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Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-20
ShiPyord Strike
Busting Delayed

row. Action at two others, operated
by Bethlehem Shipbuilding corpor-
alton, a Bethlehem steel unit, was
to await outcome of contract nego-
tiations between the company ana
the metal trades council.
U. S. navy officials and city ad-
ministrative officers sought delays In
the scheduled march until after
the machinists met to hear Cover
nor Olson appeal TO them to re-
nounce their demands and go back
to work on $500,000000 worth OF
warships and cargo carriers as i
patriotic gesture
Responsible quarters predicted the
machinists would reject OlSon's pro-
posal. Most of them, II was said, be-
lieve they are Indispensable and
can get jobs elsewhere at their
terms, $1.15 an hour and double
time for overtime. 1t also was re-
ported that the machiniStS would
be satisfied for the navy to reopen
the yards, because the navy yard at
Mare Island pays SLIP an hour,
time and one-half for overtime,
gives 26 days vacation with pays
Is days sick leave and holidays with
pay, and the strikers believe they
would get the same terms.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-20
Jackson Appeals
For Law TO Deal
With j. 5. Aliens

WASHINGTON, May 20. CUP)-
Attorney General Robert H. Jack
son today appealed 10 congress to
give the justice department author
ity to deal Vigorously with disloyal
aliens"
He contended the recent round
up of almost 500 aliens would be
wasted effort unless a bill Spon-
sored by Rep. Sam hobbs, D., Ala,
IS enacted quickly. The bill creates
an administrative board to decide
whether aliens who are legally, but
not physically, deportable should
be interned or "paroied."
A justice department compilation
showed at least 2l4 aliens, mostly
seamen, were seized over the week.
end in major seaport5 by immigra-
ton and naturalization officers.
About $50 German ana Italian sea-
men have been in custody since the
seizure of their ships.
The aliens taken in weekend raids
included CT Italians, "a Germans,
Il Greeks, 10 Jugoslavs, 10 Portu-
guese, 8 Dutch, 7 East Indians, 5
Spaniards, 3 Swedes, 8 Belgians. 2
Englishmen, 2 Scot5men, 2 Poles,
Canadian, Norwegian, | Cuban,
and l Danziger Tflrty-six have
not yet been classified.
Most of the arrests involved charg-
eS OF oyerstaying 60-oay leaves.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-20
National Defense
Plea Delays Labor
Chiefs Tax Trial

HOLLYWOOD, May 20. (UP)-
THE Importance of william Bioff
to the nations defense preparations
today enabled the pudgy film labor
leader to gain a three months post
ponement OF his trial on charges OF
eyading payment of $4,000 in in
come taxes.
Federal Judge Paul >McCormick
continued Bieff's trial until the Sep
tember term of the court when his
counsel said Bioff hao been appoint
ed to take charge Of technical crews
producing a series Of films design
ed to aid the army in instruction
of recruits.
The appointment was made by
George Browne, president OF the
international Alliance of Theatrical
Stage Employees of which Bioff is
an international representative.
Bioff'S attorney admitted that
neither the federal government nor
army authorities had requested the
labor leaders services.
Judge Mccormick allowed the
postponement when government at
torneyS offered no objection. Assis-
tant U. S. Attorney William F.
Hall said the prosecution welcomed
the postponement as it had not yet
completed its case against Bioff.
The trial originally was set for
June "a at which time Bioff was
to explain why he allegedly paid
taxes of only $63470 on an income
of $l69,2ll.38 received in 1878.
The film labor leader has been at
liberty on bail. He returned here
after serving the remaining six
months of an 18-year old Chicago
sentence for panderng.
Spokesman for the lATSE Bioffs
job would be to insure the uninter-
rupted production of the defense
films by personally handling all
labor difficulties that might arise
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-20
Army From Air
InvudeS Crete

peared 10 be q possible dress re-
hearsal for future attempts to in
wade Britain by air and sea.
1t was reported that the daring
German maneuver had succeeded
in landing approximately one divi-
sion Of fighting men-possibly TO-
coo TO 10000 troops-on the stra-
tegic Greek island.
How many gliders, Junkers-52
troop-carrying transports and spe-
cial parachutists' planes were in
volved in the attack was not known.
However, 1t was learned that "a
considerable number" of gliders
were utilized. 1t was believed they
were towed out over the 70-mile
channel between Greece and Crete
and then cut loose to sWoop down
silently on the Greco British fort
resS island
Use of gliders has been the SUBJ
ject of repeated speculation in mill
tary quarters but never before. so
far as was known here, have they
actually been employed in a tacti-
cal operation of war.
tThe British report appeared to
indicate that the Germans, possibly
through their use of parachutists,
had won control of at least one
airfield in Crete on which the troop
carrying transports and glider
planes could land)
A major battle now is raging for
control Of Crete, British sources
reported and some of the German
attackers were said to have been
wiped out with dispatch.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-20
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
No. 32Oh

