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Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-13
Labor Prepares to
Purge Communists
From Local Unions

Continued from Page One
in the CIO." Murray said, but ii
they ever attempt TO seize control
even of one local we'll weed them
out quickly
Richard T. Frankensteen, CIO
director OF aviation, said the Ingle-
wood local would receive first at
tentiOn.
The IngleWood factory was eX-
pected TO attain capacity produc-
ton during the day-the fifth day
it has been under military control
International officers of the AFL
machinists union asked 800 mem
bers Friday to return to work at II
san Francisco Shipyards and enc
one OF the few major strikes still
hampering defense production.
At San Francisco, the union loca
called a meeting Sunday to consider
the recommendation. The interna-
tiOnal officers request was sent af-
ter the executive council acted or
President Pooseyelt's plea to call of
the strike and submit the dispute
to the National Defense Mediation
board.
The strike of 1900 AFL and SOC
CIO machinists was called on MAY
10 to enforce demands for an hourly
wage of $1.15 and double time fol
overtime. National AFL leaders de-
nounced the Walkout as a violation
of a coastWide agreement which
provided an hourly wage Of Sill:
and time and a half for overtime
At Cleveland, whore aluminium
Company of America plants were
operating at topspeed after brieI
strike of CIO die casters, Paul Mar.
tin, president of the union local
was taken into custody by police
at the request of state parole Off.
GER. The officer asked an inVestiga.
tion to determine whether Martin
had violated terms of parol'
granted while he was under SEN
tenCe on a theft charge.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-13
Valley Pioneers
Leave Wednesday

After % years Of residence in I'M
perial Valley, Mr.. and Mrs. Louir
Kneitz are to leave Wednesday to
make their future home in Hous-
ton. Texas.
As farewell courtesy, friends
are planning party in their honor
Sunday evening at the Joe Ryba
ranch, IL miles south of El Centre
Oh the CaleXico highway.
Kneitz has sold his valley ranch
es and has purchased two in Texas
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-13
Son Diego PIane Factory
Strike Threot Removed
With Signing OF Contract

SAN DIEGO, June 13. CUP)-The
threat of a strike at Consolidated
Aircraft corporations plant, work
ing on $7O0,O0O000 worth of bomb
ers. was removed today, with the
signing of a contract between the
corporation and the International
(AFL) Association of Machinists.
Negotiators reached an agreement
last Tuesday, while the machinists
were taking a strike vote. The un-
ion membership voted, to l. last
night to accept the agreement
Result of the strike vote will NOT
be announced.
The contract increased the mini
mum wage for beginners from SO
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-13

Los Angeles. where it has almost
completely organized branches OF
the Cramer COMPANY, to force the
company to unionize its Ell Centre
branch.
Charles Coppeman, business agent
for the Team;ters Union in I'M
perial Valley, refused comment.
Il have no information for you,
he told the Post-PresS. eve been
down here long enough to know
your policy. Maybe you know al
about what's happened already. ]
don't want to talk to you
I'VE would like to give your side
of the story he was told.
Il have no information for you,
ne repeated. I'm not telling you
anything
Among the Cramer employees
the attempted SIS penalty against
the statesmen and checkers, repre-
sented in the initiation fee set up
by the AFL, was largely blamed for
the revolt.
MIGHT HAVE JOINED
Probably we would have gone in
if it hadn't been for that one
said. The company wanted us to
Join, and we don't want to do any
thing to hurt the company. After
all, that's where our paychecks
come from. But we can't see Why
we should be penaliled for holding
out against the union. We were
thinking of the company's inter-
ests when we did that :"
Prior to formation of the inde-
pendent union, representative ~
the local Cramer employees called
upon Copperman IN an effort to
obtain revision of the terms agreed
upon between the TeamsterS Union
ana the company. Copperman, it
was reported refused to bulge.
That's the way it is, and that
he way it's going to stay he was
reported as saying
Il thought a union was supposed
to represent the employees the
other man said.
You fellows are just caught il
the squeeze Coppernan was quot
ed as replying. "We're dealing with
the company now. We don't have tC
deal with you
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-13
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
vNypEPIAI
No. 3217

