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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-07
FROM CONVENIENCE TO CANCER

The existence of this complicated service of information can be justi- fled on many counts. the principal one being that in q democracy, the citizens are entitled to know what their government is doing, And many government agencies. in the acts of Congress creating them, are specl- iically charged with the task of furnishing the public with informa- ton.
 N0 nswnpapsr man could function
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-25
BY UNITED PRESS

A general strike of machlnlStS III
the st. Louis metropolitan area
threatened to close a huge aircraft
factory Tuesday as President Roose-
Welt and congressional leaders were
reported agreed on anti-strike legis-
lation to prevent work stoppages in
defense industries.
Production workers al the ST. Louis
plant of the Curtiss Wright Aircraft
cooperation joined the general strike
OF AFL machinists after mass
nee ting Monday night. About 453
tool and die workers struck Mon
uay but production workers did not
knew they were included III the
Waikout order for $500 machiniStS,
Some production workers reported
for the early shift Tuesday but 4
company spokesman said the toe.
and die makers strike would close
the plant eventually even If other
employees remained at their jobs p
The plant has defense contracts
worth $l00000Q00
4o5 PLANTS Affected
The strike also closed the MCDOn-
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-25
Partial Wage Curb
New Control Plan
In Price Measure
Amendment Would Give
administrator Power
10 Ban Increases

WASHINGTON. Nov. 25.
UP) = The administration
las decided to try to nipple
nent its price control legis-
alton with an amendment
mpowering the price administra-
or to ban any wage increases which
he found to be inflationary, a house
leader revealed today.
The administration decision 10
3eeh limited wage control as part
If its program to combat initiation
presumably was mace known to con-
5ressional leaders at last nights
White House conference on labor.
Democratic Leader John w. McCor-
mack, Mass, announced after that
conference that price control had
been discussed.
The house banking committee
adopted an amendment which Would
.1Store to the bill a controversial
section permitting the adminiStra-
.or to buy and sell commodities or
the open market to stabilize prices.
The vote was reported as IA to g.
The move was disclosed as the
house began the second day of de-
Continued on Page 8; Column A.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-25
-Four Girls Unhurf
As Car 0yerturns

Three young school girls of Ell
Centre and a young San Diego gir
were searching for their missing
purses Monday and recovering iron
fright they suffered when a car
driven by Beverly Burger oVerturn-
ed on West Main street in El Centre
Sunday afternoon.
Beverly, daughter Of DR.. and Mrs
Floyd Burger. and Carmen Vinfrido
and Jewell Thompson, all of F.
Centre, and Josephine Thompson.
of San Diego escaped critical in
juries and were helped from the
Burger car as it rested on its side
on the highway. headed in the op-
posite direction from which it was
travelling when it struck a rough
place in the road and overturned.
No official report of the accident
was made.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-25

year-old Negro, was charged with
the assault. The Negro signed 4
statement admitting the attack.
Monday, the Negro was brought
to trial in district court.
The courtroom was Sprinkled with
white persons and Negroes. Moore
house was standing behind the pris-
Oner. District Judge j. w. Chandler
was on the bench.
Suddenly there was a scream. The
Negro fell back and in a few min
utcS he was dead.
Fort minutes later, Ranger r. D.
Holiday charged MoorehOuSe witt
murder The allegations said he had
used d pen knife to stab the Negro
in the left side.
After he had been charged with
murder, Al Angelina county citizens
signed a $1,000 bond and MoorehouSc
was free.
Nov" he said, Il can sleep. It
will be the first time since my wife
was killed
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-25
u. 5. FIiers RESIGN
To Join China in
War Against Japan
100 Experienced Pilots
Plus 400 Ground Men
Defend Burma Road
BY WALLACE CARROLL

NONPJ A"EA ~ S-iAhNN' a SSo'
MANILA, P. l., Nov. 25.
(UP)-An estimated 500 air
men who resigned from the
United States army and navy have
arrived somewhere in the Far Eass
and started training to fight 70.
China against Japan.
The existence CT this force is an
open secret in the Far East. talked
about in bars and clubs all the way
from Karachi to Manila and some
times even mentioned in the news
papers.
At one point I heard of Royal
air force pilots also being permitted
to resign their commissions and vol
unteer to help China but I was
unable to confirm the report.
The American contingent is COM
priSed of about l0C experienced
pilots and 400 crew men. They arc
using Curtiss P-40 planes.
They are drawn from different
army and navy SquadrCns and are
being put through intensive opera
tiCnal training, including formation
flying, before entering China to
Continued on Page 8. Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-25
Gordon Garland 10
Speak at Brawley