Estate of Charles augustine Doo-
ley, also known as Charles A. Doo-
ley, deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the un-
dersigned Administrative With-the-
Will-anneXed of the Estate of Char
les Augustine Dooley, etc, deceased,
TO the creditors of and all persons
having claims against the said de-
ceased to present them with the
necessary vouchers within six
months after the fiji st publication
of this notice, TO the said Admins
tratrix at the office of Vernon Bet
tin, attorney, 112 w. 9th street, in
the City of Los Angeles, County
of Los Angeles, State of California,
which said office the undersigned
selects as a place OF business in all
matters connected with said estate,
or to file them with the necessary
vouchers within six months after
the first publication of this notice
in the office of the Clerk of the
Superior Court of the State of Cali
fornia, in and for the County OF
Imperial.
Dated, May 20, l94l.
CECILIA T. MONAHAN,
Administrative with the Will
annexed of the Estate of
said deceased.
VERNON BETTIN,
Attorney
liz w. 9Th st, Los Angeles,
Calf.
First publication May 20, l94l.
(M20-27-J3-l0)
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-20
Passengers. Crew
Of Liner Suved

BERLIN, May 20. CUP)-All the
crew and passengers Of the Egyptian
liner Zamzam. including l42 Amer
leans, were rescued by a German
warship which destroyed the ship
In the South Atlantic, it was an
nounced officially today.
The Zamzam carried 323 men,
women and children, including a
crew of 100 men. She had been
missing since she cleared Recife,
Brazil, April 10.
The authorized spokesman as
serted that the Zamzam, though
flying the technically neutral flag
OF a acknowledgement ally of Great
Britain, was carrying contraband
and therefore was suEk in accord
ance with international blockade
rules.
lie refused to disclose what type
of ship sank the Zamzam. but
pointed out that it could not have
been submarine since the warship
had taken 1923 persons aboard. The
passengers included missionaries and
ambulance drivers and crew are
now safe in occupied territory, he
said.
London authorized quarters sug-
gested that German surface raider
might be operating from the French
west African port of Dakar. The
phrase occupied territory" suggest
ed that the passengers and crew
were in French porv and that the
German warship was not a convert
ed merchant raider, but a cruiser,
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-20

SAN FRANCISCO, May 20. (UP)
John P. Frey, president OF the
AFL Metal Trades department, an
nounced a 24-hour delay today in
plans of 10000 metal trades union
lists to march through picket lines
of striking machinisJs and reopen
San Francisco bay area shipbuilding
plants.
I'VE positively will go through
every picket line tomorrow unless
the machinists' strike has been set
tied by that time," Frey said.
Later he clarified his announce
ment to say he was referring to
nine of the IL closed plants. He
said no attempt would be made for
the present to resume work at Beth
lehem Shipbuilding Corp. plants
until negotiations betWee the COM
pany and the AFE Metal Trades
unions for a contrac. are complet-
ed Bethlehem holds about $780,
900, 900 worth of defense contracts;
the other plants an additional $780,"
100000
Freys announcement followed
mass meeting in Oakland of 5000
allied craftsmen. Frey, Joseph
Moore, jr., of the struck Moore
Drydock company of Oakland, and
Oakland City Manager John Hassler
spoke. Each urged delay in the
back to work" movement until al
ter the striking C1O and AFL mach
inists, who are seeking higher wages,
met in San Francisco tonight to con-
slider appeals 20 enc their strike,
which began May 10.
The Moore plant in Oakland,
where CIO machinists are on strike,
and the Matson navigation COM
pany repair shop IN San Francisco,
where AFL machinists are striking
In parallel action, had been select
ed for today's expected test. While
strike leaders had announced there
would be no interference with men
returning to work, there was a
crowd of about $500 men at the
Moore plant this morning in antici-
patton of the AFL attempt to breach
the picket line there.
The back TO work" program an
nounced by the Bay City Metal
Trades council, AFL group repre-
senting allied craftsmen on both
sides of San Francisco bay original
ly called for work at two plants
today and at seven plants tomor-
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-20
.L.v. Shoppers Have
Chance 10 Win Sb5

