davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-16
City's Housing
Need Stirs
Renewed Study

Every night now you can figure
hat about 125 people are sleeping
in their cars in Ell Centre
This is an estimate OF various
agencies of Ell Centro and none
can see any immediate relief fer
,hese people who come here ex-
pecting to find housing.
THE sad part of it is" accord
ing to Ben Herring, chamber secre-
tary, to whose desk between thirty
to forty come daily seeking room
or shelter, that at least every
fourth person is a woman with a
child or children and it's tough TO
have to tell them there's nothing
available" Al
About ten Per cent Of women
seeking living places are connected
with field workers. The rest rep
Continued on page 6, col. 8
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-16

WASHINGTON, Jan. Is.
(UP) = The United States
was expected Saturday to
join Great Britain in accepting the
Polish governments request for it's
good offices" in mediating the
Russo-Polish boundary dispute.
The entire question was dumped
into the laps of the two western
allies Friday when the Polish gov
ernment-in-exle in London an
nounced that it took cognizance of
the Russian statement of Jan. IL
proposing the 1919 Curzon line as
the postwar boundary between Po-
land and Russia-and was willing
to have the problem negotiated by
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-16

the United States and Great Brit
ain.
The British government was re-
ported to have accepted this for
mula. but several hours after hav-
ing received the text of the Polish
governments statement, the state
department would only say, 1.-The
Polish governments request for
good offices has just reached the
department this evening and is re-
ceiving attention"
The Polish statement indicated
that new crisis in the relations
of the major powers may have been
reached. The question of Russo
Polish boundaries repeatedly had
been avoided both at the Moscow
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-16

sent2tiVes vote on the issue "and
in the coming elections they will
not forget the stand their respec-
tive representatives took"
WOULD BOLSTER MORALE
The Journal said the legislation
if enacted would heighten morale
and convince the allies and enem-
les alike" that the American home
front was making an all-out effort
SO that "the war would be shorten
ed and countless American lives
saved"
Senator Warren r. Austin, (RD, ,
Vermont, co-author of a national
Continued on page 6, col. u
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-16
THREF-POINT CALL
Stimson Okehs
Rail Wages

Friday night when the firemen and
enginemen the conductors and the
sWitchmen signed with the carriers
on the same terms granted the To-
comotive engineers and trainmen in
a presidential arbitration award.
The agreement stipulated paw
ment of four cents an hour addi-
tional for straight time and five
cents an hour extra in lieu of over
time. Furthermore, it called for a
weeks vacation with pay.
The firemen and enginemen, con-
ductors, and switchmen originally
Continued on page g. col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-16
FLIER'S BODY FOUND

LAS VEGAS, New, Jan. Is. CUP)
The body of Pvt. Stephen Gray
Rockwell, one of two men killed
when a Flying Fortress burned and
crashed CT miles north of here Jan
4, was found Saturday, it was an
nounced here. RockWell'S body, his
parachute unopened, was found
about four miles from the wreckage
of the plane. Eleven members of
the crew in the big bomber escaped
uninjured.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-16
French Capture
ItoIian City

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS. AL
giers, Jan. Is CUP)-French troops
scoring their first major victory of
the italian campaign have cap
tured the key highway town of
Acquafondata, six miles northeast
of Casino. it was announced Of
ficially Saturday.
Gen. Alphonse Juin's French units
fighting through the Italian noun
tains on the right wing of the
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-16

Allied Fifth army seized three
strategic peaks commanding the
slopes leading down to Casino
and the inland road to Rome, as
well as Acquafondata, a communi-
que revealed.
The new gains ran the French
advance against stiff German OPP
position to five miles, since the Of
fensive to the right of the Ameri-
can forces was launched three
days ago.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-16
SEEK DOUBLE SLAYER

SPOKANE, Wash, Jan. Is. (UP)
police today hunted a
man who welded a hatchet in a
Spokane home during the night
leaving two persons dead and two
critically injured. The slashed
bodies were found today in living
quarters behind small sign paint
ing shop. The victims were lying
en- bed. two of them still breath
ing but expected to die.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-16

WASHINGTON, Jan. IS. CUP) :
Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson
Saturday approved retroactive wage
increases to Dec. 27 for members of
three operating railroad unions af-
ter being informed officially that
union leaders had officially can
celled their strike call.
The action ended the railroad
labor dispute so far as operating
unions are concerned. A special
board is now considering the wage
rates of the 100000 members of
the Is incorporating unions.
A major obstacle was removed
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-16
Sea Monster
Won't Down

