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Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-14
U. 5. Army Takes
Over Struck
Electric Plant

CLEVELAND, Jan. 13. CUP)-The
army seized the Cleveland Illumi-
mating company Saturday and Or
dered striking maintenance workers
back on the job after lack of elec-
trical power forced curtailment of
production in 40 war plants.
Colonel E. A. Lynn of the army
ordnance department, accompanied
by staff of eight officers and car
rying a United States flag, entered
the CEIs downtown office early Sat-
urday morning and took possession
of the struck facilities at AIS a. m
Colonel Lynn called ION all en-
ployes to return to work immediate
ly' in a statement issued shortly
after the announcement from Wash
ington that President Roosevelt had
directed the war department to
take over.
ANY employe who does not re-
port at the beginning of his next
regular shift will be subject to i'm
mediate discharge" the statement
declared, and warned that the name
of any employe deliberately absent
would be Immediately referred to
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E. {. Soldier
Is Missing
In Europe War

Private First Glass Tommy Slovak
of Ell Centre is missing in action in
Germany.
In an official war department
telegram erceived Friday night, his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. F. Slovak
of 1926 Brighton avenue, were in
formed that he had been missing
since December 16.
The last letter received from the
soldier was written in England and
was dated November 26, 1914.
Private Slovak had been in the
army almost two years. He left the
United States for the European the
ater last october. Mr.. and Mrs. Slo-
yak received telephone message
from his buddy's mother in San
Diego that her boy also is missing.
Young Slovak attended school in
Ell Centre and has many friends in
Imperial Valley.
His brother, Julius, is at Pearl
Harbor, serving with the navy as a
machinists mate first class.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-14
By LLOYD LAPHAM

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 13.
(UP)l-The state legislature
was in recess Saturday after
an active opening wee k
which prompted predictions
that the present bill-intro-
duction period could be COM
pleted in two more weeks.
Accomplishments of the week in
cludec passage by the assembly of
a bill continuing the $50 a month
old age pension rate, and Jerrold
L. SeaWell, senate president pro
tempore, estimated the legislature
could start its 30-day minimum con-
stitutional recess by January 26.
MAJOR ISSUES
AT least three major issues were
scheduled for presentation next
week. A bill containing details cf
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-14
Death Summons
Well Known
Hardware Man

Willard B. (Sid) SWanberger, 43,
El Centro, wholesale manager of I'M
perial Hardware company, died Fri
day night in Ell Centre hospital of
complications following an emer-
gency appendectomy performed this
week.
He was stricken suddenly and his
surgeon discovered his appendix had
ruptured. He rallied after the oper-
alton. Complications, however, set in
and were fatal.
The body will lie in state at the
Lemons mortuary in Ell Centro from
6 p. m. until 9 p. m. Sunday and
from 9 a. m. until noon Monday.
Funeral services will be in Santa
Ana next week.
His family and friends were
stunned when informed of his death
as they believed his strong constitu-
ton would be able to withstand the
strain.
Swanberger came to Imperial VAL
ley 80 years ago. He attended school
in Ell Centro and while in school
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uniic
Hits
Nuziis
Russians Push
East Prussia,
Czech Thrus+s

LONDON, Jan. 13. (UP)
Alarmed Nazi broadcasts
said Saturday that the Red
army had opened two more
major offensives in East
Prussia and Czechoslovakia
and that a Gigantic struggle
of decisive Importance is rag
ing" on a 60-mile front be-
tween the Baltic and the
Danube valley.
Berlin reported that one day after
blasting open the Polish front the
Russians mounted full dress offenS-
ives apparently aimed at securing
the flanks Of Soviet push across
The frozen Polish plains on the
shortest route to Berlin.
GERMANS PANICKY
AS usual in the first phase of new
operations, Moscow had not an
nounced the Nazi-reported attacks
But the almost panicky tenor of
the German reports Indicated
strongly th1t Marshal Stain had
hurled massive array OF pentup
power at the Germans in historic
winter offensive.
There is no doubt that the Sov-
lets now are stalking everything on
one card" Ernst Won Hammer, Ber-
lin military commentator said. "a
great testing cf forces with the
Soviets now is in progress on six
battlefields scattered from East
Prussia to Budapest.
ON WIDE FRONTS
They are firstly around the
Hungarian capital; secondly be-
tween Saskatchewan and the Dan
ube bend, thirdly the penetration
area east of Kcmarno on the Dan
ube, fourShly ,1he area CT the Hun
garian-Slovak border; fif.hly the
Vis.ula Eridgehead west Of Bara-
now, and siXthly the East Prussian
fighting zone.
"It must be assumed that the Sow
lets will still further enlarge the
scenes of the fighting"
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-14

