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Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-03
WHAT ABOUT WAR CRIMINALS?
(Christian Science Monitor)

christian Science Monitor)
Just what is being done by the Allied
Governments to insure prompt punish
ment of major war criminals? That
question is repeatedly asked by service
men and civilians in many nations, by
members of Parliament in Britain and of
Congress in the United States. And re-
peatedly official answers are the same
more declarations of intentions, more
promises that the guilty will be brought
to Justice But there is not one concrete
bit of evidence that the United Nations,
or even the Big Three, have agreed on
specific steps.
The record to date is far from reassur-
ing More than year elapsed between the
announcement in 1912 that a United Ma
tionS War Crimes Commission was to be
set up and its actual establishment. In
the meantime, Russia had formed her
own commission and began to conduct
her own war trials. Since then other ma
tions have followed suit, but the process
has been slow and unsatisfactory, and re-
fleets the lack of any unified plan.
The Allied body proceeded to draw up
its list of war criminals and recon-
mendations for their punishment only to
be informed that the latter did not fall
WllHlI lU6 scope VI us DlSdSI6e-
ments between the British and United
States members of the Commission and
their Governments regarding the inclu-
sion of major criminals and crimes
against countrys own nationals provid-
ed further hindrances.
A recent statement by the British Lord
Chancellor asserts 1--WE intend in common
with our Allies to exact the surrender of
those criminals who are alive and avail
able before the fighting can be regarded
as finally ended" This is in line with
previous Allied declarations. But what
disposition is to be made Of the GRIM
inals?
Last month Undersecretary of State
Joseph c. Grew stated that the United
States has comprehensive and forth
right" program for punishment of Axis
war criminals. There may be valid rea-
sons for keeping such a program secret.
But an anxious public and those who are
doing the fighting put little trust in uni
lateral plans.
With the Russians nearing Berlin and
Allied forces pouring across the Rhine, it
is high time that the Allies got together
and agreed on detailed specific punish
ment program.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-03
ANOTHER STALWART PASSAS
OUT OF THE PICTURE

Silently passing out of the hectic pic
ture in Washington is James F. Byrnes,
one time United States Senator, one time
justice of the Supreme court of the Unit
ed States later director of economic sta
bilization and currently director of the
office of war mobilization and reconver-
sion. He has resigned. And this, the third
time he has attempted to fade from the
picture, his resignation was accepted,
and with alacrity, by the President.
As was expected, Judge Fred Vinson is
to take his place. Vinson has followed
step by step the road Byrnes took in his
Washington activities since he was taken
from the bench and placed in charge of
wartime bureau.
Byrnes left in Wilson's lap two vexing
situations-the recent eurfew and the
racing ban, both Byrnes-made moves.
Whether either or both these actions had
anything to do with the ready acceptance
of the resignation remains to be brought
to light. Neither met public response
with a smile"
Byrnes' declaration that he feels he can
retire from the mobilization job because
victory is near and the job practically
done, hardly sounds like the hardy Caro-
linian.
The erstwhile justice drew senatorial
ire, and on the maj Ority side of the
chamber, in his recent summary of his
term as mobilizer when he declared the
manpower program as set up in the bill
then on the must" Legislative list, should
extend we'll into the reconversion period
Byrnes' task was not easy in the post
from which he resigned. He tangled with
the manpower bureau, with the selective
service and about all other boards and
bureaus having 70 do with war produc-
tion and the distribution of manpower.
From his view, his program was man.
handled from the start, by bureaus and
by reluctant. doubling congress.
However. his popularity among his
colleagues when he was senator followed
through and in the various presidential
appointments coming his way, he has
been one of the few to be confirmed with
out any hesitating
AS senator he won a large measure of
success and respect for his ability. He
did not stay on the bench long enough to
become seasoned jurist.' Left for him.
self to name the service he liked best,
he probably would name his long term
in the senate.
Today, he is another war casualty.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-03
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
M 26&X

ESTATE OF FRANK w. FISHER,
DECEASED.
Notice is hereby given by the un-
Gersigned, BIRDIE L. FISHER, as
Executrix of the estate Of FRANK
w. FISHER, deceased, to the credit
ors of and all persons having claims
against the said deceased, that with
in six months after the first publi-
cation Of this notice they either file
them with the necessary vouchers
ir the office of the Clerk Of the
Superior Court of the State of Cali
fornia, in and for the County of
Imperial, or exhibit them with the
necessary vouchers to the said Birdie
l.. Fisher, as executrix of said estate,
at the office of D. B. Roberts, 207
Bank of America Bldg, Ell Centre,
California, the same being the place
for the transaction of the business
OF the said estate in the County OF
Imperial, State of California.
Dated at Ell Centro, California,
this 31st day of March, l945.
BIRDIE L. FISHER,
ExecutriX of the Estate of
FRANK w. FISHER,
Deceased.
(No. 54) (A3-10-17-24
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-03
SITTING SPENDING NOTIONS

