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Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-01
FREE PORT HELPS ARIZONA
alameda Times Starr

Considerable changes in Arizona in
dustry and commerce are being predict
ed as result of MeXico's action in de-
veloping free port on the Gulf of Cali
fornia only 81 miles from this states
southern border.
The harbor of Puerto Penasco is eX-
pected to be open to ocean-going vessels
soon. Mexico is dredging the harbor
and building a network of railroads and
highways in the northwest corner of
Sonora.
Arizona's principal interest is in the
free port and the paved highway be-
tween Puerto Penasco and SOnOyta, on
the international border, 81 miles north
east. 1t is scheduled for completion in
november.
Arizona's capital, Phoenix, and its sec
ond city, Tucson, will be only 225 miles
and 238 miles respectively from tide
water, by highway that is all paved eX-
cept for 27 miles of bad road between
Sonoyta and Gunsight Junction. Since
this stretch lies through Organ Pipe ma
tional monument, no state or county
funds can be expended and efforts are
being made to persuade congress to ap-
propriate for paving the Organ Pipe
Nearest deep water now accessible
from Phoenix is San Diego, Calf, 370
miles away. Los Angeles harbor is over
400 miles distant Highway and rail con-
nections with California are excellent,
but Mexico expects the shorter distance
to divert a Great deal of Arizona COM
merce Through Puerto Penasco.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-01

same the world around, in New
York, or Warsaw, or London, Paris,
Madrid, Shanghai or San Fran
cisco.
But this boy is absent-minded
as he fondles the puppy. His big
eyes are fixed on the sky. There
is something there that draws
them 1t is the bombing planes
of The Enemy.
They have been over before,
those planes. Even the boys, who
had always been fascinated by
planes, know now what they mean.
They have seen half their city laid
in ruins by understanding explo-
sions. They are only children, but
they have seen men and women
and other children-die.
There isn't much a fellow can
do. Only watch, and absently
stroke the ears of the puppy, and
wait dumbly for what will hap
pen.
This particular boy has a large
bandage over his head. Whether
he was a victim of a former bonn
bardment, we are not told. But
we know that, in view of what has
happened since Calcraft made his
picture, both boy and puppy may
be dead
Boy and dog Boys and dogs all
over the world, loving each other.
Boys in Germany, and Britain, and
China, and Spain, with every right
to play ball and go fishing, and
live. Yet the world is such that
the best a great part OF it has Of
fered them is to stand with eyes
glued on the sky, waiting for
screeching death.
Until we can do better than this,
every man, woman, and child of
us must bow in humility and shame
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-01
SPECULATION ON THE.
RUSSIAN PROGRAM

Why has Russia gone so far toward
throwing in her lot with Nazi Germany?
The world knows part of the answer:
Because the Communists think they have
more TO gain by playing along with the
Germans.
Seemingly nobody knows the rest of
the answer. How does Russia hope to
gain, for instance? Certainly not by
making Germany stronger. BY gaining
land and industries from what was once
Poland? Perhaps-partly.
The experts have speculated on all
sides of the question, seeking in theory
the long-range plan now motivating the
Soviet empire-the leaders of which are
so prone to make long-range plans.
There is one theory, as tenable as any
of the others and as well founded in the
tactics favored and pursued by the Com
munists in their avowed ambition to
make of the world a Soviet confederacy
1t has not yet been mentioned by any
of the experts, but that fact should not
disbar it.
Examine, first, the methods used by
Russia in attempting to gain domination
over other nations. Greatest weapon en-
ployed by Communists is propaganda
Most effective method of spreading this
propaganda, according to the Communist
idea, is infiltration. When the Commu-
nists abandon the infiltration and propa-
ganda method, as in Spain, they lose
their objective.
Secondly, the greatest foe of Russian
propaganda in central Europe, until
now, has been Germany. The Nazis, for
instance, gave Gen. Franco, in Spain,
the help that enabled him to defeat Com
munism there. Germany, until now, has
stood ready to aid any nation that want
ed to wipe Communism off the map.
In view of these facts, is it not possi-
BILE that Russia now hopes not only to
spike the German anti-Communist guns,
but even to make Germany, in the end,
another unit in the Russian Socialist
Federated Soviet Republic?
Far fetched? Perhaps. But examine
the possibilities.
Every newspaper, magazine and radio
station in Germany today is proclaiming
that Communists are the friends of Ger
mans. Through controlled government
striving to strengthen Soviet friend
Ship, every German who reads or lis
tens is being told that Communism is
a great doctrine - almost as great as
Naziism. Germany, in other words, is be-
ing "sold' on Communism.
If the Hitler government crumples, as
it probably will in the end, the natural
thing would be for Germans, already
three-fourths sold on Communism to
seek in it the new government they must
have.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-01
Bruce Cation in WASHINGTON
Dissects the News

