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Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-27
Sergeant Reed
Heads for Home

Your husband will arrive in the
United States soon and will be al
lowed to communicate with you.
was the MESSAGE received by Mrs.
Cyrus D. Reed of the Alamo district
Friday concerning her husband,
Sergeant Reed
She Immediately telegraphed the
good news to his uncle and aunt.
State Senator and Mrs. Ben Hulse
Of FL Centric, who are in Sacra-
mento.
Sergeant Reed was declared miss
ing in action last July 29 On Oc-
t0ber he was found to be a prison.
er. The last letter Mrs. Reed re-
ceived from her husband was dated
December 10, 1914. She received it
April l. The telegram did not tell
her when he was liberated.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-27
Army DiscIoses Program
For Airplone Output
WASHINGTON, May 26.

WASHINGTON, May 26.
(UP)-Eare is a summary
of plane production changes
by the army:
B-29 Superfortress Production
will increase for several months and
be sustained above present levels
with employment at B-2s plants
littel changed.
B-32 Consolidated Superbomber-
Production at Fort Worth will con-
tinue at present level until termi-
mated at the end of the year. Pro-
duction at San Diego will end with
this months output
C-54 Beech Transport-Will con-
tinue in production at Wichita,
Kansas. with little change until fall,
then viii taper off and continue
into 1916 at half the current sched-
ule.
BIZ Flying Fortress Production
at the Douglas Long Beach plant
will be cut and stabilized in August
at about one-fourth the present
rate; viii halt at the Burbank
Lockheed plant in August.
P-80 Lockheed Jet Shooting Star
Production will continue unchang-
ed at Burbank, but will not be un-
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-27
Yanks Rain Bombs
One a Minute
In Tokyo Blasts

SAN FRANCISCO, May 26 CU.PJ
A Tokyo radio announcer who
moaned the loss of his Harvard
Classics in the Tokyo fire raid said
bombs fell one a minute and fires
started too fast to stop.
American educated Toshiro Shi-
manouchi described the Superfort-
reSs attack in a broadcast recorded
by the FEC.
MY own house was burned to the
ground Thursday morning by di-
rect bomb hit and so also were four
other houses in my neighborhood, /"
Shimanouchi said.
Shimanouchi, a graduate of Whit
tier College at Whittier, Calf, said
that he and his wife had moved in
with an engineer friend according
to an agreement made lin one of our
regular Saturday night contract
bridge sessions"
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-27
LEST WE FORGET
HoItviIIe Navy
Man Is Killed

Sterling Paris, 21-year-old Holt
vile resident, has joined Impc-
rial county's growing roll of war
dead
His parents. Mr.. and Mrs
Claude Paris. Saturday received
official word that he was killed
in action while serving with the
navy in the Pacific area. He was
a radioman third class. The Off
cial telegram from the war de-
partment contained no other in
formation.
The sailor grew up in the Holt
Vile area and was graduated from
Central Junior college in Ell
Centre.
He entered the service in March
1943 and had been serving in the
Pacific theater Of war Is months.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-27
QuisIing's Trial
Set for August;
Held in CUSTODY

& OSLO, May g. UP)-Trial of
sNorway's traitcr, Vidkun Quisling
Saturday was fixed for August 25
and it was revealed that the hus-
band Of Kireten Flagstad has been
arrested
TIE famous opera stars husband.
Henry Johansen. was taken into
custody on charges he cooperated
with the Germans, particularly in
business transactions.
The date of Quisling's trial was
fixed at a preliminary hearing by
Municipal Judge Gunnar Guldbrnd-
sen.
When the judge ordered Quisling
detained, Quisling burst into pro-
test:
Il protest absolutely. 1t is a
shame for the Norwegian people
that am treated in this manner. I
never thought of fleeing"
THAT is not the question" the
Continued on Page 6, Col. ID
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-27
Red Writer at Peace Meet
Sees u. S. Kept Press"

those of his publishers and editors
his dispatches remain unpublished.
"The sole exceptions are the
cases of well known writers whose
names are useful for publicity. In
such cases the editors do not Eesi-
tate to print and even pay well for
articles of radical newspapermen.
The vaunted objectivity and free
dom OF the press results in ma
jorhy CO cases in unscrupulcus pub
lication in the same paper Of articles
diametrically opposed.
Zhukov said that some of his
American friends advised him for
these reasons to cease reading the
American press
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-27
Mother Kills Five
Children. Self