The Assembly rules committee has
proposed a rule which merits applause
no matter if full success does not follow.
Proposed is this-that all measures
having anything to do with expenditure
of state money must and shall be consid
cred by the ways and means committee.
The move is not an innovation; it is the
method of procedure in most legislative
bodies. In congress, under the Constitu-
ton, for instance all measures on produc-
tion of revenues must originate in the
lower house and all appropriations too.
Then the house ways and means COM
mittee gives the bills the once over before
they get into the general legislative
hopper.
The Assembly move, at least will spot
light the various calls on the state treas
ury and will bring the whole spending
matter sharply to the publc's attention.
At the moment bill is before the leg
islature which would release relatives of
old age pensioners of any responsibility
for their support.
Certainly here is one immediate oppor-
tunity to put the spotlight on an expendi-
ture notion; one that would mount into
the millions.
And there are others, without any ref
erence to their being right or wrong,
which should be scrutinized by taxpayers
before giving the Legislature the nod.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-03
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
No. 3691


ESTATE OF LLOYD w. CLOSE,
DECEASED.
Notice is hereby given by the un-
dersi9ned, M. D. zINN, as admins
traitor of the estate of LLOYD w.
CLOSE also known as Lloyd w. Close,
deceased, to the creditors of and
all persons having claims against
the said deceased, that within six
months after the first publication
Of this notice they either file them
with the necessary vouchers in the
office of the Clerk of the Superior
Court of the State of California, in
and for the County of Imperial OF
exhibit them with the necessary
vouchers to the said M. d. Zinn, as
administrator of said estate. at the
office of D. B. Roberts, 207 Bank
OF America Bldg, El Centro, Cali
fornia, the same being the place
fol- the transaction Of the business
Of the said estate in the County of
Imperial, State of California.
Dated at Ell Centre, California,
this 31st day Of March, l945.
M. D. zINN,
Administrator Of the Estate of
LLOYD w. CLOSE, Deceased.
mo. 55) (A3-10-17-24I
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-03
Union Disputes
Tie Up Ship
Repairs at 5. F.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 3. UP)
United Engineering Company re-
ported that 300 employees have been
laid off and repair piers were idle
as result of a jurisdictional dis
pute between AFL machinists ana
boilermakers.
A war shipping administration
spokesman said meanwhile that no
vessels requiring machinists' work
were being sent to the shipyard.
Machinists last week ignored a
national war labor board order di-
recting them to return to work
pending settlement of the controv-
ersy which arose over work assign
ments. The NWLB indicated 1t
might issue show-cause hearing to
the machinistS.
"Only six ships are at Jne United
shipyard now, whereas we have
normally between 18 and 90" COM
pany official said. LAS a result We
have laid off 300 other workers, in
Guiding boilermakers, pipefitters and
machinists.''
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-03
Sergeant Gets
Second Award

4 second Oak Lea cluster was
added recently to the Air Medal
awarded some time ago to Sergeant
Lewis R. Nichols, 10, Ell Centro, for
meritorious achievement while par
ticipating in bombing attacks on
military and industrial targets in
Germany.
Sergeant Nichols is the ball tur-
ret gunner on an Eighth air force
Bit Flying Fortress.
Son of Mr.. and Mrs. George Stew
art, 494 Olive street, Ell Centre, he
is graduate of Central Union high
school. Prior to entering the AAF
in February, 1914, he was employed
by the American Cleaners, Ell Gen.
tro. He received his aerial gunnery
wings at Las Vegas, Nevada, in
June, 1914. A brother, James, is in
ordnance, at the Aberdeen proving
grounds.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-03
MOVE STARTS TO LIQUIDATE
PACIFIC LOAN COMPANY
SACRAMENTO, April

SACRAMENTO, April 3. CUP)-
The assembly finance and insur-
ance committee Tuesday recom-
mended passage of series of bills
affecting the liquidation of the Pa
cific States Savings and Loan COM
pany.
One of the bills would require that
savings and loan ASSOCIATION in
receivership be returned under cer-
tain restrictions to private manage
ment when the market value of its
assets exceeded its liabilities.
Another would allow a court to
determine at what value certificates,
shares and claims could be exchange
ed for property of associations in
receivership.
The bills were introduced by AS
semblyman Randall Dickey (R.)'
Alameda.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-03
BARON" FACES CHARGES
AS FAKE DOCTOR"

