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Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-07
Defense Strikes
Shut Il Plants:
One Wakout Ends
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Continued from Page One
gunpowder production and held con-
tracts for materials worth 100000
900. The union demands security"
and wage increases.
John R. Steelman, director of the
U. S. Cancellation service said at
Washington there still was much
to be done" toward settlement Of
four strikes called by the Farm
Equipment Workers Organizing
Committee (CIO) against the Inter
national Harvester Co. whose chair
Of eight middle western plants holds
defense orders worth $10,0O0,OO0
Steelman conferred with company
and union representatives 81 con-
secutive hours before calling a re-
cess in negotiations yesterday, the
longest conference in U. S. concilia-
ton records.
The S1,550,000 construction project
to expand the army air corps test
ing center at Wright Field, Dayton,
o., remained at standstill for
the fifth day except for the work
of four CLIO electrical workers. Army
officers awaited further instructions
from the war department at Wash
ington on the strike of 400 AFL
members of the Dayton Building
Trades Council who walked off the
project for the second time in five
weeks in protest against hiring Of
the Clio workers.
Three hundred AFL building
Trades Workers we're on strike and
picketing the armys Washington
Medical Center where $3.50 900 bar
racks are under construction. The
workers went on strike in protest
against hiring of a non-union sub
contractor.
work on two army defense hous-
ing projects at Baltimore was halted
when an estimated 500 workers went
on strike in jurisdictional dispute
between contractors and the Balti-
more Building Trades Council. A
temporary agreement had ended a
dispute at the projects "Wednesday.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-07

mates certificate, but must not
skipper a vessel during the suspen-
sion period. The bureau admitted,
however, that both men must "inev-
itably suffer penalties outside the
scope of the governments control
presumably difficulty in obtaining
further work.
The Manhattan ran onto a bar
Jan. - while headed southwark on
an intercoastal cruise There was
no loss of life. The 200 passengers
spent the night aboard and were
safely trans-shipped the next morn
ing. The crew stayed aboard until
the ship was refloated three weeks
later
Commander R. S. Field. chief of
the bureau. said the accident was
due to "indecisivenesS on the part
of the master to change course when
a change was necessary. The fault
for the grounding lies almost en-
tirely on Capt. Richardson"
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-07
Captain Blamed
I'm LINER Mishup

WASHINGTON March :. up
Capt George V. Richardson. master
Of the S. S. Manhattan when she
ran aground off the coast OF Florids
In January, today fact q eight months
suspension because he was found
almost entirely" 10 blame for the
nishap.
The Bureau of Marine Inspection
and Navigation ordered his masters
license suspended. First Mate Joseph
II. Burger was found guilty Of CON
tributory fault and ordered Sus-
pended for one month.
Richardson's suspension neces-
sarily will not keep him ashore, the
bureau said. He could get a chief
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-07
Balkans Believe
Saturday Fixed
For German Move

Continued frcm Page One)
defensive position in Thrace. Tur-
kiSh cabinet members declined in
vitations from German Ambassador
Franz Won Papen to see a German
movie. Victory in the West, de-
plotting Nazi blitzkrieg tactics.
Budapest. diplomatic sources re-
ported advices from Istanbul that
Great Britain is preparing to SEND
part of her eastern Mediterranean
fleet into the Black Sea under a
guarantee made TO Turkey by For
eign Secretary Anthony Eden.
This guarantee by Britain report
eddy was agreed to by Russia during
the British diplomatic conferences
in Ankara in which Sir Stafford
CrippS. British ambassador to Mos
COW participated.
The Russian army paper, Red
Star. Thursday quoted foreign OBJ
servers" as predicting similar move
by the BritishD
The tempo and the magnitude OF
German troop movements south
ward toward the Macedonian and
Turkish frontiers of Bulgaria in
creased.
German armed forces of all cat
egories rolled across Bulgaria
throughout the day. There were long
columns of mechanical units and
/ equipment of all kinds.
The movement was not restricted
] to the Bulgarian frontier just north
of Greece. Numbers of troops and
quantities of equipment flowed to-
ward the Bulgarian Turkish frontier
Turkey forecast the Balkan crisis
would reach a turning point soon
/ The Turks thought events woulo
move swiftly as soon as British Min
lister George w. Rendel and his
staff left Sofia, probably Monday
The Turks believed new Balkan
front would be opened up presum-
ably by German attack on Greece
and British air attacks on Nazi con.
centrations in Bulgaria and thu
Rumanian oil fields.
Premier Reyfik Saydam will prob
ably outline Turkeys position in
speech to parliament wednesday.
British comment saw little ground
for optimism in the Balkans. 1t wa
said that Britain may have warned
Jugoslavia that she cannot guar
antee the territorial integrity o
that polyglot nation at post-wa
peace conference if the JugoSlav
join the Axis.
Rumania reported that German,
is giving the Rumanian army ex
tensive training and Budapest hearC
that Bucharest was going through
realistic blackout drills while grea
labor forces hurriedly CONSTRUCTED
airdromes at strategic points anc
worked to build a Notifications SyS'
tenn TO protect Rumania's Russian
frontier.
Berlin was said TO be concerned
by a drop in Rumanian industrial
production and this was said to have
been the chief topic discussed at
f Gen. Ion Antonescu's hurried con-
F ference with Reich Marshal Her.
mann Goering two days ago.
The Germans were said to attach
little Importance to Russia'S atti-
tude in the current Balkan situa-
ton.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-07
Defense Activity
DELAYS w. Plans