GLASGOW, Mont, May 26. CUP)
Chubby, seven-year-old Johnny
Campbell remained at home with
his stepfather Saturday, calm and
collected although he was the only
survivor when his mother threw
five of her children and herself into
the Milk river Friday.
The bodies of two children, blud-
geoned with hammer. and "a
year-old Mrs Inez Campbell have
been recovered. A motor boat crew
still is searching the river near
here for the other two bodies.
FATHER AWAY FROM HOME
Andrew Campbell, father of ali
the children but Johnny. was out of
town when the tragedy occurred
Shaken with grief, he told police
merely that he lust can't believe
it"
But tow-headed Johnny's brown
eyes were unconcerned as he related
how his mother herded her children
Continued on Page 6, Col, ~
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-27
Trieste CensorS
Silence Writers

Some dispatches reporting the
same events as the Belgrade radio
have been held up. Other dispatches
which in no way involved military
security were stopped. Correspond
ents were not permitted to report
Eighth army actions which occurred
within the sight of Marshal Titos
observers on grounds the reports
might endanger negotiations with
Tito.
The same excuse has been made
to stop dispatches which we're
known TO the Yugoslavs before they
were known to the correspondents
or the army.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-27

Our beautiful capital must be completely repanned
from bare start" Premier Suzuki told his nation in
radio broadcast Saturday night Japan time) There is
present hope for restoration
Earlier japanese broadcasts said flames started by
1000 tons of incendary bombs and whipped by 70mean
hour gales had aid waste to most of the remainder of
Tokyo.
Suzuki said the Saturday B-29 raid compare
lively large scale" and 't must be admitted that
considerable damage caused by the numerous fires
famed by strong winds
Calls for Struggle to Gain Victory
I'VE must make positive drive with very all
for a struggle for victory"
The capital. the worlds third largest city,
Literally scorched to the ground broadcast said
Virtually the entirc central business section, including
government ministries said to have been eveed
by the planes
Emperor and Others Declared Safe
japanese announcement said Hirohito and his en-
press safe, along with the empress dowager his
mother whose nearby Omya palace also burned to the
ground.
Suzub called extraordinary meeting of his cabinet
while inhabitants of the capital still were fighting the fires
Suzuki issued statement regarding the burning OF
tie imperial palaces radio Tokyo said, and the cabinet
Continued on Col
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-27
Chicago Gongs
Renew Warfare

Sonny Boy Quirk, both onetime
Southside gambling czars.
Fawcett, also known as Forsythe,
was acquitted of killing Quirk. Faw-
.cett had been named by James
Egan, alleged gambler, as one of
Quirk's slayers And it was known
Fawcett aspired fol Quirk's pre-
cSrious perch.
AT the time of Fawcett's prosecu-
ton, Capt. Daniel Gilbert of the
Cook county states attorneys office
declared that Fawcett had been
responsible for a murder a year
for 20 years"
AS Fawcett died, his head riddled
by bullets, his 11-year-old son,
Thomas. sat watching movie a
block away. Title of the film was
Ministry of Fear"
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-27

CHICAGO. May 26. tUP)-Police
Saturday CROPPED for clues to iden-
titles of two men who murdered
James Red Fawcett. 44-year-old
reputed triggerman. in the latest
apparent flareup of Chicago gang
warfare.
Fawcett. said by police to have
been responsible" for 20 slayings
ir as many years, was cut down
by shotgun slugs Friday night in a
southside tavern before the eyes
of his wife, Genevieve, and 20 other
patrons.
A motive for the murder, police
believed, lay in the gangland kill
ings- They considered the shooting
possible sequel to the 1943 mur-
ders of Danny Stanton and Martin
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-27

He asserted that the American
and British newspapermen were in
dulging in gossip mongering. sensa-
ton hunting. and responsibility
and attributed this to the com
mercialism'' Of the foreign press.
The correspondents themselves
were mot as bad as they look but
the situation is the natural result
of the system subjecting consid-
cradle part of the foreign press to
private, commercial interests
"A newspaperman trembling for
his position" he said, can not
always write what he thinks If
his convictions do not correspond to
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-27
Valley Growers
Join to Fight
income Levies
Assert Collector
Rule is Illegal
Or. Water Schedule

