Press-Courier from Oxnard, California • Page 1

"Good Afternoon THE WEATHKR: Generally cloudy this afternoon and tonight becoming partially cloudv Saturday. Not quite so cool Saturday. Temperatures yesterday: Oxnard high 67, low 55: Port Hueneme high C2 low 58. VOLUME 38, NUMBER 263 OXNARD, CALIFORNIA, FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1946 FIVE CENTS Lewis Orders Miners to Work Hoover Calls Famine Worst; in All Hisforyi Global Trip Finished Says Strikes Mean Death to Millions SAN FRANCISCO U.R For- mer President Herbert Hoover said today the world was faced with the greatest potential fam- i ine in all human history and I warned that strikes and MRS. SYLVIA FITZUERALD.

president of the Veterans of Koreign Wars AuxHiarv. VFW, Auxiliary install Officers 1946 Permits for Building Near Million Industrial Projects i Comprise over Half i of Total Value Nearly a million dollars worch I of building permits has been since the first ened strikes in the United States The April total of ac- cording to Building Inspector rrancis Christensen post Hugh Clark, boosted the total! may directly cause the deaths an( auxiliary of the Veterans i for the first four months of the i millions of people in foreign i of Foreign Wars were. insti- ear 8974,227. as compared to lands. tuted and the officers were i for the same period iast Hoover completed an earth-1 stalled at a public meeting last year.

girdling inspection of starvation might at Oxnard Union High March has teen the biggest ureas representative of Presi- School. month for permits so far this item Truman. Roberl Giies was in staliHi a total of S7177.782. I He said that if the American as foul strike continued, it would Mrs ivsuli in the deaths of hundreds of the- "auxiliary, uf thousands if persons because teria. the district president.

I perately-needed emergency feud instituted the auxiliary, Liohn Passarino of Santa Bar i Huover's statement was department of California, been filed, i instituted the post. He was also Industry i commander of the post, and I ly 1 s. Sylvia Fitzgerald as head i 8 8 would May Fraga of Carpi oiG in permits was filed. i a would delax of leria lhe district president, Since January 1940, permits and for 19 residential buildings con- liar-'. stituting 23 housing units with I is-1 faara, assistant chief of- staff of i a total valuation of $81.400 hav-J i suet! aoout one hour before John department of California, i been filed.

has accounted for I truce strike.) ordered a rvvi the soft coal jlhe installing officer. Mrs. Ida i the biggest share of the permits, A Madrid of Ventura installetl the! The SomLs Lemon Association 1 -There is only from 30 to CM auxiliary, assisted bv members i with a S300.000 permit; the Ven- days supply food in the faming of the Port Hueneme auxiliary's tura Farms with a $100.000 per- of 21 different nations. Them-drill team. Gentry's Chili I Installed with Giles were Plant with a $98.000 permit: i have five months to go until the; next harvest." Hoover said.

7 TJ "'7' Foaei Cannei-v wiih S-'OOOO JTClirv A. (jUSteli-'On cl VrfdHiici.j' tin el "If the railroad strike takes '-conurander Wendelli Lowrev errait: anti tne Baron Manu-l place, it will mean death to mil-! junior vice-ommander- Kenneth fa eturing Company with a $3,000 i ns quartermaster; Her-! bring the total for fac-: If the shipping strike u-kes Eitzgerafcl, judge 1 0 8 place it WfH-Se TM a "Many of the these industries forking post surgeon are descended Alvin Cannon, Holland Cochran i have a total valuation of 460. 7 Permits for 17 private garages officers installed i totaled S7.400. Other permits in- i appearing tirel and i with Mrs. Fitzgerald were one commercial garage worn from almost two months of Rosalyn Gustafson.

senior vice- one service nation n1l 1air vel he would president: Mrs. Sylvia Mauch- si.000.- IOS permits for "altera-j complete anham, junior vice-president: tions. repairs, and additions on Mrs. Mary Duren, chaplain: housekeeping dwellings. S33.223: Mrs.

Garnet Cochran, treasurer: 99 permits for repairs on corn- Mrs. Vera Wilson, guard: and mercial buildings. S53.G44: and Mrs. June Lowry. conductress, one permit for repairs and alter- ne unable to make a ff am 'h sltuaUon unul after he has seen ton i Since he left Xew THE LIGHTS OP LARGE CITIES will Hash on again if coal operators accept the truce proposed mine leader John L.

