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Detroit evening times., 1945-08-14


but these essentials are geored to
price -.
"Automobiie manufacturers are
not interested in producing motor
cars just for the sake of making
them.
I'm this industry, OPA insists
upon a price formula Which limits
increases in retail ceilings to about
10 per cent aboUe the prices in 1912.
"To insist upon such a formula
eUidences lack of appreciation for
the problems inUolUed and, if they
persist WILL RESULT IN UNEM.
PLOYMENT.
Zone more example of short.
sighted policy in this connection UiH
suffice -.
81 refer to the radio industry, a
most important field for develop
nient in the postwar period.
radio manufacturer haUe
serUed notice on OPA that THEY
CANNOT OPERATE if present cell
ings are to prevail.
"Some adjustment, they main
tain, in retail prices must be made or
PLANS FOR RECONVERSION
WILL HAVE TO BE DELAYED.
"In this event, thousands of
workers who haze been looking to
this field wiIi be compelled to seek
Work elseWhere.
"LikeWise, thousands of returned
soldiers and sailors cannot count
upon this industry for Jobs.
81 am reliably informed that the
radio industry submitted plans
year ago to OPA for reconUerSion.
But as usual, THIS AGENCY
FAILED TO ACT.
at has treated this, and other
industries, as il has the food indus
try, and We WiV get the same result
here as presently prevails in food"
DESPITE the warning, Congress
~ did nothing.
The House of Representatives re-
cessed for long summer vacation,
leaving the bureaucrats unmatched.
And evidently the bureaucrats
have found in the postwar problem
of re employment another opportu-
nifty to undermine the profit system
on which free enterprise is sustained.
Rep. Smith noted, in his speech in
Congress, that Price Administrator
Bowles has said industry will have
to absorb the costs" of reconversion.
"The argument by OPA, said the
congressman, lis that all business
has profted by the wor, and they
can now afford TO work for no profit.
1T is nonsensical position and
WhoIiy unredlistic. -
III can only mean UNEMPLOY-
MENT FOR MILLIONS OF WORK
ERS because business firms WiH
close their doors If they cannot make
a REASONABLE RETURN on in.
rested capital"
,s. l94s
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-14

NO MENTION was made OF .
" fee 10 Mrs RooSey cit for
such A report TO the mothers
Of the nation, although that
would seem TO have been ap-
propriate information for lack
OF which II may have been as
Sumed that she was making this
report free AS a generous service
10 those mothers.
Moreover, there was no Sug-
costion that Mrs Roosevelt paid
any part Of her expenses on this
trip which thus are assumed 10
have been borne by either the
Red Cross or the taxpayers.
No question is raised here as
10 the legality Of the conduct Of
Mr. and Mrs Lindley but If 1
had ever accepted a similar as
sign ment and compensation
from. say. Tom Glrdler of Re-
public Steel. who fought and
beat President Roosevelt's CIO.
the journalists of the New Deal
would have called my fee a
brass check
And. if Mrs. Tom Dewey had
undertaken a radio program for
pay and the wife Of some ag-
greSSive antl-New Deal journal
iSt had been engaged profitably
As agent that would have been
denounced As a subtle manner
Of paying for the favorable
opinion OF the writer
Bu, did Mrs Roosevelt here
commerciallze the presidency
the answer 10 that IS another
question: Why did the Council
on Candy as Food select herr
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well known merchant and farmer
and was recently connected with
the North Carolina State Highway
and Public Works Commission,
from which h ehas retired in July.
He also served as County Conn
! missioner of Fender county and
acted as county manager during
that time. He was an elder in the
Rocky Point Presbyterian church
and a Mason.
Funeral services will be held
Friday morning at II o'clock al
his home, with the Rev. P. L.
Clark Of Burgaw, officiating and
assisted by the Rev. T. j. Arm.
strong. Interment will be in Bur.
gaw cemetery.
Surviving are his wife, Agnes
Richers Hayes, one son, Hugh F.
Hayes of Raleigh, and one daugh-
ter, Elizabeth Hayes of Raleigh
and one brother, Thomas E. Hayes,
Rocky Point.
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Errors: Mcbride, Steiner. Runs batted
in: Siebert 2, Peck 2. Bowles. Hall, Chap
man, Estalella, Busch, R. johnson 3, To-
bin 3, Mcbride 2. Busche, Newsome,
Camilli. Two base hits: Chapman 2,
Hall, Estalella, Bowles, Mcbride, R. john
son. Newsome, Tobin. Three base hit:
Bucher. Stolen base: Mcbride. Double
plays: Siebert. Busch and Siebert; To-
bin and Camilli; Camilli. Newsome and
Camilli Newsome, Lake and Camilli.
Left on bases: Philadelphia 6; Boston 8.
Bases on balls: Bowles S, Fowler 3. john
son 2. Ryba l, Barrett 2. Strikeouts:
Bowles /, Fowler 4, Berry rs. off Bowles
in innings; Fowler in 4 2-3; Berry
l in 1-3; v. johnson Is in 1-3; Ryba 2
in %; Barrett 1 in 2. Wild pitch:
Ryba. Winning pitcher: Barrett. Losing
pitcher: Fowler. Umpires: Weafer. Pip
gras and Jones. Time: pos.
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Obituaries
MRS. MARTHA A. ANDREWS

