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Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-16
TWO CARS REPORTED STOLEN

Two cars were reported stolen 10
the sherff'S office over the week
end. Registered to Hal Hayworth a
1910 light green sedan was taken
in Calexico between 1890 and /
pm. Saturday From in front of the
Planters hotel in Brawley a 1942
black coupe registered to Ray Hill,
Calipatria. was taken Sunday night
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-16
Deserted B-2q
Flies Alone

GRAND RAPIDS. MINI, July Is.
fUP,-A B-29 from which II crew
members parachuted to safety 70
escape ga fumes probably crashed
many miles west Of h,r at some
uninhabited pot, ono Of the off
GERS sold Monday
Second 1t. w. c. M~mkc. o.
tumwa, Ia. said he believed the
plane must have Ccme down a few
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-16
Eight Essential Groups
Will Get 1q45 Autos

WASHINGTON. July 16.
(UP)-Eight groups Of es-
sential drivers who h ave
been eligible to buy 1874? cars will
be the only persons Immediately
eligible for the 1945 models soon to
be produced.
This was announced Monday by
OPA RatiOning Chief Max McCui-
lOugh
He emphasized this is only "a tenn
Torary arrangement pending COM
pletion Of a new eligibility list for
new car production"
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-16

WASHINGTON, July IS.
(UP)-Congress was asked
Monday to indorsc a mini
mum wage rate of IS cents al hour
to correct substandard living cen
ditions of millions CT workers VINO
now receive less
After a lengthy series of hearings.
senate education and labor sub
committee recommended approval
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-16
p AMBlIne
IMPORTER
In Mourning

In Mourning
Jack tho Jackrabbit. mascot Of
tic fire house. Is missing. The fire
boys arc anXiOuslv looking for any
trace Of the young rabbit, who was
tcthcrcd by a leash to a milk bottle
Chief Corn Reed thinks he just
left. taking the bottle along with
aim but he may have been libcrat-
cd ny some Wcll-meaning youn2ster
Tn console themselves the fire
men have turned their attention to
smoky thcr pct owl, and Smoky
now receives visitors. dooked out in
checkcred oycralls and -pe-tsc'es.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-16
4 { nnplInCnt

when Bill DufioCk sent out ques-
tIqnn7ires from tho Chamber of
Commerce king fol suggestions of
improvement 20 the newly adopted
Imperial Valley emblem. he turned
nearly the same color as tho happy
I'M at ouc reply. The writer insist
cd the face on the sun should be
dominated by 2 more prominent
and Eoman-llke nose, Similac to that
Of th/Thsmhe- of commerce Secre-
tsiv',
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-16

Oita, on the northeastern tip of
KyuShu
The giant raiders went in at low
altitude to spill tons of bombs on
all four cities for the first time.
although Oita had been hit by
lighter warplaneS from Okinawa.
The crushing assault raised to
21O50 tens the weight of bombs
heaped on % japanese targets this
month by 315O to 1925 Superfort-
reSs2S. Earlier it was announced
that; more than 135 square miles
had been burned out in other Jap
csc cities and the toll was rising
almost hourly as every type of
warplane and warship in the Amer
ican arsenal raked the enemy home
land in attacks the Japanese were
unable even TO challenge yet alone
halt.
IMPORTANT WAR CENTERS
KuWana, with a population of AZ
900, is the site of bearing. aircraft
and electrical equipment factories;
4sdbboGus DOpdidLlOit UO,ODU,
ordnance, armament md electrical
factories: Hiratsuka. population,
$4,000, is an important aircraft cen
ter: while Oita, population 10000.
is the site Of the new japanese 18th
Naval Air Depot as well as a big
railroad hub
Emperor HirOhitO per- Onally ex-
hOrtcd the reluctant japanese air
fCrCe to strike back at American
attackers. lie sent his personal
aide camp to the air general
command headquarters and re-
ceived a comprehensive report on
air operations" from Gen MaSa-
kazu Kawabe headquarters COM
mander, Tokyo announced.
STRESSES AIR DEFENSE
The emperor urged all aviation
uni'r throughout Japan to fight
with all their power and spirit for
continuation of the safety Of the
throne" But the Mainichi Shin
bun held little hope for immediate
Coumter-measures by Japanese air
mon until the Allied ground inva-
SiOr
Until then" the newspaper said.
tie Japanese air force will avoid
all wastage and reserve her power
f0r tho final battle
Tokyo reported without confirm
alton that Admiral William F Hal
ey's Third Fleet broke off the as
Sault IN northern HCnShu and
tCon5inued on Fage s Column 81
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-16
B~2q Units HurI
Fire Bombs on
Four Jap Cities
Rain $500 Tons on Targets Along
475-MiIe Stretch on Two Isles;
u. S. Fleet Hovers Close TO Homeland

