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Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-05-15
Bids Submitted
On Big New Dam

the dam, provide for the construc-
ton of a 5000 kilowatt power
plant and a government township
on the Arizona side of the Colorado
river in Mohave county.
The project also calls for the
building of a main transmission
line to Parker on the eastern side
of the Colorado river in Arizona.
Because of topographic features
there will be light voltage switch
ing station constructed on the Ne
vada side of the river. The dam
will be earth and rock filled. 1t will
be 1873 feet high, impomding l.
100000 acre feet of water.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-05-15

Holtville residents Friday discuss
ed the unexpected effectiveness of
their test mobilization for home
defense which Thursday night con-
sisted of IA disasters" the great
est number yet used in test in
Imperial county.
The alarm sounded at 6:22 pm.
and the all clear at 6:55 pm. A
total of eight of the IA disasters
were discovered, reported, and sue
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-05-15
D AMs!!Ns
u EpoR7ER
Trouble Ahead

Trouble Ahead
There is bound to be difficulty
at the California Highway Patrol
auxiliary post at Main street, Ell
Centre and the Dogwood canal. AT
least that's what Sgt. Cliff Reed
anticipates.
DR.. Norman E. Dupont is in
charge of that pest, which is smack
OH the DogWood canal.
"I'll take my fish pole along every
time we go on duty" Dupont prom
Used, 80 we'll have provisions no
matter what happens
Or will they?
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-05-15
Hunt Goes On for
Infant in Canal

Officers and civilians still search
ed for the body of Jimmy Scott, a,
missing since Monday afternoon,
Deputy Coroner Herbert Hughes
said Friday, but have had no sue
cess.
The boy disappeared Monday at
ternoon from the home of his moth
err, Mrs. George Scott, on the Dahlia
canal southwest of Ell Centre. He
had been playing in the year near
the canal.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-05-15
Voting Light in
School Elections

Voting was light in the annual
school elections held in Imperial
county school districts Friday
Lack of contest in all but two
districts was said to be the reason
for the lack of interest.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-05-15

Too Realistic
When they called for volunteer
to act as disaster" in the Holt
vile test mobilization Thursday
night, Deputy Sheriff Robert Par
IRISH found himself a volunteer even
though he had not volunteered.
He had to be a wounded person
sitting On a curb.
Nov, Bob, you sit down there
and act wounded" Chief of Police
Tex Cornelison said. Give a yell
so they'll know you're hurt bad"
Bob gave forth an Indian war
whoop of such piercing intensity
and carrying power that all build
ings in the downtown section
emptied Immediately.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-05-15
Ga S Rotioners to
Check ChiSeIers

WASHINGTON, May Is. (UP)-Tabulation of gaso-
line registration cards expected today to disclose the
extent of chseing among east coast motorists during
this weeks registration.
The unanticipated demand for tx" and "B cards was
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-05-15
Ship Lack Dams
Up War Material
Arms Backing U p in U. S.Because Of
Shortage, Admiral Says; Warns Alaska.
Australia May Fall if Crisis Continues

OAKLAND, Cal, May 15 (UP)-Rear Admiral John
W. Greensade, commandment of the 18th naval district
told $4,000 shpyard workmen today that the Allies lost
the Philippines and Singapore because of lack OF ships
and warned may lose Australia and perhaps Alaska
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-05-15
Quick Change Artist

A telegram arrived at the home
of DR.. and Mrs. Harry P. Findley
Thursday night. All it said was:
Dear Folks. Please note cor
rection Captain Harry Findley."
The last time they heard from
him he was a litutenant and they
found that out the same way-only
by letter.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-05-15
The Collector

The Collector
That day Coach Raleigh Holt was
stuck for the drinks and had to
buy George Egling and Ray Barnes
a lemonade each, was a hard day
on the Holt pocketbook He also
had to buy himself one, of course.
He bought the first round cheer
fully enough, paid the bill, and
started to pick up his change.
Just a minute" said Egling
thirstily. you have quarter and
nickel just enough to buy us
another lemonade a piece"
Holt thought with lightning like
rapidly. He picked up the nickel
and squinted at the date. 1t was a
Continued on Page 6; Column A.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-05-15
Bubble Bursting Bureau.

