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Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-01
Total Of Building Permits
Up $4,000 for Week

Far ahead of last year at this
time and threatening to set an all
time high mark, Ell Centro'S build
ing permit total moved into fresN
heights Saturday with a total OF
$13,34O issued from the city en-
gineer's office during the week.
This is more than twice the total
for permits granted on the previous
week and pushed the total issued
since Jan. l to $322,075.
The permits at this time last year
totaled $266,296.
Heading the list in size and i'm
portance was a $9785 job at the
California Central Fibre corpora
ton on the northeast outskirts OF
the city. The permit called for a
monster incinerator that will be
used to destroy waste materials.
A permit for a dwelling was is
sued to j. M. Gay of 231 East Main
street; authorization to repair a
roof for $55 was granted George
Allen at 303 Commercial; and the
Imperial Hardware company was
given a $1,000 permit for earth
quake repairs at 525 Main street.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-01
Arizono's Dairymon Loss
Could Be Valleys Cain

An exodus of dairymen from Ari.
zona's Salt River Valley because
of drought conditions was viewed
Saturday by Imperial County Farm
Bureau and FL Centre chamber OF
commerce officials as an opportun-
ity to increase the number of dairy
herds in Imperial Valley.
Already many of the Arizona
dairymen, leaving the normally rich
Phoenix region because of water
shortage, have located at Blythe,
Secretary Scott B. Foulds of the
Imperial County Farm Bureau said.
He pointed out that this county
offers as many inducements as
Blythe to dairymen in search of a
new field OF operations.
Central Arizona's water shortage
is bringing Salt River Valley farm
ers face to face with an almost
total loss for this seasons opera
tions, Foulds said. Reserve stores
of water have been so depleted that
most of the farmers in that area
have already used up their quotas,
and must depend upon summer
showers to supply the only water
available for their fields, he added.
Like Imperial Valley, the Salt River
Valley is a region of sparse rainfall.
Salt River Valley grapefruit trees
are suffering from lack of water,
alfalfa crops have been seriously
depleted, and other agricultural pro-
duce is suffering the same fate,
the farm bureau executive declared
The Salt River Valley is normally
irrigated from a string of dams on
the Salt River, the Gila river and
the Verde river, but lack of rain
fall this season has resulted in de-
pleted water storage. Adding to
the plight of Arizona farmers is
the knowledge that the normal rainy
season in the watershed throughout
northern Arizona is almost over.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-01
Clio Strikes Against NLRB RuIingin
Waterfront Dispute: Nine Ships Idle

ILA. declared that the Interna-
tional Longshoremen's and Ware
housemens union (CIO) had gained
exclusive bargaining privileges un-
der the decision.
The CIO has been negotiating
for l8 months, has had SO proposals
and 110 arbitrations, he said. 1T
has gotten nowhere. We demand
the right to represent our own
members" He said the men would
return to work tomorrow" if the
NIRB rescinded it's ruling.
The ILA's only Pacifit north
west locals are in the three ports
Throrson claimed the support of
the Sailors union of the Pacific
and of several AFL unions.
Ships idle here included the ar
my transport Chirikof, loading 600,-
600 feet of lumber for the army air
base under construction at Fair
banks, Alaska. The vessel was to
clear harbor tomorrow. Any ship
attempting to divert cargo from
Tacoma or the other AFL ports to
another teri ront, Thronsor
warned, will be picketed.
CIO Longshoremen meantime
struck at Port Townsend and pick
etcd the Black Ball ferry Iroquois
They asserted the National Paper
Products company was loading car
goes on trucks at the mill ano
shipping the trucks to Seattle by
ferry.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-01

Post-Press Want-Ad Section
Vitally Different Infinitely Bet
ter. Read FOR Profit Use fc
ResultSl
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-01
Aquatic.Stars
Compete in Ariz.
Swim Tourney

PHOENIX, Ariz., Aug. 81. CUP)
More than 80 Arizona and Cali
fornia aquatic stars completed quail
flying heats this morning in prepar-
alton for the finals of the tWo-day
senior Arizona State AAU and jun
ior Southern Pacific AAU SWIM
ming and diving championships to-
night.
Fourteen eventS-ten of them for
state titles-Were decided last night
The outstanding performance was
turned in by Jimmy Marcus, yuma
who cut full minute off the exist
ing state 800 meter freestyle mark
by swimming the distance in 1872
Marcus also 1on the 300 meter
individual medley and took second
in the 200 meter freestyle behind
Phillip Hurley of Tempe.
Don Garman of Whittier. Calf.
won the junior SPAUU 200 meter
breast stroke with a time of 3:1713
Tim Ballyntine of Tucson, Ariz., was
second and Anthony Tomich of Sar
Pedro, Calf, was third.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-01
Building Business Booms
As Confidenc G Increases

