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Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-17
A DICTATOR MUST
KEEP ON GROWING

Herr Adolf Hitler is in an embarrass-
ing predlcament. 1t is the work of his
own hand, the result of his own success
as dictator He needs Danzig now. If
ne doesn't get Danzig he will lose face
and that is something dictator cannot
DO II he Is to remain a successful die
tator.
There are economic reasons, of course.
why the Nazls want Danzig, but they
seem from this distance to be far less
pressing than the political reasons
1t is highly possible that Hitler does
not really want to fight about Danzig.
Unless his intelligence has been warped
by power madness, he should know that
war such as might start over the free
city would most certainly destroy him
and set his nation back another hundred
years.
Yet Hitler, if he is to keep his power
over Germany through the Nazi party.
cannot stop now. A dictator must move
forward or he will slide backward. There
is no standing still. The German people
of today, unless they are kept at a high
peak of hysteria by external excitement,
are liable to wonder if their Fuehrer is
so grand after all, considering that there
is practically no meat to eat no white
bread to spare, and very little of any
thing that isn't an absolute necessity
for living.
There may be sort of cross-eyed JUS
tice to the situation after all Hitler
rules Germany. But, in the long run,
Germany rules Hitler Hitler can tell
the people just exactly what to do, and
Just how to do it. But, all the same, he's
got to give the people big show, or his
power is gone. There is no relaxing for
a dictator
If Hitler precipitates world war over
the DanZig issue, it will be because he
feels he must make good on his boast to
the German people that Danzig will be-
come part of Germany. He may bring
utter ruin to his nation in the process
but that is the penalty of relationships.
They topple under their own top-heavi-
ness.
Whatever happens will happen soon.
Hitler must have another boast to make
before the NaZi congress at Nuremberg
Sept. 2 He needs DanZig to bolster his
power Germany knows he wants Danzig
before Sept g If he does not get it,
Germany will know he has failed. Hitler
cannot stand that.
What happens between now and Sept.
may change the history of the world.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-17

cific replies that could we'll be
made disposing of the long state
ment Dewey Anderson saw fit to
publicize. clothing his disappoint-
ment in not being retained in the
administration" the governor de-
clared. Il prefer to treat the matter
with tolerance than TO discuss his
administrative difficulties and mis-
takes.
No one realizes more keenly than
do my responsibility to the people
for the establishment of the high
est possible efficiency and standards
for administrative work in SRA. In
order for me TO discharge that re-
Sponsibility as far as it is within
my power to do SO, must have
loyalty in that administration, par
ticularly at the top.
Il believe the people intended,
when they elected me governor,
that work under my administration
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-17
GARNER GETS IN
THE 1910 RACE
{ San Diego Sum

The political tempo picks up sharply
1910 presidential nomination, whether
Roosevelt seeks a third term or not
This is an important development in
the drama which will reach climax one
year from this month
Whatever one may think of Mr.. Gar
ner, all admit that in politics he knows
how" He is plenty dry behind the ears
He said once in one of his rare speeches
addressing fellow Texans. Remember,
boys, what counts is continuity in office.
He has had that. Four decades, lacking
three and a half years, have seen him
elected and reelected to federal office
He was skilled before some of those now
active in pre-l940 maneuvers knew the
difference between a ballot box and a
baby'S bottle
He is canny and deXterous in most
peculiar way. being one of very few men
in public life who has learned that silence
can be an asset. He speaks and issues
statements practically never. Yet, next to
the president himself, he gets the most
publicity His eyebrows, his cigar and
his smile actually rival the countenance
of F.D.R. in white space consumed.
While most politicials spout at every op-
portunity he has developed the unusual
art of turning taciturnity into attention.
Appraised variously as a wild man
from the cactus and a throttle bottom
who would just feed the pigeons while
in the presidency. he has grown as
quiet but increasingly potent force in
national affairs.
His foot may slip between now and IA
year from now, but it is less likely to slip
than nearly any foot we know. For, be-
cause Of his experience and the sagacity
generated therefrom, he will encounter
fewer banana peels than other men, for
the simple reason that he won't be moving
around where the banana peels are.
The point of all this being that if
Ed. r. decides to try and bust that big
precedent he will be dealing with no
novice.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-17
Photographs

The turbines of a luxury linel
use almost $4,000 barrels of fue
oil on a transatlantic crossing.
In Hong Kong China, 1t is com
pulSory for a cat TO be kept III
every house, and in the larger
houses three are required.
According to recent estimates
the total number of Jews IN the
world is little over 100000 600
The world population is approxi-
mately two billion.
Some Ozark mountaineers believe
you can avoid Nightmares by getting
into bed backwards.
Napoleon is said to have consumed
from 20 to 25 cups OF coffee day.
Submarines are named after var
ious varieties OF fish.
The next time you are rebluffed by
a cross-patch prospect, think OF
how William Wrigley, Jr. handled
the same situation.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-17
GOOD INSURANCE
(Selma Irrigator)

