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The choir of Grace Methodist church VIII meet tonight at 7:3o at the church.
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picked 1t up and Oalled out: ''0ne- Eyed Connolly's card. Let the gentle
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-04

You hear all kinds of explanations on how the famed gatecrasher One Eyed Connolly" got that name . This Is new to us The current character, they say. Is not the orig inal :. '. The original, a hard-boiled vagabond, died about 30 years ago -.. That One-Eyed fellow (unable to crash the gate at big fight in Chicago) climbed to the roof and threw a brick through the skylight |. It landed in the ring near the referee, also a pretty tough guy. who
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sprague Sales

St. Paul's Senior choir will meet
 tonight ct 2, ct the church.
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Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-16
German Retreat
Nears Florence

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Ma
pies, June 16. CUP) - Allied arm. s
in general advances up to 25 miles
have swept through a number of
Italian towns to the gates of GroS-
seto, 90 miles northwest of Rome
and 65 miles below Florence. it was
announced officially Friday
Landslide gains BY the 5th and
9Th armies overwhelmed feeble Ger
man resistance at Terni. industrial
and communications center As miles
north CT Rome and reached 25 nt'eS
beyond it through Todi.
Lieutenant General Mark w.
Clark's 5th army pushed up tie
coastal highway to Grosseto, oc-
cupving a number of towns and viii
lagos. TO score the greatest exten-
sion CT the Allied campaign beyond
Rome and swing the focus OF the
drive to Florence.
mo organized defense lines south
of the Pisa -Rimini line have yet
hccn located" it was announced cf-
flea lly, indicating that the battered
German armies contemplated no
,tand short of that barrier crossing
the Italian peninsula in the Flor
CnCc area.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-16
Firms Hold Up
Russ Advance

MOSCOW, June 16. tUPl-Gen-
eral Leonid A. Gcvorovs Lenlngrad
army, supported by Russian aerial
forces which struck deep behind the
enemy lines, advanced against stit-
fening Finnish rcsi:tance on the
Karelian isthmus Friday to bring
the Soviet lines within 80 miles OF
Viipuri. Il
The Red army forces. widening
their breach in the Finnish lines
to Jaervi, on the Leningrad-Hel-
sinki railroad tc eliminate six day
drive through two powerful enemy
defense belts.
indicative of the Firms oppoSi-
ton in the wild forest and lake
country on the approaches to the
most heavily populated areas o.
the country, was the disclosure that
the Russians had advanced only 10
miles during the past four days.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-16
-Four Men Face
Rail Ticket
Racket Charqe

ST. LOUIS, Mo, June Is. up
Federal warrants were issued Friday
for four men including two war
plant officials and a minor railway
executive charging them with con-
spiracy in the alleged operation OF
a black market in railway pull
man reservations.
Named in the warrants we're:
Mark H Briedy, supervisor OF the
terminal railroad association reser-
vation bureau at st. Louis Union
ctatiCn.
Earl F.. Wharton, Collingsvillc,
H.. traffic manager of the Standard
Steel Spring Co. OF Madison. Ill
Truman II. Gilbert, University
City, Mo, passenger traffic repre-
sentative OF the Standard Steel
Spring Co.
Edward F. Hamm, former senior
clerk for the Standard Steel Spring
&C.
Gerald b. Norris. agent I'm charge
of the St Louis office Of the fed
eral bureau of investigation. SAID
the arrests we're the opening OF a
drive to stamp out black market
dealing in railway reservations ann
make train space available 10 the
first persons asking for II.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-16

A sample of what the JapS are
facing in the Pacific and what bonds
are buying Tor the fighting men is
on display at the Sears Roebuck
store. The display was made pos
sible through the Ordnance Depart
ment of the U. S. Marine Corps Air
station, El Centre.
The display consists of a Garand
MI rifle, Reising sub-machine gun
so and 80 caliber machine guns
mounts and belts of ammunition
A 100-lb. practice bomb and a 500
ID. block buster as we'll as a num-
ber OF. augmentation bombs of va
rious sizes are displayed. Two 325-
10. depth bombs with tail fins give
citizens a small idea cf the type of
equipment used. The display is
backed up with treasury depart
ment posters, life-sized Marine fig
ureS and the flag.
City Chairman Ira Kinsey urged
all merchants to promote the Fifth
War Loan in their window displays.
advertising and through the Re-
tailers Third Army An all-out ef-
fort will be necessary if Ell Centre
is to reach its Sl,209,O00 quota by
July 8, he said
Meanwhile the drive settled down
to a steady pace over the county,
but failed to keep up with the S116,-
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-16
City's Subsidy
On Burners
Is Not Limited

