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Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-02
FHA Discussed at
Contractors Meet

Plans for bettering FILA allot-
ments in Imperial Valley and a
membership drive were the main
topics discussed Friday night at a
meeting of the Imperial Valley
chapter of the Building Contractors
association.
AT present FILA allotments in the
valley are tased on the cost OF
construction in San Diego, men,
berS said.
A membership drive was launched
throughout the valley. Four new
members we're initiated Friday
night. The next meeting will be
held at 1880 p. m. July II at the
Ell Centro chamber of commerce.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-02
Produce Dealers
Must Repay Losses

Justo and Samuel Ferrare, pro-
duce dealers who bilked II Imperial
Valley grapefruit growers out of
$3,50l.48, must make restitution or
go TO jail for six months.
They have two years to repay the
farmers but only 60 days to pay
the county $500 each for the cost
of arresting and prosecuting them.
They were granted probation and
commitment withheld if they COM
ply with the terms of proba ton.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-02
Texas VisitorH Honored With
Westmor|and Bridge Party

Dufrene. Charles Johnson. Joe BIZ.
Kelly, James Ramsaur and Roy
Gilbert.
Mr.. and Mrs james Ramsaui
left wednesday for Beverly Hills
where they will spend some OF then
vacation with Mrs. RamSaur
mother and sister Their daugh-
ter, Patricia. and son, James Will
be in the valley for a few weeks
before joining their parents and
their sister, Janet, who has been
at Beverly Hills since the closing OF
school.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-02
To Save Money
On Fire Insurance
-CAu-
Richard F. Smith
Phone ga, E1 Centre
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Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-02
Army Physicians
Here Wednesday

Army physicians will be at the
county welfare office in the court
house at 7 m. Wednesday to ex-
anime applicants for CCC enroll
ment.
Imperial county has a quota OF
25 men for the July enrolment,
Phil Holman, county welfare direct
or, said Saturday.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-02
Jail Term Fixed
In Bad Check Case

w. E. McClintic was sentenced TO
80 days in the county jail on a
bad check" charge brought by
o. G. Killingsworth of Westmor-
land.
He pleaded guilty in superior
court late Friday and was sentenced
Immediately. He was accused OF
selling the groceries he bought at
the time he had the S25 check
cashed.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-02

tain a steady driving pace. Avoid
spurts of high speed.
Never pass on hills, curves or
street intersections.
Take a restful position at the
wheel. Grasp the wheel lightly to
avoid tenseness. Keep eyes on the
road but avoid staring ahead.
Adjust the drivers seat to assure
a comfortable position in easy reacf
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-02

of accelerator and brakes.
Drive within your headlights at
night. Check brakes so they Will
stop within the distance clearly
visible ahead.
Keep on the right side of the
road
Check tires, steering wheel, and
see that your car is in good mech
anical condition.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-02
BoOKKEEPER ARRAIGNED

Ralph Peters. SO, bookkeeper, was
arraigned In E Centro justice court
Saturday morning on a charge of
forgery. He was scheduled to ap-
pear for preliminary hearing at 2
p. m. Thursday.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-02

company declared:
Rather than hindering construc-
tion. the hot weather seems to have
stimulated it, We expect to have
four or five new houses under way
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-02
Safe Driving Code Sets
Up July Fourth Rules

WASHINGTON, July l. (UP)-The American Automo'
bile association issued the following safe driving code
for motorists over the Fourth of July weekend:
Plan your trip allow ample time for reaching dest
nations Get early Keep your place in the line OF
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-02
BUILDING SECTION
Rate Of Inquiries
Points to Boom
In Home BuiIdinQ

Although building enterprises in Ell Centre this week
scarce contractors and lumber alike appeared
confident of quick upturn, largely in residential
strucon due to Federal Housing Administration loans
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-02
CMTC ENROLLEES LEAVE :

CALEXICO, July Robert Bow
en- and Oliver Sayles left here Fri
day night for Monterey 10 enter
Citizens Military Training camp
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-02
Pfiesfer Dairy Herd. Sold at Auction,
Brings s., 800 indicating Market
For Cattle Gaining STRENGTH

