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Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-17
laps Hit Back
Around Baguio

MANILA, April IT, fUP)-Japanese
troops were reported Tuesday heav-
lily communicating American fore
es closing in on. Baguio, former
enemy headquarters in the Philip
pines.
The desperate Japanese assaults
were concentrated mostly in the
rugged mountains around the Mon
gloMt. Bilbil area, eight miles
northwest of Baguio.
Gen, Douglas MacArthur's COM
munique said the enemy forces we're
making repeated counterattacks at
night before Baguio and front re-
ports described the attacks as "in-
tense"
Stubborn resistance and the tough
terrain also was reported slowing
the drive of two other American COL
umns approaching Baguio, former
Philippines summer capital, from the
southwest and southeast.
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Patton, Hodges
Named To Be
Full Generals

WASHINGTON, April II. up
1t. Gems. George S. Patton and
Courtney H. Hodges, respective COM
manders of the spearheading Third
and First armies in Germany, were
nominated Tuesday to be full gen.
erals in the first list of nominations
sent to the senate by President Tru-
man.
They were the first army COM
rlanders to be promoted to four
star rank. The rank heretofore has
been reserved for army group COM
manders and highest staff officers.
Mr.. Truman also nominated nine
major generals to be lieutenant
generals: Joseph L. Collins, Oscar
w. GrisWold, LuciuS Clay. Godfrey
Keyes, Edmund B. Gregory, Walton
H, Walker, Levin H. Campbell, Wade
H. Haislip and Eugene Reybold.
All of these ranks were temporary
wartime promotions.
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President truman
to Work

White House door was Bennett
Clark, former Missouri senator. The
President greeted Clark enthusiac-
tically and they walked in to Mr..
Truman's office together.
Clark had a short visit with the
President, saying as he left Mr..
Truman's office. II just thought he
would like to see an old friend who
did not want to recommend anyone
for a job or give him any advice"
The Truman family will live in
Blair House-used during the war
to house visiting foreign dignitaries
until late this week or possibly
early next week when the Roosevelt
family will move out.
The capital meanwhile, was try
ing to get used to an early-bird
President who goes to work when
most of the official w hington is
reaching for the orange juice.
-. This was a sad TACT for a
lot of the White House personnel
land for some reporters too.)
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-17
ST. Louis Banker
Gets Loan Post

WASHINGTON, April II. CUP)-
John w Snyder, st. Louis banker,
was nominated by President Tru-
man Tuesday to be Federal Loan
Administrator.
This was the first major appoint
ment made by Mr.. Truman since he
became President last Thursday ev-
ering.
Snyder, vice. president of the First
National Bank of st. Louis has been
a friend of the President more than
25 years.
AS head of the multi billion dol
lar Reconstruction Finance Corpora
ton and other lending agencies,
Snyder will fill the place left va
cant by Fred M. WILSON'S transfer
to the post of war mobilization di-
rector.
Snyder has been in the banking
business since the last war From
1880 to 1887 he acted as liquidator
of rational banks in the insolvent
division of the United States Comp
troller of the currency.
From 1897 to 1910 he was manager
of the st. Louis agency of the Re-
construction Finance Corporation
and in 1910 became executive vice.
president and director of the De-
fense Plant Corporation and assist
ant to the directors of the RFC.
He went back to private banking
in st. Louis on January /, l943.
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Truman Signs
First Bill

WASHINGTON, April II. (UP)-
President Truman Tuesday signed
the lend-lease extension act He
said the lend-lease program will be
carried on until the unconditional
surrender or complete defeat of
Germany and Japan"
The President signed the legis-
lation shortly after he had confer
red briefly with members of the AM
erican delegation to the United Ma
tionS conference at San Francisco.
The signing produced historical
novelty-Mr Truman's name ap-
peared on the bill twice. He signed
it originally as presiding officer of
the senate. and then again Tuesday
as president
Mr.. Truman in his senate role
broke a tie vote to kill an amend
ment to the extension act that
would have tightened restrictions on
postwar use of lend-lease goods. The
legislation extends the lend-lease
program until June 80, 1916.
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Huge Navy Fund
Set for Coast

