the village of Giusto and en-
gagged desperately resisting Ger
mans in new "Stalingrad' battle
on the approaches to the Roman
plains, it was announced Saturday.
A new house toulouse struggle,
approaching the fury of the two
day clash that led to the capture
of battered, smoking San Vittore
Thursday midnight, appeared to
be developing, front reports said
The fifth army advanced as much
as a mile all along its 10-mile Of
fensive front in the interior of Italy
and on one sector captured 4,000-
foot mountain.
Occupation of the mountain, in
the Mount Majo area, overlooking
San Vittore. increased the threat
to Casino. probable anchor of the
next German defense line.
The ferocity of the German re-
oioodiiCC Oil biic lllbil diulJ lloiic
indicated that the Nazi command
was committed To stalling an Allied
break-through into the plains lead
ing to Rome as long as possible
regardless of cost.
Reynolds Packard, United Press
war correspondent with the fifth
army, described the battle for San
Vitttore as the bloodieSt of the
entire Italian campaign.
Not a single house was left with
even one floor intact. Most were
demolished, with walls sagging open
dripping their broken contents
Packard said.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-09
Warren Will Enter
President Race

SACRAMENTO, Calf, Jan. 8.
(UP)-Gov. Earl Warren Saturday
announced he will permit his name
to be used as candidate for the
presidential nomination in the Cal
ifornia primary election May 2.
The governors announcement
came in a letter to leaders of Re-
publican groups of the state who
had urged him to compete in the
primary as the head of a delega-
tion representative of the best in
tereSts of our state and nation"
The governor replied he consid-
cred it his duty" to comply with
the request.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-09
RAF and Yankees
Hammer Steadily
At French Coast

LONDON, Jan. 8 (UP)-British
Mosquito hombers kept Axis de-
lenses on edge with nuisance raids
on western Germany Friday night
following American assault on the
southwestern reich and a 750- plane
bombardment of the French in
vaSion coast.
The roar of British heavy bomb
ers participating in extensive air
exercises over the home counties
during the night led many to be-
lieve that the RATS four-engined
Warplanes were engaged in large
scale raids on the continent, but
apparently none crossed the English
channel or North Sea
RETURN INTACT
The twin-engined Mosquitoes re-
turned without loss from their at
tacks, which presumably were Gen.
tered on Germany's industrial Ruhl
and Rhineland
The Paris, Bremen. and Vichy
radios went off the air, and a later
Paris broadcast said an air alert
Waa sounded in Geneva.
Strong formations of American
Flying Fortresses and Liberators
bombed unspecified objectives in
southwestern Germany through
heavy clouds with the aid of new
secret aiming devices in daylight
Friday.
Swedish dispatches said the AM
ericans made a heavy half-houl
raid on the twin German chemical
and arms centers of Ludwigshafer
and Mannheim in the Rhineland
setting heavy fires than trans
formed Ludwigshafen specially in
to a sea of flames
HIT BIG ARTERIES
Large factories, including the I
G.. Farben Works, were blasted, ano
it was believed that LudWigshafen
which had been hit heavily pre-
viously by the RAF, received ths
coup de grace, the Stockholm Nor.
gon Tidningen said.
Enemy opposition generally wa.
weak, the 9th Air Force announced
but 33 intercepting enemy plane.
were shot down by the bombers anc
nine by their fighter escort, one O.
the largest yet sent out.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-09

delinquency penalties on the first
inStallment.
Under the present state govern
ment,' West said. the delinquency
penalties are per cent on the
first installment and three per cent
on the second installment. This
reduction has been an inducement
for taxpayers to pay up and
get their property out or the red
column"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-09

.
Herbert jr, and
Allan, the Hoov-
ers' sons, are on
t h e ir W a y here
fro m t h e W e st
coast and definite
plans will be made
after their arrival
Saturday night,
Burial will be at
Palo Alto, Calf.
Mr.. Hoover was
w t h h IS w i f e
w h e n S h G was
stricken.
Mrs. H YER
noted for her gra =
ciOuSneSS w h Ill e
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-09
BY Unitedi Press

