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Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-21
Several Thought
Killed When
bombers Collide

TRINIDAD, Colo, Aug. 81. CUP)
Two army bombers locked wings
in mid-air Monday and crashed
near Model. Colorado. about 20
miles northeast of Trinidad.
First reports indicated that sew
eral MN were killed.
One officer was known to have
escaped by parachute, Sheriff Elmer
Ray said.
Bill Garcia 16, who was moving
hay IN the area of the crash, said
that about IL planes we're over
head, in two groups, when two of
the planes collided.
Both Immediately hurtled to the
ground. They landed about mile
apart.
Garcia said that one of the planes
dived straight down at him, and
that he crawled into a hay stack
to escape it. The plane landed in
an adjoining field, about so yards
from where Garcia was hidden.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-21
Bulgaria Neors
Peace Moves

LONDON, Aug. 81. (UP)-Inform-
ed diplomatic sources said Monday
that Bulgaria may break diplomat
ic relations with Germans Thursday
and appeal openly to Britain and
the United States for peace
These informants stated on the
highest authority that British, AM
erican and Bulgarian representa-
ives have been in conference In An
kara, Turkey, for a week and that
Bulgaria will be granted an armis-
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-21
Burglars Truck
Awav Furniture

BRAWLEY. Aug. 2l-Burglars had
a need for household furniture. 1t
became known Monday when Gene
Anderson, manager of the Imperial
Hardware company here summed up
looting of the company's warehouse
on G street sometime between 6
pm. Saturday and $50 pm. Sun
day. Anderson said about a truck
load of living room furniture was
taken, valued at around $500. En-
trance was gained through forcing
a rear door.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-21
Dewey Emissary
On Peace Plan
To Meet WiI|kie


Foster Dulles, emissary of Governor
Thomas E. Dewey, Republican pres
identialidential nominee, m ee S
with Wendell L. Willkie Monday in
an effort to establish complete
party harmony on delicate points
of this country's foreign policy now
and after the war
The meeting was arranged by
Dewey himself after he had failed
to get Willkie to Albany for per-
sonal conference and Willkie had
criticized his recent statement ex-
pressing concern for the fate of
small nations in the postwar world
Willkie, the 1910 Republican stand
ard bearer, has not pledged his sup
port to Dewey.
Dulles came here from Albany en-
route to Washington for a confer
ence on Wednesday with Secretary
of State Cordell Hull as Dewey's
agent. He carried Dewey's proposal
that one of the first steps toward
establishing the prerequisites for an
lllS pCdCC dlUCl tllC wal
be the nternationalization of Ger
many's heavily industrialized Ruhr
valley.
In his first direct approach to
Willkie since he wen the nomina-
tion Dewey put in telephone call
from the Albany governors man
sion to WILKES apartment here
late Saturday night. Willkie had
retired and his household refused
to disturb him. So Dewey sent him
telegram saying that he and
Dulles would like to have the bene-
fit of your views if you could join
us at any time on Sunday and Sun
day evening"
Willkie replied geographically
Continued on Pc. 6, Col. u
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-21

Business Agent Edward F. Dillon
said the machinists were informed
no man or woman will be penal
lied by the lodge for working over
time in any shop, government
controlled or otherwise, If he is re-
qested to do so and desires as an
individual to comply"
Rear Admiral Harold G. Bowen,
special navy representative in
charge of the seized shops, said the
government would return the shops
to their owners only when the navy
was satisfied the action would not
interfere with production.
Sunday nights action followed by
"a hours War Labor Board deci-
sion cancelling the lodges prefer
entail hiring agreement with the
seized shops.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-21


homeland in two months.
FOR SUPERS LOST
tThe war department announced
at Washington that four bormbers
from the Daylight forces were lost
ito enemy action" 1t had no de-
tails of the night operationD
GA japanese imperial communi-
que, broadcast by Tokyo radio and
heard by United Press at San Fran
cisco, admitted that "some damage
was cone to our side" 1t said the
two forces comprised a total of 80
SuperfortresseS, which attacked
kyuShu. Southernmost of Japan's
home islands, and the Choguku dis
trict. site of a large naval base in
eastern Honshu.
tTokyo claimed Is. American
planes were shot down and 20 Amer
ican airmen were captured after
they landed in paractutec.)
"a later Japanese communique.
reported by FEC. said % American
planes were shot down and admitted
the loss of three Japanese fighter
planeSO
STRIKE IN CHINA
While the main force of the
SuperfortreSSes sent out by the goth
bomber command were concentrated
on YaWata, other B-29's struck in
China to lash Lao Vac, terminal for
the Lunghai railroad ano important
Continued on Pg. 6, Col. q
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-21
Builders Urge
End of Bans

