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Evening star., 1944-08-02
|Daughion, Drewry
Win 4 Congressional
Races in Virginia
" the Asseeietsa Prsss.

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NORFOLK, Va. Aug. Ralph
H. Daughton. one OF Norfolk's two
State Senators, and Representative
Drewry Of Petersburg won Demo-
cratic nominations for the House in
Yesterdays primaries in the I'd and
4th districts.
Mr.. Daughton, 5S-year-old presi-
dent Of the Piedmont League, will
oppose Thomas L. Woodward, Suf-
folk, Republican, for the I'd dis
trict seat now held by Representa-
tive Harris. who is retiring from
Congress to accept private employ
ment.
Mr.. Drewry, q veteran Of ~ years
service and chairman of the Demo-
cratic National Congressional Cam
paign Committee, Is unopposed in
the general election.
Only two districts were involved
in yesterdays primaries. Seven Of
the States nine House members
were unopposed and had been de-
clared the party nominees.
Labsr Backed Pare.
Mr.. Daughton, with the backing
OF the State Democratic organiza-
ton headed by Senator Byrd, won
In 4 close three-cornored contest
with former State Senator Vivian L.
Page and Porter Hardy, jr., Nor
folk County farm leader. No ma
tional issues we're involved, but Mr..
Page had the backing Of many labor
unions and the CIO Political Action
Committee OF Tidewater.
Mr.. Drewry, holding q lead in
every county and city in the 4th
district except Hopewell and
Meckienburg. received almost twice
as many votes as his opponent,
Lorenzo Lee Bean, wholesale
groceryman and former Mayor of
South Hill. on the basis of returns
from l04 OF the districts 149 pre-
cincts. Mr.. Drewry polled 6.Os5
votes to 3,145 for Mr.. Bean, and
Mr.. Drewry's lead was expected to
increase with additional returns.
With only four small precincts
missing-one In Norfolk County and
three in Southampton, l30 out OF
l34 precincts in the I'd district save
Mr.. Daughton 6.727 votes to 6.2o7
for Mr.. Page and 5,s6S for Mr..
Hardy. The vote was light. being
only about half Of the vote reg,
Evening star., 1944-08-02
BY the Associated Press.

bS Ihe ASSoc1ateo FreSs.
AN ADVANCED SOUTHWEST
PACIFIC BASE, Aug. 2.-Once Ad-
miral Kiichi Endo commanded a
japanese fieet based at Wewak, New
Guinea.
Allied bombings reduced the feet
to couple of submarine chaSers
and some barges. Then the admiral
was trapped by Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur's leap-frog landings at Hol-
landia. Endo fed into the jungle
where it is believed he perished
to welcome the appointment of the
old soldier to succeed Ryti.
The brotherhood in arms will be
still closer in the future" one Nazi
radio commentator declared. :.
An informed source in Berlin was
quoted by the German-controlled
Scandinavian Telegraph Bureau as
saying - Germany expected mo
change In general military develop
ments" on the Finnish front. -
1T is understandable that the
Firms should want to concentrate
all power in the hands of one man, .
1T was said "Mannedheim Is most
fitted, for this because he earlier has
shown that all his decisions are
based on experience and deIibera- :
ton" -
Evening star., 1944-08-02

They get medals and wooden
crosses; we buy War Bonds.
Evening star., 1944-08-02
Lloyd Renominated
In Arlington Primary

Leo c. Lloyd, Arlington County
board memoer, Yesterday was re-
nominated in. the Virginia Demo-
cratic primary, receiving 1-2l2 Of
2, los votes cast. : @fl
= E. L. Usilton, former Chamber of
Commerce president. ran second
with 754 votes. while the third cam
didate, Eugene N, Beard, an en-
Evening star., 1944-08-02
Career Of Jap Admiral Endo
Traced by Signs to End O Endo

