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Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-24

4486 prisoners of war.
Stimscn reported that l20.8S7 of
the army wounded hac returned to
duty.
The overall army figure of 454.l80
was an increase of 1924 casualties
in all clsSSificationS in a Today
period. Stimson reported two weeks
ago that army casualties through
Ocober % totaled 437,356.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-24
TAKES NEW POST

LUKE FIELD. Ariz., Nov. "a. tUPD
Brigadier General Leland r. Hewitt,
former commander of the 37th fly
ing training wing with headquar-
ters here, left Friday for Santa
Ana. California, where he will be-
come chief CT staff of the AAF
western flying training command.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-24
PATTON DECORATED

ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD
QUARTERS. Nov. pa CUPl-Gen-
eral Dwight -. Eisenhower pinned a
bronze star on Lieutenant General
George S. Patton's jacket Friday in
recognition Of the Third army's cap
ture of Metz.
The medal was awarded by Lieu
tenant General Omar N. Bradley as
commander of the 18th army group
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-24
French Take Up
Watch on Rhine

Editors Note: United Press
War Correspond ent Clinton Il.
Conger with the French First ar
my was the first newsman TO
reach the Rhine. In the following
dispatch he describes the liberia
ton of "Germanized" Alsace and
the French revenge assault against
the Siegfried line.)
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-24
BLAMES JOB DESERTERS'

LOS ANGELES. Nov. "a. fUP)-
disappearing employees were
blamed Friday by Lieutenant Gen
e:al William S. Knudsen. former
General Motors head now directing
the army air force technical service
command. for lag in American
aircraft production.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-24

the entire drive were in cemeteries
where tombstone inscriptions began
lei RepoSent.' On the left of them
were the German "Hier Ruben"
School rooms in Hesingue recently
had been used as barracks and
floors we're covered with straw. But
there still was ample evidence of
the work of the pro-Germanizing
ministry of education.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-24
GERMAN BOOKS

Complete libraries lad been sent
in with identical German bindings
on books from geography and his
tory TO German origins OF the Alsace
and boys books on German war her
oeS. Prominent in the libraries were
Writings and Speeches of Herman
GCering' and Der Fuehrer-hLs
life. his work"
In the straw of the floor law a
smashed gilt Nazi sWaStika and eagle
while a pastel portrait of Hitler had
been crushed under somebody's heel.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-24

All furloughS of the Fuehrer's
Guards have been Cancelled. They
need someone to look for Hitler.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-02-11
ITALY,:
At Nazis' Rear

With their supply lines leading to
Casino under fire of the Fifth army
advancing inland from their invasion
beachheads below Rome, the Ger
mans launched a series of counter
attacks in the new battle region
while their long-range artillery
sought to break up Allied troop con-
centrations.
Near Casino U. S. and French
forces moved through rugged Nazi
Notifications to ring that key to the
broad highway to Rome on two sides,
while farther to the south, British
units battered against the right flank
Of the enemy defense line.
By surging inland after their land
ings on the sandy beaches below
Rome, the Fifth army threatened to
cut off an estimated loo, 900 German
troops in the Casino area, some of
whom were being withdrawn back
to counter the new Allied thrust. As
the Germans moved back to meet
the threat, Allied bombers roared
in to machine-gun the columns.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-02-11
NEW TAXES:
Only Hope Chest Spared

Only the hopeful young misses
stocking their hope chests got any
kind of a break from senators and
congressman drawing up compro-
mise $4,000, 100000 tax bill.
With over $1,O0O,000,O00 in So
called luxury levies agreed upon,
only silver plated flatware (lsnives,
forks, etc. escaped taxation. Other
wise, the lawmakers decided upon a
20 per cent tax on jewelry.
In raising $1,000, 900, 1000, the leg
islators recommended Is per cent
tax on cosmetics and toilet articles;
cent tax on every cents Of amuse-
ment admissions; 80 per cent tax on
cabaret or night club bills, and $40
annual tax on pool tables and bowl
ing alleys.
It was also recommended that air
mail postage be boosted to 8 cents
and locally delivered mail to cents.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-02-11
A Season Of Surprises
And Still More TO Come
Government Control of Railroads and National
Service Act Complete Surprise in
Many Quarters.
BY BAUKHAGE
Nems analyst and Commentator.

