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Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-20
Other Editors Say
wall Street Journan

Viewing the tremendous drama unfolding it
self the European stage the American mind
may well confess itself beWildered, but out OF
that bewilderment one solid instinct emerges,
and il is a sound one That is that we must
see TO it that we are not drawn into the whrl-
pool OF conflict by anything short of the grim
necessity of defending our own peace. With
EurOpeS race conflicts and theological conflicts
we should have immediate concern other
than TO see that they do not arise among our
people. So. too. with the clash of conflicting
principles of political organization. Little use
as we have for relationships of any stripe
Nazi Fascist or Communist-deep as is our de-
votion TO democracy We conceive it, we have
had one experience of a war TO make the world
safe for democracy and that should be enough
for us. Our problem is, first, last and all the
time to keep own democracy safe That
Job is none too easy as it is but it would be
impossible were again to be involved in
like the last one.
Whether or not Europe is slipping into an
other war only time can tell. We hear much
about the necessity of preparedness for our own
defense. There is another kind Of preparedness
equally necessary and that is the preparedness
TO keep out of war, and the time for that is
before war actually breaks There have been two
world wars in our national lifetime and we got
ourselves dragged into both-l812 and 1917. 1t
we wait until another breaks out before prepar-
ing to stay out of it. we run an extreme risk OF
being caught up in it. Now is the time for us
TO consider how may best immunize our
selves against that danger.
In considering that there are two things to
be borne in mind. One is that must pay
a price for immunity. The other is that
we must be guard against both wild
counsels from extreme pacifst emotionalists and
fanatics, on the hand, and on the other
hand, counsels of those elements amongst
who ever seeking opportunities to under
mine our social economic and political structure
under any guise that presents itself in humani
tartan habiliments. We have already too many
of both kinds loose among our people 1t will not
be easy to steer a sound course between them
and we shall need the utmost vigilance in the
navigating room.
Our job is to see that we have it.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-20
WeII> I'll
7eIIYou..
says
Bob Burns

It's always been pretty generaiiy
conceded that actors and musicians
dJnt have much practical knowl-
edge of other things, but l have
friend who's an orchestra leader.
Durin' the recent storm, his back
ward was washed full of gullies and
he got a crew Of men back there
TO shovel it i'm shape again. He said
he noticed the work was movm
pretty slew and he found that one
Cf the fellas was whistlin' Thanks
For The Memory" and all the others
were shOvelin' i'm time with the
music.
Then the orchestra leader opened
his windows wide, turned his phon-
cgraph up loud and put on record
Whistle While You Work" and he
says ever since then the dirtS jest
been flyin'.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-20
aDALE
ECARNEGiE
Author of How to Win
Friends and Influence
People

= Can you recall how apparently
some trivial incident affected your
entire life? AS to my own, if l
hadn't met an Episcopalian rector
one night in the caboose of a
freight train at Blunt, South Da-
kota. my whole life would have
been different. I was planning 10
go to college in Boston, but as a
result of my conversation with this
stranger, was persuaded to at
tend the American Academy of
Dramatic Arts in New York City.
Going 10 New York altered my en-
tire life.
Here's another. and a more i'm
portant illustration: A pair of tired
horses helped to change the history
of this nation. A man in a covered
wagon was crossing Illinois, bound
for the prairies of Iowa. He had a
heavy load, and his team was eX-
hausted, so he stopped at the groc-
cry store of a little log cabin viii
lage, hoping to sell a barrel OF
household plunder to the grocery
store proprietor in order 10 tighten
his load The owner OF the store
bought the barrel of household
plunder for fifty cents, rolled 1t
into the back room of his store.
and couple of weeks later he
turned it upside down TO see what
was in it. He found a complete set
Of BlackStone'S Commentary on
Law. 1t was spring the farmers
were busy in their fields, and the
grocer had plenty OF leisure, so he
stretched out on top of the counter
and read these law books from COW
er to cover. He was fascinated, and
determined then and there TO be-
come a lawyer. If the horses hadn't
been tired, the man probably
wouldn't have tried to sell this
plunder: if it hadn't been sold,
this man might never have become
a lawyer; he might never have
been president; if he hadn't been
president of the United States
would probably be divided into two
nations today instead of one. The
groceryman's name was Abraham
Lincoln.
Before you can sell your goods,
your ideas, your service or your
enthusiasm, you must first win
your prospects confidence.
Here is the method used by Har-
old Sigmund, president of the Alta
Solvents Corporation, New York.
He is one of the most expert sales
men who ever sold bottle OF
cleaning fluid. When he calls on a
prospective customer. he first tells
the prospect what MS product will
not do. For eXamle. he makes clear
that Alta will NOT remove ink,
rust, acids, liquor Or fruit stains
After this bit of damaging evil
dence against his own cleaning
fluid, his customer has confidence
in his assertions that it will re-
move such spots as grease, oil, tar
paint and chewing-gum.
Buyer respect a salesman who
is honest; they believe in him and
patronize him, but they will not pa
tronize a man after they have lost
confidence in him. Here is a good
slogan: Tell the whole truth.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-20
SRA Rolls Go Up
To 718 Families

