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Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-03
Big Nozi WurShip
Tirpitz Bombed

said. Several hits were obtained
The new damaging blow to the
Tirpitz, Germany's cnly super
dreadnaught and mainstay of dwin-
ding Nazi naval power, was re-
vealed little more than five
months after British midget sub
marines knocked it out of action
last September.
The attack on the Tirpitz myS-
tery ship of the German battle
fleet whose weight is known Cnly
to the Germans but which is ccti-
mated up to $4,000 tons, was be-
lieved to have been carried out by
carrier-based planes.
Observers said that with the
damage of several" bomb hits add
ed to that wrought by the midget
submarinec, the one-time terrcr of
the northern sea lanes undoubtedly
would be out of action for a long
time.
The new blow at the Tirpitz was
struck at a time when Hitler's
Lieutenants were fortifying the
western coast Cf Europe from
North Cape to the Bay of Biscay
in anticipation of an Allied inva-
sion.
Latest reports from Sweden said
the Germans were carrying out eX-
tenSive repairs on the Tirpitz. 1t
had wallowed helplessly in the Al
ten Fjord, no miles northeast of
Iromsoe and los southwest of
North Cape. since the submarines
sent torpedoeS into its hull last
Sept. %.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-03
Farm Meet Hears
MeIoIdnd Report

Imperial County Farm Bureau
directors met Saturday at the Melo-
land experiment station, heard l..
G. Goar, station manager, gives his
annual report O. progress of expert
ments, and toured the experimental
plots.
Extracts for his report follow:
BEANS: One variety of cowpea
New Era plus from developed at
this station is showing promise from
the standpoint of veretative growth,
seed production, nematode, and
disease resistance. This variety is to
be known as Imperial Cowpea, ="
is fixed and ready for increase
and extended trial. Unless a wilt
disease attracting Garbanzos of a
resistant variety found, the trial
has failed. Green beans (Rico 8402)
given its initial trial at the station
in 1943. A july painting produced
a good set of well filled pods in
November. Trials to be continued.
Mung beans of the Korean variety
planted July 7 in single rows three
feet apart produced good quality
dry beans at the rate of 4O5 pounds
an acre. The yield probably can be
increased by closer spacing and use
of commercial fertilizer. Trials to
be continued.
SUGAR BEETS: Summer trial
paintings of sugar beet best varie-
ties discontinued with the 1943 har-
vest. Trials clearly indicate July Is
is the best summer planting date;
that U. S. No. % improved G-22)
is satisfactory variety for sum-
mcr planting; that a sucrose con-
tent of l8 per cent and a purity of
"a per cent may be obtained: and
that the beets may be harvested in
Continued on page 6, col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-03

power chief Paul v McNutt and
a decision Is expected soon.
The recommendations are ex-
pected to call for rigid deferment
standards for under-26 men. the
class of registrants most needed by
by the armed forces. The military
agencies have major strength OF
the inter-agency committe ant
their Influence is expected to b.
reflected in the deferment stand
Meanwhile rubber director Brad.
ley Dewey revealed in a surve,
that 1,700 men under 26 i'm tn,
rubber industry must be deferred u
forestall national disat ter"
He said 6,257 men under go
whom 2,766 are under 22-could b.
taken from the rubber goods, re.
claimed rubber and synthetic rub
ber industries without jeopardizin
vital war production.
Nc other war agencies have an
nounced their intentions on askin
defermentS for employees under 2t
Several were awaiting action b
the McNutt committee.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-03
Partisans Hold
Bosnia Sector

LONDON, April 3. (UP)-Mar-
shall Josip CTito) Brozvichs head
quarters reported Monday that
Partisan troops were holding firm
in eastern Bosnia against heavy
German attacks, backed by fresh
reinforcementS.
A communique said the Germans
had attempted to storm the Partisan
positions from the rear by launch
ing a column from the direction of
TuZla, 35 miles northeast of Sara
jevo, but were defeated by the
JugoSlav 18th division.
The PartisanS also succeeded in
liberating large territories" in the
Japlanica- -Crnareka area in Serbia,
the communique added.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-03
fortreSses Rip
Ndzi Quarters
To Back Soviet
Assault Aids
In Drive
Upon Hungary