Lewis. This picture was snapped in Washington, where a photographer caught a young couple in a romantic pose on the usually well-lighted capitol steps. Other large eastern cities adopted brownouts to conserve the coal that produced electric power. York on The aarc-h i Hoover visited France, meel lhe second and fourth Fri- 000. and aux iii arv will i ations on the Oxnard Hotei.

a d. ovakia. Finland, t-n. Norway. England.

The Netherlands. many. Austria. Yugoslavia. of each monlh AVC Organizes Oxnard Chanter Two-Week Truce Starts Monday; Operators Must Agree to Retroactive Pay Miners' President Acts 'to Safeguard Health of Nation' as amed welfas mostcf the nations of the Lt Fran Christensen of Ox-; Orient.

Hoover arrived Field last night. nard who was killed over i Wear Men's Clothes Lucy Hicks Anderson has released from the county An Oxnard chapter of the Am! erican Veterans Committee has ties in the Robert Resting, U. S. Tests Nazi V-2 Buzz Bomb at Hirmii TM Gerniany in October 1044. a n.

hut has to wear men Hamilton WHITE SANDS PROVINGj formed Corv ith tne announcement of the N. M. U.R-/Two giant of the advertising staffT.f The i engagement of Miss Virginia American-made; Diedrich to Robert Resting, Jr. i and the other a 15-ton German I was a P-51 Mustang pilot. Press-Courier as chairman.

Vice-chairman is Paul Rush: secretarv. W. C. Abram: Maritime Unions i British Clear Spain Vote for Merger on A omi NEW YORK. (U.R)---Great Bri- tain has informeti a United Nations subcommittee investi- Franco Spain that British am i ury indictment for military intelligence agents fjcation of clothes to stay out.

Those were the terms of i a modification granted Lucy yesterday. i so. Lucy mav not be out of jail I or keeps i a Karne Olswanger. George She (hei was taken into fed-1 Greene. Clinton Taium.

i eral custody yesterday to A Sanders. E. Earl Kent. sent to New York to The troth was announced at a V-2--roar into the desert skies, trea- barbecue at the home of over New Mexico today as the; Mr. and Mrs.

Resting at 611 U. S. Army opens officially its avenue. experiments to perfect rocket i Diedrich mother. Mrs.

warfare for future national se-1 Diedrich. a i Mr. curity. ig February- 5. It as the first public test of 1 was ounng the war.

and i the first American-made hearv! SAN FRANCISCO U.R) -Leaders of seven maritime unions today prepared a plan for a nationwide federation which would be the fifth largest union ldl tm.emscm.-e fication of an application for a rxmiicinci. isouth Pacific He and fntho i in the Congress of Industrial Or- have been unable to fincl an GI alottment while her husband, Tne county-wide organization. have lived in Oxnard for i Overshadowing the American ganizations. (traces of atomic weapon re- Reuben Anderson, was in the which met last night in Ventura. vears.

test, however, was an attempt; search there Three hundred delegates to a seaix 11 uiere I Arm i Mav 21 as thc for a When Robert hnmo t0 fire thc 1 1 Gci-man V-2 "unitv" convention "here ar A British report submitted to; Lucy was in the county jail! dance at the Hob-Nob in Ven- ur i o- 4 i at least 100 miles into the proved by acclamation a mer-i five-nation Security Council after conviction on a perjury juira when funds will he raisedL radio, radar ami! Bcr resolution proposed bv' OU laced lhe strength i charge involving a sworn state- to send one nr more delegates to nicK lner special peris-copes were set to! Joseph Curran. president of the i Spain's armed forces at not i ment on a ma mage application the national convention in Des at parente tlie follow thp Gorman in i C'lO National Maritime Union. I more lhan men. Poland, i that she was a woman. Her ma.i-1 Moines.

The resolution provided for establishment of a committee in urging United Nations action 1 querde of many years was later The chapter agreed to institute Franco, estimated the i ended when it was learned Lucy an immediate survey into the Mr. ami Mrs. Paul against to work out the details: the Spa ish a TM at TMV! 3 organization. The committee' 000 men and anish was headeti by Harr3' Bridges can officials have claimed Kid ft leaIer of the of the International Longshoremen's and a e- housemen's Union. Also serving; 1 miiiion Franco has nearly men under arms.

The subcommittee, established on I war veterans housing situation in lhe county. In connection with the forma- of the Oxnard chapter. and Mrs Richardson, and Mr. Alvin Diedrich. Miss Diedrich attended Clare's: school in Oxnard: follow the German weapon in flight.

Scientific instruments i were aboard to send back a steady flow of data from the St. I her A 1 I 1 I 1C: V-T--VI Mountain was pointed out that the aims of afice vvent lo school in Picqua. Top American rocket experts i in a rocket-proof block-'. with a 27-foot-thick pyra- AVC are summed up in the ATLANTA. Ga.

