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Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-11
GIRL MESSENGERS

Nevada State JournaD
Members of the Chicago Board of
Trade which rescinded its 95-yearold
rule against women employees recently,
now recognize the competency of the ten
young women who are serving as messen-
gers on the floor of the worlds greatest
grain market.
With the draft and other factors drasti
cally curtailing the supply of young men
for messenger jobs, Board of Trade mem
bers predict that the force of girl en-
ployes probably will be increased to 40
in the near future.
From the market opening at 9 80 am
until trading ceases at 1:15 pm, the
girls scurry across the exchange floor
carrying buy and sell grain orders which
have been relaxed by telephone from La
Sale Street brokerage houses to the
firms representatives at the wheat, corn
and other grain pits.
When the orders have been executed
the girls retrace their steps with confir
nations which are wired to grain broker
age houses in various sections of the coun-
try.
Attired in tan office coats worn over
dresses (slacks and high heels are BAN
ned) the girls, whose ages range from
II to %, have confounded the male mes
sengers. who predicted when the first of
the girls was employed that she would
cuit in q yVeek
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-11
Bon1bers fIutten
Jap Supply Bose

possibly the heaviest pummeling of
the war. Bombs set fires that sent
smoke billoWing 1000 feet into the
air and long-range fighters straf6d
the area with 63,000 rounds of
cannon and machine-gun fire
ALL JOIN ATTACK
Mitchells, Lightnings, Beaufight-
ers and Flying Fortresses joined in
the attack. Two japanese bombers
and four fighters on the ground
were destroyed, while up the coast
near AleXiShafen, the raiders sank
Two of five barges and left another
flaming.
The main targets were supply
dumps and enemy installations at
Madang, which is 300 airline miles
northWeStWard up the coast from
Allied-held Buna. The planes also
hit Amron. an old mission settle
ment near Madang, setting fires in
buildings, poWerhouse and
sawmill near enemy headquarters.
The planes encountered heavy
anti-aircraft fire but all returned.
Several enemy gun positions were
sllenced and the Allied fliers said
they saw big explosions in Madang
harbor. No interception was at
tempted.
The communique said Flying
Fortresses bombed Kavieng, New
Ireland, airdrome late Thursday
running into some Japanese, +,
fighters
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-11

LAP POUNDS
Schaffner's COW No. as produced
1,742 pounds of milk and 69.6
pounds of butterfat. His cow, &c.
Guernsey" produced 1882 pounds
Of milk and 694 pounds of butter
fat. Espinolas COW, Tinker" pro-
duced 2,092 pounds of milk and 900
pounds of butterfat. His COW,
Hazel" produced 2,O02 pounds of
milk and $50 pounds of butterfat
while his COW, $50 Bucks" produced
/ 1859 pounds of milk and GIL
pounds CT butterfat.
The record for the best five cows
in one herd is as follows: Farms
worth, 3G33 pounds Of butterfat;
Schaffner, 358.5 pounds; Espinola,
34s.1 pounds; Fidel Comes, 1923;
Anton Landolt, 2545 pounds; J.
Schali, 2479 pounds; fnd Alfred
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-11
US. Sub Officers
Get Silver Stars

u. S. SUBMARINE BASE, NEW
LONDON, Conn, April 10 (UP-
-Four American submarine officers
received silver star medals today
tol activities against japanese navy
and merchant shipping, resulting in
heavy enemy losses.
Recipients of the awards, pre-
sented by Rear Admiral Greeland
E. Daubin, commander of SUBJ
marines, Atlantic fleet, included 1t.
Comdr. William w. Walker, 80,
Yakima, Wash, and 1t Guy E.
ONeil, Jr., 81 Long Beach, Calf.
1t. O'Neil's citation stated his
submarine sank one cruiser and one
destroyer and severely damaged an
other cruiser with two direct hits.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-11
College May Be
State University