LONDON, April ). (UP)
American Flying Fortress
es and Liberators attacked
Budapest for the first time
Monday, smashing in force
at the rail yards and an aircraft
factory of the Hungarian capital
newly occupied by the Nazis.
Maj. Gen. Nathan F.. TWining
sent strong formation of his 18th
air force up from Italy to deliver
the initial blow against Buc apest
while the Red army was massing
near the border of Hungary and
the Germans were struggling to
bolster their defenses of the Balk-
ans.
SECOND POUNDING
The bombardment of Budapest,
vital transport center on the middle
Danube, was Twining'S second ma
jor assault in two Gays Sunday his
planes pounded ball bearing and
aircraft plants at Steyr, Austria, 80
miles northwest of Vienna.
The Budapest attack represented
the American air forces closest
approach to the advancing Russian
front. Observers said it provided
Greet support of the Red army,
strategically as we'll as psychologi-
cally.
Inc assault was the first big scale
bombardment of Budapest. Russian
planes were reported to have at
tackled the city long ago, but the
revealed details were skimpy.
HIT RAIL, FACTORY UNITS
The Forts and Liberators con-
centrated their bombs on the Bu-
dapeSt railyarcs and an aircraft
factory Immediately south of the
city.
Other Fortress and LiberatOr for
nations bombed railways at Knin,
in southwest Jugoslavia 38 miles
north of Split; Brod. the junction
of lines from zagreb to Belgrade
and Sarajevo; and Drnis, midway
between Knin and Sibenik.
German fighters intercepted the
Hungarian bound BON bers and
their escort and shot at least ID
planes over the Budapest area
alone, DNB said. Numerous dog
fights were said to have ragged over
BuC apeSt.
Many bombs were dropped by the
raiders and residential areas of the
Hungarian capital were damaged
DNB said.
The raid, presumably by Flying
Fortresses or Liberators from the
18th air force in Italy, came as
Continued on page 6, col. =
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-03
Swiss Villagers
Scan Plane Scars

SCHAFFHAUSE.. Switzerland,
April 3. (UP)-Residents, recover
ing quickly from the shock of an
accidental bombing by American
planes Saturday, were completing
the task of clearing streets of debris
and rubble heaps Monday.
The death toll was set at 35.
The conServator of the famous
historic museum in Schaffhausen
s,id that ap experts estimated DAM
age to art treasures would amount
to at least two million Swiss francs
Approximately $467,000).
Authorities said q dwellings were
destroyed and many others were
partly burned. Eight factories were
destroyed or damaged in addition
to buildings previously reported.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-03
Corporal hau|s
Radar Around

HOLLYWOOD, April 3. OUP) An
army corporal driving an army
truck with an asserted $4,000 worth
of secret radar equipment slowed
in back was held Monday by mill
tary police.
The truck disappeared from Ham,
mer Field near Fresno late last
week.
Police who arrested the soldier,
released him to military police. He
explained he had driven the truck
to southern California while on
leave because it was more COM
Portable than a jeep.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-03
Yankees Hammer
At Lifeline
To Philippines

PEARL HARBOR, April 3. CUP)
The tWo-pronged American air
assault to neutralize Truk and
other strongholdS in the Caroline
Islands, Japan's main outer de-
fense screen, gained momentum
Monday with bombers from the
central and south Pacific reporting
18 raids in four days.
Seventh air force Liberators from
newly-won bases in the Marshal
Islands subjected Truk to it's eighth
attack in four days just before
dawn Friday, while medium bomb
ers. from the south Pacific blasted
Woleai, 460 miles to the west, by
night.
ON WAY TO MANILA
Announcements from Aomiral
Chester w. Nimitz' Pacific fleet
headquarters at Pearl Harbor and
General Douglas MacArthur's head
quarters in Australia implied that
the two-way offensive to smash
some of the principal obstacles on
the invasion route to the Philip
pines, China and Japan was off to
flying start. though tens Of thou
sands additional tons of explosives
will be required to finish the job.
In Washington, a war department.
review forecast eventual complete"
victory over some 100000 Japanese
troops trapped by American land,
sea and air operations in the Paci-
fic from the Marshall Islands to
New Guinea.
RESULTS YELLED
Radio silence still shrouded the
results of the American naval at
tack on the Palau islands, LOSS
miles west of Truk and only 46O
miles east of the Philippines. No
word has been received of the at
tack since it began Wednesday
dawn, and it was unlikely that de-
tails would be disclosed until after
the task forces participating return
to friendly waters.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-03
Army Has Orders
To Chase Foe
Until Surrender"
Crosses Pru+
And Sweeps
Across Plain