Indication that the market for dairy cattle in Imperial
Valley is stronger at least stronger than darymen
had believedwas given this week when Jacob Pfiesers
Holsten herd of 81 and % hefers disposed of
Evening star., 1939-06-27

frantically." Singularly impressive
was the emphasis on the risk Ger
many will be taking of losing all in
a gamble to gain the world, manifes-
tatiop of the reckless spirit which
now permeates the NaM leadership.
I'm the end life belongs to those
nations that are ready, If necessary,
to risk their last TOR their existence
and their future" Herr Hitler told
Italian war veterans at Munich, and
at Essen DR.. Goebbels echoed his
words: He who does not gamble
cannot win. If it comes to crisis,
our answer is that If our government
takes a risk we will follow and are
ready also to take a risk"
Among these signs of growing
restlessness and determination to
stake all on the chance that the
world will accept a new Munich
there was also evidence Of contradic-
ton and confusion in the Nazi mind.
While conceding the risk of a new
aggressive adventure, DR.. Goebbels
boasted that I'VE have nothing to
fear from outside enemies-especial-
ly our friends on the other side of
the Channel"
Such are the portents as they came
out Of Maitland over the week end.
They were not the usual Nazi recrim-
nations and invectives, for behind
them lay a single idea, purpose
which could scarcely be unconnected
with the more tangible evidences of
the Reich's military preparations:
strengthening of the Siegfried line in
the west and reinforcement of the
army on the Polish border and in
Bohemia, Moravia and Slovakia, in
tensiflcation of the mobilization of
military reserves, Tightening of the
labor belt to put all available man
power at the service of the state.
Germany has lain comparatively
quiet now for more than three
months, partly no doubt to see what
success England and France would
nave In building their peace front.
The inability of London and Paris
hitherto to win Russia into the COM
olnation has had a debilitating ef-
tect, and if Hitler consults his Teu-
tonic oracles closely he may find
the moment propitiouS for new
assault upon the status quo.
The storm warnings are up. Will
the hurricane veer off again or
strike now in all its fury?
Evening star., 1939-06-27

MacLeish's name as author, for the years
1935-1s3s:
Literary Digest: May 8: September S,
1887.
Saturday Review Of Literature: Feb
ruary 8, 1886; June II, 1887.
New Republic: August %, 1885: jan
uary l, 1886; March %, 1899.
North American Review: June, 1887.
Scribners': June, 1887.
Theater Arts Monthly: February, 1887;
May, December, 1888; February, 1899.
The Nation: March 4, 1896: December
4, 1887; october 8, IS, 1898.
Scholastic: November 13, 1887.
Yale Review: March, 1888.
Christian Century: April 13, 1898.
Catholic World: August, 1887.
Christian Science Monitor: May 4,
1898.
Commonweal: August, 1887.
Survey Graphic: February, May, 1889.
Poetry: July. September, 1898.
He is quoted in Time: April 10, 1887:
June 81, 1887: April Is, 1898.
Whatever the merit of these publica-
tions or Of Mr.. MacLeishs contributions
to them, it cannot be gainsaid that the
average library worker could safely learn
something about MacLeish in their pages
without communicating himself.
June "a. HARRIET MONTAGUE. 4
Evening star., 1939-06-27
Makes Plea for Dogs
And Pedestrians.

AZ tue coitor oi ne StdT.
In the pending discussion of the traffic
regulations and their enforcement, may
I write briefly in behalf Of dogs and Pc
destrians? Are they to be allowed to use
the streets at all? In the olden time the
rule was that the pedestrian had the
right Of way. But in these days of red,
yellow and green lights df any lights at
alb, with cars turning corners at high
speed, the pedestrian has to be a quick
thinker and an acrobatic dancer in order
to survive. If he reaches the sidewalk
safely he breathes a prayer Of thanks
giving.
Under these circumstances dogs and
pedestrians lead precarious life. And
even cats are sometimes victims of the
juggernaut.
OF course. the old common law rule
that the pedestrian had the right of way
cannot be applied in these days of speedy
transportation; but it is depressing to a
man to reflect that, in many streets he
must give up one of the most delightful
of old-time experiences, quiet walk on
pleasant street. 1t makes some of us
long for the "horse and buggy days."
OF course, only small proportion of
drivers are thus blamable the great ma
jority Of them are careful, considerate
and courteous.
The Star has stood up for the rights of
the people for at least so years; I hope
it can do so in this case.
June 20. DOUGLAS O. MORGAN.
Evening star., 1939-06-27
General Cruiq Retires

