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Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-01
Aid for Needy
Stabilized

IN July Of 1943 there we're 54t
people on the old age aid rolls IN
Imperial county. The high point
for 1943 was reached in July wheri
SAL persons received ole age relief,
In June of 1914 the rolls showed
531 persons ON the roll. In thai
month payments in the county to-
tailed $24, ,722 or an average of SAG. Sd
per person. For the year ending
June 30, 1914, a total of $296. .835
was paid out in aid to the needy
aged
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-01
son ANNOUNCED

Mr.. and Mre. Cl1ud Ca fey o
INLAND announce The birth of al
eieh, -pound on The baby was bern
at the BraWley hospital at 1875
a. IN. Monday and wa named Larr,
Glen. Mrs. Cafftv Is n lister of Mr.
Guy Littrell Ct Ell Centro.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-01

Red Cross relief this spring to
Kansas families affected by the
worst floods since 1923 totaled As
GAL. 40 according to Harold R. Fow-
Ter, ST. Louis director of the Red
Cross emergency relief office.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-01
STILL DIDN'T KNOW

About that time DR.. Sheldon
Payne said he was getting ready
to drive her to st. Johns. The in
fant was born at 11:l2 pm, and
the butler was called to the phone
again to announce: We're all asleep
here and we've got nothing to say"
The 54-year-olc comic eloped
with the sloe-eyed daughter of
Playwright Eugene O'Neill a year
ago last June, when he was in the
midst of trying to dodge Miss Barry,
who accused him OF being the faith
er of her yet-to-come child.
Miss Barry threatened suicide
when she learned that the white
thatchec Chaplin had married some
body else, but she changed her
mind and threw the book at him,
charging him variously with violat-
ing the Mann act, interfering with
her civil liberties, and trying to
skip his responsibilities as a father.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-01
GOES ON WITH CHARGES

A jury acquitted him of the white
slave charges. the federal govern
ment dropped the liberties case,
and jury Of three hysicians COM
Earec the blood Of the baggy pants
comic with that of Miss Barry's
daughter, which was born last Oc-
tober. The doctors said actor and
baby weren't even distantly related.
That didn't bother Miss Barry.
She hired a new lawyer to press
her charges. She said she guessed
she know who the father was. Chap
lin still is paying her expenses under
court order and jury will decide
in Decemser whether he has faith
ered five children, instead cf the
fcur he admits.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-01

Demands for aid to the mccoy
aged in Imperial county apparently
are stabilizing, it was revealed
Tuesday in results of a survey made
by the California Taxpayers asso-
ciation.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-01
CALENDAR
TUESDAY

Central Labor Council, 3, Labor
Temple.
WEDNESDAY
Stud.ent skating party, 7:3O, rink
State guard, 1890, stadium
CAP, 1880, high school
2O-3O club, 8, California hotel
Servicemen's dance, $3.50, veter-
ans hall.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-01

A clucking hen spoiled farm
yard scene for Winged Victory A
prop man walked over to the chick
en- coop. locked in and said, 'She
Just laid an egg. boss Replied
Director George Cukor: II don't
olame her. So did we. Let's have
he scene again."
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-01
HOUSING SOLUTION

A Washington, D. c., real estate
man told Martin Kosleck; IT don't
know of q vacant house in town. but
of course you might try running for
president"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-01

NEW YORK, Aug. Ito track
down conversation pieces of an
tique jeWelry for fall hats-daggers,
keys, ear hoops and necklaces that
once graced the marble throats of
Mac onnas-designers have gone on
5afaris and returned with treasures
which will be copied down.
One adventurous designer-Hel-
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-01

1t took three years but it finally
happened. Sam Goldwyn was show
inc the three-year-old film, Ball
of Fire" to a friend at the studio
and the celluloid suddenly burst into
flame. The projectionist doused the
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-01
BOO!