WASHINGTON. April IT. tUP)-
The continuing process of tooling
up the California coast as war
and postwar navy center will be
$500 100000 job during the next two
years, it was revealed Tuesday.
Largest single expenditure in CAL
ifornia discussed during house ap-
preparation committee hearings, re-
leased Tuesday, were for shore and
pier installations at Hunters Point
and Terminal Island drydocks where
the navy will spend s43,4l9,00O and
S34,599, 900 respectively.
Facilities at Terminal Island, ma
jor postwar fleet center of south
ern California will be expended to
accommodate full-scale battleships
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-17
Board 'Defers'
Action on
Salary Raises

Three members of the county
board of supervisors met in the
court house Monday afternoon with
the most important item Of business
having to do with salary adjust
ments of all county employees except
elected officials.
Supervisors boosted salaries re-
Gently for all elected county Off
cials and the grand jury is recon-
mending salary boosts for the su-
pervisors. The other county en-
ployes were next on the list. The
supervisors some time ago asked
department heads to arrange SAL
ary schedule lor each department,
fixing a minimum and maximum,
among other things, and permit
ting department heads to apportion
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WASHINGTON, April II. CUP)-
This limousine-infested capital saw
something Tuesday it hadn't seen
for a great many years-the Presi-
dent of the United States walking to
work.
President Truman walked to work
Tuesday morning striding at rap
id pace from Blair House where he
and his family moved Tuesday night
across Pennsylvania Avenue and
down the long, broad driveway to the
executive wing of the White House.
Mr.. Truman came out of Blair.
House about $3.50 a. M, smiled
broadly at group of waiting pho
tographers, and then walked over
to the White House, flanked by a
group of secret service agents. Mich
ael F.. Reilly, supervising agent of
the White House secret service de-
TAIL walked with the President and
chatted with him along the way.
Waiting for the President at the
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-17
Senate Rejects
GiIa Dam Plan
In Water Treaty

WASHINGTON, April 16. (UP)-
The senate Tuesday rejected a res
ervation to the Mexican water treaty
which would have required the Unit
ed States to build dam on the
Gila river in central Arizona.
Offered by Senators Sheridan
Downey CD Calf, and Hiram W.
Johnson tR.) Calf, the reservation
was rejected by vote of IS to Is.
Downey said The dam was neces-
sary to prevent flash-floods from
the Gila which might destroy irri-
gated lands in Arizona and Califor-
MIA.
Sen. Eugene D. Millikin (RD Cole,
said 1t would be an amendment of
the treaty and not reservation. He
argued that the dam already was
approved by the Bureau of Reclaim
alton and would be constructed as
soon as the war ends.
The senate then began considera-
ton of reservat ton by Sen. Thomas
c.. Hart (RD Conn, which would
require surveys of the Tijuana river
authorized by the treaty to be COM
pleted within three years from the
date of ratification.
PUSH TOWARD VOTE
The senate pushed toward a final
vote on the treaty following adop-
ton of a set of reservations design
ed to clarity the document.
Although two senator's, A. B.
Chandler tDD KY, and Pat McCar-
ran. ID. New. announced their in
tention of voting against the treaty.
chances that it will be ratified by
the necessary two-thirds vote ap-
pear brighter than at any time
since the senate began work on it.
The senate late Monday adopted
a reservation to require congress
sional approval for all construction
projects necessary to distribute wa
ters of the Colorado and Rio Grande
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same circular room where Franklin
D. Roosevelt met the press twice
weekly. He took their questions as
fast as they came, answered prompt
ly and pithily, and twice drew ap-
plause-a rarity at White House
press conferences
Mr.. Truman:
l. Wholeheartedly endorsed all
items of Roosevelt foreign and do
mestic policy about which he was
asked.
2. Said he would not lift the horse
racing ban and that the slidnight
curfeW and the brownout had been
good for the nations morale. Ask
ed if he would lift these restrictions
on We Day, he said: let's wait till
We Day.
3. Asserted he would try to carry
out Mr.. Roosevelt's public power
programs and intentions wherever
possible and necessary.
Mr.. Truman stood throughout the
press conference. The crowd over
flowed from the conference room
cut to side terrace. Tie room
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REDS PERIL BERLIN FROM NORTH, SOUTH
Assembly. Senate
Battle on Tax,
Subsidy Set-ups
Opposition Appears
Over Amount Listed
In Public Work Fund

