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Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-17

1t. Gov. Fred Houser of Califor-
MIA and high ranking officers in
the various armed forces telephoned
officials in Imperial county asking
what was being done in regard to
the proposed strike. They were as
sured that everything is in order,
steps are being taken to protect
life and property and that the
farmers are protecting their own
property" This assurance was given
by Sheriff Robert w. Ware, As
semblTman Harvey Hastain, and
district officials.
STRIKE AS SCHEDULED
Meanwhile officials of the Gen.
tral Labor council, who assumed
control of the union situation after
power employees said they were
going fishing Nov. 49, announced
that the strike would go on as
scheduled unless the district board
agreed to arbitrate. At press time
Wednesday district board members
maintained their contention that
they could not legally arbitrate.
District power employees prom
ised to black out all Imperial VAL
ley because the district board re-
fused to sign a contract making
the International Brotherhood of
Electrical Engineers (A.F.ofL.) the
sole bargaining agent for the power
employees. Board members declared
they could not legally do so be-
cause the district is a political sub
division and as such cannot enter
into any union contracts.
Wednesday morning district and
union officials received lengthy tel
egramS from the war labor board
asking that the trouble be arbi-
trated asd the district services be
maintained.
GATHER IN E. c.. .......... ........
approximately $50 farmers from
various sections of the valley gath
cred in the court house in El Centre
Tuesday afternoon. They were del
egated to take the word home to
their neighbors and men we're sell
ected to recruit guards ard make
arrangements to guard vital install
lations on a 24-hour basis.
IF the public in Imperial Valley
wants to run the district instead of
letting the union do it," said Presi-
dent Evan T. HeweS of the district
Continued on Page 6, Col. o
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Americans Regain
Part Of Ground
Lost TO Germans
Italian Front Stays
Same with Only Patrol
Fighting; Weather Bad

ALLIED HEADQUAR-
TIERS, Algiars, Nov. 17.(UP)
American troops have re-
captured some of the ground
lost to German cOunterat-
tacks on Mount Croce north OF
Venafro, Allied headquarters an
nounced today.
Driving across heights swept by
cold wintar winds, Lieut.. Gen.
Mark w. Clark's forces forced the
enemy from outposts gained by two
Nazi counterattacks near the vital
roads leading northward toward
Rome on the western end of the
trans-Italy line.
ONLY CHANGE
Small British Eighth army gains
north of AteSsa for the second
straight day was the only other
change reported on the front. Patrol
actions were fought in chilly rains
and mud across the enemy river
and mountain winter line across
italy.
It was the third straight day in
which no operations of tactical i'm
portance were reported. The extent
OF the American thrust on the
Mount Croce heights was not given
IN detail.
In one small patrol action IL
German prisoners were captured.
A German patrol caught along the
Galigliano river on the Fifth army's
extreme western front was shot up
badly as it returned from toray
along the south bank.
Eighth army troops fought a
patrol action in the Tornareccio
region, five miles northwest of Cas-
alanguida, besides winning new
ground and improving positions
around Atessa, IL miles inland from
the Adriatic.
An official communique describ-
ed the weather as very bad" Al
lied troops were digging in before
the German defenseS laid in rocky
cliffs and along muddy rivers some
80 miles south of Rome which the
enemy appears determined to hold
as long as possible.
Despite the adverse weather, AL
lied planes continued their steady
blows at the enemy line and attack
ed shipping off the Adriatic coast.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-17
100 Die Daily for
Berlin 'Defeatism'

LONDON, Nov. II. CUP) = The
IstanbIl newspaper Vatan said to-
day that the Germans were execut-
ing more than 100 persons a day
in Berlin in an effort to end de-
featism and opposition to the Nazi
regime.
The newspaper said sagging NOR
ale on the German home front ap-
peared due more to Allied bomb
ing raids, each of which was caus-
ing 10000 to $4,000 deaths, than to
bad news from the Russian front.
To counteract defeatism, the
newspaper said, the Germans were
circulating by a whispering CAM
paign rumor that Germany had
tunneled betneath the English
channel and will blow UP Britain
with dynamite.
Reports published in Sweden
said that German interior minister
Heinrich Himmler decreed that
l2-year old boys and girls hence
forth can be executed if they are
sufficiently mature" The age
limit for executions previously was
IA and in the days before Hitler
came into power, l6
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-17


