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Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-17
jen'ley Indicates
Court May Avoid
RefuflG|ina Hearing {
Judge May Decide Case
Entirely on Briefs,
Order Indicates

Indications that an oral
hearing may be dispensed
with in study of technical
points of the Imperial lrriga-
ton district refunding plan
were evident Friday from an order
issued by Judge Ralph E. Jenney
of federal district court
According TO a statement released
by the district legal department,
Judge Jenney declared that unless
reply briefs filed by objectors indi-
cate that oral argument may be de-
sired by the court itself, the matter
will not be set down for oral argu-
ment but will be decided upon the
record.
The obiectIng bondholdcrS arc
given until jan. 81 10 file reply
briefs and the district has until
Feb. 10 to file any further COM
ments they may wish.
Fridays announcement blasted
any hopes that Judge Jenneys de-
cision might be forthcoming this
month. The judge already has in
dicated he faVors the refunding
plan in theory and restricted briefs
from opposing counsel to technical
points OF form only.
Late in December the judge de-
clared the plan operative but dis
bursements of impounded funds and
actual operation must be delayed
until the judges final decision is
rendered.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-17
Heald Appointed
On Defense Group

District Attorney Elmer Heald Of
Imperial county was named this
week as a member of the state
council of law officers scheduled
to coordinate internal defense in
southern California.
He was appointed to the position
by Earl Warren, attorney general OF
California. District attorneys, sher-
ifs, and chiefs of police attended a
meeting in Los Angeles Thursday.
Heald, however, was in Sacramento
Thursday and telegraphed he will
qonfer with Warren about the
council duties on Saturday.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-17
The Martyr

For some time Max Llamas, a
roomer at the home of Mrs. Carrie
Estrada in Ell Centro, had counted
on going out Sunday evening. He
had a movie lineup. But develop
ments blasted the idea.
Before he knew it, Mrs. Estrada
and her son and daughter -in-laW
Mr.. and Mrs. Gus Estrada of Cal
exico who we're visitors, had left
the house. Max glanced into a
bedroom and saw the piled UP
baby clothes belonging to til c
Gus Estrada's nephew.
ooh me, they've gone off and
left me to watch the baby!' Max
moaned to himself.
Philosophically he settled himself
down to an evening at home. For
a coupe of hours he tip-toed about
the house, very careful not to wake
the baby. When the family re-
turned they said:
Say. We thought you went out
for the EVENING""
Max assumed a martyred air and
explained glumly:
81 had to stay and watch the
baby, didn't II"
They chuckled.
"We've got the baby with us.
Those are just his clothes in the
BEDROOM
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-17

1udFQ GRAY llelQ lleIe dllu tWO
from Pearson field, Vancouver bar
racks
They planned to concentrate
the1r search in southwestern Wash
ington along the slopes of snow
covered Mt. Adams and Mt. St. Hell
ems and along the Columbia river.
Possible clues to the fate OF the
missing bomber came from many
sources. The Sacramento, Calf
army air depot reported that a
United States army bombing plane
was sighted yesterday circling
Scott's Bar on the Klamath river,
81 miles west of Hornbrook, Calf.
Major J. D. Corkille who had beer
reported flying a Martin training
bomber in that area radioed to the
depot today that he was not in that
particular section.
The plane seen circling SCOTS
Bar was reported to be silver in col.
Or while Major Corkille's plane is
blue and gold
Later. between $3.50 and o'clock
in the afternoon, the silver plane
was reported circling Hornbrook,
and woman on nearby ranch
said the plane nearly struck her
home.
Several persons in the tiny CON-
munity near the oregon line tolo
Constable Tillman King that the
plane was silver and had an army
star on its wing.
Then a silver plane-apparently
the same one-Was reported seven
miles east of Hornbrook by a far
mer on the klamath river. But
other ranchers a few miles farther
east saw no sign of the plane, and
attaches at the Sacramento air
depot indicated that search may
be started in that area.
Rain and visibility limited to two
miles kept a fleet of 80 army bomb
ers and Observation planes grounded
at Tacoma.
The weather bureau forecast con-
tinued rainfall and strong winds
Snow was falling steadily in the
mountains.
Because no radio report was ever
heard from the ship it was feared
it crashed soon after taking off on
flight to California.
The plane was bound from Nc
Chord Field, Wash, to Muroc Dry
Continued on Page 8, Col. ~
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-17
Fee Collections
Behind Last Year

