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The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-01
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9,

WEDNESDAY, APRIL
 Conflicting planetary aspects are active today. While the morning is suspicious for constructive work, there is later an i'll omen for cer- tain agreements or contracts. UJ House and Home: AS spring re- pairs and spring shopping engage the attention of women, there will be a distinct trend toward sim plicity in home decorations and fur nishings, as well as in feminine att tire. Months ago the seers foretold the wearing of uniforms by many young women, and again they prophecy such patriotic service. Young college girls will answer the urgent call for nurses. After the brilliancy of winter social affairs there will be less entertaining, due to an undertone of dread.
 Business Affairs: Widely scat tered small factories will partake of great government production plans which will greatly benefit interior towns. A general awaken ing to the actual responsibility of the United States toward the pro- lection of democracy will stimulate industry. Individuals will likewise be inspired to do their part in preparations for aid to Britain. Prosperity will extend to all parts of the country, but the inclination to profit greatly will not be mani fested generally. National Issues: Secret informa- tion in Washington will justify most strenuous efforts to speed up airplane and shipbuilding. Misjudg7 ment of certain government policies will be caused by the need for con- cealing matters of supreme impor- tance, lest hostile powers profit by knowledge of our plans. Spies will multiply and thefts of valuable papers will be numerous, despite ut- most caution. Japan will benefit through years of careful and min ute gathering of facts and photo graphs in the United States.
 International Affairs: The culmin- ation of Uranus at Washington with Urine Mars in the sixth, is read as presaging for the nation tremendous provocation toward military intervention to aid the British forces. A naval engagement or loss in the Pacific is forecast. Differences of opinion regarding our foreign policies will prove most un- fortunate in retarding plans for aiding the British. Again surprises of great moment are prognosticat- ed as part of the Axis spring cam- paigns. 0 a. Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of happy, for tunate year. There may be minor perplexities. gaF Children born on this day prob ably will be extremely gifted and will possess the power of winning success as well as friends. .g4sA Copyright, 194D ss4
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-01
EMPLOYER OBSTRUCTION


 While labor has been hitting the headlines for defense obstruction, less publicized but equally obstruc- tive has been the attitude of cer- tain business elements, among them the shipbuilders. who dickered endlessly with the U. s. Maritime Commission regarding the con- struction of 200 desperately needed cargo vessels.
 This program was adopted in January. but to date the Commis- sion has not been able to complete negotiations for quite all the 200 ships.
 The Bethlehem Fairfield Ship yard. Inc. of Baltimore, for in- stance, battled the Commission for two months over fat fee.
 The Commission proposed a sl10,000 base fee per ship, to be reduced to S60,000 if not delivered by certain deadline or increased to s140,000 if produced ahead of time. But Bethlehem rejected the penalty clause, vigorously insist ing on fixed fee regardless of when the ships were produced.
 For weeks, while the shipping crisis daily grew more critical, the controversy ged Finally, on March 13, the company backed down and accepted the Commis- sions terms.
 Under them Bethlehem Fairfield stands to collect a total fee of $5,- 5OO,000 on the 50 ships assigned it. In addition, it also garnered a S7,838,000 government contract for 13 ways and other construction paraphernalia.
 Meanwhile, two precious months went by and not a lick was turned on these frantically headed cargo vessels. s-ss.,a The box score on tho .cornmis- sions dragging negotiattqps. begun
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LABOR SABOTAGE

Most tragic thing about the pres . ent chaotic labor situation is the . black eye which minority of la r bor is giving to their co-workers S all over the. country. In the major = ity of plants and shipyards, men 5. are working without interruption. e But in certain key plar ts. so - ital to the national defense that
 tiley could not have been picked IS y accident, small minority have e begged down production. Some o 5.mes this happens through strikes, d ometimes through slowing-up and l. abotage so deliberate that behind it must turk definite attempt by communists to hold back national Q efense.
 The Navy for instance, has re- 0 ports of workmep repairing war ships who sleep regularly in the iurrets, then collect a full days 70 pay. Navy yards have had especial trouble with welders.
 At the Boeing airplane plant in Seattle, slow-up system is now 0 under Federal investigation. For
 months the War Department has been at loss to understand why
 more planes were not delivered from the Boeing plant. It finally 70 has turned its sabotage suspicious over to the eagle eye of J. Edgar Hoover.
 Next to hurting vital defense
 plans, most tragic result of this
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Daily Lessons in English v. v L. GORDON

