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Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-10
Assembly Pushes
Continuation Of
$50 Pension Act

SACRAMENTO, Calf, Jan. 10.
UP-The state assembly was to
take up for immediate passage late
Wednesday bill making permanent
the $50-a-mcnth old-age pension
rate, as differing measures for the
continuance of state tax reductions
came before both houses of the leg
islature.
The pension rate bill was expect
ed to win approval in the lower
house in short order since II assem-
blymen had signed it as co-authors.
Prior to 1943, the rate was $40 a
month but was increased $40 that
year for a two-year period.
MAY PROBE AID GROUPS
Meanwhile, the assembly rules
committee was considering a resolu-
ton to authorize an investigation
of pension groups. Harrison Call,
RD, Redwood City, who introduced
the motion, said he particularly
wanted to investigate appeals of
pension advocates for funds to
maintain lobby in Sacramento.
At the same time, Assemblyman
Walter J. Fourt, R), Ventura, an
nounced he would introduce, prob
ably Wednesday, series of bills to
continue state tax cuts for two more
years as requested by Governor Earl
Warren. Reductions voted in 1943
included Is per cent cut in busi-
ness franchise taxes, increased per-
sonal income tax exemptions, and a
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Fresh Panzers
Battle Nazis
For Budapest

LONDON, Jan. 10. CUP)-The
German army hurled fresh panzer
divisions into the battle for Buoa-
pest Tuesday in a series of lunging
tank drives that rolled back the
Russian siege lines within Is miles
west and northwest of the burning
city.
One of the wars decisive battles
was in full swing on a 3O-mile front
extending southwark from the DAN
ube river bend, with the Germans
committing great masses of men ano
armor in an all-out attempt to salv-
age Hitler's last major satellite capi-
tai and the remnants of 10000 Axis
troops trapped in its ruins.
GIVING GROUND
Moscow dispatches admitted the
Russians were giving ground at some
points before superior German num-
bers, but the Soviet morning COM
munique said all attempts at a
breakthrough had been blocked anol
that the enemy'S casualties We're
piling UP by the thousands.
Both sides were reported pouring
reinforcements into the battle, as
we'll as into second critical sector
north of the Danube, where the
Russians were closing in on Kom-
arno in desperate effort to out
flank the Nazi divisions striking
for Budapest.
The focal point of the fighting
remained on the Esztergom-B -Buda-
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COP Senators
Urge Speed
On Peace Pacts
By JOHN l.. CUTTER

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. (UP)-
Michigan's two Republican senators
Wednesday called on the admins
tration to initiate immediate Al
lied agreements which they believed
would eliminate political strife and
lay the groundwork for strong,
effective peace organization.
Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg
called for drafting now of an Allied
treaty to provide for demilitariza-
ton of the Axis powers.
His colleague - Senator Homer
Ferguson for immediate for
nation of a United Nations council
to supervise iberateo' countries until
stable governments are formed.
OPENING DEBATE
Speaking during the Senate's first
major foreign policy debate this
year, Vandenberg blamed fear of
reborn German aggression for most
of the Allied friction over current
political developments in Europe
He said there is no reason why
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"a Die
In Air
Cru Sh
American Line
Ship Strikes
Near Burbank

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 10.
(UP)f-An American Airlin-
er crashed and burned five
miles from fog shrouded
Burbank airport Wednesday
after turning back towards
an emergency landing field.
All of the "a persons aboard
were killed.
All 81 passengers were members
of the armed forces, three from the
navy, and 18 from the army. Names
were withheld pending notification
of next of Kin.
WRECKAGE SCATTERED
Wreckage of the ship was scat
tered over a wide area of the scrub
by foothills five miles northeast Of
the airport.
The ship circled the airport at 4
a. m, and then Capt. J. R. Nc
Cauley asked for permission to re-
turn to Palndale airport to land
out of the fog.
That was the last report before
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Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-10
Fi|ipinos Held
For Salinas
On Murder Count

Fausto A. Ereso, 33, and Eddie
Tolentino Bermio, "a, Filipino labor
ers, were arrested by Deputy Sher-
iffs Frank Raney anc' A. T. Lyons
in Westmorland Tuesday on a war
rant charging them with murder in
Salinas.
The officers arrested the island
ers when they entered a fellow Fill
pino's car parked on Broadway in
Westmorland. EreSo anc! Bemio
were taken to the county jail in Ell
Centre and are being held there
pending arrival of officers from
Salinas.
Bermio said he lived in Westmor-
land while Ereso said his home ad-
cress is 1922 South Hill, Los An
geleS.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-10
vinson Orders
Price Stop
On Live Cattle

