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Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-10
Willis Thornton's Editorial on:
Will Peace Zone Be as Effective?

The New World has launched an
interesting experiment which IS
without direct and exact precedent.
1t will determine whether a group
of neutral countries can mark out
a sea zone adjacent to them into
which countries at war can be pre-
vented from carrying their war.
Because this zone has been ex-
tended several hundred miles in
stead of to the three-mile limit
which has been the customary limit
of territorial waters, there has been
a wild scrambling to books on inter-
national law.
The odd part of this is that much
of the scrambling has been done
by those who were the first to
throw international law and pre-
cedent overheard in one bundle as
soon as the World War began in
1914.
To leave hair splitting to the bar
bers. it boils down to this: Euro
pean countries in all their recent
and most of their past wars, have
calmly set aside whole slices OF the
ocean pathways adjacent to their
countries as war zones. They have
said: neutrals who enter these zones
enter at their peril and under con-
ditions which we will prescribe.
THE freedom of the seas got short
shrift in any waters designated
as war zones.
Now when the American nations,
all q of them, decide to restrict
freedom of the seas, to the extent
of trying to exclude their regular
trade lanes from the general battle
ground. which Europe believes the
seas of the world should be, there
is a great deal of criticism, and q
great deal of thumbing through
textbooks on parliamentary law.
All warning nations have beer
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-10
APPRECIATION FROM
A CONSTANT READER
MR.. PAUL JENKINS,
Imperial Valley Press.


Imperial Valley Press
Dear Mr.. Jenkins-I am a constant
reader of your editorial page. Someone
makes remarkably good selections in
clipping editorials. Then your own editor
so often has such a we'll thought out,
solid and timely editorial that | am con-
strained to think of a recently published
Grin and Bear It" comment on radio
speaker, He is really getting good.
wonder who writes his stuff
But what | want to write you about
is the exceptionally worthwhile work you
have been doing for us with your film
Life in Imperial Valley. In showing
this so many times you have rendered
great service to our county. | for one
want to thank you for it. | am sorry
you cannot continue showing it.
1t is the kind of advertisement that
will do good. Too many people know
little of our valley except through wealth
er reports, yet somehow they all seem
to like to talk about the valley.
| hope we can arrange some way to
continue the good work you started. 1t
should be shown throughout the agricul-
tural central west and other places from
which good farmers would do we'll to MI
CRATE to Imperial Valley.
Sincerely, W. +. HANCOCK.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-10

DOl \ Adl4SstS'
They needed help in the book
keeping department, and Ebba vol
unteered. The officers were pleas
ed: here was a girl willing to take
responsibility instead of side-step-
ping it,
She began the study of country
banking in earnest She read every
book she could find on the subject;
she talked on banking to every
body who knew anything about it.
The bank needed a new cashier.
She got the job. She accepted it as
a chance to take more responsible
lity. She examined the loans and
decided they were not all wise
ones. and she made this suggestion
to the directors. Convinced she was
right. they appointed her executive
vice president. Not bad for a girl
who had started banking at the
end of a broom handlel
The president of the bank fell i'll;
but Ebba Fornberg said she would
accept his responsibilities. And then
drama hit the little Kansas town.
The crisis year of 1890 A rival
bank failed The people grew ner-
vous. Never in the history of the
town had bank failed; but here
on the window of the bank was a
posted notice.
Drama struck again. A second
bank failed TO open its doors. The
only bank left was her own. In
stead of letting things drift, she
decided to assume more respon-
sibility: so she drove that night to
a neighboring town and borrowed
all the currency the bank could
let her have; from this town she
also telephoned Kansas City to
rush money to her bank by special
messenger. Then she returned to
her bank and worked the rest OF
the night
When the doors opened at nine
in the morning, a buzzing, sus-
picious crowd was outside. AS the
people filed by to withdraw theil
money, she smiled and talked plea
sanity with them. Check after check
was poked through the grill work
by Kansas hands, callous and sun
tanned from gripping plow-handles
ten hours q day. The people hac
been watching her, but so conf
dent and smiling was her express
sion that they too, began to fee
confidence. One man, who had just
drawn out his money, hesitated
then pushed it back. Il think II
leave it." he said A few other.
followed suit
At 2 O'CLOCK the tide turned. A
suit merchant deposited his morn.
ing's receipts. When closing timt
came, it was delayed by people re.
turning to re-deposit their with.
drawals. She had stopped the run
and saved the bank from ruin.
1t was not long before the agec
president died, and Ebba Form.
berg was elected to the office o.
president of the bank where sht
had started her career by sweeping
the floor. And she had accomplish.
ed it, for the most part, by hel
willingness to accept responsibility
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-10
PROPAGANDA AND YOUR
DAILY NEWSPAPER

