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Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-18
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SAN FRANCISCO, June 17.-Thc
newspaper was the favorite and
most effective medium of American
savings, building and loan associa-
tions of all types during 1888, M. M.
Hurford, president of the Federal
Home Loan Bank of Los Angeles,
told delegates to the California
Savings and Building Loan League
convention assembled here today.
He based his statement on figures
compiled by the Public Relations
Department of the Federal Home
Loan Bank Board in connection
with the second annual survey of
advertising expenditures by thrift
institutions throughout the country.
Average expenditures for savings
and loan advertising I'M newspapers
last year amounted to about half
the advertising dollar of such asso.
Citations, Hurford stated. Moreover,
savings and loan advertising in
newspapers was more than five
times the advertising used for any
IL
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-18
CAN THIS BE
COINCIDENCE?

land e. and now France.
The three great democracies of the
world
Can it be coincidence that within less
than month, one after the other, each
has lost a large, new or comparatively
new submarine through accidental"
means?
If it is coincidence it is a strange one
to come at time when the dictators are
aligned together in opposition to the
democracies . when half the world
scans the news columns anXiously lest
a war has broken out overnight.
We hope it is coincidence. We believe,
however, that the government should not
ovrlook the fact it might not be-
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-18
Willis Thorntons Editorial on:
Popular Front Era Faces Decline

Probably there is not one city in
the country which has enough
Fairgrounds and play space for
children.
Perhaps there is enough such
space in Radburn, the specially de-
signed "motor-age" city in New
Jersey, or in Greenbelt, Md, where
a town has been designed with just
such ends in view. But generally
speaking, no large city has enough
play space for children, and not
many smaller cities.
Admitting the fact, the usual
American reaction is to shrug a
shoulder, remark, why doesn't the
city provide more parks? Broke,
l suppose" and let it go at that.
Not much of the old rugged in
dividualism spirit there! Something
can be done about it, done without
the aid of the city park depart
ment, done without a WPA project,
done without anything but the de-
termination of a group of parents
that they will themselves make a
safe place for their children to
play.
Any three or four adjoining
households where there are children
can throw their back yards together
tear down the fences, and create a
common playground. The families
can chip in for swings and see
saws, and the mothers can take
turns watching over the plot for a
couple of hours a day each Other
families nearby, but whose back
yards do not adjoin the plot chosen,
can bear a proportionately larger
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-18
Bruce Cation in Washington
Disseets the News

ton in about 1870 feet OF water.
Luckily. it was a bow compartment
only that was was flooded.
Skipper of the SIS was young
lieutenant, G. NJ. Cooke-noW a
captain. on the staff of the COM
mander in chief of the fleet. For
some reason, all Cookies in the
navy get nicknamed "Savvy,' and
this Cooke was no exception but
before the episode of the SIS was
over, he proved that he deserved
the name.
He knew the depth Of the water,
knew the S-5 was 230 feet long.
So he completed the flooding OF
the extreme bow, blew clear all
the other compartments, and caus-
eel the stern to float to the surface
the ship resting nose down at an
acute angle, the very tip of her
stern breaking the surface-aS
Cooke proved by shinnying up
there and listening to the waves
tapping outside.
There were no escape lungs IN
these days, the SIS had no stern
torpedo tubes. there were no hatch
es in the tiny part that was above
water, and nobody ashore seemed
to know that the SIS was out ano
overdue. Furthermore, passing
vessels that saw the stern-tip mis-
took it for fishing buoy and paic
no attention.
SO Cooke got out a hand drill
and brought his men up to the
stern compartment, one by one, tt
drill hole through the thick stee
plating, After hours of labor, {
hole about an inch thick was made
Then Cooke got thin rod, tiet
some seaman's undershirt to il
stuck it up through the hole, ant
waved it back and forth, hour afte
hour.
In the end the army transport
General GoethalS, spotted it, de
cided this was no fishing buoy
went over to investigate Cook
explained his plight through tn
one-inCh hole, the Cocktails mel
got out an acetylene torch an,
cut away a section of the steel plat
ing-and Cooke and every one o
his crew climbed out, unScathed.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-18
Hundred Death|ess
Days Drive Ends
At Halfway Mark

SEATTLE, June II. UP)-A To
year.old man died last night OF
injuries suffered in traffic acci-
dent for the first traffic fatality in
Seattle in 56 days, spelling the rec
ord 100 deathless days cam
paign in its 47th day.
Charles Gordon Grombic was
fatally injured near 9th Ave. and
Denny Way on Westlake boulevard
when he repeatedly walked into the
side of a moving automobile yes
terday afternoon. He died in King
County hospital at $40 pm.
Earlier in the evening a l2-year-
old schoolgirl, Marjorie Parisot, was
injured fatally when struck by q
driVerless car which had broka
loose from its parking place.
first the death was believed to have
broken the record but Investigation
showed the accident occurred one
yard outside city limits.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-18
is THE AMERICAN SPIRIT
VANISHING COMPLETELY?

