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Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-23
Moscow Defenses
Bre cached, , Asserts
German Invaders
BY UNITED PRESS

German forces Saturday
claimed the capture of the
key Russian city of Rostov al
the gateway to the Caucasus
oil fields and reported that new
breaches" had been driven in Rec
army defenses around Moscow.
German infantry and artillery CO.
operated in capturing strong Sovlet
field positions south of Moscow
the official news agency said, pos
sibly referring to the important
city of Tula, 100 miles south OF
the capital.
The Russians resisted fiercely in
trenches and other fortified posi-
tionS, the agency said, but heavy
German bombardment tore open
these defensive positions and Ger
man shock troops swept forward.
on the flanks and opened Wither-
ing machine gun attack that drove
the Russians back.
Capture of Rostov put the Ger
mans on the road to the Caucasus.
Radio Moscow said that the de-
tenders of Rostov were fighting
courageously but forced TO retreat
before numerically superior enc
my force that suffered heavy losses. y
MOSCOW THREATENED
Soviet reports said also that Ger
man forces have fought their way
to the outskirts of Tula in the fourth
and most serious offensive yet
launched against this southern baS-
ton of the Moscow defense line.
A spokesman said Russian forces
had halted Germany'S drive on the
capital a month ago and the Rc1
army Is in better shape today to
bring the German army to stand
still again.
S. A. Lozovsky, Soviet press
spokesman, claimed German killed
and wounded in the Russian war to
date numbered almost 5000,000'
and said German hopes of achiav-
ing a stabilized winter front in ord
er to turn against Britain will fall
We shall not give them peace
all winter long" he said.
CAUCASUS OPENED
The German high command re-
Continued on Page 6; Column s.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-23
State Farm Chiefs
Foresee Shortage
OF Needed Labor
Defense Industries in
West Claim Big Share
Of Available Workers
By JOHN w. DUNLAP

SACRAMENTO, Nov. %.
UP)-An acute shortage OF
farm labor was foreseen to-
day by California farm OF
ficials as the result Of increased mil
itary service and better wages PAID
in defense industries.
Alex johnson, speaking for the
California Farm Bureau Federation.
said California farmers had suffer-
ed considerable losses through
shortages in harvesting crops IN
l941 and the necessity of hiring un-
trained workers during the emer-
gency.
johnson said farmers will re-
spond to the best of their ability
and equipment to increase produc-
ton but many of these farmers
are hesitating while they try to
find the answer to the question OF
agricultural labor to assist them in
making good on their pledges. He
explained that a surplus OF cotton
pickers could exist while producers
of dry beans, carrots, olives, oranges
sugar beets, tomatoes and Walnuts
found it impossible to get adequate
workers.
FACTORS CITED
Factors in the reduced number OF
workers cited by johnson we're the
higher pay of defense industries,
men drafted by the armed forces,
the number of men, particularly fill
Ixrt h ~ q
in civilian activities, repatriation OF
Mexicans to Mexico, and that be-
Continued OH Page 6; Column 81
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-23

