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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-07
Dc Witt covvies On McNoiv's Job

Washington, Aug, [. (UPl-Lt Gen. John L. Dewitt. former com. manding general Of the 9th Army and the western defense command, has been named to complete the lIlv disclosed assignment II, Gen, Lesley J. MeMair was carrying out whep he was killed by Rn American bomb ln Normandy,
 The Wer Department gave no de. tails in announcing his appointr met, saying merely that It, Gen, John L. Dewitt has been ordered 70 tho European theRier 10 replace Lt, Gen. Lesley J, McNaiF,"
 McNaiT's duties with the Amer lean forces ln Normandy were never disclosed. He was killed ln the front lines by an American bomb that fell short Of ita mark.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-07
Pilot Scores New Record For Corps

Eighth Air Pore Fighter Base, England, Aug. 6, -- CUP) Maj, George Prlddy, 2s of Greensboro, N, C., shot down six German light CTS in a single engagement today to set a new record for Eighth Ar Force pilots.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-07
Temperature 90 Mon Polls On Ice

Springfield, Mass, Aug. S- lUPD-While the thermometer hovered around the 90-degree mark yesterday, Andrew Cal vanese slipped on ice and la cerated both knees. The aeei- dent occurred when he slipped on Zee chips while acing the wa- ter system of a railroad car.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-07

Fall term begins Replemheg z. Reg. isier new. peet guplor College ef Commegee, 2i Central AFe,
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Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-27
Dairy Herd Tour
Sees Valleys
Purebred Stock
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give a demonstration of milk test
ing. The home economic depart
ment then served the group splen-
did luncheon at tastefully decorated
tables.
In the afternoon the group WIS.,
tied the Emil Schaffner dairy where
Schaffner showed his fine cows and
purebred Holstein sires.
is composed of Holsteins.
SHOWS FAMOUS HERD
AT the Fidel Gomez ranch the
owner showed the visitors 81 of his
finest registered Holstein cows He
has many of the COWS from the
famous Scheniman herd and has
a program of steady improvement
for his stock.
The next stop was at the SchWab
ranch for a view OF the high
producing Holstein COWS there. The
last stop of the afternoon was at
the Adolph Odermatt ranch. Oder
matt has a fine herd composed
mostly of Holsteins.
At the close of the tour many
of the townspeople in the group
expressed their appreciation of the
splendid dairies visited and the
good conuition in which they are
Kept by tneir owners.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-27
Chamber Names
Board Slate

Ballots will be maned out Friday
for election of eight on the FL
Censro Chamber of Commerce board
of directors.
The ballot contains a list of Is
names. The nominating committee
drew up the list this week. The bal
lots will be mailed all member firms
who are asked to mail them back
at once. At SEQ pm. May 5 the
committee will meet to tally the
votes.
Nominated were: jess L. Bledsoe,
Earle Davis, William G. Outlook. j.
r. Fahs. William @. FoSS, Stevens
H. Harris, Russell Haas, Thomas
B. Hen6 erSon. w. o. Hinderks, Wal
ton johnson, Ira Kinsey, Charles
F.. Maynard, John McNeece, Yepren
PiliboS, C. L. Smith, Roderick A.
Smith.
The nominating committee con-
sisted of Roy Womack. Wilson Nc
Eucn, Robert Hatton. Mark WASH
burn. Walton Johnson.
The board has II members. Nine
terms will not expire until next
year.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-27
IRise to Remark

certificate of availability. He could
thus be taken from the farm and
moved to another industry; hcw-
ever. if he came to the same farmer
under public law 208, through the
extension service, he could not be
so moved. And so, on and on. I
have not listed all the conflicts.
Fer this reason the acting chair
man of the committee on agricul-
ture, Mr.. Flanagan of Virginia;
the ranking Republican member
of the committee, Mr.. Hope of
Kansas; the ranking Democrat
member, Mr.. Kleberg Of Texas; the
chairman of the California delega-
tion. Mr.. Lea; and the writer of
this column, have all joined in a
bill to try and eliminate this con-
fusion and establish once and for
all definition of agriculture" :"
The number of the Phillips bill is
H. r. 43Bo.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-27
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lSp. nc cne was hurt.

