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Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-10

Holtville 1876 and Calipatria 300
FL Centre and CaleXico both top
the 900 enrolment.
Also signed by the governor is
bill which will permit Trifolium stu
dents to attend Westmorland school
and Laguna Dam pupils to 60 to
Fort Yuma. The bill provides that
a school district may contract with
an adjoining district for the educa-
ton of pupils. Previously one dis
trict could not contract for all stu
dents from another district, Hiteman
said. Other districts may be affected
later.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-10
Jdps Get Dare
To Send Ndvv
Out to Battle
Huge Surface Task Force Slips In
TO Take Nips in Full Surprise;
800 Supers Join From Isles Bases
BY WILLIAM F. TYREE

GUAM July 10. (UP) More than 1900 American
army and navy planes backed up BY the greatest naval
armada afIoat were still smashing at Tokyo and broad
Str2ch of the Japanese coast late Tuesday after eight
hours Of sustained bombardment that literally smohcred
the enemy defenses.
Counting 500 to $50 SuperfortrcSs2S that
fiN Ionshu centers ablazc before dawn almost 1900
American Warplanes the japanese homeland
Tuesday,
Standing perhaps 200 miles off Tokyo bay through
out the assault Of American battle
ships cruisers and the lesser craft Of Nce-Admra John
S. McCains Task Force 38-thc fighting Spcarhcad of
Admiral William +. Bulb HalSey'S a. S. Third Fleet
Tokyo said tn American fleet located southeast
Of the capital and that included 10 aircraft carriers
They broke radio silence continually in bold chal-
enge to the remnants Of Japans air and forces
out and fight But fleet dispatches said that thus
far not single enemy plane ship had been sighted.
Racing westward under forced draft all Monday night
the carriers pulled within striking distance Of Tokyo be
fore daybreak and first of their bOmberS and
fighters roaring the capital few minutes after
a. m (TOkyO time).
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-10
Governor Signs
Pay Raise Bill

raise since 1903
Under the bill, which was intro
duced by ASsemblyman c. Don Field.
jRD Glendale. an increase from
5000 a year to $4,000 is granted to
the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. secretary
of state. treasurer, controller and
superintendent Of public instuc-
ton.
Warren still has before him bill
to increase the salaries of supreme
and appellate court justices. and
enother giving pay boosts to MEM
berS of the railroad commission, di-
rectors of agriculture. finance. pub
lie works and natural resources, and
other appointive officials.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-10

Men IN i3 tents were Killed or
wounded when BertuCCi cut loose
with the machine gun early Sunday,
some two hours after the prisoners
had -etired.
SGT. Hans Fertig one of the $50
Germans who formed a labor bat
talon to aid farmers Of the COM
munity told the questioning board
that the presence Of machine guns
in the hands of guards had made
them fearful that something Of this
nature might occur
7. Ericsson expressed regret over the
incident, but said the machine guns
would remain.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-10
OFA BOARDS OBSERVE
NEW AMOUR WEEK

In keeping with the government
ruling for. 44-hour work weeks for
federal employees, all valley ration
boards arc operating on new
schedule. Margaret Foster. El Cen
tro ration board chief clerk. has
announced.
The Ell Centre board, along with
others Throughout the country, will
nc longer be open nights Tie
board will be open to the public
from 10 a. m. to 3 p. m. Monday
through Friday and Saturdays from
$50 to 11:30 a. m. Board employ
ees will work from BIS a. m. to 5
p m. daily, Mrs. Foster said.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-10

der the CT Bill of Rights
Pre-war statistics showed so per
cent Of crimes committed in Cali
fornia involved property and 40 per
cent were crimes of violence against
individuals. PicCinatis study
,ncwed the ratio TODAY to be al
most identical. Fenton said.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-10

mistreated by the Germans.
Bodies of the eight dead prisoners
were taken to Brigham, Utah, for
burial and the twenty wounded, six
reported in critical condition, were
in hospitals near Salt Lake City.
CHARGES TO BE FILED
Ericsson said that Bertucci sur
rendered quietly to camp officers
after exhausting his supply Of am
munition and was taken to the
Army hospital at Fort Douglas for
observation. The colonel added that
charges would be preferred against
him when Army officials finished
compiling testimony.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-10
p AMBLING
IMPORTER
{ hanCe Wind. FiHt IMCkY-