The frontiers of America are vanish
ing; is the spirit that made America
vanishing with them?
There can be no generalized answer.
Among some people the spirit never
existed, among some it has disappeared,
among others it burns as brightly as
ever it did in covered wagon days.
Danger that this early American spirit
will vanish entirely does not lie in the
possibility that it will die of its own
volition. 1t lies in the possibility that
Americans, no longer facing the physical
hazards of frontier days, will allow it
TO vanish because they mistakenly be-
lleve there is no longer any need for
courage or such type.
Bluntly put, the danger lies in such
programs as that of the federal govern
ment which atrophies initiative, encour-
ages people to live at public expense, and
attempts to place upon everyone else in
the world except the person involved
the blame for the indigents plight.
What would one of today's social SER
vice workers, employed by the WPA or
SRA, have thought of the surroundings
in which Abraham Lincoln grew up? He
undoubtedly would have reported that
the child Lincoln lived amid deplorable
conditions, without a chance for happi-
ness, much less success. If Lincoln were
child today, there can be little doubt
that his family could apply for and re-
ceive relief-if his family wanted to-
We're inclined to believe they wouldn't
want to.
In spite of a preponderance of evi-
dence to the contrary, however, the spirit
that moved young Lincoln, and that mo-
tivated his family, is not dead in Ameri-
ca We do not have to go far from I'M
perial Valley to find an outstanding eX-
ample of the hardihood it demonstrates.
S. A. Desert Steve" Ragsdale, who
operates service station at Desert Cen
ter, has written a pamphlet entitled "We
American Voters Demand True Ameri-
canism." In it you may learn that Desert
Steve for several years had to travel
a hundred miles to cast his vote, and sell
dom missed voting. You may learn, too,
that for several years Desert Steve sent
his four children and two orphaned
nephews on a round-trip of 108 miles
every school day of the year so that they
might obtain an education He and his
wife, most of the time without help,
worked day and night to cothe, feed and
otherwise provide for the children and
themselves.
Where could you find better exam
pie of the spirit that conquered Ameri-
cas- frontiers?
1t is time our governing executives
were realizing that this same spirit, turn
ed into other channels. will be needed be-
fore we conquer the economic frontiers
that now face the nation. 1t is high time
that we paid more attention to fostering
such spirit, and less attention to cod
ding weakness in human nature.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-18

WASHINGTON. Contrary to
general impression, the Dies COM
mittee is not nearly through with
its inquiry into the activity of Fas-
cist-type organizations.
1t was freely predicted here that
the committee would drop the
whole subject would drop through
with General Moseley AS a mat
ter Of fact, it has an extensive pro-
gram ahead of it. In the current
recess. the plan of campaign is
being perfected.
During Moseley's last hour on
the stand the committees counsel,
Rhea Whitley, read to him list
of approximately 20 names, ask
ing him after each name if he had
been in correspondence with that
person. The names were those of
people who head Fascist type out
fits; and most of them. it is learn
ed. will be called in as witnesses.
There are a good many organi-
cations of the Fascist or of the
anti-Semitic type in America to-
day. What the committee wants 10
find out is whether any effort is
being made to tie them all to-
gether and coordinate their activ-
tiles under one central body OF
leader.
Apparently one group sought to
nominate Moseley for that job, al
though the general insists he
didn't want it. The committee
wants to know if anyone else is
trying the same thing and
also, how many angels" these
different groups have succeeded in
tapping for finances.
The tragic case of the British,
submarine Thetis, which rested fol
hours with one end on the bottom
and the other at the surface while
rescue crews tried to cut a hole ir
the surface end and let the trapped
men out, recalls one of the most
dramatic escape stories In the an.
mails of the U. S. Navy-the story
Of the submarine SIS.
The SIS went out for swim
off the Delaware breakWater some
time back in 1920. She made {
dive, some valve or other wen
wrong and she nestled on the bot.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-18