BOO!!!
A new air force training film will
show flyers how to make faces to
keep their faces from freezing if
forced down in the Arctic. The
hams delight will be played by Bill
Goodwin. the radio announcer turn
ed actor.
Evening star., 1944-05-17

on his contention that the Vichy
regime In North Africa was inher-
emily illegal and hence could make
no arrangements binding on the
present Algiers regime which claims
to be the rightful representative of
the French people and the French
empire. This chain of reasoning
has never been accepted by the Al
lied governments, who consider De
Gaulle and his followers to be trus-
tees but not the owners of the title
deeds to France.
The legalistic deadlock thus per-
sists. 1t is to be hoped that logic
will not push the controversy to
fresh extremes. Washington and
London have shown themselves con-
ciliatory and are endeavoring to
work out solution by evolutionary
processes. The situation will not
be helped by one-sided acts and as
sertions by De Gaulle and his rep
resentatives.
Evening star., 1944-05-17
French Claims

Another phase in the relations
between the French patriotic regime
established at Algiers and the West
ern Allies is indicated by two re-
cent pronouncements from the
French side. Last Tuesday, during
a discussion on foreign policy, the
Provisional Consultative Assembly
voted to change the name of the
Committee of National Liberation to
that of the Provisional Government
OF the French Republic. This
amounted to an assertion OF sover-
eighty for the Algiers regime which
has not been admitted by either
Washington or London, despite per-
siStent French pressure.
Nevertheless, the French attitude
was further sharpened by a state
ment Of General Charles de Gaulle,
now undisputed leader of the Al
giers regime. A member of the
Assembly rose to ask for informa-
ton concerning General Mark Clark
at the time of the Allied invasion
Of North Africa q year and a half
ago. To this query, General de
Gaulle replied; Il want to say pub
licly that France does not consider
herself at all bound by agreements
that might have been made in the
past between the Allies military
authority on one side and Daran
on the other
Taken together, those two pro-
nouncements have sensational i'm
plications. Literally interpreted,
they can be construed as a uni
lateral reputation OF the accords
on which rest the entire Allied po-
sition in North Africa. This repudi-
alton is based upon a declaration of
sovereignty which would give the
Algiers regime free hand in it's
acts over all territories under it's
jurisdiction. The so-called Clark
Darlan accords assure the Allies
broad powers in French North Afri-
ca, which continues to be their main
base and line Of communication for
operations in the Western Mediter-
ranean.
A more reasonable Interpretation,
however, is that these assertions are
political gestures. made to express
French impatience at Allied de-
malls of full diplomatic recognition
for the Algiers regime. De Gaulle's
refusal to consider himself bound
by the Clark Darlan accords Is based
Evening star., 1944-05-17

v pL NJ. We" <
The battle in Italy becomes little
clearer.
This is how it looks through the fog
OF war-and the details may be far
from accurate as yet:
The 9th Army is making the holding
attack on the Casino front, with two
corps in line-a Polish corps north OF
Casino, British corps south of Casino.
The 5th Army is making the main,
or enveloping attack. with two corps in
line-a French corps on the right, an
American corps on the left next to the
sea.
The Liri River forms the dividing
line between the two armies.
On the 9Th Army front the Polish
corps has penetrated the mountains
north and northwest of Casino for
short distances, against heavy opposi-
ton. The British corps has established
a bridgehead across the Rapido River,
north of the junction of that river with
the Liri; has cleared out German
pockets of resistance in the corner
formed by the junction of the two riv-
ers: and has advanced beyond the viii
lage of San Angelo in Teodice to a
depth OF about mile on 2-mile front.
Immediately before it is the village of
Pignataro, which stands on the road be-
tween Casino and San Giorgio.
n
On the 9Th Army front, the immedi-
ate objective was this same road, which
crosses the Liri at San Giorgio and con-
tinues southwark through Ausonia to
join the main coastal highway lvia Ap-
pia) at San Croce. The road has been
reached at several points. The French
have taken San Giorgio and Ausonia,
and pushed on west of the road to cap
ture Monte Femmara, overlooking the
town of Esperia. The Americans have
likewise crossed the road and have
taken the town of Spigno. All German
resistance east of the road is at an end
1t Is not known whether San Croce is
as yet in American hands. The pene-
tration on this part OF the front is to a
depth of to miles
Thus the whole left flank of the Ger
man forces holding the Liri Valley po-
sitions south of Casino now stands
open. The French at San Giorgio are
but miles away from the left flank Of
he British bridgehead before Pignataro.
Evening star., 1944-05-17
Snoopers and Busybodies
BY David Laurence