Valley shoppers Wednesday will
have an opportunity to win $65 in
the Silver Bonus quiz contest. This
sum represents the accumulation
for three weeks of the portion OF
the weekly award not claimed by
the winners. 1t is the largest award
yet TO be made in this weekly con-
test.
Silver Bonus winners each week
are chosen from the subscribers to
this newspaper and must answer a
series of 10 questions to win the
initial award of IS. Upon presenta-
ton of sales slip from a particip-
ating merchant in the contest they
are entitled to receive the balance
OF the award, which this week has
reached the sum of $65.
Full particulars o. the Silver
Bonus weekly award contest are
detailed in the cooperative adyer-
tisement on page 3.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-20
.WouId.B Suicide
Confesses Murders

WHINING TON. Del, May 90
tOP) = Clarence Webb, Sr.. 28-
year-old chicken farmer, attempted
suicide and then allegedly confess
ed the Staying of his wife and
their two young children, after he
was apprehended by state police
today near Odessa.
After being chased by police in
an automobile for 10 miles. Webb
Jumped from his car and fired a
shotgun charge into his stomach.
detectives said. He was in critical
condition
while police were carrying him
TO their machine, Webb was said
70 have admitted beating his wife
Ethel, %, their son. Clarence, Jr.,
5. and a daughter, Judith. 7 months
to death with an axe early yester-
day.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-20
Columbia S Smoke
Gusts Teacher

COLUMBIA, Mo, May 20 up
Miss Josephine Dillon, Hollywood
dramatic instructor who has been
teaching at Christian college, said
yesterday she would not return
next year because of the smoke
condition.
THE smoke in Columbia is det-
llmental to my throat, and I can
not afford to jeopardize the thing
by whcih I make my living" Miss
Dillon said.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-20
Imperial Valley Press

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Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-20

sea. would be likely to remain at
sea, refueling and reyictualing from
its prizes, rather than risk an en-
counter with British warships near
the continent1
British and American comment or
the zamzam is wild agitation by
our opponents" the spokesman said,
and you can call that official
The zamzam carried CONTRA
band" he continued. 1T was sunk
in strict accordance with interna-
tional regulations after the crew
and passengers had been taken
aboard German ship.
Passengers and crew are now
safe and will be looked after some-
where in occupied territory.
mot a single life was lost.
This is an exemplary case OF
carrying out contraoand regula-
tons"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-20
Ships Will Carry
Food 10 ireland

WASHINGTON. May 20. up
President Roosevelt disclosed to-
day that he has authorized sale or
charter of two merchant vessels to
transport food to the civilian popu
lation of Fire. He also has author
zed expenditure OF 100000 to dis
patch the first consilnments under
supervision of the american Red
Cross.
The ships, he said, will be manned
BY Irish seamen and will sail under
irish registry In addition to the
initial S500,000 shipments, paid for
oy the U. S, he sad. he expects
The Fire government tc make addi-
tional food purchases for its civil
an population and transport the
consignments in these same two
ships.
The authorization, lie said. specif-
ically does not inclLGe shipments
Of any munitions or implements of
war
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-20
Nazis Spreading
Defeafism in U.S.,
Official Charges

LONDON, May 20. CUP)-Hans
Thomson, German charge d'affaires
in Washington, and Fritz Wiede-
mann, German consul general in
San Francisco, are among 1.-The
most notorious" of many German
agents spreading deieatism in the
United States, Gen. WladiSlaws ST.
korski, premier of the Polish govern
ment- t-in-exile, said in a speech to-
day.
Addressing the Anglo American
Correspondence association, SikorS-
XII, who returned in an American
built bomber from visit TO the
United States last night, charged
that in addition to his other activ-
tiles Wiedemann sought to under
mine American sympathy for Po-
land.
SikorSki also mentioned q man
named Scholz, saying he was at
tached TO the German embassy in
Washington and was "a notorious
German agent"
The latest state department dip
lomatic list does not list any per-
son named Scholz as member OF
the German embassy staff in Wash
ington)
Ut was resumed Sikorsky referred
to Herbert Scholz, former first Sec
retary of the German embassy in
Washington and at present German
consul in Boston
Sikorski said Rudolf Hess, on a
recent visit to Madrid, sought to
persuade Generalissimo Francisco
Franco to allow six German divi-
SONS to cross Spain to attack Glib
raltar.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-20
British Air, Land
Offensive Starts