SACRAMENTO, April II.
(UP)-The assembly delay
ed taking up its tax reduc-
ton bill Tuesday after the senate
voted 10 tie together its tax legis-
lation and $10O,000,0OO local sub
sidy bill.
The two houses were at odds
over the state sales tax rate with
the senate rejecting a proposal for
a two per cent rate which has been
approved in the assembly.
Assemblyman Walter j. Fourt,
tR), Ventura who is handling the
governors tax bill in the assembly,
said it had not been decided which
OF several amendments would be
taken up first. He will attempt to
have a provision earmarking $751;
100000 for local public works ell
minated, and will oppose other
amendments to link the assembly
bill to the S100,G00,000 subsidy
SCHOOL AID VOTED
The assembly passed and sent to
the senate bill to give additional
state support tc poorer school dis
tricts. With state school grants to
be increased on July l, the bill con-
tanning the so-called strayer plan
would guarantee a minimum of $95
from state aid and local taxation.
The assembly confirmed previous
passage of bill allowing old age
pensioners to have 5000 annual in
come from outside sources and sent
the measure to the senate.
A majority of the upper house in
effect defied Governor Earl War;
rem to veto the local subsidy bill
passed earlier.
The senate adopted amendments
to series of administration bill
continuing tax reductions which
say that unless the governor signs
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One Prong Of Double Thrust
Only IL Miles From Goal;
YanIks Cur Bavarian Routes
American Forces Close Swiftly on
EIbe for Speedy Juncture With
Russ as Artillery Withers Defense

PARIS, April IT. (UP) = American armies closed
swiftly the Ebe river valley for apparently imminent
uncure with the Red army Tuesday and stormed Leipzig
and Nuernberg in powerful bid to blockea Naz death
stand in the Bavarian Alps.
The American and Russian battle lines already were
barely 70 miles apart the blazing Berlin front where
u S. Ninth army troops up and the Ebe
80mle front racing within As miles of the city limits
Red army forces there only II miles northeast
of the capital and the two convergng armies planes and
artillery were batterng the targets at the OF
Hilers dying Third Reich
American First army units in the Ninth army's left
flank the Ebe some 70 miles from the center
Berlin and only "a miles of the river line in the
Coldtz area beyond encircled Leipzig
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LONDON, April II. (UP)
Stockholm dispatches Tues
day carried the first authen-
tic reports of mutiny in the German
navy, whose revolt in World War l
led to the Reich's capitulation,
The mutiny apparently was on a
comparatively small scale for the
moment, but observers believed it
may spread as Allied armies move
to cut off the Baltic coast from the
rest of the country.
The Stockholm newspaper Dagens
Nyheter said IL German sailors ar
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-17
All Fl Centro
Waits Parade
To Open Roundup

When the Imperial Valley Round
up parade heads west on Main street
Friday forenoon, all Ell Centro will
be in the line of march or on the
sidelines. Every business house in
the city will be locked up during
parade time and this also will be
true. of offices and possibly schools.
After the parade business houses
may reopen. Due to a lack Of
unanimity, merchants will act i'll
dividually as to remaining closed
the rest of the day.
The parade, heralding the opening
performance Friday afternoon at
Imperial County Fairgrounds, will
form at Main and Fourth and move
west on Main to and beyond Eighth
AS the time approaches for the
pageant, scores of people have an
nounced intention of Joining up" in
full pioneer regalia and there is a
constant increase in the vehicular
entrants.
BraWley is all set and on its toes
for the parade there Wednesday at
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Cleanup Drive
Nears Close

Its the alleys from now on" said
E. Paul Ford, FL Centre director of
public works Tuesday in announc-
ing the wind-up of city trucks pick
ing up rubbish in the cleanup drive.
I'VE already have dumped SEQ truck
loads, Ford said. THE people took
us at our word and did fine job
of piling up the stuff to be removed
We ask that they be patient a few
days as the trucks will clear the
alleys of the last vestige of accum-
ulated rubbish"
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-17
Old HOsS And OIdsters-
Novy's Post War Program
Calls for 1871 Ships