Funeral services for Mrs.
Martha Anne Andrews, So, OF 124
Spofford, who died Tuesday at
ternoon, will be held this morning
at 10 o'clock in the Gibson
Avenue Baptist church with the
Rev. C. E.. Brissom, pastor, Of
floating. Interment will be in
Northern Cemetery, Rocking
ham, N. c.
Active pallbearers will be B.
L. Carter, L. L. Joy, J. M. Sas-
ser, M. M. Watts, G. T. Smith
and E. w. Walden.
Surviving are her husband,
William E. Andrews; two
daughters, Mrs. M. A. Wright
and Mrs. w. M. Hickman, both
of Wilmington, one son, Frank
Andrews, of Lowell, N. c., and
eleven grandchildren.
STAFF SGT. WESLEY THOMAS
Staff Sgt. Wesley E. Thomas,
IS, who recently returned from
overseas where he was awarded
several medals, died after an OPP
Grafton Sunday at Fort Riley,
Kansas.
His body is due to arrive on
an Atlantic Coast Line train this
morning at 8:45 with military
escort.
Funeral arrangements will be
announced later by Ha-reu's
Funeral Home.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Beulah Mae Thomas, his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. M. c. Thomas; one
sister, Mrs. ]. P. Lennon of Delco;
four brothers, Roy, Neil and
Johnnie, all of Hampstead, and E.
c. Thomas, GM3-c, U. S.. Navy,
and nine nieces and nephews.
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JOHN M'CAsKILL COOK

Funeral services for John Nc
Caskill Cook who was killed Tues
day afternoon while he was chang
ing a transformer at a substation
of the Tide WaSer Power COM
pany near Tabor City, will be
held this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
at Mckenzie chapel in Whiteville
with the Rev. S. N. Lamb Of
ficiating. Inte-ment will be in
Bellevue Cemetery in Whining
ton.
Surviving are his wife, one son
Johnnie .McCaskill Cook, Jr., his
father, Joseph W. Cook, all Of
Whiteville; three brothers, j. P,
r. J. and Allie Cook, of Norfolk
Va, and one sister, Mrs. F. l.
Horne of Groverland, Fla.
SIMON GREEN HAYES
Simon Green Hayes, rs, died sud
denly at his home in Rocky Point
yesterday at 1870. p. m. He was
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-09-20
COUNTY MEDICAL
MEN HEAR MARKS

