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Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-19
Maritime Workers
Seek Wage Boost

WASHINGTON, July 10. up
The National Maritime Union tCIOl
Thursday brought the War Labor
board the biggest minimum wage
case since the textiles workers dis
pute in which the WLB set a So
cents an hour as standard rate.
The new disputes will give WLB
an opportunity 20 overhaul its min
mum wage policy which a senate
subcommittee criticized this week
as inadequate and too cautious to
eliminate SubStandard conditions Of
living for more than 100000 A
mtrican workers.
Bills were introduced Wednesday
in 10th houses to raise tie nation S
statutory minimum hourly wage
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-19
Slight Showers
Cover Valley

First rain since April fell Thurs
cay morning in Imperial Valley, but
none Of it heavy enough to add
much to the low rainfall total for
the year.
TIE rainclouds moved up from
the border, with heaviest showers
at C,lexico at am, Brawley. 9
am, and Calipatrid, 9:15. Traces
also fell in El Centre and Imperial
Aprils showers Of .O3 brought the
seasons total to 10, less than halt
The $50 inches of rain that fell
up to July 10, 1914
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-19
Merchant Marine
Officer Pleads
To MansIaughter

los ANGELES July 10. up III
Merchant Marin. It. John ]. Lynd
Thursday pleaded guilty to a man
slaughter charge III the death of
Benjamin Sullivan, radio actor.
Superior Judge Clement d. Nye
set Oct. 10 for probation and SEN
tence to permit Lynd to make an
other ocean trip.
According to Nelson Van Warmer.
a merchant seaman. the 26J-pound
Iynd beat Sullivan and stamped
on his head, kicked his face and
crushed his skull to a Jelly" after
finding Sullivan with his wife. Mrs
Janet LFnd, in bowling alley.
Lynd la-eS 1cntcnce of to 10
years.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-19

from 40 to 65 cents Immediately
and to IS cents i'll two years. They
were in the form of amendments
10 the Wage-hour act
The maritime unions have asked
WLB to raise seamens wages to a
55 cents an hour minimum. The Sen
ate subcommittee said the WLB
should consider any wage under 65
cents as subStandard.
The seamen'S unions are support
ing their request for the WLB's
present 55-cent minimum on grounds
their present wages average 34i.
cents an hour. They are also ask
ing time and one-half for work af-
ter 40 hours a week. They have 4
regularly scheduled 56-hour week.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-19
This Customer
Was Wrong

LOS ANGELES, July 10. CUPj-
Carl H. Staahelm, 64-year-old clerk
charged with striking an attractive,
25year-old drive-in waitress, eX-
planned Thursday that "all I wanted
was a glass of buttermilk. and I got
tired of waiting
Staahelm. arrested last June l9.
testified that he only ordered but
termilk." but that Sylvia Bracey.
after refusing to serve him, scratch
ed him on his bald head Three
mattresses scorned his order, he
said.
Miss Bracey said the elderly Gus
toner called her and two other
mattresses dirty names. hit her
when she tried TO make him leave
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-19

"Hitachi came up for its turn CO.
Incidentally" a he a dquarte
spokesman said. 1T has been on
cur list fer a long time"
ChOShi is Honshu's most import
ant fishing harbOr, lies less than
60 miles east Of the bomb battered
japanese capital Fukui. prefect-
dral capital, is one CT the leading
industrial cities of western Hon
Shu. Okazaki is an indus trial sub
urb of NagCya.
The Supertorts streameG over
their targets for ninety minutes,
dropping their incendiaries into
combined population Of more than
327.0C0 people, jammed together in
areas as dense as $4,000 per square
mile
Hitachis plants, manufacturing
electrical equipment. machine tools,
aircraft parts, tanks and locomo-
tives, already had been devastated
by the fleet bOmbardmLn-.
CARRIES OUT THREAT
The attack on ChOCi. which dis
tributes eighth of Japan's fish
supply, underlined Adm Chester w.
Nimitz, recent statement that U. S
forces would even hamper japanese
efforts to get fish out Of the sea
Tokyo said so U. S army fighter
planes picked up the offensive again
Thursday morning with an hour
long Strafing attack on South-cen-
tral HCnshu. carrying the pre-
invasion bCmbardment into it 44th
straight day.
Enemy broadcasts said another
American carrier fleet was proWl-
ing the central Pacific after hurl-
ing $50 carrier planes against by
PASSED Wake Icland Wednesday
Continued on Page 8, Column II
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-19
Carnival Noises
.rk British
FIvbomb Victims