pairs OF eyes SaleQ dI lll0 OHM
mering folds of the American flag
as l9 men and women were admit
ted to United States citizenship
in superior court in Ell Centric Fri
day.
These foreign born residents re-
nounced citizenship in nine differ
ent nations TO claim the United
States as their own. 4
The new citizens include sever
from Switzerland. They are Ger
trude Studer, Max Studer, Rosa
Studer, and Kamil Omlin, all OF
Holtville, Anton Amman, Calexico,
Werner Schmid and Joseph Muller
both of Ell Centre.
From England came Blanche
Elizabeth Williams and Daniel Fra
ser Black of Holtville, Theodore
BENJAMIN Turner of Ell Centre, and
Ada Violet Spence of Brawley:
Those from Greece were Coconio
Shenas, Caliope Dandoulakes, and
Andrianos Korakas, all of Ell Gen.
tro.
Frances Genevieve Chalupnik of
BraWley came from What once was
Czechoslovakia, Maria Aurora Cas-
tlum of Calexico came from Me
leo, Nick Abdellnour of Calexic<
from Syria, Hans Thams from Ger
many and Marin Kristo 'Caratan of
Ell Centro from Serbia.
They were guests of honor at
the Elks Flag day ceremonies in
Ell Centro.
Citizenship was denied eight ap-
plicants for failure to appear, for
further investigation, for further
study of American government and
institutions, or for additional proof
of allegations in the application
They will have another chance at
the citizenship hearing scheduled
for the third Friday in December.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-18

share of the equipment cost and
the supervision, TO offset the sacri-
flee of gardens and lawns by those
whose yards are used.
Wise landlords usually don't OBJ
ject. One said, What if they do
use up the grass in the back yards?
1t just means that they'll stay off
the grass in the front"
The kids will grow up. Time
enough then to set the yards back
into grass and gardens. Infinite
variations on this plan can be tried
according to local situations.
Parents who are really intent
on keeping the kids off the streets
will not feel that the cost in energy
initiative, and trouble was too high
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-18
Barbs-

Barefoot days and swimming
holes are not the only reason kids
wait eagerly for summer. Heat
closed the schools in Des Moines
the other day
Women cops took over Sacra-
mento for one day. 1t was a long
"a hours for women drivers.
One movie studio is going to
produce a picture on the thrills of
the public health service. They're
looking for u microbc TO play tla
villain
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-18
SUMMER
Garden Service!
For Short or
Long Period.
Brcm's Nursery
622 State Phone 2S3-
NOTICE or TIME SET FOR
PROVING FOREIGN WILL AND
HEARING APPLICATION FOR
a a ID

NOTICE or TIME SET FOR
PROVING FOREIGN WILL AND
HEARING APPLICATION FOR
LETTERS TESTAMENTARY.
No. 1904
I'm The Superior Court of The State
of California, i'm and for The
County of Imperial.
In the Matter of the Estate of
LEMUEL c. SHATTUCK,
Sometimes Known as
l.. c. SHATTUCK,
Deceased.
Spencer S. Shattuck, having pro-
duced documents purporting to Qc
The duly authenticated copies or
the last will and testament of
Bemuel G. Shattuck sometimes
known as l.. C. Shattuck, deceased,
ana of The order or decree admit
ting same to probate in the State
of Arizona, and having filed petit
tion praying that the same be ad-
pitted to probate in this court and
that letters testamentary be grant
ed, notice is hereby given that the
hearing of said petition by the court
is set for Tuesday, the goth day of
June, 1889, at 930 o'clock AM, OF
said day, at the courtroom of de-
partment No. 2 of said court, in the
city of Ell Centre, county of I'm
perial, State of California, at which
time and place all persons intee
ested in said estate are notified q
appear and contest the same, if
they choose.
DATED: June 7, 1899. A
w. j. MccLELLtND,
TClerk
BY G. O. KENYON,
Dpnutv CLARK
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-18

dollars a week
He was fourteen
and one = half
years old.
He was merely
one among hun :
dreds of boys
and young men
in the store. His
name was H.
Go d o n Self.
ridge. And the
II a m c of the
store later be-
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-18
HEAVY BAIL FIXED
IN MORALS CASE

BRAWLEY, June 17--Bail for
Robert Leslie Tiller, 36, was set at
$4,000 in justice court here Fri
day after he was arraigned on
charges of incest and lewd and
lascivious conduct. He was sent
to the county Jail TO await pre-
liminary hearing here next week. =
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-18
Dale
Carnegie