pretty hard to be really objective.
Anyone who has watched political
campaigns in the making, has a
hard time not to attribute partisan
motive to any act or word spoken
in Washington in an election year.
AS far as taking the railroads over
goes, that might have been prompt
ed by a real and honest fear that
transportation would have been in
terfered with at moment when it
was as vital to the war effort as
division of fighting men. What pos
sible excuse could there be for let
ting such thing happen?
Again, whether or not there was
to be strike, there was strike
threat. At the same moment, there
was strike threat in another vital
industry-steel. That was called off
by putting pressure on Phillip Muir
ray, head of the c. I. o. But could
that pressure have been applied un-
less Mr.. Murray could have been
told: Remember, the chances of
acceptance of your demands by the
steel men will be lot better if
they are afraid the government will
take their industry over too. The
railroads are a warning"
And then, If you want to take one
highly unofficial explanation from a
nobody as far as officialdom goes,
but from a man who has fought in
his own little sphere for things he
believes in, III throw it in for good
measure.
The comment was applied to the
Presidents call for a national serv-
ice act, not the seizure of the roads,
but it applies to both. This observ-
er observed:
Politics? No. The guy just wants
to win the war"
And come to think of it, that might
have had something to do with it
too.
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Notes From, q
Broadcoster's Diary

The following two viewpoints re-
ceived recently are interesting. Here
is the first:
Neither slavery nor involuntary
servitude except as punishment for
crime whereof the party shall have
been duly convicted shall exist with
in the United States or any place
subject to their jurisdiction. from
the Constitution of the United States.
The President swore to uphold the
Constitution-the national service
act or the labor draft is involuntary
servitude or human slavery. That's
what he called it in Berlin and Tokyo
and he wants it here. What are we
fighting for?
And now for the second viewpoint!
General Eisenhower said we can
win the war in 1914 but everyone
must do his part.
Something must be wrong some
where for him to say that. He knows
it is not the armed forces. So it
i must be on the home front. For the
armed forces operate on a function
al augmentation commanding Of
icer down, orders are given and
obeyed. Servicemen cannot bargain
with their commanders as to wages,
hours, fighting conditions or make
contracts on cost-plus basis. Their
objective is to win battles.
But on the home front, the objec-
tive is to make money (see Truman
ReporD. Ships, planes, tanks and
guns are secondary.
We can have functional opera
ton at home by installing total con-
scription of men, machines, materi-
al and money.
These boys were conscripted to
die. Then why not conscript the
ones at home? If it's good enough
for the armed forces, it's good
enough for the rest of US.
Who can say he is entitled to
more?
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-02-11
FARh{,PRICES:
SuppOrfs Announced

Subject to congressional approval,
the War Food administration an
nounced support prices for "a prin-
cipal farm products, with the only
big decrease being the 81 per hun
dredweight for hogs effective Octo-
Der /.
Loans for corn and wheat would
be made at IS per cent of parity,
and for cotton, rice and tobacco at
80 per cent of parity. Potato sup
ports would be pegged at 80 per cent
of parity compared with 90 in 1913.
On per bushel basis, support
prices would be higher on soybeans
by IA cents, flaxseed 10 cents, bar
ley and grain sorghums 10 cents and
sweet potatoes 10 to 20 cents.
Peanut supports would be raised
by $40 ton, sugar beets $1.50 ton,
and sugar cane 80 cents a ton.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-02-11

to get sense of motion by rock
ing. The bike is easy to make of
scraps of lumber; or when you
have cut out the head and STEM
ciled it you may decide to mount
it on broomstick as shown at the
upper left.
NOTE-Mrs. Spears has prepared an
actual size pattern mo. 257) for this au-
thentic Early American hobbyhorse head
and also all the parts of the toddle bike.
The pattern includes stencil designs for
painting. color guide. and complete de-
rections. Pattern is IS cents postpaid. Ad-
dress:
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lettings

From May through September,
1913, various government agencies
placed 2,706,00O volunteer farm la
borers to help harvest the nations
crops.
During 1913 Massachusetts, home
makers canned fruits and vegeta-
bles which we're worth an estimated
900, 100000 ration points.
Every ton of scrap iron and steel
used in our blast furnaces saves two
tons of our reserve of high-grade
iron ore.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-02-11
PETROLEUM WAKES:
WaterprOofers

