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sent National league fans into the
streets Boosting that the tide had
turned, after all these years. against
the superiority of the American
league. The game was played for
the benefit of the Finnish relief
fund and il turned into a surpris-
ingly close contest for . bunch OF
ball players who are only half way
through spring training
The pitching was tight. the field
ing brilliant in spots and it wash I
until the last of the ninth inning
that the National league won on a
single by Pete CoScarart. Brooklyn
second baseman. who sent Al Lopez
Boston catcher. across with the
winning run.
Most people had expected a bal
loon sized score with pitchers being
belted out of the box IN squads.
Pitchers Star
Much Of the credit for the Ma
tional league victory goes to the
pitchers-Paul Derringer. Kirby Hig~
be of the Phillies. Luke Hamlin OF
the Dodgers. Bucky Walters of the
Reds and Harry Gumbert of the
Giants who held the American
leaguers TO five stingy hits. Such
sluggers as Joe DiMaggio. Charlie
Keller and Ted Williams spent all
afternoon vainly trying to get a
piece of the ball.
Manager Joe Mccarthy of the
American league club sent seven
of his own New York Yankees into
the starting lineup.
The Boston Red Sox contributed
Jimmy Foxx at first base and Ted
Williams in right field Eventually
almost everybody on both squads got
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-18
Barbara Worth Golfers Defeat La Mesa
81 10 20 in Annual Team Matches

Barbara Worth country club golf
ers took a one-up lead over La Mesa
Sunday in the annual home and
home series by defeating the San
Diego county linksmen 3l'2 TO 49,
in a match played over the Bar
bara Worth course.
The largest crowd of the season
was on hand for the match play
tournament as twenty teams OF
golfers competed in the match PLAY.
A mixup at the tee. occasloned by
hit-and-miss scheduling OF matches,
left an estimated group of 20 Bar
bara Worth golfers stranded at the
club house from a. m. until II
without opposition.
In the feature matches OF the day
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Favored Teams
Win at Denver

DENVER. March l8. IUPI-The
strong continued TO profit al the ex-
pense of the weak today as first
round culls were weeded from the
National Amateur Athletic union
basketball tournament.
Eleven teams were eliminated in
yesterdays marathon. Seven more
will be ousted today and five sec
ond round contests will feature the
evenings program.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-18
Thursday Mat Card to
Match All Stars Of Ring
Dean Finally
Comes 10 Terms

LOS ANGELES, March 10. CUP)-
Jerome Dizzy Dean was back on
the Chicago Cubs payroll today and
his salary was halved, but he pre-
dicted that this season would be his
best
After reversing ultimatums al
most as soon as he spoke them last
night he signed 1910 contract for
$10,O00-half of what he received in
1899.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-18
Yuma Golfers
Win Tourney

Yuma high school Saturday won
the third in a series of high school
golf tournaments over the Arizona
city course by outScoring Brawley
and Holtville.
Yuma tailed % points. Holtville
scored l6, Brawley -. Red Edwards,
jr, of Holtville with an 81, was low
scorer.
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Fenske TO Try
4.Minute Mile

CHICAGO, March IS. CUP)-The
next step for the mechanical man,
bespectacled Charley Fenske. is a
crack at the elusive, much debated
-four minute mile.
Officials who clicked him as he
shattered all existing records for
three quarters in the paced race
against time Saturday night nomi-
mated the dark haired running robot
as the man finally to do that four
minute miracle. which has been the
target of every miller since way
back when.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-18
Hot Cross Buns
Will Be Specially
At Martin S Bakery

A sweet tooth leads to a
Hot Cross bun and that means
Martins National Bakery in Eel
Centre.
For the balance of this week
until Easter Sunday the bak-
cry will feature Hot Cross buns,
the old fashioned kind that ap-
peal to the appetite and melt
in the mouth, U. L. Martin,
genial and jovial owner, an
nOunced Monday.
The special on buns is
part of the bakery's observa-
ton of the Lenten season. In
addition, Martin will continue
to sell delicious cookies at two
dozen for twenty-five cents
over the week-ends as an add
ed specially.
Martins bakery handles only
quality merchandise and main
tains complete stock. 1t is
the oldest bakery firm in the
valley.
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L. A. STOCKS

