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Evening star., 1939-12-17
she goes down a. to Justify their

she goes down ~ to Justify their
orders.
From the point of view of Brit
ish morale this was q much need
ed and no doubt highly welcome
success. The spectacle of German
raiders running loose on the oceans,
the home coming of the Bremen,
the mounting toll of losses by raid
er, mine and submarine was not
having very good effect in Great
Britain. Coming as 1t did immedi-
ately after the Bremen incident.
the cornering of the Spec may tend
to cause that unfortunate affair to
be forgotten, may, indeed, save Mr.
Churchill from awkward questions
in Commons. 1t is very probable
that the efficient disposition of
forces which accomplished this feat
indicates that Admiral of the Fleet
Sir Dudley Pound, who had just
taken over as first sea lord when the
war broke out, is beginning to make
his excellent qualities felt and is
clearing out seme of the deadWood
which at the beginning was all too
noticeable In the vicinity of the ad-
miralty arch. It may be expected
not only that he will take every
possible precaution to prevent the
Specs escape, but that British
efforts to run down other German
raiders will be redoubled.
Meanwhile British submarines
and aircraft are operating far more
aggressively than heretofore in the
North Sea. If all this indicates an
abandonment by the British of the
defensive policy which has so far
been their chief curse (was it dis
cussed at the recent secret session
of Permanently the war at sea may
now take decided turn. Or the
German offensive policy and ofYen-
sive spirit, SO apparent in all they
have done. may lead to counter
Evening star., 1939-12-17
British Victory off Uruguay
Badly Needed to Boost Morale
Grof Spec Nay Yet Fight Its Way Clear,
But Only by Virtue of Miracle
BY MAI. GEORGE FIELDING ELIOT.

~ sudden appearance the stage OF the German
raider Admiral Graf
typical OF modern naval operations which
e extent controlled carefully laid
captains tied to their
the invisible haments little of
Evening star., 1939-12-17

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-04
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Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-15
MEMBER
NO ROOM FOR POLITICS
IN NEUTRALITY STUDY

President Roosevelt is one hundred
per cent right about one thing
There should be no politics nor politi-
cal considerations in study and discus
sion Of means to maintain American
neutrality during the war in Europe.
When the future of the nation is at
stake, when thousands of lives and the
welfare of millions of people are to be
considered, when bloodshed, suffering
and misery are in prospect, there is no
room for politics.
The senators and representatives who
gather in Washington this month in the
first wartime session since 1918 should
forget that there are such things as Re-
publicans and Democrats They should
forget that there is an election next
year They should forget everything ex-
cept the job of keeping the United States
out of war
And so should President Roosevelt.
This is no time for the advancement
of political ambitions nor economic
theories Today the people should con-
denim political opportunist, or one who
attempts to take advantage of wartime
conditions to foist some pet economic
theory on the nation, just as they con-
denim food profiteers. There is not an
iota of difference between them.
The job of the men who gather at
Washington little more than week from
now will be to frame laws designed to
protect to the fullest degree possible
the neutrality of this nation. Their
thoughts and efforts should be devoted
wholly to completion of that task. The
one who attempts to inject politics into
the situation should be Stunned as
pariah.
This is not to say that congress must
get together, listen TO the President, and
do as he says Possibly some senator or
representative has better plan to keep
the United States out of war. Or pos
sibly the best aspects of several plans
should be adopted. The matter is one
for careful study complete investiga-
tion and concerted action. If ever there
was time for cooperation, it is now.
The people are not interested in poll
tics today They are interested in a neu-
trality program that will work. They are
interested in protecting their homes and
lives with the best protection possible
neutrality. 1t is up to congress to see
that they get it.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-15
READ CAREFULLY

If you are a headline reader, you must
have been considerably puzzled this week.
(You couldn't be blamed, either, for
those who read more than headlines don't
know just what to believe.)
One set of headlines said the Germans
were advancing far into Poland. Next
day headlines said the Poles fought
their way out of trap, turned on the
Germans, and halted the Nazi attack.
Next day, again, headlines said Poland
was all but defeated. Some headlines
said the rains would help Poland. Others
told of new German conquests.
If you are little more than head
line reader, you learned that the head
lines were based on claims by the oppos-
ing armies-all passed through that par
ticular army's censorship.
Then, if you are a really discerning
reader, you would have noticed little
item which said Poland had appealed
for more effective" British assistance.
And that paragraph would have told
you that the German claims were more
nearly true than those coming out of
Warsaw.
But it pays to be cautious in what you
believe Next time the Poles may be
more nearly right.
The moral is, of course, that you cam
not read censored dispatches and get the
truth - and almost everything coming
out of Europe today is censored
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-15
Bruce Cation in WASHINGTON
Disseets the News

detection 1t is still felt that in the
long run it will be effective.
Despite the fact that she can
expect some imports from Russia
and southeastern Europe, Germ
any's position is considered ex-
tremely bad in regard to food
stuffs and other raw materials. The
fact that federation cards were
resorted to before hostilities had
even begun is taken as a sign of a
highly shaky position. In the end,
it is felt, blockade will win.
But that "end" might be a long
way off. Before it is reached, Eu-
rope may settle down into a con-
dition that is neither war nor
peace-a cold relatively bloodless
economic struggle in which the
military struggle is stalemate
and in which each side matches
it's resources against the other on
the economic front.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-15
SHIPPING PREPAREDNESS
wall Street Journal)

