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Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-06
Legion Arranges
Speech Finals

Imperial county finals in the an
nual American Legion oratorical
contest will be held In Veterans
Memorial hall in Brawley the night
of March S. 1t was decided at Mon
day nights meeting of the Legion
county council in Westmorland.
A $25 war bond will be awarded
the winner of first place and $40
in war stamps to second place VIM
ner. Winner of the county contest
will be taken to Ontario March IL
to compete in the area contest. Each
of the six high schools in the
county are expected to compete at
the county eliminations In Brawley,
each speaking on some subject deal
ing with the Constitution OF the
United States.
The county Legion council will
put on a Cards for Yanks drive
after the close of the present CAM
paign TO raise funds 10 fight in
fantile paralysis.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-06
Ardennes Battle
Cost Germans
10000 in Men

PARIS, Feb. 8. tUP)-The
battle of the Ardennes was
closed out officially Tuesday
by Allied headquarters as a
major Allied victory that
stripped Germany of her last
strategic reserves on the eve
of the Red army's Berlin Of
fensive. 1t cost the Nazis
more than 100000 casualties.
Disclosure that the Germans had
lost almost 30 per cent of their
attacking force coincided with the
headquarters announcement that
1t. Gen. Omar N. Bradley has re-
sumed full control Of the A2th army
group. now comprising the U. S.
First and Third armies.
Part of Bradley,s command was
shifted to Field Marshal Sir Ber-
nard l.. Montgomery during the
Ardenues battle when the. German
break through severed communica-
tions between the third army In the
south and the American First and
ninth armies IN the north. The
Ninth army remains under Mont
gomery's command. Headquarters
sources said this shift was planned
long before the German counter
offensive and had no connection
with the Ardennes campaign.
~ -
American forces would be acded
to Bradley's command to bring it
Continued on Page 2, Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-06
Board Declines
To Prohibit
Lettuce Dumping

Imperial county supervisors Mon
day refused to pass an ordinance
prohibiting the dumping of Gull
lettuce in designated area east of
Ell Centre as had been requested by
Mrs. Martha Osborne, one Of the
owners Of auto and trailer courts
along highway 30 east of El Centre.
District Attorney Charles G. Hal
liday told the board members that
they could not do anything about a
farmer dumping lettuce on his own
place, regulate what he feeds his
livestock, or take any action in the
matter unless there is health nui-
sance created by the dumping.
Beard members had received a let
ter from the county health depart
ment stating that sanitary. inspec-
tors found no health nuisance or
menace when they had inspected
the premises a short time ago.
Mrs. Osborne contended that the
dumping of the Gull vegetables on
ranches near her auto court result
ed in bad oder and provided a
place for the breeding of flies which
later infested the auto court and
trailer camp sites in the area.
She asked that the dumping be
prohibited in the area which ex-
tends about two miles east from the
Dogwood canal to the Alder lateral
south Of the railroad track and
along highway 80, suggesting that
following area, quarter of a mile
south of the highway as the south-
ern boundary and the railroad track
as the northerp boundary.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-06
vondenbers Gives Warning
On 'SpoiImon's Peace

OF this country's future position.
Declaring that silence confuses
our Allies" he said:
Unless and until they know that
they can depend upon America to
join effectively in keeping Ger
many and Japan demilitarized. they
will continue to go their own way"
vandenberg. powerful figure
among senate Republicans, said
American adherence TO an axis de-
militarization pact also would give
this country the right to demand
that political decisions made during
the war ~be subject to review and
correction" by any united nationals
security organization.
In other words. and In plain
words" he said. we shall have
earned the right to demand peace
with iustice-the only kind OF peace
which can survive"
The address was a follow-up 70
yandenbergs widely -publicized sen
ate speech OF last month In which
he first advocated immediate sign
inx Of an axis cemilitarization pact.
: proposal that has received WIDE
spread bipartisan support
In Monday nights speech. VAN
dsnberg, a moderate Lsolationist be-
fare ne ear. eams out flatly far
callee<iss security but Indicated NJ
would not favor citing the Prest-
Cent uAs q d forces without con-
zrsaAaunal consent except 70 hep
aosn Germany and Japan.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-06
County Employees
Get Pay Boost

