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Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-18
THE KIND OF PLACE
IMPERIAL COUNTY IS

National Ham and Eggs. propaganda
organ published by the $50 Thursday
pension organization, greets with black
headlines the action of the Imperial
County Democratic Central committee
in adding Its significant endorsement
to Ham and Eggs
lhe endorsement was Significant"
the pension paper indicates, because
vgllante terrorism and the Associated
Farmers has long gripped the area
Ihe central committee, a casual reader
might infer, defied vigilante and Asso-
clated Farmers alike in voting its endorse
ment of the pension scheme. One does
not need much imagination to picture
black vlsaged, scowling Vigilantes lurk-
ing In the shadows outside, ready to
pounce upon the unfortunate committee
men.
Of course, nothing of the kind happen
ed, or was likely to happen. If the Demo-
cratic central committeeman wanted TO
endorse the pension scheme, nobody in
the county was going to prevent them.
Most of the people in the county may
and do disagree with the action of the
central committee, but that is a matter
OF opinion and the right to express opin-
ion.
The Objectionable matter was not the
oSeioi VI lii0 1SlitI dl Co1ll1Illlloe. 1t WAS
the action of the propaganda newspaper
in dragging out that old, discredited.
untrue charge of "vigilante terrorism"
1t was done, of course, because the pen
sion scheme must appeal to passion, pre-
Judice and misconception if it is to win
a following.
What about this "vigilante" story?
In the entire course of Imperial Valleys
history here has been only one incident
which might, in any way, be described
as the action of vigilante group. That
was the kidnapping of Attorney A L. Wir-
in when he was scheduled to make
speech at Brawley before a mob of Com
munist-inspired strikers who threatened
the valleys harvest
Many leaders in anti-radical thought
disapproved then of the methods used
to discourage Wirin's agitation of strik-
ers.
Yet, out of that one incident. radicals
in all parts of the nation have built up
a story of unbridled terrorism in Impe-
rial Valley. They have pictured the val
ley as a place "outside the government
of the United States
They have done all this, of course, be-
cause their radical beliefs have been un-
able to take root in Imperial Valley.
To see the S30-Thursday pension or
ganization reviving this old untruth
makes one wonder what sort of company
the group travels in.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-18
PRESS AND The PUBLIC
alameda Times-Star)

A poll by Fortune, seeking to deter
mine the ratings of news services in the
public's opinion, shows an amazing sim
ilarity in the several classes the poll
takers created. Answering the question
From what one source do you get most
of your news about what is going on,
TOT per cent of these classified as "pros-
porous" said from newspapers; middle
Glass; 100; ''lower middle class, 63.6;
poor" 58.1 and NEGRO" Sic.
Those giving the radio ratings ranged
from 17.8 from the prosperous; 210
from the upper middle; 26.8 from the
lower middle; 31.3 from other sources
ranged 3.4 from the prosperous to D
from the upper middle class, none of
particular consequence.
Another reaction to the poll was the
overwhelming number responding who
expressed the opinion that the press
should be "let alone in the matter of
publishing the news as it is made by per-
sons and events. However, an alarming
number of persons in all the classes rec
ognized the fact that the press is on the
defensive, sensing an undercurrent of
political thought that hopes for at least
a measure of control.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-18
A SURPLUS TO AVOID
FUTURE BOND ISSUES

/ Everyone who pays taxes should well
come the plan of the El Centre city coun-
ell to build up each year reserve fund,
| from which emergency expenses will be
met and out of which money for new
capital investments will be taken.
The avowed intention of the council
to use this surplus fund to make it un-
necessary in the future to put out new
bond issues-should meet with the ac-
claim of every El Centran. Bond issues
are always dangerous.
The council is merely following the
practice of private business enterprises
when it plans for a reserve fund to meet
emergencies and care for necessary con-
struction and additions. Every success
ful private business follows the same
procedure, for a private business cannot
issue bonds as a municipal corporation
can. Only one thing remains for the coun-
Gil TO do, since the reserve fund policy
meets with official approval. That is to
administer it as planned.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-18
AN OLD RUSSIAN CUSTOM
christian Science Mcnitor)

