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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-23
16O.-Transfer and Storage

16O.-Transfer and Storage
LOCAL AND LONG DISTANCE NOV
ing We have ample facilities for GRAFT
ing and packing: Dial 21703, Northrop
Transfer.
CALL US FOR MOVING: LOCAL OR
long. Trade your old furniture on NOV
ing bill. Batson Transfer and Furniture
Co. Dial 1856.
170.-Wanted
NAVY WIFE AND SMALL CHILD
WISHES RIDE TO BREMING-
TON OR SEATTLE, WASHING
TON OR VICINITY. REFER
ENCES EXCHANGED. WILL
SHARE EXPENSES. DIAL 9877.
WANTED TO BUY LATE MODEL. CON-
vertlble, privately owned. Dial $685.
c. T. Brown, between $50 pm. and 8
pm.
WANTED: ALL PEOPLE SUFFERING
kidney trouble or backbone to try
at Saunders Drug Store or Brooklyn
Pharmacy.
WANTED
L1stings OF property for sale
anywhere in this vicinity. We
have the clients - expert
service.
MARSHALL REALTY co.
210 Princess St.
Property Management. Sales.
Rentals
WANTED 8 COMPLETE AUGUST
9TH PAPER, INCLUDING CO.
MICS. STAR-NEWS CIRCULA-
TON.
YOU WANT TO SELL YOUR PROPER
ty to the best advantage so see A. B.
Walton Co.. 1913 Princess St.
WANTED: BOARD AND ROOM FOR
elderly lady, preferably in private
family at Wrightsville Beach. Address
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WANTED: LISTING OF CITY. sUBUR-
ban and beach property for sale. We
Offer j.. L. Baldwin PIT Princess St.
WANTED: LARGE SIZE TRICYCLE. OR
scooter. Call 4911.
WANTED TO RENT: SMALL OR ME-
dunn size electric refrigerator. Call
2-1289.
WANTED: THREE OR FOUR ROOM
furnished apartment by permanent res
idents Needed by October l. No
children, no pets. Reply HEJ, Star
News.
WANTED: RIDE FOR COUPLE = TO
Los Angeles or Champaign, Illinois
about August 24th-share expenses,
help drive. Call Sgt. Samuelson. Camp
Davis-extension 316. ring 2-or leave
number-Bus Depot-Holly Ridge.
COUPLE WANT OR A ROOM APART
ment Completely furnished. In town
Call after 6 pm. 2-2289.
180.-Legal
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-23

FOR SALE: 212o BRANDON ROAD. At
tractive and practically new six room
home. Priced $550O.0O on good terms.
Foster-Hill Realty Co. Dial 2-3371.
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CALL US FOR MOVING: LOCAL OR
long. Trade your old furniture on NOV
ing bill. Batson Transfer and Furniture
Co. Dial 1856,
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-23

LARGE ROOM PRE-WAR HOME CAN
be used as duplex, grand fireplace.
tile-tex in kitchen and bath, built in
bath fixtures, tub and shower. auto
matte gas water heater. oil circulator.
shades and curtains High lot, perfect
exposures. Extensively Handicapped,
fruit trees extra lot If desired. Owner
leaving town. Phonssa-1856.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-23

VICTORY GARDEN SEEDS: BEANS,
kale mustard. rutabagas. Turnips, etc.
Collard, cabbage plants, fresh daily.
pots, fertilizers, insecticides. Rouda-
bush's Seed Store. Corner Front and
Dock.
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dows- lash sAsA DOORS BLINDS WIN
Column. 0oT Frames, Screens Turned
psd Shnn cabinets. Oldest. Beu ko,in-
Dial 500 IN City. Roder1ck and Land
~Cioth,n,
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AND LONG DISTANCE NOV
ing We have ample facilities for craft
ing and packing: Dial 2-1703. Northrop
Transfer.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-07
Volunteer Aids
Get Insurance

Insurance for persons doing VOL
unteer war work in Imperial county
was arranged by the county super
visors Monday when they agreed
to cooperate with the state war
board.
The state ward board will pay the
premium and it will come under
state compensation, the supervisors
were informed. There will be no
cost to the county.
All persons engaged in volunteer
war work of any kind will come
under this insurance if they reg
lister. Supervisors will announce
the registration centers they said
Monday. Persons who are paid for
their work will not be covered by
the policy Supervisors declared
they believed the insurance to Be
nlano atory because of danger that
volunteers may suffer injuries
while engaged in war work such
as collecting scrap metal and paper
working on the ration and selective
service boards, and in similar ac-
tiVitieS.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-07
Yankees Spread
Pacific Drives

