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Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-23
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Seize
St. With
Nazis Will Under
7 errific Ground
And Air Pressure

PARIS, Jan. %. (UP)-
American forces drove into
ST. With today on the heels
of Nazi forces which mark
edly increased the pace of
their withdrawal all along the line
of the remnants of the Ardennes
bulge.
Both the American First and
American Third armies reported the
Nazis were willing under unremit-
ting ground pressure and the effects
of the terrific air smash which yes
terday knocked out 410O German
Vehicles trying to get back inside
the protection of the Siegfried line
THIRD PUNCHES GAIN
The Third army punched out a
gain of four and half miles from
point six miles northeast of Houf-
falize and all along the line showed
onward distances of a mile or more
The American tactical air force
was out in some strength again to-
day but it was hardly hoped that
it could repeat yesterdays record
bag.
UP to noon the Ninth air force
had flown 1913 sorties, destroying 3O2
motor transport and Damaging an
other 119.
Eight armored vehicles of various
types were destroyed for a two day
total of 73.
HIT RAIL YARDS
The tactical air forces ranged
behind the German lines, attacking
railroads and freight yarcs as well
as highway conveys, and reported
the destruction of 70 cars and DAM
age to another 70.
The seventh armored divisions
tWo-ano oa-half-mile advance into
the northeastern perimeter of St
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BrowneII Gets
COP Authority

INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. %. (UP)-
Republican National Chair n
Herbert Brownell Jr. returned to
New York today carrying virtually
unlimited authority to direct COP
national campaign activities for four
years and a new set of principles
for which he believes the party
should stand.
Brownell outlined three m n
principles on which he believes the
domestic welfare of the country de-
pends. He listed:
/. A representative, constitutional
form of government.
2. A creative and productive free
enterprise economy.
3. A government dedicated to the
efficient assumption of its social,
humanitai ian and economic respon-
SibilitieS.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-23
Committee Calls
Wallace. Jones
In RFC Divorce
Hearings on Nomination and Possible
Separation Of Lending Agencies
From Commerce Department Studied

WASHINGTON, Jan. %.
(UP)-The senate commerce
committee decided today to
call former Vice President
Henry A. Wallace and Sec
retary of Commerce Jesse Jones be-
fore it tomorrow.
The committee is considering
both President Roosevelt's nomina-
ton of Wallace to succeed Jones
and bill by Senator Walter George
CD Georgia, to divorce the govern
ment's multi-billion- n-dollar lending
agencies from the commerce de-
partment.
The bill was prompted by Wal
lace's nomination. George, one of
the most influential members of the
senate, and many other congress-
men have expressed the belief that
Wallace lacks the necessary finan-
cial experience to handle success
fully such agencies as the Recon-
struction Finance Corp.
FACE HEARING
Chairman Josiah w. Bailey CD
North Carolina, of the commerce
committee said Jones and Wallace,
bitter enemies, will meet face to
face in a hearing open to the pub
lie.
Bailey said the hearing would be
held at 2:30 pm.
He made the announcement after
2ls hour closed meeting. He said
the committee agreed to consider the
George bill-to reestablish the fed
eral loan agency as an independent
agency-first and then take up the
Wallace nomination.
COMMITTEE DEBATE
Bailey disclosed that it was SEN
ator Ralph O. Brewster (R) Maine,
who offered the motion to consic er
the George bill first. Senator John
H. Cverton CD louisiana, offered
as a substitute a motion to proceed
first with the Wallace nomination,
but the committee voted down the
substitute, 10 to 2.
Bailey said George, chairman of
the senate finance and postwar
planning committees, argued for
his bill on it's merits"
"And he mace a powerful argu-
ment, too," Bailey observed.
Bailey described the bill as IAN
action for a divorce where we had
premature and hasty matrimonial
event." He was referring to the
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Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-23
Farm Deferments i'm Lups
Of Local Druft Boards

in state directors advice No. 28a
were for the consideration of the
local boards in determining the
classifications of registrants in the
age group of 18 to 25."
The telegram was sent to County
Agricultural Commissioner B. A.
Harrigan,
ADVICE CLARIFIED
Other members of congress. Phil
lips said, called his attention to the
Interpretation of state directors
advice No. 288 and he had it clari-
fled for the benefit of the farming
areas of California SO that the local
selective service boards would feel
free to use their own discretion.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-23