tChrlStlan Science McnltOf)
When the power to govern has been
seized by force, the continuation of gov
ernment will depend on force. The mass
execution of persons allegedly implicated
in the assassination of Spanish official
and his family shows Spain up against
this tragic fact This execution adver-
tises to the world that Spanish unity
was not won with General Frances
sword.
The declaration by Spanish authorities
of their determination to stamp out ress-
tance indicates imitation of methods
which have proved temporarily success
full elsewhere, but it will not convince
those who know the highly Individuals
tic Spanish character that the Franco
regime can make another Totaltaria out
of Spain.
It is true that in one respect that re-
gime has put totalitaran brand on
Iberia. But ironically it is a brand which
most of the world associates with Com
munist Russia, of whose influence in
Spain General Franco declared himself
to be an implacable enemy. Mass eXecu-
tions will not prove to the world that
the Franco regime has brought unity or
order to Spain or that it has saved Spain
from the most evil effects of Bolshevik
totalitarianism.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-18
NOTICE OF HEARING

NOTICE OF HEARING
No. 3024
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY :,
OF IMPERIAL
In the Matter of the Petition of
EDWIN D. STAHL to Establish the
Birth of VERNON. EDWIN STAHL.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN
that Edwin D. Stahl has filed a,
petition to establish the birth of
VERNON EDWIN STAHL, and
hearing on such petition has been
set for Friday the 1st day of Sep
tember, 1899, in Department 2 of
the above Court, when and where
any person interested may appear
and oppose the making of an order
establishing the fact of birth.
w. j. McCLELLAND,
County Clerk.
BY M. A. CHRISTIAN,
Deputy.
aug. II to 20 incl)
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-18
Willis Thornton's Editorial on:
Quota System Washed Up by immigration Tide

which fell under its quotas Tor
many years, is now damned up be-
hind the quota wall in overwhelm-
ing masses. These quotas will auto
matically be filled to overflowing
for many years. Yet quotas from
countries like Great Britain and
Ireland, Belgium, France. Holland.
Switzerland, and Scandinavia are
not nearly filled. AS result, the
bulk of our immigration in the
foreseeable future is going to come
from almost the very countries
which the act of 1924 sought to
make minority. In point of facts,
last year numerical majority OF
all immigrants came from Germany.
This makes 1t clear that the basic
immigration act of 1924 Is no lon
ger suitable basis for an immigra-
ton policy When the working of an
act Is such as to bring about re-
suit contrary to the purposes OF
the act, it Is time somebody sug-
gests restudy and redrafting of the
law. |
The present working of the immi-
grafton act is such as to suggest
that the. whole policy ought to be
reconsidered It should be studied
not In the light of the prejudices of
some string-tie and white-vest le-
gislator from the canebrakes or the
ragged ridges, but In the light OF
real and through investigation OF
the country's needs and capacities,
never forgetting the turn of events
by which the world has presented
the United States with burden
and a duty.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-18
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of EDWARD S. ROGERS,
deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the un-
dersigned, Ruel H. Liggett as the
Administrator with Will Annexed
of the Estate of Edward S. Rogers,
deceased, to the creditors of and all
persons having claims against the
said deceased, that within six
months after the first publication
of this notice, they either file them
with the necessary vouchers In the
office of the Clerk of the SuperioS
Court of the State of California, in
and for the County of Imperial, or
present them with the necessary
vouchers to the said Administrs.fy
at his place of business to-wit,
5O2 u. S. National Bank, San Diego,
California.
Signed RUEL H. L1GGETT,
Administrator with Will
Annexed of the Estate Of
Edward S. Rogers, de-
ceased.
Dated at San Diego, Calf. this
18th day of August, 1899.
LIGGETT & LIGGETT,
Attorneys for said Admin
istrator with viii Annex
ed
Aug. 1925, Sept. 1-8)
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-18
Famous Sayings

