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Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-28

and London indicated the 9th army
offensive had the upper hand il,
operations from the Egyptian front
icr to Tobruk while a New Zealand
column again was Slashing west
ward in the Tobruk zone against
stiff opposition.
If the British domination is main
taincd it appeared the offensive
had cut off large armored forces
of the Nazi corps under Gen. Erwir
Rommel in the zone west and south
of Tobruk.
The main fuel and supply bases
for these Axis forces have been de-
strOyed or seized by British infan-
try and the British were said
by Cairo to be attempting to crush
the armored units in a spirit OF
confidence
There still was a chance that
ROmmel might reform his forces
and break out OF the west or that
there still are larger armored
forces west of Tobruk but if the
British are right in their reports
and surveys Friday the main Axis
armored strength is shattered or
facing tremendous odds.
EASIER GOING AHEAD
The important thing is that ii
the backbone of enemy tank
strength can be broken the British
mechanical offensive is likely tc
have much easier going in the rest
of the offensive as infantry can
not provide the same opposition in
sweeping desert maneuvers.
If the British positions are fully
consolidated, the prospects for a
drive on to the west against the
main defense lines in the Derna
area and possibly to Tunisia ap-
peared reasonably good.
A British armored column, with
airplane escort, is operating some
where southwest of Derna and pos
Sibly now moving northward toward
the Gulf Of Sidra. to haraSs the
Axis near lines. Private advices re-
parted that about 100 French planes
had fled from Tunisian airports to
join the British because of resent
ment against the removal of Gen
MaXimime Weygand as Vichy 5
commander in North Africa.
DAYS DEVELOPMENTS
Those developments conceded
with other important developments
on the worlds war fronts:
/. In the Far East, Shanghai re-
ports said Japan had sent 70 trans
ports carrying 10000 troops anc
much war material to French Indo-
China despite suggestions in Tokyo
that an agreement might be reach
cd with Washington lor a cooling
off period in the Pacific.
The German offensive forced a
major break through on the Kiln
sector, north of Moscow, in a grow
ing threat to encircle the Soviet
capital but the Red army re-
ported it had halted the enemy in
the StalinogorSk area south of Mos
COW and that a major Russian
counter-offenSive continued near
the Ukraine city of RoStov. The
Continued on Page s; Col. ~
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-28
Residents Warned
Against Toy-kaper

Police Friday asked FL Centro
householders to be on the lookout
for small pickup truck with 4
house trailer in tow and driven by
woman who allegedly has designs
on such innocent things as chill
dren's tricycles.
A resident of tie 500 block of
South Fifth street reported the wo-
man stopped her RIG out front and
made a grab for a tricycle. parked
on the porch. The alleged would
be toy kidnaper was frightened
away before she made the haul.
according to information given Oh
fiCerS.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-28
Lockheed Acquires
Industrial Plant

BURBANK. Cal, Nov. %. up
-Iockheed Aircraft corporation an
nounccd today the acquisition OF
the WHY'S Overland plant near here
and approval of the stockholders
for merger with Vega Airplanc
company, its affiliate at the present
time
The WHY'S overland plant has
been leased for three years, tn.
announcement said. It's acquisition
will increase Lockheed's floor space
by 350,O00 square feet
When the merger with Vega Is
effected, LCckheed will have a total
floor space Of 3,577O0O square feet
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-28

Miners in rough shirts with pis-
tolls at their belts halted all motol
traffic through the state of Jel-
ferson yesterday and handed out
patriotic declarations of independ-
cnce."
You are now entering Jeficr-
son the 49th state of the union,
it read. This state has seeded
from California and Oregon this
Thursday, Nov. 27 194l. Patriotic
Jeffersonians intend to secede each
Thursday until further notice.
Until California and Oregon bull l
a road into the copper country, Jef-
ferSon. as a detense-minded state
will be forced to rebel each Thurs
day and act as a separate state"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-28

enthusiastic group in town.
With the exception, of course, OF
the youngsters, who turned out
by the milling hundreds to greet
their grand old patron saint. Mich
olaS of the North Pole. The cid fell
low flew into town late in the af-
ternoon, and was taken aboard an
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-28
'Tooih|ess' Strike
Curb Bill Drawn
For House Action
Sill Would Ban ANY
Legal Prevention of
Waik0ut Anywhere