ployers. that raised havoc in France.
Instead of the coordinated patriotic
effort of all groups, French defense
begged down in graft, red tape,
short hours, high labor costs, self
fishneSs, and the like. We are fall
ing into the same trap! II Is nearly
three months since Hitler smashed
into the Low Countries. 1t is ten
weeks since we got all excited over
defense; but the results are amaz-
ingly small. Are we travelling the
high road that took France on to-
ward defeat, surrender, humilia-
ton? Political maneuvering, con-
gressional jockeying, bureaucratic
bungling have got us nowhere
except on paper--in ten weeks.
Hence, my urgent appeal to work
ers-especially building tradeSmen
to relax their hour restrictions,
to lay off wage increases, to shun
labor troubles, to get down to brass
tacks. Clean the rogues and ras-
Gals out of your unions. Do your
part to speed up, not hold back,
our defense program. In dollars and
cents your reward will be bigger if
you hold down your costs. The num-
ber of your jobs will-in the end
put more money into your pay en-
velopes than if you use the gigantic
construction program ahead as a
lever to jack up your pay or cut
down your hours"
Must Meet Challenge
1t would be encouraging to hear
labor leaders give some time and
consideration to these thoughts on
Monday If employers and labor
leaders do not rise to the challenge
in this hour of national emergency,
their punishment may be as drastic
as that which occurred in Germany
and is now taking place in France.
Every group must consider these
thoughts. I am speaking to labor
today not only because Monday is
their day, but because I am just
returning from the Pacific coast
There 1 found an empire" abound
ing in wonderful opportunities OF
every kind, being held down only
by the short-sighted actions of GER
tain mistaken labor leaders. 1t must
not happen elsewhere!
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-01
TEA 7 Their
FORECAST

Southern California-Mostly fair
Saturday and over weekend but
morning fog in west portion and
scattered thunderstorms over noun
tains of east portion; little change
in temperature; gentle northwest
wind off coast.
Record for "a hours ending a m
Saturday.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-01

If American labor follows in the
footsteps of French labor, it will
| be years before we are ready to
defend ourselves. Perhaps we will
be too late. I implore labor to re-
alize that in Fascist system OF
government, there is no place for
unions. for short hours. for high
pay. The first thing Hitler did was
| to hit the trade unions so hard
they would never rise again. Only
few days ago, the powerful French
labor unions were dissolved by the
Petain government. Labor leaders
in the United States should remem-
Der this-especially those in Ore
gon, Washington, and California!
Highest Wages in World
Maybe I am worrying unduly over
the attitude of labor. But anyone
who knows the story of leadership
in certain of our unions-particu-
larly the building tradeS-undoubt-
edly shares the same miSglvlngs
that l do. Wage rates in the con-
struction business are the highest
in the world for any broad group
of skilled trades. The industry has
been in the doldrums for years
because building costs were so high,
it was cheaper for people to rent
than to build. This year the in
dustry has begun to show marked
signs of revival, despite peak costs
of both labor and materials. Yet,
our building tradesmen, highest
paid in the world, are pushing up
their wages, cutting down their
hours again!
Residential building has been get
ting little more courage each year
since 1892. Only in 1887 was there
let t-doWn-due TO the runaway
increase in both labor and material
costsl Monthly building contracts
are making new peaks since 1929
but so are construction costs, while
rents are making no progress in
either direction. The recent rise in
costs has been due entirely to
mark-ups in wages which have more
than offset declines in prices OF
building materials. Defense building,
coupled with a national rising de-
mand for new homes. sets the stage
for a great building boom-provided
wages and hours do not get out OF
hand!
Travelling French Road
1t was short hours and high pay
combined with unprincipled en-
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-01
Makers of Bills
Jailed in Phoenix

PHOENIX, Aug. 81. (UP)-A 35
year old father and his Is year old
daughter who used scissors and
glue to make S. and $40 bills out of
ST bills were held for U. S. grand
jury action today on charges of
altering U. S. silver certificates.
Federal authorities said the pair
pasted numbers of larger denomi-
nation certifices over the corners
of 81 bills The daughters job as
sertedly was to go into stores and
get change"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-01
Fort in Arizona
Slated TO Become
Training Base

