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Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-15
LEST WE FORGET
Sgt. Lavine
Held Victim
Of Lost Shin

First Sergeant Philip E. La
Vine of Ell Centre has beer
declared dead by the war de
partment, according to word
received by his sister, Miss
Jacqueline LaVine CT Mexico
City, formerly of this city.
Sgt. LaVine was among the
750 japanese prisoners of war
aboard a ship which was tor
pedoed September 7, 1914, off
the coatt of Mindanao. The
vessel had sailed from Davao,
Mindanao. August 20.
The war department message
tC Miss LaVine said:
The indications are that
relatively few of the prisoners
lad opportunity to leave the
sinking ship and of those who
did, many were killed by enemy
gun fire. A small number man
aged to reach shore and a close
watch for others was kept for
several days. The Japanese
government reports all of the
prisoners as lost, indicating
that no survivors are in the
hands of that government.
There is no information as
to what happened to the indi-
vidual prisoners, but known
circumstances lead to the re-
grettable conclusion that all of
the unaccounted for prisoners
lost their lives at the time of
the sinking"
Continued on Page 8, Col. II
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-15

Imperial Valleys greatest
wartime headache, the hous-
ing shortage, soon will be
eaGcd to the tune Of around
344 new units.
A tota, CT 152 war housing units
of the two and three bedroom size
will be built at the FL Centro mar
inc air station, 45 will te erected in
Holtville for use of men stationed
at the Holtville naval air station,
and possibly Is in Brawley. it was
announced Thursday by Stanley
Abel of the Federal Public Housing
Authority.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-15
y AMBlINe
a. Ep0RTER
The Rival

The Rival
FL Centro's municipal parking
meter system has a rival.
We cid not realize why Fritz Al
derSon was so disgusted with the
parking meter deal until Thursday
morning. He was iealolS CT the prof
its to be taken in = 'te c..y. Sooool
Right in front oi MS place of bus
mess on Eighth street Fritz has a
parking meter all his own . set
up and ready for business. In fact
it already has started paying off on
his original investment, two cents
worth.
Fritz's parking meter is intivid-
ualistic or perhaps we should say
futuristic.
He must be afraid someone else
will cash in on the profits because
hc has different cash box from
the city boxes. i'r.+1 is using a
starch box to hold Als money
He must be believer in private
Continued on Pape 3 Col }
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-15
Jurors ConviC,
Labor Leaders
For EXforfiOn

NEW YORK, March Is. CUP)-
Joseph S. Fay and James Boye,
American F deration of Labor
leaders, were convicted of eXtortion
Thursday by a supreme court july.
The jury found them guilty cn
two counts of a seven-count in
dictment which charged they eX-
torted more than $380,00O from con-
tractors on the $3O0,0OO,OO0 Della
ware river water project.
State witnesses said the money
was paid after Fay, vice-president
of the International Unicn of Oper-
ating Engineers. and Bove, former
vice-president OF the International
HodcarIiers, Building and Common
Laborers Union of America, threat
ened to create labor disturbances.
The labor leaders face maximum
sentences CT three years on the con-
spiracy conviction, and seven and
half to Is years on the eXtortion
conviction. Sentencing was set for
April s.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-15

crease of 1887 in a week.
Stimson's figures indicated that
the Germans were taking much
greater punishment than the Amer
leans. Since February %, he said the
western front Allies have captured
about 100000 German soldiers.
The secretary disclosed also that
the enemy in the Philippines are
suffering losses about five times
greater than the Americans. U. S.
army losses on Leyte ard LuZon now
total 1921, including 1889 killed,
354 missing and 23,978 wounded, he
said.
Japanese losses, however, include
l50,278 counted dead.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-15
Combat Losses
Show Decrease

WASHINGTON, March Is. (UP)
Army combat losses fell off sharply
on the western front during Febru-
ary's intensive preparations for. the
clmactic battles now going on.
Secretary of War Henry L. Stim-
,on revealed Thursday that the
ground casualties en- the western
front during February were G4,468.
This was less than half those of
December and 27,494 fewer than
Januarys. February's western front
total included 4145 Americans killed,
c6,436 wounded and 1887 missing.
The weekly compilation of casu-
alties in all services in all areas
meantime reached 839 9,589-an in
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-15
Valley Assured
344 Houses