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 81. Cup)
B. F. Modglin. president of Build
ers of the West, Inc. Monday
urged the War Production Board to
release materials for private and
public construction as quickly as
possible ito provide jobs for return
ing servicemen and idle war work.
ers."
In telegram to Donald Nelson,
WPB chief, MJdglin said that a
statement from WPB that build
ing materials will be made avail
able without delay will do, much to
alleviate" the present quitting epi-
demic" among war workers on the
west coast.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-21

tice as soon as she makes a clean
break with Germany.
"a United Press dispatch from
Ankara quoted diplomatic quarters
in the Turkish capital as saying
that Bulgaria's condition for an
immediate withdrawal from the war
already have been communicated
to Britain and the United States
through the Russian government.
which is not at war against Bull
garial
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-21

LO N d ON, Aug. FL. (UP)
Great fires are raging in Paris
and students are battling Nazi
troops in the city streets, the
United Nations radio at Algiers
said Monday night.
SUPREME HEADQUAR-
TERS, AEF, Aug. 21. (UP)
The battle of northwestern
France has ended in complete
and decisive victor for the
Allies and the end of the
war is in sight, Gen. Sir Ber-
nard l.. Montgomery declar-
ed Monday as Allied armies
laid siege to Paris from three
sides, preached the Seine
river, line, and swung in from
Normandy to finish off the
survivors of the routed Nazi
7th army.
"The Lord, mighty in bat
ties, has given us the VIC
tory" Montgomery said in a
stirring order of the day to
the combined British, .Ameri-
can, and Canadian armies
under his overall ground
command.
"The news is very good
from the war fronts all over
the world. The end of the
war is in sight. Let's finish
off the business in record
time"
Montgomery said the past 10 days
have seen the elimination of the
German army south of the Seine as
an effective fighting force. and that
terrific" destruction of NaZi men
and armor still is going on in the
by-passed Normandy pocket.
DECISIVE VICTORY
The victory has been definite,
complete and decisive" he said, as
serting that the Allied triumph
marked the beginning of the end
of German military domination in
all France.
Having brought disaster to the
German forces in northwest France,
we must now complete the destruc-
ton of such of his forces as are
still available to be destroyed.
After knowing what has happen
ed to their armies in northwest
France, it is unlikely that these
forces will come to us, so we will
go to them,' Montgomery's order
declared.
Almost as he spoke, 10000 beaten,
cazed Nazi veterans laid down their
arms and surrendered to the over
whelming Allied tanks, artillery and
riflemen maSsed around them in
the Normandy pocket. At the same
time, British, Canadian. and Ameri-
can troops surged eastward toward
the Seine, herding the disintegrat-
ing remnants of the 7th army into
the guns of Yankee forces that
crossed the Seine northwest of Paris
and famed out across the enemy's
line of flight.
MASS SURRENDER
The mass surrender in the Nor
mandy pocket swelled the number
of prisoners taken in that trap to
more than $1,000 men, and the spec
tacular American break through
across the Seine, coupled with a
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Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-21

hind the attack had never been
told, Kimmel said:
Until I am afforded hearing
in open court. 1t is grossly unjust
to repeat false charges against me,
when by official action, I have been
persistently denied an opportunity
to defend myself publicly"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-21
j. s. Submarines DESTROY
19 More japanese Ships

This latest bag brings to 7O6 the
number of japanese vessels sunk
by American undersea craft. In ad-
dition, another 81 have probably
been sunk and at least lis damaged
for an overall total of 858 japanese
craft hit by American submersibles.
The navy stopped announcing ad-
citions to the probably sunk and
damaged categories several months
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-21

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.
(UP) American submarines,
whiting down the Japanese
fleet at an ever-increasing
tempo, have sunk 10 more
enemy vessels, including two
combatant ships, the navy
disclosed Monday.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-21

ago, however, so that the total of
those classes do not present a true
picture.
Mondays sinkings brought to IS
the number of sinkings announced
this month.
The latest list included one light
cruiser, one escort vessel, one large
tanker, three cargo transports, and
13 cargo vessels.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-21
y AMBlINe
EpoRTER
RAMBLER
Sweet Stuff