SUTTON, Surrey, England. July
lg. (UP]-Residents of Surrey pc
titioned the town council today to
get rid of street carnival whose
unceasing din. they said, was
worse than flybombs. We have
had our fair share OF bombing, and
we had hoped tc have a little peace
and quiet"
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-19

American
The anonymous doughboy writer
said he spent mere than four
months in the 10th Depot guard
house and that during that time he
saw soldier prisoners beaten on
many occasions.
An army spokesman told the
United Press that the beating
charges already were being Off
clally investigated by the inspector
generals office.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-19
BULLETIN

WASHINGTON, July 10. tUP)
The senate Thursday passed
legislation authorizing the United
States TO participate in the So
lGO.G00.0G0 World Bank and the
SS,S06. 600 eco International Mon
etary Fund authorized under the
Breton Woods agreements.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-19
PLANES, navy BATTER main JAP CENTER<
Arsenal Blasts
Wreck Halifax:
People in Panic
Thousands Flee City
AS More Explosions
Loom In Stricken City

HALIFAX, July 19. (UP)
Fire spreading uncontrolled
through the nearby Royal
Canadian Naval Arsenal set
off 4 continuous drumfire of
ammunition Thursday, driv-
ing thousands from their homes in
Halifax and Dartmouth and PIN
ming them against the sea.
No trains were leaving or arriv-
ing and all boats had fled the har-
bor
Wild rumors began sweeping the
city at dawn as residents ventured
into the glass -StreWn streets after
a sleepless night during which six
heavy explosions shattered windows
throughout the area.
ONLY IA INJURED
There were only IA persons Off
cially reported injured But there
were numerous rumOrS that at least
six persons were killed Communi-
cations were jammed and there was
no way to check the flying rumors.
The city was almost panic strick
en-. The worst was waiting for the
next explosion and not knowing
where it would come from.
Military and city officials quickly
evacuated the north ends of both
Halifax and Dartmouth according
o plans drawn up during the war.
The arsenal area was entirely
cleared Officials, admitting that
casualties were unexpectedly light,
said the number might increase
when communications were ectab-
lished with the small towns CT
Tufts Cove and Bedford, nearer
the arsenal. Evacuees from there
said damage was heavy in both sec
tiOnS.
SIX HEAVY BLASTS
Six heavy explosions had echoed
from the arsenal at 3 a. m, shat
tering windows in towns along the
bay. The sixth rocked Halifax
from end to end and plunged the
city into darkness.
Residents fled as far as they
could from the arsenal area, crowd
ing against the sea at the south
end of the two principal cities.
The sky was bright all night long
as tongues Of fire shot hundreds CT
feet into the air over the 600-acre
armament depot. Exploding shells
kept all persons from approaching
by land or sea to learn the damage
or how much unexploded ammuni-
ton remained
Officials welcomed daylight and
the chance to make an aerial OBJ
servation Of the area.
Ammunition exploded all through
the night. The ominOus rumble
Of explC ding shells sounded like a
distant battle Some of the shells
burst in the air and others fell into
Bedford basin.
Fortunately, there as no wind
and the danger of the fire spread
ing from the arsenal to evacuated
areas nearby was negligible.
PREVENT DISASTER
Officials acted quickly to prevent
a repetition CT the Halifax disas-
ter of December 6, 1917, when more
than 1900 persons were killed and
half the city leveled or burned by
the explosion of the French am
munition ship, Mount Blanc, which
collided with Belgian relief ship
inside the harbor.
Police said damage IN une Nova
Scotia capital would amount close
to Sl,OOU,O0O from broken windows
alone Streets were Uttered with
glass from windows that had only
recently been repaired after being
smashed in V-Day celebrations.
No shells were reported to have
fallen in Halifax or Dartmouth.
Doors were blasted off their hinges
and window panes and sashes torn
from their frames by the explosions
that rocked the area.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-19
Soldier Charges Beotinss
At Replacement Depots