Lack of employment opportuni-
ties received the blame for State
Relief administration rolls rising
to 718 families this week in COM
parison to the 639 total for last
week
This weeks total includes GIG
resident families and 80 transient
families. Robert Elliott, Imperial
county SRA director announced
Saturday. Migratory agricultural
workers, who comprise the bulk of
the families, are leaving in in
creasing numbers for northern sec
IionS.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-20
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF TIME AND PLACE
OF SALE OF REAL PROPERTY
In the Superior Court Of The State
of California, i'm and for The
County Of Imperial

In the Superior Court of The State
of California, in and for The
County Of Imperial
In the Matter of the Estate of
IDA B. LANDERS,
Deceased.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that bids for or offers of purchase
for the hereinafter described real
property will be received at 2l8
Rehkopf Building, in the City Of
Ell Centro, California. and that the
first day of April 1898, at the hour
of ten o'clock AM. Of said day is
hereby set as the day and time on
or after which sale of the herein
after described property will be
made.
That said real property is more
particularly known and described as
follows, to-Wit:
Lots Eleven I'D and Twelve
G2) in Block SO of the Town
site of Ell Centre, located on the
northeast corner of Fifth Street
and Orange Avenue, in the City
of Ell Centro, California, together
with dwellings thereon.
Also Lot Twenty 600 in
Block 40, also known as No
502 Brighton Street, in the City
of Ell Centre, California, to-
gether with dwellings thereon.
That bids or offers must be in
writing and may be left at Room
218 Rehkopf Building, in the City OF
Ell Centro, California, or delivered
to Frank w. Fisher, Executor, or
Mrs. Mary Tipps, EXecutriX, of said
estate, personally, or may be filed
in the office of the County Clerk
and Clerk of the above entitled
Court. That said bids will be re-
ceived subject to confirmation by
the Court of any sale.
Dated March TO- 1898.
FRANK w. FISHER,
Attorney for Estate.
HARRY w. HORTON,
Executor
MARY f. TIPPS,
EXecutriX
M 70 OF incl
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-20
Bruce Cation Says
STEP TOWARD SOLUTION
OF PARKING PROBLEM

Ask the average American WHdl
he is looking for in this life and
chances are he will answer "a
parking space" Traffic congestion
and parking are problems that
concern the small town just about
as much as the large city.
For that reason New York City's
decision to make permanent the
ban on parking ON 10 midtown
streets is Of interest to many peo-
pie.
The express streets" had been
ON trial in New York since Jan. 3.
Police liked the idea. So did mo-
torists. The parking ban will soon
be tried on 10 additional streets
Other metropolitan centers can
now be expected to follow New
York's lead. In doing so they will
finally give ear to advice which
traffic experts have been passing
out for some time.
And that advice is that the only
real solution to the problems OF
congee on and parking lies in first,
elimination of parking on all but
the widest and least travelled of
city streets and, second, provision
for off-street areas to accommo-
date not only the cars usually
parked on the streets but also the
even greater number of cars peo-
pie are driving around the block
in the vain hope that \ley will
find a place to leave them.
The experts believe further that
city planning should provide for
conversion of low value real estate
into parking space.
Down in Argentina, the forward
looking city of Bueno5 Aires is
showing the way to a motorists
Utopia by constructing the worlds
widest Street-With subWayS be-
meath it TO provide parking space
for 5000. cars. This plan apeaSes
the honest objection of merchants
who say that elimination of street
parking also eliminates a part OF
their business.
Parking is the prime causative
factor in traffic congestion.
Consider a 100-yard block on a
busy artery Only 18 cars can park
in 100 yards; that would be 36 for
both sides of the street. But the
pavement left for moving cars
may serve more than 1000 an hour.
Thus a few parked cars clog the
street and slow up traffic for many
times that number of moving cars
New York has taken the first
step toward a sensible solution OF
what are probably Americas most
universally irritating problems
parking and traffic. Simply stated
the one practical course seems tc
be:
Provide adequate off-street space
and then get the parked cars off
the busy streets
When that is done life will be q
lot more pleasant for a lot of peo-
Pile Saturday night on Main street
CT a midWestern town will be NJ
more of a drivers nightmare thar
will o'clock in the afternoon or
32d street in New York City.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-20
NEW DANCE BAND
FOR LA HACIENDA