Because the world today is such
a different world from that of 1924,
the immigration quota system en-
acted at the time Is having unex-
pected effects.
When the quota system was pro-
posed. the background was roughly
this Congress apparently felt that
immigration in the. early 1900s was
overly weighted with people from
tho south and southwest of Europe.
So it set up quota system assign
ing to each foreign country an an
nual number of immigrants which
should be a certain percentage of
the number of people who had al
ready come to the United States
from the same country at an arbi-
trary date in the past. The date and
quotas were SO set as to give lar
ger quotas to northern Europeans,
and to cut the quotas from the
southern and eastern European
countries.
For some years It appeared to
work fairly well toward the end
sought Then came the depression
immigration stopped almost en-
tirely. During the first few years
of business depression, almost no
country filled its allowable quota
and for time there was even a
flow of the immigrant tide back to
Europe.
Then the relationships frightened
their grip on several European
countries. and organized religion;
and racial persecution as a state
policy began to appear. Instantly
the applications for immigrants
visas from the countries affected
began to rise.
So today we have curious stu,
alton In regard to immigration
one not imagined by those wht
framed the law of 1924. 1t is this
immigration from Central Europe
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-18
THE CENSUS LOSES
ITS PROBLEM CHILD
(Santa Rosa Press Demoerat)

I kSallCa hOSd #1GeSS# #DelIlocfalD
Counting the people in the United
States every ten years is big job, but
getting the names and addresses will be
easier in 1940-beeause there is no ma
tional prohibition law.
During the last two censuses, the in
dividua connected with the illegal al
cohol business was a problem child to the
census bureau.
Most of the time the census taker could
Mt find him. When he did. the man was
reluctant to talk about himself.
Back in the hills it was even worse.
Census takers often were regarded as
'revenuers' and were treated as such.
Repeal of prohibition is one reason
officials expect drop in the number
of John Smiths and William Joneses in
the 1910 census.
However. the bureau still will collect
the oldest assortment of names in the
nation 1t has always been that way.
The first census had its share
There were John Sat and Boozie Still.
Hannah Cheese and Henry Calico, Agreen
Crabtree and Christy Forgot
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-18

that changed the course VI AieA
life This was to improve herseH.
She decided to go to a summer
school and learn stenography ana
typewriting. This would have very
practical advantage. When the reg
ular school term opened again IN
the Fall she would be able to take
her notes in shorthand.
She studied hard and made such
outstanding progress that the COM
mercial school offered her a Joo
as teacher of shorthand. OF course
she was delighted.
AS a teacher, she worked Just
as hard as she had at stenograpny
and typewriting. One day repre-
sentative of Macy's department
store. in New York, called up, and
said that a stenographer was. Ill,
and he must have substitute at
once. None of the students seemed
sufficiently equipped for the job,
so Estelle Hamburger said she'd go.
A substitute teacher was found, and
Estelle walked into the store and
said. I'm your new girl" Her salary
was $12 a week.
She did her work so well that
she was asked to continue With
the store. She resigned her posi-
ton at the school, and became
regular employee in the department
store.
She decided to go higher than
stenographer, and was determin-
ed to learn all she could about the
makeup of writing ads. She studied
her new work just as hard as she
had stenography. Finally, she asked
for job in the writing depart
ment. Fortunately, it SO happened
that member of the staff was TAX
ing leave of absence, and there
was a-place open. Estelle got It, The
woman did not return, and Estelle
found herself in permanent posi-
ton. Her first jump in salary was
Sc, increasing it to $l8 week.
She was particularly fitted foF
ad-writing. Shortly, she and a man
were writing all the ads for the
store that appeared daily in the
New York newspapers. She became
the first editor of the stores house
organ and gave 1t its name
Sparks"
In no time at all another de-
partment store in New York offer
ed her job. She took 1t. Next she
was offered still better job in
another New York store. She took
it.
And now what do you suppose she
is doing? Serving as vice president
of Jay Thorpe's-a Fifth Avenue
department store in New York spe-
cializing in exclusive merchandise.
If you can't take vacation, why
not study something that may be-
come useful? How you use your
spare time now will very largely
determine where you will be ten
or twenty years from now.
Bit remember that merely know
ing this won't do yoh any good hn-
less you use the knowledge.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-18

