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Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-01
District Board
Awaits Report
On Power Needs

When the Imperial Irrigation
District beard Of directors meets
Tuesday, August Z. up for consld-
tfatlon VIII bt a report complied
by NJ. j. DOwd. district cCnsultunt
engineer report which will rec
ommend an expansion power pro-
gram to cost $4,000 000
This was made known at the
regular meeting Tuesday OF the
board. when Evan Il. Hewts. presi-
dent of the beard, made the an
nouncement of a survey Of the
present facilities and the additional
calls upon tie system in the immt-
diate future
The engineers report Will give
the conclusion that Sc 200 coo
construction program Will be neces-
sary to keep the district abreast
Of its power load for the next five
years.
PILOT KNOB PLANT
DCWd'S report will remind the
directors OF the inability lit this
time to obtain permission for con-
'1II uCClIH VI llIe EIIOJ hIlOD power
plant on the ALI American canal"
and then outlines h Z proposed
construction program to include q
big steam generating plant. two
additional hydro-electric Llants on
the main body OF the canal ana
appurtenant facilities
TIE report, it is understood. will
include a detailed study Of the
power divisions present financial
situation. the sharp upward trend
in demand fer power service. and
the cCnServatively estimated rev
enues which can be derived from
the additional facilities to be con
Structed
The report was requested by dis
trlct directors a little more than
a week ago after technical studies
had revealed that with a depend
able capacity of 21,375 kilowatts.
the district power division already
Continued On Page 6. Col. II
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-01
Civilian Users
Get More Guns

WASHINGTON. Aug. /. CUP) -
All but two types of small arms
We're released BY the War Produc-
ton Board Wednesday for sale to
civilian users.
The WPB's Office of Civilian Re-
qulrements said only l2-gauge shot
guns and .38 caliber revolverS cham
bered for special cartridges used by
law enforcement officers would re-
main frozen"
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-01
All Auburn Restaurants
Close for Thirty Days

AUBURN. Calf, Aug. l.
GUP)-1Fit:pen restaurants,
the only public eating places
in this Sierra foothill COM
munity. closed Tuesday, and city
officials wondered how they would
feed an estimated seven to nine
thousand hungry harvest picker5
and other tranSientS
Meantime, IL eating places in
Colusa county closed because Of ra-
ton point shortages, with only one
restaurant in the town Of ColuSa
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-01

SAID. Were sticking to our guns !"
Meanwhile, regular restaurant
patrons went breakfastless. as city
Officials made emergency plans to
feed up to $500 persons a day at a
municipal soup kitchen A fifty
cent lunch was to be served today
in the local War Memorial building,
grudgingly loaned to the city for
a twoweek period.
The soup kitchen, City Council
man j. c. Walsh said, would pro-
vide only very simple meals as low
II rationed foods as possible
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-01
Mexico to Open
Hearings on
Water Compact

MEXICO CITY. Aug. /. up
The Mexican senate has called open
hearings on the MeXican-U. S. wa
ter treaty preliminary to senate
discussions in September.
A commission Of senators and
two experts from the foreign minis
Try were scheduled to preside at a
series Of hearings in the senate
public rooms. The meetings will
open to the public
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-01
Islands Stur+
Rubber 20 u. s.

y. g.. deputy director OF the Philip
pine, mission. said the shipments
are lust Il drop in the bucket con-
>idrring the United States rubber
requirements but nevertheless they
r. most welcome. Besides The ship
ments will be increased steadily"
Philippine plantations produced
the war and production within the
i0O1 metric tons annually before
next year is expected to exceed that
figure greatly.
Philippine crude rubber is grown
On Mlndanao and then sent to the
Rubber Development corporation 5
branch Al ZamboangO where it is
prepared for shipment
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-01

MANILA. Aug /. Crude
rJJDer from tc Philippines has
begun mot4n- 60 the United state
and production viii Jr increased
steadily II N.. revealed Wcdmes-
cay.
Officials ol the f,rcisn economic
admm ..rat.un tud the Affiliated
Rubber Development corporation
reported tn4t ,6 toms oi crude rub
ter have ju-j been shipped to Amer
i-a. Earlier. 500 o. pounds Of sal
va7cd JJplucer ru. bc. wa, shipped.
The Rubber ana Ill Subsequent
shipments. UIu be sold to private
industf; IN the United States.
james $. Baker. oI Washington.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-01

