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Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-09
BY ROBERT E. RICHARDS

OHRDRUF, Germany, April 8.
CUP)-Another wholesale Nazi muir
Ger camp, where scores of prisoners
were shot when they became too i'll
TO work, was discovered near here
by Third army tankmen.
At one site they found 81 partly
clothed bodies lying huddled gro
teSquely together where SIS guards
had killed them because they were
too i'll to be moved.
Nearby in a small wooden shed
were stacked sc or more naked
things that once were men. Many
were horribly bruised with scabS on
their heads, and the whole pile had
been sprinkled with lime.
Survivors of the CHASTITY ordeal at
the hands of the NaziS said these
victims were only part of the esti-
mated 5000 men killed at the camp.
1000 CREMATED
Approximately 1000 were cremated
and the ashes poured into one great
hole, while some 1000 others were
shot and their bodies buried in a
huge pit a mile or SO from the
camp, according to several of the
prisoners who had escaped.
Almost all the victims were Rus
slams, CzechoslovakianS Poles,
Frenchmen. German Jews and Ger
man political prisoners. They were
beaten and tortured and when mall
nutrition prevented their doing a
full days work they were killed.
One of the victims, blond young
Ster lying on stretcher with a
hole in his neck, may be an Ameri-
can flier. That is what he told
others in the camp, but he wore no
Identification tags and it was i'm
possible to check his identity.
These atrocities were actually
seen by U. S. army officers, COR
respondents and-Germans.
Col. Hayden A. Sears, Newton,
Mass, told the German civilians,
who viewed the scenes without NUT
tering word, that they were to
blame for the fiendish acts.
A German major, who also had
seen the slaughtered bodies, replied
that this was done by few people
and you cannot blame US all"
ALL TO BLAME
1T was done by those that the
German people chose to lead them
and all are responsible" Sears an
swered.
Your names are being taken as
witnesses so you can testify in trial
if the persons responsible are ap-
pretended"
The German major, a medical
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-09
Marines Score
Victory Over
BrawIey Nine

Out-hit Uutplayed and OutclaSS-
ed, the Brawley Merchants bowed in
defeat to the Marine Naval Air Base
baseball team at the Ell Centro
stadium Sunday by the score Of 5
to 2 Timely hitting by Catcher
Mestas of Brawley resulted in that
teams two runs.
Beechey started on the mound for
BraWley and Whalen. left-fielder for
the Marines, greeted him with a
sizzling triple to left, Beechey lasted
five innings, yielded ten hits and
Whitfield four batterS. He was reliev-
ed by Palacio who held the Marine
team ScorelesS for the four innings.
The leathernecks scored two runs
in the initial frame and added
three markers in the big fifth.
Prior to the start Of the tussle,
three marines marched to the Gen.
terfield scoreooard and hoisted the
national colors. This was followed
by the band playing the national
anthem.
Lt-Col Hugh c. Brewster, COM
nlanding officer of the base, pitch
ed the first ball which was caught
by Lt.-Col. O. A. Chambers. Cap
tain R. H. Gallagher obligingly
swung at the ball and purposely
missed it.
The Marine team coached by
Manager PFC. Frank Ramsey, play
ed heady ball and at no time was
the issue in doubt. The two Braw-
ley tallies were registered in the
7th and last stanzas. The BraWley
boys became ambitious in the fourth
but double play nipped their as
pirations. Umpires were McKechnie
and Harvey.
Whalen, in addition to smacking
q triple, double and ambling once.
made a fine catch in the fifth of
Emanelli's lofty hit to the fence.
Brawley made six hits off Kramer,
while the Marines piled up 13 safe
ties.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-09
SANTA CLARA STATES
RETURN TO BIG TIME

SANA CLARA, Calf April 9.
CUP)-A r4turn to big-time sports
participation las soon as war cen
ditions allow" was announced for
the University of Santa Clara Mon
day by George Barsi, graduate man.
ager
Barsi said he had been given as
surance by the board of athletic
control that Santa Clara, the big
gest little school in U. S. sports" +"
would return to major gridiron and
basketball competition.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-09
80 YEAR-OLD GOLFER
GETS HOLE-IN-ONE

