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100000 and the National Guard will
also be increased to full peacetime
strength of $4,000. OF the antici-
pated deficiency appropriation for
national defense, about $4,000 900
will go to the War Department to
house. feed, clothe and pay its new
recruits.
Then in the next fiscal year
the Army needs money as follows:
Cd Between $500 OO0 O0o and SION .
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And What
They Do
Flint Incident Just
A Hot Potato for
Mrs. Horrimun
By LEMUEL F. PARTON.

Relevant to the City of Flint, Mrs.
j. Borden Hartman, our Minister
to Norway, knows just what to do
with a hot potato. The first woman
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OH AND


head up the Existing ordnance
er not entirely adequate
DIVISIONS OF the National Guard about half
not OF modern type Finally the Army
pracce mass manev which basic modern military strategy
the Army corps is in modern military organization
Indian Warfare
No individual is to blame for this
genera as ana secretaries OF War have attempted But
e war budget must first the
then the White House and then back
through the proper committees Of both
THIS always
for example the lawmakers have
them Thus the general staff
the expense OF other equally vital branches
on top OF its bdgeary troubles the War
zeal the
the exgnces of the Indian of these in the
country Senators and Representatives
That Army
United States unable TO the
who have long since been bundled off reservations
For Defense Only
Fortunately however the fairly easily
The Secretary
the ns mass maneuve IN the South Under
nation OF limited emergency the being
full Of
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Selecting
NoEosy Task
Administration Has
8 Weeks in Which
To Map Plans
BY DAVID LAWRENCE,

The eight weeks breathing spell
which President Roosevelt and the
executive branch of the Govern
ment will have at their disposal
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matezed everything seemed set for
shower of Irish confetti in 1910. ~
At this moment in the performance
rabbit OF his oWn-the neutrality bred
European events and damned by both political
biologists With
voting tor the Presidents neutrality
out OF eight voting with the administration
crat out OF eight voting with the Republicans
national politics anybodys gues-as amateur po-
cal rabbit fancier-is that spells the initials
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Another Rabbit

When Congress broke downlast August
big political fight Republican
multiplying with known Belgian
hare Old Gallup applied the bunny
bosom and eportswh that
80 the 1910 that
81 Of the American third
term and that Sc per cent think he will be elected
particular litter must have had
students OF American history foee yet another
all rabbts-emergng from the test Capitol Hill
This the defeat of the oaionst
its will the shift our
biological base for the moment the
peated with the smell of Among
the use OF the Senate rules defend the
sion by the majority Ms Boh vandenberg Clark
IN their attempt pepetuate isoonst
different ls4os appreciab
the United ~
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Doc Pincus Roosevelt

Another rbb-gonp back into high
the Southern collapse
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-19
WHO'S TO BLAME FOR
MIGRANTS MIGRATING?

Now that national attention mas Ueeli
focused upon Californa's migratory
workers problem, and federal aid has
been solicited in caring for these pen
niless. jobless, hopeless derelicts, the
expected thing is coming about The
Capitalists" are getting the blame for
the whole thing.
Reports drifting out of Washington
indicate that more than one official
there is inclined to blame farmers and
shippers for Turing" the unfortunate
migrants to California. The story they
tell-and some of them have even broken
into print with it's that the farmers
and professors want cheap labor, so they
encourage lot Of people to come to
California to create q surplus OF labor.
In one way, perhaps the capitalist
baiters are right. Perhaps the migrants
have been "lured" to this state by the
farmers and professors.
But the lure is not what the false
economic experts would have you believe.
It was not in the form of glowing adver-
tisements asking people to come TO Cali
fornia to get a job. In fact, advertise
ments telling people there are no Jobs
in California have been quite common
in recent years
The "lure" is the fact that California
pays the highest farm wages of any state
in the nation.
Perhaps the New Dealers would like
to have California remove that lure? We
think not.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-19
Famous Sayings

