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Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-01
THE NO. 5 MUST" IS OF
NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE

Number five on lmperlaI Naliey
must list for 1889 is an accomplish
ment in which national, state and NUM-
cipal agencies are vitally interested. IL
involves finding solution to crop mar,
keting problems. 1t is listed on Imperial
Valleys list because, even without ma,
tional and state help, we can work toward
a solution.
We should be overjoyed if the federal
government were to find a solution to
the marketing problems which have be-
come increasingly irksome to farmers.
We should be very glad, too, II the state
government could work out a more local
lied solution.
We must recognize, however, that mel
ther federal nor state government can
find a solution which We, ourselves, can
not develop. 1t is a certainty that the
federal government, operating IN WASH
ington, cannot give us program dove
failing perfectly without local conditions;
The same is true in lesser degree OF
the state government.
To solve our crop marketing problems,
we must ourselves seek the solution. NO
body else is going to do 1t for US.
The Importance of this problem cam
not be overlooked Involved in it are the
prices the farmer obtains for what he
grows. A few cents difference in those
prices mean success or failure to the
farmer-and success or failure of the
farmer in Imperial Valley means the
difference between good business and
bad for every business man here.
Because this question is so deep, be-
cause it involves such intangible econo-
mic factors, and because it hinges so
closely on the human factor of coopera-
ton, we approach the matter with temer-
ity. We are not now able to offer any
solution, nor do we feel thoroughly COM
petent to advance any suggestion.
We do, however, propose that before
the year is out the farmers, the busi-
ness men and the civic leaders of the
community, including representatives
from county, cities, irrigation district,
chambers of commerce, county farm bu-
reau and other organizations, meet in
conference seriously to study the prob
lem, to seek flaws in present methods,
and to suggest and, if possible, carry
out a program to overcome present crop
marketing difficulties.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-01
ONLY THE "TRULY NEEDY"
Minneapolis JournaD

1t is difficult to understand precisely
what is meant by WPA announcement
from Washington that many will be
dropped from payrolls to make the Con-
gressional appropriation hold out until
March l, 1889. There were 3136,000 per-
sons on WPA at last report.
The administration is not to be criti
cized if it was because conditions became
more exigent, that more money was spent
than it was expected would be needed
But when Administrator Hopkins says
only the truly needy" will be kept on
the rolls, what does he mean? If there
are now on the rolls thousands who are
not really needy why are they there?
Could there be anything unusual in the
face that the number was at new high
total just before the election, when en-
ployment in regular channels was re-
ported increasing?
Or does it mean a new official defini-
tion of what constitutes being needy
It's mystifying.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-01
Willis Thorntons Editorial On
Taking Freedom for Granted

That is timely and proper.
1t was the first clause of the
first of those precious 10 amend
ments that read Congress shall
make no law respecting an estab-
lishment of religion, or prohl-
biting the free exercise thereof
What was meant was that Con-
gress shall not establish state
church, with special privileges and
relations to the government, as IN
the England with which the Amer
ican colonists had been most fam
iliar. And the second phrase means
lust what it says, that Congress
shall pass no law prohibiting people
from worshiping God as seems to
them good. =
For years those simple things
have been taken for granted. We
have said "Of course, those were
progressive steps when they were
taken. $50 years ago, but they are
elemental now"
So they were, until recently NOW
even these elemental principles
have been challenged. 1t is good
to see Protestants, Catholics and
Jews rising together to defend them.
Such cooperative action brings
about mutual understanding, which
lies even deeper than constitutional
guarantees. And it is grounded on
the solid foundation that loss OF
freedom for any is the end OF free
dom for all.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-01

This years observance of Broth
erhood Week, annual programs
sponsored by the National Con-
ference of Christians and Jews,
comes at specially fortunate
time.
First, the week Feb. 19-26falls
within the period when the pre-
sent Constitution was being ra-
titled by the states $50 years ago.
And almost at this exact time,
Massachusetts was ratifying with
the distinct reservation that the
new Constitution must contain a
Bill of Rights" This was later
embodied in the first 10 amend
ments to the Constitution, ana
is the national charter of religious
liberty.
1t is entirely clear that the
Constitution could not have been
adopted without promise OF such
guarantees by later amendments
Hence the first 10 amendments
are properly regarded as an in
tegral part of the Constitution
itself, though adopted a couple
of years later after being sub
mitted to the states by the First
Congress.
So $50 years after this Consti-
tuition, Protestant, Catholic, and
Jewish leaders throughout the
country are urging "a new study
of the Bill of Rights and its i'm
plications for all the Americans
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-01
CAN Ell CENTRO KEEP PACE
WITH ITS BUILDING ACTIVITY?