DUNCAN, B. c., Jan. Is. (UP)
-Seacoast residents were on the
lookout again Saturday for the
areas famous monster" Vic
tor Scholey said he saw the SER
pent, which he described as 80
feet long and four feet in dia-
meter with very small head,
about so yards off Government
Wharf at Mable Bay Friday.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-16
Raj BLASTS BIG NAz| INDUSTRIAL CITY
Chicago Gaming
Car Slain in
Gangsters Tilt
Meets End in New
Fight to Rule
Old CapOne Ring

CHICAGO, Jan. ID. (UP)
Ben (Little Zookie) Zuck-
erman, 40, Westside gam
bling boss, and his lieutenant, Ben
Chaser, 60, lay side by side in a
funeral home Saturday as the un-
derWorld battled for the remnants
of the old Capone crime syndicate.
zuckerman was shot down on
the steps of his home Friday night
as he pleaded for his life. Glaser
. died from heart attack when he
was informed of the assassination
of his chieftain.
SEEK TRIGGERMAN
Police secured the underworld
hauntS for the triggerman, believed
hired by rival vice lords who recent
ly have cut down rebellious mino'
chieftains in alleyways, barbershops
and hotel rooms in the growing
struggle for control of the under
world which was left leaderless by
the suicide of Ralph Nitti.
Nitti toik his own life in a weed
patch beside a railroad spur when
he was indicted in New York for
his part in the shakedown of the
motion picture industry which has
sent several of his henchmen to
prison.
FIRED THREE SHOTS
Zuckerman's slayer felled the
gambler with a single shot fired
at arms length, fired twice more,
then leaped into an automobile
where two confederates were wait
ing. zuckerman collapsed on the
steps screaming don't shoot, don't
shoot as two small boys watched
curiously from across the street.
The gunman, who the boys said
was slightly built man, apparent
ly was waiting at the curo for
Zuckerman to return home. The
first bullet was fired into the right
side of Zuckerman's chest. AS the
gamblers knees buckled, the gun
man stepped closer, fired another
bullet into his eye and a third
into his throat
Zuckerman was a survivor of the
prohibition era vice hierarchy. On
March 16, 1927, a Would-Ee assassin
fired three shots into his face, but
he recovered. Police were investigat-
ing his activities at the time of his
death to determine if he again was
engaged in liquor traffic.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-16
THE WEATHER

FORECAST FOR IMPERIAL
VALLEY - Fair Saturday night
and Sunday, little change in
temperature. Highest temperature
will be 20 to 72 degrees. Con-
tinued light to moderate frOsts at
night with lowest temperatures 30
to 80 degrees.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-16
Warren Stresses
Postwar IunS.

three things of the national ad-
ministration
l. Ascertain what attitude the
government is going to take in
western industry.
2. Give the west more voice in
shaping policies of the war so the
area will have a more liberal at
titude toward industry
3. Stimulate the people to develop
their own resources and interest
western money in industry.
ORGANIZE PARLEYS
Shortly after his Inauguration a
year ago, Warren helped organize
western governors into holding re-
gional conferences because we in
the west have grown faster than
the rest of the country and must
share our problems" The next
conference will be held in March in
Phoenix, Ariz.
Questioned on the Importance of
western industry, he said:
"The area west of the Rockies has
changed more in character than
any part Of the naticn. The econo-
my of our states has changed from
Continued on page 6, col -
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-16
PIONEER BURIED

LOS ANGELES, Jan. Is. (UP)-
Funeral services were to be held
Saturday for Frederick W.. Taylor,
pioneer agriculturist and super
visor of the Guayule rubber plant
projects at Salinas, Cal, and Tue
son, Ariz., who died Wednesday
after long illness. He was 83. Tay
lor is survived By widow and three
sons.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-16
Universal Draft
Plan Faces
Battle in Senate
Army-Navy Journal Hur|s Charge
OF Politics. Demands Passage;
Coioradans Lead in OPPOSITION

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 (UP)-The Army and Navy
Journal warned Saturday that the in the
armed forces fed up politics and wage racketeer-
ing and favor national service legislation
The service publication said that men in uniform would
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-16
Night Raid Rips
Brunswick with
SWip pc at Berlin
2240 Tons Of Bombs Dropped Upon
City in Twen+y-Three Minutes;
Wipe Out Huge Airplane Factories

LONDON, Jan. 15 (UP)-The Royal air force dropped
than 2240 tons of bombs the German aircraft
ter of Brunswick in % minutes Friday night hitting
peak of $50 tons minute the air ministry announced
Saturday.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-16

