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Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-05
Board Appoints
River Constable

William l.. Wallace. runner-up in
the race for constable of Winter
haven township, Monday was APP
pointed constable to fill the va
cancy left by the death of the win
ner in the race, Lawton Porter.
appointment of Wallace was
made by the Imperial county board
of Supervisors at their meeting in
the court house in Ell Centre Mon
day afternoon. The other applicant
for the position of Winterhaven
constable was Lee Gist.
AT the general election Nov. 3
the last Lawton Porter polled 307
votes and Wallace 228 votes. Por-
ter had been constable at Winter
haven for many years.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-05
ALL Chief Opens
Pressure Drive

WASHINGTON. Jan. sup
Pres dent William Green of the
American Federation of Labor
said today that United States
workers could double 1925 war
production this year "if VIC are
not hampcred by compulsory and
punitive legislation
Green addressed conference
of legislative representatives of
all aFL unions and the railroad
brotherhoods called to consider
ways of obtaining adoption by
the 18th congress of l0-pOint
ALL legislative program.
The ALL president told the
conference members that they
must keep a watchful eye upon
legislative proposals which cam
ouflaCc their sinister intent by
processing patriotic detectives"
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-05

WASHINGTON, Jan. ). UP)-
President Roosevelt today presented
the Congressional Medal of Honor
to Comdr. Herbert E. Secondhand. of
New London, Conn, who helped
save the cruiser San Francisco by
his efficient damage control work
when the ship routed superior Jap
aneSe forces off Guadalcanal
The naval hero's wife and young
daughter, Diane, also were present
in the executive office when Mr.,
Roosevelt cited Secondhand for great
personal valor and gallant devotion
to duty" in helping to bring the
San Francisco back to port under
its own power.
The San Francisco emerged as
the hero of the Nov. 1915 naval
battle off Guadalcanal by success
fully running a gauntlet of Japa-
nese warships, sinking several of
them in the process. Enemy fire
destroyed the cruisers bridge, kill
ing or inJuring most of her senior
officers.
Rear Admiral Daniel j. Gallaghan
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-05

armies soon might converge 1Or a
concerted drive on Rostov, the
gateway to the Caucasus. The army
driving through the Kalmyk repub-
lie was reported less than $50 miles
from another Soviet force moving
10 from Mozdok, which the Rus
slams captured last Sunday.
German forces in the snowy
mountains near Nalchik faced ami
hilation as the two strong Soviet
forces moved closer together.
In London, Labor Minister Ernest
Bevin predicted that Adolf Hitler
soon would be faced with the great
est disaster of the war as result
Of the smashing Russian offensive
on four fronts.
German tanks and infantry were
thrown into the counterattacks in
the Caucasus. middle Don, and
southwest Stalingrad fronts as
Axis forces attempted to break
the ring that closes tighter around
them.
TANKS KNOCKED OUT
In the Caucasus. Russian artil-
lcry knocked out eight enemy tanks
and then. in hand-to- hand fighting,
Red army men drove the German
infantry from its position.
A special communiquc recorded
another ajor Russian victory when
the Red armv captured Chernysh-
kovsky and the adjoining railroad
station of Shernyshkov, 100 miles
west of Stalingrad. Seventeen
grounded airplanes. 100000 air.
plane bombs and 100000 artillery
shells we're among the booty.
British bombcrs returned to the
Ruhr for the second straight night
and pended German industrial tar
gets. Two planes were missing
from the attack, the British said,
but the Germans reported having
shot down four. The Germans adj
mitted damage to residential sec
tions" and said there were some
casualties among civilians.
NAILS MAY WITHDRAW
Neutral sources in Stockholm cx-
pressed the opinion that the Ger
mans were planning a general with
draWal from the north Caucasus,
and said large part of the Ger
man army already had retired be-
hind the lower Don. One of the
reasons for the recent removal of
Gen. Fritz Halder as chief of staff
Continued on Page 6, Col. u
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-05
Hastain Named to
Five Committees

Asscmblyman Harvey F.. HaStaln
NJ BraWley was made member of
i've important committees which
will consider legislation before the
lower house of the 1943 legislature
IN California.
He is a member of the agriculture
and its vice chairman, the labor
and capital committee, the ways
and mcai7 conn.,: Otce. the social
welfare committee, and the con-
scrvation, natural resources, and
planning committee.
All committees on which he will
serve are of vital Importance to
Imperial county and his activities
will be watched with interest by
his constituents. Announcement of
tic committee memberships was
made by Speaker Charles w. Lyon
of the state assembly.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-05
Legislature Settles Down
To Meet Wartime Issues

