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Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-01
HOLD THAT BORDER
(Christian Science Monitor)

(Christian Science Monitor)
So once upon a time some American
officers drew some plans for defending
the United States from an attack through
Canada. Not bad idea, considering how
easy it might have been for Germany
or Japan to invade the Western Hem-
sphere had America allowed China Brit
ain and Russia to be overcome.
But of course that isn't the idea Col
onel Mccormick wants to convey. For
until Pearl Harbor he advocated an
America First policy which would have
denied assistance to China, Britain, and
Russia. And now the publisher of the
Chicago Tribune, who delights in sowing
suspicion of Americas allies, is trying
to induce shudders by warmed-over
tale that somebody twenty years ago
feared British invasion of the United
States.
1t may be true that the General Staff
had plans drawn for defending the Can
adian border around Detroit. In every
country the General Staff maps defensive
and offensive campaigns on its borders.
That is one of its peacetime duties. The
United States Army probably has file
of plans for defending both coasts and
the Mexican and Canadian boundaries.
But the idea that the American General
Staff feared Britain would invade the
United States in order to force America
to join in the Washington Disarmament
Treaty of 1922 seems, as he recognizes,
fantastic Big Bill" Thompson, who
won several mayoralty terms by being
ready to click King George" might have
believed it, but he wasn't on the General
Staff.
The Colonel doesn't say whether the
plan for defense of the border contem-
plated an American offensive. But since
he wishes the United States to retain air
bases and radio stations wherever we
have built Them it must be assumed he
would have the plans drawn for attacks
on friends anywhere from Iceland to
New Caledonia
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-01
New Tuberculin
Test Announced

NEW YORK, Feb l tUP)-A new
tuberculin test, which diagnoses
within "a hours and eliminates
some dangers of mistaken diagnosis
was announced by the regional Of
flee of the National Jewish Hos
pital at Denver,
Developed by DR. H. j. Corper,
head of the hospitals research de-
partment, the new test substance
is uncontaminated by the medium
on which the tubercle bacilli are
grown and thus eliminates the pos
sibility of a patients reaction to
foreign elements in the testing
material. 1t is applied to the skin
with a transparent adhesive which
permits easy observation of reac-
ton.
Known as the "transdermal auto
lytic tuberculin test the new
tuberculin has been in use for sew
eral years at three Denver hos
pitfalls.
DR.. Copper stresses that even
this comparatively accurate and
rapid test is not an unfailing test
for the disease and should be used,
as are other skin reaction tests, in
combination with medical examina-
| tiCn.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-01
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE

Imperial Irrigation District will
offer for sale on February 8, 1944
the following described property:
That 50-foot by l40-foot one
story building located on the
southwest corner of Sixth and
Main Streets, Ell Centre, Cali
fornia and more commonly
known as the California Elec-
trio Power Company office
building, together with the air.
conditioning system, venetian
blinds, plumbing and lighting
fixtures, and linoleum, all i'll
stalled therein.
Sealed bids should be presented
to this Board on or before Febru-
ary 3, 1914 at ten O'Clock am.
The Board reserves the right to
reject any or all bids.
Oral bids may be received at time
Of sale provided the first oral bid
is at least ten per cent higher than
highest sealed bid. Thereafter oral
bids of not less than five per cent
of highest bid will be received.
IMPERIAL IRRIGATION
DISTRICT
c. l.. DERMODY,
Secretary
mo. 39) CJ25-28; F1-D
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-01
TOWNSEND CLUBS SLATE
MEETING IN Ell CENTRIC

F.. Manley Goldsberry of Los An
geles, national representative of the
Townsend organization, will be
guest speaker at an Ell Ccntro meet
ing Thursday night, O'Clock, in the
court house.
The speaker will outline plans
now under way to put the Town
send plan on the state ballot at
the November election. A. w
Newkirk, president of the Ell Centre
club, will preside. This has been
arranged by the Townsend clubs OF
Imperial Valley and will be open
to the public.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-01
Court Divides
On OPA Powers

