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Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-30
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Senate GROUP
Takes Action
In Ward Case

WASHINGTON, April 20.
(UP) - Chairman Pat Nc
Carran, (DD, New, of the
senate Judiciary committee said Sat
urday the government seizure OF
Montgomery Ward & Co. would be
the first taken up in a committee
investigation into the legal author
ity of more than 5000 executive or
Gers issued since the start OF the
Roosevelt administration.
McCarran, who dispatched a spe-
cial investigator to Chicago Thurs
day night to look into the seizure,
has received two telephoned reports
since then.
KEEPS PROBER SECRET
He declined to reveal identity OF
his investigator or any phases on
which he has received reports. He
expected, however, that the investi-
gator would be back in washington
to make a personal report next
Wednesday.
McCarran said he sent the inveS-
resolution adopted March 30 ap-
propriating $4,000 for judiciary
committee investigation into the
constitutional or statutory author
ity for all executive ORDERS issued
by the President or executive de-
partments since March 4, 1888.
TO PRESS INQUIRY
In reference to the Montgomery
Ward seizure McCarran said, This
just happens to come at this time
and to strike one forcibly. intend
to press the investigation vigorous
ly and Immediately within the scope
of the March 80 resolution
The house rules committee has
approved resolution providing for
a special house committee to in
quire into the Montgomery Ward
seizure, but this faces probable de-
lays in enactment, while McCar-
rams group already is at work.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-30
BoIivio's Regime
Mos Revolt Plot

LA PAZ, Bolivia, April 30. (UP)
Bolivia was under a state of siege
Saturday following discovery of "a
vast revolutionary plot" to over
throw the regime of President Gual-
berto Villarroel.
The plot was disclosed Friday
night in a government communi-
que which announced that the rev.
olutionists would be placed lat the
disposal of the courts for tria'
according to the law of the coun-
try"
The communique said that docu-
ments belonging to leaders of the
plot were seized by police and that
a state of siege had been declared
The developments will not affec
next July's elections, the govern
ment said. and all political partie,
were advised they could continu
their campaigns, the only restric-
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-30
3000-PL Lane armada RIPS into Berlin
Money Flung
To Wind.
Twas Mistake

MARYSVILLE, Calf, April 20.
(UPD-A postal clerk Saturday
threw $4,000 in army payroll
money out of a train window by
mistake.
The money was en- route from
the San Francisco Federal Reserve
bank to Camp Beale at Marys-
vile. The postal clerk threw the
payroll cash out at Sheridan,
near Marysville, where some of
the bills were caught under the
wheel of the train.
One hundred soldiers on the
train served as guards while the
money was picked up. When the
search for the bills was completed
$4,000 was still missing.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-30
Strike Ties up
Labor Magazine

INDIANAPOLIS April 30. CUP)
Daniel j. Tobin, president of the
International Teamsters' union,
Saturday rescinded an order dis
charging II girl employees, but mail
ing of 350,000 copies of the union s
magazine was delayed.
The girls had been discharged af-
ter a dispute with the Indianapolis
Mailers' union No. 10 had held up
mailing of the May issue of the
publication, International Team
ster. which was scheduled to have
gone out a week ago.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-30

projects proposed n the federal
bill, including a dam across the
Sacramento river at Table Noun
tain.
In another resolution, the COM
mittee Endorsed a bill pending in
congress which would remove a
limitation of l60 acres on the size
of farms which may receive water
from reclamation projects as it ap-
plies to the Central Valley project.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-30
Plane Crashes
House, ! Die

MEMPHIS, Tenn, April 30. CUP)
AT least seven persons perished
Saturday when a fourth ferrying
group plane crashed into a house
in a Memphis residential section.
Both the plane and the building
were destroyed by flames when the
ship struck the rooftop of a two
story combination dwelling and
apartment house.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-30
Army Abando rs Big Desert
Military Troininq Area

