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The Coolidge examiner., 1939-06-08
A Quiz With Answers
Offering Information
on Various Subjects

3. A pint of milk. The cream
floats to the top of the milk.
4. A coverlet for a bed.
S. Both. Glow means to shine
with intense heat.
6. Strictly speaking, turtle
means members of the order
which live in water, and tortoise,
members which live on land.
7. Mona is an abbreviation for
madonna (my LADY,. Lisa is a
proper name.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-06-08

What a Relief!
You've told me all your griev-
ances?" asked the attorney at
law.
eyes, ! think So"
"Then I'm afraid, madam, you
have no grounds for divorce"
mo, I feared so-but wanted
to tell you everything; you listen
so nicely"
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-06-08
Latent Power

Let the very humblest man
know that he may one day have it
in his power to help the very
strongest man he has ever known.
Joseph Parker.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-06-08
At His Post

At His Post
The taxi was going very slowly
and the passenger was in hurry
Il say" he shouted, cant yom
go any faster?"
Course l can," came the re-
tort; "but l amt allowed to leave
the taxi"
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-06-08

Rejected SuitOr-NO, no, Joan,
don't give me back the ring. After
all, what's S6.75 to man with .
broken heart.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-28
WHAT IT TAKES TO MAKE
A GRAND JURY USEFUL

he 1899 grand jury, one of the most
active in the history OF Imperial county,
has come TO the end Of its efforts with a
final report bristling with factual recon-
mendations.
Ii remains to be seen whether the
grand jury has done any good, outside
of bringing about changes in the Cali
patl1a division of the Imperial Irriga-
tion District. Events vet to tranSpire will
decide whether the 1889 grand jmy'S
efforts will be written down as useless
or highly constructive
Short of returning criminal indictments
a grand jury is powerlesS TO enforce its
recommendations The only weapon it
has is public opinion.
1t is up to public officials with eXecu-
tive powers to see that the grand iury's
work does not go for nothing
The two most important recommends
tionS made by the 1889 grand jury pos
sibly, are those dealing with cOnsolida-
tion Of county road districts and thor
ough audit of the Imperial Irrigation Dis
trict each year with a breakdown of fig
ures separating revenue derived from op-
erations such as those Of the power divi-
sion and the water division.
The county board Of supervisors can.
by inaction, let the road district recon-
mendation die a quick death. The district
board of directors can similarly render
the audit recommendation fruitless 1t
is up to these eXecutiveS-and To the pub
lic--to see that the iury's efforts bring
serious consideration Of these matters.
at the very least.
Time after time it has been suggested
that county road district consolidation
might effect great economy and give the
county a systematiZed road system. Thus
far, nothing has been done about it. Only
the future can tell whether anything viii
be done.
The irrigation district position is only
slightly different The power division
is so new in the district framework that
no set procedure has yet been definitely
adopted. 1t is still in the experimental
stage So it is that the grand jury recon-
mendation for an audit of the power divi-
sion separate from the water division
may help the district to find the proceed
ure it will eventually follow.
A grand jury is useless unless its rec
concentrations are followed, or at least
considered seriously. Imperial county
has spent a lot Of money on the 1889
grand jury. 1t is up to public officials in
the county to see that the money was not
spent without result.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-28
IGNORING CANCER
DOES NOT CURE IT

The Cambridge, Mass, city council,
which passed an ordinance directing that
the words "Lenin' and "Leningrad' be
removed from every book, magazine and
newspaper within the city limits, should
remember that humanity never made any
progress against syphilis until the spot
light of public attention was centered on
that dread disease. 1t prospered as long
as its very name was taboo to society.
You cannot cure cancer by ignoring it,
No more can you cure Communism by
refusing to recognize that it exists. The
best defense against it IS strong often
sive, and it is impossible to fight an enc
my whose existence you deny
The Cambridge city council might as
well direct that Russia be removed from
all the maps in all the schools, or that
red be removed from the color spectrum.
Education, not ignorance, is the key to
world progress, and only ignorance is
induced by censorship.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-28
Willis Thorntons Editorial on:
Rehabiitatinq the Wagner Act

which would outlaw the closed shop
end check-off system of collecting
union dues and would set up six
restrictions against strikes. The re-
suit of the proposed amendments
on strikes would be to remove al
most completely this potent labor
weapon.
The manufacturers proposals are
far too drastic. When Congress con-
siders changes in the Wagner Act,
it must bear in mind that neither
labor nor the employer should be
strangled. The law has no motive II
it does not operate to the eventual
benefit of both.
There is a natural tendency, after
law has been permitted to run
along laxly. to screw the bolts TOO
tight. Progress does sometimes
come from this pendulum-sWlng
process-but it must take pain
much more tortuouS than Is neceS-
sary. The best kind of advancement
is the kind achieved along mlddie
course. aimed gently upward.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-28

