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Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-22

apart. They were of about the same
intensits, but lasted only a short
time.
A light tremor was noted at 2:35
m in Los Angeles and Long Beach.
Like the first two, its motion was
from east to west, indicating 1t
originated in the IngleWood fault
just west of Los Angeles.
Los Angeles, diminishing in intenS-
ity in all directions from the city,
The temblorS were SharpeSt III
Santa Ana, about 40 miles south OF
Los Angeles, reported a slight jar
The San Fernando Valley towns
north of Hollywood were shaken
noticeably, authorities said, as was
Long Beach, scene of the March,
1893, quake which killed more than
100 persons. Cities north of the
Tehachapi mountains escaped the
tremors.
Reports from nearby towns indi-
Gated that the area affected by the
temblorS was probably IS miles long
and 20 miles wide, with the center
near downtown Los Angeles.
A San Diego seismograph re-
corded the quake, but it was not
felt in the city.
Ventura and Santa Barbara, up
the coast from Los Angeles, said
no tremors were noticed there, and
Imperial Valley. where five per
SONS were killed 16 months ago
in a series of temblors lasting a
week, also escaped
Damage was scattered and of q
minor nature. Railroad and water
district dispatchers, the sheriff's Of
flee and local police departments
said there were a few instances of
falling plaster, dishes and pictures.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-22
0PM Calls Strikes
Aid to Aggressors

WASHINGTON, Oct. 90 up =
The office of production manage
ment said today that the interrupt
tion of defense production by strikes
or labor sloWdowns lis the great
est help the aggresSors can get in
these days when material on the
battlefield is everything"
The OPM statement of labor pol
icy was prepared by OPM co-di-
rectors William S. Knudsen anG
Sidney Hillman, Secretary of Navy
Frank Knox and Secretary OF Wa
Henry L. Stimson 1t was the pro-
nouncement which President Roose-
welt said last week the OPM Woult
make,
OPM promised that the u S
Cancellation service or the OPM
would give immediate attention
to labor disputes which threaten to
interrupt production.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-22
0PM HiIIman Saws
Labor Threat Kept
Lowest Bidder Out
Director Defends Self
For Awarding Job to
High-Priced Firm

WASHINGTON, Oct. %.
(UP)-Sidney Hillman, CO.
director of OPM, said today
that he urged against award
Of a loW-bid housing contract
to P j. Currier of Detroit because
it might involve putting a match
to place where there is plenty Of
powder and blowing up our defense
program.
Hillman appeared before the SEN
ate committee investigating national
defense to defend his action in rec
ommending that the contract be
withheld from Currier According
to Curriers' previous testimony, his
bid on the project at Wayne, Mich.
was S431,0 900 below his nearest conf
peutor.
The contract was held up at his
advice, Hlllman said, because la
bo" issue was involved which might
lead to disturbances that would
affect the defense program. He said
Currler had had labor troubles which
involved a purely raiding situation"
and said that man had been killed
curing the course of the trouble.
Hlllman did not go into details
Of the "raiding situation but pre-
Sumably he referred to attempts
Of the Go 10 organize teamsters
and buildings trades Workers-tradi-
tlonally the backbone of the Amer
lean Federation CT Labor. Currier
ROW employs CIO labor.
Committee Counsel Hugh A. Fui-
ton said that the trouble did not
Involve Curriers' own men and that
the man who was killed was not
employed at his plant. Hillman re-
Continued on Page 8; Col. o
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-22

II UIUItSo dIUtIIIDU 10 ItFINN IIOI'
The child wandered away from
her mother, who was washing at
the Clayton Boyd home. about .
am. She was missed in a few min
utes and a search was instituted
Deputy Coroner Herbert Hughes
said Crews from the irrigation dis
trict joined in the search. Shortly
before am Wilbur Johnson. Negro
employe of the BraWley Concrete
company, saw the body floating on
the surface of the water about
half a mile down stream from the
Boyd home.
Bettina had been living with her
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-22
Mrs. George Jesse|
Becomes Mother

