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Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-18
Californian Eyes
West Point
For Pacific Coast

WASHINGTON, July 18. CUPp-
A bill proposing establishment of a
military academy on the Pacific
coast has been introduced today
by Rep. Leroy johnson (R.D Califor-
mia.
Johnson is the fourth congress-
man to suggest the need of a west
ern West Point during the 18th
session. His bill would authorize the
secretary of war to start inveStiga-
tions and report back to the house
military affairs committee with rec
commended locations if he finds a
need exists for a second academy.
OUTLINES VIEWS
"On the western side of the con-
tinent we should have a school
where our future army officers and
enlisted men can be trained in every
type Of warfare" Johnson said in a
statement written before he left
tor California.
Although the bill stipulateS west
coast" the statement urges seleC-
i llOll Vi tl DUO Ill SdIlLOl llld DCIduCt-
of it's variety of climate and topo-
graphy. Senators Theodore BilbO
/ CD Mississippi, and Guy Gordon
/ (RJ oregon, have introduced SIM
liar bills providing for a west
coast" location. Rep Gordon Nc
Donough tRD California, specified
site in southern California" in
his bill introduced earlier this year.
No action has been taken on any
of these bills nor on any of those
introduced to establish naval acad-
emies in the west One of these was
introduced by Bilbo. who wants both
a naval and army academy in the
: south. Reps. John Tolan Cd Cali
fOTnia, and Franck Havenner tDl
California, urged location in the
San Francisco bay area in their
bills
Z ON PUGET SOUND
Rep Hugh Delacy ~ Washing
ton sponsored a bill to locate a sec
ond Annapolis at Puget Sound. Nc
I Donough also wants western naval
academy, but he wants it in south
ern California
Although as yet undetermined
postwar military requirements prob
ably will determine the fate of these
proposals. they have been looked on
unfavorably thus far by many An
napolis ana West Point graduates.
They are loath to see the traditions
and influences of those institutions
Watered down.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-18
JAP GIRLS FIGHT

SAN FRANCISCO, uly 18. up
The japanese navy miniStry an
nounced the names of 236 girls
attached to the Genri unit of the
Sixth Kamikae special attacks corps
as "an inspiration to the entire
navy" Tokyo radio reported. okyo
said the unit had been cited for
gallant and heroic deeds in cutting
down the enemy fleet" of Okinawa
between April Is and May ID. The
broadcast was heard by United Press
here.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-18
PLACED ON PROBATION

Found guilty of assault by a JUIv
on June 90 Torribio Laplnia APP
peared before Superior Court judge
Elmer HCald Tuesday for a hearing
on probation He was sentenced to
a six months suspended Jail term
The commitment was withheld and
Lapina was placed on probation for
two years with a 45-day county jaIl
sentence and a fine Of $50
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-18
0DT Removes Ban
On Billing Out
Crops on Sundays
Continued from Page One

grounds That t Ian would con-
flict with point system releases.
Rep. Clair Engle CDl California,
with Reps. Clarence Lea Cd Alfred
J. Elliott Cd Bertrand w. Gear
hart tRl and John 4. Anderson
(RD were accompanied by Patter-
son to the Office of War Mobiliza- =
ton Director Fred Vinson. Vinson
sympathized with the serious prob
lens faced by western farmers but
offered no solution to the current
manpower snar!
Three stolen cars were reported
to the Sheritf'S officers Tuesday and
two of them were recovered. Off
GERS still are searching for 1888
black coupe stolen from Palm
Springs, but F. c. RubiO, Brawley,
and Clint Hill have their cars back.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-18

The American Indians are max
ing the largest per capita contri-
button to the war effort. Approx
mately $4,000 of the 100000 1ndi-
ans are in the armed forces. and
the tribes have bought more war
bonds per capita than any other
similar group.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-18
Readers in {. {.
Turn Largely
To Books on War