remaining open: Restaurant men
we're to confer with OPA officials
Wednesday and plans were being
made for city feeding centers.
The Auburn restaurants closed Of
ficially at midnight despite last
minute efforts of Office Of Price
administration officials to relieve a
shortage of ration points. This, the
restaurant operatorsSay, forced them
to shut down for 80 days
The OPA offers were too little
and too late" R. w. Edwards,
spokesman for the restaurant men,
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-01
Army to Help
Rail Traffic

in redeploying troops across the
country This phase, which will
take care of $4,000 soldiers month,
will be handled by commercial air
lines through army aircraft and
personnel will be used
Undersecretary of War Robert P
Patterson said 1862 high point men
with railroad experience will have
been released by August 10 and that
2O63 others will be returned from
Europe as soon as possible.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-01
BottIeship Mississippi
Hit by Suicide PIone

WASHINGTON, Aug, /.
(UP)-The Navy revealed
Wednesday that the battle
ship Mississippi was hit by
suicide plane last January at
Lingayen gulf with 40 casualties to
her crew.
1t was the first time the 28-year-
old battleWagon had been hit during
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-01

"A London Daily Express dispatch
from Berlin Speculated that the Big
Three c4T"inl'pique to be issued fol
lowing the conference may an
nounce that Russia considers her
self ut war with Japan
The nature OF the american vic
tories cannot be made public At
thls time. but President Truman
WAS reported highly satisfied with
tie progress of his discussions With
Premier Stain and Prime Minister
Attirt.
IINAL MEETING
Tine three chiefs Of state Wed
uesdaV held what has been deScrib-
ed officially only as further meet
ine 1t was likely 10 be The final
meeting Of the conference although
i possibility remained that another
es~ieu will be scheduled Thursday
The communIque to be issued Oh
conclusion Of the conference prob
ao.y viii state the Allied position
Du the future Of Europe with pIrti-
culur emphasis on Germany. but
is not expected to contain amy ref
e"ence 10 Japan
This does not mean that the Paci-
fic war was not discussed by the
three leaders. President Truman
insisted upon its inclusion in the
agcnda
While both the Americans and tlfe
British respected RuSsia'S neutral
ity in the Pacific conflict. they firm
!; stated their belief that the future
of the world could not be discussed
Without some reference to Japan.
DRIVES BARGAINS
President Truman devoted the
early portion Of the conference To
feeling out his two experienced con-
ttmporaries. Then. with the assur-
Continued on Page 6, Column 81
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-01

WASHINGTON. Aug. l. tUP)-A
two point program aimed at break
ing the nations railroad jam was
announced Wednesday by the war
department. It called for:
l. Discharge of several thousand
experienced railroad workers from
the army to relieve the manpower
shortage, particularly on western
roads
2. Use Of army planes and pilots
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-01

Capt. Herman J Redfield of Cor
onado, Calf la skipper Of the Mis-
sissippi
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-01
WEATHER

Maximum Tuesday I0G. minimum
! Wed, 40; am. Wed. 80, humidity
19; noon Wed. 80, humidity IS. . p
m. Iueaday I6' humidity 90,
The Nome nugget., 1945-07-13

KALAMAZOO, MICH. - In- vasion highlight at Okinawa was the combat debut of the Beach Buster (above), amphi- bian tank designed by Borg Warner and U. s. Navy engi- neers and produced by Ingersoll Steel X Disc Division here.
 Duplicating repeated te t performances, the new LVT-3 gave good account of itself. It presents many improvements over original amtrack, con- ceived as a vehicle of mercy by Donald Roebling, grandson of the designer of the Brooklyn Bridge.
 Johanna Rodenberg, 22, (right) is described by Ingersoll CO., workers as "a honey of weld er." Her two brothers are in military service.
The Nome nugget., 1945-07-13
LIT. COL. ALBRIGHT APPOINTED HEALTH COMMISSIONER

Under the rejuVenated Terri torial Department of Health act passd by the last legislature, It. Col. C. Earl Albrecht, recently re- leased from the Army, began his duties this month as Alaska's first full-time Commissioner of Health with Headquarters at Juneau. He succeeds Dr. C. C. Carter of Jun eau, who had headed the depart ment on a part-time basis since the death of the late Dr. w. w. Council.
 Dr. Albrecht was born June 25, 1905, near Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, of American parents. His father was a pioneer clergyman in western Canada until 1911 when they returned to the United States to establish their home in South cntral Minnesota.
 Dr. Albrceht is member of the American Medical Association, The Territorial Medical ASsocia- ton, The American Neisserian So- ciety, Junior Fellow of the Amer ican College of Surgeons, a Diplo- mat of the National Board of Med ical Examiners and a member of the American Public Health Asso- citation.
The Nome nugget., 1945-07-13
Forecast And Weather Report Nome and Vicinity

