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Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-02
Italians Forming
To Slow British
March on Benghazi

LONDON, Feb. |. CUP) - Six
thousand Italian troops, remnant of
the garrison which fled Derna be-
fore the British army of the Nile
are forming line west of the city
in an attempt to slow the drive of
British empire forces along the
coastal road to Benghazi, it was re-
ported today.
The italian line was said to be
based on an 800-foot ravine which,
starting at the sea some distance
west of Derna, extends about 3 II
miles inland.
Italian troops were lining the
west side Of the ravine. it was said,
Richard d. Mcmillan, United
Press correspondent with the army
OF the Nile west OF Derna, sent the
report and suggested that it was in
tended to provide respite for the
Italian forces in their retreat along
the coast. 1t was the British belief,
Mcmillan reported, that the Italians
were seeking to gain time in which
a defense might be organized in
front OF Benghazi.
British and Italian infantry pa
trolls were skirmishing now west OF
Derna, Mcmillan reported, and field
guns were active. However, he add
ed, the British artillery was greatly
superior and further the Italian
was almost cut off from
supplies, including those at Ben
ghazi.
Dispatches from Nairobi, Kenya.
describing the British penetration
to Italian Somaliland to a depth of
40 miles. told of the exploit of a
fleet of British en-
pire boats, schoonefs, native dhows,
(scows with sails Whaleboats ana
motor boats, which captured the
Italian village of Kiamboni on the
coast.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-02
Salvation Army
viii Welcome New
Commanders Here

Major and Mrs. Thomas w. Pipes
will be given ar official welcome
Sunday as commanding officers Of
the El Centre Salvation Army
corps
The official welcome will be eX-
tended at the evening service sche-
duled at the Army hall. 635 Broad
way. at 7:45 pm. The public may
attend.
They have filled important posts
in Minneapolis. Chicago, Denver.
Fresno and Phoenix during the
last 81 years. They came to E
Centro from the Phoenix Citadel
corps where they were for tive
years Four of their 10 children
Herbert. Howard, Donald and Dor
ris. came with tn e m and will
enter the El Centro schools The
young people are musicians.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-02
IAFL ProIonging
clio Shed Strike
|By Member Drive

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up a bill, and then they pull us out
there, too?"
Like all the others, he only asked
questions. He made no pretense OF
having the answers. He wasn't sure
there were any answers. He was
simply bewildered.
Another packer-this one per-
manent resident of the valley
was interested in the desires of the
CIO. A home owner mere, seeming
ly we'll educated, he commented up
on what he called the crazy de-
mand for straight hourly basis OF
pay for packers.
Last Saturday" he said, Il work.
ed eleven and a half hours, and
earned $16.l6 If the CIO could put
through its demands, I would earn
only $940 for the same number OF
hours. They're crazy, asking man
to strike so that his own wages will
be cut"
DO you think the answer lies in
turning back to the AFL, away
from the CIO?" he was asked.
Lord, mol" he said. IF you get
the unions to fighting among them
selves, We'll all lose. The only ones
VINO will gain anything are the paid
employees of the union"
Biggest obstacle in the way OF
the AFL recruiting drive seemed to
be memory of the Salinas strike OF
five years ago.
"All of us were 100 per cent be-
hind that strike" one disilluSioned
worker said. I'VE really had some
thing to fight over. And we were
given a chance to vote before we
struck, too. The only trouble was,
we found out later The shippers had
agreed to everything we asked for,
only the AFL bosses didn't tell us
so. They tore up the shippers offer
and told us none of our demands
had been met. So hell busted loose.
We didn't find out until later that
the AFL had sold us down the river.
That's why the sheds down here
went CIO, next chance they had
to vote We remembered the raw
deal we got in Salinas"
He paused minute, gloomy res
ignation on his face. And now,"
he said finally, the raw deals COM
ing from the CIO. Only we can:
trust the AFL either. What the hell
can We do?"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-02

ed States as my second country,
he added.
Vanagua, capital of the republic,
was crowded for President SomoZa' S
birthday fiesta. From every corner
of the country citizens came by
the hundreds and thousands for
the celebration.
Further expressing his friendship
for the United States. SomoZa hon
ored two American army men for
their work in behalf of Nicaragua.
He conferred the presidential
medal of merit on Col. Charles
Mullins. U.S.A., director of the Mic
aragua Military Academy and on
Col. Jam Pape, U. S. military at
tache to Central America.
Mullins also was named a briga-
der general of the Guardia Nacion-
al.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-02
Nicaragua Offers
Bases for u. s.

MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Feb. /.
fUP)-President Anastasio Somoza
Of Nicaragua today, on the occasion
Of his 44th birthday pledged his
country to all out cooperation"
with the United States.
In a special interview he said
his cooperation included an invita-
ton 10 the United States to estab-
lish air and naval bases on Nicara-
gua's Atlantic and Pacific coasts.
These bases" he said, would
protect the best interests of the
two republics and of the Panama
Canal"
The president SAID Nicaraguans
are convinced their interests are
parallel to those of the United
States.
Il personally look upon the Unit
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-02
Raj His Tripoii
While Japan Puts
Raiioning on Rice
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Petain.

Petain.
Japan imposed rice rationing.
That brief word from the orient
topped the news from the worlds
non-fighting war fronts.
Rice is the basis of Japanese
economy. 1t is the basic food
often the sole food-of her millions
of workers.
Imposition of rationing upon this
vital ingredient of japanese life
brough into sharp relief the heavy
drain and increasing stress of the
long years of warfare in China and
the new efforts by Japan to mobilize
her forces for new blows toward
the South Pacific
The announcement that rationing
had been imposed upon rice was
coupled with news that $1,145,-
$4,000 budget for army and navy
expenses had been approved by the
cabinet.
1t was admitted in Toyko that
the economy order was occasioned
by continued rice shortage There
was no indication that these grave
economic implications had served to
place a brake upon the ever broad
ening plans of the Japanese mill
tary and naval commands
Rome reported today that Jap
anese military intervention in
the Singapore zone is imminent
an echo Of Axis emphasis on Japan's
role as a threat to British and
United States interests in the Far
East.
only Friday the British governor
of Malaga warned of the imminent
threat Of war in that region.
Many believe that the ground
work for a Japanese offensive in
the South Pacific is now being
laid in the peace" negotiations
going forward under japanese spon-
sorship between TIL Hand and
French Indo-China.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-02
William 6. McAdoo
Dies Suddenly Of
Heart AiIment
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that southern area covered bY Sher-

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that southern area covered by Sher-
mans march to the sea.
His father was a judge and a
lawyer; his mother a member OF
the Floyd family of Mexican war
fame.
McAdoo attended University of
Tennessee, studying law.
He entered public service even be-
fore he was entitld to vote. At 10
he was appointed a clerk of the
U. S. district court for eastern Ten
nessee. Three years later he was
admitted to the bar.
He was next heard of in New
York City where in 1892 he began
practice of law. 1t was during his
residence in New York that he con-
ceived the idea of tunneling under
the Hudson river to connect New
York and New Jersey.
Engineers told him it couldn't be
done but he lived to see his dream
come true and now half a dozen
| tunnels carry automobiles and
trains under the river bed.
In 1912 he definitely entered the
national political picture as a dele
gate from New York to the Demo-
cratic national convention in Balti-
more. He was one of the first to
advocate the candidacy of Wood
row Wilson for the presidency.
In the campaign which followed
Wilson's nomination McAdoo served
as vice chairman of the Democratic
national committee and acting chair
man OF the campaign. When Wilson
selected his cabinet in 1913 he
named McAdoo his secretary Of
treasury.
Four years later, with America
at war, McAdoo took on the added
duties of director of the nations S
railroads which the government had
taken over
The task proved too much for his
health and on Feb. 10, 1919, he re-
signed his posts to guard his health
and retrench his finances
In 1920 his name was presented
as a candidate for the presidency
at the Democratic convention in
San Francisco.
But he was not an active candl-
date and James B. Cox was named
the party's candidate.
In 1922 he moved from New York
to Santa Barbara, Calf, and for
the rest of his career ne was prom
inently identified with California
politics. In 1924 he was an active
candidate for the presidency but
AL Smith of New York blocked his
nomination and the bid went to
John w. Davis.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-02
Anson Weeks Hurt
In Auto Accident