Murphy objected vigorously Mon
day to a majority ruling By Justice
Robert H. jackson which exempted
certain types of warehouse COM
ies-designated as public utili-
ties in various StateS-from OPA
price control regulations.
Douglas, writing the trio's minor
ity viewpoint, asserted that the de-
cision placed an unwarranted bur-
den on those who are waging the
present war against initiation.
The price control act, Douglas
said. eXemptS the traditional
public utilities such as heat, light
and power and the telephone and
telegraph services, but, he added
it should not be expanded to in
clude the "filigree variety" with
which this case is concerned,
Specifically, the courts ruling
permitted the Davies Warehousing
Co., Los Angeles, to charge rates
affixed by the California Railroad
Commission in disregard of an OPA
order regulating such rates.
jackson, in the majority opinion
exempting the warehouse from OPA
regulation, said it was reasonable
to assume that congress meant tc
exempt those businesses which were
already regulated as public utill-
ties" and therefore were not prob
able sources of "inflationary dan
gers"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-01
Editorials and Comment

name of heaven can the people be eX
pected to accomplish what is in their
hearts and minds if they are not permit
ted to think; if they are kept in the dark
on the very things they should know; II
they are to be treated as irreSponSibles?
We have no other course than to be-
lieve and make the charge that the atroc-
ity facts were not given out for the plain
reason that the president has assumed
dictatorial powers that could only be
matched in totalitarian regimes.
As for us, we shall keep on attempt
ing to exercise our right of free thought,
now and always.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-01
Author of Book
Faces Suits

SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. |. CUP)
Three mere complaints, each ask
S1GO.CaO damages from John Roy
Carlson, author CT the controversial
book Under Cover" were filed in
the third judicial district court
here.
The complaints, signed by j. II.
Mcknight, Ernest Hollings and {,
F.. Allen, followed the filing OF a
similar complaint Saturday by at
torney jeremiah Stokes. All four
were quoted at length in Under
Cover" and all arc sizing for libel
and SANDER.
The complaints claimed Under
Cover" to be CommuniStic-inSpircd
and named radio commentator Wal
ter Winchcll as an agent for the
book The plaintiffs charged num-
crous misstatcments in Carlson
book and also charged Carlson with
slandering them during n public
lecture here Jan. 81.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-01
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
CERTIFICATE OF DOING BUSI-
NESS UNDER FICTITIOUS
FIRM NAME

The undersigned do hereby ccr-
tify that they are conducting 4
business of operating motion pic
ture theatres and other properties
under the fictitious firm name Of
SILVER CREST THEATRES.
The principal office of said bus
iness in California is Del Mar The
atre, Sorensen Street Calipatria,
California.
The said firm is composed of the
following persons whose names and
places of residence are as follows:
B. V. SturdiVant, 1856 North Hol-
liston Avenue, Altadena, Los An
geles County, California.
E. B. Sturdivant, Yuma, Arizona.
E. N. Sturdivant, Somerton Hotel
Somerton, Yuma County, Arizona,
Carolyn KuSchell, l247 South
LongWood Avenue, Los Angeles,
California.
Harry T. CAN'T, TAB Magnolia
Street, BraWley, California.
Witness our hands this 10 day of
Jan, 1914.
B. V. Sturdivant,
E. b. Sturdivant,
f. N. Sturdivant,
Carolyn KuSchell,
Harry r. CAN'T.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
} SIS.
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES)
On this 10 day Of January, 1914
before me, the undersigned, a No
| tary Public in and for said County
and State, personally appeared B.
V. STURDIVANT, f. B. STURDI-
WANT, f. N. STURDIVANT, CAR :
OLYN KUSCHELL and HARRY T.
! CAN'T, known to me to be the
! persons who signed the foregoing
and acknowledged to me that they
executed the same
Witness my hand and official
seal.
M. w. DWYER,
/ CSEAL) Notary Public in and fof
said county and state.
My commission expires
March 20, 1916
mo. 36) (J18-25-F1 30
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-01
WHEEL TRACTORS SCARCE.
HARD TO GET IN VALLEY

Although there has been an IN
crease in the allotment of wheel
tractors for Imperial county, it will
be plenty tough to get craWler-type
tractors and trucks this year, Of
ficers point out.
With the armed forces taking all
the available trucks and craWler
tractors, there will be few that even
eligible farmers will be able to get
according to Rudolph Miller, of the
Imperial county war board.
Miller also said that he learned
at a state conference of county
agricultural conservation association
members that agencies operating in
Imperial county realising that dur
ing the peak season there is likely
to be a surplus of cabbage, and
are working for more government
purchases of valley produce.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-01

fact in many of these cases has been
that the action of the government
agency has not been satisfactory to
the labor forces involved and that
they have struck in protest against
delay in getting a decision or
against the decision.
What you have in ali sucn cases
as discussed in the paragraphs
above is, in effect the development
of strikes against the government.
Not strikes against employers, but
strikes against laws. The percentage
may be small in relation TO the
total number Of strikes and the total
number of disputes which are set
tied without strikes, But here is a
development which it may be we'll
to keep in mind while considering
the National Service Law another
law to Pile on top of all the existing
legal machinery intended to prevent
strikes.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-01

