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Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-04

Imperial county leaders
Who went to Washington to
oppose ratification of the
Mexican water treaty were
home this week with their hopes
dimmed for immediate settlement
of the pact which would guarantee
that country 100000 acre feet of
water annually.
Evan r. Hewes, president OF the
Colorado river board and the I'M
perial Irrigation district, said We'd
.slesday that the announcement that
hearings would be postponed indefi-
nitely came as a surprise to the
California opponents who had grid
ed themselves for battle on the
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-04
Ward FIRM OFFICIAL SEIZED BY Fb|
General Orders
Wife TO Tend
To Her Kniifin"

BOSTON, May a. dUP)-Mrs.
Mark w. Claia said Thursday
that she often worries about her
husband in italy but has learned
to keep her worries to herself.
Cnce she wrote asking him not
to visit the front every day, to
which the general replied:
MY dear, you turn your lamb
chops over on the stove and I'll
run my army"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-04

basis of the treatys abrogation Of
the rights of American citizens.
Members of the senate foreign
relations committee which tenta-
lively had set hearings to start
May made the announcement
stating they were acting both on the
request of Senator Sheridan Down.
ey Cd, of California and because
Senator Hiram Johnson RD, was
absent in Florida.
HARDLY SUFFICIENT
I'VE feel that these reasons are
not sufficient" Hewes declared,
because Senator Downey's request
was made some time ago and the
committee at that time took no cog
rizance of 1t. Our group was ready
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-04

American planes often sight small
japanese craft, some of which
closely resemble PIT boats.
FACTS REVEALED
A communique from Gen. Doug
las MacArthur's headquarters saio:
THE apparent failure of recog-
milton signals involved two PIT
boats in action with friendly planes
from the Solomons near Cape Lam
bert. Both boats and two planes
were wrecked"
The spokesman said the incident
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-04

A LII | + d HEADQUAR-
T E r S, Southwest Pacific,
May 4. (UP)-Two Ameri-
can planes and two PIT
boats were wrecked when they
fought each other near Rabaul,
New Britain, last Saturday, after
they apparently failed to recognize
signals, it was announced Thursday.
Casualties were light consider
ing the nature of the incident" a
spokesman said, adding that the
battle occurred in an area where
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-04
Postponins Of Water Pact
Heorin9 Irks Valley Group

TO oppose ratification then and we
will oppose it at any time the
hearings are set. Meanwhile we
plan to continue our educational
program throughout the nation
among the people and congress be-
cause there are features OF that
treaty which are in direct conflict
with our theories of American gov
ernment."
HeWes said that when the Cali
fornia group first arrived In WASH
ington most congressional leaders
were of the opinion that the only
issue was the division of water.
by the time we were ready for
the hearing they had begun to
Continued on page 2, col. 50
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-04
T. of { Gets Call
To Take Part in
National Affairs

The Ell Centro Chamber of Com
merce should establish a national
affairs committee to study all mat
ters of national legislative nature
and enlist active support CT local
business and interest, w. E. Ham
mond, San Francisco. told the di-
rectors at their meeting WcdneS-
day night.
Hammond, who is western divi-
sion manager of the u. S. Chamber
of Commerce, outlined the nation .
organizations belief that local
chambers assist in getting proper
legislation to retrieve free enter
prise from war directives as well
as obtain the release of war time
restrictions at the close Of the war.
FREE ENTERPRISE
Free enterprise, as a system. has
more than demonstrated its ability
during the war despite restrictions.
Right now congress is looking
more tc the small businessmen than
the induStrialistS to state tEsir
problems and 1t should be the pur-
pore of any committee that you
set up to see that your congress
men find out what you want,
Hammond declared.
He said the national chamber is
not advocating unwise, overnig~
elimination of directives and or
ders. but an orderly REIMBURSEMENT
of restrictions.
Reconversion 10 peace time busi-
nefs should be carried out as rapid
ly as possible and this will involr/
changes i'm the federal fiscal set
up to permit, under tax laws, the
opportunity for business and in
dustry to establish reserves for
Continued Oh page 2, col. .
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-04
Council Views
Need Of Plunge;
To Take Action

If the Desert Plunge is not opened
by its owner it should either be
opened by the city or another one
built, Ell Centre city council argued
Wednesday night.
Councilman Bob Hatton announc-
ed to the board that he had been
informed by Mrs. Alice Kenyon
owner of the plunge, that she did
not intend to open it this year.
This prompted Councilman w. A.
Continued on Pg. 2, Col. u
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-04
Strikes Spread
In Score Of
Detroit's Plants
BY UNITED PRESS