War books have boosted the non
fiction circulation Of the FL Centre
public Library to 80 per cent OF all
books lent during the past year. Mrs.
Agnes BigelOW, librarian, has an
nOunCCd in her annual report Of the
year ended June 30.
This has resulted in a marked
increase i'll nOn-fiCtiOn circulation
Mrs BigeloW said. with 1886 of this
type lent, and 1880 adult fiction
books circulated These figures are
added to 254C2 childrcn's books. Civ
ing the library total circulation of
80,6O8.
This record circulation gives tho
FL Centre Library the high average
cf eight books per person during
INC YEAR
A total Of 2097 books were added
Including ga by gift, while 1897 were
lost or worn out. This makes 39.88C
hooks in the library at present
During the year 1886 borrower,
were registered. bringing the total
number to 1903
The library currently receives llO
periodicals and Is newspapers, Mrs
Bigelow said. and had a circulation
of 1922 for the year
Mcndcd books tOtaled 1l,15O ana
these have been recased, while 592
books and 35 periodicals were bound
Concluding her report, Mrs. BiGc-
low announced the following addi-
tions to the staff: Mrs Ncttie NC
Crackcn. Mrs Revell Shaw, Mrs
sydney Williams and Lorena Myers
The last named ON a part-timc basis
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-18
HELD FOR QUIZ

Marjory Corder, alias Marjory
Nevarez, 80, of e Centro and Yuma
was arrested in El Centre Tuesday
night and placed in Jail for ques-
tioning in connection with an auto
theft, according to sheriff's officers.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-18

FACES CAR THEFT COUNT
Jack Hendrix was held to answer
in superior court on car theft
charge signed by Roster A. Rowland,
TAI Commercial.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-18

The State of California has 1O3
co-called colleges or universities.
Out of this number, SO of them arc
juniOr colleges
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-18

Nearly every tree, plant and
flower native to Ohio is found in
the forests of Scioto and Adams
county.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-18

All clubs throughout Wyominp
have adopted home ground bcau-
tificatiOn as ono Of their most i'm
portant current projects.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-18

county.
Evening star., 1945-01-13
In Burma

The fact that the japanese, with
out firing a shot, have abandoned
the key port of Akyab to large
British and Indian sea-borne forces
suggests that Burma may be becom-
ing too much for them to handle.
Their position there has been going
from bad to worse ever since the
failure of their invasion of India last
spring. They have already been
driven from the northern part of
the country, and now their hold on
Mandalay-their enormously impor-
tant base and nexus of communica-
tions in the central region-seems
gravely threatened.
This threat comes from three di-
rections-from Chinese troops driv-
ing southwark about $50 miles
northeast OF Mandalay. from the
forces in Akyab about ITS miles to
the southwest. and directly and i'm
mediately from the British steadily
advancing upon the city from
bridgeheads thrown across the Mu
River some so miles to the northwest.
The japanese in the Mandalay area
appear to be so endangered, in fact,
that it is believed in Calcutta that
they may soon have to give it up
entirely and make a general large
scale withdrawal into southeastern
Burma. All the northern, central. and
Evening star., 1945-01-13
On the Rood to the Rhine

Handsome young soldier sprawling In
the rubble,
The dust is bloody where the shells
tell shrieking.
The furious shrapnel put you past all
trouble,
Your hopes and dreams are sealed
beyond all seeking.
Whoever ,p,u mourn for you, you are the
one
That bore the battle to the pery last
Yours are the limbs that sti6en IN the
sun
And yours the body broken by the
blast.
No one could take from you your brittle
Nor share the prtuate teper Of the
bone
Others ,oiH knotp the heartache and the
tears;
The agony and speat ,pere yours alone
Be proud for this: Their peace required
your pain,
Their gentle Hpes demand this grim
ddDnnce.
You saped the Susquehannd on the
Seine
And kept American prairies free In
France.
Upon your blood they build their bright
tomorrow.
You are part OF all they are and strips
to be.
At home. eGch dusk Is somber wtth their
SOrrotD,
Each da,Dn Is golden pith your memory.
/ CORPL. EPHIM q. FOdEI.
Evening star., 1945-01-13
A Cats Superiority

Vat . oupCi lOIlty
To the Editor OF The Star:
1t is one Of the unsolved mysteries
how animals can make instantaneous
decisions. using the sense of smell alone
to tell whether food that is offered
them Is suitable. My white Persian
cat Mike provided a surprising demon
stration Of that instinct and possibly
q lesson as well.
One night at the usual feeding time,
when happened to have in my hand
a milk bottle containing eggnog, Mike
thought 1t was really milk and gave the
usual meow" and purr. BY way of
heightening the deception a teaspoonful
of eggnog was put in the white pan
from which he was accustomed to feed.
Sense of sight and habit led him to
expect the usual drink of milk. The
pan was deposited in the usual place.
Mike hurried toward the pan, but when
his nose came near it, a look of un-
mistakable horror came over his face
and in flash he turned and bolted for
the door. No amount of coaxing could
lure him near the pan again that night.
Who knows-maybe Mike has better
taste tnan MS owner? v. I. r.
Evening star., 1945-01-13
Nurses Aides Wanted