General Malin Craig assumed his
post as Chief of Staff of the Army in
1885 without ceremony. Associates
recall that he merely walked into
the Office vacated by General Doug
las Macarthur and remarked quietly
that he was ready to go to work. He
took the oath and went to work in
the same reticent, earnest manner.
He was a soldier and he had a Job
to do. Now, having completed the
Job to the satisfaction Of his COM
radeS In the service and of his
superiors, General Craig is preparing
to go into well-earned retirement as
quietly as he entered upon the
Armys high command nearly four
years ago. I'm going out to Cali
fornia," he told persons inquiring
as to his future plans, "and practice
Keeping my mouth shut"
That is typical of Malin Craig, his
friends say. Never loquacious, he
believed in getting things done with
a minimum Of words and a maxi
mum OF action. 1t was action, not
words, that saved him from incipient
retirement at the very outset of his
military career, according to the
story in military circles. It was
toward the end of his career as a
cadet at West Point, so the story
goes. His marks were not so good in
certain subjects, and academy au-
thorlties had about decided to retire
cadet Craig when an important foot
ball game was played. Cadet Craig
backfield man, won the game bv
some spontaneous strategy which he
employed after losing his interfer-
ence while running with the ball. His
way to the goal line was blocked so
with scarcely change of stride he
booted a field goal. Instead of re-
firing the new hero, the faculty
arranged some special tutoring and
Cadet Craig got his commission.
The resourcefulnes which Cadet
Craig exhibited on the gridiron
has stood him in good stead through
out his forty-odd years with the
Army. From the Spanish Amer
lean War through the World War
and in peacetime interludes he
has shown himself to be a quick,
clear thinker along progressive lines.
1t was because of this record and
reputation that President Roosevelt
selected him for Chief of Staff. The
choice has proved to be a fortunate
one, for the Army has been in the
throes of modernization and ex-
pansion program that required
sound, level-headed planning on the
part of those on top. With a SOL
dier's logic, General Craig has seen
fit to advance his retirement to
July in order that his able sue
cessor, General George c. Marshall,
may take command with the start of
the fiscal year, when the new ma
tional defense program becomes ef-
fective. He will not reach the re-
tirement age of sixty-four until
August S. But he retires now from
active duty with the knowledge that
the Nation is indebted to him for a
difficult task we'll done.
Evening star., 1939-06-27
ASuccessfuI Experiment

The statement by Traffic Inspector
William E. Holmes that he is con-
vinced pedestrian regulation will
prove successful If the police are
vigorous in enforcing the law, and
that he is determined to see to It
that such policy of enforcement is
followed, are encouraging indica-
tions that this experiment in safety
is having the desired effect.
In the case of any regulation which
affects the freedom of movement of
the individual, it is necessary in the
early stages to secure vigilant and
intelligent enforcement by the police.
But, if the regulation is truly in the
public interest, as this one is, such a
policy of enforcement, coupled with
a campaign to educate those affected
to an understanding of it's impor-
tance, is reasonably sure to have sat-
isfactory results.
During the relatively short period
that the law regulating pedestrians
has been in effect it's benefits have
been demonstrated at intersections
where there has been adequate po-
lice supervision. And if there have
been instances in which the police
have been lax in their enforcement,
there is reason to suppose that de-
ficiency will be corrected now that
Inspector Holmes is convinced of the
desirability Of this form of traffic
regulation. All that remains is for
the public to give the police that
degree of cooperation which is neces-
sary in making any statute effective.
When that is done, Washington's S
streets will be safer for all who use
| them.
Evening star., 1939-06-27
lunocy in the District

