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Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-15
Congress Approves
Overtime Pay for
Federal Employees
$50 Million Annual
Cost Estimated for
New Pay Increases

WASHINGTON. Dec. Is
(U).-Congress today passed
and sent to the White House
a bill which would give an
estimated 100000 federal
emploTeS either time and half
overtime pay for work in excess OF
40 hours week or a flat 10 pc,
cent pay increase.
The house acted less than two
hours after the senate approved tho
measure. Both branches acted UNI
annimously on the next to the last
day of the session. although Spon-
sorS of the legislation had express
ed doubt it could be passed.
Rep. Robert Ramspcck, d., Ga.
house sponsor of the bill. said il
would probably cost $3.50 100000
on an annual basis" He StresScc
that it was temporary. not per-
manent, solution to the problem OF
adjusting federal pay scales. 1t will
expire April 30.
Sen. James NJ. Mead. D., N. Y.
sponsor of the bill in the senate
estimated that under it white collar
workers working "a hours a week
and earning $4,000 year or less
would get overtime pay equal to a
1913 per cent increase and those
working 48-h0ur week a 21,6 pei
cent boost.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-15
1000 Lives Lost
In U-Boat Attack

AN EAST COAST PORT, Dec. 5.
DelayedD-CU.PD = Six Axis sub
marines sent torpedoes crashing
into a British transport off the
West African coast last September,
killing an estimated 1900 Italian
war prisoners and 500 other per-
sons for possibly the greatest tor
pedo death toll in marine history,
survivors said today.
The ship was returning to Brit
ain from Egypt when it was at
tackled by an Italian and five Ger
man submarines. whose command
ers apparently knew that the pris-
OnerS were aboard.
One German captain told a sur
vivOr:
IF you had had half of the Ital-
ian nation on her, VIC would have
still fired"
THOUSAND RESCUED
About l040 persons were rescued
from lifeboats by French cruiser
and taken to Casablanca. French
Morocco, where they were interned
until American forces occupied the
area last month. Only some 300
Italians were saved ort of a force
of 1900 captured in Africa. The rest
of the passenger list was mostly
British, including so women and
children-w, rS and cl ldren of
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-15

dSdl1l Dt dllOWtO W Slopi iDubN liitd
to vacant show cases and chOpping
blocks as the new three month
quota for slaughtcring goes into
effect
Until that time, however, there
is no relief in sight for the beetleSS
days. Ritter said, for veStiges Of
the quota for this period disappear
ed in the first week of December
Ritter said the company, which
takes care of most of the valleys
meat wants, is still able to make
deliveries of a small amount of
veal and pork.
The compan" official has been
led to believe. along with other
packers, that rationing program
will 90 into effect early in '43 he
sid. Until that time, however. the
supply of all kinds of meat will be
practically normal.
The reason Ritter gave for the
ability of his company plus other
meat distributors of outs idc firms
which care for the valley to take
care of the situation is linked with
the high slaughtering figures il
194l.
Meat quotas are now based on
10 per cent CT kills made in that
year. At that time. Ritter said. a
large number of cattle were killed
for places out of the valley. BecVcs
will not be sent out now, he said.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-15
WLR Panel Presides at
Shed Wage Conference

Labor and lettuce shipping rep
reSentativeS met again in Phoenix
Tuesday with War Labor Board
agents in . conference which may
vitally affect the coming lettuce
deal in Imperial Valley.
The confereeS we're attempting to
iron out differences and come to
complete agreement on wages and
hours for the industry.
Representatives Of the United
Cannery. Agricultural Packing and
Allied Workers of America. a CIO
affiliate, began a session Monday
with employer representatives and
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-15
letters Appoints
Mission 10 Soviet

WASHINGTON. Dec. l5. up
Rubber Director William M. LETTERS
today announced appointment OF
an American rubber mission to the
Soviet Union.
The mission is headed by Ernest
w. Pittman of New York, president
of the Interchemical Corp, and for
mer consultant to one-time Rubter
Coordinator Arthur NeWhall in the
government rubber program.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-15
London Workers
Strike For Tea

LONDON. Dec. l5.-tU.PI En-
ployeeS of the VickerS-Arm5trong
mentions plant were back on their
Jobs today after brief work stop
paec. but were determined rs ever
to have their traditional morning
and afternoon tea.
A truce was called last night in
the tempest in a teapot" after
several hundred workers laid down
their tools yesterday in a dispute
over the serving of tea to workers,
A union management conference
last night resulted in decision to
resume work, pending continued nc
COtiationS.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-15
Starvation Kills
100000 Athenians