To help meet the military serv-
ices crying need for water and other
proofing, the petroleum industry pro-
duced 800, 1000 tons of wakes in 1913,
notable achievement since certain
crudes have a wax content of only
three-fourths of per cent.
In 1914, emphasis will be placed
on production of micro-crystalline
wakes, which have proven especial
ly useful in packaging food rations
because thin coatings resist mois-
ture and the substance retains its
fiexibility in low temperatures.
Micro-crystallines are further useful
in proofing army shoes against mus
tard gases and protecting metal
parts from the elements.
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B R E F S.. by Baukhage

Through a series of phrase books
supplemented by monograph rec
ords. American troops are learning
to speak the essentials of as many
as 80 different languages.
Peasants Of Nazi-occupied France
have been asked in a broadcast from
Radio France at Algiers to save
city children from famine by adopt
ing them
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-02-11
H1C HLIC q rs .. In the week. nesos

FOXHUNT: Since sporting Eng
lishmen have been too busy with war
to conduct the usual foxhunts, with
horse and hound, the little animals
have increased in holiness and have
become menace to poultry, lambs
and game. A party Of 500 soldiers
and citizens, setting aside sports
manship for the duration, killed so
Of the little red beasts in a great
drive in Kent
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-02-11

The armed forces of the United
States recently received approx
mately 100000 pounds of coffee
from Brazil. This gift, freshly roast
ed, now is going to the American
soldiers stationed in all parts of the
world.
Mexico is expected to supply u.s.
600 workers to the United States In
1914.
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FEATHERS: The war has ont

FEATHERS: The war has opened
a new market for a domestic prod
uct-chicken feathers. They are now
used for stuffing pillows and cush-
ions. Before the war, 80 per cent
of down feathers came from Europe
and China. These were mostly from
ducks and geese. New methods of
preparing chicken feathers make
them more sanitary, and softer than
formerly.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-02-11

632, 900, 900 gallons
and keep distilleries
operating at $50 per
cent of their rated
capacity, no whisky
will be m anufac-
tured this year, War
Production Gear
Donald Nelson de-
clared.
Alcohol reserves
had dropped to 3d.
900, 900 gallons by De-
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@|H9Mf y tF r.
MAR Ry1H x7s7S spesss @

THIS horse head is a copy of an
Early American hobbyhorse. It
is full of dash and spirit yet it is
so simple that the original crafts
man probably cut it out with an
ordinary handsaw and a pocket
knife.
A toddle bike is more up-to-date
than hobbyhorse because we
know now that it is better for tiny
tots to learn to use their legs than
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CIVILIAN TIRES:
Less Predicted

Because chemical difficulties have
been encountered in processing oil
into synthetic rubber ingredients and
military requirements have in
creased, a cutback in civilian tire
production from 80 to 20 million cas-
ings for 1914 doomed.
Production of heavy duty tires for
busses and trucks also was expected
to fall below expectations, since q
mixture of natural rubber Is re-
quired for manufacture of these
castings and the natural rubber
stockpile has dropped to a low level,
partly because of the failure of South
American growing programs to fully
develop.
The rubber pinch also has affect
ed recapping plans, with the govern
ment again specifying reclaimed
scrap for retreads.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-02-11
SOLDIER VOTE:
Big Issue

ALREADY big issue OF the present
congressional session, the question
OF soldier voting in 1914 became a
bigger issue when President Roose-
welt directly appealed to the legisla-
tors to provide for federal supervi-
sion over service balloting.
Declaring that system of abb
sentee voting in which states would
determine eligibility and print COM
plete ballots would involve too much
shipping and time, the President
asked that the federal government
be allowed to distribute blank bal
lots on which soldiers would then
write in the names of their election
choices or merely the name of the
political party they favored.
Champions of states rights as
sailed the Presidents recommended
tons, standing firmly for state su-
pervision over registration to assure
that each ballot is cast by the
registrant himself, and Directing to
the services power to decide the
voting time because permission
might be given just before or in the
midst Of a great battle, when SOL
diers might feel that the country
should pull together behind directing
leadership.
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to overthrow the
country's self rule
which previously
had deemed rela-
tons with Germany
and Japan to its
best interests, Pres
ident General Pedro
Ramirez signed a
decree breaking off
diplomatic ties with
Berlin and Tokyo.
Argentina's action
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RUSSIA:
Form TrdD