starting work. Even though 1t was
estimated that so per cent CT the
fall pea crop was nipped, picking
was underway in all fields at ! pm
with about 80 per cent crews pres
ent. Growers decided to clean UP
the fields as many good peas were
on the vines even if top ores were
damaged.
Growers unanimously agreed that
they could not afford to pay the 2
cents a pound demanded by the
strikers but would have to pay IL
cents, the same price as was paic.
last year, raised early in the sea-
son last year from II cents at the
request of the pickers. About 3OC
farmers and businessmen from al
sections unanimously agreed at a
meeting in Calipatria Friday to back
the pea growers and stand by them
WAGES NOTED
At one weighing-in stand Satur-
day Mr.. and Mrs. George Burke
were paid $410 for picking two
hours and 10 minutes. Joyce Nc
Carly, an l8-year school girl
made 81 cents in 81 minutes. +
single man made 81 cents in an
hour and five minutes.
Everything was peaceful and quiet
in the pea fileds and adjacent COM
munitieS. Sheriff Robert w. Ware
Friday told the strikers that he
would tolerate no big caravans Of
automobiles, no great crowds, ano
no trouble of any kind. No picketS
were seen Saturday.
This strike and the price you
get is your business" he said, but
I am delegated to keep the peace
Strike if you wish and picket rea-
sonablv if YOU wish but we will not
permit violence or trouble. Let's
try to get along for the good OF
everyone
approximately 300 farmers and
businessmen from all sections OF
Imperial Valley gathered in Cali
patria Friday afternoon for a con-
ference with the striking pea pick
erS.
STRIKER SPEAKS
Due TO the increased cost Of
living. we think we will let thC
peas go if you don't pay us 2 cents
pound for picking them. We won
work for any less SO there is NJ
use going into anything here G.. Z
spencer, who said he represented
majority of the S,rlking pea pick
crs, was the first TO speak from tht
pea pickerS group.
There will be nc compromise OF
either the cotton or the peas" Spen
Ger said.
c. L. TEX BurkS, who also salt
he represented a majority of tn,
pea pickers, complained about wa
ter facilities, sanitation, the scales
other employees Of the growers, wat
er, mud, growers, contractors, tn
cost Of living, the distance tn
/ pickers must carry hampers, ant
various other things.
COMPLAINT ANSWERED
Growers present declared t n
had their scales officially tested an
the testing seal remained on tn
scales. They said they had waite
containers in the fields and pro
vided paper cups. Wen fix tha
! Continued on Page 6; Column 4
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-23

Another big tank battlet pre-
sumably with a smaller German
tank force west Cf TobrukI may be
developing, the dispatches said, in
dicating that virtually all enemy
units in Libya were caught in the
trq.o that already has smashed
probably half Of the Axis armored
vehicles.
The advance of Tobruk forces is
progressing steadily" it was stated.
There IS considerable opposition
and a number Of mine fields must
be overcome. Poles, Australians,
British and Czechs, with the aid OF
the navy and supported by tanks
are making the drive and are about
seven miles from Sidi Rezegh.
"A German force is trying to
block their advance.
NAZIS DESPERATE
An authoritative British source
said that the German tanks were
doing their damnedest to break
out" of the trap in a westerly d'-
rection on a 3O-milc battlefront,
but that the British were operating
Continued on Page 6; Col'\nn a.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-23
Council Approves
Street Projects

El CcntrO city council met brlcfIy
a 5 p. m. Friday to approve finai
plans for the first of a series ol
street Improvement projects pro-
posed to be financed from clty-col-
locted gasoline taxes.
Tho plans had finally cleared the
state highway department at Sac
ramcnto, and were submitted to
the council for formal action.
They now 60 back to Sacramento
for the official highway depart
ment seal.
It is expected that authority to
proceed with the work will be in
the hands of the street department
within two weeks, at most.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-23
Lewis Accepts Arbitration:
Orders Coal Mines Opened
: Millions in Vital
Armament Orders
S+ymied by Strike

PITTSBURGH, Nov. p.
UP)-Virtual suspension OF
coal production in the cap
tive" mines today increasing
" threatened operations OF
steel mills working day and m@ht
on defense orders.
AS Carnegie Illinois Steel Corpor-
alton prepared to shut down IL
S60.O0O.O0C Irwin works, Gov Arthur
II. James Of Pennsylvania refused tc
intervene in Fayette county, Whefe
in the latest incident of Vlolencs
there, II United Mine Workers OF
America cCIO) pickets we're wound
ed from ambush yesterday. ms
situation was tense in Fayetts
county where few captive mine
we're trying TO operate and NOR
violence was feared. Elsewhere, the
captive mine strike was almost IOl
per cent effective.
Carnegie Illinois officials indicat-
ed that the great Irwin works, which
is a processing mill for steel ingotS
produced in other plants would bt
entirely closed over the weekend
1t is one o: the largest producer:
of sheet strip, and tin plate il
the country normally employs
400 workers, and, according II
the corporation, virtually all it!
output is for national defense.
FURNACES BANKED
The strike against the steel cor
porationS "captiVC" mines. began
Continued on Page 6; Column 4
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-23