HOLLYWOOD. Oct. %. CUP)--
Lois Andrews Jessel, 17-year-old
wife of Comedian George Jessel,
early today gave birth to baby
girl weighing six pounds IL ounces
at the Cedar of Lebanon hospital
The former California showgirl
and the baby, who was named Jeril-
ynn. were doing well, according tn
DR.. Joseph Harris. attending physi-
clan. Jessel was expected to fly to
Hollywood Immediately from New
York. -#..
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-22
Japanese Woman
Hurt in Accident

BRAWLEY, Oct. 22.-Mrs. Anaya
Tanaki, 46, Japanese resident Of
the BraWley area. was recovering
Wednesday from injuries suffered
in traffic accident on the Central
Valley highway half a mile south
of BraWley late Tuesday
She was injured when her car
and one driven by John w john
Stsn, 81 immigration officer. col
lided, Highway Patrolman Walter
Walsh said.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-22
J Sea-! s!
Policy
()rg Jed
FDR's Sc ecre+ary
Asks o. penins Of
All Ports 70 u. s.

WASHINGTON. Oct. %
lUP)-PIraident Roosevelt $
White II ou : e spokesman,
Stephen 7. Early, today viz
tually invited congress to re-
peal Immediately section tWo Of the
neutrality act along With section SIX
to permit American merchant YES
sells to 90 anywhere on the sever
seas under protection Of their own
guns and their own flag.
Earl SPOKE to reporters a day
after announcement of the nintl.
and tenth sinkings of American
operated ships during this war, hal.
as many as We're sunk before the
United States entered the Worio
Val.
Twenty American ships were sunk
between Jan. %, 1918. and April 6
1917. The ninth and 10th sinking
of American-operated ships since
Sept. 1889 were announced yester-
day-the Lehigh. an. American flag
snip, and the Bold Venture, flyin8
the Panamanian flag.
WILiKIE URGES REPEAL
There We're increased demands i
many quarters, including an appeal
signed by Wendell l. Willkie, 1910
Republican presidential candidate.
and a number of prominent Repub-
licans, for immediate repeal of the
entire act.
Adopting the strategy of PLACING
emphasis on certain portions of NJ
Rocsevelt's neutrality revision rec
concentrations by reading them at
press conference Early pointed
out that in his Oct message TO
congress Mr.. Roosevelt;
!. Called for repeal of section
six OF the act with all speed" to
permit guns tC be placed on Amer
Continued on Page 8. Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-22
6. A. Kirkpatrick
Dies al San Dieuo

Mr.. and Mrs. Howard FalnsW0rth
Of FL CSntro We're called to San
Diego Wednesday to arrange fu-
neral services and burial fer q \
Kirkpatrick. 81. FarnsW worth $
grandfather.
kirkpatrick, who is we'll kno9u
IN Imperial Valley because Of re
quent visit, at his grandsons hone.
died Tuesday night He Is survived
by his wife; a GRANDDAUGHTER. Mis-.
Dorothy Waldron of Modesto. and
his grandson.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-22

mother and two older children The
mother was employed as a cook at
gravel pit camp a short distance
from the Boyd home.
She was playing in the yard while
her mother was at work She slipped
away and, apparently fascinated by
the deep water, went too close to
the banks of the canal near Oat
heading. She fell into approximately
II feet of water
The body was taken to the Fields
mortuary in Holtville pending fun
eral arrangements.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-22

