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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-20

Bidfl ~ NOlal NhlllllllA+i-t- III III
veStjs7te tic national defense
program.
II is 4 recital. with oaustic
though constructive criticisms,
Of startling conditions uncov-
cred in Is different catogories
of defense work or activities
having vital effect on defense,
broken down into 40 or more
specific project investigations.
OPN TARGET NO. l
The report first goes into the or
ganizatlon and operation Of the
Office 81 Production MANAGEMENT.
DISCUSSING the necessity for an
overall planning agency. orCanila-
tion ard powers Of OPN. tho en-
ploymcut of "dollar-a-Near' men
and methods of procedure.
The labor factor IN defense BRO
ducton is gone into cNhauStWely.
The soft coal strike of last fall IS
reviewed, along with labor aspects
Of camp construction. the West
Coast Shipbullding strike, the Cur
rier lumber case IN Detroit and
the committees own conclusions in
regard 10 the whole defense labor
problem.
Aviation production, ordnance
production and other outright mu-
nitionS operahle1 scare treated CA
hauStlyely
FANORS CHECK
The committee prefaced It's vo-
luminous record with these OBJ.
seryauonS:
1T is apparent that the goal
set ny the President can be
reached ii we have the will TO
do this SIT, 900, 100000 pro-
gram j. almost eNaetit half of
the 0,000, 600 900 estimate OF
national income for 1912.
The fact that we are now
actually at war will be Of ire
mendouS assistance i'm inducing
all concerned 10 make the nccPS-
sary sacrifices. and the commit
tee expects the psychological
reaction To war will very mate
rally accelerate the war pro-
gram.
But the fact that the entire
future of the nation il at stake
makes IL imperative that there
should he constant check 10
ascertain that the program il
actually being carried out eff
Ciently, economically and fairly,
80 that the necessary sacrifices
are apportioncd To- all without
faNOritiSm.
LESSONS or 1918
THE committee believes that
small purpose would he served
by Investigations after the war
for the purpose of assessing the
blame.
Numerous such inNeStiga-
iions were conducted after
World War /. as result Of
which n great deal ~ valuable
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dustry and government and ap-
proved by the4majority."
IMPROVEMENT NOTED

Pointing out the extent 10 which
the defense program has been
hampered by labor troHble, tie
Truman report says:
THE Office Of Production
ManageVent estimates that
more than 26,OOO,OOO man-daNS
Of labor have been lost through
strikes I'm the defense industry
alone in the period between
June. 1910, and Oct. 81. 1871.
However. there has been a very
substantial improvement.
THE war department has fur
nished the committee with daily
information concerning such
strikes, and recently il and the
Office of Production Manage
ment have reported that there
are no strikes affecting the war
program"
The committee reviewed in eX-
tensive detail several of the ma jor
labor conflicts contributing 10 this
man-days of lost time,
the soft coal strike, the
west coast shipbulldinG tleup and
the Currier Lumber Company case.
The controversy over the low bid
Of the Currier Lumber Company
and the mutual home ownership
division of the Federal Works
Agency 10 construct 800 houses for
defense workers at Wayne. Mich.
was reviewed at length by inc
committee, which stated IN It's
report:
THE hid WAS low by more
than 00,000-more than 5000
house.
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LABOR .ASSALED

No question exists i'm the minds
of members Of the special com
mittcc Of tho adverse effect labor
disturbances i'm defense induStrie!
have had on hlndcrinC all-ou'
maximum war production.
Tho report minces no words. I
says:
There il no question hut
that the defense program has
been very seriously handicapped
by reason Of strikes and threat
cned strikes, and furthermore
that many of such strikes ought
not 10 have taken place.
Labor, "a well as industry,
must assume responsibility for
the meager production of de-
Tense articles. Both labor and
industry have been too much
concerned with their own inter
estS and too little concerned
with the natl onal welfare.
Larger wages and profits will
he Of no use TO either labor or
industry ii the war is lost.
I'm addition. the labor Situa-
ton was aggravated by the
cleavage of labor into two hos
tile camps, the American Fed
Grafton Of Labor and the Con-
gress of Industrial Organizations,
together with several other i'm
portant hut relatively small
independent labor groups which
could not become part of
either of the two ma ior organi-
cations.
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CALLS FOR FORCE"

