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Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-12
Contractors Elect
New Officers

A new set of bylaws was adopted
and five additional directors elect
ed at Monday nights meeting of
the Imperial Valley chapter of the
Building Contractors association.
New directors included Otis. l..
Hinson, William H. Jordan, James
w. Glasgow. Philip Sorlei and Don
Donald. They were selected to
serve with formely elected directors
Fred c. Smith, Robert C. Mcdowell,
Charles L. Wigg, Will Won Fluss,
and H. r. Johnston.
Herbert Lowderlnilk of El Centre
was engaged as business secretary
and delegated to do the associations
Secretarial and promotional work
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-12
l. Becomes E on
Stolen Plates

Another angle of the stolen car
racket was revealed Tuesday when
deputy sheriffs discovered a letter
on a license plate altered so per-
fectly that it was impossible to
detect the alteration without brush
ing the fingers across it or looking
at the back of the plate.
Frank Kulper, arrested at inland
Monday on a warrant charging him
with forgery in Fresno. drove a
stolen car. The letter L on the
license plate was changed to E
by adding two prongs to the bar of
the L and painting the prongs
yellow
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-12
Thieves Fire Shot
AT RancI1er Here

Armed thieves looted c. Barrio's
chicken pens near El Centro Mon
day night and fired shot at him
because he ordered them to drop
their plunder.
Barrios told deputy sheriffs he
was awakened by disturbance in
his chicken pens, He saw nothing
on his first tour of investigation
but met two men after he was
awakened a second time. One man
carried a sack and the other a gun.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-12
Sub Spares Nozi
Luxury Vessel

Murmansk on the Arctic coast OF
Russia toward a German port.
The submarine could have fired
a torpedo, since the Bremen was IN
range, according to the statement,
but it refrained from doing so be-
cause it had no opportunity to give
the required warning. The Bremen
is a speedy passenger ship ana
probably could make twice as many
knots as a submarine, so that the
underwater craft could easily have
been outdistanced
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-12

ROME. Dec. -. CUP)-Italy must
have a free passage from the Medi-
terranean to insure its indepen-
dence and colonies in which its
increasing population may live, and
Premier Benito Mussolini has suffi-
cient force to impose his rights,
Virginia Gayda. editor regarded as
a mouthpiece for the foreign office,
said today in a national radio speech.
1t was not known whether the
speech marked the opening Of new
campaign for fulfillment. largely
at Frances expense, or Italy's broad
program of aspirations.
Additional interest attached to
the speech. however. because the
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-12
CaIexico Ranc1er
Hurt ir. Crash

CALEXICO. Dec. l2-Apatacio
Gonzales, 50, was injured Monday
light when he walked into the path
Of car driven on Imperial avenue
near Seventh street by Thomas
Gwen, rancher.
The rancher took the MeXi--7
TO a hospital. Physicians said his
injuries were slight.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-12
Attempted Murder
Suspect Taken

Sylvestre Hernandez, So, laborer.
was arrested near FL Centro Tues
day on a warrant charging him with
attempted murder in Prescott. Ariz.
The Mexican waived extradition.
He was wanted in connection with a
shooting in the Arizona city.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-12
RANCHER GUILTY OF
POSSESSING STILL

A plea of guilty to possession of
a still was entered in superior court
Tuesday by Alfred Imfeld, rancher.
He applied for probation and the
hearing was set for Dec. %.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-23
Where Does Girl Friend Fit?