Cash returns from automobile
license fees and taxes Friday Jagged
$4,000 behind the collections on a
similar date last year, Captain Frank
OsWalt said.
The total to date was $4,000 while
last year the total was S46,220. The
total number of plates issued thus
far was 4703, including plates for
pleasure cars, trucks, and trailers,
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-17
District Report
Beqins Today

Serial publication of President
Evan L. Hewes' annual report
ON progress Of the Imperial Ir-
rigation Distriet-one of the
most discussed district reports
In recent years-begins today
on Page Two of this newspaper.
Because the report is itself a
summary of district operations,
and cannot well be further
briefed without deleting many
important sections, c0mpie c c
publication in installments was
thought to be the best wy TO
place the document before the
public.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-17
Provazek Girl to
Get TRANSMISSION

A blood TRANSMISSION was arranged
in a San Diego hospital Friday for
Vina Provazek, Central union
high school pupil injured in a
traffic accident at Boulevard Jan. 5.
Her father, John Provazek, Thom-
as Slovak, Leon Provazek, Betty
Adamek, and Robert Lee left El
Centro Friday morning to be typed
at the San Diego hospital as posi-
BILE donors. The TRANSMISSION was
expected to help her retain cons
ciouSneSs, her father said.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-17
March Of Dimes Begins
.Thruout Valley Sunday

The annual March Of Dimes VIII
begin in Imperial county Sunday
At a recent meeting officers OF
the Imperial County chapter OF the
National Foundation for 1nfantile
Paralysis DIR. Warren F. Fox, coun-
ty chairman, submitted the follow
ing financial statement of last
years accounts.
Of the $l,2O6.63 collected, the
theaters collected $711.26 and city
chairmen raised $49537 The foun-
dation contributed $l48.98; and
S94.50 for braces, shoes, and SINH
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-17

lar items fer paralyzed persons;
and a check for $603.31 was sent to
the national foundation as the 30
per cent contribution to the re-
search fund.
AT present the research work is
the most important phase of the
work." Fox said, las so little is
known about the disease and almost
nothing of how to combat it In
the United States in 1889 the foun-
dation made grants ef $463,972 to
research institutions and in 1910
made $709,47l, Grants in Calisor-
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-17
French Sink Two
Siantese Vessels

SAIGON, French In To- CHINA,
Jan. IT. (UP)-French warships,
operating in the gulf of Siam, were
two Siamese men o'war yesterday
reported here today to have sunk
and to have damaged a third.
It was reported also that 600
Siamese were killed or wounded IN
heavy fighting on the Siam-ln
China frontier
French planes were said to have
bombed the Siamese towns of Pra-
chinbari, Aranya and Wadhana, all
on the railways line leading from
the coast TO Bangkok.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-17

MIA in 1889 totaled $4,000 and in
1949 the total was $21,5 $50.
The chapter adopted a budget
for 1941 which included $500 for
rehabilitation. braces, shoes, $3.50
for serum, 5000 for epidemic relief,
and $3.50 for the reserve fund.
Fox said sanction for dances to
celebrate President Roosevelt S
birthday had been given to no one
in Imperial county.
Flight Infantile Paralysis" but
tons will be available to the public
between Jan. 10 and 81, inclusive
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-17

man, Joe Bailey and Charles Guest
already had announced themselves
and this week William v. Cohee
declared he would be In the rdse.
In the Calexieo division no petit
tions had been filed against Evan
7. HeWes, incumbent.
Although the five-way northend
scrap should develop some interest.
the Rose SHAW contest will be like
ly to steal the show Rose was elose-
ly pressed to win over Ollie Stewart
in his last time up. four years ago.
his first really serious opposition In
years.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-17
Stapp Guilty in
Auto Theft Case