One of the indirect but most i'm
portant results of the recent fighting
in Europe and in the Philippines
is the development of an acute
shortage of nurses on the home
front. Long casualty lists mean an
increased demand for women and
girls trained to care for wounded
veterans. The nurses who go into
that vitally imperative service leave
places in hospitals of the civilian
category which must be filled. To
illustrate the problem, it has been
announced that two hundred and
fifty daytime Red Cross nurses aides
are wanted in the hospitals of the
District of Columbia at this very
moment.
The patients in these hospitals
many of them members of the fami-
lies of servicemen-cannot be left to
suffer unattended. There must be
provision to care for them in their
distress. Women and girls who enlist
in the Nurses Aide Corps are given
six and a half weeks training in
classroom and ward work. When
qualified, they do practically every
thing that a trained nurse ordinarily
does under peacetime conditions,
except give indications. A sufficient
number have volunteered for night
duty locally, but there is urgent
need for day duty personnel. .
Evening star., 1945-01-13

western part Of the country-includ-
ing Rangoon in the south, which
is only about 800 air miles from
Akyab-thus may conceivably be in
our Allied hands in the not distant
future.
1t must be expected, of course, that
the Japanese, taking full advantage
of the country's terrible terrain. will
try to hold on as long as possible. but
it is significant that their planes
have recently been markedly inactive
in Burma. With the mighty land,
sea and air blows being struck
against them by our forces in the
Philippines, they may be under the
compulsion to neglect the Burmese
front in order to concentrate all
available strength against MacAr-
thur and Nimitz. Indeed, the mount
ing fury of our Pacific offensive,
striking at the vital supply lines be-
tween Japan proper and its ill-got-
ten gains to the south, is bound to
make itself felt in other faraway
combat areas, and eventually must
force the Tokyo war lords to forget
about Southeast Asia and devote
virtually everything to the task OF
defending the homeland itself.
1t is true that the news does not
yet justify any assumption that the
Allied recapture of all of Burma will
be relatively easy. but the taking of
Akyab, the weakness of enemy air
opposition and reports that they
have already begun to move equip
ment southwark from Mandalay in
dicate that the japanese may be
finding their hands full of more
things than they can cope with. 1t
thus seems at least possible that the
Burmese front may be in the process
of being written off by Tokyo. The
situation is we'll worth watching, for
it promises to do much more than
simplify the problem of supplying
China; it promises also to open the
way for an offensive against Malaga
and Singapore, with all that that
can mean.
Evening star., 1945-01-13
The Political Mill
By Gould Lincoln

Senator Vandenberg of Michigan,
chairman OF the Republican caucus of
the Senate and an important minority
member OF the Foreign Relations Com
mittee, emerges as powerful leader in
the cause of international collaboration
for future peace. The Michigan SEN
ator, discarding once and for all any
taint OF isolationism, in a sensational
speech in the Senate has opened the
way for the administration to give en-
phatic pledge to our Allies that this
country is united in its determination to
back up with force, If necessary, the
complete demilitarization of the Axis
powers and the maintenance of future
peace.
This is good Republican politics. but
It is far more than that. 1t is good
American policy. The fear OF the Euro
pean powers, as Senator Vandenberg
pointed out, has been that in the end
this country might fail to join in the
proposed international organization:
that someday they may again be forced
into war by a rise of military strength
in Germany, unless they safeguard
themselves with "buffer states" DOM
mated by them.
Mr.. Vandenberg, however, made it
clear that American foreign policy must
stand on its own feet; that it is not to
be merely me, too" blind following Of
the European leaders He brushed aside
any idea that in this great partnership
with Great Britain and Russia we are
to be only the silent partner" He
called for policy of frank candor" in
our dealings with our Allies and with
oiIr enemies.
Despite his criticism of the admins
tration for not speaking out, both to the
Allies and to the American people-his
criticism was not ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
favorable to the administration praised
Mr.. Vandenberg's stand. They were
quick to welcome him to the cause of
international collaboration. They did
not attack his novel proposal that a
treaty be negotiated Immediately with
Russia and Britain and perhaps others
of the Allies for the use of all force to
keep the Axis countries perpetually de-
militarized. Their principal reply, made
by Senator Connally of Texas, chairman
of the Foreign Relations Committee, was
Evening star., 1945-01-13