WINCHESTER, Mass, April g..
tUP)-Nelson Seelye, 80, finally got
his hole in one. After dropping the
ace into the cup on the 14O-yard
14th hole on a local course here
yesterday Seelye had this to say
about it:
II had been trying for SO years
TO get hole in one. I decided that
watching my stance and my swing
didn't do me much good. So I just
wound up and socked the ball"
Seelye, who was playing his first
round of the season, said he would
be back-soon.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-09
Rogers. Smith
Win ::lks' Tilt

Exceptional golf was seen at Bar
bara Worth Country club Sunday
when the El Centro lodge of Elks
put on its annual tournament. 1t
was nip and tuck in both the cham
pionship and the dog flight In the
end Les Rogers carried off cham
pionship honors while c. Smith
wore the medal fer the dog flight.
In the championship flight Birch
field beat McNay one up: Rogers
beat Red Edwards and /; Clyde
Lee defeated Jensen 2 and l and
Woody scored over Ramsey 2 and l.
In the semi-finals Rogers beat
Birchfield one up and Lee beat
Woody 2 and l.
For the championship Rogers beat
Lee and l.
The plays in the fog flight were
Blakeley beat Jennings one up;
Fawcett beat Bardman and l.;
Smith beat Golden and 2; Rich
mond beat Eldridge one up.
In the semi-finals FaWcett beat
Blakeley one up; Smith beat Rich
mend and l.
In the finals Smith beat Fawcett
2 and l.
The blind bogey prizes will be
awarded Thursday night at the reg
ular Elks meeting
1T was snappy tournament,
said Jack McLaren, country clu b
pro- The course was in excellent
shape and the boys made it real golf
for the all-day big crowd watching
the match"
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-09
Soona Starts
For 5. F. Meet

CHUNGKING, April g. up
Foreign Minister T. V. Soong, head
of the Chinese delegation to the
san Francisco world security con-
ference, was enroute TO the United
States Monday with Leon Hender-
son, American price control expert
Ii Haung. leader Of the Young
China party. also left for the con-
ference. The only Chinese delegate
, still here was Communist leader
Tung Pi WI who was expected to
leave within a few days.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-09
L. 4. LIVESTOCK
Ds Angeles. April 9. up

Los Angeles. April O. OUPl-
Cattle-Salable. 1000: fairly active.
largely steady; several loads good to
choice fed steers. SIC OO-17. O0 some held
higher; medium to good steers. S14.O0-
IS 65: medium TO good heifers. S14. 90
1918; common to medium. S11. O0-13.50:
common TO medium cows Sl1. .25-12. IS;
one load. S13 90; cutter TO common so. 70
100. Gamers and cutters. S7.25-9. so;
medium TO good bulls. S12. 00-13.75.
Calves-Salable, $50; slow steady; few
good 10 choice calves and vealers, SIS. 90
10 25; common to medium calves. S11 So
Il 50; load stockers. sS14.00.
Hogs-Salable, 500; active. steady: geo
to 2OO-pound truck-ins. S15.75. sows,
SIS. 90; few good feeder pigs. 5000.
Sheep-Saiable. 100. steady: good to
choice 92-pound spring lambs. $3.50.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-09
FOUR LICENSES
ARE ISSUED

County Clerk w. j. McClelland
recently issued four marriage Ii
cenSes. They were to Francis An
thony Dessert, 10, navy, and Mary
Margaret Casey, 10, secretary, Braw-
ley; to William Henry Morris, 21,
marine, and Marilyn Barbour, 18,
secretary, Inglewood to Lois l..
Owen, q, navy, and Helen Rosalie
Anderson, %, Holtville and to Rus
sell Arthur Crook, 90, marine, and
Mary Jane Reece. 81, stenographer,
North Platt, Nebraska.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-09
L. a. S2'OCKS

the Los Angeles stock exchange was ex-
tTemely slow Monday with only $500
shares changing hands Six issues were
Up. two down and five unchanged. The
list:
Central Investment 20 at 7S9. up l L 4:
Pacific Gas per cent 100 at 10, un-
changed; Southern California Edison 100
al 2Sll up = Bandini 100 al Az, up 4 ;
Republic Petroleum 200 at ~. up i :;
Lane-WellS 100 at Il. unchanged.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-09
CHICAGO GRAIN