The Importance of civilian inger-print-
ing is shown in a report issued by the
Department of Justice in which it is re-
vealed that 199,700 persons were reported
missing last year.
In many instances, identification of
missing persons who were suffering from
amnesia was effected by means of fin
gerprints on file in the office of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation. A total
of $3.50 unidentified dead persons were
found and of these 1915 were subse-
quently identified by checking their fin
gerprints with the FBI or by friends or
relatives calling at morgues to view the
bodies.
At present there are contained in the
FBI files more than 1,350,000 cards
bearing the finger impressions of individ-
uals who desire to preserve their identity.
These fingerprints have been collected
since 1888 when the Federal Bureau of
Investigation started its civil identifica-
ton file, which is maintained separate
and apart from the criminal records
Civilian fingerprinting has been one
of the maj jOr projects of the Selma 20-30
club and several hundred prints have
been taken locally. The efforts of the
club have done much to break down the
prejudice in the minds of many people
against fingerprinting. 1t has been asso-
ciated so long with the Identification of
criminals that some persons feel that
their freedom is being restricted if their
fingerprnts are on file anywhere. 1t
may prove invaluable to you sometime
to have available a positive means of
Identification.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-17

Every once in a while you hear
a ridiculous, croaking old voice
saying, "Erevything has been done
There are no more frontiers. We
are doomed to stagnation and
death"
1t is bitterly untrue. Even If IL
We're true in the physiral sense OF
no more lands to conquer. no more
worlds to discover. no more prairies
to break to the plow. it could never
be true in the realm of economics
or in the world of the spirit. For
as our fathers broke the wilderness,
so we must break the problem of
starvation amidst abundance. of
poverty amidst riches. of men with
out work in the midst of a world
But even on the physical side,
it is not quite true. There is n
land with snow peaks OF unsur-
passed grandeur, towering from
1900 to 10000 feet high, a chain
of great lakes, some of them still
unnamed; a new grand canyon,
and untold wealth of gold and other
minerals"
Does it sound like some dream
like Eldorado ? 1t is not. 1t is a
description of the country sur
veyed recently by American men,
bers of the International Highway
Board in planning for the pro-
posed Alaska Yukon highway.
Whichever of several proposed
routes is finally adopted, this high
way will one day link the Pacific
Northwest with Alaska by way OF
British Columbia and the Yukon
Territory.
Representative Warren c. Mag
nuson, one of the American men,
bers of the highway board, sum-
med up the advantages of the road:
It would form a land lifeline be-
tween the United States and Alaska,
draw auto tourists, open up vast
mineral resources now unexploited.
prove of military value, and open
up virtually new world.
Neotiations are now going on with
Canada to find a formula for en-
gineering and constructing the road
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-17

In other words. when you are
born the chances are you will live
to be So But if you live to be one
year old the-chances are you will
live to be so. The reason is the
first summer is the hardest
If you are Negro, your chances
of living a long time are not as
good as if you were white. Re-
member. it is the law of average.
You're seen lots of ancient Negro
men and women, but they are ex-
ceptions.
Do you want to know what min
ute you will die? You will not die
at midnight if you are the av-
erage) as has been thought, but
either at six in the morning or at
seven in the evening,
But of course I hope you don't!
I hope you live to be as old as the
last number shown in my table.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-17
You re Telling Ne.

Cabled dispatch says that Prime
Minister Chamberlain two body
guards also carry umbrellas. They
can't be guards - they must be
doubles.
Mussolini's salary is less than
$4,000. But, then, what hardy mer-
chant would dare send him bill?
incidentally, II Duce doesn't want
folks to know he is Sc. Why?
Could it be because folks then
would think a man of his age
ought to know better?
Russia's new commander OF far
eastern armies is General Popoff
Where he really belongs with a
name like that's in the foreign
office of any European country.
The man at the next desk says
he's a truly great man who isn't
licked until after he's dead-and
then only because his face appears
on a postage stamp.
Night horse racing, says a sports
story. will soon be here. Gosh, then
soon we'll be betting on-instead
of being afraid of night mares.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-17
Willis Thornton's Editorial on:
A New World Waits to be Conquered

