davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1944-03-08

i n t orm e d his
mother.
Although t h e
War Department
d e S c r / bed the
wounds as seri-
Gus, Mrs. Farrell
was not in
formed of their
nature. A letter
from Pvt. Farrell
received S a tur-
day said merely
that he thought
he "W 0 ul Id be
all right in a
Y,onrtt, -
Evening star., 1944-03-08
Sedition Defendants
Compared 10 Laval
And Quis|ing by U. 5
Bill Of Particulars Cites
Methods Hitler Used
In EorIy Conquests

The Justice Department yester-
day compared the 80 persons in
dicted here on charge of conspir.
acy to set up Nazi form of gov
eminent in this country with Nor
ways Quisling and Frances Laval.
The comparison was made in the
form OF a bill of particulars filed in
District Court in which the conspir-
acy charge, returned against 80 de-
PENDANTS on January 8, was out
lined.
After Nazi conspirators planted
the seed of revolution in other
countries they planned to convert
natives of each country to their
movement, said the bill of partic-
ulars, which was filed in behalf of
the Government by o. John Rogge
and Joseph w. Burns, special assist
ants to the Attorney General.
THE conspirator Hitler did find
these men, among others: In Aus
tria, Arthur Seyss-Inquart in
Czechoslovakia. Konrad Henlein; in
Norway; Vidkun Quisling; in
France, Pierre Laval; in England,
Oswald Mosley; in Holland. A. A.
Mussert; in the Union of South At
rica, Henry H. Beamish; in Canada,
Adrien Arcand, and in the United
States of America, the defendants
herein," it was charged.
The bill said the defendants
spread propaganda over the United
States, seeking to undermine the
faith of the people in their leaders
to cause unrest and lack of faith ir
democracy among the members ol
the armed forces, and to promote
class and sectional, strife to the
end that when the proper disinte.
grafton had been accomplished Sc
lected persons in strategic position.
would then, acting together, be able
to seize power"
The defendants include two wom-
en-, Elizabeth Dilling and Lois de
lafayette Washburn, both of Chi.
cago.
Among the % men defendant.
are Joseph E. McWilliams, New Yorl
and Chicago; George E. Deatherage
st. Albans, w. Va; William Dudley
Pelley, Noblesville, Ind; Lawrence
Dennis, New York, and George Syl.
vester Viereck, longtime pro-Ger.
man propagandist, who now is serv.
ing Jail sentence for violation o.
the Foreign Agents Registration Act
Evening star., 1944-03-08
Johnson Named 0PA Aide
For Area IncIudinq D. T.,

Oliver F. johnson of the Office of
Price Administration field opera
tions staff has been appointed execu-
tive officer of all OPA boards in
region 2. which includes Washing
ton, and has headquarters in New
York City. He succeeds Tech Davis,
who resigned yesterday to return to
private business.
The new official will be responsible
for the technical direction of $50
local rationing boards in New York,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware,
Maryland and the District.
Evening star., 1944-03-08
Nebraska Alumni Hear
Chinese Embassy Official

Tswen-Ling Tsui, first secretary
of the Chinese Embassy, explained
why China has been able to stand
Japanese aggression for six and a
half years at dinner of University
Of Nebraska alumni last night in the
Unitarian Church.
Corpl. Alfred Martin, from Walter
Reed Hospital, spoke of his experi-
ences in the Tunisian campaign,
where he was wounded. l.. WEIGH
Pogue, chairman of the Civil Aero
nautics Board, presided. More than
$50 persons attended.
Evening star., 1944-03-08
Papers Gave Loan Drive
S6,085,005 in Advertising

Exclusive of radio time, advertising
contributed to the recent Fourth
War Loan drive was valued at SILL
sjS 22l, with Sc, 085 005 worth appear
Ing in daily newspapers, Ted r
Gamble, director of the Treasury s
War Finance Division, announced
today.
He said the number of advertise
ments reached new high, but
because of newsprint restrictions
the average size was somewhat
smaller than in preceding campaigns
Evening star., 1944-03-08
Save This Newspaper