Guilty to all six counts"
Harold Stapp, 10, skipped all pre-
liminary legal procedure Friday, re-
fused the services of an attorney
appointed by Judge R. D. McPher-
rim, and pleaded guilty in superior
court to six counts of stealing auto
mobiles and burying then in a
hideaway near Imperial.
He was scheduled to appear in
court next Tuesday for sentence.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-17

resident "a years and has served
on the city council almost contin-
uously since 1922, was slated to
give the grizzled veteran of district
politics a run for his money
Shaw was expected to file his
petition within the next day or so.
Deadline is Jan. 81. The election is
set for Feb. 5.
Only other division which drew
attention was in Calipatria where
Director W. E. Young will not run
for reelection. A wide open figlh
was developing there with five cam
didates in the field.
: G. Roy Thompson, R. NJ. Chap
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-17
Dolores Del Rio
Divorces Director

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. II. up
Dolores Del Rio, Mexican born
movie star, today divorced Cedric
Gibbons, film art director She said
her husbands cold and inditfer-
ent' attitude broke up their 10
year marriage which had been re-
garded in Hollywood as perfect
romance"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-17
TOM ELLIOT FUNERAL
SCHEDULED MONDAY

Funeral services for Tom Elliott,
72, travelling agent of the Railway
Express company who died sud-
denly in Brawley Wednesday, will
be held Monday at the Kiefer
Eyerick mortuary in Glen d lie,
friends in Imperial Valley we're in
formed Friday.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-17
Nothing To It

Nothing To It
When Bob Ware and Bob Parish
went out on the desert together
to inspect a skeleton, they took
along a camera and decided:
We'll just take some shots and
show this Photographic department
of the sheriff's office that there's
nothing to this picture taking art. y
They snapped merrily away after
carefully arranging subjects and
when the pictures we're developed
they were as solid black as the
ace of spades. They hadn't got a
thing.
So that's why the lads at the
sheriff's office inquired:
whats the idea of trying to
take picture of a group of dark
gentlemen at midnight"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-17

A. O'Brien, charged That Illegal
liquor was manufactured at the rate
of 1000 gallons daily in Chicago.
Much of it, the indictment charged,
was smuggled across the Detroit
river to Canada, where war and
other taxes have raised prices.
The indictments resulted from a
three investigation directed
by U. S. District Attorney John C.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-17
y AMBl'Ne
EpoR1ER
Just A Slip

Just A Slip
First time we ever had proof
that food affects pronunciation!
launching in Ell Centro were Helen
Cooley and Blanche Cavanah. The
latter was munching some spinach
when a chance remark made her
exclaim:
Say, that's right. I've been very
sus-spinach of him for a long time.
I mean suspicious
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-17
HoItviIIe Mayor
To Oppose Rose

Stiff competition was in store for Mark Rose Friday
Claude L. Shaw of Holtve announced that he would
definitely be candidate for Imperial Irrigation district
director from the Hotville division.
The present Hotville mayor who has been valley
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-17
FDR Stands Pat
On Hell p-Britain
Measure Demands
'MishtNeed Something Quickly
Urgently Says President in Discussing
Proviso Allowing US. TO Buy Equipment

WASHINGTON, Jan. II. (UP)-President Roosevelt
declared today that provisions in the British aid bill
are designed solely to protect America in world situa
ton that shifting every "a hours He indicated
no disposition to revise any of those sections.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-17
What, No Snores?-

Not SO very long ago we used
an RR item about Joe Enz and his
sleepiness at Farm Bureau meetings
to vent our spleen againt the high
degree of senseless talk at most
public parleys.
Joe, apparently took some offense
at our references to his sleeping
and remarked:
who said I was asleep? I Just
think better with my eyes closed!"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-17
Wdr Flares Anew
FOR lndo-Chind
British, Germans Battle for Control OF
editerraneana as Dive Bombers Force
Admiralty 10 Consider New Tactics
BY UNITED PRESS

The smouldering between French 1ndo-Chlna and
Thailand famed up Friday British and German planes
battled for air supremacy in the Mediterranean
Reports from Saigon French IndoChna said that the
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-17
Huge BootIesging
Conspiracy Barred

DETROIT, Jan. IL (UP)-A federal grand jury today
indicted 33 persons charges OF operating gigantic
liquor conspiracy and smuggling ring which alegedy de
frauded the government Of $2500,00O.
The indictments returned before Federal Judge Ernest
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-17

Lehr on information furnished by
the federal alcohol tax unit.
Lehr said the conspiracy and
smuggling ring was the largest ever
uncovered in the midwest. He said
it was equivalent to the largest
bootleg rings of prohibition days
with a reverse twist to the former
practice of running liquor from
Canada TO the United States.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-17
Seorchers Fight
Batterin9 Storm
TO Continue Hunt
Big Army Craft Reported Missing After
Taking Off on Flight from Tacoma to
Aerial T Terse+ Range in SO. California