A salary increase of $50 a month
for all but four Of the elective off,
GERS OF the county, $50 a month for
all appointive officers, and SIS a
month for court house attaches,
justices of the peace and constables
was granted by the board of super
visors Monday.
These salary increases will add
SITS to the cost Of county govern
ment each month. Salaries CT four
elective officers are set by the state
legislature, those of superior court
judges. auditor. district attorney
and supervisors. The raises became
effective Monday.
A month ago the officers had
asked for a monthly increase CT
Sl00 each.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-06

of sulfanilimide tablets-l000 to the
bottle.
"Such supplies have been hard
for the public to get, although the
army seems to have surplus sup
ply" Miller said. II am sure the
committee would find that the same
factories which made these supplies
are still working "a hours day
turning out the same materials for
the military"
The next witness, Richard C.
Durham, a stockholder in surplus
liquidators, inc. told the committee
that he was the firms Washington
contact man" until 1t decided to
solicit business from the top"
The senators are investigating
possible irregularities" in the way
Surplus Liquidators. Inc, New York
firm, auctioned off surplus war
materials and how 1t obtained its
contact to do SO from the defence
plant corporation In the first place
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-06
Freed Prisoners
Of laps Tell
Starvation Tale
BY ROBERT CRABB

MANILA, Feb. 6. (UP)-For the
past three months, the Santo Tomas
internment camp menu board had
just three short lines. They were:
Breakfast-Mush.
Lunch-Sup.
Dinner-Steamed rice, gravy.
Monday night small girl, read
ing the board en- the third day fol-
lowing the liberation of approx
mately 37O0 internees, gasped and
exclaimed: Look! The whole board
is used just to tell what we get for
breakfast"
The army has taken over the
preparation and serving of daily
meals to the 5000 internees who still
are eating in the central kitchen.
The army also will operate the
smaller kitchen in, the children's
annex and three hospital units.
Meantime, the internment camp
culinary department prepared to
wind up its various functions.
Headed by Howard Hick of Eas-
ton, Pennsylvania, former manager
CT a Philippine cocoanut factory,
the Santo Tomas kitchen staff
turned out every scheduled meal,
despite critical interference at times
from floods and typhoons; failure
of gas, electricity and firewood, and
during the last year the failure of
the japanese to provide sufficient
food.
The kitchen staff numbered about
225. They were unanimous in ex-
pressing the satisfaction they OBJ
tanned from the job and the pleasure
OF having the army take over.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-06
Auto Plate Fees
Hit New Peak

Motorists began paying penalties
Tuesday for every 1945 license plate,
a fee exacted by the state because
the purchasers appeared at Calf
ornia Highway patrol headquarters
after the deadline Monday night.
Collections for license plates this
year reached an all-time high in
Imperial county with total Of
$l56, ,78O, Captain Mark Hebbleth-
waite said Tuesday. A year ago to
date the total was $131 ,66l.
The state Tuesday began collect
ing a SO penalty on registration in
addition to the customary So fee
and fine Of SO per cent on the
motor vehicle license fee which
averages So.
I'VE were as busy Tuesday as we
were Monday Captain Hebbleth-
waite said. "Some of the car and
truck owners were angry because of
the penalties but we can do nothing
about it. Penalties were ordered by
the state and we must collect them"
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-06
MAKE Three CROSSINGS OF ODER
West Wall Yields
To Yank Drive;
Move on Cologne
Prum Bastion
In Peril as
Defense Fails

PARIS, Feb. 6. tUP)-
American Third army troops
broke through the Siegfried
line at a number of points in
Germany's Schnee Eifel for
est Tuesday and closed in on
the west wall bastion of
Prum along an eight mile
front.
Twenty five miles to the north,
infantrymen of the u. S. First army
were locked in b hard fight for the
Roerf river dams and the last belt
of Siegfried pillboxes covering the
approaches to the Cologne plain.
SPLINTER POCKET
At the southern enc of the front.
American and French troops splin-
tered the German pocket around
colmar into isolated groups and laid
a curtain of shellfire across the
enemy's Rhine river escape bridges.
Thousands Of Nazi troops were re-
ported in full flight across the Rhine
from Alsace uncer heavy artillery
hre, leaving 1900 to 1000 of their
Number hopelessly trapped behind
the Allied lines in the Vosges noun
tains. =,
Field dispatches said the Aimeri-
can First and Third armies were
grinding steacily forward through
the eastern fringes of the Siegfried
line, bursting through that barrier
at some points in methodical ad-
vance that was beginning to threat
en- the entire German position west
of the Rhine.
NAZIS STIFFEN -
German resistance was stiffen-
ing, however, particularly on the
Third army front where 1t. Gen.
George S. Pattons infantry divi-
sions ran into increaSingly-heayy
counterattacks.
Patton's troops hammered out
gains of mile and more on, an
eight-mile front before Prllm, cap
turing Habscheid, seven miles west
southwest of that communication
center, an6 Schlausenbach, six
miles to the northwest.
Three miles below Schlausenbach,
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Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-06

preparing for an early assault on
Fort Corregidor in Manila bay.
1.-The fail OF Manila marks the
end of one great phase of the Pac-
ific struggle and set the stage for
another" Macarthur said in a
statement accompanying his daily
communique.
with Australia safe, the Philip
pines liberated, and the ultimate re-
demption of the East Indies and
Malaga thereby made certainty,
our motto becomes, ON to Tokyo!"
(Writing off the eventual loss OF
Manila, Japanese propagandists
heard by the FEC said that the
coming of the Americans to Manila
E Continued on Page 2, Col. D
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-06