Test YOur knOWledee VI coI-
rect social usage by answering
the following questions, then
checking against the authorlta-
tive answers below:
|. In a conversation where
everybody seems to be talking al
once should you just keep talking
louder the more you are inter-
rupted or skip the story you want
ed to tell?
2. Should a waitress shake her
head to answer question instead
Of answering it in words?
3. If a hostess seats you at a
table with a stranger because the
restaurant is crowded need you
feel obliged to carry on a conver-
Sation with the person at the table?
4. If you are attending a fash
ion show should you comment on
a models lack of beauty?
5. Is it better for a waitress tc
say do you care for dessert|
or Don't you want any dessert?'
What would you do if
You are the mother of a new
baby and a friend asks you to give
her an idea of what kind of gift
to give the baby
ca Say, "Oh, just anything?
(b) Say, well, she hasn't been
given any dresses in size
one"-or name something
elst you haven't received
and would like?
Answers
/. 1t iSuSually better just to
skip the story than to fight to
make people listen-when they
are more intent on talking.
2. No. 1t is more courteous to
answer in words.
3. No.
5. The former.
Better What Would You Do
solution-(b) for then it makes
the person feel she is giving some
thing you really will be able to
use,
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-01
Sit-Down Strike
Hits Ford Plant

DETROIT, Feb. l tUP) - A sit
down of more than 1000 workers
Tuesday threatened production in
the Ford Willow Run bomber plant.
Company officials said the sit
down had no immediate effect on
production because of current
surplus, but indicated a continuance
would impair production serious
ly" in the entire plant.
A spokesman for the men said
the sit-down is in support of de-
mands for a 10-cent an hour wage
increase. He said the company has
Offered a fivc-cent hike.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-01
PACKING PLANTS Sci
PORK OUTPUT RECORD

CHICAGO, Feb. /. VUPI-Feu-
orally inspected packing plants
produced 1,O82,O0O,000 pounds of
pork last month to establish an
all-timc record, the American meat
institute announced Tuesday.
January beef production dropped
slightly to 572000,C00 pounds, but
represented II per cent increase
over January, 1913.
Veal and lamb production fell off
l3 and Is per cent from the DeCem-
Der figures, the institute said, and
total production of meats and lards
represented 81 per cent rise over
January, 1943, and a SO per cent
rise over the five year average.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-01
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
CERTIFICATE OF BUSINESS
FICTITIOUS FIRM NAME

THE UNDERSIGNED does here
by certify that he is conducting a
fishing business at Mullet Island
ON Salton Sea, near the City of
inland County Of Imperial, State Of
California, under the fictitious firm
name and style of "MULLET IS
LAND MARINE PRODUCTS CO.;
that the undersigned is the sole
owner of the said business, and
that no other person or persons
are interested therein.
That the said firm is composed
of the following person, whose
name and address is as follows. to-
witt
ERWIN KATzER, 1418 18th
Street, Santa Monica, California.
WITNESS my hand this 26 day
of January, 1914.
ERWIN KATzER.
STATE CT CALIFORNIA
SIS.
COUNTY OF INAPERIAL)
On this 26 day Of January, 1914,
before me. Florence McManama. q
Notary Public in and for said
county anu oIdle, residing Jnerelll
duly commissioned and sworn, per-
sonally appeared ERWIN KATzER,
known to me to be the person whose
name is subscribed to the within
instrument, and acknowledged to
me that he executed the same.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, l have
hereunto set my hand and affixed
my official seal the day and year
in this certificate first above writ
ten.
FLORENCE MCNAMARA.
Notary Public in and for said
County and State.
(SeaD
My Commission Expires Feb. 7,
l046.
mo, 40 Pl,8,l5,22)
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-01
RETAIL SALES MOUNT

WASHINGTON, Feb. ! lUF) =
Independent retailers in California
reported a sales increase of Is per
cent over the previous year for
December, l943, while Nevada sales
were 18 per cent higher, the de-
partment of commerce announced.
CALIFORNIA; dollar volume increas-
ed "a per cent and Nevada's five
per cent.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-01
EYES SENATE SEAT