Valley growers have organ
lied to combat what they
hold to be illegal income
taxes assessed by the federal
government
The move is to be through re-
Gently organized growers group
known as Taxpayers Protective
Association"
These announcements we're made
known Friday at Brawley as the
members prepared to battle the
matter to the end
1t is their contention, according
to initial information, that the in
ternal revenue has mo right to
rule certain Imperial Irrigation
taxes as non-deductible from in
come returns
OPEN FIGHT
The association has sent a let
ter to each of their members calling
upon them to support and finance a
fight against the departments in
depreciation that affects ever val
ley landowners income tax return,
for the current year and past four
years in many cases.
Girding for the fight against
what is called the collectors raid
against the landowners, the assoc
iation leaders pointed out that on
the basis of 100000 acres under cul-
tivation in Imperial Valley at this
time; the valley growers are paying
nearly 100000 in income taxes that
should not be assessed.
The Interpretation which is as
sailed by the valleys land owners
is the one in which the collector
has ruled that taxes paid to the dis
trlct under rates set up for the
Laguna Dam fund, the bond prin-
cipal and warrant principal items
in the redemption fund, totaling
21.22 per cent Of the taxes paid, are
not deductible from income tax.
This ruling, if not countermand-
ed, can mean added assessment by
the collector of internal revenue of
enormous amounts of money by you
and other land owners under the
Imperial Irrigation District" the let
ter points out.
NAMES COMMITTEE
Recently Alex Myer. president OF
the Farm Bureau. appointed Virgil
Corfman, Fred Glmterman, Clarence
Walker, Leslie Mcconnell for the
hay growers, grain growers. South
west Flaxseed, and 1. v. Milk Pro-
ducers, and B. A. Harrigan to repre-
sent the vegetable growers.
The committee members and val
ley accountants believe that an
equitable ruling on the tax section
disputed would save land owners an
nually from $40 to $40 for each
100 acres, according to the new as
scciation officials.
The collector Of internal revenue
has ruled that certain sections as
follows are non-deductible because
they consider the tthreel items tun-
der Sec 1923 (c-3) benefit the
particular taxpayer by increasing
the value Of his property further
claiming these items represent a
capital expenditure rather than an
operating expenditure
PERCENT DATA
The Imperial Irrigation District
which is recognized as political
subdivision in the state and nation
in every other department, taxes
ALL land in the district the same
For example, under the tax rate set
up for 1884 by the district on an
advalorem basis lists the following
Continued on Page 6. Col .
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-27

TRIESTE. May rs. CUP) - The
strictest Allied censorship ever
clamped down in Italy was imposed
on correspondents seeking to cover
the Trieste developments. it can
be revealed Saturday.
A week ago the censors ruled that
no ''inflammatory' dispatches would
be passed. That occasioned no COM
plants from correspondents.
Later, however, the censorship was
tightened to the point where facts
and events which were beyond dis
pute could not be reported no mat
ter what kind of language was used
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-27
Wi ped Out
Nineteen B-2qs
Reported Lost
In Deadly Raid

WASHINGTON. May 26. up
Nineteen Superfortresses were lost
in Fridays great fire raid on To-
kyo, the Goth air force announced
Saturday.
This was the largest number of
B-29's ever lost on single mission.
Twelve were lost in the earlier raid
on Tokyo this week
The communique said consider
able" antiaircraft and moderate"
fighter opposition was encountered
Friday.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-27
Sale Of Bonds
Shows Lag

Almost at the million mark"
This is the report from sales
headquarters of the Seventh War
Bond drive in Imperial county.
Sales Friday slightly missed the
announced daily average if the goal
is to be reached on schedule Fig
ures read S30,399 when they should
have been S34,210.
The total for the entire county
up to Friday night stood at s793,686.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-27

MOSCOW, May 26. (UP)
-Eugeny Zhukov, correspon-
dent of Izvestia at San Fran
cisco, said in dispatch Saturday
that lovers of statistics ASSERT the
quantity of liquor consumed cat
the conference) is directly proper
tional to the astronomical number
of words dispatched from San Fran
cisco by telegraph and radio in va
ricus directions"
Zhukov. describing the American
and British press for his readers,
said that the Palace hotel, where
the newspapermen are housed, has
become one of the disquieting places
in the city"
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-27
Marines Move
In On Naha

GUAM, May 26. (UP)-U. S. mar
ines captured sixth of Naha, she'll
shattered capital of Okinawa. in a
500-yard advance Saturday.
A front dispatch said the Japan
ese appeared to be abandoning the
city for a final stand to the death
ir the fortified inland city of Shuri
Considerable enemy troop move
ments out of Naha east and north
east toward Shuri have been sighted,
United Press War Correspondent
Edward Thomas reported from Oki-
nawa
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-27
p AMBLlNe
Some Justice

We are happy tC report that Pri-
vate Philip Boone has his car back.
1t was found in Calexico. Whoever
stole it in Ell Centro left the ignition
on when he abandoned it, The
battery was down but otherwise it
seemed to be in good condition.
Thank you, whoever you are, for
permitting this wounded veteran to
have the privilege of driving his
Cwn car.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-27
r.. c. SERGEANT FREED
FROM GERMAN PRISON