There has been entirely too much
Boosting and one thing and another
about those stylish stout tortuavaS
some Ell Centrans caught in Mexi-
co.
So you used hand lines and horsed
them in, did you?
From here it looks as though
tortuava catching depended on
Drawn and not brains.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-05-15
Valley japanese Register
As Preliminary Step to
Evacuation by Thursday
Sisnup Represents Tenth Time Since
Pearl Harbor Potential Evacuees Have
Filled Out Official Que stionnaires

For the tenth time since Pearl Harbor Imperial county
japanese residents began registering Friday in Brawley
and Ell Centro this time the last step before their mass
evacuation to Parker Indian reservation in Arizona.
Promptly at the japanese began arriving at the
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-05-15
Baseball
NATIONAL

ma lloINhL
Chicago ................ 001 001 000-2-5-0
Philadelphia ....... 600 001 000-l-9-0
Passeau and Mccullough; Hughes
and Livingston.
ST. Louis ......... 600 002 000-2- 81
Boston ................ 600 600 02l-3-l22
Gumbert. Beazley and O'Dea;
Javery and kluttz.
Pittsburgh ....... 600 600 030-3- 80
Brooklyn ........-- 103 0O4 0OX-8-ll-0
Sewell, Gornicki, Jungels and
Phelps; wyatt and owen.
Cincinnati ........................ 101 2l0 90
New York ..............,.......... 300 l41 %
Starr, Derringer, Blackwell, Tur-
ner & Lamanno; Schumacher, Car
penter e. banning
All American League games post
poned.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-05-15
Soviet Offensive
flinders Germans
On kerch Front
Berlin Announces Attack on American
Convoy. Claims Sinking Of Destroyer;
Allied Planes Hit Japs in Far East
BULLETIN

Recorded by UP in London)
suffered defeat the Kharkov sector
reporting enemy retreated
afe leaving hundr OF O battlefield"
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-05-15
- By UNITED PRESS

A Russian offensive hacked deeper into German de-
at Kharkov and elsewhere the eastern front
Friday but the Nazs reported they had sormed to the
gates of Kerch and bombed American convoy the
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-05-15

Dictionaries are interesting places.
A dip into one of the other day
revealed a dilly of a word. The
word was "ninnyhammer." Yeh, it
means a silly thing.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-05-15
WEATHER

WEATHER
Maximum Thursday 81. Minimum
Friday 81. PM Thursday 80, hui
mildly SO. am. Friday 68, hui
mildly 81. Noon Friday 80, hu-
mildly 10.
LOS ANGELES HAY
u. S. No. l S24.-S25; u. S. No. 2
leafy Nv. S22.50-23.5O; US. No. 2
S18.-$19. Mpls. Sept. Flax $2.59M.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-05-15

Ell Centre Business Barometer
Evening star., 1942-12-06

BY the Associated Press.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Dec. s.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette suggests
editorially that Pearl Harbor day
be set aside as a national holiday
so that we as nation may never
be caught asleep again.
In his daily editorial column
Harry Boyd writes:
Are we making the most of the
dramatic possibilities of what was
the most shocking event in Ameri-
can history? The present war has
taken away most of the significance
Of November IL, Armistice day of
the first World War. When this
war is over, there will be one and
perhaps two or three other armis-
tice days, marking the end of hos
tilities in the various major thea
ters Of this global struggle. ."
None of them could possibly carry
the powerful emotional stimulus
that is embodied in Pearl Harbor
day.
Remember Pearl Harbor' was
the first fighting American slogan
of this war, but it has implications
that are by no means confined to
this war. 1t is a pointed reminder
that bears on all the national prob
lens this Nation will face until the
Evening star., 1942-12-06
SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON D. C, DECEMBER g. 1872
Walsh Praises Record
In Repairing Damages
Al Pearl Harbor
Wheeler, MeNory, Akin
Hit and Russell Defends
Delay in Telling Foets
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Chairman Walsh Of the Senate
Naval Committee said last night
the Navy's record in repairing ves-
sells and aircraft damaged at Pearl
Harbor was most gratifying" He
added that it was unfortunate that,
owing to the desire to prevent the
Japanese from having this infor-
nation, our losses at Pearl Harbor
could not be given to the public
earlier"
"An outstanding fact contained
in the report is that los enemy air
craft destroyed lit Army and Navy
planes, killed or wounded more than
$500 persons and sank or damaged
10 vessels, including eight battle
Ships" he said. This should i'm
press upon us the very great i'm
portance of aircraft in modern war
fare, also that destruction wrought
by aircraft may contribute to but
does not win the final victory"
Delay Justified, Russell Thinks.
Senator Russell, Democrat. OF
Georgia of the Naval Committee
said he had always advocated tell
ing the people the full truth as soon
as possible.
However" he added, "this seems
to be a case where possibly some
magnificent understatement was
justified.
IF everything had been told about
our Pearl Harbor losses, the Japs
would have been in there overrun-
ming the place. And if we had lost
our bastion at Hawaii, the war
would have reached our own West
Coast by now
Senator Wheeler, Democrat, Of
Montana, said he believed 1t was
unfortunate that the truth was not
told about Pearl Harbor at the time
Injury to Morale Seen.
"It is more unfortunate, he con-
tinued. that the American people
are not now being informed Of our
losses as we'll as our victories. In
my Judgment, the censorship Of news
by departments here in Washington
is keeping the facts from the people
destroying the faith of the people
in their Government and doing more
than anything else to undermine
morale"
Minority Leader McNary said ht
saw no reason for the lengthy delay
in announcing the extent OF the
Pearl Harbor damage.
"The whole truth should have
been given out Immediately unless
that clearly would have been to the
| advantage of the enemy" he de-
clared.
Senator Aiken. Republican. o1
Vermont, believed greater damage
had been done to morale at home
by the lengthy delay in reporting
the facts than any damage that
might have been done by the enemy
if they had been reported earlier"
Evening star., 1942-12-06
District Boys Clubs
Will Commemorate
Pearl Harbor Day
Three Branches to Hold
Morning and Evening
Programs Tomorrow