Baltic.
BASTIONS FALL SWIFTLY
Marshal Konstantin K. Rokos-
sovsky's army captured Saalfield, %
miles from the big rail junction of
Ebling, last exit from East Prussia
on the coastal trunk railway. Or
telsburg, 25 miles southeast of AL
lenstein, Freystadt, So miles south
east of Danzig, Mohrungen, % miles
southeast of Elbing, and Willen-
berg, 80 miles south of Allenstein,
also fell.
Marshal Gregory K Zhukov's ar
my, setting the pace in the great
Russian sweep against Germany,
captured Bydgozcz in a frontal as
sault coordinated with thanking
maneuver.
UNHINGE DEFENSEs
The fall of Bydogszcz, hub from
which score of railroads and high
ways radiate, unhinged the main
German defenses of northwest Po-
land and freed powerful Soviet Fore
es to join in the big push toward
Berlin.
Both Moscow and Berlin report
ed that Zhukov's left wing was
charging over the approaches of
Poznan, last big Polish base on the
road to the German capital.
REACH ODER RIVER
To the south, Marshal Ivan S.
Konev's invasion forces in Silesia
were reported to have reached the
Oder river southeast of Breslau,
and Berlin tacitly acknowledged
that the first Soviet wedge had
been driven to this primary defense
line of the Nazi homeland.
In the northeast, the Moscow ra-
dio reported that the Red army rs
nearing Konigsberg," capital of
East Prussia which was being over
run from the east and south. Last
official accounts placed the Soviet
vanguard % miles from Konigsberg.
LINE UNDER ATTACK
Marshal Stalin's first order Of
the day today announced the cap
ture of Bydgoszcz, IAN important
junction of railways and highways
and a powerful stronghold of the
German defense of the lower Vis-
tula."
"The German defense line in the
east no longer exists" the Moscow
radio said. THE Red army soon will
have crossed the German eastern
frontier along its entire length"
Marshal Stalin's five-army sweep
continued unchecked, all reports in
dicated. with signs that its main
weight now was being focused on
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gifts to go to any organization that
did not present to them clear-cut
budget as to what this money was
to be spent for. cat least will not
sanction such program as long
as I am president of our County
Chest and neither would you)
Here are the facts: Your youth
board presented to our budget COM
mittee carte blanche request for
$500. They did not tell us what
the money was to be used for or for
what purpose it was to be spent.
We attempted to get detailed in
formation but no one knew how the
money was going 60 be allocated.
However, to assure them that we
thought their cause was worthy, we
raised the funds for them, and it is
still so ear-marked, fund upon
which they can draw from the
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boards be notified Immediately.
NOTIFIES BOARDS
In his telegram Congressman
Phillips said that he obtained the
information in conference with
heads of the selective service board
in Washington, D. G. and that tele-
grams similar to the one sent to El
Centre had been sent to heads of
selective service boards in all states.
STATUS UNCHANGED
The congressman said that he
was informed by feoeral selective
service officials that the directive
of January did not change or mod
ify the Tydings' amendment and
opinions and finoings contained
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-23

Responsibility for allegedly strip
Ping Imperial county of men de-
clare6 to be vitality essential to agri-
culture was laid in the laps of local
draft boards Tuesday in a telegram
from Congressman John Phillips.
Section Ak of the selective train
ing and service act known as the
Tydings' amendment" Congress
man Phillips telegram said. places
upon each local board the respon-
sibility to determine subject to ap-
peal in the case of the individual
registrant whether or not the regis
trant meets the requirements pre-
,scrihed by this section"
Phillips asked that all local draft
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-23
REDS PUT SQUEEZE ON PRUSSIAN ESCAPE
License Fees
Double Record

Motor vehicle license collections
passed the 100000 mark in I'm
perial county Tuesday.
This was double the total collect
ed on a corresponding date year
ago.
At noon Tuesday there were 125
plates in the w series still on hand,
Captain Mark Hebblethwait said.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-23
HoItviIIe Elects
T. Of T. Directors