The tail end of mild snoWstorm
that crossed the nation lashed the
southwest with record breaking
fury Saturday as snowfalls raging
into blizzards, disrupted communi-
cations and slowed travel in Texas,
Arkansas and Oklahoma.
Temperatures dropped 25 degrees
within Is hours in the Texas pam
handle and the worst blizzard since
1898 isolated Amarillo, except for
telephone communication, which
was impaired slightly, and railroad
travel which was uncertain. Sew
eral roads suspended operations
when drifts formed on the right of
way Freezing temperatures were
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-09
Jet-ProPeI|ed Plane Goes
On Trial in Raj Group

LONDON, Jan. 8 up A jet :.
propelled fighter, being hailed in
some quarters as 1.-The plane of the
age" already has been delivered to
the Royal All orce, it was dis
closed Saturday.
E. Colston Sheppard, secretary
general of the Air League, in
dicated the new secret weapon
soon will be in action against the
enemy in revealing that the con-
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-09
MRS. ROPER SUCCUNBS
IN WASHINGTON HOME

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. tUP)--
Mrs. Daniel C. Roper, widow of the
former secretary of commerce, died
Friday night at her home here.
She was 73 years old
Death came after several months
of illness following the death of
her husband, who was familiarly
known in the capital as Uncle
Dan last April.
She is survived by one sister, seven
children, II grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-09

Germ which used to manufacture
the new obsolete Gloster Gladiator
had produced the plane.
THE Italians said their jet plane
made deep hum on the ground
and a high-pitched whistle or
whine in flight" Sheppard said.
Some of you probably know what
our Gloster fighter sounds like.
One of these days, the enemy
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-09
FLU EPIDEMIC ABATES

STEWART, New, Jan. 8. CUP)-
An epidemic of influenza which at
its height saw more than 10 STU
dents of the Indian school here
stricken with the disease is abating.
Officials at the school said the
influenza was of a mild form and
was comparatively easily controlled
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-09
THE WEATHER

FORECAST FOR IMPERIAL
VALLEY-Fair with variable high
clOudiness Saturday night and
Sunday. Slowly rising daytime
temperatures with maximum 20
degrees by Sunday. Continued
cold Saturday night with general
frost. Lowest temperature q to
20 degrees. Somewhat warmer
Sunday night.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-09
NAZ Army NEARS COLLAPSE IN Russia
Mrs. Hoover Dies
OF Heart Attack
In New York Cify
31st Presidents Wife
Succumbs While
Dressing for Dinner

NEW YORK, Jan. 3. UP)-Ten-
tatiVe plans were made today to
hold the funeral of Mrs. Herbert
Hoover, wife of the former presi-
dent, in st. Bartholomew church
he"e at II am. Monday.
She died of a heart attack Friday
night in her Waldorf Astoria suite
of tho 900 of SO
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-09
Yankees Advance
After Capture
Of San Vittore

LONDON, Jan. 8. tUP)-The
United Nations radio said Satur-
day that Fifth army troops had
captured the village of GiustO,
10e0 yards north of San VittOre.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-09
Reds PuIverize
Defenses, Push
Ahead in Poland
German Disaster Equals Rout.
Slaughter at S+aIinsrad;
Orce-Vaunted Wehrmach+ Gone
- By HENRY SHAPIRO
United Press Staff Correspondent

MOSCOW Jan. 8.-Triumphant Russian mobile col
umns raced westward virtually unmpeded Saturday
the old Polish plains and the approaches to Rumana
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-09
WEATHER

Saturday 40, humidity "a; noon Saturday S. hui
midity AZ; S pm. Friday co. humidity 49,
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-09

L. A. HAY-U S. No. 1 s31- $3.50; u S. No. 2 Ieafy
1. v. $3O.50-S2.5O; No. 2 S3O.5O-315O; Sept flax
s2s6N.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-09

Total Cash. Checks and Drafts Sent
Through The Two El Centre Banksl
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-10