LOS ANGELES, April 20.
(UP)-The army is aban-
doning the worlds largest
military training area, the U. S.
army engineers office here said
Saturday.
Camps spread throughout the
$4,000 square mile desert training
center are being dismantlec' las
another step in winning of the
war;" Col. Rufus w. Putnam, dis
trict engineer, said.
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invasion Start
Held Imminent

LONDON. April 90 CUP)-Axis
and neutral sources, with watchful
eye on reported shipping concen-
trations and the intensified air
offensive, persisted Saturday in
their predictions that an Allied
landing in western Europe was i'm
minent.
Speculation placed III hour" any.
where from a matter of hours to
matter of weeks away, but all
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-30

be glad to go anywhere
Troops were trained in the mas
Sive maneuvers of tank warfare in
weather which sometimes put the
temperatures inside the tanks as
high as l6O degrees. Many armored
divisions, including those which
participated in the African cam
paign, were trained there in man.
euvers over trackless miles of the
California and Arizona desert.
Construction of the camps was
begun in 1912.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-30
Navy Air Station
Misses 4 Guns

According TO Ell Centre police rec
ords the Holtville Naval air station
'eportec that four AS caliber auto
natics. Model l9li-A. have disap-
,eared from the station. The naval
'eport said the automatics were
Missing Thursday night. The re-
,ort was made at 800 pm. Friday.
police said.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-30
Hirohito Marks Birthduv
Midst Mi|itory Display

who distinguished themselves In
production
The Tokyo broadcast said a spe-
cial envoy from the Philippines.
Benignos S. Aquino, visited Premier
Hediki TOTO at his official resi-
dence today for friendly talks"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-30
Po|ygamy Group
Pleads innocent

SALT LAKE CITY, April 80. CUP)
Fifteen many-wived members of
the polygamous Fundamentalists
sect Saturday pleaded innocent to
charges by the state of Utah that
they were guilty of unlawful cohibi-
tation with up to six wives each.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-30
BY UNITED PRESS

The Mississippi river Tapped at
levee tops from ST. Louis to Cairo,
ILL.,, Saturday as it was expected
to reach the 10O-year high of 38.9
feet at st. Louis Sunday. An esti-
mated l,015,000 acres of land were
under water in Missouri and Il
linois and the Mississippi and its
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-30

Press IN San Francisco. said grand
march of infantry units and mech
anized corps followed the review.
Army aircraft simultaneously flew
over the parade ground, Tokyo said.
Medals of merit and recommen-
dationS were awarded to workers
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-30

They served their purpose IN
training troops for desert warfare
and are no longer needed.
Camps Young, Horn, Ibis, Essex,
Granite, and Coxcombe are being
torn Gown by Italian prisoners OF
war, leaving only Camp Laguna
in Arizona.
Camp Young was the mammoth
center of the armys desert war
fare training program. initiated by
Maj. Gen. George S. Patton, Jr., as
a camp from where a soldier would
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WINS FLYING CROSS

WASHINGTON, April 20. UP)-
The distinguished Flying Cross has
been awarded to Second Lieuten-
ant Phillip H. Moore, Albany, Cal,
a member of the army air forces in
England, the war department an
nounced Saturday.
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ton being that approval must be
obtained from the minister OF in
terror for all political meetings,
Villarroel was appointed presi-
lent by junta after overthrow OF
he government of President En-
ique Penaranda December 20, i943.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-30
By UNITED PRESS

A grand military review was held
in Tokyo Saturday in celebration
of Emperor Hirohito's forty-third
birthday, Tokyo radio reported.
The broadcast, recorded by United
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-30
Legislative Group Urges
Flood Control Funds