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb.
6. (UP)-The United States
Steel corporation has offer
ed to discuss the purchase or
lease of the government-own-
ed steel plant at Geneva,
Utah, William A. Ross, presi-
dent of Columbia Steel COM
pany, a Pacific coast SUBJ
sidiary, announced Tuesday.
Denying that U. S. Steel was un-
interested in the development Of
far western industry, Ross pointed
out that the Geneva plant was built
by Columbia and was now being
operated by another U. S. Steel SUBJ
sidiary Should the government dis
pose of 1t to U. S. Steel, the Geneva
mill would become part OF Colum-
bias operations, Ross said.
Ross cited letter from Ben
jamin F. Fairless, president of U. S.
Steel, to the Defense Plant corpor-
alton, in which he said that U. s.
Steel also was interested In acquir-
ing the Fontana, California, steel
mill which is owned by Kaiser Co.,
Inc.
Informed of u. s. Steel's interest
in Fontana, Henry Kaiser said that
he was looking forward to postwar
operation of the Fontana plant"
Fairless' letter to the DPC said
in part:
"In the event we were able to ar
rive at mutually satisfactory ar
rangement for either the purchase
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-06
Manila Set Free
. Internees Get
Clear Of
BiIibid Prison
BY II. d. QUIGG

MANILA, Feb. 6. (UP)-
A caravan of American jeeps
and trucks roared through
the sniper-infested streets of
Manila Monday night to res
cue 1903 prisoners and in
ternees from Bilibid prison
when japanese fires threat
ened to engulf the former
federal penitentiary.
Every man in the 37th division
was turned out to evacuate the
men, women, and children of Bill
bid.
JUST IN TIME -
Military authorities said the evac-
uation was completed just in time.
Japanese mortar fire had been drop
ping in the civilian and prisoner
of war compounds all Cay. Shortly
after the prison was cleared, Jap
anese machine gun fire started to
rake the prison yard.
Those evacuated were $50 Ameri-
can prisoners of war and 465 civil
ian internees. The civilian group
included approximately 392 Ameri-
cans, II British, one Mexican, and
one Chinese. There were 214 wom-
en-, 1863 men, anG 81 children, q
dozen of whom had been born at the
Baguio prison camp. ..s.-.3
Decision to evacuate Bilibid was
made after fires set by the retreat-
ing Japs swept along the north
bank of the Pasig river. BY Z pm.
the fire was raging on three sides
of Bilibid. fat
At 9 pm. Col. Lawrence K. White,
st. Louis, Mo-, who was the COM
mander of the troops in the prison
area gave the order to evacuate
Bilibid.
ALL MOVED OUT sr
Three hours later all the prison.
ers haG been moved five miles to
safety at the edge Of the city.
Artillery troops, medical corps
units and infantrymen quickly un-
Continued on Page 2, Col. g.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-06

The entire Oder river defense
line through Silesia appeared to be
crumbling under the triphammer
blows of Marshal Ivan S. Konev's
First Ukrainian army.
STORMING ODER
Farther northwest, Marshal Greg
ory K. Zhukov's First White Rus
sian army was storming the Oder
line in front of Berlin. The Ger
mans reported he had forced a
crossing 80 miles from the capi-
tai. Moscow dispatches said his
shock troops were believed to have
reached the west bank at some
points.
The fall Of Steinau, key city l39
miles southeast of Berlin and 81
northwest OF Breslau, was reported
in a supplement to the German
communique, issued from Adolf Hit
ler's headquarters, it indicated that
konev's forces were we'll beyond
Steinau in reporting that the city,s
garrison had fought its way through
to the German lines.
The troops defended Steinau in
a heroic struggle for five days
against far superior infantry and
tank forces Of the enemy" the
statement said, and "only when all
ammunition was used up did the
gallant garrison fight its way
through to our lines, according to
orders"
DEEPENS BRIDGEHEAD
The Nazi command also reported
that Konev had deepened his
bridgehead in the Brieg area south
east of Breslau, which alreacy was
about dozen miles wide and deep.
A ccmmunique said that southwest
of Brieg the Soviets pressed deeper
into Silesia "in the face of tough
opposition from our troops"
The stand-or-die line on which
the Germans were pinning their
hopes for a successful defense OF
Berlin was buckling dangerously
along a 70-mile stretch Of the Oder
covering the direct eastern APP
proaches to the capital. Enemy
Continued on Page 2, Col. y
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-06
Legion Post Holds
Firm on Custer
Of Jap-Americans