ALLIED HEADQU UARTE r S,
Southwest Pacific, March 7. CUP)-
Allied forces in a three-pronged as
sault on japanese holdings in the
southwest Pacific, pushed into the
northern part of Los Negros in the
Admiralty Islands, made new land
ing on the New Guinea coast, and
heavily bombed Rabaul on New
Britain, it was disclosed Tuesday.
In the Los Negros lighting, U. S.
ground troops crossed narrow 18TH
mus leading into Salami plantation,
north of captured Momote airfield,
while heavy and medium bombers
raided enemy positions north of
Hyane Harbor.
u. S. destroyers also joined in the
attack, shelling Japanese shore
batteries, covering Seadler Harbor
and hitting Manus, main Admiralty
Island Sunday, for the third con-
secutive day.
The new landing on the New
Guinea coast was carried out Sun
day by an amphibious force, which
skirted the japanese positions on
the Raj coast, and went ashore at
Mindiri, quickly seizing Yalau plan
tation, 80 miles northwest of Saidor
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-07
Scouts Send Out
Waste PAPER

Nearly 100 tons of waste paper
will roll out of Imperial Valley 10
processing mills by Monday OF next
week.
Brawley, Westmorland and Cali-
patria Boy Scouts loaded out a
rail carload Saturday and SundaJ
to clean up their collection cepof'
This car was expected to start roll
ing Tuesday.
Ell Centro, Holtville and 1mper'a
Scout troops will begin the big Joo
of loading out a carload next Sat-
urday morning at 900 am. Army
trucks have been assured to haul
the bundled paper to the box car
in Ell Centre.
The two cars loaded out with be-
tween As and so tons each lnal.
Gates that nearly 100000 pounds OF
paper will be the valleys contribu-
ton to the war effort. The Boy
Scouts will be paid for the paper
by the mills and each troop partl-
cipating will be paid according to
the amount collected.
The North and Central district
troops plan to keep on collecting
from contributing citizens in dil
answer to the governments plea fof
additional volume. I
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-07
Board to Name
Veterans Aid

The county council of the Ameri-
can Legion Monday asked the board
of supervisors to appoint a veterans
welfare officer TO rthe county to
look after the World War No.
veterans who are rapidly being sent
home and the board agreed to COM
ply with the request.
Legionnaires explained that the
work has become too heavy for
County Director Phil Holman to
handle along with his duties as well
fare director. They asked the board
to appoint someone Immediately SO
they may be trained in the work
before taking entire control.
Supervisors said they will be glad
to accept applications and recon-
mendations of persons likely to be
efficient in the work. They said
they will include the cost in the
1914 -l945 budget.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-07
Il. Green Held
As Missing
In Italy Raid

Official word was received Tues
day that First Lieutenant Joseph A.
Green, son of Mr.. and Mrs. D. E.
Green of Imperial, has been miss
ing in action in Italy since Jan. l6.
He is a brother Of the late Lieu
tenant Colonel Edwin Green who
was killed in action in the South
Pacific Feb. 10.
Army officials informed Lieu
tenant Green's wife, Mrs. Garnet
Weiss Green of Seeley, that her
husband had been officially de-
clared missing. Before receipt OF
this official notice, however, a
friend of the army pilot wrote hel
that he had seen Green's plane
shot down and Green bail out. This
gave a hopeful light to a tragic
cituation, friends believe.
Lieutenant Green attended ele-
mentary and high schools in I'M
perial and was graduated with the
class of 1898. He was graduated
from Central Junior college in E.
Centre three years later. He entered
the army in December. 194l, ano
took his first training as a pllo'
at Thunderbird field in Arizona. Hr
later training was at Gardner fielc
near Taft and at Williams field II
Arizona. He has been overseas
year.
Lieutenant and Mrs. Green nave
a daughter, Janice Lynn, who Is II
months old.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-07
Death Summons
Former Pastor

One of Imperial Valleys pioneer
ministers, Rev. Thomas Hughes, 30,
died in Oakland Sunday, Ell Cenao
friends were informed Tuesoay.
This we'll known Negro pastor
was head of the CINE. Edwards
chapel in Ell Centre for many years
during which time he was beloved
and respected by residents OF the
valley. He played an active part
in religious and community affairs.
He was known for his splendid
character and his friendlinesS. He
lived in Imperial Valley more THIN
80 years.
His wife died last spring and
after that he left Ell Centro and
went to Oakland to make his home
with a granddaughter.
Funeral services will be held IN
Ell Centro at 2:30 pm. Sunday. Fur
ther details will be announced after
the family arrives on Thursday.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-07
Farmers Cancel
Housing Deal

