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Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-04

MOSJ OF Ille Key llSulco COll1lCN0co
with senate efforts to write labor
legislation are in Colorado for the
funeral of Sen Alva B. Adams, but
the initial reaction of labor CON-
mittee members was that the bill,
passed by the house 252 to 1876 yes
terday, was too drastic
The house, voting free OF any
White House pressure, chose by &
2 to | margin to approve the mos
drastic of the three bills offered to
deal with the defense strike situa-
ton.
Although the captive coal mine
strike is now all but settled, II
ignited the fuse of congressional
action on the labor situation which
exploded late yesterday in adoption
OF the bill proposed by Rep. Howard
w. Smith, D., Va. The Smith bill
would:
BILLS PROVISIONS
/. Prohibit mass picketing i'll de-
fenSe labor disputes.
2. Prohibit strikes on union Or
ganizational issues, such as the clos
ed shop.
3. Prohibit strikes not sanctioned
by a majority of workers in the
plant involved, voting secretly un-
der government supervision.
4 Require labor unions to reg
ister with the government, furnish
ing data on officials, members and
dues
{. Establish a statutory mediation
system under which strikes coul1
be prohibited during a 60-day cool
ing off period,
s. Deprive unions of Wagner act
benefits for knowingly or negll-
gently" permitting Communists
Bundists, or felons to hold office.
Violations of any but the media
ton provisions would deprive unions
Of Wagner act benefits and ma,ie
them liable to court injunction5
Individual union members Woulo
lose collective bargaining rights anc
could not apply for WPA jobs OF
unemployment compensation.
COMMENT DECLINED
Sen. Lister Hill, D., Ala, admin
istration whip and acting Democrat
ic leader in the absence of Sen
Albon w Barkley, D., KY, declined
| 20 comment on the bill, but sac
he favored the general provisions o
bill by Sen. Joseph H. Bail, R
MINI.
Hill is chairman of a senate labo
subcommittee which last week re
vised the Ball BILL later approved
| oy the whole committee and re
ported to the senate The Ball bill
provides.
I. That 80 days written notice
be given when changes are desires
in existing agreements coverin
wages, hours and working condi
tionS.
2. That employers and worker
Immediately undertake to negotiat
the dispute.
3. That after five days eithe
Continued on Page 2; Column
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-04
BaI|park Seating.
Other Items axe
Up Councils Time
Water Rates, Salaries,
Fairgrounds, Taxes Get
Trustees Attention

Ell Centre city council en-
gagged in four hours of busl-
ness Wednesday night.
The session was highlight-
ed by a discussion OF seating
ARRANGEMENTS at the municipal base
ball park, in which Public Works
Director Walter Heinecke proposed
that clearance between seat rows
be reduced from % inches to 20
inches, to make room for more
seats.
Mayor Bob Hatton suggested that
the space be reduced to IL inches,
to which Heinecke replied:
That's pretty tight"
The council appropriated $3.50 for
re-painting the seats and other
parts of the park
On motion of FaWcctt, the coun-
Gil approved the expenditure OF SD
for a survey to determine the feaSl-
bilitv of revamping the city waite.
rate structure. FaWcett has NAM
tained present rates are unfair TO
both small and large water users.
He said that both the minimum
and the maximum are too high, Tor
on the one hand, poor persons can
not afford it, and on the other,
large water users are penalized fol
using large quantities OF water.
Also on motion of Fawcett, the
council voted to clarity" the ques-
ton of who shall give the orders
to public works employees. 1t was
decided that a graduated scale
of authority should be the orde:
of the day. 1t will work like this:
Public Works Director Helnecke
win give orders to City Engineer
Ralph Congreve; Congreve will give
orders to General Foreman Pat
Patton, and Patton will order the
Continued on Page 2, Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-04
No Fayoritism TO
Earl Kinq,' Claim