If the average American ever
heard the name "beryllium' it Is
only as a passing vagueness in a
'half-forgotten high school chem
Iistry course.
Beryllium: hard, silver white
metal; specific gravity. l.93; and
melting at 1850 degrees +.
That's about all the help the die
tionary gives, yet this metal is SO
important in a world girding for
war that secret, E. Phillips Open
heim-ish conferences between Brit
ish. French, German and American
industrialists have already parceled
out its use.
The story told before the Tenn
porary National Economic commit
tee is significant one, for 1t shows
how matters of the utmost impor-
tance to great peoples are arranged
without the average citizen know
ing they are going on at all.
Beryllium, a scarce metal, is usee
in certain alloys considered vital Il
munitions manufacture.
Back in 1888 one American man
ufacturer made cross licensing
patent agreement with Siemens
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-19
Willis Thornton's Editorial On.
Another international Mystery

Halske of Germany, the committee
was told. The American company
to have the rights in the united
States. the German company mi
Europe.
British representatives came toI
the American, asserted that beryl-
lium might be the most important
metal of the next war, and demand
ed that this agreement be modified
SO that Britain could buy beryl-
lium from the u. S. firm, not wish
ing to be dependent on Germany
for it,
Just how it was done, the Amer
ican never found out, but the first
of this year the contract was mod
flied to permit sales to England
under certain conditions. Some sort
of pressure had been put on Dr.
William Rohn of Siemens, the
mystery man" of the world beryl-
lium situation, to make him open
this supply to the British.
The French didn't like depen-
dence on the Germans for beryl-
lium either, and in some equally
mysterious way, last year, they also
were able to share in the SiemenS
patents, receiving the rights for
France, Switzerland and Belgium.
So now the United States firm holds
the rights for itself and Britain
France for Switzerland and Bel
gium. and Siemens for the rest OF
Europe.
It would be premature to imply
that there is anything shady aboul
these remarkable transactions.
But it is interesting to note thai
a powerful Germany company close
to that government was prevailed
on to grant rights of this kind tC
countries not in favor with thai
; government. And to note also tha'
for its war supply of essentia
beryllium, as we'll as other metals
Britain now depends on the UniteC
States.
Precisely what these things imply
we do not know. But it is cleaI
that they might gravely affect al
the people of the United States
and that the TNEC is well-advisec
to uncover the whole situation.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-19
KEEP a PAIL HANDY
FOR EMERGENCIES
NEVADA State JOurnaI)


A recent bulletin of the National Board
of Fire Underwriters deals with the I'M
menSely important subject of Fire
Equipment in the Homeland that is
something that comes straight home to
everyone.
Adequate home firefighting equip
ment is simple and cheap-in fact, you
probably have most of what you need
on hand now. Many a potentially de-
Structive fire has been quickly eXtin-
guished with a garden hose Short pieces
of hose kept inside the house near fau-
Gets may come in mighty handy. And
that simplest of all protective devices,
a pail of water, may be 4 llfeSaver III an
emergency.
Water is obviously the agent to use for
most fireS-but it shouldn't be forgot
ten that in some cases water will spread
not quench a fire. In the instance of
kitchen fires involving grease, for in
stance, the application of water is likely
to result in a sudden purt of flame that
will send the fire to all corners of the
room. A fire of this kind should be
fought by covering the burning recep-
tacle in order to shut off the air supply
after turning off all heat.
Closet fires can often be smothercd
by simply closing the door. In any event,
no matter where the fire is, close all
doors that will tend to cOnfine it.
Every householder will do we'll to buy
one or two home eXtinguishers of an
effective and inexpensive type, Of which
there are many approved makes on the
market Foam and gas eXtinguishers are
the most efficient agents for quenching
oil fires.
Lastly, the National Boards bulletin
offers number of suggestions for home
fire fighting which should be kept al
ways in mind: l. Never attempt to fight
fire in a smoke-filled room or basement
poisonous fumes may overcome you
g Never enter room where much fire
is in evidence. 3. Women should not at
tempt to fight fire, wearing cotton or
silk dresses-a human life is worth more
than property 4. See that everyone is
out of danger before you fight the fire.
5. Money spent for fire prevention, such
as approved electrical appliances re-
pairs to chimneys and heating plants,
fire stops, etc, is more worthwhile than
that spent for eXtinguishing equipment.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-19
IF NOT WAR,
THEN WHAT?