The combination of Newspaper Week
in California and war in Europe spot
lights propaganda in the eyes of Califor-
mans this week.
You cannot pick up a daily newspaper
these days without seeing propaganda
in headlines and body type. Reporters,
editors and publishers admit that.
Thoughtful readers recognize it. To-
gether, newspaper men and readers face
the grave responsibility of safeguarding
their minds and emotions from the eff
feet of such propaganda.
For propaganda, as it is organized by
nations at war, is news. The newspapers
would be at fault if they did not print it.
The best they can do is to warn the read
er against believing everything he reads,
and counsel him to examine everything
he sees. in the light Of possible prOpa-
ganda.
To some it may seem a surprising
statement that propaganda is news. 1t
might be better to say that war news,
as it reaches the United States, is prop
aganda No reporter in London, Paris,
Berlin or any other wartime capital can
send out story that does not meet with
the approval of an official censor. The
censor deletes items he considers harm
full to his nation. Thus, by preventing
the reporter from offering an unbiased
account, the censor uses the reporters
dispatch as a propaganda vehicle.
Thus it is that you see stories from
London and Paris quoting reliable"
sources-usually some government Off
cial-that the population of Germany
will be starved into submission if the
war lasts two years. But you never see
a dispatch from Berlin that so much as
mentions possible undernourishment
among the German people. The German
censors wouldn't allow it. BY the same
token you might see dispatch from Ber-
lin that morale among the English peo-
pie is low, but you would never see such
a story from London. The English GEN.
sor wouldn't allow it.
Propaganda in news takes another
form, too. When Prime Minister Neville
Chamberlain declares in London that
Hitlerism is the enemy of everything de-
cent, he is spreading propaganda. Yet it
is news, too, for it is an important utter
ance by an important person. When
Adolf Hitler declares in Berlin that the
allies want world domination, he also
is spreading propaganda. 1t is news for
the same reasons.
So, when you read the papers, look
out for propaganda. The reporters and
editors can quote sources and stress the
fact that they are reporting claims of
one side or another, but unless the reader
does his part, the effort of the news men
is wasted. The papers try to make it as
plain as possible that you cannot believe
all everyone says about the war. They
cannot, however, fit their readers with
glasses especially designed to show up
propaganda. The brain of the reader has
to do that.
If We are to recognize propaganda for
what it is, we must work together in a
constant weighing, balancing and eau
tious searching for the truth. That is
the only way we can arrive at it.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-10

informed of the decision of the
American nations. We do not yet
know how the policy will work. II
all the warning nations would ac-
cept the wishes of the Americas IN
the matter there would be no trou-
BILE at all. The danger is that all
will not, or that one may try to
take advantage of the others ac-
ceptance of the new limitations.
What would happen if a British
cruiser should be chasing a German
submarine, which ducked inside
these new limits and then claimed
asylum? What would happen If
German commerce-raider secretly
got supplies inside these neutral
waters. and ducked outside from
time to time to raid French COM
merce? What would be the duty
of American naval patrol vessels on
duty which ran across such actions?
Can the American nations enforce
their will in this matter, and how
far are they willing to go to en-
force it if it meets defiance?
We do not know, and it would
probably be a mistake to say in ad-
vance. This is a new and as yet
untried policy. 1t will be necessary
to try it out, see how it works, ana
what sort of complications it causes.
Any policy adopted these days
brings complications with it. The
intent of the American nations is
clear. They wish to keep free from
war sufficient sea-lanes SO that
they can carry on their business
without danger to themselves.
Whether the belligerents will re-
spect that united wish remains
to be seen. The New World is feel
ing it's way toward new conceptions
of insulation from war; fortunately
feeling it's way hand in hand.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-10
One Minute Test Answers