Fighting ragged on two widely sep
arated sectors of the 800-mile Rus
sian front, with the Reds tanning
out below Leningrad in the north,
and the Nazis counterattacking to
strengthen their position 80 miles
from the Rumanian border in the
south.
AS the Reds surged forward be-
low Leningrad, they chewed two big
holes in the Germans positions on
the northern and southern ends of
this front, Threatening to swing
toward each other and throw a loop
around the enemy's rear.
Far to the south, the Germans
pushed slowly into Russian lines
above the Rumanian border, keep
ing massed Red armies off balance,
more than attempting any real
breakthrough. In Poland, Nazi re-
sistance stiffened.
Reject Mediation
The U. S. offer to mediate Russia's
claim to one-third of prewar Poland
was rejected by the Reds, and the
situation became even more COM
plicated with Foreign Secretary
Anthony Eden's declaration that
Great Britain could not recognize
any territorial changes made dur
ing the war without consent of the
parties concerned.
Russia's rejection of the U. S.
mediation bid emphasized Stalin's
disposition not to deal with the pres
ent Polish government in exile,
which he has accused of strength
ening Germany by its requests that
an impartial commission inves-
tigate Nazi charges that the Reds
slew 10000 Polish officers near
Smolensk.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-02-11

AoAo"So v. .. re-
fusal to recognize the revolutionary
government of Bolivia on grounds
that the new regime was linked with
a subversive movement in South
America designed to disturb Allied
relations.
Obviously delighted by the turn
OF events, U. S. Secretary of State
Cordell Hull declared: 1T must be
assumed that Argentina will
now proceed to adopt other
measures which all of the American
countries have concerted for the Sc
curity of the continent"
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ARGENTINA:
Breaks With Axis

Declaring that a huge Axis spy
ring within Argentina was working
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Bald African Women

It's the style among women of
certain tribes in Africa to pull all
of their hair from their heads and
wear huge festoons of wire as ear
rings.
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WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS
Allied Nations Are Stunned by Stories
OF Jap Atrocities to War Prisoners;
Reds Surge Forward Below Leningrad;
Fifth Army Continues March to Rome

ain
y Newspap -
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WHISKY:
None to Be Made

Because industrial requirements
for alcohol in 1914 will approximate
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-02-11

SSfffOSfJ 1o1oI Udll-
gerous level, Nelson said, because
synthetic rubber plants, arsenals,
powder plants and tank terminals
for lend-lease require a working in
ventory of 100000 gallons.
To assure 1914 supplies, Nelson
said the War Production board was
seeking to secure sufficient molasses
and corn for distilleries, to persuade
the British to meet their own re-
quirements by processing molasses
from the Caribbean, and rushing new
grain alcohol plants to completion.
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JAP ATROCITIES:
Death March

death March on Bataan."
In these four CHASTITY words, the
late Lieut.. Col. William Dyess, who
led a party of officers and men in
escaping from Jap imprisonment.
told still more CHASTITY story of hor-
TOR and atrocity committed against
the heroic U. S. and Philippine de-
tenders Of Bataan by the enemy.
On IS miles of road leading from
Bataan to San Fernando, Colonel
Dyess related in a war and navy
department release, U. S. and Fill
Pine troops plodded along from dawn
to dusk for six days, thirsting under
a piercing sun. Sick and delirious
were dragged from the struggling
columns and cruelty put to death. In
one instance, prisoners were forced
to bury three Americans and Fill
pinos alive at bayonet point.
Conditions in prison camps were
equally atrocious, the army and ma
Wy report revealed. At one camp,
the death rate was 20 Americans and
$50 Filipinos day in the first week.
In the second week the rate jumped
to so Americans and 500 Filipinos
through starving and overwork.
Strike at Supplies
To make sure that there will not
be another Tarawa when doughboys
land in the Marshalls astride our
supply lines in the mid-Pacifc, U. S.
bombers continued pounding defense
installations in the islands.
On New Britain, Allied bombers
struck hard at shipping in the port
Of Rabaul, which feeds barges sup
plying Jap troops through coastal
depots.
With their bombers striking at en-
envy supply lines, U. S. troops drove
farther inland, both on New Guinea
and on Bougainville.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-02-11
TELEPHONE RATES