Chance Wind. BBt Lucky
When Charlie cU-t7v. ~slpcrirttenti-
tnt for the Texas company, now
drilling for oil south of Holtvillc
set up the works he had no idea
about what crop would DC planted
IN the field surrounding the drill
n2 outfit
Nor was he particularly concerned
whom farm crows put in cantal0upc
plants right alongside nc oil lay
out
Events moved along Twas a late.
cold season and tho melons were
low getting into bearing gear. That
Is. all thc field except right around
the drill ground Cosby noticed the
plants, tlr 4 considerable stretch
were bigger and the melons grew
faster He inquired. The farmer said.
Sure they are better. That's be
ranT" thc No4r from your steam
boiler; otf.et the rold weather"
CicC. aid Cosby. Why didn't
voP tell me -oonor. We could have
dnno / biz lob Of smudepotting."
Thc end of the tale Cosby cot
come crates OF about tho finest mel
ON Baker sfiolditc ever ate.
To" Fad Hours Didn't Fit
Sheriff Ware must plan his ap-
IoIntmHntS better. quit answering
the doorbcll or just take his fiscal
l0-5 and bc quiet Came lad 70 the
.hCrlff'S door at home Want 10
bay tjoEc' to bail came some of
u- kids aro g3ing to play at Hard
inc sCho9l' Two cents for biz folks.
free for kids" Tho sheriff bought
two 20 close tho transaC.iOn.
Whcn + he eame?" he asked.
Right npw the lad answered "Sor-
ry. nut I can't ~ l have another
aDp9intmcnt." said the sheriff. The
lad showed the four cents farther
ln hia pocket and beat it fast
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-10

sttidy bv J. G. Piccinati. an ex-
navy officer. of 625 consecutive ad-
missions to San Quentin prison.
Fenton pointed out that in some
cases a man still in service has
toen convicted of violating a state
law, and the criminal experience
"robS him of all his privileges IN
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-10
FOUND IN CLOSED CAFE

Military police reported to the
Fl Centre police department that
they found Technical Sgt H. H.
R0ur2aux Of Headquarters. MAG IS.
Monday night in the Rice Bowl
which was closed that night Police,
attracted by his shouts. figured he
had entered the place through the
skyllght and was unable to get out.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-10
PLEA TIME CONTINUED

Judge Elmer Heald continucd
until Friday the plea of J H John
son when he appeared in superior
court Tuesday morning on q charge
Of assault with deadly weapon
with intent to kill. The complaint
was filed May 26 by Amos Green
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-10

Caught completely by surprise.
the startled japanese offered prar-
ticallv no opposition from the
ground or aloft and first reports
said the raiders were bombing and
strafing at will.
Alarmed japanese brOadCaStS said
the navy flicrS Werc ranging up and
down the east coast Of HOnshu on
all sides of Tokyo
The Japanece said a third Amer
ican striking force comprising 30
LibcratorS, 80 Mitchell medium
bombers and about 10 fighters
struck from Okinawa at targets in
western Kyushu.
HIT OSAKA, KOBE
And around midday. the enemy
reported that another 100 army
Mustang fighters. accompanied by
everal" B-29 Supcrfortra; Sps.
had unloaded $500 tens Of demo
lition and incendiary bombs short
ly before daybroak
The first navy raidinc planes
smoth2red the Japanese ground de
fenSeS and pinned the cncmy's de-
Tending aircraft to the earth Hours
later, not a cingle japanese plane
had broken through to attack tho
American Warshins cff shore
Boldly challenging the japanese
air and surface forces to battle.
Mccain broke radio silence to give
a running account of the strike
And he identified his top flag COM
mander5 and Of his attacking
war: hips, including some of the
Continued on Page 6. Column II
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-10
WEATHER