WORDS say, blamed Say blamed me-"
 OFTEN MIsPRoNoUNCED 
 OFTEN MISSPELLED: Colecble, collectable.
 SYNONYMS Discuss debate, dispute
 and it yours" Let us Todays word: GRATUITOUS; mistake the gauious fruits industry-L LEstrange
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LOOK and LEARN &sy q GORDON

 2. S an mpresario? B. gggs? A. is highest 5. Shakespeares ANSWERS 1. proco manager pany. 3. 4. Cotopax, Ecuador 5. Macbeth.
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slow-up strategy is the effect upon the new draft army. When the men in the camps hear of civilian work men getting shake-down wages for slow-up tactics, compared with their meager army pay, it doesn't make for good morale.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-01
NEPoTIsM CHAMPION

Senator Dennis Chavez was hit ting closer to home than most peo- pie realized when during the lend- lease debate, he asserted that pas sage of the aid Britain measure would bankrupt the Treasury.
 If anyone has reason to grow ex- cited about the possibility of de- pleted Treasury, it is the junior Senator from New Mexico, who has more relatives on the public pay roll than any man in Congress This is saying a lot because there are several mighty effective nepo- tists there.
 It would take a corps of census tabulators to enumerate all the members of the Chavez clan whc have public jobs in Washington and New Mexico, but here's birds eye view of the most important: Dennis Chavez Jr., son, sec-
 retary to his father .......... s 3,90( Dave Chavez, brother, New
 Mexico district judge .-.-. 5000 Barbara Sena, sister, teacher
 in a State school in New
 Mexico .................................... 1,sOt Raymond Espinosa, brother
 in-law, chief of new
 alien Investigating unit in
 the Justice Department :. 6,50( Gilberto Espinosa, brother of
 Raymond, also on the Jus
 tice Department payroll
 as Assistant U. s. Attor-
 ney for New Mexico ---. 4,S0( Stanley Miller. son-in-Iaw,
 attorney for he Rio
 Grande Conservancy Dis
 trict, . State-operated IT
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IT'S A BUSINESS

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.-There was a motion under discussion in the state legislature to cut the state bounty on wolves from $5 a head to $2.50. This won't do," said Rep. H. s. Rainwater. You simply can't break even feeding a pack of wolf hounds on aF$2.5o bounty" ~
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-01

The three states reporting larg- est annual consumption of sugar in food manufactures, Census re- cords show, are New York, 757,427,- 292 pounds; Illinois, 607901, ,373 pounds; and Pennsylvania, 469,- 170,604 pounds.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-01
WYLLERS MOVE

Chris Wyller, wife and children, have moved from their residence on Sixth and Gold to the house of Mrs. Harry Brown on Aux Bay where they will spend the spring and summer.
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rigation and drainage pro-
 ject financed largely with
 Federal (RFC) funds ,...... 4,000 Reyes Sena, brother-in-law,
 WPA foreman in New
 Mexico .............................. 1,5oo Reyes Sena Jr, nephew, clerk in General Account
 ing Office ......,.............. 1920 Juan Nuanes, cousin, Public
 Works Admin tion
 clerk ...................... 1900 John A. Werner, godfather,
 postmaster at Albuquer-
 que, N. M. .......................- 2,500 Total yearly take" in-
 cluding Chavezs $10,000
 Senate salary .................... $44, APO
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Don't forget to vote. Polls fin fhe city election remain open < until ! o'clock tonight.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY

APRIL l
 Dr. L. P. Dawes John H. Peterson
 George Martin Charles Rudy Mrs. w. L. Lowell Mrs. R. c. Hurley Mrs. w. A. Blanck Mrs. Selma Peterson
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the fact that the Serbian people chose war, remembering 1914 and knowing that exactly the same fate awaited them again.
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Try classified ad in The Empire
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-01

Try a classified ad In The Emnir-
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Warrington Merry Go-Round

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Weather: Highest, 3s; lowest, 3S; snow.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-27
FBI Seeks Hint Of Spy Work After
Theft Of Confidential Files Showinq
Names Of U.S.. Anti.Espionage Crew