After eight days of testimony by
the special investigating commit
tee of the House of Representatives,
it has become generally apparent
that some reforms in the Wagner
Labor Act are desirable if the law
is 10 serve its prime function of
molding better relationships be-
tween employer and unioniSt.
XUntIl Jan. 5, the five members Of
the House committee will recess to
study the 800 pages OF testimony
thus far garnered from unreticent
witnesses. Almost from the first
day of the hearing, it appeared that
all was not funcrioning smoothly on
the National Labor Relations board,
which is the statutory enforcement
machinery of the Wagner Act.
Most yOciferouS criticism of the
boards functions was implied in the
reports of unharmoniouS intercourse
among the boards personnel. From
some OF the testimony, it would
appear most of the NLRB employees,
from executives down, were en-
plOyed largely in writing caustic
memoranda concerning the short
comings of their colleagues. Where
there is that much smoke, there
must be at least small fire.
Principally inherent in all of the
yoluminous testimony that has so
far been offered is the inarticu-
late demand for changes in the law
itself. The Wa gner Act defeats itself
if neither labor nor the employer
trusts it. If the administration OF
the act is incompatible with the
best interests of those for whom
the legislation was designed, then
Congress- should take from the
board some of the powers of diScre-
ton it now enjoys and should sub
stitute a strict course OF procedure.
From the criticisms so far re-
corded in the hearing, It appears
that already a number OF reforms
are suggested. The red tape in
handling cases might be trimmed,
definition of a bargaining unit
might be formulated strict duties
for examiners and prosecutors
should be laid down SO their juriS-
dictions will not overlap, employers
should be given an opportunity to
confer with NLRB representatives
before they are hailed before exam
iners. and the entire conduct OF
cases should be handled with a re-
gard for due process OF law and
the common courtesies allowed in
recognized court.
other suggestions will probably
become apparent before the hearing
is over Already the National As
sociation of Manufacturers has pro-
posed a I2-point reform program,
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-28
LIBERAL PENSIONS
[ Nevada State JOurnaD

The idea of social security Is no new
thing, much as would the promoters of
schemes for producing Utopia after fifty
have the public believe The very name
is incorporated in the American Associa-
ion for Social Security, of which Bishop
Francis J. Mcconnell of New York is
president, which was working for this end
long before the term took on its present
political meaning.
This society views the treatment of the
aged in this country with great satisfac-
ion. 1t points out that 100000 of the
aged throughout the country are now re-
ceiving assistance based on their needs
and condition. On January | the federal
government begins additional allowances,
which, it says, will make the American
system of taking care of its aged not only
the most liberal in the world, but in all
history. Furthermore, it points out, under
the prevailing pension arrangements, the
aged receive greater assistance than the
members of any other dependent group
in the country.
The government. the states. and still
lesser subdivisions when called upon to
face the issue of old age assistance, have
been generous. There can be little criti-
cisn of the manner in which the younger
"dSt III TIE SOCldl group nave
voted 70 care for the older ones who have
passed the peak of their economic pro-
ducing power and may be in need.
But the pension racketeers, who reap
great rewards in the form of dues, fees,
travelling expense and the like, are never
satisfied. They would wreck the present
social structure, as they have threatened
to do repeatedly under the weird pension
schemes introduced in California and
elsewhere. They would confiscate the
wages and property of the real worker,
not only for the deserving aged, but for
every drifter, shirker and ne-er-do-well
who has vote A serious study Of the
fact that America treats its aged with
more consideration than any other ma
ton should deflate their claims
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-28