Assorted and sundry experts commune
to argue Justify over what to do with the
women. In Buffalo, N Y, recently, VIII
Durant, author of books on philosophy,
warned that civilization would decay
unless women put on aprons again ana
took up their old posts at the Kitchen
sink. He suggested that ladies have pc
come "luxuries' instead OF the help
mates" they were divinely designed to be.
Springing ninbly to Mr.. Durant's side
is DR.. John Edward Brown, president or
John Brown University, Sloan Springs,
Ark. DR.. Brown regrets that we are
training our young ladies for a mans
world rather than woman's world ana
adds graphically that we are putting
out twice as much dog food as baby tood"
Both gentlemen are worried because the
modern woman is more at ease over
comptometer machine than over a Kettle
of turnips. They hate to think OF what
might happen If that sort OF thing were
carried too far.
Down New England way, a woman VINO
carved a comfortable niche for herSelt
in this mans world" is equally worried
over what is happening to WomanS
status. Miss Sybil Holmes is the only
woman member of the Massachusetts
State Unemployment compensation
Commission, and she believes that girls
should train themselves for business
careers - especially if they want to get
into public life. Miss Holmes sees the
fine hand of masculine jealousy in legis-
lative measures designed to cut the gals
down a peg or two. Men, she says, who
aim to put their feminine colleagues back
into house dresses just want to get
womenS jobs for men.
Furthermore, Miss Holmes thinks,
bills which would equalize working hours
for men and women are discriminatory
against the ladies. The gals have con-
scented - little grumpily perhaps - to
hang onto street car straps, but they'll
be darned if they're going all the way in
this equality business. Anyone who knows
anything about domestic affairs ought to
know better than TO believe the debate
will ever be settled. Maybe the relatively
new ideas on feminism are just whims,
and maybe they're here to stay. But the
battle between the sexes isn't new us
Just being staged on new field.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-23
Slippery Roads Ahead

Motorists who want to see the flowers
of spring may as we'll be reminded that
the winter months bring not only snow
and good cheer but an annual increase
in the number of highway deaths.
The most dangerous months for driving
are October, November and December. In
this last quarter of the year, the average
number of accident fatalities throughout
the country is $500 each month. The
average for all other months is 2,84O.
This increase is attributable not only to
icy conditions of the pavement but also
to the fact that there is longer period of
darkness. Most accidents occur at night,
and during the period from October to
January, the rate of highway fatalities
is three times greater at night than dur
ing daylight hours.
Motorists who recognize wintry condi-
tions as a menace to safe driving and who
take proper precautions will not con-
tribute to the death total The other
kind would be doing themselves and the
public service If they put their cars in
hook for the winter.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-23
Liberty On Display

The patience of the American people is
sometimes amazing. For years we lis
tened tolerantly, if little indignantly,
to Earl PROVIDERS assaults on our gov
eminent. More recently we have also
endured the taunts of Bund Fuehrer
Fritz Kuhn. Both men are profeSsed
addicts to the principles of government
completely alien to our own.
If Mr.. Browder lived in Soviet Russia
and presumed to make suggestions" to
the Bolshevist government he would have
been "liquidated" long ago. And If Herr
Kuhn were in Germany and didn't like
the way Hitler was running the Reich, he
would have been eliminated without any
fuss.
But both Comrade Browder and Herr
Kuhn live in the United States, and both
are now on the spot. The Communist
leader is charged with using false name
on passport; the bund leader, with en-
beZzling funds from the organization he
heads. Both are standing squarely on all
the rights they would have us exchange
for dictatorship. Each is being given a
fair trial as sort Of souvenir of Ameri-
can liberties
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-23
Helping Teachers

For some years past, progressive
teachers have used their daily newspapers
in connection with classroom instruction.
But never have newspapers been such
important textbook supplements as they
are today. Gratitude to papers for furn-
ishing the up-to-date maps of this
changing world was expressed by school,
marms attending the recent Missouri
State Teachers Convention in st. Louis.
1t is difficult enough for the average adult
reader to keep himself informed on
changes in the earth's geography; but
teachers, who must explain these boun-
airy shifts to inquiring pupils, would be
hard pressed without the constant supply
of maps furnished by their papers.
Nowadays teacher must know what's
going on in his own day as well as what
happened back in 100 B. C. and 1892.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-23
Who Will Benefit

In an address delivered before state
realtors in New London this week State
Highway Commissioner William j. Cox
revealed that his bureau is doing a really
fine job of cutting expenses and showing
tremendous savings in OUTLAWS for road
maintenance. He recalled that some time
ago he said million dollars could be saved
in his department; he still believes that
this is possible and cited few of the
ways by which it will and can be done.
All of which is encouraging indeed to the
state at large. If the Highway Depart
ment can do this, certainly other bureaus
can follow along.
/, We sincerely hope that the Highway
Department will be able to make the
necessary changes that are going to bring
about such tremendous savings in its
expenses The natural thought, though,
is what will happen after such savings
are made. Will the department have this
much more money to put into state high
way expansion or will it be consumed in
making such repairs as are not now pos
Sible by virtue Of a constrained budget?
There might be another school of thought
tlsat would ask if million dollars saving
could not be returned to the motoriSt.
If it's possible to operate the Highway
Department and maintain the present
high standards for million dollars less
than in past years, motorists might want
dividend in lower taxes. It's natural
sequence.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-23