HOw's this for a business barometer:
Building permits in El Centro at this
time one year ago did not yet total
$4,000.
Building permits to date for this year
total more than $4,000.
And there is no indication that the
people of Ell Centre intend to stop build
ing for many months.
The question now arises: can the rest
of the city keep pace with its building
activity?
We need more surfaced streets to serve
the dwellings going up. We need storm
drainage facilities, and sidewalks. We
need many things of similar nature.
How about it, Ell Centre?
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-01
AN OXFORD TRIBUTE
The London Times)

The text of letter addressed to Gen.
Chang Kai-Shek by certain heads of col
leges and professors of the University
of Oxford has been issued by the Chinese
embassy:
1t expresses "the profound admiration
we have for you, Sir, the head and front
of the gallant resistance which the Chi
nese people are making to the invaders
of your country and the enemies of your
freedom" and continues:
THAT you and your fellow-country
men should have been able to steel your
selves to such incredible feats of courage
and endurance is now one of those acts
in history which men can never forget.
In the past the British people have had
their ignorant doubts as to the reality
and significance of Chinese civilization
and culture. Today, instructed as we are
on the one hand by the savage hates of
narrow nationalistic cults, on the other
hand by the dignity and self-control of
Chinese feeling against Japan, we have
no doubt as to whose hands bear the
torch of civilization :.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-01

on land. So I want to loaf across
the ocean and tear off my necktie
and open my collar to the sun and
SAVIOR the tang of the salt air. Ev-
cry day I go out to the bow of the
ship and lean over the railing for
an hour at a time, doing nothing,
thinking nothing, Just watching the
old ship furroW her way through
the salty blue foam of the Atlantic.
At night. after all the other pas
sengers are asleep, I like TO go
up to the top deck and gaze up
at the sky and watch Orion, the
great hunter; and Sirius, his dog,
and Taurus, the bull; and the PIE
iadeS. the Seven Sisters who have
been dancing their way across the
sky every night since that faroff
day when the earth itself took form
and started spinning through space.
And I know when my vacation
is over, I shall go home with a
zest for work that could never be
mine if l had not had a period OF
complete rest and relaxation.
The next time you are tempted
to feel sorry for yourself because
you are not appreciated. or because
you are unjustly criticized and lied
about, it may hearten you to re-
member that most of the important
people who ever trod this old earth
have had to endure denunciationS
far more bitter than any that have
ever been hurled at your head. For
example. Washington was repeat
ly insulted by the Continental Con-
gress, and the crowd hooted at him
as he rode through the streets OF
Philadelphia Or take Lincoln NO
other American in all history was
as viciouSly denounced as Abe Lin
coin. When his friends urged him
to answer the vicious attacks that
swept over him like a typhoon, he
merely remarked that If he TOOK
the time to read all of them. let
alone answer them, he would have
to shut up shop
Il desire" he said, Ito SO con-
duct the affairs of this adminiStra-
ton that if, at the end, when l
come to lay down the reins OF pow
er. l have lost every other friend
on earth, I shall at least have one
friend left, and that friend shall
be deep down inside me. I am not
bound to win, but I am bound to
be true. I am not bound to succeed
but I am bound to live up to the
light I have
Better cut the above out and
paste it on your bathroom mirror
where you will see it every morning
when you shave.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-01
WAR OR PEACE
THE EUROPEAN QUESTION
(Oroville Mercury-Register)

Everything else pales into insignifi-
canoe when compared with the European
situation. We may be tired of reading
about it, but the fact remains that we
must face it and that it menaces our
lives and our savings. 1t menaces also
our standard of living. We will be drawn
into the next war as we were into the
last one.
A most disconcerting fact was pointed
out in this column yesterday by a con-
tributor. 1t was that statesmen are sew
eral jumps ahead of the rest of us with
the facts, and that already France and
Britain probably have arranged new con-
cessions to the fascist powers, or are
planning negotiations we know nothing
of. 1t is like fate.
The United States is betting war will
come soon, and the betting is being done
in the stock market, which is slipping.
1t anticipates events and discounts them
Read Mussolini's warlike speech. He
cannot easily back down from it. If the
old allies are not ready for war they will
concede and accept humiliation while
they rush preparations. There is slight
chance that, as our contributor said, the
common man of Europe, not wishing
war, may have his way, but that is very
slight, for the play is not in his hands.
1t is a pessimistic picture. 1t recalls
the statement that wars occur at 20
year intervals, something we could not
believe would happen 21 years ago when
the armistice was signed.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-01
On Imperial Valleys Must List
For Completion in 1899