1--WE are certainly looking int
possible ramifications, involving per
sons who have been alleged to b
sympathetic with foreign powers
an FBI official said.
He said that one serious aspec
of the theft was the fact that ques
tionnaires filled out by G-men
were among the stolen files.
1--WE are concerned he added
'over the possibility that these stol-
en- files might reveal to foreign
agents the tity of special
agents assigned to counter espion-
age work
The records allegedly stolen were
personnel information sheets which
some 100000 federal employees had
filled out voluntarily, stating their
qualifications for jobs under the
national defense program. 1t was
understood they included names of
FBI agents and clerks of the war
and navy departments, who con-
ceivably would have access to Sec
ret defense information, government
inspectors, Panama canal lock keep
ers and many other in strategic de-
Tense positions.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-27
School Districts
Divide Earthquake
Relief Fund Here

Division of 100000 to IL earth
quake damaged schools in Imperial
county was completed during the
weekend except for apportionment
of $4,000 to Central union high
school in Ell Centre and Brawley
elementary school.
Brawley's two representatives at
a meeting with state officials this
weekend refused to accept 1880
division of the $4,000. Represen-
tatives will meet with School Sup
erintendent T.. L. Hiteman Tues
day in hope of reaching an agree
ment. II they don't agree the
state department of education will
divide the money. The school dis
trict must match the sum given
by the state and use the total for
earthquake repairs.
Other allotments included Alamo.
sl50:Calexico elementary. $575: n
Centre elementary. s3.952: Holt
vile elementary. $3.50: Jasper. $3.50.
Meloland. $780, Palmetto. 1852 YER
de. 5000; Calexico high. i,025; Holt
vile high $3.50.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-27
italians Flee in
Path Of Advancing
British Fighters
RumOr Persists of Nazi
Attempts to Force
Help from France
BY UNITED PRESS

Great Britain's desert and
jungle fighters threatened
Monday to wrest the whole
of BenitO Mussolini's African
empire from the firing italian de-
tenders.
No German move to aid Italy
beyond the dispatch of dive bomb
ing squadrons to Sicily and SOUTH
ern Italy-was yet apparent.
Some military observers felt the
hour was too late for Germany to
save much from the italian wreck
age in Africa. However, the pos
sibility of a German move into
French North Africa and particu-
larly the base of Bizerte, in TuniSia
across the narrow Sicily channel,
persisted.
Vichy revealed that it's delegate
Fernand de Brinon has returned
to Paris from Berlin and is ex-
pected shortly in Vichy. He may
bear proposals from Adolf Hitler
casting light on repeated rumors
of German interest in Bizerte.
The British were pushing the
Italians hard on every front in
Derna was surrounded and
persisted that some British
advance units actually had entered
the town. The Italians admitted that
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Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-27

iiouoC lOlCl6I dlAdiio CONlIltpCC
neared the end of it's hearings on
the measure and as the senate for
eign relations committee opened its
sessions on the bill, hearing Secre-
tary of State Cordell Hull testify
behind closed doors.
Mccormack, co-sponsor of the bill,
said he would be disappointed il
the measure were not reported in
sufficient time for the house to
take it up next Monday. Reason
able debate" in the house and con-
sideration of amendments should
not require more than a week, he
said.
On this basis, the bill would be
put to it's test in the house the last
of next week.
Rayburn said that the bills pro-
posed delegation of broad power
to President Roosevelt was "neces-
sary' to get the job of furnishing
effective aid to Britain done eff
GENTLY.
Rayburn and Mccormack joined
in defending another portion of the
measure which would authorize the
president to carry out the British
program notwithstanding the pro-
visions of any other law. They
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Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-27
Roosevelt Suffers
From S|iqht Cold

WASHINGTON, Jan. 81. (UP)-
President Roosevelt abruptly cam
celled all his engagements early this
afternoon and went to bed under
his physicians orders. The White
House said he was suffering from a
slight cold.
The President kept two appoint
ments-with Gen. Frank T. Hines,
head of the veterans administra-
ton. and former Senator and Mrs.
William G. McAdoo of California
and then summoned his physician
and reported that he was feeling a
bit achy.
Dr. Ross T. Mcintyre, the White
House physician. recommended cold
treatments and ordered the Presi-
dent to bed. However, the White
House said that Mr.. Roosevelt hoped
to be able get up and dine with
his family tonight, and get back
on the job tomorrow.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-27