Merritt commented on reports
published in San Francisco that
Japanese evacuees who had twice
refused to signify loyalty to the
U. S. were leaving Manzanar for
complete freedom east of the Cali
fornia border.
mo Japanese have ever been re-
leased from Manzanar," Merritt
said, unless they have either de-
clared their loyalty to the govern
ment immediatel? upon being ask
ed or have petitioned for a rehear-
ing on the grounds that they mis-
understood" the original oath re-
quested of them.
Those who petition for rehear-
ing and swear to the loyalty oath
are not released until their petit
tions have been forwarded to the
War Relocation authority in WASH
ington and WRA officials there
have approved their release"
Merritt emphasized that all in
structions for satisfactory clearance
of those evacuees requesting a re-
hearing on their cases came from
Washington WRA headquarters, not
Manzanar.
THE difficulty arose when Amer
ican-born Japanese and alien Japa-
nese were asked to take an identical
loyalty OATH" Merritt continued.
The question was put to them by
Hawaiian Japanese noncommission-
ed army officers who wrote the an
sWers given by the evacuees.
Il was hospitalized at the time
Continued on Page 6, Col. q
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-17
Here's Telegram
Sent TO Union and
District Officials
WLB Urges UniOnmen
Not to Go Out on Strike
Offers to Mediate Issue

The text of the telegram
received Wednesday by irri-
cation district and union Of
ficials from the tenth region
al war labor board is as
follows:
Information has come to the
attention of the tenth regional war
labor board Of representation dis
pute between the Imperial Irriga-
ton district and the various crafts
employed b.? it. We are advised that
Representatives of the employees have
scheduled a strike for Nov. 18. A
strike involving the 800 employees
of the district can have only unfor-
tunate consequences on the ultimate
settlement of the grievances which
are in dispute, and will seriously
impede the prosecution of the war.
in view of the numerous military
installations in the valley that are
solely dependent for power in the
Imperial Irrigation district.
ohEh EN- SlONlr rlSANSE
THE no strike pledge given to
the president BY representatives of
the international unions involved
in this dispute should have an even
greater significance to the employ
es involved here who are really
servants of the public as employees
OF the district which is a political
subdivision of the state. Under
these circumstances the provisions
of the Smith Connally bill 'legaliz-
ing strikes and the facilities of the
war labor board for the settlement
of ordinary disputes between en-
ployers and employees are not here
available.
The principle upon which the
war labor board in this case de-
clines jurisdiction is predicated up
on its recognition of the sovereign
ty OF the state to deal with purely
state functions. The fact that the
national labor relations act, the
war labor disputes act, and execu-
tive order 90l7 creating the war
labor board specifically except en-
ployes of government political sub
divisions from their provisions does
not mean that governmental agen-
continued on page 6, col. A.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-17
Prices Are Only
Bit over Normal
Senator Declares
Oklahoma Democrat
Denies Administration
Initiation Contentious

WASHINGTON, Nov. II.
(UP)-Sen. Elmer Thomas,
D., Okla, asserting that pric-
es generally are only 90
points above the normal in
dex, denied administration conten-
tions today that the country faces
a threat of runaway initiation.
Thomas declared at senate agri-
culture committee hearing on food
subsidies that "the country is not
in a dangerous condition, despite
the gloomy warnings of columnists
and commentators"
The Oklahoman's assertions came
at a time when a showdown fight
between the administration and con-
gress over food subsidies was head
ed toward a climax in house de-
bate starting tomorrow. The con-
SenSuS was that the adminiStra-
ton will lose at least the first
round.
PRICES TO RISE
Thomas said the war must be fin
anced by revenue made possible by
high level of prices. He added
that prices will have to go even
higher than they are now after
the war if the government is to get
sufficient revenue to begin paying
off the huge public debt.
State commissioners of agricul-
ture also went on record against
subsidies in the committees third
day of hearings. Nathan Mayo, Flo
rida commissioner, said dairymen
are selling their herds because of
existing price ceilings.
E. H. Everson, South Dakota Sec
retary of agriculture, said the in
ilationary purchasing power in the
country is being created by New
Deal subsidies and the growing pub
lie debt He called for abundant
Continued on page 6, col. A.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-17