RAMBLER
Sweet Stuff
Virginia Grassland was leaving for
her vacation from the district at
torney'S office. On her desk she
left this legal document:
I, VIRGINIA GRASSLAND, being
of sound ano disposing mind?, and
not under restraint or undue in
fluence. do hereby make my first
will and testament, to-wit, one half
of box of chocolates more par
ticularly described as follows:
n of l ID. and OF. box OF
Whitman's Sampler Chocolates
and CONNECTIONS.
They to be enjoyed by the follow
ing members of the Districts At
torney's Office Hazel E. Livingston
Mrs. Tressa Smith, Louise Allen, c.
@. Halliday, Don c. Bitter, l.. j.
MouSer, and A. C. Finney.
In witness whereof. I have here
unto set my hand and seal this 18th
day of August, 1914. in the City of
Ell Centre. County of Imperial, State
OF California.
Signed-Virginia Grassland
P. S. I hereby appoint Hazel E.
Livingston as Executor: she to di-
vide the canoy as she sees fit.
Two More Victims
1t was one of those muggy. sticky
perfectly disgusting nights and we
don't care if you do tell the chamber
of commerce on lis.
Mrs. Jim Marable was doing her
level best to get up a good dinner
for her husband. 1t was a struggle
but she finally had it reacy and Jim
struggled to the dinner table
Jim thought the salad looked
tempting. He began to devour 1t.
Then he stopped The taste was
bit out of the ordinary, a sort of
exotic flavor quite new to him.
Er-ah, new salad dressing?"
he asked tactfully, just to be on the
safe side. Mrs. Marable hastily
tasted his salad.
She had poured on generous
portion of karo syrup instead of
peanut oil.
p. S.-The bottles we're twins. SO
you can't blame her.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-21

Hawaii.
Your innuendo that General
Short and I were not on speaking
terms is not true" Kimmel wrote.
Your statements alleging failure to
cooperate and coordinate our efforts
are equally false"
Declaring that the real story" be-
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-21
MONTGOMERY PR0CL aims WAR END NEAI
Here's Mileage
Standing in
Push on Berlin
BY UNITED PRESS

ny UNI It'd Il NLSp
The shortest distance to Berlin
from advanced Allied lines Mon
day:
Northern France-548 miles tgain
of Al miles in one week.
Southern France-661 miles (lIn-
changed for week.
Russia-328 miles unchanged
for week.
Italy-602 miles (gain Of two
miles in week.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-21
WEATHER

Maximum Sunday 113. minimum
Monday IL; S a. m. Monday rs, hu-
midity So; noon Monday 100, humid
ity IL; S p. m. Sun. 108, humidity 40.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-21
MASS SURRENDER

The mass surrender in the Nor
mandy pocket swelled the number
of prisoners taken in that trap to
more than $1,000 men, and the spec
tacular American break through
across the Seine, coupled with a
Continued on Page s, Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-21
Nazi Power Blasted
On All French Lines
Paris Besiesed
As Pocke+ed
Nazis Surrender

LON NDON, Aug. FL. (UP) -
Great fires are raging in Paris
and students are battling NaZi
troops in the city streets, the
United Nations radio at Algiers
said Monday night.
Evening star., 1944-03-01
Two>Act Plays for Spring

Right now is the time the girls
gather over the teacups, fully in
tending to discuss the new fiction,
and find themselves magpieing about
new fashions. Feeling full of virtue
and good works, they may have
vowed not to think of clothes for
the duration-but come the first
warm day, the sap begins to rise.
Our phone has jingled frequently
Of late with questions like this:
What kind of a topcoat should I
buy?" Should I buy a dress or a
suit?" what kind of suit shall ]
get?" They tell us. more surely
than any calendar or robin, that
spring is just around the corner.
What to buy for a Washington
spring is always a problem, be-
cause spring as such is pretty non
existent. Furthermore, as you may
have found out in the past few
weeks, the weather is extremely
changeable Department of Un-
derstatemenD> IF you don't like
our weather, "swashingtonians say
"just wait a minute"
Evening star., 1944-03-01
Dix Says

Dear Miss Dix: I am a girl of 20
and married to boy year older
than I am. We were terribly in
love and for four months we lived
in paradise for two. Then he was
sent overseas. Now he has written
to say that he has met a girl in
Scotland with whom he is madly
in love and he wants my consent
for a divorce. Shall I give it to
him?
I am practically insane from
worrying over it, and although I
still love him to death, I must think
of his happiness as well as my own.
B. M. N.
Answer-Play for time. Write
your husband that if, after the
duration of the war, he still loves
his Scotch sweetheart better than
he does you that you will give him
a divorce, but that you want him
to be very sure of his feelings for
his own sake and the girls sake, as
well as your own, before you break
up your marriage.
Evening star., 1944-03-01