WASHINGTON = 1t has been
assumed generally here that "the
President has the votes" to get the
changes he wants in the neutrality
law.
That may be true today but it
is a wide-open question whether
it will still be true when the mat
ter comes to showdown.
Members of the so-called isola-
zionist bloc in the Senate are be-
ginning to be optimistic about the
chances for retaining the arms
embargo. A few days ago they
were anything but optimistic; now
they profess to sense a definite
turning in the tide.
One thing which encourages
them is the tremendous flood of
mail that has been pouring into
congressional and senatorial offices
from the folks back home. One
Senate postoffice attache says that
which came in during the Supreme
Court fight. 1t is strongly pro-
embargo, and all but unanimously
anti-war.
The isolationist bloc is capital
izing on that latter fact. 1t is
speaking Of iself as the "peace
bloc" for one thing; for another,
it seeks to rally the peace senti-
ment behind it by insisting that
the move to repeal the embargo
is based on a desire to help Eng
land and France beat Hitler and
hence is a step toward war.
1t seems certain that this will
not be a short session. In the first
place, technically, the neutrality
legislation is in the hands of the
Senate foreign relations committee
On that committee are such
stout foes of modification as Borah
Johnson, Vandenberg, and LaFol-
lette. No bill will come to the
floor for consideration before ample
discussion has been had in COM
mittee.
All of which will take some
time, during which period the iso-
lationists will be extremely active
They will take their case to the
country through public addresses,
some of them by radio, some on
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-01
so RUSSIA STAYS NEUTRAL

If the theory elaborated above is cor
rect, Russia will remain neutral. She
will aid Germany as far as she is able
with raw materials and food-but in
formed observers believe Russia cannot
begin to fill the German needs. If that
is so. Russia knows it. She will carry
out the pretext in order to hold the DOM
inant position she has gained in regard
to spreading propaganda in Germany.
She will remain Germany's FRIEND
but an unfighting friend.
By neutrality Russia will hasten Ger
many's defeat, seeming at the same time
to help the Nazis. Then, when that de-
feat comes-and it is very probable that
Russian leaders believe defeat inevitable
for Germany-Communis will be Of
fered a starving, hate-filled, bewildered
German people. 1t is more than possible
that they would accept it, and all its
glowing promises.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-01