This information presents a problem
that must be given full consideration by
state and local officials. Actually the
state hospitals at Norwich, Middletown,
and Newtown are for persons In various
forms of insanity A good proportion are
suffering from ailments that will end
themselves to the proper treatment that
can be given in such hospital; others,
unfortunately, will be listed as incurables.
But there is another class which isn't
covered by either Of the first two. The
hospital heads claim that they are getting
of recent years patients whose classified
ton is simply "senile". Obviously If the
institutions are to perform their proper
functions, they cannot be made into
home for old folks. This Is uttered not
in heartlesS spirit.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-23
Selected Poem
MY DOG

MY DOG
e. A. Hillborn, North Haven, in the New Haven
Journal-Courrier)
He isn't much TO look at; that shaggy dog OF mine,
His tail is always waggng; never hear him whine,
No pedigree to cherish mo blue blood in his veins
He isn't much at pointing in sheltered woody lanes.
But deep behind his shoulders, heart that beats
for me
Keeps pounding out message Of steadfast loyalty.
His eyes are most expressive; no hatred dims his
gaze
I've grown to love that mongrel, with all his
funny ways
He never reckons friendship, by coin fancy dress
Though all the world might shun me, he would not
love me less.
I cannot help but feeling how fine this world
might be,
If man could show the friendship. my dog has
shown to me.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-23

Governor Raymond E. Baldwin got one
side of the situation in our state hospitals
this week when he held conference with
the heads of the institutions at Norwich,
Middletown, and Newtown. And the
main point stressed by all of them was
that the hospitals were badly overcrowd-
ed. Surely most state officials are aware
of that fact by this time. 1t has been
stressed so much of recent years and the
figures have been so readily obtainable
that no one should be surprised when they
hear that more patients are being taken
care of at these institutions than they are
intended to accommodate. We really be-
lieve that lot of the trouble at the hos
pitfalls can be traced back to this fault And
1t is fault, too, for the recent conference
with the governor brought out the fact
that many people are being admitted or
assigned to these hospitals who should not
be sent to this type at all.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-23
FIRE HOUSE DOORS
New London Day.

NkNGW A1OAldVAA any,
The experiences Of the members
OF fire company No. 5, In Hartford,
the other day seem to indicate an
astonishing lack Of initiative on the
part Of someone-the sort OF thing
that can we'll lead to disaster, even
though this possibility could be fore
seen long time In advance. IT
seems that company No. B moved
into O new firehouse last April.
Across the entrance 10 the apparatus
room was q most pretentious door,
OF the overhead type. The door
weighs $500 pounds, and Is OF steel
and glass construction. To open 1t
the PWA architect In charge OF de-
signing the building had provided q
most complicated sort OF mechan-
ism, worked by motor In prelim-
mary tests OF this ponderous door,
the mechanism got stuck two or
three times and the plain spoken
chief OF the Hartford FIRE DEPART
ment bluntly stated he didn't like
the arrangement, wouldn't stand for
II II he had his way about II, and
fully expected that the mechanism
would get jammed sometime at q
vital moment.
The other day the mechanism did
jam but not exactly at the vital mo-
ment. 1t damned so badly that one
OF the cog wheels driving the me-
chanism was broken. That was at
1890 o'clock in the morning. Work.
men Immediately began dismantling
the apparatus and didn't complete
the Job until o'clock in the after
noon. Meanwhile the two expensive
pieces Of fire apparatus In the sta
ton, If called 10 get out TO a fire,
couldn't have moved. After the APP
paratus was removed 1t was found
possible to open the door by man
power alone, but 1t took the COM
bined heaving and hauling CT six
members Of the firehouse squad to
do the job.
Apparently little action had been
obtained in the matter of this trick
door, and its opening mechanism,
from the time OF the chiefs original
complaint last April. The fire COM
missioners authorized certain
changes in the mechanism, to make
| 1t easier to open the door by hand
In case anything happened to the
machinery, but the chief still insist
ed 1t was all much too complicated
and prone to breakdown. The COM
plant was referred to the PWA arch
itect, and apparently nothing was
done from that quarter. About seven
months passed and the chief still
had two pieces OF apparatus, In
Guiding . large capacity pumper,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-23
. HlGHLiGHTS FROM
LATEST BOOKS
Neutrality AS
A Peace Policy