Many paper mills are shut
ting down for lack of waste
paper to convert into cartons
for Army and Navy supplies
shipped overseas. Every pound
of old newspapers and maga-
zines is needed. Telephone your
nearest school or notify some
school child in your block to
have your paper picked up.
Evening star., 1944-03-08
Hawkins Will Speak

Earl T. Hawkins, supervisor of
high schools for the Maryland
Board of Education, will address the
Leland Junior High School Parent
Teacher Association Tuesday. A
musical program also will be pre-
sented.
Evening star., 1944-03-08

man, Pfc. Farrell was employed as
painter before entering the service
in May, 1912. He went overseas last
April. He is a native of Forestville,
Md. A brother, John E. Farrell, is
an employe of The Star.
Evening star., 1944-03-08
BY THOMAS X. HENRY,
Star gtaH Corrssnnpdsrt

UNITED STATES HEAVY BOMBER STATION IN ENGLAND
Feb 26 tDayed)H
behavior of gravity purely a O
falling
Evening star., 1944-03-08
Pfc. Everett Farrell, 36,
is Wounded in ItaIy

Pfc. Everett Farrell, &c. son of
Mrs. Martha Farrell, 1ll91a D street
Sc, has been wounded in action
in Italy, the War Department
Evening star., 1944-03-08

dropping stones
at the rate of
one a second
they would not
have exhausted
a quadrillionth
Of the probabili-
ties that any
particular stone
would hit the
floor.
Thus it re-
mains a pretty
safe bet that
when one jumps
off a roof he will
hit the sidewalk
Evening star., 1944-03-08
TWO GUNNERS FALL UP
AS THEIR BOMBER DROPS

This one OF series Of stories by Star correspondent
District Maryland and Virginia soldiers
bombing OF Germany.
Evening star., 1944-03-08

tle iooi tildt III I'll Tile people WHo
have ever lived on earth since time
began had spent all their lives
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1944-03-29

gnoli6 fomen mir an bic 8obntpet6e
(Stpitb), mo bic Balm nod ames.
bile ab5tpeigt uno mir fo1gten oieier
Brand nod Often. DieIe Strede mar
oamals neu uno fir SuBedneer iebr
beidmerlid. Sn Der Gerne iaben mir
einen neuen Eunnel, Der 5ier1li9 lane
gu fein idien. Als mir ndber famen,
merften mir, oob er bod ni4t 10 gee
fdbrlid tpar, oenn mir fonrten 60
gesltdt am a1t6eren @noe ieben. 8ir
gingen binourd unb famen na9 nte'
len Binounsen in cine eana onoers.
artiee @egeno. gs tpurbe II llbr un6
INNER beiber. Bir bielten an BEL ei-
mem Garmer, tronfen 8aiier aus iei<
nem ,,Olo Oafen Dudet" un6 frag.
ten, pie melt es nod mdre nod
Mmesbille.
g., meinte ct, 5 guess about 10 to
Is Weiles pet. Bir idtpisten uno
teu6ten unter ber fiir6terliben &ise
nie Goal Miners, bic an teine Site
getpobnt itno. &einer fogte ,nebr ct.
mas. Bir ale iudten einen S9atten.
baum an Der 8abnltrede. @rbli9 ia.
men mir an einen gi9enbaum nabe
an einem Siigel. 2ints uuter &C.
itraud uno 8dumen flob elm fleiner
8ad. Bieueidt @eleeenbeit al einen,
Bao.
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1944-03-29
8arfreitas mn6 Oitern
(6ortiebung Dot, Seite y