The three Washington branches
of the Boys Club will commemorate
Pearl Harbor Dag with programs at
7:30 am. and AZ 73C pm. tomor-
row.
Simultaneous. the Georgetown
Branch, Central Club and the East
ern Branch will salute the flag and
hear short talks by club directors.
Each club will observe one minute
of silence in memory of those who
lost their lives at Pearl Harbor and
since. The names Of former Boys
Club members now serving with the
armed forces will be- read.
At the night program a feature
will be the induction of Victory VOL
unteers, members of the club who
are participating in national good
citizenship and war activities pro-
gram. The 800 boys clubs through
out the Nation are taking part in
the anniversary program.
Tomorrow night the Boys Club
volunteers will repeat the Victory
Volunteer pledge. Awards signify
ing health. strength, education,
handskills and service to the club
and community will be given quail
fled members.
At the Georgetown branch Capt.
jeremiah OConnor. former men,
ber of the Boys Club, will make the
presentations Maj Carl R. Hill, a
former vocational director of the
club, will make the wards at Central
Club, Wing Comdr. Alexander A..
Adams of the Royal Air Force, as
sisted by It. A. r. Middleton and
1t. w. D. Thompson of the Navy. a
former Boys Club member. will
make presentations at the Eastern
Branch.
A collection will be taken which
will be added to that of the boys
clubs throughout the Nation who
are hoping to buy a jeep bearing
the Boys Club emblem for the
Army.
The Eastern Branch Pearl Har-
Dor celebration will witness the first
dress concert of the Junior OPP
timist Band of the Boys Grub of
Washington, directed by Joseph
D'Urso.
Evening star., 1942-12-06
Post Pearl Harbor
Plane Production Up
14 Per Cent in West
Manufacturer Find
Materials, Monpower
Are Chief Headaches
Gy the Associated Press

3y the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 5.-Outp,t
OF California's eight major aircraft
companies and their branch nlants
IN other States has increased la
per cent since Pearl Harbor. the
aircraft War Production Council
announced today.
Daily output of the scores of fac-
tories represented by the Council
Is $5.500,000 worth of military air.
craft. 1t said, for combined pro-
ouction rate of more than $4,000
100000 year.
But on the other side of the pic-
ture. Harry Woodhead president of
the Council, said, manpower and
material problems slowed the rate
OF increased production from SEN
tember 80 to October 81 to 50 per
cent: During october, 6,626 trained
employees left their jobs to enter the
armed services.
Military separations increased 80
per cent in October" Mr.. Woodhead
asserted. Trained men were re-
placed by unskilled workers. Man
hours were increased SO per cent.
but production rate increased only
81 per cent. Therefore, the dollar
value OF assembled airplane per
manhour worked decreased 3.5 per
cent, reversing the previous eff
cheney trend.
Such facts sound warning
signal which can't be ignored. Man
power isn't our only headache and
military separations aren't the
whole story of manpower problems.
Material is the twin headache of
manpower."
The report said that individual
plant resourcefulness, together with
council cooperation for exchange
OF engineering reports and material,
resulted in an increase OF SO per
cent In assembled airplanes between
November, 1941, and September,
1912.
Evening star., 1942-12-06
5 Marines Renew
Old Friendship
On GuddoIcunoI
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
ALLENTOWN, Pa, Dec. 5.-This
is the saga Of five Allentown bud
dies who went to war as marines
last December 8.
They started to elementary school
together. played together and gradu-
ated from high school together In
1899.
When the Japs attacked Pearl
Harbor the five lads-Robert Rod
gers, William Kocher, Rodney Hart
zell, Eugene Connaghan and Dean
Hertzog became leathernecks
They trained together at Paris Is
land and later at New River, N. c.
Then Hertzog and Connaghan
went overseas. landed on Guadal-
canal In July.
Sometime in November Hertzog
and Connaghan were standing on a
sandy beachhead at Guadalcanal
watching troop transport unload
reinforcements.
Up the beach side by side,
trudged Rodgers, Kocher and Hart
zell.
Evening star., 1942-12-06
Pearl Horbor Day Urged
As Preparedness Reminder