MARFNGC, Ia, Feb. l. UP)-
Anson Weeks, nationally known
orchestra leader, suffered a frac-
tured left arm and head injuries
today in highway accident south
of here.
Karl Knauer, Chicago, and Har-
old Holmes, Chicago, members of
his orchestra, were less seriously
hurt.
Weeks was brought to a Marengo
hospital while his musicians con-
tinue to Chicago
The bus in which they were rid
ing collided with the wreckage of
two trucks which had crashed on
The highway '-s@ ~
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-02
Earth Slide Bars
Redwood Highway

SACRAMENTO, Feb. /. CUP) =
The State Highway Department to-
day announced 400 foot slide had
blocked the Redwood U. S. 101
highway 25 miles south of CARRIER
vile at Lanes Flats in Humboldt
county
No traffic was going through and
the slide was expected to cleared
away by tonight or tomorrow. The
slide also blocked the Eel river
temporarily.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-02

VENTURA, Calf, Feb. /. up
District Attorney Arthur Waite said
today that Albert st. Clair, 81,
had confessed the killing of Jack
Kuhn, "A year old screen and fic-
ton writer.
4 had been thinking about mur-
dering him for long time" Waite
quoted st. Clair Il couldn't stand
seeing him so independent, with
a new car, and I didn't even have
a job"
Kuhn was shot yesterday in St
Clair's home, in nearby Simi, and
died in hospital before he could
be questioned.
Waite said Kuhn went to visit
st. Clair, his friend for more than
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-02
N-30 Club Hears
Strike Discussion

Informal discussion as to the cur
rent labor problems in Imperial
Valley was featured by members
of the Ell Centre 20-30 club at their
meeting Thursday night in the
California hotel.
Agnes Byll DeVries of Brawley
gave a demonstration of Hawaiian
dancing, explaining the symbolism
of the various gestures many or
which are religious in origin.
Plans were made for the SUBJ
district meeting in Calipatria, Feb.
6, 7 o'clock at the Del Lingo hotel
when all 20-30 clubs of the valley
will have a joint meeting.
Ed Garcia of Elko. Nevada, was
guest of the club and AL Smith
acted as program chairman.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-02
HAVE FUNERAL FOR
CALEXICO BABY

Funeral services for Rosalie Ma
lie Wilson, three -months-old daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs Jeff Wilson of
Calexico were scheduled at the
Lemons chapel in FL Centre at II
am Saturday with the REV. E. l..
Carter, pastor of the State Street
Christian church of El Centre, Of
ficiating. The baby died from pneu-
monia last Thursday Burial will
take place at Evergreen cemetery.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-02

extracts from Dodd's diary, VIII
refer to an unidentified senator
as making that statement.
Wheeler said he never had attend
ed the dinner at which he was
supposed to have made the remark
and that he was now being attacked
through words attributed to dead
man whom he had no chance to
meet face to face-in the Ameri-
can way"
The senator telephoned the state
ment to his office from Palm Beach.
Fla, where he is tie guests of
"--''h p. Kennedy, retiring am
basSaG ~'itain. lie is recu-
perating th-rl IA the influenza.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-02
Of
Valley Sheds at
Noon on Saturday

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hand to work the Jones KavanaugE
shed.
On the sheds where temporary
injunctions against pickets were
served, only a percentage of the
old crew returned. This ranged from
so per cent to 80 per cent Some
declined to pass what was termed
an imaginary picket line, even
though there were no pickets there.
In most cases, shippers supplement-
ed their old crews with cowboy
labor until up to normal numerical
strength.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-02
Raj Bombs Tripo|i
In Desert War

CAIRO, Feb. l. (UP)-The royal
air force today carried Britain's
drive against Italy in Africa to
Western Libya where Tripoli was
reported heavily bombed
Raj planes reported that last
night they poured several tons of
bombs on Tripoli, hitting two 8OOO
ton and one 1000 ton ships in the
harbor.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-02
Pickets Parade
Additional
Packing Plants
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weakened to between $125 and
SITS with most of the best going at
Sl.50.
Chief change in the shipping pic
ture because of the strike has been
the increase in dry pack. While
normally only about four or five
cars day are dry pack, the strike
has boosted this to 80 a day. One
preceded car, dry pack, reached
Chicago from the valley Saturday
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-02
7 Ventura Lemon
Sheds Picketed