H. A. Marks, campaign chairman
for the Community War Chest
drive, spoke to members of the
New Hanover county Medical So
ciety last night at a dinner meet.
ing held at the Cape Fear club,
explaining the functions Of the
combined agency and discussing
the work of various member
groups.
Mr.. Marks urged the appoint
ment of a Medical Society COM
mittee to contact other Whining
ton doctors in the work of secur-
ing contributions to the drive and
DR.. w. S. Dosher, DR.. R. B. Hare
and DR.. Watts Farthing were NAM
ed to the group.
The scientific portion Of the pro-
gram was given by Commander
Crosby and 1t. Commander Gala
sinski, who are orthopedic spe-
cialists at Camp Lejeune.
A paper prepared pointly on
back pains, their causes, differn-
tial diagnosis and treatment was
read. Particular reference was
made to- the differing problems
met in military and civilian work.
1t was reported that authorities
consider backaches one Of the
most common human ailments.
DR.. Orrin Moore, of Charlotte,
president Of the State Medical as
ISOLATION, who had been scheduled
as the honor guest at the meeting,
was unable to reach Wilmington
due to flooded conditions on high
mcia zmetnETSH SH EFT ETES
ways in the state.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-09-20
st. LOUIS TAKES
TWO FROM YANKS

NEW YORK, Sept. 1s.-tR>-st:
Louis frightened its grip on third
nlace money in the American
League today by taking a pair
of 1o.inning ball games from the
the New York Yankees, 6-5 in the
opener and 4-s in the finale.
Trailing the Browns now by
three full games with only eight
to pulay, the Yanks appear doomed
to finish lower than third for the
first time since 1925 under the
late Miller Higgins. Never be-
fore in the 15-year spon OF Joe
McCarthy's management had they
wound up out Of the first three
The double setback also smut.
fed out the last Pickering pennant
hope of the New. Workers who now
have been eliminated mathematl'
cally.
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BOSTON DOWNS AS
TWICE, ITO; 80

BOSTON, Sept. 19.-P)-After
schambling through a free-hitting
opener for an lilo victory, the
Boston Red Sox swept a double
header from the Philadelphia
Athletics today when Otis Clark
gained 80 shutout in the night
cap.
The Athletics out-hit the Seekers
by a 1913 margin in the first game
hut the latter gained the triumph
by putting on a four-run rally in
the eighth inning on two singles,
base on balls and two-bagger
by Bob Johnson and Jack Tobln.
(FIRST GAME)
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ted In: Gutterdige Z. Robinson 2, Nc
Quinn, Schultz, Metheny, Derry. Man.
cuso. Two base hits: Gutteridge. Berry,
Metheny. Home runs: Robinson. Nc
Quinn. Stolen base: Stephens. Double
plays. Gutteridge, Stephens and Nc
Quinn; Stephens and McQuinn. Left on
bases: St. Louis 8; New York 6. Eases
on balls: Potter /, Zoldak /, Ruffing l..
Strikeouts: Potter /, Ruffing 6. Hits-off ::
Potter in innings none out in 6th);
Zoldak in S. Whining pitcher: Zoldak.
Umpi1es: Rue, Greve. MCGOWAN and
Rommel. Time: -2:15. Attendance: 5000
(estimatedO.
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NEGRO PREACHER HURT

Police report that the Rev. A.
J. Ryans, Negro, 803 Red Cross
St., was knocked off the
bicycle that he was riding, by
a truck driven by Paul Cromai-
tie, Negro, 617 Mckee st. on
the North st. bridge yesterday.
Ryan was taken to James
Walker Memorial Hospital for
treatment of leg and arm
bruises and released. No arrest
was made.
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MRS. LEETA BENro,,