own snow. And ne naQ BABY 0nOOkS
on his knee.
Almost 100000 persons turned
out to cheer him on. They still were
irving to get home early today after
one of the most magnificent traffic
Jams this side of Tobruk.
Mr.. Claus was more than a month
ahead of time, but that was in the
HOLLYWOOD tradition, too All the NOV
les concerning Christmas were canned
and shipped OUT last summer.
So the snow sifted through the
palm trees and got down the c1tl-
zens' necks and made them itch
The semi-tropic moon cleaned on
a mile of tin Christmas trees. A
stiff breeze from the desert made
the tinsel whistle and caused many
a drum majorette to wish she had
a mink coat
Santa was the climax of parade
that could only have happened here
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-23
FOOTBALL RESULTS

Harvard ID Yale 0.
Boston College 10; Boston U. 7.
Penn 16; Cornell 0.
Lehigh 7; Lafayette A.
Holy Cross 13; Temple 81,
Pitt I; Penn State 81.
Michigan 20; Ohio State 90 'tiC
Florida IA; Georgia Tech 7.
Army 7; West Virginia 6.
Luke So. N. Carolina 6
Northwestern Ct, Illinois 0
Indiana 7, Purdue 0
Fordham 35. st. Mary'S 7
Navy % Princeton 0
Minnesota Al, Wisconsin E
Columbia 81, Colgate 80
Notre Dame 20, use l8
Nebraska IA, Iowa l3
Morris Harvey 40, Detroit
Indiana 7; Purdue 0.
Vanderbilt7; Alabama O.
TCU 0; Rice 0.
Georgia 35; Dartmouth 0.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-23

With Thanksgiving just a gleam-
ing carcass in the aShcan, Ell Cen
tro Saturday turned its attention tc
the next and final big event OF the
sputtering year l94l.
It's time to think of Christmas.
The mercantile trade relations
committee of the chamber OF COM
merce once again has taken the
initiative in starting the processes
of Yuletide thought here Also once
again the honor place in this years
Christmas plans goes to the young
SterS.
Yes. kids, its the big news you've
been waiting for.
The old gent who is the patron
saint of all Christian youth, the
jolly fellow of the snow white bearo
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-23
City Offices Will
Open Hour Later

Starting Monday a. Ell Centro city
offices wln open .or business at
a. m. instead Of the present time
of 8 o'clock, Public Works Director
Walter Hcinecke announced Satur-
day.
City employees of the clerks and
building inspector offices will con-
tinue to report for work at a.
m, but the doors will remain cioseo
an hour later in order TO give
clerical workers time to get their
books and records ready for ousi
ness.
The new policy was made neceS-
Sary, HeinecK, iaIu by steadily
increasing volume of work. No
telephone calls will be answered
until the official opening hour OF
9 o'clock
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-23
Grown Up Babies

When Herb Mann'S young son
celebrated his first birthday recently
Papa and Bill Ladd went down
town to select an appropriate gift
After they took several toy de-
partment stores to pieces in search
of the right toy they finally de-
cided on complicated electric
train.
That's swell" they congratulated
each other on the way home, Hell
be crazy about this train"
Herb and Bill had wonderful
time with the electric train with
the Mann heir apparent showing
no interest because he had no
chance to get his mitts on the
thing.
The next day Papa and Bill went
down and bought the baby a
mechanical toy truck.
Each had to nave something to
play with, eh?
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-23