The world has advanced slowly
from the conception of lunacy as a
first cousin to crime to be punished"
by beating, imprisonment or torture.
Even up to year ago there were
vestiges of this old idea in the sys-
tenn Of commitment to mental hos
pitals followed in the District of
Columbia. The accused" was
brought to trial before lay jury.
Theoretically, having lost control of
ones mental faculties was akin to
having robbed a bank or forged a
check.
1t now is universally admitted that
the various psychoses are diseases
as much so as diptheria or pneu-
monia. The person who develops
schizophrenia is no more responsible
for his unfortunate condition than
is the person who develops encephali-
tbs lethargica. The lunatic is sick
man or woman who may be cured by
appropriate medical treatment. The
unfortunates no longer are forced to
become public spectacles-here or
anywhere else in the United States
with the exception of one State.
Their condition is passed upon by a
board of psychiatrists and a lawyer.
There is no public trial." unless the
lunatic demands it.
The new lunacy law was adopted
only after careful consideration.
Nobody would maintain that it does
not represent, in certain respects, a
step forward toward a more humane
and decent system. Nevertheless, it
seems to have proved imperfect in
actual practice. So much is this the
case that some are maintaining that
the old law, tolerantly administered
and regardless of its obvious defects,
actually worked better for the in
terests OF the community and of the
insane themselves.
1t must be remembered that the
new law for its proper administra-
ton presupposes ample facilities at
Gallinger Hospital. These do not
exist. There is little likelihood that
they will be available in the near
future. But until they are available,
If ever, the situation will remain un-
satisfactory, the administration
costly.
Perhaps the present law is ideal,
If conditions were suitable for its
efficient enforcement. But in the
meantime the systems set up during
the past few years in various States
which have dispensed with the
trial. syste m-particularly New
York, Massachusetts, and Maryland
deserve careful study. They are
simpler than the District law. It is
possible to act more rapidly under
them and the administration is less
expensive.
From the complaints now being
made against the present system
here some change appears needed,
provided due care is taken that
whatever change is inaugurated be
not a step backward
Evening star., 1939-06-27

short distance to the north Of its
present terminus.
The project has been sought for
years and must be accepted or re-
jected soon. Real estate owners in
the path of the extension intend to
develop their property shortly unless
promised the extension will be made.
Even II funds are not Immediately
available to build the underpass or
overpass required to take the high
way across the Baltimore g. Ohio
tracks, the project can be assured
by the purchase of the right of way.
If the survey planned by State and
Federal authorities weighs all angles
OF the problem it cannot reach any
other conclusion than that the Six
teenth street route is the most logical.
Evening star., 1939-06-27
Defends New Librarian
OF Congress.

To the Editor Of The Star:
In the perturbation that has been Gre
ated among professional librarians and
others by the appointment of Archibald
MacLeish to the post OF librarian of
Congress by President Roosevelt 1t is
rather pertinent to recall a notable prec-
edent about which the President may
have known.
Last year Yale University inducted as
its librarian, Bernhard Knollenberg, dis
tinguished as an attorney at law in New
York City, He had no training as pro-
fessional librarian and belonged to that
class Of gentlemen and scholars" to
which the President has gone to find a
man worthy to fill the shoes of DR.. Her
bert Putnam.
Yale studied the selection long time.
for its library Is one of the great libraries
of the world, containing some 3,0000 900
volumes and as an institution is compar-
able to the Library of Congress. Yale
authorities apparently passed over the
professional librarians, finding among
them none who met its needs. A great
cultural institution acted and picked one
who was not even Yale graduate and
Evening star., 1939-06-27
Former China Judge
Opposes Aid for Japan.