cHADBoURN, Sept. 10
Leeta Benton, died early tbj, A''
ing in her home on cbss n''a
Route No. l after a short jl1n. v9''
The funeral services for he, 'S'
be held this afternoon 2 ~, WIZ
from Spring Branch u.S 'I''s
Church of which she was 'ls''
Der by the Rev. Wade Rsr men,
and will be assisted BY M pa >
L. Q, Sellers. Burial will take lls r Rev.
in the church cemetery, 'sAs place
Surviving are her HUSBAND
Benton IT. two sisters, Mrs, H.! y
Wallice and Miss Beatrics Nv D0sal'
both Of Asheboro. '"s'cs'
One-fifta of the whole Ill.,,
race lives in India. "un'a
Alfalfa is one of the oldest to..
nlanfc in fha ,,,o,.I; Noid IN
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Errors: Brancato 2. Runs batted in
Lake 2. Two base hits: Peck, johnson.
Stolen bases: Hall, Newsome. Double
plays: Kell, Hall and Siebert, Brancato,
Hall and siebert, Newsome, Lake and
Camilli. Left on bases: Philadelphia 10.
Boston 8. Bases on balls: Gassaway 3.
Clark 3. Strikeouts: Gassaway 3, Clark
2. Hit by pitcher: by Clark (Atroth).
Wild pitch: Gassaway Umpires: Pipgras,
Jones and Weafer. Time: 1:44. Attend
ance: 2,o26.
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Errors. Gutterdige. Etten. Runs batted
in: Grimes, Stirnweiss 2, Finney, Step
hens. Moore. Home runs; Grimes, Stirn-
weiss, Stephens. Stolen base: Stirnweiss
Sacrifices: Bevens, Miller. Double play:
McQuinn, Stephens and McQuinn. Left
on bases: st. Louis 4; New York 7. Bases
on bells: Miller 0, Bevens l. Strikeouts:
Miller 2, Bevens 3. Wild pitch: Miller.
Umpires: Grieve, MCGOWAN, Rommel
and Rue. Time: 1850. Attendance: 7,16s.
More than 4oo,ooo,ooO pairs of
shoes are produced each year in
the United States.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-12
Hu|se Proposes
s13O,0O0,0O0 for
Soldiers Loans

SACRAMENTO, Jan. IL. (UP)-
A bill which would authorize an
election for a $13O,00O,OOO bond is
sue to finance veteran purchases OF
farms, homes and small businesses
was introduced in the senate Friday
by Senator Ben Hulse R0, Ell Cen
tro, and Senator Chris N. Jespersen
(RD, Atascadero The amount would
be in addition to $30,000,000 voted
last November 7.
Another bill, introduced by Hulse,
Jespersen and Senator George j.
Hatfield (RD, Newman, would au-
thorize loans to veterans up to SIS
900 instead of a $500 maximum
authorized under previous bond is
sues.
A third bill would extend the loan
service to apply on the purchase of
businesses with a maximum value
of $4,000 and fourth bill by the
three senators would permit the vet
erans' welfare board to subdivide
farm lands which may be made
available by the federal government
for homesteading.
Hulse pointed out that four times
as many California men are in serv-
ice in the present war than in 1918,
but $80,000,000 was voted for loans
to veterans of the latter in contrast
to the $30,000,000 voted for World
War II veterans November 7.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-12
Let's Bag Him

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 12.
(UP)-California farm and
dairy workers, who are de-
ferred from the draft as es-
sential workers, were assur-
ed Friday that they will not
be called wholesale into the
armed forces.
E. H. Spoor, member of the Cali
fornia USDA board an6' the state
VIA wage board, pointed out that
the recent national selectiVe service
order for a revew of all &c defer
ments did not alter the Tydings
amendment to the selective service
act. The latter guarantees cefer-
ment of essential agricultural work
ers for whom requirements are not
available.
mo California farm workers will
be drafted without proper notice
to the registrant's USDA county war
board" Spoor said. He added that
war boards thus will have time to
review agricultural deferment cases
NanG present their recommendations
to local draft boards.
An estimated 5000 farm workers
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-12
Mother of Two
Faces Quiz
On Child Neglect

A shot fired by an 11-year-cld
boy left with his two-year-old broth
er in a cabin in Winterhaven started
an investigation which resulted in
their mother, Grace Fox, "a, wife of
a soldier, being held in the county
Jail at Ell Centre while County Pro-
baton Officer Mildred Standlee
conducts an investigation.
Mrs. Fox was arrested in Ell Cen
tro late Thursday night after the
two children were taken to the
juvenile home in Imperial
Fortunately the shot fired by the
little boy did not strike his baby
brother" Mrs Standlee said Friday.
THE shot went through the mat
tress of the bed.
Accompanied by trained nurse,
wife of an army officer, and Dep
uty Sheriff Harold Warner of Win
terhaven, Mrs. Standlee went to the
cabin at 9 pm. Thursday night. It
Continued on Pg. 8, Col. y
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-12
&c. Business
Buildings Sold