The Imperial Valley Farmers as
sociation 1'uescay called OIL nego-
tiations for housing units from the
guayule project at Indlo because OF
inability of those in charge to wind
up the business and let the farmers
have the houses.
Members of the association. asked
70 rtheir $4,000 check given Tor
the houses and it was returned to
them. They are, however, still In
terested in housing for their en-
ployes but the immediate emergen-
CIV is over and they decided to see
what they can get from military
installations such as Camp Lockett
which are to be abandoned as far
as military purposes are concerned
Housing for use of employees in
the cantaloupe deal this year now
is interesting the association.
Officials of the guayule project
and others in charge of disposal OF
the units, which will not be needed
since the guayule project at Inc q
failed, on January 2 agreed to sell
the houses to farmers OF the valley
and the farmers sent their check
for $4,000 to pay for 35 units. Nego-
tiations dragged on until this week
without the buildings being releas-
ed. Farmers grew tired Of the delay
and called the deal off for the
present.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-07

Negro Sailors
Start Braw|;
Five Stabbed

OAKLAND, March 7. CUP) - Five
persons were stabbed Monday night
during a free-for-all street corner
fight which started when crowd
of several hundred persons rushed
for the "a" train to San Francisco
after attending an orchestra per-
Torrance.
The fight started when Foster
w. Dexter, %, sailor stationed at
Treasure Island, attempted to board
the train and was thrown back by
several Negro sailors.
Those stabbed were Dexter; M. j.
Jones, 81, cut; R. NJ Green, 81,
sailor stationed at Alameda naval
air station; Darrell Wiley, sailor,
reported to have suffered serious
wounds on his right side, and James
w. Fletcher, Negro member OF the
navy shore patrol, who suffered a
cut on his left hand.
Twenty-one policemen, aided by
military police and shore patrol
men, finally stopped the fight. Ca
Iva Rogers. "a, San Francisco Ne
fgro was arrested and held for in
vestigation after police reported he
carried no draft card. Police said
the density of the crowd prevented
them reaching the persons WELD
ing weapons, said to range from
shovels to short lengths of pipe
from a nearby plumbers supply
truck.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-07
Army Maps End
OF Camp Lockett

Camp Lockett, army post at Camp
in the mountains west of El Centro,
is headed for disuse, San Diego
sources revealed Tuesday.
The camp has become surplus to
the army and other agencies of
government are being asked if they
have any use for the place, Col
Stanley j. Grogan, deputy director
of the war department of public
relations, said
E. Negro troops which replaced white
troops in June of 1912 already have
teen moved out and only admins
trative units remain. 1ney are
awaiting further orders.
Imperial valley residents made
sertnuous efforts to keep the army
from abandoning this camp as they
understood it was to be permanent
army installation when it was estab-
.lished. Their efforts apparently
have had no effect on the plan to
abandon it,
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-07
Five Convicted
On 0iI.Swind!e

ALAMEDA, Calf, March 7. CUP)
An Alameda county superior court
jury Tuesday night convicted Sam
uel w. Hoytt, 40, Los Angeles oil
land promoter, and four associates
of grand theft, criminal conspiracy
and violation of the corporate Sc
curities act in connection with an
alleged 100000 swindle involving
San Joaquin Valley oil lands.
The four Les Angeles men found
guilty with Hcytt were Milton Gold
Berg, 80; Max We'll, St; Philip Sing
er, 45, and Fred Buckbinder, 80.
After an extensive investigation,
it was charged that Hoytt sold val
ley grazing lands as tested oil lands
20 East Bay widows and elderly
men.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-07

Inc ldnQSllQe pace Oh The rus
sian break-through on the TarnO-
pol-proskurov front was said to
have touched off new wave Of
panic in Bessarabia, northern Bu-
kovina, and neighboring Rumanian
territory.
The confusion in Rumania was
calculated to aggravate the Nazi
task Of supplying some 100000 Ger
man troops threatened with envel-
opment in the lower Ukraine. Their
primary lifeline was broken when
Soviet forces stormed the railroad
running northwest from Odessa,
leaving them only roundabout, Sec
ondary transport routes.
Zhukov's break-through was re-
garded in military quarters as cer-
tain to stimulate unrest in both
Rumania and Bulgaria and prob
ably to shake the puppet govern
ments in the Balkans to their fOun-
iations.
A big scale liquidation of COM
mercial and industrial assets in
| northeastern Rumania was reported
in progress, with factories being
dismantled for transportation to the
Continued on page 6, col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-07
Briton
Warns
Of Subs
Denies Move
For Peace
With Japan