end of time and could we'll be voiced
repeatedly with dramatic emphasis
as long as the Republic endures.
1T is a reminder of the terrible
cost of smugness, an unforgetable
warning that freedom rests on
eternal vigilance. 1t is solemn
pledge that a United America has
a never-ending responsibility to it's
fighting heroes and the ideals for
which they gave their lives"
Evening star., 1942-12-06
Flag Honoring Firemen
To Be Dedicated Toduy

A service flag, in honor of men,
bers Of the Kensington (Md) Volun-
teer Fire Department now in the
military service, will be dedicated by
the department at a service at 3
o'clock this afternoon in Christ
Episcopal Church, Kensington, Md.
The flag contains IS stars. one for
each member of the department
serving in the armed forces.
Evening star., 1942-12-06
USO Aide Named

Appointment of Mrs. Katherine D.
Pell as an assistant to Miss Mabel r.
Cock, director of the USO Club
operated by the national YWCA at
Seventeenth and K streets NV, was
announced yesterday. Other staff
members are Mrs. William S. Cheney
and Miss Gretchen Feiker.
Evening star., 1942-12-06
oCD Day Gore Office
Changes Location

The Day Care Administrative
Office of the OCD Child Care and
Protection Committee has moved to
the third floor of the building at
480 Indiana avenue NV. Miss Dor
othy Pearse, Office director an
nounced yesterday.
Mothers desiring information on
nursery school facilities and women
who could care for children of work.
ing mothers will have to write in,
rather than call. There is no tele-
phone at present, Miss Pearse said
Evening star., 1942-12-06
False Teeth, Glasses
Stolen From Automobile

BY the Associated Press
SAN ANTONIO, Tex.-L. S. Nc
Daniels complained to police that
he couldn't see to eat and couldn t
eat even If he could see, and asked
their help.
Some one broke into his car and
stole his false teeth and spectacles.
Evening star., 1942-12-06
Town Marshal Resigns

The KensingtOA (Md) Town
Council has received the resignation
of John E. Cooperrider, who has
served as town marshal for more
than 10 years.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-09-19
Merchants Who Staged
Lockout Sign With Union

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. = Merchants
who staged 5-day town-wide lockout
last June to drive out AFL organizers
are now displaying union cards in
their windows.
After the failure of the lockout,
the stores were forced to negotiate.
AS a result contracts have been sign
ed not only with the restaurants and
bars, but also with the markets and
retail stores. Only a few establish
ments are still open shop.
Unions involved are the Hotel &
Restaurant Employees Init. Alliance,
Amalgamated Meat Cutters & Butch
er Worl1men and Retail Clerks Init
Protective Assn.
The new restaurant and bar con-
tract provides daily scales ranging
from So day for mattresses to $6.25
for cooks, free uniforms and the
union hiring hall.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-09-19

Mention THE UNION TIMES
when shopping, and help Labor's
Own Paper grow.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-09-19
Cost OF Food
Still Rising,
Report Says
Some Other Items Down;
Shows Need For More
Action