An American Army STAFF ofhcer
with fair for signposts put up
one at plantation, reading:
Admiral Endo slept here"
Near an old ration dump Is an
other:
Admiral Endo fed here
On PIN Beach near Hollandia Is
a third one:
Admiral Endo fed here"
Finally, out in the jungle, a sign
post records.
Admiral Endo dead here-end
O. Endo."
Evening star., 1944-08-02
,ce say "heito'' to
Margaret
O'BRIEN

now eppsones h The
Csnterviile Ghost" ct Losw's
Capitol Thestse, ? at l4tA.
Hets of TO this fsmoss
little ledy. She's o. skill
fsl on horseback o. she IS
On the screen. Another
sports lover On orr list VIE
seys %. K" 70 Sport Ce.tss.
Evening star., 1944-08-02

ploye in The Evening Star compos-
ing room, received 1l6 votes
Twenty three votes were void.
Mr.. Lloyd carried 10 of the IL
precincts. losing only Arlington pre-
cinct to Mr.. Usilton The vote there
was l46 for Lloyd and 3l7 for Usil-
ton.
Mr.. Lloyd has been q board men,
Der for five years and is the pres
ent chairman. He has been in
business in the county for 30 years
He will face L. c. MACPHERSON,
Republican nominee, in the Novem-
ber election
Evening star., 1944-08-02
tosT NATION COUPONS.

RATfON BOOK Ne. 4, issued 70 Mrs eallie
sTIoeIIn sToInN from aSD .ussnosile, Il s 1859 Ss' Mass.
nv. gWeman,s. purse containing Ration
1ooks, 3 and 4: ken. papers Bearing
names John = Darwin and Ars. Julis :.
) room EafIoH k ISSy books tlBoots :. . and
- IN 4yeYn paper. ckSe. issued to Mrs.
SesSas g. Wtibourn. Lost Saturday. Sliso
Evening star., 1944-08-02
FOUND.

CIEA4ET1E' CA91, DARK brown ieather
kSHd eHum amnitislsi n4es found Monday evenins.
Txsk: p seatassss sectssa. absus
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-28
Ernie Pyle .
War Photographer Must
Still Pose Subjects;
Youngsters Know Onions

ON THE CHERBOURG PENN
SULA tBy Wireless) For a couple
of days I rode around the Cher
bourg peninsula with Bert Brandt,
war photographer.
You may have seen by now some
of the pictures Bert took during
that time, sc I would like to tell you
how they came about.
Here's one: This showed large
crowd of French people, led by the
mayor of their town, advancing to-
ward an American soldier with out
stretched hands of welcome.
Well. that was taken in Barne-
vile. The people really did welcome
us. but CT course the actual picture
had to be staged.
The people were very pleased and
eager. The soldier Bert picked out
to receive the throng was Sergeant
Max Monsorno of (98l7 96th Sto
Woodhaven, Long Island He was
one of the Ninth Division men left
to guard the town after the others
had passed on through.
Bert instructed the crowd in its
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-28
Allies EncircIe
Caen. Ready
Drive for Paris

from the southwest, engulfed high,
wooded ground providing excellent
gun positions, and carried OH to a
plain five to six miles wide between
the Oton and Orne river.
BERLIN ADMITS DEFEAT
The official German DNB news
agency acknowledged that British
tanks had broken into the axis
lines and said Nazi forces had
withdrawn several kilometers,
Richard D. Mcmillan, veteran
United Press war corresponce re-
ported from the front that the
Germans, though resisting stub
bcrnly, appeared to be wearying
and added:
The general impression I get is
that the enemy may we'll be mean
the cracking point on this front"
The British advance knocked a
four five-mile hole in the Ger
man lines southwest of Caen and
cut both the railway and highway
running along the north bank OF
the Odon river from Caen to Villers
-Bocage. Tourville, neWly-captured
town on the south bank, lies 61s
miles southwest of Caen.
Should German resistance sud-
Continued on Pg. 6, Col. u
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-28
Warren Carries
Out Original
Candidacy Stand

