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BELGIUM TO KEEP
u. S. help GOING

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14.-W.D-
Belgian Foreign Minister Paul
Henri Spaak advised the State De-
partment tonight that this country
has no intention of ''interrupting
abruptly" reverse lend-lease to
the United States.
Spaak is here to discuss lend
lease matters with American Of
ficials.
Belgium is one of the few coun.
tries whose reverse lepd5easet aid
exceeds lend-lease received. The
United States "owes'' Belgium on
that account. No late lofficial fig
ures are available because the
bulk of Belgium's reverse lend
lease has been provided since We
Day coincident with redeployment
of American troops.
But Belgian officials estimate
that they have furnished about
$120, 900, 900 worth of aid to Amer
lea. The last official figure on
lend-lease exports, cumulative to
July 1, Jumps Belgium and Lux
embourg together and shows they
had received $42,057,O00 of which
more than $37, o00,0 900 was food.
Belgium has extended, and is
still extending, mutual aid to the
American troops-and to an ex-
tent largely exceeding the amount
of American aid," Spaak reported.
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WALLACE OFFICIAL
SHOT IN SHOULDER
BY ARMED NEGRO

Mayor Aubrey Harrell, of Wal
lace, was reported in a good con-
dition at his home where he is
resting after receiving a flesh
ound in the. shoulder from a shot
gun charge fired at him by Eugene
Bennett, Negro, of Wallace who
was resisting arrest for violation
a minor city ordinance, Chief
of Police N. D. Boone reported
last night.
Chief Boone said that Bennett
had been warned about repeated
ly filling in drainage ditch near
his house and that a warrant had
finally been sworn out for him. 1t
was when a party of police and Of
ficials attempted to serve the war
rant at about 9 pm, Thursday,
that Bennett started shooting.
Mayor Harrep was hit by the
first shot, believed to be either
No. or chilled shot, and Ben.
nett fired again at a policeman in
the party but missed him. He then
reloaded and fired several more
shots and barricaded himself in
his house necessitating the use of
tear gas, it was reported.
When the gas shell was fired
into the house, Bennett ran out OF
the back door and escaped.
Mr., Boone sid that bloodhounds
were brought from the state prison
camp at Wilson and the Negro was
finally catured about 4 o'clock yes
terday morning.
Bennett was given a hearing
yesterday afternoon and bound
over to Superior Court under $5,-
600 bond on a charge of assault
with a deadly weapon with intent
to kill resulting in serious injuries.
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CASE OF C0ERINC
BEING PERFECTED

LONDON, Sept. a. R War
crimes indictments against Her
mann Goering and % other top
Nazis are nearly ready, it was dis.
closed today as Britain announc-
ed appointment Of IA prosecutors
for the coming trials at Nuern-
berg.
Sir David Maxwell Fyfe, Attor-
ney General in the Churchill war
time government, and Solicitor
General Sir Frank Soskice head
the British prosecutors.
Fyfe's successor in the Attlee
government, Sir Hartley Shaw
cross, will go to Berlin soon to
confer with the American, French,
and British chief war crimes prose-
cutors.
Justice Robert H. Jackson, chief
American prosecutor, has gone to
Weinberg, and later will go to
Berlin, where the organizationa]
meeting of the court will be held.
A spokesman for the American
prosecution indicated that the in
dictments would be presented
and presumably made public-at
the initial meeting, or soon there
after.
Meanwhile a Vienna broadca st
said the Austrian cabinet had Get
up two commissions to help pre-.
pare for the trials. '>
One will get together dossiers of
the major suspects, while the other
will list lesser suspects to be triec
NV Austrian courts.
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Ford Production Ends;
50, 600 Men Are Idle

DETROIT, Sept. 14.-R- The
Ford Motor Company quit virtually
all production today, laying off
$4,000 workers and attributing the
move to Gripping and unauthoriz-
ed strikes" against suppiers.
A statement issued over the name
of Henry Ford End, executive vice
president, said: - s-.~'.
''In two and half months we
have produced less automobiles
than we could in three hours of
normal production and the major
reason is that these continued out
breaks by irresponsible labor
groups are impeding the reg r
progress of reconversion."
The Ford Company's action came
as a climax to weeks-long labor
strife in the Detroit area. Today's
Ford layoffs brought to approx
mately 10000 the number of idle
auto industry workers here and in
neighboring Windsor, Ont, where
a Ford strike was in its third day.
Total Ford employment prior to
the layoff was 100000.
1T is time the country as a
whole recognizes the seriousness Of
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CTS MAY REALIZE
CHRISTMAS DREAM

