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Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-06
Fertig honored at
Dinner Meeting

At dinner meeting of the
Reserve Officers Association at the
De ANA Thursday night Captain
]. H. Fertig received the honor
medal of the Military Engineers
presented by Colonel LIE Roy Fos-
ter. The medal was given by, the
Los Angeles post, Society of Mill
tary. Engineers.
AT the election Of officers of the
local association Rev. Devon Els
worth of Ell Centre was elected
president; Lieut.. Kenneth Coff-
man, El Centro, president;
Lieut.. Arthur Tucker of Calexico
eecretary-treaSurer; Ccuncilmen
Colonel Leroy Foster of Calexico,
Charles Delp of Ell Centre.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-06

parliament, in Paris.
1t was said that the resignation
was telephoned from Alicante prov
ince, where most members OF the
cabinet had been gathered for sew
eral days.
Martinez Barr;o, as president OF
parliament and vice president, nom
inally became provisional president
when Manuel Azana resigned as
president. Like AZana, however, he
was committed definitely to peace.
Gen. Jose Miaja, whom Negrin
Ieposed as supreme army comman-
ier because he thought the Republi-
ans could not hope to resist the
Nationalists further, arrived in Ma
jrid at the invitation of Gen. Sigis-
.nundo CaSado, head of the defense
council.
He conferred at once with council
members and reported TO them that
throughout Republican territory the
ousting of the Negrin government
and the formation of a defense
council had been greeted with pro-
found satisfaction.
1t was learned that Casado had
received promises of support for
his program from the armies of the
Levant, in eastern Republican ter
ritory; Andalusia, in the south, and
Estremadura, in the west.
Negrin and the Communists with
whom he cooperated had insisted
on a fight to the finish Miaja had
said that such a fight would shed
Spanish blood uselessly. Juan Bes-
teiro, one of the members of the
new council, was known to be a
moderate who had long sought
peace.
The new defense council an
nounced officially receipt of a mes
sage from the Republican war fleet
somewhere in the Mediterranean
-pledging its unconditional sup
port.
Eleven warships put out from
Cartagena on Sunday in opposi-
ton TO the regime of Premier Juan
Negrin, who was later overthrown
Negrin's appointment of Francisco
Galan, a Communist, as comman-
der Of the Cartagena naval base
touched off the revolt
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-06
Defense Council Grabs
Reins i'm LoyaIist Spain
NATIONALISTS WARN REPUBLICANS
new RESISTANCE MEANS DEATH

BURGOS Spain tUP)-The Nationalist radio today
Republican Spain all attempting continue
resistance would "ineXoraby punished.
Forecasting quick civil result of the
of Republican
spokesman Nationalist Gen. Francisco Franco broadcast
promise enemy territory surrendered without fur
ther fighting treated with justice.
told the Republicans
surrender Frances armies
ready with Republican Spain does not
captuae the said.
overthrow NegIn interpreted by Nationalist
meaning common itself that
SpaniardS thrown the yoke of Moscow
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-06
Pair Crel1lated in
Mountain Cabin

MULLAN, Idaho. March 6. (UP)
The charred bodies of Joe Penn
bic, 16, and Eric Bagshaw, 18, both
# Mullan, were dug from beneath
the ruins of a mountain cabin to-
day by searching party.
Deputy Sheriff l.. E. Clapp said
the youths were killed instantly
when the cabin collapsed under a
heavy load of snow and then burn
ed.
Pemble and Bagshaw were on a
skiing trip about a half mile west
of Mullan when they went into thf
cabin to get warm. The fire ap-
parently thraWed the frost from
the boards in the sidewall and the
roof, burdened under heavy snow
fall, caved in.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-06
Drunks MonopoIize
City Court Here

Police court sentences Monday in
E. Centro were restricted to drunk
enness suspects.
Andrew Castles was released un-
der a ten day Jail sentence, sus-
pended on condition he leave town;
c. j. Burns was released when no
charges were filed; Mel French was
ordered to pay a $40 fine or serve
i've days; Jim Edwards was order
Il to serve four months in Jail;
Ralph Roberts drew $40 fine OF
i've days in Jail; P. E. Stevens was
ardered to pay $40 fine or serve
i've days; and Munsey Kahn anc
Tabby Baugh pleaded not guilty
and will face trial Mar. 9.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-06
Attacker Suspect
Confesses Thefts
TO Sheriff Ware