started the biggest goldruSh in the
history of the world He had once
been a captain in the French army
His amazing story has been told
thousands of times. But it will ne
yer grow old. 1t is the counterpart
of most great American stories; for
its hero, instead of dying in pala-
tial home, passed away on a rickety
old bed that you would hardly want
your favorite dog to occupy.
In the Swiss Alps mighty ava
lanche is often started by small
rock. 1t breaks away and hits an
other stone; soon millions of tons
of snow and rock are cascading
down the side of a moutain. Sut-
ter's career was started by pebble
A man who was building a grist
mill for him in California picked
up a small yellow stone that had
been washed down from the wooded
hills above the present city of Sac
ramento. The picking up of that
stone changed the history of the
United States. No only of the Unit
ed States, but, in many ways, the
history of he world.
The man gave it to a Workman's
wife who was making soap. She
tossed it into kettle of hog
fat and lye. When she took it
out, the stone cleaned like a IT,
gers eye.
Sutter tried to keep secret his
discovery of gold; but in a week
the whole countryside was in a tur-
moil; ranches were deserted; cows
were left believing to be MIXED;
calves bawling in vain. The locust
swarm of humanity took wings
and headed toward the golden land
beyond the sunset They packed
into whaling ships and cargo boats;
they rounded the Horn under
straining sails. They were smashed
and pounded by hurricanes off the
Straits of Magellan. Fevers racked
them; scurvy decimated them; but
they never turned back.
What was Suffers reward? One
of his sons was murdered. Another
was driven TO suicide. A third son
tried to get away from all the mis-
cry the gold discovery had caused
his family and returned to Switz-
erland. His reward was the loss of
his life. He was drowned.
Sutter himself launched a law
suit and spent 20 years in Wash
ington trying to persuade Congress
TO recognize his rights. He was so
poor he dressed in what amounted
TO rags; and died, as I told you, in
a furnished room. But he had
changed the history of the country
and he touched, in some way the
life of every person in the United
States. And so I salute you John
Sutter! You are one of the men
who has helped make our country
what it is. You died without a dol
lar, but you enriched every one of
US.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-01
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 Ell 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-
ions 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,
s. 30-Oct. l6 incl. Deputy.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-01

the floor of the Senate, and some
at public mass meetings.
A big meeting has been called
for Washington on the night of
Sept. 20 as climax to the march
on Congress-" which various peace
societies are sponsoring. Another
has been scheduled for New York.
After the bill reaches the Senate
floor, the debate will really get
going. There will not be a fill
buster, but there will be a lot of
speech-making; and as a result of
it all, the isolationists believe, pub
lie sentiment will be rallied to such
an extent that a majority in one
or both houses will vote against
removing the arms embargo.
The flood of mail from home is
beginning to have its effect.
One New England congressman,
not previously committed on the
issue, called up a prominent isola-
zionist senator the day before Con-
gress convened and asked for some
material to use in an argument
against modification; said he had
that morning received 526 letters
from home, of which 521 demand
ed retention of the embargo.
That percentage is not MAIN
tanned in all cases, of course. A
number of southern congressman,
for instance, say that the majority
of letter. writer's in their districts
urge them to vote for the Presi-
dents program.
But, in good number of cases
the keep-the- embargo majority Is
practically a landslide.
Another impressive thing about
the mail is the proportion which
comes from business and profess
sional men-groups usually among
the missing in this sort of barrage.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-01
Willis Thornton's Editorial on:
A Picture of a Boy and His Dog

Out of stricken Warsaw comes
a picture of a boy and his dog.
The boy is only one of a group of
boys, standing in an open space
in the once-beautiful city, who
happened to come before the lens
of Eric Calcraft, Acme News pic
lures cameraman.
Somehow the boy with the dog
stands out from the others in the
group A boy is incomplete, some
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-01

Why do you
suppose a rail-
road named one
of its crack sleep
ing cars for a
man who died
in a furnished
room W it h ou t
enough for his
burial!
Captain John
A. Sutter, born
in Switzerland,
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-01
Hints on Etiquette

If man receives a letter of in
PRODUCTION from a woman-a stran-
ger in his toWn-he may call upon
her at once or call her on the phone
and make arrangements to enter 1
tain her and make her visit to
strange place pleasant.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-01
TOday'S Horoscope

The year will be most favorable
for those whose birthday is today.
Social success will be theirs, but
they must guard against the jeal-
ousy engendered by such success
from their own sex. A child born
on this date will be thoughtful and
enterprising. He or she will also pos
sess some mechanical genius, but
will be too likely to cause suffering
to themselves and those dear to
them by the misapplication of such
gifts.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-01

Rumanian police returned the
body of their premier to the street
where he was shot to reconstruct
the assassination. Over here it's
the murderer who generally re-
turns to the scene of the crime.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-01
Horoscope for Sunday

If today is your birthday, you are
advised to watch your expenditures.
Also dc not seek promotion or ad-
vancement at this time. A child born
on his day will be good natured.
genial also refined, artistic and
musical, or it may be literary gifts
are theirs They will be fitted for
a successful stage career
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-01