Saturday but front reports said the
skies were clearing and there was
some hope that Allied air forces
would be able TO join in the battle
before noon.
NAZIS THROWN BACK
=, Far to the southeast in Alsace,
u. S. Seventh army troops rallied
to throw back strong German
armored attack On their Maginot
line positions along the northern
edge of the Hagenau forest.
Fielt DISPATCHES indicated that
the Germans still were pulling back
in the Ardennes. giving ground rap
idly in the west and putting UP a
skillful rear guard action east of
the Bastogne-E e-Eouffalize-Lieg high
way.
Hard fighting was in progress on
the northern and southern flanks
east CT that road and SHAEF
communique ackncwlet ged that the
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-14
Nimitz Carrier Planes
Strike Luzon Convoy
From Six to Twelve Transports
Destroyed Off Indo-China in
Crushing Blow. Including Airports
BY MAC JOHNSON -

PEARL HARBOR, JAM 13. (UP)-Carrer planes of
the third fleet struck powerful new blows along 250me
stretch of the French 1ndoChna Saturday after
wreckng SO japanese ships the first phase
that apparently has smashed major enemy attempt to
reinforce embattled Luzon.
Carrying the attack into it's second day. hundreds of
dvebombers, torpedo planes and fighters hammerng
shipping ardromes and other enemy installations from
Saigon in the south to Quinhon in the north
CA Tokyo broadcast heard in London said some 80
B29 Surerfortresses also attacked Saigon Friday night
but there confirmation from American that
landbased bombers had joined in the attack The Tokyo
broadcast said 20 Superorresses shot down by
fighters and ground defenses.)
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-14
Ma nil
Drive
Ga iinS
MACARTHUR'S S

G r. N MACARTHUR'S M
HEADQUARTERS, Luzon,
Jan. IS. (UP)-Sixth army
forces have driven six miles
into the enemy's fortified
flank on the eastern shore of
Lingayen gulf under sup
porting fire of American
warships, widening the A
merican beachhead to at least
26 miles, a front dispatch
disclosed Saturday.
The thrust from San Fabian, for
mer northeastern anchor of the
beachhead, carried to the coastal
town Of RADON, four and a half
miles southwest of Rosario airfield,
Is miles from Baguio and 20 miles
south of San Fernando, the latter
the center of a strong japanese
concentration.
46 JAP SHIPS SUNK
Forty-six japanese freighters and
coastal vessels attempting to land
reinforcements and supplies at San
Fernanco Thursday were intercept
ed by American naval units, Gen
eral Douglas MacArthurs co,nmu-
nique reported, and when the smoke
of furious shellfire cleared, all 46
had been sunk or damaged heavily
tRaGio Togo said two American
conveys alreacy have landed troops
and supplies on the Lingayen gulf
and third of more than 100 trans
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reported:
1. The Congress of Industrial
Organizations said such a law would
be thoroughly unworkable": that
in fact no form of manpower draft
was needed but that manpower
problems should be worked out by
management and labor conferences
with the government.
2. Members of the house military
affairs committee, currently consid-
ering the May work -or-fight bill,
began to wonder if such a law would
force. new war workers 20 join un-
ions against their will
8, And at the same time war pro-
ducticn officials said the manpower
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-14

crisis in industry would be greatly
eased anyway if the currently re-
ported trend of AIS into war work
continued.
The house committee has been
holding hearings all week on a bill
introduced by Chairman Andrew
j. May CD Kentucky, to set up
special army units for men Is to
45 who refuse to do essential war
work. Army, navy, manpower and
production officials have told the
committee of the need for legisla-
ton to force men into war work.
But the committee has not yet
heard from labor, which Is sched-
uled to present its side of the case
next week.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-14
Hood River Jap-Americans
Return Without Hindrdnce