PARIS, Sept. IA R The
soldiers dream of Home by
Christmas will come true this
year for the great majority OF
C. is in the European theater
of operations, Gen. Eisenhower
said today.
In statement intended to
tighten the burden of Army pos
tai units, the general predicted
that only 100000 of the 100000
troops in ETC would be left there
by New Years Day.
1--WE are exerting every effort
to get the greatest number OF
soldiers home OF on their way
home by Christmas" he said, urg-
ing servicemen's families to hold
up Christmas parcels IF it ap'
pears the soldiers will be on their
way home by Christmas.
Last year approximately &c.,
900, 900 parcels-an average of IL
per man-were handled in the
Christmas mails in this theatre,
his statement said. Getting that
mail to Europe was a compare
lively simple matter. Getting it
back-following the trail Of a re-
deployed soldier-will be a COM
plicated task requiring the se--
vice of thousands of Army postal
troops who also want to go home.
Eisenhower noted that the num-
Der of Army postal units is ex-
pected to drop from 283 to 127
by December Is.
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TRUMAN ARRIVES
AT INDEPENDENCE
Bv MERRIMAN SMITH

United Press Staff Correspondent
INDEPENDENCE, Mo-, Sept. IA
President Truman returned home
tonight for a weekend in this quiet
western Missouri town and visit
wit, his 92-year-old mother.
The President special plane,
bringing the first lady back to In
dependence also, landed at Kansas
c" municipal airport at 1903 pm.
(EWT) after bucking strong head.
winds.
The Presidential special plane,
The Sacred Cow" pulled up al
the north end Of the field, distant
from the airport station, and the
President and Mrs. Truman step.
ped out to be greeted by Miss Mar.
garet Truman, their daughter, and
Miss Mary Truman, the President S
sister.
Mr.. Truman read some dispatch.
es, handed to him by 1t. Col. De-
witt Greer, and then posed for
photo. ;raphers before climbing into
waiting car with his wife, daugh-
ter and sister for the ride to the
sur~mer White House.
The seven-year-old twin daugh-
tiers of Mr.. and Mrs. G. Rahm,
Phyllis and Barbara, wanted to
sell the chief executive a forget
mc-not for the Disabled American
Veterans but Secret Service men
recommended that they visit the
Presidents offices in the Federal
building tomorrow.
The little girls said they'd be
there bright and early.
Others in the Truman party in
Guided Miss Rose Conway, the
Presidents personal secretary, and
Mrs. Alvin j. Accola of New York,
an old family friend.
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SMALLER NATIONS
TO GIVE VIEW

LONDON, Sept. A. up The
Big Five Council of Foreign Min
listers tonight invited the 80 ma
ticns which have been at war with
Italy to submit their views in
writing" on the drafting of the
Italian peace treaty.
In addition the Council extend
ed a. invitation to seven smaller
c untries to attend a council meet
ing on Monday, at which they
could express the attitude of their
governments on the settlement of
the Yugoslav-Italian frontier.
The action threw open the peace
question to all territorial demands
which have been made by
neighboring countries upon Italy
aid her colonies, but it did not
guarantee that any proposals sub
mitted would be adopted in the
fl: treaty draft.
At the suggestion of the Chinese
Minister, DR.. Wang-Chleh, invita-
lions were sent to Yugoslavia,
Italy, Australia, Canada, India,
New Zealand and South Africa to
nc.ainate representatives to at
ter next Mondays Council meet
ing, a communique said.
Thus both Italy and Yugoslavia
would be given an opportunity to
present their divergent viewpoints
O. the port of Trieste and the
Istrian peninsula at the head OF
tie Adriatic, both of which have
been claimed by the government
of Marshal Tito.
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AMERICANS CATCH
ESCAPED CUNB0AT
Chinese, Yank Guard S
Search Crew For War
Criminals
BY GEORGE WANG