There are more than 500 men,
ners of the National Mouse club
III England who raise fancy mice
Tor a hobby. Many more fanciers
belong to county and district clubs.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-01
CARNEGIE

I am writing this on a pullman
sleeper sweeping westward across
the United States. The car is nam
ed John A, Sutter, for a man who
died without a dollar to his name!
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-01
Photographs

A mirror recently invented re-
fleets a true image of you as others
see you, because it reflects a true
image, not reversed as is usual.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-01

Hitler was strung up in effigy
at a Missouri necktie party. An
other case of not having the orig
inal, but making a reasonably ac-
curate facsimile do.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-01

Samuel GOldwyn says the film
industry must be as realistic as
possible about the war situa-
tion. This will, no doubt, be quite
a task for Hollywood.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-01
Barbs-

Ohio's Senator Taft says our
participation in a war would re-
suit in q real danger to American
democracy. And, he might add, to
American youth.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-01

1t costs up to so per cent more
to travel to Europe now. And
your chances of getting there are
about so per cent less.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-01
Grab Bag
One-Minute Test

l. What animal is said to be the
hardest to trap and why?
q What bird is always in con-
tinuous flight away from its nest?
g. What is Santa Hill?
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-01
Words of Wisdom

1t is with word as with an ar.
row-once let it loose and it does
not return-Abd-el-K
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-01
One-Minute Test Answers

l. The wolf, because of its keen
sense of smell and apparent un-
derstanding of the ways of man.
2. The chimney swift.
3. A rest home for New York
City's sanitation department, for
merly the home of Otto H. Kahn.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-01
You re Telling Me-

The japanese have taken up
swing music, says cabled dispatch.
And Europe, it seems, has gone
jitterbug with a vengeance.
The trouble with the last rose
of summer is that when it fades
it seldom takes the final house
fly with it.
Some folks never take big chanc-
es. Others remove the window
screens at the first cold snap.
Science announces development
of a new artificial heart. Wonder
if it's patterned after Hitler's?
Western burglar is caught while
taking a shower. Just another Grim
inal who is all washed up.
Hitler neither smokes or drinks
but you can't very we'll use that
as an argument for Junior not to.
Regardless who gets control of
it in the end, Danzig will go down
in history as the highest-priced
city on record
Those European propagandlstS
needn't worry. After the war they
can find jobs as oest-selling fic-
ton writer's.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-01
thoughts for the Day

And the Lord said unto Moses They shall offer
their offering each prince on his day for the dedi-
eating of the atar-Numbers I'LL
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-01

Hitler neither smokes or drinks
but you can't very we'll use that
as an argument for Junior not TO.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-01

Western burglar is caught while
taking a shower. Just another Grim
inal who is all washed up.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-01

Science announces development
of a new artificial heart. Wonder
if it's patterned after Hitler's?
Nogales international., 1939-09-30
New Hole
Budget
Purchase Plan
CHICAGO OR BOSTON

PHOENIX, Ariz., Sept. 29-" Home
seekers are now offered an outStand-
ing opportunity for the purchase of
homes said Sidney B. Moeur, Ari-
zona State Manager for the Home
Owners Loan Corporation today in
announcing the New HOLC Budget
Purchase Plan.
In recognition of the valuable
contribution which budget purchas-
ing has made to American living,
the HOLC has evolved this plan
which embodies many features in
cluding a reduction in interest to
41A%. "This rate is the lowest ever
offered home purchasers in the
State of Arizona" said Moeur.
Under the Budget Purchase
monthly payments will include prin-
cipal and interest plus a proper
tionate amount for the payment of
taxes and insurance. Thus the prob
lem created by having to meet a
large lump sum payment is elimi-
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Nogales international., 1939-09-30

dent Roosevelt's request to repeal
the arms embargo, saying it was
economically necessary to a nation
to maintain foreign trade.
He said the United States must
have economic bolstering" such as
could be found from returns of sell
ing goods to belligerents.
Possibility of an allied defeat
would ultimately result in loss OF
vital foreign trade, Tuthill said.
Turning to evaluation of Ameri-
cas- armed forces, Tuthill said the
United States was nearly as bad
off as it was in 1917.
Overproduction, he pointed out,
has made us dependent upon exports
and for this reason it is necessary
to maintain full trade relations with
Britain and France.
He emphasized weakness of Amer
ica's peacetime army of 10000 avail
Nogales international., 1939-09-30

