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Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-03
Allied Forces
Enter Rdngoon

COLOMBO, May 3. (UPl-Allied
troops Stormed into Rangoon, capi-
tai of Burma, Thursday in the final
phase of the campaign to iberate
the British colony from the Japan
eSe invaders.
The drive into the city. which
had spre-war population Of ap-
proximately 4c0,OO0. was announced
in a special communique of the
southeast Asia command.
There were no immediate reports
whether the Allied forces, which
completed the encirclement of the
city Wednesday with a paratroop
landing 20 miles to the south, were
meeting any formidable resistance
at Rangoon
Civilians who had escaped from
the city and liberated prisoners re-
ported that high-ranking Japanese
military officers and puppet govern
ment authorities had fled the city.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-03
BY ROBERT MUSEL

LONDON, May 3. CUP)-Vic-
torious Red army troops search
ed the rubble of captured Berlin
Thursday for the bodies of
Adolf Hitler and his crippled
henchman, Paul Joseph Goeb-
bels.
On the success of their hunt,
hinged the solution to the great
est mystery of the war-wheth-
er Hitler and Goebbels actually
were dead, and if so, whether
they committed suicide, were
killed by Soviet shells or died
Of natural causes.
The SovietS also may find
among the dead and 70,0l0 pris-
oners in Berlin such personages
as Reichsmarshal Herman Goer-
ing, Joachim Won Riobentrop,
ousted only Wednesday as Ger
man foreign minister, Martin Bor-
mann, chief OF the Nazi party,
and other leading Nazis.
Hans Fritsche, Goebbels' dep
uty propaganda chief, told Red
army troops who captured him
that Hitler, Goebbels and Gem
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-03
laps Suicide
Air Bases
Blasted Again

GUAM, May 3. CUP)-American
Superfoxtresses renewed the often
sive against Kyushu's suicide air
bases Thursday in support of the
campaign on southern Okinawa,
where two more U. S. divisions
have been thrown into the battle.
Armored forces of the Seventh
Division paced the five-d division
drive on southern Okinawa by
cracking through the eastern end
CT the japanese line to reach with
in one mile of Yonabaru.
Fifty to 100 iB-29s hit six Kyushu
airfields which have undergone 13
neutralizing attacks since March
81. Early reports said the big
planes, bombing visually, achieved
good results" from medium alti-
tude.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-03
E. c. Police Court
Fines Hit S1818

General fines assessed in the El
Centro police court during April to-
tailed s1818, it was revealed in the
report of Chief of Police Ronnie
Voyles. Traffic fines aggregated SITS.
Seventy-five persons were arrest
ed during the period for violations
ranging from disturbing the peace
to burglary. Forty persons were ar
rested on drunk charges. six for
petty theft. four for investigation
and three for battery.
Thirty-five fines we're paid and
"a persons sent to Jail, five charges
were dismissed and three sentences
suspended. The police recovered six
out of nine reported stolen motor
cars during the month. Two bicycles
were reported stolen but the police
recovered six stolen wheels, none
Of which were claimed.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-03
Price ond Wage
Controls Hold

of the OPA: retention of the Little
Steel" wage formula; gradual re-
Taxation of war production board
material controls and war man.
power commission labor rules; and
incr based security payments for
some groups affected by the loss
of wartime employment.
The total pattern is still sketchy
but Mr.. Truman said he would soon
add to 1t with statement on re-
conversion period tax reductions
regarded by business as a foundation
stone for postwar prosperity.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-03
{. {. Corporal
Freed From
German Prison

Corporal John F. Payne, son of
Professor and Mrs. w. A. Payne
of FL Centre, is in a hospital in
England after having been in a
German prison camp since last
December 16, he wrote his parents
in letter received Wednesday.
He said he would have to remain
in the hospital two weeks or more
while under observation.
What you have read about
cruelties in German prison camps
is true" Corporal Payne wrote,
but as far as I personally am con-
ceIned l am all right" He was
captured in the German break
through in Belgium while he was
serving with an army engineering
unit.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-03
Congressional Members
Of UNCIO Cite Chances