HOOD RIVER, Ore, Feb 6. (UP)
The Hood River post of the Amer
ican Legion Tuesday stood in defi-
ance of the national Legion COM
mander in refusing to restore to its
war honor roll the names of Japa-
nese-American service men.
Ignoring recommendation frcm
Edwald N. Scheiberling, national
commander, the post Monday night
issued statement saying:
Hood River American Legion
post No. % deems it inadvisaDle at
this time to take any action on res
tcration of Japanese-A American
names to the county's service roll"
The post had expunged from the
roll names of .16 Japanese-Ameri-
cans on the grounds that they owed
allegiance to Japan rather than to
the United States. The action
brought nationwide wave cf pro-
test from religious and liberal
groups.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-06
Treaty Opponents Reveal
Joker i'm Water Pact

The one section he mentioned
states that Mexico shall not have
the right to acquire ''by use :. in
excess of 100000 acre feet
I'm other words" Downey said,
two rights are established. One is
the guaranteed right mentioned
everywhere. else in the treaty; the
other is the right by use to an
apparently additional 100000 acre
feet"
Even the. most careless lawyer -
Downey said, would surely have in
serted the words ''be guaranteed
100000" if that hao been the in
tention.
Consequently he said, II can
only regard this as a clear and
uneQuivocal assurance to Mexico
that she can get 100000 acre feet
Continued on Pags 2, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-06
SiIesian Ca pitaI
Falls To Reds
In Berlin Drives
Seizure of Bridseheads Gives Stable
Sprinsboard for Final Onslaught;
Whole Nazi Defense Line CrumbEno

LONDON Feb 6. (UP)-The Germans reported Tues
day that the Red had seized three brdgeheads
the Oder 80 to 3 miles from Berlin captured the
Silesan citadel of Steinau west of the Oder
Marshal Gregory Zhukovs shock troops stormed
the Oder south of Frankfurt and have been able build
two rather small bridgeheads while third estab-
shed at Kienitz 10 miles northwest of Kustrn, German
military spokesman said.
The unconfrmed Nazi reports indicated that in smash
through the Oder river line the Russians had able
to grab less solid foothods which, if developed,
will serve sprngboards for plunge the last lap
cf the road to Berlin
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-06

and Japan forever disarmed as a
first step on the road TO peace
with Justice
In an ado cress vandenberg told
the Variety club here that dan
gerous differences" exist among The
Allies. largely because the Europ-
can partners feared a re-birth OF
the Axis and could not be certain
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-06
Luwmuker Cites


WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. CUP) =
Representative A. L. Miller, (R),
Nebraska, charged Tuesday that
factories operating under "extrava-
CANT" government orders are busy
turning out quantities of the same
kinds Of goods simultaneously being
offered for disposal as surplus.
Miller testified before the senate
war investigating committee, which
is studying surplus property dis
posal. .u
He recommended that all surplus
property be frozen for the time be-
ing and the "merciless spotlight OF
publicity" be turned on all surplus
property sales.
Miller is a physician and surgeon
as well as a congressman. He told
the committee the treasury's pro-
curement division Is now offering as
surplus such medical and hospital
supplies as 53l 900 test tubes, $780,
900 stopper corks, and 5000 bottles
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-06
Bombers Blast
Inner Germany

LONDON, Feb. 6. (UP)-More
than 210O Eighth Air Force bombers
and fighters attacked industrial and
communication targets in central
Germany Tuesday following a night
raid by Raj. Mosquito bombers on
refugee-packed Berlin.
The American aerial fleet. COM
prising about 1900 Liberators and
Flying Fortresses and $50 Mustangs
and Thunderbolts, concentrated
principally on the Madgeburg, Leip-
zig and Chemnitz areas in the heart
of Germany.
The RAF night raiders struck
while firemen still were battling to
quench the last of the fires kin
died by 1000 American planes in a
devastating daylight raid on the
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-06

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.
(UP)-S ator Sheridan
wney (D.) California,
charged Tuesday that the
proposed Mexican wat e r
treaty would give Mexico a
total of 100000 acre feet
of water annually from the
Colorado river.
Downey made the charge ct
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-06
Red Cross Cites
Letter MaiIinq
To Freed Yanks