Chicago, April Q. UP1-May rye broke
3 cents a buShel on the board of trade
counted for the drop. Other deliveries and
grains showed a steady TO weak trend
Some recovery on the close gave a
mixed trend 10 the finish with rye off
25s 10 up * cents a buShel: wheat up y
TO off u corn off < to up 3 oats off y
to ! cent. and barley off Z TO up 3.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-09
Eight Navy Men
Die in Crash

SAN DIEGO, Cal, April 7. CUP)-
The Navy Saturday listed eight men
dead after a heavily LOADED PPM
flying boat crashed and burned in
an attempted take-off in San Diego
Bay.
-Four of the 12 officers and en-
listed men aboard the flying craft
when it crashed late Friday were
rescued. Names of the dead were
withheld pending notification of
next of kin.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-09
Cough and CurIs
Didn't Match

VANCOUVER, Wash, April 7.
tUP)-A cough served to unmask a
snappy blonde at bus station here.
MP's noted the curlS and the de-
mure manner of the person, but a
coughing spell disclosed a bass voice
and brought on an investigation at
the police station.
The blonde proved to be seaman
first class Harold Garner Hughes
wanted for being AWOL from the
San Diego naval base.
The curls we're just part of a wig.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-09
LIDMAN Is CHOICE

DAVlSVILLE, r. l., April 9. IUPJ
Swedish hurdler Haakon Lidman
vas the choice of the meet officials
Monday as the outstanding perform
er in the Camp Endicott invitational
track competition in which he set
a new world record for the no.
meter high hurdles.
Lidman, travelling companion Of
the more widely publicized distance
runner Gunder Hagg, had time
of IA seconds in the event Satur-
day night, breaking a 13-year old
mark held by Sol Furth of Brook
lyn.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-09
UPS BEAN PRICES

WASHINGTON, April 8. CUP)-
The War Food Administration Sat
urday raised the support price of
snap beans for canning to a national
average of $91 ton from the prev
iouSly announced level of $85. The
new price guarantee is being offered
as an incentive to greater produc-
ton, VIA said.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-09
German Murder
Comp Found

officer, had been shown the bodies
by an American medical major, John
r. Scotti, Brooklyn. When the Ger
man saw the bodies he said: 4
wouldn't believe it if hadn't seen
ii with my own eyes
But this towns leading citizens,
the burgomeister and his wife. did
not see the scenes. They were found
hanged inside their homes They
had been taken TO the camp before
and apparently had committed sui
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-09
POULTRY & EGGS

POULTRY PRICES. IAN polnus Imperial
Valley OPA Maximum set Oct. u, 1943.)
First price-At ranch to wholesaler OF re-
taller. Second price-Delvered TO whole
saler or retailer Third price-At ranch
to consumer:
Broiers, Leghorns, under 2A pounds
30c; "a 20 3 pounds, 29c; fryers, 3 to 4
pounds, 29c; roasters, all weights, 29c;
fowl, Leghorn. all weights, 35hc; colored
all weights. 25lkc; ducks, all sizes, 25c
rabbits, under pounds, 22-24c.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-09
GET JAIL TERMS

X. e. Hallisy, SO, charged with be-
ing drunk, was sentenced to 25 days
in jail or a fine of S25 in the Ell
Centre city police court Friday. He
IS serving the Jail sentence. Judge
Lee Nuffer also fined C. A. deLacy,
charged with being drunk, SIG, or
eight days in Jail. DeLacy also went
to iail
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-09
L. A. GhAIW

Los Angeles. April 9. up
No ! hard or soft white wheat. bulk,
s.. 7 y = S2i-: grading barle.- 46 pounds.
bulk, So 2.aTia; No oats. %
pounds, bulk S2.67iz -2.72N: No. > yellow
corn. bulk. 50 49-2.52: No. California
milo, sacked, 81 40-2.85.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-09
Los Angeles. AprIl Q. Ufpl-