GUAM. Tuesday. July H. (UP) -Four Task Forces
Of $50 to 500 SurrfortresSc carrying the prenvasion
attack Japan into its 42nd day. hurled more than $500
tons of fire bombs into four cities 475-me stretch
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-16
WEATHER

Maximum Sunday Ill. minimum
Monday II; 5 am. Mondav 78. hu-
miditv 81; noon Monday 95. humid
ity 40; pm. sun. I07, humidity "a.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-17

record as unanimously opposed to
the treaty.
At meeting CT 80 per cent of the
water users of the Colorado basin
states in Las Vegas, January IL, rep
resentatives from California, All
zona, Colorado, Nevada, Utah and
wyoming voiced opposition tc the
ALLEGATION of 100000 to 100000
acre-feet of diverted Colorado river
water, and equally denounced the
commitments CT Committees Of
Fourteen and Sixteen who had
claimed to be official spokesmen
for their states in favoring ratifica-
ton.
Governor E. p. Carville, Nevada,
who called the meeting, was unable
to preside at the sessions attended
by more than so delegates.
The purpose Of the meeting was
outlined to unity the opposition to
those portions of the treaty which
will come up for hearing before the
Senate Foreign Relations committee
this month and to let the committee
know the attitude of the Colorado
River water users.
The first shot was fired by Perry
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-17
bESIECED D WARSAW FAL Is
Demos Propose
New Health
insurance Bill
Provides State Aid
And Equal Payroll
Tax Levy System

SACRAMENTO, Jan. II.
(UP)-A group of assembly
Democrats today planned to
introduce a health insurance
bill providing for state con-
tributions to a health fund and
differing in other respects from the
insurance proposal Gov. Earl War
rem has made the key point OF his
legislative program.
Augustus F.. Hawkins, Cd, Los
Angeles, said the proposal would
follow generally the health in
surance bill defeated in the 1889
legislature, which called for equal
payments by employers, employees
anC the state. Warren'S plan would
levy a 1Ha per cent payroll tax each
on employees and employers.
Hawkins said his group also fav-
ored the "capitation" system of
medical treatment by which doc
Continued on Page 6, Column ~
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-17

WASHINGTON, Jan. II. CUP) -
American Communists have begun
blistering campaign of protest
against the Vandenberg plan for
an Anglo-American- Russian Chinese
treaty to keep Germany and Japan
permanently demobilized.
They evidently consider the treaty
idea merely bait for certain post war
political plans to prevent communi-
zation of Europe.
The vigor of the American COM
munist objections is causing specu-
lation here whether, by chance, they
may be represented by thinking of
Moscow in connection with the VAN
denberg proposal. President Roose-
velt, Prime Minister Winston Churc-
hill and Marshal Josef v. Stain
will meet within two or three weeks.
If Stain sees the Vandenberg plan
as do American communities, it
scarcely can figure in any agree
ments reached at the big three con-
ference.
ASKED DEMILITARIZING
On January 10 Senator Arthur H.
Vandenberg, (R), Michigan, a mod
crate isolationist, proposed that the
United States, Great Britain, the
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-17
Farm Census
Takers Sought