MOSCOW, April 3. (UP)
Russian m bile forces
streamed into Rumania in
many border crossings along
a 165-mile front Monday,
driving one spearhead across the
middle Prut to threaten Iasi and
another five miles across the wide
open northeast Rumanian plain.
Foreign Commissar v. M. Molo-
tov, announcing the Red army's
first drive across q Soviet state
frontier, emphasized that it was
unc er orders to pursue the enemy
until he is routed and surrenders,"
and that Russia had no designs on
Rumania's territory or social system.
STEP UP INVASION
Front dispatches said Soviet
striking forces were stepping up the
pace OF the sensational advance on
the southern front, taking aovant-
age Of increasing enemy disorgani-
zation so extreme that German and
Rumanian commanders were turn
ing their guns on some units which
had lost all semblance of discipline.
Leading elements of the first and
second armies of the Ukraine were
Slashing into Rumania southwest
ward from the Cernauti area, where
five mile drive beyond the border
captured Dumen, and westward
across the Prut to pose an immi-
nent threat to IaSi. big Rumanian
rail junction seven miles beyond
the river.
To the northwest, other units of
the first army pushed within sight
of the Carpatho- Ukraine, former
Czechoslovak soil now claimed by
Hungary. An entire Hungarian reg
iment surrendered hardly a stones
throw from their frontier.
SET UP HEADQUARTERS
A National Broad casting company
report from Moscow said the Red
army had set up staff headquarters
in Rumania and established regu-
lar ferry crossings over the Prut.
Then the first and second armies
launched a concerted push across
the water barrier, until the border
front stretched from the area of
Starojinet southwest of Cernauti
down to Iasi, the one time head
quarters of Marshal Fritz Won Man.
stein. a..
The newspaper Pravda published
continued on page 6, col. II
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-03
laps RepuIsed
In New Thrust
On India Front

NEW DELHI. April 3. (UP) =
British Imperial troops were re-
ported Monday to have repulsed a
new japanese attempt tc reach the
road between Tiddim and Imphal,
capital of Mnipur state and object
of an enemy drive from the Bur-
meSe border.
An Allied communique said the
British troops intercepted and re-
PEELED the japanese column Satur-
day night Although the exact To-
caticn of the fighting was not
given, the two forces apparently
met in the Palel area, where the
japanese recently had drivn about
20 miles across the India..- Burmese
ocr6er but were stopped last week
l few miles from the important
supply load TO tie entire central
front.
Fighting also continued through
the Somra hill areas on a 6O-mile
front running east of Imphal and
Kohima. British patrols inflicted
casualties on the Japanece forces
in the foothills to tie east CT I'M
phal, but the communique did not
give any details concernlng the
lighting around kohima.
approximately so miles to the
south, the communique said the
japanese had opened another ar
tillery bombarGment on the road
between Tamu, ON tie Burmese
border, and Palel, 20 miles below
Imphal. No details CT the effect
of the enemy shelling were dis
closed.
Allied bombers and fighter planes
made extensive sweeps throughout
Burma Saturday and Sunday.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-03
Allies
Hold
Beach
Smash German
Attacks in
Anzio Areas
A L l. | E D HEADQUAR
TIERS, Naples, April 3. (UP)

A l. l. | f. ID HEADQU AR
TIERS, Naples, April 3. (UP)
Allied infantrymen have
smashed another German attack
on the left flank OF the Anzio
beachhead line, a communique cis-
closed Monday, while italian units
on the main 5th army front occu-
pied third Nazi Strongpoint in
the hills northeast of Casino.
Headquarters spokesmen said the
Nazi attack was beaten off with
heavy losses to the enemy after
several hours of bitter hand-to-
hand fighting in the muody ravines
southwest of Aprilia.
Attacking with hand-type flame
throwers and supported by heavy
concentration of mortar fire, the
Germans thrust again and again at
the allied network of foxholes and
pillboxes without success. s.,
Official reports indicated the Ma
ri assault, launched by about $50
shock troops, broke down on the
barbed-wire line guarding the al
lied positions.
The Germans brought up scores
of flame throwers in an attempt
to burn their way through the wire,
but were forced to break off the
attack before midnight under a
heavy concentration of rifle and
artillery fire.
The attack began about five pm,
Saturday to the accompaniment of
a heavy barrage. Six hours later,
as the enemy troops began to falter,
10 Nazi planes swept in low over
the battle area and sprayed the
allied positions with anti-personnel
bombs and machine gun fire.
One enemy plane was shot down
by antiaircraft fire, however, and
the allied infantrymen held fast
to their forward lines.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-03