SACRAMENTO, Jan. Sup
CALIFORNIA; wartime legislature set
tied down TO business today after
the Republican party formally re-
SUmed control of executive and leg
iSlativc powers.
Both houses organized yesterday
O md met in joint session for the in
auguration of Gov. Earl Warren,
who returned his party to power
after the only interruption in half
"a century by defeating incumbent
Nculbert L. Olson last November.
& Warren presented to the legisla-
tors general program calling for
reorganization of state civilian
defense functions. improved public
health service for the states war
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-05
$4,000 Idle i'm Ford War
Plant Because Of Strike

DETROIT, Jan. 5.--CUPD-Strikc
at the vast River Rouge plant of
the Ford Motor Co. spread to an
estimated $4,000 workers today as
an army officer expressed fear that
the situation was growing more
serious by the hour"
A company spokesman estimated
that 8470 day shift workers had
been idlcd in addition to 5000 en-
ployccS forced to lay down their
tools last night when maintenance
workers in several buildings worked
out to protest the companys reor-
eanization of maintenance crews.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-05
Airport
Work
Slated
Contractor Moves
In to Begin Job
Of Building Field

The Macco and McKittrick
construction company began
moving equipment into I'm
perial Valley from San Die
go Tuesday after being
awarded the contract to build 8
military air field in the Holtville
/ area.
Naval officials from the Ell Cen
tro Marine air station near SeeleS
announced that the contract hao
been let.
+ The construction company will
begin work on an access road tC
the field, which will be located
seven miles northeast of Holtville
Wednesday.
/ A Typographical survey of the
site has already been completed
leaving actual ground breaking as
the first step in the construction
program, Naval officials said.
SMALLER FIELD
The field ma be either Navy or
Marine, according to future dcsig-
nation, officials declared They sale
that it will be an "outlying' field.
The grandeur of the new field
will not approach that of the FL
Centre station now being finished
! Lit. Dave Lindsey, who was in
charge of construction at Scelcy
said that at most between four
/ RI ,.iui Is n
will be employed at the new field
There we're more than 400 workers
at Seeley Wncn construction was in
full swing.
HOUSING SHORTAGE
Even the comparatively small
number of workers for the field has
thrown the city of Holtville into
the throeS of a housing shortage
The Holtvillc chamber of commerce
has been Swampcd with untitled or
ders for houses by workers plan
ming to move there. Officers and
families of Army men in the valley
on maneuvers have taken most a.
valuable houses.
1t. Lindsey said that temporary
barracks, which ma" later be con-
verified into permanent buildings,
will be put up near the field to
house the men. Mess facilities will
also be installed, he said.
TEMPORARY FIELD
The buildings will be much
simpler than at Seelcy," Lindsey
said, for it will be a very temper
airy field"
The Imperial Irrigation District
in conjunction with the construc-
ton company, will build bridge
over the East Highline canal, which
is near the site of the proposed
field, district officials disclosed. A
bridge now there is not durable
enough to allow passage of large We
hiclcS used in construction.
The MaccO and McKittrick COM
pany has been working on de-
stroycr base in the San Diego area.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-05

HOURS LOST
mo grievances will be considered
or negotiated by local union rep
resentative until all men are back
at work" Ste. Marie said.
Col. George E. Strong, plant pro-
lection chief fer the army air
forces, estimated that 10000 man.
hours of work were lost last night
and that another 10000 would be
lost today.
Strong said units affected by the
Stoppage included four foundries,
machine shop, the power plant,
and the motor building.
The situation is growing more
serious as time passes" he asserted.
Work for the air forces is not yet
affected, but it soon will be if the
strike continues"
ANOTHER STRIKE
At the same time, the ChrySler
Corporation disclosed that the tank
engine assembly line at its JEFF
ferson plant had resumed work aft
er 12-hour shutdown resulting
from strike Of more than 400
Strikers at the River Rouge plant
were reported to have begun their
Walkouts at 4 pm. yesterday and
to have continued them throughout
the night despite pleas from Presi-
dent r. j. Thomas of the United
Automobile Workers (CIO) that
they return to work at once.
Col. George f. Strong, chief of
plant projection for the army air
forces, al@ addressed the strikers,
describing their action as a re
Continued on Page 6, Col 81
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-05
Drunkenness Tons
List of Arrests