LONDON. Dec. Is. -'UPl An
dire MiChaloupouloS. Greek Minister
of Information. reported today that
at least 100000 OF the l000,0G0 resi-
dent AthenianS have died of Starva-
ton during the IS months Of Axis
occupation
Thousands more have died at
Salonika and other cities and
towns, aud the death list is rising.
the minister said. He added that
the Greeks morale remained high
and that 10000 guerilaS were car
rying out reflective operations
against the occupation forces in
mountain districts where meagcr
food supplies still arc available.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-15
FORCED VENEREAl
TREATMENTS URGED

LONDON, Dec. l5-CUPD DR..
Edith Summerskill. labor. demand
ed compulsory treatment for ven-
ereal diseases today. charging in
the house of commons that Min
iSter of Health Ernest Brown had
approached the problem like a
victorian splinter bred in a country
parsonage and sheltered from the
facts of life"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-15
Joyce Sherwood
In AirCorps Unit

Joyce Sherwood. daughter CT Mr..
md Mrs. Russell Sherwood of FL
Centre. will port at Houston
II XaS. Jan. IS TO begin training
with the WoTcn's division OF the
rjrlY air force.
She received word that Thc had
Leen accepted for training b. the
armY air force headquarters ilying
training com and. She received
her preliminarv training at Cen
tral Union High school in the
courses provided hV the CtriIiar
I ilot division and had been flying
frequently uutil civilian planes
were grounded because of tho wal
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-15

four members of special VILE
panel to discuss differences. The
meeting was not open to the pub
lie. and those attending were UNI
willing to discuss the talks.
DR.. George Osborne. Palo Alto.
Calf. member of the law school
faculty at Stanford University and
chairman of the WLB group. said
that If an agreement could be
reached it would not be necessary
to hold a fact-finding hearing
later.
While the hearing is officially for
the Phoenix area alone. the opin-
ion was expressed that findings
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-15

here will probably be used for .
yardStick to determine wages and
hours in the Yuma, Imperial VAL
ley and Salinas lcttuce-g growing
areas.
While most Of the points at is
sue are believed to have been agreed
upon. it is believed the demands
of the union for a wage rate of six
cents per crate for trimming and
seven cents per crate for packing
lettuce were the main stumbling
blocks in the discussions.
Workers at present receive -four
and five cents per crate. reSpec-
lively, for the two operations.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-15

ly wounded the transport struck on
the side where the italians were
quartered, and many of them were
killed outright. The others were
thrown into a panic.
Survivors told of night Of hor-
ror as the Italians drowned by
scores, leaping over the side and
oVerturning lifeboatS. Screams
Continued on Page g. Col. i
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-15
Infant Dies at
Family Home

Richard Luman Cotton, Jr., 10
month-old son of Mr.. and Mrs
Richard L. Cotton. ST., of El Cen
tro, died Monday night at the fam
lily home at 1898 Hamilton avenue
Pneumonia was given as the
carse of death Funeral services
and interment will be held in AL
hambra. Cotton is the manager
of the Imperial Valley Box COM
pany, and has lived in Ell Centre
only six weeks.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-15

British officers-moSt of whom were
saved.
The death toll far exceeded pre-
vious Warship disaSters-the torpe-
doing of the Lusitania in 1915,
when 1893 lives were lost, and the
sinking of the Athena in 1899 with
a loss of ll04.
ITALIANS IN PANIC
The two torpedoeS which mCrtal-
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-15
Salvage Drives
Under Way Here

increasing amounts. More than Is
tons already have gone from El
Centre, and 100 tons out of BraW-
ley.
around Ell Centre may leave their
tin cans in the wire containers es-
tabliShcd on Fifth and Sixth
streets near Main street.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-15
D AMBl|Ne

Here We Go Again

Here We Go Again
RR rises to remark that Miss
Bercnice Modem also was injured
by a fall in one of those allegedly
filled excavations in the FL Centre
water pipe cleaning project on
State street.
She parked her car among other
cars parked at tic curb. She step
ped from her car to the pavement
"hc thought. was covered with dirt
Tho dirt. however, had been piled
in one of those famous excavations
Her foot sank into the soft earth
throwing her to the ground.
Miss Moi IN still is suffering
from her injured ankle and is fore
cd to walk with a cane while work.
ing.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-15

pore, Malaga and Thailand
only after the recovery of Bur
ma is there a possibilitr for recovery
of Malaga. Singapore. Thaiand IN
do-China and the South Seas is
lands. Otherwise, recovery of Far
Eastern territories is out of the
question" said the newspaper.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-15