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. CUP) =
Economic stabilization director Fred
M. Vinson Wednesday ordered six
month ceiling price of 18 per hun
dredweight at Chicago for live cat
tie, accompanied by increases in
subsidies and establishment of
slaughter quotas.
Vinson directed the office of price
administration and the war food ad-
ministration to draw up regulations
making it violation for slaugh-
terer to pay more than the new
ceiling prices.
The order is effective January 20.
The overriding ceiling price
will be lowered by so cents 100
to $17.50-on July 2, the date on
which changes affecting subsidies
and the stabilization price range
also will become effective.
The ceiling was recommended by
the OPA to end the price strife be-
tween retail meat dealers and cat
tie producers.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-10
Boeins Plane
Hits Record

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. CUP) -
The nations transcontinental speed
record was down to six hours and
nine minutes Wednesday after an
army Boeing stratocruiser raced the
234O airline miles from Seattle,
Washington, to Washington, D. c.,
at an average speed of $50 miles
per hour.
The stratocruiser is the transport
counterpart of the B-29 superfort-
ress. The record-shattering plane,
flown by Boeing test pilot Dick Mer-
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-10
YANkS RACE FOR Mani 4
Charges Hurled
Al Session
On State School
Two Assemblymen Call
For Cruelty Probe;
Director Will Report

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 10.
(UP) Two assemblymen
Wednesday charged that in
mates of Preston State school
of industry were treated bru-
tally and Karl Holton, direc-
tor of the State Youth Auth
ority which operates the
school, said he had ordered o. H.
Close, school superintendent, to re-
port to him in Sacramento immed
lately.
Edward F. O'Day and Gerald P.
Haggerty, both San Francisco DEM
ocrats, asked for an investigation
of the school after saying they
found three boys, two of them naked
and one in shorts, held in an un-
heated cell at the school,
RESOLUTION HELD UP
Their investigation resolution was
held up for rules committee action
on a protest by assemblyman Gar
diner Johnson, (R), Berkeley, head
of an interim committee on cor
rectional schools He declared that
youths at the school have commit
ted serious offenses and are not
cream puffs."
Johnson contended that "lurid
charges" often are heard about the
schools, and that youths held there
are the type who stick guns in
grocers stomachs. and rape little
girls" atg~'r'r7-- -
However, Holton declared he
would not stand for such treat
ment" of inmates of state schools.
O'Day said he was prepared to ask
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BY UNITED PRESS

A pessimiStic weatherman told
residents of the northern plain
states that another cold wave was
moving down from Canada We'd
nesday, and promised little relief
from Tuesdays near zero readings
in the New England area.
Slightly warmer temperatures
were reported in the northern plain
states Wednesday, but the federal
weather forecaster at Chicago pre-
dicted that the mercury would sink
far below the zero mark by Thurs
day.
The coolest reading Tuesday
night was reported at Pellston,
Michigan, where the mercury skid
ded to 20 degrees below zero.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-10

rill and carrying army and Boeing
officials, took off from Seattle Tues
day at 2:38 p. m. (EWT) and land
ed here at 8:47 p. m. (EWT).
The previous record, six hours
and 81 minutes, was established last
April by the Transcontinetal-
Western Airlines' Constellation
which was flown from Burbank,
California, to Washington by film
magnate Howard Hughes and TWA
president Jack Frye at an average
speed of about 334 miles per hour
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-10

cept assignment to a special service
unit.
Colonel Francis v. Keesling, Jr.
selective service iaison officer.
told the committee that the May
bill, which actually is modified
form of national service, had the
full and complete accord" Of the
Office of War Mobilization and
other agencies. He saicl this came
from War Mobilization Director
James F. Byrnes who conferred
with other agency heads on the
May bill.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-10

land, apparently aimed at the
Kleve area where the north end of
the Siegfried line is anchored, lack
ed immediate confirmation.
AT the opposite end of the front,
German aggressivenes SIS posed new
threat ito Strasbourg. German in
fantry and armor in some force
reached Sand and Kraft, a cozen
miles from Gerstheim, three miles
south of Kraft, but Allied forces
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Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-10

duction furnishing supplies to the
armed forces has been retarded be-
cause of inadequate mobilization of
manpower in civilian pursuits.
OUTLINES VIEWS
Patterson and Bard told the COM
mittee that neither the army or
navy could use non-combatants in
special service units. and hoped that
in the enactment of work or fight
legislation congress would make the
work in these units so unattractive
that deferred men would go into
essential industry rather than ac-
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-10
By LYLE C. WILSON