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 4. (UP)-
Warden Clinton Duffy of San Quen-
tin prison told an assembly inves-
tigation today that although mari
time labor official convicted of mur-
der had been permitted to sleep
outside the prison walls there was
no suggestion of favoritisnr involved.
Duffy said the labor leader, Ear
King, had been assigned to WORK
on the san quentin pier, and it was
usual procedure for a man assigned
to such work to sleep at the pier, in
stead of in the prison, because the
work is on a 24-hour basis"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-04

nounced by President Edwin L. Car
ter, pastor of El Centre Christian
church.
The resolution, which Rev. Car
ter said expresses the sentiments
of the ministers on the value OF
the efforts of these newspapers to
promote beautiful lighting of City
residences, states:
The God of the universe sheC
the light of an eastern star on the
dark world into which Jesus came
ut Christmas
The light of the world was be-
ing born in a manger at Bethele-
hem. Today as we commemorate
His birth in a world with dark
horizons it is only fitting that, as
a religious observance. we light our
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-04
STATE Guard Here
Awaits New Rifles

Rifles for State Guard companies
in Ell Centre and Imperial were CT,
route from the adIutant genorals
office in Sacramento to Imperial
Valley Thursday, officials an
nounced
Ammunition also was included
in the shipments sent to the two
companies. The adjutant generals
office did not announce the num-
ber OF rifles, the Lec-Enficld type
which were allotted the valley COM
panieS. Arms and ammunition are
made available to tho California
State Guard by the war depart
mCnt
Office supplies for all valley COM
panies arrived in state guard trucks
Wednesday and were distributed tl
the various Company headquarters
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-04
Radio Set Up for
State Guard Here

The Imperial county State Guard
battalion now has its own radio
Communications division.
Nine licensed amateur radio en-
thusiaSts are setting up equipment
in the new battalion headquarters
fair grounds at Imperial, District
in the new building at the county
Attorney Elmer Heald said Thurs
day
The group was organized We'd
nesday night" Heald said, and we
soon will be able to communicate
with any state guard organization
in California. We will have field
sets for all companies
Wednesday night Heald was re-
ieved of the command OF the FL
Centro company to assume his du-
ties as battalion commander and
Lieut. John Kepley was made the
new company commander.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-04
Hamilton Field
Command Relieved

SAN RAFAEL, Cal, Dec. 4. up
Army air corps orders today re-
lieyed Col Michael F. Davis of COM
mand of Hamilton Field, Marin
county air base.
The orders, issued by Major Gen
eral Jacob Fickel, commanding the
fourth air force with headquarters
at March Field, Riverside. did not
indicate lDaVis rev assignment.
Davis had been III charge of the
field for the past year.
1t. Gel. Lionel Dunlap took charge
ST the field pending arrival of :,
new commanding officer.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-04
LETTUCE STRIKE BROKEN

PHOENIX, Dec. 4 tUPp - A four
day strike of 1000 union lettuce
shed workers in 35 Salt River Val
ley packing sheds was broken TO-DAY
by hundreds OF men returning II
their Jobs in at least half the shed
involved.
John Jacobs, president of the
Grower Shipper association, said it
was only question of time untI
a harvest of the valleys record
breaking lettuce crop returned to
normal operations.
Striking workers scheduled a mos
meeting at the state fairgrounds
10 take Il secret ballot on the Qucs-
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-04

cold which was intenSitying III the
Moscow front.
LIBYA QUIET
Although fighting died down tenn
porarily after Great Britain's set
back in the Libyan desert campaign,
the eastern front was ablaze from
Leningrad to Moscow and the Black
Sea with the Russians reporting
the enemy in full flight on I'M
portant sectors.
Berlin acknowledged heavy Rus
sian pressure in the south and Salt
the Soviet also were counterat-
tackine the axis siege lines at Sc
vastopol and Leningrad, but that
these attacks were broken up.
In occupied Europe, the Moscow
Radio reported Serbian guerlllas
had recaptured the towns of Uzice
and Cacak. Uzice had been descrlb-
ed III German dispatches earlier
this week as blasted by explosion nj
a Communist" munitions depot
killing about 1000 persons.
TROOPS DIVERTED
The refugee YugoslaV headquar-
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Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-04