the swampy countryside, at p. m.
yesterday, it was said.
British planes, it was made known,
began dropping pamphlets demand
ing that the Iraqi forces surrender
the areas which they held.
A brief authoritative statement
announced a major British drive
to knock out the Iraqi forces:
1T is learned in London that in
Iraq a combined land and air at
tack began early yesterday. Pam
phletS demanding surrender had
been dropped. Our ground forces
entered Fallujah at l4:00 hours
C. p. m. yesterday and no casual
ties were sustained either by them
of the royal air force"
News was awaited in London
that the duke of Aosta, italian
viceroy of Italy and cousin of King
Victor Emmanuel, had surrendered
with his personal staff TO the British
east African army in Ethiopia.
The surrender had been set for
noon g a. m. CST) at the dukes
request, in order that he might be
the last man to give up. His army
of 1000 surrendered yesterday with
a rich store of guns and munitions.
A British staff officer, whose
name was not given, said in a
radio broadcast summary Of the
Ethiopian campaign that the capture
of the dukes forces at Amba Alagi
virtually meant the end of Italian
resistance because the morale CT
the remaining forces, at Gondar in
the northwest and the lake region
in the south, would naturally be
affected by the surrender of the
main body.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-20
BY FREDERICK KUN

LONDON. May 20 CUP)-British
forces launched a combined land
and air attack on the 1raqi army
yesterday. it was said authoritatively
today.
British troops entered Fallujah, 35
miles west of Baghdad on the Eu-
ph5ates, where Iraqi forces had
strengthened themselves by flooding
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-20
BY EDWARD w. BEATTLE, JR.

LONDON, May 20 tUP)-German
paracnutists, air-transported troops
and-for the first time in the his
tory of warfare-glider-bor sold
iers today landed upon the Medi-
terranean Island of Crete in great
numbers and launched a furious
attack upon Greek and British de-
Tenders.
The attack was the boldest over
water stroke of the war and ap-
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-20
U. 5. Built Planes
Active in Africa

LONDON, May 20 CUP)-Ameri-
can-built war planes went into ac-
ton for the first time in North
Africa on Sunday, when they bonn
barded enemy positions around
Fort Capuzzo, the air ministry said
today.
The air ministry said the Ameri-
can craft were used to dump heavy
bombs on German tanks and mec-
hanized vehicles which were dis
persed near the old Capuzzo air
drome.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-20
RETURN TO Ell CENTRIC
AFTER ATTENDING RITES

Mr. and Mrs. Bert King returned
to El Centre from San Bernardino
Saturday after attending funeral
services for Joseph Trusler, who
was killed in traffic accident.
Trusler, a prominent Mason and
a pioneer orange grower of High
lands, was Mrs. Kings brother-in
law.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-28
AMERICA
IS ONE

lChri>tjuN Scicuc, Monitor)
There is no essential division among
those who believe in freedom and Justice
Men need to bold to this basic fact in the
face of situations which. like the mine
strike in the United States. suggest that
the supporters Of democracyS defense
against aggression are in conflict among
themselves
Philip Murray, president Of the Con-
grc>> of Industrial Organizations, has
said i'm his report to the Go convention
tH;t TIM, large Labor group, which i'll
r.,,uo> the United Mine Workers of AM
OJumvn policy OF all possible economic
and material aid to Great Britain. the
Soviet Union, and China against Nazi-
ism. Tie comments that the task of full
filling oar national defense program can
toe accomplished only through the aid
and energetic support Of all our people"
The American public heartily sub
Scrlbc> to that sentiment and will be in
cliucd to quote it back with emphasis on
the "aII." to the Go national executive
board which has supported the strike of
$4,000 workers in steel company coal
miners who are idle over the sole issue
OF union shop.
The demand of the miners grows out
oI long struggle with the steel compan-
les and out OF aspirations for debatable
form of industrial democracy. Ameri-
cans in general are friendly to self organ
ization for labor in contrast to the regi-
mentation of it in totalitarian countries.
But differences over degrees of unionsm,
like differences as to methods of defense,
should not disSipate the energies of free
dom : defenders.
The United States itself is today part
of bigger effort to secure the benefits
Of free and voluntary ways of living in
the world at large, and in that effort
tranScending national boundaries, the
seekers after light and Justice are one
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-28
If JAPAN FIGHTS