Continued from Page One)
corning chances of East Mesa de-
velopment and urged speed in
putting the All American canal into
full operation. He said the bureau
declined to commit itself but again
promised to go ahead as rapidly as
possible.
The engineer said he did not
know whether the new canal pro-
ject appropriation included funds
for construction of the East Mesa
lateral system, or whether the mon
ey, if appropriated, would be de-
voted solely for completion of the
Coachella branch.
Dowd learned in Denver that the
bureau has decided to concrete
line the New Briar canal, bids on
which will be called soon.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-07
Imperial Valley Press

Established April 20. 1901
Published every afternoon except
Saturdar and Sunday Saturday
afternoon issue now succeeded
by the Sunday Post-Press, es-
tablishe1 1886 by the Imperial
Valley Publishing company. 625
State street, Ell Centre, Calf.
Paul jenkins, publisher; A. c.
JOHNSON, vice-president and gem
eral manager; II. A.. Fitzhugh,
secretary and managing editor.
West Holiday Co, Inc, National
Advertising Representatives.
Entered at FL Centre, California
post office as second class mat
ter.
subscription rates: In California,
&c per copy.
In conjunction with the Post
Press (Sundays), per month 75c;
paid in advance, 8 months, $2.1O;
months, $500; one year, $3.50;
outside California 81 90 per month.
M IN b er. California Newspapsr
Publishers Association.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-07
Fair Expects Big
Weekend Crowd
Continued from Page One

starting at l pm. each afternoon.
The l941 horse show, according to
Dorman Stewart, secretary, will
reach a five year peak, as the larg
est number of entries in history
have been housed in the fair grounG
barns.
The Saturday morning program
will be dominated by junior live
stockmen, who will parade cham
pion animals. participate in judg-
ing contests. demonstration contests
and All club program from 1920
util noon.
Weekday attendance during the
first five days of the fair was cut
because of Indictment weather, and
for that reason fair officials antic
ipated the largest weekend crowc
in history. More than 10000 persons
attended the fair on the final Sun
day last year.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-07
Pair Jailed on
Marijuana Charge

Manuel Mendez. IS, and jose Gar
"a, 80, Calexico laborers, were held
in the county Jail at FL Centre
Friday on a charge of smuggling
marijuana into the United States
from Mexico.
Tlrey were arrested Thursday
night by customs officers as they
came through the international gate
at Calexico. They were scheduled
for hearing before United States
Commissioner Dorsey Whitelaw late
FRIDAY.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-07
Roosevelt Scores Delay
In Lend-Leose Passage

a final vote on The measure
haps early next week.
Supporters of the bill said the re-
vised Ellender Observation-Disclosures
ing that nothing in the bill changes
existing law or enlarges presidential
powers relating to the use OF land
and naval forces-would be adopted
by two-to-one majority. 1t is n
compromise, written by administra-
ton supporters on the senate for
eign relations committee and de-
signed to white down support OF
other amendments intended to re-
strict drastically the TIE of troops
',..Nod
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-07
Clear and Warm

