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Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-29
Unionist Fined in
Citizenship Case

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 20. tUP)-
Jean Jules Fougerhouse, Portland,
Ore, labor leader, today was fined
$3.50 for representing himself false
ly as an American citizen in an
affidavit filed with an application
for a seaman's certificate.
The charge, of which Fouger-
house was convicted by a federal
jury late yesterday, carries a pos
sible maximum penalty OF five
years imprisonment and $4,000 fine,
but Judge j. F. T. OConner said
1T has been determined that you
have a good record and evidence
introduced here indicates there
were mitigating circumstances"
Fougerhouse is president of dis
trict council No. of the maritime
federation of the Pacific and Sec
retary of the Portland Interna-
tional Union council (both CIO).
He filed the affidavit with the
Bureau of Marine Inspection at
San Pedro, Cal The government
claims he was born in Tahiti.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-29

Illt I'LL eau Ililp oAAS A~etGA AoAS"S~N>
may stylnie the great drive of I'm
perial forces into Libya.
Metaxas was succeeded by Alex
ander Corizis, a non-political gov
eminent bank expert, and there
were some indications he might
unite Greece even more effectively
than Metaxas.
Metaxas won and held his power
by handed methods and even
with the outbreak of war against
Italy, had not relaxed his stern
suppression of all oppositionist ele-
mentS.
There were indications both in
Cairo and London that Gen. Sir
Archibald Wavells Imperial army
of the Nile had suddenly encoun-
tered stiffer Italian resistance.
Cairo reported that the italians
appeared to be making stronger
stand at Derna than had been an
ticipated while London said that an
unusually strong Fascist force had
been encountered at Mekili, south
west of Derna, on the plateau road
to Benghazi.
The Mekili force was supported
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Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-29
Decreasing CIoudiness, Occasional
Showers Forecast for Valley: Slowly
Clearing Weather Seen by Jacobs

The elements which crossed up
Weatherman Woodrow c. Jacobs
Tuesday with a surprize storm from
Mexico had apparently returned to
normal Wednesday and Jacobs fore
cast decreasing cloudiness wit h
occasional light scattered showers
for Imperial Valley during the
next "a hours.
The storm which caused the rain
of the past two days, Jacobs said,
appeared to have weakened and
slowly clearing weather accompan-
led by scattered showers is in
prospect.
Damage to lettuce was negligible,
according to County Agricultural
Commissioner B. A. Harrigan. as
most growers were up with their
fields at the time the rain began.
Rain made roads in some sections
impossible however, and shipments
were cut to 81 cars Tuesday. Other
crops also escaped damage though
carrot, pea and tomato shipments
were lightened
Imperial schools were the only city
schools in the valley that remained
closed Wednesday while Brawley,
Calipatria and Westmorland schools
resumed classes. Some rural schools,
however, remained closed Wednes-
day because muddy roads were i'm
passable for school buses.
Weather condi ions continued
mostly unchanged throughout the
nation with unreasonable warm
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-29

Ralpn T.. myers SneQ IN FL CentrO,
the third to be called out in Ell
Centre. The force was augmented
by men from the Ben Hulse Trac-
tor company under the leadership
of Charles BrattOn and from the
Sones Lumber company under the
guidance of Pat Glasgow. Not one
of the men, Myers company offic-
ials said, belonged to their regular
crew.
Early Wednesday the crew of 35
men at the Albert S. Garguilo shed
in Brawley walked off and picketS
took up their march. This brought
to three the struck sheds in Braw-
ley, the American Fruit Growers
and the Arena sheds already being
picketed.
In Calexico the crews at the j.
P. Carter and the Farley Fruit COM
pany sheds went out.
The Jones and -Kavanaugh shed
at isolated Sandia north west of
Holtville also was included in the
struck establishments. In Ell Centre
the M. o. Best, Charles Freedman,
and Myers workmen were still out
as they have been since last Satur-
day.
In the meantime shipments OF
lettuce dropped to 81 cars because
of the rainy weather and not be-
cause of the strike, officials said
Heavy IS brought $2.50-2.75 with a
few higher, rise of so cents crate
Continued on Page 6, Col. ~
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-29

