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Nogales international., 1945-09-14
MINISTER ARRIVES
FROM LOUISIANA

Rev. Duncan Daniel of Alexan-
dria, La, has arrived as a member
of the staff of the Mexican Baptist
Church. Mr.. Daniel is a graduate
of the Louisiana School for the
Blind and is an expert craftsman.
He will assist Miss Margarita Hawes
in directing the Baptist School for
the Blind at 70 Congreso street,
Nogales, Sonora. It is hoped that
a substantial curio trade may be
built up from the products of the
school, making it possible for the
students to earn their own living.
Robert Marcus was business
visitor in Phoenix Saturday.
Frank Diamos OF Los Angeles,
formerly of Nogales, arrived Satur-
day to spend couple of weeks.
j. G. Wilson was in Tucson We'd
nesday and reports the weather very
hot there.
Herman Rivas, student body pres
ident at Nogales High School, re-
turned Friday from Ensenada to
finish his last year of high school.
County Attorney Ruffo Espinosa
is back from a business trip to San
Francisco.
Nogales international., 1945-09-14
HARRY WOLF BACK

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Wolf returned
yesterday from a trip to California.
Nogales international., 1945-09-14
TO SEE NEW FoRDs

j. H. Barbee is flying to Los An
geles this week to see the new Ford
cars.
Nogales international., 1945-09-14

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Gordon re-
turned Sunday from a trip to Los
Angeles:
Nogales international., 1945-09-14
FEED IN GOOD SHAPE

Gus and Earl Yeary of Elgin were
in town Tuesday on business anc
said big rain out there Sunday put
the feed in good shape.
Nogales international., 1945-09-14

Robert Salido, connected with the
customs service at Sasabe, was
visitor here Monday. He said there
was big rain there Saturday.
Nogales international., 1945-09-14
CHILD STRICKEN

Joselin Sykes, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Gilbert Sykes, was stricken
with acute appendicitis while at
school week ago Tuesday and
underwent an operation at ST. Jo-
seph's Hospital.
Nogales international., 1945-09-14

P. j. Munich was a Noga1es visitor
Friday from Phoenix and reported
the weather there this summer has
been about the hottest he ever ex-
perienced.
Nogales international., 1945-09-14

Emilio Marian went to Tucson
Nogales international., 1945-09-14

Master Sgt. Louis Fleischer re-
turned Tuesday from a trip to Los
Angeles and leaves Tuesday for
Nogales international., 1945-09-14

Alfonso zaragoza and family were
here Sunday enroute from CUliacan
on a business and pleasure trip to
Los Angeles.
Nogales international., 1945-09-14
& 81 N1ws OF Qua
$40 IN |" ~ "H,sosa n; ;'Hs* y ~

Tuesday for a physical examination
at the veterans hospital. He was
discharged from the Army some
time ago.
Nogales international., 1945-09-14

Don Smith, former Nogales news
paperman, wrote the Nogales Inter
national Sept. 1st from Manila that
he is now on the staff of the Yank
Magazine, having been transferred
to that organization about month
ago.
Nogales international., 1945-09-14

D. MaZon of MaZon'S Economy
Market returned Monday from Tue
son where he had a physical check
up. He has been i'll about two
months and his many friends will
be pleased to learn he is very much
improved.
FEED IN GOOD SHAPE
Gus and Earl Yeary of Elgin were
in town Tuesday on business ano
said big rain out there Sunday put
the feed in good shape.
CHILD STRICKEN
Joselin Sykes, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs Gilbert Sykes, was stricken
with acute appendicitis while at
school week ago Tuesday and
underwent an operation at st. Jo-
Seph'S Hospital.
Raoul Ronquillo returned to Tue
so nyesterday after a two-day visit
in Nogales.
Ramon Ba1denegro returned Sun
day from a weeks visit with rela-
tives in San Pedro.
P. j. Munich was a Noga1es visitor
Friday from Phoenix and reported
the weather there this summer has
been about the hottest he ever ex-
perienced.
Alfonso Zaragoza and family were
here Sunday enroute from Culiacan
on a business and pleasure trip to
Los Angeles.
o. S. French of Phoenix, pioneer
Arizona Democratic leader, and now
connected with the State Industrial
Commission, was in town Friday.
H. B. Thurber of Sonoita was at
Phoenix Friday and reported he
found the weather very hot there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roe Martin were
Nogales visitors Saturday from Son
oita.
Mr.. and Mrs. Red Myrick are back
from a trip to Phoenix Mr.. Myrick
plans to open saddle shop here
soon and will handle a complete
line of cowmen's supplies.
Mrs. Julia Farrior of Tucson, for
merly of Nogales, was here Sunday.
Newt Mercer of Tucson, formerly
of Nogales, was among out-of-town
guests at Fridays Rotary Club
meeting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Showalter and
two sons were in town Tuesday
from Amado.
.
Gonzalo Almada of NogaleS, Son.,
is returning the latter part of the
month from a trip to Mexico City.
Nogales international., 1945-09-14

