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Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-29
Yanks Hammer
To Reich Line

Continued From Page One) s
on the Dutch German frontier and
deployed along the west bank of
the Roer river in considerable
strength. To the south in Alsace, the
u. S. Seventh army lines remained
virtually unchanged, while the,
French First army's limited offen-
sive against the Colmar pocket carv-
ed out further small gains in spite
of bad weather and stiffening ene-Y
my opposition. 3
Allied reconnaissance revealed
that the great German exodus from
the Siegfried works to the east had
been halted abruptly, apparently by
laundering Allied air attacks and
Nazi nervousness over the prospect
of an imminent grand-scale western
offensive coordinated with the Red
army drive.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-29
Winright Urges
About Plans
For Home Gardens
How Goes your garden grow?

How Goes your garden grow?
Victory gardeners Monday were
urged to double their efforts in I'M
perial County when the agricultural
extension service launched a cam
paign to increase food production
az requested by President Roose-
velt.
"The need ffor more. larger, and
more diversifiac Tome gardens is
shown in recent changes in the food
situation in the United States" said
George Winright, farm advisor OF
Imperial county. Requirements OF.
the military make it necessary to
set aside more and more food which
the civilian population will have
to do without. A large part OF civil
ian food supplies will have to come
from Victory gardens"
The vegetable garden guide for
Imperial county, the booklet pre-
pared by the Victory Garden COM
mittee, has been brought up to
cate and is available at the farm
advisors office in the court house
basement in Ell Centre and at many
public buildings and offices through
out the county. This chart was pre-
pared after an exhaustive study OF
local conditions and needs. 1t shows
what to plant, what varieties to Sc
lect, how much seed to buy, when
to plant it, when the plants will
mature. the harvesting dates, how
deep and how far apart to plant,
all about the types of rows to dig,
and general remarks of aid to gard
eners. In the back of the booklet
are general instructions as to tools,
salt control, fertilization, inocula-
ton. irrigation, cultivation, and
spacing.
Members of the Imperial County
Garden committee will meet soon
to determine how to increase the
number of gardens.
There is still time to plant a
great many things in Imperial coun-
ty gardens Wlnrlgnt declared.
Home gardens provided 40 per
cent of all the fresh home-consum-
ed vegetables in 1943. But in 1944 the
number of home gardens in Cali
fornia decreased 25 per cent from
the total year before"
In California two years ago the
home gardeners on farms and in
the cities produced more than 600,-
100000 pounds of home grown food
from almost million gardens. The
1945 goal is to exceed this amount
of food production and the number
of gardens.
'The rapidly changing conditions
Of war have revised the nation S
estimate of fresh foods and with
it the need for more home grown
food" Winright saio.
Offices of the agricultural extern
sion service will be the headquarters
for home gardens and anyone in
terested in planting home gardens
may feel free TO get help and ad-
wise from the farm advisors staff.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-29
B.29s Hit Two,
Or to Tokyo

Continued From Page One)
of miles west from Pearl Harbcr to
direct the next phases of the war
against Japan.
The SuperfortreSSeS attacked in
daylight, a war department COM
munique issued in Washington said
There was no immediate word
whether American surface warships
and Liberator bombers also joined
in the attack
Nimitz has set up advance head
quarters on an island which, though
prominent in l.ie news, cannot be
named. From here, he will direct
the vast air, naval and army forces
under his command in raids and
amphibious operations against the
shrinking japanese empire.
australian sources last month
speculated that Nimitz would set
up headquarters on Guam in the
southern Marianas. Guam already
is headquarters for the 21st bomber
command of superfortresses.D)
EXTENT OF COMMAND
His command covers all of the
Pacific north to the Aleutians south
to New Zealand and west to China
with the exception of the Philip
pines-New Guinea Australia area
under the supreme command of Gen
Douglas Macarthur.
Included in the tremendous for
ward move to advanced headquart-
ers were everything from file clerks
to jeeps. Pearl Harbor remains as
rear headquarters. principally i'm
portant now as the funnel for sup
plying the Pacific, and as a base
for repaii:1is and overhauling war;
ships.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-29
Houses Erected
For Prisoners

Pre-fabricated houses to accommo-
date $50 prisoners are in use at i'm
migration border patrol headquarters
in Ell Centre to help take the load
off the over-crowded Imperial coun-
ty Jail.
The houses were shipped in from
Dallas Texas, and are equipped with
beds, mattresses, blankets, and
sheets. The patrol operates a regu-
lar mess for the prisoners in con-
nection with the detention camp.
Aliens are kept at patrol head
quarters until their cases are COM
pleted and they are either sent to
jail or deported.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-29
Memorial Park
Work Starts