withheld by Stars and Stripes, =
said he was dubbed on four sep
crate occasions by American Off
GERS and noncoms for miner in
fractions Of the guardhouce regula-
tionS.
Il have been reading so much
about a private in the U. S. army
being courtmartialed for hitting
German prisoners of war" the SCI
Gier wrote. so what? They don t
60 TO that much trouble about an
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-19
GUILTY OF SECOND OFFENSE

Frank S'eucy was found guilty #
attempted robbery as an included
Jf en-. Z when he appeared fer trial
Lefore superior Court Judge Elmer
Heald Wednesday cn a charge Of
lobL cry to which he entered a plea
Of innocence On June 8. Sentence
will be pronounced Friday.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-19

LONDON, July IS. (UP)
An American combat in
fantryn1an charged in a let
ter TO the army newspaper. Stars
and Stripes" that he and other
soldiers. many Of them wounded
veterans. we're beaten and dubbed
repeatedly by American guards at
the 10th Replacement Depot in
England.
The soldier, whoce name was
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-19

on both sides of the Samarinda
highway
Heavy bomber patrols and fight
er units pounded industries and
communications in the Formosa
area, hitting ammunition storage
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-19
Aussies Sweep For Inland
In Borneo Oil Drives

facilities at Mako In the Pesca-
dore3, west of Formosa, planes
bombed factory buildings near
Tainan and damaged railway in
stallationc on the west coast.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-19
New Traffic Stop
Signs Approved

El Centre city cOuncilmen Wed
neSday night recommended the ad-
dition Of, a boulevard stop sign on
both Broadway approaches to Eighth
street.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-19
WEATHER

Maximum Wednesday I08. minimum
Ihnrs 30, am. Thurs So humid
ity GI; noon Thurs. "a, humidity IS;
5 pm. Wednesday l07, humidity 33.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-25
Marines Take Half
OF Two in Drive
Crash Ahead on Entire
Front in Bitter Battle

L &. PACIFIC FLEET HQ
GUAM Feb p Sunday up
Tank led shock troops of three
marine divisions, advancing As
much a. 500 yards IN a general
offensive have swept 10 the heart
of IwOS central alrheld and cap
tured approximately half OF the
embattled doorstep island to
1apan, il was disclosed today.
The struggle has now taken A
toll of at least 2799 japanese
dead.
Covered by a gigantic land. air
and sea bombardment fighting
men of the Third. Fourth and
Fifth divisions hurled their weight
al the maze of Japanese pillboXeS
and Notifications and bro k Q
through despite intense enemy fire
Heavy weapons and rocket fire
raked the advancing marines. MINI
itz reported But the American
troops swept 600 yards northWard
through the interloCking concrete
.pillboxes, blockhouScS and forti-
fed caves manned by fanatical
Japanese
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-25
Hearst tPdpers
Ldud Monroe
With Contest
Students viii Vie
in Huge National
OratorieaI Program
By JERRY PETIT
Detroit Tines Contest Editof