\Sor11eBun9 Don SetTe ~
Der Aufitiee au boberer 5tufe sebo"
rem, >pie Der Erteb, ben No9fteigeu"
ben Die bilfrei6e Sauo 5u gebeat."
Biebiel 2ebenipenoenoes bat bic
Sbee oes enoeiiltieen Ertumpbes oes
Babren, @rtet1 uno S6onen! Mel9er
@iidbalt, tpelder .9abrbo6en fit al.
len Soeoltsmus ifFe! Ntdt bic &ero
uno Galieula - 10 befaet fie -, nidt
bic Cafes uno Stain baben oas les.
te Bort, fonoern @ott! Ni9t BEL I'm.
poafommenen Weniaen lieet Die les.
te entideioung, ionoern bel Got.
Ni9t in ben Rranfenituben ,1no Ser.
fern bieier @rbe, ni6t ,&nter benz
Drud bon Observation-Disclosures uno
Menidenfataitr en6et Der
eoelitrebenoe, fonoern am Oitermor"
gen oes etpieen 2ebens, mo- Musglei9
gei6affen, ,po oue Er6nen getrodnet,
mo oer Meni9 our etpigen 8erbinoung
nit Der @ottbeit berufen tpiro.
Babrbaftie, man iollte bas gbri.
itentum begriiben, au6 tpo man ieine
Metapbpiif ablebnt. au6 6eniepigen,
Der nur NIT oem &ienieoen rednet, lit
beiier sebient nit Menl6en. 6enen
&alparia uno Oitern beiligite @ebeim.
niiie uno beilisite @loubensiase fino,
als NIT folden, bic iiber bic Cages.
oinge oieies Hlaneten nidt binous
feben.
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1944-03-29

wollte tpobl er5ittern por Sob unh
por @efabr. Bor 5eiebett uno Sdan'
De erbleidet uniere Sdar. l1no per
ben COB i'm beil'een Sample fano,
rubt aud In fre1uoer gr6e i'm gas
terlano."
Wir langen nit, famen om &ounos
bauie' oorbei, uarfdierten auf Dem
giienbabnseleiie nod 6iiber citation
gu. 8et Der alten Tenfersfarm itano
Der olte 6enfen an Der @ate uno
eriiBte: ,,@uten Worgen, ibr Nefrus
ten! Nuf Dem Mari9? Das flinst tpie
anno=ba3umal, als i6 1870 NIT nod
5ranfreid BIN naridiert, ba bot Die
Quite, Die betpuBte, mir Elm Butter>
brot geidmiert uip.
g8ir eriibten ebenfous ben alien
Sauoegen NIT lteifem Bart, iansen
uno 5oeen meiter. 5ran3 iaete: Mir
miro es fdon oerbont tparn1, 5oe ben
Rod aus, idpang i'm auf ben geiiden
uno maridierte NIT ieinem 8eienitiel
tpeiter. Or erdblte a0erlei @ise aus
ieiner Soloaten5eit, 10 bob uns bic
3eit ni6t lang murbe. Dur6 ben Gun=
mel Dor 5iiber Station gine es idneu,
bonit uns fein 3ug in oenielben
iiberraihte. Gin idmerer, langer 3ue
fam uns nod, aber ct rauidte flott
an lns borbei. Aud lanee 8riiden
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1944-03-29
iein, spo man idones @elo berbienen