PORTLAND, Ore, Jan
Is. (UP)-Gov. Earl War
rem of California urged Sat
urday that far western states have
a greater voice in shaping policies
of the home front war effort 10
match the record breaking indus
trial achievements along the Pacific
coast.
Governor Warren warned that
unless serious planning is COM
pleted the end of the war will find
industry leaving the Pacific slope
faster than it came.
THREE POINT CALL
Interviewed in Portland while
returning to Sacramento from a
civilian defense conference in Seat
tie, Warren said the governors of
the west were united in asking
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-16
$3.50. 900 81 coo, 900 So, $50. .OOl

Community chairmen, Fawcett
said, have big plans for the drive
and all are geared to start prompt
ly Tuesday.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-16
Old Home Week

Old Home Week
ou should have seen Mr., and Mrs.
Carl SchooSs when 1t. Elaine
Martinelli of the women's marine
reserves walked into the Post-Press
office Friday. The surprise was
terrific.
There was a real reunion and a
lot of "do you remember" and that
was the time when" stuff
AS Elaine Van Scoy, the now
lady marine was society editor of
the Evening Post and Mercury of
Shanghai in 1885 and 1886 when
Schooss was advertising manager
of that publication. And that isn't
all. The lieutenant lived in the
Schooss flat in Shanghai for a
couple of weeks while trying to find
living quarters for herself
Don't be Obvious. We know the
world is a small place.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-16

Two others have been named in
FL Centre to committee heads: Alec
PiliboS for vegetable growers and
shippers, and Louis McManus who
will be in charge of payroll deduc-
tionS.
The quota for Imperial county
towns is as follows:
Ell Gen.
Individ. Corp. Total
tro .... S 760, 500 S 800 900 $1,150,500
BraWleT S 585,000 S 100000 S $4,000
CAL
exico . S 253,5OO S 10000 S 383,5O0
Holt
vile -. S 214,5OO S 10000 S 324,5OO
Impe-
lial -. S $4,000 S 10000 S $4,000
Westmor-
land 80. S 29,25O S 5000 44,250
inland S l4,625 S 1900 S 22.125
Calipa-
tria -..... S 4s,75O $ 25,OoO S 1880
Bard and
Winter
haven % S 4,S75 S $500 S 1875
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-16
D AMBlINe
EpoR7ER
The ImpressiOnist

lnt lmpTcSSiOIiSt
Faye Burke was opening the mail
at the county agricultural commits
sioners office Saturday morning.
Whats this?' she murmIred to
herself as she opened flat pack
age. Inside was a calendar with a
beautifully colored picture on it.
She studied the picture. She turn
ed it over and studied it again.
She turned it first to one side and
then the other. There was nothing
to show what it was.
Here you are" she said as she
walked into an office completely
filled with agricultural inspectors
Its a picture Of a waffle iron or
permanent waving machine. I don't
know which" She held the picture
up for their inspection. The in
spectors Immediately went into hys-
tericS.
1t was picture of an electric
milking machine.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-16
WEATHER

Maximum Thursday SO, minimum Friday 32; S am.
Friday 80, humidity 63; noon Friday go, humidity
Al; pm. Thursday 65, humidity 30
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-16
He Blushed

He Blushed
1t was dinner time at the J. l..
Davis boarding house at 752 Olive,
Ell Centro. Most of the guests were
seated when Ole Nordland walked
into the dining room. He blinked.
No wonder. There was a beautiful
wedding cake. Everyone looked at
him and smiled the way people al
, ways smile at prospective BRIDE
grooms. Ole turned red and began
to stammer and stutter. But the
agony was not yet over.
1t was shower for Ole in spite
of the fact that prospective brides
usually get all the showers.
Ole looked tortured when they
handed him a big basket of gifts
and began to congratulate him on
his coming marriage. Poor Ole!
How he suffered when they made
him open the gifts one by one and
read the cards attached. What
gifts! What cards! (We're actually
helping Ole blush)
1t was a kitchen shower. The
basket held tea towels, coffee pot,
2 ~oncate toner. sieve breakfast
cloths, pie pans, table mats, mouse
rrap, and large supply of moth
balls
Just so Ole and his Wife-to-be
may start out their married life
with an equal advantage, there was
rolling pin for each.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-16

l.. A. HAY-U. S. No. $31 1880; U. s. No. leafy
1. v. $3O.5O-32.5O; No 2 sso5O- 81 so; Sept. flax
S2.96A.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-16

Total Cash, Checks and Drafts Sent
Through The Two FL Centre Banks)
The CIO news., 1944-10-09

