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The Coolidge examiner., 1945-09-14

word received from the Pacific
this week. Sergeant Ichikawa is a
members of Maj. Gen. Paul J. Muel
ler's Slst Infantry wildcat" Diyi-
sion. which last fall wrested thf
Palau and other Western Caroline
Islands from the Japs.
PVT. RICHARD LEWIS, who mas
been in the European theater for
many months, has returned TO the
States and is expected TO arrive
home today TO visit his mother,
Mrs. ID. T. Lewis and family. Lewis
was In his junior year at Coolidge
high school when he entered serv-
ice in March of 1914.
CAPTAIN J. w. BEAUcHAMP, JR.
was transferred Saturday from
Alamogordo. New Mexico to Davis
Monthan Field near Tucson, where
he expects TO be permanently To-
AdNEAs Illo anu SOil al
with her parents. where they ex-
pect to remain for the present.
CECIL WILLIAMS has recently
been promoted to T/5. according to
word received this week by his
wife. the former Sybil Brown OF
Coolidge. Williams entered serv-
ice August 81. 1914 and went over
seas June 20, 1945. He is now
stationed near Manila. While on
Luzon he saw plenty of dead Japs
there had not been time to bury,
Williams wrote. Il was just ready
TO go into combat when the Japs
surrendered. Williams is the son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Reece Williams
long time Coolidge residents.
CLEO J. BROWN, U. S. marine
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-08-30
S Ss*, 10?

/. Where was the Declaration of
lnc epcndence signed?
2. Correct the following: Hadn't
you ought to go home?
3. What is schistosomiasis?
4, Who is HirohitO?
5. What kind Of surgeon special
ICES in r~emodelIng human features?
s. What religion, with many ad-
herents in India, is based upon the
worship of GautamaZ
7. Which senator has questioned
whether it will be possible to use
more than three million American
soldiers in the Pacific war?
8, What does the Latin phrase in
loco PARENTS mean?
9. Who wrote the novel CYAN
hoe?
10. After their occupation by Rus
STA, did the U. S. withdraw diplo-
matte recognition of LatVia, Lithu-
anla and EStonla?
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-08-30
Don't Neglect Slipping
FALSE Teeth

Do false teeth drop. slip or wabble
when you talk. eat. laugh or sneeze?
Don't be annoyed and embarrassed by
such ha%ndicaps. FASTEETH. an aka
line (non-acid) powder to sprinkle on
your plates. keeps false teeth more
firmly set. Gives confident feeling Of Sc.
curity and added comfort. No gummy,
gooey. pasty taste or feeling. Get FAS-
TEETH today at any drug store.
Evening star., 1945-10-14

'Thots Carol Sue and neehbor boy" Mrs. P. H. Provo
Hare something say Write 10 the Letters Editor. THIS WEEK
Magazine 42O Lexington Are, Nem York ~ Y Letters
be acknowledged print
Evening star., 1945-10-14
Letters -
Our Readers Talk Back a

SMALL FRY: We didn't know what we
were getting into when we ran that cover
picture of young Douglas Delsemme few
weeks ago Since that time we've received
an avalanche of letters and snapshots from
proud mothers and fathers all over the
country We couldn't possibly print them
all, but here are some samples
Imperial Valley press., 1945-06-17
kazi Murderer
Asks Mercy;
Killed u. 5. Pilot

AHRWEILER, Germany, June 16.
CUP)-Peter Back, 37-year-old Grip
pied Nazi ward heeler, threw him
self on the mercy of y. s. army
court Friday after calmly confess
ing the atrocity murder of an Amer
lean flier who parachuted into Ger
many last August.
Back, who took the stand briefly
as the only witness in his defense,
related in cold, Unconditional tones
how he fired two shots into the
head of the helpless flier after the
American had been dubbed almost
UNCONSCIOUS BY Nazi mob.
He offered the excuse that he was
acting on orders from the Nazi par
ty overlords to kill on sight any
Allied fllers who parachuted into
his native village of Priest, in the
Cologne area.
THE seven-man American army
tribunal closed the case after hear
ing Backs testimony and it was
expected that the death sentence
probably by hanging-would be an
nounced within the next few days.
Back, who has a wife and two
children, pleaded for mercy on the
grounds that the shooting was done
in "fit of temper"
He professed regret for the mur-
der, in spite Of his neighbors' testi-
mony that he melted three other
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Imperial Valley press., 1945-06-17
Legislature Votes
Funds to Buy
Up Landmarks