Webb Miller, famous United Press
foreign correspondent, and other expert
observers are almost unanimous III the
belief that a new war will spring up
in Europe some day soon. They may be
wrong 1t is devoutely to be hoped that
they are But, if they are wrong, what
is to happen in Europe? If peace re-
mains, what kind of peace will 1t be!
No human mind can supply the an
swer; the question opens up fearful ave
nues of thought.
Today Europe is spending millions of
dollars every minute of every day get
ting ready for war. New battleshlpS,
new airplanes, new guns, larger armies,
new trenches, greater munitions factor
les. all are being added to the equipment
of European nations at an alarming rate.
Normal industrial production in many
countries has been curtailed in order
that factories can better meet the de-
mands of military and naval authorities,
Each nation is racing to build up blg-
ger armaments than the other. Thus Tar
there has been no sign of halt III TINS
costly competition for dominance IN pos
session of machines of death. The social
ed democracies argue that they must
maintain stronger arms to keep the
peace The relationships argue that they
tee their survival.
If war comes, there will be ghastly
business for all these materials and men
to transact. If war does not come-Well,
will the race go on? Must Europe, and
to a lesser degree the rest Of the world,
too-continue to build bigger armies and
navies, piling higher and higher costs
upon their taxpayers, suppressing IN
dustrial development except along mill
tary lines?
1t is staggering to think of Europe 60
ing through the years. each nation TOR
ever striving to outdo all others in the
possession of armaments. Yet there has
so far been no sign of abatement in the
mad race If the sign comes, it must
come soon, else the very weight of their
arms will force the nations into war
The sign for disarmament, when 1t
comes. must come from the people. And
come from them it will-unless war
comes first
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-19
Bruce Cation in Washington
Disseets the News
Copyright. 1912, sA

further changes are made in the
law. the year 1850 will find the re-
serve fund far under the some
what astronomical figures thaV
were originally suggested.
But when 1943 arrives, there Is
certain to be a good deal Of sentl-
ment for postponing the rise in the
tax rate, or even for freezing the
tax permanently at the l per cent
level. II that should happen, the
fund would operate at loss, anc
the deficit would have to be met
annually out of ordinary taxation
receipts.
In any case, it looks doubtful
that the prodigious fund originally
talked of will ever actually come
into existence.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-19
ALIMONY JOINS THE
BIG BUSINESS CLASS
(Visalia Times-Delta)

Alimony has grown into billion-dol-
lar annual business, calculates DR.. S. l..
Katzoff, San Francisco domestic rela-
tions expert. Only fraction of these
alimony payments are justified, he be-
lieves. 1t is not the first time that pres
ent-day alimony laws, holdovers from
buggy days, have been
gravely questioned.
But what was almost more interest
ing about DR.. Katzoff's thesis was this:
Out of his billion dollar business has
grown business of two billions more
paid out to lawyers, courts, and individ-
uals active in "ironing out" marriage
difficulties, Thus if every married cou-
pie started tomorrow to be uninterrupt-
edly happy together, it would completely
wreck two-bilion-dollar business, Gre
ate more unemployment, and generally
play hob with huge vested interest
in marital misery.
But these vested interests need not
worry. Theirs is business which knows
no depression, being soidly grounded
in the orneriness Of their fellow citizens,
male and female.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-19

ling them than they had had with
any prisoners in two years. They
staggered up and down the exer-
else yard, bullying, browbeating,
and threatening the other prisoners.
They shouted in the dining-room
something no other prisoner
would dare. They pounded and
clattered their tin dishes In just
one-half of no time, they were in
trouble.
But Fred Hunt, the warden, had
dealt with other toughieS. He sent
for them. The first thing he did
was to deny them library privilege.
They laughed at that. Say, he
could throw the library out the
window, pour coal oil on it. and set
it on fire for all they cared.
The warden stepped up the pun
ishment a little, denying them the
use of the mess halls, their meals
being served in their cells. Tho men
didn't like that. Instead of be-
coming more tractable, they be-
came more vicious. They yelled
swore, cursed, and pounded their
dishes on the bars. They were at
war with regulations, and were out
to win.
The warden clamped down again
The event to which the prisoners
always looked forward with great
est interest was the weekly motor
picture. They talked about it il
advance; discussed it for days aft
erWard.
The warden cut off the movinI
picture privilege of these two mer
But this only antagonized them
But Warden Hunt knew somethin
Of psychology He decided to ap
proach the problem from a differ
ent angle. He knew that one @
the most dominant traits of man
kind is the desire for approval b
your fellow man. A human bein
will suffer untold discomforts an
agonies in order to be esteemed b
his own kind.
So he dressed the two huma
hurricanes in Womens clothe
The men laughed and pretende
to think this most amusing. Bl
when the other prisoners laughe
uproarously at the absurd and rio
iculous sight, the pretense of tf
two men faded away. Their laugh
ter died in their throats The
could not stand up under the rid
cule of their prison mates. They bt
came docile. They flared up onc
afterwards, and that time all tt
warden had to do was threaten
put them back into the silly clotl
ing.
No one can stand being humi
lated before his friends. Mother
dCn't spank your children in b
presence OF other children.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-19
Photographs

