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Evening star., 1939-10-15
N.L.R.B. Makes Public
Study Of Bargaining in
Newspaper Industry
Reports 'ReoI Need for
Established Machinery
To Promote Peace

Sy the Associated Press.
The National Labor Relations
Board made public yesterday a
study of collective bargaining in
the newspaper industry which It,,
said showed real need for the
type of protection the board offers
and for the machinery 1t has estab-
ished to promote industrial peace"
The study, made by the N. l.. r.
B. economic staff, said that by the
establishment Of the original labor
boards and the Newspaper Indus
trial Board the Federal Govern
ment has attempted to guarantee
the right of newspaper employees to
organize and to foster publisher
acceptance of collective bargaining
procedures"
Its purpose in seeking to elimi-
nate industrial strife caused by
publisher opposition in trade union
activity has been to protect the free
flow of interstate commerce." the
study added.
Subject to Shock by Strikes.
In this connection, the comment
was made that the swift and con-
slant flow of perishable news which
moves from all corners of the coun-
try to the central Offices of the ma
tional press services and back again
is subject to interruption by a
strike at focal point, with imme-
diate Nation wide effect. Conversely,
the national press services and other
wire services and their clientele are
dependent upon the continued COW
erage, uninterrupted by editorial
strikes, Of local news by the con-
tributory newspapers. Dependent
upon the smooth, reliable, and un-
broken operation of the entire sys-
tenn is the world of commerce. which
looks to it for news of business,
trade. exchange. shipping. economic
conditions, political events and the
like"
After reviewing the history of
unions in the newspaper industry.
the study set forth the conclusions
that:
The integration of management
and editorial authority within the
industry means that the usual in
equality of bargaining power be-
tween the employer and the in
dividual employe is increased"
disparity" Held Minimized.
Membership in union covering
the same industrial territory and
approximating the employers eco
nomic power tends to minimize this
disparity in bargaining position"
To accomplish the latter objec-
tive. the study said. editorial en-
ployes formed. in 1888, the Ameri-
can Newspaper Guild. Although the
guild soon encountered vigorous
and organized opposition" the study
said. it nevertheless, within short
period, has assumed the propor-
tions, the effectiveness, and the re-
sponsibility of the typical national
labor union and has become a force
IN the determination of labor con-
ditions."
The board noted that more re-
Gently the American Federation of
Labor "has laid the foundation for
another national organization of
newswriters," but said it was too
soon to predict what its reception
might be.
Evening star., 1939-10-15
Chevy Chase Citizens
Plan Halloween Party

A Halloween party to entertain
the children of the neighborhood
will be given by the Chevy Chase
D. c. Citizens Association on Hal
1oween in the Wilson High SCHOOL,
and the E. v. Brown Elementary
School. Continuous motion pic
lures are on the list of entertain
ments. George Diffenbach, secre-
tary of the association, said this
years party would be repetition
of the one given last year, after
which police reported the neighbor-
hood on Halloween to be one of the
quietest, with fewer cases of juve-
nile vandalism.
The committee appointed at an
executive meeting to make arrange
ments for the festivities includes DR..
c. B. Aldrich, chairman; Herman
Schneider, Mrs. Mary r. Klaphaak,
Will P. Hayes and Donald N. Car.
penter.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-03
Belt Guards Americ icus

disputed right" to guard their hem
ispheric waters against any activity
by land, sea or air forces of bel
ligerentS.
1t was aimed at preventing in
cidents that might cause war and
at protecting inter er-American pas
senger and cargo ships.
The safety band,' proposed orr
ginally by Cuba and guided through
the conference by the United States,
makes inland seas of the Car
ribean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico
and inclosing two continents,
stretches as far as 600 miles from
shore.
The zone starts at Passamad-
quoddy Bay, Me-, and goes around
Cape Horn and up the Pacific coast
to Juan De Fuca Strait, off the
United States-Canadian frontier,
The widest points are off deep
coastal indentations at Savannah,
Ga, the Atlantic side of Panama,
and off African, Chile.
Generally, it extends 300 miles
from the Atlantic and Pacific
coasts, as proposed by United States
under Secretary of State Sumner
Welles. 1t exempts territorial waters
of Canada and of European possess
Sions.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-03
Death Of Kentucky Senator Delays
Neutrality Debate; Sentiment Grows
For Dropping q0-Day Credit Clause

sales to belligerents. He estimated
that between 33 and 35 votes had
been lined up against embargo re-
peal.
1t was learned that Sen. James
F. ByrneS, D., S. c., the admins
tration's No. 'Behind-the-Scenes'
strategist, and Sen. Sherman Min
ton, D., Ind, assistant majority
leader, have suggested dropping the
credit provision to avoid prolonged
controversy and the possible loss
of votes.
Sen. Lewis B. SchWellenbach, D.,
Wash, termed the argument over
the provision a tempest in a tea
pot" and said it didn't make much
difference what happened to it.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-03