Maximum SUNDAY t06, minimum
Monday ~: am. Monday IS. hu
midity rs; noon Monday no. humid
ity 40; pm. Sun. 1903. humidity SO.
Evening star., 1945-07-22
'Viye lie Roi' Upsets
Holiday in Brussels
By the Associated Press.

BRUSSELS, July Ala mass to-
day attended by almost the entire
diplomatic corps in observance of a
national holiday was interrupted
several times by shouts of 'Vive lie
Roi,'' causing police to eject at least
one person from the Church of st.
Gudule.
Besides the several shouts inside
the church, several cries of "Vive lie
Roi" from the crowd outside could
be heard by the worshipers, who
included Premier Achille Van Acker,
United States Ambassador Charles
Sawyer, the Papal Nuncio as well as
British, French and Chinese Am
bassadorS.
Queen Mother Elizabeth, dressed
in black, was the first to leave the
church. When she appeared in the
door and as she was riding away
shouts from the crowd mounted
until officials locked the church
doors, hoping the demonstration
would subside before the departure
of the diplomatic corps.
When the demonstration contin-
ued, Foreign Minister Paul Henri
Spaak forced his way through the
crowd and summoned police to clear
a way for the dignitaries. There
was no violence.
The holiday marks the 1881 acces-
sion of Leopold I.
Evening star., 1945-07-22
BY MIRIAM GUTENBERG.

A presidential directive has
been addressed to the Army and
Navy concerning the with
drawal of patients from st. Eliz-
abeth's Hospital" the Navy De-
partmert said last night.
The announcement was in answer
to a query and questioners were
told to go to the White House If
they wanted further information.
AS of June 80, there we're 1851
patients at St. Elizabeth's who are
either members of the armed forces
or veterans. These included 472
from the Army, 1925 from the
Navy, 208 from the Marines and SIS
from the Coast Guard.
1t was understood that a direc-
tive to the Navy, telling it to stop
sending active duty cases to st.
Elizabeth's. was signed by Presi-
dent Truman more than a month
Evening star., 1945-07-22
Eisenhower Thanks
Joint Staff in Farewell
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Gen. Eisenhower bade formal
farewell to the United States British
combined chiefs of staff last night,
thanking the staff for its "Staunch-
ness of support" to the supreme COM
mander of the Allied Expeditionary
Forces.
In his last message as SHAEF
commander to the combined chiefs,
Gen. Eisenhower said that during
the three years have personally
served under the direct control of
the combined chiefs of staff, / have
experienced no single instance in
which I have not received the ul-
innate in consideration and per-
sonal and official assistance"
He asked that his appreciation
also be conveyed to the political
heads of the two governments who
have displayed toward me similar
attitude of trust and confidence"
A message from the British chiefs
of staff to Gen. Eisenhower extended
the grateful thanks" of those off,
GERS to the American general and
said that "SHAEF has always been
the embodiment of true Allied COM
radeship, and provides a memorable
example of what can be done by
wholehearted cooperation"
Evening star., 1945-07-22
8O,871 See Atrocity Pictures;
Exhibit to Close Toniqht

A total of 8O,871 persons have
seen the German atrocity photo
murals at the Library of Congress,
it was announced yesterday as the
exhibit on display since June 30
prepared to close tonight. 1t has
been sponsored by The Star and
st. Louis Dispatch.
washington residents get their
last chance to see the photomurals
at the Library between 1880 am.
and 10 pm. today. War Department
motion pictures Of Nazi cruelties will
continue, however. for at least
week.
The Library reported the record
attendance after 1852 persons saw
the >exhibit yesterday. Tomorrow
workers will dismantle the murals
for shipment to Boston, where they
will be exhibited next.
Motion pictures showing the
German atrocities, which include
an official historical film and an
indoctrination film for American
Evening star., 1945-07-22