TACOMA, Wash, JAM IT. (UP)-A U. S. army bomber
with aboard missing today flight from
Tacoma to Sacramento and four army planes battling
heavy transforms, left here to search for it.
Two planes took off from the Washington National
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-17

Lettuce: Imperial Is $l.hs-I.25;
SIS 90-S1.0O; San Diego Is 1886;
SIS 60-65c; L. A. loose 30-35c.
(See Page for Dairy Mkts.)
L. A. hay; u. S. No. Nv. S17-17.50;
u. S. No. 2 leafy, S14-$15; U. >.
No. 2 S12.5O-13.50; Mpls. May flax
Sl.7512.
Evening star., 1941-04-18

An orroy of quoity fobrics! Navy woods, Glen
Poids, tweeds coverts, checks All wools. All beou
tfuy made Sizes to IA and teens 10 TO Is.
LANSBURGHS-Girl Dept-Fourth Floor
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-10-23

approved by the convention, also
asked Attorney General Biddle to in
quire whether Arnold had received
compensation for writing articles on
the subject of his antitrust cam
paigns on the basis of material OBJ
tanned in the service Of the Federal
Government.
Other highlights of the convention
sessions as it reached the halfway
mark, included:
l. The complete overhauling of the
personnel of the National Labor Re-
lations Board was heartily commend
ed by the convention as an important
A. F. of L. victory, but enactment of
amendments to the National Labor
Relations Act was demanded to pre-
vent abuses in administration and in
depreciation of the law.
2. The Federation agreed to re-
duce the number of it's vice presi-
dents from fifteen to thirteen.
8. A constitutional amendment was
adopted to lower the per capita tax
of national and international unions
from two cents per month per men,
Turn tn PA1e TLrep)
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-10-23
AFL No-Sfrike Policy In Defense
PIanfs Is Big Success, Green Says

Seattle, Wash.-President William
Green Of the American Federation of
Labor answered President Roosevelt's
urgent request for uninterrupted de-
fense production with a nationwide
appeal to "every worker in every
union" to stay on the job and keep
the wheels of industry turning at full
speed until the enemies Of America
are soundly defeated"
Speaking over coast-to-coast radio
hookup of the Columbia Broadcasting
System, Mr.. Green took up the Presi-
dents special message to the 61st an
nual convention of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor point by point and
replied fully and frankly. He said:
"In the course of his message to the
convention, President Roosevelt made
several suggestions designed to bring
about even more efficient labor serv-
ice in the future. We welcome these
suggestions, first because we are just
as deeply concerned as he is to pro-
mote all-out defense effort and, Sec
ondly, because his recommendations
are fully in line with the well-estab-
lished policies of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor"
Answering the Presidents plea that
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-10-23

Seattle, Wash. - Scathing indict-
ment of the CIO plot to undermine
the A. F. of L. Building Trades
Unions in Detroit in collaboration
with an anti-union employer was pre-
sented to the American Federation of
Labor convention by Frank x. Martel,
president of the Detroit Federation
of Labor. Since the Building Trades
Unions have been unjustly accused in
the public press in connection with
this case, Mr.. MartePs disclosures
constituted complete vindication Of
their position and policies.
He said: 81 notice in dispatch of
the Merry Co Round in this mornings
local newspaper that Thurman Arnold
has announced his intention of pro-
ceeding against the agreement ar
rived at between the Building Trades
Department of the American Fedora
tion of Labor and OPM Director Sid
ney Hillman, and his attack on that
agreement is predicated out Of sit
uation arising in the city of Detroit
wherein some departmental govern
ment agency is attempting to give a
contract on a housing project to a
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-10-23
Convention Acts To Gust All
Rdcketeers From Labor Rdnks
All British Labor
Spurns Defeutis1n
Delegates Tell A. F. Of L.
War Against Ndzis Must
Be Won