"The supply priorities and al
locations board should act with
more initiative and with more
force. The men In charge are
able, but IL Is difficult for eight
men, most of whom can give
only fraction Of their time, To
act with the proper speed and
initiative.
Unless substantial progress
In this direction Is made soon,
the committee believes il will he
necessary 10 reorganiZe the sup
ply priorlties and ALLEGATIONS
board and concentrate the au-
thority I'm one head"
The report contained footnOtc
az this point that after il, was pre-
pared but before It was finally
printed the President established
tho war production board with
Donald Nelson as chairman.
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ready taken some steps TO re-
Organize It's divisions 10 fix lines
of responsibility and obtain action
on the important problems with
which il must deal. tho report
said:
THE committee believes that
such reorganization should he
far mare drastic and that We
cannot expect full benefits until
there IL n clear realization on
the part of every one In the
Office Of Production Manage
mcnt that he will he held
personally responsible Tor The
success or failure of the work
he deals with and that tho gov
ernment wants results and not
explanations that blame failure
on others.
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ADVERTISEMENT
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HILLNAN VIEW

"Nlr. Sidney Hillman. aSsoci-
ate director of the Office of
Production Management. and in
charge OF its labor division,
testified before the committee
that he took upon himself the
responsibility of telephOning Nr.
John VI. CarmOdy, at that time
federal works administrators. adj
NiSing him not 10 award tho
contract To the lowest bidder
because Mr.. Patrick j. Currier
employed Congress of Industrial
Organization labor and did not
employ American Federation of
Labor labor, and because Mr.
Hillman feared labor trouble
from irresponsible members Of
the American Federation OF
Labor.
"Mr. II man was asked
whether his advice was in any
way based on doubt as 10 the
ability of the Curricr Lumber
Company To construct the 800
houses.
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LOCALS Nix

"Thc defense program has rc-
pcatcdly suffered because con-
tracts and agreements made by
the Representatives of the Amer
lean Federation OF Labor and the
Congress of Industrial OrganiZa-
tions were not accepted and adj
herrd To by their locals.
THE committee believes that
they should take steps to see To
II that their agreements and
pledges are carried out by their
locals.
"Sincc the advent of war. how
ever. there has been a much
greater tendency to do so, as
evidenced by the office of Pro-
duction Management's report To
the effect that there are now no
major strikes affecting the war
program.
problems rs important as the
labor problem should not he left
10 solve Themselves. and small
groups Of labor must not he per-
mittrd 10 set nj naught agree
mentS made by labor after
months of negotiation with in
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NrNt article: .Nnti-aircraft
NmaIuus.
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I II STORY OF ELECTRICITY

dation Of the whole science Of magne.
ti-m as We know 1t today. Queen Eliza
beth and her Court were 80 interested
in his demonstrations that he was
granted pension of 2loo year to
further his -tudlc-.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-20

The committee u opposed TO
policy of taking free services
from persons with aNcS 10 grind.
and the committee believes that
tAe-e government sheHld aat-eeH-
time t0 accept the loan 81
dollar-a-Near men ny companies
with 81 large a stake in the
defense program. No man can
honestly serve two masters"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-09
Race Results at the Fair