he cannot hire anybody TO manage
men as he wants the job done.
There were seven children in the
Rickenbacker family, and Eddle
was considered the least promising
When Eddie was twelve years old
his father was killed III an accl-
dent. and Eddie had to go to work.
He did get a small job, but his heart
was set on working in an automo-
bile factory He applied five times,
and five times he was turned down.
Turned down, but not defeated. He
waited his chance and went TO the
owner. Lee Prayer, and said, Your
foreman won't hire me, but I'm go
inc to work here anyway. Ill work
free of charge. I'll do anything. I'll
sweep out" Then, before the as
tonished eyes of the owner, he
seized broom and began sweeping
out. The owner couldn't turn down
anyone fired with such earnestneSs
and ambition, so he told him to 90
ahead with the work.
One day the owner passed EDDIE
during the noon hour. Instead OF
loafing. as the other men were,
Eddie was poring over charts and
diagrams and rows of figures. Ihe
owner stopped to see What MS
broom Wielder was dong ana
learned that he was taking cor
respondence course III engineering
He told Eddie to come TO ms offlce
He found Eddie sincere and earnest.
and above all likeable. The owner
made further inquiries. All the men
liked this broom pusher.
On the strength OF tins lnlornla-
ton Prayer offered Eddie better
lob. and Eddie moved up-Workman,
foreman, assistant engineer, trouble
man. sales branch manager. Wnefe-
ever he worked people liked him.
Frayer was an automobile racer
and asked Eddie to become his me-
chanic In 1906 the Vanderbilt cup
Race was to be run on Long Island
II was TO be the greatest in the MS
tory of motor racing. Names would
be made in day. They would BIOS
som on thousand front pages.
Well. who do you think rode be-
side Lee Prayer in that race?
You're right! E. r.
From that Eddie branched out
as a racer himself In 1910 he won
eight races in one year! By the
time he was 25 he was the most ia
nous racing driver in the world.
During the World War he was
General Pershing's chauffeur. The
General was not easy to get along
with. but he liked Eddie.
This ability to get along with peo-
pie and win friends has been the
door opener for Eddie. To-day he Is
making $4,000 a year and much OF
it is due to that particular ability.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-28
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING
OF STOCKHOLDERS OF
EDGAR BROS. COMPANY

Notice is hereby given that pur-
suant to the provisions Of the by
laws, the regular annual meeting of
the stockholders Of the above named
company will be held at the office
Of the company in FL Centro, State
Of California, on Tuesday, the 10th
oay of January, 1910, at the hour of
6 o'clock p. m. OF said day.
At said meeting five directors will
be elected to serve for the ensuing
year and until their successors are
duly elected.
The annual business statements OF
the office viii. be received and acted
upon and such other business as
may properly come before the stock
holders meeting will be transacted.
Dated at Ell Centro, this 14th day
of December 1888.
EDGAR BROS. COMPANY,
BY A. e. La Fontaine, Sec'y.
Dec. l42l -28, Jan. ALL
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-28
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

In the Superior Court of the State
of California, i'm and for the COun-
ty of Imperial.
In the Matter of the Estate of
O. q. HORNE,
Deceased.
NOTICE is hereby given by the
undersigned administrative of the
estate OF O. c. Horne. deceased, TO
the creditors of and all persons
having claims against the said de-
ceased. to file their claims with
the necessary vouchers within six
months after the first publication
of this notice, in the office of the
Clerk of the Superior Court of the
State of California, in and for the
County of Imperial, in the City of
Ell Centro, County of Imperial, State
of California, or to present said
claims with the necessary vouchers
within said six months to the said
administrative at the office of
Whitelaw & Whitelaw, 209 Rehkopf
Building, FL Centre, County of I'm
perial, State of California, which
said office the undersigned selects
as her place of business in all
matters connected with the said
estate Of o. G.. Horne, deceased.
Dated this 29th day of November,
1889.
EMMA S. HORNE,
Administrative of the Estate
of o. CT. Horne, Deceased.
WHITELAW 81 WHITELAW,
BY DORSEY WHITELAW,
Attorneys for Administrative.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-28
COMMUNISTS DO
A FLIP-FlOP
{ lSan BernardinO Sum


