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Evening star., 1944-06-11
| Mrs. GIeosonHo
| Movie Stars Help
In Primary Fight
BY the Associated Press.


LOS ANGELES, June 10.-Holly-
wood celebrities helped Mrs. Lucille
Webster Gleason, wife of Actor jim
mie Gleason, win the Democratic
nomination for State Assembly in
her district in the May primary, her
expense account disclosed today.
They contributed s2,273. she re-
ported to the county recorder, OF
which $2,245 was spent. The Mu-
sicians' Protective Association gave
$3.50, Harpo Marx s25 and his
brother Groucho $40, Mr.. and Mrs
Pat O,Brien SIS and Earl Carroll
and Producer Sol Lesser 500 each.
Radio Commentator Hal Styles,
who defeated Representative John
M. Costello for the Democratic
nomination in the 18th congressional
district, reported the Styles-for-
Congress Campaign Committee
contributed $5,788 to his expenses,
of which 81 ,634 was spent.
Evening star., 1944-06-11
Senate Group Denies
S5OO,O0O 10 Finance
Fair Labor Committee

A legislative battle over the Presi-
dents Fair Employment Practices
Committee was renewed yesterday
when Senate Appropriations sub
committee eliminated from the bill
lion-dollar war agencies supply bill
the $500O00 allowed by the House
to run the committee for the year
commencing July l.
The subcommittee sAction will be
subject to review by the Appropria-
tions Committee tomorrow before
the bill goes to the Senate for vote
The committee was created by
executive order to prevent racial or
other discrimination in war jobs,
and has been financed from emer-
gency funds.
Earlier this year the Senate added
to the independent offices bill the
Russell amendment, which would
have prohibited the continuance
after July / of any agency created
by executive order, unless in the
meantime any such agency obtained
a direct appropriation for its ex-
penses from Congress. The amend
ment would have affected the FEPC
and several other war agencies.
The conferees on the independent
Offices bill changed the Russell
amendment to allow such agencies
until January l, 1945, to obtain con-
gressional sanction, in the form of a
direct appropriation.
Meanwhile the House made a di-
rect appropriation for FEPC in the
war agencies bill, which would have
given it the required congressional
sanction 1t was this item the Sen
ate subcommittee eliminated yester-
day.
Evening star., 1944-06-11
By the Associated Press,

by tue AkSoEl2t&o EIc89s
NEW YORK, June 10s-The Mos
COW radio tonight broadcast . Taas
Agency accounting to lease-lend aid
to Russia by the United States,
Britain and Canada, declaring that
up to April 30 the United States
had sent arms, raw materials, food
and equipment OF q total value Of
IS, ,357, ,000, 900, of which $4,6I2, 900, :
600 worth had arrived in the Soviet
Union.
This represented $500 900 tons, OF
which 100000 tons reached the
Soviet Union, the report said.
Among principal items were 6,43C
aircraft, plus 2,442 aircraft received
from the United States as part OF
the undertakings of Great Britain;
1874 tanks, 10 n1inesweepers, Il
large submarine chasers, 50 small
submarine chasers and torpedo cut
tiers, 5,397 mechanical military
transports, 17,017 motorcycles, 3,16e
anti-aircraft guns, I'LL Oerlikor
anti-aircraft guns, 22,400, 900 shells
and 99l ,400, 900 cartridges.
Other large items from the United
States included $1,000 tons of gun.
powder, 10000 tons of INT anc
ammonite, more than $4,000 mile
Evening star., 1944-06-11
European Battle Area
Awes Writer Flying
In Tiny Piper Cub
BY DON WHITEHEAD,
Associated Press Correspondent Represent
ing the Combined American Press.

ing the Combined American Press.
WITH AMERICAN TROOPS IN
FRANCE, June 10-I had seen
enough of our beachhead from a
foxhole, so I went up in Piper
Cub today to take a look at the
wedge driven into Continental Eu-
rope and what I saw was both
beautiful and awesome.
From low altitude I got bet
ter perspective of the magnificent
job the doughboys have done than
I had, even though I had landed
with them and watched them fight
their way off the beaches to drive
the Germans steadily back.
AS few over the area with 1t.
Oscar B. Rich of Foley, Ala, we saw
Yanks attacking below us toward q
forest where the enemy was believed
to have hidden tanks and infantry.
Big Guns Pound Forest.
Our big guns had been pounding
the forest for hours in steady,
rolling blast of explosions and as
VIC WdISliCo d udkh SlCCA SlllOkc
rolled up from an ammunition OF
gasoline dump hit by the artillery
From the beach to the front lines
we could see the obstacles the in
fantry and engineers had to over
come to push inland and secure the
beachhead.
We saw armored vehicles rolling
slowly along hedgerows raking the
underground with machine gun fire
to drive out snipers while behinc
them came doughboys taking cover
in trees end hedges as the attack
moved forward.
Along the roads conveys movee
and troops. marched in columns
While some areas appeared un.
touched others were ripped by bomt
craters and pocked with sill
trenches.
1t. Rich, who used to be fioris1
before joining the Army, swung ou
over the beach and there stood oul
tremendous invasion fleet stretch.
ing as far as I could see. Ship.
were moving in to discharge theil
cargoes and small boats scurriee
around weaving white wakes abou
Evening star., 1944-06-11