Compiled by tte United States Weather Bureau, Nome Alaska.
 Friday, July 13, 1945
 Forecast Nome: Clear today be- coming partly cloudy tonight and Saturday. Slightly cooler Satur- day. Lowest temperature tonight AZ. Highest temperature Saturday 55.
 Nome data: Precipitation last "A hours ending 8:30 am. today, trace.
 Total precipitation this month to 8:30 am. today 0.05 inches.
 Temperatures last "A hours to 8:30 am. today: highest 67, lowest 42.
 Temperatures one year ago to- day: highest AZ, lowest 40.
 Extreme temperatures on this day since 1907: lowest 34 in 1917, highest 68 in 1941.
The Nome nugget., 1945-07-13
VIRGIL FARREL REASSIGNED TO THE STATES

Virgil Farrel, who was teacher here for several years for the Bur eau of Indian Affairs and for the past few years has had his home and office in Juneau, Alaska, has sold his home and departed for the States where he will be reassigned to work with the Bureau in the States.
The Valley settler., 1945-02-23
LOCAL NEWS

Mir. and Mrs. Matt Johans en ar- rived home Tuesday. They flew to Fairbanks in IL hours from Seattle. Mir. Jchansen seems very gl:td to be back in the Valley. He says that he eoesn't like tc stand in line half hour or more everytime he wants to buy some thing. Mrs. C.R. Mona ghan was very glad to see her sister.
 Dr.. Hansen will be leaving soon for We s hina ten DC. and Don Irwin. will move onto the Farm now occupied by the Honsen forli ly. Mrs. Hansen who will remain here until s sch0ol is out will fnove into the ]iaehan place. Mrs. Hansen plans t. spend the sumner in Nebraska wi til her mcther.
 Mrs. Henry LoRose and Mrs .Frank Bruckbauer have returned t. the. Valley also. They all seem to ike t@ come back.
 Carl onkka may go to Honolu1i1 instead Of Cairo IS he tho1lCht sWe don't imagine that he will mind.
 Vernon JCnes is in St. Paul Minnesota where he i s taking. treat ments fer his back. He says that he is letting along fine, but will have to remain there f 7r year.
 The Recreati onaT Hall is sur- rounded by moat today anf needs bridge. Too bad the rain cannot~ be deferred until June when We have more need of 1t than we have
Montana labor news., 1945-08-30
ARE YOU GETTING
YOUR PAY UNDER
SOCIAL SECURITY?

on August IA, 1945, this nation took
time out to observe the passing of ten
years of Social Security. The point Is
especially significant in view of the fact
that VI Day was m~omentarily expected
and we we're in a state Of national ex-
citement. Why did our people feel this
anniversary worthy Of celebration? Why
did they feel it was worthy Of sharing
a place in our thinking with the COM
ing of peace?
Patrick J. Shafer, manager Of the
Butte office of the Social Security
Board, believes the answers to both OF
these questions lie in the fact that the
war was fought to preserve individual
security. without individual security
there can be no national or world Sc
curity.
He points out that although the law
has been in effect ten years, there are
stin too many people who lose part Of
their benefits because they do not tle
their claims for such benefits. BY walt
ing a month or more after becoming age
e5 and retiring, a workers benefit is less
and he gets no payment before the month
that his claim is filed with a field Office.
Workers who become IS and are no
Montana labor news., 1945-08-30
PROBE WORKERS
COMPLAINTS
AGAINST U.S.. {. S.