means that the iron and oil and tin and
rubber of Malaga and the Dutch islands
will no longer be able to flow northward
to feed the Japanese war industries.
1t means that japanese garrisons In
all this part of the world will be cut of
from their home bases, save for the un-
certain quantity of supplies which they
can get overland by rail. and will be
exposed to reduction, one by one, at the
convenience of the power which COM
mands the sea-
Each of them will be left to await the
moment when the sea powers desire to
make concentrated attack on them; or
they will be left to rot if they are in
locations which are not for the moment
necessary to the prosecution of the war
against Japan or to the relief OF our
Chinese allies.
This Is what the loss Of naval COM
mand of the South China Sea means to
and carrier-borne air forces are operat-
ing there suggests that the Japanese
are no longer able to contest that COM
mand in effective strength. Their only
really first-class naval base in the whole
area is Singapore; Manila is closely
heset, and Camranh Bay, in French
Indo- China, was never fully developed
as first-class base by the French and
probably has not been so developed by
the Japanese, though it affords an excel
lent and commodious anchorage. Hong
Kong and Surabaja are good second
class bases; but al these bases suffer
from one basic defect-lack of local
resources.
From the Japanese point of view, all
of them are dependent on steady flow
of supplies from Japanese industrial
centers. There are no industrial centers
of any consequence in the whole South
China Sea area. The moment these
bases are cut OF from direct contact
with Japan, their usefulness may be
measured in terms of the accumulated
supplies at each base, subject to such
reduction as may be effected by our
air power and naval bombardment.
This is why japanese naval action to
contest with us the mastery Of the South
China Sea may well be temporary in its
effectiveness, even II it proves to be
vigorous at first. The cutting of the
communications with Japan not only
accomplishes widespread strategic re-
suits, but also renders the Japanese Navy
far less able to attempt to restore the
situation by reducing or erasing al
together the value Of its local bases
tCopyrisht. ID45.)
Evening star., 1945-01-13
This Changing World
By Constantine Brow,

The one-man revolution staged by
King Peter Of Yugoslavia is likely to
be short-lived.
The Yugoslav King Is young and, un-
like his Greek colleague, the 54-year-old
King George, still has some taste for q
shaky throne. He is novice in the
European diplomatic game and believes
that pledges and promises given in the
past actually mean something.
The truth is that today Yugoslavia
Is being ruled by Marshal Tito, who is
one OF the many puppets Moscow has
available for the various European
countries which it intends to bring
into its sphere of influence.
AS matter of fact, Tito is an i'm
portant instrument of the Kremlin ma
chine since he is designated to be the
moving spirit in the future Balkan con-
federation which is now being organized
and will comprise the newly created
Macedonian republic.
1t is probable that somebody in Lon
don inspired" the young monarch to
stage his eleventh-hour rebellion
against the cabinet which is nominally
his own.
In reality, Yugoslav Premier Subasic
takes orders from Marshal Tito and
I agreed to form regency after he re-
ceived instructions to that effect from
Moscow. which he visited six weeks ago.
Peter has belatedly realized that the
proposed regency which is intended to
run YugoSlavia until such time as
the people of the country can freely
express their desires, really means that
he will remain monarch in exile. At
one time there was a chance that he
would be allowed to return as the King
of Serbia alone. But. even this expecta-
ton has faded since Tito does not wish
to see any form of monarchy in any
OF the states which once formed the
Yugoslavia kingdom. The proposed re-
gency will actually be run by the mar
shal, who will assume the title of pre-
mier and will name some willing pup
pets, including possibly DR.. Subasic. as
regents.
The rebellion of Peter against the
dictates OF his erstwhile subject Tito
Is based on the fact that when he lost
his throne he was assured he would
be reinstated as soon as the enemy was
defeated and Yugoslavia was liberated.
Peter left Gen. Draja Mihailovich
behind to lead the fight against the
Germans with his guerrillas. Until the
Evening star., 1945-01-13
Truce in Greece