No. l. An adequate bond refinancmg pro
gram for the Imperial Irrigation DISTRICTS slo'-
100000 debt
No. 2. comprehensive drainage program
10 protect and restore Imperial Naiiey iarn' Janus
No g. Strict business administration OF I'M
periaI Valleys public power system TO aVoid
added expense and insure greater revenue
No a. Make the All American canal an
asset rather than a liability by taking full ad-
vantage of il as central theme of a campaign 10
popularize Imperial Valley agriculture, business
and industry.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-01

Herr Funk Is assigned TO 'na2l-
fv" the ReichSbank. Modification Is
an involved process, but when the
bakeries in Germany were nazifled
recently the idea seemed to be Tor
the bakers to bake without dough,
Catch on?
In regard to the wave of wise
cracks concerning the appointment
of Felix Frankfurter to the su-
preme court, we hope the Wurst Is
over.
Germany may be planning infla-
ton. In this respect it must be said
that General Goering has kept IN
tempo with the expanding times.
The goal of the United States
seems to be an air fleet big enough
to keep us out of war. Guess those
cannonS in the parks are not
enough.
Florida is a place where the big
news picture of the day is a bliz-
card swept landscape in the north.
And the newspicture of the day in
the north seems TO be a balmy
beach in the south decorated with
beautiful damsels. 1t ought to help
solve the railroad problem.
Now that a British actress Will
take the role of a southern woman
in Gone With the Wind" how
about a revival of Uncle Toms
Cabin, with George ArliSs in the
title role?
Grover Cleveland Alexander
great but errant pitcher elected tt
baseball's Hall of Fame last year, l.
appearing in a dime museum IL
New York. Has old Alex got hi
addresses mixed up again?
Walter Emery, British archaeolo
gist. found meal prepared 500
; years ago in an Egyptian tomt
:, Probably cold by now, though.
4 A strip tease dancer refuses +
n undergo an appendicitis operation
because she fears a scar. If ther
=, are to be any stitches, leave them t
: the audience.
:, Towns people Of Brusturi, Ru
: mania, organized band to figh
wolf pack with picks and shovel!
IT seems they not only have wolve
e at the door in Rumania, but WPf
u A Veteran of the Civil War, 10
e wears old. surprised onlookers at Ol
Forge, N. Y, by skidding down a
Adirondack slope on skis. A ma
d usually begins going downhill pret
: ty fast at that age.
e With the national debt more tha
d $4,000, ,O00, 900, we're wondering VIII
no one in Washington has though
of the idea of bingo parties to CT
y it down.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-01
Photographs

Tunisia, which Italy wants and
France refuses to give up, has
history dating back more than
2,700 years.
Elder down plucked from her
own breast lines the nest OF the
mother elder duck.
The opposum and the coyote
are rivals for the record OF the
most babies born in each litter.
The opposum has between six and
13: the coyotes litter runs from
four to as many as II or 10.
The name Of the hickory is Al
gonquin Indian, and means 'o
break something open.
Each soldier killed in a war con-
tributes a few cents to the for
tune of some munitions manufac'
turer
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-01
Barbs

It's been discovered that chess
was played as early as 300 B. c.
Somebody must have come upon
two ancients still trying To finish
a game.
Umpire Bill KLEIN has an unusual
wrought-iron weathervane atop his
Miami home. What's the use,
baseball fans won't believe it any
way.
Russian movie directors will be
paid according TO the quality OF
their productions. Say what you
ike about the Soviet, it must have
stopped tre double bill menace.
The story of the Pennsylvania
man. arrested for drunken driving
with a horse and buggy, will not
find welcome spot with the
father who claims it never used
to happen.
If they call many more radio
personalities into court, we'll ex-
pect commerclal.
The return of Prohibition is pre-
dicted in some quarters. That
should be cheering news TO Al Ca
pone who is about TO start life over
again.
The invention of machine that
talks seems to fill no great need
at the moment What this country
needs is a machine that can cook,
make beds, and is a pleasant COM
panion- Without talking
European developments suggest
that one of the worlds great poems
will have TO be revised to read 'T'
am the corporal Of my SOUL
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-01