United Press Staff Correspondent
SHANGHAI, Sept. 14.-The U. S.
minesweeper YMS49-first Ameri-
can ship to enter Shanghai har-
Dor since 1941-today brought in
the captured Japanese gunboat
Ajax; which escaped Sept. 9, short
ly after the japanese signed the
formal surrender for China in Nam
king.
The Ataki was captured at sea.
by an American cruiser which sent
boarding party aboard to arrest
the crew of 70. She turned ship
and crew over to the minesweeper
which brought it into the Whang-
poo river. The crew is being sifted
for war criminals. .~
visited the old fashioned heavy
gunboat at the japanese Nyk wharf.
The crewmen were standing in
rows on a platform, guarded by
three American soldiers on one side
and three Chinese soldiers on the
other. American intelligence Off
GERS we're questioning them and
searching their personal belong
ings.
One of the Japanese was found
with cigaret bearing the Emper-
or's seal-contributing to the the
ory that there might be important
war criminals among the 70 men
Disgusting themselves as ordinary
sailors. Their personal belongings
appeared far too rich for ordinary
naval personnel. They included
stolen wooden yarn and wooden
clothes, and many luxuries. Most
of the Sailors had civilian
clothes, including dinner jackets.
One even had bottle of Johnny
Walker Black Label Scotch.
The disarming of Japanese IN
Shanghai was proceeding quietly
In the early afternoon japanese
soldiers were seen moving equip,
ment, guns, munitions, tanks ana
horses to new warehouses designat-
ed by the Chinese while Chinese
officers we're checking them IN.
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/ In Atlantic zreates Colossal Havoc In Turk
Island Are> l1tlacArthur Suspends News Agenc,
RAILROAD UNIONMEN
WILL ASK CARRIERS
FOR 36-HOUR WEEK

CHICAGO, Sept. 14.-(R-Unions
representing 100000 ALL railroad
workers announced today they
would ask the carriers to reduce
the work from 48 to SO hours with
no reduction in weekly pay.
Announcement of the request was
made by Bert M. Jewell, president
of the. ALL Railway Department,
embracing seven unions of crafts
men employed by the lines.
Jewell said notice would be serv-
ed on all the railroads with which
the department has contracts on
Sept. Is.
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said they would be of inestimable
value in providing complete -e-
ports for expanding commercial
aviation.
AS for long-range forecasts. L.
R. Tannehil, chief of synoptic re-
ports and forecasts, said predic-
tons are now being made twice
3 week for five days in advance.
''At the end of the fifth day."
he said, 'our chances for success
are about $3.50. That's why pres
emily we aren't stretching it be-
yond that point"
What the future holds for in
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Congress Tackles Ship,
Lottery, Other Problems

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14.-R-
Congress picked its Pearl Harbor
investigators today. House Re-
publicans set out to pick up votes.
And Congressman tackled such
subjects as:
1. Surplus merchant ships.
2. Government reorganization.
8. The Nays size.
4. Farm prices.
S. A national lottery.
The inquiry into what happened
at Pearl Harbor-and why-won't
start for a while. The investigating
committee meets Tuesday to make
plans.
House Republicans made plans
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W. 1ther Experts Fill In.
Blank SPACE In Forecast

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14.-R-
The biggess blank spaces in the
worlds weather map were filled
in today, making easier a good
guess on Monday what conditions
will be next Saturday on the
other side Of the globe.
The fil1-in was accomplished by
U. S. action in taking over Jap.
anese meteorological operations.
and a Moscow announcement that
Russia now exchanges weather in.
formation with America nearly L.
900 times a day.
These strides in accurate fore
casting were welcomed by the
u. S. Weather Bureau. Officials
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]. BAYARD CLARK
ON PROBE GROUP

Representative j. Bayard Clark,
of Fayetteville, yesterday was ap-
pointed one of five House members
to serve on a joint Congressional
committee to investigate the Pearl
Harbor attack according to an As
sociated Press dispatch fr o m
Washington.
Senate Majority Leader Barley
Of Kentucky was named to head the
investigation.
From the Senate, George Of
Georgia and Lucas of Illinois,
Democrats, and Ferguson of Mich
igan and Brewster of Main, Re-
publicans, were named to serve.
From the House, besides Clark
l. Cooper of T e n e S e e, and
Murphy of Penn, Democrats;
Keffe of Wisconsin and Gearhart
of California, Republicans.
The group will meet Tuesday to
organize. Barkley's election as
chairman then is a foregone con-
clusion.
It was he who introduced the
resolution for an inquiry into all
circumstances of the Japanese at
tack which knocked but eight
American battleships and plunged
country into war.
By President, Cooper will be
named vice chairman.
With these details attended to
the big immediate question for the
committee will be the selection Of
a general counsel. The counsel for
any Congressional invest;gatory
committee plays big hand in the
direction the inquiry takes.
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for next year. Now % shy of a
majority, they want to snatch
House control from the Demo-
Gratis in the 1916 election.
Today they tossed ideas around.
Such as quick lifting of wartime
controls and tax reduction. Later
they expect to mold the ideas into
a short but positive" party pro-
gram. They hope it wins friends
and influences people-to vote
Republican.
This was a Navy day in Con-
g-ess:
President Truman suggested A
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Tokyo SATURDAY.. SENT IT,

