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Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-07
OF Interest to Women
Edited By Anne Hardy Davis
Valley Eastern Star Chapters
Honor Deputy Grand Matron

Lillian Talmage of Imperial, dep
uty grand matron, was hcnored by
the five valley Eastern Star chap
ters at a reception given Friday
night in the Imperial Masonic
temple.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Varney OF
Imperial who have been active in
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-07
DECREE GRANTED

An interloctutory divorce was
granted in Imperial county supe-
rior court Friday to Dorothy J.
Riddle in her suit against Fred l.
Riddle of Ell Centro. The couple
arranged a property settlement.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-07
Kiloha Group
Has Meeting

Kiloha Camp Fire group met shis
week with Mrs Earl Thompson to
complete requirements for the trail
seekers rank, the girls also learn
ing new song for the grand coun-
ell fire on May Il.
Doris Laird brought cookies for
refreshments.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-07
Sets Date for
Recital

Frank Mccoy, student teacher,
will present piano recital on Sum-
day, May %, at O'Clock in Doug
lass high school, the recital being
open to the public.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-07

ier Resnoft playing the accompani-
ments.
Mrs. Reshoft played two piano
solos, Mendelssohn's "Rondo Cap
ricioso" and Grieg's "Nocturno."
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-07

DIVORCE GRANTED
Tillie Pacho Sambrano Friday OBJ
tanned a final divorce from Adolph
Sambrano.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-07
HELD IN JAIL

HELD IN JAIL
C. F.. Sims, "a, laborer living south
of the Acacia school, is held in the
Imperial county Jail on charge
of car theft
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-07
Announce emenis
Of Meetings

Twice Told Tales secJlUn of the
Ten Thousand club will have its last
meeting of the year on Monday at
the home of Mrs. Laural M. Fergu-
son, Holtville, meeting at II O'Clock
for the story to be given by Mrs.
Don C. Paulus, after which lunch
con will be served.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-07
WILL BE TRIED

WILL BE TRIED
Fred Southmayd, repairman, Fri
day pleaded not guilty in superior
court to stealing a car i'm Ell Gen.
tro April %. He will be tried with-
out jury Monday.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-07

the organization for many years
and who are pioneer residents of
the county were the presiding Of
ficers with Clayton Rogers who was
worthy patron for the Golden Rule
chapter when Mrs. Talmage serv-
ed that chapter as its matron.
Dorotha Fitzpatrick of Calexico
and Esther Ingle of Imperial we're
marshalS and the various officers
OF the valley chapters were escort
into the room.
Mrs. Talmage was then escorted
who came to the valley to attend
TO the East as was Thelma Bailey
cf Los Angels, t.'and marshal
this reception.
Others honcred with escort were
the matronS and patrons of Mrs.
Ialmage'S year as matron, 1898,
Hazel Erickson, adviser for the
1888 matrons; Hazel Reynolds, ad-
visor for the 1914 matrons and
Clyde Talmage, husband of the
deputy grand matron.
PROGRAM
A splendid program was featured,
opening with songs by Rosemary
Brissenden: "Carissima" and my
Curly Headed Baby after which
Lorraine Sims played two piano sclos
the first movement of the Beeth-
oven Moonlight Sonata and
"Sonatina" (Clemente'.
Dorothy Mae Hatch and Patricia
James, accompanied at the piano
by Mrs. Engene Waterman sang as
duets Indian Love Call" and when
April Sings"
For the matrcns of 1914, Mrs. B.
O. Mitchell of Ell Centro presented
Mrs. Talmage with a gift, Mrs.
George Bucklin of Ell Centro pres
enting the gift for tie past matrons
and patrons.
Mrs. Talmage responded express
ing her appreciation and giving a
short message in which she eX-
pressed the thought that hope is
the symbol of America to many
and that it is the duty of the
citizens at home to see that the
America of the men in the service
be maintained to greet them on
their return.
The evening concluded with the
serving of refreshments.
Decorations were in pink and
blue, this years colors, with roses
and iris and a background CT tam
rack branches.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-07