City Councilmen wish to make it
clear that they are not Suboidizing
rolelv the Bilt-rite Incinerator Com
pany of Los angeles, in the 90
day incinerator program in FL Gen.
tro." City Engineer Paul Ford said
Friday.
The city will pay S. to each and
every resident who builds or buys
and installs 4 trash incinerator in
the city, which has the approval
of the fire department No company
or individual has any corner on
building or selling, Ford continued.
The only requirement for the
subsidy is that it be a leagally
approved burner, and it is believed
that if sCme 1000 can be installed
in the city in the 90-day subsidy
period that it will relieve our man
power shortage. reduce fire hazards
and help keep the city clean as well
as save considerable money over
a period CT time, he advised.
Just bring your certificate from
the fire chief and your S. will be
mailed or delivered to you, proVld-
ing your incinerator installation Is
made within 80 days from June IA,
1914" Ford concluded.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-16
Arms Dis plays
Boost Bonds

900 daily county sales necessary tC
reach the quota, Herb Fawcett,
county chairman declared. How
ever, he continued, the results of
the increasing activity by the Third
Army is just beginning to be felt.
Plans for the next special bond
activity was announced Friday
morning when Ken Thornton
chairman. said Bond Premiere
will be held at the United Artists
Theater. Tuesday, June 27, at $50
D. m. Admission to the premiere
will be by bond purchase Cnlv and
tickets are new being distributed
to buyers by the issuing agencies
in Ell Centre. The feature attrac-
tions will be major studio produc-
ton, Bob Smith, city retail chair
man. said
Kings stores in Brawley ami Ell
Centro lead all other retail firms in
a special sales event staged this
week. Wednesday. the first dav
the Brawley store sold $4,000 ir
500 hondS and the Ell Centro store
sold $4,000. Reports from all CO.
operating stores indicate the nearly
300 members of the Third Army
are maintaining a constant barrage
on the city's bond quota but Off
cials admit that the tempo must be
speeded as the first week ends.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-16
Farm Defernent
Plans Held
Aid to Outputs

Relaxed requirements for farm
deferments of 26 year olds and over
and stricter standards for necessary
men in agriculture under 26, should
result from the newly revised in
Structions to county war board and
selective service boards, L. C. Hawk
chairman of the Imperial county
war board said Friday.
Hawk, who also is chairman of the
county agricultural adjustment
agency said that the new instruc-
tions should cause a minimum of
disruption to The production of
needed food commodities while fill
ing the extreme need of the armed
forces for men under &C.
PLAN OUTLINED
The new regulations give prefer
entail position TO full-time mixers
in the under 26 age group owing
to critical shortages in the labor
supply and the No l position OF
dairy products as a needed COM
modify Hawk reported, although
skilled all-around farm hands, fore
men, and skilled operators are
among the more difficult to replace
and will be given consideration.
The war board will continue tc
recommend deferment for periods
limited to the existence of the criti-
cal need of workers who are need
ed because of their skill or expert
ence in order to complete an opera
ton such as hay harvesting during
1914, Hawk continued. Casual OF
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Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-16
NORMANDY BEACHHEAD, tBy

NORMANDY BEACHHEAD, tBy
Wireless)-The ship on which l
rode to the invasion of the contl-
nent brought certain components
of the second wave of assault troops.
We arrived in the congested waters
of the beachhead shortly after dawn
on Done day.
We aboard this ship secretly had
dreaded the trip, for we had expect
ed attacks from U-boatS, E-ooats
and at nighttime from aircraft. Yet
nothing whatever happened.
We were at sea for much long
er time than it ordinarily would
take to make a bee-line Journey
from England to France. The con-
vCy we sailed in was one OF several
which comrrised what is known
as a force"
HAD CLEAR CHANNEL
AS we came down the English
Channel was crammed with forces
going both ways, and as | write 1t
still is. MineSWeeperS had swept
wide channels for us, all the way
from EllSldIlu W dllCC' 'iiSoS
were marked with buoyS. Each
channel was miles wide.
We surely saw there before us
more ships than any human had
ever seen before at one glance. And
going north were other vast con-
voys, some composed of fast liners
speeding back to England tor new
loacs of troops and equipment.
AS far as you could see in every
direction the ocean was infested
with ships. There must have been
every type of oceangoing vessel IN
the world. l even thought | saw
paddlewheel steamer in the dis
tance, but that probably was an IL
luSion.
ALL KINDS
There were battleships ana all
other kinds of warships clear Gown
to patrol boats. There we're great
fleets of Liberty ships. There were
fleets of luxury liners turned INTO
troop transports, and fleets OF Dig
landing craft and tank carriers and
tankerS. And in an out through
it all were nondeScript ShlpS-con-
verted yachts, river boats, tugs and
barges.
The best way I can describe this
vast armada and the frantic urgen-
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-16