With Mondays call for bids on twen-
ty more CO cargo ships, the Admins
tration makes it clear that it means busi-
ness with American merchant shipping.
1t is interesting now to recall the tre-
mendous effort made during the Great
War to build up our emergency fleet.
The CO ships are about 15% larger and
will have a cargo-carrying capacity 25%o
larger than those that were constructed
at Hog Island in 1918-20. The latter
ships marked the most remarkable exper-
iment in shipbuilding ever successfully
completed Between 1917 and 1920 there
were turned off the fifty shipways at
Hog Island one hundred and ten $500
deadweight ton ships with cargo capac-
ity of over 5000 tons each, which ships
were built of parts manufactured all
over the country and there assembled
and riveted by men, not so of whom had,
prior to 1917, ever seen a shipyard. The
problem was entirely new in shipbuild-
ing. All the regular shipyards in 1917
were fully occupied = yet more ships
were a necessity 1t was solved as de-
scribed and it is worth noting that all
the Hog Island ships proved eminently
seaworthy and highly popular type
with operators.
We are not likely to be driven again
to so wholesale a process "a process
which might be described as shipbuild-
ing by conveyor belt-for we are today
far better off in merchant shipping than
we were in 1917, and we are taking time
by the forelock. We do not know what
is ahead for the world, but we intend
to be prepared as we'll as we can for
whatever comes to us.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-15
S. F. MUST AVOID
ANOTHER TIEUP
Fresno Bee)

DeeJ
Rumblings are heard that another tie
up of San Francisco's waterfront is in
the offing as soon as current labor con-
tracts expire, September 30
The present agreement povides that if
either party wants to open the contracts
for alteration notice must be given. Such
notice has been filed by Harry Bridges,
western CIO representative, on behalf
of the longshoremen.
Of the threatened strike. the San Fran
cisco News says
''rhe waterfront employers and the
unions should sit down Immediately at
the conference table to settle their diff
ferences of new contracts. There can be
no excuse for a Pacific coast maritime
tieup with the expiration of existing con-
tracts. The loss of wages and commerce
and the staggering blow to all the public
would be unthinkable. Negotiation. med
iation or arbitration must be used to
avert a Senseless tieup."
All California will say amen to these
words The cost of labor trouble on the
San Francisco waterfront falls heavily
on San Francisco, but she does not carry
all the burden. The farmer, the shipper,
the merchant and men engaged in a score
of other activities in the hinterland OF
the state, also take heavy losses. The
strike of last year cost the merchants
of the San Joaquin and Sacramento val
leys, many thousands of dollars.
Strikes are ruinous to the farmer who
uses San Francisco's port as dis1ribu-
ton point for his products. AS state
ment issued by one agricultural group
wei! says: Farmers of California can
not afford to be crucified again upon
the cross of labor dispute" Both sides
should start mediation negotiations now.
Another prolonged strike on the San
Francisco waterfront would be disas-
trouS.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-15
Famous Sayings
Willis Thornton's Editorial on:
What Will 1t Be Like After the War?

Is it silly to begin to wonder,
even now, what the world is to be
like after the European War? The
fighting has scarcely commenced,
and. except in Poland, there really
hasn't been any on a large scale.
And yet, even at this stage of the
game it may be wise to begin fixing
our eyes OH the world that is to be
afterward This war, like all wars,
must end some time The world
will go on. What will have been
accomplished?
1t depends, of course, on who
wins. IL anybody can be said to
win a modern war. 1t is more than
possible that nobody will win In
the sense of elimination of whole
races and peoples. All the root
problems of Europe will remain to
be solved.
Up to now, neither side has pub
iished official summaries of 'war
aims" in the sense of a program
it hopes to accomplish after the
war. The British White Paper and
its German counterpart are simply
the usual efforts to say. in involved
diplomatic language, He started it,"
and mo, he didI'
The IFS and might-have-beens are
all past now. 1t has started. and
the world is where it is. The British
French position is simply that a
world is intolerable in which there
is no International law and only
naked force and the threat of It
govern the relations between ma
tions. The Germans position is
that they we're unjustly oppressed
after the World War, denied their
natural position in the world, and
that they are going to achieve 1t
by whatever force is necessary.
Behind these high-sounding state
ments lies the simple fact that the
Germans and the French British
alliance are rivals for the control
of Europe and that neither will
be satisfied until the other is elm
mated
Does either side extend even a
valid promise that after peace
comes it will help to construct a
peaceful Europe run on a sane
system in which justice will be
available to every country without
fighting for it? Not that we have
seen thus far.
1t is probably too early for that.
Yet it is a thing not to be for.
gotten. The men who settle this
war must do better than Versailles.
There is something to the German
contention that after Versailles
they could get no justice from the
League of Nations because of Brit
ish-French domination. Neither is
there anything in German policy
during the past 10 years which
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-15