SACRAMENTO, April l0.-UP)
Santa Barbara State college
would be made a full branch of the
University of California under a
bill passed last night by the As
sembly and sent to the Senate.
The change would be made only
with consent of regents of the Uni
versity under the bill by Alfred w.
Robertson, Santa Barbara.
ASSemblymen voted 43 to 7, in
favor of the measure with oppo-
nents arguing that it was IAN open
ing wedge for university control
OF all state colleges.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-11
with

British aircraft carriers were off
the north TuniSian coast with their
planes ready to join in the ham,
mering of Axis forces concentrat-
ing in the Bizerte-Tunis area
DOWN 16 PLANES
Good weather again favored AL
lied air operations and the enemy
was pounded without interruption
on the roads and at his main
bases. In one engagement. Allied
planes shot down eight of 16 enemy
dive bombers.
Allied officials SDeculated on
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-11

whether Rommel would decide to
defend Kairouan, which lies be-
tween Fondouk and Sousse and is
a Moslem holy city second only to
Mecca. The Allies would prefer to
avoid an attack on the city but if
it is defended the attack will be
made.
It is in the mountains above
Sousse, ~ miles north of Sfax, that
German Marshal Erwin Rommel is
expected to make his next stand
against the Eighth army driving up
from the south and Anglo -Ameri-
can-French troops to the south
west.
The new Allied attack in the
Fondouk area may force Rommel to
attempt to break off even rear
guard action in his race to reach
the natural defenses of the noun
tainS.
Today's communique reported
that General Mannerini and the
headquarters of the Saharan group
were captured Thursday.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-11

GEN MacARTHUR'S HEAD
QUARTERS, Australia, april 10
Capitalized planes heavily dam
aged Japanese installations in the
Madang area of New Guinea de-
stroyed six grounded enemy planes
and sank at least two barges off
the coast, a cOmmunique said to-
day.
In surprise attack before dawn
yesterday the planes gave Madang
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-11
Monty Exhorts
Men on to Atfack

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, North
ern Africa, April 10 tUP) - Allied
armies plunged through crumbling
Axis defenses on all Tunisian fronts
today, driving the enemy from the
important coastal cities of Mahares
and Sfax and from the mountain
strongholds of Pichon and Fondouk
in an all-out offensive that again
threatened to cut off the fleeing
Afrika Korps Of Marshal Erwin
| Rommel.
Spurred on by an order from Gen.
Sir Bernard l.. Montgomery to
smash on to Tunis and drive the
enemy into the sea- the British
Eighth army surged up the coastal
road toward Sousse at the rate of
more than Is miles a day to seize
both Mahares and Sfax and pursue
the beaten Rommel on toward the
north. Axis troops were under
constant aerial attack.
ENTERS SFAX
The British spearhead entered
SfaX-which had been furiously
bombed by the Allied Air Forces
at 815 a. m. today after covering
the % miles from Mahares in ap-
proXimately 19 hours.
At the same time, American and
British armored forces and infan-
try on the central sector made a
! joint attack Thursday morning
from the north on the village of
Fcndouk and a nearby mountain
position held by the enemy. BY
noon they had achieved their OBJ
iective, having driven the enemy
from Fondouk as well as nearby
Pichon.
The offensive operations were
continued today in conjunction
with advances by the British First
army in northern Tunisia and by
American forces pushing out from
MakneSsy zone, south of Fondouk,
IN an effort to cut through the last
enemy mountain defenseS and
strike Rommel'S flank on the
coastal plains south of Sousse.
SPEEDS UP FLIGHT
The sudden acceleration of Allied
advances meant that Rommel was
speeding up his flight to the strong
positions around Tunis and Bizerte
in the north, where he hopes to
hold out for a long time. But
Montgomery, in a message to his
troops, said that if the collection of
prisoners at the present rate con-
tinued the enemy will soon have
nc infantry left to hold his posi-
tions" in the north.
Let us make the enemy face up
to and endure first class Dunkirk
or the beaches of Tunis," Mont
gomery said. The triumphant cry
now is: Forward to Tunis. Drive
the enemy into the seal"
Although Montgomery mentioned
Only 5000 prisoners, the total
number was we'll above that figure
TAKE 1000 GERMANS
On the northern front, the British
First army captured 1000 Germans
in stubborn fighting in hilly coun-
try where they have now advanced
ten miles and freed the Allied COM
munications lines to Medjez Ell Bah. |
The Americans and British in the !
south also took another 1,500 |
prisoners and large groups were
being captured in mopping up OPP
erationS. Five hundred other |
prisoners were taken around Fon-
douk
"a Moroccan broadcast said |
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-11
CURRENT QUOTATIONS