PHOENIX, Ariz., April 3. up
Ernest De Hagen, some of whose
identification papers bore the title
OF Baron, VS. in Jail Tuesday pend
ing trial on charges of administer
ing medical treatment without a
license and grand theft by fraud.
De Hagen, 40, who said he came
tc Arizona in search of health. was
accused of giving hypodermic injec-
tions to Pete Semos, 49-year-old
former Ohio restaurant owner, and
collecting $3.50 for treatments" -
De Hagen's patient" is reported
in a serious condition in Phoenix
hospital.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-03
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
IMPERIAL.
NO. 1862
Notice of Time and Place Appointed
for Proving Will and Hearing
Application for Letters
TESTAMENTARY
Sec. 1927 Pro. Code
In the Matter of the Estate Of
SYLVANUS c.. HASKELL,
Deceased.
Notice is hereby given mat petit
ton for probate of the Will of SYL-
VANUS G.. HASKELL, deceased,
and for the issuance to GENEVA
LEE HASKELL of letters testament
tary, has been filed in this Court,
and that Friday, the 9th day of
April, 1915, at 200 o'clock pm, of
said day, at the courthouse in De-
City of Ell Centre, County of Impe-
rial, State of California, has been
set for the hearing of said petition,
when and where any person inter-
ested may appear and contest the
same, and show cause, if any they
have, why said petition should not
be granted.
Dated March 23rd, 1945.
w. j. McCLELLAND,
County Clerk.
BY NJ A. Christian.
Deputy Clerk
(No. 46) (M26-A5 incl
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-03
ONE COLUMNIST
(St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

(St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Mr. Roosevelt says columnists are an
unnecessary excrescence on our civiliza-
ton, but he exempts Mrs. Roosevelt from
his blanket disapproval. Her column, he
says, is all right because it is different
mostly a diary.
What the President seems to have in
mind here is that there should be only
one columnist, and that Mrs. Roosevelt
should be 1t. A sort of my Day, with
which has been combined the days of
Walter Lippmann, Westbrook Pegler.
Dorothy Thompson and Mark Sullivan"
Or perhaps simply, 'Everybody's Day."
Frankly speaking, we should like to see
things stay as they are. Perhaps they are
not as good as they could be, but the idea
has just occurred to us that they could
be lot worse. We like several of the
columns; and if Mr.. Roosevelt wants to
know why, it's because they're not differ
ent. Not mostly diary.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-03
By ROBERT w. RICHARDS

WITH THIRD ARMY, Germany,
April 3. CUP)-A group of 1879 A
merican prisoners used soap to make
themselves foam at the mouth in
feigned illness and staged man.
moth laydown strike to keep from
being marched deeper into Ger
many.
They were liberated last Friday
afternoon when sixth division arm
ored units overran a German prison
camp near Sieghain, south of Kas-
sci.
The CTS, thin and poorly fed,
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-03
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
IMPERIAL.
PROBATE NO. 1853
NOTICE OF HEARING OF
PETITION TO LEASE
REAL ESTATE

In the Matter of the Guardian
ship Of HARRY S. DHILLON and
PARMATMA S. DHILLON, Minors
R. S. Dhillon, the guardian of the
estates and persons of Harry S
Dhillon and Parmatma S. Dhillon
having filed herein his verified petit
ton praying for an Order to Lease
certain property of said estate in
said petition and hereafter describ-
ed, and alleging that it would be
for the advantage of the estate to
lease said property,
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to
all persons interested to appear
before the said above Superior Court
at the Courthouse in said County
at Ell Centro, California, on the 18th
day of April, 1945, at the hour of
two o'clock (2:C0) pm. of said date
then and there to show cause, il
any they have, why the real estate
hereinafter described should not be
leased by said guardian for the
period of three 80 years at rental
of Eighty-four Hundred Dollars
($8400.00), upon the terms and con-
ditions mentioned in the lease ac-
companying and made part OF
the petition Of said guardian on
file herein and to which said pc..i-
ton reference is made for further
particulars.
Said real estate is located in I'M
perial County, California, and is
described as follows, to wit:
The South 65.O6 acres of Tract
289 and part of the South one
half (Sh) of School Section SO,
containing 14.96 acres lying North
of Tract 290. all in Township 16
South, Range 13 and IA East, S.B.
NJ, Imperial County, California.
and containing approximately
eighty 800 acres.
Dated this 80 day of March, 1945
~ w. j. McCLELLAND,
County Clerk.
BY M. A. CHRISTIAN.
Deputy.
mo. 50) tA1-11 incD
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-03
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS


Sealed proposals will be received
at the office of the Purchasing
Agent of Imperial County, Califor-
mia, in the Court House at Ell Gen.
tro, California, until 200 o'clock
pm. on April IL, 1945, at which
time they will be publicly opened
and read in said Purchasing Agents
Office, for. furnishing minimum
of 800 yards and maximum OF 900
yards of Portland cement concrete,
transit mixed, to be delivered on
the Job for curb and sidewalk con-
struction, for sidewalks and curbs
and other use around the grounds
of Imperial County Court House
between Main and Broadway streets
and 9th and 10th Streets in the City
OF Ell Centre, at such times and in
such quantities as ordered by said
Purchasing Agent. Specifications for
said material are on file in the Of
flee of said Purchasing Agent and
in the office of the City Engineer
of the City of FL Centre, and said
material must comply with said
specifications and with standard
specifications of the Division of
Highways, Department of Public
Works, of the State of California,
adopted in July, 194C, as on file in
said Purchasing AGENTS office and
said Engineers office. In accord
ance with the provisions of Section
ITO of the Labor Code, said Pur-
chasing Agent has ascertained the
general prevailing rate Of wages ap-
plicable to the work to be done as
follows;
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-03
Marine Sums Up Jap War News

Jap commentator (after fan oi
Manila: Manila militarily IS
small town located on a corner OF
Manila Bay
when Allied forces capture Tokyo
he will probably say MilitaFily'
Tokyo is an insignificant village on
an insignificant corner of TOKYO
Bay
"Jap commentator (after fall OF
Japan: The Japanese ISLANDS
are a group of small strategically
unimportant atolls and reefs on the
Japan Sea. Their seizure by the
enemy will not in any way endanger
our navy which lies intact in the
sea awaiting the opportune moment
to deliver the final crushing blow on
the American fleet"
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-03
HIGH COURT HEARS BRIDGES
COUNSEL ON DEPORTATION

WASHINGTON, April 8. up
The supreme court Tuesday will
hear further arguments in the legal
fight of Harry Bridges, west coast
labor leader, to escape deportation
to Australia.
Counsel for Bridges began Mon
day an attempt to show that At
torney General Francis Biddle's Or
der to deport the president Of the
Longshoremen's and Warehouse
mems Union (CIO) was based on
.'unsupported evidence
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-03

The following dispatch was
written by S Sgt. Wallace II. Me
Claim oil Glendale, Calf. a ma
rine corps combat correspondent
and was distributed by United
Press.)
ADVANCE GUERILLA HEAD
QUARTERS, NORTHERN LUZON
UP)-Delayed)- A daily press
sheet published by the Filipino
Guerillas contained the following
quotes.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-03
BURGLAR SUSPECTS RELEASED

HOLLYWOOD, April 3. UP)--
Three men accused by police of net
ting 100000 in a long series of
safecrackings and burglaries were
free on writs Tuesday after their
arrest in a Hollywood alley garage.
George Curcio, 81, his brother Clyde,
80 and Richard II. Mains, 80, were
booked on suspicion of burglary.
Officers made the arrests after hid
ing in a garage opposite that which
the trio Ooperated and observing
them change serial numbers on stol-
en- liquor cases
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-03
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF INTENTION

The IMPERIAL VALLEY WIRES
TLING CLUB intends applying to
the State Athletic Commission of
California for wrestling permit to
hold wrestling at 143 No. Sixth ST.
CITY of Ell Centro, California.
HERMAN ZUCKERMAN, DBL
Imperial valley Wrestling Club
mo. 52) (A2 to A16)
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-03
Editorials and Comment

EDITORS NOTE: The folloping edit
orials are presented as interesting 0pin-
ions Uoiced by editors eiseUhere. They
do not necessarily reflect the opinion of
this paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-03

Only because of his material advantage
has the enemy inflicted defeat on us
Goebbels.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-03
Rate
Per Hour
Classification