Seattle, Wash.-Labor is "on its
toes" in Great Britain and determined
to win the war. This was the gist OF
the messages brought to the Ameri
can Federation of Labor convention
by two fraternal delegates from the
British Trades Union Congress.
Delegate George W. Thomson, who
made the perilous journey across the
Atlantic to address the convention
said:
"Defeatism is unknown in England
today. We have built new armies
new naval and air fleets. We have
armed and provisioned them and are
in better condition and heart today
than we were year ago.
"The barbarism of Hitler shall not
pass! You and we and the very spirit
Of man itself shall see to that"
Describing labor's role in the Brit
ish defense effort, Mr. Thomson made
it clear that the British labor move
ment has not and will not sacrifice its
liberties. The principle Of free vol
untary negotiations between employ
ers and employees has been retained
although some cherished practices
sometimes had to be yielded with
promises Of postwar restoration"
"We cannot afford, by emotional
appeals to patriotism, to have stand
ards Of living reduced" he continued
ain some cases, even in wartime, they
must be enhanced, not only for the
sake of the workers themselves but
in the national interest. AS trade
union movement we do not wish to
countenance any exploitation by either
employers or workers"
Edward Hough, the second British
fraternal delegate to the convention
who accompanied Mr.. Thomson here
declared:
"The policy of the British Trades
Union Congress has been a whole
hearted effort to smooth out the diff
culties of the working people and en-
ployers to further the efforts towards
increased production for the Anglo
Russian defenses.
"The help which the people OF
America are sending to US is very
much appreciated in Great Britain
Our people realize your difficulties
and understand the differences OF
opinion which must exist in such a
large country"
H. c. Simpson, fraternal delegate
from the Canadian Trades and Labor
Congress, explained in detail the de-
fense program being carried out III
Canada. He said that the sums spent
by Canada to aid Great Britain rela-
lively would amount to $4,000, O,OOO,,
600 dollar lend-lease program here.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-10-23
A. F. of L. Demands Probe Of ArnoId's
Activities Against Trade Unions

Seattle, Wash.-The American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor called upon Attor-
ney General Biddle to investigate the
anti-union activities of his assistant,
Thurman Arnold, and to remove him
from office if certain charges made
against him are true. The A. F. of l..
convention also approved recommen-
dation that these charges be brought
to the attention of President Roose-
velt by special committee to be ap-
pointed by the Executive Council.
The charges against Arnold, as
outlined in the report of the resolu-
tions committee to the convention,
were that he has prosecuted trade
unions under the antitrust laws with
out legal warrant, that he has writ
ten articles for publication and lob
bied in support of legislation to axe
legitimate labor activities and that ne
has treated labor defendants in anti
trust cases like criminals, requiring
that they be fingerprinted and put up
bail, while employers under similar
charges have not been forced to un-
dergo such humiliations.
The resolutions committee report,
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-10-23
Threat Of HifIerism Directed At Labor
Declares FDR In Message To Convention

Following is the text Of President
Roosevelt's special message to the
61st annual convention of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor:
Please extend my warm personal
greetings to the officers and delegates
attending the 61st annual convention
of the American Federation of Labor
and my best wishes for successful
and constructive meeting in the in
terests of your members and all the
American people. Your delegates rep
resent the largest membership in the
history of the Federation. This meet
ing is an event of international sig-
nificance. 1t is symbol Of that free
dom which we, in the United States,
enjoy and must make every sacrifice
to maintain.
AS hosts of distinguished repre-
sentatives of the underground labor
movements of countries enslaved by
Hitler, you, at this convention, need
no reminder of what is at stake for
the free workers of America in the
present emergency. The threat of
Hitlerism is directed not only at labor,
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-10-23

labor submit disputes to the Defense
Mediation Board before going on
strike, Mr.. Green said:
"This appeal by the President Of
the United States echoes almost word
for word a public declaration issued
by the Executive Council Of the
American Federation of Labor six
months ago, shortly after the National
Defense Mediation Board was created
by Executive Order. The Executive
Council pointed out that the original
suggestion for the creation of this
board had come from the American
Federation of Labor. 1t called upon
the affiliated national and interna-
tional unions of the Federation to
submit disputes to the Mediation
Board and to refrain from strikes
until every avenue of peaceful settle
ment was exhausted. Voluntarily and
without official prodding, the Execu-
tive Council urged all affiliated unions
in the strongest possible terms to
avoid any stoppages of production
that would retard national defense.
"What has been the response from
the membership of the American Fed
Grafton Of Labor to this appeal from
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