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Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-05-01

Executive committee meets
1890 a. m, PVT.
Full conference meets 800
p. m. PVT. Secretary Stct-
liniuS presiding.
san Francisco, May 1.-(APD
i he sting of a WhipIaSh fight
over Argentina and Poland
drove the United Nations to-
ward d new controversy today
over who should control the
critical commissions and COM
mittets of the world security
conference.
This organizational problem
normally might have gone
with unity and good feelings on
all sides. 1t appeared likely,
however, to intensity the struG-
gle for leadership between the
United States and Russia, which
yesterday cost Il" Soviet Union
a defeat on bott Argentina and
Poland.
Delegates generally seemed 10 feel
that Russia would not pull out OF
The conference for this or similar
rcaSors, despite constant speculation
on her future course. The Russians
it was learned. are still discussing
conference plans of the weeks ahead,
our pcsSimism about the prospects
Tor unity among the big powers was
At a new low.
There wa speculation by some
delegates that several of the for
cisn secretaries heading their
delegations may so home around
the !0th to the 18th Of tins
mGnth, when the real conference
work should be we'll under way
and may be left to lesser Off
Gals.
The situation was spotlishtcd yes
tcrday. Foreign Commissar Molotoy
at 4 public session of the 1ull con-
ference demanded a delay IN mNIl-
ing Argentina. Secretary StettInluS
later insisted on immediate and IA
vorablc action on the Argentine bid.
Stcttinius won for the United
States en- two counts: The con-
ference voted 2S to I agaA\t
delaying action on inviting ar
gentina, and 81 to 4 that the i'll
vitation be extended imme-
diatcly.
On the first question, Norway
New Zealand, Belgium, Czechosio-
vakia. YugoslaVia and Greece voice
with Russia for postponemcnt. or
tho second only CIechUSlONakld
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-05-01
Continued on Page Eighth
Perkins Terms Rejected
By Hard Coal Operators

agree to any such PROPOSAL
The statement added that the OPP
orators want a settlement which
will take INTO account the consumer
and the miner.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-05-01
Speculation
Is Soviiets
viii Stick
Molotov Loses Again
On Argentine Polish
Debates Al Meeting

(By The Associated FrcSs.)
Executive committee meets
1896 a.. M. PVT.
u!l conference meets $50
p. m. PVT. Secretary Ntct-
liniuS presiding.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-05-01

As a German broadcast con-
ceded that the claven-day battl"
for The Quilted capital was as
COED as list. Marshal Stain, i'll a
special crier Of the day, SAID
the Russian people Wer" ccsc-
brating May DAY under cona'-
tions Of the victorious tcrmlna-
ton of the great patriotic war
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-05-01

Continued on Page Eighth
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-05-01

Reports persisted at supreme
headquarters that the Germans
might be expected at any mo-
ment to accept the United Ma
tlors demand for unconditional
surrender.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-05-01

Tho last assault is ON the
Russian leader said. as soviet
troons began ripping \azl dc
tenders cf the capital into two
isolated pockets, each less than
min miltS NunArf.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-13
Smokers, Beware!
Shortage Due
To Grow Worse

WASHINGTON, Feb. l3. CUP)-
The cigaret shortage probably will
grow worse during 1945 and about
the only thing that can be done
about it is to see that available
smokes are spread around.
The federal trade commission ar
lived at that conclusion Tuesday
after an extensive investigation. 1t
reported its findings to Chairman
Burton K. Wheeler, CD, Montana,
of the senate interstate commerce
committee, who requested the in
quiry.
Wheeler told the FTC he had re-
ceived. complaints from retailers
who were unable to get cigarets to
supply their customers. He asked
the FTC to see if the shortage was
artificial or If any laws were being
violated In the distribution of ciga-
retS.
No, the ETC said, the shortage is
directly traceable" to the huge
numbers of cigarets going to the
armed forces and to Americas AL
lies. This big drain on supplies, 1T
added was "magnified" by increased
smoking here at home due to bigger
incomes, to "overbuying" by peo-
pie afraid CT getting caught short,
and to increased nervous tension.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-13
Mdsserd
browns
In Canal
Visiting Friend
Also Is Lost;
Car Leaps Bank