LOS Observation-Disclosures
of complaints against the U. S. Employ
ment Service is being made by WPB
Rep. Roy Reuther in cooperation with
the Los Angeles Central Labor Council.
Complaints we're lodged by war plant
workers in recent mass cutbacks. Claim
of many laid-off workers is that they
were denied unemployment compensa-
ton benefits when they refused to accept
jobs at lower wages than they had been
receiving.
Ruther and the CLIO plan to investi-
gate complaints thoroughly and correct
them if the rights Of the claimants are
being violated.
In. the meantime a resolution passed
by Lodge 81, international Association
Of Machinists (AFL), declaring USES
interviewers have coerced union members
to GO on low-paid nonunion jobs, con
Montana labor news., 1945-08-30
WARFARE
AGAINST UNIONS
PLANNED BY COPS

SEATTLE-(FP)-Labor charges that
the Seattle police department is being
converted into a military machine to
bust unions following the disclosure that
the department plans to buy seven ar
mored cars.
Local 6, Building Service Employees
international Union (AFL), sent a sting
ing protest to the city council denounc-
ing the proposed purchase and called on
other unions to follow suit. Pointing to
Seattle's record Of orderly conduct dur
ing the war emergency, the local said;
THE very consideration Of such a plan
by our city government to buy and use
armored riot cars is an indication that
the officials involved lack faith in the
future of this community and that their
attitude toward our postwar future IS
negative.
ORGANIZED labor has had sufficient
experience with police departments and
their use of riot equipment to recognize
that such a program is actually inviting
and provoking a union-breaking cam
Ipaign by anti-labor employers and is a
serious threat to the excellent labor
management relations in which our city
government has been a constructive part
until now"
A delegation of ~unionists visited City
Councilman William Norton, chairman
of the public safety committee, and gave
him the gist of certain documents which
fell into their hands, disclosing that
the armored car purchase was only part
of a secret program to r~eorganize the
police department along military lines.
When Norton first announced the pro-
posed purchase, he was quoted in the
daily press as saying that the psyche
logical effect of police use Of a few OF
these cars would be wholesome"
Terry Pettus, editor of the New World,
weekly progressive newspaper and a
member of the delegation, charged that
the program is already in effect at the
Police Training School, operated under
the direction Of Capt. Emile Wallet. Of
ficerS are instructed in the latest Vech-
niques OF strikebreaking and other
courses preach the Hitler concept OF
racial superiority and defend Jimcrow
practices against Negroes, Chinese and
American Indians, Pettus said.
THE courses in smashing picket lines
and breaking up public assemblages,
Pettus said, ARE designed to indoctri-
nate the members of the force so that
they will carry out instructions-actu
ally given in the courses-never to shoe
over the heads of a crowd but into il
and that in such instances there can b.
no discrimination by reason Of sex o.
age"
Pettus warned that the police depart
ment plan lis closely related with a ma
tionwide union-smashing program nov
well under way in some parts Of tn
country and in the halls Of Congress VII
the Burton-Hatch-Ball and Chain Bill.
Montana labor news., 1945-08-30

longer working on a job covered by the
law OF who receive less money per month
than they did before age 65 are urged
to contact the Butte office Immediately
for advice as to what they should do.
Families, OF workers who die, should
also contact the office Immediately.
They should call at the office and bring
the deceased workers social security
card along, no matter how long he
worked under the law.
Mr.. Shafer also points out that per-
sons who retire and then return to work
for a time should investigate the pos
sibility of having their benefits refig-
ured. In some cases this can be done
ITO be safe, all persons IS Or over o.
those nearing age IS should call at the
field office for information about theil
social security rights" Shafer said.
Montana labor news., 1945-08-30

demned the agency for its practices in
regard to withholding Unemployment
insurance.
The resolution quoted Article 2, Sec
ton 1Sb of the unemployment insurance
act of California, which states that IF
wages, hours or other conditions of work
offered are substantially less favorable
to the individual than those prevailing
for similar work in the locality" bene-
fits should not be denied an individual
for refusing offer Of such work.
Lodge. 3ll called on all AFL locals to
resist any attempt by USES to break
the present wage structure and urged its
unemployed members to refuse cheap
non-union Jobs.
Montana labor news., 1945-08-30

The casting director at Twentieth Cen
tury-Fox, vino was in a conference, was
interrupted by his secretary, who said,
There's a fellow outside who insists on
seeing you right away"
What does he do?" asked the casting
director.
He tells me" said the girl, that he
s~pecializes in sticking his right arm into
the lions mouth in jungle pictures"
Very interesting remarked the direc-
tor. What's he call HIMSELF"
Lefty"
Montana labor news., 1945-08-30

In a New Jersey courtroom a man was
being tried 70 rcausing bodily injury to
his wife. you mean to say" asked the
Judge, you threw this poor woman out
Of the second story window through for
getfulness?"
Eyes, Your Honor" replied the Defend
ant. you see, we used to live on the
ground floor and I clean forget that we
moved"
Montana labor news., 1945-08-30

