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Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-04
.Jops Hit Back
At Torukun

MANILA, May 4. CUP)-Austral-
ian troops battled through the out
skirts Of smoking Tarakan city on
Tarakan island off Borneo Friday
against strongly resisting japanese
forces.
At the same time American troops
on Mindanao, in the southern Phil
ippines, brought their campaign to
the climactic phase by driving into
Davao. last major occupied city in
the island
Coastal guns and ammunition
dumps were seized intact by the
oath division in entering the port at
the head of Davao gulf. The jap
anese, who have put up hItle resist
ance during the, Mindanao cam
paign, were reported retreating
north of Davao, indicating the CITY
may be occupied soon.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-04
Owner-OP Peroted
Farms Increase

Owner-operated farms in Imperial
Valley have increased two per cent
in the last year, according to the
annual spring crop report just is
sued by the Imperial Irrigation dis
trict
The report discloses that 54 per
cent of all the farms now cropped
are owner-operated as against 50
per cent this time last year.
On April l this year there were
ASH farms within the boundaries
CT the Imperial Irrigation district
with 2419 owner-operated and 2092
tenant-operated
The crop report for 1914 and 1945
follows:
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-04

SAN FRANCISO, May f. (UP)-
Attorney General Robert Kenny pre-
pared to 1eavs Tor Washington Sat
urday to ask immediate reconversion
of California war plants to check a
growing panic among discharged
war workers repeatedly streaming
east and seriously impairing the
states labor supply.
Kenny said he will, point out to
War Mobilization Director Fred M.
Vinson that many workers, dismissed
from their jobs, left fer home or
for another state to seek peacetitne
employment instead of taking other
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-04
APPEALS FOR TRACK SHOES

MOUNT VERNON, Ind, May 4.
CUP)-High school coach Maurice
Abel decided to start track and field
competition again this spring after
three-year lapse because Of war
time conditions, but lie ran into an
unexpected snag. 1t was impossible
to buy track shoes-so he appealed
to eX-grads to donate or sell theirs.
The response enabled Abel to go
ahead with his schedule.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-04
FIRES HINDER WAR EFFORT

KITTERY. Me, MAJ I. tUI'-
The Kittery volunteer fire depart
ment has a patriotic. angle in APP
pealing to residents to exercise fire
prevention Newspaper advertise
ments roint to the fact that vir-
tually all members are employed at
the nearby Portsmouth IN. H.
Navy Yard and fire alarms are q
"hindrance to the war effort"
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-04
BRITISH CITY SENDS GIFT

NE WBFDFCRD, Mass, May 4.
CUP)-A gift Of three volumes de-
scribing the history of Bedford,
England, end a bound volume of
"Pilgrim's Progress" has been for
warded by Z. S. Ambassador John
Winant from the mayor of the Eng
liSh city.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-04
Kenny TO Ask
Aid Of VINO

essential worl, in this state.
Inability to find another job
Immediately or the excuse to leave
provided by dismissal is seriously
threatening the war labor suppl.
in all sections including the San
Francisco Bay area. he said.
Sam Kagle, northern Califomia
VINO director. said the laying Off of
35 1000 bay area shipyard worker
with a consequent emigration of
large percentage has left an acute
shortage OF machinists, electrician
and sheet metal workers.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-04
THE PROBLEM OF BASES
New York Times)