Thirty-tWo hundred persons could
bathe at once in the Bath OF Do
cletian in Rome, Italy which IS
1000 years old.
In Mongolia women plaster mud
in their hair to make hard, matted
headdreSSeS.
Scotland Yard. London's police
headquarters, took its name from
short street where Scottish kings
once had their London residence.
Greece observes a Green week
which is like the Arbor Day OF the
United States. Thousands OF trcei
are planted then.
General Grant was the seconc
person to be given the rank OF gen
eral in the United States army
Washington was the first.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-19
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
S u NJ NJ . N >
No. 1921

SUM TON
No. 1921
In the Superior Court Of the State
of California, in and for the
County Of Imperial
IMPERIAL IRRIGATION
DISTRICT, Plalntli'
The People of The State of Cali
fornia Send Greetings to:
VS..
JOHN OLSEN, ct al,
Defendants.
Harry w. Horton and Geo ~
Kirk, Attorneys for FlainuiI.
JOHN OLSEN, CECIL HANSElA
MAN, PIONEER TITLE 1NSUI
ANCE AND TRUST COMPANY:
GEORGE B. ARNOLD, DORIS w.
HUGHES. JOHN DOE, JANE DOE,
RICHARD ROE, JOHN DOE COM
pANY. a Cooperation, CHARLES h.
Corporation, as trustee, MAis- @
ARNOLD, RICHARD ROE COM
GARET MURPHY, MAVIS CLAtk'
MERRILL CLARK, GRACE Ar
MOLD, ELIZABETH A. RAPP, w.
A. ARNOLD, JAMES H. ARNOLD,
PANY, Co-partnership, AND
John DOE as Administrator OF the
Estate of Richard Roe, Deceased
| Defendants.
You Are Hereby Directed to APP
near and answer the Complaint III
an action entitled as above, brought
against you in the Superior Cour,
of the County of Imperial, State or
California, within ten days after
the service on you of this Summons
if served within this county; o.
within thirty days if served else'
where.
And you are hereby notified that
unless you appear and answer as
above required, the said plaintllf
will take judgment for any money
or damages demanded in the COM
plant, as arising upon contract, or
it will apply to the Court for any
other relief demanded in the Com
plant.
Given under my hand and the
seal of the Superior Court of the
County of Imperial, State of Cali1
fornia, this End day of June, 10:
W. j. McCLELLAND, Y
(SEAL) County Clerk.
BY CITHA LAMSON,
Deputy CLERKS
IA. IA 81 28-M. s IL 10 26-J. Q 9 l6
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-19

ing tough. Ine
other prisoners
had heard a
good deal about
them in advance
and were await
ing their arrival
Wi h interest.
They proved to
be all that was
expected. T h e
guards had more
trouble in hand
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-19

