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Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-30
London on Alert
For First Signs
OfNew Offensive
BY UNITED PRESS

British desert forces swept
into Derna Thursday as
Adolf Hitler promised a de-
cisive spring offensive and
warned that Americen aid for
Britain will be torpedoed."
Troops of Gen. Sir Archibald
Wavell occupied Derna Thursday
morning, leaving only Benghazi,
capital of Libya, still in Italian
hands in the eastern half of that
African colony.
The drive on Benghazi was on
at full speed as the British hast
ened to consolidate their Mediter-
ranean position before German air
aid could become an important
factor in the crumbling italian
defense.
Enemy planes raided the Sucz
canal but were reported to have
inflicted no damage. The COM
munique did not reveal whether
the aircraft were German or 1tal-
been driven from the African air
AS Hitler spoke, German planes
made nuisance raids on London
where Wendell l.. Willkie busily
continued his inspections and inter-
views with scant heed to air raid
alarms. Berlin reported three Brit
ish speedboats had been sunk in
an English channel encounter with
Nazi speedboats.
In Greece, italian counter-attacks
were reported suspended for the
moment and the Greeks launched
drives on the coastal and central
sectors but there was no indication
whether a powerful offensive was
about to get underway.
The Russians, reacting to war
dangers, inaugurated further chang
es in the Red army at the orders OF
Marshal Semyon Timoshenko which
were believed to put Soviet forces
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Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-30

'SDOFUS palace on UTc 6Un d1l1llVeT-
sary of his assumption of power
that
IF the United States wants to
send help we say this: Every ship
with or without convoy that ap-
proaches Britain will be torpedoed
Should those people enter the
war Europe will defend itself"
He declared
l. Germany has taken into full
account from the beginning" the
possibility of United States aid to
Britain.
2. German submarine fleets, air
force ana land divisions will strike
this spring and force a decision
one way or another"
3. Germany has armed and
armed and armed" and anyone
who seeks to destroy Germany will
get rude awakening"
4. Germany has prepared mill
tary surprises-"blue wonders
for her opponents.
5. Italy stands firmly at Ger
many's side and hopes for revolt
In Italy or Germany because of
Italian setbacks are vain.
Hitler challenged the British to
attempt an invasion of the CONT
nent from which. he asserted, they
have been chased out"
L only wish they would let me
know in advance" he said, then
we could talk the one language
they seem to understand"
The democracieS, he asserted, are
suffering from brain paralysis"
and can never hope to overcome
hundreds of millions of people and
organize them in the interests of
a few little democratic merchants.
He said the war will continue
but the past year and a half's
fighting "has practically" decided
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Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-30

at least four times as much mag
nesium a year as did the United
States.
Magnesium is the lightest COM
mercial metal known and without
it high strength aluminium alloys
cannot be produced. Government
experts said it was of ineStimable
value in defense and aid to Brit
ain. Its use in bombing planes per-
mits the carrying of greater bomb
loads and fuel because of lighter
construction and it is important 10
the manufacture of airplane engines,
bomb castings, tracer bullets, para
chute flares and incendiary bombs.
The grand jury states its belief
that the United States defense pro-
gram was "hampered" and Ameri-
can production of aircraft "lmpeded
and delayed" through the alleged
restrictive agreements among the
defendant companies. 1t specifical-
ly accused them of violation of the
Sherman antitrust act in what
prosecutors said was the most i'm
portant case to come before the
department of justice in the last
year.
The grand jury handed up three
indictments to Judge Edward A.
Conger containing five counts
charging control of magnesium
products by six corporations and
nine individuals.
The Aluminium Company of Am
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Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-30
Shed by Shed
Review Shows Is
Plants Affected

A shed by shed review of
the strike situation Thurs
day revealed this:
Ralph Myers shed, full
cowboy crew at work and
pickets still outside.
Arena shed in Brawley, cowboy
crew at work and pickets outside
Alex Engleman shed, part of
regular crew at work after pickets
Withdrawn by injunction.
j. P. Carter shed, at standstill
with pickets outside.
Farley Fruit shed, cowboy crew
at work and pickets outside.
Jones and Kavanaugh shed, not
working because no lettuce, pickets
outside.
M. O. Best shed, full cowboy crew
working, picketS outside.
Charles Freedman shed, full cow
boy crew at work, pickets outside.
Fred Hilvert shed, cowboy crew
at work despite pickets.
Salinas Valley Vegetable EX-
change, picketed but full crew at
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Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-30
Roosevelt 0kays
Power Yardsticks'
For Two Valleys
Columbia River, Midwest
To Get Federal Setups
Similar to Tennessee