No. 32I7
In the Matter of the Petition OF
JOHN HOLLINGSWORTH EMER-
SON for OroeI establishing the
fact, time and place of birth OF
himself, John Hollingsworth Emer-
son.
CLERKS NOTICE OF HEARING
ON PETITION FOR ORDER ES-
TABLISHING THE FACT, TIME
AND PLACE OF BIRTH.
Notice is hereby given that the
petition of John HollingsWorth
Emerson for an Order Establishing
the fact, time and place of birth
of himself has been set for hearing
and will be heard on the 23rd day
of June, 1941, at 9:30 o'clock in the
A. M. of said day, or as soon there
after as said cause may be heard.
in Department l of the above en-
titled Court.
Dated June 10, 1941.
w. j. McCLELLAND,
Clerk.
(Seal of Superior Court
(J11-22 inc)
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-13
1st Desert Cooler
Didn't Catch On

Muddy water and high priced
electricity delayed desert cooler
development i'm Imperial Val
ley by 3S years.
Clark W. Adair. farmer near
the Ell Centre area, recalled
Friday how he developed the
first desert coolers 33 years ago
along lines almost identical with
those of today. The differece
was that burlap sacking was
used instead of excelsior in the
pads.
The first such cooler was in
stalled i'm the Christian Church
in El Centre. Adair said il re-
duced temperatures by as much
as 50 degrees.
But electricity cost Is cents
per kil0watt, and the water was
so muddy it stopped up the
burlap pads" Adair said, so
the coolers didn't catch on
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-13
MEXICAN GRANTED
PROBATION

Jesus Silva, Mexican who stole a
car in El Centro and drove it tc
C-ceanside, will have to serve a
term in San Quentin penitentiary if
he fails to live up to the terms of
probation granted him in superior
court Friday He was placed or
probation for two years and order
ed to pay for the damage he die
to the car and cost of getting i
back to Ell Centre.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-13

the welfare committee. which would
have appropriated S35OO000 to
wind up and abolish the SRA by
Get. I and allocate S2l000,000 for
counties to handle relief the re-
naming 81 months of the biennium
The vote was 81 to Is. six short
Of the required two-thirdS majority.
There was no assurance the as
Sembly would accept any compro-
mise worked out by the senate eX-
cept that the legislators have been
working without pay since May 2l
end adiournment is scheduled for
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-13

Seawell's plan wsuld appropriate
$4,000. 900 to finance relief during
the next two years, with the state
social welfare department taking
over the SRA's duties and per-
sonnel at the end of the first year.
Counties would be able to contract
with the state for local control.
with the state footing the entire
bill.
There seemed no other altnera-
tive for the committee after the
senate failed to approve two bills
BY Sen. John Phillips. chairman OF
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-13

SACRAMENTO, June 13 CUP)
Leaders of the senate and the o.
son administration conferred today
on the Seawell compromise" relief
bill they hoped would break the
week-old deadlock and permit final
adjournment over the weekend
The senate welfare and insti-
tutions committee voted unani-
mously last night to send to the
floor without recommendation the
bill by Sen. Jerrold Seawell re-
versing the earlier refusal to con-
slider the measure.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-13
Compromise Near

noon tomorrow. Settlement of re
lief would permit speedy disposal
OF the few secondary matters still
remaining and senate handling CT
upwards of SlO.OO0Oco in assembly
appropriation bills stalled in the
finance committee.
Opponents of the dcfeate q
Phillips bills branded them an
other form of the return-relief-to-
the-countics" program by Phillips
and vetoed by the governor.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-13

possible under present U. S. and
British contracts for flying boats and
B "a, -motored, long-range
bombers, but said they were willing
to raise the minimum if contracts
could be revised.
Other wage concessions were for
a bonus of eight cents an hour, in
stead of five cents, to night work
ers; a differential of at least eight
cents hourly for foremen over the
highest paid employe under them,
and a differential of at least 10
centn an hour for supervisors over
the highest paid employe under
them.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-13
-Four Jailed After
Strike Violence

Continued 1ro..l i'agc OncD
Karl NJ Dobie, emDloye of the Ed
Friedrich Refrigeration company
who refused to join a walkout of
40 AFL employees two weeks ago
Dobie was charged with assault
to murder.
Dobie said when the five men
began throwing rocks at his home,
he fired a shotgun TO mark their
car"
Patterson said he and Brandt
were not strikers, but had accomp-
anied the other three men-ident-
flied as Alvin Rakowitz, John &.
Staha and Bill McEnery to help
stone the homes of Scabs."
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-13
Gardener Spots
Burglary Attempt

An attempted burglary, OVERLOOK
ed by the owner but spotted by a
sharp-eyed gardener. was under in
vestigation FRIDAY by the E1 Centre
police department.
A torn screen caused the gar
dener at the w. A. Tondro home
525 Wensley, to report the matter
and police found someone haC
broken in. Tondro said he noticed
several dresser drawers pulled out
but had not given the fact a Sec
ond thought Apparently, nothing
was missing.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-13
ASKS SEPARATE
MAINTENANCE