There has been good deal of con-
fused thinking and talking about what
shall be done with the many sea and air
bases we have built, or have won from
the enemy, around the world There
have been many articles written, and
even books, urging the United States to
hold fast to everything it now has, The
extremists have seized on Admiral Kings
plea for retention of enough Pacific
bases to make us secure in that ocean as
complete support of their position that
we should keep and maintain every atoll
on which we have rolled out an arstrip
and every lagoon where we have an
chored our warships the last three and a
half years.
Those who propose retention of all our
present bases fail to go on to explain
what purpose they would be needed, and
especially do they fail to estimate what
the cost of maintenance would be. How
many bases we shall need in the post
war world is not a military problem
alone but political and economic one,
too. The kind of postwar world that
is organized at San Francisco, and at
succeeding conferences, will in part de-
termine what bases and how many this
country will need to protect it's interests.
How rapidly China grows in strength,
as a stabilizing force in the Pacific, will
be another determining factor. No one
can say now what the need will be ten
years from now or even five years from
now.
An interesting and valuable discus
sion of this whole subject was contrib
uted to a recent issue of the Naval Insti-
tute Proceedings by Comdr w. c. Cham
bliss, United States Naval Reserve. AS
Commander Chamblis points out. it is
very easy to mark with red pencil on a
ten-inch library globe lot of small dots
that represent present bases which the
amateur strategist thinks il necessary
that we keep after the war. He would
not be so enthusiastic if he had stoppe's
first to consider the cost Of maintaining
in peacetime the bases that are so vital
during war No country, not even the
United States, can go on indefinitely al
lotting 25 per cent or more of it's national
income to military establishment And
as both the commander and Admiral
King point out, base is of little use II
you have no fleet to operate from 1t.
Singapore and Hong Kong were llablll-
ties instead of assets to the British in
the Pacific They have been of value
only to the japanese, who quickly cap
tured them. The usefulness of our own
base at Cavite in Manila Harbor was
destroyed in ten minutes by Japanese
bombers.
On the political side the retention oa
all our present bases would justify the
Inference that we intended to police the
whole world all by ourselves Even it
the other countries of the world would
agree to that, it is doubtful if the United
States taxpayer would. Even the Pacific
is not our responsibility alone. Many
Australians and New Zealanders and
hundreds of thousands Of Chinese have
shed their blood there fighting the Jap
anese. They have stake in the Pacific
as we'll as has the United States. And
they should have voice in deciding who
holds what base.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-04
BUYS 1-FT.-WIDE PROPERTY

BERWICK, Pa, May 4. (UP-
Borough Council was unable to de-
termine the motive of a Blooms
burg man who purchased at a tax
sale a property one foot wide and
400 feet long fronting several
properties on Spring Garden ave-
nue.. The council decided not to
worry about it as, Councilman
Warren Manning pointed out, the
property owners could step the
foot wide strip without trespassing.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-04
TIPS STATE Is CENTS

BOSTON, May 4 (UP)-Here's
one to confound Massachusetts, in
come tax records. A Somerville
school teacher sympathized with
Gov Tomin's tax problem, so she
left the state 13-cents tip when
she paid an 87-cent income tax. The
postscript read, Keep the change. &"
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-04

(a) Acreage on accounts counted
(bl Acreagc Cn IDLE accounts.
(c) Approximate only.
Filct Knob 1870 acres.
East Mesa 1876, ,657 acres.
West Mesa, 62,563 acres.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-04

EDITORS NOTE: The following edit
orials are presented as interesting OpiD.
ions U0iced BY editors elseIchere. They
do not necessarily reflect the opinion of
this paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-04
Editorials and Comment

To the first of May the count was 210,-
678 dead and 90,487 missing, not to men
tion 567,947 wounded and 1880 ac-
counted for as prisoners.
Never again should this list be re-
peated
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-04
SERVICE WOMEN ONLY

SEATTLE, May 4. CUP Believed
to be the first CT its kind in the
country a club exclusive for serv-
ice women has been opened in Sc
attic.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-04
COMPLIANT FILED

Velma Virginia MunSon Thursday
filed divorce suit against Law
renee Elliott Munson in Imperial
county superior court.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-09

5 ee6 asoa at the > Greek Hall in VIII,
zoo guests attended the a If %ialcA
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-09
Pallbearers will be Tracy Ora

E. E. Bentley, construction engi
neer from NAL, arrived here to-
day from New Bern, and was
scheduled to accompany Johr
Morris, Chamber secretary, te
Bluethenthal at 1870 p. m. to make
a. further study of airport facilities
Col. C. E. Hughes, air base com.
manding officer, when this NOR
ming that he had not been notified
of any War Department decision
relative to the retention Of Blue.
thenthal.
Stating that approximately 40
officers, ITO enlisted men and 25C
civilian employees were at present
stationed at the field, he announced
that the base was scheduled to be
reduced to standby" complement
by Dec. l.
Some of the $50 civilian employees
which make up about half Of the
number employed at the field dur.
ing its peak of operations, will be
retained for an indefinite period,
Col. Hughes explained.
The Standby" force Is design
ed to remain constant until further
action is taken, the officer added.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-09
BLUETHENTHAL BASE
BEING DEACTWATED
RIGHT ON SCHEDULE