LONDON, March Z. (UP)
"A. V. Alexander, first
lord of the admiralty, warn
ed commons Tuesday that
Germany is preparing new U-boat
campaign to cripple allied sea COM
munications and promised that
Great Britain will contribute to
the far eastern war to the maximum
of our power"
He said allied shipping losses in
1943 were below our most optimls-
tic hopes at the beginning of the
year." but estimated that the Ger
mans still have as many submar-
ines as at the start of last year.
Alexander disclosed that the 5,2TO
ton British cruiser Penelope
whose olss was announced Tuesday
had been sunk, like the cruiser
Spartan, the cestroyers Janus and
Continued on page 6, COL ID
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-07
0PA Assumes
Court Powers

WASHINGTON, March T. (UP)-
The Office of Price Administration
Tuesday announced new rule Of
,vidence for raticn suspension cases
which it said would insure alleged
violators the same protection they
would get in the courts.
The new rule, OPA said, provides
that the same rules of evidence
used in U. S. district courts in nom
jury cases shall be followed, but
nay be relaxed by hearing COM
missioners where the ends, of jus
tice will be better served by so
doing"
Suspension cases are those in
which the OPA seeks to suspend the
right of a consumer or dealer to
buy, sell cr use rationed COM
modify for a stated period of time
for violation of OPA regulations.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-07
81 Of Sect Face
PoIysomy Count

+ SALT LAKE CITY, Mar.
7. (UP)-Federal and state
authorities Tuesday arrest
ed 62 Utah, Idaho and ,Arizo-
ma members of the Fundamental
lists" sect in a mass government
campaign to wipe out polygamy n
the west.
Those arrested were accused IN
federal indictments and Utah state
charges with violating the Mann
act, mailing obscene literature, con-
spiracy, illegal cohabitation and
violating the Line bergh kidnap law
in carrying out the tenants of their
unique, polygamy-advocating sect
of $500 members.
20 TOP LEADERS
Among those taken into custody
during the night at their homes
and the sect's Salt Lake City church
were 20 top leaders of the sect.
most of whom had been excom-
municated from the Latter Saints
church for violation of Mormon
manifesto, issued more than SO
years ago, in which the recognized
Ids church specifically banned
polygamy. The other AZ arrested
were minor sect members.
The federal indictments charged
20 persons with violating the fed
eral laws involved in what Assist
ant Federal District Attorney John
Boyden called a definite drive to
abolish the practice of polygamy.
STATE COMPLAINTS
Thirty-three men and II women
including two men also named Ill
the federal indictments, were ar
rested on state complaints allegine
violations of Utah laws, particu-
larly those against plural marriage
unlawful cohabitation with more
than one person of the opposite
sex" and for distribution OF the
groups magazine, Truth"
Those indicted were arrested dur
ing the night at their homes all the
way from Pccatello, Idaho, to Short
Creek, on the Arizona side OF the
Utah Arizona state line where the
sect sponsors q group farm.
The state of Utah also made 10
charges of unlawful cohabitation
against members CT the sect and
made a single additional charge OF
conspiracy.
HAS FOUR WIVES
The admitted leader OF THE
Fundamentalists," 7l-year-old JOS
eph w. Musser, husband of four
wives, father of 20 children and
editor of Truth" was charged
with mailing obscene literature H.,
Continued on page 6, col. D.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-07
Staying Charges Face
Cun-Mod Officer

RIVERSIDE, Cal, March
7. (UP)-Second Lieutenant
Beaufort G.. Swancutt, 81, La
Crosse, Wis, whose wild
shooting orgy Sunday night resulted
in the death of two girl compan-
ions and a Riverside police officer.
will be tried for murder by a court
martial, if he RECEIVERS from his
wounds, Camp Anza officials said
Tuesday.
Swancutt's unrequited love for q
beautiful young secretary was blam-
ed for the shooting which occurred
at party in the Camp ANA Off
GERS club.
Swancutt, who has a wife and
two children at La Crosse, was seat
ed with the two girls, Dorothy Evel-
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-07
Admiral Reveals
Plans at Truk

gest item was $24O, ,1O8,93l to cover
war overtime pay for government
employees.
OTHER ITEMS
Among other items in the bill
was $1,000,O00 to the state depart
ment to meet possible emergencies
in the diplomatic service: $30,000,-
900 for the veterans administration
to expand veterans facilities; ST.
100000 for emergency war housing,
and $127, 100000 for emergency COM
munity facilities.
Pleading for additional funds for
new ship repair facilities, Cochrane
said:
For instance, when we get into
Truk, where we are going in, we
will have work to CO."
He is the first high-ranking Off
cial of the navy to make such a
Continued en- page 6, col. ~
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-07
RUSS TROOPS NEAR RUNlAN|AN BORDER
Seems Nothing
PIeases En-