ietn, tpo man idones @elb beroienen
t0nnte.
ga, ia, iaete uns Sran5 Spring,
Der uns seeeniiber tpobnte uno nod
nidt lang int 2anoe mar. Sd tpeiB
es, fprad er tpeiter, Elm Greuno bon
mir, nod bon orauBen, bot es mir
miteeteilt. Ct lit bort ,1nb bot quite
arbeit. gir apouen NAL bineeben.
@ir baben augenblidlid ntdts au
t,n, big Mine SEQ. s 1pieoer ibofft.
a8ir geben beute BIN un6 fornmen
norgen tpieoer 5uriid. Nebme ettpas
@elo nit, tpenn mir et,pos brauben.
Bir n1iiiien pobl 20 Biz 25 Meilen
laufen> INNER Der 8abn nod, Bis tpir
ou ben Goal Wines fonmen.
Das flane uns gut uno bier Biz
fiitf Mann madten ii9 bereit, NOR
gen friib oortbin 5u geben. @ir bat
ten gut eefriibitiih uno bic Meutter
ftedte uns nod Elm 8utterbrot NIT
Rnadtpurlt in bic Eaide ,,Benn ibr
mal bungrie speroet, 10 eBt bieies."
go fprad Die CUTE, fiirIorglide Mut'
ter. "Baiier f0nnt ibr beim Sarmer
an Der gtoao befommen.
Bir aogen los llno 6ran5, elm lu-
itiger Soloat, Der cine Grau un6 atpei
ainoer bate, idritt uns alien poron.
Seste feline Rappe tiefer in bic Mu.
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1944-03-29

tparen iiber oie 5unoaD Greet gebant,
Bic aud gefabrltd tDare,t tpe1ttr Elm
.8upg beranbrauite. gs bfeB nIio gor.
ftdt. Sran5 Spring mar Der Saupt.
mann. ~.:
u8aBt UP, Sungens, bic 8abn 1T
10 raub uno 6ie SdDellen itno tpeit
auseinanoer, nibt aufgefiiut. 8enn
man bier fdlt, fann ma nit6 1eidt
tpebe tun."
@r bate aud redt. Siioli9 bon
Der 5ifber Station fon1en tptr in Die
v8ig Booos'', einen langen, 6unf1en
l1rmalo. Sa> mei1tte 6ran5, 10 iab
es Dor 100 Sabren II, eana Berrp So.
aus. @s paren bic Snotaner, bic
SbatpneeS, nod bier berum uno mad-
ten oen BeiBen oos 2eben gefdbrlt6.
llnterOes tDurbe es i11tner beiBer.
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1944-03-29

gen gegen oas 5onnenIidt fano ei-
men 8eienitieI ais 8anberftob t,1b
pfiff froblid iein 2teoden: Sinaus IN
Die 5erne nit Ioliter S0rner Slang; !;
Die 5timnen erbebet gum 111dnnltde1
@eiangI Ser Gretbeit Sau9 gebt
ma6tig our6 oie 8elt; ein fretes,
frobes 2eben lit, mas uns eefdut. -
8ir balten 5uiammen, pie treue Brit
Der tun; tpenn. Sob uns auh Inn.
grauet uno wenn 6ie @affen rubin.
ltn6 ol1e treibt ein reiner, freier
Sinn; nad einem 3iele ftreben MIR
ale btn. - Ser Souptmann, er le-
be; er gebt 11ns fiibn boran. 8tr fol-
gen linn mutte auf blut'ger Sieges-
babn. CT fitbrt uns iebt 5u &aupf
uno Sieg binaus; er fiibrt uns emit,
ibr 8riioer, ins 8aterbaus. - @er
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1944-03-29
gaittnod ben 70, glars 1914