Gordon Garland of Tulare county
speaker of the California state as
stnoly and possibly a Democratic
candidate ior governor Of the state.
viii speak twice in BraWleY We'd
nt,day. He Tlil no, speak anywhere
eiac III imperial Valley.
The public was invited to attend
a lomt meeting Of the BraWley Ro-
tary and KiWanis clubs at the Plan
ters hotel at noon Wednesday where
Garland will be the speaker Women
OF Imperial Valley were invited to
hear him speak at > pm. Wednes-
day at the Brawley Women's COM
munity club. His subject at the
Womcns club will be "California's S
Defense Program While i'll the
valley he will be Il guest of MI. and
Ms. b. M. Graham ofBraWley.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-25

gress would take up antistrlke leglS-
latlOn next week.
If the breakdown comes in tn
form suggested after last night
White House conference among the
President and legislative leaders, ii
will be attributed largely to the
coal strike led by President John
l. Lewis of the United Mine Work
orS of America and to the threat OF
congressional conservatives to block
administration foreign policies I'M
less defense StoppageS are dealt with.
The proposed program is stronge!
by far than most labor bills now
pending in congress.
Eleven members of the house, At
torncy General Francis Biddle, Sec
rotary of Labor Frances Perkins anC
Assistant Secretary of Labor DAME.
". Tracy met with Mr. Roosevelt
after which Mccormack said thg
CONSENSUS had been for immediate
consideration of legislation contain
ing these provisions for settlement
of defense strikes:
/. Negotiation between employers
and employees.
>. Cancellation by government
agency.
3. Mediation of a statutory agen
cy empowered to prohibit strikes
during a period of reason
4. Compulsory arbitration Of the
dispute at the direction of the Presi-
den. if the three fereR DING proceed
ureS failed to obtain a settlement.
Other cOnferees said it appeared
to be the intention 70 penalizc any
union or group of workers which re-
fused to accept compulsory arbitra-
tiCn bv withholding from them TIC
benefits Of certain labor legislation,
as follows:
!. The National Labor Relations
act which guarantees labors right
to organize and to bargain coller-
lively.
.. The Norris-La Guardia act, 4
pre-NcW Deal law, designed to pro
teCt strikers against the injunction
process of federal courts.
3. Unemployment compensation.
The house labor committee direct
ed its ranking majority member
Rep Robert F. Ramspeck, D., Ga
tC prepare legislation Cmbodyine
the understanding.
RamSpcck announced he would
cCmpletC the bill soon and the conf
mittec could report it to the house
Friday. He said it will contain three
1f tbp four OOjDtS Of the White
House understanding" and possibly
the fourth-the drastic provision fog
compulsory arbitration.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-25

'SGDIJOl
country move troops into all french
Possessions in this hemisphere II
Petain agrees tC expected AXIS de-
mandS for French military collabor-
alton.
Some senators interpreted the
governments decision t. protect
Dutch Guiana, which contains val
I..tlo bQuXlte mily>. with American
u0opS as a move 10 forCStall pos
sible seizure by Hitler, operating
through French Guiana which ad-
joirs the Dutch colony on the north
east bulge" OF South America.
PeCain meets Reich Marshal Her
mann Goering tomorrow and later
is to confer With the high person.
age. The extent of American pre-
paredness to meet any threat that
may result was emphasized by:
President Roosevelt'S announce
ment that American troops will pro-
tect Dutch Guiana CSurinamo
Revelation that Mr.. Roosevelt has
authorized lendlease aid to the
Free French.
for Vichy French areas in North
Africa and of all licenses for eXpor-
tation Of petroleum products to
Spain and its possessions and Tan
gier.
IeanWhila the Far Eastern Situa-
tiCn is 20 uncertain that congress
sonal leaders doubted that con-
o.occ ,,.C,lJ I,o ohio tn ctort tbrpp
day recesSeS soon.
CRESIS EXPECTED
These receSseS had been planned
to begin about Dec, Is, but senate
AID house leaders were beginning
to feel that congress should be OF
hand for any emergency in the
Pacific.
Representatives of America, Brit
ain, China and the Dutch East In
dies met again at the state depart
ment late YESTERDAY TO discuss the
United States reply to japanese
proposals presented Saturday night,
The proposals were made at the
end of a week OF almost daily con-
ferenCeS between Secretary Of State
COrdell HUI ana the Two japanese
ENJOYS, Saburo Kurusu and Kich-
Saburo Nonura.
Yesterdays conferences were tO
make certain that The American
reply has the backing Of the other
democratic countries with interests
in the Far East.
JAPAN UNWILLING
The Japanese proposals, it was
learned, did not go far toward SET
tlement. One authoritative source
said Japan appeared to be tempor-
izing rather than to be offering 4
remedy. The intcrplet tation was
that Japan seemed unwilling to dis
card the idea that her Axis ally,
Germany, is the coming world power
While administration quarters
were somewhat pessimistic, it Was
said that there was still chance
Continued on Page 8; Column 81
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-25
Here's Something New
Z. {. PIons yuIe BIuckou&