no patience with Slovely housekeep-
ing
3. Don't grow rusty. Keep in
formed on social and political trends
The serviceman is fighting for GER
tain principles and he will expect
his wife to know the score.
4. Spend your leisure hours profit
ably. There are plenty Of jobs for
the war wife to do on the home
front either as a volunteer or paid
worker. Male companionship Is
tempting, but when in doubt about
accepting invitations ask yourself II
your husband would approve.
Evening star., 1944-06-11
President Wants Taylor
To Return 10 Holy See
Rv the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
Myron C. Taylor, President Roose-
velt's personal representative to the
Vatican, has been asked to return to
his post as soon as possible.
He has been absent since the fall
of 1912. His reassignment there was
made possible by the Allied conquest
of Rome.
Acting Secretary of State Stet-
tinius said that at the request of the
President Mr.. Taylor has been asked
to return to the Vatican as soon as
possible.
Since his return to America Mr.
Taylor has served as vice chairman
of the Advisory Council on Postwar
Foreign Policy in the State Depart
ment. He went to the Vatican in 1889
as the Presidents first representative
there.
Evening star., 1944-06-11
The Travellers Notebook
RECORD Bookings Indicate Long Season at Resorts;
New England to Get Extra Tourist Trains;
7lst Annual Choutouquo Program to Open JuIy

many famous resorts of easy &C
feasibility are meeting war-restricted
codes with promise of banner bust
ness. Michigan, with 5000 inland
lakes and the Great Lakes shore
lines, unite with 78 State parks and
recreational areas. Wisconsin, with
1000 lakes and a Lake Michigan
shore line, unite with 18 State
parks. Minnesota, with its 10000
lake area, supplements its attrac-
tions by 81 State parks and II rec
reational areas.
While California is advocating
vacations at home" interstate pas
senger traffic, reported by a border
count, is four times greater than
prewar figures.
New personalities in the fields of
music and public life and special
events new to Chautauqua will be
featured when the list season be-
gins July 2 in Chautauqua, N. Y.
The program of education, music
and religion, which is to be given
during the eight weeks following
the opening this year, will present
more than 10 events and persons
who never before have appeared at
Chautauqua.
Conducting the program as di-
rector this summer is Ralph Nc
Callister, director of the Council
for Adult Education in Chicago.
Imposing religious and civil cele-
brations will mark the 275th ami
versary of the founding of the city
of Lachine, Quebec.
Today will see the start of these
celebrations, with the annual festi-
val of the Corps de Musique de la
Province giving a concert. These
concerts will continue until June Is.
There will be pageant every
evening, in the Lachine arena, rep
resenting some historic event. Three
hundred actors will portray some
outstanding figures in Canada's his
tory, dating from Cavalier de la
Sale. the city's founder, and the
pioneers of these early
days down to modern-day person.
ages who have made their mark in
From June "A to June 18 there
will be a Eucharistic Congress,
bringing together all the province
parishes west of the Island of Mon
treal.
X X
Those who travel by auto may
use A coupons as they desire. B
and C coupons can be used only
for occupational driving. But sales
men using B or c coupons In
recreational area may 60 to a re-
sort close by.
Evening star., 1944-06-11