FORT HUACHUCA, Ariz., Aug. 81.
UP)-Possibility that Fort Huachu-
ca may serve as a major troop
training base under the conscrip-
ton program was seen today as
authorities rushed through pro-
gram of expanding water facilities
at the southern Arizona outpost.
Officials at the fort said a new
$4,000 water project was expected
to be started within two weeks to
provide sufficient water for a divi-
sion of $4,000 troops. The funds were
appropriated by tie war department
through representations by Sen.
Carl Hayden of Arizona.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-01
BY ROGER BABSON

EN- ROUTE TO BABSON PARK
Aug. 31.-Monday is Labor's day
Labor has come a long way in the
half century since this day was
first made a holiday. American
workingmen are in the most envi-
able-but most vulnerable-position
of those of any nation in the world
sincerely hope that their blessings
and their dangers-will seriously
be considered and discussed on
Monday because the future of their
blessings depends on the recogni-
ton of their dangers.
This especially applies to labor's
part in the defense program. De-
fense is not only a military prob
lem for US. It is a construction and
production problem. Before we can
turn out $4,000 planes, gigantic
plants must be put up. Before we
can launch our second" navy,
more shipyards must be constructed.
Before tanks can be turned out
in real numbers, new machines and
Ic" lIldCIl4llt SllOpS HluSI Dt DuIll'
Thousands of homes near the de-
fense areas must be put up. Air
fields, barracks, supply depots,
thousands of auxiliary items must
be planned and built. In short, the
first step in defending America is
a mammoth construction job the
like of which the world has never
seen.
Heaviest Since 1890
This first step is already under
way. Awards, covering both indus
trial and home building, this sum-
mer were the heaviest since 1880.
OF these awards. 25 per cent can be
traced TO defense work. AS the
weeks wear into months, as sum-
mer turns into winter, current de-
Tense building may seem like a drop
in the bucket. America may be
heading into the most frenzied
construction period in her history
Speed in this work is eSSeneial-
and the speed depends on many
factors-including the cooperation
of both employers and wage work
ers.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-01

TACOMA Wash, Aug. 81. UPp-
A ruling of the National Labor
Relations Board in 1885. setting up
a coastwide basis for waterfront
negotiations on the west coast, was
pnder fire today as the Interna-
tional Longshoremen's Association
tAFL) called on TOO members TO
leave their jobs.
The ports of Tacoma, Port An
geles and Anacortes were affected
by the walkout Seven ships were
tied up here, and two in Port An
geles.
T. Aldon (Tiny) Thronsor, Pa
cific coast district secretary of the
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-01
new s
VIEWS
by PHIL JONES

Well. the army maneuvers|
at Ogdensburg, n. Y, haveI
certainly caused plenty of
verbal shooting. II seems the:
army was fighting the wayI
kids do when they go aroundl
pointing fingers and shout
ing, "Bangi You're shotl'I
Tanks were army trucks with
big signs which said, This
is tank; gas pipes were
anti-tank guns; broomsticks,
were rifles, and fake NOR
tars were loaded with empty
beer cans which were sup
posed TO be shells. l think
the idea is wonderful. 1t
would make a very humane
war-however, there's always
the danger you might run up
against an enemy without
any ina gination.
Hard water is hard on you
no wonder it's called hard
water. It's hard on your looks
Clothes o cd = soap and
your budget. Hard water
means hard workout l can
solve this problem for you.
Let me install a Rainier Wa
ter Softener for you. You'll
be amazed with the way il
does away with drudgery-
once you have il you'll ne
yer want to be without it
again. ASK Phil Jones about
the Rainier Water Softener.
Imperial Highway near Ell
Centre. Phone 271. Easy pay
ment plan.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-01
Girls Try to
Join U. Army
But Refused

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 80. CUP)-
The U. S. Army was lawfully sor-
ry' today, but there are no OPEN
ings at present for girls.
Jacqueline and Ruth Miller, pref
ty and in their twenties, found that
it still is mans army when they
tried to join.
While there was no objection from
the enlisted men, Maj. A. E. Merrill,
army recruiting chief, said in reply
to the sisters application: "Awfully
sorry, We have no opening for girls
in the service at present. Most army
jobs are strictly for men. For ex-
ample it would be awkward if wom-
en- joined the parachute troop"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-01
Referee Fees in
Ariz. Shows Cut

SACRAMENTO, Aug. 81 (UP)-
The state athletic commission today
announced a reduction from SIS to
$40 in the fee for referees at boxing
and wrestling shows where the gate
receipts do not exceed 5000 after
deduction of federal and state taxes.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-06-25
FAILURES ARE
BEING TRACED
TO CHILDHOOD