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.
UP) = President Roosevelt
was reported today to have
granted tentative approva!
for a plan to establish two
gigantic powder yardsticks," SINH
lar to the Tennessee Valley author
ity. on the Columbia river and in
the Arkansas Valley.
Congressional delegations from
Washington and Oregon have been
drafting legislation for two weeks
that would revamp the administra-
tive setup of Bonneville and Grand
Coulee dams along the lines OF
IVA.
A final draft of the measure is
being held up pending final approx
al of the interior department. The
congressional delegations also wish
to confer with David E. Lilienthal,
vice chairman of IVA.
Sens. John E. Miller, D., Ark,
and Hattie w. Caraway, D., Ark,
introduced a bill to create an Ark
ansas Valley authority two weeks
ago. A similar measure was intro
duced in the house by Rep. Clyde
T. Ellis, D., Ark.
President Roosevelt was quoted
by an official source as favoring the
two projects as a way of keeping
"watchful eye" on rates charged
by private companies and keeping
power prices down. Furthermore, it
was asserted, the Rural Electrifica-
ton Administration has distributed
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Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-30

committee approval OF Cne meas
ure came 20 days after the bill was
introduced in congress and few
hours after German Chancellor
Adolf Hitler had warned that Am
erican supplies for Britain would
be "torpedoed."
Most members of the committee
were working on the measure in
closed session at the time of Hitler's
speech and were unaware of his
words.
Pending comment on his threat,
it was recalled that President Roose-
velt, in his message to congress
asking for adoption of the British
aid measure, declared that the Unit
ed States would not be deferred by
German or italian threats.
1t also was pointed out that under
present neutrality regulations AM
erican ships are forbidden to carry
supplies to Britain, and that they
must be carried there by British
ships or those of other nations al
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Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-30

one of about 80 young men who
reported for work Wednesday morn
ing at a CaleXico lettuce shed, and
found a picket whose CIO banner
prevented them from entering the
shed, as effectively as a Nazi ma
chine gun barrage might have.
1--WE didn't want to strike" he
said There wasn't any vote. We
didn't even know they were going
to strike us, until we got there. And
there was the picket. He'll! A fel-
low can't go through a picket line.
Why? Wouldn't it settle things
pretty we'll if the whole crew busted
back to work?
He moved uncomfortably. He'd
heard that question before, you
could tell
We'll, you see," he said, "if it was
an all year round job down here.
that'd be different. We'd tell 'em
to 60 to blazes. But us fellows, we'll
only work here a few weeks. Then
we've got to go to Salinas, or Phoe-
nix, or wherever the crops coming
off. And you ought to see what they
do to the guys who've rated. I've
seen a whole shed stop work when
a man came on that passed picket
line somewhere else. Me, I'd rather
quit cold than pass a picket"
He looked around a bit uncertain
ly. Then he blurted it out
What I wish you'd do" he said,
'is to tell these people in the val
ley that we're not all strikers. We
want to work. We amt got no
grudge at anybody. We're satisfied.
We don't know what it's all about.
It's not very much fun to have
everybody pointing you out as 'one
of them damn strikers. Only, what
re you going to do?
After they pulled our crew off,
we all talked it over. The fellows
appointed committee of six to call
on this union man-Ras what's
his name? Gle meant Ted Ras-
mussen, delegate of the Fruit and
Vegetable Workers Union, CIO).
was on the committee. So we came
up to see this man. He talked to us,
all right, but he wouldn't tell us
nothin'.
He said, There's a picket on the
she'd That's all you fellows need
to know. I'll call a vote when I get
around to it.
I'VE told him we couldn't under
stand why there was picket on
the place, and he wouldn't tell us.
"All we want is a vote. I'll bet
there'd be about SO per cent of the
fellows from my shed vote to go
back to work. 1 know of two more
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Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-30

ficial hearing at a later date.
The Transcontinental Wester
Air, Incorporated. the Western Air
Express and the American Airlines,
Inc. the three companies inter
ested in establishing the service,
were invited to file briefs before
Feb. 4.
Thomas Wolfe, vice president of
the traffic and advertising for the
Western Air Express telephoned the
Post-Press Publishing company of
the scheduled meeting
Los Angeles, San Diego, Palm
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-30
In County Jail