La Hacienda, EI Centric dine and
dance club, is featuring a new six
piece dance band under the direc-
ton of Henry LaFrance and three
new members for the floor show
Taylor and Allen, ballroom dan
GERS, and Arlee Redfren, tap and
toe dancer and accordioniSt, are
presenting the vaudeville acts.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-20

and knows the
ropes. If I get to
opera three
times in a season,
I'm one up on my
quota. But Moth
ing relaXes me
more thoroughly
than a long eve
ming in a COM
Portable seat i'll
the glanorouS old
Met. with good
music. That op-
eras are all such
t1Ns,,nc
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-20
FUNERAL SUNDAY

Funeral services for Alexander
Williams, Sd, Negro, who died in
Ell Centre Friday, will be held in
the A. r. Hens funeral home at Q
pm. Sunday with the Rev. Wilton,
Baptist, officiating. He will be
buried in Mt. View cemetery. He
is survived by one son living in the
east.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-20
Boy Scout Will
Hold Open House

The Boy Scouts of Troop No. 3
will hold open house between 1890
and 9:30 pm Monday for parents
and friends, and they will also en-
tertain Camp Fire girls.
Mrs. Z. w. Ferris will be in
charge of refreshments, assisted by
Mrs. j. r. Fahs, Mrs. p. B. Schon-
maker and Mrs. Gerald Fl. Shaw.
Scoutmaster Hugh Wilcox and
Camp Fire secretary Mrs. Walter
Phillips will give hi9hlights on the
organizations work.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-20
OPPOSE CONCESSION
ON TRADE PACTS

WASHINGTON, Mar. 49, (UP)--
Western congressman named a three
member committee today to oppose
any new concessions in the proposed
reciprocal trade pact with Great
Britain which would affect the
wool and livestock industries.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-20
STREETS FARLEY

TUCSON, Ariz., Mar. 10. CUP)-
The first annual Arizona roads and
streets conference went into final
sessions today, featured by the
address of Frank Bromley, Phoenix
traffic engineer on "Standardiza-
ton of Signs and Signals by City,
County and State"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-20
OIL LANDS
CONFISCATED
lContinued nom Page h

port it.
The oil industry meanwhile was
paralyzed under a suspension of
work order by the union. Long lines
of automobiles formed before fill
ing stations, seeking supplies before
sales cease entirely.
The Bank of Mexico and all other
banks suspended trading in for
eign exchange. There was bootleg
ging of dollars as well as of gas
oline at high prices.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-20
Something Learned

In spite of the possibility of show
ing great ignorance, RR hereby ad-
mits that he learned something
Friday. CWho said, "Impossible"?)
Turkeys are vaccinated Yes, it's
true. Against colds and various
other ailments. j. d. Loflin, Cal
eXico, who has as pretty a flock
of turkeys as you could wish to
see, provided the information.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-20

PHOENIX, Mar. 10. (UP)-The
WCrks Progress administration had
S250,00O for emergency flood work
in Arizona today, and waited for
reports Jf repair needs.
Officials said the grant needs no
state contribution unless materials
are needed on project. No specific
pre- ject was sighted Immediately.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-20
Famous Sayings
Rambling Reporter
(Continhed from Page d

