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Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-03
Willis Thornton's Editorial on:
War Nav Unite the Americas

erican goods in return, so that the
trade may be mutually advanta-
geous. that we may hope to be
building anything solid for the fu-
ture
Present tendencies in the world
seem to doom the small country.
In eastern Asia, a Japanese-domi-
mated system may soon prevail.
In eastern Europe and most OF the
rest of Asia, the Russian Soviet
government is already dominant
In western Europe, either a British
French system or a German sys-
TEN will emerge as the controlling
factor. The old British Empire
system is already fading. That is
not to say that the Empire will be
destroyed But as an economic
system, it will probably never again
occupy the dominant position in
the world that it did in 1900. Time
and technology have passed it by.
In this world, dominated by three
or four colossal systems, the Am
ericas must take their place, not
as a system" dominated by a
single power, but as an economic
unit tied together by mutual in
terests by joint action.
The dream of Simon Bolivar for
a peaceful association of co-equal
American states, their eyes fixed
on the American future, not the
European past, may yet come true
The necessities of a world now In
process of regrouping itself may
prevail where sheer idealism Ton
100 years has failed
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-03
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF TAXES

NOTICE is hereby given that all
taxes for the fiscal year of July l.
1899, to June 80, 1910, in the City
of FL Centro are now due and pay
able.
That all taxes upon personal
property and one-half of all taxes
upon real estate, mortgages, deeds
of trust, contracts or other obliga-
tions by which debt is secured upon
real estate will become delinquent
upon the last Monday in November
next thereafter at five o'clock PM,
and that unless such taxes are paid
prior thereto ten per cent will be
added to the amount thereof.
That the remaining half of the
taxes upon real estate, mortgages,
deeds OF trust, contracts or other
obligations by which debt is secur-
ed upon real estate; will become
delinquent upon the last Monday
in April next thereafter, at five
o'clock PM, and that unless such
taxes are paid prior thereto, five
per cent will be added to the
amount thereof.
That all taxes may be paid at
the time of the payment of the
| first installment as herein provided
That taxes may be paid at the
City Hall to the Deputy Tax Col
lector, between hours of eight
o'clock AM, and five o'clock PM
with the exception of Saturday and
on which day the hours shall be
from eight o'clock AM, to twelve
o'clock noon.
Dated this 30th day of Septem-
ber, 1899.
j. STERLING OSWALT,
City Tax and License Collector
BY FAYE BURKE,
8, 30-Oct, l6 incl, Deputy.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-03
HITLER A FAILURE
IN DIPLOMACY
lOroville MercurY-Register(

(OroNllle Mercury-ReglStef)
Protected by the guns of Germany,
Russia is achieving objectives in east
ern Europe that short two months ago
would have caused the German rulers to
attack Russia in bitter war.
In trade, the objective of which fail
ed miSerably, Germany has sold out to
Russia, formerly the chief target of Ger
man propaganda. Hitler once planned
to take territory away from Russia. Now
she is giving Russia everything that coun-
try desires.
Germany made deal with Russia,
hoping thereby to be in a position where
by she could take Poland without a war
with France and Britain. 1t didn't work
She is engaged in a long war with those
countries-a war that may well result
in disaster to Germany. But the deal
with Russia still holds and even if Ger
many should succeed in the present war
she would face another struggle with
her new ally not far hence.
Certainly Germany has been sold out
by Hitler His diplomacy for a time so
successful has failed miserably But the
rest of the world as we'll as Germany
must pay the price. Germany has taken
part of Poland but must share that coun-
try with Russia, and that is worse for
Germany than to have allowed the Poles
to retain it. Now Germany must fight
tragic war to retain what she has taken.
After all, Hitler was but an amateur
in world politics His technique was linn
tied to one method on which he relied.
That was bluff. dignified by the name
"power politics." When the bluff failed
he had gone too far to make a retreat
and he had to subject his country to the
experience that reduced it to minor
power in 1918.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-03