William F. Cody was in the coun-
ty Jail Thursday.
A hungry beardless youngster 16
years of age with the same name
as the famous American was held
there Thursday on a charge of car
theft. He was arrested in Winter
haven "Wednesday night by Deputy
Sheriff John Cousen. Ralph Samp-
son. q, was held on the same charge.
The boys became residents of the
Jail at noon Thursday. They said
they lived in Tucson, Ariz.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-30

reports that reached The Southend
'of the valley mentioned Frank Cru
bel, Calipatria justice of the peace,
most frequently.
OF the other candidates strong
bids were expected from Roy
Thompson and Charles Guest with
r. M. Chapman and Joe Bailey
making lesser headway. That was
the election dope" but any,
thing can happen in a five-cornered
race.
Powerful surface campaigns were
in progress in the Holtville division
where Mayor Claude Shaw appear
ed to be extending the Mark Rose
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-30
CAA Schedules PorIev,
Revives Airmoil Hone

Imperial Valleys almost aban-
doned hope of passenger and air
mail service revived Thursday with
announcement of preliminary con-
ference called in Washington Feb.
4 by the Civil Aeronautics author
ity.
All airlines interested in estab-
fishing air routes to include Imperial
Valley on their regular routes were
asked to attend this preliminary
hearing at which time plans were
expected to be made for the Of
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-30

bloc to the utmost.
Meanwhile, of the SO or 60 appli-
cations for absentee ballots sent
out by partisan supporters to I'M
perial Valley voters out of the val
ley, only 16 had brought results.
Secretary Walter Goodson reported
that 16 absentee ballots had reach
ed him, nine for Holtville division
and seven for the northend.
Friday will 5e deadline for receiv-
ing applications for absentee bal
lots. The ballots are then mailed
out the previous day and must be
voted and in the mail by election
day, Feb. 5.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-30

Springs, Yuma and Imperial Valley
will all file briefs showing why the
line is needed and desired
Western Air proposed a triangular
service connecting Imperial Valley
with San Diego and Phoenix on
one route and Los Angeles. Palm
Springs, and the Valley on the other
route.
A year ago the Civil Aeronauties
autority called a preliminary hear
ing but never called the official one
as 1t never was included ON the
official calendar.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-30
HIGHWAY CONTRACT
AWARD ANNOUNCED

A contract was awarded by the
California department of public
works Thursday for construction of
a bridge across the central main
canal in the Brawley district.
Contract went to the Thomas
Construction company of Burbank
on a bid of $13,983. Plans and
specifications called for concrete
structure.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-30
|NjUNCTI0NS GUST P|CkETS AT TWO SHEDS
Here's Strike
Al a Glance

Fifteen sheds affected: one
completely shut down.
Rruce Church shed working
again after injunction obtained
by Churfi, prevented further
picketing.
AFL obtained injunction to
prevent furth er picketing by
CTO at Alex Engleman shed.
First sign of jurisdictiOnal dis
pute between unions.
Complaints charge crew ballot
against strike was disregarded
by CIO leaders.
Individual workers declare,
"We don't know what it's all
about"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-30
Air Crash Victim
Was Visitor Here

Mr.. and Mrs. Aubrey Moody Of
Ell Centro were shocked Thursday
to learn of the death of Flying
Cadet E. Baylis, 25, who visited
their son, William A. Moody, in
FL Centre and roomed with him
in Glendale and Bakersfield.
The young cadet was killed We'd
nesday near Bakersfield when his
plane plunged into a field during
solo flight.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-30

with prices holding around $3.50
for heavy SIS. Four dozen crates
were quoted slightly lower.
Lettuce shipments from the val
ley Wednesday totaled l29 cars.
Other crop shipments, including
carrots, spring peas, squash and
tomatoes increased Thursday as
crews were able to get into fields.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-30

valley Wednesday, Jacobs said, and
the weather charts indicated the
latest in a series of winter storms
had passed eastward, possibly for
the season.
Return of clear skies and bright
sunlight, boosted lettuce shipments
from the valley back to the 200 car
level Thursday, according to the
Federal-State market news service
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-30
Hitler Says U. S. Aid to
Britain to be Torpedoed:
Fascists Lose Dernu Base
IF America Enters War. Europe Will
Defend Self Fuehrer Tells Audience on
Anniversary Of Ascent TO Power

BERLIN, Jan. 80. (UP)-Adolf Hitler said today that
American aid for Great Britain "will be torpedoed ant
Europe will defend itself" should the people the Amer
ican continent enter the war.
Hitler told a cheering crowd of 10000 at the Berlin
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-30
Defense Product
Scheme Revealed
Indictments Charge Firms Conspired
To Give Germany Four Times as Much
Maone siun as Received in America