Imperial county's agricultural GEN.
sus begged down Wednesday for lack
of four enumerators, it was an
nounced in Ell Centro by James D.
Sullivan, census supervisor.
1T is possible to make from $8 to
$40 day in collecting the informa-
ton needed" Sullivan said. I'VE
will have three-day training class
for the enumerators at the Ell Centro
Chamber of Commerce January "a,
25, and 25, the classes meeting from
9 am. until pm. We explain the
work then. In other counties the
enumerators have found the work
easy"
He explained that valuable infor-
nation as to the agricultural de-
velopment, accomplishments, and
trends is gathered in the census.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-17
ARMY CONFIRMS

WASHINGTON, JAM. II. (UP) -
A war department public relations
spokesman today confirmed that
three servicemen were put off an
army cargo plane at Memphis, Ten
nessee, January while large dog
which one of the servicemen said
was consigned to Mrs. Elliott Roose-
welt by her husband-remained
aboard the plane.
The spokesmen said the three
servicemen were taken aboard the
plane in New York as favor, since
it ordinarily was not used for carry
ing passengers. with distinct adj
vance understanding that II addt-
tional cargo came aboard, they
would have to get off. He added
that on army cargo planes all car
go has priority over all passengers.
At Memphis. Tennessee. the spok-
esman said, 800 pounds Of high
priority freight was put aboard the
plane. Since the Jog and crate did
not weigh that much. he said, Il
was necessary to remove the thTee
passengers.
Leroy did not take his story n
the newspapers. but inquiries weeo
made of him after he had told ~
dog incident to friends In Anttock
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-17
Flames Damaue
Pedro Shipyard

SAN PEDRO, Calf. Jan. n. CUP
Flames that leaped so to 100 feet
irto the air today swept through the
second story and attic of a combi-
nation chop and office building at
California Shiphuilding Co:p., caus-
ing 100000 damage.
The Calship fire department, the
U. S. coast guard, the navy and
units of the San Pedro fire depart
ment fought the blaze for four hours
from both sea and land sides. The
fire is believed to have originated
in an oil heating system.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-17
B-2q's Cut Jap
Plane Output

TWENTY FIRST B o M B E r
COMMAND HEADQUARTERS,
Guam, Jan. II. (UP)-Producticn
at the Giant, sprawling Kokuki air.
craft factory-a Mitsubishi subsid-
iary-at Nagoya was cut so per cent
as a result of damage sustained
during the U. S. Superfortress raid
of December 18, it was officially re-
ported today
Hit by a "sizeable" task force of
B-29's, the factory, which acts as
feeder plant" for ether Japanese
aircraft centers. was bombed so per
cent out of commission. !.
This makes the second important
enemy aircraft plant which has been
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-17
Bulge
Yearly
Cleared
yanks Maintain
Heavy Pressure
On Final Lap

PARIS, Jan. II. (UP) =
The United States First
Army's 18th Division today
captured Vielsalm, big road
hub nine miles west of ST.
With and seven miles south of Stave-
lot on the northeastern arc Of the
flattened Ardennes salient.
1t. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges
forces kept the pressure on all day.
and First army headquarters dis
patch said the Americans were in
the final lap Of reclaiming all of the
estimated 1900 square miles lost
to the Germans.
Only about 800 square miles of the
bulge remained, and the yielding
of Vielsalm after a half hearted
stand indicated that the German
pullback to the shelter of the Sieg-
fried line still was going on.
FAIL TO STEM DRIVE
The days bitterest fighting was
Continued on Page 6, Column 81
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-17