WASHINGTON. - Unless Con-
gress does something highly uneX-
pected, flood of government
money will start pouring out next
January under a new, stream-lined
version of the Social Security act.
The administration approved GER
tain alterations in this act early
in the spring. The House Ways
and Means committee has okayed
these changes, and a favorable vote
by Congress is in prospect The
results will be far-reaching.
For one thing, the government
next year will pay S175000,O0O in
old age benefits The sum will
Jump to S4OO,OOOOOO in 1941; $555,-
100000 in 1912, $914,000,0O0 by 1915.
For another, business gets re-
lief from the previously scheduled
rise in the old-age benefits payroll
tax. This tax, levying per cent
on the employer and l per cent on
the employe, was to have gone up
to 1i2 per cent on the first of next
year. The pending reyisions would
freeze it at l per cent until 1943.
For still another, the famous re-
serve system, Under which a stu
pendous fund of 30 or so billions
would have been built up in the
Treasury to finance old-age bencfi
payments, has received body blow
The reVisions change the whole
basis on which the benefit pay
mentS are computed, and him
strongly that the huge reserve Sys
tenn will be scrapped eventually.
Under the old law. the amour
Of money worker could draw OF
his retirement at 65 depended ol
Lis accumulated wages during tn
time he had been paying the pay
: roll tax. Under the revised Law
t it depends on his average wages.
t This means that benefit pay
ments in the early years of tn
+. plan will be substantially hight
S than under the old law when tn
: workers affected are those WI
4 have been meeting the payroll ia
n only for a few years. In its ear
: years of operation the act will pi
up a reserve, but it won't be pilir
g it up at anything like the ra
4. that would have obtained if Il
I. law had gone unamended.
z For instance: next year, WhC
J. the government is paying out SITE
= 100000 in old age benefits, it W
If be collecting (via the old age pa
l. roll taxes) $5Ol 100000. Thus it "
" have profit for the reserve fun
lg of some s326,00O000.
ID But in 1941, when it is to p
" s4O0,00O,OOO it will be taking
just about what it is to get in 49,
N And in 1912, when its prospect
IS. intake will still be close to t
ID S5OOO0O,OOO mark, it will be payi
ut cut approximately $50000,000 me
I'd than it takes in.
J. Now in 1943, the payroll tax
ne scheduled to 90 up to per ce
h. The reserve fund will have an
ey timated content of 81 $4,000, 900
j. the time when that rise is sche
O. uled to take place. Even if II
rise goes into effect, the Treasl
u Department estimates that by l!
ne the fund will stand at slightly i
to than four billions. And in l9
h. when the tax is expected to p
duce $l,751 100000, benefit pc
=. ments will amount to $1,697, ,000,t
u leaving a profit of only S.
rs, 100000,
he Consequently, if the pendil
amendments go through and /
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-19
TOday's Horoscope

If your birthday is today, prepare
to go slow during the next year.
Neither exert yourself unduly nor
worry. The child born on this date
will be restless soul, changeable
and easily discouraged. Careful
home training will be needed to
eradicate a tendency to deceit and
WayWardneSS.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-19
Dale
Carnegie

Two men prisoners were brought
tc the state reformatory at Granite,
Oklahoma.
These men were not only tough
but they prided themselves on be-
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-19
Hints on Etiquette

Among desserts on a restaurant
menu there often is the word fruit
compete" 1t means fruit served in
the syrup in which it was cooked.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-19
Grab Bag
One-Minutc Test

|. What is another name for the
ten commandments?
2. Define the science of biology
8. What is the name of Isaacs
mother?
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-19
You re Telling Me-

Hitler is ignoring New York'S
World of Tomorrow. Now, if he'd
only let the world of today alone,
tool
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-19
Thoughts for the Day

Jesus saith unto him. Thomas. because thou hast
me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that
have not seen and yet have helieved-John 2029.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-19

Sale of dairy products is draSti-
cally curbed in Germany. oh, well,
TIitler's the cream in their coffee,
anyway.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-19

Chinese government moving
again. Wonder if they have a
minister without portfolio but with
q suitcase.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-19

One Minute Test Answers
/. The Decalog.
2. 1t is the study of existing life.
3. Sarah.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-19
Words of Wisdom

He who wishes to secure the good
of others has already secured his
own.-ConfuciuS.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-19

This being the merry month OF
May, what more appropriate that
the newspaper headlines, too, would
be Danzig around the Poles.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-19

wheu .he occasional Los
Angeles visitor shows a de-
cided Biltmore preference,
too, there must be a reason.
A full retinue of compe-
tent employees give a new
meaning to the word Ser
vice" at this hospitabIe hos
telry. Perhaps it's this
warm-hearted welcome that
makes ones stay 50 pleas
ant.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-19

Two night club fights same night
between Hollywood film stars Sort
of an after hours double feature?
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-19

Only italian history and geos-
raphy is taught Italian grade school
pupils. Naturally, the moppets
must wonder why II Duce needs
such a big army when Italy is the
Cnly country in the world
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-19

Youth inhcrits soap fortune.
Hmm, one fellow who was born
at the top of the lather of success.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-19

These words
YOU II hear
often among
seasonedtrav-
elers but