WASHINGTON, April II.
OUP) : A tentative navy
plan for a postwar fleet of
l131 combat ships-almost three
times the size of the pre-war fight
ing fleet-Was presented to Con-
gress Tuesday.
The public was given its first
glimpse of the navy's postwar blue
print as the house appropriations
committee recommended a $24,879,-
510,546 navy department budget for
the 1916 fiscal year starting next
July l. This was a slash of $452,-
655, ,l04 from estimates previously
approved by the budget bureau.
Vice Adm. Frederic j. Horne, vice
chief of naval operations, was re-
vealed to have told the appropria-
tions committee that the navy ex-
poets to end the war with 1923 COM
bat ships, ranging down in size to
destroyer escorts and submarines. OF
these 337 obSolescent craft would
be scrapped or used as target ves-
sells.
o. the combat ships remaining
in the postwar fleet, 482 will be on
active status and 709 in an inactive
state. Skeleton crews would be re-
tanned on the inactive ships to MAIN
tain them and keep them in i'm
mediate readiness for service. 1t was
also understood that the navy would
follow rotation plan in its use of
Unavailable ships.
The contemplated postwar fleet
of 1897 combat ships compared with
force of 364 comparable craft in
service on June 30, 1899.
While the committee recommend
ed approval of most of the naval
committees recommendations there
was belief that there was entirely
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ton in the Eberswalde area, II
miles northeast of Berlin and 13
miles beyond the big bend in the
Oder river.
Soviet amphibious tanks ruSned
across swamps and canals on a nine
mile front as far as Eberswalde and
Bad Freinenwalde, where they were
meeting stiff rsistance from German
assault guns, the Nazis said.
Eberswalde lies only four miles
from the Stettin- Berlin superhigh-
way and rs miles northeast of Am
erican Ninth Army spearheads in
the Stendal area.
MERGE BRIDGEHEADS
Due east of Berlin, other Soviet
forces merged their bridgeheads
across the Oder River OH 20-mile
front between Kienitz. 80 miles east
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Still farther south, 1t. Gen.
George S. Patton's American Third
Army rammed ahead within 80 miles
of the Elbe fortress of Dresden
which, with Leipzig, represented the
main escape route into Bavaria for
the remaining German forces south
OF parlin.
JUNCTURE IMMINENT
Both the First and Third armies
were only 80-odd miles from link
up with the oncoming Russians and
their tactical air forces were work.
ing over the enemy lines in close CO.
ordination with the Soviets.
The German flight across the
Elbe in front of the advancing Brit
ish and reports of a wholesale exo-
dus southwark in the Elbe-Oder cor
ridor below Berlin apparently con-
firmed earlier indications that the
Nazi high command finally had or
dered the split-up of its forces for
the last great battle of the war.
American First Army troops as
saulting Leipzig and tanning out
east, northeast and southeast of
that city were rapidly closing off the
main enemy escape roads south of
the capital.
U. S. Third Army forces on their
right flank we're menacing the Ger
mans last big line of retreat through
Dresden and Czechoslovakia ad-
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for repair. At Hunters Point sl0,-
100000 drydock will be completed
in IA months.
San Francisco bay will be dredg-
ed at six points at cost of $1,000
900 to enlarge facilities for repair
at General Engineering and Dry
dock Co., the Kaiser Richmond
yards, Bethlehem Steel Co.. Yerba
Buena, Port Chicago and along the
San Francisco embarcadero.
A fair index of the nayy's pro-
gram was contained in an itemized
list of proposed naval district ex-
penditures. topped by the 18th with
So 500 900 and the 18th with $3,-
100000. These figures do not in
clude public works expenditures or
miscellaneous costs.
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Mutiny Starts Spreading
Among Nozi Navy Men

reports In the past year OF mtltlny
in German naval bases, but none
could be confirmed. The arrival of
mutineers In neutral Sweden provld-
ed concrete evidence of ebblrg NOR
ale In the navy. however,
Swiss sources. meantime. reported
growing wave Of suicides among
minor Nazi party leaders IN Ger
many. A Zurich dispatch said Ger
trude Scholz-Link. leader OF the
Nazi women's organization and
sometimes called Adolf Hitler's per-
feet woman" killed herself at Con-
stance Sunday
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rived at The Swedish port of Stroem-
stad on the Kattegat aboard naval
patrol vessel and surrendered for
internment.
The sailors told Swedish author
tiles they had overwhelmed their
two officers, locked them up and
fled from Norwegian h'arbor. Dag
ems Nyheter said.
The Swedish Telegraph agency
said another German naval vessel,
a minesweeper, had arrived at a
Swedish south coast harbor and It's
crew of II also asked to be interned.
There have been several previous
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of Berlin and Lebus, five miles
north of Frankfurt, then drove on
to within 81 miles of the capital.
The strategic Seelow Hills, also
q miles east of Berlin and II miles
southwest of Kuestrin, likewise fell
to the advancing Soviets, German
broadcasts admitted.
The Russians preached the Ger
man line on each side of Frankfurt,
o3 miles east Southeast of Berlin,
another Nazi dispatch said, though
it claimed these penetrations were
mot operationally important
Still another breach was torn in
the German line at Fuerstenberg, IA
miles southeast of Frankfurt, the
Germans said.
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too much" commissioned and en-
listed personnel in jobs normally
filled by civilians, both in Washing
ton and throughout the country.
1t urged Secretary of the Navy
James ForreStal to take immediate
measures to effect such curtail-
ment both of White-callar and SER
vice personnel as would bring the
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conference, because this country had
a competent delegation at the con-
ference. He said he would back up
its members from Washington where
he belongs. Head of the delegation
is Secretary Of State Edward R.
Stettinius, Jr., whose ultimate
place in the new administration
has been. in some doubt.
348 REPORTERS
The new president faced record
number of reporters -343-in the
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-17