LONDON, April 3. (UP' = The
admiralty announced Monday that
British naval planes successfully
bombed the German battleship Tir-
pitt in the Alien FjCrd of northern
Norway.
Naval aircraft have carried out
successful bombing attack on
the German battleship Tirpitz in
the Alien Fjord of north Nor
way an admiralty communique
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-03
Officers Probe
Hanuar Fire

ASTORIA, Ore. April g. CUP)--
Naval authorities Monday were
checking losses caused by fire of
undetermined origin that Sunday
destroyed huge hangar and a
number of planes at the Astoria
naval air facility.
Fire departments from Fort Stew
ems, Astoria, and nearby naval sta
tions prevented the blaze from
spreading but we're unable to save
the hangar No one was injured.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-03
Walker Doubts Mails Can
Handle Soldier Ballots

soldier mail only from the sender
to the embarkation port and return
mail from port to sender, the in
creased volume would be a great
tax on existing facilities" he said.
Walker also indicated he thought
there would be lack of interest in
voting on the part of fighting men.
1T is hard enough to persuade citi-
zens at home to register, and it Is
difficult to register by MAIL" he
said.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-03

geles on an inspection tour, said
he did not see how the postoffice
could take care of the volume of
registration applications for the
nations 1900 counties and ballots
before elections.
Mail planes are overloaded now
and the majority of the voting mail
would probably go to sea, such as
the registration by the voters in
their home counties" he said.
Although the postoffice handles
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-03
BODY FOUND ON ROAD

FLORENCE, AriZ.. April 3. CUP)
The body of Frank Salvez, 80,
Florence, was discovered early
Monday on the highway 6 miles
north of here. apparently the vic
tim of hit and run driver, the
highway patrol reported. Patrol
men said that Salvez had been
dead about two hours before he
was found on the highwy. He was
an employee of the Arizona farms
at Florence.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-03
TWO ITALIAN PRISONERS
ESCAPE ARIZONA CAMP

PHOENIX. Ariz., April 3. (UP)-
Authorities Monday searched the
area surrounding the East Mellow
ell internment camp for two Ital-
ian prisoners who escaped late Sun
day night.
The escapes, Sciarta Francisco
"a. and Antonio Colletti. 81, were
believed to be in the vicinity of
Papago Park.
Police said the men were wearing
blue denim uniforms with "P.W.'
lettered OH their backs.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-03

visions, and the Dagens Nyheter
reported in an undated dispatch
that the new Russian offer would
return Hango and Viipuri to Fin
land, but with an Increased amount
of cash reparations to the Soviets.
Hango, naval base on the
southwestern coast, and Viipuri in
southeastern Finland were ceded
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-03

LOS ANGELES, April 3.
OUP) - Postmaster General
Frank G.. Walker said Mon
day he doubted the ability of the
postoffcie department to deliver
ballots to soldiers overseas IN time
for November elections. although
military officials have stated they
could handle a short soldier bal
lot.
Walker, who arrived in Los An
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-03
Finland Parliament Ewes
New Russ Peace Terms

STOCKHOLM, A pril 3.
(UP)-The Finnish parlia-
ment was scheduled to meet
at Helsinki Monday. presumably to
act on new armistice terms report
ed to have been given Finland by
Russia.
The terms we're believed to modi-
fly somewhat the 1910 frontier pro-
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-03
BRAWLEY MAN SUCCUMBS
DURING SCUFFLE IN CAFE

BRAWLEY, April 3.-Eugene Will
kins, Al, oied in cafe in Brawley
early Sunday while scuffling with
other customers Of the place
Officers are investigating and at
tempting to ascertain the cause of
death.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-03
TO AID TAX RETURNS

j. J. Scott, state income tax ex-
aminer, will be at the Ell Centre
chamber of commerce building until
April Is to take state returns. Sim
gle persons or heads of families
earning $4,000 or more last year
and married couples earning $500
or more, must file returns before
April Is, Scott said.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-03
PROBE WITNESS' DEATH