WASHINGTON, Nov. %.
(UPO-The house labor COM
nittee today approved revis-
I'd strike curb legislation
that Wllld set up a largely
voluntary system OF mediation and
arbitration in defense labor disputes
and authorize government seizure
of struck plants.
The bill. minus some of the
teeth" which it originally contained
to enforce defense labor peace, was
approved after the committee had
Continued on Page 8, Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-28

business men-their minds on lum-
Der and fishing-Would go down IL
history as disciples of he who hello
the grudge against advancing Etrus-
can forces, or live as so many King
CanuteS.
Secession was a fact today, by
ukase of the state of jefferson
Citizens Committee representing
Curry county, Ore, Siskiyou, De-
Norte and Modoc counties Calf.
And every Thursday until further
notice, patriotic Jcifersonians IN
tend to seccdc-p1acefully, OF course
until Oregon and California en-
gage in a little matter of road
building to strategic mineral de-
posts of the area.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-28

ThiS week end the Bank Of Amer
lea will put more than 100000 checks
in the mail, timing them to reach
Christmas club members through
out California on the morning OF
Dec. |. The total of the checks will
exceed $18,C00,000.
The state wide total this year is
S2,OCoO00 higher than last years
record mark. an increase of l2.5 per
cent.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-28

FL Ccntro fire truck to Sixth street.
where he received the biggest stack
of letters he had ever received
from local kids.
The letters continued to pour
in as late as Friday afternoon.
Writers of three best ones Will b.
awarded cash prizes
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-28
Thai Premier SAYS
Crisis at Hand

BANGKOK, Thailand, Nov. %,
UP)-Premier Luang Bipul Song
gram has told the nation in radio
broadcast that it faces great
emergency" but Japan has guaran-
teed that the concentration of her
troops in French Indo-China is not
intended for use in an invasion OF
Thailand.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-28
p AMBL!Ne
X EPORTER

What Next
"As the calendar year draws to a
close" an official communication
said, the American soldier Mr,
America of l94l-begins to take
definite shape"
Startling, eh?
The article goes on 10 say that
returns are lacking as to his age,
weight, height, and color of hair
and eyes, but the sizes of the gar
ments he wears reveal his measure
ments and dimensions
Some Statistician got the idea
after pouring over reports from {
quartern:.,..,tr supply office kept by
the Army. Here's the rest of it.,
Skip it if you can't get a heart
throb out of Mr.. America of l941,
Shoes, BE; socks Il; shorts 80;
underShirt SO; trousers 30-3l; shirt
1888; coat 38 regular; overcoat 36
gloves 8; hat rs.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-28
Counties Secede
Every Thursday

EUREKA, Cal, Nov 28 (UP)-Like IIoratiuS Coolies
Humboldt county stood firmly today against the forces
of that would organize 49h state of jefferson
from rebel counties of California and Oregon,
ONLY the future could reveal if the sturdy Humboldt
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-28
ArmoredC Germans IS
Caught in Trop
By Desert Drive
Slim Chance Remains Nazi General Nav
Reform Forces. Break Through Circle;
Backbone Of Tank Strength Broken
By UNITED PRESS

Great Brtains mechanical armies Friday were report
ed close to in their prime objective Of destroying
the bulk of Axis striking power in Libya.
Hard fighting still ahead Of the British and final
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-28
Judge Denounces
Jehovah Creed
Court Awards Six Children TO Father
Because 'Disrespect for Govenmt' is
TAUGHT by Mother in Witness Sect

Jehovahs Witnesses received scahing lebuke IN I'M
pera county superior court Thursday from Judge Vaughn
n Th0mpson who declared mortified at the doctrine
of s spect for government demonstrated III literature
introduced as evidence in divorce case.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-28
. House Gives Notice Woge
. Curb Out Of Question i'm
Bill to Control Prices
Congressman Reject Amendment TO Ban
InfIationary Increases; S sponsor Says
Labor Hire Integral Part of Costs

WASHINGTON Nov. %. (UP)-The house today re-
jected, by vote announc ed 102 to 81" amendment
tt price control bill which would have prohibited any
wage increases which the government found to b
inflationrY. The amendment Introduce by Rep. 4
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-28