WASHINGTON, Feb. ] IUPl =
Wayne L. Morse, public member Of
the war labor board, is resigning
from the board TO seek Oregon's
Republican senatorial nomination, it
was announced. Morse declined to
comment on reports that he already
had submitted his resignation to
President Roosevelt. However, a
formal announcement from the
White House was expected soon
If Morse enters the primary con-
test. he will oppose the incum-
bent senator, Rufus Holman.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-01

WASHINGTON. Feb. l CUP) -
The extent of Office of Price Ad-
ministration powers to wage the
present war against initiation"
Tuesday found the supreme court
arrayed in another of the sharp
splits that have occurred on many
occasions of law this year
Associate Justice William o.
Douglas, Hugo L. Black, and Frank
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-01
WE
the Women
BY RUTH MILLETT

A school teacher writes in to say
that she blameS the men for the
fact that WAC enliStments have
fallen short of Army expectations.
Says She Some of the fathers
who may have to be drafted be-
cause no women stepped in to en-
list in their places have been very
loud in their derision Of women
in uniform.
Il was at a bond drive where
they gave a public program, and
some of the nudges, winks, and re-
marks made by the men were far
from gentlemanly.
"A woman wants to be more
than brave and patriotic. She
wants the respect of men.
But at a state teachers con-
vention recently I heard an edu-
Gator stand up before a large
audience and say If any one of
my teachers wants to join the
WACS or WAVES I let her go
without an argument, because her
brain rattles. And the audience
laughed as though he had said
something extremely funny
NOT WHOLLY TO BLAME
II is certainly true, as the school
teacher says, that many men by
their antagonism, smart cracks
and disdain are lesSening the at
| tractivenesS of a uniform for
young women who might enlist if
given a little encouragement by
the men whose opinions they re-
Spect.
But women can't put the full
blame for not serving their coun-
try on the opposition of men.
Men always have ridiculcd
women's serious efforts TO play
important roles outside then
homes. If women had been cowcd
by such ridicule in the past thcy
wouldn't have the vote today
nor would there be any women il
the professions or in politics.
1t is too bad chat men Go not
applaud women's desire to have a
real part in the war effort But
that shouldn't stop women. It
should just make them more de-
termined than ever to do theil
part SO well that nobody will
dare make light of it or of them.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-01
WPB Would Hike
Leather Output

WASHINGTON. Feb. CUP' -
The War Production Board sought
Tuesday to increase by an e5ti-
mated 20 per cent the supplies Of
upper leather for the manufacture
of infants, childrens, and misses
shoes.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-01
CURRENT QUOTATIONS.

We should stop trying to be rich uncle
to Latin America. We should insist that,
according to their abilities to pay, what
we do for the nations of Latin America is
matched. dollar for dollar, by Latin
America does for itscf.-Sen. Hugh A.
Butler Of Nebraska.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-01

The German command would be ir-
responsible in the highest degree if it
failed to prepare for an invasion Just be-
cause If SuDpOses the enemy to be bluff
ing. We definitely assume an invasion
will come.-Nazi Propaganda Minister
Paul Joseph Goebbels.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-01
HASN'T HAPPENED YET
Charlotte NeWs)

(Charlotte NeWs)
As is often remarked, the worst of our
worries are over things that never hap
pen. SO far there is no report of horse
soaring the taXcabS.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-01

EDITORS NOTE: The foIioWing edit
oridLs are presented as interesting 0pin-
ions uOiced by editors elsewhere. They
do not necessarily reflect the opinion of
this paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-01
Mind Your
Manners

Test your knowledge OF cor
rect social usage by answering
the following questions, then
checking against the authorita-
tive answers below:
The union times., 1944-12-09

the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, who asked me to convey his thanks to our membership for their fine assistance to his union in Connecticut.
 Of course, I was greatly interested ln the people who came from abroad to address. the convention. In addition to Arthur Horner and John Brown, who represented the British Trade Union Congress; and A. R. John stone, who was fraterna1 delegate from the Canadian Trades and Labor Council, the representatives of foreign labor movements included Jiri Stolz, advisor on social legislation for Czechoslovakia; Dr. H. T. Liu, over seas representative of the Chinese Federation of Labor; Haakon Lie, labor attache of the Norwegian Elm baSsy; Jules O'clock of Belguim; and Israel Mereminskl, American repre- sentative of the General Federation of Jewish Labor in Palestine. All were given engraved gold watches by President Green.
 Finally, must list few more
The union times., 1944-12-09