Enroute to Mexico to board
ship from either Vera Cruz or
Tampico for England, where he
will Join the British Royal Air
Corps to serve in the new war,
Albert Wood of Minneapolis.
Minn., was here Saturday.
Wood served in the World War,
first with the Canadians, then the
French and later with the Ameri-
cans. He was one of the most IA
nous of all flying aces.
He is well known to a number OF
Nogalians, including Frank j.
Duffy, Hugo w. Miller, and Harold
J. Brown, through frequent trips to
Nogales as civil engineer.
Wood enlisted on March 8, 1915
and was discharged March 8, 1915
after serving on all fronts, includ-
ing the Dardanelles and Russia. A
member of his company, Roy Brown
of Ottawa, Canada, was the aviator
who brought down Germany's most
famous flying ace, Richtofen, in
1916.
Since the World War, Wood serv-
ed in China in 1882 and 1888 and
Nogales international., 1939-09-30
Nazis, Russia
Warn Allies

Russia and Germany are prepar-
ing to sign an alliance to war on
the Allies if Britain and France re-
ject new peace proposals to be offer
ed shortly by Chancellor Adolf Hit
Ter of Germany.
Paris and London yesterday in
formed the world that such pro-
posal would be flatly rejected and
they would continue the war until
Hitlerism is wiped out and Poland
reestablished as a sovereign state.
There was not much activity in
war circles this week
Debate on President Roosevelt s
program to have the embargo on
arms lifted will get under way Mon
day in Washington.
Warsaw, which surrendered this
week, is now being occupied by Ger
man troops.
Nogales international., 1939-09-30
Tennis Club To
Play Cananea

The Noga1es Tennis Club will take
part in a tournament at Cananea
tomorrow. Members will leave here
at pm. today.
Nogales won the last two encoun-
tiers with Cananea and previous to
those two lost one.
Members who will make the trip
are Frank Noriega, Sammy Mar
Gus, Sammy Capin, Alex Joffroy,
Jr., Enrique Torres, Jr., DR.. Fer
nando Valdez Banda, DR.. David
Flores Guerra, Miguel Bazurto,
Harvey Bracker, J. A. Tostado and
Hector Monroy.
Nogales international., 1939-09-30

PHOENIX, Sept. 29 - CUP) =
Maj. Gen. Alexander NJ Tuthill,
head of the Arizona National Guard,
predicted today the United States
would be unable to stay out of the
European conflict despite President
Roosevelt's neutrality program.
IT don't believe we dare stay out, y
Tuthill told local service club.
"Yet we haven't anything to fight
with and we haven't got men,
Tuthill urged support of Presi-
Nogales international., 1939-09-30
w. MOhrdieck
Weds In N. Mexico

Martin Mohrdieck, well known
Nogales inventor, was married in
Albuquerque, NM. a few days ago,
to Miss Alice Hartley, it was an
nounced on a card received We'd
nesday by Mr.. Mohrdieck's daugh-
ter, Mrs. Lee Edge.
The bride, who visited relatives
here last winter, has made her home
for many years at Nantucket Is
land, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mohrdieck are now
on trip to northern Arizona and
the San Francisco fair and have not
decided yet whether they will make
their home in Nogales.
The bridegroom has been a resi-
dent of Nogales for about Is years
Nogales international., 1939-09-30
Legion Meets
In Patagonia

The local American Legion Post
and their auxiliary journeyed a
week ago last night to Patagonia
where they met in joint session in
the Opera House until after the in
stallation of the auxiliary officers
when they went into separate seS-
sions to conduct their regular bust
ness. The meeting was we'll attend
ed as is always the case when the
meetings are held in Patagonia.
Tentative plans for Armistice Day
were formulated.