Los Angeles, AprII 9. tJP1-
Eggs: Wholesale prices consumer grade
Large, Grade A 4Ols, Grade 37is me
dium. Grade 371s, small. Grade A IS.
Retail prices 10 consumer (carton) 4:
Large, Grade IA 1851. Grade A 46-49.
Grade B 40-41: medium. Grade AA 1916.
Grade A 1916; small, Grade A 39-43.
Candled graded eggs to Q tai q r 5
Gases; Large, Grade AA a. Grade A -
Grade 3 3S-39; medium, Grade A 30:
small. Grade A 35-37.
Butter and poultry unchanged.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-09
Coast Leaque

Series opening Tuesday:
Los Angeles at Sacramento.
Portland at San Francisco.
Seattle at Hollywood.
Oakland at San Diego.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-09
LOCAL RUTTERFAT
l.. A. RAf

Los Angeles. April 9. tUP1-
Alfalfa, q. s. No. !. $50. .0O-32. 90; L. s.
No. . Leafhy, S27. 00-29 90; u. 6. No. >
S21. .o0-22 90: No. ! barley hay. S24. 90.
26.oo: No. ! oat hay. S33. O0-.35 90.
Evening star., 1945-07-17
Troops Given
Priority on All
RuiIwuy Cars

The Office of Defense Transports
ton today announced the placing OF
all railway passenger coaches in a
pool to be made available on demand
for the use of the armed services.
The new order, which is effective
Immediately, will result in a further
curtailment of the civilian passenger
service, the ODT said.
An ODT spokesman said that nc
physical transfer of coaches is made
at this time but that it sets up the
mechanism for making available on
a moments notice more passenger
equipment for military service.
Affected by the order are all rail-
way passenger, baggage and express
cars, exclusively of Pullman sleeping
cars, already affected by recent ODT
actions.
The assignment of passenger cars
for military will mean their with
drawal from civilian service as re-
quired, ODT explained,
1.-THE demands of the armed
forces for passenger equipment un-
der the Army redeployment plan
are expected to increase to the point
where at times where regularly
scheduled passenger trains will have
to be suspended in order to pro-
vide the cars" the agency stated.
There is likely to be less space on
other passenger trains, travel will be
more uncomfortable than before and
the avoidance of all unnecessary
railway Journeys is imperative" Of
ficials stated.
Persons leaving home on unnec-
essary railway trips may find them
selves unable to return, ODT
warned.
Evening star., 1945-07-17
Justice Murphy Unhurt
In Train DeraiIment
BY The Associated Press,


DUNLAP, Iowa, July 17.-Four-
teen cars of the eastbound Chicago
81 North Western Union Pacific
streamliner City of Los Angeles
jumped the track after cloudburSt
early today, and one cara diner
plunged into the Boyer River with
three persons aboard.
The three-two conductors and a
waiter-eScaped, as one end of the
car sank into the river and the
other end lodged on the nearby
bank.
Justice Frank Murphy of the Su-
preme Court was a passenger on the
train. but escaped injury. When he
did not answer a call at his COM
partment, other passengers in the
car told a reporter he was not in
jured and that he was resting.
Included among the derailed cars
we're eight sleepers and two coaches.
Officials of the North Western
Railroad, oyerwhose tracks the train
runs in this area, said no one suf-
fered more than minor injuries.
There we're about 200 passengers
aboard.
The train was half an hour late
when it hit a washout caused by a
Az Inch rain.
Evening star., 1945-07-17
Truman Wants Sale
OF Surplus Property
Put Under One Man
President Reopens
1914 Bottle Over
War Goods Disposal
py the Associated Press.

