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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-01-09

lave been presented with
IL program Of Hammerstein's
Victoria Aitfsie- Halt week of
Aug. ~, 1911, Ruth st. Denis
was the headliner. Billed under
her was viii Rogers. the Okla
homa cowboy in limitations"
Also Bedini and Arthur. Eddie
Cantor was in this latter act
but his name isn't on the pro-
gram.
George JeSsel and Walter
Winchell were also playing
Hammerstein'S that week but
didn't get their names on the
program, either. They were with
the act billed as Gus Edwards
IS school boys and girls with
Lillian Come"
CIDELIGHTS: Am informed
~ by a fighting man, just re-
turned from Australia, that the
price Of a drink Of Scotch in
Sydney is now the equivalent
of "a cents.
Note il stated in a biography
of O. O. Mcintyre that the col
umnist once said that, in his
long career. he never had
reader in Idaho. j am inclined
TO question this. Anyway. this
department has readers in
Occur D'Alene and Twin Falls,
Ida.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-01-09
DEAR MARY HAWORTH:
I AM a high school girl. al
L most Is wears old

most 10 years old.
/ have quite few friends.
am popular in school and hold
Offices in my class
enjoy movies. parties, etc,
and always have a good time. -
have a special boy friend.
OF course: he attends the same
chool. and / like -him-peFy
UGH.
III have been his girl for over
q year. and we were getting
along fine until recently. when
he began 10 associate with the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-01-09

BRIEFLY: Roller polo is
- game that Can he Just as
exciting as hockey, Strange IT
isn't more popular How do
you like the neCkties you got
for Christmas
Never met A fellow named
Ed During but am informed
there are three men so named
in Boston. Maybe we could start
a club like the Amalgamated
and Concentrated Order of Eel
lows Named Fred Smith. Don't
know how many members this
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-01-09
THE BRIGHTER SIDE

MANY of them are now tn the
IV1 service, some of them prob
ably dreaming in the mud Of
Belgium of Ratner's varnishkes
with X a h a, or maybe the
blintzes there, which is real
bright dreaming. There are two
Ratners on the East Side, but
they are not connected and in
fact the Delaney street place
never had a Rather associated
with the ownership. Rather was
the name Of the man WHO
opened the first dairy restan-
rants on the East Side years
ago. They were very popular
and the Defancey street estab-
lishment borrowed the name.
WILLIE KETCHAM of the
w fistic fraternity. who came
from the neighborhood of Rat
ner's and used TO drive hack
TO funerals before he became a
trainer of fighters and then
manager. was a member Of our
jolly intellectuals and received
considerable Difference from the
walters. probably because he
manages the new pugilistic
ghost of the Ghetto, Danny
Bartfield, who lives around the
corner.
There Is nearly always a
ghost OF the Ghetto, a fast kid
with his hands and feet and
noodle-Sid ferris, Ruby Gold
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-01-09

No germs are involved, AZ
least none have been identified.
and we cannot turn off some
central force. like water pollu-
ton. which will protect all pos
Sible victims.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-01-09

club has hut, at one annual
dinner in New York, So Fred
Smiths were present. ----
Imperial Valley press., 1945-06-21
Imperial Soldier
Wins Citation

Heroic achievement near Hatten,
France, earned Corporal Den Ly-
dick, son of Mr.. and Mrs. John l..
Lydick of Imperial. citation, it
was learned Thursday.
He is serving with cavalry re-
connaissance squadron of the mech
anized arrnored division stationed
at present near Munich. In addi-
ton to the citation, Corporal Ly-
dick was awarded the Bronze Star,
Purple Heart, and tWo battle stars.
The citation said in part
Fer heroic achievement near Hat
ten, France, on January 10, l945.
When the aid station was de-
stroyed by shell fire, Corporal Ly-
dick courageously volunteered tc
assist in the removal of the
wounded. BY his 'tireless and un-
selfish effort, large number of
casualties were given badly needed
treatment. His courageous action
and devotion to duty aided SUBJ
stantially in critical situation
and reflect credit upon himself and
the armed forces ]"
Imperial Valley press., 1945-06-21
llmperioI County
Gets S75q,912
For Road Plans