Bluethenthal Army Air base,
which began deactivation more
than a month ago was proceeding
according to schedule calling fo1
the reduction of the field by Dec.
1 to a standby complement of six
officers, Is enlisted men and loo
civilian workers.
Although further information as
to whether or not the Army would
keep Bluethenthal, described by
War department officials as a
super base" for permanent in
stallation had not yesterday been
received by local county, city and
Chamber of Commerce officials
who have advocated such a step
action to set up commercial air
service was underway by National
Air Lines.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-09
OLD BEACH ROAD
PROJECT STARTED

r. A. Ashworth, resident en-
g1neer, announced yesterday
that the complete resurfacing
Of the old Wrightsville road,
from the wilmington city limits
TO Wrightsville sound, was
started yesterday by the F. D.
Cline company, of Raleigh,
which began work on $685.
State Highway commission
contract to resurface 81 miles
Of New Hanover and Pender
county roads Oct. "a.
Resurfacing of the road lead
ing from U. S. highway II to
Winter Park was begun yester-
day and was due to be finished
today in time for the Wrights-
vile turnpike road work to be
started this afternoon, Ash
worth reported.
Improving of the 6.S miles of
the Wrightsville road should
take about a week, he contin-
ued, and at its completion, the
Cline company will begin re-
surfacing the thoroughfares
leading from Winter Park to
Robinson's service station on
U. S. 421, and on U. S. 74-76
from Seagate to the intersec-
ton at Capt. Sherman's place,
known as the Greenville Sound
road. the engineer said.
The Pender county work,
which consisted of only 2.9
miles in the direction of Hamp-
stead, has already been COM
pIeted, Ashworth reported. Sew
en- miles of road were resur-
faced from Castle Hayne to
within four miles of Hampstead
he said.
The entire project is sched-
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-09
MRS. ALTON LONG

NAKINA, Nov. S-Mrs. Altor
Long, 81, died at Duke hospital a
1:15 p. m. on Nov. z. She was borr
in Columbus county.
Funeral services will be, helc
Sunday at 3 p. m. at Sweet Home
Baptist church with the Rev. Ro
bert Carter, officiating. Interment
will be in the church cemetery.
The body will remain at Pea.
cock Funeral Home until Satur.
day at 1870 p. m. when it will be
taken to the home.
Surviving are her husband, Alton
Long; three sons, Royce, Billy, and
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-09
MRS. CARRIE BULLOCK 1NMAN

FAIRMONT, Nov. 8.-Mrs. Car
RE Bullock Inman, IS, wife of the
late Morgan Inman of Fairmont,
died Thursday morning at
o'clock at the Confederate Wo-
mems home in Fayetteville, where
she had been living for several
months. She was born in Robson
county on January Il, 1870 and
was the daughter of the late Jos.
eph and Catherine Lennon Bullock
She had made her home in Fair.
mont for many years.
Funeral services will be CON
Quoted from the First Baptist
church, Of which she was a mem
Der, by the pastor, the Rev. Carey
P. Herring, Friday at 3 o'clock
Interment wilARbe in the Bullock
family cemetery beside the grave
of her husband who died about a
year ago. 49,
Mrs. Inman was the last surviv-
ing member of her family and
had no children. Several nepheWs
and nieces survive.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-09
JACKY RUSSELL GRIFFIN

Funeral services for Jacky Rus.
sell Griffin, seven-year-old son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Griffin, Co.
lonial Village, will be conducted
this morning at $50 o'clock at the
home with the Rev. E. K. Dudley,
of the Winter Park Presbyterian
church. Interment will be in the
Forrest Lawn cemetery in Green's
boro.
Beside hi parents, he is sur.
yived by hi = brother Billy Crit
fin.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-09
Evangeline Zezefellis
Christened At Church

Seven months old Evangeline
Zezefellis, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Michael Zezefellis of Wrights.
vile avenue, was christened yes
terday evening at 6 o'clock at the
Greek Orthodox church with the
Rev. E. D. Papaziais, officiating
Taking part in the ceremony was
Mrs. Agnes M. Jennis, godmother.
After the ceremony a dinner par
ty was given by Mr.. and Mrs. Re.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-09
DONNA GAIL BRAAK

Funer al services for three.
months-old Donna Gail Braak,
daughter of Mr.. and MIS-. Peter
Braak, of Castle Hayne. will be
conducted Saturday morning at
II o'clock in the Chapel Of Ward
Funeral home with the Rev. c. c.
Myers officiating. Inter7nent will
be in Oakdale cemetery.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-09