Elodia Cruz de Escalante Thurs
day asked the court to grant her
request for separate maintenance
from Fernando r. EScalante. She
said he threatened to take their two
children from her and have her
immigration status revoked if she
did not sign a document he sale
was her consent to let him divorce
her.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-13
Rain Greatest
Raids Of War

border. reported travellers from
Syria had described the important
north Syrian town OF Aleppo as
virtually in German control. The
Germans were said TO be in charge
OF the railroad station and TO be
preventing any persons of military
age from leaving the city. Some 200
German planes were reported at
the Aleppo airdrome and reports
that the Nazis are leaving Syria
were said to be untrue.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-13
RELEASED On PROBATION

Juanita Taylor, who pleaded
guilty to issuing had checks, was
sentenced 10 the county Jail for
enc year but granted probation
She must repay the $332.74 in bad
checks and any other bad checks
she issued in Imperial county, and
live a more respectable life, the
court ordered
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-13
Valley Man Now
Reserve Ensign

Leroy Eugene Edwards of Holt
vile was graduated Thursday from
the United States Naval Reserve
Midshipmen's school at Northwest
ern University, it was announced
Friday.
He completed the l20-day course,
received his commission as an En-
sign in the Naval Reserve and will
report for active duty with the fleet.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-13
Scanning l.V
News Horizon
WOMAN FORFEITS
POLICE COURT BAIL

Mrs. Kenneth Coffman OF Fl
Centro forfeited $25 bail posted on
a reckless driving complaint at Ell
Centro police headquarters Friday.
The Coffman car was involved in
an accident at 10th and Brighton
Tuesday evening.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-13
SEEKS DIVORCE

Freddie Luckey, through his
guardian, Fred Luckey, Friday sued
Betty Luckey for divorce. alleging
that she treated him with extreme
cruelty. They were married in
Yuma Dec. 8, 1910 and separated
last Feb. 13.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-13
LEAVES FOR TEXAS

Roy II. Womack, FL Centre motor
ear dealer, left Ell Centre Thursday
for Dallas, Texas. to accompany
the body Of friend who died in
SaWtellc hospital.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-13
INTEND TO WE'D

Fausto Gallego, 26, CaleXico mer-
chant, and Alicia Sanchez, "a, Ca
lexico, filed notice of their intention
to wed.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-13
DECREE GRANTED

A final divorce decree was grant
ed in superior court Friday to
Annie Corene Sullivan in her suit
against Kenneth Sullivan.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-07-04
OPPOSITION Seen
To Sending U. S.
Troops Abroad

proposals, as he disclosed that he
had been reliably informed" that
American troops are to be sent to
Iceland in the near future. He did
not reveal the source of his infor-
nation.
Sen. Lister Hill, D., Ala, assistant
majority leader and a member of
the military affairs committee, said,
however, that 'the necessities of
the situation" require the action
recommended by Marshall.
II am in favor of protecting the
interests of the United States wher-
ever they may be-" Hill told re-
porters, land they may be outside
the western hemisphere.
Marshall did no discuss in his re-
port to Stimson the possible future
disposition of the men he desires
to retain. He said merely that
when and where" they are to be
used ARE questions to be deter
mined by their commander in chief
and the congress-
Imperial Valley press., 1941-07-04
Rail Commission
Par|eys Slated

A representative of the California
Railway Commission will be in I'M
perial Valley one day each month
to confer with valley residents, the
Ell Centro chamber of commerce
was informed Friday.
Warren K. Brown, director OF
transportation for the railway COM
mission, said this service was to be
started in the near future but final
arrangements have not been made.
He explained that such a service
was being established in areas where
it was considered necessary and
Imperial Valley was considered ssch
an area.
Definite announcements concern
ing the meeting place and the date
of the representatives visit each
month will be made as soon as
they are complete.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-07-04

WASHINGTON, July CUP)-
Non n-interventionists claimed today
increasing congressional opposition
was developing to an army pro-
posal to remove restrictions on the
use of selectees, national guardsmcn
and reserve officers outside the
western hemisphere.
Chief of Staff George c. Mar
shall recommended the step to
Secretary of War Henry l.. Stimson
as a move to protect ourselves
against the coldly calculated secret
and sudden action that might be
directed against u.s."
His proposal that these men oe
retained in service more than q
year also was criticized by some
non n-interventionists as a breach
of faith" Only congress could re-
move he geographical and tim G
limitations, since both are written
into law.
Sen. Buron K. Wheeler, D., Mont,
predicted strong opposition to the
Imperial Valley press., 1941-07-04
Americans Lives
Pledged 10 Fight
For Liberty
IsOlatiOnists Victims
Of Childish Dream
Says President