Py the Associated Press.
President Truman today asked
Congress to reverse itself and
place control of surplus property
disposal in a single admins
traitor rather than three-man
board.
The Chief Executive thus re-
opened a 1914 fight over the dispo-
sition Of billions of dollars worth of
war goods which the Government
is now beginning to sell in volume
as the result of the defeat of Ger
many.
Mr.. Truman noted that last year
Secretary of State Byrnes, who was
then war mobilization director, had
urged the appointment of a single
administrator rather than the
three-man control which Congress
finally put into effect.
Il think experience has proved
him right" Mr.. Truman said. In
a field which calls for quick and de-
cisive action, it is undesirable to
dilute responsibility for the disposal
of surplus property"
Former Senator Guy Gillette of
Iowa recently resigned as Surplus
Property Board chairman and the
Senate last week confirmed William
Stuart Symington of st. Louis to
replace him.
Other members of the three-man
Evening star., 1945-07-17
Foreign Loan Program
Duplicates Efforts,
Taft Tells Hearing
Says Export-lmport and
World Bonk Functions
Would Overlap
By J. A. O'LEARY.

Senator Taft, Republican, of
Ohio today charged the admin
istration is duplicating its for
eign loan policies by asking Con-
gress to approve at the same
time both the international bank
in the Breton Woods plan and a
81, 1900, 100000 increase in the
lending authority of the Export
Import Bank.
EITHER We ought to proceed
through the international bank. or
this way, but why both?" the Ohio
Senator inquired when the Senate
Banking Committee met this morn
ing to consider the Export Import
Bank expansion.
Leo r. Crowley, chairman Of the
board of the bank, replied that 1t
may take Is months to get the
Breton Woods bank going, and that
in the meantime the Export Import
Bank will make foreign loans de-
signed to create markets for Amer
ican exports by helping other coun-
tries.
Then there is no need of passing
Breton Woods now" continued
Senator Taft, who is urging the
Senate to postpone that world
monetary agreement until fall.
BarkIey Opposes Delay.
( Senate Majority Leader Barkley
interrupted to make the point that
whenever the Breton Woods agree
ment is adopted, it will take just as
long to get the international bank
organized, SO that nothing would be
gained by delay.
This prompted Senator Taft to
ask Mr.. Crowley If he would be
(See BRETON WOODS, Pg. A-5.)
Evening star., 1945-07-17
Jap Pilots Resist
New Raids After
HIohito Appeal
Super Forts Fire Four
Cities Despite Suicide
And Rocket Attocks
By the Associated Press.


GUAM, July 17.-Plowing un-
damaged through a fight OF
baka flying bomb" suicide
planes and enemy rocket fire,
more than 450 Super Forts left
general conflagrations" billow-
ing from four more japanese
war centerS today.
Returning crewmen reported very
little enemy fighter plane opposition
but Japanese fighters tackled raid
ing Mustangs Monday in a spec
tacular, far-ranging dogdght thai
ended with 40 enemy planes downec
or probably downed.
The temperance of interceptor:
may have resulted from a direct
prod by the Emperor. The Tokyo
radio said Hirohito had sent a court
councillor to visit the army air force
headquarters, thus proving his deer
interest in the present situation OF
our air force"
premier Suzuki went to the
Imperial Palace at the unusual
hour of 5 pm. today to submit
a report to the Emperor on "the
general administration" the
Tokyo radio announced. Suzuki's
predecessors, Preniiers TOTO and
Koiso were ousted after military
setbacks)
Targets of the B-29s-stretchec
along 460 miles of the homeland
from Tokyo to the Inland Sea-
were:
Hiratsuka, an arsenal, aircraft
and armamentS center "a miles
southwest of Tokyo.
Nun1azu, ordnance-armaments pro.
| (See SUPER FORTS, Page A-49
Evening star., 1945-07-17
Boy Helps 28 Persons
Escape Flaming Bus
b. the Associated Press.