Camp Fire board members will
have their monthly meeting Monday
noon, l2 o'clock, in the California
hotel.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-22
Frightened Japanese
 Declare Martial Law
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vaded Dec. iS, ieAi, failed to bring any response from the long missing Japanese navy, Tho destroyer. .lead- CT an dthe destroyer were the only warshipS eneounterd,
 TrmaMdous Stimulus
 The raid brought the war back to Manila and ltS superb harhor two years and four months after the gallant garrison and the survivors of Bataan surrendered Corregidor fortress May 5, le42, It was certain to have been Q tremendous Stimu- lNnt to the hundreds of thousands of FillpinoS who have never lost faith that the Americans would be back to oust tho Japanese,
 Nimlts disclosed that Marines on peleliu in the Palau Islands, Seo miles east of the Philippines con. tinued mopplng up stubborn Japan. ese entrenehed In the rough Coral Ridges on the west coast, in bloody hand to hand battles,
 At the same time, Gen, Douglas MaeArthur announced that hombers and fighters of his far eastern air force carried out new attacks on the bases south of the Philippines, par- tieularly concentrating on Celebes, goo miles below Mlndanao,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-22

dy had announced the elimination of enemy air strength in the central Nnd southern areas after four days of carrier plane raids there last week that cost the Japanese more than 800 aircraft
 Churches Destroyed
 Tokyo claimed that the historic Binondo church and A La insular factory building on tho plaza CNlde. ron Dc La Barea were destroyed dur. ing the second day of American aS- saultS.
 NimitS reported that IS of the cNr- Tier planes were lost in the initial raid but some of the flight person. Tlel were saved.
 The carrier force, operating as part of Admiral William r. HalSeys third fleet took a heavy toll of Japah'S waning air and naval strength, Tho American pilots shot down li0 planes in the air destroyed eS on tho ground; sank ii ships, damaged or probably sank 26 others and damaged one floating drydoek and two barges,
 surface ships of the carrier force escaped without damage.
 A Japanese communicate, broad. cast by Tokyo radio, said that about 800" carrier planes from "a powerful American task force" attacked the Manila area during the morning
 The Japanese claimed, as usual, that damage had been "negllgible", and 90 American planes were shot down with six others damaged.
 Much Damage
 NimitS said that in addition to the heavy shipping and aircraft losses inflicted on the Japanese much damage was done to military objeetiVes oil and adjacent to Clark Field and Nichols Field, and to the Fields themselves.
 Hls eommunique listed Japanese ship losses as follows: Sunk-one large destroyer leader; four large oil tankerS; one small oil tanker: two large cargo ships; one medium cargo ship two small cargo ships total II,
 Damaged or probably sunk --one destroyer; two large oil tankers; one large transport; 10 large cargo ships; i2 medium cargo ships; one floating drydock; two barges-total; 26 ships, one dock, two hargeS.
 The strike at the heart of the Philippines, which the Japanese in-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-22
Tanks Withdraw On
 Luxembourg Reich
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est and in the LaTnmersdorf area, while other ist Army forces beat off German counter-attacks near Die- kirch. Ono unit destroyed go NaEi tanks in that sector,
 Canadian lst Army forces In the schelde Estuary sector along the northwestern border of Belgium and the southwestern Dutch frontier cap. tured the Dutch port of Ter NeuSen and mopped up German pockets along the south bank of the schel- de.
 On the U. s, seenth Army front, at the southern end of the Belfoft gap against steadily stiffening rec sistance. At last reports, the dough. boys were barely i2 miles west of Belfort after capturing the village of Palante in 3 Ia mile advance from Lure, French troops moving up from the south, however, were forced to withdraw slightly in the Vermmondans area, l7 miles below Belfort.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-22

Continued from Page D triangle. They have succeeded ir smelling the road once. Yesterday the Germans showed Panzer brigade of tanks and infantry within 500 yards of the bridge before being driven hac kby airborne troops and British armor, which desroyed at least eight tanks.
 Strong infantry. supported by heavy enemy artillery, still was maintaining pressure in another area. They attempted to shove through to the road, but our para troops were absorbing the blow and throwing the Germans back with heavy losses.
 Front Assault Failure
 American airborne troops and British armor gained at Nijmegen bridge Wednesday afternoon after failing in a frontal assault Tuesday.
 The airborne units forced the river west of Nijmegen with assault boats under heavy machine gun fire. They closed on the city from the HUI IAA, WAAAAC aAAAOACa AOASCo PeOAASN their way past the Waal river and the permanent concrete pillbox de- lenses on the south bank.
 Dutch resistance is given credit for the failure of the German dem- olition scheme but full details are not available.
 It is reported that the Germans attempted to flee from the pill- boxes, but were stopped at the north end of the bridge by an SS captain waving 6 revolver.
 Shipping and isolated resistance still was continuing on the south bank.
 This airborne force that opened the corridor from Eindhoven north has accounted for 2,S00 prisoners by noon yesterday and truck loads of Nazis still were rolling in. This force, wiped out, killed or captured two battailpns of Hermann 0oer. ings parachute training regiment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-22
JUDGE REFUSES
 TO HEAR MOTION
Helen Fuckers Litigation Not in Jurisdiction of
 Superior Court