Robert Marcus was a business
visitor in Phoenix Saturday.
Nogales international., 1945-09-14

George Grove, Jr., left Saturday
to report to the Army Air Forces al
Fort Macarthur, Calf.
Nogales international., 1945-09-14

Frank Diamos OF Los Angeles,
formerly of Nogales, arrived Satur-
day to spend a couple of weeks.
Nogales international., 1945-09-14

A card yesterday to the Nogales
international from Cpl. Robert Fain,
sent from Belgium, said he expects
to be on the way home this month.
Nogales international., 1945-09-14

j. G. Wilson was in Tucson We'd
nesday and reports the weather very
hot there.
Nogales international., 1945-09-14

Sgt. George Chamberlain of the
combat engineering corps arrived
Sept. 4th from Camp Gruber, Okla,
to spend a 16-day furlough. He is
a son of Edward Chamberlain and
returned last Christmas from Attu.
Nogales international., 1945-09-14

Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Showalter and
two sons were in town Tuesday
from Amado.
Nogales international., 1945-09-14

Newt Mercer of Tucson, formerly
of Nogales, was among out-of-town
guests at Fridays Rotary Club
meeting.
Nogales international., 1945-09-14

1t. Leslie Doan arrived home
Monday from Germany on 30-day
furlough and from here will go to
Missouri.
Nogales international., 1945-09-14

Henry Soto, youngest son of Chief
of Police and Mrs. j. M. Soto, re-
turned to San Diego yesterday fol-
lowing Navy leave at his home on
Wayside Drive.
Nogales international., 1945-09-14

Gonzalo Almada of Nogales, Son.,
is returning the latter part of the
month from a trip to Mexico City.
Nogales international., 1945-09-14

o. S. French of Phoenix, pioneer
Arizona Democratic leader, and now
connected with the State Industrial
Commission, was in town Friday.
Nogales international., 1945-09-14

WANTED: Waitress, must be able
to speak English. Bus Station Cafe
Nogales international., 1945-09-14

Mr.. and Mrs. Red Myrick are back
from trip to Phoenix. Mr. Myrick
plans to open a saddle shop here
soon and will handle a complete
line of cowmen's supplies.
Nogales international., 1945-09-14

H. B. Thurber of Sonoita was at
Phoenix Friday and reported he
found the weather very hot there.
Nogales international., 1945-09-14

Mrs. Julia Farrior Of Tucson, for
merly of Nogales, was here Sunday.
Nogales international., 1945-09-14

Mr.. and Mrs. Roe Martin were
Nogales visitors Saturday from Son.
oita.
The sub., 1945-08-09
Air Travel Is Valuable Time Saver

One set of figures recently an- nounced by the Civil Aeronautics Administration and another by the Ford Motor Company have served to highlight the savings achieved by the business world through the use of air transportation.
 The CAA has reported that four members of it's termination Board have used 8 government-owned plane to make 63 stops in 108 days, whereas the same trips by train would have required 146 days. The travel hours by air amounted to 103, while 609 would have been necessary by train. The hours saw ing thus was 83%.
 The total time saving of 152 men days, figured at $17.88 average daily salary plus $6 per diem sub sistence, amounted to $3,626.72.
 The Ford figures, made public by the Air Transport Association, show that PTS airline credit-card holders and other Ford employees who travelled by air on company business in 1941, spent $101, 128. .O6 for fares. This represented mile age of 2,022,560 which indicated 125, ,000 man hours of travel time or 5,208 man days, Based on the CAA time saving percentage of 83, Ford employees saved 4,316 man days, representing a dollar value (again based on CAA formula) of $102,- 958.76.
 In other words, Ford in one year saved $102,958.76 by spending $101, ,128.O6 for air travel and conserved 125,O00 hours of execu- tive manpower. This wartime man. power saving was credited to many company representatives including administrative officials, salesmen, sales supervisors and technicians.
 In addition, Ford Is spending well beyond $1O0,OOO annually in air express shipments and also large sums in air mail.
 Ford is only one of many busi- ness firms reporting substantial savings in time and money through the use of air transportation, ac- cording to the Air Transport As SOciation.
The sub., 1945-08-09

