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Detroit evening times., 1945-05-27
JAP TROOPS FL ENG TRAP
AT HONG KONG, CANTON
l5O-Mile Corridor
Crumbles In Attack

CHUNGKNG May % PJapanese forces Withdrawing hastily
avoid enapment south China by pow
Chinese collapsed the west wall of the enn anscon
tnental corridor Province reliable reports said today
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-27
25 PER CENT AFFECTED

According TO some estimates as
much as 25 per cent OF Detroit's
war production may be stopped
by the cutback order None of
the cutbacks affect prime con-
tractors in the Detroit area, but
nearly all involve subcontractors
who make parts.
Since the Washington announce
ment failed 10 list the prime con-
tractors involved. there was no
way OF Immediately learning
which subcontractors would be
hit. Local WPB and WLB oil
ficials said this information would
probably not be available until
Monday.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-27
WILL REPORT LATER

He declined 10 comment further
and said that he would make a
statement after he conferS with
Mr. Truman. Mr.. Hoover has not
been in the White House since
President Roosevelts Inaugural
ton, March 4. 1888.
Ross said:
"The President has invited
Herbert Hoover, who il now i'm
New York, 10 come here and
discuss the food situation in
Europe. The President felt that
Mr.. Hoover had information
which would be valuable TO
him"
The former president was head
of the American relief admins
tration in Europe after World
War I md headed the enormous
task of helping feed many starv-
ing countries.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-27
0kinaWa Japs
Flee Capital
Falling Back TO New
Positions Of Defense

GUAM. Sunday. May q up
Z. s. Marines and doughboys,
Spearheaded by large numbers OF
tanks streaming across the Asato
River. drove 10 within 500 yards
Of Naha Harbor today as Jap
remnants fed from the wrecked
QkiRawa capital city.
Marine fighters battling toward
the harbor said that the Japa-
neSe are moving in considerable
strength TO the east and north
east, indicating that they might
be deserting the capital for other
defense positions or Shuri. already
by other American
troops.
The enemy movements are
stemming from point southeast
OF Naha. dispatches said. covered
by heavy artillery fire from the
south bank of Naha cove just
north OF Omine alrstrip.
TANKS SPEED DRIVE
Marines OF the Sixth Division
inside Naha advanced 500 yards
through the capitals rubble, en-
larging their grip on Naha 10 one
sixth of the city.
Tanks added new impetus 70
the drive to clear the city. Dis
patches said the troops have been
begged down by muddy terrain
saturated by two days of pouring
rain.
Weather also begged the three
way drive on Shuri, although ma
rineS of the Fifth Regiment
sealed off 20 gun emplacements
against enemy fire that has
slackened to moderate. intensity
JAP AIRTRooPs WIPED OUT
Late reports from Yontan air
field on Okinawa said that 15C
japanese suicide troops who at
tempted 10 take the airfeld by
crash landing on its airstrips were
wiped out in a half hours pitched
battle Thursday night.
Ten other planes of the same
attack group. jammed with troops
were shot down over Okinawa be-
fore they ever reached the field
The airfield attack conceded
with a desperate all-eHt aerial
assault on American shipping in
Okinawa waters which damaged
IL light American naval units and
cost the enemy 166 planes de.
Stroyed.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-27
THE WEATHER
HOURLY TEMPERATURES

m - 10 ,. m. 90 IL mid. %
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-27

Chinese troops, assaulting the
15O-mile wide Japanese corridor
along the Canton-Hankow rail-
road. captured the bitterly con-
tested city of Taohwaping, p
miles west Of Packing, after it
had changed hands five times
in two days of fighting.
Japanese resistance in the
countryside northwest of PaO-
king has collapsed" a Chinese
communique said.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-27
CUsHMAN MANTs SHIFT

CuShmaH asked Washington Of
ficialS 10 place Detroit in f
Group 5 manpoMeE classification
Areas in GroUp-3-sFe assumed 10
be I'm a state of balance as re-
CARDS manpower supply and de
mand.
ManpoWer controls for such
areas can be lifted al the dlScre-
ton OF the area director.
CuShman's recommendation fol-
lowed by "a hours demand by
labor that manpOwer controls be
abolished in the Detroit area
II was Just a month ago that
Detroit was dropped from NO.
area (critical shortage Of man
powerl 10 No. ? area short
age but not critIcaD.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-27

wHFN YOU BORROW OR BtY on TfNU
ADV.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-27
Job Rule End
Here Urged
Cushman Sees Many
Freed by Cutbacks