Only damage suits in which $2,- 600.0l or more Is sought fall within the jurisdiction of superior court, 1t was ruled by Judge Robert L, Munger today.
 The jurist made the comments in connection with 6 motion for per- mission to transfer to common pleas court the $2,500 civil action brought by Agnes c. Anderson against Will liam M. Crane, Jr., ct al.
 It was pointed out common pleas court has exclusive jurisdiction here in all negligence cases in which $2,500 or less damages are sought.
 The difference of that one cent in the Anderson complaint led to granting the motion to transfer the case to the other court.
 The jurist also ruled the litiga- ton brought by Helen Tucker against Josephine Navickas was out of the jurisdiction of the court since only $l 900 damages are sought. He made the ruling after the plain- tiffs counsel presented a motion for judgment for failure to plead, and declined to hear the motion.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-22
RETIREMENT PLAN
 NETS SOME ALARM
Reaction Among TSxpay. CTS, City Employees One
 of Amusement

The first public hearing on Q proposed pension and retirement plan as reported yesterday will Do held within the next two weeks. It Is proposed that full discussions be held at that time and during sub. sequent similar hearings to gain both the taxpayers and employees reaction to the phases of any sucn proposals,
 Following yesterdays report, aS published fully in The Democrat, when 1t was revealed the cost of es- tablishing a suitable reserve to meet the city's pension obligations VIII, under existing laws cost upward to over the half-million mark annually, the reaction among taxpayers and city employees is revealed as one of ama2ement and some alarm. City employees generally speaking were this morning in favor of any rea- sonable plan for payroll deductions toward the creation of this reserve, but many taxpayers eyed with ap- prehension the possibility of tax increase being necessary to carry to carry the load of amortizing such a plan. However, in gen. eral, 1t was deemed premature to arrive at any final conclusions, at this date.
 Many problems will confront auth critics in establishing a suitable pension system on an actuarial basis Legislation will be necessary to re- wise the current existing pension laws which must be prepared for presentation to next years legisla' ture in Hartford.
 It was reasoned this morning the city now has approximately l6O or more employees who soon VIII be eligible for retirement. About l25 or more of these are in the city's fire and police department. while about 20 each are employed among teachers and general eEn- ployes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-22


 as possible to look At his execution. CTS and say
 "Aim we'll"
 The shots rang out and caruso's head Slumped forward.
 The execution took place At For6 Bravetta, three miles outside os Rome. Caruso was brought from Re- gina Coeli prison in Q gray van and had to be lifted from 1t. but once on the ground, he walked, swinging along on the crutches.
 The execution had been postponed for some hours by an appeal for mercy to Prince Umherto, lieutenant general of the Italian realm.
 The ciemancy plea was rejected, and Caruso was executed at 2:i0 ?. m.. on one of the sunniest, brightest days Rome has had in weeks. He was to have been executed at dawn.
 Caruso, who served as police chief during the last four months of 0er- man occupation of Rome, was charged with having sent ct least 50 hostages to their death when he turned them over to the Germans who ultimately rounded up 320 Ital- fans and shot them in reprisal for the killing of g Germans.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-22
.24,29l POSITIONS
 AWAIT APPLICANTS
U. s. Employment Service in Connecticut Receive
 Thousands of Orders