VENTURA, Cal, Feb. l. (UP)-
Seven Ventura county packing
houses. including the worlds larg-
est lemon packing establishment,
we're picketed today by pickers of
the Agricultural and Citrus Work
ers union fAFL1.
The pickers, not subject to fed
eral labor laws, are seeking union
recognition and wage and hour ne
gotiations, and are on strike at cit
rus groves at OXnard, Hueneme,
Moofpark and Camarillo.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-02
HIGHWAY PATROLMAN
is RECOVERING

Bill Mitchell, California Highway
patrolman, is recovering satisfac-
torily after an operation performed
at Mercy hospital in San Diego
recently.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-02
Scanning. l.v
News Horizon
RED CROSS BOARD
MEETS MONDAY

Fl Centro chapter Red Cross
board members will have their
monthly meeting Monday night at
7:30 o'clock in the Wilson school
music room.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-02
CALIPATRIA BABY DIES

Inez Esquibel, 2l-month-old, died
from pneumonia and was sche-
duled for burial at Evergreen ceme-
terry in El Centre Saturday after
services at the Lemons chapel at
10 am. She was a daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Esquibel.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-02
SENT TO JAIL
FOR A YEAR

Orval Baker, who pleaded guilty
in superior court TO two counts OF
forgery, was sentenced TO the coun-
ty Jail for a year.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-02
WEATHER

Southern California Increasing
high cloudiness Saturday and Sun
day; early morning Jog near coast;
little change in temperature.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-02

Record for "a hours ending 5 am.
The union times., 1941-07-05
Work Peak

to other circumstances such as age or sex.
 NEW HAVEN SITUATION
 The situation in New Haven is described by the State Employment Service as follows:
 A marked shortage of agricul. tural labor persists in the New Ha- ven area despite vigorous recruit. ing campaign; this situation will be alleviated somewhat with the closing of schools as approximately 900 students have envinced inter- est in this type of work.
 The labor market in the clerical and professional field is still un- settled, with large numbers of em- plOyed workers registering in an at- tempt to better their positions. En- plOyer standards in this field are high and the number of qualified applicants are few.
 The munitions, wire rope, in- sulated cable, tool and rubber in- dustries are all busy and in most instances operating "A hours a day, and there is distinct shortage of workers physically and mentally fit for industrial work.
The union times., 1941-07-05
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\OOntlnueQ rom Page
 being most acute in large manu- featuring centers but also appear ing in the smaller centers. In ad- ditiOn to shortages in metal trades, a shortage of construction workers has appeared in AnsOnia, Hartford, New Haven, Thompsonville, Bris- tOl, Bridgeport and New London. Experienced clerical workers are now scarce in Hartford, Bridge port, Meriden, and Waterbury. Store clerks are scarce in Bristol, TOrringtOn and Waterbury. DOmes- tic and service workers are scarce in all areas. Labor scarcity is par ticularly acute for farm workers.
 MIGRATION CONTINUES
 Migration into the state continues, with noticeable din1inution particularly in the Hartford area. Most of these applicants are unskilled or do not possess the necessary qualifications for work in the metal trades.
 There has been significant relax ation of certain standards with em- ployerS quite generally being inter ested in the individual workers abil- ity to produce, and without reference
The union times., 1941-07-05
Stony Creek Show
 A Hit Performance

If this weeks audiences are any criterion, the Stony Creek Playhouse can look forward to an unusually suc- cessful nineteenth season. "Yes, My Darling Daughter" is the show being presented, and Mark Reeds hilarious comedy is bound to be one of the high lights of this years productions.
 Ably directed by Ronald Hammond, with pace that is as smart as it is lively, the entire cast turns in a per- formance which competes successfully
The union times., 1941-07-05
British Plan
 For rPost-War

LONDON, England the an nouncement of the appointment of Sir William Beveridge, we'll known econ omist, as the head of an Interdepart- mental Committee to carry on a comprehensive survey of all existing schemes of social insurance, the gov ernment has taken the first practical step towards establishing postwar charter of social security.
 This committee will report recon struction problems to a ministerial committee presided over by Arthur Greenwood, Minister without port folio. The committee will review all private and public organizations of social insurance covering health, un- employment, old age, work1nen's com pensation, etc., with a view to weav- ing them into a comprehensive unified improved scheme.
The union times., 1941-07-05
Committee Is Set Up In
 0PM Office
President Issues Executive Orders; Will Not Affect
 Existing Contracts