LOS ANGELES, Cal, June 25.-
Adult failure often may be attrib-
utable to excessive scolding and
punishment while child. according
to DR.. Barney Katz, child psycholo-
gy instructor at University Col
lege.
Seeding and ridicule of child
generally results in his withdrawal
from society, developing a sense
of inferiority and guilt, which re-
suits in his inability to obtain en-
ployment and difficulty in meeting
the opposite SEX DR.. Katz said.
He lists a four-point program to
effect an adjustment of difficulties
arising from extreme punishment
and ridicule:
l. Encourage the child to form
social contacts.
2. Enlist the aid of understand
ing parents.
3. Maintain good physical health.
4. Remove aggravation from his
environment.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-06-25
V|TAMINS KEY
TO COMPLEXION

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, June rs
For that schoolgirl complexion
watch your Wtamins more closely
than your nourishing creams.
That is the advice of DR.. Perry
C. Baird Jr, of Boston, given in a
public lecture at Harvard Medical
School,
"All the vitamins seem to be
essential to maintain the health OF
the normal skin said DR.. Baird
THE complexion reflects the ex-
cesses and indulgences and poor
hygiene of living very quickly, and
beyond the point which can be
disguised by a 'nourishing cream.
1t might be said that the COM
plexion reflects the excuses, in
dulgences and poor hygiene as
quickly as any other part of the
body except perhaps the nervous
system"
DR.. Baird also recommended, as
aids to good skin, adequate sleep
and outdoor exercise, we'll balanced
diet, proper fluid intake, regular
and complete elimination and other
hygiene considela o.o-.o.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-06-25
Feds Give Game
To Rinkeydinks,
Match Wednesday

Last nights soft ball game was
forfeited by the Federals to the
Douglas Rinkeydinks because the
Feds were not present for the
match. Tomorrow nights game will
start at $50 o'clock and will be
between the Federals and the In
dependents. The latter team is
composed of all players who signed
up at the Bowl.
Three new soft ball teams have
been organized by the Juneau
Grade School players. The Falcons,
captained by Evan Scott, is COM
posed of Tom Fukuyama, Bill
Schmitz, Jack Dooley, Quinten
Johnson, Harvey Hildre, Dick Young
and Bill Heisel
Capt. Ed Kennedy's team, The
Eagles, includes players Kenneth
Kearney, George Kelly, Arthur
Knight, Ingram Varnell, Edward
Heisel, Dan Morris and Herbert
Mead.
The Vultures, with George Pau
as captain, is composed of Lindy
DuPree, Eugene McRoberts, Gordon
Berg, Jim Sprague, Don Krane ano
Lester Troast.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-06-25
SERVICES HELD
AT SITkA FOR
R.W. De ARM0ND
Had Been Prominent Resi-
dent of Historic CITY
Since 1904

SITKA, Alaska, June 25.-Funeral
services were held yesterday at St
Peters by the-Sea, eulogy given by
the Rev. James H. Condit, for Rob-
ert william DeArmond, aged IS. who
died Sunday morning as the result
of a cerebral hemorrhage.
He came to Sitka in 1904, mem
Der of the staff of the Agricultural
Experiment station. In 1909 he was
appointed United States Commits
sioner and held that office for %
years. At one time he was Secre-
tary of the Board of Trustees of
the Pioneers Home, many times a
member of the Board of Education
and City Council. He was also Mayor
of Sitka.
DeArmond was connected with
the Sitka Cold Storage Company
since 1888. He was a 32nd degree
Mason and a member of the Elks
Lodge Of Juneau.
Survivors include a wife here and
son Robert, who were both at the
bedside, and daughters, Mrs. How
ard Estelle of Matanuska and Har-
riett, a nurse in training at Oak
land California.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-06-25
GET-T0GETHER
FOR VETERANS
PLANNED HERE
Governor Is Invited 10
Meeting al Dugouf
Next Monday

Preparations are being made by
Afford John Bradford Post of the
American Legion for a get-together
next Monday evening for all vet
Grams of all wars.
The affair will be held at the
Dugout at O'Clock.
An invitation to attend has been
extended to Gov. Ernest Gruen-
ing, who is an ex-service man and
Legionnaire.
The Committee-in-Ch Charge con-
sists of John E. Pegues. E. M
Policy, j. T. Petrich, Dave Daven-
port and w. o. johnson.
Last night Post members were
guests at a luncheon furnished
By 40-8, under the supervision OF
E. M. Policy, Past Commander OF
the Post.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-06-25
PROGRAM FOR
JULY FOURTH
IS OUTLINED
Legion Committees Go TO
Work on Annual
Celebration