Hartford, Sept. 22 The various offices of the United States Em- ployment Service, agencies of the War Manpower Commission in Con. neoticut, had 24,29l job opening on order from state employers as of September 1, State Manpower Di- rector William J. Fitzgerald an- nounced today.
 This was an increase of 8b per cent from the 22,2sS job openings aS of August 1. Some i4 areas in the state reported increases in the num- Der of Job openings on order, the report of the War Manpower Com mission for the month showed,
 Largest gains were reported by Hartford with an increase of 62 per cent; Willimantie with rise of 4S,7 percent; droton with a gain of 70 percent; AnSoniN with an Increase of 2o,S percent and New Britain which was i47 percent higher for the month aS compared with the previous period.
 The greatest declines in the num- hcr of Job openings on orders were reported by Stamford with a drop of 22,4 percent; Danielson with q de. cline of lo.8 percent and Meriden where Q drop of l2,0 percent was registered for the month as cam pared with the pr, Vious period.
 Oi the 24,2ei job openings on or. de? in the various offices of the United States Employment Service In the state, 66,6 percent were from me nufaeturing firms as compared with e7 percent in the previous month. Among the ful.function local offices the percentage of or- derS from manufacturing firms var led from 45 percent In Hartford to 04,S percent in Stamford,
 Of the eii3 joS openings on order from manufacturing firms 78.l percent were from essential and locally needed concerns aS compared with SIT percent in the previous month.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-22
Toops Enter Pc Valley
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Continued from Page D vision captured the town of San Marino, capital of the tiny ancient Republic of San Marine and eono tlnued to advance northward,
 The republic, with e peaee- time population of about ib,0o0, has de- clared war upon Germany, it was announced today, and for the first time In 300 years her pocket army went into action. The army in. creased by approaching hostilities to Q force of 900 men, was helping the Eighth Army troops round up and capture Germans, and doing rear guard work in towns behind the lines or along the republics border.
 The San Marino army includes the 0uardla Mobile, which is re. puted to have the most gorgeous uniforms in ail Europe, with swords and plumed hats.
 The Eighth Army destroyed the greater part of the effective fight ing strength of the German Fist and ssth divisions in taking Rimini, Losses heavier than those 1t suf- fered at Casino were inflicted on the German first parachute di- vision, while four other divisions, including the crack 26th pan1er de vision, were reduced to half strength,
 City Wrecked
 (BBC Correspondent Reginald Heckwith reported that when he reached Rimini, Q town with a pre- war population of 10000, he did not find any Italians and hardly Q building remained undamaged.
 Many buildings had been wrecked and footed by the Germans, the correspondent said iE . broadcast recorded by CBS.)
 Beyond Rimini lies the broaden ing entrance to the Lombardy Plain, and its capture is strateglcal- ly important as Q starting point for drive up the well-built Emilia highway, running across the Pc Valley to Bologna and Milan.
 With the capture of San Fortunate and the adjoining Ceriano Ridge, the Canadians completed the last stages of @ month ago. bitter battle to break through the Adriatic positions. The Germans, after their fixed positions in the Gothic line had been smashed. fought stubborn ly over successive ridges. slowly re- treating to other prepared defenses southwest of Rimini.
 After taking San Fortunate, the Eighth Army troops pushed on to the Marecchia river, crossing 1t to establish beachhead on the north- erf hank
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-22
Herr GoebbeIs Explains It All
lRx United Preaal

Npy SHhtCu NEgB9P
 NaGl Propaganda Minister Joseph doebbels said today that Germany had achieved "astonlShing' results in the first eight weeks of the Allied offensive and offered c novel ex. pianation for dermany's recent series of defeats,
 Tn an article in the magazine "DaS Relch," quoted by the Ger. man Transocean news agency, doebhels said
 "In tho west, the British and Americans were able to achieve mil- itary successes simply because large parts of our armed forces were tied down in the east,
 ''in the east, the Russians can turn our Hanks because large Ger. man troop contingents are trying to stem the Allies in the west.
 Nobody can deny that"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-22
Fierce Fight In Arnhem