An explanation and an answer
to charges that the Ell Centre Pro-
duction Credit association had fall
len down on the job of supplying
credit facilities for a period last
year was included Wednesday in
a report by T. P. Coates, president
of the Production Credit corpora
ton.
Coates report was delivered Tues
day at a stockholders meeting.
Less than year ago widespread
"loose operations" and peculationS
were discovered in the association S
affairs, Coates reviewed. Amounts
were lost in bad loans and en-
bezzlement that placed the asso-
citation in a serious position. Dur
ing the interval, association af-
fairs have been closely overhauled
until the situation is this:
At present the associations $780,
600 class A stock, owned by the
Production Credit corporation and
the $57,280 class B stock, owned
by members, is unimpaired and
there is a reserve of $2,566.
This condition was achieved,
however, only by the collection Of
$4,000 last December from bonding
companies to cover losses suffered
under the regime of w. E. Walters,
former secretary treasurer now
serving a term in San Quentin
for forgery. Before collection of
that sum there was an impairment
of about $3.50 a share of class B
stock. In the meantime:
"The association was faced with
a serious condition so far as hand
ling any new business until set
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-29
Morgenthau Urges
Savings Stamps

WASHINGTON, Jan. 90. CUP)-
Secretary of Treasury Henry Nor
genthau, jr., proposed today to is
sue small denomination savings
certificates and stamps to help fl
nance the defense program "out
of the real savings of the people"
Morgenthau advanced the plan
when he appeared before the house
ways and means committee in sup
port of bill to raise the national
debt limit to SOS ZOO, 900, 900, from
,000,00O,0OO.
Increasing the debt limit to $685.
O00,000,000, the secretary said
would make greater flexibility in
our financial operations" partic-
ularly with the added provision in
the debt limit bill providing that
the income from all future issues
of federal securities, direct and in
direct, would be subject to all fed
eral taxes"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-29
Olson 10 Attend
Desert CayaIcade

Governor Culbert l.. Olson will
be in Imperial Valley to attend the
Calexico Desert Cavalcade and
probably accept an invitation as
guest of honor at a Brawley din
ner meeting. Senator E. George
Luckey announced Wednesday.
Olson will be in Brawley on the
night of Feb. 20. and will go on
to CaleXico for the Cavalcade next
morning, Luckey said. The COVER
hofs personal assurance that he
Will attend was given him, Luckey
said Confirmation came in a note
from David L. Foutz, OlSon's Sec
retary. to the Calexico Desert Cav
alcade committee.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-29
Sheriff Praises
Pickets, Employers
For Keeping Peace
Violence Will Be Put
Down, Ware Declares;
Recalls 1885 Strike

STRIKERS and picket lines
have been we'll controlled and
l congratulate them on their
lack of violence in the pres
ent CIO STRIKE" Sheriff R.
w. Ware said Wednesday, "but I
wish it understood that in case of
violence guards and special deputies
recruited by this office will most
assuredly be armed"
He declared that all peace off,
GERS in the valley were anxious that
peace be maintained and law and
order be observed by both sides of
the question.
Ware recalled that in 1885 the let
tuce strike started out peacefully
enough. After week a mob storm
ed shed where crew was work.
ing, fought the crew, and wrecked
the premises, he said
Many were injured by clubs,
knives, and shovels. Il followed that
mob to the labor hall and addressed
them and many others assembled
there, urged them to be peaceful
and warned them that repetition
would be met with the full force
of the law.
Two days later a mob number
ing hundreds invaded another shed
armed with knives, clubs, bricks,
stones, and guns. A terrific fight
ensued, resulting in many injured
and two dead. Regrettable though it
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Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-29

in the west and sub-normal cold
east of the Mississippi river.
Conditions were dominated by an
extensive high pressure system with
crests over Idaho and the lower
Mississippi valley. Heavy rains for
that locality were reported from
New Mexico and Arizona where a
local system of low pressure hover
ed and a storm of considerable in
tensity was reported off the Massa-
chuSetts coast. There were snow
flurries in the Great Lakes and
Appalachian regions.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-29