ldnQ offensive SI the entire war,
and Stockholm relayed Berlin hints
that the Nazis had written off all of
Poland
Stain, announcing the capture of
Warsaw on the sixth day of the win
ter campaign, ordered Marshal
Gregory K. Zhukov's victors saluted
with "a salvos CT Moscow's. 324 VIC
tory guns.
Zhukov, 'Stalins deputy in the
Soviet supreme command, set up
Warsaw for a three-Way assault by
a double thanking maneuver. Swing
ing up behind the capital from
great bridgehead south of it, the
Russians captured Zyradow, 20 miles
southwest of Warsaw, and cut the
roads running west from the city.
Then the White Russian army
stcrmed across the Vistula north of
Warsaw and wheeled down to close
the pincers and isolate the city.
PINCERS WREST CITY
Stoi ming in from three. directions
and avoiding a dangerous crossing
of the broad Vistula from the long
held Praga suburb, the Russians "by
combined blcws from the north,
west and south captured the cap
ital of our ally, Poland, the city of
Warsaw, the most strategic center
of the German defenses on the
river Vistula," Stain said.
! He paid tribute to troops fight
ing under 13 generals, including
the commander-in of the Pol
ish First army, thus revealing that
the Pcles had taken part in the
strategy which liberated their cap
ital. Also praised were four generals
of artillery, six generals of armor,
Continued ON Page 6, Col. ID
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-17
Strike Threatened
At PUGET Sound

SEATTLE, Jan. II. (UP)-Warn-
ing that the International Long
shoremen's ssociation (AFL)
threatened a strike paralyzing vital
waterfront activities in the Puget
Sound area, was contained in a wire
tent today to Admiral Emory S.
Land, Washington, D. c., by R. G.
Craycraft, official of the rival In
terna tional Longskoremen and
Warehousemen Union (CIOO.
According to Craycraft's wire, the
AFL union threatened to order car
go checkers and supercargces off
ships unless they "are allowed to
replace ILWU (CIO) longshoremen
and checkers who have been per-
forming this work for years."
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-17
CIimuxes Six-DQv
Sweep Across
b0O-MiIe Front
Russian Troops Plunge Nearer
SiIesian Border. Race Toward
Berlin Over The Central Plains

LONDON, Jan. II. (UP)-The Red Army captured
warsaw today in its greatest triumph of sxday winter
offensive sweeping Poland and rapidly undermining
the German positions along 6OO-mile battlefront
Marshal Stain proclaimed the capture of Warsaw in
special order of the day which revealed that the first
White Russian Army had forced the Vstua north of the
capital and clamped it in pincers
Cutting it off from the west Soviet assault forces
stormed Warsaw from three directions and
the Germans.
The announcement of Warsaw's liberation came as a
flood OF nervous Naz broadcasts reported that the Rus
slams had plunged within Is miles of the Sesian frontier
at Czestochowa had shattered the Narew line
man oenses northeast of Warsaw and racing top
speed across central Poland.
Marsal Stain tonht announced the capture of Czet-
ochoWa Polish stronghold Is miles from German Sesca
DEFENSE COLLAPSES
The entire German defense in Poland appeared to have
collapsed under the weight Of probably the mghest single
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-17
License Fees
Near Record

Collections of motor vehicle IL
cense fees neared an all-time high
in imperial county Wednesday when
the total to date reached $77,541.
Last year the total on similar
date was $35,303.
1.-THE w plates were expected to
be exhausted Wednesday," Captain
Mark Hebblethwaite said. There
might be a few left over but it is
doubtful"
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-17
Draft
Of 4-Fs
Asked
Roosevelt Renews
Demand for
The Service Law

(UP) = President Roosevelt
today determinedly called on
congress for en- a C t m e n t
without delay" of legisla-
ton to force 4-F's into essential
jobs, anc also renewed his request
for national service law.
He made the requests in letter
to Chairman Andrew j. May CD,
Kentucky, of the house military af-
fairs committee which is currently
holding hearings on a bill by May
to force 4-F's into war jobs on
threat of induction into special Ia
Dor Eattalions.
BACKS DEMANDS
To back up his demands, he sent
to May a joint letter from Gen.
George c. Marshall, army chief OF
staff, and Adm. Ernest j. King,
commander in -chief of the U. S.
Fleet, asserting that the increasing
intensity of the war requires every
conceivable effort" to builc up and
supply the armed forces.
Mr.. Roosevelt recalled that in his
annual message to congress on jan
uary 6 he had requested both ma
tional service and At legislation.
1.-The urgent need of this legisla-
ton has nov iessened but has in
creased since the sending of my
message" he said.
OKEHS MAY BILL
He said that while the May bill
is not a complete national service
law, it will go far to secure the ef-
fective employment in the war ef-
fort of all registrants under the
Selective Service law between the
ages of Is and As"
The Marshall-King letter said it
Continued on Page 6, Col A.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-17
Night Air Ace
Bags Four Japs