Kln-Abbe, owned by Paul McPher-
son and driven by William Shanks
won the Imperial County fair har-
ness sweepstakes Sunday by taking
four out of six heats in the two
day series.
Kin-Abbe out trotted d classy
field composed Of LaSsle Pointer
owned and driven by William Mar
shall; little Martin, owned by M
A, Daniels and driven by Georae
Parker, and Judge Wood. owned
by Tom McKilby and driven by c
Shanks.
Other race results
SATURDAY
Second race, quarter mile for glrl
riders;
First. Robin Hood, c. Dearborn
owner, Ruth BuSsey rider. seconC.
Mause, Williams Brothers. Lucille
Derrick. Third, Wardel Marie Kim
rider. Fourth, Silver, John MartitI.
Edith Martin
Fourth race, Boots and Saddles
specially;
First. Tony. H. A Morris, Tex
King. Second. Cary Baby, Nichols
owner, Roy Haney Third Tilkla.
Walter Paine owner. Marie King
Fourth. Pal, Harold Hunt. Ira Walk
er.
Fifth race three -eighths free tor
all;
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-09

Laughrin owner, Wilbur Laughrin
rider. Third, Princess. Mahoney
Walker. Fourth. Robin Hood Dear
born, Ruth BusSey.
Third race three e.ghth5 for non
winners.
First, Big Red. Second, Tijuana
Third, Babe, C. L. Wigg owner
Lois Wigs rider. Fourth, Blue Boy
c. L. Wigg, Jerry Wigg
Fifth race, three clghthS free for
all:
First, Little Chief. Second, Pete
williams Brothers, S. Williams.
Third, Buena Hombre Fourth, Grin
90.
Sixth race, half mile Imperial
Valley handicap; purse s75 added
First. wyoming Kid Second. True
buck. Third, Princess. Fourth, Bomb
Sight.
Eighth race, half mile for non
winners.
First, Wardell. Second, Home
ward, Herb McMullen owner, Lu-
cille Derrick rider. Third, Cherry,
Bob Nichols owner; S. Williams
rider. Fifth, Babe.
Ninth race. three eighths for
paints:
First, Gringo. Second, Tony. Third
Prince, r. PurVis owner, Tex KIM
rloer. Fourth, Apache Chief.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-09

4 q S. Commissioner c. Wayne
Clampitt ordered Wiprud held on
$4,000 bail for the grand jury. sche-
duled to convene March l8 He was
arrested last Thursday by federal
bureau of investigation agents who
accused him of taking teletype
messages from the field to his home.
Wiprud said he was a graduate Of
Harvard university and a son of a
member of the advisory council of
the seleCtive service board, Wash
ington. D, c.
The youth insisted he did not
know it was against the law to re-
move the messages from the field
and said he always kept first speci-
mems of his work on a new job He
cenied any intention of mlsusing
them
Until last December when he VIZ
rejected from the Army because OF
deafness in one ear, Wiprud was a
clerk-typist in the communications
division Of the Arlington Canton
ment, Arlington. Va He had work
ed at Davis -Monthan Field since
January.
Federal agents said the espionage
sct carries penalties up to and in
clUding capital punishment in time
Of war, at me discretion Of the
court.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-09
U.S.. NeWsmen
Punished by laps
For Refusing Lies

Continued from page one)
scribed conditions in such camps
as bad, with food scarce, sanitary
conditions poor, and many persons
forced to sleep on cement floors
due to scarcity of bedding.
I'VE are limited to one bowl of
rice. little mush and some soup
for meal the tier said. There
are no vegetables or meat
So far we have not been able
to buy vegetables from local trades
men but we hope a commissary will
be opened soon.
NO visitors are allowed to enter
the camp and Red Cross trucks
may be stopped anytime.
Everyone is working to put the
camp in livable condition. We are
planting gardens, building kitchens,
cleaning away debris.
we have large missionary COM
munity made up of all denomina-
tions. and services are almost con-
tinuous on Sunday"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-09