Paul Valentine, alias Paul Swan,
arrested by Brawley police last week
on a charge of attempting TO at
tack two young women, confessed
Sunday to stealing clothing from
a clothes line in Calipatria and to
breaking into two or three" auto
mobiles III Brawley.
The prisoner told Sheriff Robert
w. Ware that he is on parole from
the Colorado state reformatory. He
said he was committed to the in
stitution on bad" check deal.
Ware and Brawley police are con-
tinuing their investigation of Val
entine's activities in Imperial coun-
ty.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-06
Japanese Foreign Minister Pledges
Nations S Friendly Relations With
u. S, Britain; Ignores France

TOKYO March 6. (UP)-Foreign
Minister Hachiro Arita told the
5tet tonight that Japan will strive
for friendly relations with the
United States and Great Britain.
His declaration followed an
nouncement by Navy Minister Ad-
7'1iral Mitsumasa Yonai that Japan
planned a navy to match the most
powerful foreign fleet in the
world.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-06
Calipatrian Dies
OF Heart Attack

CALIPATRIA, Mar. 6.-Jesse Ray
Fawcett, 36 died of heart attack
here this weekend.
He was born in Colorado and had
been in Calipatria but a short
time before his death.
His mother, Mrs. j. w. Fawcett,
and his brother, Thomas M. Faw-
cett, live in Los Angeles. The body
will be sent to Los Angeles by 3.
E. Lemons, El Centro funeral direc-
tor.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-06
Attend Convention

Supervisors Hugh T. Osborne and
I. Schlatter left Monday afternoon
for Sacramento to represent I'M
perial county at convention OF
the State Supervisors association
Mar. 7, 8, and 9.
Pending legislation which affects
the counties will be reviewed and
explained at the session.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-06

Japan does not want to antago-
nize Britain and the United
States" Arita said Therefore,
Japanese diplomacy will not be
United to the tripartite agree
ment.
Japan also vii | strive to be
friendly with the democracies. 1t
is necessary that the new order in
East Asia involve an understanding
with Britain and the United
States"
Arita did not. however, mention
France specifically. Recently Japan
7eized Hainan island, near French
Tndo-C China, which France had
warned Tokyo would not be con-
sidered a friendly move.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-06
MOTHER OF FORMER
RESIDENT DIES

Mrs. Caroline Row, mother of
Mrs. Carlos Clemens, former El
Centro resident, died Sunday in
San Diego after a long illness.
friends in FL Centro were informed
Monday. Mrs. Clemens now lives
at 4565 Louisiana street, San Diego
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-06
LEONA JACOBS BACK

Mrs. Leona Jacobs, deputy coun-
ty probation officer. is back in her
office after an absence of several
weeks. She is greatly improved in
health after an operation for ap-
pendicitis.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-06
CHARGE DISMISSED

A charge of passing fictitious
checks was dismissed against Fauia
Singh, Hindu rancher, in superior
court Monday.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-06
DOZIER DAWSON BACK
ON COURTHOUSE JOB

Mrs. Dozier Dawson. inforn1otion
clerk at the county court house,
returned to work Monday after q
brief absence. She suffered a severe
heart attack last week.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-06
Executive Kills Himself
After Murder by Mistake
Insurance Man Stays Girl, IS, While
Lying in Wait for Woman; Leaves
Note Explaining Tragic Action

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. March 6. (UP)-Wllllam T. Purk-
hiser So prosperous insurance executive murdered
child by mistake last week and yesterday III se-mposed
retribution, killed himself police said today.
had intended numbering the chlldS mother,
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-06
independence or Death Cry Of Army
Group in Control; NafionaIists
Asked TO Offer Terms for Peace

MADRID, March 6. (UP)-Armies OF all Republican
Spain adhered today to defense council which, sez-
ing power from the Juan Negrn government pledged the
country to independence death program and IN
vted the Natonasts to propose peace terms which all
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-06

honorable Spanla1uS COuIu dcCtpV.
The Negrin government telephon-
ed its resignation to Diego Martinez
Barrio, president of the Republican
Evening star., 1939-03-27