Continued clear skies with slightly
warmer temperatures Saturday and
Sunday was in prospect for Imperial
Valley oyer the weekend, according
to report from the San Diego
U. S. weather bureau service.
Storms, which were believed head
ed toward the coast moved north
ward Friday and will miss most of
California, the weather bureau said.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-07

at a press conference as the senate
began debate on a series of amend
ments opposing the use of Ameri-
can armed forces in foreign coun-
tries outside of the western hemi-
sphere. Most of these amendments,
with the exception of compromise
proposal by Sen. Allen J. Ellender,
D., La, are opposed by the admin
istration.
Administration leaders were con-
fident of passing the Ellender COM
promise and d '~" the other
amendments. They caiiot >" tight
sessions beginning tonight to sk,,
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-07
BURGLARS LOOT
SERVICE STATION

Burglars broke through window
and took S35 from the Dewitt
service station at Fouth and Olive,
FL Centre. Thursday night or early
Friday, police reported. The thieves
took only money, ignoring several
hundreds dollars worth og guns
and other equipment.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-07

WASHINGTON, March 7. up
President Roosevelt said today con-
gressional delay in .enacting the
lend-lease bill inevitably will slow
down delivery of war materials to
embattled democracies.
Emphasizing he merely was re-
stating what he has been saying
since the first of the year, Mr.
Roosevelt said congressional delay
may have no effect on immediate
deliveries. but every day lost now
will affect deliveries of assistance a
little later on.
The president made his statement
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-07
TWO MARRIAGES ARE
ANNULLED

Jack Willis marriage to Haze
Willis was annu]led in superior
court Friday because at the time
of their marriage she had another
husband living The marriage Of
Virginia Wenstrom to Roy S. Wen
strom in Reno. New, Dec. Is, 1885
was annulled and she was permit
ted to use her maiden name, Vir-
Sinia Greene.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-07
COOLING APPARATUS
GETS HOT. BLAZES

Cooling apparatus on a cheese
truck went Into reverse Thurs
day evening while the machine was
parked at Sixth and Broadway. AS
a result. firemen were called to
extinguish the blaze which damag-
cd the cooler motor.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-07
GROCERIMAN FINED
FOR BURNING TRASH

A 81 fine was imposed on Hong
Chong. Ell Centre grocery man, Fri
day in police court for violation
of a city ordinance prohibiting
trash burning except in a proper
container.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-07
WILL BE TRIED IN
SUPERIOR COURT

Jesse Springer, 35-year-old farm
laborer, Friday was ordered TO trial
IN superior court on charge Of
cattle theft. He was arrested il
buckeye. Ariz., on n warrant issued
in Imperial.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-07
SUES FOR DIVORCE

Helen Crosswhite Friday filed
suit for divorce from James M
Crosswhite. She said they married
in Ell Centre Aug. 10, 1887 and sep
arated in the same city Oct Is
1910.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-07
Scanning l.V
News Horizon
MARRIAGE LICENSE
ISSTED

A marriage license was issued by
County Clerk w. J, 'McClelland
Thursday to Robert l.. Carusso, rs,
u S. Army officer, and Pauline Ott-
jez, "a, nurse, of Hermosa Beach.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-07
SENT TO JAIL

J. E. Merle's request for prOba-
ton was denied in superior court
Friday and he was sentenced to the
county Jail for go days. He was jail
ed on a bad check charge.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-07
MASONIC LODGE TO
HOLD STATED MEETING

FL Centre lodge No. 1884, F. and A.
M. will hold stated meeting Mon
Gay night, 7:30 O'Clock, Masonic
temple.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-07
WEATHER

Southern California: Clear Friday;
increasing high cloudiness Saturday;
continued warm.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-07
Specialist Says
Health Program
Needed in Valley