Announcement was made Friday
through Los Angeles sources of the
purchase of Ell Centro Main street
property this week by the William
F. Cole company of Los Angeles.
Changing hands was the buildings
occupied by the Cut Rate Drug COM
pany, the Karl Shoe store, the L. H
Grassland Typewriter company and
the N. Novak Music company.
Consideration in the transaction
was not Immediately available, but
Ell Centre realtors estimate the
price at upwards Of $4,000.
Future occupancy of the buildings
also has not been announced, except
that the Cut Rate Drug company
stock is being moved to the Clem-
ents store and the building will be
vacated by the drug firm February l
The property included in the ex-
change was owned by Los Angeles
interests.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-12
II uzis
.oSe
Ground
Onrushins Reds
Drive Wedges
On Wide Fronts

LONDON, Jan. IL. (UP)
: Berlin reported Friday
that the. long brewing Rus
sian winteN offensive in Po-
land had started on a broad
front west Npf the Vistula
some 12O miles below War
saw with an initial impact
which drove several wedges
in the German defenses.
Nazi broadcasts reporting the new
Soviet drive from the long dormant
Sandomierz Baranow bridgehead
across the Vistula said extremely
bitter fighting was raging, and ac-
knowlecged German reverses in the
first phase of the battle.
Russian troops and armor massed
in the bri6gehead won by the Red
army last summer mounted the
offensive after a drumfire barrage
by hundreds of guns, the Germans
reported.
The first reports of the Sando-
mierz-Baranow drive did not make
clear its scope, but the Russians
apparently were lashing out all
around the perimeter of the bridge
head.
Close followers of Marshal Josef
Continued on Page 8, Col .
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-12
CAA to Probe
Plane Crash

LOS ANGELES, Jan. IL. (UP)-
Three engineers of the Civil Aero
nauticS Administration were en- route
here Friday to participate in an in
vestigation of Tuesdays American
airliner crash, which claimed the
lives of "a persons.
Meanwhile, army and navy Off
GERS continued the arduous task of
identifying military personnel by
means of tags, insignia and scraps
of burned uniforms.
Two of the 18 soldiers killed when
the big Douglas liner crashed into
slope five miles from the Burbank
airport were identified as First Lieu
tenant Byron w. Fisher, %, Salt
Lake City, Utah, and Warrant Of
ficer Woodrow w. Kramlin, %, Au-
burn, California.
-Four other passengers tentatively
identified by the coroner's office in
cluded:
Lieutenant (jg) Gordon Leroy
Dockstader, Arlington, Virginia.
Chief Carpenter James Eddy
Hardy, San Bruno, California, navy
base.
Samuel A. Rella frank and address
unknown.
Reuben Pickett frank and address
unknown.
In aldition to the army personnel
aboard, the dead included three
navymen and three previously iden-
titled crew members.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-12
Bv UNITED PRESS

The DOmei (JapaneSe) news
agency reported two American con-
voys have effected landings on the
shores CT Lingayen gulf and third
convoy of ":more than 100 trans
ports and a hundred and some score
of landing barges escorted by ten
carriers" reached the gulf.
The Domei report, broadcast by
Tokyo radio and recorded by FEC
said the third convoy was "advanc-
ing boldly in the face of our fierce
attacks"
The enemy broadcasts said the
third convoy appeared after the first
two had been heavily attacked by
Kamikaze special attack corps sui
eide pilots.
Our air units in the Philippines,
which have been making death-de-
flying attacks on the formidable en-
emy as special attack corps, took ad-
vantage of the enemy's northward
advance and carried out heroic ram
ming assaults.
"As a result, the enemy's first
convoy upon reaching Lingayen gulf
on January had been reduced to
six large transports and 60 landing
craft. It's heavy losses forced the
convoy to abandon its plan for max
ing an independent landing.
"The enemy's second convoy, which
had been composed of more than so
transports and 200 and some score
landing craft, upon reaching the gulf
on the night of January also was
reduced by nearly 40 per cent by our
terrific attacks :.
Domei admitted that the Japa-
nese are, "regrettable as it u.s." being
forced to yield air mastery to the
foe," and also that the conveys have
continued" to pour in an enormous
amount of supplies.
THE fighting gradually is shifting
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-12
Knudsen Demands
Punishment for
Work "SIackers"