cautioned him: Don't forget you're
working man now, son. You can't
hobnob with the rich. Your family
background won't help any. Just
remember you're working man."
And Evan. regarding this as sound
advice. promised.
So there you have it. Bette and
Evan in love. Seeing each other
every day. Believing each was un-
attainable Each in an environment
that was strange and bewildering.
Both unhappy and bored and threat
ening to quit, but not doing so be-
cause each dreaded the thought of
leaving the other.
Becomes Rescuer.
Then one day something hap
pened. Bette fell into the swimming
pool. She couldn't swim, because
out on the Texas plains she'd never
had chance So she just Topped
around and yelled bloody murder
and Evan, who happened to be near,
plunged in after her and practically
ruined the only white linen suit he
owned.
Quite a crowd gathered by the
time he had her laid out on the tile
embankment. Then Mike Wimple
arrived and said: Here, here, here!
What's all this? What's all this?
Young man, what happened? Who
are you? Bette, are you all right?
Don't forget, Bette, who you are.
Who is this young man? Has he
er-"
"Oh, daddy, for goodness sake!
He saved my life
"Hurrumph! Hurrumph!" said
Mike. Young man, come up to our
room. Our suite. The royal suite
with two baths. And-er-you shall
be rewarded"
So Evan went up to the royal suite
and sat around with the Wimples
and was very much amused by the
way they acted. When they asked
him what his father did for living
he told them just enough so that
Emma Wimple excused herself and
went into the bed room where she
kept Who's Who and other such
books Pretty soon she came back,
beaming and looking significantly at
Mike, who excused himself and went
in and glanced at the same book and
began to smile.
Now, maybe you think that the
way this story is going to end is that
Bette and Evan were married and
that Mike hired Evan to handle his
money, which made Evan a financier
and made the Wimples folks with
background, and that they all lived
happily ever after. If that's the
way you think this story is going to
end-you're right!
(Copyright. 1880
Evening star., 1939-03-27

small and heavy with mortgages, and
the financial situation with the
Wimples was very bad indeed.
Then, all of a sudden, j. Michael
discovered oil. You can believe it or
not, but he was digging fence post
and he struck oil. It took j. Mich
ael and his family exactly two weeks
to grasp the situation. That was the
day he deposited the check for a
million dollars he had received 1t
went through the bank all right. Fig
uratively and literally, that was the
payoff.
A month later ]. Michael received
another check for million dollars,
and a week later along came one for
half a million. Then there were
several others of varying amounts.
But by this time j. Michael didn't
care hang what the figures were on
the check. He figured he had enough
to keep him and his family comfort
ably fixed for quite a spell.
The day the last check came In
the Wimples-Mike and Emma and
daughter Bette-held a meeting.
From now on" said j. Michael,
'we're gonna be folks. We're not
going to do another lick of work as
long as we live. We're gonna travel
and have things and meet people. "
He looked severely at his wife and
daughter. Don't either of you ever
let me catch you forgetting for a
second that you're rich. You espe-
cially, Miss Bette" he added, speak
ing directly to his daughter because
he knew she was inclined to be
democratic. "If you do, Ill cut your
salary from $4,000 a week to 1880"
Whereupon they all laughed and took
a solemn oath that none of them
would forget how rich they were.
Trip to Florida.
So, 1t being winter, the Wimples
decided to run down to Florida and
spend a couple of months and kind
Of get used to being rich before they
set out on a world tour. 1t wasn't
long before they discovered being
rich was fun, but didn't make folks
out of them. In order to be folks
they had to have something besides
money, such as correct manners and
good grammar and background. They
all tried hard and were more careful
than ever to keep remembering how
rictEhey were and never to associate
with people like Evan Lombard.
Evan Lombard was staying at the
Bayfront Hotel, too, but he wasn't
a guest. He was a private tutor for
a wealthy family who had couple
of squalling 6-year-old brats that
couldn't get along in school and
their parents had decided they need
ed special attention. Evan was only
Evening star., 1939-03-27
"humun Shell" Kills

During a Human Shell" act in
q theater in Derby, England, Hill
da Waterworth, aged %. in the
audience. was killed by hook which
flew from its position when- the
shell fell into the net. Leslie G
v. Cole, the Human She'll" was
held not responsible by a coroner's S
Jury.
Evening star., 1939-03-27

tutor by necessity,
for he was q mem
ber Of one of New
England's old e st
+ a M lilies. HIS
father had lost the
family fortune ex-
cept for a very
small trust fund,
and Evan had had
to go to work.
Tutoring W as
the only thing he
knew much about,
so he chose 1t.
though it wasn't
what he wanted to
do. He wanted to
be a hnancier, but
curious though 1t
may seem, a chap
can't be a hnan-
ciers without A.
nanceS.
Before Evan left
home his father
Evening star., 1939-03-27
DAILY SHORT STORY
NICE ENDING
By Richard Hill Wilkinson