which will be satisfactory to both
countries. Here is a project which
will mutually benefit BOTH and
which can be planned and carried
out in the llosest cooperation, in
welcome contrast to a world which
is all glover and grao.
Further, this ROAD will connect
with the Pan American highway
and form an integral part of 1t.
bringing nearer the day when an
automobile can travel in peace and
safety from Fairbanks to Buenos
Aires
1t would be costly. But even the
top figure of $22,0OOO0O is far less
than the cost of single cruiser
II seems cheap as the price of
opening up splendid, beautiful
new world.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-17


can tell exactly how long you per-
sonally will live. but life insurance
companies can tell you how long
a million people your age will live
on the average. If life insurance
companies didn't know that, they
would probably go broke
If you have lived in Europe dur
ing the Middle Ages you would df
you had been the average person.
have died when you were 26 years
old.
II you were born Hindu in IN
dia today YOU would df you were
the average person. live to be %.
This is due to the great number
of infant deathS)
If you had been born in the
United States so years ago. you
would have died at A.
Today you will df you are av-
erage) live to be SO.
Here is the table as it was sent
to me by Arthur Reddall, Actuary
OF the Equitable Life Assurance So
ciety. This information cost mil
lions of dollars to compile.
AT White males White females
this are expected are expected
age to live to live
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-17
CONGRATULATIONS
ARE IN ORDER

Congratulations are due on the Occa-
sion of w. S. Dunn's election as state
commander of the American Legion.
They are due, however, to the state de-
partment rather than to Dunn. Delegates
to the Oakland convention could not have
made better selection.
Naturally, Imperial Valley is proud
that one of its favorite citizens has been
elevated to the highest post the Ameri-
can Legion can confer in California.
Those who know Bill Dunn's record of
past performance, however, are sure that
the state department is going into one of
the most constructive years in its his
tory Dunn has never been content with
idle honors. A job, to him, means work
to be done-and the state commander
ship is most certainly job.
1t is interesting in passing to note that
the American Legion, in period when
radical thought appears in many unex-
pected places, has chosen its new state
commander from place ordinarily re-
garded as an anti-radical stronghold,
and has chosen in the new state COM
mander a man whose work in the Legion
has had much to do with advancing AM
aripa
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-17
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF HEARING

NOTICE OF HEARING
No. 1924
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY
OF IMPERIAL
In the Matter of the Petition OF
EDWIN D. STAHL to Establish the
Birth of VERNON EDWIN STAHL.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN
that Edwin D, Stahl has filed a
petition to establish the birth of
VERNON EDWIN STAHL, and
hearing on such petition has been
set for Friday the lst day of Sep
tember, 1899, in Department of
the above Court, when and where
any person interested may appear
and oppose the making of an order
establishing the fact of birth
w. j. McCLELLAND,
County Clerk.
By NJ A. CHRISTIAN,
Deputy.
Aug. II to 80 incl)
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-17

/ would be performed by those in
complete sympathy with and loyalty
to the principles embraced in the
political platform on which I was
elected
Il would feel, therefore, fully JUS
titled in removing from appointive
positions any persons found carry
ing on political activities for the
purpose of defeating or discrediting
our efforts to carry those principles
into effect, either in SRA or else
where"
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-17
Director 'Faints'
AS Coed Declines
Screen Test

EUGENE, Ore, Aug. II. up
Director John Cromwell almost
dropped in his tracks when Marcia
steinhauser, University of oregon
graduate, declined screen test yes
terday because she has g job as a
junior high school teacher.
Cromwell, here filming abe Lin
coin in Illinois" said the experience
was refreshing"
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-17
Imperial Valley Press
Help Is Miles of Kidney Tubes
F1ush Out PoiaonotIs Waste

Established April 20, 1901.
Published every afternoon except
Saturday and Sunday saturday
afternoon issue now succeeded
by the Post-Press Sunday, (es-
tablished 1856 by the Imperial
Valley Publishing company, 625
State Street, Ell Centre, Calf.
Paul Jenkins, publisher; A. c.
Johnston. vice president and
general manager; T.. A. Fitz-
hugh, secretary and managing
editor. West Holiday Co., Inc.
National Advertising Represent
atives.
Entered at Ell Centre, California
post office as second class mat
ter.
Subscription rates, sc per copy.
In conjunction with the Post
Press (Sundays), per month,
60c; paid in advance. 3 months,
$1.65; months, $3.25; one year,
600.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-17

an effort at once
to become better
men and women
If you could know
the exact date of
your demise, 1t
would probably
change the whole
course of your
lite. You would,
for instance. make
olJ a will and
Close up certain
~. Wall pn n,ln
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-17
Carnegie