The Holtville Chamber of Com
merce elected the following men,
bers to It's board, for the l945 term,
Monday night, Murl Elliott, Joe
Halverson, Norman Hindle, Curtis
King, william Odett, George Raine,
William Rubidoux, Dave Sharp, w.
E. Searcy, Herman Smith, and L. A.
Watson.
The new board will meet and elect
it's officers for the year in about a
week.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-23
Wide Interest Seen in
Revived Economic PurIeV

side at the session devoted to dis
cussicn of marketing credit ano
land values.
Main topics in this session will be
(a) Trends in value of farm land
and the agricultural debt and equity
structure within the county.
(b) Long and short-term credit
recommendations for the postwar
period.
Co Additional marketing services
needed farm to market roads,
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may be necessary to meet postwar
conditions: Size of farm unit, trends
in crops and livestock production,
diversification and specialization.
Co Agricultural use OF public
lands, including disposition cf gov
ernment land acquired during the
war period.
I'd Farm and livestock problems
needing study and solution.
STUDY LAND VALUES
Nelson Correll, rancher and MEM
Der of the Meloland group, will pre-
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-23
Tax Collections
Set New Record

The charge for the first INSTALL
ment in the 1944-1945 levy was $810,-
676 and $576,732 for the second in
stallment.
This heavy payment of countp
taxes is a healthy condition." AS
sessor- Collector West said. II be-
lieve that payments in the first in
stallment this year we're the greatest
made since 1884, when came into
office" go
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-23

Imperial county tax collections
reached the highest point in history
Tuesday when total Of 1921 1893
was marked up on the books in the
office of Assessor-C Collector Dan
West.
The grand total was composed of
$608,3l9 in payment Of the first in
stallment levy and $l26,759 in pay
meat Of the second M !qstaA! sAlll aA!lllmlent levy.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-23
Priority Practice
Under Inquiry

WASHINGTON, Jan. 90. CUP)-
The senate military affairs commit
tee voted today to investigate "the
whole priority practice" and partic-
ularly the "a priority that kept
Col Elliott Roosevelt's dog on an
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-23
WEATHER FORECAST

Partly cloudy Tuesday. Cen
orally clear Tuesday night and
Wednesday,. Rising daytime
temperatures with maximum of
65 degrees by Wednesday. Mod
crate frost Tuesday and Wednes-
day nights. Lowest tempera-
lures around ~ to 28 degrees in
the coolest areas.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-23
Sow let Forces
Push 1873 Miles
From Berlin
100000 Germans Near En+rapmen+ as
Escape Corridor Narrowed; Armies
Charge Entire Reich Border Defenses

LONDON Jan. %. (UP)-Russian armies today reached
the of Poznan 1873 miles east of Berlin captured Byd
gateway of the old Polish corridor the Baltic
and narrowed to % miles the East Prussan escape gap
100000 German troops.
While Soviet troops closed the last big Polish city
to have reached the Oder river line to the SOUTH Marshal
Stain announced the capture of Bydgozcz and rush
through East Prussia that carried within % miles
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-23
SEN. PAT McCARRAN SAYS
Treaty Would
Give Mexico
Wuter Control
Nevadan Points Ou+ Guarantee Of
Boulder Dam to Utilize Wafer to
Develop Arid Regions Of Basins

WASHINGTON, JAM %. (UP)-Senator Pat McCar
ran D Nevada asserted today that ratification of thu
proposed Mexican water treaty would place citizen Of
Mexico charge of every drop of water flowing into th
garde-spots of the southwest from the Colorado river
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-23
p AMBlINe
EpoRTER
FOB. or What

FOB. or WHAT
There is considerable interest in
the scales Percie Thacker found for
use in weighing babies at the Ell
Centre Marine Air Station.
These scales are grocery counter
scales complete with prices for SO
much a pound of whatever is
placed on them for weighing.
Nov, how much," friend wrote
RR, would a baby sell for If the
parents would consider selling 1t?
How much would they want a
pound? A few of us valley residents
would like to know how m a n y
points q pound there are on babies" !"
We did little checking around
and found that the price of babies
runs mighty high. The Mamas and
Papas started talking around in the
zillion bracket and kept on going
up.
If we are to believe the Mamas
and Papas, babies are priceless, are
not for sale at any price, and there
aren't enough points in the entire
universe to get hair of any baby's
head
You understand, Friends, we were
talking to parents who love their
babies. We don't consider those
who don't love their babies. S u h
parents are 10 good anyway.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-23
Planes Assault
installations on
Nagoya, Formosa
20 B-29s, 1000
Carrier Planes
Join in Sweeps