CAP Pilot Casper Wolf reported
to CAA Inspector Howard Harris
that he had landed his light patrol
plane on the flats less than 100
yards from where the WAL plane
had hit
Wolf told Harris he walked over
to the wreckage, found that two
persons were alive, made the sur
vivors as comfortable as possible,
then took off again to report his
find
The planc-carrying Il civilian
passengers, four military passenger
and a crew Of three-lc1t Salt Lake
City for IoS Angeles at 1905 am,
MWT, toda" on a routine flight to
Les Angeles. 1t made an air check
to the CAA station at Fairfield at
1920 and apparently crashed a few
minutes later
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-15
IL Die, Two Live
In Airline Crash
Civil Air Patrol Pilot Lands Near
Wreckase Of Big Transport Plane Lost
On Fhsh from Utah TO California

FAIRFIELD Utah, Dec. 15 (UP)-The Wreckage o
Western Air Lines transport plane that crashed on
mud flat three miles east of here today with 10 person
aboard was reached this afternoon by civil air patro
pilot, who reported there two survivors.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-15
Meat Rotionin9
Predicted II ere

Meat rationing will probably go into effect by the mid
die of January the first Of February but Imperial Val
ley residents will still have meat than they do
c. j. Ritter manager Of the Pacific Land and Cattle com
pany said Tuesday, On January l. 1913 the company will
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-15
Chinese Demand
Attack in Burma

CHUNGkING, Dec Is. (UP)-The Chinese press de
manded edoria today that British and American troops
and air forces counter-aack the Japanese in Burma
oreSta tt2 enemys developing offensive against western
Inan province. military spokesman said the Japanese.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-15
NEAR SALT LAKE CITY

The scene of the crash was about
25 miles south of Salt Lake City
and approximately on the regular
Salt Lake City-LoS Angeles air
way. The flats border the western
edge of Utah Lake.
those aboard the plane when it
left Salt Lake City, according to
WAL Executive Vice President Leo
DWerlkottc. we're: Knight Bennett,
Fred Lewis, Mrs. Leona Resell, q
department store buyer, and j. r.
Bratt. a produce dealer all Of Salt
Lake City, and w. o. Hart Orange,
Cal, publisher of the Orange Daily
News; Guy Talbot, Great Falls,
Mont, WAL regional director, a
Mr.. Wallet, Great Falls, Mont;
Miss {. WeerSing, Salt Lake City,
a relative of WAL cmploye; Dick
James, Salt Lake Cit", WAL en-
ploye; Mrs. Evangelinc Skylstcdd
Las Vegas, Ncv.; r. H. Hulpman
Omaha, Ncb.; r. f.. Cummings
EcnVer, Colo, four unidentified
military passengers; Capt. Edward J
Locfflcr, Glendale, Cal, pilot; Cliff
Lee, Burbank, Cal. co-pilot; ano
Miss Cleo Booth, StcwardcsS. Glen
dale. Cal.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-15

Is II Spring.
c. r. Hayden always has been
known as natty dresser always
. bit in advance OF other men when
il comes TO styles.
II seems to -. however. that he
! was y bit too much in advance on
Tuesday.
He was wearing y straw hat,
It's Logical
And then there was the little
JIoltvillc GIRL who had several dolls.
Among the lot was boy doll. a
priced possession.
One dav she lost the boy doll and
instituted frcnzicd search. Her
heart was broken. She lamcntcd
loudly
After time size came to her
mother. Tho child was actually
smiling.
Did you find your boy doll?" tho
mother asked.
NO." said the little girl placcdly,
hes been drafted"
ScuSc Him
jess BlcdSoc was standing on an
FL Centre street corner talking tC
q friend.
A man drove by in a car. He
leaned out and shouted to jess:
Hello. cousin. Oh. pardon me-.
] tholGht you were Snuffy Smith. ~"
The BAD Penny
IT is with regret that RR loses
Big Jim Windy Dawson. He is
going away to war. This column
will suffer as he has been meat for
many a QulD.
But then, cheer up. Big Jim says
he hopes TO make come back.
The DySprp,ic---
1T seemed like . large idea when
they told me to take The labels off
all my canned goods and make each
meal a surprise wrote T. ID. Bach
Continued on Page 6, Col. y
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-15
BADLY WRECKED