Grafton discussed labor relations
in agriculture and warned farmers
of union attempts to tie up agri-
culture as it has tied up other in
dustries."
1.-THE theory behind labor unions
is splendid" Kimball declared but
strength of the unions must be
limited"
other speakers at Saturdays
meeting were Frank Beyschlag,
county farm advisor. Florence
Glenn. home demonstration agent,
G. o. Hoober, regional director and
Phil Bancroft, state chairman of
the legislative committee of the
Associated Farmers.
Committee reports were heard
from M. A. Perry, j. H. Gardner
and Fl. c. Worthington.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-27

must not permit the reduction of
prices for the farm products be-
cause of the oversupply of food
stuffs, Blackburn declared.
Blackburn also hit at the present
trend toward political domination
of the national farm program and
urged that every farm bureau or
ganization in the nation join in
the support of the program to wrest
control of the A.A.A. from politics.
The national farm bureau secre-
tary suggested the extension serv-
ice as the best equipped organiza-
ton to administer the program be-
cause it will bring closer CO.
operation between the farm ad-
ministration and the farmer"
E. C. Kimball, vice president of
the California Farm Bureau fed
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-27
Keep U.S.. Farm Program
Out Of PoIiticS--Advice

Protection for the farmer in the
present national defense program
and policy to keep politics out
of the administration of the ma
tional farm program were urged
Saturday by r. w. Blackburn.
secretary of the American Farm
Bureau Federation, at the annual
meeting of Region Mo. l Farm
Bureau in Brawley.
More than 200 farmers of the
five southern California counties
comprising Region No. farm bu-
reau heard Blackburn offer the
need for a program in national de-
fense to protect the farmer against
lowered prices for his crops.
The plan to build reserve food
supply in the nation in cooperation
in the national defense program
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-27
MORE SHED WORKERS GO OUT ON STRIKE
Pictures Below

show lettuce shed strike Ell Ceno the ClO
sponsored Fruit and Vegetable Workers union called out lis
in demands for elimination the split bench system grant
ing Of closed shop contracts Top pcture lettuce waiting
packed at the Freedman she'd with pcket and onookers the
background. Mdde farmers and non-sirne she'd workers
mnse at the NJ O. Best shed the crop 10 cars
pte the wakout Lower photo left TO right Harvey Hasfan
NJ O. Best John Dubois and g. G. Bennett she'd opera
lions at the Best plant In the background Sheriff Robert
w. Ware and Others These pictures taken Sunday shortly
after farmers moved into the strike help trim and pack
lettuce which pne up after strike calls issued Two
sheds Saturday, No violence reported PosPre photos
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-27

Draws
Fire
People Urged to
Hold Exposition
In Own Control

Ex Senator Ben Hulse
Monday ended 10 years OF
service on the Imperial Coun-
ty Fair board because, he
said, Governor Olson replac-
ed old members strictly from poll
tical standpoint.
He sent his resignation to Gov
ernor Olson and said it was to be-
come effective Immediately.
He urged the people of Imperial
county and especially those con-
nected with the livestock and agri-
cultural industries to see that the
fair is turned to local control where
it belongs, he said, and not be guild
ed by a travelling emissary from
Sacramento.
In his letter of resignation Hulse
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-27