CHICAGO STADIUM, June 23
CUP)-Governor Earl Warren an
nounced late Tuesday night that
his name should not be presented
for the COP vice presidential NOM
ination and that he woulc not ac-
cept the nomination if rendered
him by vote of the delegates.
For the moment after his deter
mined stand, the California deleg-
alton refused to accept the COVER
nor's decision, but their rebellious
spirit was subdued by the governor
Warren had held telephone con-
versation with Dewey just prior to
his announcement.
Celebrating on his announcement
the California governor said:
1T becomes my duty to request
you not to place my name in nomi-
nation or to cast your ballots for
me because I could not accept a
nomination for a place on the ma
tional ticket if it were offered"
Warren further explained that
L woulo be happy to accept your
offer If I were a free agent. How
ever, have made certain commit
mentS and assumed certain obliga-
tions to the people of my state
which are not yet fulfilled"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-28
District Audit
DiscEoses
Gains for 1943
Mexico Unit Only One
To Show Up in Red;
Years Expansion Noted

The favorable financial position
of Imperial Irrigation District as
a sound business concern was fur
thcr improved in 1943, il was dis
closed in the annual audit fer that
year which was prepared by Hutch
iSon IL Bloodgood, certified public
accountants, and submitted to the
dittrict'S board of directors.
TIE audit consists of explanatory
recitals and tabulations analyzing
the financial operations of the dis
trict's three aior divisions-irriga-
tion power and the Mexican sub
sidiary.
Net revenue for all operations of
the district fer the year ending Dec.
81 1943, was $1,131, ,756.74 the audi
tors reported. Gross revenue for
the year was $4.355 ,8O371, and total
expenses were SO 224, 4,O46.97. The net
revenue total represented $1.054-
073.45 for the United States irriga-
tion division, S217 466.36 for the
power division, less $139,783O7 net
loss recorded fer the Compania de
Torrenos y Aguas, or Mexican divi-
sion.
The 1912 net revenue for opera
ticns was 81 ,13l ,844.92. Decrease in
net revenue under the preceding
year amounted to 1888, an almost
negligible amount when increased
wartime costs of operation are cen
Sidered
ONE RED SPOT
The only red figures in the entire
audit report were listed in the oper-
nos y Aguas. Mexican irrigation
corporation in which the district
holds an operating interest. Net
expense listed for the Compania for
the year totaled S139 9,783.C7.
The breakdown of expenses for
total operation of TIE district dur
ing 1943 was listed by the auditors
as follows operation and mainte-
nance costs, $1,7l4,567.65: admins
trative and overhead, S763 ,39651
Operation and maintenance costs
were 81 POT 1885 fer the u. S. irri-
cation DIVISION S408 .47808 for the
power division and $98, 1875. CO for the
Mexican division. The administra-
tive and overhead total included
$172.02795 for the U. S. irrigation
division, S404,07O54 for the power
divieion ana S187298o2 for the
Mexican division The u. S. irriga-
ticn division total was made up G.
$l31 669 Is for salaries and general
office expense; $120.73 for taxes ;
$32,684.51 for depreciation d
amortization of facilities; S583.o3
Continued on Pg. 6, Col q
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-28
Valley Arranges
Celebrations
To Observe Fourth
Legion Announces Special
TwO-Day Event to Boost
Sales in Fifth Bond Drive