Connally, CD Texas, of the sem
ate foreign relations committee,
Chairman Sol Bloom. Cd, New
York of the house foreign affairs
committee and Rep. Charles A. Eat
on, (R) New Jersey.
Those four men know the tenn
perS of their colleagues in Wash
ington on the question of u. S.
participation in a world organiza-
ton; and they believe that a rep
etition of the fight over the League
of Nations can be avoided if the
Vandenburg principles are written
into the charter of the proposed
new league.
The American amendments will
include the following points which
embody the substance Of Vanden-
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-03
Americans Guard
Il Duce's Widow

COMO. Italy. May s. CUPD -
Rachele Mussolini, widow of the
executed dictator, and two of her
children we're under protective GUS
tody of American authorities Thurs
day after their arrest by Italian
Partisans as they attempted to flee
to Switzerland.
The Partisans turned her ever to
officers of the American First
Armored Division, saying she al
ways had led a family life and they
did not consider her a Fascist GRIM
inal.
She was placed in her sumptuouS
villa, Crespi. overlooking Lake
Como and the Swiss Alps.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-03
Trieste Remains
Peace Riddle

pleting the German surrender we're
worked out.
The Allied armies which won the
great victory got strong hints from
their commanders they would be
transferred to the east for the final
fight against Japan.
Trieste was entered Wed. General
Sir Bernard Freyberg, commander
of the New Zealand division. ac-
cepted the surrender Of the German
garrison at 4:30 pm.
II Popolo, Christian Democrats
paper, and Liberia Stampa, organ OF
the Liberals, both carried editorials
calling for an Italian Trieste and
ignored the surrender editorially.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-03

ROME, May 8. CUP)-New Zea-
land troops raced along the Adriatic
coast to occupy the port of Trieste
Thursday while peace settled over
the rest of the italian front.
First official reports did not clar-
ify the position at Trieste. which
the Yugoslav army of Marshal Tito
claimed to have occupied Wednes-
day.
In the rest Of Italy, the noise of
battle had died away for the first
time since the Salerno invasion in
September, 1943. Hundreds of thou
sands Of Allied troops and nearly
a million enemy troops stood by
while the physical details Of COM
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-03

WASHINGTON, May 3. (UP)-
The government plans to continue
price and wage ceilings but will
gradually drop production and man
power controls during the reconver-
sion period it was indicated Thurs
day
Administration plans for the per-
iod between war GnG peace were
brought out in series of statements
by President Truman during the
past few days.
They call for; extension of the
price control act and continuation
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-03

cussions. which had been stymied
for days, were moving forward
again on the basis of a new pro-
posal from the Soviet Union. The
proposal was believed to have fol-
lowed a personal exchange of mes
sageS between Premier Josef Stain,
Prime Minister Winston Churchill
and President Harry Truman.
A state department official con-
firmed that Poland was again a
live issue" The sudden surge of
optimism however, was tempered
by the realization that no final
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-03
BY r. II. sHACKFoRD

SAN FRANCISCO. May 3. (UP)-
Congressional members of the U. S.
delegation were understood to feel
that senate ratification of the Dunn
barton Oaks plan is virtually certain
if the United Nations conference
adopts the proposed American
amendments
The American delegation has de-
cided on Is amendments which in
clude in substance the eight chang
es long -championed by Sen. Arthur
H. Vandenburg, CR), Michigan. He
is one of the U. S. delegates and a
Republican foreign policy leader in
the upper house of congress.
Other congressional leaders in the
u. S. delegation and chairman Tom
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-03
Mayor to Name
Successor TO
Judge Lee Nuffer