/. BY the authority of the con-
stitution which says that "he may,
on extraordinary occasions, convene
both houses, or either of them"
2. After a man named Scion
who was law-giver of Athens and
entrusted with the task of revising
the Athenian constitution.
8. They are contained in a seal
ed letter addressed to the ruler OF
the land to which he is accredited
by the ambassadors ruler, and con-
tanning assurance that said ruler
will confirm whatever is done by
the ambassador in the rulers name
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-10
TOday's Horoscope

1Uuay 1T0TOSC0PC
If your birthday is today you
will find the year just commence
ing one of moderate fortune. You
should exercise great care in all
business dealings, especially those
with elders. The child born on this
date will have many good qualities.
He or she will be tactful, subtle,
resourceful and scheming. The less
desirable traits are tendency to
be easily discouraged, and also an
inclination toward dishonesty and
lying, which should be guarded
against by those who have the
child's training in charge.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-10

WASHINGTON-One of the most
important angles Of the whole arms
embargo fight is the isolationists'
feeling that there is much that has
not been told in the history of the
months Immediately before the out
break of the present war.
Bluntly, they suspect that the
American government somehow,
somewhere, committed itself in pre-
war conversations with the British.
To explain why they feel that
way it is necessary to recall some
of the background of the present
crisis.
Early last April, President Roose-
velt bade goodby to a group at
Warm Springs, Ga, and promised
to return in the fall IF we don't
have a war"
On April II, at White House
press conference, the President, by
warmly endorsing a Washington
Post editorial, implied broadly that
any general European war would
involve the United States and that
this country should stand with
England and France against any
Nazi-Fascist design to dominate the
world by force.
On April 10, President Roosevelt
made his famous peace appeal TO
Hitler. He asked Hitler TO issue
a pledge of peaceful intentions, Oh
fered to try to get such pledges
from all of Germany's possible en-
emies. and promised that, if this
were done, the United States would
take part in a world conference
looking toward the reduction OF
ornaments, the abolition of trade
barriers, and the making available
of raw materials sources to all
nations.
Shortly thereafter occurred one
of the queerest factors in the whole
chain of events-an abrupt drop
in Britain's purchases of American
munitions export licenses.
Senator John A. Danaher of Con-
necticut points out that Britain
bought licenses for $26,611,797 worth
of arms and munitions in the Unit
ed States in 1888. In the first foul
months of 1899 she bought $14,0O8,'
900 more. But from the end o.
April to the end of August sh'
bought only $701 ,000-in which sam'
four months period France bough
S6O,00O,oO0.
Here is the way some of thes
isolationists put these facts to
gether:
In April, the President talke'
freely of war and of the DANCE
of America becoming involved. H
made a dramatic peace appeal t
Hitler, offering substantial benefit
to Germany; and it was reporte
at the time that there was som
advance knowledge of this appea
in London and Paris.
On April %, Hitler contemptu
ously rejected the peace appeal
and simultaneously announce
abrogation of the German-Polis
non-aggression pact, the Anglc
German naval agreement of 1913
and the Anglo-German consulta
tive pact reached at Munich tn
previous autumn.
On the heels of all of which, tn
British-bus nc. the French-prat
, tically stopped ordering munitior
! in America.
Now-ask the isolationists-lsn
, all of this at least a hint that som
pledge went from Washington
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-10