THE Royal Family" Nobody will
confirm the belief, but RR is of
the opinion it was because Director
Joe Burcham was afraid he might
snore aagin, as at the dress re-
hearsal, and the actors lines could
MT be heard.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-20

The hair on the average mans
head grows half an inch per month,
scientists say.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-20
Unexpected Company

S. Quay Smith, Brawley business
man, had an unexpected caller the
other day. Francis Hudson got into
his car. stepped on the starter-and
couldn't get the machine out of gear
in time to avoid plunging through
the plate glass window of Smiths
establishment. Smith decided later
he wouldn't have minded so much
if Hudson had knocked first.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-20

Philadelphia was the seat of the
u. S. federal government from
1890 20 1900.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-20

Thomas Mann, noted present-day
author, sold fire insurance before
he won the Nobel prize for liter
ature.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-20
Where Am I?-

Where Am I?-
Wandering disconsolately into the
Imperial police station one night
this week, Leo Hetzel looked around
uncertainty.
What place is this?" he asked.
The information was forthcoming
Darn that kid of mine" eX-
ploded Hetzel. Here he gives me a
compass for my automobile and the
first time 1 try it out get lost"
The Imperial officers fixed the
compass according to Hoyle, or
something, and headed Hetzel to-
ward home.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-20
thoughts for the Day

I say unto you that likewise joy shall be in heaven
over one sinner that repenteth. more than over
ninety and nine just persons. which need repen-
tance-I5uke 1877.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-20
New York
Day by Day
BY Charles B. DriscOll

NEW YORK. Mar. 1--we went
out for a highbrow evening, V. V.
McNitt and l. Metropo' tan Opera.
10 less. Wv. is q regular attendant,
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-20

YOU haven't read ALL the News
Until You've Read ALL the Ads!
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-20

Under the new q. S.-Czechoslovakia
trade treaty, shoe manufacturers fear
they will feel pinch
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-20

Prime Minister Chamberlain asks the
British press to be nice to Germany dur
ing treaty negotiations. It's not a ques-
tiOn Of the pen and the sword today, but
the typewriter and the machine gun.
Amarillo, Tex, stages a Mother-in-
Law festival. Anything for a holiday
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-09-17
New Industry
Still Flocking
To This State
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In The Sir Walter Hotel.

Raleigh, Sept. ia total of 90
new industries located in North Car
DINA during the first eight months
of 1888, while So plants already in OPP
GRAFTON built additions to their estab-
lishments, it was revealed today in a
report of survey announced by j. T.
Anderson, industrial engineer in
charge of the division of commerce
and industry, Department of Conser-
walton and Development.
< Mr.. Anderson optimistically said
the figures indicate clearly that new
industry is continuing to come into
the state while plants already here
are expanding in many instances.
Total capital invested in the new
plants and in additions was estimated
by the industrial engineer at close
to, 100000.
An added favorable aspect of the
situation is the fact that a larger
number of new industries located in
North Carolina from May through ALL
gust than came in during the first
quarter of the year, Mr.. Anderson
said.
In the second quarter there were 81
new industries and 81 additions a.
gainst AZ new plants and 26 additions
during the first four months Of the
year. he added.
Among the new industries, hosiery
mills claimed the biggest proportion
ate share, reversing previous trend
Continued on Page Three)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-09-17
Middle Belt
Low Grades
Sell Higher
Some Improvement In
That Type Also Re-
ported o n Eastern
Markets by State-Fed-
eral Crop Service;
Notes Opening in Mid
die Belt Area

Raleigh, Sept. 17.-(AP)-Tobacco
sold in Eastern North Carolina mar
kets this week averaged generally
higher" than last week, the State and
Federal Marketing Service reported to
day. while in the Middle Belt first
week prices were substantially high
or" on lower grades than in the first
week last year.
In the eastern houses, where Type
p tobacco is sold, the service said.
1.-The principal percentages oe in
crease occurred in the leaf and smok-
ing leaf groups, and in most of the
lower quality grades of all groups"
Markets selling the bulk of the to-
bacco in the Type II area reported
a general average for the week Of
SzO66 per hundred pounds. For the
season to date sales averaged $40. 81"
Offerings in the east were chiefly
common to good leaf and fair to good
lubs, with leaf grades predominant.
The best increases, as compared
with opening week last year in the
Middle Belt, which handles Type Il
CD tobacco, were on common and
low quality leaf, and low quality Tugs
and primings." The service sai1 the
bulk of the tobacco sold at prices
ranging from SO to $29 per hundred
pounds, with sales heavy and prim-
ngs predominating, though common
to fair quality leaf as offered in fairly
heavy volume
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-09-17
Many Jewish
Doctors Sent
To The Army