The Fourth of July will be mark
ed by three celebrations in south
ern Imperial Valley this year, in
Ell Cen.ro, Calexico and Holtville
areas.
In FL Centre the Boyce Aten post
of the American Legion will stage
the American Legion Frontier car
nival at Veterans Memorial hall
the nights cf July 3 and in
connection with the current war
bond drive.
This Lays cf 40 celebration will
start at pm. on beth nights anc
will provide entertainment for
everyone as well as a means of
boosting the war bond drive along.
There will be dancing, games, mu-
sic, and a show by the Tropics
troupe to enliven the programs. The
Legion auxiliary will serve sand
WicheS and soft drinks. All pro-
ceeds from the tWo-day celebra-
tiCn will go into the bond drive,
Harvey Kenyon, post commander,
announced Wednesday.
A COCO old fashioned Fourth of
July celebration will be held in the
city park in CaleXico Tuesday with
events to begin at 4 pm. Races,
games, and contests for children
are being planned with Earl Rob-
ents, Tony Homola, and Henry
Webster, Jr., in charge. Families
will enjoy a basket picnic in the
park and Mrs. Earl Roberts will be
in charge of refreshments to sup
plement the basket lunches. Mrs.
w. H. Lorenz is in charge of ar
rangementS for patriotic pro-
gram. Dancing will close the pro-
gram.
The Swiss club near Holtville will
be the scene of the usual Fourth
of July celebration this year Mem
berS plan to have dancing afternoon
and evening.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-28

act, through the only Barneville
woman who spoke English. She told
them how they should advance to-
ward the sergeant, all smiling. and
be sure to lCok at the sergeant and
not at the camera. Then Bert yelled
"go!'
The mayor walked toward Ser
geant MonSorno with his hand out.
The crowd surged up behind him.
Bert snapped picture, and then
shouted at them to do it again. 1t
seemed the mayor wasn't smiling
big enough to suit Bert.
More Instructions. More interpre-
tations. A little girl jumped up and
down with delight. The Older people
got more excited. Sergeant Mon
sorno gave the mayor a colossal
stage smile, to show him how
Then Bert yelled "go!' again, and
Continued en- Pg. 6, Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-28
Nominee Takes
Plane for
COP ConcIave

ABO ARD GOV. DEWEY S
PLANE, En- Route to Chicago, June
28. CUP)-Less than an hour and
a half after the Republican nation
al convention selected him as it's
presidential candidate, Gov. Thomas
E. Dewey took off for Chicago from
Albany N. Y, airport to make his
speech of acceptance tonight.
What his reactions were to his
"band-wagon" nomination in rec
ord time, the 42-year-old New York
governor did not reveal. He made
no formal statement and promised
that his first word of reaction would
be given in his acceptance speech
before the convention delegates in
Chicago Stadium.
II think I will say that at the
convention" he told reporters who
asked him for comment upon his
selection to head the COP ticket.
At the airport he was importuned
to say something over local radio
station hookup.
I'D rather not" he said.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-28
McNutt Outlines
Workings Of
New Job Control

WASHINGTON, June %. CUP)-
Workers will have fullest possible
freedom of choice" in accepting
jobs offered them by the U. S. en-
ployment service or other designated
hiring agencies under the new male
job controls going into effect July
|, manpower chief Paul V. MCNutt
said Wednesday.
McNutt sent regional and area
VINO directors a statement of pol
icies and standards TO follow in
which he repeated that compulsory
assignment Of any worker to any
job is not provided for under the
new nationwide controlled refer
rails" system.
He said while local manpOwer Of
ficials had general power to deter
mine local standards, there were
certain minimum standards which
they must follow
These minimum standards, he
said, were:
l. Workers subject to priority re-
Continued on Pg. 6, Col. A.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-28
Contract Let
At Navy Base

Contract for construction of ad-
ditional plane parking space at the
Holtville naval air station was let
to the Macco Construction company
of Clearwater, it was announced
Wednesday by the eleventh naval
district.
The cost will be $6l,32O.
Work on the additional parking
space was expected to begin within
few weeks.
Because of the all-year flying
weather in Imperial Valley, the
Holtville station now is one of the
mcst important air training CEN
ters on the west coast, naval Off
cials said. The enlarged plane park
ing areas will facilitate even great
er training activities at the station,
the officials declared.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-28
Death Summons
Felix Havens,
Early Pioneer