LOS ANGELES, April 3. CUP)-
Police today investigated the death
of John H. Schmidt, 80, who, his
wife said, was scheduled to testify
in Nazi spy trial in Washington
April "a. Mrs. Schmidt. in reporting
her husbands death, said she fear
ed he had been poisoned by some
one anxious to seal his lips.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-03
GET BUILDING PERMITS

Building permits were issued Mon
day morning to Hugh L. Heating,
7O4 North Eighth, to build $195
1873 addition, and to Charles Brat
ton, $50 SandalWood. to build a
1Ox2O $3.50 screenroom.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-03
d AMBlINe
IMPORTER
Turning Time Back
: VOLUME XIII, No. al


Ghosts of the past leap Up in
strange places.
On Monday april 3 on any cal
enCar Mrs. M. o. Simms was
browsing through some old sheet
music. Out dropped the yellowed
page of an old newspaper. 1t was
the front page of Dallas publica-
ton on which appeared big, black
headlines. The headlined news of
the cay was more American ships
were sunk by Boche submarines,
and president Woodrow Wilson
had gone before congress asking for
a declaration of war against Ger
many"
The dateline on the paper was
April 3, 1917"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-03
rWO CAR CRASHES

Two minor auto accidents were
'eported 10 the FL Centre police.
Saturday afternoon ears driven by
George Dyer, route 1, box i70A.
81 Centre. and @. p. Weeks. East
q Centre Auto Courts, collided at
Mai nand Railroad. At Fourth and
State Monday morning cars driven
oy James Montez. Calexico. and
henry l.. Jackson. Brawley, collidcd
with minor damages.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-03
Juvenile Cooperation

s--.-.~+-,S..s- .z.- -...
Juvenile Cooperation
While adults of Imperial Valley
arc talking big about valley wide
cooperation, the youngsters arc
cooperating.
At the high school wrestling meet
in Whittier this weekend, Impe-
rial Valley ha6 the biggest cheer
ing section because pupils present
from Ell Centre, CaleXico, and Holt
vile youngsters all cheered for
each other even if the wrestling
match was contest between any
two of the schools. It was one of
the finest demonstrations of sports
manship and cooperation that we
ever heard Of.
Perhaps the adults had better
take a few lessons from the high
school pupils on valley-wide coop
Grafton.
Too Many Points
1t took considerable ju6icious
fasting for Sammy Sharp of Holt
vile TO make the 103-pound class
at the wrestling show in Whittier.
But after the wrestling match
Saturday night, he ate whale of a
big steak. Sunday morning for
breakfast Sammy had a double
order of ham and eggs, toast, two
glasses of milk, and Size order
of buckwheat cakes. At the close
of this little repaSt, Sammy patted
his tummy sadly and said:
boy, I'll be glad when wrestling
season is over. I'm starved"
The Penalty
One of the greatest difficulties
encountered by James Rankin at
his night school Spanish classes has
been eliminated.
After a hard days work the
members of the night class had a
hard time keeping awake. He had
to go around waking them up in
Spanish. The star class snoozer
was Miss Eletta Kneip. She set the
example and the others followed.
That is they did in the past. But
not now.
To keep herself awake she brings
a grill, pot of coffee, cream, su-
gar, and cookies for the whole
class which ranges in number from
10 to 20.
Could there have been collision
there, do you think?
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1944-09-05

dejal: "Dokler ne pokazemo
kaj smo zmozni storiti, ne bono
mnogo govorili. Upamo pa, da
bodete, ko Sc spet poslovimo cd
vas, veseli, da smo bill tukai."
4 tenn njegovim besedam SO pri-
dodali Anglezi lepo gesto, ko So
ga jeseni |. 1943 odlikovali b
viteskim redom in je bill povab-
lien h kralju v avdijenco.
Sedaj general Eaker povelju-
je Sredozemski zracni sill, ter j.
ma v svojem podrocju letalce,
XII izvajajo obratne polete med
Rusijo in Italijo in ko so
Rusi prvic dali sredozemski ko-
mandi ma razpolago svoje Ietal-
ske baze, je ma enem cd prvih
obratnih poletov spremljal svo-
.je letalce sam general Eaker
- vedno strogo Sc drzec svoje-
ga pravila, da dober zracni po-
veljnik ne posilja svojih letal-
cev v boz, pae jih vodi v bo-
ju . Ma poti nazaj v Italiio
je nadziral bombardiranje took
ma Madzarskem in v Rumuniii.