ommand that put Gen. Harold R. L.
J. Alexander in charge of the Allied
forces in Burma. under direction
of Gen. Sir Archibald Wavell.
JAVA CUT OFF
There was little news of fightin2
in Java, but the arrival of Van
Nook in Australia was described as
showing the determination of the
Dutch to organize further resistance
in an" way possible rather than in
dicating that the battle was ending.
The Dutch. and q handful OF
other Allied troops, had strong posi-
tions in the mountains, where large
war stores had been hidden and it
was believed that they might wage
guerrilla war against the enemy
much as Gen. Douglas Macarthur
has done in the Philippines.
The Japanese, who had claimed
the destruction of 219 Allied ships
up to last week, said in a Tokyo
propaganda broadcast today that
50 Allied vessels, totalling 10000
tons, had been accounted for since
last Wednesday.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-09

First Little Ned, Tom Laughrin.
Wilbur Laughrin. Second, Buen
Hombre, George Luckey, o. Neil
Third Bomb Sight, Williams Broth
ers, T. Williams Fourth, Tijuana.
Louis Casaa owner and rider
Sixth race. half-mile for paints.
First Princess, Lloyd Maloney.
Dick Walker. Second, Apache Chief
Mrs. Z. F Moretti. Billy Wallace
Third, GrlngO, Louis Casas owner
and rider. Fourth, Tony, H. A.
Morris, TeX King
Eighth race. five-elghths mil.
Senator Luckcy handicap:
First, wyoming KID. S Mos2rove
J, Bane. Second, Truebuck, Morett:,
Wallace Third. Big Red Farr. o.
Neil. Fourth Qucenlc. Laughrin, Roy
HarWelI
Ninth race half nile for COW
ponies.
First Princess. Mahoney, Walker
Second. Niger, Lau9hrin, Laughlil
Third, GrlnsO, CaSas owner and
rider Fourth, Lazy, A OdermoLt
owner and rider
SUNDAY
Second race, quarter mile for
COW ponies:
First. Wonder, Roy Farr owner
O. Neil rider. Second, Little Ned,
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-09
Nevada Man Says
Spy Bases Likely

TONCPAH. New. March up
Jack Whitaker, chief Tonopah all
raid warden, today agreed with Loy
Angeles SheriffS officers who had
asked the army navy and western
authorities to beat the brush" for
possible hidden enemy air fields N
the western desert
Whitaker asserted there are
numerous places where such planes
which assertedIy caused an air raid
alarm at Los Angeles recently,
could be based He said there were
about SO dry lakes and 100 dry
flats in a $50 to 300 mile area
around Torrance. Cal Owens lake
and Bishop Cal. which run up TO
IL miles long Whitaker claimed
supply trucks could reach those
areas easily. He pointed out that
while many northern Nevada dry
lake beds are wet and muddy this
time OF year, southern beds are dry.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-09
Fire Destroys Old
BrawIey Structure

BRAWLEY, March 9 = Fire OF
undetermined origin destroyed the
Fred Lack building on South Eighth
street early Sunday night and en-
dangered nearby property until
brought under control by the fire
department.
The building was afire all over
Fire Chief Harry Stewart said
Monday. before residents of the
neighbcrhood noticed il. The
building was damaged by the
earthquake Of May 18, 1910 and
Fred Lack the owner. had not had
it repaired He had used il as a
store room The loss was slight
Flames licked at the George
Hemanis cafe next door but fire
men and large crew of Marines
visiting in town. Stewart said were
successful in preventing the spread.
Stewart said he was investigating
a report that buns had been break
Ing into the building 10 sleep He
said they might have set afire TO
1t while in a drunken stupor.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-09
Reporter Tells
How Air Heroes
Downed Japanese