Authorization was given Mayor p
L. Moore by FL Centre councilmen
at Wednesday nights regular meet
ing to appoint a successor to the
Late Lee Nuffer as police court
judge.
Under the action the mayor will
submit the name of the appointee to
adjourned session of council on May
8.
Approval of council is necessary
in such appointments. Mayor Moore
has not indicated upon whom his
choice will fall.
Judge Nuffer died last Saturday
evening of heart ailment while on
a fishing trip.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-03
Truman Veto es Deferment
For AqricuItu raj Group

es and those yet to be inducted.
I'm my opinion no group should
have any special privileges.
I'm time of war 1t is the para
mount obligation of every citizen to
serve his country to the best of his
ability" the President said, point
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-03
Jackson Named
To Prosecute
War Criminals

WASHINGTON, May 3. (UP)-
Appointment of Supreme Court
Justice Robert H. Jackson as Amer
ican chief counsel in the prepara-
ton of charges and prosecution of
Axis war criminals was announced
Thursday by President Truman.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-03

ing out that under the original sell
ective service law no one was to
be placed in a favored position
where ne would be safeguarded
from the hazards OF war because OF
his economic, occupational or other
status.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-03
British Premier Eisenhower
Believed Shaping Terms
Complete Collapse Of Reich Looms
AS Military Provinces ToppIe;
Prime Minister Away From Commons

LONDON, May 3. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for the capt.
uatlon of Germany believed in quarters be
under way Thursday.
There was widespread speculation in London that
Prlme Minister Churchill have gone Germany on
mission to negotiate for the end of the Europe The
speculation embraced the possibility that Gen Dwight D.
Eisenhower might be engaged in similar task together
with British and Russian military and political leaders
The unconditional surrender all German forces in
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-03
Council Studies
Water Filter

Ell Centre city council Wednesday
night heard proposal by E. Paul
Ford, public works director, for con-
Struction of new water filtering
system for the city. Council author
lied the official to prepare plans
and estimated cost, which was set
out will be in excess of $4,000.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-03
Solution Neurs
At UNCIO on
Polish Problem
big Three" Conference Leaves
Hint of Agreement as Molotov
Announces Delay in Return Home

SAN FRANCISCO, May 3. (UP)-Tha Big Three
reported Thursday have broken the deadlock
negotiations the Polish question The report raised
hopes for settlement of the most explosive issue
nected with the United Nations conference.
The United Press informed that the Polish dis
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-03
AMBllNe
(AEpoRTER
More Appreciation A

More Appreciation
Mum Berry is leaving Ell Centro.
Mrs. Ila Berry, resident of Ell
Centre for 20 years. and the FL
Centre Mother and confidante OF
the many servicemen and their
families living in her place, win
leave Sunday night. to make her
home in Iowa.
The nine service families at her
place now are sad and forlorn be-
cause they know they will miss her
greatly. She listened to their worries
and troubles and gave them moth
erly advice and understanding. They
could count on Mum Berry.
I'VE don't know what we will do
without Mum Berry, was the gen.
eral wall when she announced she
was to leave them.
Mum Berry, we hope you will ac-
cept a gorgeous bouquet of desert
lilies and carry its memory in your
heart wherever you go.
Other Foot
"I wish that good-for- nothing
daughter of mine would bring the
car down here and take me to
lunch frmed Mrs. w. w. Grassland
to a friend as she waited impatient
ly. Later on the friend discovered
the daughter, Virginia. calmly eat
ing lunch.
Your mother is waiting for you
to pick hel up IN the car" the
friend said
Waiting for me?" said Virginia.
Il waited for her until 10 minutes
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Maximum Wednesday 1903, minimum
Thurs. 10; am. Thurs. "a, humid
ity 43; noon Thurs. SO, humidity %;
5 pm. Wed. 100, humidity 81. 6
The daily monitor leader., 1945-12-13
IS Attend
Baptist Event