More than $4,000 Workmen were
idle in Detroit anc Windsor, Ont,
Thursday, tying up vital war pro-
duction in four plants of the Ford
Company of Canada, Ltd, and II
plants in the Detroit area.
Return of 25 per cent of the $500
striking employees of the Kelsey
Hayes Detroit plant brought indi-
cation of a possible termination OF
the strike wave which has engulfed
Detroit plants.
Normal production of tankers and
cargo ships was also resumed at the
Sun Shipbuilding and Drydcck com.
pany. of Chester, IA. alJcr return
to-work vote by ctriking piecework
counters.
SECOND BREAK"
The second break" in the strike
at the Ford plants and several feed
er units in the Windsor area ap-
peared as 300 stewards announced
they had scheduled a mass meeting
for Friday to take direct action
to settle the walkouts."
Production at the Windsor plant,
employing $4,000 workmen, and the
feeder units, employing another
1000 meanwhile was at complete
Standstill.
CONTROVERSY SPREADS
A controversy between the war
labor board and the Foreman's As
sociation of America, an inde-
pendent union seeking WLB recog-
milton, spread to an additional II
war plants in the Detroit area. The
labor disputes left 1900 workers
idle, and WLB directives ordering
the men back to work apparently
had little effect
The United Automobile Workers
executive committee, in Minneapolis,
condemned the series of unauthor-
lied strikes in Detroit and Windsor
plants and ordered strikes at the
Detroit plant of the Republic Air.
craft corporation back to work.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-04
Aid to Manager
Arrested for
liking PIocord
Government SIeu+hs Put Handouts
On Store Assistant and Make
CHARGE Of Theft of U.S.. Proper+y

CHICAGO, May a. (UP)-Federal Bureau of Investi-
cation agents arrested official of Montgomery Ward
and company Thursday in the lobby of the firms Chicago
plant when they found him taking down government
poster notifying the company not to dismiss any empoye
without the of the federal officer operating the
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-04
BASEBALL

NATIONAL
New York .....0l0 |
Boston .............. 00l
Pyle. Feldman and lombard;
HutchinSon and Kluttz.
st. Louis .... 300
Pittsburgh 600
M. Cooper and O'Dea; Butcher
and Lopez
AMERICAN
Chicago .............00
Cleveland 10
Lopat and fresh; Kennedy and
Susce.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-04
y AMBlINe
IMPORTER

Color BEnt,
One of the. rroudest grandpas in
the country is Leo Hetzel. His
daughter, Mrs. Jake Brown. has a
brand new daughter and the two
are staying in the FL Centre hos
pital.
Leo, Of course, rushed over to see
the baby
I'D like to sec the Brown baby"
he said to the nurse.
She brought one out fer Leo to
see. 1t was brown, very brown in
deed.
Slightly Confused
A picnic lat Sunday was not
exactly picnic for Millicent
Greer. Scven-yf ar-old daughter of
Mr.. and Mr.. F.. W. Greer. Because
you see, Millicent became entangled
with some cactus. The cOverage was
practically one hundred per cent.
She was able to go &c school
Monday, pricklCsS and red spots
Notwithstanding.
Continued on Pg. 2. Col. ~
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-04
WEATHER

Maximum Wednesday 96, minimum
Thurs. so; s am. Thurs. Sc, humid
ity AZ; noon Thurs. SO, humidity FL;
pm. Wednesday 80, humidity Z.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-04

CLASS OF SERVICE
This Is q full.rate
Telegram or Gable.
gram, unless It's dcs.
| ferred eharsescr Is In.
dicated by a suitable
symbol above or pre-
eeding the address.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-17
Race MingIing
Sfirs Censure

WASHINGTON, Feb. II. CUP1--
Representative Charles E. Mckenzie
D0, Louisiana, criticized the Co
mingling' of races at the Washing
ton labor canteen tor servicemen
here, the recent opening OF which
was attended by Mrs. Eleanor
Roosevelt. He condemned with all
the intensity of my soul the pro-
motion of such activities
McKenzie's statement, inserted In
the Congressional Record, includ-
ed a clipping from the Washington
Post which said Mrs. Roosevelt
attended opening ceremonies and
congratulated the Congress of In
dustrial Organizations union coun-
Gil on establishment of the can
teen.
Mckenzie said he was shocked"
and stunned" by the Post item
which said there were both white
and negro girl hostesses at the
event.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-17
Rep. John Phillips