tention from residents reported to
be forming a welcoming commit
tee" ito meet incoming trains bear
ing any evacuees. Sato, an orchard
owner, came from Cleveland, O..
where he worked in war plant
The other two were from undesig
mated destinations. They We're the
first to return to this valley under
the recent order by the western
defense commancJ permitting such
rehabilitation.
Hood river gained nationwide at
tention after the American Legion
rost eXpunged from its war honor
roll the names of l6 Japanese
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-14

HOOD RIVER, Ore, Jan.
13. (UP)-Despite efforts to
organize a citizens commit
tee to meet returning Jap
anese-Americans and dis
courage them from return
ing to the Hood River valley,
three Nisei Saturday were
back in the county without
so much as an eyebrow raised
against them.
The three former evacuees-Ray
Saot, Sat Noji and Min Asai-re-
turning by train Friday without at
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-14
Arizona House "A
Okehs Treaty f'1'

PHOENIX, Ariz., Jan. 13. CUP)-
The legislature, in recess Saturday
will convene in joint session Monday
while Governor Sidney p. Osborn
delivers his biennial budget mes
sage, which repeatedly will call for
sharply increased governmental ex-
penditures.
1t was understood several regular
budgetary items will be hiked by as
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-14
Farm Production
Seen in Peril

from July /, 1943, to December 81,
1914, Adams said 1945 farm labor re-
quirements will parallel 1914 needs.
Last year a peak of 442,312 workers
was reached in September.
. Seventy-siX per cent of the work.
ers were part of the normal labor
supply" he pointed out. The re-
mainder of the labor force was made
UP Of Mexican nationals and voluh-
teeys, he said.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-14

A Pacific fleet communique dis
closed that 25 ships, including six
and possibly II transports, $780,
ton Kasori class light kruiser and
several deStroyers or destroyer es-
ccrts, were sunk and 13 other yes
sells damaged heavily in the initial
attacks Friday Qndo-C China tinne).
T!lirty-nine Japanese planes also
were destroyed.
NO DAMAGE TO u. s.
"At last reports, our service forces
have suffered no damage and were
continuing their attacks Admiral
Chester w. Nimitz announced.
At least foL1 japanese conveys
were hit in Fridays strikes and it
was tteorized that some, if not all,
had embarked on an attempt to
move additional troops and supplies
to Luzon, about 100c miles to the
east
Early advices save no clue Whetli-
er the conveys haci been wiped out
completely, but it appeared certain
they had been forced to disperse.
Such ships as might have escaped
may be overhauled yet and blasted
to the bottom.
NO SURFACE BATTLE
Though no major Japanese fleet
units were engaged in the early
phase of the attack, the possibility
remained that the enemy might send
naval forces into action to counter
Admiral William F. Halsey's thrust
across the south China sea, which
in effect has cut the Japanese en-
pire in two.
The toll of shipping off Indo-
China brought to 286 the number
Of Japanese vessels sunk or damag-
ed by the third fleet since January
in its forays from the Ryukyls,
just south of Japan, to Saigon. The
overall total included an addi-
tional 110 ships revealed by Nimitz
last night to have been sunk or
damaged last Tuesday around For
mesa.
That brought the toll in the For
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"Work Or Fig ht" Program
Faces Stiff Opposition =

WASHINGTON, Jan. Is.
(UP)-President Roosevelt's
request for "work-or-fight"
legislation to force 4-Fs into
war work ran into tough OBJ
stacles Saturday, as the fol-
lowing developments were
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-14

Americans serving with the armed
forces, bringing down upon the post
widespread criticism from minis
terial anc liberal groups.
On the day the first evacuees re-
turned the post had advertisements
in papers restating the posts op-
position to their return.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-14

much as 40 per cent and that the
overall budget for the next two
years. beginning July I, will be IS 70
rs per cent above that OF l943-45.
The assembly quit for the week
end after the house. with only ono
dissenting vote, adopted senate
approved measure calling on con.
gress TO ratify the U, s.-Mexico1
water treaty.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-14