Continued from page one)
bombers-two motored Mitsubishi
-96S.
They attacked in two waves. For
two hours there was a running
fight in which surface ships, rang
ing from a giant aircraft carrier
to little destroyers, twisted, lodged,
swerved and navy fighter planes
attacked with great daring and
skill. At the end two at most, prob
ably one. of 20 Japanese planes we're
left to 60 home with the humiliat-
ing story of disaster.
When the first wave of nine jap
aneSe planes Anne over. <ghter
planes shot down two of them be-
fore they even reached the vicinity
of our fleet.
MASS SUICIDE
There were seven left, and there
is nothing so apt as mass suicide to
term what happened to them.
They approached the cruiser from
the starboard side, toward the stern
firing at between 5000 and 5000
feet in close formation, wing tip
to wing tip.
The 5-lnch anti-aircraft guns
opened up while they we're still
thousands of yards away.
Our fighter planes started to
dart in and out with cannon and
machine guns blazing.
The terrific intensity of the gun
fire increased as the raiders neared
US.
could see the Japanese pilots
trying desperately to maintain their
formation. budding together like
birds in an attempt to protect
themselves from our fighters And as
they did so, the ring of shrapnel
from the guns closed in on them.
FIRST GOES DOWN
It was a matter of minutes before
the first Japanese plane went down,
hit by an anti-aircraft shell 1t
had not even had time to unload
its bombs. 1t spiraled lazily down,
trailing a thin line of smoke, until
II smacked into the sea and burst
into flames.
Then an intrepid navy flying man
-OHare. it turned out-darted in
through a torrent of our Shrapnel
He clipped off a struggling bomber
in matter of seconds. Then he
seemed TO jump his plane through
space and attacked a second, then
a third. They all plunged. 1t was
a matter of only minute or two.
The japanese broke up their for
the three that were left
fled, jettisoning their bomb loads.
FOLLOW
A formation of fighters, including
raced after them. All |
three japanese planes went down
as they neared the horizon.
One of our fighters plunged like
comet during the fight, narrowly
Missing the bow of a destroyer as
I hit the water. But the pilot had
1arachuted Two fellow Americans
,ircled their planes solocitously over
him as he dropped. A destroyer
urned back and picked him up.
Fifteen minutes later came a
second wave of nine Japanese 1.
planes, approaching directly over
)ur stern. again wing tip to wing .
ip.
They showed some respect for our
for they flcat at between
1000 and 1900 feet.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-09
Fair Sets New
Attendance Mark

Continued from page onen
every direction to take on cargoes
Of American-made products.
Other winners in the farm center
booths were:
Jasper, 80 points; Eastside, 81,
and Calipatria, rs.
The fair is being ruled over by
El Centros Betty Mae Duer, who
was crowned queen Sunday night.
An event held nightly is a quiz
contest. in which men from Camp
Seeley and the inland marine base
compete. Two carloads of Imperial
Valley vegetables have been donat-
ed by packers and shippers as a
grand prize, so per cent of the pro-
ceeds from which will go the win
ming service team. The loser will
receive 40 per cent. The artillery
men and the marines were tied
Monday with one win each.
The official fair program deSig-
mates Tuesday as Farm Bureau
and Dairy Day.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-09
Mystery Story Writer in
Prison for Be otinq Wife

PHOENIX. March 9 CUP)
Thomas Forrest Whiteside. Jr, de-
tectiye story writer once convicted
by Texas court of numbering his
wife by words and gestures. today
awaited removal to the state prison
to serve a term of four to five
years for aggravated assault on a
second wife.
A jury convicted Whiteside at
Houston, Tex, in 1927 of forcing his
wife to leap to her death from an
upstairs apartment window. Two
successive juries found Whiteside
guilty.
A practicing attorney himself,
Whiteside appealed the case but
Two successive juries found him
guilty and the Texas court Of ap-
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-09

poals upheld the conviction. He was
sentenced to 20 years in Huntsville
prison.
RECORD GROWS
Prison records showed that
WhiteSide was granted a 50-day pri-
son furlough in 1888 but failed TO
return because he was arrested at
Fort Worth on charges of armed
robbery
Returned to prison with an ad-
dition to his sentence. Whiteside
won freedom on a habeaS corpus
plea. May l7l94l which he argued
himself
While in prison he achieved re-
known as a writer for detective
magazines and struck up a cor
reSpondcnCe with a Phoenix woman
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-09