An early morning hunting
expedition ended in tragedy
Tuesday when Al Massera,
we'll known grower and ship
per of Imperial Valley, and
Caesar Locatelli, a valley
visitor, drowned in the West
side Main canal 10 miles
west of Imperial.
W. B. Hubbard and Walter Mas
Sera, son-in-law of Locatelli, also
were in the Al Massera station wag-
on which went out OF control while
traversing a canal bank and pitch
ed into the Westside Main canal
about 8 am carrying all four into
the 15-foot deep canal.
KICKC GLASS OUT
Hubbard kicked the glass out of
the rear window and dragged Wal
ter Massera out. Apparently the
front doors of the vehicle were
flung open and the swift current
swept AL Massera and Locatelli
down the canal. Hubbard and Wal
ter reached Imperial and called
for help Trucks, tow car, boats,
and men, including divers, were
rushed to the scene.
At late hour Tuesday afternoon
Continued on Pg. 6, Col. g.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-13
Germany Faces
Fourth 'FRONT.'
Out Of NORWAY

LONDON, Feb. 13. CUP)-Adolf
Hitler's Germany Tuesday faced its
doom in four-front war with the
knowledge that the big three were
more closely united for victory than
at any time in World War II.
Already there were signs that the
decisions of the Crimea conference
were being implemented and that
steps to seal Germany's fate and
erect new and permanent postwar
peace structure were under way.
Military observers believed the big
three may have planned an invas-
ion of southern Norway, Denmark,
or even the German Baltic coast.
Hints were present that decisions
of consequence to the Pacific war
rivalling those affecting Europe may
also have been reached, although
all parties to the eight-day confer
Continued on Pg. 6, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-13
Wallace
Forces
House Steering
Committee
Speeds Measure

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.
(UP)-The house Democrat
ic steering committee for
mally put party machinery
in motion in support of the
George bill Tuesday. Demo
cratic leaders announced the
measure would be brought
before the house on Thurs
day.
Steering Committee Chairman
william M. Wilmington CD Mis-
sissippi, said it wanted the bill
brought up under procecural rule
whereby only amendments properly
involving matter similar to that
in the bill would be considered.
The bill is intended to clear the
way for confirmation of Henry A
Wallace as secretary of commerce
AS passed by the senate, it would
remove the huge Reconstruction
Finance Corp. ano other loan agen-
cies from the commerce depart
nlent.
The George bill also is to be dis
cussed at a meeting of the house
Republican conference later Tues
day. Republican leaders hope fol
support from some southern Demo-
Gratis. Administration leaders believe
that as many as Is Democrats may
vote with Republicans.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-13

LONDON, Feb. 13. CUP
The London Polish gov
ernment, as had been antici-
pated, announced Tuesday
night that it rejects COM
pletely the Big Three deci-
sion on Poland.
After a lengthy cabinet meeting
the London government announced
that the decision of the Crimea con-
ference cannot be recognized by
the Polish government and cannot
bind the Polish nation"
The London statement said that
the Crimea decision only would
"legalize Soviet interference in Pol
ish internal affairs"
"As long as the territory of Po-
lane, will remain under the sole
occupation of Soviet troops" said
the statement, "a government of
that kind will not safeguard to the
Polish nation-even in the presence
of British and American diplomats
the nfettered right of free ex-
preston"
The statement described the Lon
don government as "the sole legal
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-13
Ex-Le9ion Head Warns
On Giving Water Away

Texas, of the senate foreign rela-
tions committee charged at hear
ings late Monoay that Imperial
Irrigation District was opposing the
treaty because it was trying to
enter into an agreement to sell
Mexico $4,000 worth Of water
annually.
That, Connally said, is the core
of the apple" and the reason for
much of the California opposition
to the treaty.
Officials of the Imperial Irriga-
ton District. public-ownership
corporation formed by the people
of southern California to help pay
off their share of the construction
costs of Boulder Dam. Immediately
asked that they be allowed to testi-
fy and explain the offer. Connally
promised they might Go so before
the treaty hearings end.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-13
5. p. Announces
Bus Service on
E. {. INLAND Line

Bus and truck service on March
will replace the nightly train
service currently connecting valley
towns with the main line Southern
Pacific trains at INLAND, it was an
nounced Tuesday
The announcement was made by
Fl R. Gernreich, superintendent of
the railroad company who explained
that the change from night train
to bus and truck service resulted
from order No. At of the Office of
Defense Transportation.
In compliance with the ODT order,
the train which heretofore has
made round trip from Calexico to
INLAND as train No 357 and return
to Calexico as train No. 358 is to be
made available to essential main
line traffic.
Rather than leave Imperial VAL
Continued on Pg. 6, Col. q
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-13