three amendments, including the
time limit. Members indicated the
other two were a requirement that
President Roosevelt report regular
ly to congress on transactions under
the bill, and consult with his mill
tary and naval chiefs before trans
ferring war materials abroad.
A proposal to write in a specific
ban against using United States
warships TO convoy vessels to Eu-
rope was under consideration when
the committee recessed for lunch.
This amendment was regarded
as certain of Inclusion, since house
administration forces previously an
nounced willingness to accept it.
1t was understood final action was
deferred until various anti-convoy
proposals could be considered in
detail.
Republican leaders are seeking
more drastic amendments. Former
President Herbert Hoover was re-
ported to have conferred on this
subject privately this morning with
Senate Republican Leader Charles
L. McNary.
While the house committee was
considering amendments, Secretary
of War Henry l.. Stimson was be-
fore the senate foreign relations
committee with a plea for approval
of the measure as insurance OF a
British victory.
Convinced by ultimate British
victory if the island empire can
withstand the spring and summer
crisis and can get unstinted Ameri-
can supplies, Stimson told the COM
mittee that the Axis already is
weakening.
Stimson testified that he thought
it would be very unfortunate" to
restrict the presidents authority by
writing in any specific prohibition
against U. S. conveys.
The constitution gives the presi-
dent unrestricted control over the
movements of the army and navy
Stimson said. For a congress now
to introduce a provision which even
by implication would fetter power
that existed untrammeled for $50
years would be bad thing, even if
the provision had no efficacy. 1t
would indicate misapprehension,
and would not contribute to unity"
Stimson told the committee he
was convinced of the probability OF
ultimate victory for Britain if she
can survive this spring and sum-
mer and get full U. S. material aid.
Already, there are signs of
weakening of the Axis, he testified.
1.-The creaks of the strain under
which the German power is labor
ing" can be heard in Italy, Ruma-
MIA and Norway, he said; Japan's
economic situation has been strain
ed for long time; Italy lis in SER
ious straits"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-29
House GETS Bill
0utIawing Closed
Shops in Defense
Measure Would Require
Mediation of Labor
Strife in Factories

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.
(UP)-Chairman Carl Vim
son Of the house naval af-
fairs committee today intro
duced legislation to ban the
closed shop in plants working on
defense contracts and to require
mediation of all labor disputes in
those plants.
Vinson offered the bill to apply
particularly to naval defense con-
tractors" but the definitions in the
bill were broad enough to apply to
every firm or industry in any way
connected with the national de-
fenSe program.
The measure would set up naval
defense labor board with duties
similar to the railway mediation
board All labor disputes which
might impede construction work
would have to be referred to that
board.
The bill provided that no persons
shall be required as a condition
of employment by a naval defense
contractor to be or not to be a
member of any labor organization" ."
1t further specified that all labor
disputes involving a naval defense
contractor" must first be negotiated
lin good faith" by employer and
employees and after 20 days must go
to the naval defense board for me-
=, ,ot firrn
Two definitions were given for
naval defense contractor;
l. "An employer engaged in the
production of arms, armament, am
Continued on Page 6, Col. g.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-29

The survey found that the most
economical work loads for SRA staff
members are approximately so ap-
plications per week for office inter-
viewers, 20 home calls per week
for intake field workers, and 60
active cases for carrier workers.
Operation of the agency with high
er loads resulted in an increase in
the number of ineligible persons on
the rolls, it was found.
The bureau added that if it were
found preferable to continue the
limitation of expenditures on a per-
centage basis, that it be based on
the entire year rather than ON the
monthly or quarterly basis.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-29
Senate Approves
Small Boat Bill

WASHINGTON, Jan. 90. CUP)-
The senate today passed by voice
vote and sent to the White House
a $909. 100000 naval authorization
bill to permit building of 400 small
boats and expansion of shipyards
and ordnance works.
Money must be appropriated later
to carry out the work authorized
by the bill. The navy plans to ask
for funds soon to build $50 of the
400 small escort, patrol and mine
sweeping craft. Most would be
built in yards along the Great
Lakes.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-29
Credit Failure
Charge Answered

tlement of the claim under the
bond had been reached Coates
told stockholders.
while your directors were
confident that some recovery would
be made s. none of us was certain
as to the amount.
For this reason . there was a
stalemate for a short period of time
in the associations affairs. I can
understand how some people in the
valley who were not cognizant of
all the facts could be disturbed
to the extend of making open
statements that the association was
not fully serving agricultural in
terests.'
Now however, with the bond COL
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Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-29

story, asked Ford to meet with Sid
ney Hillman. defense commission
labor chief and now associate dir
ector of the office of production
management. The automobile man.
ufacturer declined.
Hoffman said he was informed
that Ford charged that the gov
ernment through the Labor Rela-
tions board was seeking To maks
him operate a closed shop and this
he would never do. Hoffman en-
phasized at this point that the
NLRB has no authority TO require
any one TO operate closed shop.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-29
Luckey Appointed
Committees
Of State Senate
Valley Legislator on
Vital Military Affairs
Group, Four Others