U.R--Charred I phrase "Citizens First. Veterans lhe last Xovemher. fZ He was iischargel froni mi(J root controi lne on it were Curran and Eugene gather facts on Polish and remnants of five fiery crosses! Second" with the seal "jobs Burke, president of the CIO Russian charges that the Franco atop historic Stone Mountain homes ful nnx cno CO 3 era-' Marine Cooks and Stewards. regime menaces world peace, near here today heralded the on The marriage will take place the coming fall. 1 IjlO 11 The merger action came less 1 meets behind doors to-.

Dixie rebirth of the Ku Klux agriculture and than 24 hours after a strike com-. rla y- There were reports that at Klan on a theme of "Whit" fJer a of "free enterprise recommended a ivalkout I leas! three of its members-- supi-emacy." j-- of America in "the Juni? 15 of the seven unions'! France. Mexico and Poland--j More than 700 white-hooded kind "of a world we fousht for." estimated 300.000 workers on 1 are insisting the group recom- figures assembled last night on the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts mend firm measures against the the eerie torch-lighted, 'wind- Oynarfi' and Gulf ports. Spanish government. swept granite mound WAnaru Temporary Draft 1 or.

samuei Green, of Atlanta, Defects Cited i A Baby Sister for Charley M'Carthy HOLLYWOOD. (U.R)--A seven- pound 13'i-ounce blond babv Today's demonstration was on of a series of tests aimed at developing a perhaps ten times as large and I fasl as tne super-sonic V-2. I JTST nah i te Sk a ainst Second Execution Delayed Month Extension Approved WASHINGTON UR) The ST. MARTINVILLE, La. U.W House military affairs commit- A tee t0flay approved St0 p.g a leg--A tombstone already purchased for Willie Francis, 17- year-old convicted Louisiana slayer, must wait at least another month for its victim.

Acting Gov. Emile Verret announced that lawyers for the teen-aged killer who i through a "first" excution last Friday night when the electric chair failed, would be given 29 days to renew their arguments. islation to extend the draft law until July 1. It will be considered by the House on Monday. temporary extension would not affect a previously passed house bill extending the draft act until Feb.

15. This bill provides for a draft holiday from the present May 15 expiration date until Oct 15. It is pending in the senate. current "Grand Dragon" of the i mystic order which had its for- mation on Hallowe'en night. 1866, in Pulaski, predicted i i a i throughout the nation in the near future." IKE IX TOKYO U.R JAPAN Undisturbed when his plane narrowly missed turning over on its landing at Atsugi Airport, Gen.

Dwight Eisenhower today spent his first day in Japan hearing reports on the allied military government. LOS ANGELES U.R)--A reo- born today at Holly wood ommendation for a single state byterian Hospital, agency responsible for inspeo- Bergen's wife, lion of jail health conditions was I Model Frances Weston. 23. was before the assembly interim com-' reported doing fine. Bergen's mittee on Jails today.

mouthpiece, Charley McCarthy, Dr. Wilton R. Halverson. state was speechless, health director, said his depart- The Bergens were married ment discovered 23 separate de- secretly in Mexico last summer, fects in county jails at Barstow, I announcing the event five El Centro, Santa Ana, San Diego, i months later in Chicago. Last Sacramento and Stockton and in January they took their mar- the Oxnard city jail.

The inspec- riage vows here a second time tions covered construction, sani because Miss Weston had prom- tation, lighting, bedding, ventila- ised her mother she would be tion and feeding. wec i a church. Hits Rumors about Hueneme; Base Will Continue; i The Navy department today at Washington said there was "no truth" to rumors the Port Hueneme, navy base would be cut back to a skeleton force, although it was confirmed there may be some reduction in per- sonnel. Capt. 0.

0. Kessing. in charge of the Port Hueneme base, is in Washington but the Navy said his trip had no connection with the reported outback. CJJ3--President John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers (AFLt today tiered soft coal miners back to work for two weeks beginning! Monday.

The soft coal operators. parently taken by surprise at i Lewis" sudden move, called a I meeting immediately. It was presumed they would agree to i the condition. The operators said they had! received no official notice of the truce and would make no e-om-j ment immediately. Lewis" only condition was I that the mine operators agree! to pay retroactively any wage! increase that is eventually ne-i gotiated.