The communist party of the United
States has dropped its boycott ON Ger
man goods and suggested that It's mem
bers continue the boycott on japanese
goods.
Just how the ultra-liberals of the
United States, who have voiced their con-
demnatiOn of the unprovoked invasion of
defenselesS nations, can condOne this lat
est flip-flop by the American communists
is difficult to determine.
So the struggle of Poland is not "a Just
resistance, necessary defense of their
Liberties and national independence And
the communist party of the United States
does not even pause to comment upon
the invasion of Finland by Russia. The
American communists cannot see a lust
resistance or "a necessary defense of
their liberties by poor little Finland.
The American reds make the reason for
their course of action very plain. 1t was
all wrong when Hitler smashed CZecho-
Slovakia and prosecuted the Jews But
when Hitler shook hands with Stain, and
handed over part of Poland and the Bal
tic to Russia. then Hitler was no longer
a monster bent ON crushing the little peo-
Piles of the world.
The difference between the invasion by
Germany of Poland, the invasion of Fin
land by Russia and the conquest Of Japan
in China, only those who are blindly
swayed by the leadership OF Stain would
attempt to explain.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-28
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

ton card issued to such person as
lcensee thereof, together with the
name and address of the person to
whom said bicycle was sold or trans
ferred, and such report shall be
made within five days of the date
of said sale or transfer. 1t shall
be the duty of the purchaser or
tranSferee of such bicycle To apply
for a transfer of registration there
for within five days of said sale
or transfer.
SECTION VI: 1t shall be unlaW-
full for any person TO Wilfully or
maliciously remove, destroy, mutt
late or alter the number of any
bicycle frame licensed pursuant to
this ordinance 1t shall also be un-
lawful for any person to remove,
destroy. mutilate or alter any Ii
cense plate, seal or registration card
during the time in which such Ii
cenSe plate, seal or registration card
is operative. Provided, however, that
nothing in this ordinance shall
prohibit the Chief of Police from
stamping numbers on the frames
of bicycles on which no serial num-
Der can be found, or on which said
number is illegible or insufficient
for identification purposes.
SECTION VII: The annual Ii
cenSe fee to be paid for each bicycle
shall be 25c and shall be paid in
advance; and pursuant to Section
V of this ordinance, such license may
be transferred when the ownership
of said bicycle is transferred, and
a fee of 25c shall be paid for the
registration of such transfer. All
license fees collected under this or
dinance shall be paid into the Gem
eral Fund of the City of FL Centre.
SECTION VII: Every person.
firm or corporation violating any of
the provisions of this ordinance shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction shall be pun
lshable by a fine of not more than
three hundred dollars ($3000O or
by imprisonment in the City Jail
for period of not more than three
90 months, or by both such fine
and imprisonment. In addition to
the penalty herelnbefore set forth
the Chief of Police of the City of Ell
Centre or any Of the members
thereof, may impound and retain
possession of any bicycle operated
IN violation OF any of the proyi-
Sions of this ordinance. until the
license provided for herein is OBJ
tained by the owner of said bicycle.
SECTION TX: The City Council
hereby declare that this ordinance
is an emergency measure necessary
for the immediate preservation for
the public peace, health and safety
and that this ordinance shall there
fore go into immediate effect. The
facts constituting the urgency are
as follows: The use of bicycles nv
minors has become greatly increas-
ed by reason of the holiday season
now commencing and the use of
city streets has also become greatly
increased for the same reason, there
by greatly increasing traffic hazards.
and the opportunity for and the
probability of the theft of bicycles
has also become greatly increased
for the same reason; wherefore, the
immediate regulation and control of
the operation and use of BICYCLES
on the city streets and public wavs
has become imperative.
HERBERT w. FAWCETT
Mayor of the City of
#a,s So, aNEl Centre.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-28