SACRAMENTO, June 16. (UP)-
A bill to appropriate $4,000 for pur-
chasing the mother lode town of
Columbia was passed by the assem-
bly, today.
Columbia came within 1T votes
of being chosen the state capitol
Assemblyman Allen G. Thurman
tR9 Colfax, told the assembly. The
bill was introduced in the senate
by jesse Mayo (R) Angels Camp.
Before the state money can be
spent, it must be matched by local
contributions, according to the bill.
Other park acquisition measures
given final legislative approval were:
s27,00C, for landscaping the Mar
shall monument at the Coloma gold
discovery site in preparation for the
1850 State Centennial.
$4,000 for purchasing Sonoma
barracks and adding it to the state
park system.
$1,000 to establish Robert Louis
Stevenson Park in Napa county
$1,000 to buy and restore the Louis
Rubidoux home, Riverside county.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-06-17
Supers Fly Far
70 L-oy Mines

circled Sagami Bay, on the south
coast of Honshu 35 miles below To-
kyo for half hour, the broadcast
said
Ten other BIOS mined the west
ern tip of HonShu, Kanmon Strait
between Honshu and Kyushu and
the nearby Suwo sea, Tokyo said.
Another Tokyo broadcast said the
number of Superfortresses based in
the Marianas had increased to 809
This, coupled with increasing Amer
lean air strength in the Okinawa
area, pointed to intensified air raids
on Japan proper. Tokyo conceded.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-06-17
Chinese Block
Jap Advance

CHUNGKING, June Is. CUP)-
Chinese troops Saturday attacked
japanese forces on the Kiangsi-
Kwangtung border 140 miles north
of Canton to forestall an enemy at
tempt to secure new communica-
ton lines.
Fighting flared around the cities
CT Tingnan, Lungnan and Kiennan,
where japanese troops were advanc-
ing north from Kwangtung.
1t was believed the enemy was
trying to obtain control of south
ern highway linking the Canton
Hankow railway with Kanhsien, ma
jor Kiangsi province city and east
ern defense bastion for the railway.
A communique said the Chinese
halted Japanese forces pushing
south from Sinfeng, 81 miles north
of Lungnan, on the same highway.
Fighting was reported in progress.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-06-17
Invasion Fleet
III NedrS Borneo

MANILA, June IS. CUP)-Tokyo
reported today that strong Allied
fleet was nearing the great oil port
CT Balikpapan, on the east coast
of Borneo, indicating another inva-
sion of the island may be imminent.
A Japanese broadcast said that
the fleet included an aircraft car
rier, three battleshipS, Is destroy
ers and other warships. Any other"
warships in fleet of that makeup
could very well be landing craft
Saturdays communique from Gen.
Douglas MacArthur's headquarters
reported heavy comber attack on
Balikpapan gun positions, and near
by airdromeS at Manggar and Sep
pinggan.
Balikpapn, with pre-war popu-
lation of 10000, was one of Borneos
greatest oil producing centers. The
combined production of its refiner-
les and those of captured Tarakan
island, 80 miles to the north, was
630,377 tons of crude oil in 1899.
More than 400 miles to the north
west of Balikpapan, on the opposite
coast of Borneo, Australian troops
completed clearing the Brunei pen
insula and Labuan island in the
mouth of Brunei bay.
Australian troops advancing north
Of Brunei town were within 16 miles
Of the oil refinery center of Tutong,
on the road to the Seria and Miri
oil fields.
Minesweepers continued clearing
the thick minefields off Baram
Point, near the oil fields. They drew
some fire from beach defenses along
the Point, which is 10 miles down
the coast from Brunei bay
Imperial Valley press., 1945-06-17