Summer vacations throughout the
Nation will follow the same genera,
pattern as last year, with indication
that more persons will seek diver
sion and change of scene, the Amer
ican Express monthly survey re-
ports. Strain of war, relief from
routine and the spirit of escape are
contributing factors which have
placed capacity reservations in near
ly all resorts and recreational GEN.
ters.
The vacation near home" policy
Is off to an early start, with esti-
mates from travel and transit off,
cials from two to three weeks ahead
of last year. From New England,
the Midwest, the Midsouth to the
Pacific Coast, resorts and camps re-
port earlier occupancy, with promise
of longer and heavier season.
Paralleling the resort picture, rec
reational travel for summer gives
promise of more restrictions now
pending before the Office of De-
tense Transportation, as transit
burdens units with troop movements
and overseas traffic demands.
"Unessential travellers caught in
the invasion traffic suddenly may
find cancellations of services and
trains" is the latest ODT warning.
y X X X
For May, railway traffic through
out the Nation was estimated from
10 to Is per cent above the CORE
spending period last year. Newly
released May figures, which list bus
and train carrying capacities, re-
veal that the carriers are moving
twice the traffic by rail as in the
First World War period with one-
third less equipment and 100000
fewer employees.
Pullman cars carried 17,435, ITO of
the armed forces in mass move
ments from December Z, 1941, to
January of this year. During 1943
the monthly average was 8l2,853.
The mo dimout' edict has brought
record advance reservations to New
England ocean-front resorts of Bar
Harbor, Old Orchard, York Harbor,
Hampton Beach, the north and
south shores of Massachusetts,, Cape
Cod to Marthas Vineyard to Block
Island.
Extra summer train service via
the New Haven and Boston g. Maine
will operate under ODT rules be-
tween New York and Portland, Me,
service to start June 10. Mountain
resorts with inland lakes are stress
ing the newly lifted gasoline ban
permitting motorboat use.
The Adirondacks and Pocono re-
sorts are announcing full summer
time schedules. In the Midwest
Evening star., 1944-06-11
Nozis to Put Prisoners
To Work Clearing Debris

LONDON, June II (P).-The Ger
man Transocean News Agency said
in a broadcast today that American
and British prisoners taken during
the invasion are to be set to work
clearing away debris caused by Al
lied air bombardments in the resi-
Dental areas of French towns.
The agency said the population Of
Rouen demanded Allied prisoners
to be SO used.
Evening star., 1944-06-11
Women Doctors Elect

CHICAGO, June 10 CP).-Dr
Alice Stone Woolley, Poughkeepsie
N. Y, was elected president of the
American Medical Women's Asso-
citation today. DR.. Kate Zerfoss
Nashville, Tenn, was named presi-
dent-elect.
Evening star., 1944-06-11
Four Pointers to War Brides
Offered by Hygiene Society

Four points for war brides whose
husbands are in service have been
offered by the Social Hygiene So
ciety, Community War Fund
agency, as an aid to happy postwar
marriage.
/. Get a job. Bank as much of
the husbands allotment as possible
to build a financial reserve for the
purchase of, a home, to start a
business or to continue education.
2. Master the fundamentals of
homemaking. The man in service
has learned to respect neatness,
cleanliness and order and will have
Evening star., 1944-06-11

the bigger ships which were pour
ing more men, guns and supplies
ashore.
Vehicles, guns and armor rolled
up the roads cut from the beach.
During the first two days Of the
invasion there had been only one
exit from our beach and everything
had to move across it, now there
were several exits to handle the
mass of stuff moving in behind us.
Invasion wreckage Uttered the
sand. Vehicles, halftracks, armor
and small craft were piled up with
vast amount of equipment. Sal
vS3e crews were busy relocating
boats which hit mines or were sunk
by enemy fire. Many vehicles were
being towed from the sand and pu,
back in operation.
1t. Rich flew over Bayeux with
its beautiful cathedral and ther
over Port en- Bessin. Then we landed
and I carried away from the plane
with me new respect for the valol
of the American doughboy and the
job he had done.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-04

at War" edition of the Army and
Navy Journal, the commander-in-
chief of the U. S. fleet said the
"unequaled" genius Of American en-
gineers augured we'll for the navy's
goal tC drive westward Ito encom-
pass the islands of Japan
In the same issue, Army Chief of
Staff General George C. Marshall
said that the nations record in the
war was notice to the world that
the United States intends to main
tain the military might needed to
block future aggression before it
starts.
Reviewing the role CT naval forces
in the war. King caid:
Our submarines and planes are
cutting deeper and deeper into the
vital japanese shipping and our
fleets move III the central Pacific
unchallenged," he wrote. japanese
capacity to maintain the war at sea
and in her advanced areas has pro-
gressively suffered, due to the loss of
vital shipping"
These circumstances in the Paclf-
ic theater," he added, present a
situation which must be as dark
and threatening to Japan as it is
full of promise to u3.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-04
Deadline Moved
Up on Time
For Income Tax