In ado ition to these houses, Abel
said, 70 house trailers will be locat-
ed in El Centro and 70 III BraWley.
Construction Of the housing units
will start in 80 days at the Ell Cen
tro marine air station, the site
selected being just south of the
south entrance to the station. The
station is expected to be enlarged
to take in the housing unit and the
units will be managed by the mar
ines. Building also will start on the
Holtville unit in 30 days. Building
at both places is expected to be COM
pleted in 80 days, Abel said.
The houses will be completely fur
niShed, including coolers, with the
exception of bee ding, linen and
dishes. By the time the site charges,
sewers, water systems, and other
costs are added to construction
costs, Abel said, the units will cost
between $500 and $4,000 each.
HOW OPERATED
Abel explained that the national
housing authority approves and lays
out the various war housing projects
anc the federal public housing auth
ority does the construction work.
At the marine station preference
will be given the men who have
Just returned from overseas duty.
Any left empty will be available to
other men at the station
In Holtville a city housing author
ity will manage the 49 units.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-15
AII-Out Smash
OPENS From
Rhine IoehoId
Third and Seventh Strike Armored
Blows in Southern Saar Areas;
Ninth Takes Offensive Along Ruhr

PARIS March Is. (UP)-Five American armies were
reported sormng the Rhine and Saar basin deenses of
Germany Thursday in coordnaed offensive along 200
mile from Dusburg the Karlsruhe of Alsace
flood of German reports and Allied front dispatches
indicated that general offensive to crush the Naz armies
in the in full swing along the entire southern
half of the western front.
Officially was disclosed that the u S. Third and Sew
enth armies driving with armored and infantry dvl
the northern and southern of the Saar
basin.
To the north the United States First army struck east
ward from its Rhine brdgehead in power drive that
already the Rhn2RuhrBer superhghWay and
split the German front east of the Rhine.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-15

LONDON, March Is. (UP)
The Stockholm. newspaper
Svenska Dag-Bladet publish
ed a wholly unconfirmed re-
port Thursday that Adolf
Hitler made a peace offer to
America and Britain early
this month and it was reject
ed.
A British foreign office COM
mentator said he hac no informa-
ton regarding the Stockholm re-
ports of Nazi peace gesture.
The Dagbladet dispatch was writ
ten by Arvid Fredborg, the news
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-15
Stockholm Press Relates
Hitler Peace Request"

Hitler was represented as agree
ing to send a high official of the
German foreign office-unidentified
in the dispatch-to Stockholm.
This emissary purporteoly ly got in
toucsh with similarly unidentified
American and British "circles" in
Stockholm. Contact was said to have
been made with Swedish assistance.
The Dagbladet said the envoy
returned to Germany empty hano-
ed.
SEE EARLY END
Three reliable military sourc-
eS told a United Press war CORE
spondent at British 2lst army group
headquarters that peace was pos
Sible within six weeks.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-15

ne NallS DrOadCaSJ a IranS-
ocean news agency dispatch which
said German artillery scored eight
direct hts on the bridge near Lebus.
Oter river town Il miles south of
captured Kuestrin
Whether the bridge was pontoon
span or a permanent structure was
not discussed. That it withstood at
least seven direct hits suggested
the possibility of its being some
solid Structure which the Russians
might have seized in a coup similar
to the American capture of the Re-
magen brio ge over the Rhine.
Transocean said the concentrated
bombardm dispersed Russian
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-15
St. Louis Strike
Keeps 100 Idle
In War Factories

ST. LOUIS, March Is. UPD-
Vital war production remained par
alyzed in eight st. Louis plants
Thursday as strike of 100 foun-
dry workers went into the fourth
day
The critical situation prompted
one draft board to announce it was
rcclassifying men who left their jobs
into la, eligible for immediate
army physical examinations.
The foundry workers are protest
ing failure to act on an appeal from
a decision of the regional war labor
board denying 5-cent-an-hour
increase agreed on by the eight
foundries and the uniCn. The WLB
has notified the union its case will
not be considered until the men get
back on the Job.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-15

comes through denial Of obstruction
authorization by the office of war
utilities at Washington upon request
Of the state department. The state
department bases its interference on
reasons growing out of the inter-
national relations of the United
States" And since it is the state
department which is negotiating the
water treaty with Mexico, it now is
revealed that that treaty not only
will relinquish control of the Colo
RADIO river, but control of the flow
of water into the All-American ca
nal, control of all installations and
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-15