Tiergarten of the British 7th Ar
mored C'Desert Rats"0 Division.
1t was Mr.. Churchill's second visit
to the ruins of central Berlin. He
made his first visit Monday and in
spected Hitler's underground shelter
at the Reichschancellery.
Berliners Cheer Churchill.
Today he was cheered by shabby,
awed Berline~s on the Kurfuesten-
damn when he stopped to open a
new British service club for the 7th
Armored Men, who named 1t the
Winston Club" in his honor.
For the achievements OF the
Desert Rats" since 1910, the Prime
Minister'S soldier heart was almost
visibly overflled with emotion. He
declared their heroic march from
Ell Alamein across Africa and
Europe to Berlin was unsurpassed
in all the story of war so far as
my reading of history leads me to
believe"
After Mr.. Churchill took the par
ade salute from a half-track on the
Charlottenburge Chaussee, Field
Marshal Sir Bernard l.. Montgom-
cry. at the Prime Minister'S re-
quest, ordered a holiday for the
British fighting men in Berlin.
The German cheers at the club
were an unscheduled event for Mr.
Churchill. A crowd of more than
200, mostly women and children
1See BIG THREE, Page A-5)
Evening star., 1945-07-22
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
GUAM, July % Sunday
American cruisers and destroyers
which bombarded the entrance
to Tokyo Bay Wednesday night
and early Thursday morning met
no enemy resistance of any sort
either air, surface, shore or
submarine-Admiral Chester w.
Nimitz announced today. The
force blasted radio, radar and
other installations and retired
without incident" he said.
This force patrolled the eastern
entrance of Sagami Gulf (entrance
to the outer Tokyo Bay but found
no enemy shipping" the communi-
que reported.
Nojima Cape, hit by the shelling,
is the tip of the CULTS eastern shore
line, and lies SIS miles south of
Tokyo.
The Navy report was the first
word of results since last Thursdays
communique announced the bonn
bardment by ships that included
the cruisers Topeka, Oklahoma City,
Dayton, and Atlanta and the de-
Stroyers Ault and John w. Weeks.
Evening star., 1945-07-22
Europa Will Sail
September 7 as
Troop Transport
y the Associated Press.

BY Lne ASSoCldUeQ fIeSS.
BREMERHAVEN, Germany, July
2l.-The giant German luxury liner
Europa is booked to sail for the
United States with 5000 GI's
aboard on September 1.-TWO months
ahead of schedule for her first trip
as an American troop transport.
1t. William Smith of Pittsburgh,
a United States Navy ship repair
officer, said orders were received
today to make the reconversion of
the 50,000-ton Europa into trans
port No. ! priority job.
The 891-foot liner was launched
in 1929 and was a winner of the bS.e
ribbon Atlantic crossing in little
less than five days. Paint is being
flown from England to give her
new battleship gray dress. During
months stay in drydock, tons of
barnacles have been scraped off.
These collected during the liners
four years imprisonment" in
Kaiserluaten slip where she served
as billet for German soldiers.
Evening star., 1945-07-22
House 0mits Fanfare
On Starting Longest
Vacation Since 1888
Steak Is Featured on
Closing Menu of Cote
As Farewell Gesture
By the Associated Press.