Contributions and requests
must be accompanied by the
sender's full name and address.
We will withhold both and use
only initials. Please address
mail to the Readers Clearing
House, Woman's Page, The
Evening Star, Washington 4.
Views expressed in the Clear
ing House are not necessarily
those of The, Star, and. as it is
obviously impossible for us to
test all recipes submitted, we
cannot assume responsibility
for them.
Please do not be impatient If
1t takes a few days for your re-
quest or suggestion to appear
The great number of letters
being received, together with
space restrictions, makes it i'm
possible to keep up with the
daily mail. For the same rea-
sons, duplicate or similar reci-
pes canrot be printed.
Betsy Cas,veH.
Evening star., 1944-03-01

white dickey for desk-time-which
is dispensed with after hours in
favor of pin or two to dramatize
the but-low! decolletage.
Two-piece dresses can be even
more useful than one-piece numbers.
You'd do well, for example, to buy
a two-piece polka dot with a side
button overblodse. The blouse does
double duty with your suit while the
skirt mates just as compatibly with
white blouses as the one it was
meant for.
AS for us, we find two-piece suit
dresses amiable additions to ward
robe because they get along so well
with so many other things. There's
a shantunglike rayon, for instance,
that you could wear right now and
on through summer (well, most OF
the summerD. 1t is spiked with its
own two-tone polka dotted, fagotted
dickey which, for dates, bows out in
favor of a froth of white blouse
or gilet. The whole thing adds up
to good sense land not too many,
incidentally. One of the best parts
about two-piecers in this mans
town is that you can moult as you
melt. In other words, as the heat
turns on, the jacket goes off.
Since coats are not too neces-
sary in this almost springless city,
you'd best buy one that will serve
all purposes 1t might be a rain
or-shine cravenetted gabardine with
oversize pockets which can be worn
belted or loose This is a knockout
in navy or black. Or your coat
might be one of the bright new
shorties that are SO good for the
idiosyncracies of Washington wealth.
er. One smart girl we know is
buying navy blue topper and skirt
to match so she can wear it suit
wise with all her bright beanies and
shirts. The topper will also see
service over prints and other dresses
and, as she says, will cover both
work and whoopee clothes"
Evening star., 1944-03-01
Round About the House

Would appreciate your advice
on the tolloiOing: We haze 18th
century furniture in our liping
room toith Just te,o old pieces
fIoDe seat, small table and an
tique lamp and / 1Uould like to
knoD II Victorian pieces could be
used NTH these in good taste,
such as Victorian pullup chair
1Dtth GoDernor Winthrop desk,
Victorian t,Uin chairs in front of
fireplace, etc. do not kno,D the
period of the tetD old pieces ue
haze. as they are things that
haze been in our family and
handed do,Dn. am so partial
to antiques. but all the ones I
see seem to be OF the Victorian
era. II Victorian pieces are not
good l1ith 10hat tUe haze. Dhat
Dould you suggest. as I iDdnt to
start collecting old pieces as I
90 along? My sister Uould like
to kno,U tDhat period Regency"
is? Would Hanback, chairs OF
that design 90 ,Dith 18th CEN
tury? Thank you." r. M.
Unless you are sticking very closely
to period, which evidently you are
not, there is no reason why you
cannot mix furniture of various
eras as long as it does not Offend
the eye. In your case 1 would hest
tate to use an ornate Victorian chair
in front of an austere Winthrop
desk as they are the opposite ends
OF design-one being primitively
simple and the other effusively elab-
crate. If perchance you happen tc
find one of the Victorian chairs with
the simple, plain rolled back ano
turned legs, with 40 carving OF
curliques, it would have comforta-
BILE, honey look and fit in nicely.
On the other hand-across the
room in front of the fireplace yol
might find that the carved Victorian
chairs looked perfectly right. Make
an attempt to upholster all of these
to fit in with your color scheme
which helps them to belong. Giver
a choice I would prefer a simpler
chair as desk chair, even if you
used a modern reproduction, which
matched the wood in the desk
Avoid using too many woods in the
room. Combine two if you must
but If any pieces need refinishine
try to have them redone to match
your good woods.
Regency-is about 181O-182O. The
same period in America was calleo
Federal, or American Empire. 1t il
an outgrowth of Sheraton and Hep.
plewhite of the late 18th century
This period has dignified grace
that goes we'll with all periods, il
you avoid the more ornate, brass
Evening star., 1944-03-01
By EveIyn Hayes