Workmen, trucks and heavy
equipment moved into court house
park in Ell Centro Monday and
started moving out trees as the first
step in the Identification program
ordered by the county board of SUI
pervisors. q
Legal technicalities, delays in
equipment schedules and other de-
tails held up the program for some
time until everything was straight
ened out.
All trees and shrubs will be taken
out of the park north of the court
house, the land leveled and an en-
tirely new planting scheme initi-
ated. The whole planting layout
was arranged as an appropriate set
ting for the war memorial to be
erected there as a tribute to the
servicemen and women of World
War No. 2.
Trees from the park are being
taken to the site of the recently
erected immigration building nTth
OF the railway tracks on Imperial
avenue. and planted as part of the
Identification of the grounds there.
County Agricultural Commission
er B. A. Harrigan will put in all the
planting except that around the
memorial cite. Those paintings will
not be started until after the monu-
ment is in place.
AS planned, the memorial will be
a suitable place to hold memorial
and public meetings in the future.
The grounds around the court
house also are to be improved and
the paintings arranged to coordi-
nate and blend with the park across
the street.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-29
Tanks, Infantry
Smash Ahead

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preached and that the liberation Of
the capital was now CRY a matter
of a few weeks at must.
1t was expected. however. that
General Douglas Macarthur might
hold up the 6rive on Manila briefly
to consolidate his positions and mop
up enemy resistance on the flanks
before moving in for the knockout.
(Tokyo radio continued to hint at
new American offensive maneuvers
elsewhere in the Philippines, as
serting that japanese torpedo boats
attacked convoy in the Mindanao
sea north of Mindanao island last
Wednesday. Tokyo claimed the
sinking of three transports, a bat
tleship and an unidentified war;
ship)
CA later enemy broadcast record
&c by FEC monitors in New York
said two additional American divi-
sions have been landed on Luzon,
raising MacArthur's attack force
to seven divisions)
Guerilla fighters who emerged
from San Fernando sale. the re-
treating Japanese had had no time
to destroy the concrete bridge SPAN
ming the San Fernando river to the
south or to destroy the towns mod
ern buildings.
MEET OPPOSITION
Other American units pushing
out on the flank west of the cap
turec Clark field constellation II
to 20 miles north of San Fernando
were running into savage Japanse
opposition, however. The japanese
were fighting a hard but losing bat
tie to hold their artillery positions
in the hills overlooking the air.
fields. At last reports the enemy.
estimated at several thousand men.
was being pushed back into the
Zambales mountains, where they
would be completely isolated from
the rest of their Lllzon garrison.
Far to the north, New England =
ers of the U. S. 4lst infantry divi-
sion finally won the bitterly-con-
tested town Of Rosario after two
weeks of hard fighting, and famed
out two miles east to throw a road
block across the highway leading
TO the Philippines summer capital
at Baguio, 13 miles to the north
east.
The capture of Rosario gave the
Americans solid l5-mile line ex-
tending from Damortis on the coast
westward to camp one" at the
junction of highways three and IL,
and south to the Pozorruhio area.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-29
Motorists Lao
In Signing
Up for Plates

With the deadline on 1915 motor
vehicle license plates only a week
away, Imperial county owners SLOW
ed down in their purchases within
the last few days, Captain Mark
Hebblethwaite said Monday.
Total collections to date are S119,-
449 as compared to $86, 400 year
ago.
After February S the state collects
a penalty for those late in purchas-
ing their 1945 license plates, it was
pointed out.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-29
Fl Centran Gets
Silver Star

For gallentry in action" Ser
geant Barney A. Dean of Ell Centre
has received the Silver Star Medal.
He received the medal November
Z, 1914 in Germany where he is
serving with first army engineer
combat battalion.
News of the award came from the
headquarters of the European
theater of actions.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-29
Russian Army
RuSheS Ahead

Continued From Page One)
it swings northward toward the
Bay OF Danzig appeared to be col
lapsing. Berlin reported the "evacu-
alton" of bridgehead on the east
bank OF the river at Chelmno, %
miles northeast of Bydgoszcz, and
said Russian attacks on the Grud-
ziadz bridgehead another II miles
to the northeast we're repulsed.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-29
4-H CLUB ANNOUNCES
COMMUNITY COUNCIL