Word was received in El Centro
that Sergeant Willard E. Layman,
son of D. E. Layman of Ell Centre,
had been liberated from a German
prison camp.
He was serving with the United
States army when captured
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-27

duction will taper off and end by
November at Burbank and after June
at the Consolidated plant at Nash
Vile. Tenn.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-27

dertaken at the North American
plant at Kansas City this fall as
planned.
P-38 Lockheed Lightning Pro-
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-27
Not Particularly

Are you lonesome living up there
in the hills?" a friend asked Bert
LcmC rs.
"Oh, no." said Bert, trying bis
best to look like an old rascal, mot
as long as all those charming Of
ficers' wives are there to keep me
company"
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-27
Entire Capital
Razed> Says
Premier Suzuki
Four Thousand Tons Of Incen diary Bombs
Dropped by BIG Armada Leav Worlds
Third Largest Metropolis Mass Of Ruins

GUAM
that huge touched off by
tensve that the entire city will have be rebuilt Japan reported
yru destrO
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-27
Bond Brometer

tFor convenience in computations.
sales for Westmorland. INLAND and
Calipatria are included in the Braw-
ley total)
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-27
Secret Dope

Don't tell Old Man Weather but
aren't we having splendid YOU
know what?
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-27
WEATHER

maximum Friday 49, minimum Saturday ST. 5 am.
saturday 81, humidity so; noon Saturday SO, hu-
midity Is; pm. Friday &c. humidity IL.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-27

L. a. HAY-No. barley hay s27 a s2S; No. 1 cat
hay, sS5 q S36; U. S. No. alfalfa ungraded, $50
$3.50; U. S. No. alfalfa, green and lcafy, S26
q $2S; No. 2, $22 a S23.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-27

(Total Cash, Checks and Drafts Sent
Through the Two Ell Centre Banks)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-20
Parking Meter Study
Planned in Arlington

A survey to determine the best
localities for installation of parking
meters in Arlington County will be
made soon, it was announced today
by County Manager Frank C. Han
rahan.
A survey was made three years
ago, but war shortages prevented
any action on it, he said.
Estimating that $50 meters will
be used, he said the Clarendon,
Rosslyn and Cherrydale areas are
the most likely places for their To-
cation.
Statistics from other Virginia
cities reveal that revenues from the
meters will pay for their purchase,
he said, pointing to Petersburg and
Newport News, with lat and 1855
meters, respectively, whose annual
revenue averages approximately
$4,000 and $4,000.
ut is costly and difiicult," he
added, "for police to check cars
which violate the one-hour parking
limit" The meters, he continued,
will benefit merchants in that they
make parking spaces easily available
by keeping traffic moving and elimi-
mating congestion.
Some time ago the County Civic
Federation favored the installation
of meters and recently the County
Chamber of Commerce took the
same action.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-20
Arlington Pilot Takes Part
In By Raid on Nagoya

u. n. 4. broderick, whose grand
motner, MRS; W. w. Brodericks lives
AZ iooz north irving street, airing
eon' was an observer IN one OF the
s SCARAB Meonua Is $50 20. ' Iasa 5000 ~
attacE vet ,,ada ~ +ha e Ia.ss
hnmalopd 49, A.soo;. t H.. =
rortad uastar ga sra.sa oI.t Do -
fnmnand Hsair,,a rtars sAss ol'ADoi
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-20
Calvert Homes Called
Chicken HoveIs'

Trial Magistrate Alan Bowie in
Hyattsville Police Court yesterday
described the Calvert Homes de-
velopment in Riverdale as chicken
novels" in finding two of the de-
velopment's residents guilty of dis
orderly conduct and assault.
j. Lloyd Webb was fined SOS on
charge of assaulting Betty Cloud
7-year-old daughter of Mrs. Mary
Cloud. Mrs. Cloud was fined $40 on
a charge of disorderly conduct.
Webb admitted he had struck the
girl after she had pushed his daugh-
ter to the ground. He added that
Mrs. Cloud had cursed" him after
the assault.
Declaring that homes in the de-
velopment, built by the National
Capital Housing Authority, are sc
crowded that they are conducive te
disorder, Judge Bowie asserted that
"they should never have been built
in Prince Georges County"
The homes, at 5000 Calvert court
have 500 units varying from one to
five rooms and house approximately
1000 persons, NCHA officials said
Temporary dwellings, they will be
torn down after the war, the officials
said, explaining they had been bull,
for war workers, primarily those
who work at the Engineers Research
Corp. nearby.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-20
Prince Georges
Bond Issue
BiIlsApproved
Assembly Authorizes
81, SOC, 600 Rood
And School Fund