An. unprecedented tribute 70
James Monroe-great statesman.
patriot and father Of America s
traditional foreign policy-is an
nounced today BY The Detroit
Times and affiliated Hearst newsl
papers throughout the nation
The tEibAte,-1n a vast oratorical
contest OF unsurpassed eduCa-
uonal Importance, wall he voiced
by high school and college stu
dents in l3 key cities from New
York 10 California
Thousands will compete. each
offering an original recital dedi-
Gated 10 the wisdom, vision, cour-
age and shining example Of the
fifth president Of the United
States.
A total Of S25.OOO IN national
and local awards is posted.
Herbert Hoover, former presi-
dent Is chairman of the distln-
guiShed sponsoring committee.
Serving with him are the gov
ernors OF nine states. including
Thomas +. Dewey Of New York;
L. s. senators and representatives,
Continued on Page Five)
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-25
Ldrd,Mdrgdrine,
Oil Points Raised

WASHINGTON. Feb. "a GNS)
The OPA announced tonight
that ration points for lard, short
ening. salad and cooking oils will
be increased TO four per pound
and that points for margarine will
60 10 five a pound beginning
f2:01 a. m Sunday.
Lard, shortening, salad and
cooking oil now cost only two red
points pound and the ration
value of margarine has been three
red points pound.
Creamery butter will continue
at "a red points A pound after
midnight tonight and farm butter
will continue at u points a pound
OPA said that tight supplies
are responsible for the sudden
increase in point values on lard.
other fats and margarine.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-25
| Hurt, I Arrested
In DODGE Strike Row

One man was treated for ab-
rasionS Of the head and face and
two others were charged with
felonious assault Saturday in the
first act of violence connected
with the strike of $1,000 workers
AT the Dodge main plant
Police said Archie Fortin. 80,
of 114l5 Forrer. non-strlking
interplant driver was assaulted
as he left the factory Frank
Durecki. "a. of 1922 Military and
Charles KopydlowSki, As, of 553
HazelhurSt, both striking Dodge
workers. were arrested and ad-
mitted the attack, police said.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-25
3O-33 Age Group Faces Call
DIN Surprise Draft Ruling

This constituted drastic
change under a policy which has
been in effect in the last several
months for men 30 through 81,
who hitherto have been required
only TO be regularly engaged in"
war production or war-supporting
occupations.
The new rule means. il was
pointed out that men 30 through
33 now must hold essential Jobs
in essential activities whereas be-
fore they merely had TO he en-
ployed IN some capacity. whether
essential or not, in this field OF
endeavor.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-25
Bataan' Heroic
Nurses Home
Emaeiated After 3
Years in Jap Hell

HAMILTON FIELD, Cal, Feb.
"a (INS)-Sixty-eight of Areri-
cas- heroines-the Bataan and
Corregidor nurses-came home to-
day
Three years imprisonment un-
der Jap rule did not break their
spirit but left IA of them so
severely emaciated that they had
10 be flown 1888 miles from the
Philippines in a hospital plane
The other "a nurses were in
good physical condition. The
nurses arrived at Hamilton Field
at las p. m.
1t. Beulah VI. Greenwalt of
Licking, Mo, the famous Peggy of
the book They Were Expendable"
cried uncontrolledly when the Star
Spangled Banner was played ar
the end of a dinner reception for
them at the Hickam Field officers
club in Honolulu
The band first played God Bless
America" and Peggy quickly
brushed few tears from her blue
eyes. Then the band swung into
the strain of the national anthem.
BY this time several of the re-
patriated nurses were sobbing
quietly.
A silence OF several seconds
cloaked the palm enclosed patio
when the last bar of the Star
Spangled Banner was played
Peggy, with tears streaming
down her face. broke the silence,
as she called to her closest friend.
1t. Bertha H. Charley Dworsky
of Halletsville, Tex, one of the
two nurse brides married Just be.
fore they left Manila:
"Oh, Charley, Charley. they
don't know what II means. do
they:"
Charley" could not answer.
She just shook her head.
Among the severely enfaci8ted
nurses, taken 10 Letterman Hospi-
tai at San Francisco after their
arrival this afternoon. was their
senior in years and senior in rank
Maj. Maude &. Dawson. the
principal chief nurse on Corregi-
dor and veteran Of u years
service Mai. Dawson. formerly
Of Cleveland, O.. weighed l56
pounds when Corregidor fell. She
now weighs 80 pounds.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-25
Local Time Ordered for CurfelD
Destruction of Nazis
Sought by Eisenhower