SACRAMENTO, Calf, Jan. 13.
(UP)-Californi farm production
during 1945 will be critically affected
if there is shift Of current farm
workers to war plants or the armed
services, r. L. Adams, director of
the farm production council, report
ed to the state senate Saturday.
In written statement, covering
farm production council activities
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-14
Armored Battle
Rages in Belgium
Allied Columns Push Forward in
Ardennes Salient as Germans
Falter Under SIedge-Hammer Blows

PARIS, Jan. 13. (UP)-Fast-rong Allied columns
famed out through the western end of the Ardnnes sal
lent against dsntegratng Naz opposition Saturday while
stronger German covering forces to the east fought Amer
can arored divisions driving into their fanks from the
north and south.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-14
= AMBllNe
NJ EpoRTER

Double Duty
"These roads are the toughest
things I ever saw" someone said
snappishly while travelling near Ell
Centre.
Don't say anything about these
roads," ordered King Maljan. THE
only exercise I get is riding over
them"
Here and There
"I'll go down aI.l see DR.. Brooks
this afternoon" Mrs. Leta May
Bryan, superior court reporter, said
to herself one day this week. So she
went down town and began sitting
around with the others. DR.. c. S.
Brooks, it seemed, was out.
Meanwhile the machinery of the
law had struck a snag in the court
house. DR.. Brooks and some other
doctors were waiting around for an
insanity hearing to get going. Moth
ing could be done until a court re-
porter was on hand. Court attaches
telephoned madly around town in
search of Leta May. Another re-
porter was pressed into service.
II didn't plan TO forget it," Leta
May said after returning to the
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WEATHER FORECAST

WEAIHEh FORECASI
Fine weather over the week end
with little change in temperatures.
Daytime temperatures around IS
degrees and night temperatures
above 80 degrees.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-14

l.. A. HAY-No. barley hay $36 "a S29; No. oat
hay, S36 a $37; u. S. No. l alfalfa ungraded, S2s
a S31; u. S. No 2 alfalfa, green g. Ieafy, S2;
% S29; No. 2 S24 90 S25.
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WEATHER

Maximum Friday II, minimum Saturday Al; S am
Saturday Al, humidity 49, noon Saturday ~, hu-
mdty 40; S pm. Friday rs, humidity 20.
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Total Cash, Checks and Drafts Sent
Through The Two Fl Centre BanksD
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-23

and how quickly time will dissolve it.
 Tn few more years Evelyn and her friends will be grown and gone. And what a pity you've neglected your health to such an extent that you can't enjoy them while they're here, nor take advantage of your opportunity to educate Evelyn in the oivilizing conviction that hos- pitable home is the dynamic center cf good life.
 Pride in agreeable parents and a comfortably accommodating home that appeals to friends are the best social safeguards a tonnage girl could have. Yet by your hys- terical irascibility you are depriving Evelyn of this moral support at a time in her growth when she needs it most. I think your furious irri- tation with her friends, which doesn't spare the feelings of any, Is simply nervous exhaustion speak ing-with they the scapegoats and not the cause of it.
 A great-hearted mother, sympa- thetic to youth, would be pleased, not dismayed, to find her daughter and her home so preferred and be- sieged. And if you weren't Jagged out, I am sure those would be your sentiments, too. Then you would take the commotion in stride and at the same time genially press your daily visitors into service as house. hold helpers-to set the table, do dishes, run erTands, etc., as need arose.
 My advice is: Try to build up your health and revise your household an earlier morning start-in order to generously meet the special obligations thrust upon you by Evelyn's outstanding popu- larity. I think you are making grevious mistake to put her so mis- erably on the defensive about it.
 M. H.
 Mary Haworth cOunsels through her column, not by mail or person. al interview. Write her in care of The Waterbury Democrat.
 Copyright, The Washington Post).
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-23
BEAUTIES HINTS
 Lear, to ReLax During the Day
By ALICIA HART NEA Staff Writer