ture of $12,000,000 to match federal
allotments of $13,000000.
Construction is slated to start as
soon as war restrictions of use of
materials is lifted, according to the
overall state program
The county's allotment includes
$357,C00 from the state fund and
$402,9l2 from the federal allowance.
The money, under the state bills,
is divided among the counties one
third on basis of area, one-third on
basis. of rural population and one
third on the basis of mileage of
post roads within each county.
Mccoy emphasized that the fed
eral funds only have been author
lied" and congressional appropria-
ton for each of the three years must
be made
Under federal law, the state pub
lie works department must supervise
all construction but may contract
with county engineers for prepara-
ton of plans and specifications.
Riverside county will receive a to-
tai of 1888, ,294, with S462,0O from
the state and $521 ,294 from federal
allocations.
San Diego county gets $644, ,765, to-
tai; S353, 600 from the state and
$341,7 from the federal set-up.
San Bernardino county is in tune
for $1.658,94l total, second in the
state. Los Angeles county tops the
list with a total of 81, ,425, ,662.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-06-21
Russ Sentence u Poles
Britain May In tercede

Britain would intercede with Russia.
Britain and the United States still
recognize the exile government as
opposed to the Soviet-backed Polish
provisional government in Warsaw.
1t appeared likely, however, that
the Moscow trial would hasten a
showdown in relations between Brit
ain and the exile regime. ALI of the
convicted men were members or
supporters of the exile government,
and several testified that orders for
attacks on and propaganda against
Russia came from London head
quarters.
The solution may come in the for
nation of a new Polish provisional
government of national unity in
cluding elements of the present
Warsaw regime and Polish moder-
ate, headed by former Premier STAN
islaw Mikolajczyk of the London
government.
All but one of the defendants had
pleaded guilty to part or all of the
Soviet charges. The crimes normally
carry maximum penalty of death.
but the court announced Wednesday
that only prison sentences would
be asked because the war was over
and the defendants no longer were
menace.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-06-21
e. Centran Faces
Trial Following
Shooting Hearing

j. H. Johnson, As. Ell Centre paint
er and cafe proprietor, Thursday
was ordered to trial in Imperial
county superior court on a charge
of assault with a deadly weapon
with intent to commit murder
which was filed after shooting
in El Centre May 26.
Testimony of Amos Green. ex-
merchant marine and victim of the
shooting in an alley between Fifth
and Sixth and Main and State, was
taken Thursday in the FL Centre
hospital where he is patient.
las I crawled out of a car" Green
testified, "Johnson's car was just
coming to a STOP" He went on to
say that Johnson had a gun in his
hand and was pointing it at him,
Green, cursing and using obscene
language. Green said Johnson shot
him.
Green testified that he told john
son that he had shot him in the
leg.
Shut up or III shoot you again" ;"
Green quoted Johnson as saying.
Green said after the shot was fired
Johnny Young pushed Johnson's
gun toward the ground. Green
quoted Johnson as saying that he
Johnson, had not shot Green but
had shot at the ground.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-06-21
Arizonans See
Meteor Strike

FL. .GSTAFF, Ariz., June 81.
1UP)-Residents across northern
Arizona were convinced Thursday
that somewhere in this area is a
new meteor crater" similar to the
famous one west of here.
Sheriff j. p. Francis said he had
reports from the entire breadth CT
the state from persons who thought
they saw blazing meteor crash to
earth nearby He added that each
witness thought the phenomenon
occurred "just a little to his east"
and commented 1T might have
landed thousands cf miles away,
if it landed at ALL"
1t was pointed out, however, that
a flaming heavenly body was seen
streaking through the sky from the
Mexican border northward along
the whole length of the state Tues
day highland that only onlock-
ers in northern Arizona reported
seeing it fall.
Arizona's well known meteor
crater was discovered in 1861. It
IS 1000 feet across and 500 to 600
feet deep.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-06-21
Council Approves
Initial Move
For Filter Plant

Preparation of plans fer new
filter plant for FL Centre with a
daily capacity of eight million gall
Ions was approved by the city
council Wednesday night.
The estimated cost is between
100000 and S150,000.
In presenting a request for the
plans to the council, E. Paul Ford,
director CT public works, expressed
belief that priority for the mate
rial would be approved by WPB,
because Of the urgency of the
need
Ell Centre, however, must first
find a way to finance the project,
it was pointed out.
The War Production beard pre-
viously had turned down an appli-
cation because of requirements for
critical material and the shortage
of manpower
The present filter plant is in
adequate and the demand for water
is increasing, discussions revealed
Imperial Valley press., 1945-06-21
81 Days Of Fighting
Win Invasion Isle
S+ilweII Succeeds Buckner to Line
Up for Drive Against Homeland;
Nip Casualties Now Set at 81, ,343
: By WILLIAM r. TYREE :