A little old lady, so years old, had
lived all her life in a Polish farmhouse,
about three miles from the Russian Dor
der. one day her grandson came rush.
ing in, waving a copy Of a Moscow news
paper. Grandma" he cried, they've
just signed a new treaty and the land
we live in now belongs to Russia.
We're not Poles anymore; we're Rus
slams"
The old lady nodded her head in ap-
proval. Thank goodness for that" she
said, with satisfaction. Il don't think
could have stood another of those
cold Polish winters"
Montana labor news., 1945-08-30

A timid patrolman, walking his beat
one night, noticed a tough guy walk over
to a jewelry store, heave a rock through
the window and leisurely pick up the
diamonds. Then the crook, after pocket
ing his haul, walked over to the fright
ened COP and sneered, Now go ahead
and report that to your captain"
mot me" answer the other. I'm nc
gossip"
Montana labor news., 1945-08-30

tonight, you're a man If you're afriad
to assert yourself and put off the happy
day, you're just a mouse"
II guess l must be Just a raj" said
the young mouse sadly. Il kissed her
last night"
Montana labor news., 1945-08-30

They tell the story about the young
mouse who announced his engagement
n day. "Tonight," counselled an older
friend. will decide whether you're a
mouse or a man. If you kiss your girl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-10

Question: WnOt WOud pc me general eITeCt orr u'e country of steel strike? Answer Over 40 per cent of all the factory workers in the country their living by making steel into useful products for American life A shutdown ot the steel industry would be disastrous blow to conversion and would cause serious loss in both woqes and industrial production at Q time when they were most needed.
 Question: Is it true thot the SteeIwo<ers Union has pledged itself not to strike? AnswerYes Every contract which the Union has signed this year with the various steel companies has clause wherein the Union agrees not to strike during the life of the contract Question: Are those contracts still in effect? Answer: Yes They were signed in the spring of l945 run until October, lo4o. Question: Who signed for the Union? Answer: Its international officioIs-Php Murray, Van Bttner, Clinton Golden and 'others-ond the local Union heads at the various plants Question: Is there no "escope clause" by which either side could end the oereements3 Answer: Mo- The Union demanded fixed, one-tem contract and got it.
 Question: Why did they want Ione-term contract? Answer: In the Unions own words before the War Lobo Board, "The Unions request for termination date
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-10
Not if the CI0 abides by its pledged word, given only last spring

of October 946 is not made coprciousy or pressed here for bargaining purposes It represents the con- sdered view of the Union thot only such term will adequately serve the needs of stability
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-10

Question: Does the end of the justify changing the controctso
 Answer: Mo- The bond was sealed on both sides and should be kept whether times be good or bod The steel companies are continuing to live up to these agreements. If strike is called, it will be in clear violation of the existing contracts
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-10

Question: Did the recent strike vote violate the trocts?
 Answer: Mo- Only octuoI strike would violate them Question: Haven't there been strikes already during the life of the contracts? Answer Yes There were 998 strikes in steel plants dur ing the past year alone. They were mostly Iocol strikes which the Union chorocterlzes as "Widcot, but they meant big loss in production.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-10

Question: Are those contracts still in effect? Answer: Yes. They signed in the spring of 945 to
 run until October, l94o
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-11
Views Of The Press
MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTERs
(New York Herald-Tribune)

S4SA AeS ~~@eSI
 The proposal of the Baruch Com mittee on Physical Medicine that medical centers be established as war memorials has a grim logic. Since war is a bloody business of death and suffering, what more appropriate form could such mem- orials take? And as reminder of the fact that war is hell' they should dispel its glamour for future generations. There is also another virtue in the idea, which is that war, besides taking life, promotes the technique of saving 1t.
 This latter is suggested by the action of subcommittee Ion war and postwar physical rehabilita- tion and reconditioning," composed principally of officers of the Army Medical Corps, in sending to various institutions and individuals in the field "a blueprint of an ideal war memorial" The emphasis is to be on rehabilitation, a very wholesome note and one to persuade our re- turning veterans against the resent ment and cynicism that dangerous and arduous service so frequently inStillS.
 The program in it's entirety strikes us as extremely fitting, and we are glad to learn that the com- munities canvassed so far were gen. erally in favor of it. One may be pretty sure that our fighters will prefer it, very likely with cheers, to the proliferation of conventional monuments frequently so unrealis- tic as to be, in their eyes at least, ridiculous.