SEVENTY FIVE MEMBERS
and friends of Whosoever Class
of Gilbert Memorial Baptist
church gathered for a Christmas
party Tuesday evening In the
church parlors.
The room was beautifully dec
Grated with trimmed Christmas
trees, with tiny trees and red
tapers interspersed with ever.
greens as table decorations. Fol-
lowing the dinner, Of which MrS.
Verona Schonschack was chair.
man, a program was given. The
Christmas story was read from
the Bible by Mrs. John Great
house, with q solo by Howard
8 'lonschack and 4 duet BY Rev.
and Mrs. Joseph Grosa.
Mrs. Grosa was in charge OF
decorations and Mrs. Paul Sic
vert planned the program.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-12-13

THE CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Of the Mount Clemens Civic
Chorus, annually 4 musical high
light Of the holiday season, Is set
for Sunday afternoon, Dec. Is.
at 4:J0 o'clock at the Methodist
church.
Under the direction OF Carl
Senob Of Detroit. tie chorus will
present . program for which re-
heArsals began Oct. 2. An aver
age OF so persons have been pre-
sent weekly for r~hearsals, men,
bership including those who en-
Joy singing, whether trained or
not.
CIVIC PROJECT
Citizens of Mount Clemens
help support the chorus, by con-
tributions at the concerts, and
through the City Commission.
Because it Is q Civic project, no
tickets are ever sold. A member
Of the chorus 10 never paid for
solo work, but contributes tie for
rehearsals for the pleasure de-
rived from association wit h
other lovers Of singing under
fine direction.
MIR. Senob is instrumental di-
rector at Durfee intermediate
school. A native of Marquette,
he is q former head of the music
departme. at Central College,
Pella, Ia. He holds a masters de-
gree In music from the Univer-
sity Of Michigan, where he ma
jored in violin. A number of his
own compositions have been pub
lished by r!ew York and Chicago
houses.
The chorus holds monthly
board meetings, when a business
like account of receipts and dis
bursements of funds Is given,
and plans made for lture work
and concerts. The director is a
member Of the governing board,
in addition to officers elected
by G. .orus members.
LIST MEMBERS
Membership for the coming
concert includes Agnes Bartz,
Helen Blaffert, Lois Broughton,
Florence Brown, Mabel Butter
field, Ralph Clark, George
Cooper. I'rs. A. r. Christensen,
r, INA Clemenson. Mrs. Robert
Donaldson.
Charles Edwards, Mrs. Fred
Endres, Rakel Erickson, Mrs
Lila Essendrop, Mrs. Clarence
Fortier, Anna Laura Fult o n,
Charles Greh, Alvin w. Ham
eister. Howard Harder, Margaret
Harper. R,th Hendrickson, Mil.
dred Hovis, Mr.. a-d Mrs. Leland
The daily monitor leader., 1945-12-13
Carl Senob to Direct
Event atWethodist Church

A. Kettenrins, Janet knight,
Ernest Lawrence, Elsie Luke.
Roy Lyons. Catherine MacCAr.
roll.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. r. Mac
Kenzie, Mrs. Charles Bernard
McGhee, Violet Meier, Elizabeth
Miller. Carol Neilson. Fred Me
mann, Mrs. James NunnAley.
Mrs. Richard Peltier, A. J. Pick
man, Mrs. Ray Quackenbush,
Riola Ribe.
Alice Remer, Evelyn Ruschky.
Mrs. William Schonschack, Mrs.
Carl Senob, Anne Sullivan, Mil
dred Strand. Priscilla Thinker.
Elizabeth Ullrich, Wallace Will
lard, Eleanor Wilson, Robert
Willmarth, Fern Yenkle, Eric
Ryser and Margaret SindliAger.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-12-13
Ball Tickets
Go on Sale

TICKETS are on sale for the
silver Night Ball. Mrs. Peter
vbadeff, general chairman OF the
lb&g holiday affair. announced to-
dAy. They are available from
hoy member Of the Youny Wom-
en's Club or at the door. with
Atrs. Morton Rosso ~ ticket
ehaifman.
Music for the dance. which IS
g take place 1t t-.e Medea Ball
IsSom on Saturday evening. Dec.
|0p, will be furnished by Eddie
Casper and his six-piecs orches-
TIA Of Detroit. They will play
1{om $50 to / o'clock. The party
i sefni-formal.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-12-13
Civic Chorus Set For Christmas Concert Sunday Afternoon
Soroptimists are
Guests at Dinner