A All club community council will
be formed in Brawley Thursday
night Of this week to operate in
connection with similar councils
In other parts of the county.
The organization meeting will be
held at the migratory labor camp
These councils help with club work
and projects ant act as coordinat-
ing links between adult and young
peoples work.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-29
TWO SUFFER INJURIES
IN HIGHWAY CRASH

A man and woman suffered
minor injuries in traffic accident
at $50 pm. Sunday on highway
80 between Ell Centre and Holtville,
highway patrolmen said.
Susanna Duarte, 81, Holtville, and
Ray Littrell, 43, El Centro, we're
treated for injuries after a sedan
driven by Connie Salarzano, ~,
Holtville, and coupe driven by
Littrell collided IS Littrell started
TO turn t,orx the h;ekwxy.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-29
ENTERS HOSPITAL

Assessor-Ccllector Dan West Of
Imperial county was taken to the
Brawley Community hospital Mon
day for a rest and for care neces-
sary after an illness suffered last
week. He was feeling better Sunday,
but his physician decided he needed
a complete rest 90 ordered him to
the hospital.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-29
Lawmakers Turn
To Study Of
Major Measures

Continued From Page One)
assembly was a proposal by John B.
Pelletier. CDO, Los Angeles, for a
s20-a-mcnth payment to indigents
between 60 and 65. Earlier Governor
Earl Warren signed five bills, in
cluding one making the present $50
a-month old-age pension rate per-
manent.
Among the other bills signed by
the governor was one appropriating
S25 900 to the Colorado river board
for work in connection with the
proposed U. S.-Mexico water treaty.
JOBLESS MEASURES
The interim committee on unem-
plcyment insurance introduced in
the senate proposal to compen-
safe workers for loss of wages
caused by sickness by levying a l
per cent tax on employees. Comv
mittee Chairman Senator John F..
Shelley, D0, San Francisco, said
the measure was not intended to be
a medical care bill and no tax would
be levied on employers.
Shelley's committee also intro
duced measures to cut the state
sales tax to per cent; to disqualify
for unemployment insurance merit
ratings" firms which expanded dur
ing wartime: to exclude workers in
canneries and other similar estab-
lishments who work less than three
calendar quarters from coverage by
the unemployment insurance act; to
increase the benefit period from %
to 26 weeks, and to extend coverage
to firms employing one or more
persons instead of four or more.
Senator H. r. Judah, (RO, Santa
Cruz, proposed an appropriation of
S40,OO0,0OO in state funds for feed
er" roads with one-third of the cost
of the projects allotted to counties
and the rest to the state.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-29
Treaty Backer
Admits Return
Flow Available"
Continued From Page One)

Continued From Page One)
From the Phoenix area-426, ,00C
acre feet.
Senator Sheridan Downey CD
California, has proposed that the
100000 acre feet of water guar
anteed Mexico annually uncer the
treaty might be composed of 600,001
acre feet of "fresh flow and 900.-
600 of return flow"
CLEARS CONTRACT PHASES
rs it your understanding of the
treaty." Downey asked Upton, that
Mexico must accept any kind OF
water we wish to give her?'
"That is correct" Upton said.
"Then if we wanted to we could
perform our responsibilities under
the treaty by delivering water which
would not be usable?" Downey ask
ed.
YES" Upton replied.
Even if it was return flow which
the United States had used over
and. over again?" Dcwney asked.
That's right" Tiptcn said. II
was party to the negotiations
with Mexico and it was made very
clear to her that the treaty guar
anteed her only the kind of water
we wanted to give-even if it was
all used water"
During the negotiations. Upton
eddeo, Mexico maintained that she
had right to the same quality of
water as the lowest United States
users, in the Imperial Irrigation
district and in lower Arizona.
GUARANTEE OUTLINED
However" he said, there were
memorandums exchanged repeated
ly, and it was made clear to her
that the United States was not
guaranteeing the quality, only the
quantity of the water she might
get"
Senator Abe Murdock CD Utah.
observed that the United States
must be awfully careful in esti-
mating what American users may
need before we get too generous
with some other country like MeXi-
co."
California witnesses who were or
iginally scheduled to take the stand
Monday were delayed temporarily
SO that the question of return flow"
might be cleared up.
The state, chief opponent CT the
treaty, had lengthy string of wit
nesses including Gov Earl Warren,
Attorney General Robert w. Kenny,
and Senators Hiram w. Johnson,
(RD, and Downey, Cd. Warren is
expected to testify February 5.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-29
OPPONENTS EYE STRENGTH