Tho headquarters of the Ninth
Service Command at tt Douglas
Utah, said the names of the mill
tary personnel on the plane we're
not known there but in any case
probably would not be released un-
til their next of kui had been noti-
.iCd CG their fate.
Wolf said the plane was badly
wrecked" and parts were scattered.
over wide area.
1t was the first accident ON the
WAL since one Of that lines planes
cia,hcd Jan t., 1897. near San
Fernando, Cal, killisg four pas
SCnGCrS.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-15
WEATHER

Maximum Monday 78, minimum
Tuesday 40; 5 am. Tuesday 48, hu-
midity &c; noon Tuesday ~, humid
ity SO; 5 pm. Mon. 68, humidity "a.
BANK DEBTS
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-02-12
No. 1906
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
TO FILE CLAIMS

In the Superior Court of the State
OF Washington. for Grant County.
Tin Probate).
In the Matter of the Estate of
Otto Olesen, Deceased.
Notice is Hereby Given. That
Letters testamentary on the Estate
of Otto Olesen, deceased, were
granted to the undersigned, on the
9th day of January. 1912, by the
said Superior Court.
All persons having claims against
said estate, are required to serve
them with the necessary vouchers
upon me at Coulee City, Washing ton
within six months after the date Of
the first publication of this notice
to.wit, within six months after the
30th day of January, 1912, and
file the same with the clerk OF this
Court, together with proof of such
service, or they shall , be forever
barred.
Dated at Coulee City, Wash, THIS
2Sth day of January, 1912.
KIRsTINE OLSEN.
Pub. 1925, -
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-02-12

Designers of women's dresses and
coats have been asked to keep
skirts short and the silhouette slim.
They are eliminating such material
consumers as pleats and patch peck
cts, full skirts and sleeves. There
may not be any Innings in the spring
coats either. But there's no reason
to worry about not being warm.
The government board on textiles
has made a special request that
women's winter coats be kept warm
and snug and has allotted plenty of
reused and reworked wool. This
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-02-12

To aid the victims of warfare being
waged upon America and her island
possessions, the American Red Cross
has issued an appeal for $50,000,00
war fund, Chairman Norman II Davis
announced from the national headquar-
tiers in Washington.
Mr.. Davis urged men, women and
children to give to this mercy fund
through their local Red Cross Chap
tiers. These funds will support the
Chapters war work with the families
of men in the military services, as we'll
as the broad relief program Of the
national Red Cross.
President Roosevelt, who is presi-
dent of the American Red Cross, is.
sued proclamation urging all citizens
to give to the Red Cross war fund.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-02-12
DO
YOU
KNOW?

Richard d. Gholson, a hentuyky
senator (lool-5o) was the tnird
! governor of WASHINGTON TERRITORY
serving from lS59-61.
In May, 1860, Gnolson took { si1
months ieaNe OF absence 10 return
to ehntucky and did not return to
the Territory because of national
difficulties preceding the outbreak
OF the Civil War. During his abb
sence, Territorial Secretary Henry
M. McGill occupied the governors
chair.
In his inaugural message to the
legislature, Gholson pleaded for pre-
sefvatlon of the Constitution and
condemned those who proposed, to
dissolve the, Union because OF slaw-
cry.
The most important occurance
during Gholson's short residence in
the Territory was the LANDING of
American troops on San Juan IS
Land on July 26, 1859, thus Great
ing a crisis in the dispute with
Great Britain over possession Of
the San Juan Islands Joint occu-
pancy by British and American
troops was to continue until 1873.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-02-12
DON'T PASS THE SUGAR