BECKETT. Mass. July TIA Is.
year-old boy kicked out a window
of a Chicago bound bus early today
when the emergency door appar.
emily jammed and enabled % Other
passengers, trapped when flames en-.
veloped the machine, to escape.
State Police Corpl Joseph Keat.
ing Identified the youth as Ear
Lepper Of Walpole, Mass.
No injuries were reported. The
machine was damaged badly.
Evening star., 1945-07-17
Paul Reynoudps
War Memoirs

Premier of France when
the Republic fell tells his
story Of the tragic days of
1910.
The conspiracy OF Petain,
Weygand and Darlan.
Why the Germans broke
through at Sedan.
Inside story OF King Leo
pold's surrender.
The mistakes of the French
general staff.
Secret history of the Petain-
Laval regime.
Why did Mussolini's govern
ment finance a campaign to
put Petain into power four
years before the war started?
Read this document Of the
betrayal of France.
Begins Thursday in
Uhr Eufning Star
Evening star., 1945-07-17
Million Leaflets a Day
Quoting Truman Talk
ShoWered on Japan
Text Aimed to Shake
Peoples Confidence,
Sow Surrender Seed
BY the Associated Press.


GUAM, July 1.-THE newest
propaganda leaflets being
dropped on Japan stress that
the Japanese can have peace
with honor. even under uncon-
ditional surrender.
Bearing pictures of dozen jap
anese militarists and addressed tt
japanese military leaders. the tex
Of the pamphlet is based on Presi-
dent Truman's We day speech
telling the japanese they could enc
the war with unconditional sur
render.
Your future lies in your own
hands" says the message to JAP
anese military leaders.
You can choose between q
wasteful, unclean death for many
of your forces, or peace with
honor"
Planes Drop Million a Day.
These new leaflets, bearing Presi-
dent Truman's picture, are being
dropped at the rate of 1000 00(
daily on Japan by Super Fortresses
Although addressed to japanese
military leaders, their obvious pur.
pose is to undermine the people.
confidence in their war leadership
| The leafiet text says: '.Militar,
leaders of Japan: Can you convinct
the people of Japan that you ar,
able to defend the soil, waters ane
sky of Japan?
These questions were asked b,
Harry S. Truman, President of tn,
United States, in a message directed
to the Japanese people. Did you no
in the past solemnly declare tina
you would defend Guam. Tinian
the Philippines, Two Jima and Oki
nawa, the last barricade on the wa.
to Tokyo? Did you not promise ir
the past that our planes would no
violate the skies of Japan?
Were you able to keep thes'
promises?"
War to the End Promised.
The leafiet text also counters the
Japanese propaganda line which tell
the Japanese people that the Unitec
States will quit the conflict. If the
war is prolonged and made costly
in American lives.
Let me assure you again anc
again that my country is determined
to fight this war to its predestinec
L end and / cannot find any whit
thinks that our victory will be TOT
costly to win," says the leaf1et
quoting President Truman directly
Another leaf1et, explaining to thu
Japanese that There is no reason
| to fear that unconditional sur.
render means obliteration of tn,
japanese people or bondage aist
Is being spread over the homeland
Evening star., 1945-07-17
Soong Returns TO China
After Talks With Stain
,ha Assneiata.sp pras.

Ey the Associated Press.
CHUNGKING, July 17.-Premier
T. v. Soong returned today from
Moscow after visit of more than
two weeks in the Russian capital
during which he conferred with
Premier Stain and other high So
Wet officials.
DR.. Soong was accompanied on
his return to Chungking by Apollon
Petrov, Soviet Ambassador to
China.
The Chinese Premier had been in
Moscow since June 80, and had had
number of meetings with Stain.
Evening star., 1945-07-17
Great Lakes Luxury Ship Rozed
BY Fire at Dock; Many Injured
Flames Leop From Freight Shed TO Liner
AT Surniu, Ontario; No Lives Lost

American and Canadian fire
fighters joined forces to combat the
flames on the ship and ashore.
The Harmonic, one of the largest
passenger ships on the Great Lakes,
had left Detroit last night on a
cruise and was tied up at Point Ed
ward. near the Blue Water Bridge
The bridge spans the st. Clair
River at the southernmost tip OF
Lake Huron, connecting Port Huron
on the American side and the Ca
madam cities of Sarnia and Point
Edward.
A survey Of hospitals and some
private homes nearby indicated that
(See SHIP FIRE, Page A-4l