bulk OF the enemyS fleet. Now tho
enemy is faced with the choice OF
accepting that harbor as grave
yard" for its fleet or quitting it
altogether
THE two U. S. carrier task force
raids--of Nov. S and Nov. 1l-have
caused the Japanese enough dam
age to important fleet units to
give them cause for serious consid-
Grafton about abandoning the base
as too hot to handle" a navy
spokesman said
The carrier raids are believed to
be a temporary eXpedient. AS soon
as air bases are established on
nearby Bougainville island in the
Solomons, land-baSed aircraft will
take over the major job of blasting
Rabaul into complete uSelesSneSs.
Information reaching here, some
officials said, indicated that the
japanese were contemplating build
ing Rabaul into a naval base rival
ing the present enemv stronghold
at Truk in the Caroline islands.
But American airmen have made
Continued on Page 6, Col. o
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lie COlIlillulllQut WdS ISSUED Dy
British Middle Eastern headquar-
ters a few hours after the official
German DNB news agency reported
that the garrison of 5000 on the
tiny Dodecanese island had laid
down it's arms.
The surrender of Lero, second of
three British controlled Aegean is
lands to yield to the Germans, came
four days after Nazi sea-borne
forces first sWarmed ashore early
last Friday and established four
beachheads at heavy cost
OUTPOST DOOMED
Despite stubborn Allied resistance
bolStered in its final stages by
Allied Warships that dared aerial
attack to lombard the beachheads,
relentless around the clock Ger
man bombing and strafing attacks
and persistent German landings
doomed the outpost almost from
the start
The British and Italians fought
with bayonets and hand grenades
at close quarters before finally Civ
ing up the fight in the face of
hopeless odds. The arrival of fresh
German reinforcements decided the
issue.
Throughout yesterday, the enc
my continued his overwhelming air
bombardment of Lero the British
communique said. After very Sc
we're fighting and in spite of the
most determined resistance in the
face OF fresh enemy reinforcementS,
organized resistance ceased in the
evening"
RAID AIRFIELDS
Long-range British fighters, in
one of their brief sweeps over the
doomed island, shot down a Ger
man Arado 1876 plane and blew up
a Siebel invasion ferry west of
Calinos. Bombers last night raided
the Calato and Martha airfields on
Rhodes, from which the German
Continued on page 6, col. 4
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-17

Sy, an expert on biochemistry, said
1.-The time will certainly never come
when am Tom, Dick, or Harry can
make his own penicillin."
If I thought my physician had
made his own penicillin, I'd report
him to the state and county medical
authorities and the police the
chemist declared.
Its production necessarily would
require the services of an expert
enced bacteriologist, he asserted.
He said that penicillin should be
manufactured under the strictest
scientific observation, and even then
accidents have happened"
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-17
Churches Closed to
Mexican Soldiers

MEXICO CITY, Nov. II. CUP)-.
Soldiers in uniform today were
prohibited from attending church
services or other religious ceremon-
les in Mexico.
THE rites of religious creeds do
not conform with the dignity of
the military uniform and insignia.
nor with the martial personality of
militar? men," a decree signed by
President Manuel Avila Camacho
and sub-Secretary of National De-
fense Francisco l.. Urquizo, said.
The decree supplemented a direc-
tive sent to all military posts several
days ago.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-17
,(3orl1eI
Fall Is
n ear
Russian Forces
Nearing Poland
In West Drive