Preliminary steps toward re-
moving labor controls from the
Detroit area were taken today by
Area War Manpower Director
Edward L. Cushman, after an
nouncement at . 30 percent cut
back in the nations alrplane
production.
Officials OF the WLB and the
WPB predicted that the cHtback
would have a tremendous impact
on Detroit employment
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-27
BIG PORT IN PERIL

The japanese evacuation may
open TO ground attack a second
great Chinese port through which
the Pacific forces of fleet Adm
Nimitz could pump huge quanti-
ties OF desperately needed sup
plies into the Chinese theater.
Chinese ground troops already
hold Foochow, on the Min River
some $50 miles northeast of Hong
Kong.
The unreliable Paris radio,
heard in New York by CHS,
said that Chinese Communist
troops are advancing from three
sides on the big port of Shang-
hal" The Paris broadcast failed
to give the source -ef its report.)
Meanwhile, the Chinese ground
attack In Kwangsi Province 17C
miles northwest of Canton, cap.
tured the highway hub of Szeenh'
sien, so miles northwest of the
former American air base ol
Liuchow.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-27

pGC INKI LtNTS 10 BtETNLO
Every evening a. 30. 20 ClsVfisnd ftrri
nigri a. II 10 Foot - Third 50 ca $500
DAG L4ks Ride sverY sunday a. ll,0o a, M
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-27
MAJOR BASE PERILED

The Japanese collapse opened
the way for powerful Chinese
drive on Packing. major enemy
base guarding the Canton-HankoM
railroad only go miles to the east
in the area of Hengyang.
Front dispatches said the enemy
has rushed one brigade to Packing
10 hold the Chinese drive and that
another division, repeatedly from
Hankow. has been hurried to
Changsha and Hengyang to hold
open the rail route for the evacua-
tion of troops from the south.
Reports on the japanese with
drawal said that only skeleton
garrison has been left in Canton
and that enemy forces in the
entire Kwangtung Province area
of the south China coast have
been thinned out.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-27

She told OF lavish gifts OF
jewelry. expensive clothing. flow
erS and even a villa presented &c
Eva by Hitler and of trysts be-
tween the two IN Munich
apartment.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-27
Truman Asks
Hoover S Aid
In Food Crisis
Former Chief Agrees
TO Monday Periey
on Europe's Plight

WASHINGTON, May 26 INS)
Herbert Hooye who fed
Europe after the first World War,
was invited today by President
Truman to come te-the White
House Monday at 10 m TO dis
cuss The present food situation
in Europe.
The former president may also
appear before the Senate food
committee. Senator Thomas Cd
of Oklahoma. committee chair
man, said that IL II would be pos
sible, he would like 10 hear the
man who handled the food crisis
after the first World War
Thomas said that the commit
tee viii be in session Monday and
Tuesday.
'Tf MIR. Hoover remains in the
.city," F1urnas said. lit would be
good idea II he could come
and give us his views on the
food situation"
SEEN AS Bit HELP
Senator John II. Bankhead Cd
OF Alabama declared that Mr..
Hoover's wide experience with
food activities in the field should
be OF great help TO the President
and To the Senate.
Speculation Immediately devel-
oped in governmental circles on
what role. if any. MI Truman
would ask the former Republican
president 10 perform
In Democratic congressional
circles it was believed that Mr..
Hoover would serve the admins
tration in q consultative capacity
on food problems.
Mr.. Hoover. who was in New
York when presidential secretary
Charles G.. Ross made the an
nouncement of Mondays meeting,
said that he was happy to accept
Mr.. Truman's invitation.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-27

Detroit's big outdoor Il Am an
American" celebration--poStponed
from last week because Of rain
soaked grounds will be held AZ
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-27

FORECAST
showers
and cool.
"Hlrohiio-
here comes
DooiItiIs
again."
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-16
Americas Tops
In Rodeo World
Set for Roundup

Obey l.. Bane, chairman of the
general Roundup committee Mon
day had returned from Phoenix and
reported that virtually all of the
155 topnotch riders and ropers who
appeared in the Phoenix rodeo, will
participate in the Imperial Valley
rodeo, including at least three world
champions-"Daredevil" Dick Grif-
fifth, Brahma bull rider Johnny
and Tommy Rhodes, of Oracle, Ariz-
ona, team tying, and Buck Sorrells,
steer roper.
1t was explained by Bane that not
only will the rodeo performers in
ciude the worlds best riders, but
also ropers.
Other famous performers will be
Bud Linderman. Jackie Cooper,
Smoky Snyder, Jack Wade, Stanley
Gomez, Claude Morris, Jack Skip
Worth, John Bowman, Glen Tyler,
Bill Linderman, Orville Thomas,
Carl Arnold, Olan Simms, Jimmy
Hazen, George Mills and Hank Mills,
as we'll as scores of others and
galaxy of crack cowgirls of national
renOWn.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-16