E. Centro chamber of commerce
again was operating without Sec
retary Thursday.
Harold Lummis appointed No
yenbcr 18 TO succeed Robert Has,
resigned tnc secrelarial position
necaSsitating the revival Of srccia.
committee which was thought tG
have become defunct after Lummis
was hired,
The committee headed by Gardor
Scriyen, is expected to meet with
in the next two or three DAYS tC
begin all over again its work study
ing qualifications CT applicants,
The list of applicants from whicis
Lummis was chosen originally
numbered more than score
Scri"en said Thursday it hao
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-04

into pitchers (also verbatim),' he
sa%S.
"I got determination" he says,
telling of his hardships since leaV-
ing Atlanta three months and Ia
days ago in his one-horse shay. He
related how his nag was knocked
off by a car in Ell Paso, and how,
his great determination asserting
itself. he bought another plug ana
continued confidently on his way
to pitcher fame.
"All the reporters along the way
we're nuts about me-" he confides,
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Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-04

homes with Christmas symbols and
push back the horizon of darkness.
Darkness is the absence OF light
and spiritual darkness is the ab-
sence of the love and light of Christ
which reaches its peak of expression
in the spirit of the Christmas SEA-
SON."
The resolution was subscribed to
by the following ministers:
Maj Thomas w. Piper, Salyatio"
Army; Rev. R. c. Rogers, Nazar-
enc church: DR.. George w.
Thomas, Presbyterian; Rev. O. R,
Alpert, Foursquare; Rev joe NJ. Ma
ton Baptist. and Rev. Dwight C.
Ramage, non-denominational min
ister-at- large to Imperial Valley
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Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-04

tiGn of returning to work. 4 union
spokesman said field workers hat
agreed not TO go into the fields ii
replacement crews appeared at any
sheds to pack lettuce.
The strikers sought a 10 cent per
hour blanket wage increase. Ship
pers countered With a compromise
proposal offering concessions Ill
hours rate of pay for overtime ana
working conditions but not III the
basic wage scale
The strike halted shipment of
about 200 carloads of lettuce daily
and forced nearly 5000 field work
crs into idleness Shippers estimated
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-04

the loss at approximately S20OO00
daily
There were $500 carloads remain
ing TO be shipped of the fall crop
valued at approximately S2.000,000.
At least 90 per cent of the lettuce
not harvested on schedule was
ruined. shippers estimated.
Sheriff Lon Jordan reported
there was no violence in the vicinity
OF the sheds as non-strikerS pasSeo
through the picket lines. Fifty dep
utieS armed with tear gas bombs
and carrying guns protected the
non-union workers
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-04
BY UNITED PRESS

Na2i efforts to bolster Japan's
band in the Pacific were reported
from Shanghai Thursday as ais
armies we're rocked by stiff Rus
sian counterattacks on the freezing
eastern front.
German diplomatic agents were
reported converging on Shanghai IL
an effort to offset the eastern front
reverses and to stiffen the jap
anese stand against America and
Britain by discussing the extent of
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-04
Texan in Raj Gets
-Four Axis Planes

CAIRO. Dec. !. eUP)-Pilot Oh
flcer Lance Wade of BroadloSS
Texas. member OF a British Royal
All Force squadron serving in the
western desert. was credited today
with having shot down four Ger
man and Italian planes.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-04

honey v-colOred hair, cut lof unCutI'
after the fashion of combination
buffalo Bill and Hamlet. He sports
an embryo Buffalo Bill goatee con-
sisting of II count 'em) honey
colored hairs.
II wont correct, he's from At
lanta) to be intensely emotional =
he says, screwing up his face to
look like Jackie Coogan playing
King Lear
woodrow Herbert is 18, and his
ma. he says, is a retired real estate
contractor in Atlanta, so he doesn't
need the dough.
Il Jest won't Cstill correcD TO get
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-04
Community Chest
so Per Cent Full