Willis Robertson, D. Va, who con-
tended it was impossible to prevent
initiation by merely curbing prices
and not wages.
The amendment would have bar
red any government agency from
approving wage increases i'll prl-
vate industry which would neceS-
state the raising Of q previously
established flicC ceiling.
LemOcratic Leader John w. Nc
Cormack OF Massachusetts opposed
Amendments arguing that it was
unnecessary, and unreasonably
drastic.
The amendment would not bar
wage increases necessary TO meet
rising living costs or to improve
o subnormal wage standard.
COST FACTORS CITED
Robertson told thc house that
he was not hostile to labor but
believed that the nation does not
want just a bill to regulate prices
or agriculture but to control i'll
flation." He said that in some
industries wages represent as much
as SO per cent of the costs.
Rep. Leon Sacks, D. Pa, objected
that the amendment would "SuS-
pend or make innocuous" existing
labor legislation, but Robertson
branded that suggestion absurd, 8
maintaining that the amendment
merely prescribes future course Of
action ior the government.
Robertson said that the media
ion board had agreed to virtually
all wage demands put before it III
defense labor disputes without re-
Continued on Page 8. Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-28

Murder Will Out
Skeletons came out of closets anC
ratified their bones in public at g
big meeting in BraWley this week,
The bone clanking was brought or
by a man who is a Straner to most
of Imperial Valley.
Gordon H. Garland, speaker of
the assembly, was the speaker at the
BraWley meeting The first time
Garland referred to Assemblyman
Harvey E. Hastain as Buck" Has
tain, there was a lot of eXcitec
whispering among Hastain's fellow
townsmen. AS Garland speech pro-
gressed, it was Buck" this ano
Buck" that. Hastain thought he
had outlved that nickname relic
from his childhood days.
But no. Buck Hastain rides again
He Never Gives Up
A short time ago Johnny Dono-
hue started to tell certain story
at a large gathering of men ant
women in Ell Centre.
The first few words of the story
had no more than trickled through
the loudspeaker than Mrs. Donohuc
hurried up to the microphone and
stopped him in the middle OF {
word.
But did Johnny forget the story :?
Not Johnny. 1t was a good story ano
he wanted to tell it.
Thursday night the Legionnaires
were guests at a dinner at CAM.
Seeley a dinner where only mer.
were present.
With a stubborn look on his face
Johnny got THAT story off his
chest in a place where his wife
couldn't stop him.
And it was, RR was reliably in
formed, a story for men only.
Why, You.
I'm sorry to tell you but you
have a parking ticket on your car.
Massey" Cecil Gillett looked sad
and doeful as he took the bad
news to Massey Horton.
There was a lot of conversation
about the calamity.
"If you buy me a drink I think
I can square it for you" Cecil Of
fered. Massey bought the drink and
Cecil left
In moment he was back waving
a piece of paper.
Everything is all fixed up Cecil
boaSted.
He handed Massey an irrigation
Continued on Page g. Column g.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-28
TEMPERATURE

Maximum Thurs. rs. Minimum
Fri. Al. 5 pm. Thurs. "a, humidity
Sd. am. Fri. As. humidity 65.
Noon Friday II, humidity q.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-28
LOS ANGELES HAY

U. S. No. 1 $500; U. S. No. 2
leafy l. V. S2O.5O-2I. U. S. No. 2
Sl6.-17. Mpls. Dec. flax S1.81i2.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-30
by Bruce Cation =.
The Inside Track in Washington

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 The
administration is beginning to Wor-
ry about the things that may come
out of Senator Wheeler's investiga-
ton of foreign tie-ups with Ameri-
can industries.
The senate voted this investiga-
ton last fall. after the Justice De-
partment had uncovered various
cases in which war-eSSentlal U. 5.
industries had patent or trade
agreements with German compa-
MES which tended to limit Ameri-
can production. But the wording OF
the resolution was pretty broad, and
it is just beginning to occur to peo-
ple that Wheeler isn't necessarily
limited to examining possible Ger
man controls.
If he chose, for instance. he
could direct the inquiry at the
question of British controls-not
just patent agreements with Brit
ish manufacturers or sales and
price restrictions or any aid to
Britain. but practically anything
that affected U. S. production for
U. S. defense. And the thought
of a determined isolationist like
Senator Wheeler, who is one of
the ablest investigators in the SEN
ate, getting turned loose in that
field is enough to make any adj
ministration man quail.
There's no very good way tc
head Wheeler off, either Money for
the investigation could be with
held. but he could go ahead with
out money if he had to. Probably
the only chance lies in a bill intro
duced by Senator Pepper calling
for a special board to control pa
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-30
LET'S BRING THE
WORLD TO OUR DOORS