In his article in The Sunday Star Mr.
Constantine Brown tells us that "our
treaty rights =" - Gin China) consist of
the right of American citizens to be tried
by a consular court and the participation
in the administration of an
important section of Shanghai"
May point out that they consist Of
much more? Since the establishment, in
1906, of the United States Court for
China (Which is not "a consular court"
but district court of the United States,
administered through the Department Of
Justice) all Americans charged with
serious offenses are tried in that court;
the consular courts are retained chiefly
for administrative purposes.
Furthermore, Americans in China are
subject to American law, only, and may
be sued, civilly, in that court alone.
They are exempt not only from the gen.
eral laws Of China, but from police regu-
lations, arrest by Chinese officers and,
what is more important, from Chinese
taxation, all of which is important for
American trade.
These and other incidental rights flow
from the privilege of extraterritoriality,
which Americans in China have enjoyed
for almost century. But they will all
be lost If Japan wins the ''undeclared"
war. To learn what will happen to us
We need only glance at "Manchukuo"
where, while Japan has never formally
abolished extraterritoriality (Which we
obtained by treaty with China), Japanese
judges administer the courts, applying
Japanese law, American Consuls are
ignored and American citizens must bow
to Japanese officials or suffer the indig-
mites now endured in Tientsin by the
once proud Briton.
Facing such eventualities (Which have
always been apparent to those of us who
have lived in China and know the Far
East at first hand but which the Tientsin
atrocities have just brought home to our
American public, can our Nation afford
to continue its policy of virtually supply
ing Japan with munitions in order to
prosecute this inexcusable war?
CHARLES S. LOBINGIER,
Judge, United States Court for
China, 1914-1924.
June g.
Evening star., 1939-06-27
Sixteenth Street Extension

During the next few weeks the
future of one of the most important
highway entrances to the District of
Columbia is to be determined. Sur
veys are to be started to decide
whether Sixteenth street is to be ex-
tended north to Georgia avenue or
whether some other route, such as
Eastern avenue, is to be used for the
northern traffic outlet in the fast
growing Silver Spring area.
The preponderance OF civic senti-
nent in the community involved
favors the Sixteenth street route. 1t
is contended that Eastern avenue is
"off the beaten path" and would not
be used by as large a volume Of
traffic as Sixteenth street. On the
master plan of the Maryland-Na-
tional Capital Park and Planning
Commission the Sixteenth street ex-
tension is listed, indicating that
from a scientific engineering stand
point it is sound planning"
Silver Springs businessmen are
confident the extension would de-
crease the congestion in the COM
mercial zone on Georgia avenue. The
extension would accommodate mo-
torists using the northern approach
to the Capital. Certainly a street
that starts at the White House de-
serves a better fate than to end in
a mud bank, as it does now. Next
to Pennsylvania avenue it is perhaps
the best known street in Washington
and could easily be linked with the
Maryland road system that lies a
Evening star., 1939-06-27
THIS AND THAT
By Charles E. Trdce1UeH.

How the sparrow got trapped under
the feeding station was something Of a
mystery, but there was no doubt a
squirrel had a great deal to do with it..
The culprit was in the maple, chat
tering as squirrels do when they are
excited.
The English sparrow was squarely be-
meath the feeder, with just its head and
shoulders sticking out.
Its comrades were fluttering around
in great excitement.
When anything goes wrong in bird
land, there is very little any of them
can do about it.
The feeder was a sort Of small house
arrangement, with wire running
through from top to bottom to hang it
in a tree.
The wire extended some inches above
the roof and an inch below the floor.
For many months it had hung from
limb of the maple, but one cold winter
day the squirrels, in jumping to it's
porch from the tree, had knocked it
to the ground.
Fortunately, it has not landed on any
of the feeding songsters.
X X X
The station had been permitted to
remain, propped up squarely with small
block of wood.
Often the squirrels pushed the block
out, causing the station to tilt at a
crazy angle.
This time a sparrow, evidently slower
than its mates, had got itself caught.
The bird probably had been under
the feeder, or at least part way, when
it was tilted again by the squirrel.
Now is was poking its head and shoul-
ders out, without moving. Plainly 1t
was very much alive.
A birds wings are delicate. Would
they be all right when the feeder was
lifted?
The squirrel still was chattering from
the trunk of the tree, about feet up;
the sparroWs were flying and calling in
great alarm.
We lifted the feeder.
Away flew the victim.
Evidently his wings were all right.
He flew to the other end of the yard,
and settled down in great vine which
grew up into the locust tree there
This vine had become so rampant that
its stalks had been severed-with a saw
at the base.
This left the vines, without leaves,
growing all over the tree.
On these vines the birds love to perch
at all times.
1t was not easy to keep track of the
caught sparrow, but We were able to
do it long enough to feel sure that it had
not been injured.
The rod was removed from the feeder,
permitting it to rest squarely on the
ground.
If the squirrels turned it over now, 1t
would be their own fault If any injury
resulted to bird. After all, the feed