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.
(UP)-Income tax paying in
dividuals and consumers in
general will get postwar tax
relief ahead of corporations,
it appeared Wednesday, if
federal reserve board views
accurately reflect President
Roosevelt's intentions.
The Presidents budget message
warned that there could be no tax
relief while we are engaged in ma
jor war. He said only minor adjust
fnent could be made after there had
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-10
individuals, Consumers
Favored on Tax Cuts

revenue needs permit, would favor
reduction in the corporation in
come tax. The rate might he lower
ed to Is or 80 per cent and the cor
poration permitted to take out of
its taxable income that part of its
profits which it distributes as div
ioendS.
This would remove double taxa
ton of dividends, under the corpor-
alton income tax, and would he an
inducement for corporations to cis-
tribute their earnings. The excess
profits tax with its carry-over and
car1v-back provisions should be re-
tanned for some time after the war
at reduced rate OF around IS per
cent"
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-10
Fri9id Invasion
Strikes Again

Rochester, Minnesota. reported IA
and La Crosse and Lone Rock, Wis.,
consin, registered IL.
The cold wave was general
throughout the northern part OF the
country, but in the far west. Seattle
residents enjoyed balmy June-in-
January weather Tuesday when the
mercury scared to moderate So
degrees.
Freezing temperatures we're re-
ported as far south as southern
Alabama ana Georgia and central
Mississippi and Louisiana during
Tuesday night. but slight rise Wael
forecast for Wednesday.
BY way of contrast. Miami re-|
ported high of II Tuesday. butt
Blythe, California. TOPPED that
With o r-ccri c.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-10

RundStedtS 1OTceS were engaged IN
an orderly withdrawal from the
western encI of the Belgian salient,
leaving only brittle shell of rear
guard resistance to cover the re-
treat.
1.-THE parade out of the salient,
which began January Z, now is in
full swing" dispatch from U. S.
First army headquarters said. "a
steady stream of German traffic
has been observed moving eastward
as the tempo Of the withdrawal in
creaseS."
CANADIANS OPEN DRIVE
A Loncon Even1ng News dispatch
said Canadian troops opened new
attack in the sector eight miles
southeast Cf Nijmegen in the Mas
valley, striking forward into the
German trenches about mile after
a fierce artillery ba1rage.
The report of the attack in the
long dormant area of eastern Hol-
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-10

been major cuts in war expenci-
lures. He proposed "the use of pro-
gressive taxes" but did not explain
just what he meant.
In the current federal reserve bull
letin, Chairman Mariner EccleS of
the federal reserve board writes
that postwar taxes should be de-
signed to inoMce a high level of
consumer spending. To this end
he proposed:
l. Drastic reduction in excise
taxes.
2. Reduction of personal income
taxes on lower income groups.
These should come first, Eccles
believes, and continues:
"Once this has been done and
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-10
(NE4 TeIenh0foI ]

blow was expected to fall.
Halsey's forces were off Formosa
and the Ryukyus, only few miles
south of Japan proper, Tuesday.
Since January they have been
rampaging up and down the Philip
pine sea hitting Japanese installa-
tions at will in an apparently sue
cessful attempt to keep air, sea and
land reinforcements from reaching
the beleaguered Japanese in the
Philippines.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-10
100 >000-Strong Army
Sweeps jap Aside
Linsayen Gulf Towns Fall Before
Onslaught Of Tanks. Big Guns;
Macarthur Maneuvers Fool Enemy
- BY WILLIAM b. DICKINSON

