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F. MAP FALL DRIVE ON JAPS News Behind The News Copyright Syndicate WIKMXfi THE WAR By Albert Lvman Weaknesses can fighters are cracking under strain promotes grave concern among neurologists. One out of every ve patients brought back by hospital ships from the Pacific and Mediterranean is a nervous case and one-third of all persons discharged from the U. S. army for incapacity are in that category.

Parents, however, can be assured that the number of nenropsychia- tric casualties is still small in relation to the total number of men in service at home and abroad. The ratio increases as the front is approached. The medical corps now has sufficient personal histories from which to analyze some of the causes of war neuroses. Popular names of the disorders are misleading- The 191418 ''shell shock" was neither shock nor solelv the result of shells. A London Daily Mail correspondent in Belgium coined the phrase and it stuck.

A more accurate description in lay terms of this and similar afflictions is that a potential neurotic can bear a limited nervous load. If more is added in either military or civilian life, the victim is overwhelmed. In present-day events certain martial burdens are merely the straws that break the camel's back. Persons with mental weaknesses, of course, will succumb to psychoses either in or out of tiniform. The "emotional elasticity" of every normal individual, given sufficient provocation, can be stretched to the breaking poin.t.

In combat the pull is stronger than usual. But the crack-up is'not nesessarily insanity. More than eighty per cent of uncomplicated nervous cases recover sometimes within a few days. The better trained the soldier is, the more likely he will escape For example, "shel shock" was unknown among the British professional army at Mons only when Lord Kitchener's volunteers arrived on the field did the ailment appear. 3 Certain forms of nerv- ous troubles are inherent in this struggle.

"Destroyer stomach" is a dyspepsia suffered by sailors in small craft on rough seas. "Glacier is a depression found among men in Iceland who endure the monotony of snowstorms. Burma's endless monsoon rains cause a melancholy state of mind. stress" is the aviator's (Turn to Page 2, Column 1) 750 Janitors in S.F. Called Out SAN FRANCISCO, May ftp) Seven hundred and' fifty building service employes were called off their jobs in 92 downtown office buildings today amidst a wage dispute over differentials paid to women workers.

work stoppage' will continue indefinitely or until the employers give us a satisfactory reply for our demands that the women workers be paid the same wages for the same work'performed by our men workers," Francis Me- Arty, attorney for Building' Serv- ive Employes union, Local 87, announced. Harry Englebright Dies in Washington WASHINGTON, May Harry Lane Engle- I bright of California, Republican whip of the house, died today at the eapitol. Representative Albert E. Carter Calif.) announced his death to the house. When You SAN MATEO TIMES 31831 TbJs telephone number Trill connect you any department desired.

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M. VOL. 39, Xo. 138, 29TH YEAE TEN PAGES SAN MATEO, CALIFORNIA, THUKSDAY, MAY 13, 1943 5c PEE COPY--75o PEB MONTH Homer Martin's Job Abolished Thirteen Axis Generals, Vast Booty, Tunis Yield Don't Take Less! We Pay By Far THE MOST SPOT CASH for USED CARS All Mnifols CASH IMMEDIATELY Equities Bought For Top Dollar See Us Before You Sell BURLINGAME MOTOR CO. PONTIAC BUILDING Burlingame Ave.

at East Lane Opp. Burlingame S. P. Depot Dial 4-179S Allies Begin to Pound Island Steps to Italy ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, North Africa, Triumphant allied armies" completed conquest of the Tunisian base for invasion of Southern Europe today with, the seizure of 13 axis generals, more than 150,000 prisoners, and vast booty that included more than 1000 guns and 250 tanks. A few stragglers were still to be rounded up or crushed, but both German Col.

Gen. Jurgen von Arnim, commander in chief of axis ground forces, and Italian Gen. Giovanni Messe, the Fascist commander, were in the net along with their staffs. Stepping Stones Hit Attention shifted to the island stepping stones to Italy, where the BIGGEST RAID OF WAR ENVELOPS DUISBURG LONDON, May big bombers celebrated the allied victory in Tunisia by heaping the heaviest tonnage of explosives ever dropped in a single raid on. the important steel, railway and waterway center Duisburg on, western Germany last plane engines, and the Hochf eldt Sicilian heavily harbor of Marsala was lounded again before dawn Wednesday in a growing aerial offensive.