election was discussed at all gather ings of delegates. COnnecticut's record was we'll known. | have no doubt that nOn-partisan political activity will be continued and ex- tended by locals, central and state bodies in the future. The big test ahead of us, as I see it, is l946, and it is not too early to begin to prepare now, if we are to keep the gains we made.
 There is much work to be done in the field of legislation, both na- tionally and in Connecticut. At the convention \ had a chance to talk with Tom Murray, president of the New York State Federation of Labor and he invited me and our Secretary Treasurer, Harry Fein- mark, to attend the Annual Legis- lative Conference which the New York Federation holds just before each session of their legislature. Their Conference is being held this year in Albany at the Totel Ten Eyck on Tuesday, Dec. l2.
 I met Arnold Zander, president of
The union times., 1944-12-09
(Continued from Page One)

Denunciation of the Little Steel yardstick and of WLB methods came from many union chiefs.
 Secretary Treasurer George Meany pointed out that in case decided last week by the board, involving CIO Steel Workers, only a flew crumbs were thrown out by the board and the Little Steel" formula left untouched
 "We accepted wage controls on conditions that democratic meth. ods prevail in their administra. tion," he said. ''We did not agree to having the War Labor Board ruled by executive order. We are continuing our battle to have the Little Steel'' formula adjusted.
 ''HOsUeUer, roe sUiH not jeOpardize the soar effort. Whichever ,Oay the decision goes, zoe s0iH not rock the boat, but sOe hape the right to go on demanding justice, and that sOe shall dO.''
 Wage adjustments now are neces- sary if workers are to enter the post war period with sufficient purchasing power to assure full employment, Meany said.
 On the mine workers, the conven- ton instructed President Green to renew an invitation to that organiza- ton to reafiliate.
 Many union leaders also supported the unity report, the strongest plea coming from President Green. He declared the AFL has always en- deavored to erect a united labor move ment and charged mo greater injus- tice was ever done to the mass of workers than when the split oc- cured"
 If we are divided in the postwar period it is not the leaders of labor who will suffer but the mass of workers" he said.
 As for John L. Lewis, Green made it clear he was willing to overlook personalities and see the 100000 men who risk their lives in the coal mines, back in the federation, 'snot one of whom has been the object of such scorn as was heaped upon me-" MT. Green said. ''But I am able to rise above that.
The union times., 1944-12-09
CigaretteFamine Still Unbroken: Slated For Probe
Continued from Page One)

(Continued from Page One) by price ceiling on leaf tobacco and by the wage freeze"
 It is significant that shortly after the O.P.A. had rendered its deci- sion the cigarette shortage began to develop. Whether there is any connection between the two incl dents is matter the Senate conn mittee will carefully examine.
 O.P.A. officials pointed out the similarity between the cigarette short age and a shortage of low-cost cloth ing for men, women and children.
 When textile manufacturers were unable to obtain price increases from the O.P.A., they simply refused to produce textiles.
 The Senate committee wonders whether cigarette manufacturers
The union times., 1944-12-09
nk, Army yMagazne, Praises Average Gy Tn War Plant

significant resolutions adopted by the delegates. Together with those already mentioned, they will form the basis of the A.F.L.'s program for the coming year. These are: Adequate labor representation at the peace table.
 Labor participation in Department of Labor preparation of the cost of living index
 Enactment of a federal anti-lynch- ing law. Repeal of the provision of the tax laws requiring unions to make financial reports to the government. Repeal of the vicious Smith Connal1y act. Freedom of speech on the air. Federal legislation abolishing poll taxes. Exemption of all annuities from income taxes. Salary increases for postal employees and other govern ment workers. Time and one-ha1f pay for overtime by all federal work CTS. Also, payment of prevailing wages on all housing insured by the FILA. Denial of federal funds to municipalities which require teachers to sign yellow dog" contracts. More intensive organization of women workers and greater efforts to obtain "equal pay for equal work"
 Support of the railroad brother hoods on legislation to liberalize the railroad retirement and railroad un- employment insurance acts.
 As said at the beginning, tt sOaS great cOnUentiOn. knOsV thGt speak for eUery member of organized labor sUhen say that sOe aH hope that by neat year's meet ing, sUe sUiU haUe esterninated the Nazis and the Japanese, and that OUT heroic men and sUOnlen in the armed services sOiH De back sUith their fGniiIies and friends. We re- dedicate OurseIues to the achiepe- ment of ttis goal.