not as other children. l worried
about it even then. I grew up with
a horror Of meeting people; con-
vinced that 1 was an object of
pity; that if people were kind to
me, it was because they were sorry
for m. 1t became haunting OBJ
session. Even in my dreams people
Stunned me.
.At the age of eighteen I was
so self-conscious my knees would
refuse to hold me steady long
enough to recite, and my voice
would die in my throat. If I found
myself ia conspicuous place in a
crowd, I trembled for long mo-
ments at the shock.
AT the age of 80, I married a
dead sisters widower. A year later,
after thirty-three years of super
sensitiveness. torture and agony.
came the turning point-my boy
was born. A boy with two beautiful
brown eyes. And to have a mother
such as I! At that thought I made
a resolution: my boy should be
proud of his mother Scientists say
that miracles are wrought at birth.
Before this boy was crawling, I had
begun my program. I memorized
readings, and I began going out.
/ joined a patriotic organization
and deliberately ''fished" for in
vitations to appear on programs
/ never failed to appear, even If
I did have to lean on something
before I finished.
Il made myself take the initia-
tive. joined the Parent Teach
ers Association andI was ROBIN
Mother for my boys room for two
years-no small honor in a town
Of 10000 When the Mayors Com
mittee admitted difficulty in get
ting cooperation for a program,
asked the Mayor to let me handle
it! And ] did, and procured one
hundred for the cast.
For two years / was local pres
ident of worldwide organization,
speaking for four consecutive years
to high school groups of between
300 and 1000 students 1 led devotions
in high school assembly when others
were unprepared. I presented an
original pageant in the home of the
college president. I was delegate to
the National Convention; and when
I voted out of turn and was called
down by the state president. didn't
turn hair! A far cry from the
ugly little duckling.
My very modern and popular
son, the cause of the revolution.
who will be eighteen this month,
hasn't the slightest idea what an in
ferioriy complex is. Recently, he
gave me the thrill of my lifetime:
Gee MON, you know I feel sorry
for those that haven't mother
like you TO come to-"
To me it seems quite fitting that
he should be the one to tell me that
I've reached my goal.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-15

WASHINGTON.-Great Britain
and France face strategic prob
lem OF tremendous difficulty, in the
opinion of army experts here.
Going to the aid of Poland, they
are up against a situation which
it is almost impossible for them to
supply that help swiftly or effect
lively. For the simple and inescap-
able fact is that Poland is tucked
away where the English and the
French can't get at it.
The biggest factor, as the army
nren here see it, is Hitler's non-ag-
gression treaty with Russia. That
isolates Poland, makes Hitler's east
ern front safe, and tremendously
increases the difficulty of applying
blockade.
Yet a blockade, in the end offers
the best way-almost the only way
in which the British and French
can hope to beat Hitler, it is be-
lieved.
Meanwhile Poland and Rumania
are negotiating for reinforcement
of the Polish-Rumanian treaty of
mutual assistance upon which Po-
land counts to receive supplies and
aid from Britain and France by way
of the Dardanelles and the Black
Sea.
The Baltic at present is impass-
able. Italy-right now. anyways
neutral. The only place where Ger
many can be attacked Is along her
western border, where the famous
Siegfried line has been built.
Current army estimates have 1t
that a hastily entrenched line can
be held by trained men against three
times their number; line which
has ben elaborately fortified las
the Siegfried line has been. can be
held against five or six times the
number of defenders.
France has the best army In Eu-
rope-but breaking through the
German line on the western front
will be incredibly costly and will
take months, on the most favor
able estimate.
What the rival powers plan to do
with their fleets is. of course, un-
known here. American army men
doubt that bombing of civilian CEN
tiers will continue-if for no other
reason. they say, simply because
wars aren't won that way.
1t is suggested that French and
British bombing fleets may make
the Essen munitions works and the
Skoda works in Prague their chief
detectives. If they can destroy these
plants, Germany will be seriously
crippled.
Apart from those, 1t Is believed
that railway centers will be leading
for both sides. Early re-
ports from Poland indicate to army
observers here that prime aim of
the German air force has been to
cripple Polish train service.
1t Is not believed that the Ger
man army will have much diff
Guilty in forcing its way to the VS.
tula river. as that is its first strong
defensive position met in an ad-
vance into Poland from the west.
The supposition Is that when, as, and
If that objective Is reached, Hitler
will call a halt and will suggest
peace conference.
If Britain and France reject any
such overtures and continue the
war, it is believed that the block
ade will have to be their main
reliance. Although this blockade
win be leaky because OF Russia's
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-15