Hill shout continually about the
sanctity Of usual business prac-
tices. Our present Congressman
and Senators spend lots Of time
pressuring OPA and WPB for price
increases and special concessions
for their business friends. They
haven't gone to Mr.. Krug asking
for decent clothes for us.
We have a chance to change all
that November and we must
point that out to every woman
who signs our Open Letter on
Clothes. Our votes will determine
whether Congress will back the
policy of our President for stable
wartime economy for our country
and jobs and security In the peace
to come.
For copies Of the "Open Letter
on Clothes" write to Congress Of
Women's Auxiliaries of the CIO,
1919 18th ST., NV, Washington.
D. c.
The CIO news., 1944-10-09

equal pay for equal work. q prin-
cipls which has been resisted by
large segments Of industry.
president Roosevelt and the
War Labor Board which he cre-
ated have gone far toward estab-
fishing the equal pay principle.
Under President Roosevelt this
battle can be completely won,"
OIO-PAC declares I'm the attrac-
lively illustrated booklet.
The most pressing need OF wom-
en- In industry Is care Of their chill
dren while they are at work. Steps
to meet this need have been taken
In the Federal child-cars and school
lunch programs. but much remains
D b. done.
FDR FOR us. HEALTH
The pamphlet sets forth that
President Roosevelt and his Admin
Istration are well aware Of the
problems, for. he said:
"All Americans want this country
to be q place where children can
live In safety and grow In under
standing Of the part they must
play In the Nations future.
''If anywhere I'm the country
any child lacks opportunity for
home life, for health protection,
for education, for moral or splr-
itual development, the strength.
Of the Nation and its ability to
cherish and advance tine princl-
pies Of democracy are thereby
weakened"
In q chapter on "A Padded Cell
for the HCL" (High Cost of Liv-
lng), how ceiling prices, rationing
and subsidies have prevented prices
from skyrocksting as they did dur
Ing World War In graphically
told.
Health advances under President
The CIO news., 1944-10-09

Roosevelt are recited as the pur-
poses Of the Wagner-Murray-Din-
CELL Bill. which would bring medi-
cal care to the people, are clearly
stated.
Reelection of Roosevelt and the
election of a progressive Congress
will make possible an expanded
health program.
Women will 20 back to the
Kitchen, II the reactiOnaries have
their way, says the pamphlet in
another chapter telling how .
progressive government will pro-
vide . jobs-for-all program In
which women will be assured OF
continued employment.
The answer to the reactionaries
will be that "the first step forward
IL the eradication Of discrimina-
ton" against women and Negroes.
with whose economic fate the for
mer are tied.
DISCRIMINATION VARIES
determination ID like q weather.
vans-it points only In one direc-
tion. But 1t also shifts with the
wind" says the pamphlet, which
gives practical steps to end dis
elimination under an enlightened
government.
How women's lot In also tied
up with the kind of international
order we have IL the subject Of
several paragraphs, and In others
o warning sounded against forces
behind Dewey and Brlcker, who
would destroy the very principles
for which the sons, husbands and
brothers Of women are fighting.
Naming the Loyal American
Mothers; We. the Mothers, Mobi-
lie for America; Mothers Of Sons
Forum; National Blue Star Moth
srs Of America and Mothers and
The CIO news., 1944-10-09

YTOSreSStF0 COnSTeSS.
"Sincs the inception Of our Re-
public" says CIO Pres. Philip Muir
ray In the introduction, women
have been on the forefront Of every
progressive movement which has
increased and secured our Democ-
racy. I know the women Of
America will not fail us"
NO SEX IN VOTING
Plunging into the subject Of
women az voters, the pamphlet
states that "at the voting polls
there are no separate booths re-
served for Gentlemen and for
Ladies' A vote is q vote-and sex
has nothing TO do with II we
estimate that women will cast go
per cent of the total vote In No
vsmber of 1914.
@WOmen should take advantage
Of this numerical superiority at
the polls. Because women will be
affected by the outcome Of the
forthcoming elections just a.
much as men,"
"But none compare In Importance
with the election Of 1914" says the
pamphlet after reviewing impor-
tant presidential elections Of our
history. The outcome Of this
sisotion Of 1914 win have q bsaring
On how decisive will be our victory
ever the Axis. The outcome Of the
slsotion Of 1914 win determine how
secure we shall make our peace.
WAR AGAINST POVERTY
"Ths election Of 1914 will decide
whether we shall have full employ
msn< after the war and win our
war over Poverty, Illness and Ig-
Aorance.s
gully ons-thfrd Of eli civilian
employees today are women" the
a. 50 phlet points out and then gives
the Ens why women should receive
order
The CIO news., 1944-10-09

