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Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-11
COAST JUDGES RULING
RESTRICTS OPA POWERS

SAN DIEGO, April II. tUP)-
Municipal Judge A. F. Molina has
ruled that office of Price Admins
tration ceiling prices do not apply
to sales between individuals, but do
apply when one of the principals
is in the business of buying or sell
ing.
Judge Molina ruled that Courtney
H. Brit did not have to pay Will
liam A. Homer $50 demanded for
an asserted overcharge in a used
car
I'm this case" Molina said, I'VE
have a man who purchased an auto
from another man. neither of whom
was in the business of selling cars
In my opinion, the intent and pur-
pose of this law is to control prices
charged and accepted by business
establishments"
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-11
Main TT
Phone 9l3

lid Denny may not be much OF
q farmer, but most folks aiio'y
he's nret.y smart at so'r.pg
o.her peoples problems. Like
Alvin Blake's locusts.
For years Alvin has been try.
ir: to get rid of grove of lo-
casts. They aren't using uD any
good land, but they annoy Alvin.
Every time he cats them down,
up they shoot again.
"Whatll / do about them To-
custs?" Alvin asks Lud. "Well,
il YOU can't get rid of EN- says
Iud, I'D say you better get to
Ike EN-"
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-11

In the north, Canadian troop,
J1lowed ahead through the Ems river
galley within 20 miles CT less of the
North sea coast and British Second
Army forces rolled up for Hamburg
IN a weakly opposed drive aimed at
turning the Elbe line and looping
OF all of northwestern Germany
and Denmark.
APPEALS TO PEOPLE
The British advance on the coast
prompted General Eisenhower's
dramatic announcement on the
German collapse. In a special mes
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-11
Wishful Thinking

Exactly one year ago today Paul
Jenkins made the following pre-
diction about the war. had it duly
witnessed by RR and George Buck
lin, sealed it in an envelope, and
locked it in the safe. This is what
it said
"One year from today, April Il,
l945, Logan Ot. Cmdr. Logan Jen-
kins) and all the gang will be back
on the job because the war is over
We will be in the Philippines in six
months
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-11
LAST RITES ANNOUNCED

The body of Mrs. Pauline Moss,
who died in Ell Centre Tuesday after
a long illness, will be sent to Mont
eagle, Tennessee, for funeral SER
vices and burial.
She had made Imperial Valley
her home for a year, living in I'm
perial.
Among her survivors are her hus-
band. Joe E. Moss; month-old son,
Ronald; her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. f. Norman of Monteagle, Tenn
esTee: and brother. Paul Norman
of Vallejo.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-11
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Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-11

WASHINGTON, April II CUP)-
Jesse Freidin, general counsel for
the War Labor board, was appoint
ed by President Roosevelt Monday
to be a public member of the board
Freidin was named to the vacancy
created when former Chairman Will
liam H. Davis resigned to become
director of economic stabilization.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-11
Berlin Barriers
Battered Down
Continued from Page u

fanatcal Heinrich mmler said have succeeded him
Only at the southern end of the battle lines
were the Germans offering any coherent resistance There
crack elite guards divisions fought tooth and nail to slow
the American Seventh Armys drive Bavaria toward
the Nazis boased ast redoub in the southern mountains
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-11
MARRIAGE ANNULLED

The marriage of Betty euler Wat
son and Roy Fl. Watson was annul-
led in Imperial county superior
court Tuesday.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-11
From where | sit =. BY Joe Marsh
Lvd Denny Solves
the Locust Problem

From where ] sit, that's sound
philosophy - applied TO people
just as much as locust trees. You
cant always change folks to
Jour way Of thinking-sOm
may prefer beer to buttermilk,
CT a double harness to a single
one-but you can get to like
them (if you take the troubIe).
And first thing you know, the
little differences cont matter.
&e M~4e
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-11

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-03
WHITE PINE
(New York Timcs)