FIFTH AIR FORCE HEADQUAR-
TIERS, Leyte, Jan. II. (UP)-Ma jor
Carroll Smith of Monrcvia, Califor-
mia, is the ranking night fighter ace
in the Southwest Pacific with seven
after his bag of four Jap fighters
over Mindoro last night. Assisted by
his radio operator, 1t. Philip Porter
of Speedwell. Va, Smith sent four
Japs crashing into the sea with a
single burst each.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-17

age"
(Another Japanese broadcast said
that single B-29s, presumably on
weather and reconnaissance mis-
sions, raided central Honshu is
land three times during the night.
One dropped bombs on Nagoya
about Z pm. last night, second
was over Kyoto about IL 80 pm.
ano third over Shizuoka, Nagano,
and Kanto about a. m, the Jap
anese said)
1t was possible that planes of
Admiral William F. Halsey's Third
Fleet extended their attacks on the
Formosa- China coast area into a
fourth day in conjunction with the
B-29 raid. Both Superfortresses
Continued on Page 6, Col. g
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-17

damaged to such large extent by
Superfort raiders. The first was the
Hatsudoki factory, also an integral
part of the Mitsubishi works.
A damage assessment showed ap-
proximately 81 acres caved in, gut
ted by fire, or damaged materially.
Bombs spewing from the Super
forts caused the following damage:
One boat landing and nine build
ings totally destroyed.
Thirty EIGHT buildings out of a
tctal of 81 substantially damaged.
Wing and fuselage plants extern
sively damaged.
Engine and power plants area ma
terially damaged.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-17
niiIo
Drive
Slows
Unopposed Attack
Con+inuins.View
Stand at TarIac
By WILLIAM B. DICKINSON

GEN. MacA RT H U R S
H E A D @ U ARTERS, LU-
ION, Jan. II. (UP) - Two
strong Sixth Army columns
have merged near Paniqui, 36
miles inland, and are sweeping
south across the Luzon plains to-
ward Tarlac and Manila virtually
uncpposed, a front dispatch said to-
day.
Tarlac, provincial capital and
strategic communications hub only
IL miles south of Paniqui, was ex-
pected to fall without fight and
speculation was growing the Japa-
nese might not even attempt a
strong defense of Manila, IS miles
farther south.
H. D. Quigg, United Press war
correspondent with forces on the
Luzon plain, said the two columns
Continued on Page 6, Column .
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-17
East Digs Out
From Snow Pile
BY UNITED PRESS

The nations eastern seaboard
from Maryland to Maine dug cut to-
day from blanket of sleet-topped
snow piled up during blizzard that
began yesterday morning and lasted
most of the right.
From the coastline to points sew
eral miles inland, the storm was
whipped by winds that hit peak
CT SIS miles an hour. Mixed sleet and
snow clogged cities and highways
Glowing traffic and stalling thou
sands of automobiles.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-17

ANTIOCH, Calf, Jan. II. (UP)-
Seaman Leon Leroy, Is, USNR, said
today said he. seabee and an army
sergeant with &C" priorities were
bumped off an army cargo plane at
Memphis, Tennessee, to make room
for "big, shaggy dog" with an
"A" priority.
In an interview with his home
town newspaper, the Antioch Led
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-17
Bdsin States Denounce
Treaty. Cird for Fight