i!4- = 9tI OllSl iI-itA lllSr lAolL1 tiii .
winter against the NaIs.
A statement in parliament by
Lord Moyne, government spokesman
in the house OF lords. argued that
it would be madness" to send all
expedition TO occupied Europe while
Britain stIll is short of offensive
weapons.
The failure Of British demands
for an attack IN the west now came
at a time when the Russians were
reported stabbIng bacl; at Hltler'S
tank wedges, dive bomberS ana air
borne troops and tanks from Lenin-
grad to the Wintry, snoWsWepl
Moscow front and southWayd before
RCStoV in tie Ukraine.
WARNING NATIONS VAGUE
Both Berlin and Moscow We're
vague on details of fighting on the
350-mile arc before the Soviet capi-
tai, except to acknowledge heavy
CASUALTIES Dispatches from both
sides indicated that Hitler's use OF
huge relnIoYcements had failed TO
make important progress. possibly
due to deep mud and slush, AMI
that the battle lines still were WaVer-
ing ever ground stained With the
blCod of a week S attacks and coun-
terattacks.
III the north. the Russians claim
ed further gains in counterattacks
around Leningrad and in the south
the said the Axis drive into the
Ukraine industrial cenlers had been
stopped on the road to Rost0S. Ber
lin claimed that the Donets basin
already was lost TO RuSSIa
In western Europe. terrorist actiy-
ilies supplemented by heavy Britist.
bomber attacks OF Bremen, the
French invasion and submarine
Forts at tie Italian center Of Naples
continued % bring drastic Ger
man fetaii2,9rY measures.
HOSTAGES EXECUTED
At Nentes. the Germans executed
sc French hostages for the shoot-
E8 by 3ao"aSlns Of Nazi Lieut.. Col
Karl Friedrich Hclt1. Fifty NOR
Ware threatened With execution II
the assassiuS are not captured oS
Thursday midnight.
Almost at tie same hour. however
another German officer Was kllle :
At Bordeaux By four assailants Wha
escaped. Fifty hostages We're seize
there and faced the threat of eXecu-
Continued on Page s, Col. ID
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Navy FIier Killed
In Carrier I.andint1

WASHINGTON. Oct. %. up
The navy disclosed today that Lieut..
Thomas AshWorth. il. of Coronado,
Calf, was killed last night when
LIS plane crashed in &Se Pacific
While he was attempting to land it
OIL an aircraft carrier.
A passenger in the plane, Carl
Jacob Schlegel 21, radioman first
class. of Yonkers N. Y, was res
rllnl
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-22

about the street situation here.
even if that something should re-
quire that city funds be joekeyed
about to make ayailable ample
money Tor either gravel OF oil top
ping.
> TIE recent upside down
oil topping experiment in New
street. i'll which sub-olling expert
H A ingalls, demonstrated the
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-22
y AMBLINe
X EPORTER
Reunion In Ell Centric

Hi, Noland."
Hi, Bill
For the first time in umpteen
years holland Smith and w. NJ
Seine met.
They were at Camp Kearney to-
g,gether during the last World war
<and served overseas with the 40th
division, 65th field artillery. Not
only that . they worked together
in the ship-ards at Long Beach fol
two months. after they were dis
enlarged from the United States
Army.
They lost track of each Other
and neither had trace of the other
in spite of efforts to ferret out the
others whereabouts.
Smith, who has lived in Ell Centro
a long time. was sitting at a drug
store counter Tuesday. A man
smacked him on the back. 1t was
Seine after all these years, recent
ly transferred to Ell Centro by an
insurance company.
They now have what is commonly
known as conversational sore throat
the kind you get when trying 70
catch up on conversation kept stag
nant for years and years.
We bet the officers of the 65tn
caught heckety heck.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-22
Years Upkeep on Streets
Would Surfoc e 81 Blocks

a little simple arithmetic We'd.
nesday revealed to Public Works
Director Walter Hemeekc that Ell
Centre could build nearly 81 blocks
OF first class OIL roads for what
il now costs to maintain the city's
dirt streets for one year
Heinecke's mental calisthenics
VAS inspired by two things.
/. Mayor Bob Hatton's feryent-
ly expressed desire to do something
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-22

praetleablllty OF applying 4 six men
PETROLEUM and soil pavement from
the bottom up. 1T Il cost that
Heinecke admits Is virtually negA-
glble.
The estimated cost oil oil paving i
blcck CD feet lon3 By 10 teet vide
with the ingalls, machine is S125
Add to this the sum o. $40 for
continued on Page 8, col. %
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EXPANSION STUDIED