BOSTON, March 7. (UP) - In
Dedham probate court Monday,
Mrs. Elizabeth A. Levine of Bos-
ton was granted a divorce after
testifying that her husband never
kissed her, while in Boston pro-
bate court Mrs. Jennie M. Potter
was granted divorce on the
grounds that her husband wanted
to make love to her morning,
noon and night.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-07

WASHINGTON, March 7.
(UP)-The house appropri-
ations committee, reco m
mending passage of a $780,
lO3,748 deficiency appropriation bill,
revealed Tuesday testimony by an
admiral that the United States in
tends to take Truk from the Japa-
neSe.
This disclosure came with publ
cation of testimony before the ap-
preparations subcommittee which
drafted the bill. 1t revealed that
Rear Admiral Edward l.. Cochrane,
chief of the navy's bureau of ships,
said unequivocally that I'VE are go
ing into Truk."
The bill carries funds to meet
deficiencies incurred by several fed
eral agencies in their operations
curing tn current fiscal year. Big
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-07

yn Douglas, 10, and Lourcine Liver
more, Is, both of Long Beach, and
Lieutenant Harry j. Light, Bridge
port, Pa, when he suddenly opened
fire with his As caliber service au..
tomato, killing the girls and
wounding Light and another officer,
Lieutenant Aldace w. Minarc, Po-
mona, who was passing their table
COMMANDEERED CAR
He then Communicated a car
and forced the driver to take him
to nearby Arlington where he NOR
tally wounded Patrolman A. B.
Simpson before he fell critically
wounded with three bullets in his
ABDOMEN.
Swancutt had been keeping COM
pany with Miss Douglas. secre-
tary at the port of embarkation
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-07
Old Counterfeit
Gang Reopens
On Gas Coupons

LOS ANGELES, March 7. (UP)-
Old counterfeiting gangs have come
back and joined forces to operate
a gigantic gasoline coupon black
market in this area, district OPA
chief Fred S. Balthis said Tuesday.
Counterfeiting is new black
market tactic replacing the rob-
berry of coupons from ration boards
and banks, Balthis said. Tickets
are sold for five cents each, he
said.
Further cut in "A" ticket values
next month unless the petroleum
administration for war increases
allotments for the five far western
states was predicted by Balthis.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-07
Planes Collide
At San Dieqo

SAN DIEGO, March 7. CUP)--
Two navy fighter planes ccllided
over the Mission beach area of the
city Tuesday and crashed into the
ocean, police reported.
Witnesses said the planes were
flying in formation at about 1000
feet when they crashed. They ex-
ploded in the air.
Both pilots were believed killed.
Police aided py IRENE nrecovered
one badly burned body and were
searching for the other.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-07

WASHINGTON, March Z.
(UP)-The War department
Monday night made public
the names of 35 American officers
and enlisted men formerly impris-
oned in Germany but now heading
for home aboard the Swedish liner
Gripsholm which sailed from Lis
bon yesterday.
The Gripsholm is expected TO
dock in Jersey City, N. j., March
IA. The war department said ar
rangements have been made to
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-07

through the HukaWng valley, hem
ming the Japanese into a narrow
ing, triangular shaped pocket.
West of Walawbum, which was
captured last week in the first
American infantry action on the
Asiatic mainland. the U. S. forces
threw a road block across the high
way leading to Maingkwan, and
moved up to the south bank of the
Nambyu river.
simultaneously, the Chinese e
swung down from captured Maing-
kwan, mopping up isolated Japan
ese remnants along the jungle
trails.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-07
/unkS Close in
On burmu Jops

NEW DELHI, March 7. (UP) -
Veteran American jungle fighters,
closing in for the kill on some g.
900 cornered Japanese in the HUI
kawng valley or northern Burma,
have defeated strong enemy COL
umn that tried unsuccessfully to
Police aided by firemen recovered
escape across the Nambyu river,
Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten's
southeast Asia headquarters an
nounced Tuesday.
"a coInmunique revealed that the
Americans had driven to within 10
miles of a junction with Chinese
forces striking southeaatward