the number of each within essential
bounds"
In connection with the size of the
postwar fleet, Forrestal told the
committee that present plans could
be only tentative since they were
based on probable policies and COM
mitments which were not yet ac-
curately defined.
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Old HOss And Kids

Old HOss And Kids
While adults are skylarking
around town in cowboy togs the
pupils at Central Union High school
and Junior college, and the upper
grades of Wilson school are having
a costume party all their own. And
what party!
We didn't note many boards among
the school dresser uppers but there
are some tough lookin' gals and
Wranglers there just the same. Head
ing the parade is Superintendent
Guy Weakley in as messey an old
kuckaroo get-up as we've seen in
many day. And Vice Principal A.
j. HinShaW wore bandana that
was knockout. Over in Junicr COL
lege Professor James B. Rankin. was
calmly teaching away all dressed up
like a tough old coWhand
Frances Suns5Iom in the school
wore loud shirt, big hat, and
was armed with a water pistol. Pat
Finn ran her close second Eighth
Grader j. T. Musgrove copped the
loud shirt contest Tuesday.
Other dressed up fellers and gals
included Geneva Shipley, Junior;
Mary Lou PaSkle, senior; OrVal An
derson, junior; and Jerry Rice.
junior.
Old HOss And Oldsters--
We believe ElWood Greist had
something. He addeG \ charro hat
and serape to his brown outfit.
George Winright was embarrassed
Monday night when he wore loud
Shirt to a meeting in BraWley. He
was the only dressed up wrangler
there. Bill North is wearing some
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III eW President
Will Stick
Close to Office
Draws Applause From 348 News
Hounds at First Press Meet;
Will Not Attend Peace Par|eys

WASHINGTON April II. (UP)-A poised and con-
fldent Harry s. Truman told his first presidential
conference Tuesday-a packed sessiontha he would
run the government for the time being from his desk here
He said he would attend the San Francisco security
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Red Armies Numbering Two Million
EncircIe Reich Capital in
Nazi-Admi++ed UnbreakabIe Lines

LONDON, April II. (UP)-Red armies perhaps q
100000 strong tore holes in the eastern defenses of
Berlin along 15O-mile front Tuesday and column
reported only II miles from the Nazi capital.
While armored forces fought Eberswalde, II
miles northeast of Berlin two tanksuppOrted Soviet
divisions plunged through the Naz line of Letschn
26 miles to the southwest and 80 miles from the capital
the Germans said.
Another German broadcast said the Soviet attack at
the southern end of the assault front has assumed
the character of argescae offensive in itself apparent
y aimed at linking UP with the American Third army 30
odd miles to the west.
Russ Paratroops Reported Wiped Out
Soviet paratroops dropped closer to Berlin but
encircled and wiped out, Nazi broadcasts said
A Paris report said the Red army already had linked
up with the Americans in the Elbe Valley southeast of
Dresden but latest official dispatches placed the Sovs
nearly so miles and the Americans 40 miles from the
ported junction point
Berlin said Premier Marshal Stain had thrown nine
infantry five tank and two air armies into the last great
push from the east, now in its second day.
Naz broadcasts listed penetration after penetration
the German line all the way from Schwedt, 45 miles
northeast of Berlin to Muskau nearly Is miles southeast
despite Adolf tlers order to hold fast and drown the
offensive in "sea of blood
The Soviet high command, was it's custom, remain
ed silent the offensive, but Soviet historian Eugene
Tare said in talk the Moscow radio that the attack
Berlin had begun from the east and west
Berlin said the Russians made their deepest penetra
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WEATHER

Maximum Monday 81, minimum
Tuesday 40; am. Tuesday So, hu-
midity So; noon Tuesday so. humid
ity 80; pm. Mon. 80, humidity 1S.