SHIP Was COllJdllleQ III IllCIlIldIlOlI
made available to the foreign press
regarding the weekend visit to Ber-
lin of Italian Foreign Minister
Count Galeazzo Ciano.
There is no official statement
on the Ciano visit" the information
said. But well informed quarters
state that the conversations during
Ciano's visit fitted the framework
of the Axis and were brought COM
pletely to a satisfactory conclusion.
1t is certain that the talks were not
restricted to discussion of the new
European situation but dealt also
with the possibilities in develop
ment of the situation"
Hitler, it was understood, has
completed his plans for the next
phase of the war with a three part
program.
Nazi sources indicated that he
had outlined his plans fully to
Count Ciano as follows:
l. A peace offensive" in an ef-
fort to induce Great Britain and
Continued on Page 8; Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-03

! Tehuantepec off Salina Cruz, 1900
miles southeast of San Diego, the
United Press reported.
Meanwhile, autumn settled upon
Imperial Valley with a cooling
hand that dropped thermometers
many degrees under last weeks
figures. Water consumption, an
accurate barometer that rises or
falls in relation to heat, showed
corresponding slump.
Ell Centro Sunday consumed l.
100000 gallons of water, compared
with 2,7l0,000 gallons Saturday and
close to four million during the
peak day of summer.
Mondays maximum temperature
was 80 degrees in Ell Centro, COM
pared with maximums Thursday,
Friday and Saturday of 95, "a, 81.
City water consumption, ragged
during September because of un-
settled weather, showed a material
decline from the 100000 gallons
distributed on Sept. / when the
mercury stood at lis degrees. Dis
tribution dropped sharply Sept.
to 100000 gallons when heavy
rains drenched the valley. For ten
days thereafter the distribution at
the plant remained close to two
million, or lower, Aubrey BoleS, in
charge of the pumping plant, re-
ported.
Mrs. Lillian Little of the city
clerks office reported a substan-
tial drop in water revenues be-
cause OF the Sept. 5 storm. The
downpour cost approximately $4,000
in lost revenue, she said
Ell Centre pumped a total of 81
million gallons of water in Sep
tember, as compared with SO mil
lion in August.
Water plant figures showed a
Continued ON Page 8, Col. %
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-03

Then they spanked unSportSman-
like hunters who endanger ranch
ers, their families, and their live
stock by shooting too near their
habitations.
The spanking was included in an
ordinance making it illegal to dis
charge firearms on private prop
erty within 200 yards of inhabited
houses or pens where livestock is
kept without first obtaining con-
sent Of the property owner or the
person in charge of it,
Penalty for conviction of VIOLA
ZION of the ordinance was set at
six months in Jail or $500 fine or
both. The ordinance was passed as
an emergency measure because of
the widespread complaint of the
unsportsmanlike conduct of cer-
tain hunters on Sunday, the first
day of the 1889 dove season.
In opening the pheasant season,
supervisors said they did so be-
cause the state board of fish and
game control promised to plant
1000 adult pheasants this year and
an additional 1000 next year to
make up for the loss.
L. T. Ward, state game warden
and captain of this district, and
j. A. Loundagin, state game warden
stationed in Imperial county, as
sured the board that their move to
favor opening the season was a
wise one and would result in no
great slaughter of the birds.
r. b. Whitelaw, representing the
Imperial County Fish and Game
Conservation commission, promised
help in spreading information as
to the best methods for preserving
the pheasants, and as to the best
methods for raising and caring for
them.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-03
County Board
0pposes Reduction
OF fFIaxseed Tariff

Imperial county board of super
visors Tuesday were on record as
opposing a reduction of tariff on
flaxseed as included in the pro-
posed Argentine reciprocal trade
pact, and as favoring a government
parity payment to safeguard grow
ers in the event tariff reductions
should become effective under the
treaty.
The resolutions, passed at Mon
days board meeting, followed sim
liar resolutions by the Southwest
FlaXseed association and by the
Imperial County Farm Bureau.
The proposed Argentine pact
would reduce the flaxseed tariff
32l2 cents.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-03