enemy we JlIlu SApOoCu' 800
Division staff officer told United
Press War Correspondent e. G.
Valens.
Radio Tokyo said American ma
val units already have extended
patrols ITO miles northeast OF Oh-
nawa to Amami island, cnly 185
miles south of Japan proper, in
preparation for possible fresh OPP
erations against the Japanese
homeland"
ARTILLERY DIGS IN
u. S. artillery has dug in for the
last time on southern Okinawa.
Big guns raked the entire japanese
death fortress. now approximately
three miles wide and three miles
long.
Officers estimated there are
probably Thousands CT enemy SOL
diers dead or dying in their own
territory-victims of artillery bonn
-bardnent. aerial rocket firing and
incendiaries. oil bombs, naval she'll
ing, mortars and rifle fire.
Final victory on Ukinawa may
come this week end. certainly with
in a week, U. S. officers said. The
10th Army has captured nearly
half the southern plateau. Flame
throwing tanks advanced ahead of
the infantrymen, cruching die-hard
Japanese in foxholes beneath their
treadS.
Enemy broadcasts reported what
we're described as significant de-
velorments' in the Okinawa area.
PART OF HOMELAND
The Japanese regard Amami. like
Okinawa and the remainder of the
Ryukyu island chain, as part Of
their homeland.
Tokyo raid it also was especially
noteworthy" that the number CT
fully-laden American cargo ships
and landing craft I'm the American
held islands just west Of Okinawa
had increased suddenly.
Light American surface craft
have been using Naha harbor on
the southwest coaSt of Okinawa
and Unten harbor, farther north
even longer, Tokyo said. 1t esti-
mated rapidly growing American
air strength in the Okinawa area
at 1000 planes, including 400 en-
new land bases and the remainder
on carriers.
Everything seems to indicate.
Tokyo said. that American baces
on Okinawa were being steadily
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Imperial Valley press., 1945-06-17

GUAM, June 16. UP)-Super-
fortresSes mined waters off Niigata,
100 miles north of Tokyo, early Sat-
urday in perhaps their deepest pen
etration of Japan, an enemy broad
cast reported.
Niigata lies on the north coast of
Honshu, the main japanese home
island, and is 1850 miles from the
nearest B-29 base on Saipan. A
round trip flight would be $500
miles.
Radio Tokyo said the B-29s which
flew across Honshu to Niigata were
part of formation of 10 engaged
IN mining operations. The remainder
Imperial Valley press., 1945-06-17
Eisenhower Hops
Plane for Home

PARIS, June l6 CUP)-Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower left for the
United States Saturday in the late
President Roosevelt's private plane
The plane was especially sent by
Gen. George C. Marshall to bring
Eisenhower back. Eisenhower left at
1:55 pm. and was due to reach
Bermuda after a brief stop at the
Azores at $50 am. Sunday.
He will have a stopover of "a hours
in Bermuda to get a little rest. He
expects to reach Washington at
1870 am. Monday.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-06-17
QPA Announces
Wide Price Cut

SAN FRANCISCO. June 16. CUP)
-Geoffrey Baker, National OPA
Frice director, said Saturday that
new ceiling prices for table wines
are expected to be announced by
the middle of July, which would
bring a one-third reduction in
prices to consumers.
Baker said "the ceiling prices
for table wines as established will
reflect a ceiling price for wine
grapes of not more than $50 ton.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-06-17
Invasion Swings
NorthWurd From
OkinoWu Fronts
Tokyo Reports New Landings Within
1875 Miles From Homeland While
Admitting yank Advances Hold Peril

GUAM, June 16. (UP)-American artillery and flame
throwing tanks annhilaed hundreds of disorganzed Jap
anese in 10-squaremile dead end pocket of southern
Okinawa Saturday and Tokyo reported u S. forces
peared be preparing for possible landings in the
Ryukyus.
Beaten enemy troops acknowledged defeat with spor
adc, suicidal 'banzai charges into whitening fire from
10th Army troops.
There are so many targets that cannot kill all the
Imperial Valley press., 1945-06-17
u. S. FORCES MOVE TQISLE nearer japan
Officials Quiz
Won Ribbentrop
For War Secrets
Supreme Headquarters
Seeks Evidence of
Nazi Help to Japan