SACRAMENTO, March Is. (UP)
The senate judiciary committee
agreed Thursday with Attorney
General Robert S. Kenny that dead
or alive" reward posters are out
moded.
Kenny said old-time gun-toting
sheriffs probably needed to stimu-
late the search for criminals, but
asserted the technique isn't neces-
Sary now.
It could be used, he declared, by
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-15

former correspondent in Ber-
lin. He said a Nazi emissary made
contact with English anG Ameri-
can circles" in Stockholm to ad-
vance Hitler's peace proposal.
WAVE OF OPTIMISM
Rumors of the move by Hitler CO.
incided with a wave of optimism
over prospects for an early victory
in Europe, both in Britain and some
sectors of the western front
BY the Stockholm Dagbladet ac-
count, Hitler was persuaded to make
the peace overture by Foreign Min
ister Joachim Won Ribbentrop in a
dramatic conference" at Berch-
teSgaden, the Nazi leaders Bavarian
retreat,
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-15
WILL TESTIFY

Government action at
Washington completely has
blocked the expansion plans
of the Imperial Irrigation
district for construction of a
power plant at Pilot Knob
on the Colorado river, it was
made known Thursday by
Chairman Evan T. Hewes,
president Of t h e district
board.
Stoppage Of The postwar program
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-15
japanese Cabinet Member
Said Dedd i'm Bombin9s

Of the japanese diet were
killed or burned to death in
the bombing of Tokyo.
The name CT the cabinet minister
was not given in the story published
here.
Sac Tang Pao obtained the Yo-
miuri Hochi story through its own
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-15
BalIof Slated
In Film Strike

HOLLYWOOD, March Is. CUP)-
Eight thousand stars and bit play
erS Will vote Friday on whether to
stay out of the movie studios for
the duration of a Gripping tech
nicians strike, the Screen Actors
Guild announced Thursday.
The vote will be on respecting
picket lines"
Results will not be announced un-
til late next week.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-15
Searchers Find
Sailors Body
In Alamo River

Searching parties from the Holt
vile naval air station late WedneS-
cay found the body of the sailor
missing since February 10 when he
was said to have been struck by a
car and tossed into the Alamo river
at the highway 80 britge west of
Holtville.
The body of Clifford A. Sullivan,
seaman second class, the missing
sailor, was found floating approx
mately a mile from the bridge, Dep
uty County Coroner Orval Walker
said Thursday.
WILL TESTIFY
Meanwhile arrangements we're
made for Perry Burke, 81, driver Of
the car which struck the sailor, an6
w. S. Harris, So, passenger in the
car, to testify at an inquest sched-
uled in the office of Judge Carl
Brown in Holtville at $3.50 pm.
Continued on Page 8, Col. 5 }
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-15
Dead or Alive"
Days Held Post

a murderer to divert suspicion, with
possible fatal results to innocent
men.
In a recent Nevada county case
in which a hermit, wild Bull"
Ebaugh, was accused of murder, a
$500 reward led to Ebaugh's being
killed from ambush and made proof
of his guilt impossible to obtain,
Kenny said.
There is considerable doubt that
Fbaugh was guilty" he added
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-15
YANk ARMIES STORM Reich BASINS
Churchill Sees
Nazis Beaten
By Summer End
MAY Be Sooner Premier
Tells Party Farley;
ScOrns Advice to Empire

LONDON, March Is. (UP)
Prime Minister Churchill
said Thursday that victory
in Europe may come before
the end of summer "or even
sooner"
The quickening progress
of the war means Germany
will be forced into unconditional
surrender or beaten to the ground
in chaos and ruin" he tolc the an
nual conference Of the conservative
party.
WAR ON JAPAN
Churchill promised an intense
British war effort against Japan.
mo mood of war WEAKNESS must
prevent us from doing our duty
to the last inch and to the last min
ute" he said.
The scale of the war against
Japan is not limited by manpoWer
That will be readily forthcoming. 1t
is limited by shipping and other
means of transport over vast ocean
spaces ana through steaming jun
gleS."
He said Britain must repay in
fernal cruelties perpetrated against
British subjects" by the japanese.
Churchill inferentially told the
United States and Russia that Brit
ain has no need Of advice on how
to run the British empire and COM
monwealth of nations.
NO NEED FOR ADVICE
Recalling that the entire empire
with the exception of southern Ire
lane rallied behind the mother coun-
try ito die or conquer with us in
Continued on Page 8, Col. a.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-15


(The story did not specify The
date on which the japanese officials
we're reported killed, but there was
a strong possibility it may have
been Saturday, March 10, when Is
square miles III the center Of the
city were burned out by great in
cenGiary raid in which more than
300 Superfortresses participated.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-15