WASHINGTON, Get. % (UPl -
Defense officials reported today
that the government has tentatively
approved a $85 100000 expansion in
the steel and pig iron producing
facilities of Columbia Steel Co.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-22
Like The Shoemaker's Wife

George Harris. jr., worked him.
self into lather selling state guard
uniforms in his fathers store.
He did a land office busir<jS.
Nrhen he was ready to assemble his
own uniform. There wasn't a scrap
left for George. He had even sold
the last tie.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-22
Inf ant browns in
Hi9h|ine Canal

Bettina, 16-monhs-old daughter of Mrs. Gladys Ford
drowned early Wednesday in the ghline canal l2 miles
northeast of IIotville
Physicians and the ressciaor squad from the Ioville
fire department worked with the child for an hour in
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-22

hest campaign for this year
!. Was decided at an executive
zation Tuesday night. The
10 l. reached in the drive.
'pted by Tie board folloWin&
duee.urs. and later appointed him
To head lhe pucaelCE committee
Appointed to head other commit
tees We're ". H Rhodes, prospects
and rltI0es; Warren Guruer, adj
yaneed gifts, Charles knights, fin
ane2 and aadlt, john Kearny, EN-
ployee eloups, Robert Ware, gov
erumcnt groups, OTTO Bradshaw ru-
raj. Raymond, BUSINESS solicitations
Rhodes. racial gro.ds. Three az
pvmtmenf remained 10 be made
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-22
Community Che St
Sets Nov. Y Coo

FL Centres Community
will get under way Nov. II.
board meeting Of the organ
board set $4,000 as tie goal
The $4,000 goal Was acc
a report from Waiter Hayekorst
chairman of the budget committee
estimating total financial needs Of
the various agencies coming Under
the Community Chest program.
CrganlaatioA, k2nefittlng from
the program include the Y.W.C.A.
Hipass Health Camp. Veterans Wei
fare Board Camp Fire girls. Saliva
ton Army Boy Scouts. and Rec
CrCsS.
The board elected Hush Keatius
to fill the position vacated by DR.
r c. Clemons ON the board ol
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-22
Tee Hcc. Traa Laaa.-

Heel and a toe and away we go.
Swing your partners.
Promenade all.
Bob Skibels masculine cohor j
Shad the laughing Mysteries when
they discovered Bob had been put
ting his 1870 pounds through a course
in American folk dancing.
a It's a fact. Bob can whip his
weight around with featherWeight
grace in all those new fashioned
old fashioned dances now the rage
of the continent.
Between hoWls of derisive glee
Hans Merklein and John Kearney
had to hear little Of the praise
Bob had in his heart and feet for
the old time dances.
Its more fun Different . :.
1t takes skill . Everyone can
join in had the time of my
life
Merklein and Kearney stopped
laughing.
Say, Bob" they said enviously,
take us with you
And did Bob laugh?
He did.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-22
Earthquake Hits
Metropolitan L. A,
Strongest Shakes Since 1888 Rock Area
Is Miles Long. 20 Miles Wide With
Cen+erin in Downtown Section Of City

LOS ANGELES, Oct. %. (UP)-Two Of the strongest
earth since the 1898 disaster in Long Beach shook
portion of southern California late last night causing
scattered minor damage and no njurI>s.
The uuakes felt at 10 SO p.n Just few seconds
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-22
.I.Vu Allotted Port
In Farm Increase

These figures were announced 4
a meeting of the Imperial Count,
Agricultural Defense committee II
El Centre Tuesday night
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-22
Reds Hold Back
Drive on Moscow
Bv ponzer Units
Spokesman Tells Parliament English
Cannot Attempt Attack on Continent
With Present Arms; Unrest Increases
BY UNITED PRESS

Red array counerattacks held back Adolf IIiter's Of
fensiycs against Moscow and RostoV Wednesday and
.l1ol Isl oQtbr axis mtnaced the Germans in western Eu
rope but Great Britain officially blasted any hope of open
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-22
TEMPERATURE