LONDON, June 16. (UP)
Supreme headquarters in
vestigators questioned for
mer German Foreign Minis
ter Joachim ven Ribhentrop Sat-
urday for clues to the Nazi under
ground-if any-and the extent to
which Germany shared her ""
weapon secrets with Japan.
Ribbentrop told his British cap
tors originally that he was on
''missicn for Hitler but it later
developed the mission was to tell
Britain and Germany that the
Fuehrer always had hoped to avoid
war with Britain.
A dispatch from British army
headquarters said Ribtentrop was
On no other special mission when
captured Thursday in Hamburg.
POINTS IN QUESTIONING
Questioning of Ribbentrcp was
believed centering around four
main topics on which may hinge
future war plans of the United
Nations:
l. Did the Germans detect a
sizeable anti-war block in Japan?
2. Did Germany pass on to ia
pan scientific data for the latest
terror weapons, as fer instance the
transatlantic V-rocketS?
3. How strong and closely knit is
the Nazi underground in Germany,
who are its potential leaders and
where is it based?
4 Do secret Nazi cutposts exist
in neutral or other countries?
whereabouts OF the questioning
was not revealed. Ribbentrop was
flown to- supreme headquarters
from Lueneberg Friday after lie was
captured in a Hamburg boarding
house. However, authorities re-
fused to say whether the head
Continued on Page 6, Col. q
Imperial Valley press., 1945-06-17

The announcement said the
crimes allegedly we're committed in
western Poland some time after
January, when the Red army broke
the Germans Vistula line and
smashed into eastern Germany.
First word CT the seriousness of
the charges against the arrested
Poles came as two Polish delegates
frcm London left by plane for Mos
COW to attend a Polish national
unity conference.
A Moscow dispatch said the stage
was "all'' set for the trial of jan
kowski and other arrested Poles. 1t
will be Moscow's first public mass
Imperial Valley press., 1945-06-17
Nine FIiers Die
IN Bomber Crash

WALLA WALLA, Wash, June 16.
(UP)-A B-24 Liberator bomber
crashed near the Walla Walla Army
air field at $50 pm. Friday, killing
all nine crew members, it was an
nounced Saturday.
The bomber was returning from a
combat training mission when it
crashed and burned just north of
the field. Names of the victims were
withheld pending notification of
next of kin.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-06-17
President Maps
Plan to Close
S. F. Peace Meet
UNCIO ENJOYS Speed
Efforts to End
Sessions On June %
BY r.. II. SHACKFoRD

SAN FRANCISCO, June
16. (UP) - President Tru-
man is. planning to be here
next Saturday, June %, to
adjourn the United Nations con-
ference. but the prospects were
ncnc toe good Saturday that the
charter will be completed by then.
A stiff weekend committee
schedule may break the remaining
hcttlenecks. But enly seven of the
II technical committees have COM
pleted their work, even Though Fri
day midnight was the goal original
ly set.
ONE BOTTLENECK
The major trouble lies in one
committee = the one on member
ship. amendment and tie secre-
tariat. 1t is there that Australia
and New Zealand are staging last
ditch fight to eliminate the Big
Five veto over future amendments
10 the charter. But they already
have been abandoned by many
nations who helped them in their
unsuccessful fight against tie veto
for the Big Five in the Security
Council
The Big -Four - the sponsoring
powers-meet for the second time
in two DAYS Saturday to continue
work on their speed-up plans. They
have pledged themselves tc leave
no stone unturned to complete the
charter by next Saturday.
On the basis of that pledge the
U S. delegation announced Friday
night that tentative arrangements
have been made for President Tru-
man to arrive here next Friday
and to address the final session OF
Continued on Pabe 6 Col II
Imperial Valley press., 1945-06-17
French Mob SIoys Twelve
Of Frances Pro-Nozis

town to Grenoble. where several
thousand Frenchmen were awaiting
the Spaniards with the declared in
tention Of lynching them.
The Blue Division was officially
dissolved by Generalissimo Fran
cisco Franco ever a year ago. But
members who wanted to remain on
the eastern front as volunteers in
the Wehrmacht were allowed to do
so.
After the German collapse, the
Spanish consul at Munich gave pa
pers to troops of the division enab-
ling them to enter Switzerland. The
Swiss arranged for their repatria-
ton by way of France.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-06-17