LOS ANGELES. March IS. up
Airplane issues listed on the Los
Angeles stock exchange To-Day 'ooh
small losses. apparently a. the result
of peace movements in Europe.
Lockheed hit "a new ow II -
off /. point Menasoo was off a ~
u. Ryan was off 4 at AZ and vega
was off l.. at A..
Aside from the drop in aircraft Is
sues. trading on the ocal eN'uah X
wa dul with only four STOKE
showing gains and II unchanged OF
a turnover of 1000 shares.
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WARD-SMITH WIN
O-AMATEUR MEET

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla, March 10
(UP)-Marvin BUD Ward, nationa
amateur champion and Horton
Smith of Oak Park, ILL.,, headed fol
the $4,000 north and south open
championship at Pinehurst, NJ. c.
today carrying the national ANA
teur- professional title.
Ward and Smith, only favored
team to survive the tourney, de-
feated Harold Mandy. Westerfield
Conn. and Henry Poe. Reading, Pa.
4 and in yesterdays finals.
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SEATTLE TRIUMPHS

SAN FERNANDO Calf, March
18. oUPD-Seattle got the best of a
hitting spree and beat Los Angeles
1l-8 yesterday. Ripper Collins put
the Angels ahead GA with a homer
scoring Two ahead of him in the
third but from then on Seattle took
over Francis Kelleher got three hits
IL five times at bat and put over two
OF the winning runs on a double.
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! Logan jenkins and Curley Vesey
tied j. Barringer and Ken Barnes
Forrest Ferguson and Forrest Man
ley defeated w K. Williams and K
Whitcombe OF La Mesa, 2la to l.
Wayne Elvander and Jersey Birch
field defeated F. A. Harte and E. NJ
Mccormick. 80; and Loveridge
Marsh and Newt Brazelton defeated
w. A Main and w A. Elburta. o.
10 =.
Low score of the day was fired by
Jersey Birchfield with a 76.
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Hoppe Takes
Billiard Lead

CHICAGO. March 10. CUP)-Vet-
eran Willie Hoppe of New York took
an undisputed lead in the worlds
chamionship three cushion billiard
tournament today with five victories
and no losses. He defeated Otto
Reiselt, Philadelphia, last night, DO
to 25.
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ipino champion, and unless the boys
who make the matches are mistak-
en- it'll be the greatest battle seen
in the valley.
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Vincent Lopez Ell PuIpo, PantaIeon
Manlopis. Box Car Jacobs Among
Feature Bout Performers

Thursday night will be all-sar night at the city limits
arena and all of the best grappers will be there In the
main event Pantheon Manlopg and Vincent Lopez former
champion of the world will ange in three-fa grudge
battle It's grudge match because Lopez won decision
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-18
Ell Centr0 P sYs;ss:sss s Directory
Insurance Agency
Over % Yrs. Old

Edgar Bros. Realty company
has passed the quarter century
mark for writing all lines of
insurance in Imperial Valley,
its owners and operators, Mark
w. Washburn and Warren w.
Washburn, father and son, an
nOunced. The concern has its
headquarters at 6O8 Main
street, phone 100.
The company represents only
stock fire insurance companies
that are sound financially be-
cause they charge premium
for insurance that has been
proved by actual experience to
be the lowest that can be
charged and accumulate re-
serves that are required for
prompt and full payment Of
losses. They specialize in all
lines of liability and casualty
insurance, having a general
agency for the U. S. Fidelity
and Guaranty company with
net assets for payment of losses
of over SO million dollars. This
connection has lasted Is years.
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National Leaguers
Nip American p