my troubles began. Hdu HeFei
been very good in arithmetic, and
was so afraid of the teacher IN
that grade that I grew steadily
worse, not only in arithmetic, but
in all my studies.
MY teacher had big starry eyes
which seemed TO me to stand out
on stems when she became angry.
Her nostrils were large and seemed
to spread over her entire face when
she was upset-Which was very
often. She had a terrible temper,
and l was frightened almost to
death when she became nervous.
She used to shake us, and some
times it seemed to me that childS
head would come off during the
process. One day she called me
to the blackboard, which was some
thing l used to sit and pray would
MT happen to me. l was filled
with terror as I stood before her,
and as she gazed at me l couldn't
couldn't 90 ahead with the work,
she told me I was plain dumb,
that 1 had no sense, that l should
be in the first grade, and that
would never be fit for anything
except kitchen work.
This nearly killed me; I began
to brood. I wouldn't tell my family
for although I knew 1 wasn't smart.
I didn't want them to know that
the teacher said SO. My pride was
uppermost. 1 wouldn't play with
the children any more, for I felt
they regarded me as the teacher
did.
When 1 left school and began
looking for a job, the words OF
that teacher rang in my ears
Finally 1 got a pob in a hotel
making salads. I worked there two
years, then a cashiers job opened
and that was exactly VIII at !
wanted
"A few days later I was glancing
through some magazines to kill
time and found the following poem
in an old worn psychology maga-
zine, which has turned out to be
the most valuable possession l ever
owned:
You never with be bigger
Than you really think you will
so it's best to always figure
You can make most any hill.
Il you watch the other fellow
do the task you want to do,
Don't you feel you're turning yel-
low
If it looks too big for you?
Il decided that I might be dumb
but l wouldn't be yellow 1 applied
for that cashier job, and 1 got it
six months later I was promot-
ed TO a better job. AT last I fell
like a human being again, The
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-03
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE
INTERIOR

GENERAL LAND OFFICE at Los
Angeles, California.
September 6, 1899
NOTICE is hereby given that
Georgia Sylvene O'Connor of Ell
Centre, California, deserted wife of
Charles Rufus O'Connor, who, on
April 10, 1884, made homestead en-
try, No. 0519O9, for NEh, Section
II, Township II South, Range 10
East, S B. Meridian, has filed no
tice of intention to make final
three-year Proof, to establish claim
to the land above described, before
Dorsey G.. Whltelaw, United States
Commissioner, at Ell Centro, Cali
fornia, on the 18th day of October,
1899. The entryman Charles Rufus
O'Connor is notified that, by sub
mission of said proof, his wife
Georgia Sylvene O'Connor seeks to
obtain patent for the land in her
own name.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Tom White, Of Seeley, California
Mike Innis, of Calexico, Califor-
MIA.
Jesse Connors, of Ell Centre, Cali
fornia.
Mrs. James Coin, Of Ell Centro
California.
PAUL B. WITMER,
Register
I 6 ~ 90 90 4, IL
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-03
CARN Gle

responsibility of my job gave me
confidence. The people I met were
encouraging. 1 am now married,
but I truly believe that if 1 wanted
job, almost any job, 1 could 60
out and get it. 1 never understood
how it was that I got into such a
turmoil until I read your article
and analyzed the past. I thank
you million times
A teacher may have passed eX-
aminations emitting her to hold
the book, but if she doesn't strive
for understanding, she is far more
dumb thany any child who stands
before her.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-03
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO
ENGAGE IN THE SALE OF
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

september ~, 1889
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Notice is hereby given that fifteen
days after the above date, the
undersigned proposes to sell al
coholic beverages at these premises,
described as follows:
402 Broadway,
Ell Centro, California
Pursuant to such intention, the
undersigned is applying to the State
Board of Equalization for issuance
of an alcoholic beverage license Cor
licenses) for these premises as fol-
lows:
ON-SALE BEER
Anyone desiring to protest the is
suance of such license (s) may file
a verified protest with the State
Board of Equalization at Sacra-
mento, California, stating grounds
for denial as provided by law.
PEARL MCKINNEY.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-03
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO
ENGAGE IN THE SALE OF
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES


TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Notice is hereby given that fifteen
days after the above date, the un-
dersigned proposes to sell alcoholic
beverages at these premises, de-
scribed as follows:
446 Main Street,
FL Centro, California
Pursuant to such intention, the
undersigned is applying to the State
Board of Equalization for issuance
of an alcoholic beverage license Cor
licenses) for these premises as fol-
lows:
ON-SALE BEER
Anyone desiring to protest the
issuance of such license (s) may
file verified protest with the State
Board of Equalization at Sacra-
mento, California, stating grounds
for denial as provided by law.
FREDERICK w. HERON.
1913
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-03
Grab Bag
One.Minute Test

|. Which of the states has around
10000 lakes?
2. Where is the Isle of Man?
3. In what presidential election
were all the women of the United
States allowed to first vote?
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-03
Hints on Etiquette

If you meet the same person day
after day, in the shop, on the
street corner, in your office build
ing, or on bus or car, do not hesi-
tate to pass a friendly word of
greeting. Such little gestures make
for pleasant human relations.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-03

AS a child l
longed to be a
teacher. 1 used
to gather tn e
children of the
neishborhood to
play school, with
me as teacher. ]
was happy, con-
tented.
when I enter
ed the sixth grade
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-03
Barbs-

In London. they're listening to
all inventors, from crackpotS to
geniuses, in a search for military
gadgets. There seems to be one
hope left, then, for Major Hoople
and his gas exhaust perfumer.
Statisticians say there are fewer
auto accidents on Friday than any
other day. Something fishy about
that report.
We read of savings account OF
SIS opened in 1919 has increased
through interest to nearly $4,000
Another one of those get-rich-
quick schemes, no doubt.
There is a reported 110 billion
dollars in circulation in the world
But, like a sluggish patient, the
circulation is very poor.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-03

Mrs. Eva ouise Kincaid, COS
North San Vincente Boulevard,
Hollywood, Cal, tells the following
story for the benefit of our contest
on curing an inferiority complex.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-03
Words of Wisdom

The block of granite which was
an obstacle in the pathway of the
weak becomes a stepping stone in
the pathway of the strong
CARLYLE.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-03

The sun. it seems, never sets on
insults to the British Empire. While
japanese are slapping English folk
in China the Iceland chess team
defeats the Canadians.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-03
T0day's Horoscope

A happy but uneventful year will
be experienced by those who today
are celebrating their birthdays. The
twelve months will include no trou-
bles or disasters of any kind. The
child born today will be fortunate
and generally successful. He or she
will be humane, Well-disposed, gen.
ial. refined, clever, win artistic, mu-
sical or literary talents. An urbane
and debonair personlity is also in
dicated
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-03

Take care of your pennies, says
the office crouch and your kids
won't take care of your dollars.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-03
One-Minute Test Answers

One Minute Test Answers
|. Minnesota. ...-.
2. In the Irish sea, nearly equally
distant from England, Scotland
and Ireland.
3. That of 1920, when Warren G.,
Harding was elected.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-03

French Sniff at Mussolini Peace
Froposals"-headline. Golly, are
they suffering from hay fever over
there, too?
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-03
THOUGHTS for the Day

Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear
witness of the evil but if well why smest thou me?
st John 1928.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-03
You re Telling Me-

Reichfuehrer Hitler appears to
have started a new fashion. Now
we read that the Yankees, too, are
about to play ball with the Reds.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-03

Maybe Hitter and the Soviets
wouldn't have been so eager to take
over Poland if they'd known the
Poles owed us $3.50, 100000.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-03

LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-03

One face at least turned slightly red
upon the reading of an article in this
months "COronet' entitled Have you
Learned to Lsten?"
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-03

Italy reports the Germans have
placed mines in the sky to trap air.
planes. Could these be, perchance
the gold mines in the sky Amer
ican song writers have been telling
us about?
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-03

And whatever became of that
high japanese government official
who. in September 1897, said the
Chinese would be thoroughly beaten
in a month?
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-03