If this conflict ends without United
Nations program for reordering the
world believe there will be widespread
civil wars and revolution, leading again
to international war on a colossal scale.
DIR. Frederick L. Schuman of Williams
College.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-11
FAMED RUSS GUERILLA
LEADER DIES I'M ACTION

MOSCOW, April 10 CUP)- Tr~
death of Konstantine Zaslonov,
white Russian partisan leader
credited with blowing up 178 loco
motives, Wrecking so trains, and
killing many Germans, was report
ed by the newspaper Izvestia, today.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-11

1t is transcendent thinking and the
transating of these thoughts into deeds
worthy Of the name of human progress
which differentiates man from beasts.
The mentally lackadaisical have had
more than their share in nurturing the
evils of our day.-Madame Chang Kai-
Shek
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-11
ONE MAN ARMY'S
WIFE ENLISTS

DETROIT, April 10 CUP)- Mrs.
Jean Wermuth, wife of Capt. Ar
thur Wermuth, the 'one man army"
of Bataan, applied for service as
ar army nurse yesterday-the first
anniversary of the fall of Bataan.
She is a nurse in detroit hos
pital. Wermuth is believed to be
a prisoner of the Japanese.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-11
BILL WOULD PERMIT
CALF. ELK HUNTING

SACRAMENTO, April TO- OUP)-
California nimrods will be permit
ted to hunt elk through provisions
of bill by Senator Charles Brown
Shoshone, now awaiting signature
of the governor.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-11

We are faced with the necessity of not
only winning the war at the least cost of
men and material, but also of realizing
that other nations are going to have their
ideas Of what the political and economic
foundations of the postwar era must be.
ALI NJ Landon.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-11
REMEMBER
BUY DEFENSE BONDS
Would King Cole Be Merry
With Stomach Acid Pains2

The legendary Old King Cole might not
have been a merry old soul If he had
stomach acid pains. Sufferers who have
pains. Indigestion. gas pains, heartburn,
burning sensation, bloat and other condi-
tons caused by excess acid, should try
Udga and they. too. may be merry. Get "A
25c box Of Udga Tablets from your drug
gist. First dose must convince or return
box to us and get DOUBLE YOUR MONEY
BACK.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-11
Editorials and Comment

ing the peoples power without due au-
thOritV
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-11

others act. also
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-12-25
Little Steel
Scale Is Not
Yardstick?
W.L.B. Chairman Says Pay
Rates Are Now Stabil-
lied On Industry
Bracket Scale

NEW YORK - The Little
Steel formula is no longer the
nations wage policy and has
not been for some time. Chair
man William III. Davis of the
Natl. War Labor Board told
the New York City Bar AssO-
citation this week.
Wages, Davis said, are now
stabilized "on bracket SCALE"
based on the type of work done.
Top and bottom of the bracket
are the lowest and highest pre-
vailing rate for a particular type
of work.
Increases above the Little Steel
formula are possible within the
brackets, but not if they go above
the top of the bracket, the W.L.B.
chairman explained. The. formula
was used before the bracket system
was evolved.
Declaring bluntly that the W.L.B.
would deny blanket increases in hour
" rates, Davis said that the only way
the board would permit workers to
increase their weekly and annual in
comes was by longer hours of work.
Members of most of the large I'M
ions of the country, he went on, are
already getting in excess of the Lit
tie Steel formula, which limited in
creases to 1870. If the formula were
revised to 22@o, some workers would
get no increase whatever because they
have already reached that figure,
Davis said.
The next 90 days will be the
most critical period in the fight
against initiation, the W.L.B. chair
man warned. That fight will be
won, he said, if Congress rebuffs
Especial interest groups appeal for
higher prices and wage increases in
industries where it has jurisdiction,
as the W.L.B. will refuse to permit
wage increases throughout the rest
of the nations industries
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-12-25
COP. May Hold
Beauty Contest