HYDE PARK, N. Y, July
4 (UP) = President Roose-
velt pledged today the work,
the will and-if necessary
the lives of Americans to
preserve the principles of liberty
and warned that the United
s ates will never survive as a happy
and prosperous oasis of liberty in
the midst of a desert of dictator
ship
He reiterated the principles OF
liberty-set down on July A. 1776
in an historic broadcast to the ma
ton and world from the rustic SET
ting of his country estate here
along the Hudson river. His words
on this 165th anniversary of Amer
ican independence, reached out TO
every American-at work, at home
and at play.
The president declared that eX-
ponentS were simple almost
simple minded" and victims of a
"child-ike fantasy"
1t was a restatement to the world
of Mr. Roosevelts determination to
continue making this country the
arsenal of democracy to crush the
axis powers. 1t was q warning tc
Americans that the liberty they
have cherished for more than d
century and a half cannot survive
and will not survive in a world
which aggression has made "a desert
of dictatorship"
s"I tell the American people SOL
EMMY that the United States will
never survive as a happy and pros
porous oasis of liberty in the midst
of a desert of dictatorship" Mr..
Roosevelt said.
And SO it is that when we re-
peat the great pledge to our country
and to our flag, it must be our
deep conviction that we pledge as
we'll our work, our will and, if nee
Continued on Page 6; Col. 4)
Imperial Valley press., 1941-07-04
Water System
Improvement to
Be Continued
Highway Re-ROute Plan
Not Mentioned at
Council Meeting

Ell Centre will continue
water system improvements
in spite of withdrawal Of
WPA assistance.
City cOuncilmen Thursday
night authorized Walter Heinecke,
public works director, to utilize the
pipe and fittings purchased to COM
plete the improvements in the
waterlines under the WPA plan.
Heinecke said he expected to COM
plete the work in 20 weeks, using
approximately Is men. The men,
he said, he expected TO recruit in
part from the city force. Councilmen
told him not to exceed $1,000 in COM
pleting the work.
There was no mention before the
board of the proposed highway re-
routing plan, which probably will
come up Monday night, the next
meeting time.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-07-04

Perfect holiday weather blessed
Imperial Valley as it did half the
nation Friday. Thunderstorms and
intermittent showers, weve1,
dampened festivities in the Other
half.
Americans celebrating Indepen-
dence Day created extraordinary
holiday traffic with the National
Safety council estimating that more
than 30,000,000 vehicles will travel
4,000,000000 miles during the three
day holiday Early reports showed
that already at least So persons had
lost their lives in accidents in the
nation since the holidays started
A total of 38 automobile deaths
had been recorded early in the day
California's Independence Day
weekend violent death toll mounted
to at least eight Friday.
Crville C. Mercer, II, Stratford,
Okla, and James =. Thomson, 81,
Yazapai, Ariz., were killed when
their car was struck by a south
bound passenger train at Burbank.
John Lewis johnson, 8, Oakland,
was missing and feared drowned in
Lake Merritt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Timothy Crowley
of Port Costa were killed in an
automobile collision at Ell Cerrito.
Crowley, 40, was manager ST the
Associated Oil company docks at
Port Costa.
James Halstead, Sc, Berkeley, fell
from a crane at the Richmond
Shipbuilding corporation yards and
died within an hour.
Frank Hardy. 62, Redding ranch
er, died of burns suffered when a
grass-burning torch exploded in his
hands.
Outbound traffic from Imperial
Valley to the west and north began
to increase late Thursday afternoon,
highway parolmen said, and was
heavy until after midnight. Tha
stream of outbound cars then de-
creased until the early morning
hours when the lines of mountain
and coast bound cars increased rap
Imperial Valley press., 1941-07-04
Women to Study
Place in Defense