Every retail store in 'El Centre
will be blackcd out at PM Friday
to reopen an hour later in a blaze
CT incandeScent glory with q show
window previeW OF what YOU can cX-
pect for Christmas.
The blackout as arranged for the
purpose of aftordinG merchants ar
opportunity TO put last minute
touches to their Christmas mer-
chandise displays before the biz
celebration between the hours OF :
and $50 O'Clock Friday evening,
when Ell Centro will frolic in g
street dance. receive free turkey
and welcome the return OF Santa
Claus
All store liGhts will be anappe(
on again promptly at 7 o'clock, and
at 80 musicians from the llth
cavalry will strike up the band on
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-25

a huge catch-aS-catch-can shlndip
in the middle of Fifth street, from
Main 10 State.
At 9:30 pm. 20 lucky ticket hold
ers will receive free turkeys to grace
their Yuletide boards.
Tickets will be given away ali
day Friday to everyone who enteres
an I'll Certro store No purchase.
are necessary. Just walk in and "A
clerk will hand you a ticket
The Friday evening blowout will
follow the visit here of Santa Claus.
who arrives by airplane at o'clock
in the afternoon.
Santa's return to Ell Centro, OF
course is the event that the young
sters are eagerly waiting for. Just
how eagerly is evidenced by the
volume of letters already pouring
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-25

JCl dIUdChS Ill llOl pursuit Vi lilc
enemy in the north and south.
On third front, the tough. black
uniformed British commands made
4 raid On the French coast of No.
mandy and briefly engaged the
Germans.
The fighting on the Libyan front
appeared to be almost as intense
as the action on the eastern front.
British advance tank units streak
cd 200 miles across the desert to
capture Augila in a great encircling
movement. but the battle that vii.
decide the fate of the invasion was
apparently being fought in the Sid
tre2egh sector, south of Tobruk.
In that region, the giant tank
battle had died down, according to
the British spokesman, due to ex-
haustion and heavy casualties on
beth sides The Germans, however
had apparently been cut off from
some CT their main fuel bases and
their repair facilities and British
infantry and artillery rushed into
the battle front in an attempt t0
seize the upper hand.
GERMANS REINFORCED
British artillery and infantr", ar
irving IL trucks, were engaged on
the Sidi Rezegh sector against Ger
man infantry reinf0rcementS that
arrived by motor The Germans
held the, upper hand until British
Dn hot
driving them back.
But the fight continued furiousl;.
with British Imperials from besieged
Tobruk still advancing in an effort
to make a junction with the main
invading force. The Tobruk garrison
was said TO have captured at least
2000 prisoners, CT which half were
Germans.
The Royal air force still claimed
superiority over Libya and was car
rying out a big-Scale offensive III
cooperation With the ground forces
but the British spokesman said that
tile Germans were now shifting air
planes from the European front to
meet the British in Libya The So
N4Nl oPchSoIlldAl od4u JIdIItS dlsO Hat
been taken from the eastern front
BY the Germans for use in Libya.
ON EASTERN FRONT
On the eastern front. the Russians
reported that British tanks in action
west Of Moscow had been instrument
tai in slowing down and halting at
least temporarily the Axis offensive
that provided the gravest threat of
Continued on Page 8, col. u
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-25
q COMPLAI
Know Your Mail Boxes

The executive vice president III
charge of gathering up Santa Claus
letters is sore, veXed, chagrined ana
indignant.
And he hereby serves notice on
all and sundry that;
l. Those bright red letter boxes
up and down Ell Centro's Main street
are not the media Tor advertising
hypO-allergenic cosmetics for sensi.
tive skins.
,. Ditto were not placed there to
collect bubble gum literature
3. Ditto, Ditto never were intended
as a catch-all for chewed up and
caSt-Off old pencils and rubber
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-25

bands.
3, Ditto, ditto. qitto cannot ,rr.e
as dating bureau The 'NrcutlIt
vice president in charge of Eather-
ing up Santa Claus letters assure
the lady who deposited that blonde
bobby pin in the boz at Ulute .
Artists theater intended 1t As 4 uali.
ing card, and hereby announces that
he is already we'd and in loyrp.
4. Ditto, ditto. ditto, dltio are
not real and genuine mail boXes
and the party At Box "A, H0itYlllr.
should be more careful IN future
where he oShe1 drops his, herr let
terS.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-25