The Maryland Senate yesterday
passed three House bills authorizing
issuance Of bonds by the Prince
Georges County Commissioners and
Board Of Education for a total of
81, 300. 600, and increasing the
county's debt limit for municipal
improvements by 100000
One Of the measures, which now
await the Governors signature to
become law, authorizes the commits
sioners to issue $1,000, 900 worth of
bonds during 1915 and 1916 for road
improvements in the metropolitan
district, to eliminate unsightly road
hazards and to acquire park land
and improve road lighting condi-
tions.
The bill also provides that an
advisory board be appointed to work
with the commissioners in the allo-
cation of funds for Improvement
projects.
The bill authorizes the Board Of
education to issue s1,300,00 worth
OF bonds for the construction of new
SCHOOL oullolngs and additions to
present buildings.
The bill also permits the money
to be used, if necessary, to equip
new school buildings or to match
Federal funds for building and
equipping school properties.
The third measure increases the
amount that may be borrowed by
the commissioners for municipal
functions and street improvements
IN special improvement districts
from 100000 to 100000.
Included among IL House bills
which passed that body YESTERDAY
was a bill creating a merit system
for Montgomery County employees:
bill creating a magistrates court
Tor Juvenile cases in Montgomery
County, and bill authorizing the
Montgomery County Commissioners
to issue $4,000, 900 in bonds for post
war Improvement projects in the
county.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-20
; Of s Held in Hijacking
Of Whisky Plead Guilty
By the Associated Press.


BALTIMORE, Mar. 20.-Three
men accused of theft and conspiracy
in connection with what the Gov
eminent charged was the hijacking
of 500 cases Of whisky December
n, pleaded guilty and three others
similarly charged pleaded innocent
in Federal Court yesterday before
Judge w. Calvin Chestnut.
A jury trial was begun for the
three who pleaded innocent.
Pleading guilty were Francis E.
Walsh, Harry A. Taylor and Max
Dublin, all of Baltimore. Those on
trial were Joseph Bach and Samuel
Tabb, both of Baltimore, and Leon
ard D. Smith, Hampton, Va.
Walsh testified he was to drive
a trailer truck containing the
whisky to Chicago, but drove it to
Hampton. Taylor admitted he re-
ceived $1,000 from Walsh from the
sale of the whisky.
Walsh testified he had obtained
5000 from the sale.
Later, Dublin testified he accom-
panied Bach to Virginia on Tabb's
request and said that he and Tabb
were each to receive a third OF the
amount given them for disposing OF
the whisky.
Walsh further testified he paid
Bach nothing because he learned
Bach was not turning over all the
proceeds of sales and because Bach
had taken IS cases and had not paid
for them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-20
Frank |. Carol, 10, Dies;
Cumberland City Editor

CUMBERLAND, Md, Mar. 90
Frank Lee Carl, 70, former city
editor of the Cumberland Evening
Times and dean of Allegany Coun-
ty newspapermen, died today at his
home after long illness.
He gave up the duties as city editor
of the Times last May and since
then had devoted his time to writing
a column, "Carfs Scrapbook," for
the Cumberland Sunday Times.
Mr.. Carl had been a newspaper
man for So years. starting as A. P.
correspondent for county weeklies
at Hancock, where he was born May
II, 1871. He was once editor of the
old Hancock Star and also worked
on the HagerstoWn Morning Herald
At one time he was correspondent
for score of metropolitan papers.
He served in the Maryland Legis-
lature in the 1908 and 1910 terms
and was active in Republican poll
tics for many years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-20
Prince Georges Appoints
Committee on GI Loans

A review committee for agricul-
ture loans to Prince Georges and
Anne Arundel County veterans un-
der the CT Bill Of Rights was an
nounced today by Lee A. Miller,
Prince Georges County Farm See
curity Administration supervisor.
The committee includes I. Lee
Carrick, Elmer L. Baden and 4,
Washington Sweeney, Prince
Georges County farmers; Nelson
Turner, Nat Humphrey and Edward
Shepherd, Anne Arundel County
farmers; John r. Neitzey, Hyatts-
willie businessman, and Lew q. Colt,
Anne Arundel County businessman.
. Application blanks for veterans
loans may be obtained at the FSA
ONCE at Upper Marlboro. Mr.. Miller
said