Would you like to know how long
YOU are going to live? OF course
you would. If we knew for a Ger
tainty just when we would depart
this old earth, we would make
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-17
Olson Sidesteps Controversy, Dismisses
Remarks of Former SRA Chief With
Appeal for Administration Loyalty

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. II. (UP)-Gov. Culbert OlsoI
today refused to be drawn into controversy with Dr.
Dewey Anderson who charged in resigning his post as
relief administrator that the SRA shot full OF
politics. Il have not intended and shall make spe
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-17
Thouuhts for the Day

And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine
heart, and with all thy soul and with all thy might
deuteronomy 6:5.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-17
Famous Sayings
Barbs-

The Boston Red Sox won't be
training in Hawaii this winter,
announces their owner. Apparently
he's afraid his pitchers would be
too busy watching curves to throw
them.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-17

he's afraid his pitchers would be
too busy watching curves to throw
them.
They've developed peach as
big as grapefruit down in Geor-
gia. As if we haven't enough over
production already.
1t was another case of the two
extremes when Father Divine
brought out "Hell's Half Acre
the old Philly ball Park, and turn
eel it into an evangelistic heaven.
General Franco is reported learn
ing italian and German. On the
theory that when peace homes, he'll
want to know how to say get OUT?
That Chamberlain umbrella may
not shed water but it has certainly
done well as a peg for jokes.
Sweeping up after an atomsmash-
ing machine sounds like a probable
WPA project.
No enterprising law school has
yet added a course on How to lend
money to a judge"
Dixie Davis, his testimony almost
complete in the Hines case, is now
probably in the mood for night club
bookings.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-17

Sweeping up after an atomsmash-
ing machine sounds like a probable
WPA project.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-17

That Chamberlain umbrella may
not shed water but it has certainly
done well as a peg for jokes.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-17

No enterprising law school has
yet added course on How to lend
money to a judge"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-26

Miss Harriet Cline. general
chairman of arrangements. will be
assisted by Miss Rhoda sussman.
program chairman. Miss Margaret
Firth, chairman Of refreshments
and Miss Lorraine Henrieksen, in
charge of table decorations.
Girls who will preside al the tea
table attractiyely arranged with
spring flowers and miniature
maypole eenterpiece are. Misses
Gale Drake. Ruth sialter. Rosa
lind Rutherford. Joan Doe. Char
lotto limbs. and Harriet Cline.
Serving hours are from 3 40 TO 3.
Hostesses for the affair include.
Misses Juliette Schwalen. Mary
Mcdonald. Jean Sulley. Gertrude
Kincsid. Marian Hartwich. Flea
nor Baker, Florence Ewes. Emily
Metzger, Shirley Rasmussen, Luz
ellie Lockerby, Edith DAVIDSON.
Katy McMorris, Patty Ford, Joan
Bussard. Verna Adams. Janet
Hartwleh. Mary Fullinwider Doris
Otis. Eleanor Newbegin, Shirley
Larsen
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-26
Schedule
7ry~Outs
Drama League 10 Present
"Petrified Forest"
earIy in June

First try-outs for the new
Drama league play, "Petrified
Forest will be held Wednes-
day evening at s o'clock in the
Little Theater off Carr street.
Much interest is being shown
in the play which was a prize
winning vehicle on the screen
for its stars. Bette Davis and
Leslie Howard.
Final try-outs are scheduled for
o'clock Friday evening AZ the
home of Mrs. Cecil Fuller, 1902
No. 33rd st, director of the pro-
duction.
Members of the Drama league
cordially invite any one who is
interested, whether he is league
member or not. to try-out for the
play which Is fast running drama,
depicting a cross-section of Amer
lean life.
The play will go into rehearsal
Immediately, to be produced June
5, 6, and Z at the Little theater.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-26

During the evening, four play.
let's will he presented By Mr..
William Ray Melton. VIM IA sino
directing ths group. assisted by
Mas Evelyn Coulter. Music On
the program viii be presented by
flute quartet composed Of Mrs
Elizabeth Burr. Miss cafoline ksl.
logg and Richard neeamsn and
Russell Anderson.
Talks viii be given by the Rev.
Holland Burr. pastor Of the church.
William Aeltun f, Miss jrsns
Yesxis ard Paul Raymond
General chairman for the affair
IL Miss Janis wegenes. anslniad by
Miss Betty Ann Evans. program
chairman. Misa Dorothy aalnsn.
masle chairman. Miss lsans
yeaxle. talks. Mas Dorothy cllf.
ford, dining room, Miss i'atfiels
Toyne. dinner. Mas Elizabeth
Burr. decorations. William Cough.
tickets. Dona Hliibfun. programs;
Richard Hesseft. posters Donald
Dempsey. fihh pond. and MIA. Doris
Power. hospitality
lio#sesses fof The evening include
the Misses Mary Alice Cox. MAJ.
garst carmoay. Virginia sfesnang.
Shirley I-Arsou. Peggy Peterson.
jsfssssHs Rail Ann fhAffasf Eve
Ign Coulter. ueorget's johnson.
Bette Drake. Ruth Helen Evans.
Peggy Mont gomerae. Barbara Ray
muud, Frances Taff ard Esther
Waterman
Hosts viii be William Melton r..
Tom curiettr, Judd DAY. James
Doehefty. Bud Hopkins. Edwin
Ripley. James Burr AID Harry
IVAN
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-26
Will Honor
Bride Elect
Party Given Also For loi.
hivamessI Soon 70
Be Wed