The French continue to use pigs
to root up land mines laid by Ger
mans in no-man's land Don't eat
that pork chop, monsieur! 1t was
decorated for bravery in action!
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-10

long before she
displayed a most
valuable asset; an
asset recognized
as the very heart,
the very secret
of succeSS-wil-
lingness to ac-
cept responsible
lity.
The girls name
was Ebba Form
berg, of Linds-
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-10

In Drebecen, Hungary, low to-
bacco leaves and dust are COM
pressed into briquettes to make a
good and cheap form of fuel.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-10

Studies by federal agricultural
experts show that consumers are
paying more than pre-war prices
for their food and farmers are get
ting less.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-10
Editorials and Comment
TUESDAY, OCTOBER TO- 1889
Grab'Baq-
One Minute Test

One Minute Test
|. BY what authority can the
president of the United States call
an extra session of congress?
2. Why are members of congress
called "solons"?
3. What are the credentials an
ambassador presents when he takes
over his job?
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-10
Dale
CARNEGIE

A few years ago a 16-year-old
girl got an unusual joh-sweeping
out a bank. Not much of a job,
but her parents were poor and she
had to earn money. 1t was not
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-10
Thoughts for the Day

And they left the house Of the Lord God of then
fathers and served groves and idols and wrath came
upon Judah and Jerusalem in this their trespass.
II Chronicles 2s:18.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-10

The largest door in England is
said to be the new one at the air
port at Heston. 1t is 200 feet wide
and 80 feet high, and is controlled
by hand or electricity.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-10
Words of Wisdom

Words OF wisdom
In life it is difficult to say who
do you the most mischief, enemies
with the worst intentions, or
friends with the best.-Bulwer-
Lytton.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-10

An early American cure for
warts was to pour vinegar on the
hinge of a door Immediately after
seeing a shooting star. The warts
were supposed to drop off.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-10

The front page has definitely
become the puzzle department OF
daily newspaper. Now Japan Is ad-
yocating a peace move.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-10

Cadiz, Spain, is thought to be the
oldest town in western Europe. 1t
was supposed to have. been founded
in Biblical days by men of Tyre
and Sodom
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-10

Hints on Etiquette
There is no obligation to take
your hosts a gift if you are invited
TO a house warming.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-10

The man at the next desk Won
ders what sort of medal could be
awarded a courageous French pork
er. The Croix de Grunt?
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-10

The hot dog was invented by Jo-
ham Georg Lahner, butcher OF
Frankfurt, Germany-hence the
name "frankfurterS."
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-10

The average lawyer never grows
rich. After IT years practice he Is
likely to earn around $3,629 an
nually.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-10

The worlds largest motor We
hicle is said to be a Berlin laun-
dry van which measures 10 feet
6 inches in length, 7 feet in width,
and IL feet in height.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-10
Barbs-

Hedy Lamar is at odds with her
studio because they pay her only
s575 a week Evidently her bosses
don't share the opinion of other
males that she is a million dollar
baby.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-10
You re Telling Ne

Hitler" says a headline in a
Toronto newspaper, given bad
squeeze by Russia Naturally-a
bears hug is always painful.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-10

With but one game of the new
gridiron season played, half of the
nations college football coaches
are beginning Ito rebuild for next
season.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-10

The beauty of autumn's vail
colored leaves depends entirely on
whether they are on tree branch
or your lawn.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-10

A Michigan hamlet reports
blind auto mechanic. Can he be
the one who did the repair job
when that knock was reported
fixed in our motor last week?
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-10

MEMBER
American Newspaper
Publishers
Association
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-10
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
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Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-10

It's getting so the atlas maker
can guarantee nothing but the out
line of Europe. Even this may go
should Britain and Germany be-
gin Smelling each others coastlines
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-10

Newfoundland is proclaimed by
statesmen as being Canada's first
line of defense. Thus honored, the
coastal province Immediately be-
gins practicing blackouts.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-06-01
LARCENY CHARGED