PEARL HARBOR, Jan. 23.
(UP)-The Tokyo radio said
a bout 70 Superfortresses
from the Marianas raided
the japanese homeland air.
craft center of Nagoya for
two hours today. The war Gepart-
ment, announcing the raid, said the
B-29s again struck at the center
of industrial Japan. A communique
gave no details of the attack by the
Superfortresses operating under a
new commander, Major General
Curtis Lemay.
The japanese claimed fierce in
perception" interfered with the sew
eral formations of big bombers that
they were able to do only slight"
damage. They said nothing, how
ever, of any American planes shot
down or damaged.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-23
24O PLANES DAMAGED

E4U FLAMES DAMAUED
Destruction of 140 japanese air
craft and damaging of 100 more by
planes of the Third fleet in destruc-
tive attacks Sunday CTokyo time)
on Formosa and the adjacent Saki-
shima and Pescadore islands were
disclosed in a Pacific fleet COM
munique.
Tokyo said the carrier-based as
sault on the Formosa area had gone
into a second day Monday, with a
total force of 1000 planes attacking
japanese installations in the two
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Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-23
Clipping Department.

The following editorial was clip
ped from a Des Moines, Iowa, news
paper:
"a letter, mailed quite by chance
in the downtown post office instead
of an outlying post box, brought
happiness to two lonely Iowans in
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Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-23

Maximum monday 7S, minimum
Tuesday AZ; am. Tuesday As, hu-
midity SO; noon Tuesday SIS, humid
ity SO; pm. Mon. As, humidity So.
Laurel outlook., 1945-06-20
Officers OF Theta
Rho Are Installed;
Birthday Observed

At a formal candlelight ceremony
Friday evening at the l.. l.. club,
officers of the Mistletoe Theta Rho
Girls we're installed for the coming
term. Miss Virginia Durham was
installing officer, Mrs. Dolores
Boyle, installing marshall and Miss
Gladys Stene, installing c~hamplain-
Those seated were Alice Dickson,
president; Joyce Ness, vice presi-
dent; Eleanor Mossman, recording
secretary; Jean Teeters, financial
secretary; Harriet Decker, treas
urer; Trevy Barr, chaplain; Barbara
Harlan, inside guardian; Dona Orn-
dorff, outside guardian; Tillie
Staley, right support to the presi-
dent; Janet Ness, left support to
the president; Lenore Barr, right
support to the vice president; Janet
Hamilton, left support to the vice
president; Marian Herman, first
herald; Arlene Grams, second herald;
Carol Shay, third herald; Anna
Resser, fourth herald; Donna Sheets,
warden; Marilyn Kuper, assistant
warden; Virginia Harlan, conductor;
Shirley Adams, assistant conductor;
Eleanor Fisher, marshal, and Ar
media Phillips, musician.
After the business meeting the
sixth birthday of the Misstletoe
club was celebrated with a program
for the entertainment of mothers of
the girls and for Rebekah members.
Joyce Ness and Alice Dickson were
hostesses when refreshments were
served, and Mrs. Ted Webb was in
charge of the birthday cake cere-
mony.
Laurel outlook., 1945-06-20
HAhLE|N To HEAD
n P. 0LD.T|MERS
Wilson OF Helena To Become
Vice President At AssOcia-
ton Meeting June %

A. j. Hanlein, retired conductor
of Tacoma, Wash, will be elected
president of the Veterans Associa-
ton of the Northern Pacific rail-
way at the annual meeting at Ia
coma, June %. j. p. Schubert, st.
Paul, retiring president, who an
nounced the meeting, said that in
addition to officers and directors,
only members living in the Tacoma
area will attend, in compliance with
wartime restrictions on civilian
travel.
S. M. Wilson, Helena, Mont, SEN
ior director, will be elected vice
president and j. A. LIE Due, st.
Paul, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES and his
torian will be reelected. He recent
ly succeeded E. w. Bennett, who re-
signed because of illness.
Elmer F. Slater, St. Paul, and
Maurice J.. Ainey, Tacoma, will be
reelected directors and H. H. Ellis
worth, Helena, will be added to the
board to replace S. M. Wilson.
Northern Pacific officers and en-
ployees with 80 years service with
the company are eligible to member
ship in the Veterans association.
Laurel outlook., 1945-06-20
.DFRANCE TELLS OF
NARROWING EPISODES
AS PRISONER Of WAR