Drunkenness was the most frc-
qucnt cause for arrest in Ell Cen
tro during December. the monthly
report of the police department dis
closed Tuesday
Altogether 80 persons were ar
rested on that charge. Closely again,
II were arrested for driving while
drunk
With general fines added to state
traffic fines, the total collection
was $2078.
Paying fines we're 70 offenders;
81 chose to serve sentences; Is SEN
fences were suspended, and 10 were
released to military police
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-05

house colleagues. was expected to
Announce committee appointments
today. Tho ratio of chairmanships
probably will he about 81 for the
Republicans and eight for the Dem
ocrats. Minority Floor Leader A.
w. Robertson said he would accept
such a division.
The surprise victory of Senator
Jerrold Seawell, Republican, Rose
vile, over w. P. Rich, Republican,
Maryeville, incumbent in 1897 and
l941, for president pro tenn of the
Senate, delayed upper house COM
mittee appointments. Seawell was
chosen by a one-vote majority at
yesterdays caucus.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-05

to replace Supervisor B. NJ. Ora
ham of Brawley, the chairman in
1912.
This is Osborne's second term as
board chairman. He filled the same
position in 1887
At the same organization meet
ing, Supervisor A. Y. Preble of m
perial was elected supervisor of
the county farm and delegated to
look after the institution this year.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-05

Strikers were ordered to return to
work Immediately by Local 600 OF
the United Automobile Workers
(CIO).
A statement issued by local pres
ident Paul Ste. Marie, approved
unanimously by the unions execu-
tive board. described as unauthoriz-
ed the strike which left idle an es-
timated $1,000 workers on three
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-05

industry workers and careful dis
position of the Treasury's $56O0O,-
900 surplus.
Following Warrcn'S inaIgura-
ton, Lieut.. Gov. Frederick F.. Hous-
cr took the oath of office and en-
phasized the need of cooperation
between the branches of state gov
eminent and between state and
federal governments.
Routine bills began appearing,
but administration sponsored legis-
lation was delayed awaiting ap-
pointment of committees.
Assembly Speaker Charles w.
Lyon, Republican. Los Angeles,
elected unanimously by his lower
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-05

Unionists Ignore
FDR's Command

ALAMEDA, CAL. Jan. sup
"A ..-OuD OF mach nists failed to
report TO work at Genersl Engin-
cering & Drydock Co. today, "a
hours after President Roosevelt
Personally directed San Francisco
bay area union leaders to main
tain uninterrupted production 1T
local shipyards.
The machinl SIS, tOtaling about
80, said they were anxious TO
work but had been "hamstrung'
by orders given their Ieadcrman
at union meeting last night.
They SAID the Icadcrman, who
lay out the machinists' work each
day were told not TO report for
work today" Spokcs men for the
plant declined comment.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-05

The board at the same session APP
pointed Robert Womack Imperial
county game warden TO succeed M.
c. Mackey. resigned. Mackey had
been game warden for many years.
resigning TO take another position.
The supervisors granted permits
sion for the county TO purchase
100000 In government bonds with
a portion of the unapportioned re-
serve Of the county.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-05

An Imperial Valley carried the first American
flag onto the soil of North Africa in this
Standard bearer in the act that will go down in history
Don c. Jones' private first class former Ell Centre
printer it revealed here Tuesday.
Big French guns and airplanes bombed and machine
gunned the Americans they followed the Stars and
Stripes held aloft by Pvt Jones He plunged into the
pounding carrying the flag The other Americans
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-05

casualties but finally the enemy which
mostly Germans ="
Pvt Jones a of Mrs. Jennie Jones of Long Beach
and attended high school in Long Beach.
His family had not heard from him for weeks
before they received the letter describing his historic
perienceS in North Africa.
He is years of age and worked at the Ell Centre Print
ing company Ell Centre from 1887 to 1941 lie born
in BraWey and attended school there
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-05

constantly Every time stopped marching we had to
dig a trench to get in for protection
He said his division hit North Africa Nov 8, about the
time four five other American forces did in
other parts Of Africa.
1--WE boarded those little motor boats as
arrived here and ashore amid the bursting of
posives and gun fire from of the French warshps
that firing at navy warships Pvt Jones wrote
1--WE met the greatest resistance and there Il few
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-05

plunged after him. They through the water and swept
the beach.
81 given the privilege of carrying the American
flag Pvt Jones wrote his brother Marshall Jones of Ell
Centric when landed, | unfurled Old Glory and a
cameraman snapped my picture | dripping wet as
had stepped in three four holes and the went
over my head From then fired on by big
French and rpanes bombed and machine gunned us
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-05
Osborne Elected
Board Chairman