Neutrality AS
A Peace Policy
A thorough and judicial sum-up Of
the operation Of the Neutrality
Law" since 1885 through three
wars, Is presented In Can
America stay Neutral?" by Al
len w. Dulles and Hamilton
Fish Armstrong Harper &
Bros: $3.50. The clear-sighted
tone OF the book n well indicated
by this initial definition Of what
the authors are talking about,
which ought TO be read by
every person who uses the
word neutral In these days.
The time has come to stop talk
ing about the alleged virtues OF neu-
trality as such and to turn our at
tention to the concrete question Of
planning the general policy which
promises to be most expedient for
the country to follow now that war
has broken out between several great
powers.
We want to stay out. To this end
legislatio may help in certain par
ticulars. But we should restrict gen.
eral legislative enactment to gen.
eral and recurring situations, and
deal with the special problems aris-
ing out of this particular conflict by
ad hoe legislation.
Before the war began we were
unable to foresee just what states
would be involved, just what they
would be fighting for, or just how
their actions would affect us.
In those circumstances. some Of
the legislation adopted can only be
called reckless. Today we still can
not speak with certainty about later
phases Of the conflict. Nor can We
foresee the course Of possible future
conflicts.
The best we can do Is TO get some
general principles clearly in mind
and determine to stick to them as
long as they serve our national in
terests. Only so will we be dealing
with the realities Of the modern
world and escape from the futile
task Of furnishing up some old con-
cept Of a law Of neutrality as dead
as Caesar, with only a ghost to
haunt US.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-23
CONSPIRACY TRIALS
Hartford Times

The Supreme Court Of Errors In
the opinion in the Kemp Case writ
ten by Chief Justice Maltbie, quotes
from a Federal court decision.
There seems no reason why GRIM
inal law and procedure should not,
like other law and procedure, pro-
gress with the progress of age" The
comment was with reference to the
presence In the grand jury room
of an official stenographer, which
the court supports.
The Supreme Court Of Errors
finds, In the Kemp Case, no error
except In the matter Of sentencing.
1t sustains the State In all the Is
sues raised as to the details OF the
Merit Highway Grand Jury pro-
ceeding. In essence. the opinion Of
the court Is that the constitutional
rights of the defendant were not
denied or infrlnged through any err
ror of the trial court, that the ver-
dict Of the Jury Is not affected by
error of the court to define the
count under which sentence was i'm
posed.
With the Supreme Courts deter.
mination of questions Of law the
public Is no competent to raise any
inquiry. Inclusion In the opinion of
the quotation from the opinion Of the
United States Circuit Court of APP
peals for the Second Circuit in the
Wilson case that there Seems no
reason why criminal law and pro-
cedure should not progress with
the progress Of age" however, does
raise in the minds OF some members
OF the bar as well as laymen, the
question whether there Is not room
for progress toward more perfect
justice In conspiracy cases.
Conspiracy, being what Is known
as a secret crime, cannot be proved
In most instances, except by circum-
stantial evidence. Consequently
there is great liberality by the courts
in admitting evidence. Counsel for
defendants in conspiracy cases have
repeatedly protested that the State
was throwing In the kitchen stove"
along with more pertinent matter,
in attempting to establish a rea.
sonable inference of guilt. The YER
dict of the jury is based on the in
ferences it draws, when there Is no
direct evidence, and If these infer
ences are founded in suspicion,
prejudice or the existence of the
possibility rather than the probable
ity of guilt. then there is opportuni-
ty for injustice.
1t may take some courage for law
yers to raise the question of wheth-
er under our legal system the rights
of defendants are actually, as well
as theoretically, protected in conspir.
acy cases where there Is only cir
cumstantial evidence. Such a con-
dition did not exist In the Kemp
Case, but 1t has existed In many
other cases. Possibly a remote
doubtfulness about conviction on
such evidence Is reflected In the fact
that in New York state the penalty
Is from three to five years In cases
involving dereliction Of public trust.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-23