grasp. nc cne was hurt.
Biddle described the stormy scene
in Avery'S office before the soldiers
took the millionaire executive away.
The attorney general said that
after Avery refused the govern
ment his cooperation in running
the plant he was asked to leave.
Biddle said that Avery replied:
Il won't, I'm the boss here"
Wayne c. Taylor. undersecre-
tary CT commerce who came here
to run the plant for the govern
ment, turned to Maj. Weber and
said:
will you ,e@se escort Mr.. Av-
cry out"
According 10 BiddleS account
of the incident. Weber asked Av-
cry to leave. but the executive
who was sitting at his desk, snap
ped:
Il will net move from this chair" 3"
1t was then that the major call
ed in Lieutenant Cattanach and
the two soldiers picked Avery up
from the chair.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-27
Wards Executive
Elected Bodily
SHOIrTS "yOU NE WDFaLER'


Biddle claimed that Avery's last
words. shouted over his shoulder
as he was carried from the room
were: You, New Dealer"
The attorney general said that
Avery put up quite fight"
The incident followed the seiz-
ure of the plant by the army and
commerce department wednesday
night for failure to comply with a
war labor board order
After being elected, Avery left
the premises without making a
statement.
Mr.. Avery will not be allowed
to come back into the building
until he agrees to cooperate Bid
die said.
When he arrived at his office
Thursday morning we talked about
cooperation. He refused TO turn
ever the books to our bookkeeperS,
and he refused to call a staff meet
ing. He said we were here illegally
and that he would not cooperate "
Avery's defiance of the govern
ment'S authority climaXed a Series
of legal maneuvers in tie last 4S
hours. during which he ignored
orders from the war labor beard
the President. the secretary Of
commerce, the U. S. marshal, and
finally the army.
DEFIES ROOSEVELT
Two days ago Avery, who has
gained fame in tie business world
for his individualistic methods.
told President Roosevelt he would
not comply with his directive to
accede to a WLB order for eX-
tension of a company contract
with the United Retail, Wholesale,
and Department Store Employees
of America (CIOO.
Wednesday he refused to leave
the office when Undersecretary Of
Commerce Wayne c. Taylor pres
ented him with Presidential Or
der empowering the commerce de-
partment to take over and operate
Montgomery Wards Chicago fac
ilities. Taylor accepted the rebuff
but returned later with the u. S.
marshal and eight deputies. Still
Avery refused to leave, and, fin
ally, after six hours of pickering,
a contingent of soldiers arrived
to enforce the Presidents order.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-27
Allies Hammer
French Coast
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comparatively small-Scale raids on
what the Nazi DNB agency called
shipping concentrations in harbors
along the English southwest coast.
Nazi broadcaStS have claimed that
the allies We're assembling the
greatest concentration of shipping
since Dunkerque in British waters
for The coming invasion.
CLAIMS HITS
The british naval base port of
Portsmouth was hit with good re-
suits" DNB sale.
Never before had the allied air
offensive against axis Europe "a
chieved such intensity or concen-
tration. From 1000 to 5000 allied
planes have attacked Germany or
occupied territory every "a hours
since April II, with the greatest
weight of explosives falling en- rail-
way communications on which the
NaZi command depends to supply
anC reinforce its anti-invaSion arm
les.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-27
By Coneressman John Phillips