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.
(UP)-John r. Quinn, past
national commander of the
American Legion, urged the
senate foreign relations COM
mittee Tuesday to "scruti-
niza' the proposed Mexican
water treaty to prevent any
infringement on veterans
preference rights to farm
land below Boulder Dam.
Quinn told the committee the
Legion has taken no formal stand
opposing the treaty. He urged, how
ever. that the senate guard against
making contract with Mexico
which might take needed water
from veterans lands.
Approximately 100000 acres of
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-13
va nkS
Open
Lines
Enemy Waivers
From Kleve
To Pruem Front

PARIS, Feb. 13. (UP)-
Lieutenant General George
S. Patton's troops punched
two new. holes in the Sieg-
fried pillbox belt north of
Echternach Tuesday, giving
them three possible gate
ways to the Rhineland.
Canadian First army units
beat down brisk German
counterattacks and suddenly
stiffened resistance to score
new gains in the offensive
against the northern end of
the WestWall.
Units Of seven German divisions
had been counted in the forces
bracing against General H. D. G.
Crearar's push toward the Ruhr
and Rhineland. The Germans ap-
peared to be throwing reinforce
ments at the expense of other posi-
tions of the western front.
HEAVY FIGHTING
Heavy fighting now was going
on along an arc of II to Is miles
southwestWard from the Rhine
above the village of Griethausen,
three miles northeast of Kleve. The
village fell to Canadian troops who
crossed the railway northeastward
from Kleve.
The 80th and fifth divisions of
Patton's U. S. Thirc army shoul-
dered past the concrete forts of the
Siegfried belt at points northwest
Continued on Pg. 6, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-13
Disormin9 Reich

Here is how the Big Three proposes to remove German
forever as a war threat to the world:
L. "Disarm and dband all German armed forces
time the German general staff that has
of German milarsm'
g. destroy a German military equipment"
German industry that could be used
military production"
criminals just and swift punishment
for the destruction wrought by the
Germans"
Nazi laws organizations and insti
tutions"
public office
life of the German people,"
such other in Germany
be to he world"
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-13

government land have been set
aside for veterans in the Coachella
valley in California, Quinn said.
"If the water should be taken
away and given to Mexico, he saic,
"the lands could not be developed
for the disabled veterans who will
be returning to u.s.
r. Upton, Denver engineer who
has testified previously for the
treaty, returned to the stand Tues
day to urge ratification as "the only
tenable solution" to Mexico's de-
mands for Colorado river water.
I'm the opinion of the six states
committee of the Colorado basin"
Upton said. Mexico always has
had an interest. 1t has always been
our objective to limit the interest
to the lowest possible amount"
Chairman Tom Connally CD
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-13
Satanic Plan
Cries Goe bbelS

Marshal Stain had decided upon
"new crimes against humanity"
1t charged that the Crimean con-
ferees were imbued with the
spirit of the Old Testament Jew
ish hatred" and were attempting
the greatest political murder of
all time."
Apparently Propaganda Minis
ter Paul Joseph GobbelS was
caught off base as he had been
busily warning the Reich to be-
ware of "Wilsonian peace plea"
Ever since the big three con-
ference had been rumored, Goeb-
bells had turned loose the full
Continued on Pg. 6, Col. q
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-13
Plans Approved
To Change Duck
Hunting Season

SACRAMENTO, Feb. 1c. CUP)-
The. joint wild life management
committee was en- record Tuesday
as favoring change in the duck
seacon in California from october
14-January l to November 2-Jan-
uary 20.
George Lodi of Arbuckle, chair
man of the committee, said he be-
lieved the later season would help
protect ice crops. The proposed
season would correspond with one
which. federal officials allotted tc
three southern California counties
last year, Arbuckle added.
Albert M. Day, assistant director
of the U. S. fith and wildlife service,
told the committee his depai tment
might be inclined to go along" in
making the change if it is requested
by the state fish and game commits
sion.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-13

freely about Manila, as long as hs
can send messages by coded cables
and by coded phone calls TO the
Spanish terminal in the Berlin
Tokyo Madrid Axis-for just as long
will the American dead on Bataan
60 unavenged and the living In Ma
Mia remain menaced.' Coffee said.
Coffee asked the state depart
ment to Immediately declare the
Spanish diplomat persona non
grata diplomatic language for tin-
welcome-in the Philippines.
This will clear the way Tor
speedy trial OF Fascist who has
on his hands the blood OF thousands
of Americans" Coffee said.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-13
Spanish Envov
Held Murderer