SACRAMENTO, April 20.
(UP)-Legislative appropri-
alton of $25,0O0,00O to pay
state and local contributions toward
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-30
y AMBllNe
u Ep0RTER
Slightly Embarrassing

q Slightly Embarrassing
Is there a piano in the house?
Are there any drums in the garage?
A squadron soon to take off for
overseas has an orchestra all or
ganized to provide entertainment
but :. is minus drums and piano.
If you have any of these Or
chestral necessities please tele-
phone the Red Cross, Ell Centro
224.
PS.-The boys intend to take the
p;ano overseas with them so don't
make it a loan. Make it lend
lease.
One Hundred Per Cent
A couple of Ell Centre policemen
dragged staggering man into
headquarters and asked Night Desk
Sergeant Orville Jones to book him.
During the process the indignant
man began to speak of the United
States, directing a steady stream of
profanity in that direction. He then
directed the profanity against prac-
tically everything American.
.rWhat do you think of Germany?"
Jones asked. Germany, too, came in
for a spraying of profanity
What do you think of Hitler?"
Jones went on. The profanity be-
came worse.
What do you think Of that?"
Jones asked, throwing handful
of bills in front of the prisoner
Why that old stuff" the prisoner
ragged. Take it away"
At that point one of the police
men asked Jones what he had
booked the prisoner for
For hating everything" Jones
said, blotting the page.
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WEATHER

Maximum Friday II, minimum Saturday A; s AIN.
Saturday AZ, humidity 82 noon Saturday 10, hu-
mdty 33; pm. Friday 10, humidity 80.
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$2.96N.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-02-18

union since he was Is years old.
But this is not the only reason. He
has the qualifications of mind and
heart which show through his nat
ural modesty when there are ques-
tions to be settled and decisions
to be made, and he can act with
firmness and dispatch when occa-
sion demands.
Howard has been a member of
Local II since 1885 when he first
went to work at the Auto-Lite
plant. He has been a member Of
the Auto-Lite shop committee since
1889, serving continuously since
then and is now candidate for shop
chairman,
Since 1941 he has been a mem
Der of the Local II executive board,
serving two years as parliament
tartan. He is also director of the
Auto-Lite Servicemen's Gift Fund
Committee, and serves the work
ers at the Stickney Ave. plant on
the second shift.
Giving generously of his time
and efforts in behalf of the union,
Howard volunteered to serve as an
organizer without pay in the 1910
membership drive at the Champion
Spark Plug Co. The drive was sue
cessful and ended with the forma-
ton of the Spark Plug Unit fol-
lowing a successful NLRB election.
AS a member of the executive
board, Howard services the Buck
eye Paint, Laclede-Christy and
Phoenix Box Units of Local II.
Heward's wife is employed as a
nurse at the Sticbney Ave. Auto
Lite plant. They reside at 1927
Linmore st.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-02-18
Manager Discusses Problem
JAW Boord
Approves
Member Request

LOS ANGELES, Feb. TO-
Members of the International
UAW-CIO executive board meet
ing here in their regular quarterly
session today unanimously ap-
proved the applications of two To-
ledo Unions to become members of
Local II, UAW-CIO.
Approved by the board were the
applications of the American Pro-
peller Unit of Local 27 and Local
53, Peerless Moulded Plastics to
become member Units of Local II,
largest Local in Ohio.
Approximately 1,500 members of
the American Propeller Unit and
$50 of the Peerless Plastics local
will become members of Local II,
swelling the membership Of the Lo-
cal to more than $4,000.
Richard Gosser, regional director
from Toledo, is attending the board
meeting here.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-02-18

and vice-president respective
/ ly, sharply criticized Mr.. Bo-
CART. Cause Of the criticism
was a reply that the OPA director
had sent to Mr.. Lazette in reply to
a letter from the TIUC president
asking for the appointment of a
labor co-ordinator in Toledo,
Bogart States Position
In his letter to the TIUC, Mr..
Bogart stated that he could not ap-
point a labor co-ordinator because
he did not have the authority.
Neither was it possible to appoint
person for one job and then per-
nit them to do some other work, he
said.
Mr.. Lazette said that the OPA
head could, if he was so minded,
make a recommendation or requi-
sition Washington for labor CO.
ordinator.
Earl Ordway emphatically con-
demned Mr.. Bogart and called him
"the biggest bungler who ever
came to Toledo" He accused the
OPA head of giving labor repre-
sentatives the 'brush-off" and
said, "a person has to be in his
political ring to get consideration.
Ramey Is Criticized
Also sharply criticized was Con-
gressman Homer A. Ramey. repre-
senting the 9th Congressional Dis
trict. Criticism of Ramey came as
a result of report sent to UAW-
CIO unions in Toledo and else
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-02-18
Spicer Member
Dies at ToroWo