The Ell Centro Community Chest
blitz against crime, juvenile de-
linquency and other subversiyc
forces is only 20 per cent lacking
in complete success Chest officials
announced Thursday.
The Chest held S9,767 Thursday
noon, or 80 per cent of the S12,2Ga
coal set nj the first of the drive,
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-04

We're Waiting
Charles Halliday is in dilemma
He questioned Soroptimist club
members carefully about a prize
giving contest they had. He said
as a deputy district attorney, he
wanted to know the deal was legal.
"Oh, yes Mrs GeneVleve Kenyon
assured him. we asked an attorney
about it.
An Arizona attorney" she said,
Why in the world did you ask
an Arizona attorney if anything
was legal in California; Halliday
demanded. She said they thought
the deal had a national angle SO
an outside attorney would know
best.
Halliday agreed to help them 81
worth and insisted he would give
the prize back If he won it. He did.
A $25 defense bond.
But he hasn't given it back He
says he is holding it for evidence.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-04
y AMBL|Ne
Exporter

You Answer It
Someone told Arlene Wise, 5 that
there was going to be new BABY
in her family.
Arlene ran excitedly to he1
mother, Mrs. L. A. Wise, and asked
! about the new baby. Her mother
, told her the doctor was going to
bring them a 5aby.
Lets hava q boy Arlene cried
We've got one girl besides me,
"Oh, we always have to take what
the doctor brings Mrs. Wise sald
Maybe the baby will get here Tor
your birthday. Won't that be nice?'
IF it's going 10 be my birthday
present" Arlene stormed, I want
a boy. l don't want girl
That doesn't make a bit OF dit
ference Mrs. Wise explained
patiently we always have to take
what the doctor brings
Arlene retired to think this over
In a short time she was back witt.
another question. She asked
What would you do If the doctor
brought you a rabbit?'
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-04

ocOg IN the engineer QfaltlnB dlVl-
sion.
Acting City Clerk Roy Johnston
was instructed 10 determine the pre-
else status of KaWashinla in tho
draft, and pen a letter to the PreSi-
dent. The letter probably will sound
something like this maybe);
Hon. Franklin Delano Roosevelt,
The White House,
Washington, D. c.
EXcellency:
The city OF E) Centre is ono of
the most defenSe-minded cities IL
the United States. 1t has been Oh
the defensive ever since the las.
municipal election, when the Three
Musketeers ran as a single political
entity dedicated TO relieving oar
Continued on Page 2, Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-04
new DEAL ATTEMPTS To SPIKE STRIKE Law
Light OF THE WORLD
Yule Displays Seen as Symbol Here

ALI the darkness there ever was
in the world never put out single
candle. Author Unknown.
And that's how Ell Centre church
leaders feel about the 1941 annual
Post Press Christmas lighting con-
test.
The Ministerial association has
formally endorsed the contest
through passage of a resolution an
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-04
G. e.. Asais, Sons
Secretary Here

dWindled u four or five.
Chamber OF Commerce President
John Dorohue, in announcing the
resignation OF Lummis, had only
this terse statement to make:
Mr.. L,mmis resigned
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-04
He Wants to Set
HOLLYWOOD Afire

Woodrow Herbert Daniel Ono S, pleaSe) rumbed lhtt
town Thursday aboard onehorse prairie schooner bonf
for Hollywood and great movie lover (h'
hopes). .., t,,. =.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-04
Senators Pinned
TO Extract Teeth
From House Bill
Measure Too Drastic Say Supporters of
Administration as Strategy Planned
In Effort TO Prevent Full Vote
fSee Editorial)

WASHINGTON, Dec. A. (UP)-Senate leaders sought
today drastic house approved labor legislation
outlawng picketing and minority strikes, to the
labor committee where mder bill could be substituted
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-04
President. Spare
Thdt Drdftsmon.
Horns Of Dilemma Prod FL Centro City
Dads; Letter to Roosevelt Will Seek
Defement Of Big Cog in Sire eet Plans