Observation-Disclosures Congress
siona1 leaders continued to fiddle over
legislation authorizing F.D.R. to curb
initiation, the Labor Department to-
day revealed that sharp price increases
for certain foods now exempt from
price control had shot the high cost
of living still higher last month.
From July Is to Aug. Is, the
HCL in large cities rose by O.4 per
cent, Secretary of Labor Frances
Perkins reported. The cost of Iiv-
ing index Of the Departments
bureau of labor statistics now stands
at liza per cent of the 1859
level, and about l9 per cent higher
than in August, 1880, just before
the war broke out.
POWERS NEEDED
A breakdown of the Labor Depart
ment's statistics indicated how urgent
was the need for granting F.D.R. the
powers which he demanded in his
Labor Day message to Congress. For
although the overall cost of living
rose, the price of virtually every
commodity except food was down.
Clothing was down or per cent; rents,
Oh per cent; fuel, electricity and ice,
Oh per cent; house furnishings, 0.5
per cent.
Food, however, was up IL per
cent. Foods subject to control by
the Office of Price Administration
had risen by O.5 per cent, and those
which are to remain unregulated
until F.D.R. is empowered to check
them by 81 per cent.
''Among the greatest increases
over the month";" Secretary Perkins
reported, ''were those of 18 per
cent for lettuce, 8 per cent for
butter, more than S per cent for
roasting chickens These increases,
she noted, ''were practically double
the usual seasonal advances"
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-09-19
International
Conference
Asked ByCFL
Convention Seeks Close,
Relations With United
Nations Unions

The delegates to the ffty-seventh
annual convention of the Conn. Fed
Grafton of Labor unanimously went
on record favoring the holding an
international conference of all the
labor unions in the United Nations.
They also pledged their support to
President Roosevelt in helping our
government in an all-out ofense. The
text of these resolution follows:
WORLD CONFERENCE
sWhereas the United States and
the United Nations are now at war
with the Axis powers; and whereas,
the labor movement of the United
States and the World over is whole
heartedIy supporting the war effort
of the United Nations; and whereas
closer cooperation and understand
ing among the Trade Unions of
the countries that comprise the
United Nations would make it pos
sible to make greater contribution
to the war effort.
''Be it therefore resolved, That
this 57th annual convention of the
Connecticut Federation of Labor
go ON record favoring an Interna.
tional Conference of all the Labor
Unions of the United Nations; and.
Be it finally resolved, That we
instruct our delegate to the coming
annual convention of the American
Federation of Labor to introduce a
resolution favoring such a World
Conference"
Continued on Page Two)
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-09-19
Gov. Hurley S
Labor Record
Wins Praise
State Federation Convention
Unanimously Passes Two
Strong Resolutions

For what is believed to be the first
time in the history of the Conn.,
Federation of Labor, two strong reso-
buttons praising a Governor of Con-
necticut to the skies were unani-
mousfy adopted at the State FEEDER
alton Convention. In praising Gov.
Robert A. Hurley, the convention
took slap at former Gov. Raymond
Baldwin for Baldwin's failure to re-
appoint Thomas Shea, now Assistant
Secretary of the Federation, as IN
employment Compensation Commits
sioner. Full support to Gov. Hurley
on the no-strike "Victory Compact"
was also voted.
The resolutions, which are un-
precedented in labor annals, follow:
ALL. APPOINTMENTS
Whereas, previous conventions
of the Connecticut Federation of
Labor have gone ON record, time
after time, requesting various Gov
ernors of this State to appoint
members of Organized Labor to
a number of important State posi-
tons, since these positions clearly
called for men whose training in
the Labor Movement especially
qualified them for these posts;
and,
''WHEREAS, the COnnecti-
cut Federation of Labor, at its
1910 convention, censured
the then governor for ignOr-
ing LabOr's request for an i'm
POrtant appointment to the
Unemployment Compensation
Commission, and,
SOME APPOINTEES
''Whereas, Governor Robert 4.
Hurley has granted in each case
the request made upon. him by
the Connecticut Federation of
Labor, and has appointed such men
as William Connolly, Plumbers &
SteamJf filters, Stamford, as Unem-
PLOyment Compensation Commits
siOner for the 18th District; George
Continued on Page Two)
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-09-19
BOwIes Speak
To N. H. Council

Chester Bowles, OPA Administra-
tor for Connecticut, will be the first
speaker at the New Haven Central
Labor Councils Open Forum accord
ing to report made to the Council
by Brainerd Bridgnan Local 400,
Welfare Department Employees, who
is secretary of the Forum Committee.
Bowles will speak at the Councils
meeting on Thursday, Oct. IS. The
speakers for the first half of this
years program will be announced
shortly, Bridgnlan said.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-09-19
Union Women Named On
Manpower COMMITTEES

WASHINGTON Mrs. Dorothy
Bellanca of the Amalgamated Cloth
ing Workers (CIO) and Jenny
Mathyas of the Init. Ladies Garment
Workers (AFL) have been named
to an advisory committee of II wo-
men appointed by Paul V. McNutt,
chairman of the War Manpower Com
mission, to aid in recruiting women
for work in war industry.
One out of every four housewives
between 18 and "a will be employed
in war work by 1913, McNutt said