8ei ndberer llnterfudung enfoefte
|ib eth tiefes God 1nter einel1 8ali11l.
Sd tpinfte r1einen @uuaera0er1 5lt
|uno luo fie gum 8aoen ein, 9o9 BLOB
einer fam uno mir beioe benusten
sic @elegenbett uno fiibfen uns er.
|friidt. Damn gingen mir NIT ben an.
bern tpetter. I'm IL 1br tparen alle
fdlaff un6 bungrig. 8tr aBen pnIern
2un6 uno tranfen 8aiier betm na6.
iten Sorn1er. 49,.
8ie tpett nod Big 3u ben ndditen
Goal Mines, W2r. Sarmer
8e1, let me fee. S tbinf about 10
MiIes.
Danfeno f6oben tpir ab. gr tpur
frob> big Dut9 log getporoen 5u iein.
gs ging tpieber tpeiter Biz 3 l1br.
@ir tparen tpieoer 1nii6e unb bungrig.
2aBt uns oortbin geben, meinte Sra1tf,
BORT tpobnt ein netter Sarmer in Ell
nem idonen 81odbaus. Salten mir
an I'M einen giner Mtl6 fir uns al1e.
Damn gebt's bei1er boran. Die Garm-
er=2aop gob uns einen groBen giner
Wil6 uno Elm Stitd 8rot. @ie oos
l6nedte! Mit 80 Gents 1por aI1es
be5oblt uno nun 3eigte rns Der Sarm'
er ben 8eg 5u oen Oeines 2atbrop,
Sbarpsburg. Wir oanften linn un6
5ogen tpeiter.
@ttpa na6 elmer Meile @eges TO-
men mir gum Mining CAMP. 8ir
fragten na6 unier mSreun6 uno fan'
oen i'm bal6. Ct uno nod einige
5reunoe, pel6e 5ltiammen tpobnten,
maren 5ubauie Sic empfingen uns
flsrdtiam uno tpollten uns Aben6eifen
bereiten, tpenn mir be5ablen tpiirben,
mo5u mir bereit tparen. Daraufbin Be.
it6tigten mir oas Snnere Der Mine,
fanoen ite aber ni6t, tpte mir es
miini6ten. 8ir nabmen Elm Heines
Aberbbrot uno iu9ten cine Na9tber+
berge, bic mir in einem 1eeren Com.
panD 9ouie fanoen. @ir batten feine
8etten l1no muBten auf Dem SuBbo'
ben idlafen unb beoedten uns nit
alten Deden uno Matraben, oo es
'pabreno Der No6t aiemli9 folt tpuroe.
(5ortiebune folgt)
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1944-03-29
1QdnnkQn
~. M.EAlnneAItn9ofa
Sen &eh. s. 6nertges
(Sort1eBung)

.u8em @ott min rebte CUNT er-
tpeifen> ben f6idt er in bic tpeite Be1t ;
Dem min er feline 8unoer peiien, in
8erg rn6 Eol, in Strom uno Selo. "
- @i6enoorf.
go iang ib, ols pir aus5ogen in
Der Sritbionne zines berr1i6en Sep.
tenbermorgen. @s bieB: 4uf na6
amesbiue, Ohio, o6er nad Marietta,
0bioI Sort fouen quite Goal Mines
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1944-03-29

Seoer 2eier oes Ohio @aiienfreuno
tit Elm 8obItater oes Bapitliben Col
legiums Soiepbinum.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-01
With Another Misguided cuItist Decd
From a RoffIer's Bite. the State Of
Kentucky Ponders Whof to Do With
It's Curious Sect Of Serpenf-HondIers

provided an added attraction by pass
ing barred arms through flaming
torch for a minute at time.
The Rev Raymond Hayes made the
most dramatic contribution TO the
spectacle. He snuggled the snake
Hensley in his arms, caresSed 1t and
thrust its head into his mouth.
And when the IL reptiles were set
free on the ground he took off his
shoes and trod among the squirming
mass of coiled bodies, forked tongues
and barred fangs-He was unframed.
These people believe their faith pro
tectS them, and IL is their constitu-
tional right TO worship as they will.
But in the 1910 opinion the Supreme
Court held that the Constitution "em-
braces two concepts-freedom 10 be-
lieve and freedom TO act" adding:
The first is absolute but, in the
nature of things, the second cannot
be. Conduct remains subject 10 RED
ulation for the protection of society:
The freedom TO act must have appro-
pirate definition 10 preserve the en-
forcement Of that protection"
So where does that Interpretation
leave the Holiness Faith Heaters in
view of the Kentucky statute? They
aren't particularly interested They
consider that their belief stems from
the Bible. They take their sign, they
say, from St Mark, Chapter l6, Verse
Is, which says:
''They shall take up serpents; and
If they drink any deadly thing, it
shall not hurt them; they shall lay
hands on the sick, and they shall re-
cover"
Macil Thompson, a cult leader
who has himself been bitten and re-
covered without treatment, sums up
the members belief this way: The
Bible says, They shall take up ser
penis and we believe in the Bible"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-01
BY GERALD DUNCAN