BUY U. S. VICTORY BONDS
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-09

ham, Carl Graham, James K.
Spencer, Kenneth Eaton, Marion
Mills and Roney Gornto.
Surviving are his three sisters,
Miss Jean Campbell, Mrs. A. T..
Spencer, and Miss Ann Campbell,
Of Charleston, S. c., and one
brother, Robert Campbell, of Will
mington.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-09
Obituaries
NORMAN CAMPBELL

Funeral services for Norman
Campbell, 25-year-old veteran, who
was found dead Wednesday after
noon from gas fumes, will be con-
Quoted this afternoon at $3.50
o'clock from the Chapel Of Ward
Funeral home with the Rev. c. D.
Barclift, pastor of Fifth Avenue
Methodist church, officiating. In
ter1nent will be in Oakdale GENE
terry.
Pallbearers will be Tracy Ora
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-09

Donald; one daughter, Myrtle, all
of the home; her mother, Mrs.
Chile Lamb and one sister, sMrs.
Rufus Mobiles, of Chadbourn. =
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-09
HOFFMAN ARRESTED

= LUENEBURG, Nov So ~
British officials said tonigh that
Albert Hoffman, 80, former gau.
letter of Wes.phalia, had been ar
rested in the Ruhr. go.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-05
A Good Investment

When the first talk of toll bridge across the Connecticut River at Hartford was heard there was considerable criti cisn of the plan. Perhaps all of it wasn't direced against the idea of another bridge, but it was against the idea of toll bridge. And as a result of such agita- ton Hartford almost didn't get it's sec Und bridge. All of which leads us up to the evening of March ?, 1945. Without warning a 12-inch water main crossing the Bulkeley Memorial Bridge broke. Before the water could be shut off the bridge had been closed to traffic,
 AS a check-up was made of the dam- age caused by the waters pouring out of the broken pipe 1t developed that not only was the surface of the roadway and the sidewalk broken in many places, but avertical crack was detected in one of the bridge supports. Whether or not this is going to be serious enough to keep the structure closed remains to be seen. However, the fact remains that Hartford and communities on the east side of the Connecticut river were not isolated Friday and Saturday. The Char ter Oak toll bridge handled all traffic.
 It was this feeling of isolationism caused by the floods of ten years ago that brought about the movement for the second highway bridge. For a good many days the Bulkeley Bridge was closed to traffic. What would such an event have done to the war production schedule in the Hartford area in 1945? Certainly there was wisdom in the plan for the alternate bridge route and those who fought for it can now sit back and smile Satisfiedly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-05
Naugatuck Parkway, Too

The Bridgeport papers are nothing if not persistent in their efforts to per- suade the state fathers to do something about Housatonic Parkway, that nebu- louS route that would parallel the river of the same name from Stratford right up to the Massachusetts line. We say nebulouS because such a highway was discussed long before the war had put an end to such projects. AS a matter of fact even before the Merritt Parkway had been built there was talk of improv- ing the route up the Housatonic River.
 But when the Merritt Parkway cut a gaSh across the southern extremity of Fairfield County, planners got ill their hot licks" for the Housatonic Parkway. And it really is good idea, but no more so than the thought of similar route up the Naugatuck Valley. We have such a route now, but for years we have been trying to make this a parkway that would result in better motoring, develop the surrounding rugged terrain, and give this section of the state road that would be an easy north-south passage from the important croSs-State high ways, already built and contemplated.
 We have seen sections of the new and glorified Naugatuck Valley route come into being After the war we are assured of a continuation of the broad highway from Beacon Falls south to Shelton and thence into the outskirts of Bridgeport. Much work remains to be done north of Waterbury. Included in such plans should be those that are part of the scheme to improve the HouSatonlc Valley. They call for roadside Identification on tremendous scale. One feature to which we don't respond is that the Housatonic route be toll highway. If it is, then the same condition should prevail in the Nau- gatuck Valley and we don't think that the project warrants this.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-05
Views Of The Press