TOKYO, Saturday, Sept. 49,
Japan was told today occupation
may end within year but in the
harsh realities Of the present her
onl. news agency was suspended,
her suspected war criminals were
held or hunted, and two more
high militar:sts were dead by their
own hand.
1t. Gen. Robert T. Eichelberger,
whose U. S. Eighth Army led the
occupation forces into Japan, de-
clared ''if the Japs continue acting
as they are now within a year this
thing should be washed up
when an irsular country loses
it's land, sea and air power and
is without raw materials and has
K g countries sitting on its flanks
it can't be much of a threat he
told a press conference.
General Macarthur in another
statement agreed with the view
of Japan's thoroughly beaten posi-
ton, but said nothing about such
an early termination of the &C.
cupation far earlier than most
previous reports had calculated.
The Supreme Commander took
note of "some impotence in the
press based upon the assumption
of a so-called soft policy in Japan"
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~ S1Sot tlldt IL tIlTedtcHeQ a pOLen.
tial massacre to any big city it
might strike.
Weather officials backed up the
army flyers report by issuing a
steady stream of warnings to in
habitants of exposed places to seek
safety against tremendous winds
and high tides. .t.
The II pm. hurricane advisory
from the Weather bureau said:
The hurricane is conferred near
latitude % degrees north, longitude
rs degrees Z minutes west or about
80 miles southeast of Miami with
continued Observation-Disclosures 49,
to 10 miles an hour movement.
This is a very severe, small
storm with winds well over 100
miles an hour near the center and
winds of full hurricane force ex.
tending 100 miles outward from
the center.
With a continuation Of the west
northwestward m o v e m n the
storm center should pass over the
Florida Keys south Of Miami Sat-
urday afternoon. ~
Indications are for increasing
winds over southeast Florida and
the Keys early Saturday reaching
gale to hurricane force by after
noon.
Hurricane warnings are display
ed from Fort Lauderdale to Dry
Tortugas and northeast storm
warnings elsewhere over south
Florida as far north as Melbourne
and Tampa.
Extreme caution should be taken
from Fort Lauderdale to Dry Tor
tugas against dangerous winds and
high tides.
Thousands of persons in exposed
area began to trek to safety I'M
der Coast Guard, Red Cross and
Weather Bureau urgings and dis
aster committees reported to sta
tons as the hurricane equalling
the disastrous one of 1925 ap-
preached.
Schools, police stations and 9TH
er public buildings were thrown
open to refugees throughout south
Florida. The Federal Storm Warm
ing Service estimated that squalls
would be felt in this area tomorrow
morning, building up to gales and
then bowling hurricane winds as
the center passed probably over
the Florida Keys Saturday after
noon.
The red and black flags Of the
hurricane warning signal fluttered
in fitful breezes from Fort Lauder
dale southwark to Key West and
Dry Tortugas.
Army, Navy and commercial
airplanes sped out of the danger
zone, and Coast Guard planes
hedgehopped along isolated beaches
and to fishing boats at sea drop
ping warnings for al to seek safety
The Navy evacuated 1000 men
from its Banana River air base at
Cocoa, Fla, and Air Transport
Command men in field kit were
ordered to shelter under the big
steel-and-concrete grandstand at
Hialeah Park at Midnight.
Army buses were dispatched to
the Florida Keys to move resi-.
dents out. Some persons there
waited, however, hoping to find
transportation tomorrow morning.
Few persons from the Florida
Keys had shown up at 8 p. m.
at Homestead on the mainland.
their traditional shelte-ing spot
when big winds blow.
Pan American Always turned
all planes around that arrived to.
day, flew them to South America.
Puerto Rico, Panama and other
places as advanced schedule"
regular passenger flights. Air.
craft schedules for tomorrow were
cancelled.
Chairman Preston Byrd Of the
Homestead disaster committee.
whose district extends to upper
Matecumbs on the Florida Keys,
reported "everything In order,
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WEATHER