A Utah delegation pointed out
that states rights dated back to
1860 and that that section would
make a determined fight against
ursurpation of those rights by for
eign power
The waters of the Colorado" de-
clared Fisher Harris of Salt Lake
Continued on Pg. 6, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-17

w. jenkins, Green River Develop
ment Co., Wyoming, who said he IA
vcred an organization of users to
refute the statements of two indi-
viduals from states giving away
water rights of the area contrary
to opposition expressed by the farm
bureau, water users and stockmen
generally.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-17
WEATHER FORECAST

Clear Wednesday, Wednesday
night and Thursday. Slowly rising
daytime temperatures with maxi
mum of IA degrees by Thursday.
Frost at night with minimum
Wednesday night 20 to 80 degrees
in cold spots. Slightly warmer
Thursday night.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-17
Civic Center
Reality

Ell Centro's long-dreameo
vision of a civic recreation
center was a mighty one-step
nearer fulfillment today.
A special Chamber of Com
merce committee reported today that
Charles P. Skouras, president of
Fox West Coast Theaters, Los An
geles, had definitely pledged him
self to turn over to the community
the former Imperial Theatre build
ing at the corner of Seventh and
State.
To his commitment he made only
one exception and that is, to put it
in his own words For fun? Yes!
For work? MOI"
Skouras told the committee COM
prising w. G. Outlook, Bob Smith,
Aage Kaiser, Arno Yaeckle and
Charles Bramkamp, that he would
be willing " iced the building to
the community providing it was used
for civic recreational purposes and
that he be given the opportunity
to approve preliminary plans.
PLANS NEXT STEP
The next step, the committee de-
termined, VIII be to go into hud-
die with the city and its engineering
staff to draw up those preliminary
plans and to decide what activities
shall be housed by the structure
should the city council accept the
proposal.
Skouras, admitting many attempts
have been made to buy the building,
said that he was not interested in
the building being used for city or
administrative purposes as has been
proposed on past occasions. He was
very receptive, the committee said,
to any plans that would provide the
building as a center for youth and
adult recreational and meeting pur-
poses.
LARGE SEATING CAPACTT Y
The building, which has been
empty nearly ten years, has seat
ing capacity of 1900, the largest in
the valley, and will be ideal for con-
vention purposes as well as purely
recreational possibilities, the COM
mittee said.
The committee believed that with
this groundwork laid, the city would
join them in drawing up the neces-
sary plans.
They reported that Mr.. Skouras
was interested in it being COM
munity wide project and proposed
that money for rebuilding and reno
waiting be solicited. However, the
committee believes that since the
project could not be completed be-
fore the war-end that it might be
included in the postwar plans of the
city.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-17

While Imperial Irrigation District
President Evan T. Hewes, Engineer
M. j. Dowd and Chief Counsel Har-
ry Horton are today in Washington
girding for the long fight against
the U. S.-Mexico water treaty, the
dist. let board of directors were ad-
vised Tuesday that upper and lower
basin states water users had gone on
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-17
HULSE WIRES $4,000
OKEHED FOR FIGHT

In telegram to the district to-
day, Senator Ben Hulse said my
bill SENATE Bill 22) appropriating
$4,000 for Colorado River Board
has passed both houses by unani-
nous vote. Will be signed by gov
ernOr."
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-17
= AMBlINe
TX EpoRTER 3, !
Not RatiOned?-

Not Rationed?-
1t was night. Dennis Marvin
Moore, three-year-o son of Mr..
and Mrs. Eugene Moore, was saying
his prayers. He closed his eyes and
solenlnly went through the opening
words in the Lords Prayer. Then
he said:
g. Give us this day our daily
bread and butter and peanut
butter too :"
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-17
RooseveIt's Dog
Bumps Veterans

ger, young Leroy said the dog was
consigned to Faye Emerson Roosc-
velt from her husband, Col. Elliott
Roosevelt.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-17
Address, Please

Address, Please
In Winterhaven Tuesday two cars,
one with an Oklahoma license plate
and the other with California one,
stopped at filling station for gaso-
line. They paid for the gasoline but
sped away when ration stamps were
demanded, shouting as they dis
appeared, 1--WE came from place
where you don't need ratio n
stamps"