A GROUP Of at least II mem.
bers of the Soroptimists Club OF
Mount Clemens will Be guests
of their sponsoring club. the Bir-
mingham group at q Christmas
party At the Fox and Hounds
this evening.
Among those who are plan
ming to attend the dinner are
Mrs. Elizabeth FormAn, Mrs.
Lois Rivett. Miss Helen Burns,
Mrs. Dent Matkins. Mrs. Harry
Kracht. Mrs. Morris 7. Brow.
Mrs. Marie johnson. Miss Myrta
Bowers, Mrs. Walter Tiffin, and
from Roseville Mrs. C.. H. Alter
matt.
MRS. RICHARD SULLIVAN
entertained members of her
bridge club this afternoon. at
her home on Moross Avenue.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-12-13

Y Helene kvblmSfeln
She's an angel but so
worldly.wise. She keeps
You guessing and you
love IL! Enchanting
beuquet.blsnd with an
artful undertone.
nEAvEN.sENr PERFUME,
$50, 600, $50. Purss siss 100
MKABN.sRNr EAU DE
rou1rT1, 3.Z, LIS, 100
MHAvKN.s9Nr COLOGNE
COMPACT, l.O
HEAv1N.s1Nr BODY
PowDea, l.2S, rs
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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-23
STRANGE SURRENDER
AP Story Convinces Japs

sand strong, was arranged yes
terday in one of the wars
strangest peace parleys.
It took a worn copy OF A. c. /.
newspaper, containing an AS
ISOLATED Press surrender story,
to convince the japanese the war
was over.
A group of five 38 division Of
ficers and 20 enlisted men hiked
deep into the Madre Mountains
to confer with the enemy at a
sly-designated spot. I'M
der a Japanese battle flag on n
hillside, officers sat around the
edge of a specially dug pit, legs
dangling, discussing the capitula-
ton while American and jap
anese enlisted men traded pistols
ssbers, watches and personal
items for souvenirs.
Maj. Richard F. LETTERS, 1927
Garfield avenue, Terre Haute,
Ind, leader of the American
party, said 1t. Col. Shizume
Sushimi, who had seven officers
with him, promised that the siz-
able force of 1t. Gen. Takashi
would be surrendered Aug. %.
BY coincidence, the date was
that on which Tokyo says Amer
lean occupation forces will be-
gin entering Japan.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-23
Agricultural Chief Fears
Land Speculation Boom
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23-lR)

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23-tR)
- Peace has revived concern
among Federal farm officials
and agricultural leaders over
the possibility of another post
war land boom. The one that
followed World War ! brought
ruin to thousands of farm-buy-
ers who went deeply into debt.
World War II, with its unpre-
cedented demand for food, al
ready has caused a sharp adj
vance in land values. The Agri-
culture Department reports that
land prices average 81 per cent
higher than in the 1935-39 pc
Rod and only Is per cent below
the peak reached in 1920 after
World War /.
And officials expect sharply
increased demand for farms
from returning war veterans
and workers laid off war jobs.
Since early in the war, pro-
posals have been advanced to
prevent an undue rise in farm
prices, but as yet no action has
been taken. Former Secretary of
Agriculture Wickard. urged
enactment of a capital gains tax
designed to prevent speculative
buying and selling of land.
MAY LIMIT CREDIT
Several weeks ago, the office
of Economic Sterilization draft
ed for White House considera-
ton an order which would have
limited extension of credit for
land purchase. No action was
taken on the order, however. 1t
is possible that it may be issued
should peace fail to bring a
leveling off of farm prices.
About a year ago, the War
Department reported that up
wards of 100000 men in uni
form planned to return to agri-
culture. Many of these were said
to be planning to buy farms.
some with cash but others with
small down payments.
Farm officials say the Veter-
ans perhaps will be competing
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-23
US0 Plans Final
1945 Swim Party