GUAM June 81 (UP)-lhe American 10th Army
has the battle of Onawa after 81 days of the blood
lest fighting of the Pacific war; Admiral Chester W. Nj
mitz announced Thursday
simultaneously Gen. Douglas Macarthur in sur
prise move appointed Gen. Joseph W. Vinegar joel Still
WE'LL chief Of o. s. Army Ground Forces to command the
victorious 10th in the cmactic battle of Japan
Radio Tokyo said the United States apparently al
ready has begun preparations for direct invasion of
the Japanese mainland
Nmltzs brief, triumphant comTnunque reported that
all organized Japanese resistance Oknawa hard-won
stepping stone island only $50 miles southwest of Japan
ended Thursday.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-06-21
$1,000 Workers
Remain Idle
In Struck Plants
BY UNITED PRESS

Production in many industrial
areas across the country was Grip
Piled by strikes Thursday. More
than $4,000 workers in IL cities
stayed away from their jobs and
$4,000 others in four manufacture
ing areas threatened to walk out.
There were two pright spots in
the labor picture. Three hundred
employees CT the Spencer Lens Co.,
Buffalo N Y.s returned to work
after two-day strike in protest
against alleged transfer of work
ers to lower class jobs.
One thousand strikers at the
General Electric Co., Bridgeport,
Conn, returned tc work Thursday.
The strikers, all males, claimed
their wives were earning more
money than they were in other di-
visions of the plant.
Chicago, Detroit and Akron were
faced with the most serious strikes.
In Chicago, 10000 truck drivers
stayed away from their jobs for
the sixth day as the army ccntin-
ued to move in combat troops to
operate the lines.
Other strikes in the Chicago area
involved $500 workers at the Nc
Cormick works of the International
Harvester Co, 700 at the National
Malleable Steel & Castings Co.,
and an undisclosed number of
AFL printers and pressmen at the
Lakeside Press of r. r. Connelley
and Sons.
More than 8100 Detroit workers
were idle in jurisdictional disputes
affecting the Budd Wheel Co., the
Packard plant, the Ford River
Rouge plant, and Chrysler Corp.
The Budd Wheel &C. was most SER
iously affected, with 8100 workers
out.
Another 1000 members of the
United Auto workers, CIO. struck
at the Zenith Carburetor Division
of Bendix Aviation Corp. to pro-
test guards ordering workers
around"
A strike of $1,000 members of the
United Rubber Workers, CIO, at
the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co.,
Akron o., was certified to the WLB
while $4,000 workers at the Fire
stone Tire and Rubber company
voted to walk cut.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-06-21
Gen. Eisenhower
Greefs Mother,
Brothers at X. c.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, June 81.
OP)-General Of the Army Dwight
D. Eisenhower received homecom-
ing sons welcome Thursday, hug
and a kiss from his 83-year -old
mother, Mrs. Ida Slower Eisenhow-
er.
The generals five-starred plane
eased onto the runway of the NUM-
cipal airport at 1915 pm. (CWT).
AS the big ship rolled to a stop,
motorcars carrying members of the
generals family drove up. Eisen-
hover saluted as he stepped out
Then grinned broadly as he spied
his mother
Hello Mom," he called out. How
ere you feeling?"
THE same old way, son." she
replied as she hugged him to her
bosom and smothered him with
kisses.
To his wife, Mrs. Mamie Eisen-
hover. Ike called out:
Hello, darling. I'm sure glad to
see you again.
The generals wife had come to
Kansas City ahead of him by train
for this, her third meeting of the
week with him. Also with Eisen-
hover was his son, 1t. John S. Els
enhower, and his aides
As photographers swarmeG around
the family party near the C-54, Ike
yoo-hooed at his brothers, Arthur
B. Milton S., Edgar, and Early. 1t
was the first such family get-to-
gether in nearly a score of years.
A military band from O'Reilly
General hospital, Springfield, Mo,
struck up the Generals March" as
Continued on Page 8, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1945-06-21
Oil Well Crew
Overc0nles
Heat In Bore