The dis; ussion of UNRRA con-
tinues. The list sent me from OFRO
contained names of men and women
familiar to every one who has had
anything to do with the WPA or the
SRA or other relief groups since
1884 A director of the California
SRA under Gov. Olson appeared as
chief of a division at $4,000 Many
were names of men and women
known to be, shall l say, highly lib
eral.
I personally was toid by the head
of a government agency that a GER
tain man on the list was to have
been assigned to his agency, after
unsuccessful attempts to assign him
to other agencies, but he had sue
ceeded in getting him assigned to
the Lehman committee instead"
STILL IN DARK
| do not klioW now many of these
men and women have been taken
over by UNRRA. 1t is another thing
not yet told the congress.
What will be the position of the
United States in the, set-up? There
are "A nations signing the pact. The
United States will have one vote
in the general council. The Com
monWealth of Great Britain has,
as signatories to the agreement,
Australia, Canada, India, New Zea-
land, South Africa, England dn-
GLIDING northern Ireland. I doubt if
these will always agree; I state only
as a fact that we have one vote out
of A.
The executive committee is COM
posed of the representatives of the
four largest powers: England, Rus
sia, China, the United States. 1t
runs UNRRA between council meet
ings. The director-general is Gov
Lehman. Does he represent the
United States? Turn to page 136 of
the transcript
The question is asked: AS direc-
tor-general, you are serving for
UNRRA, rather than as a, repre-
sentative Of the United States? You
are a creature of UNRRA and must
follow instructions of the council?'
Is WORLD AGENT
Gov. Lehman replied: Il want to
make that very clear I am not here
at all as the representative of the
United States l am here exclusive
ly as an international official rep
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-17
y Rise TO Remark
(U. S. Many photo from NEA,

resenting the a. governments as a
group"
If the United States is not salts
fled with the activities of UNRRA,
can we amend the agreement? Prac-
tically no; it can be amended by a
two-third vote of the "A nations.
Amendments to Articles III and Nv
Cthe operating sections) must have
also the approval Of ALL FOUR
members of the executive committee.
The bill asks for a money limita-
ton of $1,350,000, What for?
Relief and rehabilitation de-
tails. I'm not so sure we want to
finance a world WPA. We weren't
so happy with our own little one
few years back.
How was the figure arrived at?
BY taking the income of the men,
Der nations; adjusting some because
Of war conditions, dividing costs be-
tween the rest. We come in on a
basis cf l per cent of our income.
That makes $3.50, 100000. Do we
need that much? Who knows? One
Of the Presidents advisors, who may
have something to do with the ad-
ministration of UNRRA, says it
should have asked only for $780,
000000 No figures have been given
the congress. Continued next
week.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-17
Japs Are Crazy
For Watches

SEATTLE, Feb. II. CUPD-Franl.
Smith, formerly of KoWloon, China,
has developed considerable respect
as lifesavers-after they contribut-
ed largely to the safety of himself,
his wife and father after being vir-
tual prisoners of the Japanese.
Smith, now employed at the Boe-
ing aircraft plant, said that watch
es entered his life soon after the
Japanese entered KoWloon, across
the bay from Hong Kong. The jap
anese would not let him commute
to his job and the family had to
have food, SO Smith solved the
problem by going into the watch
business.
CRAZY FOR JEWELRY
He said the invaders were crazy
to get hold Of jeWelry.' Most of
them preferred wrist watches, he
said, and one Jap soldier was wear
ing six of them.
Il managed to get some watches
through buying and trading" Smith
said. Il held them until the prices
had jumped many times the pur-
chase price and then I sold. 1 con-
trived to get more. Often I could
buy from the japanese and sell at
higher prices to other Japanese
Once 1 resold to Japanese, at
many times the cost, the very watch
l had previously bought from him"
Despite the watch business, the
family was unable to obtain money
for sufficient food because of high
prices. Smiths Chinese mother died
from improper food, and his Amer
ican father contracted beri-beri.
He applied year in advance to
make the trip to America aboard
the liner Gripsholm-a trip which
Smith described as like going from
hell to paradise
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-17
Chemica! Firm
Maps Plans
On Man Power