Crowsfeet flaming out around the eyes and gaunt lines running beside the nose and mouth, are the alarm signals of an over-strained nervous system. Too busy to relax? That's just the trouble-the busiest woman should set aside a few min utes for relaxation each morning and afternoon.
 An of1ce worker, sitting most of the time, should get up and walk around the room, or step to the window and gulp few deep breatbs of fresh air. A salesgirl, on her feet great deal, will be more rested ii she slips to the employees lounge and stretches out for few minutes.
 A good way to rest muscles tensed from prolonged typing. or nerves tangled by the children's clamor, is to sit down, knees apart and feet fiat on the floor. Reyes closed and hands relaxed in the lap, slowly raise your left arm to an overhead vertical position. Then let it drop like a dead weight to your side. Do this several times with one arm and then the other.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-23
QUESTIONS and ANSWERS Salt in Hot Weather

Please advise whether one should exclude salty things from the diet when one suffers from the extreme heat? ..I (Mrs. H. L.)
 Answer-Generally it is better to take extra salt in very hot weather, especially if you sweat much. It prevents heat exhaustion, makes water more refreshing prevents heats cramps, etc. Take 8 good pinch of salt along with every large drink of water or other beverage, when the weather is very hot or when you are exposed to great heat, either from the sun or artificial heat.
 Py0rrhea
 I would like. to get instructions for the use of iodine and vitamins to prevent development of pyorrhea.
 Answer-Send stamped envelope bearing your address, for pamphlet on Pyorrhea. Inclose twenty-five cents coin if you want a copy of booklet Save Your Teeth" Copyright 1945 by John F. Dille Go.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-23
so YOU'RE TAKING VTTAMIN
 "SHOTS"?

suppose 1t i'll becomes me to say so, but hate that term "shots" as a synonym for hyprodermic, sub cutaneouS intromuscular or intra- venous injections. But then, some refined readers do not like some of the terms use. On analyZing the matter I infer that my dislike of the term is associated with the early days of practice ir Penn Yan. l was pretty young and harassed by the fear that the country folk would not have any confidence in doctor who had not yet cut all of his teeth. So E tried to cornpen- sate for my youth by putting on lot of dignity. It seemed to work fairly well for the first few weeks. Then my brother Andy, who re- sembled me, paid me a visit. While in town Andy missed no bets in the way of parties, dancse and shindies in all strata. The people at these, affairs mistook Andy for me, called him Doctor" and-when Andy got hep to the situation he did cut loose and had the time of his life. Then he went home-and it took me long while after that to scowl down the astonished folks who, meaning to continue on pleasant terms, greeted me as Doe. "Doc" and the kind of dignity I had to wear or thought I had to wear. are justin ot compatible. Now, as you may have guessed, go without my hat. overcoat and dignity all the time, and don't care whether anybody calls me "Doc'-although l would not so address a physician, dentist or person with a doctorate degree.
 Only one vitamin, to the best of my knowledge, ever produces an effect that can be measured, felt or otherwise determined within hours or days. That is vitamir A. In his book "Vitamins and Other Dietary Essentials" (Heinemann Ltd, London, 538) w. R. Aykroyd, M. D. observes.
 ''The writer has sometimes
 given Newfoundland fishermen.
 victims of night blindness
 single tablespoonful of cod-liv-
 er-oil, with the gratifying result
 that they were able to see on
 the subsequent night. There are
 one fears, few other remedies
 in medicine so rapid and re-
 liable"
 Now from time to time medical colleagues tell me how promptly canker sores in the mouth heal when the sufferer takes enough vi- tamin B-complex. particularly nia- cinamide Otherwise called nicoti- mic acid), and how quickly burning
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-23
BL WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY
 America'S Card Authority

This is the fourth of series of six articles based on the Fishbein convention which was developed by Harry J. Fishbein and Corp. Alvin Roth.
 North opens the bidding on to- days hand with pre- -ernptive bid of three diamonds. If East over- called with the conventional bid of three hearts (the next higher ranking suit he would be asking West to bid his best suit. But East has good suit of his own and in this case, Fishbein recommends bid of three spades. The bid shows a good hand with good spade suit, but needs a free raise from partner to go to game, In other words, East admits that his hand is not strong enough to make the informatory double bid of three hearts. West has good hand and correctly bids four spades.