WESTMORLAND, March 7.-Dr
Ellarene Mccoy, supervising child
specialist for the state department
of health who for four years con-
Quoted well baby clinics in Imperial
county. recently told Westmorland
P.-T.A. members an adequate pub
lie health prC<'am is necessary for
the safety of all residents of the
county.
Those who cannot pay for their
own care" she said, are menace
to the remainder of the county UNI
less some means for caring for them
is provided They spread disease and
become public charges unless some
agency steps in
She outlined the duties of a pub
lie health department: administra-
ton and project planning; collection
of vital statistics; control of COM
municable diseases; maternal and
child hygiene programs: cripple /
children'S services; sanitation OF
environment, water, food, and milk;
laboratory services, school hygiene
and public health nursing.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-06
No DissentiOn
OuezOn Insists


Manila. Mar. 6-AP-Reports Of
political dissension within the al
ministration OF President Manuel
Quezon prompted a declaration to-
day by his secretary. Jorge T..
Vargas, that relations between Que
zon and the speaker of the national
assembly, Jose Yulo, are cordial
as ever.
Reliable sources had said yester-
day that Yulo, who also is presi-
dent of Quezon's powerful Nacioa-
alista party, threatened TO retire
unless Rafael Altman was remov-
ed as secretary of the interior.
These sources said the contro
versy developed after the conyen.
ton OF provincial governors and
mayors last month drafted Quezon
and Serg o Osmena as candidates
for reelection next November as
commonwealth president and vice
president.
Iulo was reported TO have blamed
Altman for the action which he
viewed as an attempt to ignore him.
Yulo has been mentioned prom n
emily for the presidency IL Quezon
did not seek reelection
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-06
American Woman Tells About
Life in Soviet Refugee Camp

we lived in a log hut she
said. and seldom had enough
clothing or bedding. Our food was
mainly bread and barley flour.
There we're about $50 refugees in
our camp. some Of them Poles Of
high rank. including architects,
doctors. engineers. with their
wives and children
Mrs. Kochansh came back to
America convinced the European
relationships cannot endure.
The people will rise up when
the time comes, she said. There
is fine leadership among these
people. and when the signal Is
given. they will fight
Mrs. koChanski expressed be
lief that in all Russia there are
fewer than 100000 communists"
The people hate their rulers. she
said, and some day will assert
themselves. she finally won her
freedom through interccssion Of
the American consul ~ MeseeRr
after American relatives had
brought her plight to the attcn-
ton Of the state d. partment.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-06
Strike Hearing
Will go Higher

Justice A. NJ. Vandorsall Wednes-
day bound Raymond Ducharme, this
city, to circuit court for trial on
charges OF fclonious assault against
Mrs. Adeline Merritt. Mrs. Merritt
accuses him OF throwing muriatic
acid at the time the United
Stove Co. strike was called Feb.
10. ,..,a
Ducbsrins waz released On $500
appearance bond.
Prosecutor George Meader said
that questions involved in the mu-
nicipal court hearing were whether
an offense had been committed and
whether the defendant had commit
ed it. In reviewing testimony OF
Mrs Merritt he said that although
she did not actually see the defend
ant throw the acid, she saw him
with a can and Immediately after.
ward felt acid on her legs.
Attorneys for, the defendant
sought to have the case dismissed
on the grounds that only circum-
stantial evidence was presented,
only inference OF intent was shown
and that the warrant had not been
properly prepared.
Cases Adjourned
On consent OF the prosecutor.
cases against John Brownlow and
Stanley Overacker, charged with
assault and battery and violation
of-the Michigan Labor Laws. and
against Marion Landrum, Duane
Bastian, Max Glowacki. and Lester
Cooley. charged with the same Of
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-06


Washington. Mar. s AP Take
from the omcials who examine your
ncome tax blanks, don't initiate
the New Yorker who recently
claimed tax deductions for enough
gasoline 20 dHiHe his car around the
world four times.
III people put down reasonable
deductions, we won't bother them
much" said an official
Every year. he added. thousands
OF persons try 10 "chisel' extra
deductions. and many are caught.
often. however. the mistakes are
innocent 4 wilmington. Del man
voluntarily sent $50 TO the Treas
ury a week ago saying he had Just
learned that some deductions lie
took years ago were Illegal
Here ar some Of the credits. ex-
emptioBs and deductions you can
take legally.
Personal exemption s. 600
for heads Of families, $500 for sin
gle persons.
2 Dependent credits $500 each
for dependent children under rs
or adult physically or mentally IN.
capable OF selfsupport.
3 Contributions only u made
10 organized charities such as Red
Cross. or 70 churches. veterans
organization. lodges, community
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-06
Where One Ship Goes
Down, Two Come up