Ell Centre Red Cross officials
Tuesday received rules governing
the sending of mail to liberated
prisoners of war and civilians re-
Gently freed in the Philippines.
Mail to liberated and Allied civil
ians in the Philippines should be
addressed as follows: name of in
dividual, American Red Cross Civ
ilian War Relief Section, APO 442,
co PM, San Francisco, California.
The Red Cross will attempt to
deliver it. Mail should be sent dir
ectly by the families.
Families of liberated prisoners of
war may send one 25-word message
via Western Union, addressed to the
Continued on Page 2, Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-06

German capital Saturday.
A traveller who arrived In Malmo.
Sweden. from Berlin Monday said
the American bomberx scored a di-
rect hit ON Adolf Hitler's Reich
Chancellory and demolished what
remained from previous raids OF
the air ministry and var office.
He said the death toll vas IN
usually high because public shelters
proved inadequate Tor the refugee
cwelled city. with estimates ranging
as high as 20.00o pers1ns. Most of
the dead were refugees clustered
around railway stations and shel-
ters. he said.
He reported that the Berlin police
had eordoned off blocks In .hlch
government Offices vere situated
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-06
INV w I'D !
"On to TOkyO!"

He said the complete destruction"
of the doomed enemy garrison of
Manila was imminent and revealed
that another 1850 American and
Allied war prisoners and civilian
internees had been freed yesterday
with the capture of ancient Bilibid
prison.
SEAL OFF BATAAN 49, a
. Other American forces avenging
the bitter defeats of 1912 sealed off
Bataan peninsula and were believed
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-06

DETROIT, Feb. 6. tUP)
that a "spoils-
mans peace will not sur
vive," Senator Arthur II.
Vandenberg (R.) Michigan,
Monday night renewed his
for an immediate big
four pact to keep Germany
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-06
u. s. Steel Indicates Move
To Buy Big Western Plant

1--WE anticipate that such ac-
QUESTION of these facilities would be
accompanied by reductions or dis
placements in existing capacity SO
that our basic steel-making capac-
ity would not be increased in the
postwar period"
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-06

senate. foreign relations committee
hearing when he asserted that his
interpretation of the treaty's Ian
guage-which the state department.
maintains would only give Mexico
100000 acre feet-"clearly and un-
equivocally" gives her twice that
amount.
Downey based his Interpretation
on the fact that everywhere in the
treaty except one place the words
"be guaranteed 100000 acre feet
are used.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-06

or lease of all or part of such facil-
tiles, we would expect to undertake
to operate them at as high rate
of capacity as would be warranted
by the market for their products in
the territory naturally served by
their facilities
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-06
WEATHER FORECAST

Scattered high clouds Tuesday.
Generally clear Tuesday night
and Wednesday with slightly low
er daytime temperatures. MAXI
mum ,&round 70 degrees. Some
what cooler nights but lowest
Temperatures continuing above 81
degrees.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-06
YanI<S Clear City
Of Resisting Nips
Macarthur Announces Liberation Of
Island Capital in Quick Order;
Word Now Proclaimed, On TO Tokyo
BY FRANCIS MCCARTHY .

: MANILA Feb. g. (UP)-Three American divisions
encirced fanatcay resisting Japanese remnants in Man
liza Tuesday virtually completing the beratng Of the Phil
ppnes and setting the stage for the next phase OF the
march Tokyo.
General Douglas Macarthur officially proclaimed the
fall of Manila capital of the Philippines and largest city
yet liberated in the Pacific and said the motto OF his
command
On +o
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-06
p AABLiNIe N
EpoRTER

Too Exclusive
Will someone please tell RR what
all. this fuss is about Bud Barker
being sales manager for Berringo
company in the garlic business In
Heber and Blythe?
Seems to us that is whale of a
lot of garlic.
In The Cold
For weeks and weeks Mrs. r.. P
Ostrander has been laying in sup
plies SO she would have plenty on
hand when her son, Corporal Rol-
land Ostrander, arrived home after
almost three years in the Pacific
area. -
When they received word that
ROLAND was seen to leave for the
United States aboard plane, Mrs
Cstrander rushed down town and
by some means known only to her
bought a ham.
"Oh, boy enthused her husband
Pete, ham! We haven't had ham
for ages"
Get away from that ham," Mrs.
Os.rander barked. That's for Rol-
land when he gets home"
AS time passed Mrs. Ostrander
Continued on Page 2, Col. ~
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-06
WEATHER

Maximum Monday u. minimum
Tuesday =: 5 am. Tuesday -. hu-
midity y: noon Tuesday 81. humid
ity 81: pm. Mon. y. humidity 81.