Hugh I. Osborne, who has been supervisor of the FL
Centre district for 10 years, Monday unanimously
elected chairman of the Imperial county board of super
viSorS for 1943
His election took place at the boards annual reorganza-
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-05
German Attacks
Stemmed, Turned
INTO New Retreat
Strong Forces Draw Closer to Caucasus
Gateway as Desperate Hi+|eri+es Make
FruitIess Effort to Retain Positions
. BY UNITED PRESS :

Russian forces battered the Germans in the Caucasus
Tuesday, beat back determined Axis counerattacks and
threatened to split the forces guarding the road to
ROsOv There indications that two powerful Russian
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-05
y AMBllNe
EpoR1ER

she didn't understand sign Ian
gu29e, she was forced to send up
smoke signals or write notes
On Tuesday her voice was COM
pletely BACKED out. In fact. it was
the little voice that wasn't there.
Il don't mind the sore throat"
she wrote, "but to have to listen
all the time is killing me-"
Amazing Coincidence
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Jacobs and
Cy Mourdick of Ell Centre, were
standing in a long cue in front of
theater in Los Angeles on New
Years. Near them we're two SOL
diers. The five persons began to
chat to while away the time.
- I'm all your travels the Ell Gen.
Nrans asked the soldiers, which
state do you like the best?"
"Oh, we voted on that" the SOL
dicrs said, "and our outfit was
10 to for California"
~ (which part of the state are you
IMP was the next question.
We're at Camp Seeley near Ell
Centre, and that's the finest place
we've ever been" the soldiers
agreed The people there are the
incest we ever met. If the Japs
don't get us. we are going to live
there all the time"
What is it you like best down
there" the Ell Centrans asked.
Stealing watermclons while on
maneuvers," the soldiers said.
"Iust where did you steal them.
Describe the field" Jacobs said.
The description Of the field fol-
lowed.
Hey" doomed Jacogs, those
were MY watcrmclons"
Not Forgotten
We hear that Kenneth Foshcc is
attached to an army medical corps
i'm San Antonio Texas, these days.
He wrote: Army life is fine. I
wouldn't trade it for a grocery
business" He ought to know. He
WAS in a grocery store long enough.
RR is sorry that Kenneth is out
Of range. A survey of the RR COL
iimns undoubtedly would show that
Kenneth was much put upon in
nthc past
y Anyway, he wants to subscribe to
the Post-Press. Apparently he
wants to see if RR is guilty of long
distance shipping.
We Plead Guilty
Floors in the county health de-
partmcnt were painted during the
holidays in a nifty shade of gray.
Dir. f.. b. Godfrey, county health
officer, arrived in the office after
dark. He walked across section
of the floor becarSe he thought it
had had time to dry. He left large
footprints in the wet paint. This
damage was repaired very neatly.
Then Deputy County Health Of
ficer arrived on the scene shortly
after the repair work. He knew
nothing of repairs. He left large
footprints on the repaired section.
There isn't any more paint the
paint crew said disgustedly, and
washed its hands of the whole mat
ter
Give me the empty paint cam"
eeaid Mrs. Dorothy Ehmkc, sccrc-
Continued on Page 6, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-05
Warren Appoints
Elmer Head to
Vital State Board
Governor Announces He
Will Ask Revision of
State Guard Program