A boy born on a farm near Jack
son, Michigan. went to Chicago and
got job in the basement Of a
department store. He worked ten
hours a day. and he received ten
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-18
Famous Sayings
.1q Take Mantle
Of Citizenship

| renounce all allegiance and fidelity to any Tor
eipn prince | will support and defend the Consttu,
on of the United States against all enemies foreign ana
domestic take this obligation without mental reserVa
ton Nineteen hands lifted in solemn oath and II
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-18
Photographs

The Scottish isle Of Staffa is un-
Inhabited, but has many visitors.
1t is remarkable for its caves and
basaltic pillars.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-18

WELDEN ON VACATION
W. I. Welden, secretary of the
Central Labor Council in Imperial
Valley, is spending his annual vac
alton in Long Beach. He will re-
turn to Ell Centre July S.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-18

ASK MARRIAGE LICENSE
, Clarence C. Walters, 80, and Irene
Van Der Linden. 20. FL Centrans.
Friday applied for a marriage Ii
Cense from County Clerk w. J. Nc
Clelland.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-18


basaltic pillars.
Messages from African tom-toms
drums can be sent 1000 miles in
a little over an hour.
Superstitious Chinese women
throw stones at elephants TO de-
termine if they will have children;
If the stones stick on the animals
back 1t is a sign that they will.
The Cascade de GaVarnie in the
French Pyrenees, is the highest
waterfall in Europe. 1t is 1886 feet
high.
Month-old frozen bread, they say,
rates almost us high in quality as
fresh
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-18
Thoughts for the Day

For 7 enyous at the foolish. when saw the
prosperity Of the wicked-PSalmS 1873
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-03-24
NAVY NEWS
Continued from page 3)

Continued from page 5
department and distributed to the
$50 naval libraries. These included
popular new fiction, travel, history.
biography, and new editions of stan
dard technical books. From thes
Libraries approximately one million
and half issues to men were made.
For the first time in fifteen years,
United States naval vessels will
"round the horn, under plans for a
South American Good Will Cruise. =
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-03-24
STATE CAPITAL NEWS
(From Department Of State
EARL GRIFFITH, Secretary

ed by committee appointed by the
Trustees Is Of the whitewash variety
and will not reveal the true condi,
tions.
A summary Of public assistance II
Ohio for the month Of January
1889, reveals the following interest
ing figures:
Aid to dependent children:
Number Of families .....,.. 10,9O2
Number of children ....... 3I,l8s
ss'ots. io.as. payments payments y. s4as h27 ha
Average paym't. tfamily) 1895
Aid to the blind;
Number Of indiyiduals......3,944
lot4I payments .....,.S71 S4.00
Average payment ......... $19.70
Aid for the Aged:
Number of individuals....1ll,18S
Total payments. So, 2,610,319.l9
Average payment ............S22.b8
General relief:
Number Of cases .......... 96,sl4
Total paments =. s1,805, ,85O.O6
Average payment ....-.-. $18.6b
Works Progress Administration:
Total certified employees 243,307
Total earnings (certified)
@1o R7x EQE 90
Average wage .....-.........$bf-UA
National Youth Administration:
Number Of employees. 26,664
Total wages............ $277,660.OO
Average wage ..............- $lO.4o
Approximately IL tons Of steel
1900 gallons Of blue paint and 8ol
gallons Of white paint will be usee
IN preparing the 100000 sets OF
1910 automobile license plates which
the Ohio penitentiary tag shop viii
begin To manufacture on April lst
The tags will feature dark blue
background with white numerals
the same colors as the 1889 tags,
hit ii reversed color scheme.
Dismissal Of 12o provisional EN-
ployes of the State Division Of Aid
FOR the Aged on March 18th raises
Tie number Of workers dropped in
tho last two months to 308 and viii
result HI an additional saving Of
SI54. 1000 annually. The disfnis
sails made affected 43 counties and
will be permanent, IN pursuance OF
the state administration economy
mandate
Governor Brieker has named sever
members Of the Unemployment Com
pensation Advisory Board, subjec
to the approval Of the State Senate
They are.
Representatives Of industry: Ralph
Minor, democrat. of the Goodyear
Tire and Rubber CO., Akron, and A
II Dawson, republican, of the Gin
ciuuati Gas and Electric Co, Cincin,
natl, Ohio.
Representatives Of labor: Johr
Breidenbach. democrat, Dayton, vice
n,as39Ienf of the State Federation oil
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-03-24