The final "swim party" of the
summer season for the Broad
way USO will be held Sunday
starting at noon and concluding
with a buffet supper and soft
ball game at the USO property.
Arthur Murphy, director, an
nounced today.
Sponsor of the final part will
be Harry Ollrich Post of the
American Legion. The GIs are
taken by bus to Sid's Beach,
north of Port Huron, where an
enjoyable program and a snack
are enjoyed.
Previous sponsors of the par
ties, who have underwritten the
cost, include the Veterans of
Foreign Wars, Rotary Club and
the Junior Hostesses.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-23
Push Appeal
for vD Police
BIoxer to Foes
County Supervisors

VAN DYKE - Charlie Blaz-
er. proprietor of Blazers Auto
Supply store, 21780 Van Dyke,
which was burglarized of $500
recently. said today that he
would definitely appear before
the September 10 meeting OF the
Board of Supervisors in an eff
fort to receive improved police
protection for that area.
Blazer said that he had con-
ferred with businessmen in that
area and II was felt that the
burglary wave must be brought
to an immediate halt.
He commended the work OF
the law enforcement agencies
for their effort in trying to
solve the burglary but said that
with the acute shortage of man.
power they could not exert as
much effort as they wanted to
bring in the vandals.
Although no arrests have been
made, Sheriff Harley Ensign re-
ported today that his deputies
are still working on the case and
that he expected "some interest
ing developments to brea k
soon."
Rumors were rampant that
the armed bandits that held up
the Bob-Lo resort recently may
have been the same as those
that broke into Blazers store
and stole a safe containing cash
and bonds.
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with thousands of workers be-
ing thrown out of work by war
plant closings. Surveys have IN
dicated that many such workers
accumulated money for down
payments on farms.
The danger in the entrance
of Veterans and former war
workers into the market for
farms, officials say, Is the posi-
bility that they will force prices
far above present levels. These
officials contend that much
land being sold at present prices
is out of lin ewith the produc-
tive capacity Of such farms at
normal price levels.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-23

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23-lR)
The agorized uncertainty of
more than three years was end
ed today for the families of four
Tokyo raiders captured by the
japanese in 1912.
The War Department told
them yesterday that the men,
who fell into enemy hands after
tie mission led by Jimmy Doc
little, had been freed A rescue
team which parachuted to Pei
ping China, found them in a pris-
on camp.
They are II. Chase s. Nielsen,
Hy Rum, Utah; 1t. George Barr,
formerly of Queens, N. Y: Sgt.
Jacob D. DeShazer, formerly of
Madras, Ore, and 1t. Robert L.
Hite, Earth, Tex.
Still unaccounted for are four
other filters captured on the
same mission. They are 1t. Will
liam G. Farrow, Washington, d.
c.; 1t. Robert ]. Meder, Lake
wood, Ohio; 1t. Dean E. Hall
mark, Dallas, Tex, and Sgt. Har-
old A. Spatz, Lebo, Kas.
President Roosevelt arnounc-
ed in April, 1913, that the Jap
anese had executed some Of the
eight and committed death sent
ences for others. The Japanese
never said which ones died.
AWAITED NEWS
rs it really true" asked flu.
tered Mrs. Nelson when told by
the Associated Press of her sons
rescue. She'd had hunch,
though. She stayed home in Hy
Rum from her job in the Army
Service Forces depot at Ogden in
the belief the War Department
might tell her her son was one
of the four previously unnamed
Doolittle raiders released.
Mrs. William Mas said tear
fully "Thank God he's safe
we've waited so long for this
news" when the (4) told her at
her home in Milwaukee that
Barr, her brother, had been
saved. Mrs. Mas had been hope
full because she had heard indi-
rectly that Bars name had been
mentioned in a list of prisoners
broadcast by Japanese propa-
gandists.
At Salem, Ore, Mrs. Hulda