NEW YORK, Jan. 30. (UP)-The federal grand jury
investigating defense material bottenecks returned ndlct
ments today charging that the Aluminium Company OF
America combined with the German dye trust and othe
comnanes to produce situation in which Germany go.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-30
District Election
Five Days Away

With election day for the Imperial Irrigation district
scant five days distant spirited campaigns in both the
northend and the Hove division swung past the three
quarter pole and into the money stretch.
It was still anyones in the northend although
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-30
Committee okdVS
Aid Britain Bill

WASHINGTON, Jan. 80. (UP) The house foreign
affairs committee today approved the administration
momentous Brtsh-aid bill with minor amendments and
ordered reported to the chamber for debate possibly
starting next Monday The vote reported to be II to
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-30
ALIVE Ask--WhV
Cant We Work
They WouIdn't Tell U.s. Claims Lettuce
Packer Who Says She d Workers Want
Chance to Vote Fairly on Strike Issue

Editors Noe This article given side
do not wish the attitude
typical of all packing shed workers.
hold the the
solely matter group
labOrers seldom heard frOma
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-30
Clear Weather
Predicted Here

Weatherman Woodrow c. Jacobs shook off his pessmism
Thursday and predicted clear weather for Imperial Val
ley thursday night and Friday with only occasion high
cloudness during the next 48 hours
cool moist air replaced the unstable air which
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-30
Is Plants Feel
Strikes Effect:
Two Unions Row
AFL Laborers Enjoin CIO Picke+s from
Interfering with Jobs; Damages Asked;
Crews Back at Work in TwoE. {. Sheds

Crews of two lettuce sheds went back work in I'M
peria Valley Thursday after pickes had been withdrawn
by unctons and the controversy developed union
jurisdctiona side issue
Latest developments brought the affected sheds in the
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-30
: BY ED FITZHUGH =

call we wanted to know is, why can't work? ?-and
they wouldn't tell u.s."
He husky young chap with oneday's stubbe of
blond beard queery framing the glasses from behind which
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-30
% AMslINe
a. epoRTER
A Swell Method

A Swell Method
When Earl Edgar bought pair
of boots the other day, he was a
bit wrong about the size. They
were nice boots-but there wasn't
room in them for his feet. So,
unwilling to return the footgear
for replacements and highly wish
full of wearing it. Earl hit upon
a scheme which deserves a place
in ingenuity's hall of fame. He
filled the boots with beans, poured
in some water, and settled back to
wait the result. What it was, RR
knoweth not. But, considering the
swelling tendencies of wet beans,
we'd be willing to wager Earl will
be able to get more than his feet
in the boots when he's through with
the experiment.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-30
English Lesson

English Lesson
Besides getting to know charm
ing gentleman, we got new pro-
nunciation out of meeting Willard
Ellis of the FCA this week.
He pronounced Samoa Sam-o h-ah
with accent on the Sam. He should
know, because he's been there, but
just for ducks we looked it up and
it's right. Our common Sam-OH-
ah is all right, though.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-30

Discount
Even better than the mackerel
we used the other day about loaning
money II the bank would o. k.
the note, was a discount" idea
/ that Ben Kellerman developed.
It seems that Ben loaned King
Maljan some currency at 6 per
cent. When Ben asked for a bit
on account, King retorted:
What are you beefing about,
you're piling up per cent interest,
aren't you?'
It'll tell you what. You pay me
the money and III pay the interest"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-30

To All and SunGry-
This letter was as crazy inside
as it was outside, which was plenty
1t was received by Judge Vaughn
Thompson-why we couldn't figure
out-and was addressed:
"elcentro courts, chadge open,
govermints democrat and republi-
can elcintro"
That just about takes in every
thing.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-30

1. v. Lettuce: Demand fairly
good for best SIS, slow for straight
Is; carloads (. o. b. cash track IS
S2.25-2.50; heavy Is slightly lower
straight Is S2.0O2.25.
L. A. hay; u. S. No. Nv. S17-17.5O;
U. S. No. 2 leafy, Sl4-$l5; u. 5.
NO. 2 Sl2-S13; Mpls. May flax
S1.69M.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-03