Felix Grundy Havens, one of the
leading figures in the early devel-
opment of Imperial Valley and
former editor of the Imperial VAL
ley Press, died recently in San
Jose, friends in Imperial Valley
were informed Wednesday. He went
to San Jose II years ago.
He arrived in Imperial Valley in
1901, leaving his position as horti-
cultural commissioner of Riverside
county to farm $50 acres in the
ceSert near Silsbee. Even though
he arrived before water was brought
to the valley from the Colorado
river, Havens had his land ready
for the water and was the first to
harvest barley and the first to ship
Continued on Pg. 6, Col. a.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-28
p GAMBLING. AMsL!Ne

Glad to Oblige
Terrific interest centers around
selection of an Imperial county
superior court jury to hear a mur-
der trial
Mrs. Ben Christian, court clerk,
takes the papers from the official
box provided for the slips OF paper
containing the names of veniremen
She takes a paper out of the box
unfolds it, and reads the name
written on it,
During a recess the defense at
torney, j. Fred Hoover Of Yuma,
approached the bench and conferred
with Judge Elmer Heald.
I'm all the other courts where I
have been,' Hoover said, "it has
been customary to tWirl the box
before taking out each name
do you want it twirled?" Judge
Heald asked.
YES" said Hoover.
Mrs Christian" Judge Heald
gaZed down at the court clerk, will
that box tWirl?"
Yes, your honor" she replied.
Then twirl it," snapped Heald.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-28
USO Announces
Opening Of
New E. {. Center

Minus the snack bar and check
ing facilities. the USO club will
open at Sixth and Main streets at
pm. Thursday after being closed
during the moving process.
Workmen are engaged in INSTALL
ing the snack bar and it will be
opened as soon as the installations
are complete, Mrs. Fay Andrews,
USO director, said Wednesday.
Plans for big dance or an open
house celebration are being dis
cussed but nothing defipite has
been decided as yet.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-28
Rabies Causes
Death of Cow

A family COW belonging to Sam
Huffaker, who lives a mile and a
half west of Holtville, died Monday
from rabies, Deputy County Health
Officer Lawrence Niles said We'd
neSday, after laboratory tests.
The source of the infection was
undetermined but it is possible it
might have beeen dog which died
from rabies in that area on May
Is, Niles said.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-28

While on a recent trip
through 10 California coun-
ties, District Attorney Char
les G. Halliday found that Impe-
rial county differs from the others
in two particulars, the amount of
crime and the manner in which
Japanese aliens held property be-
fore Pearl Harbor was attacked.
Imperial county has more crime
and more prosecutions than amy of
the other counties, Halliday said.
The district attorney said he con-
ferred with the district attorneys
office in Sacramento, Merced. San
Joaquin, Mencocino, Sonoma, Santa
Clara, San Luis Obispo, Monterey,
Santa Barbara, and San Diego IN
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-28
COP. N0M|NATES Dewey and BR|CkER
WiiIkie Speeds
Best Wishes
To Gov. Dewey

NEW YORK, June %. (UPl-
Wendell l.. Willkie congratulated
Gov Thomas E. Dewey on his
nomination as Republican presi-
dental candidate, not waiting for
the formal action of the party
convention in Chicago
Willkie telegraphed Dewey as
follows: Hearty congratulations
to you on your nomination. You
have one Of the greatest oppor-
tunities of history"
Dewey sent this reply to Willkie:
Many thanks for your gracious
wire and for your good wishes. l
appreciate them ever so much"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-28
Bombers Smash
Nazis Clear
Across Europe