TAMPA, Fla. March Is. (CP)-Ball games that are
and lost in March much but the Nation
al league feels pretty cocky today having paStered
a defeat American league all-Star team made up
chiefly of New DIRK Yankees That to l victory, Won
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l. 4. GRAINS

Los ANGELES. March Is. up
Wheat 80.
No. ] hard white .... $40 y 10
No. soft white .... Sl,6' y IL =
Barley -,
- NJ . vTllaw 81 Sol 81
Milo No. /. yellow .... Sl.37 Z. -l.42 !.
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L. A. HAY

Los ANGELES, March IS. up
L. 5. No. / ......-..... :l4.JV- 800
L. :. No. = leafy ...... $500 4.Ge
|. :. No. ................... $ll.ne
Barley hay .......... Sl2.0O-l3. o.
Oat hay ................ $14.Oy-1 . On
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l.. A. BANKS
LOCAL BUTTERFAT

Los ANGELES, March IS. up
Transa merica ............... GA . "a
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The whole point
Of telling you
about This Is
NOT III Of we
operate q lost
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but simply +hof the men who
serve you at Union Oil stotions
throughout the West ore The
kind Of men who will foke time
10 be good neishbors.
And since rs is such good gaso-
line, and Triton such superb
motor oil, it makes dealing with
Union Oil Company all the
easier.
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to meet him. But busy con-
ductor put him off at the wrong
corner!
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MPLS. FLAX FUTURES
- q O

st 30
$3.50
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-03-13
SECURITY BOARD EXPOSES FAULTS
OF J0BLEss BENEFITS SET-UP

WASHINGTON FP)-Inadequacy
of the present unemployment com.
pensation set-up was emphasized by
the social security board here in a
study on the subject, published in the
boards bulletin.
Most state systems that are cur
rently accommodating relatively large
reserves have been less successful in
meeting the social detectives of the
program as measured in terms of the
size of the weekly benefit and ex-
haustive rate than have the states
with the relatively small reserve ac-
cumulations," the boards bulletin de-
clares.
'In the states where the reserve is
relatively large, consideration of a re-
duction of contribution rates is pre-
Guided by the inadequacy of the pro-
gram both relatively and absolutely.
"In the states where the program
| is more adequate, the possibilities of
reduction in the contribution rate
are restricted because of the compar-
atively narrow margin between cur
rent income and expenditures. More
over, even In the latter group of
states there is need for more ade-
quate provisions In an absolute sense"
The article suggests that national
equalization fund is needed to enable
all states to provide an adequate pro-
gram of unemployment compensation.
The suggestion is based ON the as
sertion that, other things being equal,
states with the largest burden of UNI
employment will be hardest hit
In judging the adequacy of the bene-
fits paid, the article takes Sc week
as a reasonable minimum benefit,
declaring it is almost 50% of the mini
mum wage for 42-hour week as
established by the wage-hours law.
Yet half the payments in Arkansas,
Georgia and Mississippi and two-thirds
of the payments in North Carolina in
the July-Sentember quarter Of 1899
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-03-13