It was a tragic
situation. B e t t e
was in love with
Evan and Evan
was in love with
Bette and neither
of them knew
about the others
love. Each thought
the other was un-
reachable.
Bette was the
daughter Of j.
Michael Wimple,
and j. Michael
Wimple was the
richest guest stay
ing at the Bay
front Hotel, hence
the most import
ant. A year ago
j. Michael didn't
have a dime. He
owned a ranch on
the Texas plains,
hut tho 70 nnh uoS
Evening star., 1939-03-27
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Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-20
Bruce Cation in Washington
Disseets the News

American planes are being out
classed in two respects. First, be-
cause European designers are far
ahead in the business of building
in-line, liquid-cooled motors, which
offer far less head resistance than
the American radial, air-cooled
motors; and second, because Eu-
ropean military planes can attain
higher speeds.
In answer, it is admitted that
American designers have not got
very far with the incline motor;
but it is pointed out that the radial
motor is lighter and more compact,
that on single-motored ships it is
no wider than the fuselage and
hence creates no added wind re-
sistanoe. and that American trans
port planes still outsell their Euro
pean-built competitors when no
considerations but the inherent val
ue of the planes is involved.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-20
NlRB MIGHT AS WELL
TAKE IN THE HARvESTS

If the National Labor Relations Board
rules that Imperial Valley packing shed
workers are not engaged in agricultural
Jobs, but are cogs of industry" engaged
in interstate commerce, the board might
as we'll rule also that the men who cut
lettuce from the fields are not agicurl-
tural workers. There would be just as
much common sense in one ruling as in
the other.
The Wagner Labor Relations act spe-
officially eXempts agricultural laborers
from its terms Since the National La
Dor Relations Board operates under the
Wagner act, it has no jurisdiction over
agricultural laborers. So it is that efforts
are being made throughout the country
to prove that agriculture is not agricul-
ture. One such effort is under way in
the Imperial county court house, where
NLRB representatives are presiding over
a hearing to determine if elections shall
be held in packing sheds to choose COL
lective bargaining agents.
In order to force such elections, the
NLRB must rule that packing sheds are
engaged in nOn-agricultural work. 1t will
require a devious sort of mind, indeed,
to reach such a decision.
1t was evidently the intent of those
who framed and passed the Wagner act
that labor unions, taking advantage OF
its broad terms, should not be allowed tc
obtain a strangle hold on agriculture,
which would be very easy considering the
perishable nature of much farm produce,
and the disaster strike can bring to a
farming community.
1t is Just as plain that application of
the Wagner act to packing sheds in I'M
perial Valley or any similar community
will defeat the aims of the act itself.
The packing sheds are an integral part
of the farmers business. Without them,
he might as we'll not harvest his crop.
Without them, in fact, there would be no
use for him to plant his crop in the first
place. For, without packing sheds, the
farmer could not move his crop more
than very few miles from his fields.
If, by any ruling of any sort whatso-
ever, the packing sheds are to be termed
non-agricultural, then the gentlemen in
Washington might as we'll revise the
Wagner act to include all agricultural
laborers. The effect would be the same.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-20
MATRIMONIAL FLIPPANCY,
FOOLISHNESS AND FAITH

Two Young fools got married recently
in Tulsa, Okla; then they sat down and
drew up an agreement by which each
was given the right to kill the other If
untrue and at least one, the woman,
promised ''never to get out of his eye
sight"
"Our life together" the agreement
said, "must be a perfect success straight
through to eternity or DEATH
, What poor beginning they have on
the road to that perfect success they
seek. The very agreement they drew up
reeks of jealousy and mistrust. True ma
trimonial success is founded only on
mutual faith-and these two showed very
little faith in one another.
Matrimonial unfaithfulness is re-
grettable fact, but no excuse for murder.
If one partner is so dissatisfied with the
marital relationship that he or she turns
elsewhere, there is an abundance OF fault
either in the person of the dissatisfied
partner, or in the other, or in both. The
matter is one that should be adjusted
between them, as conscience dictates. In
that adjustment neither has, nor ever
can have, the right to take human life.
The world is realizing more and more
that it is the right of any person to ad-
Just differences, but the right to ven
geance is the right only of a diety higher
than we are.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-20
Willis Thornton's Editorial On.
A Radical Amendment by Senator Capper