Drillers at the Texas company
test well south of Hcltville laugh
at the liz degree summer heat
when they read the thermometer
recordings from the bottom of the
well.
Down now 1850 feet, the out
flow of mud comes up sizzling at
a temperature of $50 degrees. The
20 men engaged in keeping up a
24-heur shift agree that's hot
In fact. technicians at the well
say it is too hot. So process has
been installed whereby the inflow
mud, used in all rotary drilling, is
forced down to around so degrees
They believe this will solve the al
most unbeatable heat element in
oil well boring. Recently drilling
was abandoned at the Amerado test
well north of Brawley because of
high temperatures.
So far no one has come forward
with an explanation for the heat
encountered in the Valley. 1t has
been stated, however, that nothing
near this temperature has been
encountered in any other part CT
tie country.
Since break in the drill at 5000
feet at the Holtville well a few
weeks ago, there have been no in
terruptions. No set depth has been
determined for that well, but at
the start it was announced a maxi
mum of at least $1,000 feet was the
aim of the Texas company officials.
In the meantime the Rocky
Mountain Drilling company is COM
pleting plans to resume drilling at
the Heber site, an Amerado COM
pany activity
Imperial Valley press., 1945-06-21

The 41-word communique was is
sued at 10 D. m Guam time)
after dramatic message to head
quarters here from Marine Mai.
Cen Roy S. Geiger, 10th Army
commander, three days after his
predecessor, Lit. Gen. Simon Boli-
var Buckner, Jr., was killed in ac-
tion. f
TWO SMALL POCKETS
"Remnants Of the enemy garri-
son in two small pockets in the
southern portion Of the island are
being mopped up" the communi-
que said
Only Wednesday marines and
doug1boys OF the 10th Army had
split die-hard enemy remnants into
three separate death pockets. Nj
mitz's announcement indicated one
CT the three pockets since had been
wiped out and the others reduced
TO impotency.
Apparently still holding out we're
pockets in the area Of Hill 81 and
another pocket at the extreme
southern end of the island where
many of the Japs were leaping from
cliffs to their deaths. But the mar
ines and doughboys swept into the
pockets, breaking up what little was
left Of Japanese communications
and severipg the enemy from over
all command.
A handful of Japanese fighting
as guertllas remain at the north
ern end Of the island, but it was
believed they would be of no effect
in halting development of Okinawa
as base for the reduction of jap
an.
Total Japanese casualties were
not announced Immediately, but
they were believed well above the
10000 mark. A total of 87,343 Jap
anese dead had been counted
through Tuesday and 1855 other
enemy troops had surrendered.
American casualties have not
been tailed for publication since
Continued on Page 8, Column q
Imperial Valley press., 1945-06-21
Carrier Planes
Hit Wake Isle

GUAM, June 81. CUP)-Three
hundred or more Allied carrier
planes attacked by-passed Wake Is
land far behind the Pacific battle
fronts Wednesday, Radio Tokyo re-
ported.
The first attack in strength this
year on Wake focused new attention
on the tiny island where 1886 U. S.
marines made an epic though futile
stand against Japanese invasion
forces in December 1941.
Tokyo said the task force from
which the planes took off included
Imperial Valley press., 1945-06-21
Nuzis PIunne d to Wreck
All industrial PIunts =
BERCHT ELS G. ADEN,

BER 1T ELS G. ADEN,
June 21. (UP)-A deliber-
ate Nazi plan to climax their
defeat by wrecking the industrial
economy of Germany and all east
ern Europe was blocked by the
prompt action of Allied troops and
the German people themselves, it
can be revealed now.
Allied intelligence officers have
unearthed proof that the beaten
Nazis hoped to bring all Europe
down with them through a diabolic
sabotage program that might have
paralyzed every key factory and sci
entific laboratory in the Reich.
The plan, which the Nazi leaders
called by the code name "Laeh-
mungsgut" = paralyzation OF prop
Imperial Valley press., 1945-06-21

erty-was aimed at stripping vital
machinery and records from all inn
portant industries and scientific es-
tabishments In Germany and east
ern and southeastern Europe.
These key parts and data were
to be removed from factories. mines
and laboratories before the arrival
of the Allies and were to be scat
tered Systematically in pre-arranged
hiding places all over Germany.
The plan had double purpose.
Last fail and winter, when die-hard
Nazis still hoped for victory, the
primary purpose was to prevent the
Allies from using captured indus
tries
Later, when defeat became certain
the Nazis aim was to present the
Allies with total chaos, with the
Imperial Valley press., 1945-06-21

long-term hope of making come
back under cover of the confusion.
The plan met with little or no sue
cess for two main reasons. Firstly,
many German industrialists and SCI
entists quietly Sabotaged the plan.
Secondly, Allied troops oyerran most
Of the industrial establishments be-
fore they could be wrecked, or. after
the var. recovered the hidden ma
terial with surprising ease.
Nevertheless, it cannot be denied
that the Nazis did succeed in slow
ing down the economic reconStruc-
ton of Europe. With transportation
and communications reviving only
slowly, 1t probably will be months
before all the hidden machinery and
records can be restored.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-06-21
NIMITz HERALDS final 0kINANA VICTORY
E. c. City Council
Initiates New
Health Ordinance
Proposal Calls For
Precautions In
Handling of Foods