State Senator e. George
Luckey of Imperial county
was appointed to five COM
mittees during the recent leg
islative session in Sacramen
to.
He was made vice-chairman of
the military and veterans affairs
committee which this year is ex-
pected to be one of the strongest
committees on the legislative slate.
In addition he was made men,
ber of the public utilities, trans
portation, labor, and fish and game
committees. Senator Luckey expect
ed to reach Imperial Valley We'd
nesday and to return to the capital
March g.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-29
Army Plane Crash
Takes One Life

TUCSON, Ariz., Jan. 29. (UP)-
A U. S. army reconnaissance plane
en- route to Tucson from Fort Doug
las, Utah., crashed in the Cata-
lima mountain foothills northeast
of here today, killing one occu-
pant and critically injuring the
other.
The dead man was identified as
James A, Neil, jr The injured
flier was N. S. Goldstein. Both were
attached to the army air unit at
Fort Douglas.
Army authorities did not an
nounce which of the two men was
plotting the ship.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-29
u AMBlINe
(\EpoR1ER

DIVERSION
AS lettuce worker, Pat Glas-
gov is a worse crap shooter.
Down at the Ralph Myers shed
where several men were waiting
around ready to pitch in when
lettuce arrived, Pat watched a dice
game going until he couldn't resist
it. Finally laid down a half dollar
and, at a nickel crack, the lad
with the dice went through him like
General S h erman went through
Georgia;
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-29
U. S. Troop Train
DeraiIed; One Dead

SANDERSVILLE, Miss, Jan. 49,
CUP) = A southern railway troop
train derailed on mile south of here
today, killing the fireman and in
juring several conscriptees en- route
to Camp Shelby.
The fireman was tentatively iden-
titled as A. z. Smith of Meridian.
John Carter. ambulance driver for
the Williams funeral home at
Laurel, said he took six injured
youths to hospitals at Laurel.
Carter said that about six cars
had overturned. He did not know
the cause of the wreck, but said
that the track at the point was
level.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-29

legislature, suggests That Ilmlta-
ton based on the number of appli-
cations and number of cases on the
relief rolls be substituted for the
flat percentage.
Since the flat percentage limit
allows administrative expenses in
proportion to the amount of money
spent for relief" the bureau ex-
planned, "such limit would penal
ize counties which rejected rel
atively high percentage of appli-
cants, and which had high rate
of turnover of their cases-and thus
might tend to encourage the &C
ceptance of cases of dubious eligibi-
lity and delays in closing cases"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-29

Hoffman said the source of his
information was well-informed
Michigan man, who is not connected
with Ford.
A spokesman for Knudsen said
that he could make no comment
and that this did not imply any
thing as to the truth or falsity OF
Hoffman's information.
Hoffman said his informant told
him that Ford had made known his
attitude when Knudsen visited Ford
i'll Detroit several weeks ago.
Knudsen, according to Hoffman's
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-29
Finance Director
Schedules Parleys

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 90. CUP)-
Director of Finance George Killion
announced today that he and
members of his state budget staff
would be available for conferences
with legislators on budget matters
in Los Angeles and San Francisco
next month.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-29
Too Outstanding

Too Outstanding
The honors of leadership have
palled upon little Mary Jane Lay
She wants to be back with the
others now.
The other morning when hel
grandmother was helping her get
ready for school Mary Jane re-
marked that she had more gold
stars than any one in her room at
schools. There was no particular
reaction Forthcoming, so Mary Jane
went off to school thinking.
In the meantime, her mother
visited the school and sure enough
Mary James gold stars outshone
all the rest. The next day, how
ever, when Mary Jane was getting
ready for school she remarked:
Il don't want any gold stars any
more. I want some blue and red
ones, like the other children have
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-29
Wrong Pew

Wrong Pew
Never having heard Phil Ban
croft of the Associated Farmers
speak before, Ross Hickcox hied
himself up to the hotel Saturday
night for the dinner meeting. He
marched in and sat down at a table
and waited for festivities to start
Muncking an olive and nibbline
crackers he waited and waited and
then became aware that the tables
were filling up with women.
when is Bancroft supposed tc
come on?" he asked a woman at
another table. The woman looked a
bit puzzled and explained:
This is a meeting of the White
Shrine of Jerusalem"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-29
Drive on to Lift
Relief Overhead

SACRAMENTO Jan. 20. (UP)- Modification of the
legislatures Is per cent limitation State Relief Admins
traon overhead recommended today in report COM
piled by the Bureau of Public Administration of the Unver
California The report made at the of the
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-29
At Long Last