who became interested in his stories.
MARRIES AGAIN
Seven months after his release
from prison. Whiteside came to
Phoenix and married the woman.
Two weeks later, they argued and
police charged he struck her down
WhiteSide declared the woman
tried to shoot him i'll a fit of jeal-
ouSY
Appealing to County Prosecutor
Richard F. Hairless. WhiteSide asked
him to investigate and agreed to
plead guilty if Hairless advised him
10 do so. WhiteSide pleaded guilty
and was sentenced.
I can do five years standing on
nv head Whiteside said to re-
j porterS.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-09
Transient Robs
WhifIock Home

Deputy sheriffs Monday sought a
transient farm laborer who took a
coat and $50 worth of silver from
the George Whitlock ranch homo
while Mr.. and Mrs. Whitlock we're
away from home
The laborer gave the name of
Raymond Graham and was describ-
ed as being about 80 years of age.
five feet 10 inches in height, 10
have sandy hair and blue eyes
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-09
Draft 0bjector
jailed in Valley

Robert Lee Allen, 25 Westmorland
rancher, was held in the county Jail
IN El Centro Monday on a charge
Of evading the draft.
He said he was a conscientious
obJector, insisting that his religious
beliefs prevented him from serving
n the Army
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-09
EI Centro Youth
Is Aviation Cadet

Walter S. Russell. son of Mr.. and
Mrs c. J. Russell of El Centro. re-
Gently was assigned to the air corps
replacement training center at
Santa Ana to begin training as an
aviation cadet in the United States
Army
The cadet attended Central I'm
ION High school and Central Junior
college in FL Centro, and the Uni
versity of California at Davis. While
~ high school he took part in
t, ack, golf, student council boys
welfare council, and the livestock
JLding team.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-09
DIPLOMAT HEADS
MISSION TO INDIA

WASHINGTON. Marc11 9-(UP)
The State Department announc-
ed today that Louis Johnson. former
assistant secretary of war, will head
the United States advisory mission
which will assist in the war effort
in India.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-09
Allies Lose Java
TO Enemy Forces

Continued from page one>
cupied Rangoon Sunday. The Tokyo
radio estimated British losses IN
Burma at nine divisions. or about
l25o0O men.
In London. the gravity of the
battle on the app sacnes to India
was emphasized by a change in
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-09
Scanning |. Y.
News Horizon
ATTENDS IMPERIAL
COUNTY FAIR

Harold E Smith, deputy chief of
the state division of fairs and eX-
positions. and Mrs. Smith were
among the visitors at the Imperial
county fair Saturday and Sunday
He declared that the fair was one
of the best in the state
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-09

agency is established to effect all
out war production and achieve
full use of labor supply.
The committee in third interim
report to the house said:
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-09
Defense Migration Control Urqed

WASHINGTON. March Sup
-lne mouse committee inveStigat-
ing national defense migration said
today that the work of the war
produCtiCn board will be ineffective
unless a single overall procurement
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-09
MEXICAN STATE
ORDERS ALIENS OUT

NCGALES, Sonora, Mexico, Mar. 9
tUP) = All Germans and Italians
were under orders today to evac-
uate the state of Sonora and re-
port to a concentration center at
Guadalajara by March Is.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-09
Espionage Charge
JaiIs TeIetyper

TUCSON. Ariz. March up
Grant w Wiprud 26 Washington,
DC. teletype operator at the Davis
Monthan Army bomber base here,
was held today by federal authori-
ties awaiting grand jury action on
a charge of espionage
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-09
Bump Toe

See the new Bump" toe
pumps in white with turf tan
or AirWay blue high Conti-
mental Cuban heels closed
toe perforated wing tip l.
SmartncSS at $50.