LONDON June %. UP)--
Massive Allied bombing fleets
smashed at German targets in
France and the Saar valley Wcdnes-
day as U. S. air force headquarters
announced the wars first triangu-
lar shuttle raid on Axis Europe
an epochal flight by American Fly
ing Fortressec from Britain to Rus
sia and on to italy by way of Ber-
lin and the Galician oil fields.
TIE continent-girdling Fortresses
landed at base2 in Italy Monday
after a shattering attack on the
Drohobycz oil refineries in south
eastern Poland, completing mis-
sion that began last Friday Whtn
Continued on Pig. 6. Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-28
Ministers Would
Return Jdps

suspending a small minority's con-
stitutional rights of personal liber-
ty and freedom of action
Ministers appointed in Imperial
Valley area included:
Yuma, Arizona and Bard, Califor-
mia: George H. Norton.
Brawley, Burl N. Long.
Calexico, Leo D. Carpenter.
Ell Centre, Hayden S. Sears.
Holtville, Joseph w. McShane.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-28

LONDON, June 2S. (UP)
Philippe Henriot, propa-
ganda minister in the Vichy
government, was assassinated in his
Paris bedroom early Wednesday in
what chief of government Pierre
Laval called an "act of civil war"
German broadcasts disclosed that
Is men disguised as members of
the Vichy militia boldly entered the
propaganda ministry at Paris short
ly before am, covering guards
with their guns.
Three went to the second floor
and knocked on the door of Hen
riots bedroom. When the pajama-
claG Henriot opened the door, one
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-28
Halliday Reviews Crime,
japanese Land Holdings

thefts alone is enough to keep
several men busy in Imperial coun-
ty."
He was particularly interested in
the manner in which the Japanese
had held land because that was
the main reason for his visits to
the other counties. He said he found
that Imperial county appeared to
be the only one of the 10 in which
the alien-born Japanese had held
lane by establishing themselves as
guardians of their own American
born children.
SCANS ESCHEAT PLANS
After attending a conference call
ed by Attorney General Robert Ken
ny in his San Francisco office, Hal
Continued on Pg. 6, Col. g.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-28

carrying on Investigations in con-
neotion with county legal business.
CITES RECORDS
Some of the counties / visited
are larger than Imperial and the
population is greater Halliday
said, yet they do not have as
much crime or as many rrosecu-
tions as we have in Imperial coun-
ty. We have had more crime here
in the last six months than any
of the counties I visited. In Santa
Barbara the district attorney told
me there had been one case there
since January /. The district attor-
ney's office in Monterey county has
one girl in the office. She attends
to the switchboard and handles all
the correspondence. Handling car
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-28
Wearied Nazis
Crumhle as
Big Guns Talk
By VIRGIL PINKLEY

ALLIE d S u P r f M E
HEADQUARTERS, London,
June % (UP)-British tanks
and infantry, plunging an
other two miles through a
widening gap in the German lines,
swept across the Ocon river, cap
tured Tourville and clamped a siege
arc nearly two-thirds of the way
around Caen Wednesday on the
first lap of what may develop into
march on Paris.
The advance outflankec Caen
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-28
LovaI's Propaganda Chief
Assdssinoted in Paris

of the men shot him in the heart.
He fell dead before the eyes of his
wife, who was also in the room.
The aSSaSSinS apparently escaped.
They presumably were members
of the French underground, which
operates under direct orders of
Gen. Charles de Gaulles French
provisional government in Algiers.
Henriot, who has long record
of collaboration with the Germans
in the drive against the resistance
forces, was among the first rs trait
ors listed in the underground's fam
Gus keeper of the morgues" file.
More than 100 high French traitors,
most of them members of the Vichy
government, have been marked for
death by the underground.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-28

The German DNB agency said
Henriot was mureered by French
terroriSts at British orders"
Henriot arrived i'm Paris with
Laval only Tuesday. French quar-
tiers in London speculated whether
Laval may have been staying with
Henriot in the latters elaborately
furnished black-out apartment In
the propaganda ministry during the
night and whether an attempt also
may have been mace on his life.
Laval announced the assassina-
tion of Henriot TO the French people
in broadcast over the Parts radio.
He condemned the murder as an
"act OF civil war" committed by
men who wished 10 plunge all
France into insurrectton.