Should Japan decide that her aggreS-
sive attempt to dominate the whole OF
East Asia is more important to her than
peace in the Pacific it will have been a
major diplomatic victory for Adolf HIT
ler-and a defeat for Japan.
It is generally conceded by military
and economic experts throughout the
world-not solely in the United States
that Japan would not have one chang
in a thousand to win war against the
United States. Defeat in any such Waf
would set Japan back fifty years IN her
aspirations to rank as one OF the world
greatest powers.
The only thing d Japanese-AmerIcan
war would accomplish would be to overt
some American attention from aid to
Great Britain, and it is doubtful even
that such a diversion would be great.
However slight it would help Hitler
Hitler undoubtedly would like 10 zee
d Japanese-American War. If It cc9mt1'
it will be because he has been able to
convince the japanese, against ali COM
mon sense, that they can win
The greatest sufferer would be Japan.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-28
by Peter Edison -.
The Inside Track in Washington

chairman of the Aluminium Com
panys board to Washington. When
The investigators were told that
Davis had pneumonia, the doctor
was ordered to bring the fever
charts to Washington to prove it.
The teGd was on with all the fury
that can characterize only a New
Deal policy battle. The end is not
III sight yet. and it will probably
90 on all through the defense ef-
tort.
An independent appraisal of the
affair would seem to indicate that
Jones. by horsctradng. has done as
much to break whatever real or
theoretical monopoly the Aluminium
Company of America had as the
governments three-ycar antitrust
action failed to do when Federal
Judge Vatfey recently decided Alcoa
was not a monopoly. But the end
Cl that hasn't been heard. either.
Meantime Jones is negotiating
another contract with Alcoa. for
Two more plants.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-28
THE MARCH OF EMPIRE
STILL GOES ON

Defeatists are prone these days 10 la
ment the disappearance of the last from
tier and the vanishing Of individual op-
portunitieS, but there Is hardly day
that passes which does not offer proof
that their lamentations are merely the
wailings of those who excuse their own
failures by implying that they had no
chance to succeed.
Take, for instance, the announcement
Thursday that Columbia Steel CO. will
build a S126 100000 pig iron and steel
plant at Provo, Utah.
Is it so hard to link that announcement
with the existence of modern frontiers
and present-day opportunities We
think not. We think ii is demonstra-
ton, within itself, that there still exists
a frontier-althOugh of a different type
from those of hiStory-and that there
will continue for many years to he ahun-
dant opportunities in business and indus
try for those willing to make the most
of them.
The frontier is still in the West. and
the tide of empire still flows westward.
Steel provides one proof.
Steel is the core of an industry employ
ing millions Of men and eXpendlng nun
dreds of millions of dollars annually III
the United States 1t Is one OF the coun-
try's biggest industries Yet until now
il has been confined almost entirely TO
the eastern seaboard Many factors have
held it there. including monopoly and
short-sightedness among those controlling
the industry.
Yet in the west there are iron ore r.
sources surprising those of the east In
the west there is available potential cleo
trical energy to operate the greatest IN
dustry cheaply and we'll. There are sites
available and there would be labor avail
able were the industry here.
The west has everything to OTTER the
steel industry, or any other industry. And
one glance at the record will show You
that in the last ten yearS-eVen before
the national mergency-lndustry was
taking increasing advantage OF the west
offerings. The amazing growth OF the
airplane industry in the west Is case
in point.
Now steel manufacturing center Is
assured 1t is just another step toward
greater industrialization of the west
and a better balance in American manu-
featuring and business economies.
Opportunities gone? They won't be
gone until the west is as highly develop
ed as the east is today-and not then:
For opportunities for the ndlNduaf
march hand in hand with development.
There is always a new frontier.