A food handling ordi-
nance, recommended by the
Imperial county health de-
partment. calling for physi-
cal examination, and other health
regulations for persons engaged in
preparation and distribution of food.
introduced at El Centre city council
meeting Wednesday night. The or
dinance will come up for final pass
age at an adjourned meeting next
Wednesday night.
Russell r. Brooks, county health
department sanitarian, explained
the workings of the plan to council
Other incorporated cities in Impe-
rial county tentatively have agreed
on passage of a similar ordinance,
Brooks said
UNANIMOUS ACTION
The council was unanimous in ap-
proval. Mayor P. L. Moore was abb
sent due to illness. For this reason
the council agreed on an adjourned
meeting next Wednesday when the
mayor expects to be present.
The new ordinance covers all es-
adjustments where food is prepared,
handled, stored or sold Any person
coming within the classifications
must obtain an operational permit
from the health department. An an
nual fee of SIS will be charged for
the permit.
The proprietor and employees of
any food establishment, under the
ordinance, shall submit to physical
examinations whenever it is deemed
necessary or advisable by the health
depa rtns sot- :.
No business license shall be issued
by the city. to person coming un-
Continued on Page 8, Col. a.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-06-21
Yankees Hummer
At North Luzon

tains. The 6th was working along
highway four, northwest of Baga-
bag, while the 25th and 33rd famed
out north of Baguio.
Thursdays communique from
Gen. Douglas MacArthur's head
quarters pointed out that guerilla
forces in the northern reaches of
Luzon prevented any escape for the
Japanese from the mountain wilder
ness into which they were steadily
being pressed.
The Japanese have been estimated
to have about two divisions in
northern Luzon, the largest remain
ing enemy force anywhere in the
Philippines.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-06-21

at least two aircraft carriers. but
did not indicate its nationality. A
British task force attacked Truk
Island last week and an American
task force hit Jaldit atoll in the
Marshalls only Monday.
Navy and marine patrol bombers,
meantime, sank three Japanese
ships in Tauxhima Strait and the
East China Sea off the Japanese
coast itself Wednesday. Navy bomb
crs also shot down an enemy plane
over the main japanese home island
Of Honshu and damaged another to
the south.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-06-21

MANILA, June 81. tUP)-Four
American divisions Thursday ham,
mered Japanese positions in north
ern Luzon in climactic drive to
clean up the island, and one of
them was within 100 miles Of the
north coast.
The 37th division. after captur-
ing Ilagan, capital of Isabella prov
ince. crossed the Ilagan river to a
point within 100 miles of Aparri, on
the north coast of Luzon. 1t was an
other seven-mile sweep for the fast
moving 37th-
Farther west, the 9Th, 25th and
33rd divisions were liquidating enc
my positions in the rugged noun
Imperial Valley press., 1945-06-21
President Views
Food ReIiefS

OLYMPIA, Wash, June 81 (UP)
President Truman Thursday fore
cast a material improvement in the
national food situation when the
new food administrator takes over.
Mr.. Truman made this forecast
in a special news conference here.
The President said he thought
the food situation, would .straightsn,
cut automatically as soon as the
new administrator- Clinton Ander-
Imperial Valley press., 1945-06-21
Guard Company
Has Inspection

Captain Clifford Howell of the
regular army was in El Centre
Wednesday night for federal in
spection of Company A of the
California State Guard.
He conferred with Major Elmer
Heald, commanding officer CT the
Imperial County State Guard bat
talon, and Captain H. K Nc
Climans, company commanding Of
ficer A total of SO men reported
for the inspection.
The inspector will make his re-
port later.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-06-21

Imperial County stands to receive
$759,9l2 for local road construction
in the S25,0o0,000 three-year pro-
gram for California.
This was revealed IN g survey of
ALLEGATIONS set up when the Califor-
mia legislature authorized expendi-