ing enemy sheliire that time and
again wrecked the American pom
toon bridges.
Veteran tank crews of the Second
armored division, driven from their
own bridgehead late Saturday after
48 hours of furious fighting, bounced
back across the Elbe through the
83rd's salient and joined the dough-
boy attack.
The combired divisions slugged
their wcy forward four miles CT
more to rcsitions about so miles
southwest of Berlin.
PUSH AHEAD
Two more Ninth Army oi'slsions,
the Fifth armored and 30th in
fantry,. rammed up the Elbe river
alcng front CT more than SO miles
north Of Magdeburg and deployed
for a crossing at points as close as
Al miles from Berlin.
American First Army troops were
little more than 80 miles from a
juncture with the Soviet divisions
massed on the Neisse river.
They reached the Nude river Just
south of Dessau. only Is miles from
the Ninth Army bridgehead at Bar
by, capturing the biggest Junkers
aircraft plant in the Reich. Their
armor and infantry stormed into
Hale, 25 miles farther south, and en-
tered the western outskirts of Leip-
zig, Germanys greatest remaining
military base.
1t. Gen. George S. Patton,S Amer
ican Third Army outflanked Leipzig
with mile an-hcur armored drive
that all but enveloped the big textile
and communications center of
Chomnitz, 38 miles to the southwert.
A sensational but wholly uncon-
firmed report ielayed by the Nazi-
controlled Scandinavian Telegraph
bureau in Stockholm said Patton's
tanks had crashed en- "a miles be-
yond ChemnitZ to reach Dresden, SO
miles from the Red Army lines on
the NeisS.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-16
NO PARTIAL VICTORY president TRUMAN
Russians Launch
Terrific Drive
On kuestrin Line
100000 Nazis Mass
To Battle Russ
On Way to Capital

LONDON, April 16. (UP)-The
Red army attacked on a ITO mile
front east of Berlin Monday in a
general offensive to capture the
devastated Nazi capital and link up
with Allied armies in the west.
In the first few hours of the long
expected assault, the Nazis conceded,
the Russians penetrated the last
ditch Nazi defense line between
Kuestrin and Frankfurt due east
of Berlin and seized new bridge
head across the Oder midway be-
tween the capital and Stettin.
NAZIS GIVE NEWS
The Soviet high command did not
confirm the offensive Immediately,
but the Germans--,,sually first to
announce such major Soviet drives
left no doubt that the supreme push
from the east had begun.
Marshal Gregory K. Zhukov's
fighting in the Reich. Allied obser-
the main weight of its all-out Of
fensive against the German line
from Wriezen, % miles northeast
of Berlin, to Fuerstenberg, AZ miles
southeast, at 3:15 am. under cover
of terrific air and artillery bomb
ardment.
Grim fighting developed on Ber-
Inns frontal defenses. MAJ accounts
said and Soviet forces wedged into
the line in at least one point.
100000 NAZI TROOPS - e.h,
With the attack, the Russians en-
gagged the last sizeable organized
portion of the German army still
fighting in the Reirh. Allied obser-
vers believed as many as 30 German
divisions-903,0 men--had been
waiting on the eastern approaches
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Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-16
D, AMBllNe
EpoRTER

Old H0ss's Corner
Amt it wonderful to parade
around all uninhibited in cowboy
duds?
And boards!
To date we accord Orval Walker
the biscuit dough spurs for having
the loudest shirt. That shirt caused
us the first headache of the day
It's worse than hangover.
II the Ell Centre fire department
doesn't look like bunch of thugs,
we'll put in with you. Hated, boot
ed, and spurred to the last man.
Corn Reed must be doubling for
Jesse James.
The district attorneys staff, with
the exception of that alleged cow
gal, Hazel Livingston, was cowboy
plus. d. A. Charlie Halliday in full
western regalia lent a sort of legal
atmosphere to the deal. Hazel is
due to be dunked in the horse
trough.
Pipe Jerry High. He put out var
ious and sundry eyes with his Mon
day costume and threatens to in
crease the noise until it eliminates
in a blaze of glory Friday and Satur-
day.
We hear from one of our usually
unreliable sources that Mayor P. l..
Moore and Police Judge Lee Nuffer
plan to take off for the Colorado
river Wednesday to join H. H. Ty-
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Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-16