Berlin said the neWly-formed U.
S. 18th army had joined in the
battle in the brio gehead east of the
Rhine and that perhaps 10000
American troops were moving east
ward in an all out try for break
through into the Ruhr industrial
section.
NINTH ARMY BORES IN
The Nazis also reported that the
American Ninth army had gone
over to the offensive from its spring.
boards on the west bank of the
Rhine opposite the Ruhr.
The German Transocean news
agency said shock troops of the
Ninth army attempted to force a
Continued on Page 8, Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-15
State Department Blocks
Pilot Knob Power Plans

power potentialitieS as well, HeWes
declared
WOULD USE STRAIGHT FLOW
The Pilot Knob power plant, when
installed would harness the natural
flow of the river below Imperial
dam and independent of flow into
the All-American canal, then the
water would continue its flow to the
gulf. Under present power facili-
ties, the Valley is dependent upon
the water already in the canal,
through drops.
Under the attitude taken by the
state department and the war utili-
ties office, the International Bound
airy Commission, through operations
of the treaty would have exclusive
rights over power installations and
distribution and Mexico would be-
come a power beneficiary as well
as receiving the guarantee OF 1,50O,-
900 additional feet of water annual
"
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-15

CHUNGKING, March IS.
(UP)-The army newspaper
Sac Tang Pao quoting the
Tuesday edition of the Tokyo
Daily Yomiuri Hochi said
Thursday one Japanese cab
met minister and IA members
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-15
LETTER TO DISTRICT

LETTER TO DISTRICT
Denial of the request to construct
the power plant is set out IN the
following letter to the district:
Gentlemen;
In reference to the above pro-
ject, we advised you on November
IA, 1914, that the Department OF
State had requested this office to
withhold action on the application
until the Department had had fur
CONTINUED on Page 3, Col. A.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-15
Russians Seize
Oder Bridge:
Stream Across
Massive Red Attack Waves Head
From Crossing TO Berlin Goal;
Two Spearheads Join in Thrusts

LONDON, March Is (UP)-The German radio indicat-
ed Thursday that the Red army had bridge the
Oder 33 miles due east of Berlin, and men and
pouring it in massive Soviet attack waves"
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-15
WEATHER

Maximum Wednesday II, minimum
Thurs. 50; am. Thurs. So, humidity
IL; noon Thurs. 20, humidity 40; 5
pm. Wednesday ~, humidity AZ.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-25

sidewise I'm tired Of hearing abo4, accidents
and mean tired
Then you'd better pep up ".,h nice big
glass Of vitamin rich Hemo, -gsested E.se.
1t has the most deligh,f-. 'a..k chocolate
flavor! And"
oh. woman, woman, groaned Elmer when
It comes to word s.ngln', you take the god.
plated apple!'
III you don't mind, dear, teascd Elsie, Id
rather take dish Of Borden S Ice Cream
and Milk Sherbet. They're nour.shing treats
any time. Wonderfully, wonderfully good,
too and that's no accident For, If its
BorGen's, its GOT 10 be GOOD
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-25

fruitest, spiciest, minciest mince meat ever!
Saves lots of work for the pie maker"
Isn't that just dandy" mimicled Elmer.
Gives you more time to chin about Bordens."
IF l had the time" brightly murmured
Elsie, I'D tell all new mothers how pure and
how safe Borden's Evaporated MIR is for
babies. And how rich in Vitamin d. -. But since
haven't, III tell you how many Of the ! 900, 900
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-25

injuries suffered around American homes last
year could have been prevented. III"
"Aw, now, don I 60 to all that trouble, my
chickadee, needed Elmer.
IF folks went to a little trouble TO put
matches, and drugs and sharp tools out Of chill
dren's reach" commented Elsie, "thcre'd be
fewer accidents And If they quit leaving things
on the stairs, and disconnected electric gadgets
when they d finished with them, and cleared off
icy sidewalks and steps"
I've had enough!" thundered Elmer, step
ping off the last rung just as the ladder skidded
f,,,-... -..,-e e7t- FooO - -,t'S
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-25

see you're soaring the kid? Can't you t-t-talk
about anything but safety?"
How can l, dear, when I'm always thinking
Of safety?" countered Elsie "You know all
we've done at Bordens to make life safer for
children We've made every last drop Of
-BordeH's Milk as safe as the worlds health
lest COWS and modern science can make it At
Bo7dens, you know, it's service with safety"
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-25
NHe7 husbanQs gaf Gunaz4s worried Elsie
a2yzhlag an hqz0@a/