The end was strange, with deep contrasts of stubborn Prussian resistance and wholesale surrender by demoralized axis troops. At allied headquarters there was a spirit (Turn to Page 2, Column 4) Sullivans Save Burning Home Hrdirond City Bureau) MENLO PARK, May Sullivan "family fire brigade" was credited today with saving the $20,000 home here of Daniel E. Sullivan, San Mateo county assistant district attorney, from destruction by fire late yesterday. When a blaze broke out on the roof over the attic of the two-story structure at 934 Alameda de las Pulgas, Wilbur Sullivan, 16, and his brother, Francis, 20, teamed up and carried a garden hoe to the roof. Their sister, Betty, 23, who discovered the fire, joined her firefighter brothers as soon as she had turned in an alarm to the Menlo Park fire department.

(Turn to Page 3. Column 2) night. The air ministry announced that it was the heaviest raid of the war. Heaviest Load The number of planes flown in the attack was fewer than the 1,000 aircraft that raided Cologne on May SO, 1942, but the weight of bombs exceeded the 1,500 tons dropped in the Cologne attack, it was understood. The tonnage in the Duisburg raid probably approached 2,000 tons.

Duisburg is concentrated in an area five miles square, much smaller than Cologne, so it was assumed that the damage was greater. Key targets in the Duisburg raid were the main locks of the Rhine- herne canal, the main line railway bridge over the Rhine, the dock area, the industrial section including the vast Demag Iron and Steel works which make submarine and railway junction. Fourth Time Other targets included the copper and tin works, sulphur plants and storage dumps. Duisburg has been raided "very heavily" three other times since March 26. An idea of the Magnitude of a bomb load is indicated by a comparison with ihe heaviest tonnage the German air force ever dropped on London--450 tons.

The number of planes announced as missing from the Duisburg raid --34--was not considered extremely costly considering the number of planes involved. Nine of the planes missing were of a Canadian bomber group. (A German communique admitted that Duisburg had suffered damage.) Churchill to Make 2 Radio Appearances WASHINGTON, May (U.R)--BraidenMRoosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill today continued their White House conferences, believed to center on plans for a major fall offensive to drive the out of Burma and way to China, and RUSSIAN AIR FORCE ON GIANT EAST OFFENSIVE MOSCOW, May Keel air force was reported on a great offensive today to disrupt any Nazi plan to advance. M-Jiile ground fightiug in the Lisiclianslc sector of the Donets basin grew more intense hourly. Japanese open the then to Japan.

Plans were disclosed for two speeches by Churchill while he is in Washington. 'Next Wednesday, the White House revealed, he will address a joint session of congress. Tomorrow afternoon--on the occasion of the anniversary of the British Home Guards--he will broadcast to his homeland a speech designed almost entirely for British consumption. Meeting Canceled Mrs. Roosevelt devoted virtually his entire attention to his distinguished guest, scheduling only one other caller for the entire day.

The White House announced that the Pacific war council had been called to meet, at noon, but a half hour later it said the meeting had been postponed until next week. No explanation was advanced, but it was believed likely that some (Turn to Page 2, Column 2) Axis Africa Losses Put at 600,000 Men LONDON, May axis is estimated to have lost about 600,000 men, including 250,000 Germans. Villpd. rirmuni'd. presumably disabled permanently, or taken prisoner in the whole African war.

German prisoners held by the British are about double the number of Britons in German prison camps', reliable estimates said. The approximate figures showed that British hold about 150,000 Germans, while some 80,000 Britons are German prisoners. Italian prisoners, exclusive of colored troops, number about 110,000, compared to 7000 British held by the Italians. TRADE ACTS EXTENDED WASHINGTON, May 1.1.--(IP)-The house today passed and sent to the senate a bill extending the reciprocal trade agreements act for two years. The Soviet midday communique said Russian troops had forced the Germans from one town in the Donets area and seized an important height after killing 400 of tfte enemy in heavy fighting.