(NeW York Timcs)
 She Is the graceful green goddess of the tree family. One sees her standing in military beauty high on the side of studded, ju. niper-dotted upland pasture. A group may be silhouetted against the sky on a mountains brow, q living Stonehenge to which men in the valley may lift their eyes. They are dotted among the oaks. beecheS and naples of the farm woodland They bend over winding, sand-rut- ted country roads. There are plac- es where sandy-bottomed. clear cold brooks sing songs as they rip- pie over exposed roots.
 When the Red Men roamed tho Northeast there were great forestE of Plinus strobus. The newcomers found many uses for the white pines when they began to make a nation In the wilderness. They were sac riflced for log cabins and for barns, for homes and for mills, for storeT and for furniture The queens among them were marked for the masts of great sailing ships. There are still stands of the trees around northern lakes and along foam laced rivers, but they are decreas- ing. Other varieties of trees have superseded them as commercial timber.
 The white pines wear beautiful dress of delicate needles arranged In groups of five. Their slender
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-03

Science and the ManpoWer Shortage
 Dr. EvartS A. Graham, writing in the Saturday Evening Post, has made pro- vocative contribution to the literature on our current manpower problems in an article titled, Have the Armed Services Crippled Medical Education?" Dr. Graham is professor of surgery at Wash ington University Medical School in St. Louis and past president of the Ameri- can College of Surgeons. In the last war he was major in charge of an eVacua- tion hospital. In this one he served on committee which surveyed the Army's medical needs. His article presents two chief indictments. One is that the armed forces have half the nations doc- tors, though there was only one military death to every 32 civilian deaths from December, 1941, through October, l944. The other is that the armed forces, by shortening the hospital training of all young specialists today, are sending into the service a group of medical replace ments who haven't even 8 smattering of surgical or other specialized knowledge.
 Dr. Graham credits surgery at least equally with plasma, sulfa drugs, penl- cillin, and quick evacuation of wounded, for the truly remarkable saving of Amer1- can lives in this war. He cites statements by Army Surgeon General Kirk to bolster that opinion. But he expresses the fear that, if the war continues long, there will be dangerous deterioration in the qual- ity of military, and later of civilian, medi- cine and surgery This situation which Dr. Graham deplores is one of the most serious aspects of our manpoWer prob lems, but it is not unique. Similar worry is being expressed in other quarters, TOT all fields of science are beginning to feel the pinch. And though, as Dr. Graham points out, other things can be postponed where treatment of life-Or-death illness cannot, a general dearth of scientists may hamper our postwar recovery. It taxes four, five or six years of graduate work, perhaps, to make a first-rate specialist m chemistry, physics or medicine. Many gifted students of these sciences will not survive the war. Those in the service who do may find at the wars end that their best years for study are gone, and that time and added obligations have made the resumption of study difficult or impos- sible.
 This seems minor tragedy of war, but it may become important Age and mor- tality will continue to take their toll of civilian scientists as the war drags on. If 1t continues for two or three years, we might find the good health and technical progress necessary to full employment blocked by a serious deficit of doctors, researchers, engineers, and so on. Per haps it might be wise if the Army and Navy would reexamine it's students-ln- uniform and it's manpoWer needs, and give further educational deferments to the comparative handful of brilliant stu dents so that they might become our flrst line of scientific reserves.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-03
Transportation Crisis