WASHINGTON, Feb. II UP)-A
plan to ease the manpower short
age in the chemical industry was
proposed recently in a letter to
Manpower Commission Chairman
Paul v. McNutt by Harry L. Derby,
president of American Cyanamid e.
Chemical Corp. and head of the
Manufacturing Chemists Assn.
Derby suggested that the United
States Employment Service obtain
frcm the armed services names
addresses and qualifications of men
before their discharge. This in
formation, made available to the
local office of USES nearest the
.home of the veteran, would enable
employers in the area to contact
the qualified men.
Chemical producers are greatly
concerned over their shrinking
output. Industrial and Engineering
Chemistry, a publication of the
American Chemical Society, reports,
and they fear that the recent ac-
ton of Selective Service on the
status of men in the 18 to % age
bracket will intensity the down.
ward production trend.
Emphasizing the scarcity CT
skilled workers in the chemical
field, the publication reported that
one governmental agency handling
an important phase of war pro-
duction is seeking data on chem
lists and chemical engineers now in
the armed forces. with the idea of
asking for the immediate outright
release CT assignment of such men
to vital research work.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-17
Hershey Warns
OF Man Power
Dearih in u. s.

GLEN RIDGE, N. j., Feb. II.
(UP)-Asserting that the nations
manpower is not sufficient to fill
all wartime needs, Maj. Gen. Lewis
B. Hershey, director of selective
service, warns that something
must give somewhere"
THAT something must not be
the fighting forces nor efficiently
operated essential industry" he
said after an ''off the record" ad-
dress at the Glen Ridge battalion
forum
Declaring that the manpoWer
program was behind schedule while
cutbacks in production and cancel
lations of war orders were due,
Hershey said:
rs it too much to ask that as cut
backs and cancellations occur de-
ferments stop and the men deferred
take their rightful places with their
fellow citizens in the armed forces?"
He added that it is the basic
obligation of every man of military
age to serve in the armed forces
during this war;
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-17
To ROOM KAISER

CHICAGO, Feb. II. (UPJ-A ma
tional meeting of the Henry j.
r-for-President clubs will be
held in Chicago on April and 3
to boost the west coast shipbuilder
as a Republican presidential candi-
date, Vandorf Gray, general chair
man, announced. Mr.. Kaiser has
indicated that he is not interested
in any political affiliations of any
kind Gray said, but it is because
of this attitude that the American
people are urging his selection as
the Republican candidate"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-17
Alarm Clocks Go
On Favored List

WASHINGTON, Feb. IT. CUP)-
The War Production Board is con-
sidering a proposal for increased
alarm clock production to meet
needs of war workers even though
1t may require use of facilities now
turning out munitions, it was learn
ed. The plan was viewed in some
quarters as test case" to settle
the long standing issue of whether
war facilities should be diverted
temporarily to production of civil
ian scarcity" items when it has
been determined mat this would
ultimately increase munitions out
put.
Many war plants have reported
a considerable loss of man-hours
because of the tardiness of workers
unable to obtain timepieces to "a
Waken them.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-17
LET'S CAR BURN, SAVE TIRES

FORT WAYNE. Ind, Feb. II.
(UP)-There's gold in them thar
tires.
Or so thinks Arthur Moore OF
Pierceton, who works in a Fort
Wayne war plant.
Moore was driving home from
work one day and discovered that
has car was on fire. Immediately
he got out lacked up the automo-
bile and removed all four tires in
order to save them.
The tires still are as good as
gold. Moore's car was destroyed by
the blaze.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-17
AVIATOR'S HELMET
STRANGLES CHILD

OAKLAND, Calf, Feb. II CUP)-
wearing cap "just like daddy's''
proved fatal to -year-old Will
nam Dean Scranton here.
"A chin strap on his aviator's
helmet strangled the child when he
caught it on a hinge on neigh
bor's front door. The boys body
was found by his mother, Mrs.
Elmer Scranton, graduate nurse.
His father is an aviation me-
chanic at Alameda naval air train
ing station.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-17
TOWN FOR SALE

MILLICAN, Ore, Feb. II. CUP)-
The town of Millican, whose single
resident, service station and airport
were part of norman 's-land during
Fourth Corps maneuvers last fall,
is up for sale. Millican recently
lost its post office because of the
age Of its resident postmaster, w.
A. Rain, who has been its only
citizen since the town was estab-
lished "a years ago. Rain said
his health was failing and he In
tended to leave the high Central
oregon desert and mCve to the
coast.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-17
MORE JAP DASTARDS

RUNNING, China, Feb. II. (UP)
Lieutenant General Joseph w
Stilwell's China headquarters issued
warning to American troops
against poisoned liquor which the
Japanese are smuggling into China
The statement said the Japanese
were filling the poisoned liquor into
original bottles with bonafide labels
in the hope that it would reach
American troops.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-17
WOULD HARNESS RIVER

WASHINGTON, Feb. II. UP)-
A vast $650,6O0,0O0 project, designed
to protect the Missouri river valley
from floods and form a sound and
practical postwar agricultural and
power development program" has
been placed before congress by the
army corps of engineers
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-17
FINDS HIMSELF HOMELESS