The December Is deadlme 1or
the instalment of the 1914 eStlmat-
ed income tax has been postponed
for 30 days, it was announced at
the Ell Centro office of the U. S.
Bureau of internal Revenue. The
official statement came from Har-'
ry C. Westoyer, collector OF internal
revenue. Les Angeles. The informa-
ton was issued simultaneously with
the mailing of 100000 bills involv-
ing a total tax payment due OF
S66,584,000
At the same time, $4,000 Southern
California farmers have been given
until January Is, instead of Decem-
Der Is, to file their original declar-
ations of estimated 1914 income.
The same extension was granted
to commercial income taxpayers,
who have found it necessary to
amend or revise their declarations
filed last April.
Under certain circumstances,
moreover, the bureau stated, it will
be unnecessary for farmers or COM
mercial taxpayers to file declar-
alton of estimated income. This will
be true Of any farmer able TO file
his final 1914 return by January Is
on Income Tax 1040
Commercial taxpayers will not
need to file estimates if they can
file their final returns on standard
income tax forms by January Is
The January Is deadline is final
however, the bureau declared.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-04
U. S. Eyes Russ
Plan 10 Punish
War Criminals

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4. CUPD-
The United States probably will
give tacit, if not official, approval
to Russia's plans for sentencing
thousands of minor German war
criminals to hard labor in war
torn areas CT the Soviet Union, it
was understood Monday.
The American attitude toward the
Nazi underlings who have yictimized
Europe was described by one U. S.
authority as anything but wishy-
waShy."
Officials here have been concen-
trating Oh the Furnishing of leading
NaZis as has the war crime commits
sion in London. But, this source
said, there is no reason to believe
that the Germans whC carry out the
orders Of Hitler, Himmler and other
Nazi leaders will escape tie just
retribution" promised them.
American, British and RUS ian
representatives on the war crime
commission were understood to be
making steady progress with list of
major war criminals and the collec-
ton CT evidence against them.
While no specific formula for pun
ishment has yet been set. officials
hope to have this done long before
the shooting ends.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-04
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Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-04
MASSACHUSETTS CONVICT
RETURNED AFTER YEARS

NORFOLK. Mass, Dec. !. tUPl =
After 10 years OF freedom since his
escape in 1884. Vinton H. King, a
former Springfield resident, was
back at Norfolk state prison colony
Monday to continue serving II
to 20-year term for assault.
Recaptured through fingerprints
while working at a Huntington
Park, California, war plant, King
told prison officials he had married
about a year after he fled the prison
and lived in the Los Angeles suburb
where his wife taught school.
King was convicted OF assault with
criminal intent on a Springfield girl
by a court in that city in May 1880.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-04
u. S. Court Eyes
Settlement of
Indians Claim

WASHINGTON. Dec. 4. tUP)-
The u. S. court of claims began a
new term and was expected to act
quickly to settle a claim of the In
dians of California which has
haraSsed the legislative, executive
and judicial branches of the gov
elnment-not tC mention the In
dians-for nearly SO years.
1t was believed the court would
award the Indians $5,024,842.34 and
thereby, in effect, 'ratity' 18 treaties
rejected by the Senate i'll 1852.
Tie treaties, which lay in the
Senate archives for half Il century
after being rejected. were negotiated
in 1852 by the interior depart
ment with some 402 chiefs and head
men of so-called "uncivill2ed Call
fornia Indian tribes.
TOOK INDIANS LAND
The treaties ceded to the govern
ment some 75,O00.G00 acres of land
in the state of California. The In
dians were to receive 8,5l3900 acres
for reservations, plus Substahtlai
amounts of goods of various xmas
and the services of school teachers,
farmers, physicians and craftsmen
to help to raise them to "ciVlllleo
status.
But these were the gold rush
days. and some 100000 settlers pro-
tested Indian ownership OF millions
of fine acres, and, according to the
Handbook of American lndlans,
the Indians were soon driven OUT.
They became homeless vaerantS
and were quickly reduced by evtc-
ton. starvation. murder and aus
ease" from about 1CD,000 to l1,0Oo,
the handbook said.
FILE STIPULATION
Robert w Kenny. attorney gen-
eral of Califo. MIA, and officials oil
the lands division of the justice de
partment, recently filed Stipulation
with the court CT claims. Approved
bv tie court commissioner last
month. the stipulation found the
Indians entitled to recover ST.
O53. .94l 90 for land and services they
didn't get.
The government, however, because
of benefits claimed given to the
Indians through the interior depart
ment since 1852. was allowed Sl2,-
O29.099.64 as "off-cets," leaving the
final recovery at $5024 ,84234. This
money is to be Eut i'll the u. S.
treasury drawing per cent interest
yearly and to be used for the In
dams in congressional appropria-
tionS.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-04
Nation Speeds
War Bond Drive