The signing of truce between the
British military authority and the
Greek ELIAS forces is a welcome
development in a situation still OBJ
scure, both because of the complex
factors involved and also because of
the tight British censorship on press
dispa tches, against which American
correspondents on the spot have for
mulated a vigorous protest.
So far as the military phase is
concerned, the noteworthy aspect is
rapid advance of British forces
beyond Athens to the Isthmus of
Corinth and the Gulf of Lamia This
means British control over East-Cen-
tral Greece, the heart of the country
including Athens, the capital and
metropolis, though the ELIAS and
their EAM leaders dominate all the
rest of Greece. This dominance is
atteSted by the formal dissolution
of the remnants of the nationalist
EDES forces headed by General
Zervas, decreed by the provisional
government of General Plastiras.
This brings up the character OF
that government and its attitude
toward the ELAS-EAM opposition.
The provisional government origi-
mated in the appearance of Arch
bishop Damaskinos as regent"
technically appointed by King
George, who virtually effaced him
self from the political picture under
British pressure. Damaskinos owed
his elevation solely to his personality,
this venerable churchman. the Or
thodox primate of Greece, having
the respect and confidence of vir-
tually all shades of Greek public
opinion. His political value is thus
as a symbol "a sort of catalyst
around which truly national gov
ernment can conceivably crystalline.
Coincident with his assumption of
the regency, the previous govern
ment headed by George Papandreu
resigned, leaving the way open for
new departure. Regent Damaskinos'
choice fell on General Nicholas Plas-
tiras. This move came as a surprise
to the outer world. General Plastiras
had recently returned to Athens
from more than a decade of exile.
He had checkered political career
and is no longer affiliated with any
present political group. Thus he, like
Damaskinos. is an interim personal
ity. His cabinet" is obviously a STOP
gap affair PlaStiras has taken most
of the important portfolios for him.
self, thus leaving the way open for
EAM participation. His present as
sociates are undistinguished middle
of-the-road Liberals of slight politi-
cal significance. Plastiras has thus
far stressed general disarmament of
all political groups. The cessation of
active hostilities will permit negotia-
tions between him and the ELIAS
leaders, with British troops holding
the ring" That is all that can be
said at the present moment. Perhaps
a modification of censorship restric-
tions will permit better under
standing of just what is going on.
Evening star., 1945-01-13

Teheran conference Mihailovich, who
had been appointed minister of war,
was the standard-bearer Of the Allies
in the mountains of Serbia and Bosnia.
But after Teheran, when Europe was
divided into zones of influence" the
Allies decided to throw their support
to the Russian-supported Marshal Tito.
We stopped sending the Serbian gen.
eral the lease-lend materials which he
received in small quantities while Prime
Minister Churchill, confident that the
Teheran agreements would solve all the
British problems in the Mediterranean,
threw the entire weight of Britain's
prestige behind Tito and proclaimed his
rival as traitor who was collaborating
with the Nazis. According to American
observers, members of our armed forces
who had been sent to the Serbian gen.
erals headquarters, there had been no
indication whatsoever that Mihailovich
was anything but loyal to his King and
to the Allies.
But Peter, who lacked political ex-
perience, believed that the only yay to
save his throne was to play along with
the man who was supported by Russia,
Britain and the United States. He
90 wv "e eAAC ~ CcSAAAB OculduQS Oh FTlme
Minister Churchill to form a cabinet
friendly to Tito and enter into negoti-
ations with the Partisan leader. He was
aware OF the public statements of the
newly created marshal that his presence
in Yugoslavia was undesirable but lis
tened to the suggestion of old and we'll
trained politicians that public utterances
are made chiefly for the public and con-
sequently do not mean much
r 4
Peter dismissed Mihailovich and
agreed that DR.. Subasic should 70 to
meet Tito and make any ARRANGEMENTS
he wished. But when it became evident
that Tito had no intention of allowing
the Yugoslav monarch to return even to
his native Serbia and that his approval
OF the regency was nothing more than
death warrant for his dynasty, he re-
belled and decided to assert his consti-
tutional prerogatives as if the consti-
tuition still was in force.
The middle-aged King George of
Greece saw the writing on the wall MANY
months ago and was reconciled to live
quietly as king in exile. Peter. who
enjoyed being King in his own country
Tor only short time, still has some
taste for that onerous and thankless lob,
He has staged a one-man rebellion
without support from any side. But he
Will soon realize that he has no chance
OF succeeding Q