From the London Sunday Express
Our people still accept cheerfully the
controls of wartime. They have never
asked for the licenses of peace. They
understand quite clearly that controls
which Illustrate their private lives and
a certain RECOMMENDATION which Is very
irksome to the British spirit are the
price of victory. No great people were
ever so tractable and sensible and valor-
Gus. But the suspicion that bureaucracy.
grossly inflated under the stress of war.
has got the upper hand and is misusing
1t might yet be fatal to the greatest
cause in history. Shoppers and busy
bodies and acks-in-office, those enemies
of the little man and claimants to his
birthright, must be themselves curbed.
For Ii we were to allow the spirit OF
freedom to be exercised in this free land.
we should have lost the fight and
betrayed the cause in the very act OF
winning the war
Evening star., 1944-05-17
can and has designated the COM

can and has designated the COM
mander In chief as his successor.
In these circumstances it remains
to be seen whether any tangible re-
suits will be forthcoming from these
current developments among the
Poles in London. 1t also remains to
be seen whether the results, should
they materialize, will be in the best
interests of Poland. But the ines
capable fact is that the breach be-
tween the Poles and the Russians
will have to be compromised in some
fashion ii they are to live together
in the future. And, regrettable as it
may be, the strong probability is
that settlement will be imposed on
the Poles If they should be unable to
work out a solution on their own &C
count,
Evening star., 1944-05-17

strangers to the war, who are killed or
wounded" The words that spring out
are strangers to the wari' Granted
that this is over Vichy radio, 1t re-
veals that the Germans, unable to
mobilize the French for their war hope
to neutralize them before it's horrors.
Obviously, our purpose must be the
opposite. But there Is no fulfillment
possible without French leader, Sring-
ing his people into active participation
No Frenchman can do this who is in
continual crisis with the Allies. The
French people have suffered and been
Inundated. Humiliation makes people
representative. cannot see why two
such powerful nations as the United
States and Britain need to care about
prestige. The international prestige of
Mr.. Roosevelt Is not at stake, while that
OF Gen. de Gaulle is. If we lose the
French people through the loss of De
Gaulle, then not he, but we, will even
tually lose prestige
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Furthermore, If instead of waging this
war conventionally we had waged it
in revolutionary fashion-taking into
account the uses of guerrillas, and work.
~-Ae -AASAAAAeSVSAy WANA 1iAC T1CllCIl COIH.
mittee in military procedureAwe could
have used the patriots desire to spare
his homeland and have accomplished
with dynamite part of what we are
trying to do with bombs. It is possible
to blow up railroad stations bridges and
other military objectives from within
Russians and Yugoslay Partisans have
proved it. Undoubtedly aerial lombard
ment Is unavoidable. It's use as the sole
weapon is not unavoidable. But the
effective use of guerrillas necessitates
the intimate integration of Allied mill
tary strategy with the French Com
mittee of Liberation.
The plea of the Observer is timely.
Up to this date nobody can answer
what our policy for Europe Is. There
must be a growing feeling there that
whoever wins, Europe as whole loses.
1t must be an appalling task for
European underground leaders to ex-
plain to their people why they are
fighting their war. Europe will fight
for Europe-and we hope for a Europe
1ntegrated into an organized world.
Released by the Bell Syndicate
Evening star., 1944-05-17
The Battle in Italy
BY Maj. George FieIdine Eliot

FIELDING Eliot
The Germans have lost the lateral road
which was the backbone of their de-
fensive system between the Liri and the
sea. and they are now dependent for
lateral movement in this area on the
road Formt a - Itri Pico-Pontecorvo-
Aquino. which Is tranverse highway
linking the Via Appia with the Via
Casilina. The fall of Esperia would
threaten Pontecorvo from the SOUTH
and the French pressure on the right of
the Germans In the Liri Valley threat
ems collapse of the whole German
front between the Liri and Casino.
This Is a situation in which the COM
mander who makes the best and most
timely use of his reserves Is likely to
win out. at least for the present. An
extra division or two at San Giorgio now
might produce great results for the AL
lies, for example, and the determined
resistance to the Poles north of Casino
may have absorbed the German reserves
that ought to be available now for the
sector between San Giorgio and Pigna-
taro. These suggestions are exemplary
only; there is no way of knowing what
the further extension of the Allied plan
NC, HOi WIldt JIe 1cILldIlS may 40
to counter it, without far more accurate
information than we now possess as to
actual conditions.
Thus, 1t is quite possible that the
Germans counted too heavily on their
Notifications south of the Liri, and that
their resistance In this area may really
be torn to ribbons" as one corre-
spondent puts 1t. In that case, the
way is open for Franco American ad-
vance right up TO and over the Formia-
Itri-Pico road. On the other hand
1t is also possible that the Germans
have made a fighting withdrawal to
new line the so-called Adolf Hitler
line) In front of that road. If so, we
should see desperate defense of Es-
peria, which is served by branch road
from Pontecorvo.
The American advance to Spigno, and
generally up to and beyond the road
between Ausonia and San Croce, has
consolidated the left flank of the Allied
gains, protects the flank of the still ad-
vancing French. and threatens fur
ther thrust along the coast toward
Formia
Evening star., 1944-05-17
Frank J. Hogan