There never was a more logical mo-
ment than right now for Imperial Valley
To get under way with the promotonal
campaign to tell the world what we've
got in this valley of ours.
Up until now it has been almost lmpos-,
sible to present an attractive picture OF
the valley without running smack up
against the bugaboos of debt, drainage,
lack of credit, All American canal cost
and operation, and few other lesser
evils. Now the fog is clearing away. The
true worth of the valley is emerging, the
problems are clearing away one by ore,
the basic prosperous promise of the val
ley is apparent.
Now we've got something to sell. We've
got something I'd offer prosperous farm
ers from other areas who are seeking
new locations. We've got attractive op-
portunities to offer business houses.
We've got story to tell and we've got
the answers to any question that, few
months ago, would have been extremely
embarrassing.
The trouble is, we haven't got the We
hicle with which to tell the story. We
need it badly.
The individual chambers of commerce
throughout Imperial Valley are dedicat-
ed to publicizing and building up their
own communities, and rightly So The
Associated chambers of commerce Is
loosely knit volunteer combination OF the
various individual chambers of commerce,
without actual authority except in an
advisory capacity.
That leaves the county board of trade.
1t appears to be the logical agency TO
handle the long-range, high powered sell
ing campaign Imperial Valley needs.
AS it now operates, the board of trade
cannot fill the bill.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-30
HOW CAN WE PEP UP
THE BOARD OF TRADE?

The board of trade as it operates today
cannot do the job of publicizing lmpe-
rial Valley as it should be done-but the
framework is there. Today the board
has no authority, little cash and scant
opportunity to do what Is needed. Inc
boards budget last year totaled only
$4441, and of that S2566 went into pur-
chase of an additional 40 acres for the
Meloland Experiment Farm. Another
$500 was donated to the state chamber
of commerce. To the Fruit-Frost service
went $500. That left very little for ac-
tual publicity work.
The situation can be remedled. The
county board of supervisors could dele
gate full powers to the board Of trade,
retaining only a supervisory power as a
sort of supreme court. The board of
trade could be authorized to employ
full time secretary whose job 1t would
be to see that Imperial Valleys case is
laid before those whom it should reach.
The board of trade could, if its members
see fit ask for an advisory board com
posed of one or two members from each
chamber of commerce, to get coordina-
ton.
And, above all, the supervisors could
and should provide adequate financing
for such a publicity campaign as the
county needs. Not five thousand dollars,
not ten thousand. Fifteen or twenty
thousand dollars would be more like it.
We cannot wait too long-not even for
all the clouds to lift. Such long-range
program as we need takes months of
preparation. There will never be bet
ter time to start it than right now.
We can never get anywhere without
attracting new residents and new money
from outside our own borders. There
is no use going about that job in hit
or-miss fashion. 1t should be done efflc-
iently and well. And, above all, it should
be done quickly.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-30

tents which affect the national de-
fense. If extensive hearings could
be arranged on that bill, the Ger
man controls which await Wheel
er's investigation might be aired
enough to steal some of Wheelers
thunder.
The White House has kept a long
silence about the generally ac-
cepted report that John G.. Winant
will be the next ambassador to
England If the appointment should
fall through. however, Winant could
still show up with government po-
sition. Jesse Jones wants him to
be assistant secretary of commerce
in charge of civil aeronautics.
WALLACE'S
HELPER
Vice President Wallace's parlia-
mentary job of presiding over the
senate, with a lot of strange faces
in front of him and labyrinth of
unfamiliar rules to enforce, is made
fairly simple and easy because of
the constant presence on the scene
of Charley Watkins, senate parlia-
mentarian.
Watkins sits right in front of the
vice presidents chair, on a lower
level. and he knows the senate rules
and precedents by heart. A vice
president could be an utter no
vice and still get by fine just by
repeating the rulings and sugges-
tions recited soto voice by Watkins
Watkins has had the job since
1923, and has tutored Vice Presi-
dents Dawes, Curtis and Garner
It's his proud boast that under his
guidance no ruling of any of these
men was ever overruled by the
senate.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-30
AS II Should
Have Been