Ell Cenro city council Wednesday night decided to ap
peal directly to President Roosevelt to avert crisis i'll
the city public works department. following the alleged
adamant stand of the Brawey draft board in refusing
grant deferment in the of 1ros kaWashima main
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-04

True To Form
First consignment of equipment
arrived wednesday for the State
Guard units in Imperial county
! While the State Guard officers
stood around the two trucks await
ing their long desired rifles, >,
swivel chairs, desks and type
writer's for guard officers were un-
loaded,
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-04

ANVIIIV UI lIIU UUIIIUN IUdNIVNl
OF the 2000-pound variety and SOME
Of the 3OO-pound VARIETY, all sutfic-
icntly large and deadly to make an
escort necessary. Highway Patrol
men Tillman Daley and A N Bis
eard carly THURSDAY morning es-
corted the visitors from the fair
grounds 10 the desert beyond West
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-04

morland. keeping traffic out OF the
danger zone near the trucks. River
side patrohnen were scheduled to
meet the trucks at the Riverside
county line and escort them To
March Field where the men and
their equipment Will participate In
maneuVerS.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-04
Bomb EScort
Stops in Valley

toa! Of l1o OF Uncle Sans soldiers and 10 trucks
carrying aerial bombs spent Wednesday night at the coun
ty fair grounds at Imperial while route from Tucson
to March Field.
Some of the bombs loaded special bomb
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-04
TEMPERATURE


Maximum Wed. 80. Minimum
Thurs. az. pm. We'd. IL, humidity
48. am. Thurs. 49, humidity. 81.
Noon Thurs. 81, humidity 20.
LOS ANGELES HAY
U. S. No. l S22.-23; U. s. No. 2
Leafy l. V. S21-22. U. S. No. 2
S16.5O-17.5O. Mpls. Dec. flax S1.8212.
Evening star., 1941-02-04
B. 80. Freight Loadings
Rise II, 500 in Month
special Dispatch to The Star.