When Alexis De TOcQueYllle IN
1885 declared that "the profession
of the law is the only aristocracy
that can exist in democracy with
out doing violence to it's nature"
he anticipated the achievement and
the position of Frank J. Hogan. No
other employment would have given
him the opportunities. the occasions
and the successes that he devel-
oped. Certainly, his talents were
such as to have indicated that he
would not fail in any career to
which he might have chosen to de-
vote them: but the work for which
nature seemed to have intended him
was that of an advocate. court
room pleader, a defender Of de-
PENDANTS, an appellant for appel
lantS.
To see Mr.. Hogan in action was
to witness a magnificent perform
ance. He was a master of the arts
of inquiry and persuasion. The skill
with which he cross-examined was
a legend. His comprehension of
legal logic rarely has been equaled
by any contemporary. He dealt with
evidence as a mathematician deals
with figures or chemist with the
natural elements. The function OF
justice in the world, as he conceived
it, was philosophical, If not religious.
At the climax of case his audience
invariably would sit in rapt silence
such as would characterize the
listeners of an inspired prophet.
Yet Mr.. Hogan was no fanatic.
The native sweetness and charity
of his heart influenced his mind in
the interest of an equitable attitude
toward the vast majority of human
ity. He was generous to fault. His
patience was monumental It was on
that account possibly that he so
profoundly admired Shakespeare's
doctrine of inclusive mercy. Let it
be said without reservation that his
celebrated wit even at the sharpest
was not cynical. never mean. in no
sense mocking. He loved life,
valued all classes of people, helped
many, hurt very few-and those not
by intention. Some trace OF his
youth stayed with him to the end.
He never quite ceased to be a boy.
Mr.. Hogan will be remembered
not for what he wrote nor for what
he said nor even for what he did.
1t will be for his personality that he
will be recalled by later generations.
Young lawyers who glimpsed him
only in passing will tell of him to
attorneys still their junior, and SO,
as in the instances of Rufus Choate
and Sir Edward Marshall Hall, he
will continue to be an instructive
force for generations. His presidency
of the District Bar Association and
OF the American Bar Association
have assured his place in the formal
history OF the law. More important,
however, is the continuance of the
grand traditions of patriotism, serv-
ice, fellow-feeling and good will to
which he contributed himself
throughout his days.
Evening star., 1944-05-17
A Step Forward

The National Labor Relations
Board has just announced that it
is prepared to consider a modifica-
tion Of its rules to permit employers,
under certain conditions and as a
wartime measure, to apply for an
election where reasonable doubt
exists as to- whether a particular
union represents a majority OF his
employees. This may seem like
small concession, but in It's way it
Is quite important.
s1n the early days an employer
could not petition the board for an
election in any circumstances. That
was privilege reserved exclusively
for unions. Then there came time
when the position of an employer,
caught between the claims and de-
mands of rival unions, became thor
oughly intolerable. So the board
modified its rules to the extent of
authorizing an employer to seek an
election when confronted by COM
plants from two or more unions"
Now a further modification seems
imminent. If the board acts favor
ably on the pending suggestion, an
employer who becomes involved in
a labor dispute before any Federal
agency would be able to ask for an
election to determine the bargain
ing status of even a single union in
his plant. In practice this would
apply principally to cases before the
War Labor Board. It is strictly a
war measure and it is designed to
expedite cases which hamper the
prosecution Of the war, not to aid
the employers as such. But it would
be a step forward. Who can say
that in time, and with experience,
the board might not come to the
conclusion that 1t would be safe 10
place employers on a status of
equality in the matter of elections,
both in peace and war. Stranger
things have happened.
Evening star., 1944-05-17
This Changing World
By Constantine Broipn