The American railroad system, without which the United Nations could not fight this war, is in the midst of serious crisis. After years of doing the impossible with no serious tie-ups or delays, the carriers now find themselves in terrible jam. Temporary embargoes on the movement of even the most important civilian freight have been necessary. The roads have been authorized to cancel any pas Senger trains they see fit. Coal, fuel oil, .foodStuffs, are cut off from cities that cannot exist without those commodities
 Famous passenger trains are pulling into terminals nine, 10, 12 hours late This wastes the time of important war workers, who find themselves further de- aayed by having to wait days, in some in- stances, for Pullman space for war-nec- essary trips. The alternative is to make long trips in day coaches without even the guarantee of narrow seat in which to doze between busy days when clear head is vital
 This crisis is not temporary. It gets worse almost day by day. Conditions are different, but they are almost as bad as those that caused President Wilson to take over the railroads in World War l. It is very probable that there will be, be- 1OTc 1OHB, d IlSlIlS ucHldIlu 4OI ollAloA action on the part of President Roose- welt. For the record, in advance of such an outcry, let's set ourselves straight on certain points. To have averted the crisis would have required the acquisition of locomotives, cars, etc, in large numbers; the provision of facilities and skilled man. power to repair rolling stock under ex- treme pressure; the maintenance of standby equipment and manpower as ingurance against storm conditions.
 None of these things could be provided by the roads. Any or all could be pro- vided by the government If, in it's judg- mept, they were more important than the alternative uses of materials, plants, and manpower If the smooth functioning of the railroads is sufficiently important, the government can give priorities on material and manpower and can restrict unnecessary travel without seizing the roads. If the public thoroughly under stands the situation, the railroads will not be taken over in this war. Nobody = least of all any government depart ment-could do as much with as little as the roads managers have been doing and are doing today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-03
Dumbarton Oaks Continued

The Postwar World Committee of the Catholic Association for National Peace in Washington, D. C., does not approve of the Dumbarton Oaks plan as regards con- Sideration for smaller nations, according to a news item released this week. This is, in essence, the substance of certain statements made recently in this city by Rev. Edward A. Conway, s. J., associated with the Nationali Catholic Welfare Con- ference in Washington, D. C.
 Those who heard Father Conway will recall that his group approved the Dum- barton Oaks plan to a certain extent but were in favor with Protestant and Jewish groups of a preamble, which would take into consideration the cause of smaller nations.
 The Postwar Committee, mentioned above, recommends the establishment of an interim advisory United Nations coun- cil which would bring the problems of the smaller nations Into the open. Certain criticisms are offered which are worthy of notice. Plainly now is the to consider additions revisions or preamble to the Dumbarton Oaks if such are needful; not later when the plans are in action.
 Among the recommendations was that there should be codified statement of international law; also, 1t is stated: the smaller nations note the assembly has no legislative power; there is ambiguity about pacific settlement of disputes; there is no direct provision for revision of treaties and peaceful change; there IS no explicit commitment to the principle of reduction of armaments, which collec- tive security Is said to have made possi- ble. These were some of the major criti- scismg commented on.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-03
StillwelI Road

Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek is to be congratulated upon the gesture of sug- gesting that the Ledo-Burma Road, by which China once more is brought into overland communication with the civil ized world, should be named after Gen. eral Joseph Stllwell.
 The circumstance under which Wine gar Joe" and the Generalissimo parted company has been variously explained. No version has even hinted that General StilwelI did not do splendid military job for China. Chiangs happy tribute will help to remove some of the bitter taste left by Stilwell's enforced departure from the China scene.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-03

v 4 PCAsAAACc with the understanding they would return to France as soon as U. s. production crisis was past or French factories were ready to reabsorb them.
 Difficulty in reconstituting French industry is shortage of raw mater ials, particularly coal, aand lack of shipping plus the bad condition of French railway system for trans portation of materials o and from French factories. Principal difficulty in getting Belgian coal mines in op- eration was the local labor situation. Germans had pampered Belgian miners, giving them extra food al- lowances and incentive pay. When liberated, Allied authorities cut miners back to standard allowances to check imitation and coal produc- ton went down.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-03