U. S. treasury officials fear the
new war will make it harder to
collect World War debts from Eu-
ropean nations. We thought every
body had concluded by now those
debts would never be paid.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-15

Il was SIX
months old when
my inferio ri t y
complex really be-
gan, While lying
in my crib. a
spider bit one of
my eyeballs, caus-
ing loss of sight
and deflation of
the ball. Six years
later. I began to
realize that I was
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-15
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
LEOIAL AD EHIISEWLN1
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
IMPERIAL
No. 1923
In the matter of the Application


ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE ON
APPLICATION FOR CHANGE OF
NAME.
WHEREAS, Guy Maggie has filed
his petition with the clerk of this
court for permission to change his
name from Guy Maggie to Guy
Edward Maggie;
NOW THEREFORE, 1t is Hereby
ordered that all persons interested
in the matter aforesaid appear at
department 2 of the said superior
court at the courthouse in the city
of Ell Centre, Imperial County, Cali
fornia,' on September 20, 1899. at
2 o'clock pm. of said Gay, and then
and there to show cause, If any
they may have, why said applica-
tion for change of name should not
be granted.
1T is FURTHER ORDERED that
a copy of this order to show cause
be published in The Imperial VAL
state, for four successive weeks be-
ley Press, newspaper of general
circulation, published in the city
of Ell Centro, in said county and
tween the date of this order and
the date of said hearing.
Dated: August 8, 1899.
ROY D. McPHERRIN,
Judge of the Superior Court
(Aug rs. Sept. l-8-l5-22)
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-15
TOday's Horoscope

TOday's Horoscope
Be circumspect during the next
l2-month period, you whose birth
days are on this date. Avoid loss
or annoyance through relatives,
correspondence and travel that
threaten you. A child born today
will be clever and most artistic
strongly amorous nature should
be restrained, however.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-15

Lowlanders report sighting a Ger
man submarine off the Scottish
coast. Either that, or It's the Loeb
Ness monster again.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-15
Grab Bag
One-Minute Test

l. In what South American
country are cowboys traditionally
known as gauchos?
2. Which of the United States
is named for a Bourbon king OF
France?
8. For whom was Cooperstown,
N. Y, named?
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-15

1t is certainly clear that Europe,
must be reorganized after this war;
Is it TO be done by a victorious
Germany to suit itself? Or by
victorious British French coalition
to suit themselves? An example of
the second alternative has been
seen since 1919, and 1t hasn't worked
very well. An example of the first
could scarcely fail to be even worse.
If the people of Europe. let alone
peoples across the seas, are to be
expected to support a long war,
they must be offered something
better-something very much bet
ter
So far no such hope has been
offered by either side.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-15

One Minute Test Answers
l. The Argentine.
2. Louisiana is named for Louis
XIV.
3. James Fennimore Cooper.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-15

According to anthropologists, the
present typical American is acquir-
ing the facial characteristics of the
American Indian.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-15
CARNEGIE

Mrs Martha Betty Page of Pitts
burg, Kansas, has sent the follow
ing interesting and inspiring let
ter for our contest on an inferior
itv cOn1Dlex.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-15
Barbs-

The Western Front is dotted with
pillboxes, but in them we're finding
the cause. not the cure of Europe's
big headache.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-15

Forest fire insurance is used in
several foreign countries, but is not
commercially obtainable in the
United States at present.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-15

Germany has developed trans
parent fruit and vegetable can made
of plastic with top and bottom of
tin.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-15
Words of Wisdom

Words of Wisdom
God help the man who won't
marry until he finds a perfect wom-
an, and God help him still more if
he finds her.-Ben Tillett.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-15
Photographs

Plants, like human beings, sc-
quire immunity If they recover from
a disease caused by virus.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-15
Thoughts for the Day

Thy right hand o Lord is become glorious in power;
thy right hand, o Lord hath dashed in pieces the
enemy-Exodus l56
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-15

A western town has installed q
signpost with the four compass
points for tourist aid. Reports are
that inebriated natives also find
the directions useful.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-15

What with food prices soaring
because of the war, it's getting so
we can't afford to buy any more
over here than Hitler rations to
his subjects.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-15
Hints on Etiquette

Hints on Etiquette
Cultivate good-humored tolerance
OF others. 1t will teach you SYM
pathy with whatever type of people
you happen to be thrown. and so
help you to be popular and success
full.