Clyde Bryan, steward in Dept.
SO of the Spicer Mfg. Co., has re-
ceived word of the death of his
son, James w. Bryan, in the fight
ing on Tarawa.
James w. Bryan, a resident of
Delta, was a member of the Spicer
Unit of Local II, UAW-CIO, prior
to his entrance into the. Marines.
He was member of the landing
parties which stormed the beaches
of the island of Tarawa and met
his death in action. He is survived
by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde
Bryan of Delta.
Carl Shick, chairman of the Spi-
Ger Unit, expressed his sympathy
for the bereaved parents and said,
"It seems to me that the death of
this young man and many others
of organized labor constitutes an
eloquent but tragic answer to
those who still say American work
ers are not doing their part"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-02-18

benefits, veterans aid and allow
ances for servicemen's dependents.
The other would permit employers
to raise wages to subsistence
level, determined by the Bureau OF
Labor Statistics, without requiring
approval of the Natl. War Labor
Board.
Defeated earlier in the day by a
46 to 20 vote was the Aiken-La-
Toilette food stamp law COM
promise amendment purporting TO
extend relief to low income groups.
Republican and southern Demo-
crat senators exhibited their con-
tempt for the needs Of consumers
the day before when they adopted
by a voice vote the Eastland Nc
Clellan amendment, calling for an
immediate one cent increase in the
price of milk.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-02-18
Unemployment
increases
In 1914

Unem ployment compensation
payments totaled $4,154.92 in The
Toledo area during January, Or
vile E. Willford, representative
of the Bureau of Unemployment
Compensation in this area, said
recently. The average weekly
number of benefit recipients in the
area was 81, he added.
Benefit payments for the entire
state totaled $120,602, Mr.. Will
ford said he had been informed
by Administrator Hugh S. jenkins
at Columbus. This represented an
increase of At per cent over De
cember payments, yet was more
than so per cent lower than the
amount paid to unemployed work
ers during January year ago.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-02-18

bun-Jones, for trustees. The one
who receives the highest number
of votes will serve for a term of
three years, the other for one
year. William Weston, Bingham
Stamping, was unopposed for par
limentarian, and Ernest Kubacki,
DeVilbiss, and Alex Stefan, Auto
Lite, will be unopposed as board
members-at-large.
Contested are the offices Of re-
cording secretary, sergeant-at-
arms and guide. Nominated for
recording secretary were Richard
Meyers, Willys-Overland, and Paul
Hecklinger, Hall Manufacturing.
For sergeant-at-arms, Melvin Grif-
fin, Mather Spring; Lloyd Spei-
dell, Champion, and Thomas Adair,
Spicer. For guide, Gerald Biddle,
Gordon; Howard Cutcher, Auto
Lite, and William Joy, Fort Pitt.
DeclinatiOn Date Set
Deadline for declinations was
set for Feb. 18. Those who wish
to decline to run for office must
have their declinations in the
hands of Norman Meyers, acting
recording secretary, before mid
night of that date. If the declina-
ton is in writing, it must be post
prior to midnight, Feb. IS.
Election will take place Feb, %
and 26.
Every member of Local II in
good standing is eligible to vote in
the election. Credentials consist
ng of a dues card showing paid
up membership or dues receipt
must be shown in order to qualify
10 vote.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-02-18

abandonment of subsidies.
Pepper offered his proposal
in the shape of an amend
ment to HR BAIT, the farm bloc
Commodity Credit Corp. bill which
orders the government to ditch its
billion dollar subsidy program by
June 3d. IF we are going to in
crease the cost of living" Pepper
declared, cts only fair that wages
should be allowed to go up. Other
wise subsidy repeal would be the
same as cutting every workers
pay so.
Still pending late Feb. II were
two other amendments offered by
Pepper designed to help relieve
burden of soaring living costs on
fixed income groups. One would
require the government to raise by
$50 the pay of federal workers,
federal pensions and retirement
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-02-18
Lawyers Urge
Veto Of Tex Bill