nix (Greece), has The Lebanese Order of Merit, the Southern Cross of Brazil, French Legion of Honor, Commander of Oussam Ala quite of Morocco, Grand Officer of Nishan 1ffticar of Tunisia, and is a Commander of The Crown of Rumania. Some or these he got as result of being chief 9rccter or protocol officer of the State Department and of being in charge of foreign exhibits at New York's Worlds Fair.
 Holmes decorations take up three rows of ribbons across his chest. AS he assumed office in the State Department his subor- dinates promptly dubbed him "RibbOntrOp".
 CAPITAL CHAFF
 Secretary Henry Morgenthau got aWfully sore when White House adviser Sam Rosenman was given commission to study not only supplies but the finances" of liberated countries. Finances come under his Treasury Depart ment. Henry was originally sore at TEAS Oscar Cox who wrote the broad letter of instruction to Rosenman. It was Henry who originally brought Cox to Wash ington Remarked Ernie Cu- nea after the Senate Military Ar fairs Committee unanimously confirmed Elliott Roosevelt to be a brigadier general: What Henry Wallace needs is to send dog by airplane. Then he'd be confirmed too" =. The day after FDR fired Jesse Jones, the latter called on alling Senator Carter Glass of Virginia with large bunch of flowers to solicit statement in his behalf. Glass is ranking member of the Banking and Cur rency Committee, and Jones hadn't called on him in months. He came away with no statement .. Senator Happy Chandler Of Ken lucky won't get Judge Landis" job as czar of baseball, partly due to the fact that the baseball peo- pie don't like Happys War-bullG swimming pool or the row he had with the photographer who tried to take his picture with a lady in q New York night club Dies Committee files didn't do any good when Jerome Davis and Gardner Jackson sued the Satur- day Evening Post for calling them Communist stooges, The Post dug heavily into the Dies files for It's defense, but in the end settled for cold cash.
 Copyright, 1945, by
 The Bell Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-03
SPOT AUTHORIZATION HELD HELPFUL

Backers of Donald NelsonS spot authorization" plan of gradual re- conversion say that 1t was life saver for war production in that 1t enabled war plants to keep their labor forces intact and thus pre- pared to step up production when munitions shortages became acute in some lines. None of the original spot authorization permits, granted late last summer when some people thought the war would be over by Christmas, has been cancelled. It is doubtful if additional spot author izations will be granted during first half year, but the plan Is still on the books and can and will be put back in full operation when war production crisis eases.
 B-17 Flying Fortrcsses are no longer in combat in the Pacific, and the entire production now goes to Europe. B-24 Liberators now do the medium range bombing job in the Pacific and the B-20 Superfortresses of course do the long range jobs in the Pacific and China Burma India theaters. Concentrating use of each type of plane in the theater for which 1t is best suited had greatly simplihed production, supply and servicing operations.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-03
AS A MATTER OF FACT

All manner of comment has been forth coming on the "dog priority" fiasco or mistake, whatever you want to call it. AS a matter of fact the mistake would have passed by unnoticed if the Presidents family had not been involved. However, since they were (nvolved) it furnished snappy news for the columns and for radio commentators. Secretary of War Stimson has conceded that the priority given the dog was "an error in judgment" by the Air Transport Command, the af- fair will be investigated, and such "mls- takes" must be avoided in the future
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-03

The State of Maine has been experlenc- ing a succession of fires during the past few weeks which were of alarming pro portions also of tragic consequence as in the case of the Auburn, Maine, fire, where many small children lost their lives. The latest fire to date occurred in former academy now the Calais (Maine) high school, also a wooden structure. Other major fires were in Bangor's central sec ton, in Presque Isle and in Bideford' within a very short space of time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-03

the home. in business matters, or In decisions about health which does not involve some hazard.
 But every crisis is also an oppor- tunity. We can come to a cross roads, and while there Is danger that We may choose the wrong way, there is in every crisis an opportunity to decide alright. Life leads into one crossroads after another. We stand in the midst of what we call crisis, and what the Chinese call combina- ton of danger and opportunity, and there we decide whither we shall go.
 The only sure answer to such questioning in times of decision comes from God Himself. He has
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-03
Views Of The Press