WITH GENERAL MACARTHUR ON LUZON Jan. TO-
(UP)-An American invasion army-000 900 strong-Wed-
nesday drove down the highway toward Manila 100 miles
away overrunnng San Fabian and other Lingayen gulf
towns against feeble Japanese resistance which our
forces virtually to beachhead casualties
Reports from forward units indicated troops sup
ported by the greatest flow of and supplies put
ashore in Pacific operation already have advanced
number of miles inland along the entire invasion 'front.'
Jap Forces Fall Back Under Onslaurhfs
Light Japanese forces fell back the impact of
American blow So far there has been little Japanese
reaction and advancing American vanguards found the
japanese had only made hafhearted efforts to wreck
bridges as they fell back in confusion.
From 1000-shp armada-8OO of them transports
standing along the curvng Lngayen gulf American
troops, artillery, tanks Transports and munitions poured
ashore in continuous stream.
By Wednesday morning one thing apparent-we
have come to Luzon to stay.
Protected by of heavy naval artillery fire which
fingered inland far the line Agno river roughly
10 miles inland and only 88 miles from Manila American
troops advancing rapidly.
Yanks Advance Speedily Firm Ground
They had firm ground to advance at the north
end of the curvng beachhead which already Is miles
long between San Fabian and Lngayen.
AT the southern end of the beachhead the initial obstacle
the sluggish Camay river connecting the Agno and
Dagupan rivers running parallel the bachhead about
two miles inland.
But there apprecable beach defenses and good
roads and paths thread the rice paddles
San Fabian the only Lingayen named in initial
reports captured but others sezed Lngayen
has three air strips and of the main beachhads
established only few hundred yards from the main Lin
gayen strip.
General Douglas Macarthur, who ashore with his
troops few hours after their landing at am Tues
day. said that the invasion progressing better than
could be expected"
x,,y
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-10
WEATHER FORECAST

Unsettled weather with con-
siderable cloudiness Wednesday
night, and Thursday. Cooler days
with maximum temperatures
around 10 degrees. Night tenn
peratures will continue well above
81 degrees.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-10
u AMBLINe
EpoRTER
Page Sherlock

Page Sherlock
Can you give bookkeeper a
job?" Dick Campbell telephoned
Mrs. M. K. Mccoy at the Mccoy
store. There is one in my place who
just came to town and wants a
job"
mot at present." was the answer
Some time later Fred STERLING
was hustling around the county
looking for bookkeeper for the
Southwest Flax Seed association.
His search finally led him to Nc
Coy's.
Dick Campbell knows book
keeper who wants a job," Mccoy
recalled. Lets call him up"
Yes, fellow was in here look
ing for a job," Campbell muttered
But I've forgotten his name. I'll
tell you how you can find him. He's
get two horses and a trailer"
Armed with this valuable infor-
nation, STERLING started after the
bookkeeper with two horses and
trailer.
First he found the horses and
trailer and later the bookkeeper.
The bookkeeper, Jerry Hodous, is
working at the flax association Of
flee these days.
Sterling always gets his man.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-10
Americans Win
unk Battle:
NQziS Retreat
Marshal Won Runds+ed+ Moves Our
Of Areas in Belgian Bulge
AS yanks Press From All Sides

PARIS, JAN TO- (UP)-American armOr by-passed the
Ardennes anchor base of La Roche Wednesday and
tured nearby Samree by storm after winning big tank
battle there while British forces advanced two miles
the heels of German troops reteang from the of the
bulge. 81
Front dispatches made it clear that Marshal Karl Won
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-10
Full Scale Battle Fully Expected

Despite nconsequenal initial japanese opposition the
campaign expected to develop quickly into full scale
battle MacArhus spearheads racing for the broad
of the plains the best of maneuver Mac
on
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-10

System Needed
1t is the annual duty of the SUI
perior court judges to request men,
bers of the county board of super
visors to select 100 names each so
they may be called to serve On
juries.
Judges Vaughn N. Thompson and
Elmer Heald went through the for
malities of mailing the request to
the members of the board of super
viSors.
whats this?" gulped Andy Pre-
BILE and Hugh Osborne, who hap
Continued on Page 6, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-10
WEATHER