nothing else but AS pistols and grenadeS storm a concrete pillbox that was blazing away with mor- tars and machine guns. The pill box had four entrances. They crawled up close to the side near one of the doors, banged their hel- mets, and when they drew the Japs' fire, they tossed in few grenades. They crept up to the next entrance, and the next, and did the same thing. In that way they cleaned out the whole nest. You wouldn't think a thing like that was possible, but the Marines did 1t.
 On the tenth day, slipped out between the lines to spot a Jap pillbox that had been giving us trouble. I located it all right and returned, intending to bring up some tanks to destroy it. I was en- tering our own lines when a Jap sniper got me. The bullet struck below my left shoulder blade, just missed my lung and my heart, broke my collar bone and arm on the way out. I lost a lot of blood, but I worked my way back 700 yards to first-aid station before I collapsed. It took six units of blood plasma and one transfusion of whole blood to keep me alive. By nine that night was aboard a hospital ship, had been operated on, and was on my way back home.
 Of the 61,OOO Marines who went in, approximately 4,000 were killed, 15,OOO wounded and 900 missing. And we lost just as heavily in ma- terial and equipment. I think this battle showed that no matter how long the Japs have built up their defenses and how well they fight. we can move in and lick them. But we'll have to pay the price. We'll have to keep on fighting and work ing like hell to win.
The sub., 1945-08-09
BrOWnIOW to Help Guide
 Metal Trades
Assistant President Has Been Serving as Labor Mem-
 Der of w. l.. B.

Because of greatly expanded membership and activities, the executive council of the A. F. of L. Metal Trades Department has auth- orized appointment of an assistant president to help handle the de- partment's work. |
 At the recommendation of PreSt~ dent John P. Frey, the council named James A. Brownlow, Secre~ tary-treasurer of the Colorado State Federation of Labor, to the post. Brownlow is member of the Plumbers Union and former presi- dent of the Denver Building Trades Council.
 Widely known in Colorado poli- tical as we'll as labor circles. Brownlow served two terms in the centennial states lower house in the mid-thirties and was Democra- tic floor leader when Edward C. Johnson, now U. s. Senator, was governor. Brownlow also served as secretary to former Governor Tel Ter Anlmons, vice chairman of the Denver Housing Authority and manager of the Denver airport.
 During the past year Brownlow has been a labor membr of the Na- tional War Labor Board in Wash~ ingtOn.
The sub., 1945-08-09

covering the < ar EdSLeIH 1lSHIAI5 front, the Central and Southwest Pacific, the China-India supply lines and bases, and the industrial Navy Yards of Honolulu and the West Coast of the United States. It makes one proud to see the Ann erican combat-induStrial team at work. It is a competent, skilled team, getting ahead on dirty job. American ingenuity, brawn and brains getting things done in the mud and rain, working against time. disease, infection and insects, while they rout the JapS out of their fox holes and caves. They are trying to shorten the war for us.
 Again this week our headlines have told us one of the most dram attic events of the war, portent of the final act in the Pacific thea ter The great battleWagons of our Navy stood five miles off the Jap anese coast shelling its cities and industrial targets, unchallenged by sea, air or ground fire-HalSey spit ting in Hirohito's eye. This is a long way from December 1941, when the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor laid low the major portion of our battle strength. We have come back the long road on the way to victory, step by step, made possible by the sacrifices of our fighting men and the almost in- credible accomplishments of Amer ican industry and labor.
 We must remember that when our naval ships go into enemy wa ters they take risks of heavy cas- ualties and damage; and in the re- cent combined operations around Okinawa, your Navy suffered heavy punishment. We were op- posing at close range the ships and the shore-baSed aviation of an em- pire. We paid a heavy price. Many ships were damaged; and we must pay that price again on each in- vasion of territory that is vital to the Japanese. The Japanese are ser- iously weakened, but they are cun- ming, dangerous and tenacious fighters, and will resist invasion at all costs; and our ships will con- tinue to be damaged, and Ameri- can workers are the people who must repair them.
 More and more, as the Fleet Is immobilized in the shadow of the enemy's home islands in support of landings, our ships will be subject to attack from air and undersea forces Damaged ships mean loss of fighting power, with temporary reduction in fleet efficiency. It is imperative that damaged vessels be returned to action expeditiously.
 This battle for repairs has to be fought here at home. It has to be fought by American labor, working day in and day out around the clock in shipyards and repair plants on both coasts. The strain of that battle I have seen in the faces of workmen in our industrial plants; but labor has to keep putting it out until we knock out the Japanese. The Fleet wants to know how soon we can return their damaged ships. Every out-of-action ship means fewer antiaircraft guns and fewer carrier planes in the air. A delay In the return of those ships delays the end of the war. It Is la bor's problem and responsibility.
The sub., 1945-08-09
Beochh cad to He'll!