S. 13, 20, 30. 4, IL
Evening star., 1939-02-02
Key Bridge TrestIe
Steel Work Erected

Erection of the structural steel
work for the temporary Key Bridge
trestle was completed today except
for final boiling together OF some
of the members ard installation OF
the wooden decking is in progress.
1t was believed the work would be
completed by midnight tonight,
making possible opening OF the
bridge to traffic early tomorrow
morning
Under the present schedule, street
car, bus and truck traffic will be
permitted to use the bridge at all
hours. Passenger automobiles will
be permitted to cross the bridge be-
tween 4:15 pm. and am. Special
permits have been issued to physi-
clans to use the bridge at any time.
Completion of the trestle will
clear the way for foundation work
for the new concrete arch at the
Virginia end of the bridge, involv-
ing a considerable amount of pre-
liminary excavation, including re-
moval of all of the former approach
between Rosslyn plaza and the first
arch of the bridge.
The last of the steel trestle work
was raised about midnight last night
and workmen have been busy since
completing the bolting of the men,
bers together. The trestle also car
ries street car tracks. being replaced
at an elevation of approximately S
feet above the grade on the former
approach, which has settled below
grade.
Evening star., 1939-02-02

The Thomas jefferson Memorial
may be composed of any one of
five different types of marble, lime
stone or one of number of varie-
ties of granite, according to specifi-
cations on their way to prospective
bidders today.
The specifications call for six main
lump-sum bids based on the five
types of marble and limestone and
scores of alternatives based on use
of marbles in combination, GRANTEES
of various types, interior stone OF
a number of kinds, different types
of equipment and other variables.
The main bids are to be based on
the use of Imperial Dandy marble,
Georgia white marble, Georgia light
Cherokee marble, Sylga cream mar
BILE, Colorado Yule marble or white
lockwood limestone for the exterior
of the memorial.
The bidders are to submit al
tentative bids based on the use of
various types of granite for the ex-
terror work, among them Bethel
white, Mount Airy, Georgia Stone
Mountain and Chelmsford white.
Other alternative bids call for use
of a wide variety of marbles, lime
stones, cast stone and other ma
terials in the interior of the me-
mortal.
Each type of bid is to be sub
mitted with and without two large
urns to stand in front of the me-
mortal.
Examination of more than $50
pages of the specifications reveals
Evening star., 1939-02-02

by the New York State Bar Asso-
citation shortly after the Federal
Circuit Court of Appeals in Phila-
delphia sustained the decision Of
the lower court against the Hague
contentious. He is also chairman
of the Committee on Civil Liberties
of the American Bar Association.
The scope of his New York COM
mittee. according to the chairman
of the Executive Committee which
appointed it, takes in all cases of
denial of freedom of speech, press,
assembly, religion and other civil
liberties. 1t covers all whose rights
have been denied from the poor
man "railroaded" into jail to the
improper interference of govern
ment with the rich man, it was
stated.
Mr.. Clark's address, which will be
open to the public, is the second In
the final series of lectures sponsored
by the Catholic University Law
School as its contribution to the
golden jubilee celebration of the in
stitution. The speaker will be in
troduced by Frank J. Hogan, presi-
dent of the American Bar Associa-
ton.
Evening star., 1939-02-02
Woman Asks Court to Force
Payment of $2O,853 A|imony

Accused of being some $20,853 be-
hind in alimony payments, Julius
scherr, manager of a mems fur
nishing store, was ordered today by
District Court Justice Jennings
Bailey to show cause why he should
not pay up.
The plaintiff, Mrs. Frances Scherr,
wants the amount of alimony now
in default to be adjudicated OFF,
cially by the court.
Through Attorney Jean M. Board
man, Mrs. Scherr told the court her
husband was ordered in May, 1925,
to pay permanent alimony Of SITS
a month for the support of his wife
and daughter Beulah.
About 1928, the court was in
formed, Mrs. Scherr moved from
the District and lived elsewhere
until August. 1884, during which
Evening star., 1939-02-02

period he allegedly failed to make
substantial compliance with the
decree.
In March, 1880, Mrs. Scherr said
her ex-husband was adjudged to be
in default of $3,716, and since that
time additional installments-ag-
gregating s18,637-have accrued.
Occasional payments have been
made, the court was told.
Mrs. Scherr said she is willing to
have the decree modified as to fu-
ture payments because her daugh-
ter has since married. But Mrs.
Scherr said she herself Is unem-
ployed and has no income from any
source.
Justice Bailey directed Mr.. Scherr
to appear so there may be an
adjudication of the amount in de-
fault and to determine any modil-
cation.
Evening star., 1939-02-02
Memorial May Be Composed
Of Five Types of Marble
Specifications Sent to Prospective
Bidders Call for Six Bids