Government research men have
perfected and patented a process
for making textile fiber from milk,
developed a method of extracting
resin. which is useful in paints and
varnishes, from Tactic acid, and are
busy on a process that will make
plastic glass one of the end products
of Tactic acid, according to o. E..
Reed. chief of the bureau of dairy
industry in the United States de-
partment of agriculture,
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-01

taking nine days
to churn across
the Atlantic -
twice as long as
the Nurmandie.
Old and anti
quated. she prob
ably will soon be
headin' for her
last round = up.
But / like slow
boats. 1 hurry
too much when
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-01
Grab Bag
One-Minufe Test

One Minute Test
/. What famous painting was
stolen from the Louvre in Paris
and later recovered.
/. How far can penguin fly?
8. When and where did the Olym-
pic games originate?
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-01

Congress, making drastic cuts in
the grasshopper control bill, evil
IDENTIFY feels that the little fellers
have eaten at the public trough
long enough.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-01
Dale
Carnegie

This column is being written ON
board the French liner De GrasSe,
steaming toward the shores of La
Belle France.
The De CIraSse is q slow boat
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-01
TOtay's Horoscope

hAoioosoPC
The persons born today will be
rather odd and restless personali-
ties. They will be lucky in most
things however. Their greatest
forte will be mathematics in which
they will be quick. They will make
good accountants. The coming year
will be one of good fortune for
them. They had better be cautious,
however, in dealings with the op-
posite sex, or they may find them
selves deceived.
One-Minute Test Answers
|. Leonardo ola Vinci's Mona
Lisa
2. Penguins cannot fly
3. In Greece in the year 776 B. c.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-01
Hints on Etiquette

1t is absolutely necessary, if a
man wishes to be thought we'll
bred, for him to make call upon
a hostess who has entertained him
at dinner, parties, dances, etc.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-01
Thoughts for the Day

Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan;
for it is written Thou shalt worship the Lord thy
God, and him only shalt thou serve.-Matthew 4:l0
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-01
Words of Wisdom

Man, proud man! dressed in a
little brief authority, plays such
fantastic tricks before high heaven
as make the angels weep.-Shakes-
peare.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-01

Germany may be planning infla-
ton. In this respect it must be said
that General Goering has kept in
tempo with the expanding times.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-01

With the national debt more than
$40 OOO, 600, 900, we're wondering why
no one in Washington has thought
of the idea of bingo parties to cut
il down.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-01
You re Telling Me-

Herr Funk is assigned TO ''nazi-
fyo the Reichsbank. Modification Is
an involved process, but when the
bakeries in Germany were nazified
recently the idea seemed to be for
the bakers to bake without dough.
Catch on?
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-01

In regard to the wave OF wise
cracks concerning the appointment
of Felix Frankfurter to the su-
preme court, we hope the Wurst Is
over.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-01

BRINGING
ALL THE NEWS
TO IMPERIAL
VALLEY
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-01

The goal of the United States
seems to be an air fleet big enough
to keep us out of war. Guess those
cannons in the parks are not
enough.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-01

European developments suggest
that one of the worlds great poems
will have TO be revised to read 'T'
am the corporal Of my soul"
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-01

If they call many more radio
personalities into court, we'll ex-
pect a commercial.
Evening star., 1939-07-30
Falls Church
Vacation
Activities
Cabaughls Hosts
To Visitors After
Return From Beach

Mrs. M. T. Clabaugh and her
daughter, Miss Barbara Joyce Cla-
baugh Of Lawton, Okla, are guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Clabaugh
of Falls Church, Va, who have just
returned from a weeks stay at
Beverly Beach.
Mrs. Harry Keyser returned yes
terday from weeks visit to the
New York Fair.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Cline and Mr..
and Mrs. Lambert Miller are home
from their cruise to Boston.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mayor Herring and
Mrs. Edward Vosbury and her
daughter Anne and son, Richard
Vosbury, are spending a week at
Wharton Grove.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis F.. Woods left
today for weeks stay at Colonial
Beach.
Miss Alice MCGEE of Charlottes-
Vile is guest of Mrs. w. Leigh
Ribble. The Rev. Mr.. Ribble has
returned from two weeks stay at
Tappahannock, Va.
Parties Entertained
At Bridge.
Mrs. Charles Marshall entertained
at bridge Thursday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Manley T. Rust, who
have recently made Falls Church
| their home. entertained a group of
Washington friends at bridge Tues
day evening
Mrs. Guy Shreve gave a bridge
luncheon Tuesday afternoon.
Miss Susie Crossman has returned
from six weeks trip to the San
Evening star., 1939-07-30
Society Briefs
OF Rockville
And Vicinity