into the 10 bright t5 .itur ba,e
installed on Mam sir'r
Santa's assistant rGrsdtv .c1en' :
ed more than aeor" o. ta,m .3om
boys and girls Wto atr Grlrrmnea
to be IN the moUr, ".ru the
cash prizes are awarded lo -
most interesting and original let
terS.
The letters are hrNs pl.h hcd Up
daily, read carefully ana iacd away
until Santa Claus arrives Friday
to collect them and take them b ms
home at the North POLE. whcr" hr
will fill the requests o. ne Writ"rh.
Many OF tho lctfcrs VIII b" pub
lished III the Post Press and writers
Of the three best ones Will be- award.
ed cash prizes First prlI' "llI ne
S3, second 81 and third prIze 81
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-25
Liquor Banned as
Strikers Paid Off

FfTT9BCrG. c., Nov. IS.
(UP}-Tayerns. bar-rooms and
ether iiq;.or dispensaries were
closed today as Columbia Steel
company distributed regular semi
monthly pay checks among 5000
striking CIO workers.
The ban on liquor sales wa.
imposed in order to prevent any
outbreaks of trouble in the dis
pute between the company and
the CIO Steel Workers Organiz-
ing committee over wage scales
for 501 foundry workers.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-25
p AMBLINe
* EPORTER
From The FROM

From The FROM
RR's iceberg of heart melted with
JOY when Burdettte Kinne wrote
from Kelly Field, Texas where he is
Army Air corpsing. He said in
part. Of courSeD.
There is rumor here that they
klre sending our pictures to news
papers. II you receive one purport'
ing to be of me, it's lie. You see
we have had very short haircuts ant
lany resemblance the picture ma
'oear to the Kinne you know i
purely coinCiGontal"
We can't wait to see Kinnc will
his heaG nude
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-25
Brawleyites Hurt
In Auto Accident

Two Brawley residents suffered
injuries Monday when a car driven
by j. E. Johnson, 80. went out OF
control on a highway turu half =
mile north of Br2Wlcy.
Highway Patrclman Walter Walsh
said Johnson was driving more than
65 miles an hour when he reached
the turn. Johnson and Jose Limon.
30 were treated by a BraWle- phys
iClan
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-25
Husband Murd ers
Attdcker i'm Court

LUFKIN, Tex, Nov. 25. upon
the l4th day OF August, Roy Moore
house, 25-year-old shipping clerk,
came home from work to find his
wife murdered.
Physicians said she had been at
tackled.
On Sept. 3, Mott Flournoy, a 60
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-25

$1,000 quota and reported that clean
up work will add to that amount,
The Chinese division was the first
group to gain its goal, hitting l59
per cent of their quota the first
day of the big push.
Total funds collected at nOoA
Tuesday were $63540O, or SO per
cent of the $4,000 budget. Officials
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-25
FDR Switches 20
Strike Crcckdowg,
Drastic Compulsory Arbitration Rule
May be Written into New Measure as
Result of White House Conference

WASHINGTON Nov. %. (UP)-PresGent Roosevelt
informally committed by Legislative leaders today to
compulsory arbitration breakdown national defense
strikes strong enough astonish outspoken
Deal labor legislation They said
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-25
Speorheod Drives s
ZOO Miles Across
Desert i'm a-ibvo
Red Army Reports German Onslaught
Against Moscow S+emmed; Imperial
Mystery Troops in Action on Continent
By UNITED PRESS -

Great BrtainS invading army-With infantry daShing
to the front in trucksbatted furiOusy for domination
of Libya Tuesday while the Red army reported it had
semmed the Axis drive Moscow and launched two
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-25
Push Grows for Seizure
By u. S. OF French Areos
In Western Hemisphere
'Pe+ain-Hi+Ier Meeting May be Signal
For American Action to Keep Germany
Our of Vichy Territories TO South

WASHINGTON, Nov 25. (UP)-The United States
was prepared today for any threat to western hems re
defenses resulting meeting of Marshal Henri Phil
ppe Petan of France and high parsonage pr sumaby
Adolf Hitler Of Germany Administration cong1 ssonal
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-25
Chests Business
Group Over Top