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14-(FP)
- The tax bill now before Presl-
dent Roosevelt is $50 devoid of the
basic requirements of realistic
tax law and contains so many
Objectionable provisions, as to
compel a veto," the Natl. Lawyers
Guild told the President, Feb. IL.
Points against the bill, the
Guild said are its failure to raise
enough revenue, its inflationary
provisions, its weakening of the
renegotiation statute and a provi-
sion requiring unions and farm CO.
operatives to file financial state
ments with the Treasury.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-02-18

must be held within 80 days
Of the NLRB directive which
was dated Feb. 2.
Election in March
Allowing for the time required
by the NLRB to post notices Of
election and other necessary legal
requirements, the election will
probably be held some time during
the first week in March.
Appearing on the ballot will be
the UAW-CIO, MESA and No
Union.
MESA efforts have been direct
ed solely to securing representa-
ton for the so-called skilled"
trades and barring what the
MESA calls "less skilled" labor.
Local II, UAW-CIO, has sought
to enroll all the workers in one
strong industrial unicn, according
to the CIO theory and practice of
organizing industries, on the
grounds that one big union is
stronger than a small one made up
Of an "aristocracy'' of labor.
MESA Strikes
UAW-CIO leaders are pointing
to the MESA strike of two weeks
ago as evidence that the MESA
has strong doubts about its ability
to destroy labor unity by means of
a small union which appeals TO
the pride Of few Of the workers,
but which is proving increasingly
more difficult to maintain in the
face of the growing might and
demonstrable strength Of indus
trial unionism as shown by the
UAW-CIO.
MESA strikes against the Ma
tional Labor Relations Board and
in defiance of the War Labor
Board were staged in Toledo,
Cleveland and Detroit in protest
Continued on Page
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-02-18
A & P Signs
Union Agreement

Agreement has been reached be-
tween the A & P Co. and Local 363
URWDSEA-CIO covering all ware
house employees at the company's
Brown Ave. warehouse, according
to Ivo Erwin, representative of the
union. The agreement was signed
last week. Wages and union secur-
ity, the only two clauses in dispute,
were referred to the War Labor
Board. Bargaining rights were won
by the URWDSEA in en- election
held last September under the
NLRB.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-02-18

mittee be authorized to go
into the question Of securing
new sources of gas supply.
Mr.. Disable expressed his con-
Germ with the gas situation which
caused Toledo war industries to
lay off 1000 men last Mon
day due to low gas pressure. He
stated his belief that the shortage
was in the wells and was not due
to the weather and said, 1--WE ought
to look into the possibilities of
other gas sources should the pre-
sent sources fail"
Questions Bills
Saying that he could see some
relationship between the increased
size of the gas bills and the re-
duced gas pressure, Mr.. Disable
said that it was his belief that
the committee should be author
lied to inquire into other sources
of supply.
Councilman Ira Bame expressed
the wish that the entire matter be
referred to the administration, say
ing that the problem 'was ad-
ministrative rather than legisla-
tive" and that he believed the
citizens committee which handled
Ie gas negotiations three years
=. "a should be reactivated.
! is Councilman Arthur Jurrus said
Twas his belief that "we should
get into this before they force
artificial gas on us at higher
rate"
Manager Discusses Problem
City manager George Schoon-
maker discussed the gas problem
and said that the city was nearing
the time when the gas company's
franchise would expire, July 1914.
He said that the negotiations with
the gas company three years ago
was "a liberal education" and
stated that the negotiated rates
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