CYIES IN THE CITY OF Ell
CENTRIC AND VIDIN
ENALTY FOR VIOLATION
THEREOF
The City Cuncil of the City of Ell
Centro do ordain as follows:
SECTION I: 1t shall be unlaW-
full for any person to operate or use
a bicycle propelled wholly or in part
by muscular power upon any of the
streets, alleys or public highways
of the City of FL Centro, without
first obtaining from the Chief of
Police a Scense therefor
SECTION II: The Chief of Po-
lice is hereby authorized and direct
ed to issue upon written applica-
ton. bicycle licenses which shall be
effective from the first day of Janu-
airy, 1910 to and including Decem-
Der 81, 1910, and thereafter said
licenses shall be issued for the cal
endar year, commencing on the first
day of January of each of said cal
endar years and ending on the thirty
first day of December of said cal
endar year Said licenses when is
sued shall entitle the licenSee to
operate such bicycle for which said
license has been issued, upon all
the streets, alleys and public high
ways, exclusive of the sidewalks
thereof, in the City of Ell Centre.
SECTION III: The City of Ell
Centro shall provide each year met
allie license plates and seals, to-
gether with registration cards and
isinglass holders therefor, said met
allie license plates and registration
cards having numbers stamped
thereon in numerical order, begin
ming with Number ! and indicating
the year for which the same are
issued, and the letters EBL stamped
thereon; such metallic license plates
shall be suitable for attachment
upon the frames of bicycles, and it
shall be the duty of the Chief of
Police to attach one such metallic
license plate to The frame of each
bicycle and to issue corresponding
registration card to the licensee upon
the payment of the license fee here
in provided for. such metallic license
plate shall remain attached during
the existence of such license. The
Chief of Police shall also keep a
record of the date of issue of each
license. TO whom issued, and the
number thereof.
SECTION ": All persons engag-
I'd in the business of buying second
hand bicycles are hereby required
to make daily report to the Chief
of Police, giving the name and
address of the person from whoS
each bicycle is purchased. the de-
scription of each bicycle purchased,
the frame number thereof, and the
number of the metallic license plate
found thereon, If any All persons
engaged in the business of selling
new or secondhand bicycles are
hereby required to make a daily
report to the Chief of Police, giving
a list of all sales made by such
dealers, which list shall include the
name and address of each person
to whom sold. the kind of bicycle
sold, together with a description and
frame number thereof, and the num-
ber of the metallic license plate at
tached thereto, if any
SECTION V: II shall be the duty
of every person who sells or transfers
ownership Of any. bicycles, to report
such sale or transfer by returning
to the Chief Of Police the registra-
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-28

been up to its neck in the dispute,
the trouble is no nearer settlement
that it was weeks ago.
TOWNSEND DOESN'T
WANT ALLEGIANCE OATH
On his recent trip across Penn
Sylvania. DR.. Francis f. Townsend
was besieged by members of a To-
cal old age pension club with a
problem to settle 1t seems two
persons who recently joined the club
refused TO take the oath Of al
legiance" to DR. Townsend; other
club members were indignant. and
clustered around the doctor asking
him to do something about it.
Huh said DR.. Townsend. IF
was joining. I wouldn't take any
oath of allegiance either. | don't
blame those new members a bit"
PRESIDENT WAITS
TIME FOR PEACE
A recent White House caller re-
ports a striking shift in President
RooSevelts thinking in regard to
the European war.
Right now. according TO this man,
the president has the feeling that
a statesman in his position can
best serve his country and the world
by sitting tight. waiting until the
war has brought both sides close
10 exhaustion. and then taking the
lead in Il general process of picking
up the pieces and starting the
peacc-time wheels turning again.
The obvious corollaly is that the
United States must stay completely
out of the war.
Point is that early in September
there were reports that the drift
of White House thinking seemed
to be going the other way. IN
tervention was in the air: I know
Of at least one White House visitor
who talked with the president then
and gained the firm conviction
that the intention was TO prevent
a Hitler victory at any cost.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-28
Today's Horoscope

Your own initiative and enter
prise will bring good fortune in
the year just starting, if your birth
day is on this date. A notably
busy year is ahead. BE sure to
exercise the greatest care in dealing
with your correspondence. A child
born on this day will have a great
deal OF force OF character Such a
child Will be original, intuitive and
inventive. Success will best be
achieved on or through the watery
element, it is shown
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-28

Is ullutI ltIlSlOll'
Yet Eddie han
Hes his men with
superb skill. This
ability to get
along with al
kinds of people
has been a tire
mendous factor il
his climb TO sue.
cess. He can hire
executives to look
after the mech
anical end; but
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-28
Hints ON Etiquette

When writing letters to friends,
try TO keep out mention of your
troubles and worries. They may
reach the person written to at
time of mental depression and add
10 his or her woes II it is neces-
sary to speak of your griefs in
letter, do so as briefly as possible.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-28
Words of Wisdom

There is no such thing as chance;
and what seems to US the mereSt
accident springs from the deepest
source of destiny-Sc Schiller.