The business district squadron Of Ri CentrOs COmmun
y Chest btZ force reported Tuesday the second group
the top in the fund campaign according to Fred Fer
guson, campaign chairman.
John Raymond, commander of the business district
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-25
Strike Threatens
Aircraft Factory

nell Aircraft corporation, Whieh has
ST. 900a9 IN contracts for airplane
parts, and the Busch Sulzer corpOr-
alton, which holds Sl5O0O,000 worth
Of contracts for naval ordnance.
IL all. 400 plants were affected by
the strike, which developed from
a jUrisdictional dispute between AFL
r2chinistS and holsters.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-25

Such Service
Don't tell us dogs can't read.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hunter los
their beloved bird dog. Since they
believe in the power of the printeo
word and all that sort of thing, they
put an ad in the lost and found
department OF the POSt-PreSS. Wher
the paper came out, Mr.. and Mrs
Hunter put their paper in the
back of the car and went for
ride. They stopped down town anG
went shopping
When they came back the dog
was in the back seat With the
paper.
They Com" Out Here
There is something new undel
the sun.
l. Members of the Legion Auxiliary
lhad to shell peas for 200 men anG
women scheduled to dine in El Cen
tro Monday night.
They worried until someone had a
sbrillidnt idea.
y They poured boiling water or
the peas thrust them blossom end
in a clothes Wrlnger, and turned
the crank Out popped the peas.
That idea may have whiskers or
it but RR, who doesn't claim to be
any great shakes at culinary tech
niquc, never heard OF it before.
He Stole the Show
Inky, Johnny Donohue's tiny ink
blob of a dog, was the star OF
the Legion Auxiliary dinner in more
was than one.
Community singing was InkyS
dish. The minute the singing be-
gan, Inky threw back his head
and entered into the spirit of the
thing with startling feryor Such
verye Such thrillingl Such trem-
olo! Such baSso-prOfundo. They
were all in Inky's voice.
Donohue held Inky up to the
microphone on the loudspeaker and
sang tWo notes. Ava went Inky
in as sweet a canine solo as ever
graced the air.
lie appearance on the concert stage
with the GloWworm song.
! Speaking of Animal
When the beautifully attired Wo-
men arrived at the Alexander
BrailCWsky concert Monday night
they were accompanied by some
one besides their escorts.
Right III the midst of the trail
ing skirts and cleaning party
slippers tipped a little mite of
a kitten who hadn't the slightest
sign OF tail The little scrap of
notified fur bounded up the steps
neglecting the bouffant skirt oil a
gorgeous red evening gown as
background.
At that moment, Noel Smith took
a hand. He scoopcd up the kitten
Smoothed its fur until it purred
delightedly. and locked it in the
business Office.
Maybe the cat liked music and
was planning to put on a kitten
On The Keys" number.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-25

of The Chest were making an all
out effort TO complete the drive this
week. Chest workers have been in
vitcd to Victory Dinner" to Dc
held at Camp Sceley on Thursday
November 27. Members of teams
which have achieved their goals
will be guests of the American Le-
gion at the dinner.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-25
OTIiFR STRIFE

OIHFR STRIFE
Representative OF railroad unions
and TaAagement scheduled L con-
ference with President Roosevelt to
report On their conferences to avert
l nationwide railway strike. The
conference recessed Monday night
out the neeotiatorS did not indicate
whether 4 settlement has been
.eached RAN unions have threaten
ed to strike rather than accept the
wage recommendation of Mr.. Roose-
yelt' S fact-finGing board.
Production of aircraft parts re-
sumed at the Pioneer Cen -E-Motor
corporation. Chicago, which was
closed by a sitdoWn strike of $50
workers Monday. The company
aranted a wage increase and an
uourced the National Labor Rela-
tons beard will hold a bargaining
employees remained At their Jobs.
claimed 4 maJOrity ot the COM
pany'S employees.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-25
TEMPERATURE

Maximum Monday IS. Minimum
Tues. 81. pm. Mon. So, humidity
25. am. Tues. SO, humidity AZ.
Noon Tues. "a, humidity II.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-25
Bank kDebits

El Centro Business Barometer
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-25

LOS ANGELES HAY
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ward Such an individual says
Professor Petite is probably eN7
tremely conservative and antaEonistic
10 any change or any new ideas that
may be suggested
The three other methods noted 10y
the professor but not illustrated on
this page are first Of all the look
before you leap system whereby "A
person sticks his or her head ont for
look-sce before entrusting the body 20
possible passing danger
Such "a person says the professor
lis apt 20 be well balanced have
sense Of the fitness of 'hrs= an
appreciation of the realities Of life trl
an ability % face them calmly she
is thoroughly dependable
Next we have what Wc c4U tho
Missed tho Boat method DOL Winch
can be noted the typical dcIay,d-actiou
trait encountered in many human