"Any Americans still believing that the Japs sec ond-rate fighters, with inefficient poor equip and bad leadership, did not meet them at Two Jma declares Sergeant Walter Prtchard, 37yearold Marine who severely wounded after fighting through the first nine days of this boodies of battles which has been de- scribed as the "Beachhead to He'll"
 Since returning to the States I've heard talk of Jap resistance slackenng off, the Leatherneck ob That's not the way it at Two. The Nips met there tougher and fanatic than We had to kill practically every manack of the 23O0O the island to make them quit And their equipment is getting better too Instead of being old and makeshf lots of it brand newries mortars, rockets and erything else. Why, the big naval guns they had empaced in concrete positions new-made in Jap factoriesand not secondhand weapons they captured early in the war"
The sub., 1945-08-09

Sergeant Pritchard, who hit the grim volcanic beach of Two at the head of reconnaissance section of P men, was one of the three who came out alive. The other two were also wounded.
 We knew we were in for rugged D-Day almost as soon as our first LCVP's headed for the beach," Pritchard says. Even though we'd bombed, strafed and finally bombarded the Japs with our big naval guns-poured 1t on for "A days in row preceding the invasion-they met our first wave with a terrific hail of fire. That was just a taste of things to come" My section (Seargeant Pritchard relates) was in the 14th wave, yet when we hit the beach the Marines ahead of us held no more than about a hundred yards of the shore. That put us behind schedule right from the start, but it couldn't be helped. The opposition was too stiff. The Japs had a line of pill boxes stretching clear across the beach. They were reinforced by steel and concrete so that bombs or rockets only glanced off. The gun openings were on the side, each pillbox covering the next until there was solid, savage cross-fre sweeping the whole length of the line.
 There was only one way to knock out those pillboxes = the hard way. Men on two feet and with nothing to protect them had to pierce that line and get in close enough to toss in grenades. For every five who tried, one was lucky to get through.
 Two hours after we landed, I helped to carry back the body of Sergeant John Basilone, hit by mor- tar fire. He was the first enlisted Marine to win the Congressional Medal of Honor. He might have had a commission and might have sat out the rest of the war, but he didn't. By his own choice, he went back in action at Two Jima and he was still with his guns when they got him.
 The destruction on that beach, head the first day was terrible. There were dead men and wrecked equipment all around. Blasted hulks of landing craft, anaphibian tractors, vehicles of all kinds clut- tered the shore as far as you could see. Jap artillery fire from Mt Murabachi and mortar fire from closer range seemed to score 8
The sub., 1945-08-09

direct hit everytime. We had so much trouble bringing in the neces- sary weapons and fighting equip ment that we didn't get chow until the third day.
 As leader of a reconnaissance section, it was part of my job to set up observation posts. There was only one place from which to ob- serve on IwO-right up on the front lines-So that's where we estab- lished our posts and that's where they stayed right through the cam paign.
 On the fourth day the flag went up on Mt. Surabachi. We saw it from a distance and it looked more beautiful than the picture you've seen of it. Three of the six men who planted that flag never got home to tell about 1t. But we knew that we had the Japs licked from that point on because now we con- trolled the heights.
 But the fighting continued fierce and bloody. Neither the Japs nor the Marines gave quarter or asked it. Thirty seconds never passed with out steel flying in the air. Here's an idea of what the battle on Two was like: A corporal called for a flamethrower to be used on cer- tain pillbox. The officer present, wanting to conserve fuel, said Hell, all the Japs in there are dead by now. Try hand grenade. " The corporal answered, II did and some blankety-b blank dead Jap threw 1t right back at mel
 One of the best assets we had out there was rockets. Those rockets really did a job. We fired them from landing craft, we fired them from LVTs, tanks and ducks" we fired them from recon trucks, we fired them from planes, we fired them from bazookas. We sure gave them a going-over with rockets. It gave you a swell feeling, especially, to see the recon trucks, their beds bristling with rockets, rush up to a sector where our boys were meet ing tough resistance, hurl their load of projectiles at the Jap positions. and then shuttle back for more rockets.
 But the No. weapon we had was courage. There's no getting around it that the Japs have plenty of guts, too. In fact, they fight like they were determined to die in ac- ton. I saw one Jap with dynamite attached to his body throw himself under a tank and blow both sky high. But for sheer courage and determination, nothing will ever stop the Marines.
 For instance, one platoon was ors dered to attack ridge which had been holding us back all day. At the time of their last attack, there were only ten men left out of all most a hundred. Those Marines knew they would never take that ridge. They knew they were charg- ing a well-fortified position at odds of fifty to one. All ten of them died in the attempt but they did make the entering wedge for the next attack that overran the posi- tion.
 I saw five or six of our men with
The sub., 1945-08-09
Navy Speaks to Labor By Rear Admiral E. o. Allen, U. s. N.
and I know they will meet it.