were below this Sc week.
Most of the states, It is said, tina
accumulated reserves at the highes
rates during 1899 made the larges
proportion OF weekly benefit payments
below Sc a week in the third quarter
of that year.
In many cases. the article continues
the minimum unemployment benefit
is extremely low In North Caroline
1T is $3.50 week In 20 states 1t Is
less than SIS a week and in three
states there are no minimums In II
states SIS has been set as the mini
mum.
Since in many cases this SIS repre-
sents more than 500 of the full-time
weekly wage, inadequacy on this score
might be said to be a problem of the
inadequacy Of the wage structure in
the u. s. rather than of the benefit
structure in the unemployment com
pensation system, especially If the as
sumption is made that the existing
relationship between benefits and
wages shall be maintained" the article
declares.
However, 1t may well be that bene
fits should be greater than 500 of the
full-time weekly age, especially for
the low-paid worker" it adds
In some places, the article notes
wages Of covered workers are so small
that they cannot qualify for even the
minimum benefit payment.
In three-fourths of the states, it is
stated, 1870 of the covered workers
could not have qualified for benefits
on the basis of reported earnings
while in one-third of the states over
$50 of the covered workers would
have been ineligible had they become
unemployed.
These figures would be much high
er, it is noted, If the comparison were
made with the number of covered
workers who became unemployed
rather than the total number of COY.
cred workers fworkers entitled to
benefits),
Figures on the length of time work
ers receive unemployment benefits
were incomplete. 1t was reported, but
those available for Iowa and New
Hampshire indicate that a very sub
stantial portion OF those claiming ben
efits lose their rights to further bene-
fits while they are still unemployed.
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Oregon Employer
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CONTINUED From Page One)
"others" probably meaning legitimate
unions.
The aims Of the national organize
ton would be essentially the same ex
cept that the emphasis would be on
obtaining favorable legislation and
fighting certain social legislation, par
ticularly the Wagner labor act
Although the association maintains
that it is not anti-labor, its record
proves otherwise. 1t conducted a Wig
orous campaign for the state anti
picket law. 1t helped break up the
retail clerks drive for closed shop
in Oregon City and In several in
stances forced individual unions to ac-
cept unsatisfactory contracts.
| Members of the association agree
not to conduct separate dealings with
labor representatives. If the employ
er has had previous relations with
the union he must allow the associa-
TONS local unit to aid in contract ne
gotiations.
| When the agreement is reached 1t
uluSL NC 6cuL W 6tdlc ucdQ4u dTtoT b
for final approval. The state office
will consider negotiating only when
the union has majority of the work
ers.
II the employer has had no previous
dealings with the union, he refers the
union representative to the local unit
of the association which, In turn, takes
up the issues with state headquarters.
No single employer will sign an agree
ment-he calls In the association and
| it's trained labor relations men in all
individual shop or trade disputes.
Hay is tall, dynamic and has the
ability to organize. He was born in
st. Paul, Mimi, 38 years ago and
later moved to Winnemucca, New, and
San Francisco. In 1886 he came to
Salem to handle labor relations for
the Motor Vehicle Assn.
Two years ago, when the Salem
Merchants Assn. decided to expand
into state organization, Hay was Sc
|lected to manage the new group. He
established units In nearly every Ore
gon town and has been working on
plans for expansion into national as
ISOLATION
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Newspapers Are
Continued From Page one)