All southern England was alert
ed. anc Home Secretary Herbert
Morrison confirmed the existence
of the Robot raiders and promised
immediate counteraction, in a
statement to Commons.
The NaziS struck at England
throughout the day. presumably
still using the new mystery weap-
ons, but on a smaller scale than
last nights raids.
A German high command COM
munique said south England and
the London city area were bombed
Thursday night with new type ex-
plosives of very heavy caliber," and
Berlin military commentators boast
ed that the mysterious raiders were
"a new anti-invasion weapon of
the greatest effect"
VENGEANCE BEGINS"
THE new weapon used against
England is the beginning of veng-
eance' for the "barbaric" allied
bombing of the NaZi homeland, one
enemy commentator said.
Reports from eyewitnesses who
watched the parade swooSh across
southern England during the night
poured into official Loncon Fri
Cay, including one account that
told of automatic machine guns
raking the countryside.
Flashing across the night skies
like a string of fiery comets, the
mysterious projectiles whirled down
on scores of unidentified districts
in southern England, exploding into
gigantic balls of fire.
Eyewitness accounts of the raid
varied, but all reports indicated
that the missiles were either rocket
bombs or radio-controlled planes
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-16

crammed with high explosives set
to go off within a matter of seconds
after striking the ground.
Observers said the projectiles
came over at terrific speeds, singly
or in groups of two or three, some
soaring 5000 feet or more in the
air and others slamming over the
rooftops in level flight.
HAD WARNING
Prime Minister winston Churchill
forecast German use of pilotleSs
planes or rockets last February
when he told commons the NaZis
were preparing to launch some
tions on the French coast.
Again in March the prime minis
ter repeated his warning, aCding
that: Britain can take it. She has
never failed or flinched."
RAF night fighter pilots went up
to challenge the robot raiders, div
ing recklessly through a terrific
hail of flax thrown up by the Brit
ish ground defenSes in an effort to
explode them in mid-air
Many of the projectiles were be-
lievec to have been hit and eye
witnesses reported seeing tremend-
Gus explosions high overhead.
Many more fell with terrific i'm
pact on the countryside, and pre-
liminary reports indicated that con-
siderable damage ano casualties re-
suited. Rescue squads still we're
digging through the wreckage for
victims in a number of southern
districts this afternoon.
Accounts of the bombing agreed
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Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-16

Ilclu lam OdO oOuUII VI SiiCi DoHi 3
while, on the other flank of the
Norman beachhead, the Nazis re-
ported they had blown up Sluices
and dikes at Caen, possibly over
shadoWing abandonment of the
ruined stronghold.
The weather turned the worst
since D-Day and German resistance
stiffened in a number of sectors, but
headquarters revealed that the al
lies had hammered out gains, es-
pecially on the Cherbourg peninsula
where 1t. Gen. Omar N. Bradley's
American troops were criving to
cut off the great port.
ARMORED FORCES
Armored forces smashing across
the waist of the peninsula on a To-
mile front were within 2l2 miles
of ST. Sauveur-Le Vicomte, rail
and highway center vital to the
maintenance or withdrawal of the
German garrison in Cherbouug.
To the northeast the Americans
scored modest advances between
Montebourg and Quineville, tour-
mile coastal sector in which they
were pushing toward Valognes and
Cherbourg Confused fighting still
sWirled through the ruins of Monte
bourg.
A headquarters spokesman re-
vcaled that the allies were in firm
possession of Caumont, hotly-con-
tested strongpoint at the center of
the beachhead, and had pushed
two miles southwest from it where
British units met the enemy in
strength and were fighting "su-
perbly.'
DEMOLITION STARTS
The German DNB news agency
reported that Nazi engineers had
blown up sluiccs and dikeS at Caen,
the base anchoring the eastern wing
of the German defenses. There was
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Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-16