WASHINGTON Of course they
all work for the same government
and they chase the same bunch of
crooks, and so on
but the fact is that the internal
Revenue Bureaus sleuths are just
the least bit peeved at the way
the Department of Justices G-men
seem TO be getting all the credit
for putting Boss Thomas J. Pen
dergast of Kansas City behind the
bars.
Pendergast pleaded guilty on May
% last to a federal indictment
charging him with evading income
tax payments, and is now in Lea
VenWorth prison. Because he was
such a big wig in the Democratic
party, and because Attorney General
Murphy and Chief G-man Hoover
made a dramatic flying trip to
Kansas City when his indictment
broke, the general impression is
that it was the Department off JUS
tice which rounded him up and put
him away.
As a matter of fact, though, the
Pendergast case-like all income
tax cases-was primarily an In
ternal Revenue Bureau matter.
The Bureaus sleuths who are
about as dogged and relentless a
bunch as you can find anywhere
had been on Pendergast's trail
for nearly three years ever
since a worried Chcagoan acci-
dentally dropped a remark about
the maiden voyage of the Queen
Mary.
For the fact is that The Internal
Revenue Bureau got on the trail
more or less by accident A field
agent was making a routine check
of income tax records of a Chicago
lawyer, way back in April of 1896,
when he found that the sum of
$l00500 had passed through the
accounts of the lawyer and his
partner about year before.
This sum was quickly traced to
Charles r. Street, head of an in
surance committee which in 1885
had negotiated settlement of a
long-standing rate case between 1877
insurance companies and the state
Of Missouri.
Questioned about the money
Street said he had paid it to "a
big Missouri politician, couldn't
say who, but would see if he
couldn't get permission to do so
when the Queen Mary (then at
sea on her maiden voyage) reached
New York.
The refenuers scanned the
Queen Mary's passenger list. saw
Pendergasts name on it, and de-
cided they we're on the trail OF
something big.
There followed then, three years
of almost Incredibly involved
checking and rechecking of tax
returns, bank accounts and other
records. They learned that some
kind of a slush fund had appar-
emily been made up by the insur-
ance companies after the rate case
settlement in 1895; but it wasn't
until July, Of 1888, that they even
traced any of this to Missouri, and
then all they could prove was that
some s37,000 of it had mysteriously
turned up in deposit box rented
by a st. Louis insurance broker
named Mccormack.
Mccormack was TO be the key
figure in the case; but until they
could get him TO talk the rev.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-18
Imperial Valley Press

Established April 20, 1901.
Published every afternoon except
Saturday and Sunday Saturday
afternoon issue now succeeded
by the Post-Press Sunday, (es-
tablished 1886 by the Imperial
Valley Publishing company, 625
state Street, FL Centre. Calf.
Paul Jenkins, publisher; A. c.
Johnston. vice president and
general manager; f.. A. Fitz-
hugh, secretary and managing
editor. West Holiday Co. Inc.
National Advertising Represent
atives.
Entered at FL Centre, California
post office az second class mat
ter.
Subscription rates, Sc per copy.
In conjunction with the Post
Press (Sundays), per month,
soc; paid In advance. 3 months,
$1.65; s months, 1925; one year,
500.
Member California Newspaper
publishers association,
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-18
Photographs

Falconry was so popular In the
days of knighthood, that laws were
passed limiting use of the best birds
to kings and dukes Lesser noble
had the mediocre birds.
It has been estimated that the
various European powers are spend
ing over $50,OOO0OO annually to
support their spy systems.
The words of the song, Hes a
Jolly Good Fellow" are modern, but
the tune Is said to be the worlds
Oldest.
The killing of a falcon was a
crime punishable by death in the
rein of King Edward III of England.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-18
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
S U M M o N s

SUM MONS
No. 1888
In The Superior Court Of The Stats
Of California, in and for The
County Of Imperial.
ANGEL1NE AUGUSTINOS
Plaintiff
DAN AUGUSTINOS,
Defendant.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA SEND GREETINGS
TO:
DAN AUGUSTINOS, Defendant.
You Are Hereby Directed to Ap-
pear and answer the Complaint In
an action entitled as above, brought
against you in the Superior Court
OF the County of Imperial, State
OF California. within ten days after
the service on you of this Summons
III served within this county. or
within thirty days If served elsss.
where.
And you are hereby notified that
unless You appear and answer "a
ABOVE required, the said plaintiff
VIII take judgment for any money
or damages demanded in the COM
plant, as arising upon contract or
sne Will apply to the Court for anv
other relief demanded in the Com.
plant ''
Given under my hano and the
seal OF the Superior Court of the
county OF Imperial, State Of Calp
ioriha' this 18th day of july 1a2o
W, j. McCLELLAND.
County Clerk
By G. Q. Kenyon. =
., Deputy Clerk.
D. q s8-A, II 10 2S-s. l8 Is.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-18

burger, and the
year was 1914,
Her friends were
going away on
vacations, b u t
she had to stay
home. Most girls
would have mop
ed around and
felt sorry for
themselves, b u I
she didn't. She
made a resolve
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-18