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 5.
(U)-Gov. Earl Warren to-
day started on his war pro-
gram for California with an
nouncement of early submits
sion to the legislature of bill to
reorganize the State Guard and by
making appointments to state agcn-
cics connected with the war effort,
Elmer w Hcald, Imperial county
district attorney and president of
the California District Attorneys
association. WdS among the APP
pointccS. Hcald, a close personal
friend of the new governor, was
named to the board CT managers CT
the War-important criminal identi-
fication division. He replaces LaWr-
ence Carr of Redding, no longer e.
igible.
Warren disclosed he had asked
the army to release Col. Ra" Hays.
former state senator from Fresno
county, to be appointed as state
adjutant general. He said also legiS-
lation was being drawn for reorgan-
ization of the state guard and pos
sibly of the state militia.
The governor said he was not
ready yet to say whether his state
guard bill would call for expansion
of the agency. He said he believed
in maintaining a state militia but
was not yet sure if it should be con-
Stitutcd as a reserve for the state
guard or as a separate group.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-05
BORROWS EXECUTIVE

Warren also announced he was
borrowing Jay Stevens, assistant
director of the ninth regional office
of civilian defense. to rcorganizc the
state fire marshals office. which
Continued ON Page 6, Col. i
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-05
WEATHER

Maximum Monday "a, minimum
Tuesday 38; am. Tuesday 43, hui
Nudity AZ; noon Tuesday sc. humid
ity rs; pm. Mon. 60, humidity 81.
Evening star., 1943-03-10
Chain Liquor License Ban
Proposed in Maryland
By he Associated Press.

By he Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS, March lO.-The
Senate Judicial Proceedings Com
mlttee, engaged in revamping the
McClayton liquor law revision meas
sure, apparently was determined to-
Gay TO recommend a provision for
bidding multiple holdings of retail
liquor licenses by person or firm.
In It's session yesterday the COM
mittee let it be known that it had
decided definitely to recommend to
the General Assembly the abolition
OF multiple liquor license grants such
as held by the Read Drug & Chem
lcal Co. of Baltimore. The commit
tee was told that no other company
holds more than two or three
licenses, while the Read concern has
about 80 in Baltimore City.
The draft Of the new bill, as pre-
pared by Deputy Attorney General
Hall Hammond, would allow local
liquor boards to make regulations
designed to meet local conditions.
They would be allowed to limit the
number of licenses to be issued in
any community, to shorten hours of
sale within reasonable limits and to
prohibit the presence of prostitutes
in licensed places The measure
also will recommend prohibiting sale
of liquor after am. on weekdays
and before ! pm. on Sundays.
Mr.. Hammond said he hoped to
have his rewritten bill ready for
final committee approval late this
week
Evening star., 1943-03-10
Patterson Reports
February Output
OF $4,000 Bombs
Arms Production 300
Pct. Higher Than Yeor
Ago, He Reveals
By the Associat ted Press.

BY the Associated Press.
American ordnance manufacture
ers today had a mark of so high
explosive shells a minute and 500
cartridges a second to shoot at
during March production.
That was their production record
during February, Undersecretary of
War Patterson reported yesterday
disclosing that the shops and ar
senals turned out 419,000 bombs of
all sizes up to the big blockbusters
that have been shattering enemy
occupied industrial regions.
Mr.. Patterson estimated that was
enough to provide raids in which
$4,000 bombs could be dropped
nightly for nearly a month.
New Record Reported.
In addition, he said in reporting
that armament production is 300 per
cent higher than year ago. in
dustry hung up new record for
small arms ammunition in Febru-
airy. That record consisted of 1,244
600, 900 cartridges in calibers 80, .45
and so or more than 500 every Sec
ond during the month.
Machine gun and tank produc-
ton also is jumping, Mr.. Patterson
said. In January and February
10000 machine guns and $4,000
submachine guns were turned out
while 5000 tanks were rolling off
assembly lines. That compared with
production Of 10000 machine guns
of all calibers in the World War.
Other production figures for the
January February period included
$4,000 Army trucks, 1000 anti-tank
guns, 100000 pairs of marching
shoes, and-this in Februady alone
! 1900 bearing combat vehi-
| cles.
Says Z. S. Will Reach Goal.
Mr.. Patterson noted that the l942
! production program called for s57,-
/ 10000, 900 worth of arms. ammuni-
ton, supplies and installations.
I'VE will meet that figure" he
said.
He added that the production
rates were disclosed with the full
| appreciation of the comfort it viii
| give TO our fighting men in Africa
Asia and other battlefronts.
we hope it comes to the atten-
ton of Hitler, who less than a yeal
ago told us it could not be done.
We are doing it now: We will dc
much better in the next few months,
we will continue to increase our out
put for our own forces and our
Allies until the war is won"