Pioneers of Imperial Val
ley Saturday held one of the
most important meetings in
the history of the organization. Of
ficially opening the pioneer museum
and welcoming into their organiza-
ticn anyone having lived in Impe-
rial Valley 20 years.
At the same session the pioneers
elected A. B. Derrick, Ell Centric,
president for 1945. Derrick ran cat
tie in what is now Imperial Valley
as far back as 1885,.
j. d. Huston of Imperial was
elected first vice-president; H. A.
Hastain of Brawley second vice.
.president; and Mrs. w. j. Carleton
of Imperial area was reelected sec
retary.
BOARD MEMBERS
OTHER members of the board of
supervisors elected Saturday in
cluded Dan Grumbles CT Mesquite
Lake, Roy Kincaid of Calexico. D.
f. Teel of Brawley. Roy Breedlove
of Ell Centro, c. F.. Boards of West
morland, outgoing president; Elmer
Forester of Ell Centre, Lee john
son of Brawley, A. Y Preble of Inn
perial, and Rollie Clark of Ell Gen.
tro.
Many years of work and negotia-
tions preceded the opening of the
pioneer museum at the county fair
grounds between Ell Centre and I'M
perial. Here the pioneers will treas
ure mementos of early days in I'm
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-16

Some 300 to 400 B-29s dropped
possibly 1000 tons of high explosive
and incendiary bombs on war plants
in southeast Tokyo and at Kawa-
saki, an industi ial suburb southwest
of Tokyo, in Mondays early morn
ing raid Fires ragged out of control
for seven and half hours, Tokyo
broadcasts said.
ARSENAL DESTROYED
The destruction wrought by the
Superfortresses in Saturdays raid
included factories contributing to
seven major war-making industries,
including the prize target-the TIA
bashe arsenal.
Also damaged were chemical
plants, powder factories and shell
plants. The devastated section was
twice as large as the specified target
area for the raid-five square miles.
"It accomplished more than we
expected" conservative 21st tomb-
er command review of the attack
said.
Coupled with the original fir raid
March 8, Saturdays alta K COM
pleted the devastation of 27ia square
milec-17,650 acres-of the center of
Tokyo. In round figures, Saturdays
raid alone knocked out $3.50 acres
or 296, 100000 square feet.
Tokyo broadcasts said fires spread
Saturday to the Mikado's palace
and other imperial buildings.
FIRES STILL RAGING
Fires still were raging in Tokyo
when Mondays huge armada ar
rived over the capital to, in the
words of an official announcement,
continue the strategic destruction
CT japanese industries
Brig. Gen. JOHN H. Davies of
Piedmont, California, commander of
Tinian-based B-29s, said the Super
fortresses bumped into a terrific
barrage of flax" over the capital.
They stayed right on the attack,
though, and dropped their bombs
right on the target" he said.
The B-29s bombed from attitudes
of 1000 to 10000 feet.
A Japanese communique said
considerable number" of fires was
started, but all were controlled by
5 a. m. Other Tokyo broadcasts as
serted that the Soviet embassy was
destroyed by fire.
Fifty-five Superfortresses we're
slot down by Japanece night fight
ers, Tokyo claimed, and another so
damaged.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-16
Tax Reduction
Vote Nears
In State Senate
Hulse wi4l Present
Works Fund
Amendment to Bill
BY LLOYD hAPHAM

SACRAMENTO, April l6. CUP1-
The state legislature Returned to its
tax reduction and LOCAL subsidy ar
guments Monday after 4 a week end
recess in observance Oh last rites
for the late President Roosevelt.
The senate was to goNto a vote
late in the day on the governors
tax reduction program. Contained in
four bills, the pr-?ram would con-
tinue for two mors years the sales,
personal income and bank and cor
poration tax reductions voted in
1S43.
PASSAGE APPEARS CERTAIN
Few senators doubted the bills
would pass, but fight was sched-
uled over amendments to- link the
bills to bill passed earher by the
senate to earmark 500 ,OOa,O 900 for
local postwar public works.
Authors of the S106 ,OOO.OcO bill.
Senators Ben Hulse (E.) Ell Centre,
and George J. Hatfield (R.) Merced-
MADEIRA counties, Indicated they
would offer the controversial amend
ments. Their purpose would be to
force Gov Earl Warren to sign the
subsidy bill in oFder to have tax
reductions continue in force.
Action in tsle assembly on tax
reduction apparently was to be de-
layed until Tuesday. Democrats
have forced conflicting amendments
into the administration bill intro
duced bE Assemblyman Walter j.
Fourt tND Ventura.
One amendment practically would
eliminate as.Ahance for state sur
plus at the eisd of the next two
years by cutting the sales tax to
two per cent. The other would ear
mark S5700O,0OOJ for local works.
DEMOCRATS TO CAUCUS
Assembly Dembcrats were to eau
Gus Monday night to decide whether
to support the deeper sales tax or
the subsidy onf future rollcalls.
A revival OF the health insurance
issue was to be discussed during
the week by bapkers of bill spon-
sored by Governor Warren and an
other advocated by the State CIO
council. An attempt was to be made
to get agreement of both groups on
single new Dill incorporating feat
ureS OF poth previous measures,
which nave been defeated in the
assembly pubic health committee.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-16
Marines, Smash
Jap Defense
In 0kinawa Push