Wallace's opponents, both Repub-
lican and Democrat, believed they
had the strength to deny him the
commerce job, with or without the
multi-billion dollar lending author
ity-but that in &C doing they might
create for him an underdog role
which he might eventually turn to
political advantage.
A source close to the former Vice
President told the United Press that
Wallace was "undismayed" by the
fact that the senate commerce COM
mittee had delivered him a double
blow.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-29
Showdown Nears
In Senate on
WaIIace's Fate

Continued From Page One)
ing powers of the Reconstruction
Finance corporation and its sub
sidiary agencies.
Bailey said he still was writing
the reports, and that they would
not be completed in time for sub
mission inasmuch as the senate ses-
sion was cut short. 1t adjourned out
of respect to Colonel Edwin A. Hal
sey. its secretary, who died Monday
morning.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-29
Farm Bureau Meet
Opposes Subsidy

WESTMORLAND, Jan. 29.-Lead-
ing the interest and discussions at
the regional meeting of the farm
bureau in this city Saturday were
varied subjects ranging from Braw-
ley's successful youth recreation
program to the beef ceiling prices
and a thumbs-down attitude on any
likely poultry subsidy.
Several state officers of the Cali
fornia farm bureau federation as
well as regional officers were pres
ent. In addition attendance of men,
bers from adjoining southern Cali
fornia couties was good with over
100 registered
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-29
FORMER EDITOR DIES

NEW YORK, Jan. 20. CUP)-Carr
v. Van Anda, 30, former managing
editor OF the New York Times, died
in his Park Avenue apartment late
Sunday night one hour after learn
ing of his only daughters death at
her New York hotel residence. Van
Anda, who had been unwell for
some time, suffered a heart attack
which member of his family said
was induced by grief over news
of the death of Blanche Van Anda.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-29

German attack from the western
part of isolated East Prussia against
the flank of the Soviet barricade to
the Baltic reached to the area of
Preussich Holland, 16 miles SOUTH
east of Elbing.
FILLED WITH REDS
"RoacS from encircled Poznan
west of Brandenburg are now fill
ed with endless columns of Soviet
tanks, self-propelled guns and in
fantry streaming toward Germany,
meeting only thousands of Poles
liberated from concentration camps
and returning home" one oisratch
said.
Pniewy, % miles vest of Poznan
and l09 miles east CT Berlin, fell
Sunday to Marshal Gregory X
Zhukov's First White Russian army
columns moving west along the
Warsaw-Berlin super-highway.
Rolling up the northern end of
the 200 mile arc menacing Berlin,
the Second White Russian army
reached the Nazi border lbs miles
northeast of the capital and cap
tureo Wronki. only SO miles SOUTH
east of Stettin, in a drive toward
the Baltic that threatened to slice
off Danzig and northeastern Pome-
rama.
The First Ukrainian army, on
the southern flank. hammered
through the suburbs of Brselau and
captured Guhrau, Al miles to the
northwest and 1874 miles southeast
of Berlin.
Moscow dispatches confirmed Ber-
lin reports that the Soviets had
seized small bridgeheads across the
Oder river north and south of
burning Breslau, but indicated they
were not yet large enough to pose
definite threat to the Silesian
capital.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-29
Wheels & Commerce

Wheels & Commerce
Excitement raj. high among the
female personnel in an Ell Centre
bank when Lieutenant Tyrone Pow
er opened up some kind of an ac-
count while stationed at the Ell
Centre marine air station. Females,
woman and girl, fluttered all over
the bank. Males, man and boy,
Sneered all over the bank.
There's frenzied competition
among the females for the great
privilege of handling the posting
in the brackets through z.
That Power boy has an advan-
tage. Add a snappy uniform to a
handsome motion picture star and,
Baby, you've got something. We
mean he has . or she has o.. or
they have =. or /. Hummm.
Long live the king. e.f~
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-29
How To Relieve
Bronchitis

Creomulsion relieves promptly be-
cause it goes right to the seat Of the
trouble to help loosen and expel
germ laden phlegm. and aid nature
to soothe and heal raw, tender, in
bnts1. cs Uur THSs'ss tI 70 se tS ;, yua
oeEv .yys yoa IN ss se sns so way y
CREOMULSION
for Coughs. Chest Colds, Bronchitis
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-29
INVITE LEADERS