LCS ANGELES, July 4 CUP) -
Woman's place in the national de-
Tense effort will be considered al
the biennial convention Of the Ma
ticnal Federation of Business and
Professional WomenS club, open
ing here Sunday with an expected,
1000 delegates and alternates in
attendance.
Mrs. Margaret K. Holcomb of
Glendale, Cal, is president of the
California state federation, which
forms one-tenth of the nation
wide membership.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-07-04

lcdlly ulSpuCeQ IN Cne laCeSC soviet
communique which was silent on the
Berezina battle although an earlier
Russian report issued last midnight
said that German efforts to cross
the stream had been beaten back
in bloody fighting in which the Ger
mans lost thousands of killed and
wounded.
Reports from both sides indicated
that the Berezina battle still is
raging and that it is one of the
fiercest of the 13-day old war.
Elsewhere on the 1800-mile' front
from the frozen wastes of the arc
tic to the hot shores of the Black
Sea the Russians reported tt hey
were fighting the Germans to a
standstill.
The Germans claimed that the
pursuit of Soviet troops is con-
tinuing without let-up all along
the front. German forces were
said to have smashed across the
Dvina river in Lithuania and to
have crossed the Russian frontier
from Latvia in a drive aimed at
Leningrad about 90 miles away.
To the south the Rumanians and
Hungarian allies of the Germans
claimed progress against the Rus
slams on the Ukraine front.
The Germans admitted that bad
roads and worse weather in some
parts of the front had begged down
operations, at least in part.
However, the Moscow communi-
que reported that the Russians are
fighting "Stubbornly and success
fully against the Nazi attacks. Big
losses on a German southwark push
in the Bobruisk region were re-
ported and the Nazi thrust toward
the Ukraine from the region of
southeast Poland was claimed to
be halted for the moment.
Japans intentions created some
apprehensions in the Pacific. Tokyo
indicated that consideration is be-
ing given to creation of a safety
zone" around Vladivostok W ic h
would be designed to prevent ship
ment of American supplies to Rus
sia through that Siberian port. The
Japanese also were recalling some
shipping-reports as to the exact
amount differed-from foreign wat
ers. The reason for the shipping
transfer was not plain but some
quarters thought Japan might need
her boats for aggressive plans some
where in the Pacific basin.
The Russians admitted a German
advance in the Baltic sector. The
Germans apparently h a d crossed
Continued on Page e. Col 81
Imperial Valley press., 1941-07-04
Good Old Days

Good Old Days
Mrs. Roy Johnstone was remi-
niscing the other day with Mrs.
w. j. McClelland, recalling child
hood events in the valley and to
hear them tell the stories there Is
no exaggeration about some OF
Out Our Ways illustrations.
In those days Mrs. Johnstone
went to school dressed in long flan-
mel underwear, and SO did most OF
the other children.
"The first day the underwear fit
pretty we'll The next day it was
looser and the third day it was SO
baggy that we could tie knots ir
it. We locked just like those kids
in Out Our Way" Mrs. McClelland
said.
Mrs. Johnstone recalled driving
to school behind an former race
horse that was SO anxious to &C
that the children had to sneak
into the buggy while the horse
wasn't looking. First they would
casually ease the smallest child
into the buggy, then the next
largest would ease in and finally
the largest child would make a fly
ing grab just as the impatient
horse took off.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-07-04
British Beloved
Amateurs at War
Declares Editor
Correspondent Lambasts
English General as
'COnceited'
HONOLULU. July d (UP)

HONOLULU, July 4 (UP)
The British are "just be-
loved amateurs at warfare"
John Stuart Martin, war ed
itor of Time and Life mags-
zines said today as he arrived from
six months on the Near East battle
fronts.
Martin said he had been unable
to speak his views previously be-
cause of rigid censorship.
He verbally lambasted not only
the British Near East army but
also its recently removed command
Ell, Gen. Sir Archibald Wavell.
Commenting on the British CAM
paigns in the Near East, Martin
said:
THE British are just beloved am
ateurs at warfare, and if Americans
are half as great amateurs, then
God help us.
They are doing things which
never should have been attempted.
The Greek campaign was launched
when the general ordered military
action as political gesture to Lon
don, knowing they were hopelessly
outnumbered by Hitler's troops.
I'm the Egyptian battle, against
Nazi and Italian forces, $4,000 Brit
ish troops were split in half, includ-
ing the royal air force, by a Ger
man drive.
"Wavell is able but he is con-
ceited and has miserable staff as
sitants. They waste entirely too
much ime. 1t is suicidal tie way
they send weaker troops against
the powerful Nazis. They have too
much of the wrong kind of courage
The British throw off stunning
defeats with a shake of the head.
They hail minor victories with the
comment a jolly good show"
If Great Britain holds Syria, it
probably will have a chance to keep
the strategic Suez canal, Martin
added.
But we must beat Hitler, no mat
ter how much it COSTS" he said.