London. Mar 6-AP-An ad-
miralty statement asserted to-
day that German and Italy had
claimed to have sunk or ser
iously damaged s. British En-
pire battleships or battle cruis-
ers, whereas Britain had only
Is such wsrships at the out.
break OF war.
Applying the statement OF
A V. Alexander. first lord OF
the admiralty, before commons
yesterday. that the Axis had
claimed to have sunk or serious
ly damaged more than twice the
number OF capital ships, aircraft
carriers and cruisers Britain
possessed at the start OF the
war. the admiralty said in some
cases units Of the fleet had been
claimed sunk several times
over.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-06
Weygand Flies
to Vichy, Sees
State Marshal
Purpose of Visit
Not Revealed

Nichy, France. Mar Gap
Back in Vichy for the first time
since he went TO Algiers last DC
tober to command the French
armies in Africa. General Maxine
Weygand undertook today a series
OF conferences given exceptional
importance by the threats OF ex-
panding war in the Mediterranean
area
His chief contract will be with
Chief of State Marshall Philippe
Petain to whom he will be able TO
give a first hand report on condi-
lions among French forces not
only in North Africa but West Al
RIGA as well.
II was believed the former allied
generalissimo also would talk with
Vice Premier Admiral Jean Darlan,
who was said to have lunched in
Paris yesterday with ousted Vice
Premier Pierre Laval and Count
Fernand De Brinon, Nichy's Paris
representative.
Speculation was rife as to the
reason for Weygand's flying visit
but a spokesman at the war minis
try said he lis merely reporting
to his chief. If he were not so
far away he would do it twice a
month.
Some sources thought he came to
discuss current rumors that the
British intended to occupy French
inundated Syria TO maintain bet
ter contact with Turkish armed
forces and then give the mandate to
Turkey after the war.
Others believed he might be fol-
lowing up the recent interview
Marshal Petain held with General
issimo Francisco Franco OF Spain.
which came shortly after Franco
met with Benito Mussolini, perhaps
relative TO German intentions in
Libya or other phases of the war
in the western Mediterranean.
Another possibility was that he
might discuss declarations made by
British Undersecretary Of Foreign
Affairs Il. \. Butler and General
Charles De Gaulle, free French
leader. that German soldiers and
technicians had arrived in French
Morocco, only $50 miles from the
Strait OF Gibraltar.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-06

Chicago. Mar. 6 ms Her
hands calloused and hard from
seven months Of hard work in the
fields Of northwestern Siberia,
Mrs. Olga Kochanski was back in
her native Chicago today with a
narrowing tale Of IS months she
spent as virtual prisoner in Rus
STA following the Russian German
invasion OF Poland.
Mrs. Kochansh went to War
saw % years ago and married her
violin teacher Prof Waclaw Koch
ansld. who became vice rector Of
the Warsaw Conservatory Of
Music. and died just before Po-
land fell in September OF 1889.
Mrs. kochansbi said she was
seized by Russian soldiers at
Kowel. Poland. where she was
resting at the home Of a friend.
Unable to prove her American
citizenship. she was sent TO Sib-
eria in a box car with so other ref
ugees, and forced 10 work IN the
fields although the temperature
sometimes cropped to as low as
IS degrees below zero.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-06
Dies Predicts
Nazi Uprisings


Washington Mar. Gap Rep.
Dies D-TexD believes South
American nations face the immin-
ent danger Of German directed up
Iisings
The chairman OF the House Com
mittee to Investigate un-American
activities told reporters yesterday
ne had received reports from re
liable sources that there are more
than 100000 Germans in South
America upon whom the third
Reich can alb olutely depend"
Without specifying countries in
which uprisings might occur. Dies
declared that if Adolf Hitler be-
licved II necessary 10 divert the
United States from its defense and
aid.to-Britain programs he would
start a move ment which would re.
suit in the overthrow OF some OF
the governments in South Amer
ice.
Dies said the Germans might de
eide TO penetrate Latin American
10 supplement their supply Of raw
materials.