GoAM. Anil l6. (UP)-Marines
q tne Gniro 3mphibious corps push
ed along th4 last I0-odd miles to-
Waro the n9rthern tip of Okinawa
against llgnp resistance Monday.
In southern Okinawa. army troops
OF the 24th corps beat off Japanese
counterattacks and. by Tokyo ac-
counts, prepared for a full-scale
offensive against Naha. CAPITAL of
the island.
Inc arm forces have been stalled
lor nearly ia week by upwards of
oo'Ooo japanese troops entrenched
IN oeiense built into hills shield
ing Mana only scant four miles
soutn OF e American lines.
America infantry killed 1876 Jap
anese ~ Smashing three counter
attackT Sunday. The enemy troops
'sWainned down from we'll defended
Kaka3u ridge 1000 yards inland from
the west coast and about 5000 yards
north of Naha.
Some of the enemy troops were
armed only with spears, but others
carried tommy guns, grenades and
explosive charges,
A Japanese communique said the
Americans were making full prep
arations for an offensive in south
ern Okinawa in spite of powerful
blows sustained under our counter
offensives."
Some 1909 American troops were
killed or wounded between last
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Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-16
Farm Laborer :
Killed by Car

Mike McGovern, 56-year old farm
laborer. was struck and instantly
killed shortly before 2 a. m. Monday
when he started to walk across high
way 80 approximately eight tenths
of mile east of the east Ell Centre
city limits.
He was struck by car driven by
Fred Plness, rancher living three
miles south of Meloland, California
Highway patrolman said. McGovern
was wearing black trousers, brown
shirt, and brown hat and Pluess
was quoted as saying he saw no
signs of him walking in the shad-
ows cast on the pavement at that
point from grove of trees nearby.
The Pluess car, highway patrol
men said, swerved across the high
way after the accident and crashed
lto a drain ditch.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-16
Last Rites Held
For Roosevelt
AT Hudson Home

HYDE PARK. N. Y, April 16.
(UP)-The body of Franklin Delano
Roosevelt rested Monday in the soil
of sunny rose garden on the FAM
lily estate overlooking the Hudson
river.
A few minutes before 10 O'Clock
Sunday morning, a lone gun in a
nearby field stilled those waiting in
the hedge-locked garden with the
first round of 21-gun presidential
salute. Fo-ty-seven minutes later
the simple services for the 31st Pres
ident of the United States were over.
HAIL TO THE CHIEF
AS the echo of the gun faded, the
strains of Hail to the Chief" played
by the West Point cadet band came
through the nearby woods. The fu-
neral procession moved up the hill
side, paced by the muffled drums.
The band played The Star Span
gled Banner" then the hymn
chosen by Mrs. Roosevelt, Nearer
My God to Thee
At 1926 a. m. the caiSson was
drawn into position. Eight enlisted
men from the armed forces-there
were no honorary pallbearers-bore
the casket to the grave.
Behind the 76-year-old Rev. w.
George Anthony stood Mrs. Roose-
velt with a son, Brig. Gen. Elliott
Roosevelt, on one side, and her
do,,1htar A6rc Anna noott;oar ~,
the other.
Nearby stood her four daughters
in-law and her son-in-law, COL
John Boettiger.
Behind them was another family
the nations official family, Presi-
dent Harry S. Truman, his assist
ants and heads of the armed forces.
DR.. Anthony, wearing the black
caSsock, white surplice and black
skull cap CT the Episcopal church,
began his prayer.
"All that the Father giveth me
shall come to me-" he intoned. be-
ginning the Episcopal committal.
Unto Almighty God,' the Rev.
Anthony began.
BOMBER SALUTES
A bomber overhead swung low,
dipped in salute and almost drowned
out the prayer.
I'VE commend the soul of our
brother departed and we commit his
body to the ground; earth to earth
ashes to ashes and dust to dust. In
sure and certain hope of tie resur-
rection unto eternal life: through
our Lcrd Jesus Christ, at whose
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