WASHINGTON, Jan. IL. (UP)-
Lieutenant General William S.
Knudsen, army production director,
Friday joined advocates of stiff fines
and prison sentences, rather than
induction into the armed forces, as
the enforcement weapon in proposed
work-or-fight legislation.
Soon after congressional leaders
had indicated that such civilian
penalties would be provided rather
than induction, Knudsen told the
house military affairs committee it
would be bad if we put them re-
calcitrants) into the army"
Lets keep them on a civilian
basis" he added.
He testified in connection with a
bill by Committee Chairman An
drew j. May, CD, Kentucky, to set
up special army service units for
men 18 to IS who refuse to get or
keep essential jobs.
Knudsen said he favored any,
thing that would help meet the labor
shortage, but added:
Lets leave the army out of it.
The service battalions being trained
now are being trained to go over
seas"
He said he favored the May bills
principles but thought it would be
better if it were amended to cover
men up to 60.
1.-The more the merrier," he COM
mented.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-12
Open WINTER DRIVE AT WARSAW
Measure Would
Repeal State
Income Levies
=
Fletcher Introduces
Points to Surpluses
Bill in Senate,

SACRAMENTO, Jan. IL.
(UP)-A measure for COM
plete repeal of the state per-
sonal income tax was intro
duced in the state senate Fri
day as opposition developed
from oil interests to a pro-
posal for a 1/2 cent increase
in the gasoline tax to finance
a system of super-highways.
The income tax repeal proposal
was submitted by Senator Ed Flet-
cher CR) San Diego, who declared
that the tax doesn't bring in suf-
ficient money to warrant the ex-
treme annoyance to the Individual !"
"Our state income tax only brings
in forty-six and half million dol
lars annually" Fletcher said, land
it would be interesting to know the
cost to the state to collect it. We
will have a state surplus at the
close OF this biennium of $25 ,000, 900
irrespective of higher state salaries.
and higher old age pensions
and the approximate Is per cent
Continued on Page 8, Col. a
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-12
Greek Truce Wins
0keh But Rebels
Must Free Hostages

LONDON, Jan. 12. (UP)-The
British government approves the
Greek truce, but condemns the hold
ing of hostages as "barbarous GUS
tom," it was announced Friday
1.-THE terms signed by the British
and ELIAS representatives for a
truce are indorsed by his majesty's
government the statement from
No. 10 Downing street said.
Taking and holding hostages is,
however, a barbarous custom con-
demned by international law.
His majesty's government must
make clear, therefore, that no truce
can be enduring or ripen into peace
unless or until the hostages taken
by the ELIAS have been effectually
safeguarded and released"
ATHENS, Jan. IL. CUP)-The
bloody Greek civil war will end, at
least temporarily, at 201 a. m. next
Monday under a truce signed by
Lieutenant General Ronald Scobie,
British commander in Greece, and
four representatives of the rebellious
left-wing EAM, it was announced
Friday.
The truce was agreed upon last
night and will prevail during nego-
tiations between the EAM and the
new Greek government under regent
Archbishop Damaskinos and Pre-
mier General Nicholas Plastiras.
Many points at issue b betwee II
the EAM and the government were
believed to be the disarmament of
both the Greek national guard and
EAM-TIAS forces and the early
trial of Greeks accused of collabo-
rating with the Germans.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-12
HoId.up Reported
To f. {. Police

Felix Reese, visitor in Brawley, re-
ported to Ell Centre police that he
was held up and robbed of $10O and
a passport at the point Of a knife
by two Negroes, man and woman,
Thursday night.
Reese, who says that he is visiting
his brother, Pete Reese, 60 G street,
Brawley, told officers that as he was
walking on Main street near Second
he was stopped by Negro woman.
At that moment Negro man came
up behind him and held a knife to
his throat. The woman removed his
valuables and the pair fled south to
State street, turned west, and dis
appeared, he declared.
The woman was described as being
light of complexion and the man as
six feet tall, wearing a pin-striped
suit.