I heard first the staccato rattle
of a French machinegun and then
through the trees to the east came
the deeper tone OF Nazi machine
guns replying. The French farther
down the line joined in and there
was an exchange of fire, after
which the German guns ceased
and the shooting died out.
We waited Is minutes. then out
of the woods came a French pa
troll leader bearing a new German
machinegun and It's belt OF copper
pointed bullets, about half used.
Behind him came grim-faced
poilu carrying two helmets. stain
ed with blood and each showing
a gaping bullet hole.
Another French squad went out
1t came back with two German
dead and four wounded men-two
French and two Germans.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-03
Threats Will Not
Deter Allies Says
Prime Minister
Chamberlain in Answer
To Expected Peace
Move By Hitler

LONDON, Oct. 3. (UP)-
Prime M mister Neville
Chamberlain told the House
of Commons today that the
Nazi Soviet threat" could
never change the allied powers
determination to crush Hitlerism
but that if peace proposals are
made I'VE shall certainly exam
inc them"
The prime minister declared.
however, that the peace proposals
expectd in Adolf Hitler's speech to
the Reichstag late this week would
be examined and tested" only in
the light of the allied determina-
ton to end the "intolerable" use
of force in European affairs. His
statement indicated rejection of
Continued on Page 8, Col 81
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-03
More Neutrality News
OH Page TwO)

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3. tUP)-
Senate Republican Leader Charles
L. McNary, of Oregon, said today
that quite a sentiment" is de-
veloping in the Democratic leader
ship for abandonment of the 90-day
credit provision of the administra-
tion's title-and-carry neutrality bill
McNary expressed his views to
reporters after senate debate had
been interrupted for a day by the
death of Sen. M. M. Logan, D., KY.
The debate will be resumed to-
morrow.
1T was a mistake to put the
credit provision in the bill and I
hope it can be knocked out" Nc
Nary said.
He said the public had been lied
to believe" that the bill was to
operate cn a strict "cash-and-ca
ry' basis.
THE public won't accept the pro-
vision as such," he continued. Here
we've been talking about cash on
the barrelhead. Now we're asked
to consider a 90-day credit plan,
That didn't strike the people of the
country as being quite logical with
caSh-and-carry."
McNary predicted that more votes
could be mustered in opposition to
the credit feature than to any
other provision in the bill, includ-
ing the hotly- disputed section to
repeal the present embargo on arms
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-03

SiloiiibCl idAAl UDiu Ollt I1OuSe VI
Commons that Great Britain and
France never would permit the
threat of Nazi-Soviet military CO.
operation to interfere with their
war against the Hitler system Of
aggressions menacing the security
of all Europe.
Chamberlain put responsibility
for the war on Hitler.
He avoided any attack on Soviet
Russia but expressed belief that
the Nazi-Soviet agreement might
work out to the disadvantage Of
Hitler in the end. His tone was
cold and finn toward the peace
offensive from the east.
The prime minister said that the
British navy was driving U-boats
away from English waters, attack
ing and sinking them, and that
action was being taken under a
pre- arranged plan to hunt down a
German sea raider in the South
Continued on Page 8; Col. 60
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-03
His Down Stroke
Still Going Down

JERSEY CITY, Oct. 8. UP)-
Joseph Fayder, 35, who has a mag
nificent down stroke with a tooth
brush. spent most of his time under
an X-ray machine today. Physi-
clans watched with some interest
the progress Of five inch brush
through his stomach and alimen-
tary canal
Fayder was brushing his teeth
with his usual vigor yesteray az
ternoon, and, at the moment he
was employing his down stroke on
his hindmost molars, his 16 months
old son toddled into the bathroom
and bumped against him. The
brush slipped out of his hand and
slid down his throat.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-03
French Down "a
German Planes

PARIS, Oct. 8. CUP - The
French air force shot down "a
German pursuit planes during
September, it was disclosed semi
officially today.
II was said that the French
lost eight pursuit and several
reconnaissance planes during the
same period.
All cOmbats during September
with one or two exceptions oc-
Cured over or behind the enemy
lines, a semi official note said.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-03
Scout Council
Reopens Offices