The annual maple syrup festival,
held to show the world the excellence
of Ohio maple products, will be held
in Geauga county from March 23rd
to 26th.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-03-24

A total Of lIl,s37 needy aged
persons received old age pension
checks averaging S22.54 during
February, the State Division Of Aid
for the Aged reports. Total dis
bursement for the month was
$2,509, AIS.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-04

on the program for Sunday will be
the improving of the small-bore
range.
Word has been received from
Col. kenney of the Washington
State Rifle association that the
Tacoma club will sponsor the
Western Washington annual match
on June 17-18 at the Tacoma club
range. A firing lire long enough
to provide 80 firing points at both
so and 100 yards will be prepared
for the event.
The small-bore match in June
will draw many shooters from all
over the state, and as it will be
held during the national guard
encampment at Murray, it will
draw scores of guardsmen. 1t will
be the highlight of the Tacoma
clubs program for 1899
On Saturday, March IS, the
junior matches will be held. They
are open to all boys and girls
under Is. Sunday will be devoted
to the senior matches.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-04
Brookdale Golfers
To Meet Highland

A team match between Brook
dale and Highland will be played
Sunday morning at the Brookdale
golf course. This first twosome
will tee off at $50.
Pairings follow with names Of
Brookdale players firsC:
Lea Ristvet VS.. Jack MCINTYRE. Art
Swindland VS.. Bill johnson: C. A..
Peyne VS.. Art Abel: Lyle Merrill VS..
Charles Kelton; Frank Jordon VS..
Tom Medak,
George williams VS.. Chris Cava-
naugh Bill Kister VS.. Martin Peder-
son: Don Arthur VS.. Olaf Grything;
Harry johnson VS.. Bob Hoffer, jr.:
Ted Rayburn VS.. L. L. Stills; Pop
Stone VS.. Elmo Samuelson; Clarence
Taylor VS. Nels Norberg; Tom Wal
lace VS.. Paul Lower Harold Howard
VS.. Ed Jensen; John Flynn VS.. Mar
shall Lucke.
Wally Brebner VS.. George Coons:
ALI Larson VS. Robert Ramsay: Art
Schmitz VS.. @. Williams: Fred Brock
hoff VS.. James York; George Mar
shall VS.. Harry Long; Chef Corey VS..
Bill Seeker; Hienie Hademan VS.. Bill
Hedberg.
Frank Ruffo VS.. Pete Solberg: Cal
Hughes VS.. Bob Hoffer. sr Harry
Satterlee VS.. George Moe; Paul Mons
rul VS. Morley Wetheridge; Ed Bed
ford VS.. Dan Sandeen; Walt Williams
VS.. Harry Bradbury: Gene Robinson
VS.. Bill Requa; Steve McGrath VS..
Tom Thompson.
Bert McCollem VS.. Stan Anderson:
Norm Erpelding VS. W C TaDlin;
George Glass VS. Chuck Mcmillan:
Tim Clark VS.. DR. W Davis Ernie
Fors VS.. Rick Thompson.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-04
SPRING TRAINING CAMPS

belted out the first homers OF the
season for the Philadelphia Phillies
during the first batting and field
ing practice Klein, apparently
angry al something, dropped one
in the Comal river. Following the
batting practice. Coach Hans Lo-
bert gave a infield composed Of Bill
Atwood al first. Klein at second,
Morrie Arnovieh at short and
Whitney al third brief drill that
did not show sensational fielding.
LAKELAND. Fla. = Man
ager Del Baker looked for
ward TO having his full De-
troit Tiger squad In camp by
Tuesday as he continued field
ing and hating drills today.
Boots Poffenherger. who had
been missing. notified Baker that
he was kept by business matters at
his home in Williamsport, Nd. He
is expected soon to join other
Tigers. including Pinky Higgins.
third baseman obtained from Bos-
ton. who had his first workout
yesterday.
]
NEW ORLEANS Manager
Oscar Witt of the Cleveland In
dams had this to say today of Ray
Mack. rookie infielder: THAT boy
covers more ground than the San
Francisco fair" Bob Teller hasn't
touched a baseball yet. He runs in
the outfield and does setting up
exercises. Infielder Frank Scalzi
literally had his legs run into the
ground when Witt tried for 10 min
utes to hit ball past him.