and I know they will meet it.
 The Japanese are like 8 boxer badly hit, hanging on hoping to be saved by the bell. They must be hit again and again and knocked out while they are off balance. We must continue to keep all possible combat units in action. The Navy asks you to make that your slogan and help us speed the victory.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-23

Well" Lefty continued. Il get 10 Jim Baxter's
home town, and don't have no trouble findin
his missus She's livin' in a terrible dump. but
there's somethin' kinda awful nice about her
kisser She looked like my kid sister used TO look
before her husband hit her with the radio
Il lie 10 her somethin fierce / tell her met
her husband on the Coast, where we did honest
toll together before he moved on. tell her Jim
Baxter loves her very much indeed and Is only
ashamed 10 write because he wasn't don so hot
Where he is now ! say. do not know
'She squeezes my hands like they were hun.
dreddollar bills She says she knew it all the
time he was just too proud TO write until he made
good But she wishes he'd come home anyhow
She loves him so much she says
Then she takes me in 10 see the kid and that
breaks my heart altogether It's beautiful little
tomato, maybe six years old, but she's so skinny
you'd swear she'd been eatin prison chow since
she was born
1T was more than could stand Jim Baxters
wife and kid were broke that there couldn't
have been more than a buck between them and
the poorhouse. ] get lump in my throat like
been hit in the neck with billy And make up
my mind l gotta do somethn about this
so what do do? So / say goodbye-and
then hang around town until il gets nice and
late. My mind has been made up that / am goin'
straight. and don't want 10 do nothin' really bad
So all do is stick up saloon and take two hun
dred bucks from the cash register.
Then 60 back to Mrs. Baxters house
don't wake her up just break in easy-like and
leave the two hundred bucks the table. Then
leave feelin' happy and KNOWN done good
But what happens then shows there's no jus.
tice. Instead of gettin' break for doin somethn'
really good. they nail me hour later when !
try TO hop freight And here am now. Pete
back in this can for a longer stretch than done
before,
1T ain't fair. Pete II just ain't fair" -.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-23
Lefty drew a long breath.

Lefty drew long breath.
Its account Of Jim Baxter I'm back in this
can" he began. you know Jim Baxter, the tall
guy who works in the wardens office?" Pete
nodded Well on account of him, I'm here now
you see, got kinda pally with him when he
first came in, and pretty soon got to know him
real good And felt a little sorry for him, too
Because he was strictly legit sucker who never
stole buck in his life You know. real sap
Seems like he blew his home town after he
lost his job. and went ookin' for work in another
place. He left his family behind-a wife and
Nd-and said he'd send for them when he landed
a new spot.
We'll, once he's away from home, he starts
hittin' the gin mills Feelin' sorry for himself
suppose, and stuff like that. Anyhow. he gets
into fight one night and copper gets crowned
They hang the rap on Jim Baxter-and before he
knows what hits him, he's in this Jail on two
year rap.
But does his wife know anythn about this?
Strictly nothin'. He don't write her nothin' He
says his home town is silly billy place and. if the
neighbors find out he's in the can. nobody will
help his wife and Kid Better he says if his bride
thinks he's on the loose. or is lookin' for a job
some place. maybe.
He tells me this story Pete with tears in his
eyes, and he keeps talkin' about his wife and kid
until almost bust out cryin' myself keep
thinkin' about II and thinkin' about il. And when
get sprung two months later. don't say nothin'
TO Jim Baxter-but make up my mind TO see II
] can help his family. Are you listen. Pete?"
I'm listenn," Pete grunted. Keep talkin."