Berlin, Sept. 17.-(APJ-Many Jew
ish physicians whose licenses had
been ordered revoked have been noti-
fled exactly to which military unit
they must report in case of war, it
was learned reliably today.
The report was taken to indicate
the urgency with which Nazis regard
the present crisis arising from Ger
man and Czechoslovak differences
over minority rights.
(About $1,000 to 1000 Jewish doctors
in Germany were forbidden in a de-
cree August 2 to practice after 8 b
TENDER 80. There were few excep-
tions to the ban, which closed a chap
ter in a systematic drive against
Jewish doctors which began Deem
Der 20, 1887, when 5000 were dropped
from staffs of private hospitals.)
While Hitler's newspaper mouth
piece stressed suggestions for a
Czechoslovak plebiscite to settle the
quarrel, and repeated the chancellor's
sharp words that behind this warn
ing stands a nation united in spirit
and determined in WILL" Germany
continued quietly to put the nation
more and more on a war basis.
Hotels were combed for possible
workers on the new system of forth
fications on the western frontier
across from France.
The foreign commercial attaches,
bankers and economists said they
could not explain how Germany has
financed her large scale preparedness
measures.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-09-17
Farmers Sign
For Payments
Upon Cotton

College Station, Raleigh, Sept. H.
North Carolina farmers are signing ap
plcation for cotton price adjustment
payments at the rate of several thou
sand a day, E. Y. Floyd, AAA execu-
tive officer at State College, announc-
ed today.
The AAA is now in position to make
these payments on cotton grown IN
1887, he said, and every effort is be-
ing made to rush the applications to
Washington. Farmers who have not
yet signed the applications, cap 1O3',
are urged to do so at once.
With $13O,OOO,OOO available for cot
ton adjustment payments in the South
the payments will be based on 90 per
cent of the 1887 base cotton produc-
ton of each farm for which applica-
tons are submitted.
The maximum rate is three cents
pound, and applies to all cotton
produced last year and not sold be-
fore September 10, 1887. This includes
cotton held by producers or put un-
der the 1887 government loan.
For cotton sold before September
10, last year, the rate of payment
will be the difference between the
average price of 7-8 inch middling
cotton on the 10 spot markets and IL
cents a pound. provided it cannot
exceed three cents.
No payments will be issued to grow
ers who have knowingly overp.antec
(Continued on Page Eight.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-09-17
China Calls Upon
League For Help

Geneva, Sept. 17.-(AP)-China
demanded today that the League of
Nations take steps against what
she charged was Japan's extern
sion of mobilization orders to in
clude a Pacific island held under
League mandate.
Dr. Wellington Koo, Chinese
delegate to the League, declared
a private meeting of the Council
that Japan had no right to de-
cree mobilization in the Mariana
Caroline and Marshall islands.
These former German possessions
i'm the Pacific lie between the
United States and China.
DIR. KOo now demanded that the
charge be brought before the
Council for action.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-09-17
Czech Army Of 100000 Men
Modified; Plea By Henlein

ing to arms and organizing a 'Sudeten
free corps along the Czechoslovak-
German border
The proclamation spoke to tens Of
thousands of fellow countrymen" who
were forced to flee" Czechoslovakia
into Germany, "in order to escape
losing their lives or being taken away
as defenseless hostages"
His order for formation Of the free
corps" was issued under an Asch,
Czechoslovakia, dateline.
whereabouts of Henlein, sought bv
Czechoslovak authorities on charge
of treason, since his proclamation of
Thursday calling for union with Ger
many was not known. His party has
been outlawed by the Czechoslovak
government)
The proclamation accused President
Benes of Czechoslovakia of turning
loose upon Sudeten Germans hate
filled Czech soldiery" and said that in
forming the free corps the Sudctens
assume for ourselves emergency
rights which nations have taken at