Insertion of a nOn-discriminatiOn clause in defense contracts has been ordered by President Roose. welt i'm an executive order which also established committee in the OPM on fair employment practices.
 The Presidents order was issued a few weeks after a conference at the White House at which the question of employer discrimina- ton against Negroes and other min- ority groups was discussed.
 NO DISCRIMINATION
 All contracting agencies of the government of the United States shall include in all defense contracts here after negotiated by them a provision obligating the contractor not to dis criminate against any worker" the order stated.
 The committee on fair employment practices to be set up in the OPM will consist of a chairman and four members and will have the job of taking appropriate steps to redress grievances which it finds to be valid"
 CITES EVIDENCE
 "There is evidence," the Presi- dents order stated, available that needed workers have been barred from industries engaged in defense production solely because of con- alterations of race, creed, color or national origin to the detriment of workers morale and of national unity.
 It is the duty of employers and of labor organizations to provide for the full and equitable participation of all workers in the defense industries without discrimination
 Effectiveness of the order will not be determined until new contracts are let, it was believed, inasmuch as many of the plants have huge backlogs of contracts. The Glenn Martin Air craft Co. in Baltimore is reported to be one of the principal offenders.
 SIMILAR CLAUSE
 The clause requiring employers to cease discrimination because of race, creed, color or national origin is similar to the clause that was demanded at the start of the de. fense program by labor Organiza. tions which asked that employers be required to obey the National Labor Relations Act. The Presi dent contended that he was without authority to order the inclusion of such clause in contracts.
The union times., 1941-07-05
CERTIFY ELECTRICIANS

The National Labor Relations Board has announced the certifcation of International Brotherhood of Elec- trical Workers, Local Union B-212, as the sole bargaining agent of the employees of Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company Cincinnati Service Shop), Cincinnati, Ohio.
The union times., 1941-07-05
NO ORGANIZATION

It is easy to see the complica- tiOns this letter might have led to, if taken seriously. And there was not one indication in the letter to tip anyone off to the fact that it was a gag! One large scallion for the W. B. publicity gent who per petrated this
The union times., 1941-07-05
Seek Wage Rise

NEW YORK-Wage increases of l4c an hour are sought by the Trans port Workers Union for $500 em- ployes of the Third Avenue Railways.
The union times., 1941-07-05

with the weather, and, in these days, that's praise indeed. It will be pre- sented through Saturday evening.
The union times., 1941-07-05
Lengthy Hours
 Cut Production

Lengthening hours of work in Great Britain produced a decline in production and the government was forced to put limits on the work week, the wage-hour division re- ported in a study published in Washington.
The union times., 1941-07-05
News From Hollywood
 Through Labor's Eyes

Screen Cartoon Guild (AFL). Lat est developments include: placing of all Disney films and byproducts on the national AFL unfair list. filing of NLRB charges, demanding reinstatement of I9 strikers fired by Disney just before the strike for guild activities, revelation of continuous violations of the wage hour law by Disney, and denuncia- tiOn of the third company union organized by Disney. Curious side light is the fact that Art Rabbit, strike chairman, fired by Disney just before the strike was called, heads the list of top animators an- nOunced by R.K.O. as those artists who will be mainly responsible for Disney's output next year. Ap- parently, Disney knows he can't
 FAMILY AFFAIR
 Briefly: Grace Hayes, Peter Lind Hayes, and Mary Healy (Mrs. Peter Lind Hayes) will co-star in MOnogram's musical, Isis Boom Bah!", making it quite a family affair Vic Mature, whose won- derful physique dazzles the ladies, has signed a term contract at 10th. Fox, and will co-star with Alice Faye (whose physique knocks the mems eyes out, like double orange-squeezer) in ''The Bower Nightingale" Olsen & Johnson have started film version of ''Hellzapoppin," at Universal, and the studio is in panic.
The union times., 1941-07-05
Neev Defense Contracts to Have o>Dscrimination Cl

PatrOnize the friends of organ ized labor who advertise in I'll UNION TIMES, LabOr's own pape
The union times., 1941-07-05
PRODUCTION DECLINED

In the late spring of 1o40, it was stated, British workers were working 70, 80, and 84 hours week. Increased sickness and accident rates and large scale absenteeism, however, led to a decline in production and the mems hours were reduced to $ or. 56 8 week. In one factory, it was reported peak production followed the reduc- ton of hours.