House members took off last
night for their longest vacation
since 1888 after a listleSs final
session in which they boosted
the pay of a group of legislative
employees and discussed the
palatability of horse meat.
| Barring emergencies which might
recall them to work sooner, they
won't return to business until Oc-
tober 8, the 11-week holiday being
the most extended unbroken sur
cease from official work since the
six-month vacation Of 1888.
There was no fanfare or celebra-
ton as the adjournment bells rang
| the end of a 6-months session with
only about so members in their
seats at the finish. Quitting time
was 2:22 pm.
Steak on Closing Menu.
A few odds-and-ends of business
were cleaned up hurriedly, among
them being a resolution giving
raises Of from $500 to $500 an
nually to a group of miscellaneous
House employees who failed to re-
ceive increases several months ago
when the House voted each of its
members s2,50o expense funds.
Presumably as a farewell gesture
the House restaurant featured on its
closing menu that rare item known
as sirloin steak, with plenty to &c
around at IS cents per order, in
Guiding French fried potatoes.
House members were alone In
their exodus from Washington, the
Senators being detained probably
for several more weeks by the neces-
s!ty of acting on the United Nations
| Charter. The Senate adopted a
resolution by which it will be ad-
iourned until October after it has
acted on the Charter.
Most House members left town
more than week ago. Some of them
already are abroad and an esti-
mated 100 more soon will mead Tor
| foreign shores for Investigations OF
one kind or another.
Legislation Reviewed.
| During the half-year of work
just ended for the House, Congress
extended the draft law. continued
the lease-lend program, boosted the
national debt limit to $500, ,000, 900, :
900, extended the Reciprocal Trade
Agreements Act, wrote legislation
implementing the Breton Woods
international monetary agreements
continued the price control law
raised the pay of Federal and pos
tai employees, and appropriated ir
the neighborhood of $50, ,000, 900 900
about $1,000, 100000 less than last
year.
1t declined to enact so-callec
work or fight" legislation or tt
order the induction of womer
nurses for the Army and the Navy
and sidetracked until after the re-
cess action on compulsory peace
time military training and broad
ening of the social security pro-
| gram.
Evening star., 1945-07-22
Athletics and Detroit
Bottle ~ Innings, ~;
Mats Beut Indians

Philadelphia and Detroit
made. the big news in the
American League yesterday,
battling "a innings to a IL
stalemate that tied the 39-year-
old league marathon record.
The tie enabled Washington to
move within 2lz games of the
first-place Tigers by defeating
Cleveland, IA.
The Philadelphia game was
called officially on account of
darkness. Some observers in
dicated that battle fatigue"
would have been more ap-
propriate. A double header be-
tween the two teams is sched-
uled for today.
Complete details in the
sports SectionD
Evening star., 1945-07-22
Bethesda Boy, IS, browns
In Buy as Mother Watches

Richard B. Prescott, Is, son of
A. F. Prescott, jr., Justice Depart
ment attorney, of 216 Wilson avenue,
Bethesda, Md, drowned Friday at
Back Bay Beach, near Galesville,
Md, while his younger brother tried
to rescue him. His mother was a
witness to the tragedy.
Described by his father as "able
to swim a little" Richard stepped
into a depression in the silt-cov-
cred bottom and disappeared. His
younger brother, Robert, IA, sue
ceeded in grasping him momen-
tarily. Unable to keep his footing,
he let go to reach for an inflated
innertube with which the two boys
had been playing. Equipped with
this, he returned to the rescue but
was unable to find his brother in
the disturbed water.
Friends who we're in swimming
Evening star., 1945-07-22
Tokyo Bay Entrance Bomborded
Without Any Jap Resistance
Radio, Rodor and Other installations
Blasted; No Shipping Found

Movements of the powerful battle
fleet since have been hidden by ra-
dio silence. and jittery Tokyo ac-
knowledged today that new naval
bombardmens might be expected at
any moment.
Tokyo added that a naval bonn
bardment of other areas of the
homeland by mighty battleShips
that already have wrecked Kamai-
shi, Muroran on Hokkaido, and the
fringe of Tokyo Bay is highly pos
sible."
That seems obvious, for certainly
the mighty force isn't going perma-
nently into retirement. But thus
far there is no indication where the
next shells and bombs will hurtle
onto the enemy.
Japanese broadcasts are concerned
mainly with American surface bonn
bardments. The enemy radio eX-
planned today that there had been
no air attacks against the great
feet because the japanese plan was
ito offend the enemy and confuse
him" There was no explanation of
how lack of opposition might
Offend" America
Gripping assaults by American
iCao TT EEvT Dooa hAl
Evening star., 1945-07-22