WardCnSnlp lOr lne next louI YEARS
Until the Ryan incident, it was felt
generally that Plummer would be
reappointed, on the basis of whole
sale reforms and improvements he
introduced at the states toughest
prison for tWo-time looSerS.
Denying Plummer's charges OF
political activity" Ryan followed up
his discharge by declaring: II shah
now make every effort to obtain the
appointment as warden of Folsom
prison
Another faction favored naminS
P. j. Mclaughlin, former Salinas
police Judge and now a member OF
the prison board which fills the
post.
Plummer'S unexpected dismissal OF
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-23

the veteran Ryan, who is completing
his 28th year as a prison guard. toi-
lowed what Plummer said was per
nicious political activity by Ryan
to get himself appointed warden.
He said he had warned Ryan several
times but the guard captain made
no effort to contradict news stories
and reports he was candidate foc
warden.
Ryan did not deny his friends and
various organizations had sought his
appointment as warden ever since
the prison riot in 1887 IN which
Ryan was a hero IN attempting 10
save the life of Warden Clarence
Larkin. Two convicts. guard ana
Warden Larkin were killed and
Ryan was gravely injured.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-23
Something New

Mrs. Charles Brown, the former
Georgietta Townsend, was giving a
list of guests who attended a party
She named the group included in
the MesdameS list and then began
on the list of Misses.
Weren't you there?" Society
Editor Anne Davis interrupted.
Yes but I belong in the Misses
list" Mrs. Brown said.
"Oh no you don't" Mrs. Davis
reminded. you're married now.
That's right. I forgot Mrs
Brown confessed sheepishly.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-23
0Ison's Secretary
Touring Canal

Kenneth Fulton, secretary OF
Governor Culbert Olson of Call
1ornia. was in imperial Valley Sat
urday for tour of the All Ameri
can canal and other points of in
tcreSt
Accompanied by irrigation district
officials, Fulton visited the great
project and journeyed to Imperial
dam.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-23
II Amt Fair

II Amt Fair
Jerry Cravey. newspaper reporter
is always thirsting after a tire to
write about. Wednesday night a
truck in front o. his house sud-
denly burst into flames. The fire
engines roared by the house twice
and there was considerable con-
fusion and noise.
And where was Jerry? Sitting in a
city council meeting blocks away,
watching a conflagration of an
other sort. Darn it.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-23
Hollywood Soys
Hello to Sdntd
- BY FREDERICK c. OTHMAN :

HOLLYWOOD, Nov. %. (UP)-You know about Holly
wood where everything is bigger and better than any
where else? Well sir, Santa Claus rode down Ho yWood
boulevard last night S25 900 sleigh that generated its
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-23
Harvest Resumed
AS Crews Return:
Scale Unchanged
Picking Under Way in All Fields as
80 Per Cent Of Workers 90 Back;
No Pickets in Evidence Saturday

The Imperial Valley pea strike ended peacefully Sat
urday with most of the 1900 strikers back at work
the against which they struck late Wednesday,
Frost stepped in and delayed picking until noon
Saturday because growers had survey the fields before
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-23
Mine Workers Committed Agrees to
Abide by Findings Of U. s. Board,
Recommends S Return TO Work

WASHINGTON Nov. %. (UP) - President John l..
Lewis of the United Mine Workers today accepted Ff S
dent Rooy2ves request arbitration of the captive coal
mine strike. , ..
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-23
British Trap Nazi Army
In Libya but Caucasus
Gateway feslis 10 Hitler
Empire War Machine Bat+ers at Enemy
Split by Gigantic Desert Offensive;
Tobruk Defenders Fig hit TO Join Drive

CAIRO, Nov % (UP)-British mechanical forces were
smashing at trapped German panzer units in the byan
desert official dispatches said today, while other British
tanks trying break out of beseged Tobruk making
against strong OppOsiOn toward Sidl Rezegh
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-23
Custer Opens Up
Wardenship p Race

FOLSOM PRISON, Cal, Nov. %. (UP)-The cam
pagn for the wardenship of Folsom prison became wide
open today the result of Guard Captain William
Ryan's custer by Warden Clyde l.. Plummer.
The prison board meets next Friday to I'LL the
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-23
WEATHER