AS the train drew into Chambery
station, the French attacked They
smashed windows and ripped off
doors to get at the Spaniards in
side.
Equipment and personal belong
ings being taken home by the
Spaniards were tossed out on the
station platform, where a crowd
pcunced upon them
The battle ragged an hour before
railroad officials could get the
train moving again. Finally the
train started eff in the direction of
Aix-Les-Bains. Members of the
resistance movement had blown up
section of another line from this
Imperial Valley press., 1945-06-17

into a snag because of senate in-
sistence on equal representation on
Joint interim committees.
An interim committee on health
insurance problems consisting of
senate members only was approved
by the senate. 1t would give five
members $4,000 for a study to last
until the next legislative session.
A somewhat similar assembly res
olution has been held in the lower
house rules committee.
The senate gave final approval
to a 100000 interim study of high
ways and to continuance of COM
mittee on postwar construction.
KILLS CONVENTION MOVE
The senate finance committee kill
ed a bill authorizing a constitution
al convention in 1916 to remodel
the state constitution.
Efforts to bring up bills to COM
bat racial discrimination we're de-
feated.
A motion to bring up state fair
employment practices bill, setting
penalties for discrimination in en-
ploynent, lost by 20 votes.
A bill giving state endorsement
TO a $5e0,0O0 oeNpcsS ee6 eeH-
troll program was finally approved
by the senate and sent to Gov. Earl
Warren for signature. 1t commits
the state to pay s31, 100000 in local
costs of the program.
A resolution to authorize legis-
lative investigation of lobbying ap-
parently was killed when the as
sembly voted At to 90 against with
drawing the proposal from COM
mittee.
The senate upheld Governor War
ren's veto of a bill which would
have required candidate for public
office or employment to state wheth-
er they would object to bearing
arms in defense of the country.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-06-17
Nazi Mines Sunk
Four u. s. Ships
In Atlantic Ports

PHILADELPHIA, June IS. CUP)
The secrecy of another German
threat to the shoreline Of the Unit
ed States was lifted Saturday with
the revelation that four ships were
sunk by mines laid by enemy sub
marines and four major ports were
closed to clear their entrances Of
explosives.
No traffic was allowed to move
out of New York. the worlds big
gest port, for three days from Nov.
l3 to 16. 1912, it was revealed. Five
mines were swept from the New
York Harbor entrance.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-06-17
Promises
More Butter

pounds will be 20OO0.OOO pounds
shorter than during the current
three-month period.
Meantime VIA scotched hopes
for any Bourbon production during
the July liQuor-making holiday"
Corn, VIA said, is needed for
more essential purposes DistiIlers
Of both beverage and industrial al
cohol we're prohibited from buying
or using corn except for stocks they
had contracted for before June III.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-06-17
Poles Face Possible Death
Sentence I'm Moscow Trial

trial of international Importance
since 1898.
Soviet courts have jurisdiction in
the case by virtue of an agreement
with the Ruscian-suppcrted Polish
provisional government in Warsaw
giving the Red army control of
supply lines and zones of military
operations.
Besides Jankowski. the group in
cludes Gen. Bronislaw Okulicki.
former commander CT the Polish
home army. and several men ap-
pointed to the London exile gov
ernment by Mikolajczyk while he
was premier.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-06-17

After IA hour sessions Saturday
end Saturday night the two houses
returned to work Saturday with
hundreds of items Of business still
on their files 1t appeared that the
lawmakers would work under a
stopped clock" procedure although
an assembly bloc to oppose such
action repeatedly was forming.
UN-AMERICAN GROUP
The assembly approved by 53
to 10 vote a resolution continuing
the work of the Tenney legislative
committee on un-American affairs
for two more years. 1t was possible,
however, the resolution would run
Imperial Valley press., 1945-06-17