special Dlspatch 10 Inc SLar
BALTIMORE, Feb. 4-The Bal
timore g. Ohio Railroad handled
225 56l cars of freight during Janu-
ary, l941. Of this total 146,810 cars
were loaded on line and 78,75l cars
were received from connections.
This was an increase of 220l3 cars
handled over January, 1910. when
the total was 2O3.548, comprising
131444 loaded on line and 72,104
received from connections.
An increase of 11,509 is shown
over December, 1910, when 2l4,052
cars were handled consisting of
1851 loaded on line and TIA re-
ceived from connections.
During January, 1880, 274, 1877 were
handled, including 179,345 loaded
on line and 94,792 received from
connections.
For the week ended February !
the B. & o. handled 52,808 cars, in
cluding 33,840 loaded on line and
1858 received from connections,
showing an increase of 6002 cars
handled over the same period of
last year, when the total was 46,806,
comprising 30,015 loaded on line and
1921 received from connections.
An increase of LOIS carloads
handled is also shown over the pre-
ceding week of this year (the week
ended January 25) when the total
was 51,793, made up of 1896 cars
loaded on line and 1897 cars re-
ceived from connections. For the
corresponding week in the year 1880
the total was 65,721, consisting of
42,274 loaded on line and 23,447 re-
ceived from connections.
Evening star., 1941-02-04
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Feb. A success
sion of advances in some foreign
government dollar loans and cor
responding declines in United States
Governments highlighted an irregu-
lar session of the bond market to-
day.
Corporates, although fairly active,
had established no definite trend
toward the final hour and gains and
losses generally were in fractions.
British Empire bonds-recently in
demand as debate on the British
aid bill progressed in Congress
were outstanding gamers in the
foreign list Australia SIS of 1855 and
the SIS of 1857 were up as much as
2 points in fair-sized turnover.
Brisbane IS rose nearly 3
The decline in the Treasury list
ranged to 14-32s. Selling in gov
ernments" appeared to have been
Influenced by the knowledge that
a tremendous volume of defense
financing remains to be done and
by talk that return on long-term
issues might be increased somewhat
to encourage investments of savings
in defense loans.
Minor Improvement in demand
for corporates brought fractional
advances in American Telephone
BIAS. Rock Island General As, Con-
solidated Edison 31aS, Illinois Cen
tral 4a4s. International Telephone
IS. Southern Railway As and Pacific
Telephone 3l4s.
Down moderately were Allegheny
IS, 1949; International Hydro Electric
IS, Nickel Plate 512s and Remington
Rand 412s.
At the close two Treasury issues
were more than a point net lower.
They were the 2a4s of SO and l07.ll
and the 2l2S of 50 at 1861.
In the corporate group, Pere Mar
quette 412s ended up l at ST.
Evening star., 1941-02-04
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO, Feb. DP UNITED states De-
paTtment Of AsrlcultureJ .-Salaols hogs,
$4,000: total 1880. market son1ev hat
uneven mostly steady with Mondays aver
age: top, SIS. bulk 5000 and choice lSO.
24O pounds, 10000 most H4O-21 o-pound
butchers, sO-s1O. 27O-32O pounds gem
orally 7.6O-s5; most packing sows. 423
kinds, generally $751; 10.
Salable sheep, 5000: total $500; late
Monday. fat lambs mostly 25 lower sheep
weak 10 % of: TOP l035. on about two
loads -97-pound fed wooled lambs: ou1k
good to choice fed westerns, 100 pounds
down. 1925: weights above 100 pounds
and some lacking finish, 10 0u-l5; best
trade, no early sales bidding mostly -
lower. or around lO 90. on good 10 choice
fed lambs actinE strong 10 higher. or above
1925 best ewes held s. 90 and slightly
saablp cattle e 900. calves. OoA fed
steers snc yearlinGs steady. but very SLOW
and largely on peddlIng basis with meagsr
receipts msir supporting factor in face o.
lower undertone few loads choice and
packers buying very slowly on shipper ac-
counts and working cautiously on medium
10 sveTaEe good grades wanted on local
accounts. mostly 915-13 90 trade few
loads to local large packers, 10 O0- II IS.
shippers taking few loads AZ 1925 up
ward: paving IA 90 for veiRhtv Colorados
and 1900 for prime l075-pound long
steady, scarce cutter COWS, ) s5 down
heavy SAUSAGE bulls up to 500. choice
veslers sparing 10 Il O0- medium N good
vealers 25 or more lower az 1900 down
moderately broad demand weight. neshy
feeder steers at l0.25-1l 90 and better.
Evening star., 1941-02-04
Foreign Exchange

NEW YORK Feb 4 lP,-The Shanghai
dollar slipped 10 the wears Lowest IN the
free foreign exchange market today
At 5.4l United States cents the dollar
was down 0o4 Of cent. trihe lower
we're the Swiss franc at % 24l2 cents
and the Argentine peso at % "A cents.
The Canadian dollar advanced narrowly
Late rates follow Great Britain IN
dollars, others in cents:
Canada
Official Canadian Control Board rates
for United States dollars Buylng, 10 per
cent premium; selling, IL per cent pre-
MUM. equivalent 10 discounts on Cana
dian dollars IN New York Of buying, 91
per cent. selling. Q 90 per cent.
Canadian dollar IN New York open mar
ket, - per cent discount or So STA
Great Britain. offcisI Bankers Foreign
Exchange Committee rates.. buying ~
selling 404 omen market, cables, 4O3i7
Germany, 4001n. benevolent 20 On.
1a77n: italy, sos; Portugal. Of: sVe-
den, % s.. Switzerland, 23.24i7xi Yuso-
Latin America.
Argentlne, official. % II. free. C3 a
Brazil official. 05n; free. soon Mexico,
2O.1un.
Far East.
japan, % As Hong Kons 90 shanE
RATES in spot cables unless otherwise
indicated
n Nominal
xFor commercial transactions.