branches sweep out horizontally with tips that often curve upward. The needles have small but dis tinct whitish lines on the lower surfaces. The imbricated, brown ish cones are things of beauty from time of formation until the scales obey Natures law and open their hearts, that the winged seeds may sail away on currents of air.
 The goddess of the trees sings a constant song among her branch es. When the breezes are strong. her soft aria is rich and full. There are those who think the pNe is plaintive and melancholy; perhaps that is because she prefers gentle
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-03

crisis, F. ID. R. sent some stiff
 messages to Churchill demand
 ing that the Athens situation
 be cleaned up ana warning him
 that he was alternating Ameri-
 can public opinion.
 At the Big Three conference, the President will do his best to work out an immediate and construc- tive political machine to give the liberated countries & democratic break.
 DE GAULLE JAILS VICENTE Very little has been said about it, but a significant Vichyite- Frenchman has just been secret ly addested by the de Gaulle Government. He is Jacques Le Maigre-Dubrcuil, the man who worked with U. s. diplomats to bring General Giraud and Admiral Giraud and Admiral Darlan to North Africa.
 LeMaigre-Dubreuil was one Of the most famous big business lobbyists of France, was founder of the Taxpayers League a founder of the Fascist Cagou- lards, and subsidized various French Fascist papers before the war. In Vichy he was a close friend of U. s. Minister Robert Murphy and later Of Grig. Gen. Julius Holmes, whom the State Department placed on General EisenhoWer's staff as his poh- tical adviser
 It was Murphy and Holmes, working largely through De- Maigre- e-Dubreuil, who coCpcraled with the French Rightists and Fascists in North Africa even ai- ter the Allied occupation. AS po- litical adviser on General tisen- hoWer's staff 1t was also Holmes job to pass on whether the U. $. Army should desist from British policy when they sIormed Athens and surrounded the Belgian par liament with tanks. Unfortun- ately because Eisenhower ac- quiesced in these operations. the British performed them jointly in the name also of the United States and we shared part of the blame
 The President has now made General Holmes Assistant Secre- tary of State. General de- Gaulle has now thrown LeMaigre- Dubreuil in jail.
 .BERIBBONED HOLMES
 General Holmes Is one Of the most decorated men ever to hold office in the State Department. Though he has never bene in combat, Holmes Is Commander of the Crown of Jugos!aVia, Com mander of The Order of the Foe
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-03

Native birds and wildlife were shown in colors in the current National Geo. graphic Magazine. The birds, many of them, were familiar, are also seen In many parts of our own country in the temperate seasons, particularly such ones as the orioles, the tanagers, and several other species. The photographer got some of his pictures within a very short distance of the animals and the birds.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-03

American Indus trial manpower shoratageS of cri- tical industries. War planners who h ave proposed this idea say it would get results more quickly and be easier, in some cases, than trying to b u 1 l d up French industry. French laborers would be brought to the Unite d on te m porary
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-03
Selected Poem
BENEDICTION

Cr-Sgt. Frederick Ebright in The New York Times) Thus now, as on the face of one new-dead The tremendous mad translucent marble peace. The passion spent, the violent word long said; So on this land the winter brings it's own surcease. Whatever thunders and green levers of the summer
 breWed
 Whatever poisonous bright hope lowered there; Now all is quiet within the rigid leafless wood, Now all is quiet within the rigid leafless wood Now all is silent in the cold immobile air. Beautiful in chill austerity. the frosted bough. Untroubed by the flight sad-sweet song of bird: Whatever burned another season there Is ended
 now:
 The bitter act the transient leaf, the spoken word.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-03

Ch h ese, is a situation fraught on the one hand
 with danger and on the other with o D portu n 1 ty. There Is never a crisis, no matter how mild it may be. which d o c s not involve a cer- tain jeopardy. No one of us ever facas a crisis in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-03
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
By EARL L. DOUGLASS. D. D.

THE NATURE OF CRISIS
 The Chinese character for the word "crisis' Is made up of two other characters which mean danger" and opportunity"
 We can learn much by studying derivation of words. Crisis, say the