BEVERLY HILLS, Calf, Feb. IT.
tUP+Grant w. Corby was repatri-
ated from Japanese internment
camp only to find that his family
had been evicted from their apart
ment when they went to New York
to meet the exchange ship, he said
Wednesday. His landlady, Miss
Helen M. Wildman, was charged
with violating OPA rent regula-
tiOnS
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-17
JURY FREES PAIR

ofAiN FHhINSIoCO, rep. II. tUP)
"A coroner's jury exonerated a
soldier and a sailor of any legal
responsibility for the death of
Joseph Hill, 20, shipyard worker,
struck by the soldiers automobile
FEBRUARY IA. The jury decided that
the Staying was "justifiable homi-
cide:' The soldier, Pvt. George Ar
riS, "a, and the sailor, Bos'n's Mate
Anthony Battaglia, both of San
francisco, testified that Hill was
one OF three holdup men who rob-
bed them of $25.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-17
CONDUCTS ON CRUTCHES
SANTA BARBARA. Cal Feb

CUP - Conductor Alfred Wallen-
stein entered the stage on crutches
and conducted the third in series
OF concerts here last night from a
stool. Wallenstein, director of Los
Angeles philharmonic orchestra
seriously injured his foot as he left
the Los Angeles philharmonic au-
ditOrium Monday.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-17
BACKS GAS EXPERIMENTS

WASHINGTON, Feb. II. UP)-
The house passed, lao to l3, and
sent to the senate a bill to author
ize the government to build expert
mental plants to manufacture syn
thetic gasoline from coal and other
products.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-17
PLAN APPEAL

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. IT. (UP)
Attorneys for Joseph Finkel, con-
victed green glove rapist" SEN
fenced to a minimum of % years
in prison, indicated they will file
an appeal in the district court of
appeals Friday. Basis of the appeal
Will be that Finkel, former shipyard
worker, was victim of mistaken
identity, it was indicated.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-17
TANK CATCHES ETRI

LONG BEACH, Calf, Feb. II.
oUP)-An army tank clattered to a
halt in front of fire house No. II,
two soldiers jumped out, followed
by flashes of flame and exploding
ammunition. Firemen showed a hose
down the turret until water ran out
the tanks ears, the soldiers thanked
them politely and took the tank
back to camp.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-17
SAVANT DIES

SAVANT DIES
SANTA MONICA, Cal, Feb IL.
CUP)-Dr. James A. B. Scherer,
first president of the California In
stitute of Technology and a writer
on historical and political prob
lens, is dead at the age of 73.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-17
Specialized Medication
Quickly Makes Breathing
Easier. INVITES RESTFUL SLEEP!

1t you have tough time getting to
sleep tonight because transient con-
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to breathe through your mouth-a
few drops of VICKS vA-TRo-NoL
up each nostril should help you in a
hurry! You can feel it bring relief!
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-17
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a9&\ il your nose gets
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Results are usually so good because
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rects abnormal dryness, makes breath
ing easier-and so helps promote coed,
refreshing sleep! ENJOY THE COMFORT
vA-TR0-N0l BRINGS tonight if you
need it. Use as directed.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1944-03-22
ClSTILCI USES MA KITAJ-
SkEM

Ce potujes pc severni Kitaj-
ski V jeseni, ko je RADIO vetrov-
no, Sc ii zdi, da jo DO takoj tre-
ba popihati IL te dezele. Veter
dViga prah izpremenjeno izsu-
seno ilovico in ia prah sill o.
ci, nabira Sc pod obleko in po-
k1ije ii vse telo.
Cloveku ne disi jed, V ustih
cuti blato, oci Sc mu solze in u
scsa ina tako zamasena, da Sill
81 glaaove il neposredne blizine
kakor hi prihajali il velike da-
ljave.
Zato Sc ne smemo cuditi, da
Sc ma kitajski prezivljajo neka-
teri ljudje tudi S TEN, da cistijjo
sYojim bliznjim usesa.
To je poklic, XII ga je ustva-
rlla nujna potreba. Cistilci uses
sede ma oglih ulic 20 kitajskih
mestih, kakor pri mas cistilci
tevljeV. Ma mesto ,scetk imajo
strgulice, zlicice in pedobno o.
rodje. Njihovo delo terja mno-
60 sprctnosti. ia cisccnje obeh
uses potrebuje Kitajec priblizno
toliko casa kakor brivec "a stri-
zenje las.