The treasury reported sales ior
the first two weeks totaled $5,364,-
600 900, or more than 80 per cent
of the goal. -.
OF the total, individuals have
purchased 81 SOL ,000,000, more than
one third of their $5 900 100000 goal.
while corporate investors have pur-
chased $3,673, 100000, some 40 per
cent of their quota of $9,000,000 900.
The weekend football game be-
tween the army and navy teams in
Baltimore helped the individual
bond campaign to the extent of $59,-
637,000.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-04
LONG DISTANCE OPERATORS
VOTE MEMPHIS STRIKT

MEMPHIS. Tenn. Dec. I. (UP)-
Long distance lines operated out OF
Memphis Monday. despite a strike
edict voted Saturday night by men,
bers of Memphis branch 305, Fed
eratiCp OF Long Line Telephone
Workers. employees of the American
Telephone and Telegraph company
The vote, supervised by the Ma
tional labor relations board, was 392
for work stoppage and nine against
it, but it appeared likely no strike
date would be set until outcome
OF a similar vote in Louisville. De-
cember II is known.
The union voted to strike unless
demands for a raise of S. weekly
for all workers were granted by the
war labor board, which previously
had approved an interim raise of
50 weekly retroactive to November
28, 1913.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-04
SUPERVISORS APPOINT
HOLTyIJIE JUSTICE

Carl Brown Monday was appoint
cd justice of the peace of Holtville
to take the place of the late j. f.
Smith.
He was appointed by the county
board of supervisors at their meet
ing Monday morning. He also is
serving the city of Holtville as police
judge.
Brown served the county as Su-
pervisor from the Holtville district
in 1925 and 1926, OF late years he
has been employed by the Imperial
Irrigation District
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-04
WINRIGHT RECOMMENDED
As FARM ADVISOR

Imperial County Farm Bureau
Directors Saturday unanimously rec
commended the appointment of AS
sistant Farm Advisor George Win
right as county farm advisor to
take the place left vacant by the
death of Frank Beyschlag.
Copies of the resolution will be
sent to Professor E. H. Crocheron
of the University of California, who
makes such appointments. 1t also
was decided that the individual di-
rectors also should write 10 Croch-
eron recommend Winright's appoint
ment.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-04
Admiral Hints
AT New Strokes

WASHINGTON. Dec. a. CUP)-
Admiral Ernest j. King, limiting at
possible new secret weapons for
American naval forces, declared
Monday that the navy was lin a
position to set the pace in Develop
ment of new weapons and methods
to bring speedier victory.
Writing in the December ~. S.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-04
HOLLYWOOD
~ ERSkINE JOHNSON

and Always" has finally gone into
production Fred MacMurray plays
the flying ace. Paul Mantz will do
all the trick flying. in % airplaneS,
vintage 1917.
John PAYNE and Gloria de Haven
were a twcsome at the Biltmore
Bowl.
Ida Lupino will wear one of those
new short nighgoWns for a scene in
her new movie pillar to Pest A
male member of the cast asks her,
What's THAT you're wearing?
When Ida explains. the gent says.
Well I daresay they do give you
more freedom" Ida replies, We'll,
that's what we're fighting for, isn't
it?"
After six months in Hollywood.
singer Georgia Gibbs returns to
New York-at double her former
salary.
Lionel Barrymore. who compoSeS
when he isn't acting. has been
elected to membership in ASCAP'
giving him recognition as stand
ard American composer.
If they can't sell EN- in English
they can sell EN- in Swedish and
Hungarian. Speaking Swedish, In
grid Bergman sold $1,000 worth CT
war bonds TO 300 war workers IN
Minnesota. Speaking Hungarian
Paul Lukas sold $80O0o0 worth in
Cleveland.
one of the main characters in
M-G-M's Week end at the Wal
iorf," laid against the background
Of the swank Waldorf hotel,
Is a goat. The animal will be fancy
one-owned by the Bey OF ArloaJan'
a guest at the hotel.
Another metaphysical yarn for
the movies: Twentieth Century-toX
has purchased playwright Sidney
But for the Grace Of
John" story of a slain soldier who
rises from the dead and explains
what would have happened II he
had not died to stem the Nazi tide.
SELF-INDULGENCE
Andy Hickox. business manager
for many stars, won't let any OF
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-04

WASHINGTON. Dec. I. UP) -
The $l4.O0O,00O,0O0 Sixth War Loan
drive went into its third week Mon
day with subscriptions more than
81 900, 100000 ahead of schedule.