At Long Last
There has been a considerable de-
lay, but Dan West is going to have
that honeymoon after all!
When the doctors ordered him to
stay away from the office for a.
while, Dan was in quandary what
to do. He thought back over all
the time that the office had inter-
fered with his extracurricular acti-
vities and finally he hit upon the
solution:
my wife and never had a real
honeymoon! We're going to take
one now!"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-29
Ford BdIkS at
Govt Domination

WASHINGTON, JAM 80 (UP)-Rep. Clare Hoffman,
Mch said today he had learned that Henry Ford told
Defense Production Chief William Knudsen that if the
government insisted telling him how to run his plan.
he prepared to let the government operate for
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-29
Amendment Sets Limit on
Presidents Power Under
Aid-for- Britain Measure
House Committed Inserts Provisions
Requiring FDR to Tell Congress Moves
Under Bill. Consult with Experts

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. (UP) = The house foreign
affairs committee today adopted an amendment to th
Brshaid bill limiting it's grant of power to Presiden
Roosevelt so that it will expire June 30, 1943
After nearly three hours of secret work, the groul
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-29
British Stress
Very Real Threat
Greeks Garry on Despite Strong Mans S
Death; Italians Putting Up Sitter
Resistance; Invasion Fear Growing
: BY UNITED PRESS =

Greece rallied Wednesday to her war against
Italy despite the death of her strong Premier Gen.
Meaxas, while British military experts warned OF
he verv rea danger of invasion of the British Isles and
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-29
5 More Added to
Picketed Group:
Volunteers Work
Crews from Busines SIS Establishments
Report to Packing Plant; Rasmussen
Denies Connection with Intimidation

Pickets paraded Wednesday before nine Imperial VAL
ley lettuce packing sheds increase of three in the last
"a hours of the fveday old CIO inspired strike of shed
help.
Wednesday morning full crew went to work at the
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-29

Lettuce: Market stronger, car
loads I. o. b., cash track. Heavy
SIS $3.50; some $2.75-3.0O; Is heavy
$3.50; IS $2.25-2.5O.
(See Page for Dairy Mkts.)
L. A. hay; u. s. No. l Nv. S17-17.5O:
u. s. No. 2 leafy, S14-S15; u. s.
NO. 2 $l2-Sl3; Mpls. May flax
Sl.701z.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-05-22

Doty, Red Ribbon, Mrs. t. "A. Ows.
ley.
Snap Dragons, Blue Ribbon, Mrs.
C. Flowers, Jr., Red Ribbon, Mrs
Bessie Doty.
Peonies, Blue Ribbon, Mrs. John
Browning, Red Ribbon, Mrs. A. A.
Derrick.
California Popies, Blue Ribbon,
Mrs. Mary Olsen, Red Ribbon, Mrs
Pat Smithson.
Mrs. E. w. Ford, Mrs. Dave Ford
Mrs. II. B. Powers and Mrs. E. c.
Lucas acted as judges for the flow
er show given in Sails on We'd
nesday.
Miss Mary Carter visited rela-
tives in Jackson during the past week
end.
Mr.. J. D. Powers of Shelby left
Friday to spend a few days with re-
~latives at Franklin before returning
to his home.
Mrs. w. r. Gooch and Miss Doro-
thy Gooch of Yazoo City were Sum-
day guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh
Cowsert.
Mr.. R. Salutsky and son, Merle
of Waterford, KY, visited friends in
Goodman this week. Mr.. Salutsky
was a former resident in Goodman,
having been in business here for sew
eral years.
Miss Regina Vaughn spent last
week with relatcs at Durant.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Donald Of
Carthage visited in the parental
home Sunday.
|, Mr.. and Mrs. John Donald and
son, motored to Lexington Sunday.
Postmaster J. T. Shelton attend
ed the post masters convention which
met in Jackson this week. Mr.. Skel-
ton is president of the association.
Nh. Paul Hand motored to Jackson
on Monday.
Miss Blanche Sparkman left for
her home Friday which is in Cooks
vile.
Miss Ruth Bedford Donald came
home from Fayette, Ala. to see her
mother who was i'll in the hospital
On Lexington. Mr.. Donald and Mr..
C. N. Hansen met her in Winona.
Mss Barbar Cummings is visiting
relatives in Walden.
Misses Linda and Hermene Wynn
r at home TO rsummer vacations.
Miss Lima is a member of the facul.
ty at Raleigh; Miss Wynn is teach
! ing at Leaksville.