LONDON, June 16. (UP)
Vice Premier Jan JAN
kowski of the Polish exile
government and Is other Polish
underground leaders arrested by
the Red army face possible death
sentences, a Moscow dispatch re-
vealed Saturday.
The Soviet attorney generals Of
flee announced that the 16 Poles
will be tried soon en- charges of
sabotage, terrorism of the Red
army and the use of illegal radio
transmitters-all capital crimes un-
der Soviet military law
Imperial Valley press., 1945-06-17
CHAMBERY, France

CHAMBERY, Fran
June 16. (UP)-French re-
sis.ance members in an hour
long pitched battle here late FRI
day killed II troops of the Spanish
Blue Division, which fought the
Russians on the eastern front.
Approximately 100 Spaniards and
several Frenchmen were wounded in
the fighting.
A sealed train brought the Span
iards here on their way home to
Spain from Switzerland. where
they had teen interned after fight
ing as volunteers with the Wehr-
macht on the eastern front.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-06-17
Truman, Dewey
Slate Meeting

WASHINGTON, June Is. OP)-
The Write House has announced
that President Truman has ar
ranged an appointment with Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey of New York for
Monday. June 25, at the White
House.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-06-17

WASHINGTON. June 16. tUP)-
Civilians could look forward Satur-
day to slightly more butter but
somewhat less cheese in the next
three months. And no more Bour-
bon whiskey production for a while.
The War Food Administrators
third quarter dairy ALLEGATIONS gave
civilians 100000 pounds more but
ter than the 329 900, 900 pounds con-
sumed during April. May and June.
The cheese quota of 92.000.0C0
Imperial Valley press., 1945-06-17
Winner Of Derby
Loses Preakness

BALTIMORE. June is. tUPl-
Hoop Jr., the Kentucky Derby
winner. was derailed from racing's
golden highway Saturday when he
was defeated by Mrs. P. A. B.
Widener's Polynesian in the 55th
running of the Preakness stakes.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-06-17
Nicked Again

Nicked Again
Just why Deputy Sheriffs M. C.
Pinnell, Slim Lyons, and Wayne
Lewis wanted to wear Jockey caps
will never be fully understood but
they did,
Wayne was delegated to buy the
caps. He came back with them and
reported that he had spent little
over $4 for each cap.
Let's match and see who pays
for them" Pinnell suggested. Re-
luctantly Wayne agreed.
Right. Wayne lost
Imperial Valley press., 1945-06-17
Session Faces
Overtime as
Bills Pile Up
Adjournment Time Finds Lawmakers
Swamped. Ready to Stop Clock
For Predicted Period Of 48 Hours

tuay gave up hope of adourning by official deadne
of p. M Saturday and legislators predicted business
could not be completed for "a 20 48 hours.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-06-17
= AMBlINe
EpoRTfR
shame On Papa

Shame On Papa
1t never can be said that Pat Pat
terson is not fair and square as
SoftoaIi umpire.
The other night Pat was officiat-
ing as umpire when his young son,
Gene, was at bat
StttGttrike" Pat beloved with
wavr Of his hand.
"Stttttttrike!' he beloved again,
bending over backwards to keep
from showing partiality to his own
boy.
But. ladies ana gentlemen, if dirty
looks could kill, Pat would have
died a thousand deaths as victim
of his own son.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-06-17
Studv This One

Study This One
This said A. j Griffin Of the
Barbara Worth hotel, is the only
hotel in the world where you can
go up stairs to sleep above sea level
and come down to breakfast below
sea level
Imperial Valley press., 1945-06-17

L. A. HAY-No. 1 barley hay S27 a $28; No. oat
hay. $35 a S36; U. S. No. alfalfa ungraded, $50
a $780, U. S. No. alfalfa, green and leafy, SIG
a $28; No. 2, $22 a S23.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-06-17
WEATHER

laximum Friday 103, minimum Saturday Ga; 5 am.
aturday So, humidity IS; Saturday SO, hu-
nidity IA; pm. Friday 1Ol, humidity lS.