1LNKI LItA 4 UElL
Maximum Tues. IL, minimum
Wed. 81. pm. Tues. Sc, humidity
ID. 5 am. Wed. So, humidity 67.
Noon We'd 72, humidity 43.
LOS ANGELES HAY
u. S. No. S2050-22; L. S. No. 2,
Ieafy l. V. S2020.50. u. S. No. 2
S16.50-17.5O. Mpls. Dec. flax Sl76A
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-22

81 Centro Business Barometer
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-05-27
arIoffe
 To Make } ; Extra Trips
Special Itinerary Announe-
 ed for 5. E. Alaska , Here on July 4

Canadian steamer Princess Char lotte will make three special itin- erary tour trips to Southeast Alas ka this season calling at Sitka. Ad- vices received here are that so far accommodations are well taken.
 The Princess Charlotte will sail from Vancouver on the first trip July l at II o'clock in the fore noon, calling at Ocean Falls, Ket- chikan, Rudyerd Bay, Walker Cove, Behm Narrows, Wrangell Narrows, Taku Glacier and arriving at Ju- neau July 4 at 2:3O o'clock in the afternoon and remaining until 10 o'clock at night. From Juneau the steamer goes to Sitka, Skagway and then south direct to Wrangell, Ketchikan, Prince Rupert, Alert Bay, Comox and Vancouver, arriv- ing there at pm, July II.
 The second trip is scheduled from Vancouver July 22, arriving at Ju- neau at 2::30 pm, July 22. and leaving at 10 o'clock that night
 On the third trip, the Princess Charlotte leaves Vancouver August 12, arriving at Juneau August IS at 2;30 pm. and remaining in port until 10 o'clock that night.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-05-27
4haIibuters
 Seattle

SEATTLE, May 27.-Halibut ar rivals, catches and selling prices to- day are as follows.
 From the western banks-Sunde 40,000 pounds, 10l2 and 9ls cents a pound; Venture 36,00O pounds, lO1. and 9ss cents.
 From the local banks-Destiny. 10000 pounds, Sanak 10000 pounds, both at 103s and cents.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-05-27
CRAB COMEBACK

SANTA MONICA, Cal. Tn 1859 there was a huge run of red crab in Santa Monica Bay. This spring they came back again.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-05-27
MARINE NEWS
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
NoRTHBoUND

. North Coast scheduled to ar rive sometime early tomorrow . morning. Nothing definite at [ . pm. today. . Princess Louise scheduled to ( . arrive Thursday afternoon or ( . evening. . Denali due Saturday. . SCHEDULED SAILINGS [
 . Northland scheduled to sail . . from Seattle at 10 am. to- . . morrow. . Aleutian scheduled to sail from . . Seattle May 29 at g am.
 : Taku scheduled to sail from [ . Seattle May 29 at 10 am. |
 North Sea scheduled to sail | . from Seattle May 30 at 10 am.
 . Yukon scheduled to sail from |
 . Seattle June 3 at 9 am. . SOUTHBOUND SAILINGS . Tyee scheduled southbound [ tomorrow evening. . Baranof scheduled southbound .
 . Saturday.
 Alaska scheduled SouthbCund [ 0 late Sunday or Monday. . LOCAL SAILINGS . Estebeth scheduled to sail every Wednesday at 6 pm. | . for Sitka and wayports. . Naha leaves every Wednesday | . at l pm. for Petersburg, Port |
 . Alexander, Rake and way . ports.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-05-27

tablish a private wire.'
 Postal Telegraph recently has been granted permission to put a special leased circuit from Joliet, H., to the United States Army ordnance depot near Elwood III. The same company has been is sued a permit to connect St.. Louis wire into the offices of the Atlas Powder Company plant at Weldon Springs, Mo, and Western Union has been authorized to es- tablish a wire from Los Angeles into the Interstate Aircraft and Engineering Corporation offices at Fl Segundo, Cal
 The chuckle is that in these na- tional defense plants, where se- crecy is such that you can't stick your toe into the front door with out Four Al Credentials, the Federal Communications Commis- sion order reads: Granted, with the understanding that the service is to be made available to the pub lie"
 And don't think for minute that the message carriers don't abide by this. If any person pre- sents himself to the front door and says simply, T want to send a telegram they had better let him in-or else--or else the laN has been violated and the "pri- vate wire" won't be there any more. That's democracy with a Capital-D.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-05-27