Large Soviet air forces, including bombers, hit German communication centers and railroad networks that feed the Donets front in heavy raids yesterday over a wide area. The aerial offensive coincided with the start of a large scale movement of enemy reinforcements snd supplies, reports indicated, and qualified opinion here was that the German high command may try to crush the Ked army before facing a second front in Europe. Besides hitting the Orel-Bry- ansk which serve as nerve centers for big German armies poised there to strike northward against Moscow or niuuw southward against the Kursk area, the air formations slammed at German airfields. Ground fighting; in the Donets basin was exceedingly stubborn, with aieas changing hands time and again, front reports said. The fighting reported hy the communique took place in the Lisichansk sector, 120 miles southeast of Kharkov, at a place which the communique described merely as an inhabited -locality." The Germans had broken into the outskirts of the town occupied hy the Russians.

The Red army attacked and drove the enemy out after severe street fighting. The Russians followed up the attack by capturing the high ground. A German battalion headquarters was taken in the engagement and a large quantity of arms, six radio transmitters and other war materials fell into Russian hands. Reaches Court Jaysee Board Reduces Staff, Saves $30,000 Five Teachers Resign, 10 Take Leaves; Attendance Cut in Half Drastic economies and re-, trenchments for the San Mateo Junior college were effected last i night "by the board of trustees -as they reduced pay rolls by I $30,000 annually and in so abolished the office of control-' ler, relieving Homer Martin, former superintendent of the joint Burlmgame Ban Mateo' High school.district_he£oxe~its- separate districts, of a half-time job. Secret Session Jettisoning of Martin's job came after an hour long secret session by the trustees and was marked by a 2-to-3 vote.

The motion to abolish the comptroller position was made by U. S. Simonds, newest member of the board, and was seconded by Mrs. Stella Jensen of Daly City. J.

C. Johansen cast the determining vote on their motion. Opposed were Board President Colonel Charles N. Kirkbride and Carleton Herrman, clerk. Drastically reduced attendance at the college, effecting a corresponding loss in funds by reason of the decreased "average daily attendance." under which funds are allotted by California school law, was the reason ascribed for the payroll reduction.

Ten Given Leaves Ten instructors at the college were given leaves of absence at their own request in order to bring down the payroll until attendance shows a return to normal. Many of these have already arranged posts elsewhere and concurred with the board in the necessity for reductions. One nurse attached to the college adult center was notified she will not be further required and five instructors who 1 i -nAnsIii A 1 course resigned. These five resig- nations were accepted by the board (Turn to Page 3, Column a) Services End Worst Blaze in Years Perils Two Vessels Navy a i a Burns; Three Hurt as Fire Burns 3 Hours Homer Martin, school official here for 13 years, found himself without a jeb today, action of the junior college board last night in abolishing his position as controller. NEW KiSKA RAIDS MAY BE PRELUDE TO ATTACK WASHINGTON, May States forces have resumed tlieir air offensive against TCiska in i Aleutians, the (TinieK Tledrtonfl CHy Bnrmn) REDWOOD CITY, May Marie King, San Francisco hospital patient and one of two women each asserting: slip is the widow of John B.

Kinjr, late San Mateo wine salesman, today laid first claim to his estate. Mrs. Marie Kinjr, through her attorney, A. Brooks Berlin, filed i a petition in superior court for letters of administration, beating to the punch Mrs, Elsa Ann Johnson King: of Twenty-eighth avenue, San Mateo, who contends that she married King a year ajro following his Arizona divorce from his first wife. The Mrs.

King in San Francisco, who is a sister of Mrs. Harold I Peary, wife of the radio comedian, Gildersleeve, said she married the wine company salesman five years ago in Reno after a two-year i courtship. Furthermore, she said Three Killed in Air Collision ALAMEDA. May (U.R) -Three navy fliers were killed and two parachuted to safety today when their two planes collided in mid-air over the Marin county coast line, the Alameda naval air station annoiincrd. The planes collided in a tail-end crash during a routine flight.