IN the mining country of Virginia,
Kentucky and Tennessee, the pious
y folk have curious faith. And they
demonstrate ii through an even more
curious symbolism-the fondling of
poisonous snakes with fanatical devo-
ton, cuddling them, singing TO
them, even wooing their kisses and
defying their deadly fangs.
The Constitution of the United
States guarantees freedom of wor.
ship. But the weird practice has be-
come so widespread, resulting in
seven fatalities from the bites of
deadly rattlers and copperheads, that
kentucky has passed a law TO protect
the people. Which poses the ques-
ton: can Kentucky do that?
Ignoring the law, the cultists con-
tinue their bizarre alteration and now
the snakes have mortally poisoned
a seventh victim, the Rev Johnny
Hensley, 30 preacher of the Holi.
ness Faith Heaters. He was bitten
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-01

Guage to celebrate their victory.
They are. indeed, strange people.
4 week after the death of Hensley,
the same band gathered at ST
Charles, Va, and while 1900 specta-
tors watched wide-eyed the Healers
deified the snake that killed the
preacher. They named it Hensley.
In demonstration of their faith
they handled IL rattlers and cop
perheads. To further show their
contempt for the unbelievers they
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-01

greSS TO enact
such laws"
But the same
year the Ken
lucky Legisla-
ture passed a
law providing:
Amy pers on
w no displays,
handles or uses
any kind OF rep
tile in connection
with any reli.
giouS service or
gathering shall
be fined not less
than $50 nor
more than $780,"
he turd y
communicates In
the eccentric
faith heard about
the law an d
went on with
their ceremonies
in Kentucky as
well as Virginia
and TennesS ee.
A few arrests
have been made
but not a fine
has been paid.
Shoupe was ar
rested at Harlan.
KY, in 1912, and
two of his snakes
were burned In
the courthouse
furn &C g. Ar
raigned the next
day, he was fined
$50, but the fine
was suspended.
I'm m @ di ely
afterward his
followers crowd
ed on the court
house steps and
for two hours
danced, sang and
jabbered in their
meaningless Ian
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-01

as he took a RATHER from the Re
o. V. Shoupe, during a snake.demo
stration at La Toilette, Tenn, VIII
hundreds of men and women gibber
in an unknown tongue" He di
without medical treatment, since SUI
treatment would have been contra
TO the tenetS of the sect.
A mans right TO worship as
pleases is historic in this nation, al
as recently as 1910 the Supre
Court of the United States ruled:
THE First Amendment (to
the Constitution declares that
Congress shall make no law
respecting an establishment OF
religion or prohibiting the free
exercise thereof The Four
teenth Amendment has rem
dered the legislatures of the
states as incompetent as Con-
Inspired With Faith, Mrs.
j. ID. BrOwning's Face Is
COntOrted as She Prays. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-18
Board Rescinds
St0nd on JupS

SACRAMENTO, Jan. l8. UP)-
The California State Board of Agri
culture Tuesday was on the op-
posite side of the controversial
west coast Japanese problem from
the position taken by board men,
bers at meeting last month.
The board by vote of five to
one late Monday voted to rescind
a previous resolution advocating
return of the Japanese as soon as
military conditions permit. The
original resolution, introduced by
Prof. Paul Taylor of the University
of California, was aSSailed by Gov.
Earl Warren, who termed the meas
u"e minority action by hold lover
members. 1t was adopted by three
of five members present at the De
cember meeting. Warren later GUST
ed Taylor from the board.
The new resolution declared the
question Of return of japanese
should not have been passed on by
less than a majority of the board
and expressed serious doubt" that
it would have been adopted had
a majority been present.
The original resolution also was
"untimely and susceptible of mis-
Interpretation of the views of CAL
ifornia agriculture in relation to
a problem that is both military and
national in character" the new
measure declared.
The lone vote against withdrawal
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-18
Russ Close Line
Against Rovno
In Steady Drive