SUNDANCE. Wyo.. oct 3. -
Veteran Alpinists who mastered
the art Of rock-climblng in the
Colorado Rockies today Joined jim
efforts 70 rescue Charles Hopkins.
daredevil Texan who PaEschuted
10 the barren top Of the Devil $
Tower National Monument two
days ago and cannot descend its
precipitous sides.
The former Raj parachute
jumping instructor, who aided in
the evacuation of Dunkirk. was
branded like a crippled bird atop
ne Empire State Building and
7ccd a drop just as sheer.
lie spent his second night atop
he fantastic S65-foot rock forma-
ion ehuddled in a ready-made
penthouse" dropped TO him from
me skies.
II TRIPS
An airplane made IL trips over
the summit of the pinnacle yes
terday afternoon, dropping Hop
laSs a tent an Ak and firewood
Vell as additional food and
mnketS.
The 30 year old professional
u .achutiSt. who halls from San
Antonio, Tex, attempted 10 climb
down from his lofty perch yester-
day but returned 20 the barren
tabletop 10 spend another night
As a SnowStorm threatened
He edged his way 100 feet down
the side Of the formation. which
rises like a huge tree trunk out
Of the northeastern Wyoming bad
lands.
ct looks too tough" Hopkins
yelled down 10 a throng of 200
persons who had gathered from
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-03
SLY u. s.
Toxic Warns Russia
Against America

A""h""ef tfFf1 H"ifA'T N"otH
TOXIC. Oct. g. Exploratory
talks between the United States
and j apan are continuing. Koh
Ishii. chief japanese foreign office
spokesman. announced today.
Asked what effect current mill
tary developments in China might
have on the talks, Ishii replied
That's question 10 ask
Washington"
Meanwhile the Toxic newspaper
Hichi Shimbun sound q d new
warn ng TO Russia against the
sly United States.
Russia, said Hochi, may not only
lose her European position but
her Asiatic coast as we'll under
American exploitation. probably
now under way in the three power
conference in Moscow in which
American. British and Soviet mis-
sionS are discussing Anglo-Ameri-
can aid TO the Soviet Union.
There is no guarantee, said the
paper, that the United States will
not take advantage of Russia's
desperate plight 10 establish mill
tary bases along the Boring
Straits and on the Kamchatka
Peninsula.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-03
Michigan Deficit
Being Wiped0ut

LANSING. oct. B. State Audi
tor-General Vernon J. Brown pre-
dicted today the states original
30 million dollar deficit viii be
wiped out before the emf of the
present fiscal year providing no
Unforeseen depression sets in and
widespread unemployment result
ing from curtaled automobile
production can be avoided.
Brown revealed that The deficit
has been cut TO less than - mil
lion dollars as a TeSult-of increased
revenues from sales tax and liquor
profits and reduced expenditures
IN state departments.
Receipts for the first three
months OF the present fiscal year
exceeded those Of the same period
last year by at least six million
dollars, Brown said
"If during 1901. surplus
revenues and administrative saw
ings cut into the deficit at the
rate Of a million and a quarter
a month";" he added. land then
increased revenue and the same
careful safeguards against un-
necessary spending, IL can he
safely predicted that the deficit
will be entirely IiquidAted during
the next few months"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-03

drawn Of him-or her-from
observers descriptions.
Just when the fear OF invasion
overwhelmed public interest in the
monster, Italian dispatches an
nounced that a bombing plane N
MussollniS squadron blitzed the
lake and killed the beast.
Within a fortnight. a Scottish
squire and his sons reported that
the fabulous creature was active
again. and now all Britain has re-
turned 70 the controversy.
The American Weekly The mag
azine distributed with this coming
Sundays issue of The Detroit Sun.
day Times. presents the latest de
velopmentS in the discuss Tor
among scientists and laynen-a and
il is less amusing than you may
think But. any way you take H.
YOU viii find il deeply interesting
AN OLD ADAGE says. Never
write letter and never destroy
one but as long AS love fingers
lovers will put their thoughts on
paper Yet what about letters
from a phantom lover-not spirit
messages but hoHest-te-geodneSS
pen, ink and stationery stuff
An indignant husband accused
his wife OF receiving and replying
10 them and demanded a divorce.
bid ne get It? You viii find that
question answered cntertainingly
in The American Weekly, this
coming Sunday, too.
THAT WOMAN'S A CAT
How often have you heard the
comment and how rarely have you
tried 10 analyZe the truth of il!
Why should IL be considered a
criticism 10 be compared TO cat?
Science weighs the evidence in
The American Weekly this coming
Sunday and shows that cats pos
SeSs more virtues than vices and
that they are more like humans