Maximum temperature Friday 50, minimum Sat
urday 33 am temperature Saturday 36, humid
ity Ga noon temperature Saturday 6S, humidity "a
p.m temperature Friday 63, humidity So.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-23

L. A. Hay-US. No. S22-23; US. No. 2 leafy
l. v S2l5O-22; us. No. SI6-17 MpIs Dec Flax
1925.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-23

Total Cash, Checks and Drafts Sent
Through The Two Ell Centre Banks,
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-23
COMPLAINT ANSWERED

Growers present declared t h e
had their scales officlally tested ana
the testing seal remained on the
scales. They said they had water
containers in the fields and pro-
vided paper cups. Wen fix that
Continued on Page 6; Column a.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-05
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, April s. Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock at today's short session of the New York Exchange is AZ, Ameri- can Can 89is, Anaconda 25, Bethle- hem Steel 781a, Commonwealth and Southern F, Curtiss Wright g, Gen. eral Motors 42%, International Har- vester 481a. Kennecott 34, New York Central 135s, Northern Pacific 6A, United States Steel 54A, Pound s403t2.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-05
wnAriIEh SYNOPSIS

Juneau April e-sumise 613 pm. April - sets7:52
 maritime air prevailed Alaska this portions 
 portion O ands f Partly prevailed "A portion Alaska and at stations the
  o
 
 
 The lowest temperau this moderately ceilings visblies prevailed the 
 The Saturday morning weathe indicated mibar and 152 degrees The fona portion of the storm and the line shifting 145 This low will quite rapidly noheastvard Alaska of 995 mlbars 298 49 l30 degrees and the frontal portion the storm extended nohward into This A high mbars nches) 31 north center located to the northwest of Barrow
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-05
SONS DE NORWAY

Regular meeting of Sons of Nor way Saturday, April 5, at 8 pm. in the LOOP. Hall.
 M GERTIE OLSON, adv Secretary.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-05
Columbia Is
 Juneau Bound


 SEATTLE, April 5.-Steamer Co., lumbia sailed for Alaska ports at 9 o'clock this morning with 332 pas sengers including 86 steerage
 Passengers aboard the Columbia booked for Juneau include the fol- lowing:
 w. J. Kerttula, Mrs. Mary Kelly, MT. and Mrs Ed. Jahnke, Connie Brown, MT. and Mrs. G. c. Brown, MT. and Mrs. J. A. Hellenthal.
 Jack Lunbree, Bill Viucich, Pete Miscovich, John A. Miscovich, MT. and Mrs. R. E. Scott, William Coots.
 Donald Gill, w. M. Gilshannon, Phyllis James, R. c. Ingram, Mrs. Jenna Soagnolas, E m CT Koskelo, George Dana, Harry Groh, James H. Buckland, Elizabeth Schaffer.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-05
Lutherans
 To0bserve
 Holy Week
Services Are Announced by Pasfor-Edsfer Program
 Is Also Arranged

Tomorrow being Palm Sunday the Holy Week Services will begin with the regular Palm Sunday ser vice at II o'clock in Resurrection Lutheran Church. The pastors sub iect will be, The Son of God Rides On" "The Palms" will be sung by John Slagle.
 Sunday evening at 8 o'clock the Lenten services will be concluded
 Thursday evening Holy Thurs day, the Sacrament of the Lords Supper will be administered. This service begins at o'clock.
 Two Easter services will be con- ducted on Easter Day. The sunrise service will begin at ' am, at which time the Easter sermon will be delivered by the pastor New members will be received into the Church and an oil painting to be installed in the altar will be dedi- cated.
 At II o'clock, Easter Sunday, a cantata, Christ Triumphant" will be rendered by the church choir This musical program is under the direction of Merle Janice Schroe- der, and the choir is assisted by Ernest Ehler. Following this serv- ice at l2:30 o'clock a special bap- tismal service will be held in the church Parents of unbaptized chil- dren are asked to contact the pas tor, the Rev John L. Cauble, at early convenience.
 The public is invited to all of these services, the pastor announces.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-05
THE WEATHER
(By the U. s. Weather Bureau) U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, WEATHER