The sugar bowl suddenly takes
the center of the stages. 1t is no
longer an everlasting source OF
sweetness, with sugar enough to
satisfy the appetites of every mem
Der of the family. It's contents must
now be used cautiously-a little at
at time at the rate of 9 cubes of
sugar day, or less than two oun-
ces. So Junior, who loves to pile
the sugar up on his cereal, must
now go easy. Grandma, who likes
Jumps in her morning coffee, must
get along on two, and sister must
discover that grapefruit is plenty
sweet enough without so much as
a grain of sugar. While those of us
who prepare the family meals must
adjust our menus and recipes to
the new situation.
| However, in spite of tie incon-
veniences, many of the women OF
the United States almost welcome
this rationing of one of our every
day necessities. For months we've
been asking what we could do to
help our country win this war. We
have wanted chance to take an
active part in the struggle. Now at
last we can No matter where we
live or what we do we can play
small but vital part in the war eff
fort by cooperating intellectually
with Industry and the Government
in using no more than our rightfu1
share of the limited supply of SUI
gar.
1t would be fairly easy for the
average housewife to hoard sugar
Ian extra pound here. . an extra
box there. and we could soon
have nice little store of sugar on
our pantry shelves so that we could
have rich desserts and icings and
candies long after our neighbors
are getting along on rations.
But can you imagine enjoying a
piece OF chocolate CAKE If the icing
Is made of boarded sugar. or let
ting your chilu waste sugar on his
o;.tmeal when the boy next door is
getting along on his rightful share?
Lets live up cheerfully and loyalty
to the first wartime privation that
hit us.
Remember that for months the
manufacturers of the country nave
been coming up against shortages
OF raw materials that meant some
thlng much more serious than this
limitation on sugar But for them
hoarding has been out of the ones-
ton. They've shut up shop "for the
duration" when they couldn't put
thelr men and machines to work on
defense equipment This sugar busi-
ness isn't serious. But it's a straw
IN the wind and if we take # ir
our stride, rs a pretty good indi-
cation that We'll take other incon-
'ehlences in the1same patriotic way.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-02-12

In launching the appeal, Chairman
Davis said:
There are millions of our citizens
who desire Today to demonstrate their
will to victory over the enemy. Not all
can be in the armed forces, and not
all can volunteer their services for
humanitarian work, but all can volun-
teer their dollars to arm the Red Cross
ia be their representative at the scene
of battle and distress.
To-day is the day to demonstrate
our high morale, our unity, our deter
mination not alone to support our
President and our fighting men at the
front, but also TO insure to. our wound
ed, homeless and suffering fellow citi.
zens in our Pacific Islands that we
stand one hundred per cent ready to
aid them through the Red Cross"
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-02-12

unawares at the audience warm 'uY'
when three cast members who work
in animated cartoons, wished him
Happy Birthday" in their strange
screen voices. The well-Wishers were
Clarence Nash, Mel Blanc, and Phil
Kramer who, on the screen are
Donald Duck, Porky Pig and Brook
lyn Mouse.
Lenore Uric, pictured here. ia
nous Belasco stage star. is ooing
heard Sundays on the Blue '"etWork
at $3.50 p. m, e. S. t., on Inner
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-02-12

Telephone workers have long tradition of
peasantness and courtesy. They friendly
people and v't AEe 70 serve you.
Trt racIf.c 1fi spHoNE A>t rELgeRain COMPANY
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-02-12

Your lawn and neighboring golf
grens may be browner next year
because of the war needs for mer-
curry. There'll be no more mercurlc
turf fungicide. Other familiar ar
ticIes which will be affected are
dental plates using a mercury COM
pound for color, specially processed
felt for hats, and household Their
mometer5,
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-02-12

hymns which close the broadcast
each Sunday night. She was origi-
nally choir singer before she
entered radio.
Frequently Kate Smith takes her
dog, Freckles, to rehearsals. The
production staff prefers that she
leave the canine home, because last
week he lost his tennis ball, and
Kate stopped rehearsal to have
everyone present search for it.
Jan Peerce, Metropolitan Opera
tenor, is back with Great Moments
IN Music" after an extensive concert
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-02-12
WAR NEEDS MONEYS

It will cost money to defeat our
enemy asfressors. Your govern
mont calls on you to help now.
Buy Defense Bonds or Stamps
today. Make every pay day Bond
Day by par ticipatink in the Pay
roll Savings Plan.
Bonds cost $1s.75 ana up.
Stamps are 100, 25f ana up.
The help of every individual is
needed.
Do your part by buying your
share every pay day.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-02-12

SEND BROKEN GLASSES Direct
to DR.. Alfred E. Jones, Box 1916,
Spokane. Glasses manufactured by
recognized dispensers. adv. If
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-02-12

type of wool, by the way, is in eV-
cry way as sanitary as that which
is brand new.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-02-12

V7IvIEN, pictured here, soprano
' star o. the "Hour Of Charm"
heard Sundays over the NBC-Red
network, introduces the favorite
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-02-12
COULEE CITY DISPATCH
I. w. (BLB) HILs0N. Edisoe

entered at the poEtoffice at Coulee
City. WASH, as se.ond-class matter.
N the Interest Of COulee City and
the NelxnborinR Vicinity.