WASHINGTON. Feb. 13. CUP)-
Representative John M. Coffee,
CD, Washington, Tuesday demanded
the swift arrest and punishment of
Jose del Castano, Spanish consul
general in Manila, as an Axis war
criminal.
"The charge" Coffee said, "is
murder"
In a speech on the floor of the
house, Coffee painted dramatic
picture CT the Spaniard as a spy,
fifth-columnist and Axis agent re-
sponsible for the deaths of thou
sands of Americans in the Philip
pines.
"As long as he is allowed to move
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-13

LONDON, Feb. 13. CUP)-Ger-
man propagandists Tuesday call
ed the Crimean declaration the
program of the haters of Yalta,"
Germany will smash this sat-
anic plan," DNB promised.
After lengthy delay in inform
ing the German public of the
nature of the Crimean communi-
que, an official DNB news agency
dispatch was issued with instruc-
tions to German editors that it be
headlined: Germany has to be
exterminated."
The DNB dispatch charged that
President Roosevelt, Prime Min
lister Winston Churchill, and
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-13
"a Meet Death
In Plane Crash

ALAMEDA, Cal, Feb. 13. CUP)-
A navy twin-engined transport
plane crashed into San Francisco
bay Tuesday and 81 passengers and
three crewmen were presumed dead.
(The 18th naval district in San
Francisco said one body had been
recovered. The plane, CAT trans
port, took off from Oakland air
port at 80 am
Numerous Alameda residents
: heard the crash which occurred at
the foot of Chestnut street.
The plane dived into the water
about three quarters of mile Off
shore
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-13

The plane apparently developed
mechanical trouble a few minutes
after it took off.
A woman said she heard an ex-
plosion in mid-air, then silence.
Numerous residents telephoned pol
ice reports of a low-flying plane.
Crash boats and other small craft
we're sent to the scene from the
Alameda naval air station.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Baldrick,
Alameda, said they heard the plane
flying very low over their house. The
motors apparently went dead and
later they heard a heavy, rumbling
sound probably when the plane
dived into the bay.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-13

The nerve center for the temili-
tarized Germany will be Berlin
the capital of Bismarck, the Kaiser
and the Fuehrer But the men whose
orders will be obeyed this time for
an unspecified period will be the
supreme commanders of the Big
Three powers, plus France if she
accepts the invitation to make it
a four-Way occupation.
Those commanders will form a
central control commission to CO.
ordinate administration and control
of the agreed upon plan. Their ord
erS will be carried out by the occu-
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-13

patton forces of the big powers
Each country will be assigned a
separate zone Of Germany.
The occupation zones were not
defined, but are expected roughly
to call for Russian troops in eastern
Germany, American in southwest
ern Germany, and British in the
north anc northwest areas. France
will draw the Rhineland in the
west. Both Russia and the United
States have been mentioned for
Austria.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-13
3 AMBl!Ne
EpoRTER
The Swan

The Swan
"Oh, lock at all the good lettuce
going to waste chortled Ray Mou-
ser as he stopped his car where a
truck had spilled it's load. He had
a dinner engagement but couldn't
resist the lettuce.
Ray hoped out and began look
ing around for the best head in the
let.
"Over there is a good one he
said to himself as he stepped around
several less promising heads. 1t
wasn't the best, however, az he
plainly saw.
There ahead and Bill alone,was the
king of all heads of lettuce. Ray
Continued on Page 6, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-13

pletion of the Roosevelt-Stalin-
Churchill conversations and of the
April conference call opens the
administration campaign to present
the security treaty to the senate
before hot weather begins to swelter
this capital. Final senate action is
sought by midsummer.
The conierees hello their eighth
day meeting in Yalta, a Crimean
resort.
They said they had agreed on
war and postwar plans for Ger
many. They passed on her a grim
cleansing sentence, but assured the
German people that they would
survive and be fit to live within the
comfy of nations"
TO ACT TOGETHER
They announced agreement on OBJ
! jectives and methods of cealing with
most of Europe'S political and econo-
mic problems-boundar forms of
government and such. They promised
aid to distressed. populations and
revealed they would intervene joint
ly almost anywhere to aid or prod
liberated peor-cs toward desired
objectives.
The report revealed specific
Polish settlement based on compro-
mise but in very substantial meas
uring granting all basic Russian
demands, including territory. There
were instant rumblings of objections
to that.
Continued on Page 2, Col. y
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-13

To achieve it they announced
they had summoned the United Ma
tions to conference in San Francis
co on April Is to craft world Sc
curity treaty. 1t will be in the Dunn
barton Oaks pattern. The Black Sea
conferees announced they had
reached final agreement on treaty
framework, including voting meth
DDS.
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PROGRAM OUTLINED ~~'f'.
Announcement Monday of COM
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-13