"Yourr own Horoscope" by
Frances Drake, Is one of many
famous features in The Detroit
Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-10
Few Produce
Prices Changed

Changes in ceiling prices Of a
few fruits and vegetables were
announced today by the OPA. The
altered prices viii be effective to-
morrow and viii continue in ef-
feet through next Wednesday. The
changes apply 10 stores in Groups
/ and 2 only.
The changes;
Grapefruit, down one cent 10
eight cents; strawberries in
quarts, reduced three cents to SO
cents, the pint price remaining
the same.
Green beans, up one cent to 20
cents a pound wax beans, up one
cent 10 20 cents a pound; all eX-
cept dollhouse cuCumberS up two
cents TO Is cents eggplant, up
one cent 10 rs cents. No. ! bulk
potatoes G943 CROP up TWO cents
10 five pounds for - cents; ready
packed Cl943 CROP potatoes. up
eight cents 20 Is pounds for %
cents
Cabbage, down one cent TO two
pounds for i cents. dry yellow
1874 onions, three pounds for 80
cents. Items not listed remain at
present ceilings.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-10
CIRCULARS OUT

Dodgers telling Of the paper
pickup have been distributed a.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-10
Dearborn Boy Backs
Teen Vote Campaign

With interest in the proposal
definitely at heart and with an
eye 10 the future l6-year-old
Norman Upton Dearborn High
School senior Today Joined the
campaign to lower the voting age
10 Is.
A leader in the Dearborn youth
center movement, Upton VOL
unteered 10 procure 1000 names
on petitions calling for an amend
ment 10 the state constitution 10
change the voting age.
IL won't be IL until next
October" said Upton, but i
could vote In about a year and
a half and that wouldn't be too
long 10 wait.
adults think that teen age
boys and girls think only OF
dances, parties and good times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-10
EAST SIDE AREA

The area 10 be covered In Sun
days pickup by the Mcclellan
police station Scouts is bounded
on the north by Mack on the east
by Conner. on the south by the
river and on the west by MCClol-
Ian and Parkvicw
ScoutmaSter Roy Prince, a
policeman working out OF the
Mcclellan station VIII lead the
drive. Jack Cook 1861 ST. james
father OF two of The Scouts In the
troop and known 20 the children
Of The aclghborhood aS an unoif-
cIal play leader, IS cooperating
in the effort
Proceeds from tho sale Of the
paper viii be used for a summer
camp for UrTbrTy OF Troop 70.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-10
Union
Sues Ex-Aides
Times Photo

Two suits were on file today In
Common Pleas Judge Watts, court
in which the Federation of Long
Lines Telephone Workers, an in
dependent union, charged that the
American Communications Asso-
citation. Go, raided its member
ship and that two officials
absconded to the Go taking rec
ords and money.
One suit seeks a writ OF replevin
requiring Marie BRAZIL, former
chairman of the local federation
unit, 10 return records she as
sertedly took and the other seeks
$1,000 from Bessie Knight, former
treasurer, who assertedly de-
parted with $3.50 of the fedora
tons money.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-10

II might be revelation TO
them, however, II they would
discuss serious problems with
their children sometimes.
I'VE in high school are as
vitality interested i'm the war as
our parents and we follow army
movements closely.
I'VE are also interested in
social and political problems.
"If we are old enough 10
fight and die. we are old enough
10 know what we are fighting
and diving for"
In It's present status, the
drive to reduce the voting age is
restricted 10 the signing of petit
tons which, when completed, will
place the proposal on the Novem-
Der ballot.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-10
Edgetomb Granted
A Divorce Decree
Times Photo

Charles Edgecomb, secretary
and manager Of the Detroit Hous-
ing Commission is today divorced
from his wife, Margaret, after
testifying that she had an ungov-
ernable temper He was granted
a decree by Circuit Judge Neu-
pnfeIt
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-10
7 Held on Charge OF Robbery Unarmed

Ernest Warrington. 80. Of 11l2
" Forest. and Earl BuScoe, 81
of 495 Ledyard. were held today
IN default Of s. 600 hail by Re
cordcr's Judge John Y Brennan