MOSCOW, Jan. 18. CUP)-Rus-
sian armored forces wedged the
outer defenses of Rovno, German
administrative center for the oc-
cupied Ukraine, Tuesday as a week
old Nazi counter offensive en- the
approaches to Rumania roared to a
climax.
On the first Baltic front, Gen
Bagramian's army clamped a siege
arc on Novosokolniki, key railway
junction 10 miles east of Latvia
after breaking enemy resistance to
the north with the capture OF
Alkhimovo, eight miles away. Other
Soviet columns were four miles
SOUL h and five miles east of Novo-
sokolniki.
(Another Moscow broadcast said
the various fighting sectors on the
Russian front now were linking
into one vast battlefield.D
Gen. Vatu ms first Ukranian
army cracked the outer defense
perimeter of Rovno, seat of Reichs-
commisar Erich Kochs headquar-
terS, with a surprise assault that
drove the enemy in disorder from
Tuchin, l3 miles to the northeast
More than 800 Germans were killed
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-18
Yankees Tighten
Blockade on
Japs at RabauI

ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD
QUARTERS, New Guinea. Jan. 18
tUP)-U. S. Navy Catalina bomb
ers, Tightening the Allied blockade
of Japan's major southwest Pacific
baStion at Rabaul, New Britain, de-
S.royed Cne large cargo ship and
probably two others of a warship-
escorted convoy off Kavieng, New
Ireland, it was announced Tuesday.
(The Tokyo radio, quoting a
japanese communique in a broad
cast heard by the United Press in
New York, said that japanese naval
planes, a naval surface unit and a
land unit yesterday intercepted an
Allied force of about 200 planes
which raided Rabaul and shot down
1T c. them, including II uncon-
firmed.
("Two of our vessels were sunk,
but there was no damage other
WISE the radio said)
The planes, striking at the south
bound six ship convoy Saturday a
few hours after force of 100 navy
and marine aircraft had scored
direct hits on seven cargo vessels,
a destroyer and a cruiser at Simp-
son Harbor, Rabaul, destroyed a
l0,00O-ton vessel and probably two
of 5000 and 5000 tons, Gen. Douglas
MacArthurs communique said.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-18
Red Cross Sets
$4,000 Quota

Twenty-Five thousand dollars is
the Ell Centro Red Cross chapters
quota in the drive for funds which
opens in March. Ell Centro chap
ter includes the Holtville and I'm
perial branches.
OF this amount $10,5o0 will be
allocated locally and S11, 500 to the
national organization.
Information concerning the 1914
quota was presented to the chap
ter board of directors at the month
ly meeting Monday night at head
quarters.
Chairman E. G. MiSSildine an
nounced the following committee
appointments: Mrs. S. Emmitt AL
len, surgical dressings; Mrs. James
A. Schofield, motor corps captain;
Mrs. Warren Currier, home service;
Mrs. C. S. Justman, staff aSSis-
tants; Mrs P. E. Hixson, camp and
hospital; Leo De Celles, first aid
Miss Blanche Charles, Junior Red
Gross; Mrs. Earle G.. Davis, pub
licity; P. E. HiXson, disaster pre-
paredness; Mrs. Estelle Reid, home
nursing; Dr.. Miriam HI'obell, blood
donors; Ken Thornton, radio; Mrs.
Eva Payson, nurses recruiting; Mrs.
John T. Rice, nurses aides.
The resignation of r. P. Moore,
who has left the city and who has
served the chapter as vice-chair-
man, was accepted and a new ap-
pcintment will be made to fill the
vacancy.