occupation troops in Germany, will
be shown continuously beginning
at Q pm. tomorrow at Francis Jun
ior High School, Twenty-fourth and
N streets NV. The films will move
Tuesday to Stuart Junior High
School. Thousands of people have
been f1ocking to the public school
showings of the motion pictures.
Further public attention is being
drawn to evidence of German atroc-
tiles through publication by the
Army of booklet describing wildly
and without sparing horrible details
the history of the notorious Dachau
concentration camp.
The publication, with ironic JUS
tice, was printed in one of Hitler's
own printing plants, in Munich.
which had turned out for the Nazis
an untold amount of Nazi propa-
ganda. The pamphlet was printed
on high quality paper which Hitler
had intended to be used for further
(See ATROCITY, Page A-l2.)
Evening star., 1945-07-22
Stain Says Russio
| Wants Still Stronger
| And Mightier' Navy
By the Associated Press.

BY the ASSOclhteo fTesS.
LONDON. July 21.--Premier
Stain declared today that the
Russian people want "a still
stronger and mightier" navy
and will create new fighting
ships and new bases" for it.
The Premier made thesstate-
ment in an order of the day
broadcast by the Moscow radio
in connection with the Soviet
observance tomorrow of Red
Navy day. He did not say to
what purpose a stronger Rus
sian Navy would be put.
The order said the navy In
the war against Germany had
done good work, effectively
protecting our fianks which
rested on the sea. striking
heavy blows at the enemy's
merchant feet and assuring
uninterrupted functioning OF
our own communications
Evening star., 1945-07-22

and watching with the boys mother
from private pier nearby joined
in the rescue efforts. After an hour
of diving, they recovered Richards
body.
A native of Washington and a
student at Bethesda High School
Richard was spending part of his
summer vacation at the beach with
his mother and brother and his
two sisters, Zelda and Ann Lucia.
He is survived also by two half
brothers, 1t. A. F. Prescott, III and
TISergt. Pinckney M. Prescott, both
serving with the Army overseas.
Funeral services will be held at
10 am. tomorrow at the William
Reuben Humphrey Funeral Home at
1857 Wisconsin avenue, Bethesda,
Md. Burial will be in Rockville
Union Cemetery.
Evening star., 1945-07-22
BY MALCOLM LAMBORNE, Jr.

BY MALCOLM LAMBOPNE, Jr.
Organize group travel md the
sale of railway tickets or space
on trains to travel agencies were
banned last night by the Office
of Defense transportation. This
is the third step ODT has taken
in the last two weeks to elimin-
ate unnecessary civilian travel
in the face of mounting de-
mandS on American railroads
redeploying troops.
The ODT order which is effec-
tive Immediately, prohibits any
travel agency from reserving, pur-
chasing or acquiring any such tick
cts or space. One authority in the
travel business here predicted the
Government action would put reg
ular travel agencies completely out
of business
Hitting hard at small groups
which have been conducting travel
tours, the agency defined organized
group travel as passenger train
travel by any two or more persons
travelling together in a group when
such travel has been arranged by a
travel agency or by any other per-
son" who receives compensation for
making such arrangements for trav-
elers.
Athletic Teams Exempted.
The term travel agency" includes
any person other than railway
company who for compensation
purchases or procures or reserves
seating or sleeping space on a pas
senger train or who organizes or
sponsors 'all-expense' trips or tours.
An ODT spokesman said the order
would have no effect on travel by
athletic teams, and that it was
aimed only at curbing travel by Or
ganized vacation groups.
ODT said the order was designed
(See TRAVEL, paoe A-100