Alleged to have stolen a watch belonging to Adolph Olafson, Rich ard Boyd was arrested by City Po- lice today and held on a charge of larceny in a boat.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-06-01
Your Screen Test
What W as

" ildt W d ,
 ue the name,
 before she en-
 tered films, of
 the actress re- gently married
 to Clark Gable?
 , What two
 As E m i l y
 Bronte novels
 have been made
 into pictures?
 ? w h a t i S
 9s the first
 m ov e fro m
 Holly in
 W hi c h t h e
 agents of a for
 eign dictate
 ship, pictured
 unsympatheti- cally, are called by their right names?
 A w h a t ss screen ac- tress recently w as pr a S e d unanimously by | New York the ater critics in l w h a t t h e y | c a II e d | h e | greatest acting | performance of | her career?
 1 E Tn w h a { | /s picture (a) l did an actor at tract attention by Tipping a It ..--
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-06-01
R0LLICkING HIT
 1 E FEATURED AT CAPITOL THEATRE
Jack 0akie, lucille Ball o-starred in The A.
 fairs of AnnabeI"

A fast-talking press agents eX- ploits to publicize a film stars cur rent pictures comprise the theme of a sparkling new comedy, "The Ar fairs of Annabel," ending tonight at the Capitol Theatre. A new screen team of Jack Oakie and Lucille Ball play the leading roles of a press agent and temperamental star, re- spectively.
 At times, "The Affairs of Anna bel'' pokes fun at some of the wild eyed publicity schemes generated in Filmland. As one of Oakies bright CT ideas, Miss Ball blithely agrees to work as a maid in a private home in preparation for a forthcoming
 film which casts her in this guise | This decision is her mistake. Trou- bles come thick and fast Equipped
 with temperament, no brains and ig- norance about the duties of maid, i the star is implicated with an cratic inventor and pair of kidnappers fleeing from the G-men. Excitement thrills and high-speed comedy situ- ations result in the ingenious cli- max
 Ruth Donnelly. Bradley Page, Fritz Field. Thurston Hall and Eli sabeth Risdon are featured in "The Affairs of Annabel," which RKO Radio launches as the first of series of "Annabel" comedies. Ben Stoloff directed this production by Lou Lusty.
 Tn a special attraction ten thou sand subjects, each one of them dealing with an exciting chapter of recent history were scrutinized to make Universal's short feature, "Breathless Moments" also playing at the Capitol Theatre.
 From these, some twenty scenes of fire, battle, flood, shipwreck, riot and breakneck sport were culled by producer Charles E. Ford, noted newsreel chief, and edited by Jo- seph O'Brien. Graham McNamee furnishes the verbal comment on the exciting action.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-06-01
DELIGHTFUL TRIO IN
 COMEDY FILM ENDING AT COLISEUM TONIGHT

It's vive ramom In naughty New orleans!
 It's vive Don Amechel vive Si- none Simonl and vive Robert Youngl
 For that matter it's vive "Josette in Juneau as long as the Coliseum Theatre runs this oo-la-la- laugh ingest love escapade by 20th Gen. tury- Fox
 This spicy, tantalizing story, which is gayer than a Mardi Gras, with these three delightful stars Don is more romantic than you've known him on screen or radio. Simone is the tantalizing little French CO., quette. She's got zisl And shes got zat! And Bob is the ardent swain who won't take no for an answer mot even in French!
 It all starts gaily on its way when Don and Bob decide that their Papa is too ardently cherch- ezing la femme-Josette. The fact that Simone is innocent of all guile as regards Papa-and that there IS another woman in the case-only adds to the merry madness. For Don and Bob pack Papa off on a trip and decide to take Josette into their own hands . ;. or arms, as 1t l later develops
 The denouement can not be di- vulged here, but let it be said that "Josette,' merry with it's Gordon and Revel songs, has the kick oi a sazarac cocktail!