It's even harder to tell an individ-
ual what to buy without knowing
what she already has. However, a
good buy line for everybody to keep
in mind Is: Be sure that behind
every purchase there's a purpose
and a double purpose. Never, never
buy so much as a pin without plan
Make certain that everything you
buy dovetails both with your life
and your wardrobe. For example
don't sink large slice of your salary
into glamour-girl dance dress
when dances are few and far be-
tween. Most of all, be sure that
everything you buy will serve al
least two purposes in your wardrobe
Here's what we mean. If you fee
you need a dress, buy one that car
do full time at work and overtime
on the glamour shift. We saw such
q dress the other day-a one-piece
lrayon gabardine in delectable colors
- with three-quarter sleeves ano
scooped out square neckline. Il
comes with its own draw-neckec
Evening star., 1944-03-01

The long lines of this striped frock
insure complete smartness In a cas-
ual princess-front dress which ID
suitable for either street or home
wear, Notice the clever back treat
ment which gives plenty of fullness
TO the skirt
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1865 IL
designed for sizes 10, II. II. i6. 10
and 40, size IL, short sleeves, re-
quires ~ yards Of ap-ineh material.
For this attractive pattern send
10 cents, plus ! cent for postage. In
coins, with your name, address. psi.
tern number and slss wanted Ia
barbara Dell, The Washington star
I'ual oii,es Nos ~, Staten q. New
vofh 10. ~ ".
Evening star., 1944-03-01
By Margaret No,oeU

mounted pieces. Fan-back chairs
sound more Sheraton than Regency
but in either case 60 well with
18th century pieces.
Not knowing the other pieces YOU
possess-let me warn you that you
are bridging many periods with the
colonial simplicity of Winthrop
desk, then 18th century pieces-then
Regency which is early 10Th and
the Victorian of the later f1orid 18OOs
Better stick to the simplest types of
the 18th century things to go with
what you have-and combine them
very carefully. lest you get rooms
which will appear to be an ANTIQUE
shop.
"We haze fired up laroe
attic room NTH pine panelinq
and i0al board. The pine is used
for the gable ends and the ,Dau
board tor. the sides. The ratters
are exposed and the space be-
tUeen is pldstered. We Dould
like to use lots of color here. The
room is almost square. Is there
a color Ue could use that apould
make the lou side Ualls seem
longer? Also, the roof is pretty
high. What color Dould help to
brtfig it dolOn? This room does
not get much light so we ,Oould
like a color scheme that piu
make it cheery." L.C.N.
Starting with the warm yellow OF
the natural pine, I would suggest
that you use plenty of this color tc
give light and cheeriness. You
should paint the space between the
rafters with this yellow, which will
tend to bring the ceiling close te
you and cast warm light over tht
whole room. If you have little de.
sign in the room you might use ar
interesting, block-printed wall pa.
per instead of paint. The desigr
will also help to bring the far-of
ceiling down. Keep the yellow bach
ground.
Use a slate, or grayed blue, tt
help extend the length of the room
This is restful, a nice foil for the
natural wood. and the yellow, and
if you are careful to gray it enough
gives nice feeling of distance.
I would suggest rug without de-
sign, possibly of gold and brown, sc
that it will blend into the wood
tones. Use yellow slip covers ano
bright touches of vermilion anc
white to give the necessary accent
II hare some Dery louely block
prints ,Ohich l ,Uould like to use
in my studio HUing room. Ho1D-
eUer the room dimensions and
Evening star., 1944-03-01

the oUersize furniture dUart the
prints so that they are not efec-
the. Would colored mats or
grouped framing help the effect
OF these? They are pery fine
and / do not pish to harm the
prints in any aOay, so any plan
must be 1Dorked out so as not to
destroy the value of the pripts."
L. C. P.
Why not have enlarged photo
static copies made? These prints
can be blown up to the size that
will be the proper scale for you,
room and your furniture. Their
you may put your valuable prints
carefully back into their folio an6
have no need to worry about them
on any score. Their intricate de-
tail will be amazingly evident, anc
the cost of such unusual wall dec.
orations will be very little.