/ BN SOnETesyStndn JOtin fn1lupS
What dc you mean when you
speak of "agriculture?"
Webster'S dictionary says that
agriculture is "the cultivation of
the ground, more especially with
+ the plow and in large areas or
fields; it may include also raising
and feeding of cattle or other live
stock husbandry; tillage; farm
ing
It would seem simple enough;
| but simplicity is net the goal in
| Washington. There are in effect
today at least Is definitions of agri-
culture. resulting from regulations
and decisions of executive and ad-
ministrative agencies. with more
agencies trying to interpret the
definitions.
Congress has four times defined
agriculture" each time with the
same intent. These definitions
were first contained in the 1899
amendments to the Social Security
| Act. and in the Fair Labor STAN
dardS Act. The were combined in
Public Law As (77th Congress- and
again in Public Law 2O8 (78th
Congress- as recently as February
IA 1914
AGENCIES ACT ON OWN
But the agencies evidently do
not think that congress knows
what agriculture is. The farmer
is faced with a very practical dill
emma. If he gueSses wrong, he is
Subject to the penalties which
agencies may impose for violations
of their regulations.
/ Let me illustrate: The farmer
does not know, in some cases.
what wages he may pay. Under
the regulations of the War Food
Administration, the farmer may pay
up to S2400 year without further
approval; however. the War Labor
Beard could claim that these
wages were frozen.
If the worker were hired fol
field packing, he could not be
paid overtime under one set of
regulations, but if he were en-
ployed in the same farmers pack
ing house, during the same per-
iod, the farmer would have to pay
overtime.
Executive order $3.50 gave juris-
diction over wages and salaries to
the salary stabilization unit of the
treasury department and to the
national labor relations board. Or
November 30, 1912 the director of
economic stabilizaticn transferred
jurisdiction over agricultural wages
! to tie secretary Of agriculture, anC
defined agriculture" On Decembe,
g. l943 a new definition was issued
Three different agencies interpret
the definition differently.
LEFT UP IN AIR
One agency says the field pack
ing of asparagus is agriculture
but the WLB says it is mon -agri-
cultural" The treasury department
does not know what to do abcu
it; neither does the farmer.
1t is complicated to try and hire
, a "bookketper' on farm. The
social security act says this is ar
agricultural job; the fair labor
standards act says it is not. Under
Public Laws as and 218, it w"'''r
be agriculture; under the War
Manpower Commission regulations
used by the employment service
he would not be in agriculture an
lie farmer would have TO have g
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-27
RAIL LINES TO CHANGE
FREIGHT ROUTING TO &c,

Fl Centre Chamber of Commerce
was notified Thursday that freight
from the east to consignees in Fl
Centre will be unloaded in San
Bernardino and dispatched directly
to this city.
Formerly this freight, especially
on split-cars was routed into Los
Angeles and then dispatched to El
Centre. This service will improve
transit time and will result in closer
cooperation between carriers and
merchants, the chamber was ad-
viSed.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-27
20-30 CLUB SPEAKER EYES
REVISION OF CALENDAR

Streamlining the Calendar" was
the subject of the talk given for
the 20-30 club by A. j. Shaller at
tie meeting Wednesday night in
the California hotel
The speaker presented his plans
for revamping the calendar with
a five-day week as the basis.
Chief business was completing
plans for the sponsoring OF an
air scout squadron a Scout unit
for cider boys which provides a
ground course training. Ole Nord-
land, organization extension chair
man for the Scout council took ap-
plications. Max Sones is squadron
leader, Ray gginbotham, assist
ant, Lee Green. Ed Atkins, Russ
Waggorer, Warren Brock, Bob
Sheffield Capt. Bill Smith, U5MC.
the committee.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-27

Let A&P's Victory Garden" its
Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Depart
ment help you cooperate with Gov.
ernment's drive to push the "no-point"
foods! You'll find wide variety OF
really fresh fruits and vegetables al
your A&P every day. Serve plenty OF
them daily >. they're delicious, health
ful, and of course, unrafioned!
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-27
PROMINENT NAMES LISTED
IN CAPITAL CALL BOOK"

WASHINGTON. April q. (UP)
Mildred Powell Carter, manager
of the Hopkins Institute. held the
massage emporiums little black
book" in her hands OH the witness
stand Thursday. pointed to the
names of men whom she identified
as businessman, newspaper pub
Usher, and baseball team official,
and said they had ordered girls
from the alleged million -dollar-a-
year call house."
Defense counsel for seven women
defendants charged with violation
OF the white slave act in operation
of the institute hinted that SEN
ator also was listed in the ledger
Mrs. Carter, however, was told not
to read any of the names.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-27
Thompson Keeps
Mayors Job

HOLTVILIE, Epril 27-F. Ro'
Thompson was reelected mayor C
the city of Hcltville at the city
councils reorganization meeting
Wednesday night.
At the same session Clarence P
Cenny was elected police and fire
commissioner, DR.. H. B. GraeSer
was elected water commissioner
Curtis r. King was mace commiss-
ioner of streets and parks. and
Reid c. Manchester was elected
sewer commiTe ioner.
The remainder of the meetinF
was devoted to handling routine
city business.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-27
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county gasoline is supplied
As part of the tire and gaso-
il1e saving program, Rance, w. A.
McFadde- ar e j. Park trade
OF In supplying the group trans
portation TO and from Brawley.
Thursday Rance was providing
fpe transportation. He was
hindling along as usual when his
ear sputtered, wheezed, and stopped
oead on the highway.
1out CT gas! McFadden and Park
We're forced to hitchhike the rest
OF the way TO FL Centro. mutterine
diseustedly about the trouble they
rad getting gas but never ran out
and how Rance ran out even when
- was no trouble for him to get it.
= Rance is in the well known dog
hpuse.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-27
Ill CLUBS DISPLAY WORK
AT VERDE SCHOOL