OURIoUs2 Who's curious2" blus-
tered Elmer, the bull Il just wanted to see if
YOU locked my red mufler in your sewing
room
Isn't that just like man, giggled Elsie the
Borden Cow, "risking broken neck to get
Jump on Father Christmas"
Don't you worry about my neck, snapped
Elmer Its still holding my head up, isn't it?"
up to now, yes, answered Elsie dryly. But
let's not forget that last year 5000 folks lost
their lives-not to mention their necks-in fatal
falls around the house Probably, doing the
kind OF unsafe thing you're doing"
"N-n-n,not SO loud' shuddered Elmer,
clutching the edge Of the roof. "C-c-can't you
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-25

"Ouch'' WINGED Elmer. Here we 60 for
another ride on the Borden milk wagon.
Not just yet brightly twitted Elsie. Right
now is a wonderful time to point Out to you and
Beulah how to avoid accidents. In the first
place, those steps should have been cleared Of
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-11-16

Mrs. Knox Mcleod. Sr.. and
X. Mcleod spent two weeks WIS.,
iting in Uriah, Ala.
Mrs. Emmit Hinson is visit
ing relatives in Richton. Miss.
Pfc. Edward Leroy VAIN
wright now stationed in Japan,
recently wrote his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. R. l.. Wainwright, that
he would like to see some Amer
lean money, adding that they
are paid in japanese currency.
Sgt. j. S. Faux. U. S. Army,
pleasantly surprised Mr.. and Mrs.
r. L. Wainwright Tuesday when.
he visited their home. He has
been in the Army II years.
Mrs. Charles Hudson has as her
house guests for the weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. d.. NJ. Heitand, Mr..
and Mrs. Orel Heitand of Brooks,
Ind.
Capt. Monte Davis, Jr., of the
Army Air Corps, arrived in the
United States last Friday and
plans to visit his parents, the
Rev. and Mrs. Davis, Sr. He has
been overseas IA months. Mr..
and Mrs. Davis of Mobile will
spend the weekend here to be
with the family for this happy
reunion.
The Rev. Monte Davis is at
tending the Baptist State con-
vention in Jackson this week.
Baptist WINS met at the home
of Mrs. Annie Wilkerson and
had a mission study.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Perkins
were business visitors to Mobile
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Wooley
are in Prentiss, Miss, due to the
death of Mrs. Wooley's brother,
Howard Winstead, who died at
the Biloxi Veterans hospital.
MI. and Mrs. r. A. Reynolds,
Mrs. Virginia Hill and son were
visitors to Meridian last week.
Mrs. S. P. Ferby, ST., has been
very i'll with flu.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. Lloyd Perk-
ms have moved into their home
since it has been remodeled.
S. Van Carpenter is at home
with a discharge after spending
about IA months in the Euro
pean theater with the u. S. Navy.
His family has returned from
Milton, Fla, after visiting Mrs.
Carpenters mother.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bill Funk of
Fairhope, Ala, visited Mr.. and
Mrs. X. E. White and Mr. and
Mrs. John Dunn Sunday.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-11-16
Harold Vincent
Awarded Bronze
Star Medal

The following communication
from Major E. F. Witsell of the
Adjutant Generals office at
Washington has been received
bv Harold f. Vincent of 800 Lee
street, Pascagoula:
Il have the honor to inform
you that by direction of the
President you have been award
ed the Bronze Star Medal, by
the commanding general of the
9lst Inf. Div" the letter con-
tanned the following citation;
"For heroic achievement in
action on 10 November, 1914,
near La Guarda, Italy. A severe
enemy artillery barrage in Pri-
vate Vincent's company area
wounded nine men. Private Vim
cent, an aid man, immediately
rushed into the impact area to
aid the wounded. AS he treated
one soldier, he received a severe
leg wound from a shell explod-
ing nearby. When another aid
man came to help him, Private
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-11-16

Vincent courageously refused
assistance, telling the man 10 aid
others more seriously wounded.
Private Vincent then dressed his
own wounds and crawled into
a partially covered position.
When litter bearers arrived, Phi
vate Vincent again refused
evacuation until all the other
wounded soldiers had been safe
~ removed. Private Vincent's
loyal and courageous action was
az inspiration to his comrades
and exemplifies the highest tra-
dition of the Armed Forces OF
the United States,
The decoration will be for
warded to the Commanding
General, Fourth Service Com
mand Atlanta, Georgia, who will
select an officer TO present the
decoration to YOU. The officer
selected will communicate with
you concerning your wishes in
the natter
While he has been home for
several months Mr.. Vincent only
recently received his medical
discharge papers, in which he has
been placed on the pension roll
Of the Army as a 100 percent
disability. case. He plans to take
up the study of accounting in