late Francis Maloney. Senator Ma loney was a Democrat. Admiral Hart Is a Republican. though dur ing his long and honorable naval career he adhered to the good service tradition of keeping out of politics. His character and distin- guished record satisfied even the Democrats in the Connecticut Leg islature who might have blocked the appointment. All agreed that he would serve his State and coun- try well in his new position as he had done in the old. He wears the Distinguished Service Medal for his achievements as commander of sub- marines during the First World War and a Gold Star for outstand- ing work performed as commander in chief of the Asiatlc Fleet. which post he held at the time of Pearl Harbor. He now goes to the capital from the General Board of the Navy.
 Although 1t is not usual for an admiral or a general on active duty to lay aside his uniform for the plain clothes of a legislator. the appointment is in the good Ameri- can tradition. It recognizes merit where 1t finds 1t, does not fear the bogy of militarism when man of lofty qualities is under consider
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-05

Individuals and corporations are usu- ally taking appeals from court Judg- nents. Cities and states also indulge ln the same where they are involved. But it would seem to be somewhat unusual to find Bradentown, Florida, through its City Council, filing official protests at the rectnt sentencing of the Ringing Brothers-Barnum and Bailey officials m a Connecticut court. According to the resolution adopted by the Council the sentences were regarded as unnecessarily harsh" The Council also stated that such sentences would make it impossible for the show to go on". That was one Of the main arguments of the defense in this case. It was pointed out that all the accused were key men in the organization and that their presence was required to put the show on the road this year. If the show does not play then the circus will default on many of the claims brought against it. However, the court felt that the tragedy was such as to de- mand from those found guilty Of negl- gence some retribution and the senten- ces were believed to be the only way to exact it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-05
Cold Comfort From Mir. Lewis

It was hard to take much comfort from the general tone of John L. LewiSS letter accompanying the United Mine Workers strike notice, in spite of the pledge of the UMW's full devotion" to prosecution of the war.
 DiScounting certain amount of blus- ter and rhetoric in MT Lewis'S communi- cation, disturbing core of intransigency was apparent in his recital of grievances Granted that most of these grievances seem illogical, and that MT. LewiS'S plain tiveneSS is a little out of character. The point is that John L. Lewis is deter mined, strong-willed, clever man who doesn't fear operators, government or public opinion.
 Obviously MT. LewiS'S fight this time IS going to be with the government. And the confused history of wartime wage policy gives no hope that the coal nego- fiatiOnS will be swift, smooth and un- eventful. There will probably be lot Of active Sparring between union and oper- atorS, but the net result seems likely to be another test of the Little Steel formula.
 This formula limited the rise in wages to IS per cent above the level of January, 1041. Yet the War Labor Board recently stated that wages are up more than 37 per cent from four years ago. This rise has been accomplished by various con- sessions which sidestepped the formula without breaking it.
 Mr. Lewis has these examples before him as he begins his battle for new con- tract with higher wages. His problem will not be so much the winning of con- sessions from the operators as winning approval of these concessions from the government.
 The UMW's record of two damaging wartime strikes has not endeared MT. Lewis either to the government or the public. But concession or seizure seems to be the only solution in any new dis agreement. For the country just can't afford another coal strike. The present situation is precarious at best.
 About one-third of the countrys miners, the youngest and strongest, have gone to war. The hard, fatiguing work which older men must now do has result cd in a high absentee rate. An unusually severe winter has increased coal con- sumption and tied up distribution. By April 1, date of the threatened strike, it is estimated that the country will have only about a three-weeks' reserve coal supply.
 Coal conservation was given as the prirl- clpal reason for War Mobilizer Byrnes's brbwnout and curfed orders. Yet the es- tlmated annual saving of 2,000, ,OOO tons from these orders represents only one days output of Americas bituminous mines. That gives a pretty good idea of how desperate the situation really IS as Mr. Lewis and the operators sit down to thrash out the latest ways and means of producing the basic ingredient of our var production.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-05

The State of Maine (Maine's official title is always this should probably pro- claim day of fasting and penance for the terrible toll that has been taken of it's inhabitants this past winter by fires. Few days have passed without report of disastrous fire somewhere in the state. The 29th death in 29 days occurred In Yarmouth on February 28. Presumably there is no logical explanation of these series of holocausts, but if anyone wanted to be analytical he or she might bring to light the fact that deaths by burning have shown what would seem to be startling increase ever since this World War II started Almost any day you can read terrible death in this fashion some where in the world. Doesn't the Bible say something about "When shall come to judge the world by fire?"