Honoring Miss Evelyn Gam
mersyis. hride-elect Of Mr..
Clarence Frelin. Mrs. John
Follow will be hostess nj a
personal shower Tuesday eve.
ming 10 he given in the home
Of Mrs. Roy Malthy nj 1000
No. Proctor ST. Mrs. Kent
sothermel will be Join, hostess
for the evening.
Games vii ~ played during the
evening After which = LATE hafIe,
supper viii he SERVED. A clever
blue and white ealot schsms vii ho
carried out in the decorations and
faNofk.
Guests far the evening are 10 IN
eiade the Msxdamez q. J. liesmn.
sal. Peter Hsalsnd. Esther HsgEcr-
ness. Thor Simmons. q N. Ander.
son. c. A stenerssn. John Hssseli.
A. kongsmn. p. kongsmn, {. A.
henson. Leonard nerginnd. V. Dcs.
sen, Fred Lehman. John Frelln,
Mildred II. Frelin. Michael Mag.
nasson. and John sslatef Of Park
land. Also the Misses Lois nssmh.
sal. Ruthene Hsaland. Peggy Sim
mons. Eileen ileggsrness, Anne
Stenerscn. Saivicg Dessen. Erna
Jsrnstead. Hazel ssmmerssih. and
the honor guest.
Among The showers being given
for Miss LOIS Hsambsai. hflde.elers
Of Mr.. Arnold strnmme. a surprise
personal shower was given in her
honor by Mrs. Peter Haaland Mon
day evening in her home al 7asi
So. Ainswurth ave. Mrs. Haaland
was assisted by Mrs y. A, Wash.
burn. Miss Rae ostberr. and Miss
Ruthene Haaisnd.
Games were enjoyed during the
evening A late buffet supper was
served from table ceniered by
bouquet Of red tulips. Tall white
tapefs in crystal holders we're ased
on the table.
After the supper gifts we're pre-
scented 10 Miss nvamhaal
Guests were the 9esdamea N. y
Nelson, O. ~ Guttormnen, @ G.
Anderson. Oscar J. Hvamhssl.
c. A. Benson. Charles Drowicy, NJ
Relshus. Al Burt. Neil Nelson. Roy
Guam, A. Lybeck. John Flolos
Kent Rothermel. Mark Bunting
3 y. Dahl. william pau. John
Grunstesd. T. NJ. Anderson. y. A
Washhurn, Robert Ausnes. n
Stromme, Augusta Mnth, Anna
Valentine, X X. Anderson, + n
Hoff. Hannah Eliingson. Harry
Anderson. Bert smyssr. John
stromme and Olaf A Anderson.
Also the Misses Eileen Guitormsen,
Rae ostberg, and Ruihene Haa.
land
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-26

Mrs. J. II. kitlar. program
chairman, presented Mrs. r. c.
Miller in a review o. the auto
biography of Ezra Meeker. In
her talk, Mrs. Miller told Of
Meeker's crossing the plains from
Indiana IN 1853. of his hardshins
IN getting his wagon train through
Naehes pass and of his subsequent
settling in the Puyallup valley,
where he pioneered the hop in
dustry.
She also told of his trip. taken
IN 1906. in which he retraeed his
first journey for the purpose of
placing markers at strategic points
along the way so that the Oregon
trail would not be lost to posterity.
Second speaker Of the afternoon
was Miss Emma Meyer. who spoke
on the history of Naohes pass and
of Gov Isaac Stevens, who was
responsible for the first road
through the pass.
Assisting Mrs. Hopping as hos
tesses during the afternoon were
Mrs. George Osgood, Mrs. f. c.
Miller. Mrs. A. w. Norwood.
Mrs. Lory Wing and Mrs. Nettie
Whitney. Pouring were Mrs. f. c.
Buckley and Mrs. Forkenbroek.
Centering the lace-covered table
was large bowl of vari-colored
tulips.