In an editorial on this page
earlier in the week, devoted to
the resignation of President Ben
Hulse of the Imperial county fair
board, q typesetter's mistake plac-
ed this phrase in one paragraph:
"The county fair should go on
with its growth as successfully as
in the past, regardless Of the per-
sOnnel Of the fair board. But in
order to allow the fair to be-
come merely another political
plum ;. II is within the pow
er of the people to enforce the
same buSlneSslIke operation in
the future :"
As originally written, the para
graph said:
"The county fair should go on
with its growth as successfully as
in the past, regardless of the
personnel of the fair board. But
in order to be sure that it does,
the people must heed Mr.. Hulse's
warning not to allow the fair to
become merely another political
plum - etc.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-30
WHAT TO TEACH SOLDIERS
Dallas, Tex, Times-Herald)

While in Dallas, Walter Wanger, the
famous motion picture producer, express
ed the hope that the training would be
made broad enough to include subjects
not usually thought of as military.
Mr.. Wanger cited the fact that our
purpose is to defend the entire western
hemisphere, and that, to perfect this
defense, we must have the assistance OF
Latin America, and our fighting men
must appreciate the scope Of their assign
ment.
Courses in United States, Canadian,
and American history are favored
by Mr.. Wanger for the trainees,: as we'll
as instruction in the Spanish and Portu-
guese languages. His point is we'll taken.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-30

play. Mrs. Reynolds laughs at peiiie
called Hollywood Cinderella, out
she is nothing of the SORT. oHe
planned and studied a long tlme
and has had sounder training anu
experience than most screen people
Worked with the Community Play
ers at Berkeley, with the East Bay
and San Francisco Theater COM
2 n'Ne, played the mothers role
in =. TIE Dead at the Green
Point theaUer lor . whole season.
and attended the University of Cal
ifornia at the same time.
Meanwhile, she had struck up
correspondence friendship with
Blanche Yurka. who advised her to
come to Hollywood and get an
agent. Several were polite but dis
Interested; then she met Iva Rich
ardson, who Immediately got her a
role in play. Metros head talent
executive, Billy Grady, was in the
audience opening night, and after
that it was just matter OF taking
a test and signing a contract
PICTURE OVER,
SHE DOESN'T REST
Come Live With Me" is finished
now, and her next role hasn't been
assigned. But Adeline deWalt Rey-
nolds is not resting. Besides fenc-
ing, she takes three singing les
sons a week, is replying to scores
of letters from peOple who have
seen her picture and is typing the
autobiography of Blanche Yurka.
Everything considered, this 30
year-old actress is just about the
most incredible personality Holly
wood remembers. The people on
her picture agreed she was more
charming than Stewart, more beau
tiful than Hedy Lamar, and cutter
than Shirley Temple.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-30
by Paul Harrison -.
HOLLYWOOD S Fads, Fancies and Foibles

HOLLYWOOD. Jan. 29.-Toward
the end of a pretty hard day on
their picture, Jimmy Stewart put
an arm around an actress, Adeline
deWalt Reynolds, and asked if she
were tired. Willie" she said, using
his character name, when you've
waited 80 years e. something, you
just don't get tired!"
That must be right-there is %
weariness in the bright blue eyes
Of Adeline Reynolds; nor in her
trim figure-she goes to a fencing
class one night each week. AS Tor
her mind--well, this is the woman
who started to college at 66, took
her A. B. with special honors in
French at 70, and who at 78 went
back for a year of drama study.
At Metro, as Stewards grand
mother in Come Live With Me"
Mrs. Reynolds resented having a
stand-in because she thought it
was a service for old folks. Except
for union rules, she probably would
have helped move scenery. She not
only knew her lines but memorized
almost all the script, and she stole
nearly every scene. Il guess I was
inclined to mug little" she ad-
mitted Sometimes Mr.. Brown, the
director, would say. Careful, Gram
maw-too much ham!"
NO HOLLYWOOD
CINDERELLA
But that was because her lined
face registers emotions so clearly,
and she soon learned to under