Imperial boy scout council
opened its offices this week in the
county court house after being
closed during the summer months,
Hugh Wilcox, scout executive an
nounced Tuesday.
The yearly program will be plan
ned at an executive board meeting
on Oct II, Wilcox said. A district
committee meeting in Calexico is
scheduled Friday.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-03

from a french re9lmental ObSer-
vation post, 1 looked down into
the valley where there have been
repeated-but SO far on a small
scale-attacks and counter attacks
as the French pushed the Nazi ad-
vance troops back and where today
the Germans sought to regain a
commanding wooded hill
A patrol of about so Nazi soldiers
attacked the French advance lines
in the Warndt forest, near the Ger
man village of Lauterback.
There was a light, grayish fog
sitting across the hills when the
Germans stabbed at the French
lines shortly after dawn.
The thrust was made less than
200 yards from the French obser-
vation post in a former German
customs house and it was repulsed
after brief fighting.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-03

rim opened the way for immediate
legal action in suits the labor coun-
Gil brought to prevent construction
of school buildings in Brawley and
Imperial unless school trustees ad-
vertised the wage scale demanded
by the council in calling for bids
The two suits held up the open
ing of bids for a high school build
ing in Brawley and repairs on
grammar school building in I'M
perial. The council asked for
permanent order restraining the
trustees from opening the bids and
proceeding with construction un-
less the wage demands were met.
Immediately after the charges
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-03

against the judges were withdrawn
McPherrin heard arguments for and
against the requested order and
ruled that the local courts had no
jurisdiction. Demurrers of school
trustees were sustained and trustees
granted permission to open bids,
The council may appeal to a high
er court or amend the petition for
the restraining order.
Brawley school trustees Monday
night opened bids for construction
of a new high school building. The
low bid was $69,190 Imperial trus-
tees were scheduled to meet Tues
day night.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-03
Hearing on Theft
Charge Delayed

Preliminary hearing on a charge
that Charles Slocum, Holtville serv-
ice station operator, stole a $4,000
note, was continued Tuesday until
Oct. 16 in Ell Centre justice court.
Ben Hafer, who brought the
charge of grand theft against Slo-
cum, said Slocum snatched the
note and ran while they were dis
cussing interest payments. Slocum
had given the note in a business
deal, it was said.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-03
Board Disapproves
han,-Eqq Plan

County supervisors Monday regis
tered their opposition to the Ham
and Eggs proposition and ordered
the clerk to enter their resolution
Of protest on the official minutes.
They passed the resolution after
reading a letter in which the staJe
department of social welfare de-
clared California would be unable
to qualify for federal grants for
aid to the needy if the Ham and
Eggs proposition Went into effect.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-03
Text of Panama Declaration
on Page TWO)

PANAMA CITY, Panama, Oct. g.
CUP) - The western hemisphere
barred warning nations from its
safety band" today and proclaim
ed its neutrality.
The 81 American republics, end
ing their historic conference, sent
the belligerent nations-Germany,
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-03
Farm Experiment
Station Will Try
Tests
Supervisors Authorize
Addition of 40 Acres
TO MelOland Tract

Supplemental crop exper-
iments, planned on the addi-
tional 40 acres Of land leas-
ed Monday by the county
board of supervisors to dou-
BILE the Mefoland experiment sta
ton acreage, will not be planted
until Spring, L. G.. Goar, station
sContiiineG on Page 8; Col. a.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-03
|. A. Negro Hunter
Held for Assault

Roy Gist, 33, Los Angeles Negro,
was charged Tuesday with assault
with a deadly weapon for shooting
j. E. Harshman in the ankle dur
ing an argument over hunting on
the HarShman ranch.
The Negro was ordered held in
the Imperial county jail in lieu Of
81 900 bail.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-03

France and Great Britain-a for
NAL declaration warning that
nothing can justify" any acts that
might force war on the 264000,000
people south of Canada. Nations
that might enter the war later
also were notified.
The declaration. complementing
the Monroe Doctrine, said the AM
erican republics insist on their ''un-
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-03
SUDDEN GERMAN
ATTACK REPULSED

PARIS, Oct. 3. (UP)-Official war
cOmmunique No. so announced to-
night that Sudden enemy attacks
were repulsed east of the MOseIle
river and east of the Saar river"
Artillery continued active on both
sides of the western front.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-03
SWISS STRENGTHEN
BORDER DEFENSES

ZURICH, Oct. 3. (UP)-An Swiss
army leaves were cancelled today
and Swiss Notifications were fur
ther strengthened as result of re-
ports of new German troop con-
centrations. German troops were
reported to be concentrating near
the frontier between Basic and
Schaffhausen and at Voraralberg.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-03
WAR
BULLETINS
RUSSIA OFFERS
TREATY TO TURKEY

MOSCOW, Oct. 8. (UP)-Soviet
Russia was reliably reported to-
night to have proposed a mutual
assistance treaty to Turkey under
conditions designed to permit Tur-
key to complete her projected al
lance with Great Britain.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-03
Reporter Tells Of
Forest SkirmiSh
By RALPH HENZEN =

WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES, in Germany, Oct g.
(UP)-French and German troops fought in the rugged
hills of the Warnd forest today for possession of heights
dominating the rich but parayzed Saar valley
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-03
Labor Council Wiihdraws CHARGES
Imperial County Judges Prejudiced
Against Unions in Hearing Suits

The Imperial County CentrN Labor council Monday
withdrew allegations that Imperial countys two superior
court judges prejudiced against union labor
Withdrawal of the allegations of bias and prejudice
against Judges Vaughn n. Thompson and r. D. McPher-
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-03
Germans Soy Axis
To Be Maintained
Nazs Counting on Italian Friendship
After Peace Front CoIIapses; Talks
Fit Framework of Mutual Agreement

BERLIN Oct. 3. (UP)-Informed Nazi said
today that Germany and Italy have surveyed the possb
ties of peace and to be taken for maintenance of
the Rome Berlin axis in event peace efforts fail.
An indication that Germany counts Italian friend
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-03
New Storm cared
AS Autumn Comes
Weather Man Watches Gale Approach
Up Coast While EI Centro Records Tell
Story Of Closing Days OF Summer

A new storm threatened the Pacific coast Tuesday,
following the Sept "a gales that renched cities
and heralded autumn weather for Imperial Valley.
The new disturbance, watched closely by meteorolo
gsts ready to issue warnings centered the Gulf of
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-03
Supervisors Crock Down
On Dove Hunters; Throw
Pheasant Season Open
Ordinance Makes Hunting Near Farm
Homes Punishable by $500 Fine. Six
Months in County Jail. or Both

Hunters were dealt present and spanking by the
Imperial county board of supervisors Monday
Supervisors opened the county for pheasant shooting
for the first time since 1888 setting the open
Nov Is to Nov. 20 inclusive. That was the present.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-03
Fuehrer to Blame
For War Declares
Allied Spokesman
Battles at Sea. on Western Front Take
SecondaryPIace as Diplomats Jockey
For Position in European Affairs
- By JOE ALEX MORRIS -
United Press Staff Correspondent

Great Britain and France by implication Tuesday in
Vted Adolf Hitler to abdcate prerequisite peace.
Speaking for the allied powers. Prime Minister Neville
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-03
IA AMBL!NG
N EPORTER
Tangled Finance

Tangled Finance
Curley Vesey came back to the
valley with this story. He said it
happened to a friend, but there is
always a possibility he might have
evaded the responsibility.
After an argument with bridge
cronies over how many times cards
should be shuffled in between
hands, the friend wrote to EX-
pert Culbertson to get an opinion,
all right, as we'll as a bill for $25
Robbery said the friend" and
called a lawyer. The lawyer ruled
he had to pay. He paid and a few
DAYS later got a bill from the lawyer
for $40 TOR professional services!
Now he might write Culbertson
to find out if he has to pay the
lawyer.
passing intelligence: Culbertson
said it didn't make any difference
how many times you shuttle 'emJ
o.
You may congratulate Bob Nc
- Namara Thursday. 1t will be his
wedding anniversary.
Eyes sir, years of happy serVi-
tude!" he remarked.
O.
Hunt Stunt
Speaking of craftsmanship ,
Guiet Harold Hunt might not
say much about il but he has saved
a good many pheasant lives. He
equipped his threshing machines
with a gadget that frightened set
ting pheasant hens off their nests,
SO that threshers would be warned
and could go around rather than
over the nests.
Special Service
Dad" Smith, elderly Imperial
citizen, gets his news secondhand
Regularly once a day he visits Mrs,
w. S. Dunn and because his eye
sight is failing she reads him the
! headlines from the newspapers ana
brings him up TO date.
All In The Family
If Walter Havekorst says HE
got a deer while OH vacation, don't
let him fool you. 1t was a COM
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-03

Butter' Los Angeles, a2c; but
terfat, Imperial Valley fob. ranch.
grade a, Ale; manufacturing milk.
33c; route gathered cream. 3Oisc.
L. A. hay: u. $. No. 1 S15-S16.5O;
U. S. No. 2 seafy S14-15.5O; U $ No.
2 S13S13.50; Mpls. flax S1.ss.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-03
hitler MUST ABD|CATE, BRITAIN SAYS
Birds.Eye View of World After Month of War

Jopon. Russio sign ormisties on Monehu.
kuo border dispute.
10000 reported killed in renewed japanese
drive in south central Chino. Further threat
made to western powers holdings in For Eost.