At meeting of the livestock men
in the morning the ceiling price on
Livestock was discussed and Baxter
Lcveland, who presided, was re-
quested to invite Louis Rozzoni.
head Of the livestock division of the
state bureau, and representative
from both the OPA and the VIA
to attend the next meeting in order
to go further into the price situa-
ticn.
The poultrymen at their meeting
sent resolution to the state bureau
urging it to take a stand against
any subsidy or government control
of the poultry industry.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-29
RAMBLING REPORTER

Continued From Page One)
A wise old bird, we say.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-29
GROUP PANELS

AS is the custom in the morning
the men Joined commodity groups
for discussion of problems pertinent
TO their particular industries such
as livestock, citrus, poultry and field
crops. The women of the home de-
partment also had their separate
meeting. In the afternoon the gen.
eral sessions we're held.
OF interest to women Saturday
morning was the report by L. G..
Adams, president of the Kiwanis
club and head of the youth recrea-
tion program in Brawley, on the ac-
tivities of the latter program in his
city. BY their many questions they
indicated that they were getting
ideas which they probably intend
to apply in their home localities.
Another matter CT interest to the
women present was the report given
by Mrs. T. M. Sims, former state
president of the home department,
telling CT the national meeting in
Chicago which brought women to-
gether from all parts of the United
States. Mrs. Sims also reported in
TIE afternoon on the general con-
vention of the national farm bu-
reau which was held at the same
time
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-29
One Way Out

OhC way out
With his brow creased with worry
over the car embargo on lettuce,
Bill Bailey was talking it over with
ether shippers.
IF this keeps up," Bailey said.
well have to crate our lettuce
like dog"
Running No Risk
Something happened to the water
pipes in TIE Dr.. Harold v. Gray
home in Imperial not long ago. The
GrayS are away so no one knew
anything was wrong until water
began seeping out of the basement
Mrs. j. M. Sne;Gon, who is look
ing after the house, found Negro
10 pump out the water and sent him
over to begin work. In a few mo-
ments he was back in an agitated
state.
Whats the matter?" she asked
II amt going to work over there
no more" the Negro said.
Why not?' asked Mrs. Sheldon.
There's bunch of bones in the
closet right where I have to go
down into the basement" the Negro
said excitedly, land I'm scared"
Before he would set foot in the
place Mrs. Sheloon had to lug DR..
Gray's office skeleton out of the
closet and cover it up SO the Negro
couldn't see it!
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-29
Oh, Me, Again

Oh, Me, Again
RR stirred up a hornets nest
when it came to that 1-23-45 deal.
Paul R. Stewart was among those
who pointed out that RR,s mathem-
atical precision was little off side.
And then along came a bunch of
mathematics pupils at the school.
Skip it, will you? We already ad-
mitted we can't add.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-02

samo, the Living Skull" which an
while resting apon glass rf'rtt frr-fc
by members of the audience.
II is said that Joseify intends
never 10 reveal the secrets Of his
marvellous creations. which include
his version Of the famous Rising
Cards" Many magicians can make
cards rise. but il took Ioseffy 10 ir-
wise a way OF accomplishing il with
a borrowed pack and having any
card respond on call.
This marvel was duplicated by
Or Samuel Hooker, a Brooklyn ANA
teur magician, and, for many years.
the greatest professional -magICianS
made pilgrimages 10 the doctors
home TO witness this battling demon
stration. Before his death, Or Hook.
or arranged for this uuSoNcd -
terry TO remain In the custody OF % o.
Mulholland, lecturer and magician.
who has since performed b.
One secret that was slated 10 die
with its inventor Was the Bullet
Catching" performed by the Mandarin
Magician Chung Ling 500, Who in
private life was William Robinson.
former assistant 10 Hermann the
Great from whom he leaned the
mystery In this a loaded gun is
tired AT the wizard only 10 have him
catch the bullet between his teeth
Instead OF 500 taking The trick
90 the grave it sent him there when
his "foolproof' method failed on a
London vaudeville stage and Tho
Guarded secret was revealed as a
matter of routine during the Subse-
quCnt coroner's inquest SOo'S gun
had hidden barrel that retained the
loaded bullet, but this time the end Of
the dummy barrel didn't function
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-02

that size, allowing DeKolta TO pro.
duce lady from within it. Other De-
Kolta creations were equally phe-
nomenal but magicians Of the period
gradually solved them.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-02
Cost Forever? 4?
M WAAter R.GlhS0N
Noted Authority on Magic

NNEITH the recent passing of
Y" Theodore Harden. famous
w escape king, magician, and
brother of the celebrated Harry lIou-
DIM, the question of whether the Sc.
crets of great magicians die with
them is again a subject of widespread