vicinity pm April Sunday with tonight not much chang in temperatures lowest degrees hg Sunday fable winds becoming southeastarly Sunday.
 Occasional tongh in becoming moderate o lay afternoon. Modeate souheastery creasing
 
 
 sonal light Hnchnbo Resurrection norheasterly Sunday Resurrection Kodiak; noheastery erly Sunday; light fan .lt
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-05

rough, and along about 4 p. m. under the hot lights, it begins to smell Gas Miss Lee should know from long hours of stairway acting) like an Australian sheep farm"
 Miss Lee is no giddy Caroline. On the contrary she is noted as a devoted wife and mother. Daughter Benetia Tnvicta is 3)
 Caroline's bedroom IS master work of daintiness and fragility, perfect for Caroline. Light and airy, of course, with sheer, trans parent draperies and a bed-what a bed, or rather what a bedspread! White satin, I believe it is, with yards and yards of white lace all over and around it in nice dust catching rosettes, reminiscent Of nothing so much as Ziegfeld girl costume.
 Miss Lee thinks it's lovely which it is, no doubt.
 My own bedroom is in white" says Miss Lee.
 I guess that clinches the point. Anna Lee is the type. It must have been psychis casting on Milestone's part-cabling to London for the one actress for the part, and getting in Miss Lee a young woman who not only fits into the Remisoff boudoir but who once-until experience cur ed her went in for goatskin stair ways herself.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-05
NOTICE

AIRMAIL ENVELOPES, showing air route from Seattle to Nome, on sale at J. B. Burford & Co. adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-05

To understand, you have to know little about the script and about the sets. My Life with Caroline" is a gay, modern comedy about a wealthy publisher (Ronald Colman) who solves the problem of his wife's infatuation for another man in his own sophisticated style. The sets representing his Florida mansion, designed by the Russian artist Mi coli Remisoff, are deliberately gay and modern in keeping with the story tone-and seeing is only half believing.
 The stairway, for instance. A beautiful spiral, unsupported from ceiling" to floor, and each step carpeted in Chinese goatskin For a pictorial smash you can't beat a fur-lined stairway. AS it works out on the set it isn't very practical - it has to be trimmed by a barber every afternoon for spots worn
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-05
Hollywood
 Sights And Sounds .-By Robbin Coons
HOLLYWOOD, Cal, April :

HOLLYWOOD, Cal, April B. Anna Lee is the type, all right.
 Anna Lee is the heroine of a now classic Hollywood tale. I didn't be- heve it-it was too pat-but Miss Lee says it's true, and when Miss Lee says a thing is true you're an old fuddy -duddy if you don't believe it, so I do now.
 Lewis Milestone had seen Anna Lee in some of her English-made pictures and he had to have Anna Lee for My Life with Caroline. " So he cabled RKO's London office and they cabled back for him to see Robert Stevenson, fellow director at RKO in Hollywood. Milestone walked into Stevensons office and Stevenson presented him to his wife, who chanced to be sitting there, and then Milestone asked where he could locate Anna Lee.
 Anna Lee, of course, is Mrs. Stevenson, and doubtless you've heard the story already but it bears repeating.
 But maybe you haven't heard how thoroughly the type Miss Lee is slim, blonde, blue-eyed and charm ing in an easy, effortless way.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-05

WHY SUFFER w1ln vOur feet? Phone GAS. Chiropodist Dr. Stoves (adv)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-05
pAA L0DE5TAR MAY LAND IN
 JUNEAU TODAY

Weather bound in Seattle, one PA Lodestar scheduled to fly to Juneau today, is waiting for atmo- spheric changes for its Alaska run. PA officials here said it was still possible for the ship to come to