Hits Demagogues Lewis said in a telegram all local union heads: "This action is the comribu-l tion of the UMW to our nation's economy, which is being im-1 periled by the stupidity and selfish greed of the coal oper-' ators and associated financial interests and by demagogues who have tried to lash the public mind into a state of hys-j teria rather than grant and fair treatment anenj who mine the nation's Lewis' surprise announcement! came shortly after President I Truman summoned the mine leaders and a the operators to meet with him in the White House at 4 p.m.. I today. Both sides accepted the invitation. Lewis gave copies of the tele-1 gram to reporters in the pres- ence of the 200-man policy committee, which he said had approved the truce. Clings to Demands "The coal to be mined during' this two-week period can be I utilized for consumption by es- sential facilities and the nation's health and security thus safe-' guarded while efforts to negoti-! ate a contract continue." Lewis! said in his telegram.

Lewis directed that the local union presidents and mine com-; mittees advise local manage-1 ment immediately of the work- ers" willingness to return to work for the May 13-25 period, "provided the company will' agree to the regular wages, plus any increases that may be later negotiated, retroactive, to cover this temporary work period." UMW headquarters said the- mice would cover two full work i weeks of six days each, a total I of 12 actual producing days, since the miners work- six days a week. Cleanup and cutting; crews will go back to work at once to prepare the mines for; a full day of production on; Monday. Truman Has Plan The telegram said that when companies agree, local unions are to direct the men to go'. back to their jobs for the two i weeks ending Saturday. May It seemed evident that Mr.

Truman is now ready to pro-" pose some specific pian to end this disaster-breeding. 40-day' strike. As Mr. Truman stepped personally into the 40-day soft coal walkout, these developments i highlighted the strike situation: 1. A House judiciary subcom-1 mittee agreed to approve a probably next Tuesday, de- signed to outlaw Lewis" demand for a tonnage royalty on coai i to supply a health and welfare fund for his miners.

i 2. The Senate sped toward disposal of the British loan with anti-strikt legislation next on the calendar. 3. J. Monroe Johnson, direc- tor of the Office of Defense! Transportation, warned that if I the coal strike continues another two weeks, even ship- menis of perishable foodstuffs! Humbert Takes Oath as King ROME Italian-cabinet today accepted Humbert II as king of Italy, but only after lopping off the traditional designation "by the grace of God and will of the The cabinet sidestepped a government crisis by its compromise on the wording of the terminology to be accorded Humbert, who ascended the throne on the abdication of his father "before God and the at a private ceremony at the royal palace.

Humbert gave Premier Aleide de Gasperi a letter for what promised to be a stormy cabinet meeting, asking the premier to remain in power and promising to respect results of the June '2 referendum on rejection, of the monarchy. Communists- socialists and action party members went to the cabinet session solidly lined up against any official recognition of the abdication. They considered it a violation of the monarchy "truce" and an effort to gain support in the referendum. If De Gasperi was unable 10 overcome. the opposition, his government may- faiL Churches Plan Special Mother's Day Services Mother's Day will be observed by special services Sunday in of Oxnard's churches.

At St. Paul's Methodist Church the sermon subjects will be "Mothers Place Today" and "Mother's Book." At the morning service an anthem composed by- Ralph M. Holmes, director of the choir, entitled "My Mothers Song" will be sung by the choir. The solo parts will be taken by Mr. and Mrs.

James Whalen. This will be the first time the anthem will have been given in public. Mrs. Clara Mae Dundore will sing the sclo "Candle Light" by Cadman. At the evening service Mrs.

M- R. Pell will sing "Mv Mother's Bible." At the Foursquare Church gifts will be given the oldest mother, and the mother with the largest family in church ivith her. At the i Presbyterian Church the sermon in the morning service will be on "The Resources of Motherhood." The sermon for the morning service at the First JBapasf- Church will be "A Mothers Request." Soloists will be Miss Viola Schuster and Lt. and Mrs. James Cherry.

There will also he choir music. 'Siamese Twins" Cling to Life PORTLAND. Ore. Still losing a little weight. Portland's Hurse girls, the little Siamese twins born here Tuesday, were clinging to life more than 60 hours after their birth.

will have to be restricted to one day in five. 4 Housing Expediter Wilson Vv said that unless coal production is resumed promptly the government must abandon its goal of 2.7 million new homes for veterans by 1943 because not enough material can be produced. 5. President Truman's regular Friday meeting with the cabinet stayed in session an hour ami a half. 30 minutes longer than usual, presumably to review the coal strike.

fi. Civilian Production Administrator John D. Small mended that the government seize the mines. He said that more than 1 million wmirorg have been made idle, wMt shutdowns in many major Industries. NEWSPAPER!.