More than 60 persons viewed
the All club c..hibits at Verde
school WedneSdav.
Exhibits demonstrating all types
of club work and the various pro-
iects of the 80 members were on
display.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-12-07
HIRE TELEPHONE
OPERATORS IN new YORK

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 (ANP)
The New York Telephone COM
pany has hired it's first Negro tele-
phone operator, and ga substantial
number" of other candidates for
such positions have been asked to
report for final interview, prepara-
tory to employment and training.
Malcolm Ross, FEPC chairman,
made the announcement here, COM
menting that "this action by the
company represents the satisfactory
and fruitful adjustment of com
plants filed recently with FEPC."
During the negotiations, he said,
officials of the company denied any
intention of discrimination and as
sured the committee that the COM
pany's policy was to give "full con-
sideration to all job applicants on
the basis of qualifications and with
out regard to race, creed, color OF
national origin"
Ross called the company's actor
"a noteworthy demonstration o1
that assurance"
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-12-07
WAC FINED, SENTENCED
TO JAIL ON jim
CROW CHARGES

FIT. OGLETHORPE, Tenn, Dec.
Z (ANP)-Though a WAC, men,
ber of Uncle Sans armed forces,
was fined $75 and costs and SEN
fenced to 60 days in the workhouse
for violating a jim crow law"
Fort Oglethorpe's commanding Of
ficer, Col. Howard Clark II, de-
clared that he will not interfere.
''They have been warned of the
state Jim crow law" Clark stated.
"If, in spite of those warnings they
persist in violation of the law, |
see no reason why I should interfere
with state, county or city officials" !"
Miss Beatrice M. Jackson, the
WAC, is charged with having seated
herself next to a white passenger
on Ft. Oglethorpe bus. Though
police and bus officials demanded
that she move, Miss Jackson re-
fused.
The next day, Judge Martin
Fleming, of the city court, said the
woman would be bound over to the
grand jury on a charge Of public
profanity an dplaced under $500
bond.
Declared Col. Clark:
"The personnel of WAC detach-
ment No. 2, station complement, Ft
Oglethorpe, including two colored
officers and 96 colored enlisted
women, have been carefully warned
by myself and several members OF
my staff exactly as to their rights
privileges and prerogatives here
and the conduct expected of them
especially when in Chattanooga"
"They have been warned of the
state Jim crow law and warned con.
cerning the high standards Of con.
duct demanded of all personnel Of
this post.
eff, in spite Of these warnings
they persist in violations of the law
1 see no reason why 1 should inter
fere with state, county, or city Off
cials in their sworn duty of uphold
ing the law"
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-12-07
AFL BACKS PERMANENT
FEp( IN HISTORIC MOVE

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 6 (ANP)
The AFL made a historic about
face here by going on record of
favoring a permanent FEPC.
Marking the first time the AFL
has ever gone on record of endors-
ing legislation of that nature, the
convention action was taken in ap-
proving a report by it's resolutions
committee concurring in two reso-
lutions on the subject, one of which
had been submitted by A. Philip
Randolph and Milton P. Webster of
the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car
Porters union.
Endorsement of permanent
FEPC indicated complete rever-
sal of it's former attitude against
resolutions on the Negro question.
Milton P. Webster, whose speech
lacked the fire which characterized
Randolph's remarks, may have been
instrumental in bringing about a
change Of heart among the AFL
delegates on the racial issue.
In pointing out why the racial
issue and race injustices are
brought to the convention floor,
Webster quoted William Green,
AFL president, that one million of
the AFL's 100000 members are
Negroes.
"We have a right to call on you to
uphold our rights" he declared, and
charged that labor union could
get rid of discrimination if it really
wanted to by citing as an example
an AFL union in Los Angeles which
ended discrimination in the hiring
of street car operators.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-12-07
CELEBRATE TWENTY fifth
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
With RECEPTION