WASHINGTON = Rep. Walter
Lynch Cd. N. W predicts that the
1914 presidential campaign is going
to develop into beauty contest, with
the Republicans putting their foremost
glamor boy in the race. Said Lynch:
Il was under the impression that
the issue in the approaching campaign
would be the question of the conduct
of the war. l was mistaken. The News
of New York in its editorial last Sum-
day indicated that this going to be
beauty contest. AS you probably know,
the News advocates the nomination of
Gov. (Thomas Ed Dewey.
Among the attributes ascribed to
him by the News as qualifications for
the nomination, are that he has a ra-
dio personality and is a racketbuster.
l quote the News further and here is
his greatest qualification:
To top it all off, he is handsome in
an entirely masculine way, which
should do him no harm with a lot of
women voters
ooh, shade of Abraham Lincoln.
There was a time when the Republi-
cans nominated as their standard
bearers men of ability, but in 1914 the
Republican standard will be pulchri-
tude"
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-12-25
Vice-President
Urges Breaking
OfMediciineTrust
Wallace Says Millions Can.
not Buy Health At
Monopoly Prices

CHAPEL HILL, N. C.-Trusts
and monopolies which keep vitality
needed medicines from the people must
be destroyed as result of this war,
Vlce-Pres. Henrv A. Wallace told an
audience at the University of North
Carolina here.
power to condemn millions of
people to suffering because they
cannot buy health at monopoly
prices must be eliminated" Wal
lace declared.
AS an example he cited American
manufacture of atabrine, synthetic
substitute for quinine which is licensed
by a partner of l. G. Farben, German
chemical trust.
Six months after the war, he point
ed out, manufacturers of atabrine may
lind themselves out of business because
their licenses from I. G. Farben's
American partner are good only until
then.
we owe it to our people to see
that these manufacturers are per-
mitted to produce after the war;
he continued. cit is part of our
task in winning the peace to see
that neither quinine nor atabrine
nor any further remedy for mala-
ria is again restricted by cartel
contrOl.''
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-12-25
Sister-In-Law
OF MOsleyW Wants
Him Kept In Jail
Union Member Has Broken
Off Relations With Brit
ish Fascist Family

SAN FRANCISCO-Sir Oswald
Mosley's sister-in-law wants him
kept in Jail.
She is Jessica Milford Treuhaft,
sister of Lady Mosley and of Unity
Milford, Hitler's one-time girl
friend. But she has long ago
broken off relations with her Brit.
ish fascist family.
Mrs. Treuhaft is an Investigator il
the San Francisco OPA office, anc
wife of Robert Treuhaft of the lega
division of the War Labor Board
She is member of the United Fed
eral Workers, and was it's delegate a
the recent California convention il
Fresno
Mrs. Treuhaft came here from
Washington last February. She ex-
poets soon to get her final papers as
us. citizen in letter written re-
Gently to Prime Minister Winston
Churchill, she said:
II have all my life been an op.
ponent of the fascist theology in
whatever form it appears. Release
of Sir Oswald and Lady Mosley is
slap in the face of anti-fascists
in every country and direct be
trayal of those who have died fol
the cause of anti-fascism. They
should be kept in Jail, where they
belong"
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-12-25
N.H.Council Again
Elects Feinmark
Sen. Geelan Reelected AS Vice-President Bernard
Geelan AS Secretary And A. F. Striby AS Treasurer
Only Contest Is For Executive Board