LONDON, Nov. II. (UP)
The Berlin radio acknOwl-
edged today that the Ger
mans had been forced to
withdraw their lines "sever-
al kilometers" in the area of Koros-
ten, vital railroad junction in the
northwest Ukraine, against which
Moscow said the Red army had
closed siege arc.
The official German NBS agency
broadcast the admission of re-
treat in the Korosten sector, giving
tacit confirmation to a Soviet re-
port that the rail hub SIS miles from
the old Polish border was about
to fall
Earlier Nazi radio reports told of
powerful Red army attacks on the
Korosten front. The large scale
retreat indicated the Germans
might be giving up the town itself.
The news agency also said that
German units had withdrawn to
shorter lines" on the Gomel front
northeast of KoroSten because of
large scale Russian thanking man.
euvers. Gomel, too, was said in
Moscow to be tottering.
The Nazis reported violent battles
south of Newell on the upper central
front near Latvia which forced the
Germans to withdraw in some Sec
tors, though claiming that the Rus
slams were stopped on the flanks
of the battle sector.
MOSCOW, Nov II. (UP)-Red
Continued on Page 6, Col. ~
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-17
Greatest Migration to Be
At Ind Of Present StruqQle

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., Nov. IT.
(UP)-The return of 21,000.000 Eur
opean refugees TO their homes af-
ter the war will be the greatest
mass migration in history, and will
threaten pestilence to all the
Parran said today in urging the
world, Surgeon General Thomas
creation of an inter-Allied medical
command.
I'VE will probably see the great
est mass migration in history and
l don't see how we can prevent
it," he said. almost every one Of
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-17
FARMERS GUARD VALLEYS POWER PLANTS
DRUG IN NHOME2

BUFFALO, Nov. II. UP)-Prof.
Albert R. Sy of the University of
Buffalo took issue today with pub
lished reports that physicians could
make their own penicillin and de-
elared it was a very serious thing"
TO bring the suggestion before the
public when the new treatment is
receiving wide publicity
Commenting on a report by an
Aliquippa, Pa, physician, DR.. Julius
VOCAL, to the Industrial Hygiene
Foundation of the Mellon Institute
at Pittsburgh that he had manufac-
tured penicillin in his home with
kitchen utensils at small cost, DR..
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-17

go Arrogant bureaucracy and
needless regimentation' must be
ended.
(4 Federal taxes must be care
fully revised.
CD The country must return to
the spirit of the bill of rights and
the tenth amendment.
Bricker's speech, made before the
war conference of the National
Association of Real Estate Boards,
was considered the opening gun in
his effort to obtain the. 1914 Re-
publican presidential nomination.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-17

chief tasks of the United Nations
relief and rehabilitation adminis-
tration will be to plan supplies OF
medical equipment and medicine
and to assemble highly trained
personnel.
Among some segments OF a dis
ease ridden. undernourished Euro
pean population. pregnancy Is
practically a sentence OF death be-
cause the diet Is not sufficient 70
support life In both mothes and
unborn child" he said.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-17

the 2l,000000 displaced persons is
going to try to get home. OF course
you can't build barriers across the
roads and railroads. They'd only
walk across the fields.
The most we can do is to seek
to funnel it, to provide food, to
treat the sick and to detect epi-
demic diseases"
Recalling that after World War
l, more persons died of disease
than were killed in military opera
tions, Parran said that one of the
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-17

ested in the work and is expected
to approve loans more readily to
farmers needing drainage after the
improved methods have been
proven successful.
At present, the service is mainly
occupied with laboratory expert
ments checked by field work on the
determination of how fast water
will flow through various strata
Continued on page 6, col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-17
U.S.. Planes Raid
China Coast Civ
Ry UNITED PRESS