that the successful bidder must be
prepared to start work within five
days after receiving notice to pro-
ceed and must complete the entire
job within 800 calendar days, with
a penalty of $3.50 per day for ex-
ceeding this limitation.
The main proposal calls for floor
ing and base in the memorial hall
of pink Tennessee marble of select
ed shades. There are to be benches
of Westfield green marble. The
ceilings are to be of limestone or
cast stone.
The time for laying the corner
stone has not been determined,
prospective bidders were notified,
but it is expected that the me-
mortal will be dedicated early in
January, 194l.
The statue of Thomas Jefferson.
to stand in the memorial hall, will
be Illuminated by special type Of
f1oodlighting and spotlights. There
also will be indirect lighting and
wall-bracket lighting employed in
the memorial.
Use of bronze, doors and grills is
planned throughout the structure.
Bids are to be opened at pm.
March in room 1921, Interior De-
partment 1t is possible, however,
because of the complexity of the
specifications, that an extension Of
this time may be granted to give
prospective bidders additional time
in which to prepare estimates for
the many alternative proposals.
Evening star., 1939-02-02
| More Rain Due:
|Groundhog Myth
|Debunked

Although the grounding (the lit
tie smart Aleck) sent word for the
Weather Bureau to take the day
off, the duty-bound meterologists
stuck by their instruments and did
their daily stint.
They predicted more rain this
afternoon and tonight, an overnight
minimum of about SO degrees, and
partly cloudy and somewhat colder
tomorrow.
That's official, according to the
Weather Bureau. Anything the
grounding says on any serious sub
ject such as the weather is unof-
ficial.
And Stanley T. Boggess, research
expert for the American Wildlife
Institute, gave the hard-pressed
weather man a hand and did his bit
toward debunking the grounding
as a weather prophet.
when the grounding comes out"
he said with what might have been
a touch of sarcasm, "it's usually at
night. If they come out during the
day, you can bet they're looking
for food-not shadows"
Editors Note-Sometimes they
have been known to come out dur
ing the day looking for photog-
rapher)
Meanwhile, the farmers in South
ern Maryland are steering clear OF
this controversy and are going about
their early spring plowing.
From a Leonardtown correspond
ent comes word that thousands OF
robins are cutting up down there;
that large schools of shad and her
ring are coming up the bay, and
that pike and rockdsh are biting.
Evening star., 1939-02-02
Jackson Defends
D. {. Regulation on
Embassy Picketing
Urges Supreme Court
Not to Review
Conviction of Four
By the Associated Press.

Constitutionality of a congress
sional resolution regulating the dis
play in the District of Columbia of
banners criticizing foreign govern
ments was defended by the Depart
ment of Justice today in brief
filed with the Supreme Court.
The legislation makes unlawful
the display within 500 feet of an
embassy or legation. unless by spe-
cial permit, of any device designed
or adapted to intimidate, coerce, or
bring into public odium any foreign
government"
Solicitor General Robert H. Jack
son urged the tribunal to refuse to
review the conviction of four persons
on a charge of picketing the Ger
man and Austrian embassies on
March IA, 1888.
The United States Court of Ap-
peals for the District OF Columbia
found that the acts OF the men
were intended and calculated to
bring into contempt the German
government.
The law of nations Mr.. Jack
son asserted, requires every ma
tional government to use due dill
gence to prevent a wrong being
done within it's dominion to an
other nation with which it is at
peace
He added that "the rights OF free
speech and assembly are not abso-
lutely unlimited but under some
circumstances are subject to some
reasonable restrictions by Congress. "
The brief contended that the re-
strictions provided were very linn
tied and reasonable in view OF the
duty under the law of nations to
protect foreign governments and
their representatives from intimida-
ton"
Those four convicted were Ezra
Friend. George J. Cullinen, Robin
Myers and James Lerner.