tBy U. S. Weather Bureauo .
Meteorological data for the 80 houi
ending 7:30 pm. yesterday.
Temperature
100 am. 80; 80 am. 3D. l:so p'ni'
81: 1870 pm. 81. 49,. %.
Maximum "a. Minimum 80; Mean Sz'
Normal "a.
Humidity
l3O am. 80: 7:30 am. IS; 1:3U PILL
70; 1870 pm. 80.
Precipitation
Total for "a hours ending 1880 PIN
900 inches
Total since the first of the mon'h--
S:78 inches.
Tides For Today
From the Tide Tables pubhsheo ny
U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.
High Low
Wilmington $3.50 3:42 am. 1903 am
4:3o pm. 11:55 pm
Masonboro Inlet 1:17 am. ~ 81 all
Sunrise 5:55; Sunset 6:19; Moonrise
z:OS pm: Moonset 12:17 am.
River Stage ct Fayetteville at dill
friday, 14", 9.2 feet.
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remg dangerous 1oa5ed toward the Fda Keys tonight after ed creating
weather officials that the $50 mile
at
fringe Of the Bahamas The at II
toward the north which would bring
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Donlei News
forced Out
~
~ Closure
NEWSPAPERS ACCEPT
Additional Japanese "Bie
Shots" Save Face By
Suicide Route
BULLETIN

TOKYO, Saturday, Sept. 15.-(Rl
1T. Gen. Masaharu Homma, held
responsible by General Macarthur
for tt CHASTITY death March of
Bataan," arrived in Tokyo To-Day
and told the Associated Press he
was preparing to surrender him
self.
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MFORlMA TON MEAGER
FROM STRICKEN ISLE
ON BAHAMAS FRINGE

Observer $50 MPH Wind Is Conservative Estimate
Although Weather Bureau Advisory Velocity 10O
Army Evacuates Troops, Planes From Threatened one
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FORECAST

North Carolina-Mostly cloudy and
mild Saturday with scattered shower.
and thunderstorms east and central Dor
ton.
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Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-06
Health Insurance
Hearings Set;
Tax Bill Studied
lContinued From Pape Onel

Continued From Page One)
members of his committee on set
ting dates for hearings.
Rich said he would support the
governors program of continuing
state taxes at present rates. He
said he would oppose a proposal to
grant S100,000.000 to cities and
counties for public works and an
other to increase the gasoline tax
for any purpose" Rich is a men,
Der of Senator Frank MiXter's reve-
nue. and taxation committee which
will handle the tax program.
Senator Arthur H Breed, Jr., an
other member OF the committee. also
said he will oppose restoring taxes
to higher rates which prevailed prior
to l943 and that he will vote against
the Sl00,000,10 grant to cities and
counties.
Breed said he would fight for
passage OF legislation of which he
is the author providing for ~
cent increase in the gas tax for the
purpose of financing a 3300-mile
system of limited access high
ways.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-06
Imperial Senior
Wins Legion
Speech Contest

Miss Dorothy Johnson, Imperial
High school senior, won the honor
as best speaker at the Imperial
County American Legion speaking
contest finals held a. the Veterans
Memorial hall in Brawley Monday
night. Malcolm Ryan, Brawley High
school junior was second.
The countrywide oratorical con-
test represented speakers from four
valley Legion posts following ellni-
nation meetings held by the various
posts last week.
Competing besides Miss Johnson
anc Ryan were Arie Schmitz, Holt
vile high school junior, and Joyce
Baird, Calipatria senior.
Each contestant gave prepared
speech dealing with the constitu-
ton of the United States and an
extemporaneous talk On one of its
phases.
Miss Johnson's prepared talk was
on The Constitution, Temple of
Liberty" and extemporaneously on
the Ninth Amendment, the rights
reserved to the people. She received
SIS war bond and will represent
the county at the fifth district con-
les. at Ontario Sunday. She is the
daughter CT Harry johnson of I'M
perial.
Ryan's speech was The Bill Of
Rights" and the Twentieth Amend
ment. He received SIS in war
stamps. He is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. NJ. E. Ryan of BraWley.
JUG ges were Mrs. Willard Town
send of Imperial, Reverend Stead
man of Calipatria and Malcolm
Macurda of FL Centro.
The purpose of the contest is to
sponsor better citizenship and is
open to all high school students.