Maximum Tuesday &c, minimum
Wed. 40; am. Wed. AZ, humidity
So; noon Wed. &C, humidity 60; S
pm. Tuesday IS, humidity 55.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-03-15

fact, some have risen to fame for
their contribution to the progress
of North Carolina, the Cones, the
Mordecias, the Wells, and many
others have honored names, while
Bernard Barush, of South Caro-
lima, has been a national figure
since Wilson's administration.
In a recent article in the Sat-
urday Evening Review of Litera-
ture, we find some facts that make
us think. To quote "Anti-seni-
lism is definitely bad and grow
ing worse in Washington. It will
challenge the very best we can
do about it,
It is thought that German
propaganda has at last brought
results. Statistics say that Jew
ish wealth, a bone Of contention,
is simply in proportion to the
number of American Jews, 5,O0O,-
600 and the amassed wealth of
all Jewish millionaires in the
country would scarcely equal the
two billion dollar fortune of Hen
ry Ford, and that Jewish influ-
ence is predominant in only two
branches of American industry,
the garment trade and the NOV
les, which were pioneered by
Jews When the names of Amer
lean Jews who have died, been
wounded, and won medals in
this war is read in the congress
sional records, it will be sur
prising. Other facts not gener-
ally named are that the largest
press owners in the United States
are non-Jewish. Only the New
York Times is Jewish owned, and
is considered by many as the
worlds best newspaper.
Judah P. Benjamin, a Jewish
lawyer, Of New Orleans, was one
of the leading figures in the Con-
federate Government and is a
character in a recent novel to be
had in our library, Royal Street"
England has always given ref
uge to Jews and Desraeli, one of
their Victorian Prime Ministers,
was one. Also one of their Vice
roys of India. They have their
virtues and vices as one stroke
they produced Jesus and Judas.
Mark Twain said of them, "Jews
are members of the human race,
worse than that I cannot say of
them"
It is said that leading hotel in
Asheville will not take Jews, and
that is a common thing in the
North, where they are trying to
make us take negro equality.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-03-15

20, maybe 10 or 5. One day a
patch Of clay or shale appears on
a hillock in a corn field, a barron
patch where rich topsoil used to
be. You go out with a shovel and
try to dig in that eroded spot.
The surface is bare and sterile.
You discover then, after it is
too late, that your soil has gone.
Silently, secretly, the rain and
wind have stolen tons of top sail.
You look at other parts of your
land, dig down, find that they,
too, have been scalped.
Further examination of the
land may show little gullies form
ing in the folds of earth, little
gullies that bite down through
topsoil and jaggared chasms in the
subsoil.
Gullies are the second nantes
tation of erosion. Unless you stop
them they feed both topsoil and
subsoil and grow big.
On millions of acres of land in
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-03-15
Weekly Items Of Interest To
AShe Farmers

V. 0. Waddell, who lives in the
Scottville community, says that
he is determined to begin strip
cropping on his farm this year.
He says that he is convinced that
it is the proper way to farm some
of his sloping fields. We know
Mr.. Waddell believes in strip
cropping because he is taking
down and relocating about ESQ
yards of fencing in order that he
might have the amount of land to
cultivate that he feels like is
necessary in his farming opera
tons. The new fence is being
built on the contour.
The New River Soil Conserva-
ton District helped Mr.. Waddell
to establish contour burrows to be
used as guides in laying out his
pattern of strip cropping. Mr.,
Waddell said that he is aware OF
the fact that when land is plowed
there is bound to be some erosion
In order to reduce the number OF
acres of plowed land on his farm
Mr.. Waddell is constructing an
upright silo. He says his plan is
to produce more on less acres. Is
MIR. Waddell's reasoning sound
G.. T. Vaught says that he is 60
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Improvement OF
Soil Is Urged Now
Should Get Directions I'm Or
der To Earn AAA Payments
On Program

Farmers in Ashe county who
plan to earn a payment, on the
1915 agricultural conservation
program by stripcropping, open
ditch, or tile drainage, establish
ing permanent pasture or improv-
ing run down unproductive past
ures, must get specifications and
approval of the County Committee
before carrying out the practice, it
was announced today. The 1945
regulations state that no payment
will be made on these practices
unless prior approval of the coun-
ty committee, including detailed
specifications, is obtained. accord
ing to T. J. GRAPHICAL, chairman
of the Ashe County AAA CONT
tee.
''The two pasture practices are
not limited to the farm allowance
this year, so farmers who take
their full allowance in conserva-
ton materials furnished by the
AAA may earn an additional pay
ment by establishing permanent
pasture or improving present pas
ture, if they will obtain the ap-
prevail of the committee before
performing them. These two
practices are needed on a large
number of farms in this county
and would increase the payment
to farmers as well as the grazing
capacity of the FARMS" Mr.. Gray
beal stated.