ROCKVILLE, Md, July 2e.-Mr.
and Mrs. Herbert Kessler of Barnes
vile, Md, have announced the mar
riage at Manassas, Va, on July 21
of their daughter Mary Lucille to
Mr.. Bruce Poole Phillips, son of Mrs.
Milton w. Phillips and the late Mr..
Phillips, also of Barnesville. The
young couple will make their home
at Barnesville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Lee Wat
kins, jr., OF Cedar Grove, Md, en-
tertained at reception Thursday
evening In honor of their son-in-laW
and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Parke
Leo King, whose marriage took place
July Is.
Mrs. Rose A. Dawson and dauRh-
ter Carter are in st. Paul. MINI.
for a visit of several weeks with
Mrs. Paul Myers.
Miss Edith Koiner of Montrose.
Md, and Miss Ella May Norris of
Rockville have returned from a
snort stay at Atlantic City.
Mrs. Ethel Spates of Germantown,
Nd, is on trip which will take
her to the San Francisco fair and
other places of interest in the West.
Mrs. F. Hazel Cashell of Rockville
Is spending two weeks visiting her
brother and sister r-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Ferry, at Tappahan-
mock Courthouse, Va.
Miss Elsie England of Rockville
Is visiting her brother-in law and
sister, Mr.. and Mrs. William T.
Brown, at Chestertown, Nd.
Mrs. Charles A. Beard of Rock
vile, after visiting Mr.. and Mrs. r.
w. Crowell at Cape Anne, Mass,
has returned to Rockville.
Miss Josie Higgins has returned
to Rockville after a visit of two
weeks with Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond
Harris in Washington.
Miss Viola Magruder and Miss
Mona Magruder of Rockville and
Miss Amanda Wilson Of Alta Vista
spent the week in New York and at
Atlantic City.
Miss Betty Byrd has returned to
Rockville from a short stay at At
lantic City.
Evening star., 1939-07-30
GUIDE

Helene's motto. And GUIDE helps
her keep it-with beautifully ar
ranged boxes of cut flowers. cor
sages and plants. GUIDE has
flowers of exquisite beauty at
comfortable prices. So send of
that floral bon voyage" token.
Remember the flowers TO the hos
pital, Also special flowers for
brides, babies and bread and butter
offerings 1l24 CONN. AVE. Phone
DIS. 845O.
Evening star., 1939-07-30
Fair, Seattle and Van

Francisco Fair, Seattle and VAN
couver.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Browning
and their family and Mr.. and Mrs.
Knight and Mr.. and Mrs. John
Demarest are spending few weeks
at Franklin Manor.
DR.. Merritt Pope left yesterday for
a trip to the New York Fair, where
he will be guest of his son, Mr..
Seth Pope, formerly of Falls Church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Parker of Los
Angeles, former residents Of Falls
Church, have returned to make their
home here at Cherry Hill, home of
Mr. Harvey Riley.
Mr.. j. Roy Johnston of Scarsdale,
N. Y, is guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
James F.. Branson this week.
Evening star., 1939-07-30
Representative
And Wife Hosts
Weeks Photo.

Representative and Mrs. Harry
s. Coffee entertained informally
at dinner last evening at the
Shoreham. The party was in the
nature of farewell as Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Coffee win sail
Wednesday from New York for
Oslo, Norway, where the Repre-
sentative will attend the Inter-
parliamentary Union Confer
ence.
Mrs. Coffee returned to WASH
ington yesterday after spending
some time at her home in Chad
ron, Nebr.
Evening star., 1939-07-30
Woodrings Leave
This Week

The Secretary Of War and
Mrs. Harry Woodring and their
three children, Melissa, Marcus
Coolidge and Cooper Woodring,
will leave Tuesday or Wednes-
day for Fitchburg. Mass, to visit
Mrs. Woodring's parents, former
Senator and Mrs. Marcus Cool
idge.
Mrs. Woodring and children
will not return until the fall, the
Secretary returning to the Cap
ital frequently during the re-
mainder of the season.
Evening star., 1939-07-30
Pre-Weddina Party

Mrs. Alicia N. Brand will entertain
at a dinner party at the Shoreham
Hotel Tuesday for Miss EVELYN
Markward, whose marriage to Mrs.
Brands son, Mr.. Paul LIE Clair
Brand. I'd, will take place Saturday
IN Falls Church. Members of the
wedding party and intimate friends
Oh the young couple will attend the
dinner.