probably are the most pro- French Of
the Big Three. They want France re-
stored to her former power not only
because of the sentimental ties between
the two countries, but also because they
realize that it will be difficult to con-
solidate Europe on the path toward
peace If France remains weak.
This is the basic reason why Mr.
Roosevelt has been so adamant about
not recognizing Gen. de Gaulle and his
committee as "de jure" government.
The antics of the self-appointed French
leader, who has very cleverly assigned
to himself powers which did not belong
to him, were carefully watched by the
Washington policy trainers The spe-
cific interest of the British in North
Africa and the equally specific interest
OF Moscow in Gen. de Gaulle's commit
tee have prevented the American au-
thorities from adopting strong measures
toward Gen de Gaulle.
There have been times when such
measures were advised from Washing
ton, but Gen. Dwight Eisenhower. who
at the time was in complete command
in the Mediterranean, was busy with
military matters and followed the advice
OF his British civilian advisers by adopt
Ing a lenient view toward the French
pollticos. Gen. Eisenhower was inter-
ested chiefly in the French Army and
felt that after the defeat Of the Ger
mans the French people themselves
should make the decision on their form
of government.
1t was only after Gen. Eisenhower's
departure from the Mediterranean COM
mand that Gen. de Gaulle decided to
oust his senior, Gen. Giraud, who had
the full confidence of the American
military and civil authorities.
Gen. de Gaulle is shrewd politician.
There is no question that he wants to
enter France in the wake of the Amer
lean and British forces as her ruler
even If the job were only temporary.
The various activities of his military
tribunals have given us a preview of
how he intends to handle the situation
on his return to France.
Tho American policy trainers also
know how well he can take advantage
of the slightest opportunity to better
his position. Gen. de Gaulle knows that
while we will be occupied in chasing the
Germans across the Rhine he will be
able to set himself us as q de facto
government. The Americans will be
too busy fighting to pay much attention
to him.
There is no personal antagonism in
high Washington quarters against Gen.
de Gaulle, or whatever there Is does
not count in our policies. The sole
concern of President Roosevelt and his
advisers rests on the fact that we do
not want to see France further beset
by internal troubles
Evening star., 1944-05-17
On the Record
By Dorothy Thombson

Here are three things that conioin:
First. what appears to an outsider a
pretty personal struggle between the
President Of the United States and
the head OF the French Committee of
Liberation, General de Gaulle. Second.
an appeal-oyer the German controlled
Vichy radio-from three French cardi-
nails and the Archbishop of Cambrai
to the cardinals and archbishops of the
Catholic Church in the United States
and the British Empire to intervene
with their governments to modify the
type OF bombing being used over France,
and third, a demand by the London
Observer-and by many others-that
on the eve of invading Europe we make
declaration of purpose to serve as a
banner and signpost to peace
German-controlled radio is no in
strument through which to launch an
appeal against air bombardment. But
that the appeal is morally effective is
1ndubitable. 1t is gross error to think
that any people welcomes the destruc-
ton of its historic monuments. with
whatever good intentions, or that men
and children passively embrace death
from the air because friend, and not
an enemy, is responsible. This war is
not only being fought over the terri
tory Of our enemy, but over the lands
and homes of our friends And when
the invasion begins, its chief battles
will blast the soil we are fighting to
liberate.
} II such destruction is ACCOMPLISHED
with the active participation of the
French people-if it is their war-the
psychological factors are different. The
Russians have destroyed their own cities,
by the scorched earth policy, and in the
course of offensives and counter
offensives. Tito's Partisans have not
let consideration of their own soil stand
in the way of fighting the enemy. If
our air force bombs Yugoslav communi-
cations and In the course of it wreaks
destruction they would earnestly like
to avoid, the Yugoslav people recognize
1t as aid to their own battles.
But IN country where the people
are relatively inactive. the war appears
as unmitigated evil The broadcast of
the French clergy speaks of thousands
OF men, women and children, completely