STEP to Health with Better Feet. Phone 648. Chiropodist Dr. Stoves
 adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-05-27

The board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States has elected Albert w. Hawkes. of Kearny, N. J., as president of the chamber. The election followed the final business session of the chambers 29th an-
 nual meeting in Washington.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-05-27

SubscrIDe Jo the Daily Alaska Empire--the paper with the larges paid circulation.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-05-27

been working at the air base at Sitka for the past year.
 Besides his widow, he is survived by a daughter, Ruth. Both Mrs Kunnas and her daughter are liv- ing in Juneau.
 The remains are being brought here by plane this afternoon and will be taken to the Charles w. Carter MOrtuary until funeral ar arrangements are made.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-05-27
DOUBLE CAPTAIN

COLORADO SPRINGS, May ;. Tom Pelican must be Kid Pop ularity" at Colorado College. The Tiger basketball team elected him captain for next season thre e months after he was voted captain of the 1941 grid eleven. He was an all-conference end last season.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-05-27
ARTHUR KUNNA5 DIES AT S!TKA
 LAST EVENING
We'll known Juneau Car Denter Suffers Heart
 Attack

Arthur Kunnas, 56, passed away at Sitka last night as the result of heart attack, according to word received here today.
 Born at Abo, Finland, October T, 1885, he came to Alaska in 1905 and had been engaged in carpen- try work in the Territory. He had
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-05-27
KNUDsEN, THE WIZARD

When recent figures were issued about next years allotments for new automobiles, they came out this way: This year, 5,289,972 cars; next year, 4,224,152 cars; reduction. 1,057,994 cars"
 It didn't take someone very long to discover that these figures didn't add but OPM already had shut up shop for the day. When the error was relayed to homes, junior officials swarmed out like flies. Knudsens own private secretary even joined the chase for missing figures. Were next years quotas wrong by several thousands or were the reduction figures wrong?
 About midnight (after five hours of combing work : sheets with plant quotas in OPM files) everybody gave up. Knudsen was attending a private party at the Mayflower. He walked out to find bevy of his junior executives. They explained their dilemma. Knudsen adjusted his glasses, glanced briefly over the figure mazed work sheets and said Somebody made an error on the adding machines, The correct fig ures are, l941 production, 5,289,- 972; proposed allotments, 4224,- l52-reduction, l,065,820 cars"
 It's that kind of thing that makes Washington folk SO posi- tive that Bill" Knudsen knows all the answers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-05-27

measures are being taken in re- spect to the Prince Aryen, one of Gerinany's most powerful cruisers"
 The official British statement discICses that the Bismarck eluded her pursuers once last Saturday night during extreme ly bad weather but the United States built Catalina plane picked up the trail again Sunday before midday and the chase was on again.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-05-27
GIANT SHIP 0FGERhANY
 DESTROYED
Graft that Sent British Bat. file Cruiser Hood 10 Boi-
 tom Is Blown Up

Continued from Page Ore,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-05-27
AT BARANOF

A. B. Elrath of Montgomery Ward and Company arrived in Juneau today and is staying at the Baranof Hotel. @.'ss
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-05-27
FBI, IC(, Even knudsen Gel Mixed Up in Deals
 Thai Bring Out Laughs

Continued from Page One)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-05-27
TWO HALIBUTERS SELL

Capt. Mack Lopp of the halibuter Sea Rose docked in Juneau this morning with $500 pounds of fish and Capt. Ed Hansen of the Carol H. unloaded 2500 pounds, both sell ing to the Alaska Coast Fisheries at prices of 9 and 7.55 cents per pound.