There is every Indication that
the German front in Silesia IS crum-
bling, and the roads to Dresden
and Leipzig seem wide open to
konev's army" Moscow dispatch
said
ADMIT RUSS GAINS
The Nazi command in it's daily
war communique succinctly ac-
knowlecged the steady Soviet gains
west and northwest of BreSlau. OF
that sector it said:
1.-The battle has extended in its
further course to the area around
Goldberg and to the Queis and the
Bober sector north of Sagan.'
The Queis, tributary of the
Bober, flows seven miles west of it
in the area of Soviet-captured Ben
zlau anc 10 miles separate the riv-
ers little farther north.
The fighting around Goldberg
was more than 10 miles southwest
of Liegnitz, and represented spread
to the south and west. The Nazi
admission that the Soviets had
reached the Bober north of Sagan
reflected Russian gains northwest
ward.
| The German communique claimed
that Konev's efforts to complete
the encirclement of BreSlau were
| frustrated.
ON TOWARD BALTIC
Other Soviet forces to the north
resumed their march toward the
Baltic coast along a 2o0-mile front
between the Vistula and Oder riv-
ers, advancing within 30 miles cf
! Stettin and about so miles of Dan
zig.
The 6rive was aimed at cutting
off the Pomeranian bases between
the two Baltic ports that might
serve as springboards for a German
counter offensive against the north
ern flank of the Russian army
massed along the Oder directly east
of the Nazi capital.
Unconfirmed reports broadcast by
the Paris radio said more than L.
100000 Soviet shock troops and
great armoreo.8 host were deployed
along a 5O-mile stretch of the
Oder's east bank directly before
Berlin, waiting only for the isola-
ton of Stettin and perhaps Dres-
den to launch their frontal assault.
German spokesmen said the Rus
slams already had number OF
! Continued on Pg. 6, Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-13
CONGRESS Halls BIG Three YALT IA REPORT
'SiIesio Drive Gains;
Patton Neurs Rhine
Russians Fan Out in Onrushing
Move Toward Dresden, Berlin
In Ever-Widenins. Crushing Arc

LONDON Feb 13. (UP)-The German high command
reported Tuesday that Russian drive tanning through
Sesa toward Dresden and Berlin had carried the Ques
river to 10 miles beyond the preached Bober line
west of the Oder.
Both Moscow and Berlin said Marshal Ivan S. Konevs
first Ukrainan army running broad north
west of Bosau His vanguard beating into the Saxony
border 70 miles from Dresden and swinging
northWard on the road to Berlin.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-13
Veterans 10 Get
Job Travel Gas

WASHINGTON, Feb. 49, CUP)-
The Office of Price Administration
announced Tuesday it would grant
extra gasoline rations to veterans
and displaced civilian war workers
who use autos tC travel to author
lied intei views for new jobs.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-13
laps Sent Keeling
Back in Manila

MANILA, Feb. 13. CUP)-Three
American divisions linked up in
side southern Manila Tuesday and
blasted the Japanese garrison back
into the burning waterfront in the
deadliest, close-in fighting of the
entire Pacific war.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-13
ParIey Actions
Get Acclaim
Of All Parties
Deliberations and Declarations
Come Near Unanimous Support
Than Any Previous War Meetings
: By LYLE c. WILSON =

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. (UP)-The Roosevelt-Stain-
Churchill conference report got enthusiastic cheer from
congress Tuesday it's proposal that the United States
Russia and Great Britain be bound in postwar unity as
sacred Obligation to the peoples of the world.
President Roosevelt Marshal Josef " Stain and Prime
Minister Winston Churchill made that postwar compact
the foundation of their report and statement on the
Crir
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-13

and generally recognized govern
ment of Poland"
The London regime repeated a
previous offer to cooperate in the
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-13
WEATHER FORECAST

Increasing high cloudiness Tues
day night and Wednesday. Some
what cooler Wednesday with maxi
mum temperature around ~ de-
grees. Night temperatures will con-
tinue above 80 degrees.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-13
Polish Exile Government
Rejects Big Three Plan

creation in Poland of what they
described as a government truly
representative of the will OF the
Polish nation.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-13
WEATHER

Maximum Monday 81, minimum
Tuesday az; am. Monday As, hu-
midity 70; noon Tuesday sc, humid
ity 40; 5 p.m. Monday 81, humid. 23.