The most seriously damaged aircraft smashed to the ground near the coast after one of the fliers bailed out. BASEBALL navy announced today. They also started several fires three new bombing raids and a' craft attack on Japanese bases in the Solomons. The navy revealed that the 1700- ton U. S.

destroyer Aaron Ward was one of three ships previously announced as lost off Guadalcanal April 7 when the Japanese made an air sttack which cost thorn 30 plnncs. The other ships lost wore the tanker Kanawha and the New Zealand corvette Moa. The new attack on Kiska--first since May 6 when U. S. airmen blasted the island five times--was the 221st since March 1 against the Japanees submarine base and air- fioid there.

It was carried out May 11 by a force of medium bombers (Turn to Page 2, Column 7) King Emmanuel to Quit Throne, Report LONDON, May London Daily Telegraph, in a dispatch from New York, quoted diplomatic sources, today as saying that King Victor Emmanuel of Italy may abdicate at any moment because of the axis defeat in Tu- ni.sia. Prince Umberto, heir to the throne, would succeed his father, these reports stated, according to the dispatch, which asserted that Hit- minors originated during Archbishop Francis J. Spollmnn's visit to London after his trip to the Yalicui NATIONAL St. Louis ...000 000 500--5 10 0 Boston 000 000 000-0 -i 2 White and O'Dea; Barrett, Jeffcoat and Kluttz. First game-Cincinnati ...010 000 000--1 4 1 I'hila.

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Cosgriff, local attorney and chamber of commerce president, they will debate advisability of presenting a charter election to the voters and, if the charter move is determined upon, what form and speed "shall be given to it. A. R. Doering, previous charter committee head, will preside. City Clerk Problem Reviewing the charter move today had stimulated interest in busi- (Turn to Page 2, Column 6) Fire Damages Part of Tijuana, $50,000 Loss TIJUANA, May raced across a section of town adjacent to the business district at noon today, destroying the Madcria Industrial, a lumber yard, and the adjacent Pepsi-Cola bottling works.

Officials of Banco Del Pacifico, Tijuana's largest bank, estimated the damage at approximately $50,000. Other buildings were threatened, hut the blaze was brought under control with fire equipment hurried across the border from San Ysidro, on the American side. MEADOWS TO BE SCENE FOR NEW PICTURE Paramount Studios have selected Bay Meadows as the locale for a large portion of the setting of a new picture to be taken in June, it was announced today. The title of the film has not been disclosed, but it is understood it will be a full-length feature with many nationally known stars in the cast. Indications arc that a largo number of local residents will be called upon to act as extras in the picture.

The local track was for the background of the picture after Paramount officials bud spent the Inst three days of, tlic spring racing mooting here. General Manager William P. Kyno of Bay slated today thai plans aro under way to ready the track for the shooting. SAN FRANCISCO, May (U.R)--The worst San Francisco waterfront fire in yean swept through navy-operated Piers 48-A and 48-B over a block-long area of the war-busy Embarcadero today, sending huge billows smoke over the bay and threatening extensive damage to miteraL Two' vessels 0 moored at the and threatened by the blaze were- towed to safety'in the stream and hundreds of civilian defense volun-' teers, office workers, and navy personnel braved the flames and smoke to carry government supplies outside-the piers to safety. Three hours after the fire started it appeared to have- been under control through the combined efforts of hundreds of official and volunteer fire fighters.

The fire broke the northeast side of the dock shortly before 30 the heavy pier pilings and timbers, the flames spread quickly under the 650-foot wharves and sent up thick clouds of smoke heavy witV creosote fumes. --Volunteers, including many en and girls, fashioned impromptu masks of handkerchiefs and bandages, doused them in water and entered the burning piers to carry out records and supplies. The Twelfth naval district said (Turn to Page 2, Column 3) Skinnay Ennis to Join Army Tuesday HOLLYWOOD, May Skinnay Ennis, the bandleader who has been taking a ribbing on Bob lean looks, is in the army now. Ennis will leave the Hope show after its performance for Milledgeville, WAVES next Tuesday and report May 22 for duty at the Santa Anita ordnance base as warrant officer in charge of a 28-piece band organized by the army boys. IT'S THE.

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