10. SIltu LIE I'll OcIiClO dAiO eAiC
American Fruit Growers in Braw-
ley. Both were picketed Monday.
The American crews, totaling about
rs, spent the morning in confer
ence and l.. G. Hausman, district
manager, said he did not know
whether they would return to work
or not. Asked what he intended 10
do, Hausmann said.
We're going to pack lettuce some
way or another"
Work was at a standstill at the
Myers shed and pickets marched
outside Their crews were not slated
to work until afternoon and officials
were not sure whether they would
appear or not.
Meanwhile, the Charles Freed
man shed. hit first by the strike
CALL was closed but the M. O. Best
shed, second to be picketed was
operating at reduced capacity. A
few of the old Best crew ignored
the picket lines but the majority
of the men working were new hands.
Recent output at the Best shed
has been six or seven cars a day.
About four or five will be sent out
Monday. This probably will rise as
the new hands become accustomed
to the work and possibly more OF
the experienced men return to work.
About car of lettuce was packed
| Sunday when score OF Associated
Farmers members pitched in to
help move the pack.
Jack Jennings, Freedman'S man.
ager, said his firm would probably
combine operations with the Best
shed in case the strike continues.
One novel note was injected into
the controversy Monday at the Alex
Engleman shed when more than q
half hundred crew members took
their own strike vote without wait
ing for a union-supervised ballot.
The votes were sealed in box and
opened shortly after II am. The
result was five for the strike and
81 against 1t.
While rain drummed on the roof
and a score of police. sheriffs depu-
ties, Highway officers and lay wit
nesses stood around. the votes were
counted by the crew members them
selves. Union Representatives de-
clined to be present, Engleman said.
The vote was witnessed by Police
Judge Lee Nuffer and Henry Swan
son, Elks lodge secretary.
Some of the ballots went beyond
the mere negative and added Hell
mol" and one had no written four
times, each spelled differently.
No violence at all was noted over
the weekend and shippers reported
pickets and other union men as
we'll as anti-strike sympathizers
took the affair good naturedly.
NO appreciable amount of lettuce
has been lost so far, as shippers
representative explained, from
standing in trailers vainly waiting
to be packed.
One bright side to the picture
was the strikes effect upon the
market Some observers, who ex-
pected the SITS price that has pre-
vailed recently to weaken, said the
walkout has strengthened the mar
ket. Mondays price was steady at
the same figure.
The strike failed TO affect normal
lettuce shipments, however, which
were 200 cars Saturday, 43 Sunday.
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Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-27
Burglars Break
Into Store Here

A burglar or burglars broke into
the Edgar Bros. Ford store. in FL
Centre late Sunday night or early
Monday morning and damaged a
safe but failed to get in to the
$40 or $25 inside.
The dial and knob of the safe
were broken off but no entry was
made, police reported Nothing was
missing. The burglar entered by
breaking q window.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-27

not agree with this method of man.
agement cannot make myself serve
longer as public official in an
institution supposedly for the ben
eft of the people but directed by
political appointment"
Hulse was president of the fair
board when he resigned.
In statement issued to the press
Of Imperial county, Hulse said:
Because of the loyalty of the
press, civic bodies, and the people
of the county as a whole, the I'M
perial county fair is one of the
three outstanding in the state.
"Other fairs throughout the state
as well as the department of fin
ance used this fairs premium as
a sample-a fact to be proud of.
The use of this fair as an example
Continued on Page 6, Col. a.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-27
Associated Farmers Here Reflect
Bennett President, Osborne Secretary

Associated Farmers of Imperial
county started 1941 by reelecting
their former officers at dinner In
Ell Centre during the weekend and
rededicating themselves to preserve
the freedom of markets and high
ways.
G.. G.. Bennett was elected presi-
dent for the third consecutive year
and Supervisor Hugh T. Osborne
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-27

WASHINGTON, Jan. 81. CUP)-
The federal bureau of investigation
sought to determine today whether
foreign agents were involved in the
theft of confidential personnel files
from the civil service commission.
G-men already have in custody
here Harlan G.. Crandall, 29-year
old civil service commission en-
ploye, and Lawrence Haynes, whom
they identified as an official of
an establishment which furnishes
mailing lists, presumably to private
firms seeking prospective customers.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-27
Clearing Skies
Predicted Here

Weatherman Woodrow G. Jacobs
was back in the good graces of the
Imperial Valley populace Monday
when he predicted clearing skies
Monday night and Tuesday.
Jacobs forecast of clearing wealth
er followed a light rain in most
sections of the valley Monday morn
ing, which brought .04 inches of
rain to Ell Centre, 03 inches to
Brawley and .02 to Imperial.
Light frosts may be expected in
the valley within the next few days,
Jacobs said, but humidity will hold
temperatures above dangerously low
levels Monday night and Tuesday.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-27
Sweden Reports
Attack on Naryik

STOCKHOLM, Jan. 81. CUP)-
Swedish press sources reported to-
day thot royal air force planes have
attacked Narvik in far northern
Norway for the third time this
month.
(No RAF attacks on Narvik have
been reported by British air min
istry communiques in London this
month";
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-27

was made secretary manager, a pos
ition he has held since 1897.
Charles Wieman was elected vice.
president, and G. H. Fl. Small. treas
urer. The list of directors included
Kieth Nets, Harold Hunt, Harvey
A Hastain, B. A. Harrigan. J. E.
Brock, E. v Edwards, Charles Nice,
Fred Bright, John Dubois. Henry
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