Preparations for Juneau's an
nual Fourth of July observance
moved another step ahead last
night when members of Afford John
Bradford Post No. 4, American Le-
gion, outlined a program and APP
pointed committees to carry out
the details.
1t is expected that cash awards
for various events will total a
minimum of $1,000. A Citizens
finance committee is now busy
raising funds to defray the costs.
The Post named a General Sports
Committee, composed of Bert Ly-
beck, Chairman, Waino Hendrick-
son, John S. Holler and M. S.
Sides.
The Parade Committee is made
up of l.. T. JeWett, Chairman,
Claude Carnegie and Dave Daven-
port.
w. O. johnson will have charge
OF arrangements LOT Jlle ailllldl
Legion Dance on the evening OF
July 3.
1t is contemplated that the COM
plete program will include a smok-
er and dance ON July 3; parade
children's and adult sports, bal
games and rifle matches on July
4. The celebration will close with
dance on the evening of the
Fourth at which all men in UNI
/ FORM soldiers, sailors, Coast
Guardsmen will be admitted
! without charge.
A meeting of all committees has
been announced for next Friday
evening at the Post dugout.s
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-06-25
UnknOiUn
"Angel'' lids
Charities

SPRINGFIELD, Mo-, June 25.-
An angel has been showering, not
pennies from heaven" but thou
sands of dollars on Springfield.
His or her identity remains a
mystery.
The American Legion home was
the first institution to receive an
unexpected windfall when a cash
ier's check for $3.50 arrived. A
note instructed that the money be
used to pay off the $1,248 mortgage.
Shortly afterwards, check for
$4,000 was sent to the Burge Hos
pital. Then $500 checks were re-
ceived by the Red Cross, Women's
Christian Temperance Union and
the South Street Christian Church.
The Boy Scouts and the Girl
Scouts were remembered with $50
each.
Officials of the benefited institu-
tions and organizations say that
they have no idea as to who the
angel is
All the checks were obtained at
the same bank in Springfield, but
the cashier refuses to diyulge the
name of the purchaser.
Added mystery was aroused when
four residents of nearby Ava (Mo)
received anonymous checks for
500. However, they were drawn
on a Kansas City bank.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-06-25
BY TOBY WANT
p Feature Service Writer

NEW YORK-Just about every
body on Broadway gave Richard M.
Decker the horse laugh when he said
ne was going to open a cafeteria
night club which would give each
guest the music of three orchestras
and a dinner for sixty-five cents.
They predicted he would lose his
shirt probably his pants.
Decker kept his shirt pants
and added a pocketbook full
of folding money.
Since opening last Nov. 81, his
eelf-service, two-floor night club
The Fiesta Danceteria-has enter
tanned more than 100000 guests.
It is New Yorks biggest night club.
and one of the most prosper
Gus. 1t drew 10000 people the
first nine weeks.
Decker, born in Hungary, was
practically penniless when he came
TO New York in 1921 He got a
Job as an automobile body painter
at So a week, saved most of it,
started a dance academy. Then he
branched into catering, built chain
of italian restaurants which he sold
at a profit.
About five years ago he hit upon
the idea of a self-service night club
This idea materialized into the
Danceteria, sort of subway Stork
Club 1t caters to the home crowd
families on slim budgets.
On week day nights the average
check is IS cents; on Saturdays
ST 25 on Sundays, 80 cents.
If you don't want to eat up thai
check, you can drink it up. Beef
is Is cents a glass. You can gel
champagne cocktail for SO cents
No hard liquor is sold. More thar
1O,O00plain sodas. 1000 ice cream
sodas and 2,l0O banana splits are
sold weekly.
The bands usually include one
name outfit" and two semi-perma
nent orchestras Among the name
organizations which have played The
Danceteria are those of Teddy Pow
ell, Ben Bernie, Van Alexander anC
Gene Krupa.
But Decker discovered the public
is interested only in good music
name" or no name" band.
The Danceteria has shattered
many night club and restaurant
precedents. For example, Monda.
nights always have been considered
bad for business, but The Dance
terra jams EN- in on Monday. 9th
er spots refuse to permit two wo
men to dance together. The Dance
terra encourages it.
The Danceteria has no bouncer
3. there never has been a fight
! Decker said.
About the only problem that h
hasn't been able to solve is that o
space.