amendments Labor's NOn-PartisaI
many unions are preparing to fight.
1t was learned here that the pro
posal to be made to Fleming by per
sons in his division studying the prob
lem of exemptions on the basis o.
wages paid, will include the recon
mendation that separate wage levels
be set in each industry and that nj
overall figure, such as $3.50 a month
be used in setting the hours exemption
level.
| In its memo, the guild cites the
statement of Roy Howard, publisher
of the Scripps- Howard papers, made
when one of his papers was estab
lished in Denver. 1--WE are coming
to Denver to sell advertising at g
rate profitable to those who buy it,
Howard declared.
| mo one can quarrel with these
legitimate aims" the guild memo con
tinues. "a private business corpora
ton exists naturally to make profits
In the newspaper industry, however
| this motive is minimized or concealed
by a constant emphasis on the role OF
newspapers as public servants.
"The industry today with its 49,,
000,0 daily customers does over ST.
000, 100000 worth of business annually
1t is estimated that the advertising
revenue in 1899 was approximately
$5O7 900, 900.
"Of the 1888 English language daily
newspapers now in existence, 80 have
a circulation of approximately 100000
or over. 1t is safe to say that the
capital of each of these newspapers
exceeds $1,000,000 and in some cases
many times that.
These 90 papers have total daily
circulation exceeding 100000. In
other words, less than $50 of the daily
newspapers control over 50% of the
circulation. Many of these newspa-
pers, as we'll as the smaller ones, are
local monopolies."
The memo cites Editor & Publisher,
organ of the publishers, to show that
"a staff of 25 persons is needed to
get out a newspaper of less than 5000
circulation, 38 are required to produce
a paper with 5000 to 10000 circula-
ton, ITS for papers between $4,000
and 100000 and correspondingly more
as circulation goes up.
1.-THE thought that newspaper is
a private corporation and has absolute
control over its own columns is rarely
expressed in the daily press" the guild
memo declares, 'but on one occasion
the Wall Street Journal said, "A news
paper is a private enterprise, owing
nothing to the public, which grants it
no franchise 1t is, therefore, affected
with no public interest. 1t is en-
phatically the property of its owner,
who is selling manufactured product
at his own risk
don B. Patterson, national adver-
Using manager of Scripps-HOward
Newspapers, in an address to the
ANPA in 1886 declared, "A newspaper
is just as much product to sell as
soap or any other commodity
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weeks in the United States will hardly make him expert in
American democracy He learn something from visit
inspection of departments and bureaus and the
chitchat of cocktail parties in Washington But he will only
be skirting the edges.
ITO find out what democracy really Otto should sit
with the group around the cracker barrel in country store
hear trial two read the test feedom of speech
for himself, to ball game, descend into mne visit
few factories join pretzebenders shndg witness bath
ing beauty contest live few days with migrant croppers
drive jaopy from to coast hot dog with plenty
Of mustard play stud poker the set Golden Gate
fall the Grand Canyon relief and
support family SIS month
Maybe then, if he had couple years. he would get
gmmerng of what Americans have learned by
that democracy cannot be caught in phrase inter-
preted in terms of tangible things
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Labor Acts
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its most amusing stories in recent
months.
Rep. Howard Smith 3D., Va.), chair
man of the committee, is man who
has spent 10 years in the House with
out once voting for labor bill He
Is now seeking to drum up support
for his amendments ON the ground
that 1--WE liberals" have got to protect
the act from emasculation
He hasn't taken anybody Into camp
so far.
The outlook for the wage-hours act
at this session of congress Is also
fairly good.
Pending before the House are three
proposals to amend the act. They can
be called up any time member Of the
Rules committee sees fit to make the
proposal.
But the members Of the Rules COM
mittee most anxious to gut the wage
hours law are seemingly satisfied they
can get what they want from Philip
Fleming, wage-hours administrator.
So far they have been holding off.
According to reports, Fleming has
told them enforcement proceedings
will not be started against firms which
are not clearly and flagrantly in vio-
latiOn of the act. This concession Is
larger than it seems for the wage
hours bureau Is without funds to do
q Iat4 io1 30
In the second place, the same
sources say, Fleming has successfully
pleaded that he is still unfamiliar with
the act and that he should be given
chance to study the act before
agreeing that any OF it needs chang
ing.
Underlying the enforcement picture
is the section of the wage-hours law
permitting employees to file suits d.
rectly for back wages due them under
the law. II their case is upheld In
the courts they collect double the
amount due as we'll as having their
attorneys fees paid by the boss.
Fleming recently called attention to
this fact and, In left handed fashion.
invited workers who fael they have
good cases to go directly into the
courts without recourse to the wage
hours division.
It's one safeguard workers have II
Fleming goes sour.
F. C. Harrington, WPA commission
er, has been given permission from
the White House to request a larger
sum for WPA than that asked by
Pres. Roosevelt in his budget message.
1t is reported.
Harrington will make the request
when he appears before the House
committee to talk
about the WPA needs for the coming
year and the WPA has already begun
to build up the case for added funds
by emphasizing, for the first time, the
need that does exist and may be ex-
pected to continue and the fate of
those who have been thrown off WPA.
The president requested an appro-
priation for an average of 1885, 900
WPA workers. This years average
was 1,850,000.