Tokyo radio reported wednesday
American Billy Mitchell bombers
raided Swatow, Chinese coastal
city only 225 miles from Formosa.
Quoting a dispatch from Swatow
Tokyo said the raiders bombed
several places" in the city but
were "repulsed' by japanese anti
aircraft fire. The broadcast, re-
corded by United Press, San Fran
CISCO the raid inflicted casualties
but not to Japanese facilities.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-17

spirit OF private enterprise" and
retain our American way of life
today.
In his first public speech since
he announced his candidacy for
the Republican presidential nomi-
nation, Bricker said:
% The people. through the gov
ernment, must eliminate waste
and extravaganza in government"
co The philosophy of scarcity
must be buried and the country
must revert to production and
abundance.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-17
D AMBlINe
Slips Did Count

Slips Did Count
1t happened on one of those all
night camping affairs the Boy
Scouts have. Dave Goddard was
riding herd on those youngsters
banded together and known far
and wide as Boy Scout troop No.
II.
Before the Scouts went to bed
Saturday night, Goddard arranged
that the campers should awaken at
a. M. Sunday morning. Certain
scouts were to set the alarm and
awaken everybody. including God
dard
When the scouts awakened Cod
dard, he thought he must just
have gone to bed. 1t was so dark
and SO cold. He was too tired to
care about anything. In order to
set good example, Goddard did
not whimper even if he did feel
worse than if he never had gone
to bed at all Suppressing yawn,
Goddard looked at his watch.
1t was 3 a. m.
The scouts still are trying to
convince Goddard it was all ter
rible mistake.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-17
Released Jdps
Must uke Oath

MANZANAR Cal, Nov. II. CUP)-Ralph Merritt,
administrator of the Manzanar japanese relocation
said today that being released from the
camp without taking oath of loyalty to the United
States government alien oath support American
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-17
Bricker Opens
Campaign for "A

CLEVELAND, Nov. II. (UP)-Gov. John w. Brcker
of Ohio attacked the Roosevelt administration for broke
promises and deficit financing, pointed to his record
of economy and tax collections and proposed five point
program for the and to ecapture the
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-17
British, italians
On Lero Give up
Allies Overwhelmed by Great Masses
Of German Troops After Four Days Of
Stubborn Resistance on AEGEAN Isle

CAIRO, Nov. II. (UP)-Brtish and Italian troops on
Lero, Aiad-held island the Aegean
vasion route to the Balkans capulated last evening
the face of overwhelming German air and ground
saut cOmmunque announced today
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-17
yonks ! X, Foil Jap
RubuuI Plans

WASHINGTON Nov. II. (UP)-Amarican armer
have foied ambitious japanese plan to establish
major naval base at Rabaul New Britain island informed
said today
abaul has protected harbor big enough to handle the
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-17
Strike Scheduled
OIL. D. Workers
Wednesday Pm.
War Labor Board Asks Arbitration of
Differences, Continuance of Power for
Military Installations, Farms in W.

Imperial Valley farmers Wednesday guarded all HYDRO
plants substaons and diesel plants of the Imperial Irr
cation district and avOwed keep the district
atng spite of strike of district power employees sched
uled for midnight Wednesday.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-17
YOU CHECK UP

YOU CHECK UP
Imperial Valley weather always
has been unpredictable. Imperial
Valley weather always changes its
mind and takes a fiendish pleasure
in being exactly the opposite OF
what the weather predicters say
it will be.
Now, however, things are differ
ent.
A certain marine sergeant told
telephone company officials and
employees that marine aerologists
predict Imperial Valley weather
six months ahead and are practi-
cally always right.
WELL said telephone company
officials, what will the weather be
ON Thursday this week"
The sergeant consulted a chart
or something.
There will be intermittent
showers on Thursday" ne said.
This will be interesting to watch
Continued on page 6, col. 60
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-17
WEATHER

Maximum Tuesday 85, minimum
Wed. 54; s am. Wed. GA, humidity
%; noon Wed. 81, humidity 80; s
pm. Tuesday 81, humidity 25.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-17

MOSCOW, Nov II. (UP)-Red
Continued on Page 6, Col. ~
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