cy Of the traffic IS to suggest that
YOU visualize New York harbor on
its busiest day of the year and then
jus. enlarge that scene until it
takes in all the ocean the human
eve can reach, clear around the
horizon. And over the horizon there
are cozens of times that many
We were not able to go ashore i'm
mediately after arriving off the in
vasion coast amidst the great pool
of ships in what was known as the
transport area
Everything is highly organized in
an invasion, and every ship, even
the tinieSt one, is always under
exact orders, timed to the minute.
But at one time our convoy was
so pushed along by the wind and
the currents that we were five
hours ahead of schedule, despite
the fact that our engines had been
stopped half of the time. We lost
this by Circling.
ARRIVED ON TIME
Although we arrived just on time.
they weren't ready for us on the
beaches anC we spent several hours
weaving in and out among the null
titude of ships off the beaches, and
finally Just settled down to await
our turn.
That was when the most incon-
gruous-to uS-part of the invasion
came. Here we were in a front-roW
seat at a great military epic. Shells
from battleShips were whamming
over our heads, and occasionally a
dead man floateG face downwards
past us. Hundreds and hundreds of
ships laden with death milled around
us. We could stand at the rail and
see both our shells and German
shells exploding on the beaches.
where struggling men were leaping
ashore, desperately hauling guns
and equipment in through the wa
ter.
We were in the very vortex of
the war--anG yet as we sat there
waiting, Lieutenant Chuck Conick
and l played gin rummy in the
wardroom and Bing Crosby sang
Sweet Leilani" over the ships
phonograph.
Angry shells hitting near lis
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Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-16
China Bases
Used in
Telling Blow !.

WASHINGTON, June 16.
(UP)-American B-29 Su-
perfortreSses smashed at
japanese inc ustrial targets on Ky
ushu in their historic attack
Thursday and resumed with a loss
of only two planes, the war depart
ment announced Friday.
The war department. described the
task force which carried out the
assault as stable" and added that
the two losses were not due to enc
my action.
The war department communique
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-16
Income ak Set
At S42.500, 900

SACRAMENTO, June l6. up
Despite a as per cent cut in the
state income tax rate, collections
will be only about S2000,000 less
than those of last year, Finance
Director James Dean predicted to-
day.
In his monthly review of state
finances Dean said 1T now ap-
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-16
Germans Loose
Robot Bombs
In Night Sortie
Southern England Swept by Nazi
Mystery Weapon Of The Skies;
Travel With Tremendous Velocity
BY WALTER CRONKITE
BY WALTER CRONKITE

LONDON, June 16 (UP)-A fantastic stream
of pilotless Naz bombers rained fire and explos-
ives across southern England all Thursday night
and through the morning hours Friday, and radio
Berlin said the robot fleet had smashed at London
itself in he beginning of vengeance for the allied
Germany.
Adolf Hitler finally had launched his boasted secret
weapon against Britain and the mighty invasion arsenal
piled up the island while British official sources made
effort to minimize the gravity of the attack
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-16
New Move Hints
Nazis Plan TO
Evacuate Italy
Official Order Calls
All German Civilian
Groups Home to Reich

BERN, June 16. CUP)-Reports
from the italian frontier said Fri
day night that German authorities
had ordered all German civilians
living in Italian territory to return
to the Reich immediately move
regarded in some quarters as fore
shadowing a Nazi military evacua-
ton of Italy.
The orders affecting all German
civilians in Italy were sent to Ger
man conSulates in occupied Italy
yesterc ay, the frontier report said.
No explanation accompanied them.
The move came after German
military flight of nearly 100 miles
north of Rome and when allied ad-
vices from Italy were referring to
the likelihood of a quick drive to
Florence.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-16
Troops Move up
In Drive TO
Occupy Saipan
Shatter Japs Fiercest
COunterattacks as
Beachheads Hold Fast