Harold v. Feinmark was unani-
mousIy reelected president of the
New Haven Central Labor Council
at the annual nomination meeting
held Thursday. Feinmark, who was
nominated by Carl Hoff, Musicians,
No. 234, was unopposed.
Also unanimously reelected
were Vice-President James p. Gee
Ian, Retail Cigar Clerks Union ;
Financial Secretary August F. Stri-
by, Bakers, No. IL; and Record
ing Secretary Bernard ]. Ceelan,
Retail Cigar Clerks Union. All were
unopposed.
Unanimously elected to the Board
of Trustees were Prof. Millar Bur-
rows, Teachers Union, No. 2O4 ;
Henry Earl, Elm Lodge No. 420, Ma
chinists; Harold Freed, Film Elk
change Employees, No Bal; Alex
lines, Granite Cutters; and George
H. Riehm, Carpenters, No. 70.
The only contest is i'm the ex-
ecutive board, where five delegates
were nominated for the four places
to be filled. Those nominated are
Frank Spadola, BARRIERS, No. 2l5;
Alfred Murphy, Elm Lodge No.
42O, Machinists; James F. ROsen,
Conn. Labor Dept. Employees; Carl
G. Hoff, Musicians, No. 234; and
Leonard Reed, Railway Clerks Aux
iliary Lodge No. 6161.
Elections will be held Thursday,
January 6.
The Council heard reports on
the activities of the United Labor
Legislative Conference of Greater
New Haven, and unanimously voted
to send kilograms to COnnecticut's
Congressman and Senators, urging
them to vote for a Soldiers Vote
Bill which will make it possible
for all members of the armed serv-
ices at home and abroad to vote
i'm the state and national elections
next November.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-12-25
Printers Again
VoteAgaiinstAFL
Fertilization
3rd Referendum In S Years
Loses By Vote of 24,591
To 1886

INDIANAPOLIS-FOr the third
time in five years, members of the
Init. Typographical Union have re-
jected retaliation with the ALL.
by a vote of 1851 to 23, 366.
The I.T.U. was suspended in 1885
during a dispute between the ALL
and the original Committee for Indus
trial Organization, of which the late
Charles P. Howard, then I.T.U. presi-
dent, was secretary.
The referendum was initiated by
the Newark On. j. Local of the
I.T.U. and was submitted to the
membership without the political
fanfare of previous elections. Re-
jertiOn of the proposal was by a
much smaller margin than in the
two previous ballotings.
Following organization of the
C.IO., officers of the A.F.L. and off
GERS of number of international un-
ions met in Cincinnati and proposed {
voluntary assessment of 1c per capita
The purpose of the assessment was t.
combat the efforts of the CLIO.
I.T.U. officers Immediately chal-
Ienged the right of the ALL. to
levy assessments. Union members
sustained their officers by referen-
dunn. The I.T.U. constitution for.
bids payment of any sums other
than those specifically set out in
the constitution and bylaws except
on approval of the membership
referendum.
The referendum resolution wou1c
have inundated I.T.U. officers to re
sumo payment of per capita to thu
ALL. provided the federation agreed
to cancel all past indebtedness and de
fnitely guaranteed I.T.U. autonomy
The way was paved for the referen
dunn by an agreement between thu
ALL. executive council and I.T.U
officers, approved by the Boston
ALL. convention, in which the I.T.U
would retain complete autonomy.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-12-25
Million Workers
Face Loss Of Jobs