PARIS, Feb. % Sunday QNS)-A swelling
avalanche of American armor and infantry rolled
today through 22-mile gap in Germanys broken
Roer River line to within 16 miles of Cologne and "a
miles of Dusseldorf in a fanwise push toward the
RuhrRhine industrial region that engulfed 80 Reich
localities in 36hour gains up to nearly five miles.
Proclaimed by Cen Eisenhower a drive to annhilate
all German forces of the Rhine and eventually to meet
the Russian armies in the center of Germany the offensive
by the IT, S First and Ninth armies swept up additional
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-25
proposals.

WASHINGTON. Feb q GNSl
-SeleCtive Service cracked down
without warning on men 30
through 33 years Of age tonight,
declaring that more physically 1T
males in this group face induction
into the armed services.
In memorandum 10 local
boards national draft headquar-
tors said that under new rcgula-
tonS lroCistrantS from 30 through
81 10 bc eligible for dclermcnt
must he necessary 10 and regu-
larlv engaged in war production
or war-supporting activities.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-25
Dodge Strikers
Ordered Back
WLB Tells Men
TO Return at Once

Thirteen thousand strikin 2
workers Al the Dodge main plant,
members of Local 3. UAW-CIO.
were ordered late Saturday by the
WLB 10 return 10 work Monday
or show cause why production Of
vital war materials should not be
resumed immedlatell
In a telegram 10 Frank Novak
president Of Local Nn-3 George
+ Boles disputes director Of
Rae4eH- AA44 b 7-aeH4a HfsAa-ti44t
the strikers obey the order OF
George Adde's. acting president Of
UAW-CIO. and return 10 work
immediately
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-25
Roosevelt Reported Ill

ROME. Feb "a up The
Semi-oftcial Vatican news service
said today that II was believed in
Vatican City President Roosevelt
"hurriedly returned 10 America.
due 10 the fact his condition Of
health is not too good
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-25
War Fronts
WESTERN FRONT

WESTERN FRONT-FirSt and
Ninth armies fight 10 within
16 miles of Cologne. page l.
EASTERN FRONT - Germans
reported having evacuated
KonigSberg as Russians poiSe
for Berlin drive. Page p
PACIFIC - Macarthur reports
last Japs annlhilated in South
Manila. Page p Marines
battle for central Two air
port. page II
ITALY 49, Fifth Army front
hiazes into action As Allies
score gains tPscG q
'1'il Bs sseinF You -.a.U.r- CHrr
JoEspr Gotten and -si.s. Tempt
Michigan TheAttg. second Biz, Wees Aa
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-25
PLACES AFFECTED

The midnight closing hour for
amusement places VIII apply 10
both public and private enter
priScS without exception, VINO
said. This included organizations
such As yacht. country and pro-
feSsional clubs They must close
al midnight. except for the restau-
rant If this part of the club quar-
terS normally remains open
VINO specifically listed the fol-
lowing types of establishments as
coming under the midnight closing
order.
Night clubs. sports arenas, thea
Continued on Page ., Col. ~
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-25
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Detroit evening times., 1945-02-25

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Detroit evening times., 1945-02-25
WLB Orders Strike OF

WASHINGTON, Feb. "a (UP)-
The War Labor Board today Or
dered 1000 workeys 10 end q
strike at the ingalls, Shipbuilding
Corn. Pascagoula. Miss.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-25
CALLED PLEDGE VIOLATION