PEARL HARBOR, June 16. CUP)
American invasion forces, shat
tering fierce japanese counterat-
tacks against their Saipan beach,
head, swept forward Fricay against
principal island installations, in
Guiding the town of Garapan, to
exploit their landings.
(Tokyo radio deplored the "ene-
my's operational mistakes, but ad-
mittec the Americans managed to
gain a foothold in a small sector"
of Saipan and said a landing at
tempt on Tinian island, south of
Saipan, had been repelled with
heavy losses. The propaganda broad
cast, recorced in San Francisco by
United Press, said the Saipan foot
hold was gained "at what a sacri-
flee and claimed that 16 American
tanks had been destroyed and Sc
we're personnel losses inflicted in
the initial combat
JAP REPORT
THE japanese Domei news agen-
cy, in radio transmission beamed
to the United States, said the
Americans landed about one divi-
Sion', approximately $4,000 troops,
on Saipan. The broadcast was re-
corded by U. S. government moni-
torSD
(Another Domei dispatch said
long range Japanese guns on near
by Tinian island bombarded the
naval force off Saipan and heavily
damaged and set fire" one Ameri-
can battleshipD
Further reports of the progress
OF the American troops were ex-
pected to be announced in Adm
Chester w. Nimitz third commu-
nlque.
GAINS EXPECTED
Progress of assault forces at Agi-
nan point at the southwestern end
OF the island ncicated the situa-
ton was satisfactory and that fur
tier gains were expected. Earlier
repo' is said that assault troops
broke through enemy defenses at
the point, turned back several arm
ored Counterattacks and struck IN
to Charan Kanoa.
The attempted to seize Saipan
was conSiC cred significant in the
light of its possibilities as a central
Pacific base. 1t now appears that
the American high command de-
liberately timed the B-29 raid
against Japan with widespread as
saults in the Pacific in one of the
greatest single series of attacks
against the enemy.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-16

pears that the personal income tax
will produce approximately 2.500.-
900 in the present calendar year.
against an estimate of $24,000,0 900
and actual collection of S44,600, 900
in 1943
Dean also reported the state is
building up its surplus at the rate
of roughly $l0O0,0O0 per month. :"
Revenue for the. postwar employ
ment reserve for the past IL months
totaled S32,656,000, he added
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-16
French Partisans
Repu|se kazis

LONDAN, June l6. CUP)-French
partisan forces repulsed strong Ger
man attacks in the Dauphine dis
trict and were engaging enemy units
in the districts of Vosges, Marne
and Ardennes. authoritative French
quarters reported Friday. Violent
skirmiShes also occurred in south
west France.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-16
VITA Sells Eggs
For Hog Feed

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill, June l6.
'UP)-The East st. Louis Journal
revealed Friday that the war food
administrator has sold eggs to
farmers in this area for five cents
a case to feed to hogs.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-16
'R0CkE IS BLAST bRIT AIN
bombers Strike
Steel Fl IuntS
In japan Raids

added that one of the crews was
safe.
The joint American raiders en-
countered enemy aircraft and anti
aircraft fire was moderate to in
tense, a communique said.
Fliers reported the bombing was
accurate and CAUSED large fires and
explosions.
The communique was based on
preliminary reports from the COM
bat zone which were incomplete,
the war department said.
1t confirmed that the attack was
launched from China.
The communique, first from the
new goth air force, said:
"A sizable task force of B-29's
from the goth bomber command
bombed ncustrial targets at va
Wata on Kyushu island in the
japanese homeland on Thursday,
June l5
/ FIRES SET OUT
eliminary reports reveal that
although enemy aircraft were en-
/ Countered and antlalrcraft was
moderate to intense none of the
| planes was lost as a result of enemy
action. Fliers who participated in
! the mission report the bombing was
accurate and that large fires and
explosions were observed.
The planes operated from bases
/ in China which were completed re-
Gently. Two B-29'S were lost as the
result of accidents, one crew OF
which is safe. This communique
is based on preliminary incom-
plete reports from the combat
zone"
An American eyewitness report
of the attack, broadcast from
Chungking few hours after Japa-
nese broadcasts had tolC of new
+ u S. raids on Korea and the BONN
islands, said the B-29's wrought
great devastation on their targets.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-16
d 1ANnInte AMsl!Ne
EpoRTER
Technique Pump

Technique Pump
After Red Mitchell lest all but his
sense of humor at a ping pong par
ty the other night, he was the suf-
fering recipient of scads of barbed
advice.
Take lessons from experts he
was advised.
II have good book named 'Hoyle
On Games" he was told. Like to
borrow it?"
Take lessons from the kids" an
other said. They know how to play
marbles. The -year-olds are about
your class"
The thing for me to do" Red
gritted after hours of suffering, "is
retire from competition"
We thought you had alreacy re-
tired Red.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-16
There's A Difference

You can't go to town with me, :"
Mrs. l.. S. Cobleigh told her seven
year-old son, Jerry, because you're
too dirty. Look at your feet"
Jerry looked down at his grimy
little feet
MY feet aren't dirty" he pro-
testeo. They've just get COW man.
ure on them"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-16
Armored Force
Moves Nearer
Invasion Goal
Yankees Drive Nearer Cherbourg Under
Steadily Increasing Resistance

ALLIED SUPREME HEADQUARTERS, London
June 16. (UP)-American troops advanced Friday to
within ~ miles of the main highway and last German