johnson put the axe to the ex-
pense fund and the yacht. Ashbur1
was furious.
WHITE HOUSE APPEAL
He renewed his attacks on the
legality Of the transfer, going over
Hopkins and Johnsons heads d.
rectly To the White House. But
this move was thrown for loss
by an opinion from Attorney
General Murphy holding that the
President did have the power to
make the shift.
Meanwhile, johnson had started
an audit Of the IWC's books and
a survey Of labor conditions by
Father Haas, a widely respected
labor authority. After this the
fight ragged hotter than ever Fin
ally johnson called in Ashburn
and notified him he was through.
"You can remain until the
audit Is completed johnson
said. "and then date your resig-
nation to take effect at the end
of your annual leave"
Ashburn made no reply. Rush.
ing back to his office, he wrote
out his resigantoin and gave 1t TO
johnson and the press.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-23
Current Comment

No dangerous emergency exists,
but even II 1t did, Congress Is III
session.
Representative John Taber tRep..
N. ".
II you want to be sincere. don't
stop at an embargo ON arms, but
stop the shipments Of things that
contribute TO mass murder.
Senator Key Pittman (Dem, New
1t was for Hitler to say when the
war would begin, but 1t is not for
him or his successors to say when
1t will end.
Winston Churchill, First Lord OF
British admiralty.
I believe even today that there
can only be real peace in Europe
and throughout the world If Ger
many and England come to an un-
Outstanding.
Adolf Hitler.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-23
Questions
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@. Please give a definition Of the
Bill Of Rights. !.
A. A summary Of the rights and
privileges claimed by people, as the
declaration presented by the Lords
and Commons Of England to the
Prince and Princess Of Orange IN
1889 and enacted In the Parliament
after they became king and queen.
In the United States bill OF rights
Is prefixed to most Of the constitu-
tions Of the several states. The term
is generally applied to the first ten
amendments to the Constitution OF
the United States.
q. Has thanksgiving Day al
ways been celebrated on the last
Thursday In November?
A. No. A history Of Thanksgiving
Day can be obtained by sending
stamped, self-addressed envelope to
our Service Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth
Street, Washington, D. g.
Q. How long does 1t take to make
o comprehensive tour around the
world?
A. Between 140 and $50 days.
@. What Is the total enrolment
In elementary schools in the United
States?
A. Approximately 100000 chill
dren, ranging In age from 8 to IA
years.
Q. When should pussy willows
be transplanted?
A. When dormant; usually about
November / to April /, depending on
the climate.
Q. In which borough in New York
Is Van Cortland park?
A. Bronx.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-23

Although Ashburn Is out, the
controversy Is far from over. The
Justice Department has been asked
to start proceedings to recover
the $4,000 Ashburn drew yearly for
personal expenses.
MERRY-GO-ROUND
After phenagling to get the
Philippines out from under Sec
rotary 1ckes and the Interior De-
partment, High Commissioner
Sayre has been deluging the In
terror Department with lengthy
cables enumerating things he
wants done Cordell Hull and
Dominican Dictator Trujillo got
along together very we'll privately,
though other members Of Mr..
Hull's State Department don't
love the Dominican Language
In a Census Bureau press release:
1.-THE stork flies through Census
windows and makes 5000 new en-
tries daily, and the old gentle
man who carries q scythe (who
pals around with taxes) comes
every day to erase abo1G 1000"
Copyright. 1899, by United
Fea tire Syndicate. Inc.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-23
Views of The Press

and that while II Is felony under
Federal law, II Is punishable by a
maximum fine OF $4,000 and or two
years imprisonment. Recently In
Connecticut conspiracy became o
statutory crime punishable by
maximum OF IS years In prison.
Many laymen feel that there Is room
for progress with the progress OF
age In connection with conspiracy
trials,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-23

With million dollars saving possible
in the State Highway Department 1t
ought to be possible to build parkways all
over this state We need have no more
worries about where the money Is COM
ing from when it's possible to run great
bureau and still save a million dollars in
it's operation.