The term radicalism is abused
pretty badly today. We think OF
it in connection with left-Wlng
radicalism. The basic meaning OF
the word applies to anything that
goes to the root of question or
institution. Thus monarchist
revolution in the United States
would be literally as rradical" as
Communist one.
BY that reversion to original
meanings the constitutional amend
ment proposed by Senator Arthur
Capper of Kansas comes pretty
close to qualifying
Senator Capper is advocating an
amendment to the Constitution
which would radically change the
method of apportioning representa-
tives in Congress. The Constitu-
ton directs that representatives
shall be apportioned among the
states according to their respec-
tive numbers as determined by ad-
ding to "the whole number OF free
persons, including those bound to
service for a term of years and ex-
Guiding Indians not taxed, three
fifths of all other persons.
Today, slavery having been abol-
ished, and there being, technically
at least, no longer any bound
servants" representation is based
on the whole population, excluding
Indians not taxed.
Capper's amendment would ex-
clude aliens from the count. He
believes there are more than 6,000,-
900 of them. with nearly 100000
non-citizenS in New York state
alone.
In other words, Capper believes
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-20

that 33 members of the House OF
Representatives are representing
aliens, largely in the states OF New
York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Mas
sachusetts and California.
Many states, Capper points out,
do not count aliens in apportioning
membership in their own leglsla-
lures, yet they profit by a larger
representation in Congress because
the Constitution counts "the whole
number of free persons" aliens and
citizens alike. in apportioning
representation in Congress.
This is really a radical PROPOSE
ton. for it would change the whole
basis on which the people are
counted in choosing ther repreSen-
tatives in the national government,
In practice the effect of any such
amendment is shown by Capper's
estimate that New York would
have four fewer representatives if
aliens were not counted as part OF
it's population in figuring the num-
Der OF congressman to which the
state is entitled.
Capper's proposal is what might
properly be called radical
amendment from the conservative
wing" With many others, Capper
is applying the microscope to the
rights of those residents who have
not assumed the duties of citizen
ship.
Hasty action on any such pro-
posal would be unwise, but it will
undoubtedly be given full con-
sideration. In any event, it is in
teresting to see interest in radical
changes in the Constitution man.
tested by people of Senator Cap
per's political complexion. 1t
shows the left wing is to have no
monopoly in proposals to change
our fundamental law.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-20


try school. He never got beyond
the sixth grade. Yet today he mas
44O0 statesmen out selling his
brushes. Many of them are college
graduates. But he gets along a!i
right on his sixth grade educa-
tion.
He wanted a better job than
running a street car, SO he cast
around for something. FINDING
nothing. he decided to go into
business for himself. He lived
with his sister in Somerville, near
Boston. He bought a secondhand
vice and made wire brushes in the
basement to make more brushes.
excellent brushes. The next day
he went from door to door SELL
ing them. At night, back to the
basemen ito make more brushes.
His problem. when he started
out in the morning. was how many
brushes to carry. He struck an
average between calls and realized
there was a mathematical relation
ship between them. Until then he
had thought it depended entirely
upon the quality of his brushes
and how good a sales talk he put
up, or even on the weather. He
made more accurate observations,
and found that the weather was
one thing that had nothing to do
with it,
He discovered that if he made
eight and one-half calls he would
effect sale He tried this over a
period of two years, of course, al
ways keeping up the standard OF
his brushes, and not neglecting his
sales talk. 1t worked out exactly.
He asked himself this question:
IF it will work for me, why won't
it work for a sales crew." He en-
gagged a number of men, trained
them, and started them out with
Ills DIuSllto. lllty llip W hCtp
record of calls and sales. The
theory worked.
He decided To go into it IN a
bigger way. He was the first man
in the United States to build up
national sales organization on a
field basis. He is still king.
He made better and better
brushes, and trained his statesmen
to cut down the number of calls
to six to a sale.
He says this equation works in
selling automobiles. An automo-
bile salesman effects a sale for
every 80 calls.
Mr.. Fuller told me that the first
thing he looks at on a salesman's
sheet is the number of calls made.
If he is up on calls, he'll be up
on sales. This works exactly the
same for city and country, Maine
and California. for summer and
winter.