First Lieut.. Gene DeFrance who
lately arrived home from a German
prison camp was the first speaker
Tuesday at the weekly meeting of
the Rotary club. He told a highly
interesting story in response to
questions from the members.
His plane was shot down and he
bailed out in flames. He was
virtually blinded by the burns, and
in that condition was captured by
German army men. He considered
the circumstance fortunate, for he
said he would have been killed i'm
mediately had he been captured by
civilians. AS it was he was "hand-
led pretty rough" An Australian
doctor, a prisoner, operated on one
of his burned eyes and did a good
job with almost nothing to work
with.
DeFrance attempted twice to es-
cape. Once a Belgian Zone of the
misplaced persons) helped him by
buying a railroad ticket that took
him far. But the luck did not hold
and DeFrance became the captive
of two S. S. men. One of the pair
insisted that they beat up the pris-
oner before they killed him. The
beating up was through-to near
the point of insensibility-but the
delay proved fortunate, for an Of
ficer from another corps strolled by
and gave orders that suspended the
murder.
DeFrance told of a number of in
cidents and could we'll have occupied
the entire afternoon.
The second speaker was Howard
A. Lang, plant superintendent at
the Billings factory of the Great
Western Sugar company. He de-
scribed the intricate process of
making sugar from beets, beginning
with delivery of the beets to the
factory and ending with. the packag-
ing of the white graduated product.
Laurel outlook., 1945-06-20
AILL|GAN COMMENDED
FOR DOWNING PLANES

Mr.. and Mrs. T. F. Milligan have
received a copy of a commentator
to their son, PFC. Jack H. Mill
gan of the marine corps, by the
commanding officer of a U. S. fleet
unit operating in the Pacific.
Dated May l., the commentator
said: GAS a member of the gunnery
department, your conduct and skill
while under heavy enemy air at
tacks contributed to the destruction
of at least 10 enemy aircraft.
"Your loyalty, ~steadfast devotion
to duty and courage in maintaining
heavy and accurate gun fire in the
face of enemy suicide attacks are
in keeping with the highest tradi-
tons of the United States naval
ut is with sincere admiration that
l commend you for valor."
Laurel outlook., 1945-06-20
SHAY IS ELECTED HEAD
AMERICAN LEGION POST

Officers were elected for 1945-46
at a meeting June ID of Laurel
post No. 1913, American Legion.
Norwood Shay was named COM
mander for the coming year. In
stallation will be the first fall meet
ing, as the post has suspended meet
ings during the summer.
In addition to Shay as command
er, other officers elected last week
were C. E. Mckinney, first vice
commander; Nels Ness, second vice
commander; S. S. Bliss, adjutant;
Frank Baird, finance officer, c. H.
Royalty, chaplain; Homer Sheets,
historian, and Lester Lesher, SER
geant-at-arms.
Laurel outlook., 1945-06-20
VETERANS SERVICE
CENTER CONTINUES
FOR ANOTHER YEAR

Representatives of Laurel organi
cations who contribute to the main
Itenance of the Veterans of the Vet
Grams Service Center at Billings at
tended a meeting of the council
Tuesday evening. Those from here
were Hilmar Wage, representing
Corinthian lodge No. 72, A. F. &
A. M; Frank Baird, American Le-
gion post No. 1913; ]. L. Macarthur,
Railway Garments union, and R. B.
Packard, Laurel Commercial club.
1t was recommended that the
council be extended another year
and that contributions be received
for the period
The Veterans Service Center is
maintained for rendering a multi
tude of practical services to veter-
ans and their families, ranging from
scrutiny and correction of dis
charges, when needed, to securing
the benefits of the G. /. bill of
rights. Since its creation a year
ago by voluntary contributors it has
had several thousand calls, a num-
Der of which were from Laurel, by
service men or their dependents.
A delegate who attended the
meeting Tuesday said the council
decided that should a similar office
operated by the state do as well or
better in serving the veterans, the
voluntary office will be discontinued
and unspent money returned to the
donors.