Hints on Etiquette
DO not interrupt a story by say
ing, Yes, I have heard that" OF
Il know all about that That Is
rude. Have patience to listen quietly
until the story is told, even if you
have heard ii before.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-18
Dale
Carnegie

It's vacation time. Let me tell
you about a girl who was too poor
to take a vacation, and what she
did aboht it.
Her name was Estelle Ham
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-18
TOday's Horoscope

Today's Horoscope
For those whose birthday is on
this date a word of warning: Do
not permit yourself to be too conf
dent, and remember that silence is
golden" Trust your own intuitions
and avoid quarrels. The child born
today will be fortunate in most af-
fairs, including marriage. He will
also be refined. exceedingly artistic
and musical, with polished manners,
fond of dress and display-somewhat
extravagantly inclined.
One Minute Test Answers
1. The bat
2. In British Guinana, South Am
erica
3. In the bay of F'undy. between
Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-18
barbs

Dinosaurs. science informs us,
were not vicious creatures. That's
comforting news.
A song writer suggests the world
wide Warbling of Sweet Adeline'
as a means to international har-
mony. He's evidently never listened
in on the corner taproom quartet.
Photo retouching business in Reno
took a sharp rise after woman got
a divorce by exhibiting pictures of
black eye she says her husband
gave her.
Kansas City police give their pet
goldfish a saltwater bath every Sat
urday night. We've been doing the
thing to mackeral for years.
A race of cave dWellers has been
discovered in China. They probably
moved there after reading an Fl. G.
Wells book on the plight of present
civilization.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-18
You re Telling Me-

Into every life," unused the phil
osopher, "a little rain must fall.
Like us, nc doubt. he discovered
there is absolutely no such thing as
a seedless cherry pie.
In that actors union squabble al
the performers are playing Qua
roles-hero and villain. Depending
of course, on the viewpoint.
And then there was the fellow
who got married early because
he thought the single tax move
ment was campaign for an
assessment on bachelors.
A psychiatrist has cured an Eng
lish COW of an inferiority complex
Serve him right if, from now on
she kicks over the milk pail.
Germans now eat synthetic fish
and drink synthetic milk. Wonder
if the result is nothing more than
a synthetic stomach ache?
Carrots, says noted nutrition
ist, aid in increasing ones vision
in dim light. Uh huh-just chuck.
full of vitamin eye!
A California canary, according to
a news item, news like cat. Nat
urally. That smart bird is following
the logic of: "If you can't lick EN-
join EN-"
Roses are now preserved in tir
cans in England. Thus does the
queen of flowers accept, in search
of a longer life, the status of the
lowly bean.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-18
Words of Wisdom
Hints on Etiouette

Anger begins in folly. and ends
in observation-disclosures.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-18
Grab Baq-
One Minute Test

One Minute Test
|. What mammal flies?
2. In what country are the great
Kukenaam falls?
3. Where are the worlds largest
tides recorded?
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-18
THOUGHTS for the Day

For brought nothing INTO THIS world and 1t Is
certain can carry nothing out Timothy 6:7.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-18

In that actors union squabble all
the performers are playing dual
roles-hero and villain, Depending
of course, on the viewpoint.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-18

A psychiatrist has cured an Eng
lish COW of an inferiority complex
Serve him right if, from now on
she kicks over the milk pail.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-18

Germans now eat synthetic fish
and drink synthetic milk. Wonder
if the result is nothing more than
synthetic stomach ache?
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-18

Carrots, says a noted nutrition
ist, aid in increasing ones vision
in dim light. Uh huh-just chuck.
full of vitamin eyei