The telegram asserted that
this strike is direct violation
Of Iabors pledge 10 the President
Of the United States - and pointed
out that the union contract. with
the company contains adequate
procedures for settlement Of your
grievance
Unless the regional War La
hor Board il advised that pro-
duction at Dodge main plant
has been resumed on the first
shift Monday. Feb. 20, YOU and,
or. YOUR representative are re-
queSted to appear Monday. Feb.
26, AT 10 a. M, 10 show cause
why production should not he
resumed immediately" The tele-
gram states
The strikers produce B-29 parts.
rockets, Bofors guns and other
war materials
The possibility that other Chrys-
Ter division plants would be af-
fected was seen Saturday when
only Is Of the divisions 100 inter
plant drivers showed UP tppaT-
entity they are demonstrating in
sympathy with the Dodge strikers
A company spokesman said
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-25
DANGER TO MORE PLANTS

The spokesman pointed out that
the drivers haul material among
the various Chrysler plants and
could cripple production al other
plants beside Dodge, II they pro-
long their walkout.
Company SpokeSmen say only
500 Of The 9400 on the first shift
reported a. Dodge Saturday morn
ing Most Of these were maiuten-
anCe men. he added
Large groups of strikers. the
spokesman said. gathered around
the gates al $50 m and eN-
amined badge numbers Of workers
standing around.
"The men," the spokesman
said. "flung such remarks a.:
What are you doing here and
There is no york for you in
there.
However. the spokesman col-
tinued. there were no organized
picket lines and the groups dis
perSed shortly after
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-25

THE WAR TO DATE, will offer page maps Of Europe the
Western Hemisphere Asia and the Pacific plus chronological
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Detroit evening times., 1945-02-25
MONTGOMERY READY

In the area where the Ameri-
cans captured the four villages
and cleared a six-mlle stretch Of
the Roer's west bank, the Ninth
Army's north flank meets the
south wing of Field Marshal
Montgomery'S British Second
Army. poised for what Nazi broad
casts predicted would be direct
onslaught on the Ruhr basin.
Montgomery's command was
disclosed by Gen. Eisenhower still
10 include the L. S. Ninth as well
as the British Second and Cana
dian First armies. The Canadian
FIRST in its two-w6 '-old often
sive. was revealed by supreme
Allied headquarters TO have
sprung into a revived" onslaught,
hurting strong tank and infantry
forces into an advance that began
at dawn Saturday southeast of
captured Goch. after a mighty
ftVc-hotfr artillery barraee.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-25
Doubts Foe
Will Give Up
Hopes TO Join Reds in
Center Of Germany

PARIS. Feb. "a (INSl-Gen
declared today that
the principal objective of the new
American offensive across the
Roer is destruction of all the
German forces west OF the Rhine
as a prelude 10 a mammoth drive
over that barrier and into the
heart of the Reich for A meeting
with the Red army.
The fresh offensive by the
American First and Ninth armies
Of which obviously de-
the supreme commander
- should mark the beginning Of
that destruction, he declared
Revealing that the Ninth Army
still is under the jurisdiction OF
Field Marshal Montgomery, Eisen-
hover expressed the hope that the
new drive through the Roer sector
will inflict a major defeat on the
enemy.
CITES GRIM PURPOSE
Our primary purpose in this
offensive il the destruction of as
many Germans a. possible"
Eisenhower told newsmen. 81
expect 10 destroy every German
west of the r h ne and within
the area VIII hiCh We are at
lacking.
"If the Germans continue TO
show the spirit they are show
ing now. there's only one way
they can he beaten-and that il
TO meet the Russians in the CEN
ter of Germany"
After the Allied armies in the
west rip the Ruhr from Hitler'S
grasp and the Russians deprive the
Reich of all Silesia, there will be
no hope for Germany TO continue
the war except 10 the point of
exhaustion of such reserves as they
Continued on Page 2. Col. .
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-25
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