pletely out OI luCh.
One of the auxiliary officers, not
long ago, met a friend sobbing on
a bus. She offered her help, but
the woman replied: II don't know
what to do. I've had my three
children downtown shopping for
seven hours and I can't find q
thing for them to wear"
It's time for us to stop sObbing
on our neighbOr's shoulders and
gripping to our friends. This Is
q political action issue and IL we
approach it that way there are
things We can do that will get
results.
The CIO Auxiliaries have issued
petition. an Open Letter on
Clothes, addressed to Mr.. A. ].
Krug, head of the War Production
Board. 1t calls on him to use the
war powers which WPB has to see
to 1t that serviceable cloth Is made
and used for clothes the people
need. 1t asks him to set standards
to make sure these clothes will
wear, and to give OPA a basis on
which to set price ceilings so that
we can afford to buy them.
REASONS FOR PROTEST
We don't want in any way to
interfere with the requirements of
our armed forces. Their needs come
first. But our shops are full of
cloth so fimsy that 1t doesn't pay
to sew 1t, of garments so sleezy
and so poorly cut it's complete
waste of money to buy them, and
of expensive cotton dresses we
can't afford.
We think that the plants which
are now being used to turn out
these useless products should be
used to meet the needs of our
peopie-and that's what we ask
Of WPB.
This is a campaign in which we
can get the help of most American
housewives. And 1t will give us q
chance to explain to them the
urgent need for women to take
part In political action. One of the
reasons WPB has done nothing
and allowed this clothing crises to
develop Is because they've been
afraid of Congress.
REPUBLICANS ROLE
The Republican leaders on the
The CIO news., 1944-10-09
'Digest' Not
Digest, Probe
Reveals

The Readers Digest, allegedly
o condensation of periodical lit
erature, Is fiOundering In hot
water.
Investigating charges of anti
Semitism, and Of anti-Negro. anti
labor, and anti-Roosevelt bias fired
at the RID by publications and indi-
viduals from two continents. the
Natl Council Of Teachers of Eng
lish has issued a 16-page. single
spaced analysis of the Digest. Their
Inquiries pin the RID In a suffo-
eating corner.
What ls the Readers Digest7
This question was flung at Dewitt
Wallace. editor. by the council. In
his reply he said that the question
Is best answered through a care
full examination Of the magazine
itself with reference to all the
articles published over period Of
one, two or three years.
ANALYZED CONTENTS
And this Is exactly what the
Council did. Asking the question,
"Is the RID really a Digest" they
analyzed the articles appearing
from JAM. 1943. to July. 1914. Here's
what they found:
1. 4S9o did not appear I'm maga-
zines or newspapers before the
editors OF the Digest saw them.
.. $3.50 were "editorialIy
planned"
8. 1876 Of those appearing orig
inally I'm the Digest, or which
appeared later digested by tho
magazine, were signed by editors
Of the RID.
A breakdown Of the Dec. 1943s
issue shows:
1. Five original articles written
by the staff.
2. Six digested articles which ap-
peared elsewhere first, but which
were originally written by the
staff.
8. Seven original articles written
by others than the staff.
4. Eleven others, Of which one
was "editorlally planned"
The CIO news., 1944-10-09
BY ELEANOR FOWLER
Secretary Treasurer, CIO WOmsn's AGxiliar

clothing shortage issue which il close to the
heart of the women country When find garments
the price high and the quality buy them
only In desperation And children under r. ourselves
Al larger need durable work clothes
overas and work gloves husbands often
The CIO news., 1944-10-09

Daughters Of Pennsylvania as or
ganizations solidly behind Dewey
and as seeking to sow disunity, the
pamphlet calls on women to unite
with church. truly patriotic or civic
organizations to rout these groups
by re-electing Roosevelt.
PAO LOGICAL STEP
Because CIO believes in all the
things advocated In the booklet.
the logical step was to organize
politically through PAC to assure
the people that these detectives
would be obtained.
In short order, CIO-PAC became
"a popular peoples movement" and
the next logical step was to utilize
the broader base by setting up the
National Citizens PAC.
It L. pointed out that PAC 10
not q political party, but Is "ded-
icated TO the task Of educating
the people to use their votes or
political strength for the protec-
ton of their rights and interests"
(Thls pamphlet may be obtained
from CIO Political Action Commit
tee. 205 E. 42nd st.. New York II,
N. "
The CIO news., 1944-10-09
Your Future Depends
On FDR's Reelection,
Women Told By PAC
In industry Is the moral.

the CLIO Political Action Committee