Mr.. and Mrs. Thoma J. Reid
celebrated their Silver Wedding
anniversary with a reception in
their lovely home at Germantown
last week. They received many
beautiful gifts from their many
friends.
Guests who shared in the lovely
affair were Rev. and Mrs. J. Welby
Broaddus, Mr.. and Mrs. James w.
Parks, Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Parker,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Harris, Sr., Mrs.
Anna Trimble, Mrs. Augusta Pra-
ther, Mrs. Pauline Jackson, and
Mrs. Nettie Bullard, of Dayton, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Wright, Mr.. and Mrs.
Dale, and Mr.. and Mrs. Taylor, of
Germantown.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-12-07
FEp( GETTING
GREATER COOPERATION

WASHINGTON, Dec. Z (ANP)
Reports from the field offices of
the Fair Employment Practice
committee for October reveal a
greater willingness among employ
ers to conform with the govern
ment's non-discrimination policy,
the committee said here.
An analysis of the satisfactory
adjustments effected by the COM
mittee during that month reveals
that complainants were directly
benefited in 49.3 per cent Of the
cases where such benefit is posi-
BILE.
According to Chairman Malcolm
Ross, a total Of 12O of the 279 cases
closed during the month resulted in
satisfactory adjustments. The up
ward trend of the last four months
in cases alleging discrimination
based on race, he added, continued
in October. Such cases now COM
prise 80 per cent of all incoming
complaints, compared to previous
average of 80 per cent. Discrimina-
ton based on creed was charged in
about six per cent Of the cases dock
eted in October, and bias because
of national origin accounted for the
! remainder.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-12-07
EMBREE AND JOHNSON
now HAITI

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Dec.
Z (ANP)-Dr. Edwin R. Embree,
DR.. Charles S. Johnson and Fred
Vale, officials of the Julius Rosen-
wald fund of Chicago, have arrived
here. Travelling under the auspices
of the Coordinator of Inter-Ameri-
can affairs, the trio is expected to
visit various parts of this island
and to advise on phases of the agri-
cultural and rural education pro-
gram. They were met by DR.. Max
Bond who has charge Of an English
speaking experiment in the local
school system here. The group will
return to the United States before
the New Year.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-12-07

arrested on strengthen description
given police by Ratliffe, who was to
see the suspect this morning for
Identification. The suspect had no
money in his possession when he
was arrested, police stated.
Ratliffe said the man who robbed
him came to his store about 3 pm.
and asked for a job and worked
about two an done-half hours. He
recognized the man and thought he
had seen him around some whole
sale dealer on St. Clair street. He
paid the man $3.50 for the work
but the man fingered around the
rear of the store.
AS Ratliffe walked to the front
OF the store at approximately 6
pm. to wait on customer his erst-
while employee attacked him from
behind with his fists and a claw
hammer. The man rolled him over
and took some chacks and money, a
key ring, and other valuables from
his hip pocket and ran out the store.
The customer had fled out the
front and Ratliffe, though injured
severely around the face and head
managed to crawl to a phone and
get the police.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-12-07
MASS Meeting FRI. Mite:
kINChENS fund GROWING
$534 RAISED. FOR APPEAL

With the receipt of contributions
Of SAT reported this week, the total
amount raised to date for the Dan
iel Kinchen Appeal fund is 1884.
In an effort to raise the amount
necessary to prosecute the appeal,
a mass meeting will be held at Tab
ernacle Baptist church Friday eve
ming at o'clock, with Marian Smith
Williams, noted social worker, as
the principal speaker.
The specially-formed Citizens
Committee conducting the cam
paign, of which the Rev. George w.
Sherard, pastor Of Mckinley Meth
odist church, is chairman, is seeking
the cooperation of the entire COM
munity in an effort to avoid what
the committee deems a miscarriage
of justice.
Charged and convicted on q
charge Of assault with intent to
commit rape, the committee con-
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-12-07
ANDERSON REELECTED
BAR ASSOCIATION Pres.

CHICAGO, Dec. Z (ANP) -
Charles W. Anderson, Kentucky
legislator, was reelected president
of the National Bar association at
the annual convention here. Other
officers are John A. Hibbler, Little
Rock, 1st vice president; j. R.
Booker, Little Rock, End vice presi-
dent; John H. Wilson, 3rd vice
president; Sadie T. M. Anderson,
Philadelphia, secretary; L. Marion
Poo, Newport News, Va, assistant
secretary; William T. Carver, New
York, treasurer.