Rate
Classification Per Hour
Concrete mixer operator
skip type) .....-........--.......-....S1.37 .375
Concrete mixer operator
(paving type) ........................ 1.625
Driller (jack hammer .......... l.225
Laborer 0.875
Mechanical tamper and fin
isher operator ........--.......-...- 1875
Motor grader operator ........ 1.625
Tractor Driver ............-............- 1.50
Truck Driver cpay load in
excess of 20 tons) ................ 1875
Truck Driver (pay load of
between Is and 20 tons) -. 1.l75
Truck Driver (pay load of
between 6 and 10 tons) -. LOO
Truck Driver (pay load of
less than tons ...,............ 0.95
Any classification omitted
herein not less than .......... 0.075
Overtime-one and one-half 40
times the above rates.
Sundays and holidays Except
Watchman, guards and flagmen)--
one and one-half Q12) times the
above rates.
The rates of wages, including
overtime, holiday or Sunday rates,
above specified are subject to the
effect, if applicable hereto, of exec
utive orders of the President of the
United States No. 9240, dated Sep
tender 8, 1912, and No. $3.50, dated
October 3, 1912, and to any modifi-
cation thereof and to any and all
lawful orders of the President or
any other authorized Federal officer
or agency, insofar as the same may
be applicable to this contract. In
case of any inconsistency, the rates
fixed by any such applicable Fed
eral order, whether high or lower,
shall control.
In accordance with the provisions
OF Section 1777.5 of the Labor Code
as amended by Chapter 971, Statutes
CT 1889, and in accordance with the
regulations of the California APP
premiership Council, properly in
dentured apprentices may be em-
ployed in the prosecution Of the
work.
The foregoing quantities are ap-
proximate only, being given as a
basis for the comparison of bids
and the Purchasing Agent does not
expressly or by implication, agree
that the actual amount of work will
correspond Herewith, but reserves
the right to increase or decrease
the amount of any class or portion
Of the work, or to omit portions of
the work, as may pe deemed neces-
sary or eXpedient by the Engineer
Forms of proposal, contract and
specifications may be obtained at
the office Of said Purchasing Agent
Each bidder must be licensed as re-
quired by law.
A preference for California made
supplies will be MADE. The, success
full bidder will be required to enter
into a contract on a form provided
by the Purchasing Agent within
three days of the award of the con-
tract.
Said Purchasing Agent reserves
the right to reject any and all bids
Dated at Ell Centre, California,
March 30, 1945.
COUNTY OF IMPERIAL,
BY r. l.. BAKER,
Purchasing Agent.
tNo. $50 (A2 to Ai2 incl)
Milford chronicle., 1945-10-12

Atlantic cry. Nv jersey. PHl.4-
G..rH.a a.u WaSh..-'u.. T. c.
Their w.a- circle q: I..,ud, wish
them Aarv.ne,s anG PROSPERITY.
The tganh:,rd Nv Century
ClUh j. sponsoring the collection "
food 20 n~ shipped 10 the huL..y
peopl"- oI said European committees.
Every local home Is given an ol-
portunlfE to donate I'm canned
goods Inr this good plo.~c'. L,uv~
your GoLa'!nAs a. th- tum- u,t
Mss Sally q. N4U during th,
w-.h ot October u 10 -.
Sunday guests %: Mrs. Annie !
Hudson Wy. her sisters. Miss
Ella Ja.rvl. III Dover. and MIS-.
FioreAcv BU.churd and SON. Ralph.
i.om W.lMlr-',n. The .4'rvr = r,-
Gently huMv i.om many months ot
oct.N. service Ia tGe South Pacific.
Mrs Lester H. Hudson was hos
tess 10 the FraLkIord New Century
Club ~ her home last Friday even
iuS The president. Ms Edward l..
Norris presided The minutes OF
tlA' "a ~ fF''At.s- 4t-t 4i4- ~ u - LtdtL
by Mrs Lehman Helm. recording
secretary Mrs. George W. Horsey
read til" clubs communications re
ceived durlu- Vie summer recess.
The president appointed Mrs Pres
ION Williams aui Mrs Helm 10
serve as committee 10 contact
The toWU>p.op., and r,lU"St thar
they carry in th"ir donations OF
food tor Europe and deposit some
in the Food Bans ~ Miss Sally's
shop iii Main >tI,.r. Tin containers
please and DINING the week OH
October II 10 ,"
Mr> Brewer. wife oI the Rtytr-
onG Ocha &. Brewer pastor ot
FraNktord Methodist Church was
made an honorary member for the
Club
The program planned BY Mrs
Raymond = Long was as follows .
Topic. ART ia group ot Poems
Music, Paper Tin, Love ot Beauty
~ Miss Mary Hyleu Bick!, read by
Mrs. Lehman Helm. 2-Address Az
Work. III" Response and coopera-
tiOE oil DyluWar, llUh Wou.tu hy
. Miss Ruth Sat;erwa.tv. AN Ar'
Supervisor il Delaware schools. ;
Al ode 70 Autumn by Mrs Ions
who conciudoU HE meeting in
formally with th. Distribution oi
several pictures of aUtumual
scenes for S'udy. discussing and
pleasure oI all present \ delicious