Interstate telephone rates will be
reduced March l, by agreement be-
tween the Bell Telephone system and
the Federal Communications COM
mission. Subscribers. will be saved
about eight million dollars a year,
it is estimated. Putting night long
distance telephone rates into effect
at 6 p. m. instead of p. m. will
account for most Of the reduction,
or about 5h million dollars.
The remainder is accounted for by
lowering Of the overtime rate on
interstate keletypewriter service.
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EiYe-EOofed Dog

Five-Footed Dog
A dog with a double leg, giving
it five feet, is owned by John
Smith, of St. Louis, Mo. 1t runs
and plays with ease.
Evening star., 1944-10-21
Major Fight Chance
Will Spur Turner'S S
Middle Mixers

The boom in heavyweight boxing
here will get another lift from the
four battles carded on Monday
nights Turner Arena bill, if the pre-
diction of faithful ringsiders is cor
rect.
However, the promoting team of
Joe Turner and Gabe Menendez an
announces that it is not overlooking
the lighter divisions and plans to
spot the Bee Bee Washington Jess
Moraney winner Monday night
against a major middleweight op-
ponent here shortly.
Turner and Menendez want to
bring in Jake La Motta, George
Kochan or other top 160-pounders
to test either Two Bees or his Har-
risburg CPaJ opponent.
Two of the heavyweight principals
for the Monday night fireworks,
Johnny benson and Colon CLANCY,
were scheduled to report today for
final drills at Turner's. benson,
who KO'd Lee Oma in three and
was close to an upset triumph over
Lou Nova, is to face Dixie Lee o.
liver in the main event. CLANCY,
who has been winning in Detroit
and Chicago, hopes to make a bright
debut in the East by whipping Bud
DIV Thomas.
Evening star., 1944-10-21
High Schools Play Off
Rained -0ut Gridiron
Contests Monday

For two weeks in a row the
weatherman has sent wind and rain
to dampen the smoldering interhigh
football season. Tail end of the
Cuban hurricane yesterday caused
postponement of all scheduled
games following the staging of last
weeks contests in a sea Of mud.
The three tits in the series loop
have been set for Monday at 4,
listing Western at Central, Wilson
at Anacostia and Coolidge at East
ern. Eastern. Anacostia and CeI-
tral go into the battles undefeated,
although Anacostia has been tied
once.
On the nonseries circuit, the
rained-out Gonzaga-R oose evelt
clash is scheduled for the Rough
Riders bowl at on Monday. while
the Tech Washington Lee encoun-
ter was planned for this afternoon
at $50 on the Ballston grid. Pos
sibility of more rain and soggy turf
this morning, however, threatened
another poStponement.
Evening star., 1944-10-21
By LEWIS r. ATCHISON.

Neither Sammy Baugh's passing
nor kicking seemed as important to
the Redskins as the uplift in morale
he brought with him yesterday on
his return from Texas. His pres
ence had an electrifying effect on
the squad when the Long Ranger
trotted on the field for his first
practice session in almost month.
The Tribe can use his kicking
against Brooklyn tomorrow almost
as much as the Community War
Fund can use your donation. 1t
can utilize his passing to good effect,
too, but it hasn't been missed too
much with Frank Filchock threaten
ing to rewrite the record book in
this department. But brother, those
Skins can use the easy confidence
Sam instills in them more than you
think.
The squad didn't get panicky
when Sam suddenly departed to sit
out few games on his bunkhouse
bench, but merely knuckled down to
its chores, grimly determined to
prove it could win without him. It's
31-all tie with the Eagles was
powerful shot in the arm. and last
weeks win over Boston helped put
1t on even keel 1t wasn't any world
beater, simply good, well rounded
football team.
The prevailing attitude now seems
TO be that with Baugh backing up
Filchock in the passing department