A million or more workers are
likely to be laid off in the next
three to six months in various types
of war plants!
That startling prospect was re-
vealed by labor Spokesman this
week on the basis of official data
received from government agencies.
Union leaders declared that cut
backs and cancellations of many
types of war contracts which have
already started are sure to grow in
volume after the turn of the year.
A. F. l.. officials View
From an A. F. of L. official, who
is close to the production situation,
but who preferred to remain anony-
nous, this picture has been obtained
of what is likely to happen in the
months to come:
las many as million workers
may be laid off for varying per-
iOds during the next three months
or SO.
Many more ordnance and small
arms plants are due to be closed.
''COnstruction of some new
plants will be stopped and a num-
Der already built may not be put
into operation.
1.-THE nation is now Over-prOduc-
ing on aluminium, copper and other
basic metals, insofar as current
war and civilian needs go.
Workers Producing More
Furthermore, productivity of
workers in many plants has increased
at so rapid pace that many facto-
rleS are finding they can lay off en-
ployeS and still meet all schedules.
"Hoarding and wasting of labor
which became national scandal for
a while, has been cut down-in many
instances because the waste was
brought to light by organized labor
itself.
bodybuilding productivity has
skyrocketed and the shipyards are
scaling down their estimates OF
manpOwer requirements. The stu.
alton is similar in aircraft. AirpIane
modification plants, where planes
are altered to meet special needs
on the fighting fronts, are likely to
decline in employment, since far
Continued on Page Four)
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-12-25
Transfers, 1911,
In Bridgeport,
Elect Officers
Kelly. Borzain, Cleary And
Allen Are Named By
Unanimous Vote

Local 1911, Transfers Union, with
headquarters in Bridgeport, has elect
ed the following officers and business
agents:
President: John p. Kiely.
Vice-President: Raymond O'COn-
nOrs.
Secretary-Treasurer: John ]. AL
len.
Recording Secretary: Fred Ro-
berto.
Trustee, 3 year term: Alvie Me-
Trustee, 2 year term: Percy
Smith.
Trustee, / year term: Salvatore
CiasulIO.
Business Agents: George Bor.
zain and Joseph P. Cleary.
Unopposed for office were
Brothers Kiely, Allen, Roberto.
Smith, Borzain and Cleary.
The Secretary-Treasurer and the
two Business Agents were elected
for term of five years.
OhuSA IlIC CAPSll SuPNl VISlO1l VI
Timothy M. Collins, Secretary
Treasurer of Transfers Joint Coun-
Gil No. "a and President of the Con
necticut Federation of Labor, the
election was conducted at the unior
hall, 1920 Main street, Bridgeport.
Edward Christian, Thomas Farrell
and Frank Nuzzo, the election com
mittee, announced the result at
o'clock
Since the term of the outgoing
Executive Board expires December
81, 1913, the new Executive Boarc
will commence functioning with the
beginning of the new year. The sever
officers, with the exception of the
Business Agents constitute the Elk
ecutive Board.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-12-25
NoNurseries,But
Nine Millions For
Non-Essentiails.
House Votes Funds For
Civilian Airports Army
Says Are Not Needed

WASHINCTON-The House has
served notice that it wouldn't stand
for some of the expenditures of a
more liberal Senate voted for, such
as appropriations for schools and
nurseries in congested war areas
and for work relief i'm half-starved
Puerto Rico.
But while it supported its confer
ees in rejecting any liberalization of
the urgent deficiency bill for agencies
originally passed by the House, the
House approved over the objection of
a House-Senate conference commit
tee a $o,907,9O item for civilian air
ports which the Army declared are
not necessary.
Rep. Louis C.. Rabaut Cd. Mich. }
said in disgust that members who
were instrumental in ''dOing away
with the WPA now want a private
WPA i'm their own districts" The
vote was 1872 to l29 on the air.
ports item. Voting for it were
among others IS economy-minded
Republicans, many of whom are
crying for the cutting down of ''bu-
reaucratic'' waste i'm government
expenditures.
Projects were promulgated by
seven senator's on the appropriations
committee who will get airports in
their states: Henry Cabot Lodge (R
Mass.), Joseph C. O'Mahoney Cd
Wyo.), Willard Tydings Cd. Md
Pat McCarran Cd. New, John H
Overton Cd. La.), Richard B. Rus
sell Cd. Ga.) and Elmer Thomas Cd
Okla.).