(Continued from Page D radio said, quoting . transoceaD correspondent at the front.
 ITO begin with they were able to penetrate into the town" it said, But they were thrown out of the centre of the town. They main tained themselves in the narrow streets until Monday
 A second landing was carried out Monday afternoon, the enemy acc count said, continuing:
 During the night the British withdrew westward and held the streets between the town and the suburb of Esterbeck. On Tuesday units of the Waffen sS, the armN and anti-aircraft artillery laurch- ed a concentrlc attack. The fight ing was house-to-hous and gar- den-to-garden.
 Again Tuesday afternoon hun- dreds of fresh paratroopers were dropped. Again more paratFocpers are being landed. But they ere too late. The encircled enemy is facing annihilatlon."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-22
Advance Also On ToIIinn
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tContinued ITOm Fbku ~ natural barriers but the Tisza river between 1t and the onruShing SoV- lets.
 On the Baltic front, Marshal Leo- mid A. doVoroV'S Leningrad army was less than 4e miles from Tallinn by nlghtfall yesterday after 6 day of spectaeular advances running up to 90 miles.
 Hard riding armored units over: ran the German rear guards all aiong the line of flight, killing at least 900, while Russian attack planes bombed and strafed the NaSi merellessly. ~
 Military sources said the German retreat had all the earmarkS ot . flight to emharkation points along the Baltic coast, although there still was no indication that the enemy had succeeded in masSing any sizeahle evacuation fleet there.
 The northern wing of 0ovorovs Army advanced six miles along tht gulf of Finland to capture Aserl, while a second column drove 20 miles along the Narva-Tallinn rail- way to capture Kadrina, 4e miles from the capital. At Kadrina, the Russians were seven miles from Tapa, where the railroads from Narva and Tartu meet to form a single line to Tallinn.
 Third spearhead
 A third spearhead advancing up the railway from Tartu pushed fcr- ward i2 miles to ke.Maarja, l4 miles southeast of Tara.
 Farther south, dovorov'S left wing moved out 26 miles norChN sss of Tartu to capture Piknume, 23- miles east of the Tallinn-Riga rail- way line, in thrust aimed at cut- ting that last direct rail route of escape for the Germans in the Tal- linn area.
 German forces along the Eston- ian-Latvian border, meanwhile, put up a despesrate defense against Rus sian 3rd Baltic Army troops strik- ing eastward toward the Gulf of Riga.
 The Soviet early morning was bulletin said fierce battles ragged along the border railway line north- west of Valga.
 On the Hungarian Romanian front, Marshal Rodion Y. Malinov- Sky's End Ukrainian Army, support. ed by Romanian units, broke out of the Transylvanian Mountain passes and moved on the Hungarian bor- der along a 65-mile front extending from Sicula on the northeast to Bercichereucl on the southwest.
 Battle Into Vigna
 The Soviets battled their way into Vigna, 17 miles from Hungarian soil. and pushed on toward the key highway and railway junction of Arad.
 German and Hungarian troops, routed from their strong defense positions in the mountains, were re- ported in disorderly retreat across the border.
 More than 200 miles to the north, Hungary also was menaced by a Red Army drive pushing down from southern Poland against the border of Slovakia. The soviets advanced as much as seven miles through the Carpathian Mountains on a 30-mile front. and rolled back a German salient between two Russian wedges driven to the siovak boroer.
 Dukla, 6 strongly defended Ger man bastion guarding the entrance to the Dukla pass. was captured after fierce battle in which q Nazi battalion was wiped out.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-22

notified Coroner stephen A. Hom- ick. who began a preliminary inves- tigation.
 Motor Patrolmen Frank Deeley and John Dolan and Detective Jo- seph Dunphy assisted in the police investigation.
 Police are attempting to contact relatives of the deceased at 1875 woodblne strete in Ridgewood. It was reported that he had recently been honorahly discharged from the Army Ar Force, and was planning on entering the Navy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-22

(Continued from Page D on either flank where the 0ermaIis were using their tanks as stationary pillboxes to blast the American ct" tackers from under caTnonhage.
 American artillery and planes joined in the battle, with ground guns concentrating a heavy fire on enemy tanks in the wood areas.
 At least 20 German tanks have been knocked out by American pilots.
 The Germnas, however. also brought up considerable artillery fire in an effort to blunt the forward thrusts of the armored spearheads.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-22
Goss Resigns Presidency
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(Ccntinued from Page D presentation of gifts. Mir. 0oss urged his associates and employees to Keep faith in America and in the future ca the Scovill Company.
 Leavenworth P. sperry is the eldest son of the late Mark L. eperry, long associated also with scovill's. The sperry family home was on lower Cooke street. Mark L. Sperry, ST.. was ct one time vice president. ana also held other oiiices with the company. Leavenworth sperFy Is the aadsaE oE three sons. all AtAllased with gcovlll's. The late Mark h. gperTy's maternal grandfather was Mark Leavenworth, pioneer manu- fneluxer os this city.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-22
CRAIG MUST PAY
 DIVORCED WIFE

Andrew Craig of Waterbury was judged in contempt of court in sue perior court today and was sen- fenced to jail until he pays q l,O06 for the support of Kettle Studtvant Craig. who divorced him.
 Judge Robert L. Munger ordered issuance of the mittimus. when 1t was disclosed Craig had not report ed for the hearing. The contempt motion was presented by his di- vorced wife, who said he had not followed a court order Co make support payments.